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Chapter 6: Scrambled
Voices sounded in the distance as Tonks awoke. She hurt and she hurt everywhere. She did not open her eyes, nor did she move; she just listened. The voices became clearer and clearer.
"Once we get the information from her the hard part will begin. I am quite disappointed in you Severus; obtaining the information we need should not take this long. Now, after you do obtain the information, her mental state will be very important. Metamorphagus can lose control of their transformations if they become depressed. What will happen is that I will put her under a very strong Imperious and she will take the form of Harry Potter. It has recently been exposed that he has disappeared, but is still alive. The magical world has put their hope in him. They will crumble if they think he is dead. We will have Miss Tonks show up in the Ministry of Magic in his form. You and Draco will follow under an invisibility cloak. When the time strike right you will kill her and Apparate back here with her body. Actually, while you are at it kill a few of those Muggle-lovers at the Ministry as well."
"Yes, my Lord, but what if the real Harry Potter returns?" said the greasy voice of Snape.
"By the time he returns people will have lost hope. It takes little time for them to do that. Ever since you killed the fool, they have been on the edge of breaking. After the news of Harry Potter's 'death' hits, I will send in the Inferi and then my Death Eaters. The rest of the world will either submit or die," cackled his most supreme evilness.
Tonks barely prevented herself from shuddering. She had to pretend to still be unconscious. She was not sure how long she had been knocked-out, but it could not have been too long. She remembered that if you lost consciousness during the Cructious you were normally out a couple hours, so no one would expect her to be awake.
"A most excellent plan, my Lord," said Snape. "It shall be done."
Tonks heard them move. All four of them moved away from her, probably towards the door. As the voices faded, fatigue hit her. She was asleep before she had time to thinks about how she was going to get out of this mess.
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Tonks woke to the smell of toast and what she thought was scrambled eggs. It smelt particularly good to her since she hadn't eaten anything since the morning before. She had gotten extremely hungry by the time Snape stomped into the room.
Snape was carrying plate of breakfast. Tonks mouth watered as she saw breakfast being carried by a sexy man. If Tonks' hands had not been tied behind her, she would have smacked herself. She was being held captive by a greasy bastard, who happened to be evil and plotting her demise and the slaughter of a whole lot of people, and all she could think about was that somehow he was sexy. Tonks thought she must be going mad.
Snape set the plate right in front of her, but he didn't untie her hands. Tonks glared at him menacingly and he just glared back. "I told you, Nymphadora, that your cheek would not be tolerated by our guest. I had thought that you had a very small brain, but I was disappointed to find out that you didn't even have one," sneered Snape. "Your stupidity will end up getting you killed one of these days."
Tonks bit back her retort, knowing that it would give away that she knew of Voldemort's plan. Tonks hoped that throwing Snape a dirty look would suffice.
"Don't make faces, Nymphadora, otherwise your face may someday stick like that," said Snape mockingly, giving her two hard pats on the cheek. He then put a sticking charm on her and untied her hands so that she could eat.
Tonks ate grudgingly, continuing to throw Snape dirty looks. She was halfway into the plate before she realized that something tasted a bit off. She at first dismissed it as just the way Snape's cooking would taste, but then she realized that she had been very stupid. He had slipped a potion into the food; she was sure of it. She looked to see if Snape was in sight. Seeing that he wasn't, Tonks started to throw her breakfast behind the couch on the other side of the room.
She was very glad that she had good aim. She also was happy because someday Snape would probably move that couch and he would not be happy at what he found. Tonks almost laughed aloud.
Unfortunately, Snape walked back into the room, catching Tonks at mid-throw. This caused Snape to be the recipient of a face full of scrambled eggs. Tonks could not handle it; she started to laugh hysterically as Snape flicked away and vanished the bits of egg with distaste.
"What do you think you're doing?" he asked with venom.
"Avoiding being poisoned," said Tonks while she tried to keep a straight face.
"And that must include throwing things like a five year old?"
"Yes."
"You still ate some. Just a little of this potion is as effective as a whole cauldron. I told you I would get the memories I needed and so I shall," said Snape with a smirk that made Tonks feel quite uncomfortable. She could not allow Snape to get into her head. She had to act now, or never.
Tonks bolted up from her chair. Well, at least she tried to do so; she was stuck to the chair, so it came with her. She knocked into Snape before he realized what was happening. Tonks made a wild grab at his wand. She managed to get a hold of it and unstick herself from the chair just as Snape tackled her. She punched him in the jaw and he elbowed her in the stomach and so on. It was not a very long struggle. Tonks started to feel weak from the potion right away and she discovered that Snape was a lot stronger than she had thought.
Only a minute or so after the scuffle began Snape had Tonks pinned to the floor with his wand pointed into her neck. Murder flamed in Snape's eyes as Tonks stared into them. Tonks tried to struggle, but she found that she was getting weaker by the second. "See you in your memories," whispered Snape maliciously, as Tonks fell unconscious.
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A/N" And the moral of the story? Never eat poisoned scrambled eggs. Okay, perhaps that is a given but...you never know. Anyway, thank you to everyone for reading and everyone for reviewing. I didn't think I would be updating this soon, but this is more of a transition chapter.
Thanks Again!
---Perplexity
PS:
slightly so: I too am curious about how I am going to pull this off. I still am thinking about how I am going to work that giant squid in...
rumor and sigh: Well, there's a little knock down for you...
