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Week 26
A long Talk with Charlie
On Sunday night, when I finally pulled myself off the floor, I realized that I had not even looked at Charlie's note that he had sent. I decided that before I read his letter, I should wash my face, because my eyeliner had made black streaks down my face. Ugh. Eyeliner is murder to get off, especially when it dries on your face and stays there for a long time. Remus' owl has gotten on to its perch since I left. What a good bird he is. I walked over to the coffee table and picked up Charlie's letter, and sat on the comfy chair in the corner and began to read:
Dear Tonks;
It's great to hear from you. I really miss you too, but not to worry; I'm well. I'm really glad that everything worked out in the end concerning your exMy vacationtime starts this weekend or Isuppose it's this weekend coming. My parents have talked me into coming home; apparently there is something I have to see and that it can't wait for Christmas vacation. So I guess that I should expect you at my parents' house for supper on Friday night; my parents decided that they should have a party at their house because they convinced me to come home. That is if you done' have a date with Remus that night. I haven't heard much about what's going on at home, but what I have heard I haven't liked. I will come and visit you when I get home; I promise I will. And you can show me whatever it is that you want to show me.I should go some of the guys and I are going out for a night on the town.
Love ya forever
Charlie
Wow. A party at the Weasley's; this is going to be fun. It's too bad that I have no idea that were he is. I don't know if he's surrounded by people or alone in the woods, bleeding and dying, wishing someone where there to find him. Oh, Remus. I started crying again, and I put my head in my arms, and stayed there for all of Sunday.
The week crawled by; nothing I did could take my mind of the fact that Remus was somewhere, where I wasn't. With that thought I could not bear to do anymore thinking on the subject, but it was so hard to do so. For I love Remus so much. By Wednesday, Molly Weasley sent me an owl, telling me that I was officially invited to Charlie's welcome home party on Friday night; remembering that Charlie was coming home made the week a little more bearable, not by much, but a little.
Friday night finally came around, and I got dressed up to go to the Weasley's house. Hermione would be there and so would Ginny so, it would be easier to talk to them as well. Before I left, Remus' bird was making a fuss, so I opened the window she he could go out and stretch its wings and calm down. I then proceeded to put the rest of my make up, then I apparated to the front door of the Weasley house, and knocked on the door. The door swung open and there stood Ginny. She's grown so tall since the last time I saw her. She let out a high pitched squeak and yelled "Tonks". She came forward and gave me a huge hug. She invited me in and I followed.
I walked into the living room, and saw Molly and Arthur, Bill and Charlie, Ginny and Ron with Hermione...wait a minute where are ... Snap! Fred and George apparated behind me and put their hands on my shoulders and said "Hi Tonks." It nearly scared me out of my skin.
"Come and sit down Tonks" Ginny said patting a chair beside her.
"Hey Ginny; How are you? Hi, I'm Tonks" I said to Hermione and Ginny.
"Hi I'm Hermione"
"I'm great Tonks. Hey Hermione, did I ever tell you that Tonks, here is a Metamorphmagus?" Ginny asked Hermione.
"Really? I didn't they existed anymore." Hermione answered intrigued.
"Yup. She's one in a million...Literary." Ginny replied.
"One of us she is." Fred and George said to Hermione.
Well this is quite an introduction I'm getting.
"But we love her just the same don't we guys." Charlie ends the introduction with an amazing statement.
The family (in unison) yelled 'YES!'
"Thank you guys" I answered the cheer. I then changed my appearance to look like one of the Weasley's. I made my hair red, with green eyes, and made my nose a bit larger, while my face shifted to make my nose not look so awkward. I turn to Hermione who was watching me intently.
"You looked like you wanted to ask me that, so, how do I look?" I said.
"You look great, thanks you. I've never met a metamorphmagus. Wow." Hermione replied.
Charlie walked over to me and gave me a big hug, and whispered that he missed me.
"How are you all? How's Egypt bill?" I asked the crowd.
"Egypt's great, although I have asked to be transferred to England, so I can be closer to home. You know with everything happening, I wouldn't want to be so far away. It takes about 6 months to a year to have the transfer to go through, but still, it's nice to know their processing it." Bill stated.
"Sounds great Bill. What ever you do will be great." I replied. Then Charlie came over to where I sat and picked up my hand and pulled me up and said;
"Came walk with me...Please."
"Okay. Excuse me from the conversation. I'll be right back." I told Bill, Ginny and Hermione.
Charlie and I walked outside on the walkway in the Weasley's backyard that leads to a meadow. The scenery was very beautiful; all the flowers were coming out, the grass was green and the night was warm. Charlie and I made it into the middle of the meadow, and we both sat down in our usual spots that we had inhabited when we were children. It looked like it had when we were young, like the meadow had never changed.
"How are you? Truthfully."Charlie asked.
"I'm falling apart, Charlie. I have no idea where Remus is. I haven't heard from him in a week. Dumbledore sent him on some mission, I can only assume, and he wasn't allowed to tell me anything; where he is, or if he needs help. He shouldn't be out in the world without someone with him. I need him, with me. Last time, I knew where he was, I knew that I had to wait so many days before I could find him. But I knew where he was. Now, now, I have no idea where he is, if he's hurt, if he needs help, if he's cold in the wilderness, or if he's laying in the middle of nowhere dying alone, with no one to help him." I told Charlie, fight back the tears that I knew where going to come anyway. He put his arm around me, and I placed my head on his shoulder, and whispered "I'm scared I will never see him again."
"Shhh...I know. It'll be alright. Everything will be alright, Tonks. He'll come back, he's a werewolf, they have an incredible sense of direction and know where home is." Charlie comforted.
"How did you know that he is a werewolf?" I asked astonished that he would know.
"It was on the radio on the train yesterday." He answered seriously
"Really?"
"No, Ron told me last summer that the Defence teacher was a werewolf." Charlie explained
"Oh"
"Anyway, werewolves also have an extreme sense of loyalty too, along with many other qualities."
"I thought you worked with dragons, not werewolves."
"I do, I just did some research on werewolves after you told me that you were going out with Remus."
"I'm glad you still care. Anyway, there's something I need to tell you. And you have to promise me that you won't go all crazy on me. Okay. Voldemort is back and he's getting more dangerous by the minute. Dumbledore has an organization starting up the Order of the Phoenix at Sirius Black's house which is located at 12 Grimmauld Place. It's where we have meetings of great importance; and talk about recent events. Are you okay? You look kind of, I don't know, amazed." I asked Charlie.
"Ya. It's just, I had heard about Voldemort coming back, and that the Order Of the Phoenix was starting up again, I was assuming, it already had, and I just hadn't been invited to join because of living in Romania and not being in England a lot; Although my parents are taking the family to a secret house for the rest of the summer on Sunday." Charlie Explained.
"Oh wow, it's starting to get late. Maybe we should go back to your house, Charlie." I said.
"Um, sure, let's go." Charlie replied.
We walked in silence for several minutes thinking about the discussion we just had. There were so many things being said that it needed to sink in.
"Will I see you on Sunday?" Charlie asked when we were nearing the house.
"Yes, I'll be there on Sunday. Oh, and Charlie, could you not tell anyone that I'm dating Remus. Please?" I replied.
"Your secret is safe with me."Charlie responded
"Thanks" I answered. We walked a bit more until we got to the house, and I gave him a hug. We went through the door, and I noticed that most of the Weasley family were off doing their own thing. I walked over to Ginny and Hermione trying to keep up a conversation.
"Hi girls." I started.
"Hey Tonks." Hermione said jumping
"Tonks. I was just telling Hermione about when you used to stay with us." Ginny said as though I had been sitting there listening the whole time.
"Those were extremely fun times. We would have so much fun and made trouble for everyone." I stated.
"That's what Ginny was saying. You and Charlie were the original Troublemakers of this family. It's amazing you never got in trouble. Everyone else got in trouble, but always remained innocent." Hermione said it awe.
"I'm a metamorphmagus. But, Dumbledore always knew that I was causing trouble, he gave me detention once or twice, but it was all good fun when it happened." I told Hermione and Ginny.
"Better or worse than Fred and George?" Ginny asked
"Hey!" Fred and George yelled "We're amazing at Hogwarts."
"About the same. Charlie and I did different things." I answered.
"Come on children, off to bed." Molly told her younger kids. Ginny, Ron, Hermione went to bed; while Fred and George went upstairs to work out some sort new product.
"I should probably go home. Thank you all so much. I see you all on Sunday." I said as I hugged everyone good bye.
When I got home I noticed that Remus' owl was back from his outing with a letter in its beak. It was Remus' hand writing, so I left it on the table, so I could open it later. This has been my week.
Week 27
Sirius' House of Entertainment
I got up early Sunday morning, got dressed and apparated to Grimmauld Place. I still had Remus' letter in my back pocket that I hadn't opened yet. I was going to spend the day with Charlie and Sirius. When I got there Sirius was the only one up and about. He looked worried, and his face was drawn out.
"Hey Sirius. What's the matter?" I asked
"Hey Tonks. Have you heard from Remus lately?" He asked, avoiding my question.
"Yes, I got 2 letters from him, why?" I asked.
"Cause in his last letter I got, he said that he was in trouble and needed help. Did your last letter say that?" he wondered.
"I haven't opened it yet." I blushed at my stupidity. I took his letter out of my pocket and read it silently.
My Dearest Nymph;
I think I may be in danger. I can't tell you everything through a letter, but you must believe me. My travels have led me to Azkaban in search a certain people that could help us. I need you to come find me if I do not make it to our secret hiding place on Thursday evening at 9 pm, for I have vital information.
With all my heart do I love you
Moony.
"He's fine Sirius. The only time we would have to worry about him is if he isn't here on Thursday night. Other than that, he's fine." I reassured Sirius.
"Thanks Tonks." Sirius replied.
"Sirius, honestly, what's wrong?" I asked
"It's just, I'm in love Tonks." He said sitting down on the kitchen chair.
"With who?" I asked intently.
"Mildred Clearwater" Sirius answered
"Mildred Clearwater as in Penelope Clearwater's aunt? The one that said she would not date you, even if you had inherited the Black family fortune. That Mildred Clearwater?" I continued to ask
"Yes, That one. She has been asked to come to the Order meeting this Friday night and I don't want to hear another word to anyone about it." Sirius said now getting flustered; he got up and went into the living room to open up a window. As the window opened, an owl came screeching in, and slid on the table.
"The Weasley's bird. I think that they should get a new one." Sirius muttered. The letter goes as follows:
Dear Sirius and most likely Tonks,
There is a disturbance at the ministry today that has tied up most of the family, so we will be at Grimmauld place on Friday for the meeting. Sorry Tonks, I know you were looking forward to seeing Charlie again.
Love always
The Weasley Family
"Sirius, I think I'm going to keep you company all week." I told him gleefully.
"Are you sure you really want to do that?" He asked cautiously.
"Yes I am. I'll be right back." I informed him before apparating into my own apartment to get some things to wear for the duration of a week, to better keep Sirius in the information loop. I then apparated to his house and made myself at home.
The rest of the week went rather slowly, work became boring, because the minister is still in denial about you know who returning, while life at Grimmauld place was really quite quiet. That is, until Thursday, when Sirius and I were waiting up for Remus to come home. So, Sirius and I decided to play a game to get to know each other so much better than we already do. Sitting on the couch, we started to play the 20 question game.
"What was your favourite prank when you were at Hogwarts?" I started
"Come on Tonks, that isn't fair. The Marauders paved the way for pranks" Sirius tried to sneak his way out of saying just one.
"Just pick one, than." I pushed.
"Fine. I was in third year along with the rest of the marauders; we were in the court yard watching everything. Then we see Snape and Lily talking about something intense. Anyway, they kept it up for oh, about 30 minutes, then he hugged her. Now James had a crush on her since day one, so James and I had raced right into the court yard and made sparks fly around Snape's face. The sparks only last a couple minutes and they do burn a little but it goes away, and it doesn't leave any marks. Lily was mad for days after that. Happy?" Sirius told me.
"Very." I answered, than I heard a pop sounds, and someone appeared in front of us.
"You're sitting in my spot Sirius." A voice said, then Remus appeared. I jumped up and threw myself at him grabbing him and hugging him tight. I didn't want to let go. I never want to let go of him.
"Let the poor man breathe Tonks." Sirius said half laughing.
"Oh, Ya, sorry."I said letting go of him. I proceeded to kiss him passionately on the lips that lasted several long minutes before I totally let go of him and let him breathe.
"It's nice to see you too Nymphadora my love. I'm so sorry, I wish I could tell you everything right now, but I can't. Dumbledore made me promise I wouldn't until the meeting tomorrow night when I have to tell everyone. I'm so sorry." Remus babbled
"It's okay Remus. I understand. As long as I find out somehow. It'll be alright." I reassured him.
"Remus can we talk for a moment, privately ?" Sirius asked.
"Ya, sure. Um, Nymph, I'll meet you up in your usual room, okay?" Remus called out to me.
"Sure." I replied as I walked up the stairs.
"What do you mean usual room? What have you been doing here without me knowing?" Sirius asked panicking.
"Oh, never you mind Sirius." Remus answered. And with that I became out of range of hearing.
While waiting for Remus and Sirius to stop talking I got ready for bed. I brushed my hair and teeth, put on some sleepwear, including socks, and waited for Remus to come up to talk to me. But the later it got the more tired I became, so I turned off my light and decided that I would go to sleep. Sometime in the night I assume Remus must have come in my room and slept in bed next to me. Stupid bed next to me. Anyway, when I woke up the whole household was already moving. Molly and the rest of the Weasley's including Hermione were trying to clean the house before the meeting. Trying is the key word in that sentence. It wasn't easy, and most of us spent the day apart. Everyone was so busy that day that we barely even saw anyone at all. I didn't even see Charlie until that night at the meeting.
At the meeting everyone one was there. The kitchen, where we normally have our meetings was too small, so we moved the meeting into the drawing room, which was still too small, but never the less, bigger than the kitchen. Dumbledore came in last, he asked that the children go upstairs for a little while and they will be told what they need to know after by Molly. After they left, the meeting began. Dumbledore told the group what some of the other members had been doing, and what they are doing right now. He explained that Hagrid is in the north looking for giants, while Moody has been rounding up retired Aurors to make them join the cause. After Dumbledore got the order all up to speed on recent events, he asked Remus to tell the group what he had learned.
"I went to Azkaban, to talk to Grindlewald to see if I could find out the names of some of his followers. It was a long and tedious process to get the names, most of the people he named off have since died of natural causes I assure you, but I have found a couple and they are all deceptively crazy and should not be trusted at all. I'm sorry Dumbledore; I have no other news but that." Remus reported to the order.
"Where you followed, overheard in your conversations or hurt during this campaign?" Dumbledore asked him.
"I was followed for sometime, although no one over heard me, and even if they did I used general questions. No one found out anything from this trip." Remus answered honestly.
"Alright, thank you Remus. I'm now going to give new assignments to those who have completed their assignments, and to those who still are working on them good luck. We will have another meeting in two weeks. Be safe." Dumbledore ended the meeting.
"Professor. I haven't had an assignment for over a month, what do you want me to do?" I asked.
"I want you to continue to love Remus, as long as possible, Nymphadora." Dumbledore replied, he turned away and then left the building. The members of the Order left quickly and didn't stay around for along, although, Mildred Clearwater was last seen talking to Sirius in a corner when Remus made a suggestion that we go back to my apartment to have coffee.
To be quite honest, we lied about the coffee part; we went back to my apartment to spend two days completely alone. Just the two of us, together. After the past week he said that he didn't want to be alone for awhile. Remus had told me that the things he had seen when he doing this assignment for Dumbledore really hit him hard. He never wanted to let me out of his sight. It was almost like if I was out of his sight something bad would happen. He was really scared and I believed him. We spent Friday night cuddled up under a blanket just talking, about random things that didn't matter. When the sun set Remus, asked if he could sleep with me, I obviously didn't mind. That night we feel asleep in each other's arms; and it felt wonderful, like I belonged. The next day we stayed in bed talking about anything we could thing of. It was such a blissful moment, the whole day. Friday and Saturday were the best days with Remus so far. So I guess that was my week.
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