1978
"So let me get this straight. You are the son of these two and Teddy, who just time traveled for the second time alone, is my son? And you two knew about this and didn't tell me?" Remus listed off. He was sitting in between James and Sirius with Ginny and Harry across the table from them. All five were nursing a cup of tea or coffee but not a single one of them had touched their cups in quite some time and the drinks were probably cold by now.
"Pretty much" Harry confirmed, knowing there was no point in trying to hide the truth anymore. Remus was too smart for his own good and he would just figure it out on his own.
"Merlin, I'm going to kill that kid" Remus muttered.
"Not if we get to him first" Ginny laughed a little, trying to play that off as a joke but it really wasn't. It was too dangerous for a thirteen-year-old to be time traveling alone and Teddy knew that which is why he hadn't told anyone that he was going to be doing it.
"So why am I not raising him?" Remus wondered, bringing up the next big question.
"I can't tell you that. Time travel 101, you know?" Harry answered. Remus nodded; it was typical time travel knowledge that no one can know what happens in the future. Just like how no one can change the past without messing up the entire timeline. Pretty much, time travel was only good for those who liked to break the rules or who had a clear goal in mind with no regard for the repercussions. Like Teddy.
"So, what are we going to do?" Ginny changed the topic.
"Well, we have a good idea where and when Teddy is, so I guess we just keep following him. It can't be too hard right?" Harry shrugged. Remus, Sirius and James all laughed.
"What?" Harry turned to them, confused.
"Nothing. It's just that, biologically or not, that kid is related to three of four Marauders. Your never finding him. The only people who can find him are us because we think like him" Sirius pointed out.
"Not to mention, he's related to the Weasley twins" Ginny added.
"And the Golden Trio" Harry added, getting more frustrated. He looked at Ginny and they were both clearly thinking the same thing. Even though Teddy wasn't related to the Weasleys or the Potters, he was raised around them and that counted for something.
"We're doomed" Harry and Ginny said together.
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Teddy landed on the ground with a soft thud, huffing as he tried to pull bits of grass and leaves out of his mouth. He had no idea where he was and it was killing him. He needed to find the whole purpose for coming to this year, and this particular day. If he had used the time turner correctly, this was supposed to be December 28, 1978. That gave him just one week to find Regulus and help him find the first horcrux and prevent everyone from dying.
"You know, it's not often that people just fall out of the air" Teddy jumped, looking over his shoulder and then freezing. This time travel thing was way too easy. The resemblance was uncanny to Sirius, whom Teddy had only just left behind less than a second ago.
"What are you staring at?" And Teddy's attention was drawn to the two boys sitting beside what had to be Regulus Black. One of them had dark hair like Regulus but the other one was blonde. Both of them had cigarettes. Teddy watched with disgust as the blonde took his out and handed it to Regulus, who was sitting in the middle, and the shorter boy put it in his mouth without hesitation.
"Nothing. Just...haven't seen you guys before" Teddy tried to play it cool. He really needed to start thinking of a good backstory before he jumped to another time period. Saying his name was Black or Potter wouldn't go well considering who these guys were and they would know right away that he was lying. He could always say his name was Weasley but he looked nothing like the typical red hair, freckles and big eyes not to mention the hand-me-down clothes so that was out of the question.
"You don't look like you should even be out of school yet. Where are your parents?" The blond asked, seeming to be actually worried. Teddy turned red at the mention of parents. His parents were dead because of people like these three in front of him and his godparents were probably sick with worry because of his stupid, childish decisions that he was only carrying out for the sake of those close to him.
"Where are yours?" Teddy shot back, crossing his arms. The three boys stood up, towering over him and Teddy suddenly realized maybe it was better to keep his mouth shut because there was no way he could fight and win against even of these boys, let alone all three.
"What did you say?" The dark haired one on the left cracked his knuckles, looking menacingly down at Teddy.
"You really want to hit me? Aren't you too scared of disappointing the Minister? He is your dad, isn't he? Imagine how that must feel" Teddy really needed to learn to be quiet.
"How dare you!" The kid swung at Teddy but the metamorphagus ducked down and dodged him, immediately getting knocked down by one of the other two. It was by a spell, Teddy knew that much, but he hadn't heard anyone say anything. Wordless spells. Teddy had been practicing them but they were the most complicated kind of spells to achieve and they took years. Most adults couldn't even accomplish that level of magic. Teddy knew that it was coming from Regulus, who was rumored to be the most powerful of wizards in his entire age even over three decades later. Teddy scrambled to get his wand out but it was too late. He was knocked back to the ground as soon as he had gotten up and a flurry of spells hit him all at the same time. Regulus, Barty and Evan were not giving him a single chance to even get up.
So much for trying to help Regulus. Now, Teddy was his enemy.