Harry Potter: The Next Generation

Chapter 20

~Winner of the riddle challenge last chapter goes to @EMS_98 for being the first with a correct answer at Apr 16 at 2:33am according to my watch ^_^ 

The correct answer: A hole or holes 

Other Accepted Answers: Air 

Congrats on the win!!~

~Chapter 20~

"Of all the people to choose from."

"Albus, I really think you're overreacting."

"Uncle George..."

"I told you he'd react this way."

"The Krums...."

"I didn't think it'd be this bad; I mean honestly Teddy what did you do to the boy?"

"The Longbottoms? Even dad would've been more sufficient here!" Albus ranted as he paced back and forth in front of the roaring fire place. There were chuckles coming from it, his mother and aunt responding to his distressed call home right around the time of their afternoon tea. Teddy sit idly by on the dark black long sofa across from them; Lily sitting next to him with Rose in the arm chair and James leaned up against a far away wall just observing.

"This is no laughing matter mum! I don't think you've truthfully realized what you've done; let me re-clarify....you sent Teddy!"

"Albus Serverus Potter you calm that tone." Ginny Potter says with a roll of the eyes and a smile on her lips. Albus had always been her most dramatic child.

"Teddy was chosen specifically for a reason. Neville is already a professor there so there was no reason to send another Longbottom when he is on top of things. We've long since notified him to be on look oout when he accepted the job as herbology professor. " Hermione Weasley stated before sipping her tea causing the fire to crakle a bit.

"Uncle George has a very popular shop to run so obviously he could not spare time to make a trip down here; not to mention we gotten word that he and Angelina are expecting again so he could not very well leave knowing this."

"Aunt Angelina is pregnant!?" Lily nearly squealed. Finally, she would have a cousin younger than herself.

Besides Poppy, the youngest of the Dursley children, of course.

"Yes and we are all very much excited." Ginny nodded.

"Lastly, Krum is not an option no matter how helpful he'd be to us." Hermione says gaining a knowing chuckle from Ginny.

"What? Why not? I thought he was an old friend of yours? Shouldn't he be willing to help?" Albus grumbled demanding an explanation.

"Gosh you get your annoying questioning ability from your father don't you? And simply because we can't ask him thats all." Ginny gives the motherly "that's all on the matter"  tone.

"Ha, you mean Mione can't ask him." Teddy threw in a sly grin earning a scoff from both women.

"And deal with Ronald once he hears of it? Absolutely not." Hermione points her nose in the air making them all laugh.

"So that just leaves Teddy." Ginny finishes the explanation. "Besides, he and Georgey want to expand the shop and there's an open lot in Hogsmeade; he's also there to inspect the lot and hopefully get the production started.

"But Weasley Weezes products are banned from Hogwarts; what good would that do?" Rose asks.

"You kidding? That's the money-making pitch right there. You little teenagers love messing around with forbidden stuff. It's the whole point of being rebellious." Teddy shrugs.