Brother From Another Mother [TEDDY!]

[LILY LUNA POTTER]

Teddy,

So I realized today exactly how long it's been since I saw or spoke to you at all. After all, I was at Hogwarts over Holidays... Merry Christmas, by the way, though it's really late. I figured a checking in was long overdue. I can't forget my favourite not-brother.

So, what's new in the exciting life of an auror? Things around the school are pretty boring, even with the task and all of that jazz going on. Kinda makes me wish I was graduated and out in the 'real world' already. Anyways, Have any big plans with Victoire for Valentine's Day? How's work?

Lily

[TEDDY REMUS LUPIN]

lily,

merry christmas to you too! i take it you got my gift? there was no angry howler from you saying i'd forgotten so i figured i was pretty safe. and shouldnt i be checking up on you? i'm older, wiser, taller? any other excuse i can think if will have to come later. uh the new exciting life as an auror? well . . it's mostly just paperwork . . though recently i ended up in saint mungo's, great way to convince your dad i'm ready to work on my own right!?

anyway, enough about me, sick of hearing about me . . and school is never boring, well it wasnt for me anyway. but your mom would kill me if i told you what i got up to in my hogwarts years, so lets just leave it at that. . .

and wouldnt you like to know? . . guess i'll just have to tell you next time i see you . . and dont go asking victoire . . it's a suprise.

what about you? . . any boys i need to scare the daylights out of?

teddy

[LILY LUNA POTTER]

Teddy,

I did! I've been wearing it every day since. Thank you so much! I'll get you your gift next time I see you, I want to see the look on your face when you get it, and no owl carrier can tell me your exact expression. I promise you'll like it, though.

You are at least two of those things, but I'm cuter, and I think that's most important. Only one person in the world might disagree, and she's my cousin, so she can be bribed. Yet I'm still the one who decided to send the owl first... too busy for your favourite little 'cousin', Teddy? I'm insulted!

Wait, St. Mungo's? That sounds serious. What happened? Why didn't I hear about it? Are you okay?

Oooh, please tell. What mom doesn't know won't hurt her, and I love your stories. It can't be worse than the stories I've heard of things my dad did at Hogwarts, or my grandfather, or even James. Pleeease?

Nonono, you're not getting off of the hook that easily! You know you can trust me with your plans, Teddy. I swear I won't say a word to Victoire, or anyone else for that matter. Why would I want to spoil the surprise? Odds are I won't see you before Valentine's Day... letters are safe for passing info. I promise.

Boys? Er... no. Not really. There's kinda this guy, but... nothing'll come of it, I'm pretty certain of that, and there's no way you're going to scare him.

Lily

[TEDDY REMUS LUPIN]

lily,

you didnt have to get me anything ya know . . but alright. yeah i know, something impersonal about using owls to send gifts, but it wasnt like i could just drop yours off at the school. anyway glad you like it.

yeah i know, only two . . i'm not really that tall when you think about it. but yeah, your cuter. that i cant disagree with. nah i dont think she can be bribed into saying your cuter than me, she loves me, she knows it.

yeah mungo's, it was only for a couple of days . . and really because your dad forced me to go then threatended to spell me to the bed if i didnt stay, sooo i figured it was just as easy to relax and take the few days off. but i'm not gonna go into details, not really supposed to, though i'm sure if you begged your dad would tell you.

yeah i'm not worried about it hurting her, i'm worried about her hurting me! it wouldnt be the first time she's clocked me round the head with a wooden spoon, and i kinda dont wanna go through that again, little as your mom is, she's kinda scary. so guess you'll just have to imagine, and dont get into too much trouble.

what hook? i cant trust anyone with my plans! so your just gonna have to find out what happened after.

oh so there is a boy! right, either you tell me his name o i come to the school and get james and albus to point him out to me! nah only kidding, but i hope he's good to you, and threaten him that if you get hurt, he'd better move to a diffrent country.

how's everything going at the school? i heard about fred, trying to get out there to see him and see if i can help, buti t's not easy getting away from work. promise me you'll stay safe?

teddy

[LILY LUNA POTTER]

Teddy,

I could use the same line back on you to show you how you're a hypocrite, but luckily I love my bracelet too much. It wasn't much trouble, really. Just something I picked up in Diagon Alley last time I was there, waiting for the right time to give it to you. You could've dropped by the school though, ya know. It's not like they're super strict on visitors, especially with the tournament going on this year.

Taller than me, at least. But then, I still have hope that I could get another inch or two before my body decides it likes its height. I'm not really short, but it'd be pretty cool to get a few extra inches. Victoire could totally be bribed into it. She loves me, too. Blood is thicker than sappy romantics, Teddy.

Ugh, not that whole workplace secrecy stuff... I don't see what the trouble of letting me know is. After all, you're practically family and you were hurt. I deserve to know the story... but I'm glad you're okay, at least. Dad was probably right to keep you at St. Mungo's. You never know what damaging side-effects could pop up once you're home.

Aw, she adores you. She wouldn't be mad for long. Besides, she'd never fine out. I promise. I mean, I've had her angry at me plenty of times, and it's not something I'd like to repeat by telling her I convinced you to tell me stories of your days at Hogwarts. Therefore whatever you tell me will never go past the two of us.

The hook of telling me what you have planned! C'mon, Teddy! If you don't tell me I could give her some false story... like you're planning on proposing or something. ...OMIGOSH. You're not planning on proposing, are you!??!?!

He's fine. He wouldn't hurt me, and besides, we're just really good friends, right now. I don't even think Albus would know who he is. James, maybe, but he doesn't really notice or care what I do, too wrapped up in the glory of being the house pet, so he doesn't know a thing, either.

Yeah, Fred... I've been to see him in the hospital wing every second day, but there's never any change. The nurses say there won't be until they can make the potion to revive him again... and until then he just lies there. He's got this terrified look frozen on his face,
stuck there until he wakes up... I don't know what happened to him, but I think it could have been a lot worse. Of course I'll try to be safe. Everyone is.

Lily

[TEDDY REMUS LUPIN]

lily,

yeah but i'm like your big brother, sooo it doesnt count. i'm allowed to buy you gifts. and i'm glad you liked it, had some help picking it out, you know me, hopeless when it comes to shopping. yeah i know, i'll be coming to the last event, so i'll see you then i promise.

yeah i'm still taller than you, which is good. means all i have to do is hold my arm out and you cant reach me. you'll grow, your parents arent exactly enourmous though, so you might be stuck being short. but hey, you know what they say? good things come in small packages?

yeah but i survived lily, and the last thing i wanted was for you all to worry about me. i know your mom worries, and i didnt wanna add to that. besides if it was really bad your dad would have told you. yeh i know, cant say i knew that at the time though, but he's usually right about that stuff. dont tell him i told you that, your dad's kinda got a big enough head as it is. kidding, just encase he see's this.

yeah and just cause she adores me doesnt mean i'll get out of being clocked over the head! it's not gonna work lils, guess you'll just have to find someone else to ask, though it's nothing like what yuur dad got up too. i'm not that crazy.

geeze! your enthusiasm for that just jumped off the page! i'm still not telling you, make up what you will, it'll be nothing compared to what we're doing! so just leave it at that?

i'm sure i can find someone who knows his name, one of your cousins, a friend, or i could just look till i find someone staring at you. but seriously, pass the warning along okay?

poo fred, i hope they make the potion soon, have they found out what happened yet? what did it or how it happened? things like this dont just happen. first hugo and now fred? something's definatly up . . but your dad's so tightlipped about it he wont even tell me. which is odd. good. i'd give you a list of things of what not to do but i figure you'd already know them



teddy

[LILY LUNA POTTER]

Teddy,

Fine then. Using that argument, shouldn't the 'little sister' be able to get her brother things? You'll have to pass along the thanks from me to whatever genius it was that told you to get it for me, because it really is perfect. A day hasn't gone by when it hasn't been on my wrist since opening it. No lie, you can ask anyone in our family. And you'd better come out to the last event! The third would be even better... I'm sure if you ask Dad he'd be more than happy to give you the time off to come out for a few hours.

A spell could quickly fix that... for a time, anyway. Don't tempt me. But, with the mention of magic, why would I want to reach you when all I have to do is whip out my wand to make you regret insulting my height?

You're practically family. It's family's job to worry about family. You know that if I were hurt you'd want the full story to know who to go after and such... I'm too young to go after the type of guys you encounter, yet, but I still deserve to be able to want the full story and worry about you. Why are the adults always so overprotective of me? My dad has no issues telling me the messes he got into back when he was a student. Suddenly just because I'm older and dangers are closer in time I shouldn't know of them?

I shall interrogate you more when I see you in person. You're not getting off that easily.

Of course my enthusiasm should jump off the page! You and Victoire are adorable, who wouldn't want to see you guys tie the knot? But fine, I'll give you a break... you should totally send me a letter the day after Valentine's day, though, telling me exactly what went on so that I don't have to wonder any longer than necessary.

I'm not gonna warn him because there's nothing going on, ergo he does not have to worry about any of my family heading after him. We're just friends right now.

You'd be in a better position to know what happened than I would. I'm not an idiot, I know they're trying to keep things quiet around the school so that parents don't panic. I think my dad's been to the school a lot since Hugo's attack, more in the attacks in between, and then a whole lot since Fred's... I swear I see him in the halls, but he doesn't check up on me, or anything. Most he talks to me seems to be at the tasks, but I guess he's always at the school on work business or something the other times. I really hope that they get to the bottom of it soon. I don't want to have to worry about my friends, even if we're not entirely sure what's going on. I think it might just be a student getting a little bit too carried away with their bullying, but you never know... it'd take a really good student to do to Fred what they did.

Lily