Confusing Times [open]

[Theodore "Teddy" Lupin]

The only time one could get Teddy to sit still was if he was reading a book. Teddy had his photo album, as he wanted to look at the pictures when he wasn't reading, or when he became restless. His parents always seemed to make him able to sit down as he looked at the pictures of them. He really wished he could see them, and more than just the pictures. He wanted parents. Not that the Weasleys, Harry, Ginny, and Granny Drom weren't nice and took care of him. He appreciated that. But he wanted his real parents. He wanted their love, their affection, their guidance. Not just stories and pictures.

On his way to the library, hoping to find a good book to read, he placed his hand on a stone on his way, after taking a wrong turn accidently. At first he felt a bit dizzy, but otherwise he felt just fine. Deciding it was just in his head, he hurried to the library. The most curious thing happened on his way. He was cycling through his hair colors, trying to decide which to keep, and what felt right and he earned a lot of weird faces from the people he passed. Didn't people know what he was around here?

Shrugging it off, Teddy entered the library, but was surprised when he saw some librarian he didn't recognize. "Excuse me," Teddy said approaching the woman behind the counter, and asked where his librarian was. She laughed at him before turning to sorting the books.

"No one works here with that name. Are you sure you're saying the name right? I'm Madame Pince, the librarian," the lady responded. She was young, and she did not look like his librarian. What in the world had happened.

"Erm, sorry I bothered you... Do you have the most recent Daily Prophet?" Teddy asked, thinking he might as well make sure that his mind wasn't going to go crazy with time travel theories. He just had to remain calm. He had heard about people disappearing, and maybe he was going to become one of those missing people.

"We have papers from a year ago, but you have to have a subscription to get anything more recent," Madame Pince replied before pointing nearby to a rack full of newspapers, which was behind where Teddy was.

Teddy set down his photo album on a nearby table and picked up one of the papers, looking for the date. A year ago? But it wasn't 1975, it was 2016, at least that is where he came from and lived in. He picked up another, and found the date once more. It kept saying that they were from 1974, meaning it was 1975. He turned towards Madame Pince and walked up swiftly to her.

"These newspapers can't be from a year ago... They say their from 1974," Teddy said urgently causing Madame Pince to look confused.

"Young man, it is 1975," Madame Pince replied, "1974 was a year ago." Teddy backed away from her, accidentally hitting a small rack of magazines, falling to the floor, causing the magazines to fall all around the floor. Madame Pince yelled at him to be more careful, but he was more worried about getting out of this place, this time. He scrambled up, and ran out of the library.

He slowed his pace once he was far enough away from the library he could actually think. His hair was now a dark green, due to his fear, and he wasn't paying attention to his powers. What was going on? It couldn't be 1975, it was 2016 to him. It couldn't be right.

Teddy ran his hand through his stable dark green hair, before he stopped in his tracks. He'd left his photo album on a table in the Library. If someone found it and it was actually January of 1975, that would not be good. His father was in his 4th year. He couldn't risk Remus finding it, if it really was 1975, and not an elaborate prank that one of the Weasleys were pulling on him. That had to be it. Soon they'd jump out and laugh at him being all worried.

Either way, he wanted his book back. It was the only way he could remember his parents. He sprinted back to the library, seeing Madame Pince who scolded him for running, and so he slowed to a walk. He hurried over to the table he left his album on, and found it missing.

"Is this your book?" a voice came from nearby. Teddy's eyes widened as he saw his father 14 years old standing right before him.

"Y-yes," Teddy said snatching his photo album from Remus's hand, he paused, "T-thank you."

"Are you alright? You look like you've just seen a ghost," Remus commented curiously seeing Teddy's face pale, and his hair turn to a bright neon green. That was never a good sign in his emotions, meaning he was in complete and utter shock. "Are you a Metamorphagus too?" Remus asked quickly, noticing his hair color change.

"Y-yeah... Do you know another?" Teddy asked, planted to the spot he was standing, holding his photo album tightly to his chest.

"I met one the other day. Dora Vulpe," Remus answered looking at Teddy with concern, "Are you sure you're ok?"

"Yeah, I'm-I'm sure," Teddy replied swallowing hard. Dora Vulpe. Could it be his mother? But she wasn't but a year old or so now. What had happened? Maybe she came back in time at some point in her life? Dora was a nickname for her first name; maybe she used it as an alias. He was getting ahead of himself. He needed to get out of there, before he screwed something up. "I-I have to go," Teddy said quickly before he back up once more, knocking into a shelf.

"Er, ok? I'll see you around, I suppose," Remus said and looked at the older boy before walking off himself. Teddy took a lot of time before he managed to regain his senses, while still feeling the extreme fear and confusion he was before. He quickly scrambled once more, but this time through the shelves of the library, hurrying to a corner in the library that many people in his time did not visit. He didn't know if people visited in this time though.

Teddy set his photo album in front of him, and rested his chin on it. He had to figure out what he was going to do. Teddy had to think of someone in this time that could help him out. Since he didn't know Dumbledore, he didn't know if Dumbledore would believe him, or even help him. Given how Uncle Harry talked about him, Dumbledore probably would be a safe bet, but he wasn't sure. He sighed staring at the table and wall in front of him. How did this happen?

[Nymphadora Tonks]

Tonks was walking to the library to see if she could surprise Remus by just showing up in the library. She took a while to find the library though. She'd gotten lost, took the wrong staircase and just couldn't find it. She was about to give up when she saw some one with green hair running. She followed him and luckily ended up in the library. She smiled and looked around. She walked through a few rows and couldn't find him. She was headed toward the corner with the window she liked to sit in and saw the green haired kid again. She grinned and ran forward.

"Hey! Have you seen a guy called Remus? I was going to surprise him by showing up to see him." She sighed. "What are you reading? A picture book? Looks a little young for you."

[Theodore "Teddy" Lupin]

Teddy quickly looked up when he realized someone was talking to him. He recognized the young girl from somewhere, before it occurred to him. He opened his photo album to the page of his mother when she was at Hogwarts, hiding the page from his mother before him. He closed the book quickly and swallowed.

"Erm, I think I may have... but he left before I caught his name," Teddy replied nervously, holding his photo album close, "It's a b-book, of my parents. They died when I was young... This is all I have to remember them by." And he was happy he had it when he traveled to this time.

"You're..." Teddy began, trying to remember what Remus had called her, but his mouth went faster than his mind, "Nympha- Dora, er Vulpe, right? Th-there was a boy who knew you... Er, yeah." His hair then turned to a bright turquoise. Oh sometimes his hair would just be ornery and make no sense. He placed his hands on his head and chuckled nervously.

[Nymphadora Tonks]

Tonks smiled and turned her head to the side. She'd been working on making her hair the color of chocolate because Remus seemed to like it. For this though, it'd gone back to red because she couldn't find him. She liked the red, it wasn't often seen and it made her pop out of the back ground. She looked at the book. She couldn't even get a definite look at the pictures.

"He ready left? I can't believe I missed him! I was going to ask him something..." She pouted. "Do you remember how old you were when they died? I'm sorry, I shouldn't make you think about that. It's rude." She shook her head, she shouldn't have said that. "You can't remember what they look like at all? That's horrible!" She covered her mouth and sat down. "You don't mind if I sit right?"

"Did. You. Say. Nymphadora?" She looked at the ground, it looked like a cloud passed over her face. Her hair looked like fire and she would have shouted if she were actually from here, "Never, under any circumstances, call me by that name." She clutched her fist together and dug her nails in. "I am not Nymphadora. I am T-tuh-tuh.." She stuttered. "Dora Vulpe." She couldn't look up but her hair was back to red. "D-did he say where he was going? Would you help me find him? It's not really important but I kinda wanna see him."

[Theodore "Teddy" Lupin]

Teddy looked at his mother and tried his best to calm himself down. He was going to blow his cover if he kept acting this nervous. He was an adult for Pete's Sake! He needed to act like one, or act like he wasn't a nervous wreck. He normally wasn't like this, but when transported back into time where his parents were years younger than him and he probably shouldn't tell them about it, he was allowed to be freaked out, right?

"Sorry... I think I freaked him out... I kinda was in a rush because I left my book here and I was worried about it. I thought he looked like my father when he was younger, but I was mistaken," Teddy replied, "It's crazy to think I could have traveled in the past," he laughed nervously, "But it's the right year, he's not my father." Teddy smiled as she asked to sit with him. "Er, sure, I don't mind." He then set his photo album on the table in front of him, closed, with his name full name faintly on the front with a small inscription saying that it was from 'Uncle Harry'. He quickly went through possibilities of how he could be in relation to Remus. Heck, his middle name was his father's first. He placed his hands on his name, in order to hide the name from his mother.

"They died when I was about a month according to Uncle Harry and Granny Dro-mel, Dromel," Teddy answered with a sigh, looking at Tonks with a smile. He was with his mother. Sure she didn't know and she was younger, but he had been wanting this as long as he could remember. "I've got this book, so it's fine," Teddy said regaining his cheeriness that he normally had.

"Erm, sorry..." Teddy said looking to the side at the wall nearby, "Just T-T-T Vulpe?" He chuckled trying to recover his usual jolly attitude. He didn't know if he was going to be able to get away from this one. He knew her real name, and she knew it; it wasn't like Nymphadora was something easily mistaken for Dora Vulpe. "No, but I think he was going to look for some book, I dunno what, but he looked like he was going to look at the spells area." He didn't know what his father was doing looking up spells, though if the library changed in the way it was arranged, he would be wrong.

[Nymphadora Tonks]

"Well, why did you do that? He's like a deer, you do something to scare him off and you'll take three days trying to find him." Tonks pursed her lips. "I don't think it's that crazy. I'm gonna let you in on a little secret." She looked at the ground. "I'm not actually supposed to be in school. I was born last year and I'm fourteen. How is this possible you ask? I came from 1988. I went for a jog, tried to move a rock and next thing I know I was lying on the ground trying not to blow chunks." She admitted. Maybe he wouldn't think it was insane. She hadn't even told Remus the truth. She'd told him a fake name, and was just lying in general.

"That's so sad... " she pouted. "Dromel? Really?" She laughed. It was a funny name but she shouldn't laugh, she had the name Nymphadora. She liked this guy, she kept thinking she wanted a friend like him. Although he was a bit weird. "So that book has pictures of them? Jeeze, how many pictures could they take in a month? It has to be a record." She chuckled.

"Oh haha, very funny. Just Vulpe. It means fox." She laughed shaking her head. "Just don't call me Dora or Nymphadora. I hate those names. I'm more of a last name kinda gal." She closed her eyes when she laughed. Like she'd known him her whole life, she felt like she could laugh for hours. "Ugh, probably going to look at healing spells." She shook her head. "You sprain your ankle once in front of him and he near has a heart attack."

[Theodore "Teddy" Lupin]

"It was an accident. I didn't mean to scare him off... it just happened, I guess," Teddy laughed at the thought of his father looking at a car's headlights like a deer before running off into the forested area nearby. Teddy bit his lower lip for a second before he decided he would be fairly honest with her. "I-I actually knew that. Erm... A few minutes ago before I saw Remus, I was... in 2016. I was coming here, brushed up against a rock, felt dizzy, and thought it was just in my head. Next I know I'm in 1975, and I dunno what to do. I-I know about you in the future, which is how I knew you real name," Teddy explained before he whispered, just in case someone might overhear him , "Tonks."

"Er, yeah. It's short for Dromelatori," Teddy said thinking of ways he could manipulate the name, with a chuckle himself, "Her parents thought it was a pretty name. It's really just a really weird name." Teddy looked back at his book, his name still covered by his arms. He smiled before he responded with, "Of course they aren't all in a month. My godfather, Harry," Teddy explained, "Gathered as many pictures of my parents from all points in their lives and put them into here... There's actually only about 30 pictures with me in them..."

"Of course, I wouldn't blame you..." Teddy remarked, though stopped himself from saying 'though Dad always said your first name was beautiful' thinking that it would reveal too much about the future. "That sounds a lot like something he'd do."

Meanwhile, Remus had picked out a book on healing spells, and headed through the aisles to his preferred corner of the library. He heard laughing as he approached his reading area, peering around a shelf seeing Vulpe and that weird boy he saw earlier, laughing. What was that boy doing with Vulpe to make her laugh. Remus felt something bubbling up inside that he hadn't felt before. He wanted to run up to the 7th year and push him away and have her laugh with him. He couldn't hear most of what they were saying, but he looked on with jealousy. It wouldn't be long before he wouldn't be able to not stay away.

[Nymphadora Tonks]

"I even got lost trying to get here to find him. And you scare him off. I don't care if your sorry, you're helping me find him." Tonks leaned back in her chair. "You know, unless he comes out of no where and surprises me." She chuckled and shook her head. "What's everything like? Am I still alive? Do you know? 2016, wow... It's so far away. To think about it is like thinking about flying cars, and all kinds of other gadgets." She smiled. She'd never thought about being able to get further away from them. She always thought about getting closer to them. Amazing how things change. "Make sure no one hears you! I'm not even one right now, do you know how much suspicion you could cause?" She looked around to make sure no one was around. She entirely glazed over the thought of Remus possibly being in the area.

"What kind of a name is that?" She laughing. "How'd her parents come up with it?" She couldn't help but chuckle, it was such a horrible name. "Would you mind if I took a look?" She asked looking at the book she tried so hard to tear her gaze away from it but she was trying to read the name on it.

[Theodore "Teddy" Lupin]

"I would not be surprised if he were to walk around the corner," Teddy chuckled before he bit his lower lip again. He couldn't tell her everything... but then again, if he did, then the future could change. The consequences couldn't be too bad, right? He was sure Uncle Harry would get really mad at him for it, but he felt that he could at least tell her somethings. "Er, well, I knew you fairly well; Uncle Harry knows you better though," Teddy said carefully, "Here, I have a picture with you in it." He turned to a page where the group picture of the Second Order was and pulled the picture out, quickly closing it again, covering the name with his arms, and showing her the picture, "Right there," he pointed to her nearby Remus and Sirius.

"There aren't... some things you can see," Teddy replied nervously, "It wouldn't be safe to show you, at least out here where anyone can see..." Teddy smiled once more and chuckled to himself, "I dunno. Granny Dromel hasn't told me."

"Well just think, my parents are about 14 or 15 right now, don't you think they'll be suspicious of me too?" Teddy laughed, before he added, "I'm sorry... I'm just really confused right now... I was sure it was a Weasley prank again... And I find out it's true... It's just nice to talk with someone who knows what I'm going through somewhat. Oh, and my name's Theodore, or Teddy, so you know."

Remus was through watching them. They were talking nonsense, right? He had heard something about the boy's parents being younger than he was, and Vulpe being from somewhere else, and being one? He had to understand what they were talking about. He walked up to them and smiled at the two.

"I see you've found my reading spot," Remus said with a smile, "May I sit with you two?"

"S-Sure," Teddy responded nervously, making sure that his name on his album was completely covered.

"So, what were you two talking about?" Remus asked, setting his book on the table, "I-I didn't mean to overhear, but I heard something about a picture and the future? Sorry..." Remus looked down at the table, hoping he wasn't being nosy, but he couldn't stand standing by and this boy making Vulpe laugh. There just was something he couldn't place on why he was being so jealous.

[Nymphadora Tonks]

"Do I really keep my hair that short? I haven't really thought about it being that short before." Tonks looked at the picture. "Who's everyone else?" She asked before Remus sat down. She smiled brightly at him stretched. "Yeah, well, I usually sit in the window and take a nap, or look out at the grounds. So technically it's my spot. Ladies first." She smirked.

"Well, Remus, Teddy's parents died when he was a month old and he only has pictures to remember him by." Tonks said hanging Teddy the picture back. "Anyway, how're you Remus? What have you been doing?" She chuckled and gave him a hug. She sat back in her chair and started fiddling with a piece of her nail that was breaking. Her heart always jumped when he was around.

[Theodore "Teddy" Lupin]

"Yeah; I actually think it looks really good on you," Teddy said with a laugh, "The others are people who fight against Voldemort," Teddy pointed to Remus's face, "That's someone you know fairly well." He then took the picture and placed it hurriedly into the photo album.

Remus felt like he was missing something. What was up with Teddy, as he heard the boy's name, and covering the words on the front of the book? He really should stop snooping. It was Teddy's right to keep what he wanted secret.

"Oh, I didn't know. I'm sorry Teddy," Remus said looking at the older boy, who shrugged.

"It's fine. It's almost like they are right here with me," Teddy replied with a knowing smile, as his parents were here. He could tell that his mother was obviously happy he was there.

"Oh... Erm, I was studying healing spells. I can't have you getting injured and me unable to help next time," Remus replied with a small smile. Teddy actually felt a lot better now that he had told his mother some, and it really made him more relaxed being here.

"Hey, Remus, sorry about acting weirdly before," Teddy apologized.

"It's not problem, it's fine," Remus replied with a small chuckle, "No harm done."

[Nymphadora Tonks]

Tonks looked at Teddy confused, she didn't understand what he was saying and didn't want to ask questions while Remus was there. "Nah, I don't think short hair will look good. It's just not me, I actually think I'm going to start wearing it in pigtails. Really long ones so I can mess with them in class. And I can smack people with it if I get mad enough." She said messing with her hair. She still didn't have that much control over the color. Currently it was going from pink to brown to bright red.

"We'll, you're going to be needing to know a lot of them. Unless you want to catch me before I fall." She chuckled. She pulled her knees up to her chest and looked at her shoes. She wasn't sure what she should do. If she should just sit there or be cute. But she didn't want to seem desperate.

[Theodore "Teddy" Lupin]

Teddy chuckled at Tonks' plan for her hair, knowing she had one picture of his mother with about the looks she mentioned. It had been one of the pictures Granny Drom had given to Uncle Harry for the photo album. "I think you'd look great with that look," Teddy laughed with a small smile trying to forget she died in his time and he couldn't tell her that, or the future could change. He just had to save her before she even knew she needed to be saved

"I'll, erm, be there to catch you when you fall... as long as I'm close enough," Remus stated back with a huge smile, "I have perfected a bruise removing spell." Remus felt very happy right now, just being with Vulpe, and really angry at Teddy for stealing her attention away from him. He didn't want to seem like he was as into her as he was, so if she didn't like him in the same way, he'd be safe, so he stopped at that point. He had a lot of other mushy things he wanted to say, but he decided against it.

[Nymphadora Tonks]

"Why thank you! I happen to think it'll be the best look I can think of. It's just so me. Maybe I'd be able to used it to get peoples attention or freak them out. Like tapping their shoulder from a distance. Although I'd probably use levitation for that." Tonks put a finger to her chin and tapped a few times. "Any suggestions?"

"I really wonder how you don't have a girlfriend, Remus." she smiled, "Because, you're cute, funny, chivalrous, and so sweet." she could have said a few other things but she wasn't exactly his girlfriend so people would just think she was crazy. "Why can't there be guys like that back where I'm from? They're all too busy laughing about how everyone looks to even think about being nice. Then again I live on a muggle street corner." she shrugged. "Bruise removing? That won't come in handy when I'm around. We all should know with me there's just falling, breaking and spraining things."

[Theodore "Teddy" Lupin]

"Have you thought of pink and spikey?" Teddy suggested. It was just so odd to be speaking with his mother, the woman who he had just been dreaming of, and now he actually knew her. He was older than her, and more mature in some ways than his mother, but she was still his mother. And Remus. At first Teddy had been extremely shocked when he saw his father before he came over here, but he was easing himself into this. "What do you think, Remus?" Teddy asked.

"Oh well... I think Vulpe would look with any look," Remus replied with a small smile, thinking that this Teddy could take his Vulpe's attention he wanted, and felt a bit of competition with Teddy. Teddy obviously is attracted to her, right? There couldn't be anyone who really wasn't attracted to her. He knew that he would eventually steal her away from him.

"Er... Well that's probably because I haven't taken an interest in very many girls... until you came along, you're one of my first friends that is a female," Remus said, wanting to look down, but not seeming to tear his eyes away from Vulpe. "They're jerks," Remus noted simply, "Don't understand such great uniqueness." Remus chuckled at her comment about his studying the medical magic. "I had to start out simple. That stuff will take a lot more time to perfect, especially without someone to test them on safely."