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 day after they had returned from Tonks' childhood home, it was Harry's sixteenth birthday. Tonks had planned the entire day out, since she wanted Harry to be able to have an amazing birthday, since he didn't have many in the past.

She awoke first and noticed that a few owls had gathered in their room. First stroking Hedwig who nibbled her hand affectionately, she started to release the owls of their parcels, knowing that Harry would reply with Hedwig rather than sending a reply with those owls. As last she released Hedwig from the parcel she was carrying.

Once she was done doing that she first got a shower and changed into clothes before she got back into bed and kissed Harry softly on the lips. It took a while before Harry started to respond to her kisses, but once he did, she gave him one last passionate kiss before she said "Happy Birthday"

"Already the best birthday ever" Harry sleepily said with a grin.

"Good to hear, I'm hoping that the day will get even better"

"If I spend it with you, it definitely will" and he gave her another kiss.

Tonks suggested "Why don't you get up and get a shower?"

Harry nodded and picked out his clothes, before he went to the bathroom. He took a long hot shower before he got out, brushed his teeth and put on his clothes. He looked in the mirror and saw his reflection. His dark blue hair and bright blue eyes looking at him. He concentrated for a moment and went back to his natural form, so that his black hair and green eyes looked at him. Harry sighted for a moment and went back to his preferred form.

"A new person, a shot on the future" he said to himself.

He then left the bathroom and saw that Tonks was waiting for him in an armchair.

"I thought you might wanted to open you presents first, before we head out?"

Harry nodded and went to sit down "Could you perform the detection charms?"

"I already did, they are all secure" Tonks reassured him. "Moody would be proud of you"

"Alright, let's start with Hermione's present" Harry said with a chuckle, when he took a present that looked like a book. When he looked at the name tag, he was correct to guess it was from Hermione and grinned. He opened it and it showed two books, the first 'Updated Counter-Curse Handbook' and the second one 'Self-Defensive Spellwork'. "Typical something for Hermione to give me books"

"There was also a letter with it" Tonks said and she handed it to him.

Harry took it and read the letter before he said "Apparently Dumbledore asked them not to write so much for security reasons and of course she asked me how I was doing and warned me I couldn't dwell on Sirius' death"

"That girl is a brilliant witch, but sometimes she really lacks social skills" Tonks answered.

"You get used to it, the books are useful though" Harry said with a small smile and picked up the next package.

He opened it and it showed a selection of Honeydukes' sweets, he looked on the tag and wasn't surprised that it came from Ron. The next present was from the twins and was an assortment from their shop, Hagrid had given him a book 'You and Your Owl' which should have interesting facts about living with an owl and Mr. and Mrs. Weasley had sent him a cake and some homemade fudge.

"The only surprising present is that of Hagrid" Harry said with a smile. "I'll quickly write thank you notes and assurances that I'm doing better and then we can leave"

"No problem" and she handed him some parchment and a quill and ink.

Harry quickly wrote thank you notes to everybody, with a little bit of information that he could honestly give, like that his summer wasn't that bad, that he had been working on processing Sirius' death and such.

He needed twenty minutes to finish his letters before he beckoned Hedwig towards him "These are letters for Ron, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, the twins, Hermione and Hagrid, I think you will be able to drop most of these off at the Burrow"

Hedwig hooted, nibbled his finger once before she headed out of the room.

"Ready to go?" Tonks asked.

"I think so, where are we going?"

"We will start to get some breakfast, but not here in the hotel" Tonks told him while they left the hotel room.

Tonks took him with her on the underground until they arrived at the right station. There she led him through some streets, until they arrived at an indoor market hall that was bustling with activity. They walked around a bit, looking around at the multiple different stands, until they arrived at a little breakfast corner. They both took a seat and ordered their breakfast.

"Is there something you wanted to do today?" Tonks asked "I can always change some things in the schedule"

"Not really, I'm already glad to spend some time with you, relaxing" Harry told her earnestly.

Tonks smiled and took his hand "Happy to comply with that"

"So what have you planned for today" Harry asked.

Tonks thought for a moment "I can only tell you we will do some sightseeing and you will get my present in the late afternoon"

"You didn't have to do all this for me" Harry told her.

"I wanted to do this, you deserve to have a nice birthday, everybody does" Tonks said "Now, we should go since we have to be somewhere at ten a clock"

Harry shoved the last of his breakfast in his mouth so they were ready to leave, which made Tonks laugh at his antics "I've never seen someone who can eat faster than that, and I've seen Ron eating"

"I learned to do so at the Dursleys, that way they couldn't take away the little they did gave me" Harry shrugged.

They started walking away from the market and Tonks wrapped her arm around his waist which prompted Harry to lay his arm over her shoulders.

"I could walk an entire day like this and it would already be a perfect day" Harry told her.

"Couldn't you have told me before, then I didn't have to plan this day" Tonks teased.

Harry followed Tonks through London until they stopped at a place next to the Thames. "I hope you don't get seasick?"

"Are we going to sail on the Thames" Harry asked excited.

"Yes, we're even going to eat while we are on the boat. I've never been in a boat myself and I gathered nether did you, so it seemed like a good idea"

Harry pulled her towards where the boat was anchored "It is a really good idea"

They managed to get on the boat on time and took a place on deck, enjoying one of the rare sunny days in London. Looking around at the Big Ben, House of Parliaments and the many more identifying marks of London. It was a blissful morning and when it was noon, they were asked to go inside again so lunch could be served.

Some of the other people that were eating lunch on the boat were looking at them a bit weirdly, but Harry and Tonks couldn't blame them, since most of the people on the boat were above thirty years old and looked rather boring.

When lunch was over, the boat moored again and the trip on the Thames was over.

"Alright, now the second part of sightseeing, we're going to visit the Tower. Every guide of London says that that is one of the must see things, so it would have been a shame that we were in London, but never did so" Tonks explained to Harry while they were walking to the Tower.

"Am I correct that a part of magical history also took place here?" Harry asked, vaguely remembering something from Binns' classes.

Tonks glowed "You are correct, during one of the goblin wars, the Tower was the most important gathering place for wizards. They only won that war because the Tower was nearly impermeable"

"I wonder if there are still signs from that war in the Tower"

"Even better, there is a special exhibition that centers about it, but only magical people can enter it. It's like platform 9 3/4 "

Harry chuckled "It amazes me that you are so into History"

Tonks blushed a bit, but started to tell Harry everything she remembered about the war around the Tower. It made the visit even more interesting and Harry found himself hanging to every word Tonks said.

At a pause in her explanation Harry said "It's a shame that Binns doesn't give his classes like this, they would be much more interesting"

"I'll take that as a complement. Now if I'm correct, then we should be able to enter through that wall there in that corner"

They walked as subtle as they could towards the place where the barrier was and entered the magical exhibition without anyone noticing it. It showed everything that Tonks had told him, there were even corpses of dead goblins displayed in their battle armor.

After roaming through the tower for three hours, Tonks and Harry left it and Tonks led him to the underground again. While they were waiting, Tonks pulled him in an alcove and said "Take on a more neutral disguise that is far from your natural form but is also punky"

Tonks did the same and changed her hair to jet black with red strikes in it, while Harry made his hair shorter, dark brown and made it look even wilder than it usually was. He also changed his nose and ears a bit until he was certain that he wasn't recognizable.

"Perfect" Tonks said and they boarded the next underground.

"You're going to get part one of you birthday present. We are going to Diagon Alley and we're going to do some bookstores. We probably won't return to Diagon Alley after today, so chose all the books you want"

Harry grinned. It was quite unlike the Harry from a few months before where Hermione needed to nag a large amount so he would read his textbooks, but since the lift of his blocks, Harry actually enjoyed reading.

"Could we go to the twins' shop? I'd like to see it before we leave England"

Tonks smiled while they walked through the Leakey Cauldron "It was on my to do list of today, but first we must make a stop with the goblins"

Harry shrugged his shoulders and they made their way towards Gringotts. When they entered, they were immediately whisked away by a goblin that took them to a private room.

"What can I help you with today Mr. Potter and Ms. Tonks" the goblin who sat at a desk asked.

"We were hoping you could check if we have any spells on us. We are planning on leaving England soon and we wouldn't want a tracking spell or so on us" Tonks explained.

"Very well" the goblin said and he snapped with his hand. A few minutes of silence later, a goblin that Harry recognized, Diamoron, came in.

"Diamoron, I'm pleased to see you again" Harry greeted her.

"Mr. Potter, it is an honor that you still remember my name, what can I do for you?" she asked.

"Could you check us for any spells that might still be on us?" Harry asked.

"Of course" Diamoron said and she started to walk around Harry and Tonks while saying words in Gobbledegook.

When she was ready she spoke "You Mr. Potter had several tracking spells on you as well as others, I removed them all, even those of the ministry. Ms. Tonks, you only had one simple tracking spell on you which I also removed"

"Thank you very much for all your help" Harry said to Diamoron and the other goblin.

Both goblins nodded and Harry and Tonks took this as their cue to leave again, knowing that goblins didn't really liked being kept. They followed the goblin that had brought them there back to the entrance hall and left Gringotts.

Harry and Tonks visited three bookshops and even though that Flourish and Blotts was the biggest, it was in a little bookstore that specialized in books about dueling and fighting that Harry chose the most books.

Books packed in their backpack, Tonks took his hand and walked them in Horizont Alley before they entered a little obscure looking building.

Before the shop keeper could say something Tonks turned to Harry and said "During our first date you told me you wanted a tattoo to remember you godfather with, that is my second birthday present for you"

Tears appeared in Harry's eyes before he kissed her and quietly thanked her.

They heard the shop keeper cough to attract their attention so Tonks said "Sorry for that, I hadn't explained yet why we were here"

A young woman that was covered with tattoos replied "No problem, my name is Marcia and I assume you're here for a tattoo for you boyfriend?"

"We actually both want one, but you can start with him"

"Alright, do you have a picture of what you want. If not, no problem, if you describe it, I should probably be able to draw it"

Tonks rummaged in her backpack before she took out a sketchbook which she gave to Harry "I took the liberty to try some designs of what you described to me"

Harry looked at the pictures that Tonks had drawn and was surprised by how good they looked. They varied from simply the stars of Canis Major, to variations where the dog was drawn around it. He was flipping through it when his eye fell on one drawing. It showed the stars that and it looked like they were sparkling. Around the starts was drawn a dog just like Sirius' animagus form, with his tongue out of his mouth.

"This one, definitely" Harry said.

Marcia took the drawing from Harry and looked at it. "It's a really good drawing" she complimented "This shouldn't be a problem to do. Where do you want it"

"Over my heart" was the short response from Harry.

"Alright" she took them to the back chamber where there was a table in the middle. "Hop op" she told him.

Harry pulled off his t-shirt and went to lay down on the table.

"This is a magical tattoo, that means that it gives it more dimension and when a tattoo is meaningful and well executed, they are able to move a little like this one" Marcia told Harry while she showed a waterfall on her shoulder, where the water seemed to fall down"

Harry just nodded so Marcia continued "This will hurt but try not to move to much or I'll have to put you in a body bind and the result will not be the same"

After that Marcia started with the tattoo and for the following fifty minutes, the only thing that was audible was the sound of the tattoo machine. When she was done, she applied some balm on it before she said "All done. I must say you surprised me, most people don't stay so cool under this"

"I've had much worse pain" was the simple answer Harry gave.

Marcia nodded and pointed Harry towards the mirror. Harry walked towards it and observed the result. The tattoo was a perfect copy of Tonks' drawing and you could see Sirius' personality in the tattoo. The star Sirius from the Canis Major sparkled in the constellation, while Harry could see how the tail of the dog wagged.

He quietly whispered "You're forever with me Padfood" before he thanked Marcia "Thank you, it's perfect"

"It was my pleasure, it seems like the tattoo is very special to you and I'm honored to have been able to apply it" Marcia told him and then turned toward Tonks "You ready for your tattoo?"

Tonks nodded and gave her a piece of paper that said 'Tibi ipsi fidelis esto'. "This on my ribs" Tonks explained.

"Alright, do you have a preference of letter type?"

"Something fluent, for the rest I leave up to you interpretation" Tonks told her.

Tonks nodded and pulled of her t-shirt, which made Harry blush, and went to lay on the table.

"This should really hurt, the ribs is one of the most painful places to get a tattoo" Marcia explained.

"Go ahead" Tonks said, but motioned for Harry to come closer.

Harry gave her his hand and held it while Marcia placed the tattoo. Tonks just focused on what she felt from Harry's touch instead of the needle that went through her skin. It only took Marci twenty minutes to place the tattoo and also applied the balm when she was finished.

"That wasn't so bad" Tonks remarked when she was looking at the result in the mirror "It exactly what imagined, so thank you"

"It was actually nice to tattoo you two, most people have to be put in a body bind. Now is there anything else I could do for you, or do you wish to pay?"

"Just a second" Tonks said and she pulled Harry in a corner before applying a silencing spell so Marcia couldn't hear what they were telling.

"Do you want another tattoo?" Harry asked.

Tonks bit her lip, doubting herself for a moment before she explained "There is a special kind of tattoo, one that couples place together. It's called a pignus tattoo, because it creates a visible bond between to people. I know we already have our bond, but I was wondering if you wanted to get one"

"What did you have in mind?" Harry questioned.

Tonks opened her sketchbook to one of the last pages. It only took Harry one look on the page before he said "Let's do it" before he kissed her passionately.

Tonks cancelled the spell and turned to Maria "Sorry for that, but we actually would like to have another tattoo, but this time a pignus tattoo"

"Are you sure" Marcia enquired.

"Absolutely" both Harry and Tonks answered.

"Alright, if you are sure, what would you like?"

Tonks gave her the sketch and Marcia's eyes almost bulged out of her eyes. Eventually she said "I'll do it, but I should have dinner first, since this is going to take a while"

"We should probably get something to eat too, care to join?" Harry asked.

"I would like that, thank you" Marcia accepted. "There's a nice little place here around the corner"

They left the little building and followed Marcia. Throughout dinner, Marcia talked about their store and Harry and Tonks talked in vague terms about how they met and such. Harry insisted that he would pay for dinner, before they headed back to the tattoo shop.

Once they were in the back room again Marcia enlarged the table and instructed "I need you both to go and lay down on the table, make sure that your back is free and hold hands. After that you just have to endure the pain which I can promise you is even worse than with a normal tattoo"

Harry went to lay down first, which allowed him to keep his head cool while Tonks went to lay next to him without a shirt and then got out of her bra. They locked hands and turned their heads so they were looking in the other's eyes.

Marcia then started with the preparations and drew runes on their back that marked the outer lines of the tattoo. Then she started to perform some spells until a palpable projected back appeared in front of her. She started the tattoo on this back and while she did so, the lines appeared on both Harry and Tonks' back at the same time. Harry and Tonks did notice that it hurt a lot more than the previous tattoo, but they kept looking in each other's eyes, drawing strength out of it, stopping each other from flinching in pain.

It took Marcia a little more than four hours to apply the tattoo they had asked, but when she was done, she was actually surprised herself about the result. She started to perform some more spells and when she was done, she looked down on the backs of Harry and Tonks and saw a beautiful multicolored phoenix that arose on both of their backs. The tail feathers moved when she looked at it and it was like there was a real fire where the phoenix came out of. She was momentary mesmerized with the result before she started to carefully apply the balm that helped it heal instantly and took away the pain.

After that she said "All done"

Tonks first immerged from the table and covered her front with her t-shirt before Harry got up from the table too. With the help from two mirrors, they looked at the result, being speechless for a while when they first saw it.

Harry and Tonks thanked her, but Marcia said "I should actually thank you two for allowing me to tattoo such piece of art on you"

"How much do we owe you?" Tonks asked.

Marcia made a quick calculation before she spoke "In total it's 760 galleons"

Tonks payed her, before they thanked her again and left the little building. They made their way back to the hotel talking about the experience.

When they were finally back in their hotel room, Harry started to kiss Tonks passionately the moment the door was closed. His lips trailed from her lips, to her neck and when they got to a point where fabric covered Tonks' chest, Tonks just went to the buttons and slowly started to open them, eventually revealing the same image that Harry had seen in the tattoo shop. A blush appeared back on Harry's face, but he went back to softly kissing Tonks on her lips.

Tonks shortly disrupted their kissing so she could lead them to the bed and so they could go and lay on it. She then took the lead and she took the hem of his t-shirt before pulling it over his head. She softly placed a kiss on his new tattoo before she kissed him back on the mouth again. She could feel Harry's excitement pressed against her leg.

Their hands roamed a bit over the other's body, discovering, while they kept making out until they fell asleep like that, their almost bare chests against each other.