Realisation
It was Tonks' sixth year at Hogwarts and she was studying for her NEWTs the following year. She knew she had to do well in order to become an auror and achieve her goals.
She had several important tests coming up and had to study hard for them when she started to feel sick. She guessed that it was probably just something she ate and dismissed it, carrying on with her studying.
However, she started to feel sick every morning when she got up. She had no idea what was going on but didn't want to go and see the school nurse as she knew she would probably send her home and she had to do these tests.
Every morning for several weeks, Tonks threw up violently in the toilet in her dormitory before going to lessons. It was in the middle of a Potions class that she realised she hadn't had a period for a while.
That lunch time she decided to check when she was last on and found that it was about 3 months ago. She started to panic that she might be pregnant and decided that she had to go and see the school nurse.
She sat in the waiting room for a good half an hour before she was called into the nurse's office to discuss what was wrong with her.
"Tonks, Nymphadora," said the voice known only too well by everyone as the voice of Madame Pomfrey, the school nurse. Tonks stood up and walked into the nurse's office, taking the seat that was offered to her. "Now, Miss Tonks, what can I do for you?" she asked kindly.
Tonks gulped, knowing that the school were never particularly pleasant to students that got themselves pregnant. "I…. erm… I think I might be… erm… pregnant…" Tonks said, hoping she wouldn't be shouted at.
"Merlin's beard! Pregnant? Well I guess you're here for a pregnancy test, girl," Madame Pomfrey said, getting up and getting a potion out of the cupboard. "Take this," she said, passing it to her.
"Ok…" Tonks replied, taking the potion and drinking it as the nurse told her to.
The nurse sat in front of Tonks for a few minutes, apparently waiting for something. After a few more minutes, Tonks started to feel sick and vomited in the sink that happened to be next to her. She turned back to the nurse who was looking at her disappointedly.
"Miss Tonks you are indeed pregnant…" the nurse said to her, shaking her head slightly and sighing. "Your parents shall have to be informed of this. A termination would of course be the best option and I'm sure your parents would agree-"
"Don't I get a say in what happens to me?" Tonks asked, looking quite surprised that the nurse even got a say in it.
"Well you can hardly look after a child and do your school work, Miss Tonks!"
"It's not the child's fault I got pregnant with it though! You can hardly take away it's life just because I need to live mine!"
"Are you arguing with the opinion of a professional?"
"No I'm just saying that it's not the child's fault. It should be allowed to live!"
"Well you are hardly going to look after it, are you? What life will it get without parents? Which brings me to the question of who the father is?"
"Perhaps it could be put into care or something? Some life would be better than none at all!"
"And who is the father?"
"I don't see how that's any of your business!"
"I don't see how it's not my business! I'm the nurse and I think this boy needs to understand that he shouldn't be doing things like this at his age!"
Tonks glared at the nurse and walked out, not knowing herself who the father was as she had been with several guys recently. She sighed, hoping it wasn't the Slytherin she had slept with when she was drunk. She knew she should have been more careful but she didn't think this was going to happen. She walked straight past her friends and went up to her dormitory to think about things for a while. She didn't know what was going to happen but one thing was certain; she would be having this child, no matter what the nurse or anyone else said.