October 31st
A month had passed since Harry had gotten out of St Mungos and a week since Teddy and Andromeda had come to live with him. Like he had expected she had laughed at him when taking notice of the alerting spell on Teddy’s door, it was apparently “overprotective” and “really ridiculous” but Harry really didn’t think it was, and after some time of defending his point, she had said she understand -for now- but that he will need to take them off when Teddy will grow.
In less than an hour his godson will wake up from his afternoon nap, it will be his first Halloween and the first one Harry will pass with family, for the occasion he wanted to start tradition, or more precisely continue on the ones Andromeda had with Nymphadora while adding the Weasley tradition.
They were going to the Burrow in two hours and after eating dinner with all the Weasley, came back home, to drink pumpkin spice milk wearing ugly sweaters in front the fireplace before going to bed. When Teddy will be of age they will go ring the door of the neighbours to collect candy and tell eachother stories. Andromeda told him it was Ted tradition when he was a kid, she joined him during their last year at Hogwarts when they started dating and continued to do so up until their daughter left the house.
But for now, Harry was on a mission, he had see how sad Andromeda was when taking out her old jumper, and thought that maybe she will like starting new on that too, so he had throw on a jacket and step out of the door assuring her he will be back before Teddy woke up -he hadn’t miss a single one of his wake up since the start of the week.
His first stop was in a muggle clothing shop, he didn't take long in this one, he knew exactly what he wanted, the second one was in a baby store, there it took him some more time and he ended up stepping out with way more things he had intended to buy in the first place. Lastly he stopped at a sweet store, choosing two Halloween special baskets, coming out he hide in a dark alley before apparating in front of a Manor he visit quite a lot nowadays, waiting for the door to opened, he thought for a second if it was a good idea, Halloween was a muggle tradition, they were very little chances that the owners celebrate it, but the door opened before he had time to turn away.
“Lord Potter? Draco did not inform me you had a lesson today.”
“Hello Madam. We don't. I simply wanted to offer you this and wish you a good Halloween night.”
“Oh…I am afraid we do not celebrate this event.”
“Yeah, realise it too late…Anyway it is a gift, so enjoy it, throw it away it isn’t important but you can't refuse it.”
“What can my mother not refuse, Potter?” Hearing her son’s voice, Narcissa steps to the side, letting his taller frame meet Harry's eyes.
“Hi Malfoy, gifts you told me yourself it wasn't polite to decline one.”
“Glad to see you learned something, but this gift is of no use in this house.”
“Sweets are always useful, Malfoy.” they exchanged a look, pretty much fighting to see who will back away, Harry ended up shoving the baskets in the taller boy arms. “I have to go, Teddy will wake up soon and I promise Andromeda I will get him ready for tonight.”
Not waiting for a comeback, Harry steps away, only turning to do a reverence, a tad bit more gracefully than what he used to.
“How is my sister doing?”
The black hair boy freezed in his tracks and turned his head with a soft smile decorating his lips after letting the question of Narcissa float in the air for a total of five seconds.
“She’s getting better, trying to get back on her feet. I can pass her a message if you’d like?”
“Good for her. No need, Goodnight, Lord Potter.”
“If you’re sure…” Once again, Harry put his head low in a small reverence. “Goodnight Madam, Malfoy we will see eachother tomorrow.”
And in a soft crackling sound Harry disappears.
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Harry was walking down the stairs, holding a smiling Teddy in his right arm and a small bag in his left one, both of them were wearing Halloween outfits, Harry had a light orange sweater with the writing “HAPPY HALLOWEEN” written in bright orange, the “o” was replaced by a smiling pumpkin and the “a'' had hats. Teddy was in a white onesie with the sentence “Oh my GOURD I’m cute” in black and orange writing, a small pumpkin drawn in the back. Entering the living room Harry saw Andromeda, she was sitting in the living room, looking in the space not realising their entrance, only wearing a white blouse and a long brown skirt, she didn’t have the sweater Harry saw her taking out earlier, he had been right.
“Andromeda? Are you ready to go?”
“I am.” Turning her head to look at them, a smile appears on her lips and she starts cooing at her grandson, kissing his cheek. “Aren’t you boys the cutest little things?”
“All Teedy! Here, open this for me, it’s a surprise.”
“A surprise?” One of her brow shot up, visibly confused about receiving anything, a tear still found its way out when she opened the bag, realising what was inside. “Merlin, Harry…”
“I saw how hard it was for you to put your old one on,so I got you a new one, to make new happy memories in it.”
“Thank you,” Taking the cardigan out of the bag she put it on, it was light brown with small pumpkin, orange cats and witch hats scattered on its sleeves. “You really are an angel…”
“I’m really not. It’s the bare minimum I can do Andromeda, you’re making my dream come true, allowing me to have my own family, I owe you until the last day of my life.”
“Idiot, you don’t owe me anything.”
“We will never agree on this point, we better drop it and go, Molly won’t appreciate us being late.”
“Right, lead the way.”
Holding his left arm out for her, Harry leads them into the fireplace and loudly announces their destination, at the same time she drops the powder.
“To the Burrow!”
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