A/N: Hi, girls and boys! Thank you for stopping by and reading this story of mine! (I have no idea why I'm so hyped up) Well, this is another one of my LupinTonks fanfics, and I'm trying to keep this as fluffy and light as possible (the chapters are just naturally short because if I put too much detail it tends to get too deep and dramatic). I hope I'll be able to achieve it here. Have fun!
When Time-Turners Go Haywire
An RLNT fanfic, slightly AU
1: Dead, Doxy, Explode
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Nymphadora Tonks sat on the drawing room floor, sulking. Molly Weasley had assigned her to 'clean' the remaining drawers in the said room, for Molly, along with Arthur Weasley, Mad-Eye Moody and Remus Lupin will be accompanying the remaining Weasley children, Hermione and Harry back to Hogwarts. The only person residing in the house aside from her was Sirius Black, who was up in his mother's bedroom feeding Buckbeak the hippogriff.
"I wish it wasn't my day off at the Ministry today," Tonks sighed, but she stood up and made her way towards the drawers Molly had been talking about anyway. She opened the first drawer, and seeing it had been cleaned she assumed the remaining two drawers were cleaned up as well.
Maybe Molly just wanted me to double-check and not really clean it…
Tonks proceeded to opening the second drawer; it was empty and clean too, like the first one.
Great, just one more drawer to go and I'm done! I can't believe Molly's asking me to clean up-- I don't even have time to tidy up my bedroom!
But as Tonks took hold of the third drawer's handle and pulled, she frowned, seeing as it was not empty. Instead, it was a pile of mess that definitely needed sorting out. "Dammit." So she began by picking up the scattered pieces of papers and a book and burnt it, Vanished bits of doxy droppings (probably left by Fred and George), and was about to make a dead doxy explode when a sudden golden glimmer from the clutter in the drawer caught her eye.
"What the…" Tonks slowly picked up a dusty golden chain, and as she held it up in front of her she saw a small, dirty hourglass dangling from it. "A Time-Turner?" she mused. Just when she thought Grimmauld Place was free of ancient family heirlooms, here she was, holding a fragile Time-Turner with the Black family crest embossed on the hourglass itself. Urged by her curious nature, however, Tonks wore the golden chain around her neck and examined it on a closer range; it was a beautiful, genuine necklace, if only it wasn't covered in dust and wasn't a Black family possession. She traced the hourglass gently with her fingers, when--
"Tonks!" Sirius yelled from four floors above. "You still there?" His voice was too loud and it caught Tonks off guard. The hourglass slipped through her fingers and it spun quickly way too many times, before she caught it in her now trembling hands.
Sirius never got a reply from Tonks.
For at that moment, when the hourglass had stopped spinning, Tonks had disappeared in thin air without a trace, lost in time and space.
To Be Continued…
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A/N: I hope I was able to make the last part a bit hanging and suspenseful. Of course, so you'll read my second chapter, which is fresh from my brain and ready to serve once I receive your reviews. Yes, I do hope you review because I love hearing what you think about my ideas, whether it be to praise me or not.
My summer's almost up, so I don't think I'll be able to update my stories (and post new ones) for a while after this. I'll get the feel of the new school year before skiving back to do more fanfiction stories (haha). Toodles, y'all!
Review, 'kay? I promise more surprises in the next chapters (which, hopefully, would surprise you guys….)