Chapter 2: I'm A What?

After his emotional breakdown the remaining unspeakables left the room leaving him with Ted and Andromeda. It took him a bit to regain his composure not that Ted or Andromeda seemed to mind. If he was honest with himself he felt hope for the future or rather his past, honestly he didn't know how to refer to his time travel hijinks. He guessed he would figure it out eventual at least he hoped. Hope, he hadn't really felt that much in his life. He felt it when he found out he was a wizard but truthfully with all the negativity and people badgering him for what he could and could not help it had left him soon, especially after his second and most recent year. Maybe this would be a new chance a way to not be defined for who he was rather than what he could accomplish. That was probably the Slytherin in him, the need to prove himself but this time not associated with the name Harry Potter.

He also felt some trepidation at the Tonks family, he hoped they weren't lying about him becoming their family because he didn't know if he could take it if they were. With these thoughts churning through his head he also wondered if he was going to take the unspeakables up on their offer, but to do so meant to drop divination and take two of the hardest subjects in the Hogwarts curriculum. Not that he minded dropping divination he had been sick of it since his very first class. He always kept his grades just above average, possibly due to the conditioning forced upon him by the Dursleys, not that they got the Hogwarts progress reports or even cared. He also hated the competivness that Hermione exuded, so he just stopped trying as he cared more for her as a friend then he ever did about his grades. It probably didn't help that Ron was lazy and he followed along, not that it was entirely Ron's fault he could say no. Though he was afraid to say no just as he was afraid to surpass Hermione, fearing that they wouldn't want to be his friends anymore. Though he was now in the past no fear of surpassing Hermione or annoying Ron would matter because they wouldn't know, they were 7 almost 8 depending on the date for Merlin's sake. Speaking of the date what was it.

"Mr. and Mrs. Tonks what's the date today?" He finally stuttered out glancing at the sitting couple across from him.

"It's Andi and Ted dear, not Mr. and Mrs. Tonks. It never will be to you, your family and it's April 23rd, 1988." said Andi, at the family part Ted let out a big snort before saying "good luck telling Dora that dear."

"Dora?"

"Our daughter Harry, although her name is technically Nymphadora Tonks, I only ever call her Nymphadora to her face. I might not be in the Black family anymore but the time honored tradition of the Black's must continue with horrible names just so we can tease our family."

Ted let out an uproarious laugh at that, "I don't think she will ever forgive you for that name love." He laughed out.

Harry was just confused but he wondered why she wouldn't want to consider him family, he voiced that thought only for Andi to hold back her own laughter, not that Ted bothered as there were now tears in his eyes from laughing so hard.

When he eventually stopped he told Harry something that caused his eyes to go wide. "Harry, Dora's a Metamorphmagus, which is incredibly rare and considering your one also and now the same age she's gonna pursue you hard. Your gonna be prime boyfriend material for her, though I think if she had known you were a metamorph she would have waited for you to hit 17 regardless of the age difference."

"M-M-Meta what?"

Andi took over the conversation at that, "A Metamorphmagus is a very very rare gift, there is only three others in the world not counting you. Known as a Metamorph for short it's basically a shapeshifter. The ability to change into other people or to change your fundamental body, Dora likes to shift her hair multiple colors. Not counting what she does to her body" she grumbled.

"What do you mean her body, and I'm not a metamorph."

Andi just smiled at him as Ted looked on in amusement. "First off yes you are dear your hair is sky blue right now and didn't your mother tell you, you had another gift?" As she said this she conjured a mirror and showed Harry his reflection which caused his jaw to drop as he looked at his once unruly black hair which was now sky blue. Andi smile grew seeing his reaction before she continued her explanation "as for Dora's body she likes to narrow and soften her features and change her hair so she doesn't look too much like my eldest sister Bellatrix. Bellatrix is imprisoned in Azkaban for torturing Frank and Alice Longbottom into insanity, I believe you know their son Neville?"

As she said that her smile disappeared to a look of sadness for she had been good friends with the Longbottom's and to know her own blood was responsible for the basically orphaning of her godson was disheartening. Not that she let it deter her from having a relationship with Madame Longbottom and young Neville. To this day Augusta refused to color her with same brush that painted the rest of her family, she would forever be grateful for that considering Augusta was like a mother to her growing up. Augusta and Dorea Potter had been best friends since they were children, and when Andromeda ran away they were both there for her. She may have lost most of her family but she did gain two mothers, which she counted as a win in her book, especially considering what her real mother was like. Still it had been hard at first in the months after the Longbottom attack, at least until Madame Longbottom showed up at her house and basically told her to get off her arse and help with her godson. She had told her how she didn't want to scare or frighten Neville due to her close resemblance to her sister. Augusta for a woman pushing 80 sure hit hard as she smacked her and berated her for over an hour that she didn't nor would she blame her for the actions of her sister. Merlin in that moment she acted like the scared little kid she used to be, to say Madame Longbottom is fierce some would be an understatement.

Digesting that bit of horrible news, Harry didn't know how to respond. He felt saddened for Neville who had always been a good friend to him even though he didn't deserve it considering how much he overlooked his now former roommate. Not that he didn't like or respect Neville, he just didn't really spend time with him considering all the time he spend with Ron and Hermione. At that thought he frowned why was he so closed off that he wouldn't let others in. Was it the years of The Dursleys constant abuse that did it to him, or was he naturally an introvert. Whatever it didn't matter all that mattered was his future. He wasn't gonna be so closed off this time, he didn't want to be alone anymore. He vowed here and now that he would be a better friend, hell he'd have more friends if he could help it.

"So how do I change what I look like?" He asked, hoping to finally remove that dreaded lightning bolt that had defined his life. Unbeknownst to him though the scar had finally started to fade with the removal of Riddle's soul fragment.

"It takes a lot of practice Harry, don't worry I'll teach you. I taught my daughter, thank Merlin the unspeakables had books on metamorph's. I studied them for years before Dora was able to control her changes, I then taught her the techniques the books talked about. It will help if you learn Occlumency first though, not that you will have a choice in that matter, got to protect the timeline, so occlumency is a must."

"Occlumency, what's that?" He asked curiously, hoping to start that as soon as possible if it let him change his appearance. He felt eager to get started.

"Occlumency is the study and defense of one's own mind, it is paramount against people that use Legilmancy which is the attacking or reading of ones mind, it is also very time consuming to learn. It takes weeks if not months to get the foundation down." Ted said with upmost seriousness.

When he explained what Legilmancy was Harry paled, people could read his mind? He was also a little disappointed that he wouldn't be able to change right away, that damn scar would have to stay a little longer.

Seeing his expression Ted continued his explanation "Don't worry so much it's highly illegal to forcibly enter someone else's mind, it's punishable by 2 years in Azkaban. Though it is hard to prove when someone uses it without witnesses. No need to worry son by the time you go back to Hogwarts in 4 months you should be able to discern when someone enters your mind, though most Legilmancy users don't even attempt to enter the minds of metamorphs due to them usually having basic shields."

Letting out a sigh of relief at that Harry asked "So what happens now?"

"Well now we take you to get something to eat and then to your new home to sleep, we will come up with a name and backstory for you tomorrow and get you started on occlumency." Andi said.

Andi Standing up motioned for him to follow as she and Ted turned to stride out of the room Harry on their heels. Andi turned around once they got to the door and explained that she would have to take his hand because she had to obscure his vision and hearing due to the secrets the department protected. Reluctantly allowing her, not that he had much choice in the matter. She and Ted first pulled their hoods back up locking in their unspeakable disguises. Next thing Harry was blinded and pulled through various twists and turns until after what had to be close to 10 minutes they stopped. Just as he thought they were done he felt one of the most uncomfortable sensations he had ever felt as he felt like he was pulled through a straw and forcibly thrown out. Needless to say Harry James Potter puked out what must have been mostly stomach acid judging by the now burning in his throat. Suddenly his hearing and sight was back as he heard Ted laughing his head off while he looked up and Andi was scowling at him, a ghost of a smile on her mouth as if she was trying to show her displeasure but hide her amusement regardless of the vomit now adorning her feet and floor.

"I'm sorry Mrs. Tonks" Harry said fearfully. Afraid of her reaction.

Looking at him her face softened and she replied, "It's ok Harry, not everyone can handle apparition. Was that your first apparation?" With that said a simple flick of her wand and the vomit was now gone.

"I believe so, no idea what apparation is though." He said with some new fear of the wizarding world.

"Apparation is basically teleporting son, don't worry you will get used to it." Ted replied, as a muggleborn he like Harry grew up in the muggle world and liked their explanations and words better for somethings. Apparation just happened to be one of them.

"I don't think I want to get used to that, why does all magical travel have to be so uncomfortable."

Ted just laughed at that, "Because then you wouldn't be a wizard, we invented uncomfortable means of travel." Andromeda scowl returned at Ted's words.

Realizing he said the wrong thing he just said "sorry dear".

"You better be, now go pick us up some dinner."

"Yes love" He said with a mock salute before turning to Harry, "So what would you like Harry?"

Not used to people asking what he wanted all he could really do was stutter out "W-w-w-whatever y-y-you guys want."

With that Andi looked pissed "Those damn Dursley's, I'll kill them."

Ted seeing Harry going pale put his hand on Andi's shoulder causing her to see that Harry was starting to get scared, which made her want to really go and kill those monsters. She instead took a deep breath, seeing his wife was calm he removed his hand and said "Pizza it is" and apparated away before his wife could complain about his food choice. Even after all these years married she still didn't like what muggles had termed fast food.

Gesturing to the couch Harry took a seat while Andi took a seat in the armchair next to the fireplace. She was at odds with how to treat Harry, she didn't know how to act around him. He acted scared a lot because of his damn aunt and uncle. Oh they would get their due, and she would be damned if she didn't see them in Azkaban for their actions against her new ward. Only time would truly heal Harry, and as much as she feared her daughter reaction to the news that not only Harry Potter was forcibly time traveled but he was a metamorph like her, she knew that her Dora would be able to break him out of his shell and give him love that he had never known. She only hoped that it didn't turn into romantic love, though she honestly thought Ted was right, Dora was gonna latch onto Harry and she was never gonna let go. Not that Harry wasn't a good kid, she just worried for not only her sanity but Ted's if Dora manage to get Harry into half the trouble she normally did. Though if Harry joined the unspeakables hopefully Dora would join and they could get rid of the secrets not to mention since Dora was dead set on joining the Aurors it would be much safer to be an unspeakable. Not only did unspeakables perform missions in teams of two but they wore a cloak that would obscure their identity, though with both of them being Metamorphs they wouldn't really need the cloaks outside of the headquarters. Harry seemed to be a danger magnet but at the same time he got through it with minimal damage considering the threats he had faced. Very few people managed to live when Voldemort decided to attacking them, and from what she now knew Harry had lived through five such attacks dating back to his first encounter when he was a baby.

As Andi was deep in thought Harry just sat there trying to make since of the last couple hours. He was failing miserably. He worried about his new abilities, he worried about Riddle, he worried if he was gonna be able to keep his secret time travel, but most of all he worried about this Dora he had heard so little yet so much about. He had never had a girlfriend before and what Ted had said about her pursuing him scared the crap out of him. He was barely comfortable with himself how was he supposed to get comfortable with someone else, especially someone that was gonna be a part of his new family. He guessed he would take it slowly and deal with the future as it came rather than worry about it. Though that was easier said than done. Little did he know the future that hurricane Dora would bring to him or he would be panicking worse than he was.

Soon Ted apparated back with a large pepperoni pizza with a side of breadsticks and a couple bottles of soda. Then they were consuming the pizza, Ted joking the whole time asking Harry about his life and what he like to do. Andi just watched on in muted happiness as she took in the new dynamic, wondering how that dynamic would be in a month and a half when Dora returned. As Harry had never had pizza before he gladly consumed it not realizing how hungry he was as he downed three of the eight slices and a couple breadsticks. Soon with bellies full Andi and Ted showed him around his new home. Showing him to the guest room which was now his room. Ted gestured to the bathroom and told him about the fresh towels and new toothbrush. The room was nearly ten times as big as his old room, thank god for space expansion charms Ted had muttered. He thanked them as they shut his door letting him get some rest after a long day and night. Entering the ajoining bathroom he took a quick shower and brushed his teeth with his new toothbrush. He then layed his head down on the pillow in his new bed before sleep quickly claimed him.