Harry Potter wasn't the only orphan of war
Edward Remus "Teddy" Lupin was used to being different. He knew most kids couldn't hear their friends breathe during hide and seek, or make his legs longer when he could reach cookies on a higher shelf
And...
"Give me the treasure, Pirate Weasley" "Nu uh, I found it fair and square. Finders keepers" "But the pirate code dictates-" "Who cares? If you want the treasure, you'll have to fight me for it!" "Fair enough. Avast ye!" Victoire giggled and jabbed at Teddy with her plastic sword, holding the letter high above her head. Teddy jumped out of the way and poked her arm with his sword "There. Now I've cut off your arm" he said "Now you have to drop the treasure" "Okay" She dropped the letter. While he was distracted by the paper falling to the floor, she lunged and jabbed him in the stomach "Ha!" she yelped triumphantly "Now you're dead! I win!" Teddy smiled "Okay. I concede" he took of his pirate hat and gave it to Victoire "You're Cap'n Ginger now" "Cap'n Victoire" she corrected, putting the hat on her head "and her mighty crew!" "Of one" "Well who needs more?" she said "Pirate Lupin, the best sword fighter in the whole of the world!" "You just beat me" "Shh" she said "together we shall sail all over the world and fight sea monsters!" He grinned "Sounds good to me"
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Victoire grinned back and sat down on Teddy's bed. Teddy smiled - he liked it when she came round to his house. It was too quiet otherwise "Can I see your letter, though?" she said "Sure" he picked it up off the floor and gave it to her, sitting down next to her. She opened it eagerly and read it aloud "Dear Mr. Lupin, We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment. Term begins on September 1. We await your owl by no later than July 31. Yours sincerely, Minerva McGonagall, Headmistress. It's not fair" she pouted "I want to learn to be a proper wizard too!" "You will" he said "just... not yet" "But I wanna stay with you" she protested "If you go away, you'll forget about me!" "No I won't" he put an arm around her "I'd never forget about you. You're my best friend" Victoire frowned and rested her head on his shoulder
"Can you hear that?" she said after a while Teddy strained his ears. Raised voices were drifting up from downstairs. He couldn't make out words "Do you want to play spies now?" he asked "Yup" she grinned They left his room and crept downstairs. Victoire pressed her ear to the door. Teddy didn't need to "-another came this morning" Gran was saying "how many is that now? 50?" "It doesn't matter how many come, it doesn't make a difference" Teddy blinked. He hadn't known that Harry had come round "It does. If the parents are this hateful, imagine what the kids will be like! He just wouldn't be safe at Hogwarts-" "He wouldn't be safe? Are you joking? You seriously think that the professors wouldn't be able to handle a couple of rowdy kids?" "A couple? Harry, there have been fifty letters-" "And how many of those were actually parents? How many were just angry old pure blood supremacists with no power?" "It hardly matters. He would be happier out of Hogwarts. He has friends-" "He has one friend, Andy. One. And how do you know what would make him happy?" "I'm his grandmother and legal guardian-" "And I'm his Godfather. So what? Teddy's the only one who knows what would make him happy. We shouldn't be hiding this from him-"
