AN: An edited version of my old story from 2 years ago with some fixed up spelling and proper line breaks. At least I don't cringe when reading it anymore.

This story takes place in an AU where Remus, Tonks, Snape and Sirius survive the Battle. A prequel of this fic plus others in this AU can be found on my profile.

NOTE: Most names for my OCs are from other series but this is not meant to be a crossover (it just makes writing more fun for me).

Enjoy!

Dear Mr. Lupin

We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry...

There it was, that one line that would essentially start his life. Teddy wasn't sure if he should run around the house screaming in joy or at least wait until his parents woke up.

Sitting on his bed still clad in his pyjamas it took the best of 2 seconds of thinking before he leapt up and ran into his parent's bedroom on the other side of the house, screaming at the top of his lungs.

When Nymphadora Tonks woke up that morning it wasn't to the shrill sound of the alarm clock or to the delicious smell of her husband making breakfast. No, in fact when she heard the screaming and the stomping she sat up instantly, honestly thinking the house was under attack.

"He's been accepted. Relax" her husband mumbled beside her, burying his head under the blankets before Teddy barged in with enough noise to shake the entire house.

"GUESS WHAT?!"

Tonks regarded her son with an amused smile. His bed hair was an adorable shade of orange and his eyes practically glowed.

"What is it Teddy?" Tonks answered, deciding to play along.

"I've been accepted!" Teddy cried gleefully, waiving the letter in the air before running and almost tackling his mother down into a fierce hug.

"That's great Teddy! Oh, I can't wait, we'll go straight to Diagon. We'll need to get books and robes and don't forget choosing a wand! I loved going to Ollivander's, so many choices!" and Tonks would have gone rambling on for hours if Remus Lupin hadn't poked his head out from under the covers.

"You make it sound like you're the one going to Hogwarts" He teased sleepily before retreating once again.

"Well aren't you proud of him? What kind of father are you?" Tonks scolded.

"Of course I'm proud of him. I just don't show it as much as you do at 5 in the morning." Her husband replied, head still buried under the covers.

Tonks rolled her eyes and Teddy laughed.

"Right, well we'll just leave the bed bug here and go shopping ourselves."

"It's 5 in the morning; shops don't open till around 10."

Tonks threw a withering glare at her husband, which Teddy was sure would have been more effective if he was actually looking at her, before getting up off the bed and heading for the door.

"Well fine, come on Teddy, let's have some breakfast, your father was never much of a morning person."

A slight noise was made from the lump in the blankets signalling agreement before it shifted slightly and went still.

Still grinning from ear to ear, Teddy leapt off the bed and ran out the room after his mother.

OK, first things first: robes. Remus stated as the family walked down Diagon Alley a few hours later. Teddy was ecstatic to say the least and the day passed like a blur.

"Do you want a new broomstick?"

"First years can't own their own broomsticks Dora."

"You're going to need a cauldron."

"Ohhh, want an owl?"

"No cats."

And the day went on until eventually, Teddy was carrying a bag of books under one arm with his wand (13in willow with a dragonheart string core) poking proudly out from his jean's pocket. In the other hand he was happily holding a large strawberry ice cream cone.

His mother had been constantly talking for hours. Switching from topics like "what house should he be in?", "I hope he doesn't feel homesick" and "Think he'll try out for the Quidditch team? What if he makes it!" Finally, an exasperated Remus sighed "He'll be in whatever house he belongs in. I'll be at school with him every day don't you forget and if he wants to try for the Quidditch team then we'll get him a better broom." Remus replied ruffling Teddy's hair.

Teddy laughed and went over to hug his father, unfortunately smearing his shirt with a considerable amount of his ice cream in the process. Remus just rolled his eyes at the sorry state of his shirt.

"Tell you what. No more hugs till you're finished and I promise not to embarrass you in front of your classmates on your first day," Remus said although he couldn't quite hold down the grin on his face.

"Deal!" Teddy yelled over to his father before running off to the next shop.

A week later and Teddy was standing in the aisle of the Hogwarts Express, suddenly feeling very nervous. Everyone had come to see him off, even his godfather and all the Weasleys but now that he was finally alone he felt that nagging feeling at the back of his head telling him that maybe things wouldn't turn out so great after all. Everyone around him seemed to be having a good time and at least they knew who they were talking to.

Teddy sighed as he made his way down the many aisles looking for someone who seemed out of place like him so maybe they could be friends. He had kept his hair spiky and in his signature turquoise color and now he was having doubts. What if people knew that he was the son of a werewolf and a Metamorphous and they would avoid him? Or worse, what if they knew that he was a teacher's son and they'd judge him for that?

"Wait. What the hell am I thinking?!" Teddy mentally slapped himself. He loved his dad and nothing would change that. If he got bullied because of it then so be it. He'd stand up for his father just like his father would to him.

Noticing that his thoughts had kept his feet going until he reached the end of the train, he sighed. Maybe he'd swing back and see if there was anyone he'd missed. And Teddy was about to do just that when suddenly, with a large bang, yelp and a snarl, two boys came hurtling out of one of the compartments and landed in a heap in front of him.

One boy now knelt over another smaller boy and began punching the daylights out of him, yelling things that Teddy's confused mind could not register. In a matter of seconds however, the scene changed when the smaller boy kicked his foot into the other boy's chin causing said boy to tip over backwards, crashing onto the floor. A flurry of arms and legs was all that registered afterwards until finally, the smaller boy pinned the other one down and practically growled at him. There was a short silence as both boys regained their breaths from the struggle and Teddy was half inclined to just run the opposite direction before the larger boy looked up, past his captor and noticed him.

Eyes locked onto each other for what felt like hours but could have only been a few second; scared and confused ones looking back to angry ones that still showed a tint of the adrenaline that had been there before. Teddy was just about to break the awkward silence by apologizing profusely when quite suddenly, the boy grinned.

"Cool hair!" He yelled out, grinning like a Cheshire cat and giving Teddy a thumbs up sign from his position on the floor.

"Sorry about that. Vic's too hyperactive for his own good." The smaller boy said in a clam voice, totally contrasting with his actions from a few minutes ago. Getting up over his opponent he walked up to Teddy and stuck out his hand. "Name's Roy, nice to meet you." He said, smirking slightly.

It took a few moments for Teddy to register what on earth had just happened in the last few minutes and his response was not as calm as Roy's.

"Uhh...huh?...yeah... uhh... nice to meet you too. I'm Teddy...Teddy Lupin." Teddy managed out after a while, shaking the offered hand.

"Lupin? Where've I heard of that name before?" The boy who Teddy assumed was Vic looked up thoughtfully.

"Nymphadora Tonks Lupin, Metamorphagus, Auror, fought at the Battle of Hogwarts 11 years ago. Killed one: Bellatrix Lestrange. Remus Lupin, werewolf, current professor at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Subject: Defense against the Dark Arts. Also fought at the Battle of Hogwarts. Killed one...shall I continue?"

Roy replied monotonously. Smirking as he trailed off for Teddy's mouth was hanging open in surprise and Vic's expression was clearly annoyed.

"Hmpf, show off." Vic grumbled turning his head away from Roy whose smirk only widened. "Just cause you remember everything you read doesn't mean you have to rub it in." Vic went on, sticking his tongue out childishly.

Turning his attention back to Teddy he scrutinized him again. Hmm...metamorphagus and a werewolf eh? Vic said more to himself than to at Teddy who braced himself for ridicule.

Vic suddenly pointed a finger at him from his position on the floor and Teddy bristled, waiting for it, daring for it to come so he'd have some excuse to punch the other boy's nose in.

"Gryffindor!" Vic laughed suddenly and Teddy was again, caught off guard.

"Yeah so anyways, I'm Vic, Victor Sage actually but just call me Vic, how you doing? You looked like you pissed yourself a few minutes ago when we met." The larger boy on the ground laughed.

Teddy blushed, regaining his composure much more quickly than he had before.

"Yeah well, you don't really expect two people to come crashing down in front of you on your first trip around the train." Teddy replied, crossing his arms in defiance.

He watched as Roy smirked again and Vic grinned.

"So I like to fight. Sue me. What was it this time? Who gets the window seat or something?" Vic replied, directing the last part of his sentence to Roy.

Roy in turn shrugged, "Who knows, I gave up trying to figure you out years ago." And Teddy noticed he was smirking again.

Just then the train gave off a whistle, signalling that it was getting ready to leave in a few minutes.

"Time already eh?" Vic asked, finally getting to his feet.

Roy shrugged again before tugging slightly on Teddy's sleeve. "Come on, you can take the window seat. Gives us one less thing to fight over." Roy said, dragging Teddy into the compartment after Vic. "Might want to say bye to your parents, a lot of people tend to do that." Roy continued as Vic rummaged for something in the overhead compartments.

Teddy quickly stuck his head out the window, rather surprised at the awful amount of noise echoing from the platform. His mom was easy enough to find. Who could miss that bubblegum pink hair? His hair must have been easy to find too because after a while Teddy saw his father nudge his mom and wave in his direction. Teddy grinned, waving back frantically as the crowd of people who had come to see him off clapped and waved as well until finally, the Hogwarts Express gave one last piercing whistle before setting off.

Once the platform was out of sight, Teddy gave a content sigh before turning to his new found...friends? Vic was in the seat across from him having found a mini soccer ball from his luggage and started bouncing it on his legs while he was sitting down.

"A Muggle toy?" Teddy wondered to himself, before turning over to Roy who sat with his feet drawn up in front of him. Teddy noticed he was fiddling with something in his lap but Roy's legs blocked most of his few.

"So. Where're you're parents?" Teddy asked somewhat nervously when he realized that he had been staring at the soccer ball bouncing up and down for quite some time now.

"They've been working...underground." Roy answered with a smirk and Vic laughed.

That's when Teddy noticed something. Both of the boys had black hair, black eyes and somewhat pale skin and although Vic was noticeably taller and buffer than Roy, when they sat side by side Teddy couldn't help but notice the similarities in facial structure.

"They have the same eyes" Teddy noted for himself.

"This your first year?" Teddy found himself asking.

"Yup." Vic answered, "Poor Roy. Hates magic but you only get this chance once you know."

"Hates magic?" Teddy couldn't believe his ears but he felt reassured that at least his new friends would be in the same year as him.

"Maybe we'll be in the same classes!" and Teddy couldn't help but feel a slight thrill in his stomach at the thought. True, Vic and Roy weren't your average kids but then again, neither was he and they had accepted him even knowing that he was a teacher's son and had genes from a werewolf to boot. That, Teddy thought to himself, was a pretty good start.

"You guys related then? You're too different for twins but not different enough to just be friends..." Teddy trailed off when he realized that he was probably prying too much. "Sorry, I guess I'm just talking too much." Teddy apologized, rubbing the back of his head in embarrassment.

"Meh, no biggie. Roy probably knows half of your life already." Vic continued, having settled for passing the soccer ball between his hands as he talked. "Let's see, where to start...well, we're brothers. Roy's older, 11 months apart. I'm November, Roy's January, I like flying and magic is cool. Roy likes science and all that shit. I honestly can't believe he was asked to go to Hogwarts, but then again, I wouldn't want to go if he wasn't coming..." Vic paused a bit to catch his breath before launching into another series of random facts too fast for Teddy to ask him not to but Roy cut him off.

"That's enough Vic, I think Teddy's got an information overload." Roy spoke up, smirking yet again.

Teddy grinned sheepishly in agreement and Vic returned the grin.

"So, what've you got there?" Teddy asked, turning his attention to Roy.

"Rubik's Cube. Built it myself. I programmed it to set itself up for me and go through every single combination possible in a continuous loop. It can change its size too so-"

"That's enough Roy I think Teddy's got an information overload." Vic said mockingly and Teddy laughed as Roy threw Vic a withering glare at his grinning brother but his eyes couldn't contain their amusement.

"Anyways, wanna try?" Roy asked, holding the cube up to Teddy.

"No thanks, I'll probably just break it. I got my mom's clumsy genes," Teddy responded grinning.

"A clumsy Auror, now there's an oxymoron if I ever saw one," Roy said smirking and Teddy laughed.

"You have no idea how many times my dad's said that."

And the compartment filled with laughter.

By the time the witch with the food trolley rolled by, the boys were already engaged in a rather epic game of Keep Up which Teddy found surprisingly difficult as the ball ricocheted everywhere. One time, Vic had kicked the ball so that it bounced off the window and into Roy's face and another fight had broken out with Vic's hollers of "at least I kept it up!" heard over Teddy's laughter.

Roy and Vic didn't appear to have a lot of money and politely refused the many treats that the witch offered so Teddy went ahead and bought them each a Honeydukes chocolate bar. His dad probably wouldn't mind if his change was missing a sickle of two.

"We better get changed." Teddy announced noticing the moon was already high in the sky by the time they had satisfied their sweet teeth.

With a nod the three boys crawled up onto their seats to pull out their dress shirts and robes.

"You should put your tie on." Roy noted to his brother.

"I hate ties. Makes you feel constricted. It's bad enough wearing the robes. They're so gonna slow me down when I run." Vic grumbled. "I'll put it on when we get there."

Roy rolled his eyes but slipped his own tie on loosely around his neck. He didn't seem to be loving uniforms either Teddy noted but at least he wasn't letting his opinions show too much. Vic and Roy might be brothers but they really had nothing in common. Roy was quiet and laid back. He looked like the kind of kid who thought things through while Vic was loud and hot headed and probably wasn't very good at following instructions. Hell, Roy hated magic for crying out loud, (Teddy was still trying to wrap his head around that fact) but Vic seemed ecstatic about it...which wasn't really that surprising since Vic seemed ecstatic about just about everything. And Teddy grinned as he remembered an old Muggle phrase that his father had told him. Vic was the Ying to Roy's Yang.

"Heads!"

Teddy had just enough time to dive for cover as Vic's ball sailed by his head and bounced off the wall behind him.

"Sweet reflexes Teddy!" Vic called out before dissolving into laughter.

"Hey, that wasn't fair! You guys could at least tell me we were starting!" Teddy complained, pitching the ball at the still laughing Victor.

"Yeah, but where's the fun in that?" Vic grinned after him, having easily caught the ball.

Teddy was trying to come up with a good retort to that before another piercing whistle ripped through the quiet night.

The three boys instantly dropped everything and ran over to the window and there, to Teddy's astonishment, was Hogwarts. The School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Teddy felt his breath catch at his first glimpse of the school. Sure, his father worked there. Sure, he had heard thousands of stories about it. Sure, he'd seen pictures of the grounds before but that would never be the same as actually seeing all it for the first time with nothing but a glass window pane separating them as they drove closer and closer to the dazzling lights illuminating the age old castle in all its glory.

"We're here." He breathed. Heart already quickening its pace.

And he turned to a grinning Vic and a smirking Roy and reality slammed into him.

"WE'RE HERE!"