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"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"

"Shut up!"

"Petrificus Totalus!"

Oh my God. Oh my God. I had three strange men in my room, it was the middle of the night, and I couldn't move. Oh my God.

"Is she okay?" Was I okay?! Was I OK?! What kind of stupid moron..

"I think she's panicking." That voice, slow and deep was far too familiar. Oh my God. I had Kingsley Shacklebolt and two of his Death Eaterish friends in my room! One of them could even be Sirius Black!

"Tonks, we don't want to hurt you." One of the dark silhouettes leaned closer. Oh my God. "Look, don't do anything okay? We just want to talk to you, and we'd like to ask you some questions, so I'm going to take the spell off now, okay? We aren't going to hurt you." He spoke soothingly, as if I was some scared little kid who was about to run away screaming. Which, admittedly, I felt like doing.

"Finite Incantatum!" Quicker than I think I've ever moved before in my life, I rolled across the bed, grabbing my wand and sticking it out in front of me. Tonks, Auror Extrodinaire!

"You are aware you're outnumbered three to one?" The man who'd spoken first spoke again, his voice dry and slightly scathing.

"Who are you?" My voice trembled as I spoke, but my hand was steady. Good.

My question was ignored. "Tonks, we just want to talk to you." The gentle sounding-man spoke again, his voice still soothing and calm.

Slowly, my eyes were adjusting to the dark, and I could make out Kingsley's bald scalp and earring.

"Kingsley?"

"Do you know why we're here, Tonks?"

"Because you're Death Eaters and I saw your secret note?"

What I was not expecting was laughter. "No, Tonks. We're not Death Eaters. We're, well, the opposite."

"I thought Aurors were the opposite."

"Not quite, Tonks. Not quite."

"Have you ever heard of the Order of the Phoenix?" The gentle man spoke again.

"Remus!"

"Now she's slept, we'd have to erase most of her memory to be sure she's forgotten, and we're not doing that."

"No, you are not!"

"You can't tell her.."

"Dumbledore said.."

"I know, what Dumbledore said, but Remus, she's useless! She can't enter a room without falling over!"

And ouch. That hurt. Mainly because I knew it was partly true, but only partly! I was brilliant at some things - disguises, for one, and I wasn't bad at duelling! And why did I care what he thought?

But I did, and I was so glad it was dark and they couldn't see me blush.

"Kingsley, she's an Auror. She passed the tests, got through the training. That alone means she's not useless. And we are not wiping her memory." He turned back to me. "Tonks, the Order of the Phoenix was created during the first war. It was formed to fight Voldemort. And now you need to come with us."

"What?!"

"We need to tell you more, but we can't tell you here. We need you to come back to headquarters with us."

"But I can't!"

"Why?" He was starting to sound slightly impatient.

"Because I'm only wearing my pyjamas."

"Oh. Well, get changed, and then come with us." He stood back, as if expecting me to jump up and start stripping.

"Not in front of you!"

Now he definitely did look impatient, but also a little embarrassed. I think that the other man was rolling his eyes.

"We'll go outside then, and.."

"No!" I was really starting to dislike Kingsley. "What if she Apparates away?"

"Take my wand." Stupid, maybe, but I was not undressing in front of three men.

"You would rather give up your wand than undress in front of us?" Kingsley obviously shared the opinion that this was a slightly stupid thing to do.

I stuck my nose in the air. "You should feel glad I trust you." And they should've, as well. It's not like they deserved my trust. What had they ever done to earn it?

The calm one, who still seemed to think I was a nervy five year old, shot a look at Kingsley. A 'shut-up-you're-not-helping-look.' Which was all very well, but I was capable of making my own decisions without paying attention to sarcastic comments. Like when I told my roommates I was going to become an Auror, and they all started laughing...

I held my wand out to the calm one, who took it cautiously. I mean, honestly, what was I going to do, booby trap my own wand?

"Will you let me get dressed now?"

Surprisingly, they did. Suppose they wanted to take me to their 'headquarters,' wherever that was.

When I was done, they gave me back my wand. We then only had to Apparate, before we were there, standing (at last) outside their headquarters..

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"And then what? What were their headquarters like?"

"Were they the headquarters for the Order of the Phoenix?"

"Yes! They were. But I cannot continue without a glass of water, I am parched. If one of you would be so kind?"

Her eldest grandchild jumped up, running out the door and towards the kitchen. Her siblings stared after her, willing her return, eagerly awaiting the next part of their grandma's story.

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I'm so, so sorry it's taken me so long to update. Would I sound really stupid if I told you I forgot about it, and then lost it? Probably, but what can I say? I'm a ditz.

Much thanks to Suzaku24, Zaraky, Dis (Hi!), kneh13, nickywal2003, little- lost-one, and Captein Amelia for reviewing! Why not follow their good example? (hint, hint)

And to answer a question, I don't know who Tonks has married. I haven't decided yet! But probably not Remus or Harry (sorry Zaraky!). It probably won't be Kingsley or Ron either. I'm a fan of more unusual pairings..