After the Blue (NextGen HP)

The Memorial

Two Weeks Later, May 1st 2017

Just yesterday, he sent Grant a box of photos and other items that belonged to him.

Grant,

I found these at the flat, there were a few I thought you'd like. There are records, too - Dad had good taste!

You were right, he had a lot of happy memories here. It looks like you did, too, and it felt unfair to keep everything.

Best wishes,

Teddy Remus Lupin.

He sent it through the muggle post. Of course, the boxes that he and Harry brought back were with them. The books were organized into the library although most were muggle books. Harry had safely put back most of his pictures in a memory room he had created. It was on the second floor and had multiple glass showcases almost like a museum. There were pictures and items that belonged to those close to Harry and Ginny that had passed away. This included Order members, their old classmates, Ginny's brother, Harry's parents, and even his dad. Some items included the letter Regulus Arcturus Black had written, Hedwig's cage, the Marauder's Map (although James stole that), the letter Lily had written to Sirius, a clipped mirror that used to be Sirius and James's, a golden snitch, and more.

There were pictures of the original Order, old newspaper clippings, and even Sirius's leather jackets. Toward the back of the room, there was a wand cabinet. It was a glass cabinet and inside were the wands of replicas of Mad-Eye, Lily, Fred, James, Remus, Tonks, Sirius's wands, and more. The originals were buried with them.

He saved some of his father's stuff and brought it back to his gran's house, Andromeda. He just came back from the Potters to his gran's house. Students whose family members had passed 18 years ago, were allowed the weekend off. Tomorrow, they were going to go to Hogwarts together. It's a tradition almost everyone in the Wizarding World had taken in.

He sat there looking at the old pictures of his mum and dad. He always knew more about his mum because of Andromeda. She told him all about her when she was a baby, teenager, and even about the Black Family. She hated talking about her family but always said Sirius was her favorite cousin. He had visited Grimmauld Pl with Harry a couple of times, as that used to be Sirius's house and headquarters. He saw the Black Family tapestry along with many names he recognized, Andromeda Tonks, Sirius Black, Regulus Black, Draco Malfoy, Narcissa Black Malfoy, and of course Bellatrix Lestrange. He met Narcissa loads of times as she would come to visit Andromeda. They grew close once again in the past few years after the war had ended. Narcissa and Teddy had always been pretty close as they bonded over muggle baking. Teddy had always loved baking cookies and brownies, Narcissa would secretly always loved to bake the muggle way when she was growing up. She taught him how to bake banana bread which is his absolute favorite.

He found himself unable to sleep just like last year, and the year before. He was wondering whether he would tear up like last year, and the answer was pretty obvious. Yes. He would.

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May 2nd 2016, Hogwarts

It had been eighteen years since his parents died. Since the other 50 had died. Since we won the war. Since Voldermort had finally been killed. It's a day no one in history will ever forget, May 2nd, 1998.

Today was different. Today was 2016. For the past eighteen years, there has always been a beautiful memorial service for everyone who fought and died in the war. When he was at Hogwarts the whole day would be given off, in respect to those who lost their lives. Those who fought in the war and family members of those who died would all be there. In short, everyone was there.