Author Notes: Second semester senior year had to have been the busiest year I've ever had in school... that's why there was such a large gap in updating. But yeah, I finally graduated and will now be able to update over the summer. Yet, I'm not sure if I will be updating as frequently come the fall when I start up college. I don't know what my schedule is going to be like yet. I had also planned on updating this past week but I coudn't since I was in San Diego for my grandmother's funeral and I was helping out my grandfather and the rest of my family. It was stressful and I sort of wasn't in the mood for writing/updating. So forgive me about the length between updates, but hopefully the reasons will allow you to understand and if not, maybe this chapter will. Now, onwards!
Those mornings following the transformations were the best Remus could ever remember. Waking up to see Tonks sleeping close against the bars, opening the cage door and allowing her in. He would fall back asleep and wake up again in pure bliss as Tonks rubbed a Rejuvinating Solution over his worn and tired body. He was always sad when she had to leave for work.
"So you and Tonks are official now?" Harry asked, as Lupin came into the kitchen the afternoon after his last transformation.
"Yes," Remus nodded, starting up some tea. "Happy birthday by the way."
"Thanks."
"Ready for your party?" Remus asked.
"Yeah... just a little..." Harry trailed off thoughtfully.
"Weird?" Remus suggested, knowing full well Harry had never had a birthday party before.
"Yeah," Harry laughed.
"How many people did you invite?" Lupin asked, curiously.
"Oh, not many at all," Harry said, obviously trying to reassure Remus.
"I said you could invite as many as you want," Remus admonished, laughing slightly.
"I know, but, I didn't want to make a big deal out of it," Harry lowered his head. Remus studied the boy, Harry had always impressed him. Not only with the amount of power he held, but also what he'd had to deal with. How he had managed to keep shy and always know who his friends were, never ceased to amaze Remus.
"You are a very extraordinary person, Harry," Remus broke the silence. Harry looked up and smiled at him, lighting both of their faces.
"She should have been home an hour ago," Remus paced. Molly Weasley sat nervously in an a country arm chair and continuously jumped up.
"She shouldn't have even gone out to work, she's a pregnant woman!" she fretted.
"What if something happened to her?"
"If there was an attack we would have heard about it by now."
"She can defend herself."
"But, in her state of heal-"
"I'M HOME!" a familiar voice rang from the front hall and into the rest of the house.
"NYMPHADORA TONKS!" Molly and Remus screamed together, hurrying from the living room.
"Oh, are we playing this game again?" Tonks grinned as they entered.
Now, this would be the time that Mrs. Weasley and Remus rave and rant about Tonks nearly giving them a heart attack, but the problem was, they were too shocked to speak. Hermione, who had happened by on a journey for yogurt in the kitchen, was the first to say anything.
"My, God, Tonks! What on earth happened to your hair?" she said, eyes wide.
"You like it?" Tonks patted the back of her head.
"B-but, you're not supposed to use your abilities!" Remus finally came to.
"I know so-"
"You could have greviously hurt the child!" Mrs. Weasley interrupted in anger.
"But I-"
"What were you thinking?" Remus asked.
"I was-"
"You arrive late and go against rules set up for your health and the baby's health!" Molly screeched.
"WILL YOU LET ME SPEAK?" Tonks yelled. The two (Hermione had fled upstairs for fear of being hit by a sudden curse) snapped their mouths shut. "Thank you. I didn't use my powers, so you can calm down. I stopped by a Muggle hair saloon-"
"Salon," Remus inserted.
"Yes, salon, thank you. And I had them do this to my hair," she smiled. Remus blinked. He wasn't aware that Muggle's could create such hair monstrosities. Tonks's hair was now fire engine red, cut short, and slicked back.
"Well, Tonks, it's... very you," Remus finally said.
"Thanks!"
"Are you sure about it though? I mean, you can't change it," he said cautiously.
"Yeah, I just wanted something else rather than brown," she replied morosely.
"It's going to be quite festive for the party," Remus said, putting his arm around her waist and guiding her towards the dining room. Molly smiled.
"You're Professor Lupin." Tonks had to move away to keep from laughing as the dreamy eyed blonde girl turned her attentions to Remus.
"So, who's that?" she asked Harry, who looked happier than she had seen him in a while.
"That's Luna Lovegood, she was at the Department of Mysteries," he explained, sipping at some punch.
"Did she get hurt at all?" Tonks didn't know much about the time after the battle as she was unconscious.
"Not a scratch. She only got hurt when the Death Eaters blasted open the door she was sealing," Harry said proudly. Her attention was suddenly piqued.
"Really?" she asked, very interested. "Was she near any Death Eaters?"
"From what I've heard she fought a few off," Harry replied, curious as to why Tonks was so interested in this strange girl.
She didn't ask anymore after that, but instead stared at the girl who was questioning a very awkward looking Remus.
"My father allowed me to leave Sweden early to attend this fiesta," Luna explained to Lupin.
"Really?" he asked, he remembered the odd girl from her second year. "What were you doing there?"
"We were searching for Crumple-Horned Snorkacks, we hadn't found any by the time I left," she smiled, her large eyes glazed slightly.
"Ah," Remus smiled and nodded.
"Are you excited about being a father?" she asked suddenly.
"What?" Remus asked, caught off guard at her topic change. "Did Harry tell you this?"
"Oh, no, it's just very obvious. You have a glow that's not that dissimilar from an expectant mother's glow," she explained. Remus studied her in a fashion not that different from his girlfriend's a few feet away.
"So, can you tell me who the mother is?" Remus asked, testing her slightly. Luna didn't even have to look, she had been talking to the pregnant mother only moments earlier.
"Nymphadora Tonks," she stated. "I spotted her the moment I walked in the room, her glow is a very large one."
"Is there anything special about that?"
"Well, I didn't have time to study it long, but usually a the larger the glow, the more the babies."
THUD.
"Excuse me, but Professor Lupin has just lost consciousness."
He was wet. Very wet. Startled and spluttering Remus jerked into a sitting position from his spot lying down on a couch. How he had got there was a mystery. He looked around stunned at the group of people circled around him, one with slick-backed fire engine hair caught his attention. She held an empty cup, which most likely before held the water dripping down Remus's neck.
"Nymphadora! What did you go and do that for?" he muttered.
"What? No, 'Thank you, Tonks, for waking me up after learning that my signifigant other is carrying more than one of my children?'" she said in mock surprise. "Well, aren't we a rude little werewolf?" And with a flourish turned around to take the glass back to the kitchen.
"So... so, it's true then," Remus spoke slowly. "Nymphadora is having twins."
The expected reaction of everyone nodding didn't happen. Instead they shifted uneasily and avoided eye contact.
"Well, Remus, not really..." Harry spoke up. "You see, Dumbledore performed a pregnancy check charm and, um, she's having triplets."
Molly Weasley quickly handed him a fresh glass of water and a towel to keep him from passing out again.
"Harry, I've decided that's another part of your birthday present," Tonks said having returned.
"What is?"
"One of the babies. I mean, I don't really need three. We can hold bids who gets the second one," she continued.
"No, we'll be keeping them all," Remus said, slowly getting up. "Now, Harry, let's get back to your party. I'm all right, just a little caught off gaurd."
"You're sure you're all right?" Harry asked cautiously.
"Dandy," Remus replied.
"Ooh! Harry let's open your presents!" Tonks exclaimed. Harry glanced over his shoulder at a table moaning under the weight of all the presents he had received and grinned.
Harry couldn't believe how fantastic his presents were. The actual present Tonks got him was much better than the offered baby. Somehow Tonks had assembled a photo album full of Sirius through the ages, and all of him happy and satisfied. He noted that none of them were taken at Grimmauld place.
"Wow, Tonks, this is wonderful!" he said, his voice thick with emotion.
"Look close and you'll spot a certain cousin of his," Tonks grinned. Harry's eyes flashed for a moment at the thought of Bellatrix, but then realized Tonks was talking about herself. He laughed at one image of seveteen-year-old versions of his father and Sirius staring in absolute horror at Sirius' tiny four-year-old cousin firing off various hair types.
He got a load of new defense books from Hermione, the card that came with her gift stating she wanted him to continue the Defense Association.
Mrs. Weasley had baked him an overly large birthday cake which everyone had already devoured. Mr. Weasley giving Harry a wand care kit that had a similar, yet smaller, appearance to the broom servicing kit Hermione had gotten him a few years back. Fred and Geroge sent him a package of the newest Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes products. Ron and Ginny pitched together and got Harry loads of sweets.
Luna's gift was rather strange, an odd sculpture that looked like an insane rabbit with a strange, flat looking horn on it's head. Luna explained that it was her rendering of a Crumple-Horned Snorkack. She had even bewitched it to sound like the beast, but her father warned that the noise startles people so to charm it so it only sounds when prodded on it's stomach. Harry said that he would do it later. Many members of the Order that were there, specifically Remus and Tonks were fascinated by the tricky charm work Luna had used on the sculpture to have it move and sound the way it did.
Neville's gift was one of Harry's favorites. A practice snitch. It was smaller then the standard snitch and was bewitched to stay within a certain range and height of the seeker, other then that it still acted like a snitch in it's random movements and quick motions. Harry was extremely grateful, the gift really allowed him to practice when even not on the pitch.
Mad-Eye Moody had given Harry a wand holster, obviously not having forgotten the incident with Harry's wand in the back pocket. Throughout the party he had also been shooting Luna dangerous glares, probably worried one of her ears would get hexed off from her wands precarious position tucked behind her ear.
Dumbledore's gift, Harry imagined, was another way of apologizing, for he had gotten Harry a small penseive. He informed Harry that it wouldn't hold nearly as many memories as his own, but that Harry needed to hang on to most of his memories at such a young age, and that he should only use it to clear away the more difficult memories. He also warned to keep it in an extremely safe place, offering his office and the cupboard where his own penseive was kept. Harry thanked Dumbledore and agreed that that would be best.
The other people at the party gave Harry various gift certificates to stores in Diagon Alley, specifically clothing stores, mentioning how it was time for Harry to have his own fashion and style, rather than the ugly hand-me-downs from his obese cousin.
Remus had requested his to be opened last, and when the final wrapping paper had been thrown away he handed Harry a small white envelope.
Gingerly Harry opened it and what appeared to be a folded official document. The room was dead silent as Harry quickly scanned it. Then he looked up.
"Is this for real?" he asked Remus in a hushed voice.
"It is. Dumbledore has given permission for me to legally adopt you. If you will have me," Remus nodded. Harry looked at Dumbledore for verification.
"Yes, Harry, it is true. You will be required to spend one week with your aunt and uncle next summer, but that will be all," Dumbledore said sadly. Harry direly wanted to ask why now, rather then before, but he had an idea Dumbledore was doing it out of guilt.
"But, Professor Lupin," Hermione spoke up. "I don't mean to spoil the mood-" Ron quickly covered up his skeptic laugh with a cough- "but, you aren't legally allowed to adopt Harry on your own. What with the unfortunate laws against lycanthropes."
"I am aware of that, Hermione, and there is a way I can still adopt Harry," Remus reached into a pocket, his hands shaking. "It's been something I've thought long and hard about, and, um, well, it seems an appropriate step..."
Remus was sweating, and a few people were beginning to get an idea what was about to happen.
Smiling with happiness for Harry, Tonks took a casual sip of pumpkin juice.
Remus glanced nervously at Dumbledore who gave an encouraging, yet slight, nod. He finally managed to pull out a small, black velvet box from his pocket. There was a unanimous, slight gasp from the women in the room... except for Tonks who was kicking a spider away from her foot.
In an instant though Remus was on one knee in front of her.
"Nymphadora Tonks, will you marry me?"
The only answer Remus got was a spray of pumpkin juice right in his face and the sound of a body hitting the floor.
"They truly are meant for each other," the voice of Luna Lovegood spoke up, breaking through the stunned silence.
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"What job?" she asked suspiciously.
"I have a feeling you know which job, Miss Tonks," Dumbledore winked at her.
"Albus, I'm honored, but I'm not really the proper person to be teaching something so crucial-"
"I disagree, Nymphadora-" Tonks twitched but made no further comment "-despite your clumsiness you are an extremely brilliant Auror. Your grades in Hogwarts, especially Transfiguration and Defense, were some of the best the school has ever seen."
"I'm sure Hermione has outdone them," Tonks muttered.
"To be truthful, Miss Granger is one of the best students to come to Hogwarts since Tom Riddle," Albus admitted.
Are we going to learn something about Hermione? Exactly what job? And why is it so crucial? Yeah, I'm sure you can guess but that was the best preview I could find for the next chapter that didn't give anything away.
Those mornings following the transformations were the best Remus could ever remember. Waking up to see Tonks sleeping close against the bars, opening the cage door and allowing her in. He would fall back asleep and wake up again in pure bliss as Tonks rubbed a Rejuvinating Solution over his worn and tired body. He was always sad when she had to leave for work.
"So you and Tonks are official now?" Harry asked, as Lupin came into the kitchen the afternoon after his last transformation.
"Yes," Remus nodded, starting up some tea. "Happy birthday by the way."
"Thanks."
"Ready for your party?" Remus asked.
"Yeah... just a little..." Harry trailed off thoughtfully.
"Weird?" Remus suggested, knowing full well Harry had never had a birthday party before.
"Yeah," Harry laughed.
"How many people did you invite?" Lupin asked, curiously.
"Oh, not many at all," Harry said, obviously trying to reassure Remus.
"I said you could invite as many as you want," Remus admonished, laughing slightly.
"I know, but, I didn't want to make a big deal out of it," Harry lowered his head. Remus studied the boy, Harry had always impressed him. Not only with the amount of power he held, but also what he'd had to deal with. How he had managed to keep shy and always know who his friends were, never ceased to amaze Remus.
"You are a very extraordinary person, Harry," Remus broke the silence. Harry looked up and smiled at him, lighting both of their faces.
"She should have been home an hour ago," Remus paced. Molly Weasley sat nervously in an a country arm chair and continuously jumped up.
"She shouldn't have even gone out to work, she's a pregnant woman!" she fretted.
"What if something happened to her?"
"If there was an attack we would have heard about it by now."
"She can defend herself."
"But, in her state of heal-"
"I'M HOME!" a familiar voice rang from the front hall and into the rest of the house.
"NYMPHADORA TONKS!" Molly and Remus screamed together, hurrying from the living room.
"Oh, are we playing this game again?" Tonks grinned as they entered.
Now, this would be the time that Mrs. Weasley and Remus rave and rant about Tonks nearly giving them a heart attack, but the problem was, they were too shocked to speak. Hermione, who had happened by on a journey for yogurt in the kitchen, was the first to say anything.
"My, God, Tonks! What on earth happened to your hair?" she said, eyes wide.
"You like it?" Tonks patted the back of her head.
"B-but, you're not supposed to use your abilities!" Remus finally came to.
"I know so-"
"You could have greviously hurt the child!" Mrs. Weasley interrupted in anger.
"But I-"
"What were you thinking?" Remus asked.
"I was-"
"You arrive late and go against rules set up for your health and the baby's health!" Molly screeched.
"WILL YOU LET ME SPEAK?" Tonks yelled. The two (Hermione had fled upstairs for fear of being hit by a sudden curse) snapped their mouths shut. "Thank you. I didn't use my powers, so you can calm down. I stopped by a Muggle hair saloon-"
"Salon," Remus inserted.
"Yes, salon, thank you. And I had them do this to my hair," she smiled. Remus blinked. He wasn't aware that Muggle's could create such hair monstrosities. Tonks's hair was now fire engine red, cut short, and slicked back.
"Well, Tonks, it's... very you," Remus finally said.
"Thanks!"
"Are you sure about it though? I mean, you can't change it," he said cautiously.
"Yeah, I just wanted something else rather than brown," she replied morosely.
"It's going to be quite festive for the party," Remus said, putting his arm around her waist and guiding her towards the dining room. Molly smiled.
"You're Professor Lupin." Tonks had to move away to keep from laughing as the dreamy eyed blonde girl turned her attentions to Remus.
"So, who's that?" she asked Harry, who looked happier than she had seen him in a while.
"That's Luna Lovegood, she was at the Department of Mysteries," he explained, sipping at some punch.
"Did she get hurt at all?" Tonks didn't know much about the time after the battle as she was unconscious.
"Not a scratch. She only got hurt when the Death Eaters blasted open the door she was sealing," Harry said proudly. Her attention was suddenly piqued.
"Really?" she asked, very interested. "Was she near any Death Eaters?"
"From what I've heard she fought a few off," Harry replied, curious as to why Tonks was so interested in this strange girl.
She didn't ask anymore after that, but instead stared at the girl who was questioning a very awkward looking Remus.
"My father allowed me to leave Sweden early to attend this fiesta," Luna explained to Lupin.
"Really?" he asked, he remembered the odd girl from her second year. "What were you doing there?"
"We were searching for Crumple-Horned Snorkacks, we hadn't found any by the time I left," she smiled, her large eyes glazed slightly.
"Ah," Remus smiled and nodded.
"Are you excited about being a father?" she asked suddenly.
"What?" Remus asked, caught off guard at her topic change. "Did Harry tell you this?"
"Oh, no, it's just very obvious. You have a glow that's not that dissimilar from an expectant mother's glow," she explained. Remus studied her in a fashion not that different from his girlfriend's a few feet away.
"So, can you tell me who the mother is?" Remus asked, testing her slightly. Luna didn't even have to look, she had been talking to the pregnant mother only moments earlier.
"Nymphadora Tonks," she stated. "I spotted her the moment I walked in the room, her glow is a very large one."
"Is there anything special about that?"
"Well, I didn't have time to study it long, but usually a the larger the glow, the more the babies."
THUD.
"Excuse me, but Professor Lupin has just lost consciousness."
He was wet. Very wet. Startled and spluttering Remus jerked into a sitting position from his spot lying down on a couch. How he had got there was a mystery. He looked around stunned at the group of people circled around him, one with slick-backed fire engine hair caught his attention. She held an empty cup, which most likely before held the water dripping down Remus's neck.
"Nymphadora! What did you go and do that for?" he muttered.
"What? No, 'Thank you, Tonks, for waking me up after learning that my signifigant other is carrying more than one of my children?'" she said in mock surprise. "Well, aren't we a rude little werewolf?" And with a flourish turned around to take the glass back to the kitchen.
"So... so, it's true then," Remus spoke slowly. "Nymphadora is having twins."
The expected reaction of everyone nodding didn't happen. Instead they shifted uneasily and avoided eye contact.
"Well, Remus, not really..." Harry spoke up. "You see, Dumbledore performed a pregnancy check charm and, um, she's having triplets."
Molly Weasley quickly handed him a fresh glass of water and a towel to keep him from passing out again.
"Harry, I've decided that's another part of your birthday present," Tonks said having returned.
"What is?"
"One of the babies. I mean, I don't really need three. We can hold bids who gets the second one," she continued.
"No, we'll be keeping them all," Remus said, slowly getting up. "Now, Harry, let's get back to your party. I'm all right, just a little caught off gaurd."
"You're sure you're all right?" Harry asked cautiously.
"Dandy," Remus replied.
"Ooh! Harry let's open your presents!" Tonks exclaimed. Harry glanced over his shoulder at a table moaning under the weight of all the presents he had received and grinned.
Harry couldn't believe how fantastic his presents were. The actual present Tonks got him was much better than the offered baby. Somehow Tonks had assembled a photo album full of Sirius through the ages, and all of him happy and satisfied. He noted that none of them were taken at Grimmauld place.
"Wow, Tonks, this is wonderful!" he said, his voice thick with emotion.
"Look close and you'll spot a certain cousin of his," Tonks grinned. Harry's eyes flashed for a moment at the thought of Bellatrix, but then realized Tonks was talking about herself. He laughed at one image of seveteen-year-old versions of his father and Sirius staring in absolute horror at Sirius' tiny four-year-old cousin firing off various hair types.
He got a load of new defense books from Hermione, the card that came with her gift stating she wanted him to continue the Defense Association.
Mrs. Weasley had baked him an overly large birthday cake which everyone had already devoured. Mr. Weasley giving Harry a wand care kit that had a similar, yet smaller, appearance to the broom servicing kit Hermione had gotten him a few years back. Fred and Geroge sent him a package of the newest Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes products. Ron and Ginny pitched together and got Harry loads of sweets.
Luna's gift was rather strange, an odd sculpture that looked like an insane rabbit with a strange, flat looking horn on it's head. Luna explained that it was her rendering of a Crumple-Horned Snorkack. She had even bewitched it to sound like the beast, but her father warned that the noise startles people so to charm it so it only sounds when prodded on it's stomach. Harry said that he would do it later. Many members of the Order that were there, specifically Remus and Tonks were fascinated by the tricky charm work Luna had used on the sculpture to have it move and sound the way it did.
Neville's gift was one of Harry's favorites. A practice snitch. It was smaller then the standard snitch and was bewitched to stay within a certain range and height of the seeker, other then that it still acted like a snitch in it's random movements and quick motions. Harry was extremely grateful, the gift really allowed him to practice when even not on the pitch.
Mad-Eye Moody had given Harry a wand holster, obviously not having forgotten the incident with Harry's wand in the back pocket. Throughout the party he had also been shooting Luna dangerous glares, probably worried one of her ears would get hexed off from her wands precarious position tucked behind her ear.
Dumbledore's gift, Harry imagined, was another way of apologizing, for he had gotten Harry a small penseive. He informed Harry that it wouldn't hold nearly as many memories as his own, but that Harry needed to hang on to most of his memories at such a young age, and that he should only use it to clear away the more difficult memories. He also warned to keep it in an extremely safe place, offering his office and the cupboard where his own penseive was kept. Harry thanked Dumbledore and agreed that that would be best.
The other people at the party gave Harry various gift certificates to stores in Diagon Alley, specifically clothing stores, mentioning how it was time for Harry to have his own fashion and style, rather than the ugly hand-me-downs from his obese cousin.
Remus had requested his to be opened last, and when the final wrapping paper had been thrown away he handed Harry a small white envelope.
Gingerly Harry opened it and what appeared to be a folded official document. The room was dead silent as Harry quickly scanned it. Then he looked up.
"Is this for real?" he asked Remus in a hushed voice.
"It is. Dumbledore has given permission for me to legally adopt you. If you will have me," Remus nodded. Harry looked at Dumbledore for verification.
"Yes, Harry, it is true. You will be required to spend one week with your aunt and uncle next summer, but that will be all," Dumbledore said sadly. Harry direly wanted to ask why now, rather then before, but he had an idea Dumbledore was doing it out of guilt.
"But, Professor Lupin," Hermione spoke up. "I don't mean to spoil the mood-" Ron quickly covered up his skeptic laugh with a cough- "but, you aren't legally allowed to adopt Harry on your own. What with the unfortunate laws against lycanthropes."
"I am aware of that, Hermione, and there is a way I can still adopt Harry," Remus reached into a pocket, his hands shaking. "It's been something I've thought long and hard about, and, um, well, it seems an appropriate step..."
Remus was sweating, and a few people were beginning to get an idea what was about to happen.
Smiling with happiness for Harry, Tonks took a casual sip of pumpkin juice.
Remus glanced nervously at Dumbledore who gave an encouraging, yet slight, nod. He finally managed to pull out a small, black velvet box from his pocket. There was a unanimous, slight gasp from the women in the room... except for Tonks who was kicking a spider away from her foot.
In an instant though Remus was on one knee in front of her.
"Nymphadora Tonks, will you marry me?"
The only answer Remus got was a spray of pumpkin juice right in his face and the sound of a body hitting the floor.
"They truly are meant for each other," the voice of Luna Lovegood spoke up, breaking through the stunned silence.
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"What job?" she asked suspiciously.
"I have a feeling you know which job, Miss Tonks," Dumbledore winked at her.
"Albus, I'm honored, but I'm not really the proper person to be teaching something so crucial-"
"I disagree, Nymphadora-" Tonks twitched but made no further comment "-despite your clumsiness you are an extremely brilliant Auror. Your grades in Hogwarts, especially Transfiguration and Defense, were some of the best the school has ever seen."
"I'm sure Hermione has outdone them," Tonks muttered.
"To be truthful, Miss Granger is one of the best students to come to Hogwarts since Tom Riddle," Albus admitted.
Are we going to learn something about Hermione? Exactly what job? And why is it so crucial? Yeah, I'm sure you can guess but that was the best preview I could find for the next chapter that didn't give anything away.