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"To go in or not to go in, that is the question," Tawny said as she and Remus stood outside the front door of number twelve Grimmauld Place. They had to have been standing there for about ten minutes already.
"Oh, just go in!" Remus said as he violently opened the front door and shoved Tawny through it.
Inside Remus put a finger to his lips and gestured to some curtains hanging from a wall. Tawny looked curiously at the curtains, and then looked at Remus, mouthing the word "Portraits?" Remus simply nodded and shuddered.
Tawny and Remus crept across the room, heading towards a door that Tawny suspected lead to the kitchen. Suddenly a young woman with pink hair emerged from the door.
"TAWNY!" Tonks exclaimed very loudly and excitedly.
Tawny's ears were soon met with what could quite possibly be the worst noise she had ever heard, and that was saying something. She turned wide-eyed to where the curtains had been and saw Sirius Black's mother, eyes bulging and rolling around as she screamed, "MUDBLOODS! TRAITORS! MUTANTS AND FREAKS! HOW DARE YOU SET FOOT IN THIS HOUSE?!" The portrait then set her eyes on Tawny and screamed. "YOU! MUDBLOOD! POISON OF MY FLESH! BEGONE FROM THIS HOUSE!" Other portraits were screaming too, but Mrs. Black was by far the worst.
"BITCH!" Tawny shouted back, running up to the portrait, grabbing the curtain, attempting to pull it shut.
"I'm sorry!" Tonks wailed as she grabbed the other curtain, trying to help Tawny pull it closed, "I was just excited to see you!"
Tawny was aware that a few other people had entered the room, running to silence the awful sounds coming from the portraits.
"It's all right, Tonks!" Tawny shouted over Mrs. Black's screams. Tawny then glared up at the portrait, and snarls, "would you shut up already?!"
Soon enough Tawny and Tonks successfully forced the curtains to close and the horrible screeching had at last died down.
"Man that was annoying!" Tawny muttered walking into the kitchen, followed by Tonks and Remus.
"How are you?" Tonks asked as she caught Tawny in a hug, "I've missed you!"
"I'm fine!" Tawny returned Tonks' hug, then pulled away from her, hands on Tonks' shoulders, and said, "I never meant to turn my back on you, Tonks."
"Dreadful things!" Molly Weasley hissed as she entered the room, looking tired and annoyed.
"Hello, Molly," Tawny greeted the older woman with a smile.
"Tawny, dear!" Mrs. Wealsey returned her smiled, "I haven't seen you in so long, well at least not in person, how are you?"
"Fine, thanks," Tawny smiled.
"Have you been staying out of trouble? I don't mean to sound rude, but Mundungus has been a handful and..."
"I haven't been in trouble with the Ministry in over four years," Tawny said with a dismissive wave of her hand.
It was a fair question though. Tawny had been known to be very...vocal about her opinions of the Ministry of Magic. During one concert Tawny had apparently, while very drunk, gone on one of her infamous "political rants" and "verbally attacked" several members of the Ministry, but mainly Barty Crouch, who happened to be dead now. However, Tawny didn't remember much about the concert, except that the next morning she woke up with the mother of all hangovers, and a threat of six months to a year in Azkaban for "suspicions of plotting against the Ministry."
"Well, that's a relief," Mrs. Weasley smiled again, "but now I must be going. Good day to you all." And with that Mrs. Weasley walked back out the door.
Tawny then turned to Tonks and Remus and asked, "What did Mundungus do?"
"Oh," Remus said with a wave of his hand, "Something about stolen cauldrons...and one night when he was supposed to be watching Harry he left his post..."
"What?" Tawny gasped, "Was Harry all right?"
"Well..." Remus began, but Tonks fished for him, "He got attacked by dementors!"
"WHAT?!"
"Don't worry Tawn, I taught him how to fight them!" Remus insisted, calming the redhead down, "Harry's a very talented wizard. You'd be proud of him!"
"So, what then?" Tawny asked calmly, "Did he get in trouble for using magic?"
"Well, yes," Remus replied nervously, "He had a hearing, but everything's been sorted out now. He's back at Hogwarts this very moment."
Tawny opened her mouth to say something else, but suddenly heard someone, or something, say, "It is the mudblood...Kreacher knows it's her...My Mistress did not like her at all...the things my Mistress would say if she saw her here..." Tawny looked and saw a very old looking house elf "sneaking" its way across the kitchen.
"Nice to see you too, Kreacher," Tawny was a bit surprised he had recognized her. She saw him once at platform 9 ¾ one year, but never again after that lovely incident.
Inside Tawny was wonder if coming to this house had been a mistake after all.
"Where's-" Tawny began but was cut off by Remus.
"Sirius!" Remus grinned, grabbing Tawny by the arms and spinning her around. Tawny felt as though she were about to have a heart attack.
Fifth Year Potions Class
"He's looking at you again," Lily whispered to Tawny.
"Why won't he leave me alone?" Tawny growled as she leaned over her cauldron as she hastily threw her ingredients to a Noctis Visum potion into it. Potions was her least favorite subject, and it didn't help that Sirius's eyes kept wandering from his cauldron, a cross the classroom, and over to her every five minutes of the period.
"Well...maybe you should give him a chance...he might actually be a nice guy," Lily winked at Tawny as she said this, remembering their bet from only a few months ago.
"I'll date him when you date James," Tawny snarled at Lily. Tawny then looked over at Sirius, batted her eyes and blew a kiss towards him. "That will be the downside to trying out for the Quidditch team next year," Tawny said turning back to Lily and watched the contents of both their cauldrons turn a bright yellow color. "They should start bubbling soon...anyway, as I was saying, dealing with those two."
"Yeah, but you should try out anyway if you like the sport. You're trying out for chaser, right?"
Tawny nodded as she watched her cauldron start to break out into tiny bubbles.
"I mean, it's not like Sirius will be trying to snog you while there are bludgers flying around."
"Is it bad that I'm already starting to worry about the OWLs?" Tawny asked, intentionally changing the subject. They were still months away, but just thinking about the exams made Tawny feel sick.
"You'll be fine, Tawn," Lily said looking a bit surprised, "You're a good student, and we'll study together. We'll both be fine! Oh, and by the way, he's looking again."
Tawny turned in her seat and glared at Sirius. James, who was sitting next to Sirius, said something to Sirius that Tawny couldn't quite make out, and then both Sirius and James laughed.
"Weirdo's," Tawny grumbled, looking back at her cauldron.
"Now," Professor Donovan, the potions teacher, said standing up at the front of the classroom. He was a very tall man, who was muscular and quite handsome, with dark skin and hair. "It is time to test your potions."
"Well," Tawny said as she scooped up some of her potion in her ladle, then turned to Lily and said, "bottoms up!"
Everyone in the classroom drank their potions, and they soon found themselves sitting in a dark classroom, or WERE they?
"Whoa!" Tawny said, "NIGHT VISION!"
It was as if the classroom had no room and the sun was shinning on a clear summer day. Tawny could see everything in the room perfectly. As their test, each student was asked to read a sentence that Donovan had written on a piece of parchment.
"Very good Miss Evans and Miss Weiland, you may go!" Donovan smiled at them. Even though Tawny did not like potions that did not mean that she and Lily weren't two of Donovan's favorite students.
"That was so cool! It was like we were outside or something!" Tawny said excitedly.
"I KNOW!" Lily agreed.
"I sure hope I'm not in competition with a teacher," A voice said from behind Lily and Tawny.
The two girls looked behind them to see Sirius and James standing there. Tawny sustained a groan, and said, "Err...hi..."
"So," James said, his trademark winning smile on his face, "About Hogsmeade tomorrow, what do you two say that Sirius and I take you to the Three Broomsticks and-"
"No," both Lily and Tawny cut James off, turning on their heels and walking away from them.
"Hey!" Sirius exclaimed, catching up to them, "You didn't even hear us out!"
"Were you asking us out?" Tawny asked, turning to face him.
"Well, yeah..."
"Then the answer is still no!" Tawny gave Sirius a fake smile and kept on walking.
"Fine!" Sirius called after her, "I'll find someone else to go with!"
"I'm sure he will," Tawny said to Lily, and shrugged indifferently.
I still remember the sun
Always warm on my back
Somehow it seems colder now
Where has my heart gone
Trapped in the eyes of a stranger
oh why...
I want to go back to
Believing in everything
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"To go in or not to go in, that is the question," Tawny said as she and Remus stood outside the front door of number twelve Grimmauld Place. They had to have been standing there for about ten minutes already.
"Oh, just go in!" Remus said as he violently opened the front door and shoved Tawny through it.
Inside Remus put a finger to his lips and gestured to some curtains hanging from a wall. Tawny looked curiously at the curtains, and then looked at Remus, mouthing the word "Portraits?" Remus simply nodded and shuddered.
Tawny and Remus crept across the room, heading towards a door that Tawny suspected lead to the kitchen. Suddenly a young woman with pink hair emerged from the door.
"TAWNY!" Tonks exclaimed very loudly and excitedly.
Tawny's ears were soon met with what could quite possibly be the worst noise she had ever heard, and that was saying something. She turned wide-eyed to where the curtains had been and saw Sirius Black's mother, eyes bulging and rolling around as she screamed, "MUDBLOODS! TRAITORS! MUTANTS AND FREAKS! HOW DARE YOU SET FOOT IN THIS HOUSE?!" The portrait then set her eyes on Tawny and screamed. "YOU! MUDBLOOD! POISON OF MY FLESH! BEGONE FROM THIS HOUSE!" Other portraits were screaming too, but Mrs. Black was by far the worst.
"BITCH!" Tawny shouted back, running up to the portrait, grabbing the curtain, attempting to pull it shut.
"I'm sorry!" Tonks wailed as she grabbed the other curtain, trying to help Tawny pull it closed, "I was just excited to see you!"
Tawny was aware that a few other people had entered the room, running to silence the awful sounds coming from the portraits.
"It's all right, Tonks!" Tawny shouted over Mrs. Black's screams. Tawny then glared up at the portrait, and snarls, "would you shut up already?!"
Soon enough Tawny and Tonks successfully forced the curtains to close and the horrible screeching had at last died down.
"Man that was annoying!" Tawny muttered walking into the kitchen, followed by Tonks and Remus.
"How are you?" Tonks asked as she caught Tawny in a hug, "I've missed you!"
"I'm fine!" Tawny returned Tonks' hug, then pulled away from her, hands on Tonks' shoulders, and said, "I never meant to turn my back on you, Tonks."
"Dreadful things!" Molly Weasley hissed as she entered the room, looking tired and annoyed.
"Hello, Molly," Tawny greeted the older woman with a smile.
"Tawny, dear!" Mrs. Wealsey returned her smiled, "I haven't seen you in so long, well at least not in person, how are you?"
"Fine, thanks," Tawny smiled.
"Have you been staying out of trouble? I don't mean to sound rude, but Mundungus has been a handful and..."
"I haven't been in trouble with the Ministry in over four years," Tawny said with a dismissive wave of her hand.
It was a fair question though. Tawny had been known to be very...vocal about her opinions of the Ministry of Magic. During one concert Tawny had apparently, while very drunk, gone on one of her infamous "political rants" and "verbally attacked" several members of the Ministry, but mainly Barty Crouch, who happened to be dead now. However, Tawny didn't remember much about the concert, except that the next morning she woke up with the mother of all hangovers, and a threat of six months to a year in Azkaban for "suspicions of plotting against the Ministry."
"Well, that's a relief," Mrs. Weasley smiled again, "but now I must be going. Good day to you all." And with that Mrs. Weasley walked back out the door.
Tawny then turned to Tonks and Remus and asked, "What did Mundungus do?"
"Oh," Remus said with a wave of his hand, "Something about stolen cauldrons...and one night when he was supposed to be watching Harry he left his post..."
"What?" Tawny gasped, "Was Harry all right?"
"Well..." Remus began, but Tonks fished for him, "He got attacked by dementors!"
"WHAT?!"
"Don't worry Tawn, I taught him how to fight them!" Remus insisted, calming the redhead down, "Harry's a very talented wizard. You'd be proud of him!"
"So, what then?" Tawny asked calmly, "Did he get in trouble for using magic?"
"Well, yes," Remus replied nervously, "He had a hearing, but everything's been sorted out now. He's back at Hogwarts this very moment."
Tawny opened her mouth to say something else, but suddenly heard someone, or something, say, "It is the mudblood...Kreacher knows it's her...My Mistress did not like her at all...the things my Mistress would say if she saw her here..." Tawny looked and saw a very old looking house elf "sneaking" its way across the kitchen.
"Nice to see you too, Kreacher," Tawny was a bit surprised he had recognized her. She saw him once at platform 9 ¾ one year, but never again after that lovely incident.
Inside Tawny was wonder if coming to this house had been a mistake after all.
"Where's-" Tawny began but was cut off by Remus.
"Sirius!" Remus grinned, grabbing Tawny by the arms and spinning her around. Tawny felt as though she were about to have a heart attack.
Fifth Year Potions Class
"He's looking at you again," Lily whispered to Tawny.
"Why won't he leave me alone?" Tawny growled as she leaned over her cauldron as she hastily threw her ingredients to a Noctis Visum potion into it. Potions was her least favorite subject, and it didn't help that Sirius's eyes kept wandering from his cauldron, a cross the classroom, and over to her every five minutes of the period.
"Well...maybe you should give him a chance...he might actually be a nice guy," Lily winked at Tawny as she said this, remembering their bet from only a few months ago.
"I'll date him when you date James," Tawny snarled at Lily. Tawny then looked over at Sirius, batted her eyes and blew a kiss towards him. "That will be the downside to trying out for the Quidditch team next year," Tawny said turning back to Lily and watched the contents of both their cauldrons turn a bright yellow color. "They should start bubbling soon...anyway, as I was saying, dealing with those two."
"Yeah, but you should try out anyway if you like the sport. You're trying out for chaser, right?"
Tawny nodded as she watched her cauldron start to break out into tiny bubbles.
"I mean, it's not like Sirius will be trying to snog you while there are bludgers flying around."
"Is it bad that I'm already starting to worry about the OWLs?" Tawny asked, intentionally changing the subject. They were still months away, but just thinking about the exams made Tawny feel sick.
"You'll be fine, Tawn," Lily said looking a bit surprised, "You're a good student, and we'll study together. We'll both be fine! Oh, and by the way, he's looking again."
Tawny turned in her seat and glared at Sirius. James, who was sitting next to Sirius, said something to Sirius that Tawny couldn't quite make out, and then both Sirius and James laughed.
"Weirdo's," Tawny grumbled, looking back at her cauldron.
"Now," Professor Donovan, the potions teacher, said standing up at the front of the classroom. He was a very tall man, who was muscular and quite handsome, with dark skin and hair. "It is time to test your potions."
"Well," Tawny said as she scooped up some of her potion in her ladle, then turned to Lily and said, "bottoms up!"
Everyone in the classroom drank their potions, and they soon found themselves sitting in a dark classroom, or WERE they?
"Whoa!" Tawny said, "NIGHT VISION!"
It was as if the classroom had no room and the sun was shinning on a clear summer day. Tawny could see everything in the room perfectly. As their test, each student was asked to read a sentence that Donovan had written on a piece of parchment.
"Very good Miss Evans and Miss Weiland, you may go!" Donovan smiled at them. Even though Tawny did not like potions that did not mean that she and Lily weren't two of Donovan's favorite students.
"That was so cool! It was like we were outside or something!" Tawny said excitedly.
"I KNOW!" Lily agreed.
"I sure hope I'm not in competition with a teacher," A voice said from behind Lily and Tawny.
The two girls looked behind them to see Sirius and James standing there. Tawny sustained a groan, and said, "Err...hi..."
"So," James said, his trademark winning smile on his face, "About Hogsmeade tomorrow, what do you two say that Sirius and I take you to the Three Broomsticks and-"
"No," both Lily and Tawny cut James off, turning on their heels and walking away from them.
"Hey!" Sirius exclaimed, catching up to them, "You didn't even hear us out!"
"Were you asking us out?" Tawny asked, turning to face him.
"Well, yeah..."
"Then the answer is still no!" Tawny gave Sirius a fake smile and kept on walking.
"Fine!" Sirius called after her, "I'll find someone else to go with!"
"I'm sure he will," Tawny said to Lily, and shrugged indifferently.
I still remember the sun
Always warm on my back
Somehow it seems colder now
Where has my heart gone
Trapped in the eyes of a stranger
oh why...
I want to go back to
Believing in everything
Review Please!!!