Fallen Angel

One-shot set on the last day of N Tonks education at Hogwarts. Possibly the prologue to a story that has been trapped in my head for a while. Tonks knows Remus as an old friend of Sirius'. They kept in touch after Sirius was sent to Azkaban. This is my first ever one-shot so please be gentle.

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Tonks sat across from her best friend in a muggle bar hours after their last exam. The table that spilt the pair was sticky with the cocktails they had failed to get from the pitcher to their glasses. What got the two girls who where on the brink of turning nineteen was the fact that the practical part of their exam was to levitate a pitcher of water and fill a glass. Both did it without spilling a drop. They couldn't, it seems, do it with their bare hands.

The waitress came and cleared the booth for them, Smiling at them both and leaving the girls with their ice-cream cocktails. Tonks had informed the extremely sexy cocktail barman that herself and Jade had just finished their last exam (She made out that it was her A-Levels) and that they were both drowning their sorrows because it was the last time they would ever go to school. Of course there was another reason behind Tonks' sombre attitude; however it would take a few more drinks to get it our of her.

While waiting for her Cookies and Cream cocktail to melt enough to suck up the straw Tonks consulted the menu for her next drink. Cookies and Cream; it sounded innocent enough, but Tonks knew it was laced with vanilla snapps.

Merlin, she needed it. Seven years of education over with. Seven years in a blink of an eye. There were two people in the world she was living for. Neither of them knew. Neither of them knew she wanted to train to be an Auror because of them. Both she loved, both she misses to the edge of reason. Both she was trying to save. How poor Tonks had failed. Now here career as an Auror was hanging in the balance. They could be seen training someone who was as opinionated as her.

"We didn't toast." Jade disturbed Tonks' bitter thoughts and memories. "It's your turn Tonkssssss... I did the last one. And if you don't think of a decent one, you have to kiss old Professor Binns." Tonks thought for a moment. What had they covered? Hmmmm; Friendship, happiness, life, university (for the benefit of the staff and customers), freedom, friendship came up again, holidays and they were scraping the barrel when decent feet got toasted. "How about old age Tonksssss?"

"I'm not even twenty and you want me to wish for old age?" Tonk already knew what she was going to say. She had two in mind. One could bring a stop to the whole night. She raised her dreg-filled glass. "Memories-"

"Ooooo, that's a good one-"Jade made to clink but Tonks stopped her with her other hand.

"-And lost love." Tonks said poignantly.

"What?!" Jade sat aghast. "You and-" Jade couldn't bring herself to say it. How much he had meant to her. How he had made her happy.

"Me and-" She couldn't bring herself to say it either. Jade hadn't approved at first. He was much too old for her. But secretly she had been happy for Tonks and wished she could have been so daring. Being what he was.

"Split up?!" Jade questioned. Tonks nodded sadly warning herself not to cry. "Why?"

"The one thing we promised never to talk about. Never to bring up- Came up." Tonks answered in barely a whisper. "My cousin."

"He didn't believe you?" Jade questioned. She knew all about her cousin Sirius. He was in Azakaban. Jade wasn't sure if he did kill al those people or not. All she knew was her friend Tonks believed beyond a shadow of a doubt that Sirius Black was innocent. That was all Jade needed to know to stand by her and Black.

"Why would he. His job, his life's a lot easier if he believes Sirius is a murderer. It's a losing battle to fight for him. I might have lost my-"

"Mr Lupin has to still train you Tonks. He can't let this get in the way of a professional...." Jade thought for a moment. "He's told them what you think?" Jade lent over and lowered her voice. "He's told the ministry, and now they'll think that you are gonna free him from the inside." Tonks shrugged. She didn't know what Remus was going to do. He asked her why she wanted to be an Auror and she told him truthfully. She'd warned him that they were condemning an innocent man and that she would see to it that he was brought to justice. Now she knew why it was never to be brought up. She loved Remus. She loved her cousin more.

"Are you ready to order another round?" The bright and bubbly waitress bounced into view. Tonks met the waitresses eyes;

"Fallen Angel please."

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