"I'm beautiful in my way, this God makes no mistakes, I'm on the right track baby, I was born this way!" Luna sang as she watched the clock. Hermione sighed as she drew on a scrap piece of paper, no doubt waiting for somebody to announce that they could leave. They'd finished all of their work, and were now just waiting until the boys came out and said that they were done for the night.
"You know, time flies by faster when you're having fun," Luna commented, "And so far, this hour is going by dreadfully slow."
"Explains why there is no movement out there in the abyss," Hermione motioned to the darkened office space, "Please tell me this does not happen every night."
"Oh, no," Luna sighed, "Sometimes we leave at two in the afternoon, sometimes we leave at two in the morning. It varies."
"Wonderful," Hermione groaned as she looked at her watch, "Oh, poor Teddy, I promised him I'd stop by before I went home. He's probably in bed now."
And with that, she looked up when she heard a little laugh and was barely ready to catch the little body.
"Aunty Mione!" the little boy said happily.
"Teddy? Teddy, what are you doing here?" Hermione blinked as she looked at the little boy, who's hair was bright green and spiky at the moment.
"You didn't come visit me! So when Mummy and Daddy weren't looking I went into the Floo network!"
"You what?" she repeated, Luna joining in as Blaise stumbled out of his office, rubbing his eyes.
"Who what?" Blaise asked before looking at the little boy, "Err…hello?"
"Hi!" Teddy waved, "I'm Teddy Lupin! I'm four years old!"
"Hi, I'm Blaise Zabini, I'm twenty-two years old," Blaise smiled back, "Does your mum and dad know you're here?"
"Err…"
"Teddy Remus Lupin!" Hermione gasped as she bolted from her seat, the toddler in her arms, "We've got to get you home!"
"But I don't want to go home!" Teddy complained, "I want to stay here with you, Aunty Mione!"
"Teddy, your parents must be so worried!" Luna chided, "Oooh – Ginny and being worried. Not such a good combination."
"Why is there a midget in the office?" Draco interrupted as he rubbed a hand to his eye and glanced between the adults.
"I," Teddy puffed out his chest importantly, "Am not a midget."
"Still, why are you here?" Draco asked.
"I wanted to see Aunty Mione!" Teddy beamed at him.
"So the Potters are here?" he asked, now looking at Hermione.
"No, that's just it," she started before Teddy cut her off.
"I came by myself!"
Draco's eyes bulged and his mouth dropped open, "You did what? Do you know how unsafe that is?"
"No," he said simply before hiding in Hermione's hair, making his own hair turn color and shape to match hers, "Aunty Mione, did I do something wrong?"
"Well, you see Teddy, you weren't supposed to go into the Floo by yourself. We could've lost you – and then what would we do?"
"Oh," Teddy hung his head before burying it into her neck, "I'm sorry, Aunty Mione, I just wanted to see you."
"It's alright Teddy, but for Merlin's sake, we have to get you home right n – "
"HERMIONE, I CAN'T FIND TEDDY ANYWHERE!" Harry bellowed as soon as the crack of apparation had announced him. His hair was twisted this way and that, his glasses askew and his shirt looking rumpled. He then blinked at the little form in her arms, hiding and attempting to be swallowed by her hair.
"Err…" she said into the silence, "I did. Ta-da! He must've tumbled into the Floo while you weren't looking. You know, I've read of cases like that. Thank goodness he popped up here instead of, say…a zoo?"
"Oh," Harry said dazedly as Teddy slowly came out from under her hair, "Teddy, is that true?"
"In a sense," he said simply.
The corner's of Harry's lips twinged up, "What does that mean?"
"I haven't read any cases at all…ever," he shrugged, "But I did tumble into the Floo."
"Sorta," Blaise mumbled behind his hand to his colleagues as he pretended to rub at his nose.
"C'mere, Tedster, Gin's going nuts," Harry said, opening his arms for his godson.
"D'aaah," he complained loudly, "Can't I stay with Hermione?"
"Hermione has work to do."
"Actually," Draco finally spoke, earning attention from Harry, "She is now free to go, just as the rest of us."
"Then why are you still here?" she frowned.
"This is much more entertaining," he admitted, leaning against Luna's desk and watching the exchange further.
She snorted and rolled her eyes before turning back to Harry and smiling, "Relax, I can handle him for tonight."
"And tomorrow morning?" Teddy asked hopefully, switching his eyes to the same color brown as hers.
"And tomorrow morning," she added.
"And tomorrow night?" he asked.
"Ha!" Harry laughed, "No. Tonight and tomorrow morning and that is it. And you'll be telling Ginny just how you happened to show up to Hermione's department at the Ministry." He playfully frowned at his best friend, who looked just as innocent as his godson.
"But, Harry," she blinked, "We really don't know!"
"It's one of life's great enemas," Teddy said wistfully as the others cringed at trying not to laugh.
"Enigma, sweetie," Hermione corrected, "Eh-nig-ma."
"Oh," he blinked before frowning, "Well, what does 'enema' mean?"
She cleared her throat, "It means that if you never ask that again or mention that word, I'll get you ice cream tomorrow."
"Deal!"
Harry laughed, "Well, have fun."
"Bye Harry!" Teddy, Hermione and Luna waved.
"I want cookie dough ice cream," Teddy told her as she bended sideways to grab her bag, "With whip cream."
"Of course, Love."
"Actually, I wouldn't mind that," Luna hummed as they walked out together, leaving Blaise and Draco to clean up.
"Oh, would you like to spend tomorrow morning with us, Luna?"
"Sure!"
Blaise watched them go and turned to Draco, grinning, "Awww."
Draco rolled his eyes, "What, Blaise?"
"Look at you," he grinned, "Letting her go instead of making her clean. You hero, you." He lightly punched his jaw.
"Well I wasn't about to have the kid around any longer than was needed," he insisted.
"Uh-huh," Blaise smirked, "And I'm a Crumpled Horned Snorkack."
"Well, you are looking a bit fat," he grinned back at his friend as he frowned.