Ministry of Magic: Department of Magical Law Enforcement
Auror Training Application Form
Name: Nymphadora Tonks
Gender: Female
DOB (DD/MM/YYYY): 13/04/1973
Blood Status (The Department of Magical Law Enforcement asks for these details to ensure it fulfils its vision to provide equal opportunities for everyone): Half-Blood
Address: 12 Barnley Way
Cumgowston
Wiltshire
Please give details of any relevant criminal convictions: None
Year graduated from Hogwarts (or foreign Wizarding school – provide details if this is the case): 1991
Hogwarts House (if applicable): Hufflepuff
Ordinary Wizarding Level subjects and grades (please provide details if you have foreign qualifications which are equivalent):
Defence Against the Dark Arts – Outstanding
Potions – Outstanding
Care of Magical Creatures – Exceeds Expectations
Transfiguration – Exceeds Expectations
Charms – Acceptable
Herbology – Acceptable
Astronomy – Poor
Arithmancy – Poor
History of Magic – Dreadful
Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Test subjects and grades (please provide details if you have foreign qualifications which are equivalent):
Defence Against the Dark Arts – Outstanding
Transfiguration – Outstanding
Charms – Outstanding
Potions – Outstanding
Herbology – Outstanding
Any relevant experience: Member of the Hogwarts Duelling Club (1987-1991).
Why do you want to be considered for this position?
Ever since I was a young child, I have always been prepared to fight for what is right. I think that this is exactly the right mentality for an Auror.
I have a natural talent for Defence Against the Dark Arts, and I am a Metamorphmagus, which I'm sure will help hugely. Also, what I lack in natural talent I can make up for with hard work, which I can prove from the contrast between my OWL and NEWT grades.
Becoming an Auror has been my dream for as long as I can remember. I can't tell you how much I want this and how hard I'm willing to work. One of my best qualities is determination – I never, ever give up.
Applicant's signature: N. Tonks
Date: 15th August 1991
Please attach a reference from your Head of House/previous employer.
The deadline for applications is 17th August 1991.
We will consider your application over the next few weeks. Thirty applicants will then be selected for interview during the week beginning 1st September 1991. There are ten places on the training course.
Nymphadora Tonks:
Lesson one is never to put all your personal information in writing, in case it's intercepted. Owls are notoriously easy to capture or kill. Are you that daft, girl?
But nevermind that for now, we've more important things to discuss. You can forget everything you've ever thought about becoming an Auror – it's dangerous work and to be successful you must rely heavily on instinct. I can teach you every spell I know, but I can't train you to know when to dodge a curse. Let's hope you're at least coordinated.
Now listen up. I've agreed to take you on as a trainee for two simple reasons. One, your skills as a Metamorphmagus will be dead useful, and two, your Dreadful score in History of Magic shows me that you know a lost cause when you see it. Second lesson: never tell someone that you "lack natural talent". Might as well hand 'em your wand!
The rest of the milksops who applied for Auror training are going to be interviewed the first week of September, but I don't fancy wasting time when there's dark forces afoot. Meet me in Hogsmeade in three days' time, and don't come lookin' like yourself! Your first test will be tracking me down. If you can do that, then we'll get started.
Be careful that you're not followed, and don't discuss this with anyone. ANYONE! You never know who might be under an Imperius Curse. Even your mother could sell ya to the Death Eaters if someone's got her Imperio'd.
Commit this letter to memory because it will incinerate itself in approximately five minutes, along with the carrier pigeon that brought it.
CONSTANT VIGILANCE.
M.E.M.
A/N: This is for the "Yours Sincerely" Competition on HPFC. Thanks to Sinister Spiders for the awesome challenge! Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter, however much I wish I did.
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