-No matter how it feels today

Teddy Lupin never knew his parents; his grandmother never said much either seeing as how he spent most of his time at his "Uncle Harry's" house. He knew they died when he was just a baby, died in battle, in a war that was now a legend in the wizarding world –a myth in the Muggle society.

He remembered the day that Uncle Harry had fought with Grandma Andromeda. He was listening through the door before the sharp shouts and yells were muffled by a mysterious buzzing noise. But he knew they were talking about his parents.

Teddy often had dreams, in which his hair was a mild brown and the full moon shone brightly and beautifully onto the grounds of Hogwarts, just outside the Whomping Willow. He'd been near that tree in real life before. Wasn't pretty if you got caught in its branches. But in his dream, the tree was frozen just for him. And there was this woman with the wildest hair –bubble gum pink. And a man. Sometimes it was a man, sometimes it looked like a wolf. The wolf would nuzzle him and lick his fingers. When Teddy was young, he found this extremely cute but as he grew older, he found it rather puzzling and a bit embarrassing.

Then one day, when he went over for dinner at the Potter's, Harry had taken him aside and Teddy blurted out the dream. A flicker of reminisce and hurt flashed across the man's face and he started to explain about his own past. The Wizarding War, Lord Voldemort, Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks. Some of the bravest people he'd even known, the best people he'd even known.

Harry spun the tale about his own third year at Hogwarts, about the werewolf and Sirius Black. Fifth year and the Order of the Phoenix. His parents' rather complicated romantic life, Remus's fit when he realized he was having a baby boy. His post-ecstasy and offer to Harry of being the godfather. The obvious surprise of the request.

Teddy couldn't feel any more sorrowful. Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks. The two most brilliant people in the world –and he didn't even get to know them.