Time flew by for Teddy and before he knew it, he had already spent more than two months in the castle. It was in the middle of November that Teddy walked in to an unusually quiet great hall for breakfast. He exchanged a quizzical glance with Arjun before taking a seat next to Sarah who was trying to school her, already neatly piled hair.

"What's up with everyone?" Teddy asked, looking at all his friends. "I have never seen the hall so quiet."

"Harry Potter is here, he is sitting with Professors Longbottom and Thomas on the high table." Trent whispered, looking completely awed as he looked at the hero of the masses on the high table. Teddy followed his lead and looked at the high table to find his dad having a heated discussion with Professor Thomas and Teddy was pretty sure it was about their Quidditch teams. It was at that moment, that Harry looked up and flashed a smile towards his Godson before going back to the discussion.

Trent blushed. "Did he just- did he just- smile at me?" He stuttered.

Teddy stifled a laugh. "I guess so." He said with a broad grin, watching his Godfather. A part of him itched to go hug his dad and tell him he was glad to see him. But another part of him wanted to enjoy the anonymity of being Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks' orphan child for a few more minutes; before everyone found out that he was raised by Harry Potter.

However, his secret was about to get out in the most unimaginable way possible. Adam approached the table with his dorm mate Jim Shacklebolt in tow. Jim's twin Sarah Shacklebolt was a Gryffindor. Sarah and Jim were the children of the Minister for Magic. Teddy groaned, Adam would recognize Harry Potter as being Teddy's father. Harry had insisted on dropping Teddy off to school on occasions.

"Hey Teddy!" Adam exclaimed excitedly. "Jim said that your dad is famous; that he defeated some super evil dark lord a lot of years ago."

The entire table turned to stare at Teddy as Jim looked at him guiltily. "You know Harry Potter?" Trent asked.

"Err… Yeah. He is-"

"He is Teddy's dad!" Adam exclaimed.

"No, Teddy's dad was Remus Lupin. He died in the war; we saw his name on the memorial wall last week." Samantha corrected Adam.

"I am telling you, that man on the table is Teddy's dad." Adam argued, "I have met him loads of times. He used to come to drop Teddy to school. I have even met him at Teddy's home. Teddy! Tell them!"

"But that can't be!" Penny exclaimed. "Teddy is a Lupin, not a Potter."

"Maybe we should leave it be. So, Teddy knows Mister Potter, it's not a big deal." Jim said quietly, Teddy sent him a grateful smile. He knew that only Jim understood how uncomfortable being famous for having famous parents was.

"But Jim! He knows Harry-freaking-Potter!" Trent exclaimed. "Is he really your dad?"

"GUYS!" Teddy said loudly, and it sounded like a trumpet call in a hushed up Great Hall. Every eye turned to look at Teddy, but then zoomed back to Harry Potter when they realized that it was just a bunch of pesky first years.

"Yes. Adam is right." Teddy said in a low voice. "He is my dad. Not dad-dad, he is my Godfather but I have called him dad since forever."

"Wow!" Trent and Penny said together. "You are Harry Potter's Godson!" Trent added looking awed.

"Okay." Arjun interjected, "Can someone please tell the muggleborns here, why Teddy's dad is such a big deal?"

"Oh right!" Jim said, "You wouldn't know, we haven't covered it in history yet."

"Okay!" Jim added, "Remember the war memorial we saw last week?" The muggleborns nodded.

"Well, there was this really dark wizard that lived a long time ago. His name was Voldemort, but he was so powerful and evil that everyone feared to take his name and thus they called him 'you-know-who' or 'he-who-must-not-be-named.' Dad says, if Voldemort wanted you dead, you would be dead no matter what. But then Voldemort attacked the Potters when Mr. Potter was just a baby and somehow, Mister Potter stopped him and made him go away for 13 years, but he was orphaned in the process. Dad remembers Mr. Potter's parents; he was a first year when they were Head Boy and Head Girl. He said, their deaths were part of the reason that propelled him to be an Auror." Jim said looking at each of them carefully.

"When Mister Potter was 15, Voldemort came back and he was as deadly as ever. Dad says, he was so scared when we were born, because he didn't even know if all of us would make it out alive. He was fighting alongside Teddy's parents and they were his friends. And then, in 1998, there was a final battle of Hogwarts, where Teddy lost his parents and we lost our mother, but Mr. Potter was able to defeat and kill Voldemort in the end and that's why he is so famous. They say he was born to do it, Dad says, it's rubbish. But anyway, since Voldemort terrorized all of Wizarding Britain, his death was a moment of great relief and that is why Mr. Potter is seen as the saviour of the masses."

"Wow!" Arjun said as Adam whistled.

"So, how did he do it on his own?" Samantha asked Teddy and Jim. Jim shrugged.

"With the help of my family and friends and a bit of luck." A voice behind Teddy answered. The first years jumped when they realized that Harry Potter had walked up to their table to talk to them. Teddy turned, a grin plastered on his face.

"Dad!" He exclaimed, jumping up to give his dad a hug. Harry laughed as he hugged Teddy back. "Look at you!" He exclaimed. "You are taller now." Harry said, mussing Teddy's hair. Teddy swatted his hand away and muttered "Well, you are older now."

Harry grinned, "Meh! I can still beat you at physical strength."

"That's because you are a senior Auror and you work out like 6 times a week!" Teddy exclaimed.

Harry laughed, "Fine. Fine. Fight with me later. Now why don't you introduce me to your friends?" He said. "I see Adam is here. It's nice to see you again kid." Harry said extending his hand out to Adam.

"Its nice to meet you again, Mr. Potter, Sir." Adam replied speaking too fast.

Harry frowned. "Don't believe everything these two tell you about me." He said pointing at Jim and Teddy who smirked mischievously.

"Oh come on, Mr. Potter!" Jim said, "You know we never do anything."

"Apart from blowing up an entire room, the one time we left Teddy, your sister and you together to go attend the Christmas Ball at the Ministry." Harry added, shaking Jim's hand.

"It wasn't our fault." Sarah said, reaching over to shake Harry's hand. "You shouldn't have left three 5 year olds with cookies and a room full of combustible substances."

"Lesson well learnt, my dear." Harry replied with a grin.

Teddy introduced the rest of his friends before making his way to class, promising Harry to meet him at lunch and spending the free period after lunch with him. As Teddy walked out of the hall, he was grateful that his friends weren't treating him any differently. Yes, Trent and Adam had started hero- worshipping his dad, but they were awed by his personality now. However, he did notice that a lot of the student population was looking at him with a mix of envy, awe, jealousy and greed. He sighed inwardly; this year was going to be a long year.

"You know you could hex them, just don't get caught doing it." Ashley argued as they walked back to the Great Hall.

"Ashley, that is not the answer!" Teddy argued back. "If I keep hexing them every time they said something stupid, it would only lead to more fights."

"But Teddy, You can't let them walk away with what they said about your family." Ashley said indignantly.

"What they say doesn't matter." Teddy replied back. "Dad always says that people will say a lot of things to me; both good and bad because of who I am. I need to choose the people whose words matter to me."

"He is smart. Your dad I mean. And he is right. I wish my family was just as supportive."

"But I thought, your parents are great. You always say so."

"Yeah. My parents are great, they were here for the war, they know how it was. It's the rest of them. They are as bad as Avery and Bulstrode."

"Yeah, Well. I am sorry about that."

"Nah. Its okay, I choose not to listen to them." She said with a grin, "Hey, do you want to go to the library after lunch? Get an early start on the Charms essay?"

"I can't." Teddy said, his heart filling with disappointment. "I have to meet dad."

"Oh! Okay." Ashley said with a shrug, "Later then."

They walked in silence the rest of the way, it wasn't an uncomfortable silence, they just didn't have anything to say to each other.

Teddy thought about his day till now; his morning had started pretty fine. Herbology with Gryffindor under the watchful eye of Professor Longbottom was always a fun experience but that fun experience was followed by double charms with Slytherin. Teddy didn't mind all the Slytherins, in fact he was friends with a few of them, Ashley being a great example. But Avery and Bulstrode were the biggest pricks he had ever met. Teddy spent the double period ignoring their jibes on how an orphan was taking care of another orphan. How the Weasleys had taken in Teddy because they pitied orphans, they even said that someday, a Weasley would marry off his daughter with Teddy because they believed in social service. It took all of Teddy's self control to not turn around and punch them in the face. Ashley however showed no such restraint. She sent a burning candle flying towards them, the two prats yelled and ducked out of the way.

She later, with tears in her eyes, explained to Professor Flitwick that she was practicing the levitation charm, as he had asked them to revise all the charms they had learnt so far and lost concentration and that she was so very sorry. Teddy had to do all he could to not snicker, he grinned at her as she sat back next to him. She gave him a warning look before going back to work, a sly smirk playing on her lips. Teddy's heart thudded in his chest as he watched Ashley practice. She was one of the prettiest girls he had ever met, not as beautiful as Vic but pretty in a different way. He peeked at her shyly as she walked beside him, humming a tune softly.

Harry Potter was waiting for Teddy outside the Great Hall, Teddy looked at him and smiled broadly forgetting about the horrible comments from Avery and Bulstrode and his disappointed over not being able to spend some time with Ashley.

"Hey, Big Guy." Harry said with a smile, "How was your day?"

"Hi, Dad. It was fine. How was your day?"

"Really Teddy? You want to know about my day?" Harry asked with a laugh, knowing that Teddy, though proud of Harry, was never really interested in the details of Harry's work life.

"Its called making polite conversation, Dad." Teddy replied cheekily, "Anyway, this is Ashley Flint, a friend of mine. Ashley this is my dad Harry Potter."

Ashley smiled shyly at Harry before shaking his hand. She excused herself immediately after that and walked into the hall for lunch.

"She is very pretty." Harry whispered in Teddy's ear as Teddy watched her walk away.

"Hmm?" Teddy hummed distractedly, tearing his eyes away from Ashley.

"I said, she is very pretty and she seems nice." Harry said with a broad teasing grin.

"Dad, it's nothing like that." Teddy said blushing.

"Like what?" Harry asked innocently.

"Dad!"

Harry laughed. "Okay, come on. Let's go down to the kitchens and get some lunch and we will talk all about a certain Ashley Flint."

"Dad!"

"So, Teddy, how do you like Hogwarts?" Harry asked as they settled down with their favourite desserts.

"It's great, Dad. It's everything all of you ever said it would be and more."

"So, no trouble?"

"None."

"Are you sure?"

"Dad."

"Look, I know okay. Professor Zabini wrote to us about Avery and Bulstrode and their constant remarks." Harry said. "Let me tell you, I am- No, all of us are proud of the way you are handling things." Harry said looking at Teddy with pride.

Teddy blushed. "Thanks dad."

"But if it gets too much and you need to vent, you can always talk to us, okay?"

"I know dad, and I will, I promise."

"I guess that should be good enough." Harry said, "Dear Merlin, Teddy! You are growing up too fast!"

Teddy laughed. "You are worrying too much. I am the same old Teddy."

Harry nodded. "Now, Teddy." He said seriously, "Do you think you are okay with this? The school now knows that you are my Godson and there would be a spotlight on you. The comments would either get really hurtful or too full of false admiration, both are just as bad. You think you would be okay?"

Teddy nodded. "I guess I will be. My friends don't treat me any differently. And those are the ones that matter, I really don't care about the rest."

Harry nodded thoughtfully, "You know you are taking this much better than I expected you to. I thought you would either resent me for putting you through so much of public scrutiny or you would be a pig headed prat about it and we will have to bring you down a peg or two."

Teddy laughed. "No, No. Save those lectures for James. The kid loves being the centre of attention."

"Don't remind me." Harry groaned. "I wish the rest were as easy to handle as you."

"Tough luck, Dad. Anyway, how are they doing? How is Al doing? Is he still mad at me?"

"James is being James, gets in trouble at school every other day. Thank God, we decided to not send him to a muggle school, he would have blown up the international statue of secrecy in ten seconds. Lily is fine, she now has a new obsession, a pink unicorn that she wants for her birthday and Al is fine. He misses you a lot. I guess, he misses talking to you all the time. But he is fine, he is not mad at you, in fact, he saved your letters in a box under his bed. He is a funny kid."

Teddy shook his head. "Al is not funny dad. He is just way too mature for his age. He is also really scared that we would leave him. I don't know why, but he is."

"He is your brother then. Didn't you cry up a storm in pre-school because Andromeda was late?"

"Thanks Dad." Teddy said sarcastically, rolling his eyes.

Harry laughed. "Come on Bear, nearly all children suffer from separation anxiety the first time they are left alone. It is a big change, but I think he will be fine."

"Yeah. He will be."

They lapsed into silence, lost in their thoughts.

"Hey dad."

"Hmmm?"

"I am proud of being your Godson. You are a great dad."

Harry smiled warmly, "Thank you, Teddy. Now let's get you to bed, you need to sleep for a few hours before dinner and Astronomy."

Teddy nodded as he got up and followed Harry out; they walked in silence towards the Hufflepuff common room. Harry hugged Teddy one last time, promising to see him again on Monday.

"Oh! And Teddy?" Harry said, making Teddy turn around to face him. "These are for you." He said, opening his palm to tiny packages, which Harry then restored to their normal size. There were boxes of Teddy's favourite sweets both muggle and magical along with letters sent by the Weasleys, his gran, his mum even the Malfoys. Teddy grinned at Harry before giving him a quick hug and rushing into his common room.

AN: Yey, another chapter. Let me know what you think of it. Please do read and review and if you are new here and like this story don't forget to follow/favorite either it or me or both. I update every week.

Waiting for your reviews.

Happy Reading.

Much love,

The fishes