Corvus had chosen to use the name which had been given to the body he was now inhabiting. The only way he would stop thinking about his previous life was to accept everything about his new body, and that included his name and the family that came with it. It helped him in identifying his feelings for being transmigrated into a new world. He had long accepted the fact that he would no longer be able to return and wanted to enjoy his new life to the fullest. He had opportunities presented to him with the new body. He could forge a life which wasn't boring for himself.

He wanted to be loved and cherished by a family once more, and he would try to be the best for his family so he wouldn't disappoint them.

Corvus's introduction had the family stunned for a few seconds. Gornuk, the goblin, walked up to Corvus and shook his hand. "I'm glad to see you again. The Tonks family was astonished when I informed them about their son being alive. I do not apologise for going behind your back because I was under a contract to give the family information regarding you." Corvus nodded, accepting Gornuk's reasoning for informing his family.

"I'm glad you gave me the opportunity to meet the family myself. I wasn't too sure how to go about approaching them." Corvus didn't mind bending the truth slightly.

Once Andromeda managed to get over her shock, she began approaching Corvus with shaking hands. "Corvus..." He turned around. "You don't know how happy I am to know you are alive. Bless Merlin for bringing you back to us." She hugged him, suffocating him with the tight embrace.

Dora tapped her mother on the shoulder. "Mum, I think he's going to die if you continue hugging him." Andromeda turned around and let go of Corvus in surprise.

"Oh my! I'm so sorry!" The guilt came off Andromeda in waves, and it was obvious to those who looked at her dismayed face.

Corvus rolled his back his shoulders. "It's okay. I enjoyed the suffocating embrace though I was quite surprised by how sudden it was." He had no idea why he felt so pleased with Andromeda's positive change in emotion. He had suspicions that there were some leftover feelings from the previous inhabitant of the body but he knew that most of what he felt was his own emotions. 'I haven't been embraced so lovingly in a long time. I must have forgotten what it felt like to be loved.' Corvus looked at Ted-still unable to call him father-speaking with Gornuk at the side. His attention was pulled towards the bubblegum pink hair of his sister.

He was confused as to why he accepted Dora as his sister so quickly but he dismissed the thought in favour of asking her about metamorphmagus abilities. "Why would you willingly choose to wear that colour on your hair? Don't you find it rather distracting if it falls in front of your face? It also catches a lot of attention so I don't see why you would keep it that way."

Tonks looked at her new brother, hesitating whether they should be acting in such a familiar way. They had only just met each other yesterday and it hadn't even been on the best terms. She remembered his written apology and decided to give it a chance. "Ah my little brother, you have to remember I can change the length"-she changed her hair to buzz cut length-"of my hair whenever I choose to. And you," She poked him on the nose. "can learn to do the same thing." Corvus was ecstatic with the idea of learning how to utilise his abilities to the limits. "I also wear this colour to stave off nasty boys like you." She was teasing him, but Corvus noticed sadness hidden in her tone. He knew not to push, they barely knew each other and he doubted she would start spilling her private life to him.

"When will you teach me to do this?" He needed confirmation on when he would begin learning more about his abilities. He would be able to pester Dora constantly if she forgot about her promise.

Dora bit her lip. "I've graduated from Hogwarts so I have spare time. I can begin the lessons whenever you want me to." She didn't have anything on her schedule because she was waiting for a reply on her application to the Auror programme. She gave Corvus the freedom to choose his lesson dates because he was the busier one.

"I still need to work for Tom and Mr Blotts every day, so I only have free time during the evening." He was pensive. "I think it'd be best to have our lessons on the weekdays as the pub is usually busier on the weekends. I'd be too tired to listen to anything you would teach me." He tapped his chin. "How about Mondays and Wednesdays?"

Dora clapped her hands together. "Great! Do you want to start next week?" Dora was eager to begin teaching her little brother about his metamorphmagus abilities. It would give her time to bond with her brother, and it would allow her to improve the impression her little brother had of her. Dora knew that Corvus had forgiven her but it still weighed on her conscience.

"Sure." He nodded his head, their schedule had been planned.

Andromeda chose this moment to interrupt their conversation. "Why would you want to continue working in the Leaky Cauldron and Flourish and Blotts? Both Ted and I can provide money for you so there's really no need for you to burden yourself with menial work." She spoke with good intentions but Ted knew his wife had gone too far. What he didn't know was that his wife was playing a game with Corvus.

Corvus glared at his mother. "This menial work I've been doing has paid for my accommodation and food. And I quite enjoy the work I'm being paid to do." Corvus's anger was actually a facade for his true emotions. He knew Andromeda was testing him. He had no idea why she would suddenly test him but went along with whatever she had planned.

She sniffed pretentiously. "Well, if that's what you want then I'll allow you to continue doing so." She came off sounding haughty. Corvus mentally raised an eyebrow at Andromeda's behaviour. He was amused by how quickly she managed to turn the situation in her favour. If he didn't give a response, he would be playing into her hands. He considered his next few words carefully.

"I'm capable of living by myself. Frankly, I don't quite see the reason why I should need your permission to continue doing what I want." A sound argument that had few ways to be countered, Corvus was glad he had experience in dealing with several sly businessmen in his past life. Corvus was not surprised his mother when his mother replied swiftly.

"Oh?" She looked surprised. "Of course, you need my permission to continue working your jobs." She placed a hand on her chest. "You aren't at the legal age of majority so my word as your guardian can have you fired from your jobs." Corvus mentally applauded Andromeda's ingenuity for making any other retorts futile. "I also doubt your ability to provide for yourself. Look at how tiny and starved you are!"

Corvus glowered at Andromeda. "You win this battle but don't expect me to take this lying down. In the future, whenever you want something from me, expect a fight." His new body's height was a sore point for him. He hadn't grown a single inch since he woke up in his new body. The only explanation he had for his height was due to its young age. "I'm tiny because I haven't hit my growth spurt. Wait a few years and I'll be just as tall as you!" He hoped Ted's genetics had been passed to him.

Andromeda shook her head and smiled expectantly. "I wouldn't expect any less." Dora and Ted were both looking confused. They were unable to understand the wordplay exchanged between the two. Dora, who was the more vocal of the bewildered pair, spoke up.

"Should I be worried?" Dora was scared. She didn't want her family members ripping at each other's throats. Ted placed his hand on Dora's right shoulder when he had enough time to grasp the underlying reason for their exchange.

"It's fine. Your mother and brother were playing a game." Dora was still puzzled.

"A game? That was not a game! They were basically yelling at each other!" Dora yelled. Andromeda and Corvus exchanged amused looks.

"You'll understand it one day, sister." Corvus's eyes were dancing with mirth. His sister was still innocent, no doubt retained because of how open and friendly the Hufflepuffs were.

Dora huffed at her brother, annoyed she didn't understand. She began walking away from her laughing family when she tripped over her own feet. They laughed even louder. She changed the length of her legs. 'I guess this counts as a prank, but he deserves this one.' Her foot hooked Corvus's ankle and she made him trip forward. She laughed when he fell on top of her chest.

Ted and Andromeda looked at the scene with fond smiles. It had been years since they had seen their daughter's unrestrained emotions. They had noticed Dora's control over emotions improve tremendously until it reached the point they only saw a mask on her face. Andromeda knew something had forced her daughter to begin wearing masks but never pushed the matter because it hadn't hurt her just yet. Ted hoped the addition to their small family would continue bringing smiles to their face.

"You should stop laughing at my clumsiness! I bet that you'll be just as clumsy when you begin learning how to change your height!"

Corvus was no longer laughing at his sister, instead, his face began paling at her words. 'I don't want to be tripping over my own feet at random times!' He liked carrying himself gracefully, and he wasn't planning to lose the body's natural agility. It had proved useful and would continue to do so in the future, as long as he retained the ability to stay on his own two feet.

"I'll make sure to never trip over my own feet. I'm smarter than that."

"I bet you wouldn't be able to! Trust me when I say you will become just as clumsy as I am after you learn to alter your height." Dora's certainty on the topic wasn't dispelling Corvus's fears.

"Don't accept the bet, Corvus. Dora's probably unhappy with her natural clumsiness. She was already falling over her own two feet even before she could consciously control her abilities." Ted spoke up. Dora's face turned scarlet at her father's betrayal.

"Dad, you're supposed to be on my side!"

"Do try to behave your ages, Nymphadora, Edward." Andromeda stopped anybody from continuing the banter. Ted knew his wife was being serious when she wasn't using his nickname. "We haven't even introduced ourselves to Corvus."

"There's really no need Mrs Tonks, I already know all of your names through the blood inheritance test." Corvus stopped speaking when Ted and his sister began shaking their heads behind her back.

"It's only polite that we do so." She held out her hand. "My name is Andromeda Tonks née Black, I'm your mother. Don't call me Mrs Tonks because it makes me sound older than I am." Corvus felt weird shaking his own mother's hand. Dora saw the awkward handshake and stepped in.

"I'm your sister, Nymphadora Tonks! Call me Dora or Tonks! Anything else besides that is not fine." A dangerous smile could be seen on her face. Corvus laughed at his sister's introduction. Seemed like only his mother called his sister Nymphadora. He was sure that others had been warned about calling her given name.

Ted stepped in to hug Corvus. "Edward Tonks, though I'm more commonly known as Ted. You can call me anything you like." Corvus stiffened at the hug but relaxed when he realised it was friendly. Ted frowned at his son's reaction but said nothing.

The family reunion was interrupted by a scowling goblin which went by the name of Gornuk. "Now that you are finally done with the introductions, can we discuss the reason why I was brought here?" Gornuk was impatient. Time was gold and he had been kept waiting too long by the family.

Ted took charge of the conversation as he was the Head of the family. "Ah, there are two matters that we called you here for. Corvus wished to speak to you and I asked you to be here so we can open personal vault accounts for Dora and Corvus." The goblin grunted before looking at Corvus.

"What did you want to discuss with me?" The goblin asked in a hostile tone, wanting to get the affairs done as soon as possible.

Corvus shook his head. "Ted has already voiced what I was going to ask. I want to open a personal vault but seeing as my parents wish to open one for me, I see no reason to ask for another one." Gornuk nodded.

"Very well, this will all be done in a day's time after you finish filling out the forms. We can send the forms through owl post so you do not have to come to Gringotts." The goblin turned to Ted. "The fees will the same as usual."

"Of course. Deduct the money from my vault. Will the confirmation letters be sent to us as well?"

"Yes, yes. I'll be taking my leave. You can stay in here for however long you want. Congratulations on your reunion." The goblin bowed to the family before exiting the room.

Andromeda held her breath when Ted asked Corvus whether he still had free time.

"Oh... Tom's given me the day off so I still have plenty of time." When Tom heard that he was going to meet his family, he immediately ordered Corvus to leave the Leaky Cauldron after he finished serving the last few customers for the morning.

"How about you join us for brunch? We haven't eaten yet and we were thinking of going to a Muggle restaurant." Corvus wasn't too surprised about being invited to dine with his family. He had expected them to invite him, which is why he had forgone cooking his breakfast in the morning.

"That sounds great." Andromeda was pleased Corvus had accepted their invitation because she wanted more time with her son. She wanted to get to know about her son, and the urge to do so had increased after the short exchange between the two. She was interested in knowing where he learnt to act in such a Slytherin manner. Even she had taken years to cultivate the skill and she had been under the pressure of the Black family.

Ted was grateful Corvus hadn't declined the invitation. He hadn't been too sure on how he was going to handle his wife if he had declined. He hadn't been too worried about his daughter considering she already made arrangements with the boy to continue meeting with each other.

"Then shall we make our exit now? I'm famished from waking up so early." Dora patted her stomach. She had never gotten the chance to satiate her hunger last night. Her parents had been at it like rabbits for hours on end, and she eventually fell asleep in her room waiting for them to finish. Dora was amazed her stomach had not growled a single time during the meeting. It seemed both her mind and body had forgotten about her hunger because she was having so much fun interacting with her brother.

Seeing as how they had nothing else to be done in Gringotts, Corvus nodded his head in response Dora's question. "Yeah, let's go." The group exited Gringotts and made their way to the Leaky Cauldron where they would exit the wizarding world and enter the Muggle world.

Brunch at a small family restaurant was a long affair, Dora's stomach was like a black hole. She devoured the many dishes she ordered causing Ted to send pained looks at her way. His only consolation was that the restaurant served cheap food and nothing went above the price of five pounds. Dora was prohibited from ordering any more food by Andromeda with the reasoning of "ladies must always keep a good figure." However, it didn't stop Dora from stealing Corvus's food though he retaliated in kind. Corvus lost the battle to Dora, her metamorphmagus abilities aiding her food thievery.

The group spent two hours in the restaurant-a new record for the family since they often finished a meal within an hour-and Corvus had been about to split ways from the trio when Andromeda disapparated him back to their house. Corvus was absolutely livid with the unannounced abduction but had been too busy fending off his nausea which followed after side-along apparition. He was glad he hadn't puked his guts out because he rathered the food he had consumed stay inside of his body. If Corvus hadn't been so sick after being apparated, he would've loved to comment on how accurate Harry had been when he described apparition in the books.

When Ted began telling Andromeda off-something which didn't happen often-Dora dragged Corvus into her room to discuss his metamorphmagus abilities and why he should never attempt to transform his body without supervision. She warned him of the dangers of doing so. She related her experience of attempting a transformation without having enough information. "I first attempted to change my height when I was a second-year in Hogwarts. I had thought I was capable of doing so, but because my bones were too weak, and I was unable to change them back to their proper form, I could not move. I was forced to go Madam Pomfrey where I was told off for my foolishness."

"Madam Pomfrey fixed my bones and returned me to my proper height after explaining why the transformation failed. She told me to come back for lessons on the human body so that such incidents wouldn't occur again. Though I did still have my fair share of incidents, Madam Pomfrey often had me practising in her view so she could fix any injuries from happening." She reminisced about her experiences before continuing to speak. "I've learnt the spells necessary for fixing every injury that is possible from changing your body." She scratched her cheek. "I think I have, I'm not too sure. But I do have the book Madam Pomfrey gave me on healing spells." She pointed to a bookshelf in the room. "Because I have the experience and knowledge, you shouldn't have the same problems as I did with transforming. I had to self-experiment with everything, nobody could help me besides suggesting a few things, even Professor McGonagall." Corvus was slightly shocked at her daring. He was too scared to experiment with his abilities on such a scale.

Corvus asked his sister an important question which had her thinking. "Surely there must be books on our abilities? We inherited the ability from the Blacks, didn't we?" Luckily, Dora never questioned him on how he managed to gain such knowledge when she never mentioned their relation to the Blacks. And even if she did, Corvus would've answered her with "when mother introduced herself, she introduced herself as Andromeda Tonks née black. From there, it's obvious we probably inherited the ability from the Blacks since only they have the history of having metamorphmagi in their family."

Dora had contemplated Corvus's question and answered with a conjecture. "Mother once said there were books on metamorphmagi abilities but they were all hidden inside a vault she had no access to. Because of that, I guess I never really bothered looking for any other information on our abilities." She shrugged. "It's not like I needed the information anyway. I've still managed to use my ability to its possible limits." Corvus wasn't sure what the limits with metamorphmagi were, and he was left pondering for several days until he started his lessons with Dora.

After discussing their abilities, Dora moved onto asking Corvus about his likes, dislikes and which magical subject in Hogwarts seemed most interesting to him. Corvus talked about his likes and dislikes. He told Dora he was unable to decide which was the most interesting because he had yet to experience any of them, but if he had to choose, it would be transfiguration.

Dora was about to speak of her own interests when they heard somebody knocking at the door. She opened it to see her father. "It's about time Corvus returned to the Leaky Cauldron, its afternoon already and I think he'd like to spend his time elsewhere." Dora was about to protest but Ted sent her a look that forced her to swallow any objections. Corvus didn't notice the exchange and nodded to Ted.

"Sure, I'll see you when the lessons start. Bye, sis!" He waved goodbye and ran down the stairs. Andromeda was nowhere in sight.

Ted followed after Corvus at his own pace. "Have you used the Floo network before?"

"Nope." He hadn't needed to use any type of magical transportation because he could find everything he needed in Diagon Alley.

"Well, just simply take some Floo powder," he pushed the container over towards Corvus. "step into the fireplace and say Leaky Cauldron. Enunciate your words because you don't want to end up in an unknown place. Only step out when you see Tom, I've already informed him that you're coming. Tuck your elbows in, shut your eyes when you throw the powder and you'll be all set to go." Corvus looked unsure, he took a handful of the powder and walked closer toward the fireplace. "Just follow my instructions and you'll be fine."

Corvus knew he couldn't keep Tom waiting. He could feel the heat of the fire but it didn't seem to burn him as he threw the powder into the flames and said, "Leaky Cauldron." He immediately disappeared from the fireplace. Corvus felt himself spinning. He ignored the loud roaring in his ears and kept his eyes open. He stepped out of the fireplace once he saw a glimpse of Tom's face. Corvus landed on his feet. 'Well, that didn't seem too bad. I don't see why Harry had such a rough time with the Floo network.' He could see Tom moving back towards the bar counter. Corvus patted his clothes so no soot remained.

He entered the kitchen, Tom's protests for him to stop working went unheard as he reflected on the meeting. 'I'm glad I don't regret my decision to meet the family.'What Corvus didn't know was that the future had already changed the moment he woke up in his new body. He would curse his bad luck whenever he looked back on his life.