A Different Kind of Magic
I am poor so therefore please do not sue me for borrowing the characters for a little while. All Characters belong to JK Rowling, a brilliant and talented woman. All characters you don't recognise belong to me. Read, review and enjoy!
Chapter 1
"I still don't understand why you want these but I got them. Just don't ask me how!" Tonks said dropping a sizeable stack of files on the table in front of Remus who was sat in the kitchen drinking coffee. "Why do you want these?"
"There has to be someway to get him back, a back door perhaps." Remus replied standing up and getting a refill and pouring Tonks one. "How did you get the folders?" Remus asked wondering what lengths his girlfriend had gone to after he had said he could/would forgive anything as long as they got the files.
"I had to have lunch and DINNER with Gideon Firthburn. I'm going to need a lifetime of therapy and a massage to get over it."
"A massage?" Remus smirked. "Why?"
"After schlepping these files home." Tonks replied. "I want… need him back too but no one in the whole Department of Mysteries knows about an exit, a way out. That's why you had me ask 7 of the unspeakable's that same question. I don't see how dusty old files will help. No one has ever escaped the Veil. And don't say about Azkaban until Sirius did because it's different." Tonks replied slouching in her chair.
"Maybe I can think of something they haven't thought of. This would be so much easier if Morgan was around…" Remus trailed off into silence and sat stone still.
"Who is Morgan?" Tonks asked.
As soon as the words had left her mouth, Remus was out of his seat and moving quickly upstairs to Sirius's bedroom.
"Remus, who is Morgan and how can they help?" Tonks asked again watching Remus searching through stacks of parchment, books and old newspapers.
"Morgan was Sirius's girlfriend, or as he professed, his soul mate." Remus replied still looking.
"You don't think so?" Tonks asked sitting on the ottoman at the foot of the bed.
"I know she was." Remus replied hoarsely and stopping what he was doing. "She was amazing."
"Was?"
"She was pushed through the veil, it tore Sirius to pieces. I tried to help him but he slipped into self-destruct mode. James and Lily were already in hiding and I had no idea what to do. I couldn't empathise, only sympathise with him, I didn't know what he was going through. On top of that Voldemort was creating Hell on Earth. You think you work long hours? It wasn't uncommon for shifts to last 24+ hours."
"But how could she have helped?"
"She had been seconded from the Department of Magical Law Enforcement to the Department of Mysteries. She occasionally went back to do interrogations or when they were really short handed but they needed her most there." Remus explained sitting on the floor and leaning against the dresser opposite Tonks
"Who pushed her?" Tonks asked quietly
"All I have is suspicions. No one knows, though the theory was by a few people in Sirius's office that it was Voldemort or one of his followers, someone really close to him. The truth is Morgan was bad news for Voldemort, very bad news. She was an exceptional witch, heavily gifted. The closest Voldemort had to matching her was Lucius Malfoy and Bellatrix."
"My Aunt?"
"Yes. She is pure evil and completely psychotic. Between those 2 Voldemort was and is nigh on untouchable, no matter what anyone else says."
"But Voldemort is supposed to be Salazar Slytherin's heir; surely he is more powerful than Bellatrix or Lucius."
"You would think that. But there is some truth to the pureblood thing. Both Bellatrix and Lucius came from truly pure lines. By pure lines I mean Wizarding families and no inbreeding. And those lines are dark magic lines. Sirius is the same." Remus explained looking around the room and trying to hold back the memories, some from as far back as school others as recent as summer. "Voldemort has the weakness of being half-blood, especially when he's trying to rid the world of Muggle-born witches and wizards, probably all Muggles if he had his way. If Bellatrix or Lucius wanted they could take the power from him."
"So why did you tear up here like a man possessed?" Tonks asked breaking the silence that had descended on them.
"Sirius has all of her notes. The ministry labelled her 'disappearance' death by misadventure. They gave all her notes and belongings to Sirius." Remus said never tearing his eyes away from the photo on the bedside table.
"Is that?" Tonks asked following his line of sight.
"That is Morgan." Remus sighed. "I thought there might be something useful in her notes. When I say she was brilliant I meant it."
"Sirius never mentioned her." Tonks said quietly. "Why?"
"He never has since that day." Remus replied getting up and checking through the stacks of books scattered around the room, books that Sirius had read whilst under house arrest.
After finding the last note book Morgan had used before her 'disappearance' he stopped dead in his tracks as a folded clipping from the Daily Prophet fell to the floor landing picture side up caught his eye.
"What's wrong?" Tonks asked getting up and walking over
"He never said…" Remus whispered picking the worn paper up off the floor.
"Said what?" Tonks asked looking at the paper before taking it from his fingers and looking at the picture.
"She's alive." Remus whispered as Tonks read the article.
"She's at Saint Mungo's." Tonks stated after reading the article
"I've got to see her." Remus said leaving the room quickly and starting down the stairs.
"You won't be able to." Tonks said following him."
"Why?" He asked stopping midway down the stairs
"She's on the Janus Thickey Ward."
"They put that in the report?" Remus asked incredulously, turning to look at her
"I recognise the room where they took this. I'll check at work, they'll know where she is, they obviously think she's a risk."
"Fine, check." Remus sulked.
"The ministry are scared of Dumbledore and anyone associated with him is kept at an arms length. They know you got the Defence Against the Dark Arts job because Dumbledore asked you. I wouldn't be surprised if they are paranoid enough to have an Auror guarding her and a private room. You walk in there, and then there will be questions to answer as to why you are there."
"I just really miss him." Remus choked sitting down on the stairs and putting his head in his hands
"So do I." Tonks replied quietly stepping down and sitting next to him and pulling him into a hug burying her own head in his shoulder.
"What do you want?" Harry asked walking up behind Tonks who was stood looking out towards the Shrieking shack.
"It's not me who wants you." Tonks replied pulling her cloak tightly around herself. "Dumbledore wants me to be your shadow for your time in Hogsmeade."
"Who then?" Harry asked annoyed he was losing what little time he got away from Hogwarts
"Hello Harry." Remus said answering the question
"What do you want now?" Harry asked keeping his back to Remus
"How well do you know Oliver Wood, do you still keep in contact?"
"Well enough I suppose. He occasionally comes to the matches and sends the odd owl through to check up on how things are going with the team, why?"
"Because it's easier getting in and out of Azkaban than getting near to him or even getting an owl to him."
"Planning a reunion with former students?" Harry replied snidely
"Would you be able to get him a message for me?" Remus asked ignoring Harry's response.
"I suppose." Harry said turning around and holding his hand out for the note but avoiding looking at Remus
"Avoid me as much as you want a need Harry. I miss him as much as you do and I would do anything to get him back. But ignoring me won't bring him back, your just cutting yourself off from anyone who understands what your feeling." Remus said putting the note in his hand,
"Don't try and pretend you know what I feel like. You have no idea."
"Don't be too quick to think that. I also know he would hate the way you're acting right now, your parents would too. Sirius and your father tried to be strong men as well but they had the sense to know that sometimes you can't do it on your own." Remus answered. "I know you don't want to see me and I wouldn't have come but this is very important."
"Fine I'll send it when I get back." Harry said leaving quickly whilst rubbing harshly at the tears in his eyes.
"There was no need for you to be so harsh, Harry." Tonks said walking beside Harry
"He thinks he understands everything going on in my head. It's my fault Sirius is dead. MINE!" Harry told her sharply, stopping still.
"And he thinks the exact same thing. He should have been able to save Sirius before he fell through. He should have been covering his back. Neither one of you could have stopped that happening. Bellatrix was always going for Sirius. He posed the most threat to Voldemort."
"How do you know that?" Harry asked blinking back the threatening tears
"Because we got a confession out of one of a captured death eater before he managed to kill himself. He was told to expressly ask for me and Kingsley and then he confessed then killed himself. Lucius was meant to get the prophecy." Tonks explained. "Please don't shut Remus out; he's barely holding it together at the moment. Send that note tonight, he needs Oliver's help to do something."
"What does he need Oliver's help for?" Harry asked putting the note in his coat pocket
"He's got it into his head he can think of a way to get Sirius out of the veil. Humouring him at the moment seems to be the only thing giving him hope. Especially with you ignoring his letters."
"I'll go back now and send it. I might have sometime later to drop him a line." Harry nodded starting to understand that maybe he wasn't the only one hating himself.
"Thanks Harry." Tonks said forcing a genuine smile on to her face. "You really are all the same you know. Men, you're all too proud to see beyond your noses sometimes."
"I'll talk to you soon. Hang in there ok?" Harry told her
"Wotcher Harry." Tonks smiled as Harry gave her a hug before leaving to go back to the castle.
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