Normally in this story I try to keep my ranting to only the reviews I get. However I think it is important at this point to say a few things.
1. I am sorry to anyone that I offend by this, because it is not directed to everyone. Those of you that have supported this story since chapter one may want to skip this A/N. Anyone who has decided to complain about something, then you SHOULD read this!
2. I have only continued to write this story, because LOYAL READERS have asked me to. At first I wasn't going to, but now I feel that it was a GOOD IDEA to continue it. I hope that I am not proven wrong again.
3. This story is written with my heart and soul because that is how I write. Seeing as I feel like a few of the characters in the story, it helps to release some of my depression into it. That is another reason that I feel this story has to continue on, but maybe I was wrong. Maybe I should have left it at chapter one, and been done with it. That way it didn't become a failure like my message board!
Things I Am Sorry For
1. I am truly sorry for the SPELLING and GRAMMAR mistakes in all my stories. I have never said I was good at spelling and grammar, but I try to catch my mistakes.
2. I am sorry if the characters seem out of character to you.
3. I am sorry if you feel my plots or scenes are lacking originality or realistic factors.
4. I am sorry if you do not like the story how it is written, even with its mistakes. All I can say is if you don't like it, and can't get a past the errors. Then please by all means don't continue to read it. There are enough stories out there that you should find one that you like.
5. Once again I am sorry for offending anyone with my ranting.
Things I Am NOT Sorry For
1. I am not sorry for writing! Writing is the one way I have of expressing my feeling, and I do it a lot. It may not allows be without errors, but it is all heart felt!
2. I am not sorry for how I portray the characters in my stories. This is a FAN FICTION after all, and as such the writer is allowed to modify things for the story. If you want CANON characters then by all means read the real Harry Potter Books, because J.K. Rowling decides and writes how the characters should be in character not me.
3. I am not sorry for writing my plots or scenes the way I want them to be. This is because it is my version of the story and I tell it how I see it. There may be factors of it that not seem original, but I assure you that I try and make them as original as I possible can.
4. As I said I am not sorry for writing my stories. I am thankful to those loyal readers out there that are able to put aside the errors and still read the story for what it is. I am also thankful that these Loyal Readers will review telling me what they thought without complaining totally about the errors. If there is something that is really badly done then tell me exactly where it is and what I did wrong and I will try and catch the mistake in the following chapters.
5. If any of the loyal readers read this, this far I would like to THANK all of you for your reviews. You do not know how much it truly means to me, and I doubt any of you will ever know fully. I just want my Most Loyal Supporters to know I am I truly thankful for all their support. They know who they are because they have reviewed almost all my current chapters when they came out.
I like to write which a lot of people can tell, but I also like to get updates out fast. That is why I do not use a beta. Sure it would be better if I did, but then my updates would be slowed down. Right now I update this story almost every day, with exception of the weekends cause I get busy with other writings that I have to do.
A lot of the mistakes I make in the story comes from the fact that when I write with my heart and soul, my mind doesn't allows match my fingers. I think that I type something and it turns out I didn't. I try to catch these mistakes but I miss them some times. I just hope people can put those errors behind them and still enjoy the story. Though if you can't then I suggest you quit reading because I am human and with how I am I make an extremely large amount of errors.
Ranting is now over, so I will move on to reviews.
I would like to say a special thank you to all my loyal reviewers. THANK YOU ALL!
Princessash: Thank you for reviewing and for being a loyal reviewer. As for your question about Harry and Tonks that will be explained in this chapter. Your second question is a bit hard to explain but I will try. To call someone dark is really relative in nature. If by dark you mean evil, then no they are not fully evil. However this doesn't mean they are good either. Spade is semi-dark in that he will kill if he has too, but doesn't take great pleasure in it. He is into other illegal activities though, which one might consider him to be dark for. Blade is a radical so to speak. He does what he wants even if it goes against the laws of the land. Though he is loyal to Spade, so he wouldn't cross him without good reason. He also is semi-dark because he will kill if he is mad enough too, though he doesn't try to control his inner desires. Ice Queen is cold and calculating, and she will kill someone if they piss her off. Laws have no meaning to her at all, and will break them if she wants to. Tiger is an over zealous person who is loyal to only Ice Queen. He obeys Spade because he knows enough too, but otherwise he could careless about him. That goes the same for laws and such, they are pointless in his opinion or better yet they are made to be broken. Quake is well disciplined and is the least dark of them all. He obeys most laws and refuses to kill, unless his life is in immediate danger. He doesn't condone most of the things that the organization does, but is swore by an oath to be part of it. This doesn't mean that he likes all that they do.
I hope this little insight helps you better understand the characters. If you need or want to know more feel free to contact me, my contact information, is found in my profile. I will try and answer all your questions you have about them.
Rosiegirl: Thank you and thanks for being a loyal reviewer.
Silverscale: Thank you and thanks for being a loyal reviewer. Also you're welcome, and by the way update soon lol.
Fire Gazer: Thank you and thanks for being a loyal reviewer. As for Hardy, well read this chapter and tell me what ya think of him lol.
Cycla: Thanks for reviewing. I am glad you liked that, but I fear we haven't heard the last of Hardy yet lol. (Evil Grin)
Pleione: Thanks for reviewing and its okay if you forgot to review last time, since you did this time ;). Also it might be a bad place to you, but I thought it was an excellent spot lol. Look at it this way I update almost daily, so you don't have too long between cliffhangers.
Black-Hood: lol Thanks for reviewing. (Smacks Harry until he spits it out)
Uten: Thank you and thanks for being a loyal reviewer. I am sorry for my mistakes and sorry it lessened your view of the chapter. (See A/N before this chapter)
Wolflady: Thanks for reviewing and I am glad you liked it. Though you may not like this chapter much where Hardy is concerned. Got to love the villain lol.
MMockler4Tonks: Thanks for reviewing. Don't worry things will come out in this chapter. Also I did review your story, Darkness Inside, sorry haven't had the urge to read the other two.
GrimmyD: Thank you
ShadowDemon100: Thank you and thanks for being a loyal reviewer. I enjoy your rather creative reviews. Also I do have AIM, which I added to my contact info in my profile. My SN is bladekwo on there.
Silver J. Wolf: Sorry but what is done is done. Also technically since, one you can't steal a nickname, which is not trademarked, and two I had no idea it was your nickname. I am not reliable for said thievery ;). Also thanks for reviewing and I am sorry for the similarity in name.
Schnuff: First off thanks for reviewing and second I am sorry if you don't like how I write the story. (See A/N before this chapter!)
DJ Rodriguez: Thank you and thanks for being a loyal reviewer. I am glad you liked the sucker play on Hardy, but the next time isn't so nice. (Read the chapter and you will know what I mean.) To answer your question Tonks already knew about Harry being a Metamorphmagus. She read it in his journal that he left in his apartment. Your other questions are semi-revealed in this chapter. As for his training with the Skulls? They are not the skulls they just use a black skull as their Portkey not their symbol. The organization is the Jade Scorpions, but that is a selective name at best.
Tonksiepoo: Thank you for reviewing, though I am not sure I entirely understand your point, but thanks nonetheless.
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Harry continued to look at Tonks, trying to figure out what to say to her. After a few minutes of silence Harry smiled at Tonks and spoke in his normal Harry Potter voice. "Tonks."
Tonks was a bit taken back by the tone and voice that he used. Had she heard him right, was that truly the familiar voice of Harry Potter or was it her imagination?
"Tonks, please trust me enough to meet me at the Leaky Cauldron. I have more I want to tell you, but I need to be in a more private location." Harry said in his stern, cold, and calculating Silver Wolf voice.
The switch in his voice again made Tonks think about what she heard. Maybe she was wrong; maybe it wasn't Harry's voice she heard before. Though something about him told her to trust him. "Okay I will, but promise me that you wont let me hanging like you did Hardy." Tonks said trying to fight back her laughter.
Harry laughed at the thought of what he did to Malcom Hardy. "I would never do that to you. That guy deserved a lot more than what I did to him, but I left him off easy."
Tonks couldn't hold back her laughter any longer, and started to laugh along with him. After a few minutes of laughing she slowly managed to regain her composure. "I know he did. I will meet you at the Leaky Cauldron in a few minutes. Go ahead and get a room, so we can talk."
"A room for us to be alone in?" Harry asked causally, though he knew what she had in mind. Though he couldn't resist saying it, because once she learned the truth things might be different for them.
Tonks rolled her eyes at him. "The room is so we are alone to talk Romeo, nothing more."
"I know, I would have it no other way Miss Tonks." Harry said as he stood up to leave. "Until we meet again."
Tonks nodded and smiled as she watched him leave the bar.
Harry wasn't sure how Tonks would react to what he had to say, but he knew he couldn't keep it from her any longer. He had to tell her all of it, and if she knew what he wrote about her than things could turn out very well or very badly.
All Harry could think about when he arrived at the Leaky Cauldron was Tonks. He didn't even pay attention to the people in the pub as he made his way to the bar to speak with Tom.
After a few minutes Harry got a room for the evening and asked Tom to send Tonks (which I assume he knows) up to the room when she arrived. He then gave him a hundred galleons to keep quiet about where he was to any one else. Even if he had used a fake name for the room, he still didn't feel totally safe, as he made his way to his room.
Harry had been in the room for only a few minutes when a knock came to the door. Harry pulled out his wand and cautiously made his way to the door. "Who is it?"
"Tonks" Tonks said in a low hushed voice, as if she was afraid someone would hear her.
"Are you alone?" Harry asked half jokingly and half concerned since he didn't know if she truly trusted him or not.
"Yes!" She said a little louder. "Now are you going to let me in or should I leave?"
Harry pulled open the door a little and saw it was only Tonks standing there rolling her eyes at him. "By all means come in."
Harry opened the door the rest of the way and allowed Tonks to enter the room. He then quickly shut the door and cast a complex locking and then cast a complex silencing charm on the room.
"So what did you need a private room to tell me Mr. Wolf?" Tonks asked with a slight smile on her face.
Harry looked at her for a moment, wondering just how much she knew, or how much she thought she knew. "You may want to sit down, this may come as a shock."
Harry waited for Tonks to sit down on the bed and then he changed his appearance from Silver Wolf back to his normal appearance. "Tonks" He said now in Harry's voice. "This is who I truly am. I am sorry for leaving so abruptly, but I had to get away. I couldn't stand being a puppet any longer. The minister, Fudge, has tried to use me for his own schemes, and Dumbledore is no better."
Tonks was a bit shocked and relieved to find that he was really Harry, but also she found that she was a bit mad. She stood up and slapped him across the face hard. "You selfish bastard! Did you once think about how anyone else would feel if you just up and disappeared? How about your friends Harry? Don't they matter to you or is your own needs to great compared to them? What about me? Did you even stop to think about how you leaving like that would effect me?"
Harry gingerly rubbed his face, which was turning red from her slap. "I am sorry Tonks. You're right, I was a selfish bastard and it has been eating me up inside. That is why I had to come back and see you. I had to explain everything to you, because believe it or not I do LOVE you!"
A tear ran down Tonks' cheek as she looked at the red mark she left on Harry's face. Here he was finally opening up to her like she wanted him to, and what did she do? She over reacted and slapped him really hard. "Harry…I'm…. sorry." Tonks said as more tears flowed down her face.
Harry took her into his arms, like he had wanted too for so long, and held her close to him. "Don't be sorry you had every reason to slap me. I have been a selfish, self loathing bastard, and I deserved it."
Tonks and Harry remained locked in each other's arms for minutes. They finally pulled a part when Harry heard shouting from the other side of the door. (A/N: I am assuming a silencing charm blocks noise from leaving not entering, though I may be wrong.)
"Silver Wolf I know you're in here!" Came the familiar voice of Malcom Hardy.
"Damn it how did he find me?" Harry asked himself as he reverted back to Silver Wolf. He then looked at Tonks, who looked just as shocked as he did. "Give me your wand!" He said in a cold, stern, and calculating voice.
Tonks stepped back in shock. Did Harry actually believe she turned him in? "Harry I…"
"The name is Silver Wolf! Now give me the wand if you wish to get out of here with little incident!" Harry said as he stared at Tonks.
Tonks slowly pulled out her wand and before she knew what she was doing she handed it to him. Harry quickly placed it in his robes, and then placed an arm around her as he pointed his wand in her back. He then leaned down and whispered slightly in her ear. "Once we are out, Apparate to the Jade Scorpion I will explain then and please forgive me for my actions my love."
Harry then aimed the wand at the door and blew it open sending Hardy flying into a wall. He quickly replaced the wand to the middle of Tonks' back as more Aurors moved in the doorway. "If you wish for me to kill this lady then by all means continue to come into the room! If you want her to live then, you will move out of the way!"
The Aurors in the doorway all froze as they saw who he was holding hostage. Hardy now back to his feet pushed them out of the way. "Silver Wolf you are under arrest! I suggest you come peacefully and maybe you will only serve life in Azkaban! If you resist you will surely get the Dementor's kiss!" Hardy said without even caring that he had Tonks hostage.
"I see you got down Hardy!" Harry said curtly. "It would appear we have a bit of a stand off here. If you try to get me I will kill her, and by time her lifeless body hits the ground I will kill you also!"
"Nice try Silver Wolf!" Hardy said with a sneer. "I know you are bluffing. I know you are working with Tonks!"
Harry looked a bit shocked as he turned his attention to Tonks. "Your Nymphadora Tonks? Bloody brilliant another Auror to add to my collection!"
A tough-looking wizard with very short wiry gray hair moved by Hardy. Harry instantly recognized him as Dawlish, an Auror who supported Fudge. "What collection? I suggest you let Miss Tonks go, and tell us everything. I will see to it that the minister shows you lenience if you cooperate with us now."
Harry laughed his insane laugh. "There is one small problem with that idea. See I know all about how Fudge works, and I know he would rather have me receive the Dementor's kiss than give me a fair trail. Now here is what will happen! I will be allowed to leave, along with Miss Tonks here. Once I am safely away I will send my demands to the Minister. Once they are met I will then set Tonks and Harry Potter free!"
There was complete silence in the room as if someone had put a sound proofing charm on each person there. Some were even too afraid to even breath.
The silence only lasted momentarily and was broken by Hardy. "He's lying! He doesn't have Harry Potter and he wont kill Tonks! I still say they are working together…"
"Shut up Hardy!" Came the stern voice of Kingsley Shacklebolt from behind him. "Mr. Wolf let us discuss this rationally before someone does something stupid." He said as he glared at Hardy clearing indicating that was whom he meant.
"You would be?" Harry asked acting as if he didn't know.
"I am Kingsley Shacklebolt and I am in charge of all the Aurors here." Kingsley said in a matter of fact kind of way.
Harry looked at him for a moment, acting like he was sorting out the situation. "Did I not make myself clear the first time? Either I get safe passage out of here, or she dies! You may kill me, but if you do, you will never see Harry Potter again!"
Kingsley turned to the rest of the Aurors in the room. "Leave! I wish to speak with him alone."
"Sir, you can't be serious." Hardy said as he looked at Kingsley.
"I am serious Hardy! If you have a problem with that, I am sure I can find a position for you in Antarctica!" Kingsley said in a stern and harsh tone. "That goes for all of you! If you are not gone in one minute you will wish you never disobeyed my order!"
Instantly the room was filled with popping sounds as the Aurors left, all except for Dawlish and Hardy who remained standing there.
"Why are you still here?" Kingsley asked in a stern tone as he glared at the two remaining Aurors.
"Sir, I am under direct orders from the minister to bring Silver Wolf in. that means I can not follow your orders." Dawlish said in a matter of fact tone of voice.
"I see." Said Kingsley as he turned his glare to Hardy. "I suppose you have the same orders?"
Hardy smiled as he looked at Kingsley. "Yes I do! That means you can't threaten me any longer! Also I feel that you are no longer in the right state of mind to command this unit and effective immediately you are suspended pending a full investigation by the Minister himself."
Harry's eyes feel on Kingsley and the Hardy. His perfect plan was starting to unravel right before his eyes, and there wasn't much he could do. It truly looked hopeless as Harry looked over the situation at hand. If Hardy and Dawlish were working for the minister, they might careless if he did kill Tonks. Even worse was the fact that they didn't even care if Harry Potter was returned or not. Not to mention that he was bluffing, and would never harm Tonks. 'What a tangled web we weave when we seek to deceive.' Harry thought as he glared at the three men in front of him.