walk calmly into death's welcoming arms ` LILY

He had sent a owl to the Potter family to inform them of what happened before the ministry could get around to it. The owl was sent to Ginny, who had to be the first to know out of the Potter family. The owl that he had written her, only said that they needed to get to St. Mungo's. He had added that it wasn't good. Teddy could've wrote that he had passed away except he didn't want Ginny to be freaking out on the way there. For her to be unable to come like Hermione, who had found out from Ron's own owl. The family had arrived within a matter of minutes to the hospital, walking up to his room. Ginny and the two boys had went in, not stopping to say anything to him. The looks exchanged between him and them told the same story. Their appearance made him wonder where Lily was, since he was sure that Ginny would have brought all of them to the hospital. They had all grown used to knowing that aurors could end up in the hospital. It had happened at least once before to each of the three men that had been at the attack. Due to them being considered some of the best, there wasn't much to worry about. The Potters and Weasleys were used to the worry of harm, but the worry of death? It was something untold of, since the war had ended.

Teddy stayed in the chair outside of the room, waiting for someone to appear. The silence in the hall was beginning to get to him, making him think back to any memories that he had of Harry. The last time that he had dealt with death, it was his grandmother that he had lived with throughout his whole life. When she had died, he had dealt with it pretty bad. This meant that he relied on alcohol to get through his grief at least until Lily had helped him snap out of it. In his hand was the wand that had been fixed by the Elder Wand by Harry, the wand that had been with him since the first time that he went to Ollivander's. Harry's wand. He rolled it around in his hands as he was sat forward, looking at it. His eyes avoiding contact with any of the nurses or healers walking by. That was until he heard her voice. Lily's voice, wanting to know what was going on. He didn't answer her though stood up as she went to reach out for the door. He stopped her though, standing in front of the door, putting the wand in her hand. Teddy said, "He's gone..." His own voice was slightly broken since he didn't know what to say after those words.

When it made the headlines of the daily prophet, it was bound to throw numerous amounts of people into shock and chaos. They had always known peace since Harry had defeated the dark lord. The older wizards and witches had known that if any threat presented itself, he was always there 'saving the day' as Lucius Malfoy would have put it. Harry may not have been the minister, but he was a leader of sorts in the eyes of a lot of people. He had been the head auror since he was promoted and had proven to help keep the wizarding world safe. It was a hard task, but not for him. Some people talked about the possibility if anyone stronger than Voldemort came along, would he able to survive? Most people saw him as being invincible, including his daughter. He had blocked the way for Lily, not letting her go into the room and had given her the wand. The wand wasn't his to keep and considering everything the boys had, he had held onto it for Lily. Even if she didn't want it right now. Teddy said, "I'm not bluffing, you know I wouldn't joke about something like that. And not right now." Perhaps he was protecting her from going in as he had been forced to when Andromeda had died. Lily was younger than he was at the time that Andromeda had passed, so perhaps he thought it wasn't best for her to see her father that way right now. His arm was making it's way around her though she moved, sliding down the wall to sit. She was sobbing and honestly, he didn't know what to do or say since he felt the same way. It had been much easier when one of them was grieving since the other wasn't as much as the other. She began to question if her family was going to wait until they had gotten home. Ginny and the boys were in the room still which was another reason why he had stopped her. He leaned against the door, unsure of what to say.

She had gotten up and left him there. Shortly after she had walked away, the door began to move, so he moved out of the way of the door. Before the person could come out of the room, he picked up the wand and stored it in his pocket for the present time. The person that walked out was a healer, who only apologized for what had happened. A squeal came from the end of the hallway and he turned to look from the healer to the nurse running out of the room, squealing as if someone had just tried to attack her. Following the direction that she came from, he found Lily when he heard the cry that she had let out from the room. Walking in, he sat next to her and said, "I don't know why they didn't stay with you, so that they could tell you themselves and I'm sorry for not letting you in there..." He put his hand on her shoulder as he tried his best to comfort her.

There wasn't much to be said between the two for comfort. She had lost her father, while he had lost a father figure. He was managing to hold himself together better than Lily considering he had the time to grieve when he had been where it happened. It was rare to see him cry over anything though there had been two times that he had. When Andromeda died which was in front of Lily, who had comforted him then. Then the second time was when Harry was killed though before that, he had tried to stun the bastard who had done it. Unfortunately, he had apparated before either Ron or Teddy could do anything. The others had apparated as well. Having followed Lily, he had sat next to her with his hand on her shoulder which led to hear leaning into him. He said, "Someone has to." Ginny and the boys were probably looking for Lily by then, wondering she had went from where they had left her. They also would have noticed Teddy missing from where he had been sitting. Knowing how close the two were, Ginny most likely thought Lily was with him. The two could have had the same sibling bond as the rest of the family and him except they didn't. It was different between them as if they were rather close friends and not like siblings. It was hard to determine why it was different between them for him, but it just was. In his mind, he thought of her as a sister like the rest of the family. Though really, he didn't. He just played it off as being the same as the rest of the family, if that made any sense to anyone else. There was some silence between the two before she asked what happened. He said, "There was a disturbance at Borgin and Burkes with Burkes dead. Whoever killed him had used polyjuice potion or was a metamorphmagus since they took the appearance of Burkes." They still hadn't the slightest clue who killed Harry due to the fact that they never saw the person's real appearance. All that was known was that he had followers which meant a new reign of terror was bound to start up. Teddy said, "That person was the one who...Ron and I were dueling whoever was with him, so we were too late..." He had stopped in mid sentence since he wasn't about to say, 'who had killed Harry'. It was easier to say gone as if he was on a vacation or had just left a building than being dead or killed. He had also stopped before he could say what they were too late to do. Before silence could really set in, he said, "You can stay as long as you want. We can leave soon, after I find your mother and let her know.." She could have objected to Ginny knowing the knowledge that Lily would be with him, but he wasn't going to leave with not letting her know. Having grown up as a part of the family, he held a high respect for them to not hide anything from them. His arm was around her, while her head was rested on his shoulder.

Usually when someone would grow up alongside a family, they would have been considered a member of that family. It was common when best friends had known each other all their lives. All of the Weasley and Potter kids thought of him as an older brother since he was the oldest out of all of them. He had thought of them as younger brothers and sisters except for Victoire and Lily. When he had first considered going out with Victoire, it was a weird thought since despite him not thinking of her that way, the rest of her family did. For a year, he avoided asking her out since he felt that it was wrong. That was until Harry had talked to him about the situation since he had probably seen that they both liked each other. Despite the two year difference between them, they had started dating. Things ended up complicated between the two that would result in two times of being with each other. Each time that they had ended things, he rarely fell into a serious relationship. Instead, he was with a different girl not everyday, but often. A year ago, his grandmother had passed away leaving him as the last member in his own family. That was not counting the family that had disowned his grandmother for marrying a muggleborn wizard. When he had lost his grandmother, it had been Lily there for him instead of Victoire though that wasn't her fault. He wouldn't his own girlfriend in about his emotions or feelings though let Lily. Or more like Lily made him open up to her. It was the fiery temper that she had inherited from Molly. It was both a blessing and a curse. A majority of the time, a curse since he had to put up with it from her, Rose, and Molly. It wasn't until recently that he had paid attention to how she looked considering their age difference was quite a gap. The two had gotten along from the start though didn't grow close until several years ago. When she started school, that was when they began to have more in common. He could relate more to a teenager at school than a little girl that was nine years younger than him. It was due to the younger members of the family that his nickname had remained the same despite it feeling outgrown for him by everyone else. She had asked about what had happened to Harry. If he had a choice between visiting the family or staying in his own home and inviting them over there, he would have chose that. Going to the Potter home would have hurt even him too much since he had a lot of memories with Harry there despite never living there. It was common for him to be found at the Potter house for dinner. It was also common for him to feel as if father and son moments were going on, when the three Potter children were too young to do things. Such as flying around on a broomstick, something he never grew to love as much as the Potters or Weasleys, preferring to be on the sidelines of the games. He had suggested to find Ginny to tell her that Lily was staying with him for a little bit. Thankfully, it was something that she didn't argue with him about. Teddy said, "We can go find them now before they get here." It was definitely necessary to find Ginny and the boys before Molly and Arthur were to arrive. Teddy was close to both of eldest Weasleys, more so Molly than Arthur. Molly never once mentioned that he was from a different family, it was as if he was a grandson to her. It was especially common for him to stay with her after the battle of Hogwarts when he was unable to stay with Andromeda or Harry. So the two were close despite them not being related. Before either of them had gotten up, she had tilted her chin to look at him. Considering he had been up since early that day and after having gone through everything from the day, he was drained. He was tired from all the events of the day. Plus, he felt uneasy about being in St. Mungo's since it was the last place that he had seen his own grandmother. While a year had passed, it still didn't make being in the hospital much easier. In fact, if she had looked closely, his typical hazel eyes were blue reflecting his own feelings. Teddy was more in control of his abilities than he had been as a child though sometimes his mood affected his appearance. Even his hair appeared darker, almost like a black as they had gone on with their conversation. Her appearance was similar to his minus the changes in her hair and eyes. She was drained from the crying and looked upset since her family still treated her like the baby. Staying in the hospital wasn't doing any good for either of them. Getting up before he could say anything else to her, he stood up and offered his hand to her saying, "Well, let's go find them before that nurse comes back, squealing like a pig again." Teddy wasn't capable of reading minds though he had seen the nurse and his face had a slight smile on it for that second before they were to go looking for more grieving souls.