A/N: This will be a collection of drabbles and one shots, all centred around Charlie and Tonks. Some will be from Hogwarts, some from their Order days and some from after the Battle, some friendship, some suggesting a little more.

Disclaimer: The characters and magical world all belong to the brilliant J.K. Rowling.

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September 1984

Charlie first saw her on the train. His eye caught a flash of blue, the exact shade of the Kingfishers he saw along the river near The Burrow. Woah. Did that girl have blue hair? He peered into the compartment, but no, he must have been mistaken. Her hair was a mousy brown. He felt his face redden as her brown eyes fixed upon him. Then, she winked. Smiling, Charlie walked back to the compartment he was sharing with his brother.

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She stood in front of him in the line to be sorted. Somehow, she managed to trip over her own feet as the line shuffled forward. Charlie grabbed her robes to stop her from falling over.

"Thanks." She smiled at him, a warm smile that made Charlie want to be her friend.

Charlie noted that her hair was still mousy brown, but now her eyes were purple. Interesting.

"Tonks, Nymphadora."

Nymphadora? Charlie silently thanked his parents for giving him a normal name. He held back a laugh as she tripped again stepping up to put the hat on. There was no one there to catch her this time and she ended up on her hands and knees. As the occupants of the hall whispered and giggled, Charlie noticed that her hair went pink at the ends, although not as pink as her face.

He felt a little disappointed when the hat shouted "HUFFLEPUFF".

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Charlie was pleased to see, on entering the Transfiguration classroom, that they would have this class with the Hufflepuffs. His eyes sought her out and he slid into the seat next to her. She eyed him warily.

"Nymphadora, isn't it? What sort of name is that? Nym-pha-dora!"

Her wand was suddenly centimetres from his face. "Don't EVER call me that. It's Tonks, got it? Else I'll hex you back to where you came from!"

Tetchy.

Unfortunately for Tonks, McGonagall chose that exact moment to make an entrance. "What is going on here, Miss Tonks? We will certainly not be hexing anyone anywhere. Five points from Hufflepuff."

Tonks went red, as did the ends of her hair.