A/N: Okay, I'm guessing that Tonks was 20 in OotP, so in this story, she's
16 and in sixth year at Hogwarts. Remus was, let's say, 32 in OotP, so in
this story, he's 28. Got it? If I'm wrong, just deal with it.
A/N2: Oh, and let's say that it's 1993. Not that it matters.
Chapter 1: The Hidden Puddle
"Tonks! Watch out!"
Ashley's warning came too late. Tonks did not see the small puddle of water lurking in the shadows of the nearly empty corridor. She stepped in it, slipped, and landed flat on her back.
"Oh my gosh! Tonks, are you okay?" Ashley, Tonks' best friend, asked, rushing over, "Tonks! Speak to me!"
"I am such a klutz," Tonks whispered, eyes squeezed shut.
Ashley giggled, and Tonks couldn't help but join in.
"Hey! Are you okay?"
The two teens stopped laughing immediately, and looked up slowly at the stranger. He was very, very tall, with brown hair (only the tiniest hint of gray, but this wasn't visible in the dim hallway), and the lightest blue eyes either girl had ever seen.
"Well?" he asked.
Tonks scrambled up. "Uh, yeah. I'm, uh, just... perfectly... um. Hello, my name is Tonks!" she stuck her hand out.
He shook it, warily. "I'm Remus Lupin. Are you sure? That was a pretty nasty fall..."
Ashley bumped Tonks out of the way. "Hi! My name is Ashley Derby! Are you a new, er, professor?"
"Not yet," Remus said, giving them both a lopsided grin.
"Well, that's a good thing." Ashley mumbled.
"What?" Both Tonks and Remus asked.
"Oh, nothing..."
"I, uh, should be going," Remus said, "I must meet with Dumbledore. So, if you'll excuse me..." He started to make his way past the girls.
"Wait!" Ashley called, "Do you know the way? I-we could show you."
Remus smiled again. "Don't you two have a class to get to?"
Tonks caught on first. She looked sown at her watch. "Oh! McGonnagall will kill us if we're late again!" She grabbed Ashley's hand and pulled her towards the classroom. "We'll see you around, Remus Lupin!"
A/N2: Oh, and let's say that it's 1993. Not that it matters.
Chapter 1: The Hidden Puddle
"Tonks! Watch out!"
Ashley's warning came too late. Tonks did not see the small puddle of water lurking in the shadows of the nearly empty corridor. She stepped in it, slipped, and landed flat on her back.
"Oh my gosh! Tonks, are you okay?" Ashley, Tonks' best friend, asked, rushing over, "Tonks! Speak to me!"
"I am such a klutz," Tonks whispered, eyes squeezed shut.
Ashley giggled, and Tonks couldn't help but join in.
"Hey! Are you okay?"
The two teens stopped laughing immediately, and looked up slowly at the stranger. He was very, very tall, with brown hair (only the tiniest hint of gray, but this wasn't visible in the dim hallway), and the lightest blue eyes either girl had ever seen.
"Well?" he asked.
Tonks scrambled up. "Uh, yeah. I'm, uh, just... perfectly... um. Hello, my name is Tonks!" she stuck her hand out.
He shook it, warily. "I'm Remus Lupin. Are you sure? That was a pretty nasty fall..."
Ashley bumped Tonks out of the way. "Hi! My name is Ashley Derby! Are you a new, er, professor?"
"Not yet," Remus said, giving them both a lopsided grin.
"Well, that's a good thing." Ashley mumbled.
"What?" Both Tonks and Remus asked.
"Oh, nothing..."
"I, uh, should be going," Remus said, "I must meet with Dumbledore. So, if you'll excuse me..." He started to make his way past the girls.
"Wait!" Ashley called, "Do you know the way? I-we could show you."
Remus smiled again. "Don't you two have a class to get to?"
Tonks caught on first. She looked sown at her watch. "Oh! McGonnagall will kill us if we're late again!" She grabbed Ashley's hand and pulled her towards the classroom. "We'll see you around, Remus Lupin!"