Title: Courting the Moon

Chapter: Disrepair

Author: crescentgaia

Word Count: 688

Rating: PG

Summary: Tonks goes to find Sirius to help get Remus out of his foul mood.
Warnings: None
Notes: I don't own these characters, JKR does.

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Tonks hurried down the stairs, tripping down the last few to land on her feet when she got to the bottom. She dusted herself off, pausing for only a moment, before she went to the kitchen. She had searched the upstairs for him, but didn't find him. He didn't really leave the house, because Dumbledore didn't want him to, but Sirius did want to. He wouldn't without having someone with him. If she didn't find him soon enough, she'd go find her mother. Her mother would find Sirius and probably give him a talking to about staying safe for once in his life. Anyways, she rushed down to the kitchen, missing the umbrella stand that she nearly always ran into, and burst into the kitchen. "Siri --" she stopped short as she saw her cousin and a very slimy git holding onto a smoking goblet.

"Sirius, um, Severus," Tonks said and thought for a moment. It was very rare that she just stopped and thought. She didn't want to explain anything of what she had heard from Remus' journal in front of Severus, but she did need Sirius to help her. "Remus is being moody."

"He does that from time to time when its close to the full moon," Sirius said and looked to Severus. "I do believe you were leaving."

"And I believe you were getting someone to get Remus," Severus said. "I'm surprised the house is still in one piece."

Tonks bristled at what Severus said but pushed it down. "He is not coming out of his room, so we'll take the potion to him."

"Do try not to spill it," Severus said as he stepped into the floo and left the house.

"Slimy git," Sirius said as he looked to where the Potions Master left. "If it wasn't for Remus, and the Order, he would never ever step foot in this house."

"I can brew the potion," Tonks said as she looks at her cousin. Sirius looked amused but it changed as he saw Tonks' serious demeanor. "I really can. I'm great at potions, but everyone seems to forget that."

"I never knew, so therefore you cannot blame me," Sirius said with a grin. "Lets take the potion to Remus. And try to get him out of his mood. What did you do, by the way?"

"Accidentally read his journal..." Tonks said as she moved to levitate the potion with her wand. However, in the process of doing the wand swish and flick, she knocked over the potion. Her face fell as she looked at Sirius. "Um...I..." She tried to form words. "Think we can make a new one?"

"Not with the full moon being a hour from rising," Sirius said. "We'll just get him to the Shrieking Shack. And Tonks, its alright. Its not like it'll be the end of the world. And he's taken the potion for every other day of the week, so he'll probably be a bit more subdued."

"I'll help you get him there," Tonks said. "And...I don't know if I can stay or not."

"Better if you didn't but possibly were at the Three Broomsticks," Sirius said as he did a simple cleaning spell.

"There's no way to save it?" Tonks asked as she looked at how Sirius cleaned up the mess so easily. "Because you just cleaned it up and we could put it back in and it'll be fine. Right?"

"Sadly no. We're been eating on the table and making different potions here as well," Sirius said. "Otherwise I would say that we could do that. It would be a very easy solution and a good one, but its just going to be able to do it tonight. We'll get him to where we can keep him safe and others safe, really. And if I could keep him here, I would, but he would never get over nearly putting everyone in danger. Even if it was just you and me. So we move him."

Tonks nodded in agreement. "Let's go tell him then," she whispered as she moved to leave the kitchen with Sirius following her.