Not going to lie when I was writing this chapter I teared up a little bit.
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Chapter 9- A New Family Member
After a couple hours of hanging around the castle, everyone boarded the Hogwarts Express. Harry, Hermione and Nate sat with the Malfoys and Ron. The kids played exploding snaps while the adults talked about what they were going to be doing when they get back to London. Ron was going to be trying out for the Chudley Cannons. While Draco was going back to work at St. Mungos. Harry and Hermione told Draco that they would like to see the Longbottoms. Harry thought it was the right thing to do and Hermione agreed.
As they got off the train Hermione side along apparited Harry and Nate to her parent's house. Even though her parents no longer live here, they still kept it as it was paid for and maybe one day they would move back to England. Hermione smiled softly as she entered her childhood room. The living room was where she found out that she was a witch. Her parents weren't as surprised as most muggles would be. Her dad always knew that there was something special about her.
After the got settled they went to go see Andromeda and Teddy.
A nurse answered the door after Harry knocked on Andromeda's door. "Can I help you?"
"Um yes. I'm Harry and I was wondering if I could see Andromeda?" Harry said wondering why a nurse opened the door.
Nodding her head she opened the door more and the family walked in. "Andromeda is very ill. So I would suggest not to bring the little one in the room. He probably won't understand what is going on."
"When did she get sick?" Hermione asked.
"A couple of months ago. She was just about ready to contact you Mr. Potter. As she is no longer able to take care of Teddy. She doesn't have much time left."
Harry looked at Hermione. "Are you ready to have another son?"
"I most certainly am. How about Nate and I go see Teddy while you go talk to Dromeda." Hermione said taking Nate from Harry's arms.
Nodding his head Harry followed the nurse to Andromeda's room. The nurse told him that it was cancer and cancer acts differently for magical's. It begins to drain your magic and when you have no more magic left know it is time. They knocked on the door and heard a weak 'come in.' As the door opened Harry saw Andromeda looking nothing like he the last time he saw here. Her curly jet black hair was life less and thinning out. Her skin was sickly pale as her eyes were trying to stay open.
"Harry. It is so good to see you." Andromeda said with a crackly voice.
Sitting on the foot of the bed. "It's good to see you too. Why didn't you tell me you got sick?"
"I just didn't want to worry you. I was fine up until a couple weeks ago." The sick witch said. "Teddy knows that he will be getting a new family soon. He is very excited to meet you."
"So if Teddy knows, that means you're not going to be here, you know you don't have that much time left." Harry said with tears in his eyes.
Shaking her head softly. "No I really don't. Everything is going to be fine. I'm going to be okay. I get to reunite with my daughter and husband. That is all I want. I will being looking out for you and Teddy once I'm gone. And knowing Teddy will be with a family that will take care of him makes it better for me to leave."Turning to the nurse. "Can you bring Teddy in here? I want to say goodbye to my grandson." The nurse nodded and walked out of the room.
"Are you sure you want to do this now?" Harry asked taking her hand in his. "We can wait a while until Teddy moves in with us. You should spend more time with him. Maybe we can find something to stop the cancer."
Shaking her head and reaching over to grab a file. "No there is nothing to stop it. We have already tried everything. My doctor was working himself to death trying to find a cure. There was nothing. Once my magic started to drain that was when we knew there was nothing more we could do. I'm dying and have made my peace with it. I've already spent all the time I need with Teddy. It's time for me to go. I also need you to sign the papers so you are now Teddy's guardian."
The door opened as Harry was signing the papers and a boy with blue hair came into them room. "Granny?"
"Oh Teddy come here. There is someone I would like for you to meet." The sick witch said as Teddy walked towards the bed. "This is your godfather Harry. You are going to be living with him for now on."
With tears coming down his cheeks he nodded. "I don't want you to go Granny. I want you to stay here."
"I don't want to leave either. But your mum and dad want to see me again. And I would very much like to see them again." She said as she hugged Teddy. "I love you. You are going to do amazing things when you get older."
Hugging her back. "I love you too Granny. Say hi to mummy and daddy."
"Of course baby." She said kissing his forehead. "Now go have Harry help you pack up."
Teddy nodded and the two boys walked out of the room and into Teddy's, as Andromeda closed her eyes.
Hermione and Nate were getting everything organized as the two boys walked into the room. Teddy walked straight to the bed and grabbed his teddy bear. Crawling into the bed he started crying.
Harry sat next to him running his hand though his now black hair. "I know that this is a hard time for you. But you have us to help you get through this. Your grandma doesn't want you to be sad. She would want you to be happy and yourself. She will be up there with her husband and your mum and dad. They will be watching over you. Hermione and I can't wait till you get to come see our house. Have you ever been to Chicago?" Harry watched Teddy shake his head. "Well its a super cool place. They have river that they turn green during St. Patricks Day. A bean that you can take pictures with. A fountain that has faces on it and it spits out water. In the winter we can go ice skating when ever you want. And thats all just in one park. Doesn't that sound fun?"
Teddy nodded his head. "Yeah that does sound cool."
"And have you ever been on an airplane?" Hermione asked sitting on the other side of Teddy. Teddy shook his head. "Well to get to Chicago you have to fly on an airplane."
His eyes widen. "That is so cool. When do we get to do that?"
Smiling. "On Wednesday."
Hermione and Harry put a shrinking charm on Teddy's things and the family of now four left the house to begin a new adventure.
