I don't know where this idea came from(I posted about it on my Tumblr which just made me want to write further). OOTP based, AU.

"Stop!" She yelled, throwing another curse at the man. He had been evading the Ministry for weeks and they finally decided it was time to hand it over to the Aurors instead of the Magical Law Enforcement Patrol. However, the Head Auror deemed it not much of a threat and decided to send her. Of all people, they had sent her. Kingsley was with her, but no doubt just for 'supervising the newbie'.

She sent another curse, which missed the man and hit a shop instead. She'd be in trouble for that, no doubt. Finally, the man had turned down an alley that she knew would end in a dead end.

She followed him, stumbling on an uneven section of the ground and crashing into him. He had stopped abruptly right at the mouth of the alley- possibly to backtrack? And she had rammed herself into his back. They fell, numerous trinkets in his coat smashing.

"You bloody fool!" The man yelled, pushing her off of him. She stood, raising her wand.

"Tonks!" Kingsley yelled from the storefront on the other side of Diagon Alley's street. "Use a binding spell!"

"You're the one running! I told you to sto-" Tonks began, and then froze. "What is that?"

An eerie blue glow was coming from his pocket. He reached in and pulled out a broken Time Turner, which seemed to be pulsating.

"Tonks! Back away!" Kingsley yelled, his voice closer. A spell missed her shoulder and missed the man she was facing.

"Oh, you stupid-" The criminal began but was cut off as the Time Turner exploded, bathing them in a blinding white light.


Kingsley paced in the office. "It was a Time Turner, Robards, I'm telling you!"

"We've searched Diagon Alley. If it was a Time Turner, she's gone- at most- only a few hours ahead or behind. If it was a Time Turner, she should show up any time now, or have caught up with us already."

"It was broken." Kingsley emphasized. "Broken Time Turners don't work properly-"

"So perhaps she was just sent to another location-"

"That's not how it works, Robards!"

Robards sighed heavily. "Shacklebolt, I asked for your report of the incidents today. We've had to send a Ministry official to repair damage caused by Auror Tonks to one shop in Diagon Alley, we've sent three other Aurors to patrol Diagon Alley to keep an eye out for both Mr Hendricks and Auror Tonks. I ask you return to your cubicle and continue the day's work." Robards said, a heavy tone of finality.


She felt herself hit the ground. She opened her eyes and was momentarily shocked. She was still in Diagon Alley- but it looked... different. She looked around to spot the criminal running off into the crowd. She pushed herself to her feet, grabbing a wall when her head spun.

"Are you alright?" A man asked, pausing in front of her. She nodded and then did a double take.

"Remus!" She said. "Why are you here? You should be-"

"Do I know you?" Remus asked, and then Tonks noticed he looked considerably younger.

"I- what happened to you?" She asked. "You're- younger?"

Remus looked confused. "Listen, I don't know who you are-"

"It's me! It's Tonks!"

Remus' frown deepened. "Now, I know Ted and Andromeda-"

"No! Nymphadora! You know me!"

Remus raised an eyebrow. "Oh? Did one of your morphs go wrong again?" He asked.

"What are you talking about? I haven't had issues since I was a kid!" She said defensively.

"Right..." Remus said slowly. "Seeing as Nymphadora Tonks is currently five years old, I have doubts about your identity."