(1996)
"James. Oh, James," James could feel his cheek being poked as someone called his name. He moaned and rolled over putting the pillow over his head. "Fine then," he heard the voice say. Suddenly, all weight was on his back. He gasped as air fled his body. "Can't breathe!" he gasped desperately trying to grasp any part of the person on his back. "Fred you're gonna kill him!" he heard Albus shout. The weight on James's back receded as Fred got off. James rolled over on his back as he tried to regain his air supply. "You git!" he shouted once he regained his breath. "Well good morning to you too," Fred said smirking. Fred was perched on the edge of the bed as James kicked him in the back.
Fred whispered something in Albus's ear as he leaned over. Albus smiled like a maniac and nodded. In seconds James was squirming, laughing and shrieking as Fred tickled him. "Albus!" James shrieked. "Help me!" Al just stood there still smiling like a mad-man. As James squirmed he began kicking not fully intentionally. Fred with took it though and kept tickling James, laughing just as much as he was. "Freddie!" James shouted desperately trying to get assistance.
James heard Freddie before he saw him as his shoes banged against the wood floors. There was another set of footsteps behind him, but James could tell that it was Lily because her footsteps were so familiar to him. Upon entering the room, Freddie smirked and jumped onto the bed then onto to Fred wrapping his arms around his neck. Fred yelped in surprise as he fell to his side.
James looked up at Freddie and smirked. They both tried to pin Fred's arms at the same time but Fred was faster. His arms flew out from under their arms and wrapped both of them in a head lock. Lily started giggling as she clamored up on the bed. She tangled her arms around Fred's neck. Fred gagged as Lily wrapped her arms tighter. "George!" he gasped out. He tore his arm out from around James and grasped Lily's arms. James yanked Fred's arm that was wrapped around Freddie. Fred let go without much fight. Lily slid off Fred's back knowing that they were done.
George charged into the room. "What are you doing?" he asked with a confused looked. Everyone besides George burst out laughing. "You lot have gone mental." He exited the room with that statement. James looked from Fred to Freddie and he and Freddie stopped laughing. Freddie was the first to slip off the bed. James followed him out the door both of their faces hidden.
Fred looked from Lily to Albus for any hint of what had just happened. They seemed just as confused as he was.
…..(Present)
"Harry, can I talk to you?" Teddy was standing in the entrance to Harry's study as he said this. "Sure Teddy. What is it?" Harry turned to face Teddy. "Can we talk in private?"
…
Teddy and Harry ended up in the garden. Padfoot the black lab trotted around happily. The Potters had gotten him two years earlier and James refused to settle with anything but Padfoot. Teddy had secretly thought this was hilarious because the dog was nothing like the real Padfoot. The dog almost never barked and if a person came along Padfoot would only trot over to them wanting to be petted.
Teddy rubbed the dog's head as he past. "Good boy," he said. Padfoot couldn't have been happier as he trotted off. Teddy went and sat on the bench next to Harry. "Alright Teddy, what did you want to talk about." Teddy thought for a moment unsure how to ask Harry. "About my parents. And everyone else that died in the war." Harry thought for a moment then sighed. "Alright. Well I think you're talking to the wrong person about your mother."
"Really?"
"From my understanding she and Charlie were good friends when they were in school. And of course, you could always talk to your grandmother."
"What about my dad?"
Harry went on explaining about Remus John Lupin as much as he found himself possible. Teddy smiled when he noticed things that his dad had done when he had done almost the same thing. Harry smiled as he noticed that Teddy's hair was changing along with the different themes. When Harry finished Teddy was smiling was a stray tear ran down his cheek. Harry found himself swallowing a burning sensation in his throat. He put his arm around Teddy. Teddy cleared his throat. "Oh, and Harry," Teddy paused and closed his eyes, letting his hair fade to its natural brown.
Harry smiled broadly at him. "You look just like dad like that Ted." Teddy smiled. "I know."
…(1996)
James and Freddie ended up in the bathroom again. James slumped against the wall and Freddie sat on the counter. "We need to tell them," James said. Freddie nodded in agreement, his face in his hands. "But how?" Freddie asked. "It's not just like we can walk up to George and tell him 'Hey! Guess what? Your other half dies!' The world doesn't work like that!" James sighed and leaned his head back, running his fingers through his dark brown hair. "I think we just need to round everyone up and tell them. Tell them about everyone. Not just Fred."
Freddie nodded. "Yeah. But it still won't be a very pleasant form of conversation." James and Freddie both smiled despite their situation. "So, Freddie why were you all sweaty last night?" Freddie shrugged. "I was just hot that's all." James laughed sarcastically. "Oh Freddie! You're hilarious!" James said highly sarcastically. "Nice try now tell me."
"Well you can thank yourself for forming the thought in my mind that there is a possibility that we could never get back to our rightful time. I had a dream that we were stuck here until the final battle. And we went being the stubborn people we are refusing to stay behind. Al came too, but we made the girls stay here. But anyway while we were fighting we saw Fred-"
"Die," James finished for him. Freddie nodded. "Then we saw Teddy's parents die too. But Merlin James, when we finally went to the Great Hall was the worst part. Everyone was just. Broken."
"And then you woke up?"
"Yeah,"
James stared at his cousin and best friend. "We didn't try to save them?"
"There was like this invisible force that made us watch but wouldn't let us do anything else."
James swallowed. "We should tell them. Now. There's a meeting going on so everyone will be here."
…(Present)
"What about Fred? Or Snape? Or Dumbeldore? Sirius?" Harry smiled slightly. "Alright Teddy, slow down. As for Fred, you know that you're talking to the wrong person." Teddy turned away for a moment, cursing inside his head. "Alright then Sirius?"
A/N: Haha! Next is the chapter you are waiting for isn't it? I'm going to kinda give Teddy the spotlight for the Present bits. I don't know how fast I will be able to get the next chapter up as I'm facing a bad patch of writers block at the moment. Also, my dad's coming in next week, so I will be spending a lot of time with him. I promise I will upload the next chapter as soon as possible! THANKS AGAIN!