Okay, this is a week early but I've had such a bad week, I needed to do something to take my mind off it, and here it is the next chapter! Big Thanks to arteryandvein, Flo M Nimo and, of course, Yvonne Park. I leave you now so you can read the chapter and will see you again at the end of it.

Edited: 24/03/11

Secrets and Truths

It was month later, after endless guard duties, and meetings and Ministry questionings, and the kids were off school. The Weasley's would be here as soon as they'd packed so everyone was getting rooms ready for their arrival. We would be starting shifts watching Harry tomorrow. Sirius was getting moody because he couldn't do anything. And speaking of Moody, Mad-eye Moody was now in the Order, though he was quite jumpy. When he mentored me, he had always shouted 'Constant Vigilance' and been consistently paranoid. This seemed to have increased, especially after spending nine months locked in his own trunk, by a Death eater.

Most thought my changing hair colour was nothing special and that I was something of a nuisance, but Sirius disagreed and loved watching me morph, especially into Snape as it cheered him up, and Remus said he still preferred pink. Sirius had pushed him off his chair after that calling him a charmer. Remus hadn't looked too impressed but I laughed, I loved watching their antics, they were like teenagers again.

I was in the room that was going to be the girl's room, Ginny. I think that's her name. I'd already got rid of a boggart and some pictures had been tossed in the trash, there occupants cursing and squealing at me as they flew through the air and smashed into the bin, and now I just had to deal with the rattling under side of the bed. I pointed my wand towards it and shot the revealing spell. Suddenly, cockroaches the size of small dogs came pouring out. I screamed and jumped onto the bed. They seemed not to be able to get up but I kept screaming, sending stunning spells at them, which bounced off their tough backs. The door flew open.

Remus stood there and then he shot his wand in the air and the cockroaches froze, and then vanished. I breathed a sigh and sat on the bed. He came and sat next to me.

"You okay?" he asked, looking concerned.

"Yeah, they just startled me and they were so big too" I laughed, though there was nothing funny about the situation.

"Yeah, we found a ghoul in the attic. We think there may have been more, but you should have seen Sirius. He was actually scared of it! And he screamed like a little girl...all it did was drool" he laughed, I laughed too. "So, you're finished in here, want to come help me and Sirius".

"Sure" I said enthusiastically. Ever since guard duty, I'd become fond of Remus. But when I got out onto the landing, Kingsley was coming up the stairs looking grave.

"Tonks, Dolores wants to see you now" he said calmly, but Remus made a growling noise in his throat as he heard the name. I turned to him.

"What's the matter?"

"Huh? Oh, I just don't like her that much" he said not meeting my eyes. I knew something was up, and more importantly, everyone seemed to know something about Remus that I didn't. I decided to overlook it for now, but I was getting increasingly worried.

"Oh, well sorry Remus. I'll see you at guard duty tonight, yeah?" I asked hopefully, though I knew I would. He smiled at me but said nothing.

Dolores Jane Umbridge's office.

I knocked and waited. I knocked again. Still no answer. I was just about to give up when a simpering little voice came from inside. "Yes".

"You wanted to see me?" I asked as sweetly as I could, as I walked into her office. It was all pink and frills. There were pictures of cat's everywhere and two cups of tea set out on her desk.

"Yes, take a seat dear" she said, I felt like a first year student again. "Now, I made you some tea. Have a little sip to warm yourself up". I didn't see why I needed warming, it was perfectly hot outside. I also didn't trust her, at one of the meetings we'd talked about how the Ministry might interrogate its employees with the help of the truth potion. Tasteless and hard to tell if you've been spiked with it.

"No thanks. I'm not thirsty" I declined sweetly.

"Nonsense dear, drink up" she looked at me with hard blazing eyes "now". I dared not refuse. I put the cup to my lips but kept them clamped shut. She smiled as I put the cup down.

"Now" she said "Are you working with Dumbledore?"

"No".

"Do you believe the Ministry are liars?"

"No".

"Do you believe Dumbledore is a liar?"

"Yes" I replied, she was edging towards me, she looked frustrated. But her frustration turned into a sickly sweet smile as she saw me looking.

"Ok well that's all for today. You won't be having any leave during the day now as we are very busy. And I'll be keeping an eye on you, so get back to your desk. Off you go". I jumped up and it was all I could do not to sprint out of the office. I returned to my cubicle and found a fresh stack of reports sitting on top of my old ones. I groaned and sat down. There was pink parchment lying on top of the pile. It had two words written on it that made my blood boil. Have fun. Patronizing, evil cow.

I ran through the Ministry towards the elevator. I had lost track of time doing the reports and hadn't realised I was fifth teen minutes late for guard duty. I hoped Remus wouldn't be mad but he didn't seem the type to get mad. I pressed the floor button several times in a hurry but the lift was taking an annoyingly long time to come. When it did arrive I was positive I was going to be even later than I already was.

The elevator was empty, luckily, and I pressed the down button with vigour as the doors closed. As the doors opened again I ran out, squeezing through even though the doors hadn't opened properly and ran down the steps. It was a pain that the elevator didn't go all the way down. I turned the corner at the bottom and ran towards the door but before I could get there I hit something solid and invisible and toppled over onto top of it.

Remus ripped off the cloak to look at me. I blushed as I looked down at him. "Sorry I'm late; Umbridge gave me loads of work."

"That's ok, I was coming to see where you were, I was worried" I looked at him funny, but he gave nothing away. I got off him and he stood up, throwing the invisibility cloak around me. "Let's go sit by the door".

"So, tell me, why do you hate Umbridge so much? I mean, I know she's an evil cow, but you seemed to really hate her" I said. He sighed.

"You don't know what I am" he stated.

"So tell me, I want to know" I pleaded. He groaned.

"Tonks, I'm a werewolf". I stared, and my mouth involuntarily opened. I couldn't believe it, but thinking about it made sense. The scars, how tired he'd been lately and that weird nickname he had. Moony. How could I have been so blind?

"And Umbridge?" I asked. He wouldn't meet my eyes.

"She drafted a piece of anti-werewolf legislation that makes me unable to get a job" he muttered, his voice shaking. I took his hand in mine and lent my head on his shoulder.

"I'm so sorry Remus, but why didn't you tell me before?"

"I didn't want you to hate me" he said, leaning his cheek against my hair.

"I don't hate you, and I wouldn't. You're a normal person and besides most men are monsters most of the time, without a full moon." I giggled; he chuckled half-heartedly then lifted his head.

"We should probably keep watch" he said to change the subject, I nodded and let go of him. However, after a few minutes of patrolling in silence, Remus broke it.

"What did Umbridge want, anyway?" he asked.

"To interrogate me on my loyalties" I shrugged, unbothered by this.

"What?" he asked startled.

"Yeah, she invited me into her office, gave me a cup of tea that was obviously laced with veritaserium, and interrogated me" I said, sighing. "It was only a matter of time, ever since June I've been wondering when exactly I'd be questioned".

"You thought you'd be questioned? Why?"

"Many reasons. Number one is that Umbridge doesn't like me, or that the fact that someone like me was capable of becoming an Auror" I explained, "number two; my parents have always, well nearly always, stood behind Dumbledore. My dad says there's no way Harry would make up something like this, and if he really wanted more attention, he probably wouldn't have to make supposed far-fetched stories to get it".

"You dad's name is Ted Tonks, right?" he asked.

"Yes. Why, do you know him?" I asked. I leant back against the wall, and he leant against the opposite one.

"He was in his last year when I was in my first, same as your mum. And I've seen him around a few times after that" he said, vaguely. "You know, Dumbledore's thinking of letting us do single shifts from now on".

"I hope not, I'll probably fall asleep if I have to do night duty on my own" I muttered.

"I'm sure you won't, but I'll still guard with you if you like when I'm not doing… other things of course" he said.

"No point asking what those other things are, is there?"

"No" he smiled. "So why does Umbridge not like you?" he changed the subject, thought his voice became a growl at the mention of her name.

"For the same reasons, more or less, that she does not like you" I replied. Remus dropped the subject after that.

Guard duty passed pretty quickly with no trouble at all. We apparated back to Grimmauld place at two o'clock the next morning. We hadn't spoken since he'd told me he was a werewolf and I had a feeling he was trying not to even look at me. He walked up the steps and tapped the door, which swung open. The lights were dim and there was no movement in the house. I walked down the hall and went up the stairs with him behind me.

"Goodnight Remus" I whispered as I opened my door.

"Goodnight Nymphadora" He said, and before I had chance to tell him off for using my name, he'd already gone.

There was a loud bang, and I woke with a start and ran out into the hall. Remus and Sirius ran out at the exact same time. I might have laughed if I wasn't so worried about what the noise was. Sirius laughed though, at me. I realised that I was wearing my weird sister's tee over a pair of shorts. The tee had 'I like It Weird' on it. Sirius carried on laughing as he ran down the stairs, Remus followed him bemused, and I hastened to catch up. When we ran into the kitchen, it was full of red heads and boxes. That explained the bang, a box was on its side, its content was spilling out and two red heads were picking it up.

I moved around them to see Molly sitting at the table sobbing on Arthur's shoulder. Arthur looked as if he was about to break something. His jaw was locked and his eyes were blood shot. A girl with long red hair was sitting next to him; with her hand on his back in what I presumed was a soothing manner. The two boys were finished picking up there things and stood up, they were both lanky and identical. They were obviously Fred and George. A boy moved out from behind them.

"Hey Sirius, good to see you mate" he grinned, equally as lanky as the twins, but with a lot more freckles.

"Hey Ron, what's going on? What's happened?" asked Sirius. The boy named Ron turned to his parents but it was the girl who answered.

"Percy has betrayed us. He's always been a power hungry moron but we never thought he'd side with the Ministry over his family" she said with a hiss.

"Don't speak about Percy like that, Ginny" choked Molly.

"She's right though mum, look what he's done to you, to us" said one of the twins sitting down, the other sat next to him. Remus went round to sit by Molly and Sirius sat next to him. Me and Ron stayed standing.

"Molly, Arthur, what happened?" Remus asked.

"Percy arrived home yesterday" answered Arthur "He's been promoted. A junior under Fudge. He expected us to be happy, I think".

"But we weren't" said Ron, I looked at him. "Dad thinks he's only there to spy on the family, and he didn't like that".

"No he didn't like that one bit" said Fred...or George.

"And he said some really nasty things about dad. Blaming him for our lack of money, and saying how he's had to struggle against his reputation at the Ministry".

Arthur spoke up. "He's proving his loyalty to the Ministry, he's abandoned us. He packed his bags and left ". Everyone stared at each other in silence for a long time; I couldn't understand how someone could do that to their family.

"Well Molly I shouldn't worry on it too much" said Remus "the Ministry will have to admit there wrong sooner or later, and he'll come crawling back begging for forgiveness". I could tell he wasn't exactly sure, but he was trying.

"Yeah, don't worry about him! Let's get you all settled in shall we?" perked up Sirius.

I helped Ginny with her cases, and showed her, her room. She looked around her temporary room in interest.

"It's weird here" she mumbled. I laughed.

"Too true. My room has a mirror in it that screeches at me all the time, because it hates my hair. I cleared out this room for you, I'm not going to tell you what I found" I said.

"Hmmm, it's good to have another girl to talk to, besides mum. And I like your hair" she said opening her trunk.

"Thanks and just think of me as Tonks, your new big sister" I giggled going to help her unpack.

"I'd like that" she muttered.

AH, hello again! Miss me? Lol :D. Your reviews last time made my day and I was happy all night because of it! Please review on this one, whether you think it's good or bad, let me know. It's a bit weird, especially the way tonks finds out about Remus but...it's different? Lol :D Neva mind. Luv ya anywayz, gurugirl. (AM TOTALLY INSANE :p)