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Chapter Dedication: amazingtofu, Leanora, BellaPur, Delilah's Soliloquy, yellow 14 and MssrsMWPP. Special thanks to MssrsMWPP who went back and reviewed all the chapters I've written so far!

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Quick Summary: Sirius finds Tonks in the drawing room of 12 Grimmauld Place (where the Black Family tapestry is).

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Curiosity

"What'cha doing in here Tonks?" Sirius asked his cousin's daughter who was standing in front of the Black Family Tapestry, staring at it intently.

"You know what they say, curiosity killed the cat,"

Sirius just looked at her.

"I guess it's a Muggle saying,"

"This thing depresses me really," Sirius told her, "My dear mother made us look at it so often and memorize I could probably recite it from memory if I tried hard enough,"

"Did you sit in here with my mother?"

"When she was here, her and her sisters joined my brother and I,"

"Regulus Arcturus Black, born 1961, died 1979," Tonks read, her finger on Regulus' face, "I'm sorry Sirius, can I ask, how did he die?"

"He was a Death Eater, got far in, then decided he wanted out, but you can't turn in a form of resignation to Voldemort,"

"Were you close to him?"

"Before I went to Hogwarts,"

Tonks' finger went to the burn mark where Sirius used to be.

"Was this you?"

"Yeah, that was me, Sirius Orion Black,"

"When did they burn you off?"

"At sixteen, I ran away, went to my friend James Potter's home,"

"James Potter? As in Harry Potter's father?"

"The very one," Sirius said with a sad, faraway look in his eyes.

"You know, we went to babysit you once, James and I, Remus almost came too, but, anyways, you almost exploded the kitchen, Andie never trusted me with you again,"

"That's her, isn't it?" Tonks asked her finger now on Andromeda's burn mark.

"Yeah, that's her,"

"Bellatrix Lestrange and Narcissa Malfoy,"

"My lovely cousins," Sirius said sarcastically.

"I've heard of the Malfoys, they were big at the Ministry, Dad told me once I was related to them through my Mum, but I didn't realize how closely,"

"Draco is your first cousin,"

"And Bellatrix Lestrange, I've never-"

"She's in Azkaban,"

"Why?"

"Death Eater, one of the most devoted ones at that. Her husband and brother-in-law are in there with her. Crazy bunch, saw them come in,"

"She looks a lot like Mum,"

"They got that a lot as kids, annoyed Andie a lot when Bellatrix got put in Azkaban and people kept thinking Andie was Bellatrix escaped,"

"Mum doesn't talk about her childhood a lot,"

"Neither do I, growing up in the House of Black is not pleasant,"

"Who's that?" Tonks asked her finger tracing to a burn spot near Andromeda's father and Sirius' mother.

"Ah, that's Uncle Alphard, the only reason Andie and I survived our childhood, we escaped to his house often, I did especially after my Sorting,"

"Is that why he got burned off?"

"Nah, he got burned off for giving Andie and I money when he died, it was after both of us were disowned. He was fond of you, loved when Andie would bring you around,"

"I met him?"

"Course you did, you used to change your hair to be the same color as his, the color of a Black's, Andie hated it, but it gave Uncle Alphard a good chuckle,"

"Who are all these people?" Tonks traced her finger up the tree touching all the burn marks.

"First one is Eduardus Limette Black, why he was removed we don't know, it got lost over time, next one is Isla Black for marrying a Muggle, then Phineas Black for supporting Muggle rights, after that is Marius Black, he was a Squib, then Cedrella Black for marrying a Weasley, she's Arthur's mother, then Uncle Alphard, Andie, and me," Sirius went through.

"Arthur's mother is a Black?"

"Sure, he's a pureblood isn't he? Almost all pureblooded families somehow relate back to the Blacks,"

"Who burns everyone off?"

"Whoever lives here at the time. I believe my mother holds the record for being able to blast the most off, she got to blast three. It's truly horrible, she made me watch Andie's face burn,"

"That's terrible,"

"That's my mother, you've seen her portrait,"

"Thanks Sirius, for going through this with me, Mum refuses to talk about it, and Dad doesn't really know enough,"

"It's your relatives, you deserve some knowledge, even Azkaban couldn't make me forget it, it was drilled into our heads. I know the Black family tree almost as well as the ABC's,"

"I should get going, I-"

"I know, it's depressing, I wouldn't spend too much time in here," Sirius suggested leaving the room quietly.

"Wait! Sirius!" Tonks called, "What does Toujours Pur mean?"

"Always Pure in French," Sirius replied.

Tonks touched her mother's burn mark one more time before walking out silently and closing the door. Sirius was right, the drawing room at 12 Grimmauld Place wasn't the best place to spend time in.

NOTE: I did not make any of that information up, all of it can be found on Harry Potter Wiki. Seriously, it's all there, Eduardus Limette Black was actually a burned off member, apparently he was on the tree in the OOTP movie which goes back farther than the one we commonly use.

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