"Is there someone in your life that you've been neglecting?"

[r_moony]

*very locked from Teddy and Tonks*

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[bigbadpadfoot]

I'm a member of the Order, and I will not simply stand aside and do nothing.

I always knew that lion was really inside your heart, Moony, even when you had your nose in a book while Prongs and I were busy with our own dueling practice.

As for being a father...I'm hardly one to be able to offer advice. I didn't have the parents any son should have and once I got to be about eight, I started taking care of myself. It was easier that way...it didn't hurt as much when Regs got all the attention. When I was sorted, it just made it ever more...painfully obvious that I didn't belong there.

I think the stress is just getting to us all.

[r_moony]

I was actually doubting it myself, to be honest. But ever since I spoke with Teddy I have been trying to think things through, and I cannot imagine myself just...staying here. I need to figure out a way to do both, how it was supposed to be in the beginning.

You don't need to give advice, I am just glad you're here. And... Maybe you didn't belong there, but Hogwarts taught us where we belonged. That's where you became like a brother to me, after all.

We're going to need massive amounts of chocolate. And butterbeer, at the very least.

[bigbadpadfoot]

You're not one to sit on the sidelines while we all march into battle again at the sound of the trumpets. You know, I watched you at the battle. I couldn't bloody do anything to help you, but I watched you and Dolohov...and I have to say, I've never seen you in better form than you were that night.

Hogwarts did more for me than my parents ever did. It is, after all, where I learned what family really meant, and what good friends a man could have, and what it meant to be loyal to something that's good.

I made sure to get extra when I last went to Diagon. Chocolate, that is. The good kind.

[r_moony]

You mean playing hero, as Teddy calls it...? Thank you. If it helps at all, I knew you were there somehow, in one way or another. I kept thinking you were probably even next to me at times, and telling me to get one in for you.

Our years at Hogwarts will always be part of my best memories. All of it. I wouldn't change a thing.

We should still drop by Honeydukes one of these days, in case we need more than chocolate. (And thank you for the chocolate, by the way. I forgot to say it, but that made my day loads better.)

[no_black_sheep]

You did not fail your son. I have tried to bring this point home to my daughter and now I will try and bring it home to you Remus. You have not failed or neglected Teddy. You were gone for 19 years, that's true but it's not as though you went for a pack of cigarettes and just didn't come back. You and Nymphadora are remarkable individuals but you do not control death.

You died and for 19 years Teddy has lived without you. But he has never been unloved or unwanted. I understand that he was rejected by many people but he has always been loved by his large extended family. I do not know where he gets the notion that he is a 'stranger' in his own family when he is the focus of our love our concern, our thoughts

[r_moony]

I truly cannot begin to fathom where he gets the idea that he's an outcast in the family. It is obvious that he is very loved, by many. I have never doubted that for a second, because he was lucky enough to have you as his grandmother and Harry as his godfather. He just tries to find the approval of those whose opinion shouldn't matter, it seems. I need to make sure he knows better.

After everything he said I still need to get it through my head that I haven't failed him, but I hope the feeling will go away soon. I hadn't realized just how terrible it felt.

Thank you, Andromeda.

[sayshisname]

You're a good father because you are a good mentor and teacher. Things are tense right now. We're all frightened and scared, and there is so much more at stake than there was last time. Teddy is a good kid, and yes he wants more. You lose your parents at an early age and you want to cling to them if you get a second chance. But if he wants that second chance to last then he has to understand we're all going to be busy fighting. That said, you already recognize that you want to do more and he needs you to do more so I merely urge you to follow through with that. You haven't failed him though. I don't believe that at all.

[r_moony]

Thank you, Harry. I assure you, I will do more for Teddy. The last thing I want is for today's incident to repeat itself.

...Harry, I must ask. It won't change my willingness to help Scorpius, I would just like to know because it seems I have missed more than a few details over the past few days. Is it true that Draco...'gave' Hermione to Voldemort?

[sayshisname]

You do a lot for him, Remus. You and Dora are good parents. It's not easy to come in and find your son is a man, I know.

Yes. Apparently he was given the order to take Hermione, and when she showed up at the hospital to help with the attack, Pansy kidnapped her and brought her to Draco. Voldemort, Bella, Fenrir and others were called to the manor. When we arrived, I'm not sure exactly what happened as I was dueling with Bella. They tortured Hermione, and the intent was to hand her to Voldemort.

[r_moony]

Perhaps, but I need to do more. I will do more. And no, it certainly isn't. I hadn't quite imagined things to be like this, to be honest.

I see. Is Hermione better now?

ooc: Sorry for the disappearance, my connection died on me for most of the night... -_-