I really love the idea of this, I don't even know why.

Also I enjoy changing things from canon so

enjoy that

OMG okay so I'm taking part of this chapter from my other story Raising the Rainbow(just minus the Kinglsey/Alastor talk, take out the dead parents and add in a bit of mother-Bellatrix and there we go)

The rest of the summer passed easily. She was learning more dueling, less of the Hogwarts curriculum, and seemed to be excelling at that. She managed to disarm Sirius the day after she Stunned Alastor, and had managed to take down Alastor twice more- once more with the sparks and once with other real dueling spells.

The morphing was still a slight struggle, but she had found she was starting to be able to control certain things more and more. Often, at dinner, she'd morph her nose different shapes to keep Hermione and Ginny entertained. Her slip up with Hermione hadn't happened since, and neither of the girls mentioned it to her.

She was trusted to join the Order in escorting the kids to King's Cross, albeit under a disguise, with Sirius joining them as a dog. The others who had been with them left them at the station, having to go and do their own errands. Outside the station, Remus extended his arm to Tonks, who placed her hand in the crook of his arm with an amused expression.

"I think it's up to me to ensure you both get home in one piece." Remus said with a smile. "And I do think I might be the best suited for the job."

"How's your chest?" She asked. "Has the moon bothered it?"

"That's the funny thing about magic, Dora. It heals things very easily." Remus remarked.

Sirius barked in amusement, trotting off ahead of them. "Shouldn't dogs be on leads?" Tonks asked, laughing as Sirius veered off to the side of the sidewalk to chase a pigeon.

"I don't fancy trying to get Padfoot into a collar, do you?" Remus asked.

"If we told him it was the latest Muggle fashion, I believe it might actually be." Tonks said lightly. "I saw a teenager when we were in the station, he was wearing one."

"It was covered in spikes, wasn't it? I saw him too. Trust me, that's a recent trend." Remus responded. "Padfoot would love that look."

Sirius seemed to have heard the conversation, as he turned to them and stared. Unfortunately, as a dog, he didn't seem to be getting his point across that he was not amused by the idea of a collar, so he turned and continued walking ahead of them.

"I think I prefer him this way." Tonks said quietly. "Can't get drunk when he's a dog, can he?"

"He has before, I think he'd do it again."

"Has he actually?"

"Our seventh year, he disappeared from the common room during a party. I found a very drunk dog in our dorm an hour later."

"You mean- he-"

"Turned while drunk." Remus responded quietly. "He was too tired to turn back, so he slept as a dog. He didn't snore as much that night, so James suggested he always sleep as a dog."

"Have you ever turned while drunk?" She asked curiously.

He shook his head. "No, I might be the only one who never did."

Tonks laughed. "Sounds like you had some great times at school."

"James was a great man, we all got along so well, I think it was because of him. Your parents liked him, I think you would have too. He knew about you, of course. We were with Sirius when he got the letter from Andromeda. It was nearing Christmas by the time he got the letter, it was a horrible letter for Sirius to read. He was broken, to think of the possibility that his baby cousin- who he never met- was taken and possibly killed by other members of his family. Sirius, James and I didn't want to stay at Hogwarts for the holidays after that. Our fourth friend, Peter, was already going away with his parents, so we stayed with James' parents and just visited our own families. I suppose Ted and Andromeda were the closest family that Sirius could handle being around. Your parents were good company, despite what had just happened. They knew about me, I suppose, from Sirius. Ted said immediately it was an honour to meet me."

"You are an honourable person, anyone should be honoured to know you."

"You're a terrible liar."

"I'm not lying, Remus. You're a good man, you just need to help to see that."

"Why is that you're so nice?" Remus asked. "After all, you were raised by-"

"I know, Bellatrix Lestrange." She interrupted. "She was never a bad person to me. She said she wanted to protect me, I never wanted for anything when she around- except to go outside- and she-"

"She didn't let you go outside?" Remus asked, frowning.

"No, she said the outside world was dangerous."

"And?" Remus prompted. "Do you think it's dangerous?"

Tonks stopped walking as they entered an alleyway behind Sirius(a shortcut to Grimmauld), and Remus was forced to stop. For a second he didn't realise why, but when he saw her wide eyes, he followed her gaze and saw it. Hooded figures were walking towards them. Sirius had frozen too, and when the trio turned to leave the alleyway again, found their paths blocked by more hooded figures.

A/N from CH19 of RtR- the story I took this from and edited: (("Remus, so often melancholy and lonely, was first amused then impressed then seriously smitten by the young witch."

I hope to capture all three feelings, I may mess up in regards to that, but I love this quote so much.

And yes, the drunk dog story was inspired by the tumblr post about a drunk James turning into Prongs and being unable to turn back.))

Also, bringing baby-mama drama in again. Because why not.