Harry and the twins got along wonderfully. For the first time in Harry's young life he had friends that were close to his age, and didn't seem to care about anything apart from a good joke of course. Tonks walked out of the office to find her young cousin laughing along with the two red headed boys, obviously the Weasley twins, she thought to herself.
Somehow they had managed to convince her and Arthur Weasley that they should all go out to get food together, so Tonks found herself in the middle of muggle London with three overly curious boys and two pizza boxes in her hands.
"Harry you're a genius!"
"A natural born prankster!"
"Can't wait to get back to Hogwarts and turn the stair cases into slides-"
"-can you imagine the professors going down the slide!"
Tonks, while quite amused by the boys antics found the twins confusing, while Harry seemed to know which was which and miraculously wasn't annoyed by their 'twin talk'. The boy, her newest cousin, seemed happy enough she observed. Quiet, and happy to let the older boys do most of the talking, yet confident enough to give his own input. If anything the child was the opposite of her loud and overly jovial cousin Sirius. No, Harry was far more like Sirius's friend Remes, reserved and an observer.
Harry Black, heir of the Black family legacy. The news had certainly surprised her, along with the entire wizarding world. She wasn't dumb, she knew her cousin was up to something, though she couldn't figure it out. She wasn't the most patient of women, her mother often said that had she not been in Hufflepuff, it would have been Griffindor, after all she was almost as brash as Sirius...almost.
"Come on boys we should be heading back, I'm sure your father will be concerned as to whether you two blew anything up, and Harry your father will be coming out of the Wizengamot soon."
The three boys turned towards her, all looked disappointed. The four made their way back to the ministry of magic, though it was a slow pace due to their fascination with the muggles. "Our father has a car-"
"-It's pretty cool, and enchanted so it can fly-"
"-And turn invisible."
They all entered the telephone booth and Harry watched as one last car made its way past, a small smile played on his lips.
Down in the ministry three youths and one Auror in training made their way towards the Wizengamot hall.
There were already people waiting outside. The press were all standing expectantly waiting for the Lords and Lady's to come out. Standing to the side of the cluster of people stood the red haired father of Harry's newest friends.
"Hey dad-"
"-thanks for letting us go-"
"-it was really great-"
"-Harry and Tonks are super cool." Fred and George beamed at their father.
"They didn't cause too many problems I hope." Arthur Weasley looked inquiringly towards Tonks.
"They were fine, I think Harry enjoyed sir company." Tonks replied evenly. Her words were a relief to the red haired wizard, though he swore with the twins as they were, he would be going grey and quite fast.
Suddenly the Wizengamot door open, and the reporters press forward, all wanting to be the first to hear the outcome.
Cameras flashed and yelling ensued, Harry carefully moved behind Tonks. The twins, noticing his discomfort moved one to each of his sides, flanking their young friend, afterall, according to Bill and Charlie, he was an honorary Weasley.
"-werewolves be restricted to certain areas?"
"-the muggle born children continue unchecked as they are?"
"How did you vote on the matter-"
It was chaotic maddness, and not the kind that the twins liked. Instinctively Harry reached out for his friends' hands. George looked down to Harry who looked pale, then looked at his brother to see that Fred had taken on a look of stubbornness that only happened when he was set on protecting someone. That someone was Harry Black, and so he would also protect the boy. Looking back down at the small child, he knew that little Harry would need all the help he could get, after all no one got scars like he did if they were raised normally.
The Weasley twins were far smarter than anyone gave them credit for, save maybe Professor Mcgonagall, who often yelled at them for only using their brains for pranks instead of their classes. They could tell that Harry hadn't had a fun childhood, so without even having to talk to each other, they decided that they would be his friend, and give some of their joy to him.
Tonks looked behind her to see her cousin, little Harry looking quite scared. 'Mustn't like crowds' she thought to herself as she turned back to search for her idiot cousin Sirius Black. 'How he turned out Lord is beyond me, bloody annoying him being in charge of the family...and yet probably the best thing that ever happened to the Black family.' She grudgingly admitted to herself. 'Afterall, he let mum, dad and I into the family'.
Harry didn't like the reporters at all, it was like when he was with the Potters. They ignored him. 'Sirius won't ignore me!' Harry chanted to himself, glad that his two newest friends didn't ignore him either, holding his hands, even though they didn't have to.
Sirius Black strode out of the Wizengamot with purpose. It had been only half successful, the laws regarding muggles and werewolves hadn't changed for the worse, but they also hadn't really changed for the better either. 'The wizarding world is politically constipated' Sirius chuckled to himself, if he didn't laugh he may just scream in frustration.
Ignoring all the reporters he made his way over to where he spotted Tonks, strangely enough with her stood Arthur Weasley, the twins he could only assume we're Fred and George Weasley, and between them stood a very unnerved looking Harry. 'Doesn't like reporters.' Sirius mentally berated himself.
"Let's get out of here, before the reporters catch us." Sirius said without even greeting the group, ushering them out towards the Auror section of the building.
"At was close." Sirius said when he judged they were far enough away from the maddness. "Arthur it's been a while, how's Molly?" He shook hands with the red haired man. Harry moved to his side, Sirius gave him a small hug.
"She's well enough, though I think the twins are going to be the death of her sanity." He smiled.
"Tonks, how do you like Harry." Sirius's eyes moved to his cousin as he put his hand on his sons shoulder.
"He's nothing like you, meaning that he's wonderful." Tonks raised her eye brows teasing the Lord of her House.
"And you young men, been spending time with my son. One can only imagine the reason why your out of school...I must admit I was only ever suspended twice, and never in second year. Quite troublesome I imagine you two." The Marauder grinned knowing at he twins, who grinned back.
"We must be going Lord Black, I have so many things to do and I need to figure out what to do with theses two. We'll probably see you some time in the future." Arthur Weasley looked at his two sons, motioning for them to move.
"S'alright Harry, I'm sure we can convince our parents to come visit." The twins said to Harry, as he frowned.
Sirous, noticing his sons sadness suddenly had an idea. "How long are they suspended for Arthur?"
"Two more weeks." Mr Weasley blinked, unsure of where the conversation was headed.
"And you have nowhere for them to go?"
"They have to come with me to work because Molly is visiting a friend." He replied.
"Tell you what, Harry seems to have taken a shine to your sons. He hasn't many friend, and fewer his age. If your alright with it, I will take them for the two weeks. You can of course come check on them, even take them at night. I would be happy to watch them." Sirius smiled at his own genius.
"I...well, it... They're quite mischievous." Arthur Weasley spluttered.
"As was I. Trust me there is nothing they can do that I can't handle." Sirius Black smiled at the three smiles on the faces of the young boys. "By the sounds of things you don't really have any other choice."
Reluctantly the Weasley patriarch agreed and said he'd bring some of the twins things over that night.
"You are so screwed." Tonks whispered in Sirius's ear.
