Teddy Lupin- Twist In Time

Parents

Teddy's POV-

"Teddy!" I heard a child's voice calling my name and after a couple of seconds, a small girl sprinted into the living room. She had jet black curls and was yelling my name. She threw herself into my arms and hugged me tightly, planting a big kiss on my cheek.

"Mummy, Daddy!" She shouted, squirming to be put down and running back to the kitchen, "Teddy's back!"

"Professor Cole?" I called for my teacher, sinking onto the sofa.

"You okay?" She asked, sitting down next to me and leaning back.

"What's happening?" I whispered, my mouth hanging open in shock as I stared at the door the little girl had just skipped through.

"You must have said something useful because now we appear to have Sirius Black, his girlfriend and your parents milling about the kitchen." She grinned, looking away as I started to cry.

"How long have we been gone?" Nyx gasped, looking around in shock.

"Only half an hour." Anna assured us, "I've tidied up a bit and explained everything to the guys you saved."

"Who was the little girl?" Alfie asked, voicing the question I was unable to string together.

"Teddy's younger sister." The Professor smiled warmly, "Her name's Hope and, as she'll probably tell you in a minute; she's just turned five."

"Teddy?" A man's voice said from the kitchen doorway. I looked up to see my father standing there, Hope balanced on his hip and his brown eyes full of concern.

"Dad." I gasped, getting to my feet and running over to him and my sister, hugging the two of them as tight as I could.

"Bloody hell Ted." Sirius said, walking up to us, "You'd think we'd died."

"Don't ever say anything like that again Sirius Orion Black." Nyx snapped, marching up to him and pointing her wand at his chest.

"Okay okay." He grinned, stepping back and holding his hands up in mock surrender.

"Why did you do that Teds?" Dad asked, gently stroking the top of my head as best he could with Hope wriggling around between us.

"Do what?" Alfie asked innocently, whistling softly and looking up at the ceiling. I pulled away and went to stand next to him, laughing softly.

"You." The two men chorused when they saw him.

"Me." Alfie said shyly, blushing under the intense stares.

"Siri baby what is it?" Kara said, appearing behind the other three in the doorway.

"The kids who saved our lives." He breathed softly in return, eyes still wide and shocked.

"Well then stop staring." Another woman's voice cut across him, "You'll frighten them."

"Hey Mum." I said weakly as she came into view, smiling at me.

"Hello my darling." She said in a voice barely above a whisper, tears trickling down her cheeks.

"Daddy, why's Mummy crying?" Hope asked curiously, pulling on his sleeve.

"She's just happy sweetie, that's all." Dad explained, putting an arm around Mum and hugging her close.

"And the hormones'll be going crazy." Sirius added in mischievously. It took me a couple of seconds to realise what he was on about, but when I did my face cracked into quite possibly the biggest smile imaginable. Mum was wearing a tight T-shirt that just showed off the slight curve of her stomach. She laughed good naturedly, messing up Sirius's curls before resting the hand back on what would one day be her third child.

"Oh my God." I mumbled, finally getting the power to talk once more, "I can't believe its actually you."

A smile twitched on Dad's face, widening as I walked towards them all and pulled everyone into a big group hug.

"Teddy." Hope squirmed, her curls turning bright purple as I tickled her.

"I'm not doing anything." I protested cheekily, tickling her even more.

"I'm not either." Sirius said, grabbing me and flinging me over his shoulder, the same mischievous grin he had when he teased people.

"Leave him alone Sirius." Mum laughed, tackling her older cousin while Dad and Kara just looked on with tears of laughter in their eyes.

"We really need to get back to Hogwarts kids." Professor Cole said after a couple of minutes, "Sorry."

"Its fine." I panted, out of breath from having Sirius tickle me senseless, "Just get me away from this madman."

"Bye Teds." Dad said, hugging me tightly.

"Love you my darling." Mum said, kissing the top of my head, "Stay safe."

"Bye bye Teddy." Hope said sweetly, wrapping her arms around my neck as I picked her up.

"Bye little sis." I grinned back, gently kissing her soft cheek.

"Porteus." The Professor said, pointing her wand at the goblet we came in on. We all touched it gently with one finger and waved as we spun away, the familiar strong wind whipping around us.

We landed back in Professor McGonagall's office a few seconds later, our feet making contact with the carpet.

"All sorted?" She asked, not even turning around to face us.

"Yes Miss." Nyx smiled, "We've saved them and it doesn't look like anything particularly bad has happened."

"Good." The Professor smiled warmly, "Very good work indeed. Now, you missed picking up your timetables so here they are and tell the teacher for your first lesson that you had business with me."

"How are we going to deal with them knowing about what they changed?" Professor Cole asked.

"Wipe our memories?" Alfie suggested, looking slightly disappointed when the Professor nodded.

"Obliviate time travel." I heard the Headmistress say and a wave of calm swept over me. My vision went fuzzy but after a couple of seconds it cleared, "Here are your timetables children." The Headmistress said kindly.

"Thanks Miss." We said, taking the slips of paper and heading out of her office. Once outside, we started to compare them, hoping to have the first lesson together.

"Herbology with Neville." I muttered, seeing that Alfie and Nyx both had Potions with Slughorn.

"Bye Teds." They shrugged, waving as they started to head down to the dungeons.

"Bye guys." I said bitterly, turning and walking away. I was halfway down the front steps when I heard someone shouting my name. I turned around to see Tuesday running towards me, her mousy brown hair flying out behind her.

"Hiya Tues." I grinned, chuckling slightly as she skidded to a stop beside me.

"Have you got Herbology first?" She asked me, pulling her hair back into a tight bun using just one hand.

"Yeah." I said unhappily, "You?"

"I have as well." She smiled brightly, cheering me up a bit, "I got locked in the common room by Nero and his buddies. Hopefully Professor Longbottom won't be too angry with me."

"You'll be fine Tues." I assured her absentmindedly. Why did I feel suddenly a lot better and happier? I knew there was a reason but couldn't quite put my finger on it.

"Why are you late?" She asked me curiously to which I replied,

"I honestly have no idea."