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"What? What do you mean I could be a Metamorphmagus? I thought they were really rare?"

"They are Harry, come on get up. We have to make sure!" Tonks replied enthusiastically.

Harry just laughed at Tonks, she was so happy that it made him think of saying "like a child in a candy store."

"Well, come on what are you waiting for, get up already!"

"Um, Tonks, I can't get up when you're sitting on me you know." He then quickly added, "Not that I mind of course."

Tonks blushed at that, she was so caught up in the possibility of him being a Metamorphmagus, that she was forgot she was sitting on him naked. She got off him and muttered a quick apology before her enthusiasm got a hold of her and started bugging him to get up again.

Harry laughed at Tonks again and got up to follow to the bathroom.

"Okay, come over to the mirror Harry. Now, imagine your hair being brown instead of black. Then what you want to do is feel your magic, like you did to learn to Apparate, and try to concentrate on the brown hair. Then you'll try to push the magic into your hair, it's a lot of concentration the first few times, but it will get easier after that."

Harry tried several times but couldn't change his hair color at all. He was getting frustrated when Tonks interrupted his thoughts and told him they'd try something else.

Tonks took out her wand, pointed it at Harry and whisper a few incantations, which Harry didn't hear.

"Okay, now take a look in the mirror Harry."

When Harry looked in the mirror he received an incredible shock, and almost wanted to vomit at the sight he saw. Harry was now standing there with long platinum blonde hair.

"BLOODY HELL! You made me look like a Malfoy!"

"I thought we'd try something different, instead of trying to imagine yourself looking different, you'll try to imagine yourself looking the same. That and I thought this would be an incentive to change it back to normal."

"You're right; I can't even stand the sight of me!"

"Now, you don't look to bad, I think it looks kind of dashing on your really."

Harry just stared at Tonks for the moment until he saw that she was trying not to smile. He realized she was just playing with him about the dashing remark.

"Please, don't ever say that about this look Tonks!"

Tonks couldn't hold it in any longer and started laughing at the look on Harry's face.

"Sorry Harry, I couldn't resist!"

"Come on Harry! Try and change back like I told you before, but this time think of how your hair normally looks." Tonks cried out happily. She seemed even more eager for Harry to see if he was a Metamorphmagus than she was a minute ago, he didn't understand why she was so happy enthusiastic about it though.

Harry chuckled to himself at how eager Tonks was; she was literally bouncing on her feet waiting for him to try.

"Okay, Okay. I'm trying again."

Harry concentrated for a moment and felt the familiar warmth of his magic; he concentrated even harder on his hair being back to normal, getting rid of the disgusting look. After a minute he felt a tingling sensation on his scalp, it was working! He then heard Tonks say "Keep concentrating, don't stop concentrating or you'll stop it!" His concentration had nearly lapsed, but was able to get his mind back on track. He was still concentrating when a pair of arms wrapped themselves around him.

"You did it Harry! You're a Metamorphmagus!" She jumped up to him, throwing her arms around him and kissed him deeply. She couldn't continue the kiss for to long because she was to excite, she was jumping up and down acting like a child again and babbling about being a Metamorphmagus.

Harry couldn't keep it in any longer; he completely lost it and started laughing at how Tonks was acting. He was the one that was five years younger, but she was the one who was acting like a child.

Tonks saw Harry laughing at that and stopped a moment. "And just what do you think you are laughing at mister?"

He couldn't answer her at first, but then managed to stop laughing to catch his breath. He barely managed to say, "You", in between gasping for air.

Tonks put on a fake serious look and said in a hurt voice, "You think I'm funny huh? Laughing at how I act now?"

Harry didn't realize she was joking and thought that she was actually hurt by laughing at her. He tried to stutter an apology only to see her break out into a grin, just in time to be tackled to the floor by her as she started tickling him. What started as tickling soon turned into rather heavy snogging. Harry was quickly learning just how lucky he was to have not turned her down.

During breakfast they talked a bit more, Tonks was still incredible happy that Harry was a Metamorphmagus. She had started telling Harry about all the things you could and couldn't do, and about what she had done with her talent in the past. What amazed Harry the most was just how rare it was, only three other people in England, beside themselves, were Metamorphmagi. One was still a child, about six years old, and the other two were twins that were nearly one hundred years old. Tonks had told him that they were several others throughout Europe, but even then it was incredible rare because it was an extremely recessive trait that could easily skip several generations.

After they finished Tonks remembered about the letters she was suppose to deliver to him. She gave them to Harry and sat down next to him to read the letters with him.

Harry Dear,

I'm glad you're doing better, it's affected us all Harry. It's painful, but I know you'll get through it okay. Are the Dursley's treating you okay? Are you sure you're getting enough to eat? I wasn't sure when Tonks would be visiting you, but next time I'll give her a few pies for you. I worry about you so much dear! I can't wait till you can leave those horrible relatives of yours and stay with us. If you need anything, please don't hesitate to ask us for it. Dumbledore has said that your stay at the Muggles shouldn't be for to long this year, so please just hang in there and we'll get you out as soon as we can. Don't worry about Ginny, Fred, and George I already spoke to them, and as long as they don't go overboard or hurt them, I'm willing to look the other way for a short time. I gave Ron quite an earful for what they did! Honestly, I can't believe the two of them! Harry, your temper was forgiven a moment after you ever lost it. Last year was horrible for you and we all knew it and forgave you. You are like a son to me Harry, please believe that. I love you like you were my own and only wanted what was best for you. It was a horrible situation and we had to make a decision on how to keep you safe, none of us were happy about leaving you there Harry.

Love,

Molly

Mrs. Weasley's letter touched Harry. He had known she liked him, and coddled him a lot, but now she had said that he was like a son to her, and she even yelled at Ron for doing that to him. He was sad that Ron acted like that, but he couldn't help but smile a little at the thought of someone calling him son.

Hey Harry,

How are the Muggles treating you? Are you sure you don't need a few innocent items that you could misplace around your house? We could send you a sampler of some of our newest products. Business is booming Harry; we can't thank you enough for your help. Though, we have already decided on how we are going to thank you. I would like to congratulate you on becoming the newest partner of Wesley's Wizarding Wheezes. We know you wouldn't want to accept it, so we've already been putting 15 of our profits into your vault for you! And no, you there's no way you can stop us, we already checked. We know you gave us the thousand galleons as a gift, but we chose to see it as an investment for your future. The Diagon Alley shop is up and running smoothly, we had to hire Ginny to work for us because of how busy it is and we may need to hire another student for back to school rush later this summer. You need to come see it sometime.

Now on to more important matters, Pranking! We have made Ron our official product tester; of course we probably should have asked him first. But what fun would that have been? None at all dear partner and we thought you would want us to have some fun. We also have found out that our own dear sister is helping uphold the family name. Yes, Ginny is becoming quite the prankster and we'll have someone to take our place at Hogwarts next year. We'll be giving her our expert tutelage this summer; we can't let Hogwarts' go a year with out pranksters now can we? No we can not dear brother; we have an obligation to uphold as the best pranksters of our generation.

How could you wait so long to tell us you were the son and godson of the Maurders? We are honored to have helped you and we feel pleased that we gave you back the map when we did. Yes, I am sure the great ones would be pleased that it is now in your hands. No wonder you have so many adventures Harry! You do realize even our sacred Maurders have met their match in you? By the time you graduate you may have the honor of having lead your group through more adventures than anyone to have ever gone through Hogwarts, Even Fred and I can't claim getting a detention as quickly as you did second year. Yes, skipping the train and using the flying car was a true work of genius! Indeed, we are ashamed that we had not thought of it first.

Remus is away at the moment, but we plan on begging and pleading for him to work for us when he returns. Or at the least, have many of conversations about the legendary pranks that he helped pulled.

Fred and George

P.S. Why is it always Fred and George? Why is it never George and Fred?

Yours,

George and Fred

PS Much better, I do think so brother.

Harry laughed at the antics of the twins. With out them, next year is going to be very different. At least the business is doing well. He still couldn't believe that they were making him a partner in it, he didn't want the money. He was just glad it went to something worthwhile.

Tonks stared at Harry a minute, then caught a hold of herself and said, "You gave them a thousand Galleons? I mean, just gave them it for their shop? With out wanting anything in return?"

Harry just nodded at her; to him it wasn't that big of a deal. "It was the money from winning the Tri-Wizard Tournament. I didn't want the money; it shouldn't have been mine anyway. I knew what was coming and I thought we could all use some laughs."

Tonks continue to stare at Harry a bit longer; he noticed and looked at her thinking something was wrong. When he moved his head to look at her, she found herself staring into his emerald green eyes for a moment. Then with out thinking she blurted out, "You truly are amazing Harry, you know that?"

Harry was caught off guard by that comment, rarely had anyone ever complimented him. Hearing her say that really touched him, it meant a lot more than normal because he could tell from looking in her eyes that she really meant it. Harry blushed and looked down at the table at the thought of her really meaning it. He didn't know how to respond to something like that, so he reached for the next letter and started to read it.

Dear Harry,

Have things improved at all since your last letter? How is the Occlumency practice with Tonks? I didn't even know that you had been learning it till you mentioned it in your letter. I had to ask Bill what it was; I guess he needed to know a bit of it for working with some of the traps for Gringotts.

My summer has been pretty boring really, working for the twins is a lot of work and it keeps me pretty busy during the day. Speaking of the shop, they really appreciate the money you loaned them for it. We all wondered how it happened and I'd like to say thanks Harry. You really are a wonderful and caring person; I don't know anyone that would do what you did. We started Pranking Ron today. I can guarantee that he'll never want to cross you again after this.

What they did was wrong Harry, but you should know they didn't do it to betray you on purpose. They were just too stupid and worried about your reaction to tell you. Let's face it; you did blow up at all of us a lot. They still should have told you but don't hold it against them too much. Hermione came over yesterday; they connected her house to the Floo network in case something happens. Can I tell you how disgusting it is seem see them kiss at all? Ugh. That's my brother! He's a git of a brother, but still my brother.

Bill is staying with us for the summer, he has his own place but I think they want him here in case something happens. He had Fleur over last night for dinner and Ron made a fool out of himself again, though it was better than before. Hermione was not happy with Ron at all. Bill and Fleur are still dating and it seems to be getting a little serious. I wasn't too happy with her the first time I met her last summer but after last night I think I could learn to like her. Charlie is still in Romania but he's planning on taking a vacation for the last few weeks of the Holidays. Mum is still having a fit about him being out of the country instead of living at the Burrow. I would love it if he came back, I miss having all my family around, but I really don't see the point of complaining about it. It's not like we really have a need for working with dragon's here in England. Percy talked to dad the yesterday at work; I think he's really upset about being proved wrong and acting like a git. Mom was really happy and invited him over to dinner Sunday night, but Ron, the twins, and Bill aren't really happy with that. They don't want to talk to him even if he does apologize. I guess I can understand how they feel and in a way I feel the same thing. It's just that I miss my family and would love to have them back, all of them.

Ginny

Harry laughed when he read how Ron reacted to Fleur. He could just picture them at dinner and Ron gazing at Fleur and making some comments, making a fool out of himself. He knew he probably shouldn't laugh about his best friend getting in trouble but he couldn't help himself, Ron had done such a great job of annoying Hermione and making a fool of himself in fourth year. He wished he could have been there to see it. Unfortunately that thought clouded him mood. He really did wish he had been there with his best friends, even being mad at them he still hated being apart from them. They had become such a large part of his life, and every summer he was abandoned here, while they were together having fun.

Harry looked at the last letter and saw that it was from Hermione. Great, just great he thought they finally bothered to write to their best friend.

Tonks saw the look on his face and knew Harry wasn't planning on opening Hermione's letter. She also knew that he would regret it if he let them leave for vacation while they were still angry with each other. Tonks couldn't think of a way to get him to read it though, she knew just how stubborn Harry could be when someone tried to make him do something he didn't want to, so trying to force him was out. A moment later she grinned to herself as she thought of the perfect idea.

"I was a bit early for the meeting last night and spoke to Hermione for a bit, you know girl talk and all." Seeing Harry was about to interrupt she said, "I didn't mention you at all or anything like that, it was about Hermione and Ron. Apparently he's in the dog house already, for drooling all over Bill's girlfriend and ignoring her throughout dinner."

Harry cringed at the thought of what Hermione would do to Ron over something like that now that they were dating. He suddenly found himself feeling a bit guilty over laughing at the thought of him drooling over Fleur.

"I was right; they only got together a couple days before the end of term, the day they got out of the hospital wing I think. It seems they kissed once or twice while patrolling for their prefect's duty, but that's as far as they've gotten. Only a few light kisses, and with how he acted, she's stopping even them for a while." Grinning evilly she got closer to Harry and whispered into his ear, "You know what that means Harry?"

Harry had no clue as to what it meant, and he really didn't care at all right then. With her body touching his and the warmth of her breath on his ear when she whispered to him, Harry's mind went blank and could only think of one thing.

Tonks saw the effect she had on him and grinned, this is exactly what she had wanted. She put her arms around him, pulling him closer, and whispered into his ear, "It means that it will be a very long time before they get to enjoy what we did last night. And I have most the summer where I can spend my nights with you." He moaned slightly when he thought of last night and she grinned to herself, "Now hurry and read the letter, then we can start our training for the day." She paused a moment then licked his ear and whispered, "Remember, the earlier we start the earlier we finish and can move on to... Other things." She nibbled his ear lightly, then got up and left to go outside.

Harry groaned as she left, his mind still not working right. He knew only one thing right then, he wanted her back and if he had to read the letter and train before that could happen, then he would do just that.

Dear Harry,

I can't express just how I've been feeling these last couple days. I've been so incredible happy and at the same time so incredible sad, and worried. Oh, Harry I can't articulate just how happy I was when Ron asked me to be his girlfriend! It was one of the best moments of my life, and I have thought of little but him since we left Hogwarts. I'm so sorry about that! I can't believe that I didn't write you, I couldn't believe that I was so selfish not to think of you. You have no idea how many times I have cried since I received your letter, and you're right Harry, you have every right to be mad at us.

I still don't know how it all happened; I guess we grew closer over the year because we were together so often. I never knew he had feelings like that for me, but a couple times during our patrols he let a few things slip and I started to get an idea that he may see me as something more than just a friend. I know when things really started to change between us though, once when we were on prefect patrol Malfoy made several comments and a few of them really stung me. Not because they were about me, but because they were about you. I was so furious about it and Ron comforted me, I guess something happened and the next thing I know I kissed him. But the OWL's were coming up and we had to study for them and we just acted like it never happened. I wasn't sure how he felt about me then, but after we got back from the ministry... Things changed with him, I guess seeing me in the hospital wing affected him. The day we got out we went for a walk around the lake, he told me how he felt about me and asked me to be his girlfriend. Oh, it was so romantic Harry, the sun was just beginning to go down, the lake was beautiful and the weather was perfect. I said yes and it was so wonderful! But you were so sad... We were so afraid that you would hate us for going out; we thought you would think that you weren't wanted anymore. You are Harry; we both love you more than anything does! We both want you to be our best friend, our family. I'm so sorry about this summer Harry. My parents found out I had a boyfriend and wanted to meet him, so we had to do a lot of last minute planning to bring him on vacation with us. It wasn't planned Harry, we didn't lie to you about it, it just happened. My parents were actually really surprised that it was Ron who was my boyfriend; I talked about you so often they thought you and I would be together.

After we planned the vacation we were so caught up in ourselves that I forgot my best friend, my brother! That's how I think of you Harry, a cross between my best friend and my only brother. You mean so much to me; you don't understand just how much you mean to me! I'm so terribly sorry Harry. I love you so much and I've tried so hard over the years to be there for you, but when you really need me I wasn't there. What type of a friend am I? You are the most important person in my life Harry, please believe that. Ron thinks the same thing, you are the most important person in his life, more than I am, and it's you. I'm okay with that, I know you mean more to him than to me. We've talked about you a lot over this past year Harry; we know exactly how we feel about you. We love you Harry, I just wish you could see it! Do you know how much you hurt us? We know you had a terrible year and we forgive you for snapping at us, but it still hurt. All we wanted to do was try and make things better for you Harry, to try and make you happy, but I don't know how. Yes, you heard me correctly. I, Hermione Granger, do not know something, how to help you. I wish I did Harry, but I'm still a kid, I'm still fifteen years old Harry. I'm smart, but I don't know what you need and you won't talk to us about it or tell us.

With our Love,

Hermione Granger

PS. Ron wanted to write a letter too, but well, his letter didn't turn out all that great and we thought, well I thought, I would send this one to you. You know how Ron can be sometimes; he just can't put down how he feels. Half of his letter was about the Cannons! Ugh, that boy drives me nuts sometimes.

After reading Hermione's letter and remembering what Tonks and Ginny had said, Harry felt terrible that he had blown up on them again. He wasn't sure if he was right to have been mad at them or if he should have just shut up and not mentioned it. When he mentioned it to Tonks she told him not to worry about it. "Ron and Hermione should have told you about their relationship as soon as it happened, and they definitely should have owl'd you a long time before now. It's really not that big of a deal though. You can easily forgive them for not telling you, and they can forgive you for being moody last year and snapping at them."

Harry huffed and replied that he is not moody!

Tonks laughed at him and as sarcastically as she could manage told him "Of course you're not Harry dear."

Harry tried to be angry with Tonks, but with her smile and laughter, he just couldn't get mad at her. He ended up laughing with her and then agreed with her about him being moody, he knew they were right of course; he had been moody last year. He just couldn't help it though.

"Okay, maybe I had been a little bit moody this past year, but I had a bloody right to be with everything that happened!"

Tonks completely agreed with him. With everything he'd gone through, he really did have reasons to be moody and brood. Right now though, she needed to try and make him as happy as he could be with life. Unfortunately, with everything he'd been through, that was not an easy goal to accomplish.

"We'll go for a run first, and then work on your Metamorphmagus abilities. I think we should put the dueling work on hold for a couple days. We can work on Occlumency, then your Metamorphmagus ability, the shaman book and since it's also a form of wandless magic, learning how to do the second form of Apparating. If you get to tired of it we can add a little dueling, but I think those will blend in well together for your training. Besides, I'm really looking forward to teaching you how to change your appearance, and learning those enhancements in that book."

Harry agreed with her, thinking that the Metamorphmagus training could save his life and let him go out with out being noticed. The ability to enhance his speed, strength, reflexes and stamina could help him win a fight. And the second form of Apparating would be really useful in traveling, especially since it was so dangerous for him to travel, and being able to Apparate directly to someone would be very handy.

After the run they started with Metamorphmagus practice, mostly having Harry turn his features back to normal. It took him a couple hours, but at the end of their first session, he could change his hair length and color, his skin color, eye color, and his ears back to normal. Unfortunately he could only change one thing at a time and could only change them back to how they were normally. Whenever he tried to change more than one thing, or tried to change them to something different than normal he'd fail at it. Tonks was still incredibly happy at him being a Metamorphmagus and didn't seem to care that he could only change them back. Her enthusiasm about it was catchy and Harry found himself looking forward to trying it again.

The Occlumency training came next and Harry found that he had a bit easier of a time and didn't get too distracted by his thoughts of Ron and Hermione. He had forgiven them after he read the letter and that seemed to help a lot with his thoughts. Though he reminded himself that he still had to write a reply to them before the left on Monday. As long as Tonks wasn't trying to force his thoughts, he found that he could concentrate on mostly just one image. Other images would flicker in but he didn't have to hard of a time forcing his mind back to the original memory. When Tonks forced him to think of others he found that it was much harder, especially if she picked some of his worse memories. When he was concentrating on what happened last night he found not even memories of Voldemort could interrupt with his concentration. Tonks also explained that the Occlumency would help him later on with his changing his appearance by allowing him to concentrate on the full image of another person while still maintaining the small details, letting him become a much better copy. By the time they ended the Occlumency practice Harry was starving and exhausted, forcing himself to control of his mind was extremely tiring work. They decided on taking a break for lunch and then would work on studying their book after that, until he was feeling up to more practice.

The shaman book was something both of them were looking forward to and Harry spent most of lunch telling Tonks about what he had read last night. They spent the next couple hours trying to figure out just how they could cast the spells. They tried what it said in the book, but that hadn't worked for either one. After reading more of the book they found that a couple that were more spell like, though still wandless. One could conjure a temporary protector; each protector was unique to the person casting it. Some of the examples the book mentioned were an elephant, a cheetah, lion, hawk, snakes, polar bear, alligator, and many other non-magical creatures. Though you can't talk directly to a protector, there is a basic level of communication that can allow you to give it basic orders. Sending a thought of the creature doing something, such as scouting for enemies, protecting you or someone else, and attacking an enemy are some of the orders the book mentioned.

After reading and discussing it for a while Tonks thought that it was a combination of conjuration and an animation spell. Tonks, who was already proficient at conjuration, was able to summon her protector after only less than an hour of trying.

Harry stood gazing at her protector for a moment; it was a beautiful bird. Once the bird landed on the ground nearby, he was able to his that it was a large deep brown and gold Eagle that had a bright yellow line where his black beak met his red/gold face. The eagle must have had a wingspan of two and a half meters and large talons that looked incredibly sharp. Unfortunately no matter what she tried she wasn't able to give it commands yet. The book said that communicating with your protector was on a rudimentary level and that you had practice sending your thoughts in a way that it could understand.

Harry was a little put out that he couldn't summon one but was soon consoled by Tonks who suggested that it might help if he learned to conjure items first. For the next three hours Tonks helped Harry try to conjure different items and he soon found out that conjuration was similar to transfiguration. You had to use your imagination and a lot of concentration in order to make the conjured item correctly, which Harry decided was a lot easier, said than done. Tonks said that it was easier for her because she already had a lot of practice using her imagination and concentration changing her appearances all the time. By dinnertime Harry was surrounded by several dozen items ranging from clothes, seats, cups, swords and figurines.

During dinner they talked about everything they had done today, but mostly about the protectors. Harry couldn't wait till he found out what his was, and wished that classes at Hogwarts were like the lessons he had had with Tonks. She may be a bit young, and go about her lessons differently than most teachers he'd have, but he learned well from her and found that she had an incredible patience even when he made a lot of mistakes. She never made fun of him or looked saddened that he hadn't succeeded, just smiled and tried to tell him where his mistake was.

When he asked her about Voldemort and the Order meeting, Tonks only said that Dumbledore would be here sometime Monday, and that she wasn't allowed to tell him anything until then. Harry was a little upset that he didn't know what was going on and she wasn't allowed to tell him, but kept it to himself. After a minute he realized that another day of not knowing wouldn't hurt, and that at least now he was going to be told something.

After dinner Harry practiced conjuration more while Tonks read a bit more of her book. She would give Harry a few pointers when she saw that he did something wrong but besides that Tonks said that it took practice, patience, and a good imagination. She told him that the reason why his items were coming up "blah" was because he wasn't imagining clear enough details. Unfortunately for Harry, when he concentrated on the details the objects wouldn't turn out right either. Tonks assured him that he would get it eventually and that it was just a matter of being able to concentrate enough on both the overall picture and the details. After a while he figured out that they came out better if he concentrated for several minutes, trying to get the exact picture of the object he wanted with all the details. By the time for bed he was getting much better at conjuring items that he had a lot of familiarity with, but the ones he wasn't really familiar would still come out only so-so.

The next morning Harry awoke to being kissed by Tonks. He smiled and sighed contently, two nights of incredible sleep. He mentioned it to Tonks, saying that she was the reason for having such good sleep two nights in a row.

She just laughed at him and replied, "Ah, so I'm just good for a blow job before sleeping huh?"

Harry was horrified by how she took his comment; he had meant it as a compliment, trying to say that she was the reason for his good sleep, not that he was just using her for that. He stuttered an apology and tried to tell her that it wasn't what he meant at all, only to be interrupted by her laughing.

"You're to serious Harry! Lighten up some; I was only playing with you. I knew what you meant and remember that I was who started this. Don't worry; I'm not going to take offense to something like that. And besides, it's true Harry. Having an orgasm before sleeping helps out a ton, I've slept great the last two nights as well."

Harry was still blushing by the time she finished, Tonks just laughed at his embarrassment and went to get something to eat from the kitchen.

The next day went by similar to the previous. They first practiced his Metamorphmagus ability and Harry found that he could now change back to his own appearance much easier and faster than the day before. Tonks told him that it was most likely because everything he was practicing at the moment was interconnected. They all helped his concentration, imagination, wandless magic, or a mixture of three, so instead of just a couple hours of practicing at each one, he spent the entire day practicing improving it all.

"That's why I suggested we stop your dueling training and instead train like this. You spent over ten hours yesterday improving not just one, but all your skills. You should even notice a significant improvement to your dueling and normal spell work by the time we're done with this Harry. As I told you when I gave you the lecture on Occlumency, having more control over your mind has a lot of uses, and that's pretty much what we are spending all your time working on at the moment. Even I am improving with how much time we spent on it just yesterday."

Another few hours working on changing his appearance and Harry could slowly change the length of his hair. Though he still couldn't change his hair color, he was happy with the progress. At least now he could change something himself, instead of just changing it back. Tonks had said that they'd try it later tonight to see how another day of his other lessons affected it.

After his Metamorphmagus lessons came his Occlumency lessons. Today he was actually happy with his progress in Occlumency. He didn't do much better than he had done yesterday, but he found it a lot easier and not nearly as tiring. He had lasted an hour and a half longer than his previous lesson and though he was very tired afterwards, it wasn't the bone weary exhaustion that he had felt yesterday.

After another great tasting lunch, Harry went to work on conjuration more while Tonks had to leave to go to the ministry for a little while. She said that since it was Sunday she only needed to report in and do a bit of paper work, that it shouldn't take more than a couple hours. Harry was a bit disappointed that she was leaving, but understood that she still had to do her job.

His conjuration skill had improved a lot from his first few tries. Now that he knew that all his training was interconnected, he tried to incorporate the way he concentrated for Occlumency with how he used his imagination and concentration for conjuration. It actually helped out a bit, as he was able to hold on to the one image for a long time with out loosing his concentration. By the time Tonks returned Harry could make most his objects exactly how he imagined. His only real problem now was the time it took and the fact that his imagination wasn't the best. He just couldn't remember the little details that he needed to make them perfect.

When Harry told her how his conjuration was going, and what his problem was Tonks grinned and said she had just the thing! While she was out, she stopped by and grabbed some wizarding magazines. She told Harry that it was originally for his Metamorphmagus training, but that it should work for his conjuration problem as well. He was supposed to look through the magazines for a few pictures of different hair colors and styles, and study them in detail. She told him not to try and conjure anything or try to change himself yet, just to study the pictures for as many details as he could, then concentrate on that picture trying to maintain it as perfectly as he could.

Harry could honestly say that flipping through Teen Witch Weekly and other witch magazines was most definitely not what he planned on doing today, or ever for that matter. Most unfortunately he found himself spending several hours doing just that. Studying hairstyles of other guys was incredible boring, but Harry stuck with it, more because Tonks had asked him to, than because he actually thought it helped any. He studied several different hair styles during that time, and interestingly enough one of the pictures he saw was of his old Quidditch captain, Oliver Wood. Apparently Oliver was still the reserve keeper for Puddlemere United, but due to an injury to their normal keeper had played in the last game and helped win against the Magpies with several incredible saves. Harry was thrilled that Oliver not only got to play in a real game, but also helped win against such a great time as the Magpies.

Tonks came in and interrupted his studying, saying that it was about time for dinner. She was grinning and Harry knew that she wanted him to cook some more. Trying to 'lighten up some' Harry made a comment about the only reason she stays here is because of the cooking.

Tonks laughed at that and grinning replied, "Well if you want to get another good night's sleep I think you can make me some dinner!"

With that Harry shut up and started cooking. Tonks told him how she had summoned up her protector and spent the last couple hours trying to communicate with it, but that she hadn't succeeded. Harry was a bit sick of all the studying by this point and tired to redirect all the conversations to something more personal like growing up, Hogwarts, and how she liked being an Auror. Harry wanting to talk to her about such things of course thrilled Tonks and they spent a long dinner talking more than eating.

After dinner Tonks wanted Harry to try and change his appearance, trying to make his hair like one of the color or styles, but not both, that he studied earlier. It took him a few tries, but he actually managed to not only shorten his hair, but change the style into the one he was thinking of. She then tried to have him change the color while keeping the new hairstyle. He didn't know how he did it, but on the first try it worked! Tonks was absolutely ecstatic that it had all worked out and took the next hour to show Harry just how proud she was of him.

This time Harry woke up before Tonks did and watched her sleep for a long time, she looked so peaceful sleeping, but what he really looked at was her face. Her hair was black and though she still had her heart shaped face, her complexion was a bit softer, not quite white but very pale. It looked so much like Tonks and yet so different at the same time and Harry wondered if this was what she really looked like.

He wanted to make Tonks a delicious breakfast so got up while she was still sleeping to prepare it. He had it mostly done by the time she walked into the kitchen. When he asked if the way she looked this morning was her real look, she blushed and said that it was and that he was one of the few people to see what she really looked like in a several years, the others being healers. She told him that she felt so safe, so secure being with him that she must have reverted back to her normal form when she slept.

That touched Harry, he didn't know exactly why but with the way she said, he was sure it was a compliment. Personally he thought she looked beautiful like that and thought she should be herself more often. Tonks really stared at him a moment, scrunched up her face and reverted to how she naturally was, saying that for him she would be.

Through out the rest of breakfast they talked about training and what they should do today, when Dumbledore was coming over, which they didn't know, and Tonks telling more stories about her life. Harry spent most the time staring at her; he really liked her natural look and had no idea why she ever felt the need to change it.

After breakfast Tonks asked something that had been bothering her the last couple days, "Harry, do you want to let Dumbledore know about us, or do you want to hide it?"

Harry was shocked she had asked and took it to mean that she didn't want anyone to know about them because she was ashamed of him.

She knew he had misunderstood when she saw his face change from shock, to fear, then disappointment and regret. Tonks now felt completely ashamed with herself for asking that of him, "There's nothing wrong with either answer Harry, I'm not complaining or anything. I just didn't know if you would be embarrassed by me is all, I mean I am five years older than you are. I just thought you may not want them to know."

Harry was filled with relief when he realized that she wasn't ashamed of him, but was confused by how she could think that he was embarrassed of her. Looking at her again he was completely dismayed by Tonks, most the time she was so carefree and fun loving, but at times she seemed so shy and vulnerable. He didn't understand why she could think that he would be embarrassed by her, or how she could be so vulnerable to him but he found that he liked that she felt like that.

"I've never really had a true girlfriend before Tonks, it was a little shock at first realizing that you actually wanted me, but I'm over that now. You definitely do not embarrass me at all. I don't think I'm in love with you, but I am really happy that I chose yes Tonks."

Tonks blushed a little, put her arms around him and gave him a passionate kiss in response.

Unfortunately a couple minutes later Dumbledore appeared in Harry's tent and his booming voice interrupted their kiss. "NYMPHADORA TONKS, just what do you think you are doing?"