Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter. If I did I would be working on better movies. Sick burns
AN: I'm in a rush. I have to leave for work in 10 minutes, so no replies this time. I'll PM some people. This chapter is mostly fluff so it's a fun read I think.
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"What do you mean 24 hour?" said Harry perplexed and embarrassed
Tonks' glint returned to her eyes. They shined with mischief as she wrapped her arms around his neck and whispered in his ear, "It means you have me all to yourself."
Harry quickly pushed her off of him. "Stop fucking with me," he said as he got up and readjusted his glasses and Tonks giggled.
"Say, Harry?" He turned to her, but was on guard against her feminine temptations. "You said Dumbledore was handling what happened tonight, but I thought you weren't very happy with him at the moment." She was obviously looking for an explanation. To her, Dumbledore had done a lot things to make her unhappy with him, but Harry was a different case. To the wizarding world, Dumbledore was Harry's mentor, maybe even a grandfather like figure, but it seemed as if the very thought of man frustrated him.
"You know what happened at the end of the tournament." Tonks' face sombered even more so, and Harry looked ridged. "I'll give you a chance, mainly because I feel like I need to talk about this." He sat down next to her. "When me and Cedric were taken, Cedric was killed. He was just in the way to them. They wanted me, for my blood." She tried to grab his hand, but he stood up and moved to the window. "They took my blood, to give Voldemort a new body. It was blood magic, which shouldn't be that surprising or more disturbing than it is." He took a deep breath. "After I reappeared with Cedric's body, and I was rescued from Professor Moody's impersonator, Dumbledore made me retell exactly what happened. At the time he claimed that it was for my own good, and would help me deal with it, but once I said he used my blood, you should have seen his face." He turned to Tonks once more. Tears lingered, but they quickly were fading. He looked determined. "He looked almost happy. Like everything was going according to his plan. He didn't care Cedric was dead. He didn't care I nearly died. He didn't care that the most feared wizard recent history was back in the flesh." Harry was yelling now, but then turned quiet. "The most important thing was my blood. He's hiding too much. It's going to get people killed, and if more people getting killed, because he is scared of his plans falling apart, then I want no part in it." SLAM He finished his monolog by slamming his fist against the wall.
"Then why are you letting Dumbledore handle it if you don't trust him?" pleaded Tonks.
Harry smiled and shook his head, "I'm letting him think he's handling it. He's bought me time, but nothing more."
Tonks stood up, and walked over to him. She narrowed her eyes as she spoke to him. "I want you to know I'll always be there for you, but you're playing a dangerous game Harry." She then gently hugged him. He turned stiff at her touch. "Just promise me you won't turn into him."
He relaxed at her words and hugged her back. "I promise, Dora." They swayed together and enjoyed each other's embrace. Neither had realized how close how they had become after the last few hours. It just felt right.
After a long moment the door to Harry's bedroom opened. Neither noticed until Harry's Aunt Petunia knocked on the now opened door. They both looked to her, but didn't break apart. "Um, I just wanted to thank you. You saved my little boy, and the chocolate worked just as you said it would." She then turned to Harry. "Dudley told me what you said to him when they attacked. You saved him too. I'll try to make Vernon be less harsh to you." She then closed the door to let them be. Unfortunately, it was at this moment that they noticed they had stayed embraced for so long.
"I swear I'm going to go insane staying around you." Sighed Harry, running his fingers through his hair.
"Is that sexual frustration I hear?" perked up Tonks.
"No, you cradle robber."
"What? I thought you wanted to be treated like an adult, or am I just too much of an old lady for you."
"Hardly, by the way, there was something rather warm in your pocket." Said Harry, quickly trying to change topic, but Tonks caught it.
Tonks quickly searched her pockets and pulled out a gold medallion. "Shite, I missed an emergency Order meeting. Shite Shack's gonna have my arse."
"Order?"
"Order of the Phoenix," Tonks returned to looking for her wand, "it's Dumbledore's club for fighting, Voldemort, though, I expected more than just information trading, and guarding you." She turned her head slight towards Harry and looked him up and down. "Not that I'm complaining." She winked. "Where the bloody hell did you put my wand?!" He pulled it out of his pocket. "Ah and here I thought you were just happy to see me. Well, I got to go and tell them what happened tonight."
She went to grab the wand, but Harry pulled it away before she could get it. "I thought you were my 24 hour bodyguard?" He said sarcastically.
"I can't take you there Harry. It's under fidelius charm." She explained, but Harry just laughed.
"Figures, but just because I don't know where it is doesn't mean I can't be there." This time it was Harry who winked.
Tonks looked bewildered, but slowly put together what he was saying. "Can you really do that?"
Harry shrugged, "No idea, but that spell is very specific. By what I know, it hides a location, not take it completely take it in and out of existence. Just guide me inside, and we should be good."
"I don't know. That completely undermines the whole secret keeper system."
"Come on Dora, please." Said Harry giving her puppy dog eyes.
She seemed to melt just a little. "Okay, rule one, don't call me Dora around other people and for the love of Merlin don't look at me like that." They both laughed as she punched him on the arm. "Rule two, let's keep how familiar we are with each other a secret for now. I don't want any unnecessary drama. Before it's necessary." She looked at him hopefully.
Harry sighed, "I'd be a fool not admit there isn't something between us after that hug session. So, okay, I'll give this a shot, but it isn't anything, for now."
"You're such a tease Harry."
"At least I don't tease to get what I want, Dora."
"But that's the whole point of teasing."
Harry just glared at her. "I'm not going to survive this. Why are you attracted to someone six years younger than you?"
"Why are you attracted to someone six years older than you?"
"Why wouldn't I be, you're a riot." Harry quickly slapped his hand over his mouth.
Tonks winked. "I win. Come on, let's go cause some chaos."
"I think you are the chaos."
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Number 12 Grimmauld Place was in much more somber mood than the two inhabitants of Harry's bedroom. Everyone was disturbed by the attack on Harry, and no one had any idea what was going on with their resident metamorph. She had been seen with Harry, but nothing else was known besides the obvious fact that Harry had been sneaking out of the house, and she was with him. No one had seen Harry sneaking out of the house, which upset some members and a few members were impressed. Some had stayed behind to wait for Tonks, just in case she showed, while mostly everyone else had either gone to bed or left for home.
Finally Mad-Eye Moody, who was discharged from Saint Mungo's earlier that day, laughed, "I like the sound of this kid. I'm going to have Tonks' hide for letting some snot nosed kid get passed her, but I can certainly say he has to be crafty to get by that many people, and survive a dementor attack."
Sirius raised his glass. "Cheers to that Mad-Eye. He sounds more like his father every day, seven dementors are nothing though. I've seen little Prongslet chase off over a hun-hic-hundred."
Remus Lupin took a sip of his Bourbon. "That may be Sirius, but just remember he's not James. He's more like Lily."
"I think both have no idea what he's like." Grunted Mad-Eye, "After seeing what he saw a month ago, he can't be the same kid you knew. He certainly doesn't sound like it. Most of you assumed he was brooding the whole time. It sounds like to me he's been busy." Moody took a look sip of his fire whiskey. "Shacklebolt, don't you have a lady at home waiting for you?"
"I told her it would be a long night. She understands that my partner is missing, and I won't sleep if I don't know what's happened." Sighed Kingsley.
Remus raised an eyebrow to this. "Quite the devotion you have to your partner."
Kingsley scoffed, "I don't know what you're implying wolfy, but I'm completely devoted to my wife. Someone has to watch out for the girl. She like a storm where ever she goes."
Sirius slammed down his fire whiskey. He had thoroughly indulged in social drinking tonight. "Now listen here you lot. That girl has Black blood, and you don't mess with Black sisters." He pointed at Remus. "They're bad news hic, and they take a lot to handle. Narcissa is schemer and downright crafty, we all know what became of Bellatrix," Sirius gave an involuntary shiver, "and Andromeda was the most ruthless and powerful of the three."
Remus cocked his head. "But I thought she broke away from the family?"
"She did, because no one could stop her, and no one was stupid enough to try. By what I know, little Nymphadora is just as powerful, but not as ruthless, she's crafty, but not a schemer, and she's every bit as battle hungry and obsessive as Bellatrix." Sirius continued to point at Remus. "In the terms you're instincts are putting, she's an alpha. Be careful Moony." Remus looked somberly into his glass. Sirius felt sorry for him, put a hand on his shoulder, and sighed, "It was just a warning Moony. I won't stop you, just don't get in over your head."
The other two men were eyeing the drunken Sirius in a new light. They had never witnesses Tonks' obsessiveness, but everything else rang true when he spoke of their favorite metamorph. They then looked at each other, and Kingsley being the younger of the two aurors was forced to speak up. "How do you know Tonks so well Black?"
Sirius barked a laugh. "She's my niece obviously. Andy and Ted both work, and once her ability showed they couldn't take her to daycare now could they? So, being the best uncle possible, I took her to the Potter's nearly every day. The stuff her and little Harry got up to in that house was legendary. I don't see how she wasn't kicked out of daycare sooner." Sirius sighed in reminiscence, and took another sip of fire whiskey. "The rest I guessed." He stated with a wink. Everyone in the room laughed.
Mad-Eye looked to the clock in the sitting room. It was midnight. "I don't think she's gonna show boys, so I'm gonna head out. It's been fun, but these old bones can only take so much." He said gruffly as he struggled out of his seat.
Suddenly loud CRACK was heard from the hall way. Sirius groaned, Remus prepared his ears, Moody thought they were being attacked, and Kingsley just put his head in his hands and said "Well, she's here."
"How dare you befoul the house of my family! Mudbloods, Bloody traitors, Half-Breeds! Leave Vermin!" screeched the infamous painting of Walburga Black every member and resident had come to know and rightfully hate.
Amongst all the chaos Tonks and Harry were laughing away. "Tonks this is extremely disorienting. I'm forgetting things as I'm looking at them. Just keep looking at me, and don't move." Harry laughed, but then began to turn a sickly green.
"I can't believe this worked! Uh-oh." She saw Sirius out of the corner of her eye. "Oh, hi ya Sirius. A little help here?"
Sirius was stunned. "Ah- How- Why- Oh never mind. Mad-Eye, don't you have the location written down for tomorrow?"
They heard a gruff voice from the other room, as Sirius recovered his mother's portrait, "Yea, why," as Alastor Mad-Eye Moody waddled into the hallway, "what the bloody hell is he doing here. How is he here?"
"Just show him the damn location, and I'll explain." Shouted Tonks.
"How do you know that's really him?" He asked.
"I've been with him for the past six hours I know it's him." She was getting frustrated by this point.
Sirius decided to end the argument, "Harry, how do you open the map?"
"I solemnly swear that I am up to no good. This is really disorienting. Remind me not to try this again." Harry croaked trying to hold his whiskey from earlier.
Sirius nodded to Mad-Eye, who showed Harry a slip of parchment that read, The location of the Order of the Phoenix is at Number 12 Grimmauld Place.
Once he had read the parchment, Harry's face regained its usual colorand leaned against the nearby wall. "Bad idea, never again." He said to Tonks.
It seemed the calm from before was regained. Until Molly Weasley had made her way downstairs. "What in the name of Merlin has you people making so much noise in the middle the night you could wake the whole street!" She screeched causing Walburga to wail once more. Sirius cursed and wrestled with curtains as Molly's eyes found her way to Harry. "Harry dear! What are you doing here? You aren't supposed to be here until tomorrow night." She quickly went over to him and gave him one of her famous bone crushing hugs.
Harry, who had just recovered from perhaps the worst nausea he had felt in his life, promptly lost his whiskey. Groans went all around as Mrs. Weasley was covered in alcoholic sick, but she didn't miss a beat. She made it disappear as soon as it appeared, just as a proper house-wife-witch should, but not before she caught the smell. "Sorry, Mrs. Weasley, came here, before knowing, where it was, never do that, very bad, and disorienting." Panted Harry.
"That and it's not uncommon for people to lose their lunch with their first side-apparition." added Tonks.
"And who's brilliant idea what that?" huffed Mrs. Weasley as she eyed Tonks.
Harry got a little irritated at Mrs. Weasley. "It was mine, so you can stop looking at Tonks like that." He said matter-of-factly adjusting his glasses.
"Oh, I wasn't accusing anyone Harry. I was just worried is all. Have you been drinking Harry?" She added at the end, but no one missed it.
Harry and Tonks gulped as everyone else turned to him. "Why do you ask?"
"Oh no reason dear." She said sweetly and turned to Tonks. "Tonks sweetie, let's head upstairs and have a chat."
Sirius knew this was going very bad, very quickly. "How about we all going to the sitting room and figure out how exactly tonight happened."
Harry caught on quickly. "That sounds like a great idea Sirius. Come on Tonks," said Harry, grabbing Tonks by the arm, and dragging her into what he presumed was the sitting room, but he was quickly stopped by Mrs. Weasley.
"No, no, no, you shouldn't even be up this late Harry. Tonks and I will get your bed ready." The sweetness was slowly fading.
"No, they've had a long enough night. No reason for Tonks to do anymore work. She already had to fight dementors tonight I'll help you Molly." Sirius was on fire. He knew Molly would never want to be in the same room as him for an extended period of time. They hadn't stopped fighting like cats and dogs since she had entered the house.
She huffed in defeat. "Fine, but I'll be right back. Harry you'll be rooming with Ron. Does that sound nice dear?"
Tonks gave her a confused look. "Why? There are plenty of rooms for nearly everyone to have their own space." Harry eyed Tonks suspiciously. Was she trying what he thought she was trying?
"She has a point," said Sirius. "We cleaned out Regulus' old room earlier. You can have that room Harry. After all my house is your house." Sirius then gave Harry a firm one armed hug and whispered, "We're having a long talk later."
"Fine, fine, I'll have new sheets in there in a jiffy, but then it's straight to bed young man." Harry was amazed, but slightly fearful. Tonks gave him a wink, but it didn't make him feel any better.
"Come on pup, let's hear about your latest adventure." Said Sirius as he guided the two new comers into the sitting the room.
Once they everyone found their seat, Harry began to tell them that someone had basically given themselves away a week into the summer while on watch, and from that point forward he had just snuck out of the house. Sirius and Moody were impressed, but not Remus and Kingsley who felt like they had wasted many days and nights in front of that house. Harry went on to the night Harry and Tonks met. He made up a fake story to where they just so happened to meet up in town, and Tonks sent him straight home. No believed him, but didn't question it. He was a thorough as he could with the dementor incident, but neither he nor Tonks could make much sense of it and no one could explain the strange happenings of magic. Harry summed up the rest to dealing with the Dursleys, panicking over aurors coming to break his wand, knocking out Tonks when she said she was auror, which earned him a glare and laughs from everyone else, and then just trying to make sense of what happened. "So, it's been a long night," he finished.
"I still can't believe he got you Tonks." Said Mad-Eye.
"He had my wand!" She whined.
"No excuse, CONSTANT VIGILANCE!" He bellowed while wagging his sausage like finger.
Tonks murmured something, but it couldn't be heard over Mrs. Weasley coming into the room. "Alright Harry, you're room's ready. Sorry if it took me longer than expected I had to make sure the room was safe, and none of the other kids left the bed. Come along now."
Sirius got up, "its fine Molly I'll take him up. We need to have a godfather to godson chat."
"That's good Sirius. I wanted to have a chat with Tonks anyway." Mrs. Weasley gave Tonks a toothy, feral grin that would have made goblins proud. Tonks' was too busy mentally preparing herself for the rant she was about to hear to notice.
Soon everyone left the room, except Molly and Tonks, and went their respected homes. As soon as Sirius and Harry left the room Molly's screeching could be heard. "Irresponsible! You need to act your age! Getting him alcohol? How could—"
"Stop right there. I'm am not your child so don't talk to me like I am. He had been drinking when I found him, and no, you have no say on how I choose to act." There was a crash and Tonks stormed out of the room. Sirius was too stunned to stop her and Harry knew better than to stop her as she strode past them.
"I knew she was like Andy, but that was like a blast from the past." Mumbled Sirius.
"Andy?" asked Harry.
"Andromeda, Tonks' mother. She doesn't take shite from anybody."
"Sounds like she did a good job at raising her."
"If you mean fearful job then you're right. Merlin I thought I was done dealing with Blacks." Soon they reached Harry's new room, but Sirius stopped Harry before they entered. "Alright Pup, is there anything you need to tell me?" Harry just raised an eyebrow, and Sirius put his hand onto Harry's shoulder. "Look, I get it, acting out a bit is normal for your age, but Harry, war is almost here, and you can't be reckless, not now."
Harry looked Sirius straight in the eye. "There's no one here that knows that better than me. I'm the one that saw him come out that cauldron. I'm the one who dueled him that night." Sirius was looking more and more ashamed. Harry shot him a smile and a punch on the shoulder. "Padfoot, I wouldn't be sneaking out if it wasn't something worthwhile."
Sirius gave him a bearlike hug. "That's all I ask Pup, that's all I ask." Sirius then got on one knee and looked up to Harry. "Make every moment worth something. I thought I lost you for a moment tonight, but just promise me, no matter what happens, you will always find a way to make the best of it or get stronger from it, just like your old man."
Harry shot him a sarcastic smirk. "I'm a Potter, Sirius. You shouldn't expect anything else."
Sirius raised an eyebrow to this, "and what do you know about Potters?"
Harry turned and entered his room, "Natus Vincere," he whispered as he closed the door.
Sirius went wide eyed, 'Where does he learn the Potter family creed?' He thought. Sirius absentmindedly wandered back to the sitting room for another glass of fire whiskey. He was amused to find a petrified Molly Weasley, eyes darting towards him pleadingly. Sirius smirked, "I was wondering why you didn't chase after her." Molly's face turned a color to match her hair. "Hey, once I let you free, go straight to bed. Everyone's had enough excitement for tonight." She rolled her eyes, but seemed to agree. "Finite."
"Thank you," was all she said as she strode out of the room.
Sirius sat in his usual chair and swirled the amber liquid in his glass. "Born to Conquer, huh? Things are about to get a lot more interesting around here." Sirius downed his drink, "Old man Charlus would be proud," were the only words he could say before passing out.
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AN: Oh he said the title, whatever could it mean? Wow, this was a fun chapter to write, but it was stressful. I wasn't in the right state of mind for most of it, because of all the drugs, but I think it turned out alright. I think this is pretty much the end of the prolog. I just need to get to a few more characters and we should be good. I'm still debating a lot that's going to happen, but I think I have enough options and a good enough idea of what I want to know what to do. Some of you may be wondering why everyone just accepting of Harry just showing up, but people stopped asking questions the second Molly showed up, because no one wanted to deal with her. Harry's interrogation isn't over yet. Dumbledore hasn't shown his face yet.
AN: I know I was a little quick getting this chapter out, but it was mostly fluff, and fun to write. I hope you all liked it, but this chapter was mainly me playing with a few characters and settling everything to where I want things to be. Tonks and Harry's relationship is still up in the air, but both of them have given into being attracted to each other. Harry is playing a little hard to get. They both have a lot of attitude which makes them fun to write.
AN: Any advice is appreciated, but don't expect all of it to be used. I always love looking at your ideas and it makes me laugh, which is always great. Thanks for reading!
