Another Teddy chapter! I love Teddy.
Chapter 7 – Teddy
Teddy's Thoughts
October 2009
Looking out over the Quidditch pitch, Teddy thought of his life at Hogwarts. He had three great friends, all of whom surrounded him as they waited for the first Quidditch game of the season to start.
Lyra, the ever excitable one. Always willing to randomly start yelling for no particular reason. Though, sometimes there was a particular reason, like when she was hungry and yelled for food, or felt like embarrassing them and screamed their awful nicknames at the top of her lungs. She was his first non-family friend though, and he loved her like a sister. Or at least, how he thought he would love a sister if he had one, seeing as how he was an only child. He laughed at himself just then, thinking how even Lyra would think he was being ridiculous with that thought. But then she was a whole load smarter than she liked people to think. After all, she got the best grades in their year, except for maybe Leo and O'Malley, all of whom got perfect scores without really trying. Oh well, he didn't have to try that much harder than the rest of them.
Leo. So calm compared to his sister, but perfectly capable of being as crazy as she. He just hid it better. He was the mastermind behind all the pranks they pulled. Lyra came up with the crazy ideas but Leo was the one that turned them into reality. He was also the only reason they weren't living in detention, though they did spend a lot of time there. He also remembered everything without trying. He never missed anything. Not even the little smile Teddy got whenever Vic wrote him a letter. He was going to have to watch Leo. Teddy didn't think Leo would say anything, but you could never be too careful. And if word got back to Lyra that he was sweet on Vic, he'd never hear the end of it.
O'Malley. The consummate player. A different girlfriend every week. Though Teddy wasn't sure he should even call them girlfriends, seeing as friends actually talk to each other, and O'Malley never seemed to be talking to his girl of the week. It was quite disgusting actually. Just the other day, he and Leo had had to avoid the Great Hall at the warning of Lyra to keep from vomiting at the scene O'Malley and his girl were putting on. Teddy was also a bit amazed at how he'd taken to being at Hogwarts. Despite being muggle-born, he had taken to magic like a fish in a pond. He was still caught off guard sometimes though, when he saw something particularly ordinary that he hadn't realized could be done by magic, like that time they snuck into the kitchens and saw the dishes doing themselves.
Ah, the kitchens. Teddy's favorite place in the castle. The house elves were so helpful and always willing to feed a hungry boy. He liked it best though when Kreacher was visiting his friends among the Hogwarts house elves. He would always take the time to tell Teddy stories of how things were going at the Potter Mansion.
He often ended up going to the kitchens by himself, as the others preferred to find new places, rather than return to places already discovered. At the rate they were going, they'd know the castle inside out and backwards by the time the Christmas holidays came around.
Suddenly, he was startled from his thoughts as he heard the announcer cry, "Welcome, to the first Quidditch match of the season between Hufflepuff and Slytherin!" Guess I better pay attention now...
I hope you enjoyed it. Mostly things you already know with a few new tidbits. If you have any questions, I will always answer even if it's just to say I can't because it would spoil the ending :)