Managed a fairly quick update, not going to lie I'm pretty sound of myself.
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Disclaimer: I don't own Carmilla or Harry Potter, I have been on the Harry Potter studio tour though... that was pretty awesome.
Tonks woke up to the sound of Molly Weasleys voice chastising the twins about using magic for everything, not that either Fred or George took any notice. She sat up and rubbed the sleep from her eyes before grabbing her pocket watch from the night stand and checking the time, 12:05pm just in time for lunch.
Throwing the covers off of herself she got up and rummaged through the trunk she'd left on the floor at the foot of the bed. After finding clothes she was sure were clean she quickly changed and went about her daily practice of making sure her features hadn't morphed in her sleep, she'd started this particular practice after strange dream had left her with a duckbill for a whole morning whilst she was still at school. Scanning over her own face she made a mental checklist, eyes still blue, nose still human and bubble-gum pink hair still reaching just below her shoulders, nodding to herself she picked up her wand from the nightstand and made her way to the kitchen where Molly no doubt had food waiting for the entire house.
Entering the kitchen she noticed Ron already busy with stuffing his face at one end of the table and Hermione and Ginny whispering at the other end. She eyed them suspiciously when Ginny elbowed Hermione making the bushy haired girl look in Tonks's direction, Tonks matched the girls stare raising her eyebrow in question, this action caused the girl to blush and turn back to Ginny who shook her head while trying to hold back a laugh. Tonks smirked deciding not to torture the poor girl as she sat next to Ron who only looked up from what she assumed was a bowl of soup for a muffled 'morning' which she returned before letting her eyes drift back to the other side of the table where the two girls now sat quietly as Mrs Weasley sent bowls to sit in front of them.
Tonks wasn't an idiot, clumsy, goofy… occasionally childish? Sure, she could be considered all of those things but never an idiot and certainly nowhere near as oblivious as most of Grimauld Place's inhabitants were when it came to certain things. She knew that Hermione fancied her and that she'd been discussing it with Ginny, understandable considering Harry wasn't here at the moment and Ron had the emotional range of a teaspoon. It didn't bother Tonks that Hermione liked her, in fact quite the opposite since she returned the Gryffindor's affection, but Tonks found herself struggling with how to tell her. She was confidant in her abilities as an Auror and an open carefree individual in general but something about Hermione made her nervous, something that led to her getting tongue tied whenever she tried to bring it up.
"Would you like bread with yours Tonks?" Molly's voice snapped her out of her thoughts.
"That'd be great, thanks Molly" she told the woman as her food landed in front of her.
"Something smells amazing" Lafontaine announced as they sat down on Tonks's left.
"Thank you dear" Mrs Weasley grinned from ear to ear "its vegetable soup, bread?"
They nodded a yes as Mrs Weasley put their food in front of them "thanks Molly."
"So Laf what've you been working on this morning?" Tonks asked after they'd had a few mouthfuls of food.
Lafontaine took a sip from the pumpkin juice Ron had passed them before replying, "honestly not a lot, I mean after fitting showers in the bathrooms here and sorting out the fridge so that it doesn't stop working once a week I'm pretty low on necessities to work on. Saying that though, the magically charged electrics I used here in the kitchen should technically work just as well throughout the rest of the house, which means I could set up a TV and we can watch movies" they grinned "you know… when we're not working" they added when Mrs Weasley looked at them.
"Sounds fantastic mate" Tonks told them "I kind of miss things like movies when I've been away from the muggle world a while."
"Wait… what's a movie?" Ron asked puzzled.
"It's like a play but pre-recorded and shown on a screen" Laf explained excitedly making Tonks snort with laughter, "come on dude, you know mixing magic with mechanics and science is what I'm all about" Laf chuckled hitting Tonks in the shoulder.
"And we all think you're a crazy genius" Laura told them as she and Carmilla entered the room and took the seats opposite Tonks and Lafontaine.
"Thank you, I'll be sure to mention you in my speech when I'm regarded as the world's leading authority on combining wizarding and muggle technologies."
"Anytime" Laura chuckled before the conversation was steered to how she was doing and what she'd been up to by Mrs Weasley.
"How much more can there be to clean in this place?" Ron huffed as they cleared the library of dirt and unsavoury sort of objects.
"My sentiment exactly" Carmilla sighed as she sat in the chair she'd just cast a cleaning charm on.
"You know…" Ginny began innocently "you guys could just do this all with magic and Hermione, Ron and I could take a break."
"Nice try gingersnap" Carmilla smirked at her "but your mother wants you three occupied."
Ron grumbled something about how he needed to practice for quidditch try-outs this year but Carmilla ignored him. She instead let her attention drift to where Laura was helping Hermione clean out an ancient looking desk while Tonks was stood by in case of any traces of dark magic. Laura was talking away cheerfully with the other two as they kept stealing not so subtle glances at each other. It didn't take a genius to see that her dear cousin and the younger girl would need a helping shove in the right direction since neither of the witches seemed able to come right out and tell the other.
"Shit!" as soon as the word had left Laura's mouth Carmilla was by her side.
"What happened" Carmilla asked as she took the hand Laura was cradling to her chest.
"Something bit me" Laura explained as her girlfriend checked the wound for any signs of contamination.
"Well it looks clean" Carmilla told her "but I think you should stop for a bit, just to be sure."
While Laura tried to argue that she'd be fine to keep helping with the cleaning, Tonks' had found the culprit of the bite. An ornate ink bottle whose stopper was a snake carved from silver, she carefully pointed the tip of her wand into the open mouth of the serpent not surprised in the least when it's jaws clasped shut in a quick but firm biting motion. Removing her wand from the snakes mouth, she placed the bottle on top of the desk and began silently moving her wand in swift formations around the offending object.
The room had gone eerily silent as Tonks worked, all of its inhabitants transfixed on the young Auror as she expertly executed the silent charms. They'd been so caught up in watching her work that they jumped when Tonks suddenly picked up the bottle, tossed it in the air and caught it.
"Just a fancy ink bottle" Tonks announced as she turned back to the group "it's charmed to nip anyone but the owner, probably because the ink inside is either expensive or has other properties than just writing" she nodded to herself "either way, keep your fingers out of its mouth" she chuckled.
"Bloody mental" Ron shook his head "who buys a biting ink bottle? Sirius' mum must've been a few feathers short of an owl."
"Ronald, you can't say things like that when we're in his home" Hermione told him off.
"Oh no I'm quite inclined to agree" Sirius added from the doorway "I tried to use that to write a letter to Remus once" he pointed at the bottle in Tonks' hand "still have the scar on my big toe…" with that Sirius shrugged and left them to it.
The group looked at each other, staying quiet while they heard Sirius' footsteps descend the stairs until Ron broke the silence, "told you".
Hermione was just about to retaliate, letting him know that whether Sirius agreed or not it was still the height of bad manners to imply his mother was crazy… even if she agreed. The beginning of her rant however was cut off by Madeye calling for Tonks, the pink haired girl apologised before going to see what it was her boss and mentor needed her for.
"There's been an issue with the Potter boy" he told her as soon as she appeared in the hallway "we're going to have to extract him tonight, you, me, Remus and Kingsley will do it by broom, we leave at eleven-thirty pm sharp."
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