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Chapter 6 - Prison Break
It was Friday morning in Godrics Hollow and Teddy was sitting over his books. "Again" he thought to himself. He was almost looking forward to next week's exams just so he would have his life back. He couldn't help but think about his friends, who were meeting in just 2 hours at Diagon Alley. He had of course told them that he wasn't able to come, but still Alex had kept him posted on the meeting time and place just in case.
Deep in his thoughts he was taken by surprise by a sudden knock and Ginny's voice as she opened the door.
"Teddy dear, I have promised to go visit Fleur today. I know you'd probably like to come and spent some time with Victoire, but I believe it's better for you to use the quiet house for some studying. We can all go next week if you like."
"Sure thing Ginny" he pointed to the pile of books. "Plenty to keep me busy anyway."
"Good" she sounded relieved like she had expected an argument.
"I'll probably be late. Just tell Harry to make you two dinner. The kids are having a sleepover at Ron & Hermione's."
With that she waved her goodbye and Teddy was back to his thoughts. His friends were out for a whole day of fun and he was stuck alone with stinking potion ingredients and ridiculously boring runes.
"Alone." The thought struck him. Ginny was out for the day and Harry wouldn't be home until dinner. They would never know if he left for a couple of hours. For a moment he considered the Floo, but he knew the Floo would lead directly to The Burrow if used by an unaccompanied underage wizard.
"Stupid safety precautions."
He couldn't apparate nor did he have a portkey, so the only means of transport left was:
"Flying" Teddy mumbled. He grabbed his Firebolt VI, a gift from his godfather for making Gryffindor Quidditch team as Chaser, and opened the window. He was a natural and experienced flyer, going to London would be a challenge, but manageable. Quickly he changed into a pair of jeans, a shirt and a hoody for the flying. Then he hestiated. If Harry would find out that he had left, he would surely be in trouble. Despite the fact that Harry had never been very strict with him, his lectures had gotten sterner over the last year and the recent grounding to his room wasn't forgotten yet either.
After all he would be free again in just a week. Risking this wasn't wise, then again he wanted fun now. And Harry would never know. Coming home before Harry would mean he could have fun and not suffer any consequences. He would be stupid not to grab the opportunity of the empty house and leave.
Grabbing his money he mounted his broom and started out of his open window.
An hour in the air Teddy was using the built-in point me charm for the third-time. He was flying fairly high so he wouldn't be seen, but that made orientation rather difficult. Luckily the broom had a few extras included otherwise he would never find London without using further magic. Another 45 minutes later Teddy landed in an empty street close to the Leaky Cauldron and rushed to meet his friends in front of the pub.