Epilogue

A couple of years later,

A now 11 year old Teddy was shopping with his grandmother getting his school supplies. Now that he had all of his supplies, he managed to convince his grandmother to visit Weasley's Wizard's Wheezes.

"I should've known" A voice said after Teddy looked around a bit

Teddy turned and smiled at his godfather.

"Hi Harry. What are you doing here?" Teddy asked

"Just talking to George about an new product that's coming out next anniversary of the final battle" Harry said "And being who and what you are, I think you're entitled to an early copy"

"Sometimes it pays to have a godfather in the retail business" Teddy said with a smile that was all Marauder Remus

Harry handed Teddy a book

"What's this?" Teddy asked

"Read the title" Harry said

"The History of Magical School in the 20th Century?" Teddy asked

"Open it up" Harry pried

Teddy opened the cover

"The Greatest Pranksters at Hogwarts in the 20th Century" Teddy gasped

"There are three sections" Harry said. "Took me ages to write it, but I had some help by interviewing others. There's a whole section on the Marauders…complete with pictures"

Teddy turned to the Marauder section and saw his father waving up at him while standing with James Potter, Sirius Black, and Peter Pettigrew

"Thanks Harry" Teddy said

"But why will this be sold at a Prank Shop?" Andromeda asked.

"Because it has prank ideas" Harry said as if there was no other answer before turning to his godson. "You don't HAVE to prank, but this book will at least give you a sense of what your Dad was like in school. And you can always ask some of the professors."

0000

August 31st,

Teddy Lupin was double checking his school supply list as he put each item in his trunk.

KNOCK KNOCK

"C'mon in" Teddy called

The door opened and Teddy was confused to see his godfather.

"Harry?" Teddy asked

"You've got everything for school?" Harry asked

"Yeah" Teddy confirmed

"You're sure?" Harry asked with what could only be called a mischievous twinkle in his green eyes

"Yeah" Teddy said remembering that he had packed that Pranking book with the silent promise to attempt to follow his father's footsteps.

"Wrong" Harry said pulling out an old bit of parchment and handed it over

"What's this?" Teddy asked

"Did you not read the book I gave you last May?" Harry asked

Teddy wracked his brain trying to figure out why Harry would drop by the day before school started just to give him a blank old bit of parchment that was no doubt older than his godfather.

"Here" Harry said sitting on the bed and patted the mattress indicating for Teddy to join him

Teddy obeyed as Harry pulled out the 11 inch Holly wand with the Phoenix feather core.

"Now, there are two tricks to this. One, Fred and George taught me when I got it from them after they nicked it from Filch when they were in their first year. The other, I discovered after the final battle as I was mourning your father's death."

Teddy nodded to show that so far he was following his godfather. He knew that whenever the veterans of the war against Voldemort were talking about the past George, they typically included George Weasley's late twin brother, Fred who had died the night Teddy's parents had.

Harry tapped his wand to the parchment.

"I, Harry Potter, am transferring this invention to my orphan godson, Teddy Lupin" Harry said with a smirk

Teddy's eyes widened as writing appeared

Mr. Padfoot would like to inquire if this 'Teddy Lupin' bloke is Mr. Moony's kid.

Mr. Moony would like to remind Mr. Padfoot that it is impossible for a werewolf to have a kid.

"Not when the mother is a metamorphmagus named Nymphadora Tonks." Harry told the parchment with an eyeroll and a smirk that Teddy recognized that was usually reserved for when George was up to mischief. It wasn't as often as it had been 11 years ago, but once in a while George would pull something (mainly due to Ginny yelling at him at Percy's wedding about how Fred would have wanted something pulled)

Mr. Padfoot would like to ask Mr. Prongs to stop laughing

Mr. Moony would like to add that being related to Mr. Padfoot is no laughing matter and hopes greatly that Mr. Padfoot's cousin's daughter made him very happy in life.

"Considering she gave you a kid, I should hope so Mr. Moony" Harry said to the parchment before turning to Teddy. "This was how Fred and George learned to activate it. When they were trying different spells, these four idiots, now three as I've had Mr. Wormtail's memory removed thought his name's still on the cover, told them how this works"

Mr. Padfoot resents being called an idiot

Mr. Prongs would like to add no matter how true it is in Mr. Padfoot's case he wishes to remind Prongs Jr. to show more respect to his father

"I named my first born after two of you" Harry told the parchment before removing his wand. "To keep them talking, you just have to leave your wand on the parchment. Otherwise, it's just a blank bit of parchment"

"So…is that…?" Teddy asked

"see for yourself" Harry said handing it over knowing that George, Ron, and even himself had told Teddy about using it

Teddy pulled out his wand. As this wasn't TECHNICALLY a spell, he could try this

"I solemnly swear that I am up to no good" Teddy chanted

Sure enough, those famous words he had only heard about appeared

Messres Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs

Purveyors of Aids to Magical Mischief Makers

are Proud to Present

The Marauders' Map

"Fred and George gave it to me my third year. And if you'd like, you can give it to James whenever you're ready" Harry said

"But, shouldn't you give this to James when he gets to Hogwarts" Teddy asked after deactivating the map

"He's already getting the invisibility cloak" Harry told his godson. "As it's a Potter possession. However, the Map belongs to a Lupin, Pettigrew, dis-inherited Black, and Potter. Peter and Sirius died childless, and I've had my fun with the map. As you are the son of Moony, it's your turn. How you use it is up to you. You can use it to sneak to the kitchens for a midnight snack, keep an eye out for authority figures as you lay a prank trap, or just try to figure out shortcut to your next class. You've grown up on stories about the map, just didn't know what it looked like until now, so you know how to activate and deactivate it. You don't HAVE to follow in your Dad's footsteps, but just remember that I'm proud of you and he would be too"

"Thanks Harry" Teddy said hugging his godfather "And don't worry. I'll take good care of this and then when I'm ready, probably when James comes, I'll pass it to him and he can pass it to Al. We'll keep the map in the Potter-Lupin families."

"Good. And also, don't let Mr. Padfoot and Mr. Prongs give you too hard a time. And…don't tell them Al's middle name. I haven't told them and I do NOT want to see their reaction"

Immediately Harry regretted saying that to a Marauder's kid as Teddy deactivated the map and left his wand on the parchment purposefully

"Why would the Marauders react badly to your second son having the name 'Albus Severus Potter'?" Teddy asked innocently

YOU NAMED YOUR KID WHAT?

The Marauders in the parchment had been taken so aback they didn't even bother with their intros.

"I'll see you tomorrow on the platform" Harry told Teddy kissing the top of the boy's electric blue hair and then left.

After closing the door, Harry considered fire-calling Minerva and Neville to warn them that Teddy was DEFINITELY going to be the son of a Marauder. However, he decided against it.

McGonagall HAD complained that Hogwarts was getting to be too dull.

"Well Minerva," Harry muttered to himself peeking back into the room and seeing Teddy on the bed in a conversation with the parchment. "Get ready. Because Teddy Remus Lupin is coming to Hogwarts and he is the son of the brains of the Marauders."

The End