"So! how are you?" Tonks asked one sunny afternoon in Diagon alley, happily
eating an ice-cream with Kingsley and Dumbledore.
"Fine...."
"On business," Dumbledore said, "Tonks, can you please let Lupin know that Sirius will be released soon? and that he needs to be picked up? Kingsley, could you tell the other members? I'll let Miss Granger and Harry know."
"Yessir!" Tonks cried, saluting smartly so that the top of her ice-cream fell off her cone. "oh well," she chirped brightly (as there had been five scoops under the first).
"they'll all know come tomorrow." Kingsley said with a nod.
"Good," Dumbledore said. "this is excellent. right. well, I'm off!" he aparated away.
"Cheers, Tonks," Kingsley said before he aparated too.
Tonks skipped around Diagon whilst eating her ice cream, and when she was done she bounced back out the old fashioned way and decided to explore the Muggle streets of London.
This turned out to be great fun until a driver frowned upon her on the roads.
Luckily, a wizard nearby knew that Tonks was a witch, and brought her flattened body to St. Mungo's.
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When Tonks woke up, everything was somewhat blurry, and she was staring at something dark.
the ceiling, she realized!
she turned her head and looked out a window, where a pigeon sat frozen (but it wasn't winter! maybe a freezing spell? nah!) with it's beak pressed against the window, staring at the patient across from her, who Tonks couldn't see straight as a healer was snoozing.
poor bloke, Tonks though, getting up. it clicked that she was in St. Mungos. very late at night, or very early in the morning.
poor bird, she thought, and went over to the dark window and opened it, melting the ice off with her hand and going back to her bed, where she found her wand and revived it.
"SQUAWCK!" said the pigeon. it flapped over to the other bed. the healer (that had been snoring nonstop) screamed and ran around in circles as the pigeon landed comfortably on the patient's bedside table and proceeded to stare... at the patient....
"SIRIUS!!" Tonks cried, realizing which room she was in. she jumped up and ran over to him - he seemed happy to see her, if not somewhat grumpy for being woken up.
"Tonks! hello, old girl, how are you?"
"oh, I'm just... peachy!"
"and how have things been without me? Dumbledore and the others never tell....."
"Oh, things are swell, abso-spiffy-lutely swell!"
"And Harry? Moony? i haven't seen them since i woke up...."
"Harry's been terriblly depressed without you, and Lupin's been.... um, well, i haven't seen him in a while. we're all pretty busy, what with evil Lord V and all, Dumbledore won't let me tail Harry around, the jerk, i could take care of him...." she remembered Sirius. "oh, yeah! where were we?"
Sirius laughed (something he had not done for ages).
"EXCUSE ME?! AND JUST WHO THE *^%# ARE YOU?!" roared a voice, making both Sirius and Tonks jump. ("SQUAWK!" said the Pigeon, momentarily breaking it's gaze on Sirius.) it was the healer from before.
"My name is Tonks, nice ta meetchya!" Tonks said brightly.
"Oh," the healer seemed to fizzle down a little bit. "you aren't Harry?"
"Oh, goodness, no - i don't have a scar on my forehead, do i?" Tonks asked cheerfully.
"and you know Sirius.... how?" the healer continued, choosing to ignore Tonk's latter remark.
"oh, he's my cousin," Tonks said, and leaned down and grabbed Sirius's head, crushing him in a hug to her chest, as though to prove her point. she dropped him at the slightly homicidal look in the healer's eyes.
"what? well, we are!"
"BACK IN BED WITH YOU!! YOU ARE INJURED AND ILL, BACK IN BED, GET, SHOO!"
"but--"
"LAY DOWN!"
Tonks dropped like a rock to the floor and the healer stalked off, muttering something about sleeping potions. she changed her features (she being Tonks) to that of a female Remus and jumped up again, glancing at a snickering Sirius, who almost laughed at who she now looked like.
"Go tell Moony, I'm going crazy!" he breathed. Tonks nodded. "i promise to get you out of here the exact MOMENT it is tomorrow!" and walked out (after a short inquiry from the healer, who apparently was called Riri).
she made her way to Remus Lupin's place after a few hours (it was very dark outside, so she got lost once or twice) and decided that she wouldn't make it to her own room back in the Leaky Cauldron. much too tired.
so she knocked on the door. nope. she looked to the left, lit her wand, and saw a doorbell. 'ah!' she thought. i haven't seen one of these for ages!'
she pushed it, and heard the echoing sound in the house faintly. laughing to herself, Tonks pushed it again. and again. and again.
giddy from the lack of sleep, she pushed it even faster and harder in quick successive motion until......
"ALRIGHT! I'M COMING!" the door opened and a berobed Remus stood there, staring at her.
Tonks, also staring at Remus, rang the doorbell one more time before throwing her hands behind her back and beaming.
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(A/N: to know what happens after this, see part one and then part two. oh geeze, I'm dumb. i should have done part three and part four first, AND THEN part one and part two! AUGH! I'M SUCH AN IDIOT!! *bangs head on door and falls down* FWEE! I'm giddy gidd-dd-dd-dd-ddy! COFFE MAKE YOU HYPER, did you guys KNOW that? OH, IT does, it DOES!!!!!!! weeeeee *)
"Fine...."
"On business," Dumbledore said, "Tonks, can you please let Lupin know that Sirius will be released soon? and that he needs to be picked up? Kingsley, could you tell the other members? I'll let Miss Granger and Harry know."
"Yessir!" Tonks cried, saluting smartly so that the top of her ice-cream fell off her cone. "oh well," she chirped brightly (as there had been five scoops under the first).
"they'll all know come tomorrow." Kingsley said with a nod.
"Good," Dumbledore said. "this is excellent. right. well, I'm off!" he aparated away.
"Cheers, Tonks," Kingsley said before he aparated too.
Tonks skipped around Diagon whilst eating her ice cream, and when she was done she bounced back out the old fashioned way and decided to explore the Muggle streets of London.
This turned out to be great fun until a driver frowned upon her on the roads.
Luckily, a wizard nearby knew that Tonks was a witch, and brought her flattened body to St. Mungo's.
--------
When Tonks woke up, everything was somewhat blurry, and she was staring at something dark.
the ceiling, she realized!
she turned her head and looked out a window, where a pigeon sat frozen (but it wasn't winter! maybe a freezing spell? nah!) with it's beak pressed against the window, staring at the patient across from her, who Tonks couldn't see straight as a healer was snoozing.
poor bloke, Tonks though, getting up. it clicked that she was in St. Mungos. very late at night, or very early in the morning.
poor bird, she thought, and went over to the dark window and opened it, melting the ice off with her hand and going back to her bed, where she found her wand and revived it.
"SQUAWCK!" said the pigeon. it flapped over to the other bed. the healer (that had been snoring nonstop) screamed and ran around in circles as the pigeon landed comfortably on the patient's bedside table and proceeded to stare... at the patient....
"SIRIUS!!" Tonks cried, realizing which room she was in. she jumped up and ran over to him - he seemed happy to see her, if not somewhat grumpy for being woken up.
"Tonks! hello, old girl, how are you?"
"oh, I'm just... peachy!"
"and how have things been without me? Dumbledore and the others never tell....."
"Oh, things are swell, abso-spiffy-lutely swell!"
"And Harry? Moony? i haven't seen them since i woke up...."
"Harry's been terriblly depressed without you, and Lupin's been.... um, well, i haven't seen him in a while. we're all pretty busy, what with evil Lord V and all, Dumbledore won't let me tail Harry around, the jerk, i could take care of him...." she remembered Sirius. "oh, yeah! where were we?"
Sirius laughed (something he had not done for ages).
"EXCUSE ME?! AND JUST WHO THE *^%# ARE YOU?!" roared a voice, making both Sirius and Tonks jump. ("SQUAWK!" said the Pigeon, momentarily breaking it's gaze on Sirius.) it was the healer from before.
"My name is Tonks, nice ta meetchya!" Tonks said brightly.
"Oh," the healer seemed to fizzle down a little bit. "you aren't Harry?"
"Oh, goodness, no - i don't have a scar on my forehead, do i?" Tonks asked cheerfully.
"and you know Sirius.... how?" the healer continued, choosing to ignore Tonk's latter remark.
"oh, he's my cousin," Tonks said, and leaned down and grabbed Sirius's head, crushing him in a hug to her chest, as though to prove her point. she dropped him at the slightly homicidal look in the healer's eyes.
"what? well, we are!"
"BACK IN BED WITH YOU!! YOU ARE INJURED AND ILL, BACK IN BED, GET, SHOO!"
"but--"
"LAY DOWN!"
Tonks dropped like a rock to the floor and the healer stalked off, muttering something about sleeping potions. she changed her features (she being Tonks) to that of a female Remus and jumped up again, glancing at a snickering Sirius, who almost laughed at who she now looked like.
"Go tell Moony, I'm going crazy!" he breathed. Tonks nodded. "i promise to get you out of here the exact MOMENT it is tomorrow!" and walked out (after a short inquiry from the healer, who apparently was called Riri).
she made her way to Remus Lupin's place after a few hours (it was very dark outside, so she got lost once or twice) and decided that she wouldn't make it to her own room back in the Leaky Cauldron. much too tired.
so she knocked on the door. nope. she looked to the left, lit her wand, and saw a doorbell. 'ah!' she thought. i haven't seen one of these for ages!'
she pushed it, and heard the echoing sound in the house faintly. laughing to herself, Tonks pushed it again. and again. and again.
giddy from the lack of sleep, she pushed it even faster and harder in quick successive motion until......
"ALRIGHT! I'M COMING!" the door opened and a berobed Remus stood there, staring at her.
Tonks, also staring at Remus, rang the doorbell one more time before throwing her hands behind her back and beaming.
.
(A/N: to know what happens after this, see part one and then part two. oh geeze, I'm dumb. i should have done part three and part four first, AND THEN part one and part two! AUGH! I'M SUCH AN IDIOT!! *bangs head on door and falls down* FWEE! I'm giddy gidd-dd-dd-dd-ddy! COFFE MAKE YOU HYPER, did you guys KNOW that? OH, IT does, it DOES!!!!!!! weeeeee *)