A/N: here is the final chapter of the story! im not very happy with it, but i think the story needed it to flow on to the sequel. tell me what you think!
Disclaimer: i do not own harry potter.
Chapter 3
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Harry took the tape out the player, and picked up the envelope to put it away. It was only then he realised that it was heavier than it should be. He looked inside, and another tape lay inside.
Harry pulled out the tape and grinned. "we have a while until dinner, feel like watching it now, or would you like to take a break?"
Teddy's eyes lit up "can we see it now?" his face fell slightly, "that is, if your not busy at all"
Harry laughed. "I'm never too busy for you Ted" he said as he slipped the video into the player.
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The screen flickered, the face of a fair haired man came into view. Teddy vaguely recognised the man as Ted Tonks, his grandfather and namesake.
"What are you doing in there Ted?" Adromeda's voice called out, slightly muffled.
"Nothing Dromeda dear" he called back. They got a view point of the room as the camera was swung about. Teddy recognised it as the front room, with the distinctive patterned wallpaper, before it had been decorated.
"You don't need to shout." she said. "I'm right behind you." The camera then turned to face her, and Teddy saw that she was still wearing her cooking apron.
"What on earth is that?" she asked him, pointing to the camera.
Harry and Teddy laughed at the look of confusion on her face. Shortly followed by the chuckle that belonged to Ted Tonks.
"It's a video camera." he explained. "it lets you record things, so you can view them again."
She still looked confused. He tried explaining again. "kind of like a pensieve"
She looked thoughtful for a second, "well I would never have thought muggles could replicate that!" she turned suspicious. "why did you get one of those? And you had better not be recording me!"
The camera shook with Ted's laughter. "I got one because we don't have a pensieve, and I wanted to record us, just in case, this war might not end well. Sorry dear, you are already on camera!"
She groaned.
"Anyway, I thought we could start off by recording around the house."
"But its such a mess!" Andromeda complained.
"Ah well" and with that he proceeded around the coffee table and into the kitchen.
"For the benefit of future viewers, this is the kitchen" as he moved forwards. "Its not a mess in here Dromeda!" he exclaimed upon entering.
She then proceeded to point out all the dishes washing themselves in the sink, and all the pots and pans next to it, waiting to be washed. And the cluttered dinner table.
The camera then continued forwards, and they got a glimpse of the garden. It was sunny outside, and the light reflected off the garden pond, where lilies grew.
"This is the garden" Ted explained.
"Really Ted" Andromeda told him, exasperation clear in her tone. "I think your taking this a bit far don't you?"
"Not at all love" he said, spinning the camera round to face her. He moved back the way he had just come and headed for the stairs.
The stairs creaked loudly as he climbed slowly up them, pointing the camera towards the left side of the wall so they could see all the photos that had been pinned up there.
The beige wallpaper and photos ended as they came to the top of the landing, where they turned left.
"Ted I really don't think we should be going in there."
"Nonsense Dromeda. Dora isn't home at the moment, she need never know, and besides, I want to record the house. The whole house, as it is now."
He nudged the door open with his foot, and turned the light on. The walls were covered in posters of what seemed to be bands. The Weird Sisters being a few of them. A desk sat in the far corner, with a set or drawers and a bed opposite. The window was above the desk. A mixture of many books and few clothes littered the floor. Adromeda gasped in horror at the state of the room. Ted came out the room and shut the door quickly, probably before she could get in there and cast a few tidying and cleaning spells on it.
They moved across the landing to the door next to Dora's, which Teddy recognised as his room. "This is the spare room" Ted Tonks added, opening the door.
There was two single beds at opposite sides of the room, with a wardrobe in between. The pale carpet matched the walls, and a window on the left wall took up a lot of wall space.
It was Teddys room, and it wasn't at the same time. He didn't know why he felt so shocked at this. But he did. Like a dream, where everything is confused up.
"Then theres our room" he moved across to the other side of the landing, and opened the door to their room, which was mainly taken up by a large double bed and wardrobe. "Not very interesting really" he added as he moved out the room.
"We could have a bit of fun with this camera Ted" Andromeda said from somewhere behind him.
"What do you mean?" he asked, as he continued back down the stairs, holding the camera to the right wall this time, to get a glimpse of the other photos.
"Well, when Dora gets married…" Andromeda started, and as Ted got to the bottom of the stairs, he turned the camera facing up the stairs towards her.
"- If, not when -"
"When," she continued "Dora gets married, we will have some record of the day"
"Oh come off it Dromeda! Her and Remus haven't been together that long, what makes you think they are going to get married?!" he asked.
She had that all knowing look in her, as she said "because I'm female and a mother and I just know these things. You have records of the house now can you please turn that thing off?"
"Sure thing" he said. There was the sound of him fumbling around, and the camera turned to face Ted again. "we need to get more recording done"
"Ted could you give me a hand?"
He pulled a face, "bye!" he whispered into the camera.
The screen went black.
Harry and Teddy waited for a few minutes and looked at each other. As they made eye contact, they both burst out laughing. Harry took the tape out of the player.
The moment turned serious as Teddy said, "I wish there were more things like this. It's been fun."
Harry's grin became rather fixed for a moment, for he was wishing the same thing. But then, his smile broadened. Teddy looked at him suspiciously.
"What are you thinking?" Teddy wondered out loud.
"I just had a brainwave" he said, in a rather dramatic voice. "it might work, that" he muttered to himself.
Teddy coughed loudly, and when Harry looked up, he said "care to share at all?"
"Nope!" He grinned wickedly, which meant he was up to something. And he wouldn't share it, which probably meant that he was the target.
He sighed. Harry looked at the clock on the mantlepiece. "we had better move from here or Ginny will be wondering where we've got to."
Harry waved his wand over the tapes, and made a duplicate. "in case they get broken or something." he told Teddy, then held out the originals to him. "here, these are for you"
He didn't know what to say, as Harry pressed them into his hands. Finally, he stammered, "I-I don't have anything to play them on"
Harry shrugged "You can borrow these-" he said gesturing at the technology that had played them "until your birthday, then I'll get you something better for them."
"Thank you"
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That night, Teddy sat on his bed, staring at the photograph of his parents that stayed in the room for when he came to visit. They were waving cheerfully up at him, and he wished, wished as hard as he had done when he was little, that his parents were here with him.
Or he wished that he could at least know some more about them. He had only ever heard what people had told him, and while that was very interesting, it wasn't quite the same as experiencing them for yourself. The tapes had been good, but still not the best. He wanted to be able to feel them stood next to him, not just to watch it. He wanted them to be real.
Little did he know about the plans that Harry had made.
A/N: So what do you think? just press the large button at the bottom here and tell me what went through your mind!
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keep your eyes open for the sequel, which is unnamed at the moment. ive been planning it for a while, and im really excited about it!