Heart of a Werewolf

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters. They all belong to JK Rowling.

Author note: Sorry guys it's taken me ages to update but I've been buzy revising and finishing off countless essay. I also want to apologise for my very bad spelling (have an excuse: been under a lot of stress) but I'll try to be more careful.

Also the Tonks Sirius uncle thing. I though by relation he was like an uncle BUT I don't tend to make their relationship like that, they are more big bro little sis kind of relationship!

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Chapter 3

Tonks stood with Sirius, her face buried in his shoulder. She was sobbing quietly. Arthur, Moody and Remus stood facing them, each remembering their reactions when they had found out that Sirius was innocent.

Sirius held Tonks in his arms and patted her on her back, he was happy that Tonks believed him but he had a slight uneasy feeling. What if everyone else behaved like this when they first saw him? He could deal with Tonks but he wasn't to sure about everyone else.

Moody coughed out aloud, which caused everyone's attention to focus on Tonks and Sirius again.

Tonks gently removed herself from Sirius's embrace, carefully wiping her eyes. She looked down at the floor. She didn't want anyone looking at her, especially since they had seen her act so out of character.

Um, why don't we make …um some tea?" said Arthur, who wished that his wife were here. She was good in situations like these.

"Good idea Weasley. I've been dying for a cuppa all day" growled Moody, his magical electric blue eye still spinning around towards the door.

Remus nodded. " I think Nymphadora and Sirius could do with one too. I'll help you make it. It will give you two a chance to catch up," he said to Tonks and Sirius in a soft caring voice.

Sirius nodded and placed his arm around Tonks. She looked up at him, and gave him a slight smile.

" Make Tonks a hot chocolate. I seen to remember that you were addicted to chocolate, weren't you?"

Tonks smiled again and nodded her head.

"Hot chocolate it is then" Arthur smiled at Tonks. He was feeling more comfortable now that Tonks was smiling. He had seen her around the Ministry and she had always looked like she was having a blast and to see her now, all sad and angry was such a change.

"Come on", said Remus to Moody and Arthur, who followed him to the basement.

Tonks and Sirius watched the three of them go down to the basement.  Tonks stood awkwardly next to Sirius. She did not know what they were going to do now. Were they going to talk about what happened or were they going to pretend that it didn't happen?

Sirius too, was feeling uncomfortable. What was he suppose to say to Tonks? Tonks who had looked up to him during the early part of his life. The little Tonks that he got use to seeing, following him, Moony and Prongs around.  Now here she was, all grown up, looking completely different to what he remembered, even her eyes were different.

Sirius stood next to Tonks with his arm around her. He bit his lip and then looked down at her pink hair.

"Do you want to go sit down?" he asked quietly.

Tonks nodded without looking at him.

She followed him into a small room that lay at the end of the hallway. Instantly the smell hit her. The room smelled of dampness and dirt. It was dark and dingy. It looked as if nobody had been there for at least fifteen years. The sofa use to be a red colour but was now a dirty black colour. Years and years worth of dust and dirt had accumulated on it. The small window that was behind the sofa was covered in some sort of green substance. From the outside, the window was covered in bird droppings. There was no possible way of looking out of the window. The wallpaper, which had been green as Tonks tried to remember, was now just, like the dirt sofa. Every inch of this tiny room was filled with dirt.

"Um, where do you want to sit?" asked Sirius with a tiny smirk on his lips.

He had seen the look on her face when she entered the room.

Tonks screwed up her face, which made a strand of her vibrant pink hair turn into the classical black colour of the Black family. This place was having an effect on her.

"There I guess," she pointed at the decaying sofa.

Sirius followed her to the sofa where both of them sat at the very edge of the sofa. They sat apart from each other, both looking anywhere but each other.

Sirius sat looking at some old portrait of some vague family member. Tonks was looking down at her fingernails wanting to say something to Sirius but feeling very nervous every time she opened her mouth.

They sat silently for about ten minutes. Finally Tonks decided to say something. She hated silence.

"Listen Sirius, I'm sorry for punching you before. It was just a reaction. I didn't mean it"

Tonks looked at him, and Sirius looked back at her. He reached for her hand and took it.

"Its ok. I should have expected that" he smiled at her.

"Although when have you started punching like a man? Last I remember you had the weakest punch ever. Even for a girl!"

Tonks opened her mouth in disgust, but a small smile was playing on her lips.

"You would know, wouldn't you? You got punched by every girl in Gryffindor and Hufflepuff."

Sirius threw his hand up in objection.

"When? I never got punched, Nymph"

Tonks laughed out loud and moved closer to Sirius.

"You so got punched. You always thought that you were the ladies man. Don't you remember?

Sirius threw down his arms and laughed. Tonks laughed with him.

"Yeah, I guess I was a bit of a prat, wasn't I? Thought I was right cleaver, me Moony and Prongs" Sirius continued smiling at the memory of him and his two best friends.

Tonks shook her head.

"You and Prongs were but Moony was sensible. Not like you two, he was cool"

Sirius raised his eyebrows at her in a mock sarcastic way.

"I can see that the little school girl crush on Remus is still there." he teased her.

"What!" exclaimed Tonks whose cheeks were turning into the same colour of her hair.

Sirius laughed in his trademark mischievous manner. He began to mutter something that strangely sounded like " Tonks and Remus sitting in a tree"

Tonks shook her head in outrage.

"Still as immature as ever"

Sirius laughed at her whilst giving her a superior looks. Tonks shook her head and dived for Sirius.

"Ok ok, I was messing… I don't mean it…"

Tonks let go of Sirius and sat next to him, smiling at him.

Sirius rubbed his stomach.

"Your so violent now, where's the innocent little Nymph that I knew" he continued rubbing his stomach " I'm suppose to be the violent one, breaking out of Azkaban and all that…."

Tonks smiled at him and then coughed. She had inhaled dust when she had dived for Sirius.

"So", asked Sirius, not wanting the conversation to stop especially now that he and Tonks were on speaking terms.

"How are your mum and dad? Haven't seen them in ages"

Tonks nodded slowly.

"There're ok. Mums decided that she doesn't really want to be in the wizard world anymore and dads going along with her, although I'm sure that he prefers being here rather than with the muggles. Mum wants to be away from all this danger especially now that you know who is back."

Sirius nodded slowly at her. He had always likes Tonks mother.

"She wanted me to go with them but I decided not too. I mean we cant run away from it can we? If he's returned then he's returned, no point arguing, just get on with it now. She hates the fact that I'm an Auror.  I mean she's dead proud and all that but she's just worried….."

"You're an Auror?" interrupted Sirius looking extremely proud and shocked

Tonks smiled at him.

"What surprised that little Tonks can defend for herself?" she teased.

"Yeah. Oh my God that is fantastic."

"Thanks, Padfoot. I wanted to be one when you qualified, but then you know with all this misunderstanding with you and well you know, I was determined to become one"

Sirius beamed at her and put his arm around her shoulder.

"I'm so proud of you"

Again Tonks cheeks turned into the colour of her hair.

"One tea and one hot chocolate" came a slightly hoarse voice from the door.

"Over here waiter!" called Sirius.

Remus gave Sirius a rather sarcastic look, which made Sirius chuckle.

"Hey Moony, do you know that Tonks is an Auror?" he asked proudly.

Remus placed the cups on the filthy coffee table in front of them.

"Really Nymphadora. That is brilliant. I always knew you'd do something great"

Tonks smiled at him shyly, whilst her cheeks again seemed to be turning to the same shade of pink.

She heard Sirius snort behind her, which prompted Remus to give him a look of warning.

Remus took a seat next to her on the sofa and smiled at her. Tonks could not help notice his smile. It was a lot different to what she remembered. At school, behind his smile was a cheeky interior. His innocent appearance fooled all his teachers but had bought him three best friends.

She had loved his smile back them, she did have a crush on him back then, but that was a silly schoolgirl crush. Now she was older and slightly wiser, but why were those amber eyes mesmerizing her?

Tonks realized that she had been quiet for several minutes. She had to say something quickly.

"Um…so you staying here too, Moo, I mean Remus"

Remus smiled at her pleasantly, whilst Tonks tried to avoid Sirius who was nipping her back.

"Yes I am. I'm keeping Sirius company" he smiled at her.

Tonks returned a nervous smile. What was she supposed to say now?

Then she remembered. How could she have been so selfish? She may not have liked him, but he was one of their best friends.

"Um, Sirius, Remus I just want to say that I'm sorry about Wormtail"

In front of her, the usually calm face of Remus turned into an uncharacteristic scowl, and behind her she heard Sirius mutter a swear word.

"Don't be sorry about that twat, Tonks. He isn't dead. He's with Voldemort."

Tonks raised her eyebrows. Had she heard right? Wormtail with Voldemort. That annoying little boy, with him.

"How" she stammered.

"He double crossed us" spat Sirius.

"He was James and Lily's secret keeper but he was also a spy for Voldemort. As soon as he became secret keeper, he told Voldemort where they were and then well you know the rest. I went to see him, to make sure that he was all right but he put on this show, saying that I was the spy. And then he transfigured into a rat and disappeared"

Tonks sat there very still. She swore quietly to herself.

"Is he still alive?" she asked.

Remus answered her.

"He is. We saw him two years ago"

Tonks turned around and looked at Sirius. How could he have thought that he was guilty?

"I'm sorry Sirius," she whispered.

Sirius looked at her, and shook his head slightly.

"No worries"

Tonks sat between Remus and Sirius still not understanding how that wimp of a boy turned out to be a spy.

"We're going to get him though," said Remus in a small quiet voice that was full of determination, "We're going to make him pay for all the pain he's caused"

Tonks looked at Remus and felt her heart stop. So much emotion was present in that face, so much anger.

"We will" she replied.

Ok that was it! I know there is hardly any action between Tonks and Remus but it's getting there! Let me know what you think!