Authors Note: to those of you wondering this will be a Tonks/Harry friendship, not romance. As to the one of you that asked why Harry is a metamorphmagis the answer is that I wanted to, and if you don't like it you don't have to read the story. In a similar vein the person that said my portrayal of a metamorphmagis before they learned to control their ability was not cannon I would point out that this story is an AU. Any other questions about why I did something likely have the same answer. Enough bitching on to the story.
Disclaimer: stuff that you see In the HP books/movies isn't mine.
Once Harry saw that the Weasleys would be able to make it onto the train before it departed he returned to his thoughts.
After being introduced to the Weasley clan Tonks and Harry, along with all of the Weasley children except Percy, made their way out to the apple orchard that served as a makeshift quiditch pitch.
They divided themselves up into two teams; on one team was Tonks, Bill, Harry, and Ron. On the other Charlie, Ginny, and the Twins. Each team played with a keeper and three chasers, as they did not have enough players for a full team, and the Weasleys did not own a snitch or a pair of bludgers. For Harry's team Bill was the keeper while Tonks, Harry, and Ron were chasers. On the other team Charlie served as the keeper.
Harry was feeling a bit nervous, he had loved flying the one time he had tried it but he had never had much of an opportunity to play sports. He pushed his nerves away as he watched Bill flip a sickle to see which team got the quaffle first; He wanted to win!
Harry's team won the toss and got ready to start. Harry heard Charlie yell "Go" and zoomed down the pitch on his borrowed broom, most of his attention was focused on Tonks who had the quaffle.
Suddenly he saw one of the twins fly up to intercept Tonks, he wasn't sure which. Seeing this he flew toward her, hoping to get there before him. When he saw that he would be too late he instead zoomed behind her and shouted "Tonks", looking back she saw him and hurled the quaffle in his direction.
Chaser not being her normal position her throw was slightly off target. Harry dived after it as it began its descent, catching it before it had fallen ten feet and doing a barrel roll to avoid the other twin, who had shot after the loose quaffle as well.
Focusing his attention on the goals that Bill and Charlie had transfigured he shot toward them, only Ginny was between him and Charlie, who was watching his progress closely. Seeing her come up he decided to pull off a move he had read about in a book on dogfight tactics, he rolled over until he was flying upside down and pulled an inverted half loop. He executed the split s perfectly and shook Ginny off his tail.
Now it was just Charlie that stood between him and scoring. He flew as fast as his broom would go at the left goal post but at the last second veered right and fired at the middle hoop.
Charlie, realizing he had fallen for the feint at the last second tried to get back over, but the quaffle soared through the hoops, just missing his outstretched fingertips.
Tonks and Ron caught up with him and Tonks slapped him on the back. "Sure you've never played before mate?" Harry shook his head. She smiled at him "Then you're one of the most natural quiditch players I've ever seen."
Harry blushed and ducked his head. Tonks laughed and flew off back to their end of the pitch were the rest of the team joined her.
The game continued on in a similar manner, with neither of the teams pulling away form each other in score.
When Mrs. Weasley called them in for lunch Harry's team was in the lead so they were declared the winners. Harry was pleased; he had managed to score 3 more goals after his first, the most for his team.
After a boisterous lunch Tonks and Harry prepared to head home, promising to come back and visit again during the summer…
A week later it was Tonks 17th birthday, meaning she was officially an adult in the eyes of the wizarding world. The morning of her birthday Harry went into her room with a mischievous smirk on his face. In his hands he had a bucket full of water, and he cautiously snuck up to the sleeping teenagers bed.
When he was just a foot away he tossed the entire contents of the bucket on her sleeping form and yelled "Happy birthday Nymphepoo" and immediately bolted as if the devil himself were chasing him.
Tonks who had up until a moment before had been sleeping peacefully sat up spluttering. She was soaked and utterly furious, she was NOT a morning person. "Come back here now!" she shrieked and tore after him in pursuit.
After this a fifteen-minute chase around the house ensued. They made so much noise that they woke up Ted and Andromeda, who had been enjoying a lie in up to that point. When they walked into the living room they saw their daughter, soaking wet and still in her pajamas holding Harry, who was howling with laughter, in a head lock with murder in her eyes.
Andromeda coughed to make their presence known. "Good morning dears" she said, "Happy birthday Dora." Tonks released Harry with a sigh "Morning mum." Andromeda smiled at her daughter "why don't you and Harry go get dressed, I'll have breakfast up when you get back." Tonks and Harry got up and headed to their rooms. With a sigh Andromeda walked to the kitchen and made breakfast.
After breakfast they all gathered in the living room to give Tonks her presents. In the room there were also some gifts from her friends that had arrived by owl the night before.
Ted and Andromeda gave Tonks their gift first. Tonks removed the wrapping and found a book on advanced defensive spells and a dragon hide wand holster. Tonks, who was considering auror training, was pleased with the gifts and hugged her parents.
Harry's gift was next, he handed it to her. She opened it to find a CD that she had been wanting. It was from an American band called Green Day that had just released their first major album. It was titled Kerplunk!. She smiled at Harry and gave him a hug.
The family spent the afternoon together and that evening Tonks went out with her muggle friends to celebrate with them.
As Harry's thoughts returned to the present he smiled briefly as he recalled Andromeda's reaction the next day when she found out Tonks had gotten her tongue pierced.
Just then the door to his compartment and the Weasley twins as well as Ron piled in. The twins spoke in unison "What's up mate" and took the seats opposite him. Harry smiled at Ron. "Hullo mate." Ron grinned and sat down next to him.
To be continued…
Note: this will be last update for a while, Uni finals sorry
