I can't take this anymore. "Oh Harry" my voice a little cracked as I try to stop myself from crying. "If people knew the effect you have on me, I would be required to pass on the mantle of the ice-queen." I try to joke so that I can stop myself from crying but I know I am doing a disastrous job at it.

"oh... I'm not sure. I think if they saw you Astoria, they will know exactly how to irritate you or get you to react in any other way than your"

"Prat"

"Come on. Wipe you tears, we are going to the better half of the story."

"So where was I again"

"You apparated to the Tonks house"

"AH! Yes, the Tonks house."

"The first thing that Aunt Andy did when we reached the Tonks home was hug me and kiss me all the while crying and apologizing to me and my parents and Sirius for not being there for me. She hugged me and hold me as close as possible. It felt as if she was trying to protect me from the big bad world. I think it was the happiest moment of my life. It was the first time that someone had shown some affection to me. An unloved, unwanted child was finally granted his deepest desire. So I did the only thing I could I hugged her back and cried too. We held on to each other like our life dependent on it and we fell asleep in each others arms."

"The next day when I got up cuddled up with Aunt Andy I thought it was a dream. A dream where I had a loving family and a place to call home. I didn't care about nor did I think who the Tonks were or why had they acted in such manner. When I saw them I saw a hope, a hope for all my dreams to come true. For three days strait I hung on to Aunt Andy as if we were stuck together by a sticking charm and she didn't mind it at all. She took a month off from work and she spent all of her waking moment pampering me."

"What was she like?" I asked. The love that shone in Harry's eyes told me how much he cared about Andromeda Tonks. She must be a remarkable woman. Everyone knows how much she was looked down upon for marrying Edward Tonks. Her name had been squandered to the dirt and had been disowned by her own family. Yet with such a negative reputation, she was able to become one of the top law firms in both the wizarding and muggle world. As a woman she already had my respect to make a name for herself after facing such hardship. I am really grateful that such a strong woman took Harry in and raised him as her own.

"The two of us did everything together. I lived through all of my childhood desires that I wanted to do with my mother. I made her read me bed time stories, I made her go shopping for my clothes, I made her teach me how to swim and what not. We did all the mother child activities that I or Andromeda could think of. I didn't care if those were done for boy's or girls I just wanted to spend time with my surrogate mother. Andy still has some photo's of me dressing up and hosting tea parties with a bunch of stuffed animals"

"Oh really" Now there is something that I would pay a fortune to see.

"No Daphne, You are not going to get any copies of that picture"

I give the cutest pout that I could make "Pretty please"

"Its not going to work. Being with Astoria has made me immune to the Greengrass Charm."

"Dammit. Why did you have to be my sister's best friend again"

"Well you'll have to ask your sister about that."

"Spoilsport." Maybe I could convince Andromeda to give me some copies. It could be some effective black mail material.

"So between Andy and me, we were both able to get the two things that we always wanted. I got the mother that I always wanted while she got a son that she never had. It also helped that we thought alike. The two of us were ambitious to prove ourselves and we believed that knowledge was a man's greatest weapon if used correctly."

"On top of that Andromeda finally found some one who was willing to learn the pure-blood ways that has been passed down for generations. Aunt Andy tried to teach her daughter, Nymphadora, the old ways but even she realized how hopeless the case was. Aunt Andy had long ago accepted the fact that Nymphadora was more similar to uncle Teddy than to her. Nymphadora had received the more boisterous nature of her father along with his clumsiness. She was more of breaking the rules then bending it to do her bidding."

"Let me guess, she took you under her wing and taught you about pure-blood etiquettes?"

"Yah, With me who looked up to aunt Andy like she was a goddess coupled with my eagerness to learn I became her perfect student. And with me being muggle raised she had a lot to teach me. For her I was a plain block of marble just waiting to be crafted into an artistic masterpiece. Which is exactly what she did. I can proudly say that whatever I have learnt about social etiquettes and how to act in front of other wizards I have learnt it all from her."

"Had you found your magic then?"

"Nope, but she didn't know I was a squib. She just assumed that I had was a wizard."

"So when did you find you find your magic?"

"When I was 10."

"Are you going to tell me about it." He is such a tease. Can't he just tell me everything in one go. Does he have to break it down in so many bits and pieces. I mean seriously how complicated does he have to make this story of his.

"Maybe after I tell you about my family it does play a part though when I tell you about me and Alice"

"Oh. Okay" I huff getting a little impatient "Who else where in your family?"

"Excluding Aunt Andy there were Edward Tonks, her husband and Nymphadora Tonks her only daughter."

"So what is Edward Tonks like?"

"Edward Tonks is a great man and I can see why Aunt Andy married uncle Eddy. He has a great sense of humor and with his general clumsiness you are always laughing or smiling. I have had great memories when the two of us go out and have a guys night in muggle London. For some reason though the two of us always seem to land up in jail or charged a hefty fine for breaking some law or the other. Now I will not bore you with some our stories of what exactly we did cause all of them are set in muggle London and you wont understand the references."

"Do you have picture of yourselves in prison?"

"Thankfully no."

"Awe! That's to bad. How many times have you been sent to prison anyways?"

"Well it's not exactly the jail. It's just the local police station till some one bails us out that out which is generally Aunt Andy."

"The two of you must have given her quite a lot of headache's"

"Yah we have. Aunt Andy claims that her boggart is actually seeing the two of us drunk as she can't imagine how much havoc we would create."

"He also is a very hard working and has earned a reputation for himself through his hard work and dedication. The two of them form a formidable team with Aunt Andy as the brains while uncle Eddy does all the legwork. Its really hard not to like Edward Tonks but I never saw him as a father figure. He still has his childishness in him and he loves to have fun. I see him as the fun uncle in the family that you always want to hang out with."

"and Nymphadora?"

"The first time that I met Nymphadora Tonks was when she came over for the summer vacation after her fourth year. Before she came home I had monopolized the affection of both the elder Tonks. Initially when I saw that I had competition for affection I became very possessive. The two of us the kids that we were fought over The Tonks affection. The Tonks home had become a war zone that particular summer. Our aim was to wither make the other look bad in front of her parents. I used all my innovative skills to get under her skin while she kept on jinxing or hexing me with Aunt Andromeda's spare wand. We would get into useless arguments over the smallest things and start throwing punches to prove who was the top dog of the house."

"Isnt it a little childish for a fourth year to act like that?"

"Well I don't think that Nymphadora ever matured in the mental department. Though she is an Aurour trainee now she still acts like a pampered kid whenever she comes home. It's quite fun treating her as a kid sister than an older mature sibling."

"Only you can think like that Harry only you. What did Mrs. Tonks do when she found out about the two of you acting like attention seeking brats.?"

"Oh she knew about it from day one but just thought it would just be a few days thing."

"How long did it actually last?"

"2 whole month of our summer vacation."

"And how did it come to an end?"

"When Aunt Andromeda finally had enough she locked us in the same room for two weeks strait and had to learn how to share everything. We had one bathroom one bed and a few spare clothes. She would give us one plate of food per meal and share that too. It took three days for us to not fight physically while the end of the first week to end the hostility. Only in the second week did we start to open up to each other. Thought we still end up arguing over most things."

"Nymphadora and me are like any other siblings now. She is the fun loving trouble seeking kid sister while I am the loving caring and reprimanding big brother. Well at least that's how we act around each other. I still can't believe the fact that she was able to join the Aurour Corp. Now obviously like any pair of sibling we have our fights and our moments but no matter how much I insult her or how much she complains about me being an insolent brat we still love each other though we may not show it very often. Pretty similar to You and Astoria I imagine."

"You love them very much, don't you."

"Yes I do. The Tonks took an 8 year old and gave him a home when all he thought was that he was a burden in this world. They taught me everything I know about a world that has a special meaning of its own in my heart. They fulfilled all of my dreams come true and for that I could do anything for them. So when Draco insulted Andromeda it was a personal jab at the woman who made me who I am today and the closest thing to a mother that I will ever have. That's why I did what I did to Draco. No one messes with the people I love even if they are a part of the extended family."


A/N And thats the 10th Chapter. I do hope you liked the Tonks family. Now as to Harry and Edward going to jail. They will be told later when Daphne explores the muggle world with Harry. The thing about Alice Longbottom. I have decided to give her, her own chapter but i will also tell Harry's side of their interaction. I hope you enjoyed Todays post.