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Chapter 3

Remus ducked as another confundus charm sailed over his head. Greyback and him had been locked in a continuous duel for at least ten minutes now. No one gaining the upper hand. Remus had a gash on his forehead from when the vending machine had exploded for a second time but other than he was uninjured. He sent back a diffindo and part of the tiled wall smashed away and he heard Greyback call out in pain.

Remus paused. The torrent of spells had seemingly stopped. Dust from the now shattered wall clouded his vision of Greyback though, and he didn't know how seriously hurt he was. He cautiously stepped forward into the debris and dust, bits of tile crunching under foot. He held his wand level, his eyes searching almost desperately for signs of life.

Some part of him was screaming at him that this was madness. He should turn back, flee now that he had the opportunity. But then there was the other part; the part that wanted Greyback, no, needed him. He couldn't get the words that he said earlier out of his head, 'Amazing that she's still with us, really.'

There was a sound to the left and Remus turned instantly, but it was only part of the wall crumbling away. He muttered an incantation and a slight breeze came along, blowing the dust away.

That's when he noticed the figure, lying on the floor between the pieces of debris. Remus slowly made his way over to him, not sure if he was out cold or was bluffing. He then noticed Greyback's wand lying a few feet away, which meant he was unarmed, even if awake.

Remus nudged the figure with his foot. Nothing happened. He crouched down in front of Fenrir and grabbed him by the collar whilst muttering "Rennervate."

The Werewolf came around to face a wand at his throat and a not so very happy looking Remus Lupin. "Where's Dora?" He asked.

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Teddy had started to count all the seats in the carriage again when the tube train finally arrived at Holborn. There were more people in the carriage now. It had slowly been filling up as they got closer and closer to the city centre. Some had been giving Teddy odd glances every now and then, but none had approached him.

The train came to another lurching stop and the doors opened. Teddy stood up along with a few others and exited, following the crowd of people. He made his way through the maze of tunnels and up the escalator and was feeling proud of himself when he got through the turnstile when he was suddenly met with a Police officer.

It was a woman with a friendly enough looking face, but Teddy really wished she was somewhere else entirely. "Hello," she said with a friendly smile, which Teddy didn't retaliate. "You're a bit young to be travelling by yourself, aren't you?" She asked, a slight frown appearing on her face. "How old are you?"

Teddy just stared at her face whilst trying to work out a reasonable age. How old were Ron and Harry? "Twelve," he said, hoping she would now leave him alone.

However she didn't look very convinced.

"Are you with anyone?" she asked.

"Er…yes, my Uncle Sirius."

"And where is he?" She asked.

"He's…in the toilet." Teddy pointed over to the toilets he'd just spotted.

"You did come through the turnstile on your own though," she said, sounding as if she really didn't believe a word of Teddy's bull story. But to be fair, he wouldn't have believed it.

"That's because…he had to run ahead because he really had to go. He had to run up the right side of the escalator, even though you have to stand on the left and he wasn't late for a train…"

The Officer nodded, "Well, could you go and get him for me? I'll wait outside."

Teddy nodded. He was so in it now, what could he do, ask some stranger to pretend to be his Uncle. Teddy entered the toilets and looked around. There weren't any windows or anything, so he couldn't get out that way. He sighed, he just wished he was someone else entirely at the moment. Someone who didn't have to worry about their Dad, or Death Eaters, or the Police Woman standing outside the toilets… And that's when he had an idea. He ran straight over to one of the cubicles and locked the door.

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Fenrir just smiled up at Remus, a toothy grin showing all his yellow teeth, "Where's who?" He questioned.

Remus' grip tightened on Fenrir's collar. "Don't play games Fenrir," Remus growled, "Tell me where she is."

"Or what?" Fenrir questioned again. "Are you going to kill me Lupin?" The same toothy grin was still on his face. "Don't do anything you might regret…"

Remus didn't answer but merely pushed his wand further into Fenrir's neck, causing him to tilt his head slightly. "Where is she? Tell me now, or you'll regret it."

Fenrir chuckled slightly, "I don't think I will…if anything, I think you'll regret this…I found out quite a while ago that the best way to punish a father is with the child."

Remus' eyes flashed with anger.

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Teddy removed his coat and stuffed it into his bag, along with his beanie hat. He then closed his eyes tight shut in concentration as he changed his appearance.

A boy with a bag slung over one shoulder left the cubicle with bright ginger hair and freckles. If with the Weasleys, Teddy Lupin would have easily passed for one of them. He then took a deep breath and left the toilets right behind another man also exiting.

Teddy walked straight past the Police Woman, she didn't even bat an eyelid at him and continued to silently wait for him. As soon as Teddy was out of her eyesight he ran straight up the stairs and out into the busy streets of London. The rain had gotten considerably worse since Teddy had last been outside, and now without his coat and hat on he quickly became soaked. The sun had set about ten minutes ago and all the streetlights were on, reflecting off the wet sheen on the pavements.

He continued to walk down the street, weaving in and out of the various people all rushing to one place or another. He was nearly bowled over by one man running past, but he managed to stay on his two feet and shoot the youth evils as he ran off down the street.

Teddy then branched of the main road and headed down a road lined with big fancy buildings. He stared up at one which seemed impossibly tall and wondered if giants had had to make it to get up that high.

A car then came speeding down the street and the front tyre successfully hit a puddle by the side of the road, completely soaking Teddy. Teddy stopped where he was briefly, his clothes clinging to him and his hair feeling like mud plastered to his head.

He then shook his head and continued to walk, it just generally wasn't his day. He soon reached a sort of park area. He quietly slipped through the gate and started to walk through it.

Teddy's heart started to race slightly as he silently walked through the park. There wasn't a lot of light here and the tree's appeared to loom over him, the rain pounding on the leaves constantly.

He kept turning around to check no-one was following him, but was always faced with nothing. He took a deep breath and then started to hum to himself, he was nearly there after all. If he was jumped upon he could probably scream his heart out and be heard by at least someone in Grimmauld.

Teddy started to pick up his pace, he could now see the row of houses that Grimmauld belonged to. There was then a sharp noise to his left and Teddy started to run. His feet pounding on the wet pavement and his bag swinging against his side.

He finally reached the end of the park and sprinted across the street to number 12 Grimmauld place, the building appearing as it normally did. Teddy ran up the steps and pounded on the dark green door.

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Lily Potter was making her way down the stairs to Grimmauld place when she heard the banging on the front door. Immediately she walked over and unlatched the door, pulling it open. She stared down at the small boy with ginger hair and freckles who was completely soaked through. At first she was slightly confused. Who was this small boy? He looked just like a Weasley…but she knew all the Weasleys…and then it clicked.

"Teddy?" she questioned. The small boy nodded and his hair slowly changed back to it's normal turquoise colour. "Where's Remus?" she asked, a slight sense of dread building up inside her. She glanced down the street but she couldn't see anyone.

"He – he told me to get on the train." Teddy stuttuered.

Lily took a deep breath, "Alright, come in Teddy, you're soaked through."

Teddy stepped inside, the door closing behind him. He was shaking from the rain and the cold. Lily immediately got out her wand and cast a quick drying spell. She bent down in front of him. "Are you alright Teddy?" She asked, her hands on his shoulders. Teddy merely nodded. "How many of them were there?" Lily asked.

"Just one," Teddy replied. He looked into Lily's green eyes, "Why didn't he come with me?" He asked, his voice cracking slightly.

Lily rubbed his arm, "It's okay Teddy. He's going to be alright. C'mon, lets go into the kitchen, yeah. I'll make you a hot chocolate." She took his hand and led him downstairs and into the kitchen.

Teddy sat down at the table, dumping his bag on top of it. He started to trace the various grains of wood in the table with his finger.

Lily started to make a hot chocolate, getting out a big mug from one of the cupboards. "Teddy," she said. "I take it you ran into a death eater?" She asked. Teddy nodded. "Do you know who it was?"

"Dad called him Greyback," Teddy replied. Lily suddenly looked concerned, and it didn't go unnoticed by Teddy. "…Did Dad stay because of…Mum?" Teddy mumbled, staring down at the table.

Lily took a deep breath. "Yes, he probably did Ted. Greyback was one of the Death Eaters that was there when…" Lily trailed off. She turned back to making the hot chocolate, pouring it into the mug. "Where did Greyback turn up Teddy?" She asked, "Where are they?"

"We were in the Muggle underground train station." Said Teddy.

"Do you know what station?"

"Ummm….it was Oakwood. We were on the platform."

Lily placed the now made hot chocolate in front of Teddy. "Stay here, alright Ted?" He nodded and Lily left the room, headed upstairs to find her husband.

Lily found James and Sirius in the library, James was jumping around in victory because he'd beaten Sirius again at Wizards chess. "Yes!" he yelled. "I'm on a roll today, I reckon I could even beat Moony!"

Sirius merely rolled his eyes, "you just got lucky, you would never be able to beat Moony. Not in a million years."

"You just wait until he gets here," James exclaimed, "I will so defeat him, you bet."

"How much," Sirius raised an eyebrow.

Lily, realizing they weren't paying attention to her, or weren't planning on paying any attention to her decided to step in. "You aren't going to be able to defeat Remus at Wizarding chess if he never turns up." She said.

James turned to his wife and frowned, "What do you mean?"

Lily explained everything to the two friends. Once she'd finished both of them looked slightly gobsmacked.

"Do you think he'll be okay?" James asked.

" 'course he will," said Sirius, "this is Moony we're talking about, right?"

"I'm sure Moony can deal with Greyback," said Lily, "But whether he'll be able to control himself…"

"You think we should go find him," said James, "before he does something he'll regret."

Lily nodded. "You know Remus, he would almost certainly do anything to find out where Tonks is."

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Remus dragged Fenrir up by the collar and pushed him up against the wall. "If you lay one finger on my Son I swear I will kill you," he hissed.

"Is that a threat Lupin?" Fenrir chuckled slightly.

Remus then punched him in the face, his head rebounding off the wall. "You were there that night." Remus said. "You were with Bellatrix when she took Dora, where did she take her?"

Fenrir laughed slightly, "You think, that at the hands of Bellatrix, she would still be alive."

"You said yourself earlier that it was amazing she was still alive, you know something." Fenrir laughed, "like I would tell you," he said. There was then a loud bang and Remus went flying across the platform, landing awkwardly on his side. He only just managed to keep a hold of his wand. He quickly scrambled up to find Greyback facing him at the other end of the platform with a different wand in his hand.

"I would have thought," Greyback called across to him, "that you of all people would have known not to cross me. You'll pay for this Lupin." He then span on the spot and disappeared with a crack.

Remus stared blankly at the spot where Fenrir had been standing a few moments ago. He'd done it again. He'd fucked up. Remus punched the floor with his hand, ignoring the pain that it caused. Not only did he still not know where Dora was, he'd potentially put Teddy In a lot of danger.

He stood up and went over to the highly dilapidated vending machine and then kicked it. His foot screamed in protest but he didn't care much. If anything it made him more angry and he took another swinging kick at it.

There were then two sharp cracks and Remus turned to see his two best friends, wands at the ready. They took one look at the destroyed platform and Remus standing in the middle of it and lowered their wands.

"Are you alright Rem?" James asked when seeing the state his friend was in.

Remus merely nodded, "He's gone," he said. He took a deep breath and sighed. "I let him get away."

Sirius and James walked over to him, "It's alright mate," said Sirius. "I doubt that he would have told you willingly where she was anyway."

Remus pinched the bridge of his nose with his fingers. "Is Teddy alright?" He asked.

"He's fine," said James, "He's sat in the kitchen with a large mug of hot chocolate."

A train then came rattling to a halt next to the platform. "C'mon," said Sirius, "let's get back to the house. Before more of them turn up."

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Teddy had finished his hot chocolate and was now sat at the table along with Ginny, Fred, and George. Fred and George were, as per usual, up to no good, and were having an animated whispered talk in the corner of the room.

Ginny was talking to Teddy, although his mind was mostly else where, however hard he tried to concentrate.

Fred and George then joined in, "Ted," said George…or possibly Fred. "Do you know if the Marauders did actually cover the entire fifth floor in jelly?"

"Ummm…" Said Ted, "I'm not sure if that was them…they did trap several Slitherines in a wall of jelly once. Padfoot told me it was strawberry flavoured."

The twins laughed, "They're too good," said one of the twins.

"I wonder how they did it?" Another questioned.

"I know," said the other, "They might have…" and they broke into another animated whispering fest.

Ginny rolled her eyes, "I'd watch where you go now," you might wake up in a wall of jelly," she said to Teddy.

Teddy just smiled back, "sounds like fun," do you think I'll be allowed to eat my way out?"

Ginny laughed slightly. "Knowing Fred and George, they'll probably be too much jelly to even think of possibly consuming it. They don't tend to do things on small scales."

"Maybe they could make it chocolate and not jelly," said Teddy. "That would be awesome! We could turn the entire house into chocolate."

Teddy was about to ask Fred and George if they could consider making it chocolate and not jelly but at that point two people came in. He looked up to see Harry and Ron.

Ginny stood up immediately, and Teddy frowned slightly when he thought he saw a blush across her face. "Well, I'm going up stairs," she sort of squeaked and disappeared from the kitchen.

"Hey, Teddy," said Harry, "I think your Dad's just got back," he said whilst gesturing to the door.

"Really," said Teddy whilst standing up.

"Yeah," said Ron, "you best get up there fast mate. I think Mum's letting off at him."

Teddy leapt up and left the kitchen, taking the steps two at a time. When he reached the top he heard voices that he recognized.

"Molly, please stop fussing, I'm fine. It's just a cut." That was his Dad. Was he injured then?

"Someone has to worry about you Remus," Molly replied.

Teddy rounded the corner and saw the four adults crowding the corridor. His Dad had a gash on his forehead and was covered in what could only be described as brick dust. Molly was standing in front of him, hands on hips, with a look that could only belong to her.

James and Sirius were just standing in the background, almost as if using Remus as a shield against Molly.

"Dad," said Teddy. Remus looked up almost instantly. "Are you alright?" Teddy asked, slowly walking towards him.

"I'm fine Ted," He replied. Teddy ran straight over to him and hugged him. Remus stumbled back slightly with the force but he soon found his footing and then he then hugged his son back. "I'm sorry Ted," he murmured.

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