All I Wanted
CHAPTER ONE
Disclaiming again...
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I replied to the letter feverishly saying I'd gladly help Dumbledore, as long as no one at the ministry found out, I'd be golden. I attached the messy letter to the owl and sent it on its way immediately. I couldn't get the letter out of my mind all day. It was Sunday, so I didn't have to go to work. Nope, instead I got to sit around praying that I'd be replied to by nightfall.
I was just going to go get ready for bed when I heard a crack come from outside my back door. Living on the first floor did have its advantages. I took my wand from my pocket and walked cautiously towards the glass door. I could just make out the tall dark figure standing undecidedly outside the door. Some bad guy, standing within my full view. Then the figure did something unexpected: he knocked on the door.
"Who is it?" I called out throwing my voice so it came from the opposite corner.
"Mystery Dude," the voice answered. I practically ran to the door.
"Hello, Tonks," the man said. He still had the attractive looks I'd seen so long ago, though now he had faint gray mixed in with his fair brown hair, but no wrinkles damaged his skin. Actually he shouldn't even had gray in his hair, he was only thirty-six right? Whatever, the gray made him look more professional.
"Hello," I said.
"Can I come in?" He asked.
"I don't invite strangers into my home," I said, smiling slyly.
"Remus Lupin," he said.
"Nice to meet you, Remmy,"
He smiled dangerously, "Don't call me Remmy." All right, a sense of humor!
"Okay, I can respect that," I said remembering my own "special" name and gesturing for him to enter.
"Stay," he commanded.
"Who're you talking to?" I asked looking out the door. A big black dog sat on the mat in front of my door. It was a really cute dog too, and I couldn't see how Remus could possibly leave him outside. Even if it was the middle of July.
"Ah, he can come in," I said reaching out and scratching the dog behind its ears.
"Are you sure? He can get a little—excited." Too late the dog charged in nudging Remus in the leg hard.
"Sorry," he said to the dog.
"Did you seriously just apologize to the dog?" I laughed out, shutting the door.
"Tonks, are you sure you want to join the Order?" Remus blurted out.
"Yes, I'm positive, why?" I asked completely befuddled by his outburst.
"Because I need a safe place for my—uh—dog to stay. My house is too small."
"What's that got to do with the Order?" I asked narrowing my eyes. Hey, I may act like a blonde every now and then, but I'm not stupid.
"Can that just wait? I just needed a favor for a little while," the dog nudged him again, somewhat angrily.
"It's fine with me, but I don't know how your dog seems with it," I said staring at the dog, looking for some telltale sign of something being off. It's not as if I knew what I was looking for.
"He'll be fine, won't you?" He looked imploringly at the dog which groaned in response. That dog seemed weirder every second.
"So, about the Order?" I asked deciding the dog could wait.
"Right, well, you've heard of the Triwizard Tournament and its outcome?"
"Yes, it was horrible about that accident with Diggory--"
"It was no accident," Remus said gravely.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean Cedric was murdered, by Voldemort," I shuddered violently at the name. It sent shivers down my spine, but it made me like Remus even better for being able to say the name aloud.
"How do you know this?"
"Harry Potter told Dumbledore the entire ordeal. The headmaster is rushing to get all the old recruits back into a more—secretive Order, because Fudge thinks Harry is crying out for attention and Dumbledore is losing it. I was told to contact all of the old crew and I thought you might like to join."
"I'm still on the whole murder thing here," I said scratching my head, my fluffy blonde hair (I go blonde most Sundays) getting knotted between my fingers.
"Dumbledore'll have to explain that to you later, I've gotta go and meet another old friend right now," he looked at his worn watch. "In fact I'm late. I'll see you later Tonks!"
"But what's the dog's--" Remus apparated away. "Poor guy, he looks tired enough as it is." I said aloud. The dog nodded, then stopped abruptly when it saw me looking at it.
"You are one strange dog," I said more to myself than the dog. "Whatever, it doesn't matter. What does matter is what on earth am I going to call you? You don't even have a collar! Crap!" I said hitting my hand to my forehead. "The friggin' landlord hates animals! At least he's a muggle." That's right, the landlord hates animals, but worse, he hates me. God only knows what'll happen if he found the dog. If it were a cat it wouldn't have been a problem, but it wasn't a cat. It was a dog. A big ass dog at that.
I chose to put the landlord out of my mind for now and set myself to making the dog a bed. Being a witch, one would think I could do this easily, but that wasn't the case. I discovered that night that this dog was incredibly picky. He refused to sleep on the big dog bed I conjured and jumped onto my small couch instead. My couch is white, shocking isn't it? But the dog's fur was black.
"Get off of there! You'll shed all over it and the landlord'll know you're here! D'you want to get caught?" The dog stood up for a second, turned around in a full circle then plopped back down again, staring at me as if challenging me.
"All right, I can play this game," I said, scrunching my nose and making my hair shorter and my muscles stronger. I looked like one of the buff chicks that came on for exercise commercials during the break whenever my dad was watching the game. I never knew what game, because mum refused to let me watch, insisting that because I was a witch I didn't need the television.
I walked over to the dog and lifted him up. It whimpered as it found itself in the air. I set him down on the ground only to have him back on the couch in a second. We repeated this little game about ten times until I gave up.
"Fine, you win, but tomorrow I'll get you," I went into my room and closed the door. It was eleven thirty, and I had to go to work at six.
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