The newborn baby waved her hands at the camera, and Remus's eyebrows shot up as he watched the unusually looking thick hair on her head change from the innocent blonde to a bright shocking pink. He looked at the back of the photo with a frown to see how it had been tampered with, as Sirius laughed.
"Yeah it's surprising the first time you see it, eh? She's a Metamorphagus apparently. Really rare." He took the photo back from Remus and shoved it back into his bulging trunk, spare bits of parchment and sleeves of various garments stuck out of the sides and a suspicious smell emanated from its depths. Remus felt a bizarre urge to tell him to be careful with it, but closed his mouth without uttering the words. What did it matter to him if Sirius ruined his photo?
Lying back on his own bed, he placed his hands behind his head and studied the ceiling closely deep in thought. There was a small damp patch he hadn't noticed before, a dark grey shape that reminded him somewhat of...
"Oof!"
The pillow smacked him in the face none too gently and he sat up, glaring at the boy on the bed opposite his before his face broke into a grudging smile and he threw the offending item back.
"If you're quite done looking all contemplative," Sirius said with a grin, a box from his Uncle Alphard - a man whose sanity Remus occasionally questioned - tucked under his arm. "We're going to try this out on Snivellus. You coming?"
The Prefect badge glinted brightly as the sunlight streaming through the window hit it at the right angle. Remus hauled himself up and followed him down the stairs to the common room where the other two were waiting.
In the end, his friend's smile had been brighter.
(In case anyone finds it annoying, I do realise Tonks may not be this exact age in the series, but like it says in the summary these oneshots are slightly AU :) )
