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Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or Carmilla but I have a feeling that season 2 of Carmilla is going to fuck me up in the feels department.
"Okay Harry, time to go" Mr Weasley told him with a kind smile.
Harry said goodbye to his godfather who gave him some words of encouragement before he left for the Ministry with Mr Weasley. He'd been dreading this moment for the past week, Mrs Weasley had tried to take his mind off of both the trial and Order business by keeping him, Ron, Hermione and Ginny busy with cleaning anything she could pass off as needing cleaned. It didn't help though, he found himself becoming more frustrated with everyone and less able to hide it. Hermione had already called him out for moaning about not being told what was going on, he agreed that she had a point and apologised but he still didn't like being out of the loop when he was the one who'd seen Voldemort return.
The Ministry trial didn't help his state of mind. He'd been told during lunch on the day he arrived at Grimmauld Place that Dumbledore had stopped by to let them know. The Gryffindor had asked why Dumbledore didn't tell him himself and Remus had explained that Dumbledore was incredibly busy at the moment, only making brief appearances to drop off and pick up information. Harry wasn't sure how satisfied he was with that answer but he accepted it anyway, the last thing he needed was another lecture on how he was too young.
They were taking muggle transport to the Ministry just to be safe, they didn't want any more underage magic claims towards Harry before the trial even started. Mr Weasley seemed excited about the muggle transport and using the visitor's entrance, Harry was just happy he wasn't going alone and that instead of any of the Order members he didn't know, it was Mr Weasley taking him.
Tonks was exhausted, she'd been sent to take in a wizard accused of using the Imperius curse on a muggle. She'd caught him of course, she hadn't been picked to train directly under Madeye Moody for no reason.
She apparated onto the top doorstep of Grimmauld Place, taking extra care to not slip off like she had done the first time she did it, and went inside. Home at last, she thought as she quietly closed the door behind her not wanting to set off the portrait of Sirius' mother, not to get her wrong, Tonks loved her job but she also liked getting more than 4 hours sleep between work and Order business. The witch was extremely tempted to head upstairs without letting anyone know she was back but thought better of it, she at least wanted to hear how Harry got on at the trial.
She spotted Hermione sitting at the kitchen table as she entered and sat down next to the younger witch. Since the morning they'd spent sleeping Tonks' bed the pink haired witch and the brunette had been spending a lot more time together. Both Hermione and Tonks were more comfortable around the other than they had been and Tonks had plans to ask the Gryffindor to be her girlfriend, she was just waiting for the right time. She was brought out of her own thoughts by the younger witch taking Tonks' hand in her own under the table. Tonks smiled at her as they both blushed lightly, okay so they were more comfortable together, it didn't mean that Tonks wasn't still nervous.
"Morning" Laura said sitting opposite the two witches with a knowing look "how was work Tonks?"
"It was alright pretty routine" she answered "I'm exhausted though."
"You know you could just go to bed if you're tired, there isn't a meeting until after dinner" Laura told the Hufflepuff.
"Yeah I know, I just wanted to see how Harry's trial went first" Tonks explained.
Laura nodded "I hope it goes in his favour, Fudge seems to have a prejudice against Harry and isn't helping himself or anybody else with his denial of You Know Who's return. I mean the Prophet was corrupt before but now it's ridiculous and painting Harry as some sort of lying criminal… he's just a kid, he doesn't deserve that."
Tonks agreed, not in the least bit surprised that Laura felt so strongly. The blonde wanted to be a journalist, she'd even gone so far as to start a school newsletter in her time at Hogwarts. In fact during the TriWizard Tournament Laura sent Owl's to the prophet combatting the terrible articles by Rita Skeeter.
"You should challenge the Prophet" Hermione suggested from her seat beside Tonks "let the people know what's really going on, I'm sure there's at least a small portion of the wizarding world who don't believe anything the prophet says."
"I don't know… I mean how would I get it out there?" Laura asked "distribution would be pretty difficult."
"I think I can help you out with that" Ginny interjected "my girlfriend's dad runs a magazine, the Quibbler."
"Isn't the Quibbler full of crazy articles about non-existent creatures?" Carmilla asked sitting beside Laura and placing a kiss on the side of her head.
"Hold on" Laura interrupted "just before we continue this, you have a girlfriend? How come we didn't know, I thought you were into Dean Thomas."
"What gave you that idea?" Ginny laughed "Dean and I hung out because I was struggling with my feelings for Luna just like he was with his for Seamus."
"I didn't know Dean was gay" Hermione thought aloud.
"He's not, he's Pan" Ginny added "and you didn't know because I haven't actually told mum or dad yet" she looked a little sheepish.
"You know your parents won't care right?" Tonks asked the teen.
"I know that they're completely understanding but I'm still their only daughter" the redheaded girl shrugged "might take them a little while to come around to the idea."
"Your family's cool gingersnap" Carmilla told the Weasley girl "even if it takes them time, they'll come around."
"Thanks Carm" the Gryffindor replied "you know you're a lot nicer than a lot of people seem to think."
Carmilla winked at her "just don't spread it around "I have a reputation as a sarcastic, heartless bitch to uphold." The Ravenclaw stood from the table, placing another kiss to the top of her girlfriends head "I promised Laf I'd help them out a bit today so I'll see you later."
With that Carmilla left and made her way to the attic as Mr Weasley and Harry returned from the Ministry.
The girls at the table could hear voices in the hall, easily identifying Mrs Weasley's as she greeted her husband and Harry. The three of them entered the kitchen along with Sirius and sat down while Laura went about making tea for the new arrivals.
"So how'd it go?" Tonks asked enthusiastically.
"I'm not expelled" Harry replied as cheerfully as he could.
"Dumbledore showed up with Figg as a witness" Arthur told the group "put them right, the jury voted that Harry wasn't breaking any laws."
"That's great Harry" Laura said placing cups of tea in front of everyone.
"We knew Dumbledore would handle it" Sirius chimed in "they couldn't expel you for defending yourself."
Harry nodded numbly, he just wanted to be alone for a bit after letting Ron and Hermione know what was going on. Dumbledore hadn't even looked at him during the trial and Harry felt as if the Headmaster was avoiding him.
"I'm actually pretty tired" Harry announced as casually as he could "I'm going to head upstairs for a bit if that's alright."
"Of course dear" Molly told him "I'll send someone to get you for lunch."
He thanked the Weasley matriarch before subtly gesturing to Hermione to join him before going upstairs.
She felt the bed dip beside her and opened her arms to welcome the intruder, knowing exactly who it was. Tonks had gone to get some sleep after Hermione left to talk with Harry and Ron, she'd conked out pretty much as soon as her head hit the pillow.
Hermione had spent the last hour discussing what Harry saw at the trial and Dumbledore's dismissal of him, she'd come to the conclusion that Dumbledore must have his reasons and they would come to light at some point. She managed to pry herself away from the boys since Harry was tired and Ron headed to the kitchen, so she made her way to the familiar room at the end of the hall.
It was a sort of routine that they hadn't really discussed, Hermione would go and get into bed with Tonks and the older witch would wrap her arms around the brunette girl and they would go to sleep. It was quickly becoming Hermione's favourite part of the day as she lay next to the pink haired Auror.
"So what did Harry want to talk about?" Tonks asked, bringing the other girl out of her thoughts.
"Just about the trial and Dumbledore" she exhaled into the older girls next causing her to shiver "he thinks he's avoiding him, I told him there would be a logical explanation and he would just have to be patient… not always his strong point."
"Hmmm" was the only response as Tonks pulled her in closer leaving no space between them. They lay there, just enjoying each other's company before Tonks spoke again "I like this you know" she told the Brunette while trying to keep her voice as steady as she could, "I like you."
Hermione froze for a second, her heart beating so fast she was sure Tonks could feel it. Composing herself as much as she could she placed a kiss on the Auror's jaw before replying to her "I like you to."
Tonks smirked, something she must've picked up from Carmilla Hermione thought, "I know" the older witch told the girl in her arms.
They were silent before Tonks spoke again "would it be too clichéd if I asked if I could kiss you?"
Hermione let a light laugh slip through her lips "I think it would be the perfect amount of clichéd."
Tonks laughed with her as she leaned in and pressed her lips to Hermione's. They tentatively moved together, neither of them wanting to push their luck too much at this early stage. The only thought in Tonks' mind was of just how soft Hermione lips were, Hermione's was off just how gentle Tonks' was being. They pulled away when the need for air was too much to ignore any longer, the smaller off the two curling back into the Auror.
They lay that way, talking lazily until falling asleep with smiles on their faces.
Look at those two finally getting together.
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