It was the first day, the first day of school, the first…I can't do this...no I can't…I can't… dad will understand, right? My name, I should tell you, my name.
It's Edward Remus Lupin but you…you can call me Teddy. Everyone does. I'm starting Hogwarts today but…but I know they won't see me.
They'll see me only as the son of a werewolf. The son of Remus Lupin: a hero. Don't forget my mother, who died to save me. So how can they see me?
"Teddy?" I looked up when I saw my father in the doorway of my bedroom. However, I quickly went back to looking at the floor and picking at my nails.
"Teddy?" my father asked again, walking into the room. I didn't answer, however, how can I? My brain is screaming at me. I can't do this, I can't…
"I can't do this?" I said in a low whisper. However, I knew that my werewolf father heard me.
"Can't do what, Teddy? Go to Hogwarts? Yesterday you were running around saying how much you can't wait to go."
"They won't see me," I said without answering the first question. My father sighed and sat down on my bed.
"Why do you think that?" he asked. I didn't answer though.
"Teddy?" he asked when I didn't say anything. I just stood there picking at my nails and rocking on my feet. My father sighed before he patted the bed. I sighed as well and sat down next to him.
"Do you see me? I know you don't. I'm a ghost," I said quietly. My father looked at me. Even though I didn't really see him because of my blindness in one eye, I still saw the sad look in his eyes.
"Teddy," I shook my head and stood up before I walked out the door with my trunk ready to go to Hogwarts.
I was on the train now alone lost in thought. Father doesn't understand. He doesn't know.
Maybe he does though, he is a werewolf, but he doesn't know what it's like to...oh Merlin, someone knocked on the door.
I looked up hearing the noise and smiled a little when a boy about my age was standing there. He looked nervous as well but probably not as much as me. I was picking my nails again when he sat down across from me.
"Hello," he said with a bright smile on his face. I could see the nervousness in his eyes, but he looked excited.
"H-Hello," I stammered still picking at my nails and looking out the window.
"I'm Henry. What's your name?" the kid Henry asked me. I didn't look at him, hiding one of my eyes.
"I'm Teddy," I said slowly, not meeting his eyes.
"Are... Um," I cut off, not sure what to say. What should I say to him? He'll just see me as one of the Hogwarts ghosts. So, what's the point of being friends with him? I rocked on the bench and looked out the window.
"Where you from?" the boy asked. I looked over at him and smiled. However, I didn't answer right away. I started to pick my nails again before I said:
"Blackpool but I live in London with my…my dad, gran, and Godfather and his family," I tried to keep the stammer away, but I knew it was there.
"Cool, I'm from London as well, I can't wait till we get there. Oh, Mum will be so proud when I tell her," Henry said, bouncing on the bench. I watched him and shook my head.
Mum would be proud of me, right? I know Dad, Gran, and Harry are but…I sighed as my hair changed to my normal color.
He didn't notice, however, which I was confused by, but I didn't dwell on it. My brain was thinking about when they called my name. They're going to hate me!
Oh, Merlin, they will mutter at my last name and call me a werewolf or something and….
"What house do you think you'll be in?" Henry asked, running his hand through his black hair which made me think about Harry.
"I want to be in Hufflepuff, but I don't really care. Dad says that it doesn't matter," Henry said, bouncing again. I smiled at him, but my thoughts were too busy to think about a house.
"Um, Hufflepuff," I answered rocking again.
"Yeah, hey um, are you okay?" he asked me. "Are you nervous because it's okay to be," Henry added. I nodded but he will still see me as a ghost.
"I'm a little nervous, like what if they…" I cut off and shook my head and blinked. I felt tears in my blind eye and looked away from Henry. Again, he'll laugh at me. I know he will. No one wants to be a friend with…
"Are you worried that people would make fun of your hair or the fact that you are blind?"
"Half-blind," I corrected him without realizing that already knew about my eye. I opened my mouth to comment on this when I realized.
"How…?" I cut off as a wave of nerves kicked in. Henry just smiled at me.
"Mum is blind," he said slowly. "And I noticed the scar on your eye and that it's not focused on anything," he said standing up to meet the lady with the snack trolley.
"Do you want anything?" he asked, getting snacks for himself. I watched him and nodded slowly.
"Um, chocolate frogs," I said, not moving from my spot.
"I have a collection at home. I think it rivals my dad's," I said laughing a little to myself. Henry laughed and walked back over and sat down. He handed me the frogs and laughed a little.
"I do as well, but Dad gave me his," Henry said, opening his chocolate frogs, he smiled but he didn't say anything as I opened mine.
My brain was screaming at me not to be his friend because he doesn't really see me, but I think it was wrong. Maybe he does see me and maybe we could be friends. This might be a good year after all.
A/N: Summery: Teddy feels like a ghost because of his father is and because of his half-blindness, however, he meets someone that might change that.
House: Hufflepuff
Class: DADA
Standard
Prompts: [Scenario] Being invisible (literally or metaphorically is up to the writer) and [Emotion] Anxious
Word count: 1033
Warnings/Disclaimers: Remus lives and a lot of self-doubt.
