A/N: This story here was written for The Funny Little Lines Competition on the HPFC forum. My line had to be said by Tonks, and is underlined. Enjoy!
'But, James, what if he does find us?' Lily asked, her hand held in both of James's.
'With any luck,' he assured her, 'he won't be able to get at us.' He shot a look at Sirius, who nodded. Lily looked up into her husband's eyes.
She must have found some strength there, for she looked towards the end of the table where Albus Dumbledore sad, his fingertips together as though in prayer.
'How are we supposed to do this, Albus?' she asked him. 'The Fidelius Charm?'
'Lily, dear, I think it best for us to do this at your home. If the Fidelius Charm is cast from a distance, its protection isn't nearly as strong.'
James nodded, putting an arm around Lily's shoulders. As she looked at him, her eyes showed a hint of fear. James squeezed her shoulder ever so lightly, then glanced to his other side where Sirius Black sat, his hair falling into his eyes. He, almost playfully, flipped it away.
Dumbledore opened his mouth, but before he could speak, they heard the front door open. Everyone at the table tensed. A loud crash resounded from the direction of the hall, and a loud screeching of 'Mudbloods! Filth!' echoed throughout the house.
Dumbledore stood up, wand out, and he led the way towards the commotion, where Mrs. Black was screaming from her portrait. James, Lily, and Sirius hastened to follow, with Mad-Eye clunking along behind. A few of the others around the long table stood, watching.
They reached the dark and musty entrance, and the five of them lit their wands, looking around for the intruder. Finally, Dumbledore's wand light fell upon someone standing in the corner. Someone with bubble-gum pink hair.
'Tonks!' exclaimed Lily. 'We've been waiting for you for ages!' As Lily ran forward to hug Nymphadora, James stooped down to pick up the fallen troll's leg umbrella stand that Tonks so often knocked over, and Sirius and Moody went to the portrait, to attempt to get Mrs. Black to stop her screeching. Finally, they shut the curtain, and a strange ringing silence fell. Tonks and Lily broke apart, and the latter went to her husband's side, holding his hand. 'Come, we're meeting in the kitchen again.' They led the way back down to the long table, where conversation had again broken out amongst those gathered around it.
'What happened,' said Remus Lupin tensely.
'Nymphadora just knocked over that bloody troll leg again.' Moody looked down at her, where she was huddled near Lily and James. He kept his normal eye fixed on her, his magical one zooming around the room, as he continued: 'And then, of course, she woke up Walburga, though I suppose you heard her screaming?'
Lupin nodded, and Tonks said, with a note of irritation, 'It takes great skill to trip over flat surfaces, but it's not my fault that stupid troll's leg always gets in my way. So, what've I missed?'