The Auror and the Hero

Well here it is, my first attempt at a Honks Story. This should be interesting. I've always enjoyed this pairing and thought that if Tonks had been given more character and depth in J.K. Rowling's story she may have made a good partner for Harry. That being said I plan on doing this pairing justice. I'm only going to put the Legal Bull up once, so read the Legalities of this chapter. This is the prologue, so It's shorter than the main story chapters will be and it just shows a bit of what happens before Harry and Tonks meet. That said, I guess on to the story.

Legalities: I don't own Harry Potter; I don't own anything associated with Harry Potter, I do however own the plot and storyline. Other than and the occasional original character, I kind of own nothing. That said J. K. Rowling owns everything that has to do with the Harry Potter Series. On a side note this story is an AU, and is not canon compliant. I think that's everything so on to the story.

Prologue: Padfoot and Tonks talk.

Sirius Black, Padfoot to those close to him, sat in a wingback staring into the fire in number twelve Grimauld Place. He sighed as he heard the door to his sitting room open and looked up to see his second cousin, Nymphadora, use my first name and I'll hex you into oblivion, Tonks. He raised an eyebrow as she walked in and asked "Have some reason for bugging me Tonks?" Tonks just watched him from the doorway. He glanced at her and said "If you're looking for Moony he's upstairs."

Tonks shook her head and said "No I wanted to talk to you." Sirius motioned for her to start talking. She sighed and scratched her neck then said "So, you know about Harry and those of us going to get him." Sirius nodded and she continued "Well, I was wondering if you wanted to tell me anything I should know about your godson, since I'll be on the team to retrieve him." Sirius raised an eyebrow and motioned for her to go on. She sighed and asked "Is there anything I should know since Remus is one of the only ones besides you who know much about Harry."

Sirius laughed and said "Well there is the fact that he'll probably be somewhat angry at being kept in the dark." Tonks blinked and raised an eyebrow as Sirius adopted a thoughtful expression and continued "He'll probably be depressed about being shipped off to the Dursleys' again, especially because of what happened at the end of the school year. You could always try to cheer him up, but really there's not much you need to know other than he's a good kid, who's been through a lot."

Tonks sighed and rubbed her neck warily then walked into the room and sat down on the loveseat facing Sirius's wingback and said "So he won't be the happiest person to see us?" Sirius shook his head slowly and Tonks sighed. She morphed her hair from its usual pink to purple and down to her shoulders. She knew they weren't leaving for a few hours, since it wasn't even dark yet, but she was anxious to get this over with.

Sirius saw the look in her eyes and said "The easiest way you can put Harry at ease Tonks is by being yourself and just letting go around him. Don't be uptight, and don't treat him like a child. He seemed to hate people assuming he wasn't capable of handling things himself. Treat Harry like you would a friend rather than a child and you'll earn his trust. Treat Harry like a child, and he'll never forgive you. It's why I tell Dumbledore we should just let him know more, but since that's not going to happen, and he's too young to be in the order I don't know what we're going to do with my wayward godson."

Tonks slowly nodded and Sirius sighed then got up and poured himself a shot of firewhisky. He glanced at Tonks and held up the bottle but she shook her head and said "Can't, mad eye would kill me if he thought I was drunk on this mission." Sirius chuckled at that and nodded in understanding, then took a sip of his whiskey twirling the glass around. Tonks watched him and asked "Are you worried about seeing Harry again?" Sirius shook his head and Tonks sighed then got up.

Sirius yawned and said "I guess you better go prepare to pick up Harry. Just think about what I said." She nodded and walked out of the room, her mind whirring with possibilities, and she knew that whatever happened, Sirius obviously had his own plans for once Harry was here. She shook her head and walked upstairs to check on Harry's friends, who were staying at Grimauld Place. She figured they should be able to tell her more about Harry than Sirius could, and could possibly correct any misinformation Sirius gave. It couldn't hurt to learn more about the boy who lived, could it?

Well there we are, we've shown a little bit of Tonks' thoughts, and we see a bit of Sirius. Next chapter we actually get to see the first interactions between Harry and Tonks. We also get to see things differ from the Order of the Phoenix. Anyway the next chapter should be up in a day or two, as well as chapter 2 of Back in time to save the blacks. That said, hope you enjoyed.