A/N: Yeah didn't this take time to post hun? Sorry about that! And this is just a filler chapter, Urgh, but I'll post another one Thursday, ok? Hope that helps, it's already started, if that eases your worries! And the Italics at the and are a Flashback. And even though it's just filler, we have a couple of special guests, one known one unknown, but more on that later. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: Tonks- Totally Original: Never (J)K's Story. I won't give it up, but in case you couldn't tell still not mine.

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The next morning I got up moving slower than usual as I made to get dressed. Ignoring any thoughts that had occurred after dropping T off- especially the ones about maybe liking her. Or is it Tiffany now? No I'll stick to T, Tiffany is personal, and I don't need to get personal. Then a thought occurred to me, Hermione- she would be devastated when she realized she hadn't planned how T was going to get to the Ministry. Well maybe not devastated, but she would be highly upset.

I started moving at a faster pace. And the next thing I know, I was apparating into the Ministry, and walking to Hermione's office.

She wasn't there.

So I tried Ron's… he wasn't there either. That was strange. He's always here early like me. Then I started thinking, what if they all went out to breakfast together, without me? Not that there was anything wrong with that, its just… well it would have been nice to know about it. What if I had wanted to go too?

I took these thoughts with me back to my office. I saw the pile of paperwork I had left last week. I smirked remembering how Ron had said 'it's not like some big thing is going to happen, and we'll forget about it'. If we only knew.

I started working on it, but just like that night, I didn't take a word of it in. And then suddenly my door opened.

"Hey Harry" Ron chirped.

"Morning Harry" Hermione added behind him.

"Where were you two?" I said more peeved than I meant to.

"Er…" Ron let out.

"Work doesn't start for another five minutes, Harry" Hermione answered.

"But you're- well Ron is usually here earlier than I am" I said ignoring the fact that she was technically right.

"Oh, well since Hermione wasn't going St. Mungo's we slept in. We even made breakfast together." Ron said happily.

"Of course by 'we' he means me." Hermione added.

"Oh, so you didn't go out with…" I said cutting myself off.

"Go out with? Go out with whom?" Hermione questioned

"Nothing forget it" I said quickly.

"You alright mate? Something seems off" Ron stated.

"I'm fine, it was just weird not seeing you drooling on your desk for once" I said trying to change the subject.

"Ha, ha Harry" Ron quipped.

I figured I should speak about T now, save them the worry about it later.

"Just before I apparated yesterday, I remembered that T probably would have a hard time getting in, so I waited for her by her house and offered to go get her but-" I started.

"But she had already made plans with Fred and George" Ron finished.

"Er… yeah, how did you know?" I asked.

"Well Fred and George grabbed her just as I had offered to apparate her, if it would be easier. Then they asked her if she wanted to meet them for breakfast to discuss the shop." Hermione explained.

"Oh" was all I could think to say.

"Wait a minute…" Ron said looking as if something wasn't about to click, but hadn't yet.

"Is that why you thought we went out? Because you knew she was going out with Fred and George?" Hermione quizzed.

"No, well sort of, I was just wondering is all. I mean its ok, if you would have, it just would have been nice if someone had given me a heads up" I said realizing how lame I sounded with each word.

"Don't worry, you know I would have told you" Ron said.

"By he, he means me you know that right?" Hermione added.

"Hey, I would've done it. I know how much Harry likes her-" Ron said grinning.

"Stop saying that. I don't like her" I said angrily.

"You don't like who?"

The voice came from behind me. I turned hoping to see anyone but T. It was T. It was going to be a long day.

"Just someone I used to know, who Ron swore I had a crush on." I said quickly.

"Oh. Why were you talking about her?" T asked.

"Er…" I started unprepared for more questions.

"Because we just saw her on our way in. She works here too." Hermione answered.

"Oh, must be a downer to see exes. I have a question though; does everyone from Hogwarts work here? Talking with Fred and George I got the impression, that they were a rare pair in opening their own business." She asked.

"Yes, most people do end up working for the Ministry, St. Mungo's, Gringott's, or they teach." Hermione answered.

"Besides, they're a rare pair period, the gits" Ron replied with a smirk.

"I know Ickle Ronniekins wasn't talking about us?" George came in behind T.

"And if he was?" T asked smiling.

"He wouldn't like it tomorrow when a spider appeared in his underwear, that's all" George said casting Ron a 'just say one wrong word' look.

"No I wasn't talking about you guys, I was talking about the gits in the International, office." Ron said quickly.

"What are doing here George?" T asked still smiling.

Why did she smile so much when anything having to do with the twins was mentioned?

"Aah, well Fred and I had meant to give you something for being our test dummy that day, but it must have slipped our minds at breakfast in the fun. Here it's a Skiving Snackbox" George said handing her the box.

"Excellent, now I can try the Nosebleed Nougat." T said looking in the box eagerly.

"That's right, best use it to get out of something like a boring day of Auror stuff" George said with a smirk.

"Hey" Ron blurted.

"Thanks, I'll remember that" T said smiling.

"Well I let Fred go to the shop, but I can't let him have all the fun, see ya" George said then left.

"Harry can I leave this in your office?" T asked.

"Sure T" I said.

"So do you think you'll help them out then?" Ron asked.

"Maybe, I definitely want to. It's just a couple of Saturdays a year at the most if I just do it when the students from the school are coming. But it's still too early to decide. I said I'd have to see how the rest of my time here went. Just because I had a couple of fine days, doesn't mean they all will be like that. And that reminds me, here Ron" T said reaching in her pocket and pulling out Galleons.

"Woah, where'd you get money- well wizard money from?" Ron said looking at her count them out.

"Oh, that's right I only showed Hermione. Dumbledore left a bag full of the stuff in case I ever needed it, so he said. I just never used it. And you won the bet, I didn't just have a good day I had a good weekend." She said as she got ten counted.

"It's alright, keep it. I just like the bragging rights" Ron said.

"You sure? I like to think I'm a girl of her word." T said still trying to give it to him.

"I'm sure. When I was younger I would have jumped on the chance." Ron said.

"Ok, but I'll save it for you; I'll get you a gift worth 10 Galleons then, how about that?" T asked.

"Ok then" Ron said.

"Well now that everything's settled, I guess we should do some work until Training later." Hermione said.

"What time does this thing start again?" T asked.

"Not until 10" Hermione answered.

"Really, I could've caught some more sleep back at my house then. What am I supposed to do until then?" T said thinking about it.

"You take a tour."

We turned to see Kingsley standing in the doorway with Seamus.

"Morning guys" Seamus said.

"Hi Seamus" we all said.

"A tour?" T quizzed.

"Yup, if you're going to be coming here as often as I expect I want you to get familiar with this place.

"Excellent, we should start with-" Ron started.

"We won't be doing anything but paperwork. I'm doing the tour. You guys have papers that are due on my desk by this afternoon I believe, and I have a funny feeling you haven't finished them." Kingsley stated.

I looked away guiltily. As this was my office, the batch of papers on the desk was a tip off.

"Right" I replied.

"A tour with Mr. Head Auror himself, why I think I'd be delighted." T said grabbing Kingsley's hand and taking a bow.

"Cute. Come on" Kingsley said.

"Why did you just call me cute? I'm blushing you just can't see it" T said smiling.

"You're going to make this whole tour a pain in my arse aren't you?" Kingsley asked.

"Only if you let me" T replied.

"Come on" Kingsley said as he walked out the door.

"Yes Mr. Tour Guide Sir! Hey are we there yet?" T asked following behind him.

"You know maybe I should let them arrest you after all" Kingsley said turning to her.

"No need to make idle threats, I'll tone it down. But one question" T said.

"What?" he said agitated.

"Does this place have a gift shop?" T asked smiling.

Kingsley just walked down the hallway, muttering to himself.

"You know, I think that breakfast with Fred and George corrupted her mind." Ron said with a smile.

"Yes, well she better hope Kingsley isn't in our Training session today, otherwise he'll get her back." Hermione pointed out.

'Blimey, that would be excellent though, wouldn't it?" Seamus said taking a seat.

"Not for T" I added.

"Worried about your new crush?" Ron said in an annoying voice.

"Shut it already Ron. It's bad enough she almost heard us earlier." I spat.

"What crush? Wait a minute… Harry do you like Tiffany?"

As Hermione said it, her mouth was twisting into that knowing smile I hate so much.

"No. I. Don't." I said simply.

"Harry this is excellent I told Mrs. Weasley at dinner that she was wrong, but I can tell her she was right." Hermione squealed.

"Is anyone listening? I don't like her." I said for what felt like the hundredth time.

"Though I think she seems to like George, but I can always ask-" She continued as if I hadn't said anything.

I pulled out my wand and silenced her. Ron and Seamus laughed.

"Listen to me everyone. I DO NOT LIKE T. SHE IS ONLY A FRIEND. RON STOP SAYING I DO. SEAMUS STOP ADDING TO HIS COMMENTS. AND HERMIONE DON'T TELL MRS. WEASLEY ANYTHING OR ASK T ABOUT IT." I yelled.

They all just looked at me. Hermione a little more peeved than Ron and Seamus. I took the spell off her.

"There wasn't any reason to silence me. We're civilized adults now Harry, if you would have just asked me to listen I would have." Hermione said.

"Yeah mate, we were only joking, we won't do it anymore" Rob added.

Seamus just nodded in agreement. I felt my anger subsiding slightly.

"Well, I guess we better get started on out paperwork" Hermione said.

"Right" I said in a normal voice.

"I'll just go back to my office; I'll meet you guys down there, at 10." Seamus said.

"You should get there at least 10 minutes early." Hermione added.

"Ok"

They all left. I was beginning to feel bad about screaming but, they weren't listening. And I know Hermione; she's not going to let it die. It'll be sitting in her mind until I admit- I mean, until someone else comes to her attention. I started working on the paper work to help put it out of mind.

The next thing I know Ron and Hermione are knocking on my door so we can get ready to train. We head to the training rooms and no one is really talking. I'm about to apologize when we see a bunch of people as we get off the lift.

"What's going on?" I ask.

"Dunno" Ron replies.

"Isn't obvious?" Hermione stated.

"No" Ron and I reply.

"Kingsley must have called a group session." She sais enlightening us.

"Oh" Ron replied.

"Well, I guess its not that surprising after he realized most people weren't practicing" I added.

"No it isn't. Look there's T and Seamus." Hermione announces.

They walk over towards us. As they walk through the crowd, many of the Aurors are probably wondering two things: 1) why is Seamus here? And 2) who is she?

"Take a picture it'll last longer… in fact it'll move too won't it?" T snapped at one of the younger Aurors.

He seemed caught off guard at first but just smirked anyways a bit after.

"I guess this would be the group session you guys were talking about? I don't think I realized there were this many Aurors" Seamus said.

"I guess there are quite a bit, it did become the job 'in fashion' so to speak after the war." Hermione admitted.

"Well it is was always what I wanted to be, Wothcher guys"

It was Tonks.

"Hey Tonks" we all said, except T.

"I've always wanted to be one too" Ron stated.

"So did I once I found out it existed" I added.

"What about you Hermione?" T asked.

"Are you kidding, she mocked it" Ron blurted.

"I didn't mock it. I just said there were other worthwhile things in life besides being an Auror." Hermione stated matter of factly.

"And" Tonks said cutting off a probable argument, "who is this? And why might I add are you here Seamus?" Tonks asked.

"How rude of us, Tonks this is-" Hermione stated.

"Don't worry about introductions Granger, I'm about to enlighten everybody." Kingsley said walking by us.

"Oh, that reminds me how did your tour go with Kingsley?" Ron whispered, because most people had started quieting down.

"It was… eventful." T whispered.

"What?" Ron said.

"Quiet" Kingsley bellowed from the front.

Everybody became quiet.

"So as you were all aware I called for you to train today, what you might not have been aware of is that I called everybody to train today thus- a group session." He stated.

People murmured.

"Glad you're so happy about it. As you may have also noticed is that we have two non-Aurors in our presence. One you may know or have seen around from the Accidental Magic Reversal Squad, Mr. Seamus Finnigan. The other is a special young lady by the name of T. They will both be joining in our session today, and that's all there is to say about that" Kingsley explained.

"Why?" The same young Auror who was looking at T asked.

"Banks, did you here me say 'and that's all there is to say about that'?" Kingsley questioned.

"Er… yes sir" Banks replied.

"Then why would you ask me why?" Kinsley quizzed.

"Erm… sorry sir" Banks responded.

"I know you are, but hopefully you will impress me today and change my opinion of you. I will be splitting up the teams. We will have two one hour sessions, is that clear?" Kingsley spoke.

There was a murmuring of agreement.

"Good. The first session, will be set in groups of 6. I'll save you the trouble of counting and tell you that there are 24 of you and that means four groups total. The second session will be two big groups. But more on those specifics later. Listen up as I announce your groups. Group 1: Dawlish…" Kingsley started yelling names for group one as he walked through the Aurors.

"Do you think he'll put us all together?" Ron asked.

"Probably for this one but not the next one." Hermione stated.

"But I don't want to be on anyone else's team. What if I have to defend myself against one of you guys?" T stated.

"Don't worry, they'll be fine. Nothing a quick trip to the infirmary won't fix anyhow. Just work your wand like you were meant to" Tonks said trying to comfort her.

Before we could enlighten Tonks, Kingsley approached.

"Group 4, last but not least: Finnigan, Granger, T, Tonks, Potter and Weasley. Go suit up. And remember I'll be watching." Kingsley stated.

We started walking towards the big room. Seamus and T stopped and looked at it in amazement.

"This is way bigger than the other rooms" T said.

"How would you know?" Ron asked.

"On the tour. Kingsley showed me the others and told me how they work. He said he didn't want me to see everything for the first time during the session. But he didn't show me this room because he said we'd be using it." T explained.

"Well grab some stuff before all the good stuff is taken." Ron advised.

"I already got." T said as she lifted up her pants legs to show ankle braces. And she pulled the mouth guard out her pocket.

"How did you...?" Ron Started.

"Kingsley" T said simply.

We grabbed whatever we needed. All the groups met in the middle. Then Kingsley's voice sounded through the room. He was in the observation deck.

"Good. Glad to see everyone is ready promptly. This is a team effort. The shooters on the walls and ceilings have been set to target certain members of your team- two to be exact. You must do everything in your power to make sure they stay untouched. Every time they are hit you're team loses points. You must also try and get the other teams targets. That means you must pay attention people. I shouldn't have to remind you that, just because one of the shooters hits someone does not mean they are the target. They could have blocked someone else form getting hurt, or simply been in the way. If you believe you are the Target then I suggest you defend yourself as best as possible. Though your team is there to help you, it would be quite beneficial to you all if you could help yourself. You have three minutes to claim a starting area and plan your attack. Go" Kingsley's voice explained.

We took off to the nearest corner.

"You know, this sounds like it's really going to hurt" T stated scared.

"Not if you don't get hit." Ron said with a smile.

"Tiffany, can you block actual spells, or only solid objects?" Hermione asked her.

"Why all the funny questions, and why doesn't she have her wan out?" Tonks quizzed.

"Tiffany?" Hermione asked.

But T seemed to be in a different world.

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T's Different World- In other words what she's thinking.

"Focus T. I need you to focus." He asked.

"I'm trying." I yelled.

"You must try harder" He said.

"Maybe I just can't do it" I said.

Dumbledore helped me up. I dusted off.

"T you can block spells you just have to concentrate." He said.

"I keep telling you I am. If I really can do it, then there's something else missing" I replied.

"And what do you think is missing then? So perhaps we can find it" He said with a smile.

"I'm serious Old Dude, unless we stat trying to come up with something else, I'm giving up. I'm tired of you shooting spells at me, and me getting blasted off my feet into walls, garbage, and landing on my ass" I said.

"I can see you are serious by your choice of language. Language is another way to learn control over your emotions. What one says when their emotions are on high can be terrible. You must learn to use better ways to express yourself." He said looking at me sternly.

I just nodded my head.

"Can we stop for today?" I asked him.

"Let's give it one more Gryffindor try" He said.

"Fine." I said.

I got into position, and he walked over some feet away and got into his casting position.

"Ready?" he asked.

"As ready as I'll ever be" I replied.

"Stu-" he started.

I sneezed.

"Pefy" he finished

As the jet of red light shot at me, my reflexes to put my hands up to my face had kicked in. I was at the tail end of the sneeze when it happened. With my hands still out I screamed "Shoo" and the light deflected back at him.

He easily blocked it and then we both stared at each other, in amazement. I guess his language speech was dead on. With the motion of putting my hands up and saying "Shoo" I could block spells… most of them.

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Back to Harry's POV.

"T?" I said while grabbing her wrist.

"Hun? What? Sorry… I guess I blanked out thinking about something. What was the question again?" She said rubbing her temple.

"The question was can you block spells too?" Hermione said unsurely.

"Yeah… I can block them" T answered.

"Are you sure, this is not the time to be something you're not. It's dangerous out there." Ron said.

"I'm sure. I just remembered how I learned, Dumbledore helped… accidentally." She said now smiling.

"Well save the story for later, right now we need to plan." Hermione said.

"Right, so what is it?" T said.

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Yeah for Tonks appearing. Banks will be important in that way Draco was important to Harry, you know obnoxious, thinks he knows everything, yada yada yada. Especially since the Draco in this story will still be obnoxious but now slightly likeable… but that's not close yet. And I never want to put the story in Tiff's POV so if anything ever happens that she would need to tell, it will be done flashback style, daydream moment, or whatever you want to call it.

Next chapter The Group sessions. And it'll have another special guest. Thanx for reading. And thanx to all my those newest who have alerted me recently and as always my regular reviewers!