Tumble Through Time
Chapter Three
A/N: Thank you to snuffles95 and ILoveSpunk for my first few reviews so far! I really hope this story becomes well liked. I wanted to do something different and I've really liked the idea of a time travel fic where Teddy meets Remus and everything and I finally really got thinking hard on it and how I wanted to do it and here we are! Read and review, follow, and favorite, please and thank you!
Teddy and Victoire were woken around seven to voices outside of their door. They quickly sat up and strained to hear what was being said.
"But, Albus, what if they're with You-Know-Who?" said a harsh, female voice.
"Minerva, they're just children. And no matter how powerful Voldemort thinks he may be, he does not have the power to Apparate anyone, of age or not, into this castle. I believe exactly what they told me. Do you trust me?"
"Of- of course, I do, Albus. This was never about me not trusting you."
There was silence and then a sharp rapping on the door. Teddy leaped out of bed to pull his shirt and jeans back on and threw Victoire's jeans to her. He opened the door slowly just as Victoire was buttoning her pants.
"Good morning, Headmaster, Professor." Teddy nodded his head quickly as he let the two adults into the room.
"Good morning, Mr. Lupin, Ms. Weasley. Did you sleep well?" Dumbledore asked, smiling.
"Better than I expected, to be honest. So," Teddy began as he took a seat by the fireplace. "What are you going to do with us? Do you know if we can get home yet?"
"I do not know how long your stay here will be as of yet, Mr. Lupin. This book that you say brought you here has been tampered with and with some extremely powerful magic, from what I can tell just by looking at it over the past few hours. Minerva?"
Professor McGonagall looked a bit taken aback. "Well, Professor Dumbledore tells me that where you're from, you are both Gryffindors?" Teddy and Victoire nodded. "Well, then welcome back to my house. If you could both write down your class schedules for me, I will compile the list of books and things you will need and you will be escorted to Diagon Alley later today to go and buy them."
"I'm sorry, Professor, but we don't have any money..." Victoire said, uneasily.
Professor McGonagall looked back at Dumbledore, who nodded. "The Headmaster will see to it that you are able to get anything that you need. I will send the Gryffindor Prefects to take you to Diagon Alley around 3 p.m. In the meantime, would you like the house elves to send up breakfast and lunch before you leave?"
"Yes, Professor. Thank you very much." Teddy pulled two spare pieces of parchment out of his bag and he and Vic quickly wrote down their schedules.
"Now, you will both need new last names, at the very least. We can't very well have two Mr. Lupin's walking around our halls. What would you both prefer?"
"Well, my mother's maiden name is Delacour. Maybe I could use that?" Victoire said after thinking for a second.
McGonagall nodded tersely. "And you, Mr. Lupin?"
"I- I don't know, Professor." He thought slowly, first over the last names of people he knew that wouldn't work, and then landing on authors of books he had read. "Finch." He decided on the main family from To Kill A Mockingbird, one of Hermione's Muggle books he had read. McGonagall nodded in approval. "What will we tell people about our families? And why we're here?"
Victoire smiled. "We're orphans. Technically, now it's true for the both of us, considering we haven't even been born yet." She thought for a second longer. "We both attended Beauxbatons, that's where my mother and her family have all went, and we were at an orphanage in France. The orphanage burnt down and we had to be relocated."
"This is why I love you. Always thinking on your feet." Teddy smiled, kissing Victoire's temple.
"Well, I believe that settles it. Is that good enough for you, Headmaster?" McGonagall asked, turning to face Dumbledore, who nodded appreciatively.
Not long after, McGonagall and Dumbledore took their leave and about 10 minutes later, a small house elf appeared with a tray full of breakfast.
Teddy and Victoire spent their day lounging around, playing games, and just generally enjoying themselves, and both jumped out of their skin when a knock came at the door.
"That's probably the prefects. I'll get it." Victoire got up from her perch on Teddy's lap and went to answer the door. She opened the door to four new faces. "Are you the Prefects McGonagal was sending? You can't all be Prefects."
The copper-headed female spoke up, rolling her eyes. "Remus and I are," she said, pointing to the sandy-haired boy standing next to her. "But these two," she nodded to a boy with messy black hair and glasses and one with long, dark hair and sporting a smirk. "can't let Remus go to the loo by himself and no matter how much I complain, they're always there." She held her hand out. "I'm Lily Evans."
"Victoire... Delacour." Victoire told her, accepting the handshake.
The boy with long, dark brown hair leaned forward, still smirking. "And I'm Sirius. Sirius Black. You're French, are you?" He winked and extended his hand, as well, and Remus and the other boy rolled their eyes, sniggering.
"I have a boyfriend, who just so happens to be sitting by the fireplace." Victoire opened the door wider so they could all see Teddy. "Thank you, though." Victoire winked back, laughing. Sirius tried not to look offended.
The last boy still couldn't contain his laughter. "I'm James Potter. It's nice to meet you, Victoire. I promise to not hit on you. Especially in front of your boyfriend."
Victoire laughed along and moved out of the way so the group could walk into the room.
"Nice set-up you have here. I wonder if I'd get one of these if I actually got a girlfriend. Or kept one around longer than a week before I got tired of them." Sirius chuckled as he surveyed the room. His eyes landed on Teddy and he gave him a funny look. "Why the bloody hell is your hair blue?"
"I'm a metamorphmagus... It's kind of my thing to keep my hair blue. From the stories I hear, my mother liked to keep hers pink."
"Wicked. I have a cousin who's daughter is one of those." Sirius noticed Teddy's leather jacket thrown on the back of one of the chairs. "This yours?" He asked, as he picked it up. Teddy nodded. "I like your style. I have one like this back in my dorm."
"Teddy, I don't know if you heard who was who, but that's Sirius, James, Lily... and Remus." Victoire pointed everyone out, pausing on Remus and his name.
Teddy's breath hitched in his throat as he looked at his father at 16 years old. He had sandy hair, kind green eyes, and Teddy's smile. "It's- It's nice to meet you all." He cleared his throat.
"So, Ted, can you really change your appearance whenever you want?" Sirius asked, wandering around the room poking around at things. Teddy thought for a second, screwed up his face in concentration, and a second later Sirius was staring at himself. Teddy changed his appearance back to normal and smiled at the shocked look on Sirius's face. "That was fucking wicked. Creepy as hell, but wicked."
"It's useful at times..." Teddy shrugged, stealing another glance at Remus. "So, you lot are escorting us to Diagon Alley? All of you?"
"Well, it was just supposed to be Lily and I..." Remus began.
"But Dumbles loves James and I. And we love any excuse to miss class. So, yes, all of us are going. Seems like quite the adventure, wouldn't you say?" Sirius finished, sneaking a wink at Victoire.
"I don't mean to pry, Victoire, but are you..." James seemed hesitant to finish his question.
"I'm a quarter Veela, James. If that's what you were wondering."
"Ah, no wonder Sirius thinks he's in love." Remus chuckled. "Down, boy."
"He falls in love every other day, Moony, Veela or not." James countered, chuckling, as well.
"I do not fall in love every other day, Prongs. Maybe every other week, but not every other day. Merlin's pants, give me some credit." Sirius rolled his eyes.
Lily clapped her hands together. "Everybody ready to head to the Headmaster's office? He's waiting on us. And I''m not going to be late again because of you lazy sods." Lily walked towards the door and James followed close behind. Sirius saluted her and stole a glance at an unimpressed Victoire, and Remus hung back while Victoire helped Teddy gather things into his backpack.
"So, how did you two wind up at Hogwarts? I don't think I've ever heard of transfers before." Remus asked, as Teddy closed the door.
"We were at Beauxbatons, living in an orphanage in the summers. But the orphanage burnt down and we had to find somewhere else to go. Dumbledore was kind enough to open his doors to us." Victoire answered, because Teddy had opened his mouth to answer but more or less looked like a fish out of water.
"He's not French, or doesn't sound it anyways."
"His parents were in France when they died and he didn't have any family in England, so he stayed."
"Oh. Sorry about that, mate." Remus gave Teddy a sobering look.
"All good. Don't remember them, anyways." Teddy shrugged. "But thanks, anyways."
They reached Dumbledore's office and, after Dumbledore handed Teddy and Victoire pouches containing more than enough gold, they all stepped into the Floo one by one calling out for Diagon Alley amidst the green flames.
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