I don't own Harry Potter or Teddy Lupin or Remus Lupin or Hermione Granger ect.
NEED TO KNOW∞ Ginny dies in the final battle, Fred doesn't ∞Harry has raised Teddy since he was three months old because of Mrs. Tonks death… she was attacked by death eaters ∞ takes place during the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix I will not include a lot of details from the book because I don't feel like typing it all and my copy is at my parents' house
History is always written wrong, and so always needs rewritten. - George Santayana
Into the Past
"No, I wouldn't think that I was." Evan replied taking another sip of his drink finishing the glass.
"You know I can act no differently towards Harry or yourself?" He asked raising an eyebrow in question.
Evan nodded as he got up to leave. He still had an hour until dinner and he wanted to relax and play with Teddy. He suspected that after dinner Harry would be in his office asking questions.
Chapter 16
Evan practically ran to his rooms. They had been decorated similarly to Gryffindor Tower with a red and gold color scheme. There were two chairs on either side of a love seat all pointing at the fireplace, but angled enough to see the rest of the room. There were six doors on the other side of room as the fireplace, a bed room for each of them and a bathroom to share.
Evan's and Teddy's rooms were connected as where Tonks' and Remus' an idea of Evan's that he thought was brilliant. Each of them had decorated their own room. Evan decided to express his Slytherin side with soft greens and a touch of silver for accenting. Teddy used electric blue and orange; the colors clashed, but it was Teddy's choice and he was excited about it. Remus chose earth tones, and Tonks used her favorite bright pink. Sirius decided to stick with Gryffindor colors.
Once getting there he saw Teddy playing on the floor with Padfoot. "Hey guys, how was your day kiddo?"
"It was lots and lots and lots o fun!" Teddy yelled jumping up and down.
"Well, I'm sorry you had such a rotten day." Evan said in a serious voice and Teddy broke out in a fit of giggles. Evan smiled he loved making Teddy laugh. Right after the war, Teddy was the only one that could make him smile, and he did it without ever trying. Still, when Evan got into his bouts of grief and self-pity Teddy was the only one that could bring him out of it.
He really hoped Snape could come up with something; it would end the war sooner and hopefully save Harry the grief. He now had the cup, diadem, and the locket, but he still had to destroy them. It would do no one any good to keep them locked up in his trunk. The best way would be to use the sword, but he didn't want to get Dumbledore suspicious, so maybe he should sneak down to the chamber and swipe a couple of fangs. He should also get Snape to go with him; the man could dissect the snake's carcass and gather valuable ingredients.
"We played lots of games and Paddy played fetch wif me!" Teddy told his dad. Evan nodded and pretended to be excited where he should be as the little boy rambled about his day and hopes to go exploring the castle.
Remus walked into the room and smiled at the sight of the little boy talking excitably to Evan with Sirius chasing his tail a few feet away. CRASH! Sirius had run into the coffee table knocking the vase of flowers onto the floor. Teddy screamed and Evan jumped up swing Teddy onto his hip and whipping out his wand.
Sirius tucked his tail between his legs and let out a pathetic whimper. Evan's body sagged in relief once his brain caught up with what happened, "It's alright Snuffles." Evan waved his wand and cleaned up the mess. "Why don't you go get ready for dinner Ted?" He suggested nudging the boy to the bathroom.
"How was your first day?" Remus asked sitting down in one of the chairs.
"Long. How did you do it?" Evan asked and Remus chuckled. Sirius transformed and took a seat on the other chair and Evan stretched out on the love seat. "I mean it's just so repetitive especially since they had such an inconsistent. I have to re-teach first year spells. I mean I remember that the only teachers that I actually learned in defense were 3rd, 4th, and although loath to admit it 6th year."
"Why are you loathed to admit you learned something 6th year?" Sirius asked amused at Evan's antics.
"Because Snape taught," Evan mumbled.
Sirius started to splutter. "Hey Sirius," Harry called lifting his head. "Stay away from curtains, k?"
Remus burst out laughing and Sirius threw his hands up in frustration, "Why do I have to stay away from curtains? There is nothing dangerous about curtains! As deranged as my mother was I doubt, she was sick enough to charm the curtains to attack me!"
Evan bit his lower lip having an internal debate. Deciding that he couldn't bare Sirius dying because he wouldn't take him seriously, he decided to come clean, "Did Dumbledore ever mention what we were guarding in the Department of Mysteries?"
"No, just said that there was information there that could be devastating to our side if Voldemort were to get his hands on it." Remus told him leaning forward.
"Ok, well, inside the DOM is the Hall of Prophecies, and there happens to be one there about Voldemort and myself." Sirius inhaled sharply and Remus straitened his back, "The thing is only a person that the prophecy is about can get it." Evan waited for this to sink in before continuing, "last time he tricked me in to going, and well the Hall of Prophecies isn't the only thing in there."
"Ron, Hermione, Luna, Ginny, and Neville all insisted that they come with me. Once I picked it up we were surrounded by a dozen death eaters. We fought and ran. Hermione got hit by a purple hex from Doholovo; Ron got hit with an intoxication charmed and then summoned a brain that attacked him. Ginny broke her ankle, and Luna got hit with a stunner. Once it was down to just me and Neville the Order arrived, you were both there. Everyone was fighting, and Neville and I were trying to escape."
"The prophecy broke with no one hearing it. You were fighting Bellatrix."
"Good, I hope I creamed her!" Sirius smiled.
"You taunted her and lost your concentration. She hit you with a stunner."
"That's not too bad," Remus interjected.
"We were in the death room. You fell into the Veil of Death," Evan told him looking straight in Sirius' eyes. They got wide and he swallowed hard. Evan turned to look Remus in the eye, "I was going to run in after him, but you held me back telling me it was too late." His voice held no blame and Evan knew that Remus was right to hold him back.
"Dumbledore came and gathered up the death eaters, but Lestrange escaped. I ran after her, and used the Crucio on her." Evan told them looking at the ground, not brave enough to see their reactions, "It didn't work properly, but it wasn't the last time I used it either."
"Dumbledore portkeyed me to his office and locked me in. He knew the Prophecy's contents and wouldn't let me leave until I heard him out, allowed him to explain. I trashed a good bit of his office."
Just then Teddy walked back in the room and Evan burst out laughing. Teddy apparently tried to take a bubble bath because he was covered in suds even over his clothes.
"Did you have a bit of trouble?" Remus asked and Teddy pouted.
"You certainly have your hands full don't you?" Sirius asked Evan.
"And I love every minute of it." Evan said still smiling at the little boy. "Come on suds let's get you cleaned up and ready for diner."
After Evan and Teddy left the room Remus turned to Sirius, "What do you think?"
"I think my godson is an amazing person. I think that he went through way too much and I don't know how to make up for it. I'm worried about him using the unforgivable, and mostly depressed because I was never cleared."
"Yea, I agree with you on all of that. Plus I think Evan blames himself for your death."
"What gives you that idea?" Sirius asked alarmed.
"The look in his eyes."
The four of them made their way to the Great Hall shortly after, Sirius as a dog. They took their seats at the head table. Remus was sitting beside Snape, Evan sitting next to McGonagall, and Teddy sitting next to Evan swinging his feet back and forth with Padfoot sitting on the floor next to him.
There a lot of the girls were commenting on how cute he was. Evan and Snape ignored each other all together. It was a quiet diner and nothing unexpected happened except that Teddy's fork slipped causing a potato and a few peas to fly across Evan, who had dodged with spectacular reflexes, and hit McGonagall. The hall was stunned into silence and Teddy looked up at McGonagall sheepishly while she sat there in shock, "Sorry Aunt Minnie."
McGonagall blinked in surprise at the term and Evan lost control laughing yet again at the mischief his little Teddy Bear could cause.
Evan shooed Teddy, Remus, and Sirius off telling them he would meet them back in their rooms later and made his way to his office to wait for Harry to confront him. Surprisingly Harry was waiting outside of his office door for him, "I thought you might stop by."
Harry nodded and followed Evan into the office. "What did you mean about learning the Dark Arts?" Harry blurted out with Gryffindor bluntness.
Evan gave a small smile, "I used to think that Dark equaled evil, and that's not always true. We will have debates about that in the future, right now don't worry about it."
Harry scoffed, "And here I thought you knew me.
Evan laughed, "I do, I AM you. I sometimes get so obsessed with fighting the Dark Witches and Wizards and finding out what others don't want me to know that I forget to fill in everyone else. You do it too, just ask Ron and Hermione. We grew up completely on our own independent, not relying on anyone, only to come here and meet the two best friends we could hope for."
"How… how are you handling them not being here?" Harry asked nervously. Evan knew he was upset about Cedric but thought that he hadn't considered pushing his friends away until after Sirius died, but maybe he was wrong.
"It's hard and I miss them, but I'm dealing. I'm getting closer with Bill, we have been hanging out with a lot, but it's hard not having them here."
"What's with the debate?" Harry asked
"It'll get people to really think about what they want and what they believe in. Too many people just go along with what there told. How many people believe you're crazy just because the Prophet says so?" Evan asked he always hated people that just followed along with everyone else. Even in his time people just did what he said because of all the titles he had and it drove him nuts.
"You know Hermione's pissed that she has to argue for the enslavement of elves right?"
"Yea, I know, but they are house elves for a reason and hopefully she will realize that. Instead of trying to free them she should work on getting them rights, but she'll figure it out eventually."
"You really think you can stop Malfoy from becoming a death eater?"
"I have no idea, but I'll try my best." Evan told him honestly.
Harry nodded, "I've been meditating like you suggested. You were right about Dumbledore ignoring me." He added the last part sadly.
"I know, but it'll get better, hopefully sooner rather than later." He really wanted to stop the deaths and prevent the pain that happened in the original time line.
They continued to chat for a while Evan filling Harry in on some things that no one wanted him to know. Evan told Harry that there was something in the Department of Mysteries that Voldemort was going to try and trick him into getting. Harry vented about classmates treating him like he was insane, avoiding him because they were scared, and worst of all the pointing and whispering that seemed to follow him wherever he went.
a/n: I'm sorry for the wait in updating, my brother had emergency surgery and I went home to help them take care of their baby girl while he was recovering.
The next chapter will have the debate!