Title: Something For Nothing

Author: Saiya-Jin Girl

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. It all belongs to JK Rowling. The plot came from my crazy mind.

Chapter One: DECEMBER

"So…what you're saying to me is that there is a way for me to be…normal?"

"Yes,"

Remus Lupin, in his trademark shabby robes, and his tattered briefcase by his side, sat in a small, well lit office at St. Mungos. The healer, a woman with long gray hair and an ancient face stared at him, her intense eyes boring into his face. He shifted in his seat, wishing that someone else, less ominous looking was telling him this now. The healer waved her wand and a folder appeared on the desk.

"We have successfully cured two Werewolves up to date," she began, as she opened the folder. He tilted his head towards the folder to gain a closer look at the papers in the folder. "It is a process that takes approximately nine months, and in order for it to work properly, you need to find someone who matches your aura perfectly," she said. He nodded.

"Someone who matches my aura?" he asked. She nodded and closed the folder.

"Yes, each witch and wizard have their own aura, but we all have a match, or even several matches, witches and wizards with similar auras get along better than ones with clashing auras," she stated.

"Ah," he said simply. He felt his hopes go down slightly. There would be a search involved. The healer cracked a small smile.

"Don't look so down, Mr. Lupin, I'm sure things will be fine," she said reassuringly. He sighed softly.

"What exactly is the process?" he asked.

"Good question," she began. "My colleagues and I have been researching for years about a cure for Werewolves. The wolfsbane potion was created in order to stop the process of turning into a werewolf, however, the user still turned into a wolf at the full moon. But we wanted more, we wanted to eradicate any transformation, and we did our best and came up with a solution."

"So, it eradicates the transformation completely?" he asked looking t her. She nodded.

"You will of course retain your hyper sensitivity to certain things, however, transformation will be out of the question,"

His mouth was dry. There was a way.

"How.." he said softly.

"A child, Mr. Lupin, a child conceived with the werewolf's match," He furrowed his eyebrows.

"A child? I have to have a child?" She nodded.

"Once you find your match, and you decide how you will conceive, you must have an infusion of her blood in you every month at the Full moon and gradually your blood will become less and less…wolfish, because we are infusing the purest blood in you, the blood of your match, yours, and your unborn child's aura is there also, it's a very potent potion which we couldn't believe worked," she said. He looked down at the floor and studied his shoes, which were suddenly very interesting.

"Mr. Lupin, I'll let Healer Smith speak to you about locating your match, I wish you good luck, in the process, that is, if you wish to go through with it?" she asked rising from her seat. He looked up at her and nodded.

"Where do I see Healer Smith?"

Remus walked up to the Burrow, his hands deeply immersed in his pockets. His briefcase was tucked under his left arm, and he wouldn't be surprised if it was frozen there. The wind was biting cold and reminded him of when he was younger.

He arrived at the door and it was opened before he could remove his hands from his pockets. Hermione Granger stood there looking at him with a wry smile on her face.

"Hurry on in, its cold," she said. He smiled and entered the house. The warmth washed over him immediately and he was grateful. She gingerly removed the briefcase from beneath his arm and set it on the ground. "Professor, you're frozen," she said. He sighed and nodded. She pulled out her wand and without even speaking the spell, it began to blast hot air from the tip. The snow from his shoulders were melting and he was able to remove his coat.

"So what did they say?" she asked quietly. He sighed once more.

"Well Hermione, there is a cure," he said. She gave a squeal of delight and she jumped at him, embracing him tightly.

"OH! I'm so happy!" she gushed. After the war against Voldemort, Hermione had loosened up greatly, knowing that someone could be with her at one moment, and in the next moment, they could be gone. Loosing Neville had made it clear to her. He reluctantly placed his arms around her and hugged her. He needed to be hugged, he thought. She let go of him and stepped back.

"Well then, I'll head back into the kitchen, Mrs. Weasely is making dinner and I'm helping her," she said with a smile. He nodded and hung up his coat on the rack.

"Where's everyone else?" he asked.

"Harry and Ron asleep upstairs, Ginny and Luna reading in the living room, and…I think Tonks is somewhere upstairs as well, I saw her this morning, but then she disappeared," she said. He nodded.

"And Fred and George?" he asked.

"Not here, might come in for dinner," she said while walking out. He smiled and nodded. She stopped and came back over to him. "Prof--"

"Stop calling me Professor, Hermione," he chided. She blushed.

"Remus, you have to tell me all about it," she said. He nodded.

"After dinner," he said. She smiled and nodded.

Remus made his way up the stairs quietly. His mind was still spinning with all of the information he had gained from both healers. They had set up something for him at the Hospital where they would check the auras of women coming in and they would inform him if a match was found. They said that this process could be a bit lengthy since many people were not too fond of the idea of carrying a werewolf's child.

With a weary sigh, he entered the small room that he had been using for several weeks. His room consisted of a small bed, a little window, a shelf which of course was filled with books, and a chest of drawers which contained his few possessions.

His eyes were immediately drawn to the woman lying on his bed with a book covering her face. He saw bright pink sticking out from above the book and he smiled. Nymphadora. Before he even reached over to her, he saw her entire body shaking with laughter.

"Remus!" she shouted flinging the book aside. He smiled.

"Nymphadora, what are you doing?" he asked nonchalantly. She shrugged.

"Dunno, Remus, I was just checking out your book selection, not too many interesting ones you have there, reminds me of some of the stuff I was forced to read at school," she said sitting up. He laughed softly.

"Well I am an ex-professor you know," he said rubbing his eyes. She nodded.

"Makes sense," she said and giggled. He rubbed his neck and sighed. He was tired. Her face immediately changed, her eyebrows furrowed in concern.

"Remus, are you alright?" she asked. He nodded.

"Just a bit tired," he said. She rose up from the bed and she took his hand.

"Come on, lay down, take a nap, I'll come and get you when dinner is finished," she said. He smiled and nodded.

"Thank you, Nymphadora," She rolled her eyes and walked over to the door. Before closing it, she stamped her foot.

"How many times do I have to tell you, its Tonks!" and with that, she made her way downstairs.

A/N: Well this is my first Remus/Tonks story. I just wanted to try my hand at it and see how it would go. Leave your comments and tell me what you think so far. I've usually written Remus and Hermione, I'm a huge Remus/Hermione shipper, but I think Remus with Tonks is cute too and so I wanted to try it. I don't know how long it will take me to update. With work and all. But I'm working on a layout for this story now so tell me what you think!

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