"Sirius! You've got a letter!" Nymphadora Tonks called, as she walked through the hall of number twelve Grimmauld Place and into the kitchen, sorting through the mail as she went "I think it's from Dumbledore." She added, handing letters to the various occupants seated around the table. Sirius looked up from his toast to take the envelope offered to him and used the butter knife to deftly slice it open…
Sirius,
I hope this letter finds you well?
The reason and subject of this may, at first, seem both a little odd and slightly undesirable, but I hope that you will be willing to help
You may or may not be aware of Draco Malfoy's situation, I do not know how well acquainted you were with him, but he seems to be experiencing problems at the moment, not dissimilar from your own when you were younger, although the circumstances are quite different and it appears much more…severe.
You know what I am talking about and I hope that you will be kind and welcoming to him.
Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore
(Head Master)
P.S. Please expect Hermione, Draco and Severus around twelve and by the way, Draco's six years old. Regards- A.P.W.D
After a few moments of silent reading, Sirius gave a derisive snort and passed the note to Remus Lupin, who scanned it thoroughly,
"Well," He concluded finally, "This will be interesting."
"What?" Tonks asked, leaning curiously over Lupin's shoulder, "What is it? What does it say?" Sirius glowered,
"Snape, the Malfoy kid and Granger are coming today." The metamorphmagus raised an eyebrow,
"Yeah? Why?"
"Apparently Draco's been having 'Problems'." Remus replied, laying the parchment down gently on the table, "And he's, apparently, been turned in to a six year old." Tonks sat down heavily, her previously vibrant green hair turning suddenly to a dull, musty brown.
"Oh." She said slowly, "Oh dear. When are they coming Remus?"
"Around twelve-ish, Dumbledore says." He replied, "Do you want more tea, Sirius?" Sirius looked up, his expression dark and somewhat mutinous, "If Snape thinks that he's staying here, he's got another thing coming." He stated fiercely, passing his empty mug to the waiting Lupin. Nymphadora rolled her hazel eyes,
"For god sake Sirius! You could at least be a bit open-minded! You saw what Dumbledore put in his letter." Sirius snorted derisively,
"As if Draco could be having the same problems as I did. He's probably just making it up, to get attention." Tonks glared at him morosely,
"Dumbledore's not stupid, Sirius, nor is Hermione! Do you really think they would be involved if this was all a hoax for attention?" Sirius shrugged,
"I don't know. He's your cousin."
"Well, I do!" She snapped, "I may have only been around him once or twice, but judging by what I have seen, I'd say that Draco was telling the truth. I don't know why he's suddenly turned six, but you better be kind to him. Sirius." The dark man looked up at her like a puppy,
"Okay…if it make you happy…" Tonks smirked and patted him on the head,
"Yes. It does. Good boy, Sirius." Remus walked over and sat back down, handing out steaming cups of tea,
"What day is Moody coming, by the way?" He enquired, a small smile playing upon his lips,
"Tomorrow." Nymphadora replied, wincing slightly, "That will be…interesting." The men laughed, "I hope he doesn't go too crazy…" Tonks continued thoughtfully, wrapping her hands around the hot cup,
"He will." Sirius assured her brightly, grinning madly for some strange and unknown reason,
"Okay…" He received a well-earned weird look from Tonks, "I think I'm going to tidy up a bit upstairs, there has to be at least one habitable room in this house." Remus rose to join her,
"I think that maybe I'd better come with you. I've seen your 'tidying up' before." She laughed,
"Fair, 'nuff. See you, Sirius." Sirius raised his had in comprehension and the two of them walked off down the hall.
As they reached the bottom of the stairs, Lupin stopped her,
"You said you saw something that made you believe that Draco was telling the truth. What was it?" Nymphadora looked down, fidgeting,
"It wasn't much and I could've been wrong but…when I was eight, my mum took me with her when she visited Aunt Cissa and Draco and Lucius were there. It-it was jut the way Draco looked at his father, like a dog looking at it's master when it's in trouble, as if he was expecting to be kicked or something. It was really freaky…Draco never took his eyes off of Lucius, not for one second, flinching when ever he moved." She shook her head, "I think he was only four then, so I don't know whether anything has changed or not, but if he's turned six, then maybe it's still the same." She shook her head, "Any hoo, I know what Dumbledore's talking about." Remus nodded slowly, staring thoughtfully into space,
"Right…I think I understand now…" He suddenly shook his head, waking himself up and grabbed Tonks' arm,
"Come on!" He said, pulling her up the stairs, "Those rooms won't clean themselves!"
A/N: Heya! Sorry this took so long, but i've never written these characters before so it was kinda hard but i think it went ok...
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