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Chapter#7

It's an Old Relation (Part II)

Teddy sighed, he knew it would have come up sometime and he also knew it would be quite difficult to explain their predicament to Lily, Lucy and Hugo seeing as they were only seven.

Being older, the others and himself had recognised their young family in an instant but it was impossible for the little ones to identify their teenage parents and 24-years younger aunts and uncles. That was the reason Lily and Lucy had ran towards Arthur and Molly and not anyone else, they weren't able to recognise the others.

Teddy took a deep breath and started, "Lils, you remember the potion that spilled on us, right?" Lily nodded, "Well it caused something to happen and we came somewhere else, a place where your mum, dad and all your aunts and uncles are very young. These people don't look like our family, they are our family and we need to introduce ourselves because being young has made their memory a bit weak." Teddy finished his explanation hoping that the little ones were able to understand, because honestly, he could find no other words that will make it more simple for them.

Lily scrunched up her face, indicating that she was thinking and then her face broke out into a large smile. She was instantly joined by Lucy, who was excitedly jumping up and down. "Okay, then that is a young daddy?" Lily said pointing towards Harry, "And that's a young mummy?" she pointed towards Ginny and Teddy nodded

"This means that all our aunts and uncles are here too but they are just young?" asked Lucy and again Teddy nodded, "Can I ask you just this last question Teddy?"

"Yeah"

"Is that Aunt Lavender, sitting next to Uncle Ron?"

"Yes Lucy, that's Aunt Lavender."

There was a moment in which Lily and Lucy just stared at Teddy and then suddenly, they shot towards the Gryffindor side of the room, coming to a halt in front of Lavender, they leapt at her and wrapped their arms around her. "Aunt Lavender! We missed you so much!" they screamed together. An unsuspecting Lavender was as baffled as everyone else as she tried to keep herself and the girls from toppling over on the floor.

Teddy was perhaps the only one who noticed the look on Hermione's face change from that of confusion to one of pure rage and finally to unadulterated sorrow and hurt at hearing Lily and Lucy say 'Aunt Lavender'.

He was confused at first but soon it dawned on him and he couldn't control himself any longer as he burst out laughing.

"Teddy, are you okay? Why are you laughing?" Victoire said as she, along with everyone else in the hall looked at Teddy oddly. Teddy took a second to compose himself enough so as to get out a coherent word. He leant in towards Victoire as he whispered something in her ear and soon enough, she too was laughing lightly.

Teddy was still chuckling as he spoke, "I am really sorry for behaving so oddly. I wouldn't be able to explain it even if I wanted to."

And that was true, he really couldn't.

He didn't even know himself, why he had found that funny but he couldn't just control himself.

He was quite sure that Hermione had just thought that 'Aunt Lavender' meant that Ron had married Lavender. It had taken him a moment to remember that Ron and Lavender were dating in this time plus Lavender wasn't terribly to close to the Weasley family for Hermione to assume that Harry and Ginny's daughter would call Lavender an aunt without her being related to Lily in any way.

Ron marrying Lavender would seem the only plausible explanation for this and Hermione being Hermione had reached this conclusion before anyone else.

If only she knew.

"Lily, Lucy" Victoire called, "Teddy told you before, the family is a bit tired and they are having trouble remembering us. Both of you come and sit with me, you can sit with Aunt Lavender or anyone you please after we're all done with introductions."

The girls both sighed in unison as they stood up and made to walk back. "Wait...uh, t-they can sit with us. Umm, we don't really mind." Harry said nervously

"Thanks daddy!"

"Thanks Uncle Harry!" Lily and Lucy said simultaneously.

With that Lily went over to Arthur, removed his hands from his lap and settled down. Lucy stood there for a moment, contemplating. "Hey, I still haven't introduced myself!" Lucy said suddenly

"Okay, you can go next Lucy," Teddy smiled "I reckon Al is quite happy waiting."

Lucy then went to the front of the hall as she had seen James and Lily do.

Teddy gave her thumbs up and she started "Hullo! My name's Lucy Weasley. I'm seven and my best friends are Lily and Hugo. I really like quidditch and I've got my own toy broomstick, daddy says he'll get me a real one when I'm old enough. I've been on a real one though, with Uncle George. I like painting too, like mummy. My favourite place is granddad's shed; he's got some really cool stuff in it." Lucy rambled on and would have continued to do so, if Teddy hadn't interrupted her, "Luce, you didn't tell them your parents' name."

"Oh yeah, I forgot. Well my daddy's Percy Weasley and my mum's Audrey Weasley." Lucy said with a wide smile

'He comes back' –This was the phrase echoing in the great hall after Lucy's words; it came out of Mrs Weasley's mouth as a chocked sob, escaped Arthur Weasley's lips as a whispered hope, even a prayer maybe and came out as a shout of surprise, elation, anger and frustration from the Weasley siblings.

"Yes, he does." Teddy said, "He came back. I can't tell you the details now but, he does...he comes back when it really matters and you all forgive him."

Molly was up in a flash as she wrapped Lucy in one of her trademark hugs, all the while whispering "He comes back. My Percy comes back...I always knew he would." She then pulled back to look at the little girl who was still smiling (though she had no idea what they were saying about her father), "You have Percy's eyes and hair." Molly said commenting on the girl's blue eyes and shoulder length bright red hair.

"Oh this is a lot to take in." Sighed George

"I don't know whether to be happy that he came back or to be angry that he abandoned us." Said Fred

"Well I'm glad that he came around eventually." Ginny said smiling at Lucy

"Are you an only child Lucy?" asked Charlie

"No" Lucy shook her head, "There's Molly too"

"Molly?"

"Yeah, she's my elder sister."

There was a gasp and another sob from Mrs Weasley as she whispered, "He named his daughter after me."

"Well, he thought it was only fair after all the worry and distress he caused you." said Molly (II) standing up and walking towards her little sister and grandmother.

Molly looked at the girl, her granddaughter, taking in her appearance.

She was the same height as Molly herself, her dark brown hair was loose and fell just below the base of her neck in well-defined curls, framing her pretty face and adorned by square frames were her dark green eyes.

"Umm I guess, it's my turn to introduce myself." She cleared her throat once and started, "Uh well, my name is Molly Weasley...the second, because grandma is the first obviously...but anyways, I am sixteen and in my sixth year at Hogwarts. I was sorted into Gryffindor and I was made prefect last year, well I am prefect this year too. I don't play quidditch but I like watching it because really, how can you not love quidditch and be a Weasley. I am top of my class and I got all O's in my O. , ten to be exact. And my favourite subjects are Charms and Arithmancy."

Molly looked extremely proud and the huge grin on her face threatened to split it in two. She had just opened her mouth to speak when she was interrupted by one of the time travellers; it was Fred (II),

"Hey grandma, save some sentiments for your other grandchildren as well. And now that Molly and Lucy are all done, I reckon I should be the one to introduce myself next."

"Oh that'd be fantastic!" James said clapping his hands together

"Oh just imagine the look on your dad's face." Smirked Louis

Teddy just sighed as he watched Fred (II) make his way to the front of the Hall

Fred (II) cleared his throat loudly as he started, "Hello people of the past! I am truly honoured to be in your presence as you are being in mine." He smirked and then continued, "My name is...well any guesses?"

"You do look like Fred and George a bit" Bill spoke as he noticed the boy's facial features. The boy looked exactly like Fred and George, though his complexion was slightly tanned. The Weasley mop of red hair covered his head and his brown eyes shined with mischief.

"Ah, nice guess Uncle Bill. So, my name is Fred Lee Weasley."

Fred and George high-fived and the rest of the family looked nothing short of amused

"So which one of us do you belong to? My personal guess would be Georgie 'cause you know I wouldn't really name my son after me." Said Fred

"Well I must say, quite a nice guess. My parents are George and Angelina Weasley." Fred (II) announced

"By Angelina, you mean Angelina Johnson?" George asked looking considerably pale

"Right you are dad. Well anyway you'll have a lot of time to get over the shock but I have limited for my introduction. So, I am Fred Weasley the second, I'm 15 and in my fifth year at Hogwarts. I am a Gryffindor, quite unsurprisingly and I play beater on the house quidditch team. My favourite subject is potions and I get better grades than James in schoolwork." Fred (II) finished his introduction

"Oh mentioning that was so important Freddie, wasn't it?" James said rolling his eyes

"Well, it was. You see..." Fred (II) began to explain, when he was interrupted by Roxanne

"Okay, my turn" Roxanne walked to stand beside her brother.

"Oh I forgot to mention. This here," he motioned towards Roxanne, "is my younger sister Roxanne, but we all call her Roxy."

"Shut up Fred! I can introduce myself." She cleared her throat, "My name is Roxanne Weasley. I'm 12 and in my second year at Hogwarts. I'm in Gryffindor like the rest of the family and I play seeker on the quidditch team."

Roxanne had dark red hair and a pale complexion; in respect of physical appearance, that was perhaps all she had inherited from her father. The rest was all Angelina, from her dark eyes to dainty figure and her facial features.

"S-so both of you are my children?" stuttered George

Both Fred (II) and Roxanne nodded.

"That's it, right? I-I mean there're only two of you, yeah?" George looked quite terrified

Again, both of them nodded, and George heaved a sigh of relief.

"Wow Georgie, brilliant family you've got there mate." Fred clapped his twin on the back and George just smiled

George looked ready to ask something when Teddy suddenly said, "I know you all have a lot of questions about us and we'll answer them all but after everyone has introduced themselves." He rubbed his hands together, "So, who wants to go next?"

"Guys, I really hate to interrupt you but Hugo isn't well, he has a temperature."

"What happened? He was alright before, wasn't he?" said Teddy as he began to panic

"No, he wasn't Teddy. He was already sick when we came here; you know the sudden bout of flu he gets." Dominique explained to Teddy "That is the reason he hasn't been jumping around with Lily and Lucy, I'm surprised you didn't notice."

Victoire squeezed Teddy's shoulder, "Teddy, stop panicking and come with me."

She stood up and walked over to Dominique, kneeling down on the floor in front her she put a hand on Hugo's forehead who was breathing heavily in her lap.

"Oh Merlin!" Victoire tried to look not too panicked, for the sake of everyone including Teddy but the truth was that Hugo really wasn't all that well.

His body was burning, a sure sign that his fever had climbed high. She gently took Hugo from Dominique's arms, "Hey Hugo, sweetheart it's okay. You're a brave boy aren't you?" Hugo nodded and Victoire smiled

"Professor Dumbledore sir," she turned to speak to the headmaster as she stood up, "what should we do?"

"Ah nothing to worry about, Madam Pomfrey can take care of young Mr Hugo. A few potions from Poppy, I presume will make him better." Said Dumbledore

Madam Pomfrey took this as her cue as she came and checked Hugo. Satisfied with her inspection, she left the great hall to bring the potions from the hospital wing.

It took her only a few minutes to come back with the required potions in her hands.

As it turned out, that was the easy part because Hugo straight out refused to take the potions, "I don't want to take these potions, they always taste so bad."

"Hugo please, you have to take them. How will you get better if you don't?" said Victoire

"No, I don't want them."

"Hugh c'mon, don't be so whiny. You know if you don't take the potion you won't be able to play with Lily or Lucy." It was Rose who tried to convince Hugo to take the potion this time "And you know Aunt Lavender is back too, you won't be able to play with her as well."

"Aunt Lavender is back?" Hugo said excitedly, despite his condition

"Yes she is and you wouldn't be able to spend any time with her if you don't take the potion and get better soon." Rose made a covert hand gesture to Lavender, indicating her to say something all the while she talked to Hugo

In spite of being in an utter state of confusion, Lavender decided to play along, "That's right...Hugo, you've got to take the potion first...umm if-if you want to play with me?" Lavender said uncertainly, unsure of what to say to the boy

"Okay" Hugo sighed in defeat

Madam Pomfrey then administered the right amounts of each potion to the little boy and instructed him to lie down.

Hugo put his head in Victoire's lap as he lay down on the sofa and Teddy resorted to sitting on the floor next to Dominique.

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So, if you're taking out the time to read this story then you're surely not all that uninterested or extremely bothered by the plot line and that makes, most of the reasons that you might have for not reviewing, very much invalid.

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