Written for Showtime - 18. Thief AU

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The Breakfast Club - Character: Criminal

Disney Challenge - Songs: 2 - Write about going on an adventure

Lo's Lowdown - Genre: Adventure

Guess the name - Tonks

Hogwarts Assignment 7 - Write about someone strategic

A Sirius Kind Of Set-Up

Thanks to Sophie for helping

Fleur/Tonks

870 words

Tonks knew that her cousin was out of his mind, agreeing for the thieves guild to take up this particular assignment. Everyone knew that the Delacour family were heavily guarded, as they owned so much of the land and had a finger in pretty much everything - and it was just insanity that would cause Sirius to send her to break in and steal the Veela-Amulet that had been in the family for generations.

But Tonks was always up for a challenge and there was no-one else who could do it - who even dared consider it. None of them were able to blend in the same way, pass themselves off as family even. None of them had her metamorphmagus skills, and her sneaking ability was only matched by the Marauders - the founders of the thieves guild.

Not that she would tell Sirius, but she was flattered that he had come to her above everyone else to do the quest and get the stone.

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Getting her hands on a guard's outfit was childs-play. After all, guards were easily seduced and she could make herself be whatever they wanted long enough to get into the guard's hut - until they fell asleep from the spiced wine she poured them. Her change of clothes were stored in an undetectable-extended bag courtesy of one of their newer younger members and she had the confidence to walk straight in as though she belonged. People didn't look twice especially as she could make herself look as plain as possible.

Once inside, she ducked into the shadows, a cloak over her shoulders, hiding her from sight. No-one saw her disappear and no-one heard her make her way up the stairs and to the bedrooms. The tricky part was getting into the rooms because people would notice doors opening and closing by themselves, so she found a spot out of the way and waited for someone else to do that for her.

After an hour, the first door opened and Tonks moved swiftly, craning her head, trying to get a glimpse into the room. Unfortunately their inside information lacked location of the bedroom that the amulet would be in, only giving the name of the daughter who it had passed to. The first bedroom turned out to be a master bedroom and Tonks resumed her waiting.

It was almost another hour until she heard someone coming up the stairs. She shifted closer to the doors, her eyes falling on a beautiful women. She didn't look how Tonks had expected - having expected someone who looked harsher or looked more like a princess. The woman was neither.

Before Tonks could get a good look, she turned towards the door furthest away and opened it. Tonks moved quickly, having to slip into the room before the door closed. She cursed herself for being distracted and hoped she was in the right room.

The woman disappeared into the bathroom, shutting the door behind her and Tonks set about searching the room, focusing on the two jewellery boxes that sat on the nightstands. Failing to find it, she moved on to the dresser and a lockbox which she opened in seconds, using the lockpicks that had been tucked into her hair, causing the pink mess to fall around her shoulders.

She looked at the contents in dismay and turned, wondering where she had missed, only to notice the woman standing in the doorway of the bathroom, watching her. Her eyes went straight to the necklace around her neck.

"And 'ere I thought you were coming to see moi," the woman said, leaning against the door frame, her arms crossing in front of her.

Tonks stared at her, wondering how the cloak had failed. It never had before.

"It is ze Amulet," the woman continued, answering the unasked question on Tonks' lips. "It enhances ze veela inside me. Ze cloak does nothing."

Tonks smiled. "But you haven't called the guards yet."

Fleur grinned. "Because I was expecting you. Your cousin said you would be coming to visit soon."

"He… he did?" Tonks asked, thrown by the comment and slightly suspicious.

Fleur nodded, her hair falling around her face. "Who do you think he has been working with from my family all of zis time? He sent you to come and get me, not ze amulet."

"Why me if it was just a escort mission?" Tonks asked, pulling the hood down from the cloak now that it useless.

"Because he knows me very well and knows my type." She winked at Fleur. "Let me get my bag and let's get out of here!"

Tonks watched her walk to the wardrobe and pull out a bag, and as she realised what Fleur had said about Sirius knowing Fleur's type, she couldn't help but smirk. When she agreed to let Sirius set her up with someone weeks ago, she hadn't realised he would make a drama out of it. She had imagined a drink in the Bannered Mare, not breaking into the woman's home to steal her away.

But she found she liked it better this way. She was always up for a challenge and she could tell that Fleur was going to be just that.