Disclaimer : I do not own anything of the Harry Potter universe, it all belongs to JK Rowling, I just love writing about the fantastic universe she presented us.
The next morning Harry woke up first, feeling extremely rested. When he opened his eyes, he had to blink multiple times because of the clarity he saw with. It was only after a few minutes that he realized that it was because of the potions he had taken, although he couldn't remember taking them. He carefully released Tonks from the hold he had taken her in again and pushed him up a bit. He could see better than he could remember, he was amazed by the amount of detail there was.
It was only then that he saw the empty vials on Tonks' bedside table and he remembered that she had promised him to help him taking them. He then looked at Tonks and was mesmerized by her. He was looking at her for a long time, taking in every detail he could before he couldn't hold himself back anymore and brushed his lips on hers.
A smile spread on Tonks' face and her eyes opened. "I like waking up like that" she said a little bit groggy.
"Sorry, I didn't meant to wake you" Harry told her.
"I don't mind" Tonks said and kissed him back, only this time, when she wanted to break the short kiss, Harry places his hand on her cheek and kept her there.
Harry was nervous he would do something wrong, but his feelings overruled every thought he might have. He carefully deepened the kiss and started moving his lips over hers. He reveled in the feeling and the emotions he felt doing so. When he looked at Tonks while doing so, he could see the same on her face.
Eventually breaking the kiss because they needed to breath, Harry wrapped his arms around Tonks so her head rested on his shoulder.
"If I get to wake up every morning like that, I'll never mind doing so ever again" Tonks said.
Harry smiled, he didn't knew why he had deepened the kiss, except that it felt right and he definitely didn't regret his decision. "I don't mind waking you up like that"
"What time is it?" Tonks asked.
"It's a little after seven, sorry to wake you that early"
"No problem, when I was an auror is had to get up even earlier"
"So what are we going to do today?"
"We should start today with getting into shape and we might do the hardest thing today and go through your memories, that way it's over" Tonks suggested.
Harry sighted "That's a good idea, come on, let's get up"
"Do you want to run before or after breakfast?"
"Before, I always have trouble sporting after I've eaten much"
"Alright, then we should just change in our sportswear and take a shower after our run and then take breakfast" Tonks laid it out.
"Fine by me, I'll be back in a minute" Harry said before he got out of bed and took some clothes out the closet.
Once they were both dressed, they went downstairs and started running at an easy pace.
"Are you used to running?" Harry asked.
"I liked to stay physically fit, since it helped me during a duel and thanks to a dad that is muggleborns, I am used to running" Tonks answered.
"Me too, I started running in my third year, but mostly because it helped me during quidditch"
They ran for forty minutes next to the Thames before they were back at the hotel.
"Not bad for a first day, we should try to push that so we run longer and faster" Tonks suggested.
Harry nodded and opened the hotel door for Tonks. They walked hand in hand to their room, just enjoying the little physical contact they had.
"Is it alright if I shower first?" Tonks asked.
"Of course, I'm going to pick out some clothes and put everything into place for today" Harry answered before Tonks gave him a short kiss.
When Tonks had disappeared in the bathroom, Harry started to pick out some clothes for the day and his shoes, before he started to place the pensive on the little table at their two armchairs. He grabbed Tonks' wand for safety and started to place his memories in the pensive in the order he wanted to show them too Tonks. He was still doing so when Tonks came out of the bathroom, but he didn't notice her. He just kept pouring memories in it until he was done. After that he tapped the rune on the pensive that secured the memories before he turned around and gaped, since Tonks stood there with just a towel around her.
"Where you there for a long time" Harry managed to ask.
"No, just a few minutes, good thinking to use my wand, it's better to be safe" Tonks told him.
Harry nodded before he grabbed his clothes and headed to the shower.
After breakfast, Tonks led a not so enthusiastic Harry to their room. Once there, she placed him in one of the armchairs and put her hands on his "It's going to be alright, if you want a break, just tell me, alright?"
Harry nodded before he said "The first memory is the earliest memory I have, but it isn't pretty"
"Alright, let's start and get this over with" Tonks said.
Harry grabbed her hand before the dove into the pensive. It was the scene of October 31st in 1981 when Harry's parents got killed. How Harry saw his father being killed by the wand of Voldemort, while his mother was running upstairs to the nursery. That Voldemort was ruthless in killing his mother, before pointing his want to Harry himself.
When they got out of the pensive after the memory, Tonks was ashen white.
"Are you alright?" Harry asked.
"Nobody should remember how their own parents got killed, I'm sorry Harry"
Harry didn't respond on that but said "This memory started to come back to me in my third year when the dementors were there. It is one of my most feared and treasured memories"
When Harry saw a confused look on Tonks' face he explained "It is quite clear why it is my most feared memory I think, but on the other hand, it showed me my parents loved me more than I had thought before that and it gave me an idea of my parents voices, which I wouldn't have known otherwise"
"I can understand that, do you want to do the next memory?" Tonks asked.
Harry took a deep breath and said "This will show you my treatment at the Dursleys, if you want to get out, I would understand"
Bracing herself for what she would see, Harry and Tonks again went into Harry's memories.
This time the memories showed Tonks how Harry lived at the Dursleys. How they shoved him in his cupboard for days for things he didn't do, without food and only a little bit of water. It also showed her how his aunt and uncle encouraged their son to beat Harry and hunt him down. How they would punish him when he couldn't meet their standards and how those would get worse and worse. She saw how they started to beat him, to whipping him, to even making burn marks on his body and breaking his bones. Tears were running down Tonks' cheeks, while Harry softly rubbed her back.
When they reemerged from the pensive after that, Harry just held Tonks, while she started to process what she had just seen, while Harry tried to comfort her.
"I should be comforting you and not the other way around" Tonks said when she had calmed down a bit.
"You are seeing this for the first time, while I lived with this, relived this in my dreams and started to come to terms with it" Harry countered.
"I should have killed those bastards when they dropped you off" Tonks grumbled.
"No, as much as I hate them, killing them isn't the right answer" Harry said.
Tonks nodded, knowing he was right.
"This was the worst of their treatment, after I got admitted at Hogwarts, they were more careful since they didn't want any wizard or witch to find out. I believe they were afraid what would happen then" Harry told her. "The next memories are a bit lighter if you're up to it?"
"I'm fine, let's go" so they got into the pensive again.
This time, Harry showed her his accidental magic. It started with small things, like a vase that didn't broke when it fell and stuff, before he showed her when he was running from Dudley and his friends and the next thing he was on the roof.
"You first apparated when you were so young?" Tonks asked in disbelief.
"Yes, I was six years I think, I belief that might have been the reason that Dumbledore put another block on me" Harry thought out loud.
Then the scenery shifted again and Tonks saw how Harry changed the color of his teachers wig to blue after he had humiliated Harry.
After that scene, it changed to a scene that interested Tonks the most, where Harry's hair was cut off. They observed how Harry kept praying in his cupboard that he didn't had to go to school like that.
"Close your eyes and try to feel the magic" Tonks said to him.
Harry did what Tonks told him and she was right, because he could feel some magic coming from his younger self, that he felt flowing through his veins.
"It's that tingling feeling I can feel" Harry told her with a smile.
Tonks nodded "This will help you with your training, that you know how your metamorphmagus magic feels. I needed two years to finally feel it and distinguish it from my normal magic"
Harry smiled and gave her a kiss, while the scenery changed again that showed Harry in the London Zoo. This time he heard how he spoke parseltongue and it was strange for him to hear so, but still understand.
"I'm sorry to say, but that language gives me the creeps" Tonks shuddered.
"Sorry, it's the first time I hear it like that and I must agree" Harry said before he pulled Tonks out of the pensive again.
After a few moments of silence Harry said "Is it alright if I show you one last memory before we get some lunch?"
"Of course, we could already order room service, it always takes them a while" Tonks suggested.
Harry agreed so they quickly picked some lunch and ordered it for in a half an hour before they went to the pensive again.
"This is one of my nicer memories" Harry said with a smile.
The next twenty minutes, Tonks saw how Harry's first letter arrived, only for more and more letters to arrive because they stayed unanswered, before the scenery changed to the hut on the rocks. It showed how Hagrid gave him his letter, told him he was a wizard and gave him his first cake ever. The memory ended with his trip to Diagon Alley, where only the part at Olivanders was a little more dark, but it was quickly overshadowed by the amazement younger Harry had over Diagon Alley. The memory ended with Hagrid giving Hedwig.
When they came out of the memory, Harry was smiling, thinking back to his first impression of the wizarding world.
"That was the first and only birthday I got to celebrate" Harry told her.
"What do you mean the only birthday?" Tonks asked.
"All the birthdays before and after were when I was with the Dursleys and they had another idea of celebrating, more in the lines of my seconds memories is showed you" Harry explained her.
Tonks wanted to reply but was stopped by a knock on the door. They got their lunch and quietly ate it.
"I'm going to make sure you have another birthday to celebrate" Tonks told him while she took his hand and squeezed it.
The earnest smile that Harry gave her was all she needed to feel warmth and happiness flow through her.
The rest of the afternoon, they went over Harry's memories from Hogwarts and the last week, when they were finally done Tonks said "It's amazing that you went through so much and survived"
"It's the one thing I'm really good at" Harry said with a wink. "But now we should do something fun for the rest of the evening"
"I agree, but first we should go for another run, it will also help me clear my head and organize what I saw today" Tonks told him.
After changing and going downstairs, Harry and Tonks headed back to the Thames to run next to it. Tonks had been right that going for a run would clear their minds, because it helped both Harry and Tonks. Harry was relieved that showing his memories was over, and he was also glad that Tonks knew what he had gone through in his life, even though she was the only one. Tonks was also trying to wrap her head around the memories she had seen. It had gone from the abuse at the Dursleys, to the amazing things he lived through, facing Voldemort more than anybody else could say.
Pushing themselves, they ran even longer than that morning, but that was mostly since their minds were occupied and the even pace of running helped them, when they eventually came back in the hotel, both Tonks and Harry were completely out of breath and covered in sweat. The doorman of the hotel looked at them and had trouble not to look disgusted by the state the two entered.
"Why don't you take a shower first" Tonks offered "You're always quicker than I am"
Harry nodded and went to the bathroom to take a quick shower. Once he was done, he just dumped his running clothes in the laundry basket and left the bathroom only covered with a towel.
"I could get used to that view" Tonks remarked.
Harry blushed and quickly went to the closet to take out fresh clothes. Tonks merely chuckled and went to the bathroom. When Harry was clothed again, he went to the phone and made some calls, to prepare for an evening of fun.