Italics are thoughts.

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"Tonks meet us back here in 10 minuets to go down to breakfast," Cahrlie called out to her turning to go in the opposite direction to get to his dorm.

"Okay, 10 minuets!" She comfirmed, "wait, what am I supposed to do?"

"Emmm get dressed into your uniform maybe, a wash wouldn't really go amiss either.."

"HAHA that's really funny, I meant none of these girls have a clue who I am and I just show up at their door…" she trailed off leaving him to fill in the blanks.

" Yep, sounds like a plan!" he said unhelpfully. He turned to leave again.

"Charlie, your supposed to offer me words off support and encouragement right now!"

"Don't worry they're really friendly, especially Lilly, they won't curse you for knocking on their door or anything…" Said James, slightly dreamily.

"Prongsie here fancies Lilly!" Sirius put in, nudging James back to reality. He flushed red at the realization that he'd been day dreaming in front of them all.

"Okay Tonks, five minuets now, hurry up," said Charlie, beginning to ascend the stairs.

"We won't be ready in five minuets Charlie," Remus said, walking beside him.

"Neither will Tonks!" He replied with a laugh, "You have to give her a smaller amount of time to get ready if you want her to be ready on time. Five minuets is more like fifteen." He explained going into the room the other four boys indicated and beginning to get ready.

"Ha women," laughed Peter, "they always take ages to get ready." He said already half dressed.

"Uhhh yeah mate whatever you say," humoured Charlie walking over to the bathroom to get washed, "Does he always get dressed without washing?" He asked Remus when he walked into the large bathroom behind him and walked over to his sink to get his toothbrush.

"Lets just say Peter is a bit hygienically challenged." He replied with a wince.

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"Tonks paced back and forth, outside the 7th year girls dorms, considering how to approach the situation. She could go in and act like it was just another school day, but it wasn't just another normal school day and no student who just moved would act like it. She could knock and-

Tonks was cut out of her thoughts by a pretty redhead girl opening the door.

"Hi," she said smiling nervously, "I'm Tonks, I just transferred here."

"Oh the extra bed must be yours, we were wondering what it was doing here, I'm Lilly by the way." She said smiling.

'She doesn't seem like the type to go mental at any moment, still keep a weary eye.'

"This is Sarah," she pointed out a tall blond girl over the far side of the room, "and this is Emily," she pointed to a dark haired pale girl rummaging in her trunk beside the door, "Guys this is Tonks, she's just starting here at Hogwarts." Lilly finished brightly.

"Hi," she was greeted with bright smiles.

'Okay Tonks they're nice, you can let your guard down. Damn Charlie putting thoughts into my head!'

"That bed must be yours," said Emily pointing to a bed and a trunk beside the window.

"Thanks," Tonks said moving over to it and getting a few things out of it for a quick shower. As she turned around she noticed the three girls looking at her strangely.

They seemed to notice what they were doing and Lilly quickly explained, " sorry, we didn't mean to be rude, but you hair is pink," she stated the obvious, "how'd you do it, I'v never heard of a spell that can get it that bright?"

"Oh I'm a metamorphmagus ." She said casually.

"No. Way!"

"But they're so rare!"

"Can you morph something?"

Tonks smiled, she was used to this reaction, "Yeah sure," she replied scrunching up her face and turning her hair bright green.

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Half an hour later Tonks and Charlie were in the middle of eating breakfast with the marauders when McGonagall walked up to them with their schedules. Tonks had most classes with all four marauders and Charlie bar two, one on her own, and one with Remus. Aincent Runes by herself and Care of Magical Creatures with Remus.

With Remus.

The very same Remus she fancied as a child.

Oh Merlin.

Care of Magical Creatures would definitely be an interesting class!

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'Last class, finally!' Tonks thought as she and Remus headed for the Care of Magical creatures classroom. It was to be held indoors today, what with the whole torrential rainfall thing an all.

It had been a long day for Tonks, lack of sleep she put it down to, and she couldn't wait to just curl up in an armchair beside the fireplace in the common room and start on letting her homework build up again.

"She looked across at Remus as she took her seat, he was looking at her expectantly. Oh Merlin did he just ask her a question? Oh but she wasn't listening! Tonks started to panic inside her head! 'Okay Tonks, just wing it.'

"Uhhh… pink?" she said uncertainly. Remus raised an eyebrow and smirked, apparently comtempalitng her answer. Maybe it worked, he wasn't looking at her as if she had ten heads.

"Your favourite class is pink?" he asked with a light chuckle.

Bugger.

So close.

"What? No,…" 'don't even bother to try and cover up Tonks, your bluff has been called!'

"Okay, honestly, I didn't even hear what you said, I zoned out completely! Sorry."

"No need to apoligise you've had quite an experience today, zoning out is allowed right now." Remus gave her a smile.

That smile.

'Stop staring Tonks!'

"My company will be a bit more plesant tomorrow when I get some sleep, speaking of sleep, or lack of it, what were you planning this morning?" She smiled back.

Remus grinned.

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After class Charlie and Tonks were called to Dumbledore's office again. There they were informed that they would be taking up residence in 1975 for eight months. Apparently there was a potion that Dumbledore himself was going to brew for them, to send them back to their time. Only draw back with this potion was it took eight months to mature, he said it needed enough 'time' to mature properly, he said it with a chuckle as if it happened everyday how people can be so calm Tonks did not undeerstand, if it had set in properly at that moment she'd be freeking out! And said he'd get back to them about some other issues that needed addressing but for now that much was enough to take in.

They were sitting now in front of the fireplace in the common room having already explained the situation to the marauders. Tonks was in an armchair, staring at a 6th year boy who was leaning against a wall. Peter took up another chair, and the rest of them were sitting on the couch.

"Stop it Tonks." Charlie said randomly.

"Stop what?" She asked still staring at the 6th year.

"Staring at that guy." He replied drawing everyones attention.

"Cant help it, hes not half bad looking, although that might be the sleepy haze in in..."

"Hes 16." He said calmly.

"So?"

"I thought you liked the older man." He was smirking now.

"Well technacaly he is older."

"No, it doesnt count, hes sixteen here."

"Okay and? So he's a year younger, big deal!"

"It is a big deal! You'll corrupt him faster than a theif on crack in a brothel!"

"Ouch! Its not as if i want to be his girlfriend or anything, I just need to get some tension out of my system from somebody else i fancy.."

"Oh? Who?"

"I'm not going to tell you until i figure out a plan of action, now if you'll excuse me i have to take care of something, its been far too long." She got up and walked over to the boy, pushed him against the wall he was leaning on and started kissing him, really getting into it. She only stopped when she heard a gasp from beside her. The girl who let out said gasp slapped the boy across the face.

'Oh bugger he had a girlfriend, didn't coun on this.'

From his position on the couch Charlie could see his oldest friends eyes widen as she ran up to the girl who had started to walk away and grabbed her arm holding the boys in the other. She talked to them for a minuet before all three of them came over to Charlie and the girl slapped him across the face. Hard. Then left with her boyfriend.

Tonks walked back over to her seat and flooped down with a sigh.

Charlie looked at her for an explaination. She wasn't offering. He'd have to ask.

"What the bloody hell was that for?" He asked heatedly.

"Oh well aparently he had a girlfriend. Who knew?! Anyway I figured, with the way he kisses he'd need her she might be the only one he gets, so i apologised profusley and told her it was ust a dare and i didn't even know him, let alone like him."

"So why did she slap me?!"

"Were'nt you listining, i told her it was a dare," at his blank look she added, "I told her you dared me."

"Oh. Was it worth it? Nearly breaking up a relationship for a snog?"

"No not for the snog, it wasn't really that good, but to see you get slapped, yes, yes it was so worth it!" She grinned, "I'm really recked I'm going to to head to bed. Night!"

"Night," Charlie said. All she got was stunned looks from the marauders, who had yet to react to the situation.

After she was gone Sirius found his voice, "Little Dora, i can't believe she did that!"

"Better believe it, shes not a kid anymore, did you actually think she would be the same person she was 13 years ago?"

"Well no but, still that was a bit hasty!"

"That had Tonks written all over it! She acts without thinking it through sometimes, and I wouldn't let her hear you call her 'Little Dora' again, she wasn't kidding when she said she'd let the first one go and you've already used that one mate." Charlie smiled.

"What did she mean 'been far too long'?" asked Peter, his face schrunched up in confusion.

Charlie chuckled concentrating on something stuck on his wand, "probably since she had a shag."

All four marauders gasped. Sirius stood up and looked at Charlie, "Since She What?!" he all but shouted at him.

"Whoa mate shes not four anymore she's seventeen now, she had to lose it sometime, calm down. Little Tonks is still 'innocent'. But big Tonks is way too wild not to have tryed it by now. When you get to know her you'll see that." He said trying to calm Sirius down. "I think I'll turn in now too." He said getting up off the couch.

Remus and the rest followed, one raw emotion pouring through his veins. Jealousy.

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