Teddy Lupin- Twist In Time

Big Shocks

Teddy's POV-

"I'm so sorry sweetie." Mum whispered in my ear as she pulled me closer, "For leaving you alone."

"It isn't your fault." Dad tried to comfort her, still hugging us both, "We didn't know it would happen."

"But I still feel so guilty." She sobbed back, "About everything."

"Watch out guys!" Sirius yelled, swinging his arms across Nyx and George, "Broody mother alert!"

"Shut up Padfoot." Dad said, "She's a better mother than yours was."

"That's not hard Moony." Sirius grinned, "My mother makes a cockroach look caring."

"And Ted was always very sweet." Molly added in, crying gently and still hugging Fred, "Tonks, you're going to be a wonderful mother. I just know it."

"Thank you Molly." Mum smiled at her, "But I'm sure I could never be as good as you."

"Don't be so modest Nymphadora." Professor Dumbledore said seriously, "You will be fine."

"What about other births?" George asked us, still shaking.

"Well, Bill and Fleur Delacour get married at the end of 1997." I said, watching the oldest Weasley child smile happily, "And they have three kids; Victoire, Dominique and Louis."

"Three!" Fred nearly shouted, "Bloody Hell Bill!"

"Who's Fleur?" Sirius asked.

"She's working at Gringotts." George explained to him, "Bill's giving her private lessons to 'eemprove 'er Eenglish."

"Then Harry and Ginny get married in 2003." Nyx smirked, giggling as Sirius choked on his butterbeer.

"What?" He spluttered as Arthur patted him on the back, his face a light pink.

"Oh that's wonderful." Molly clapped her hands together, beaming broadly, "Finally he can be part of the family."

"Has he got any kids?" Dad asked, looking at me.

"Yup." I nodded, "James who's eight, Albus is five and Lily's just turned three." Sirius and the twins wolf whistled, laughing loudly.

"Is Ron married?" Bill asked, grinning at Molly and Arthur.

"With two kids." I smirked, "And his wife's our very own Hermione Granger."

"What?!" The twins yelped in unison, "Hermione and Ron! Did he brainwash her?"

"You heard." I grinned, "Rose is five, same as Albus, and Hugo's three."

"Damn." Sirius thumped his fist on the table, "I owe Harry five galleons. We had a bet on." He explained as we all looked at him, "I said they wouldn't, he said they would."

"George marries Angelina Johnson." I carried on. Fred frowned and sent a dirty look at his brother who was grinning happily, "They have Roxanne and Fred II. Oh yes; and Percy and Audrey's first child is due in a couple of months."

"That git came back then." George said darkly.

"Wait, how many grandkids have I got?" Arthur asked.

"Umm." I said, counting them up on my fingers, "Ten, soon to be eleven."

"Oh my Merlin." He gasped, leaning back against his chair, "Eleven."

"You always say twelve." I smiled thankfully, "Cos you count me as one."

"Thank you Arthur." Mum and Dad said together.

"No problem." He smiled gently.

"Did Charlie ever tie the knot?" Bill asked me, shaking his head as his two brothers sent each other angry frowns.

"Nope." I shook my head, "He's always been more married to his job really."

"I'll say." The twins chorused, their smiles returning as they mimed out Charlie marrying a dragon.

"Don't be so mean to your brother." Molly scolded them, trying her best to ignore all the laughter.

"When do you want to leave?" Dumbledore asked us over the noise of the laughter, "I would say nothing more than a week before you return to your own time."

"We were only thinking about four days Professor." Alfie piped up, "Just enough time to get to know everyone."

"Yes." Dumbledore smiled serenely, "That ought to be fine."

"I take it this means that the meetings over." Sirius shrugged, flicking a strand of hair out of his eye.

"Yes." The headmaster nodded thoughtfully, "You may now all return to your previous actions."

"Cheers." Sirius stood up and practically dragged Mum, Dad and me out of the room. We were pulled to the study and shoved onto the sofa, landing in a heap.

"Right tell us everything." He said to me, sitting casually on the chair in front of us, "What's life like for you? Got a girlfriend?" He waggled his eyebrows as he said this, making me and Mum let out identical laughs.

"I'm doing alright." I shrugged, "And yes I have got a girlfriend. Her name's Storm Abbot and she's a Gryffindor like me."

"You're a Gryffindor?" Dad asked, his voice swelling with pride.

"And its my sworn duty to cause as much chaos as possible." I replied, grinning.

"Now this is my kid." Mum laughed, hugging me tightly and kissing my forehead, "Son of a Marauder and born troublemaker, baby you're gonna go far!"

"Good b-" Sirius started to say but was cut off by a loud scream from the kitchen.

"What?!" We all shouted in unison, jumping to our feet. I made it out of the room first, Mum close behind me. We burst into the kitchen to see Nyx standing stone still, a newspaper in her hands.

"Nyx what is it?" I rushed over to my friend, grabbing her shoulders.

"Teddy." She barely whispered, "Its the seventeenth of June." I gasped, understanding what she meant. Tomorrow, at 5pm, Sirius would be killed.

"Sirius." I said as emotionlessly as I could manage, "Can I talk to you please?"

"Sure Ted." He said indifferently, walking out into the hallway with me behind him.

"I don't know how to tell you this." I began, closing the kitchen door, "But tomorrow, Snape will arrive saying that Harry and a group of friends have headed to the Ministry. You must not, on any account, go to fight. Volunteer to stay with us, anything."

"What'll happen if I do?" He asked, running a hand through his tangly hair and leaning back against the wall.

"You die." I said bluntly, "The eighteenth of June is the day Bellatrix kills you. But I'm not letting that happen, you will survive. Don't die tomorrow, please."

~A.N- I'm so sorry that I haven't updated in ages!! But its been my mum's birthday, my boyfriend's birthday and mine in the space of a week so I'm really tired. For my bday I got the best prezzie ever!! I got a T-shirt signed by Natalia Tena who plays Tonks!!~