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Harry could not believe how his summer was turning out. It was far beyond anything he had ever expected. He now had something that was resembling a family and it was an amazing feeling. He had Ted and Andromeda who were actually like parents and seemed to want him around. Then he had Nymphadora Tonks who was an amazing sister. He still had Professor Flitwick training him and was able to take part in dueling. It seemed that he had everything he could ever have dreamed of.

He was also doing fairly well in dueling. He managed to place second in both Wand and Staff dueling in his second competition. His third he did even better, he placed second in wand dueling but first in Staff dueling. Even better than winning was how excited his new family seemed to be for him. After each competition, they took him out and celebrated his wins. He was loving every second of his summer. He couldn't be happier, something the other duellists especially those from Hogwarts who had spent time with him had noticed. He seemed to always have a slight smile on his face. So much happier then he was though he still was shy and hesitant. He could even mostly forget the hell that school was.

Every day he seemed to be more and more surprised at just how good things were for him at the moment. Something he had never really expected was Nymphadora wanting to be his sister. It was even more shocking than having parents as she went out of her way to include him in everything.

One of the strangest experiences was when Tonks poked Harry in the shoulder long after he had been sent off to bed. "Harry, wake up," she whispered.

He rubbed his eyes startling slightly. His first instinct was to worry. Aunt Petunias wake ups were not as pleasant if he overslept. Then again, as he glanced around, he could tell it was still night time as no light peaked through his bedroom window. "Dora, what times it?"

"Time for ice cream," She said passing him his glasses. "Wakey, wakey kiddo, time to get up."

He sat up even more confused than before. Ice cream? It was nighttime why would he get woken up for ice cream? "It is still dark out," he said confused.

She just grinned pulling him with her towards the kitchen, "You have not gotten the joy of brother-sister bonding yet," She declared brightly.

He blinked at her still not understanding, "bonding," he asked.

She pulled out a large tub of chocolate fudge ice cream. "Bonding," She agreed brightly pulling out two bowls.

He couldn't help the grin that lit up his face, he began to realize what she had been intending. Waking him up for ice cream but the concept was still foreign to him. "Ice cream? Aren't we going to get into trouble?"

"It is brother-sister bonding," she said giving them both a giant bowl twice the size of a normal one. "You cannot get in trouble for brother-sister bonding." She handed him the chocolate syrup after coating her treat with it. He did the same slightly more hesitant but following her lead.
She pulled him outside into the grass and they sat in the backyard with there ice creams looking at the stars. They were silent for a few minutes only occasionally pointing out stars they knew the name of before Tonks began speaking. "So Harry, I seem to know very little about my new baby brother," she said taking a scoop full of the chocolate ice cream. "So we are going to play a game."

"Wh-what type of game," He asked nervously, still unable to believe that this was happening.

"The game of questions. It is simple, I'll ask you a question, something I want to know about and then you can ask me," She decided. "Like whats your favorite book?"

He shrugged slightly but decided to go along with it. "Do you mean like a storybook or like a school book?"

"Storybook definitely, school books are boring."

"I liked Matilda, its a muggle book," he admitted after a moment of thinking about it. "I don't know any wizarding storybooks, What about you?"

"Hmmm, 'Pranks and Tricks," she declared though she intended to change the fact that he did not know any wizarding ones. There were a lot of fascinating wizarding storybooks just not at Hogwarts. "21 rules every trouble maker must follow.' I was a bit of a rebel in school. Still your turn."

He was still hesitant, growing up he wasn't allowed to ask questions and he did not want to upset his new sister so he decided to play it safe. "Um, what is your favorite color?"

"Depends on the day," she said her hair switching around. He watched in amazement as he did every time her hair changed. Magic was brilliant and he found her skill even more amazing than most. "Today I'm feeling green," she admitted as her hair finally stopped on bright eye-popping lime green. They spent the next hour looking at the stars, asking questions. The questions faded and Tonks began her impersonations of people and animals sending him into peals of laughter before they snuck back up to bed.

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Tonks just got home from work and went to find her adorable new baby brother. She was hoping to get more time to hang out with him. It sucked spending so much time at the ministry when she finally got a little brother. She wanted to enjoy every moment she could before he went back to school. her parents pointed her into the back yard and she froze seeing him moving slowly, almost as a dance. She realized quickly he was doing physical training as it reminded her of some of the balancing exercises done in auror training. She did not expect to see the same training in an eleven-year-old boy.

It took her a few minutes to decide to interrupt him. She waited until she noticed a break in his movements. "Watcher Harry."

He turned slightly but managed to keep his balance despite his surprise, something that she was incredibly jealous of. There was no doubt in her mind she would have stumbled if she tried to do the same. "Dora," he said grinning. "How was work?"

"Long and boring, what are you doing? It looks like some of the training that we do at the auror force."

"Its called Aritinock or at least that's the goblin word for it," Harry said moving carefully. "It is sort of like tai chi and different martial arts but it is done both as physical exercise and to help better accessing your magical core. Master Flitwick taught me to help me work on my staff work since it makes drawing on my magic easier without a focus and helps with balance and things when I'm dueling."

Magical core. It was not something you expected someone his age to talk about or understand. She knew it was not first-year material. "Want to show me," She asked. "I could use some help with balance."

Harry grinned excited by the idea of teaching Dora something. After all, she had been so nice and accepting of him making sure to teach him the little things in life.
"It is all about using the focal points of your magical core," Harry said. "A mix of physical balance and strength, as well as magical. Have you ever meditated?"
"Yeah, they make us learn in auror training. It helps you learn control."

"Its a bit like that, while going through the motions, you need to clear your mind and focus on what you feel, your magic, your physical body," he said. "It is all about following your magic. Letting your magic show you how to move rather than demanding your magic move for you. Does that make sense."

"A bit."

"So you plant your feet. The beginning is always the same but it is after you get into the pattern, that you do what feels right," Harry said carefully showing her how to begin, move her arms and keep her feet balanced.

Andromeda watched out the window amused as her daughter tumbled a bit and Harry just helped her back up showing her how to do it without falling. How her daughter became so unbalanced and clumsy shed never know.

"It is amazing to see isn't it," Ted asked coming up behind her.

She glanced over to her husband. "What is?"

"How well he fits into our family. How confident he is growing. Just think, a month ago hed never have dared correct Dora and he is so at ease right now. It is amazing to see how well they are growing."

"My sentimental Hufflepuff," Andromeda laughed.

"Come now Dromy, you cannot say it is not good to see."

She just chuckled. "Why don't you call them in. Its time for supper."

"And you never know, it might help with our Doras balance."

She just laughed as she went to set the table and the two came running in.

The unique training activity quickly became something that the two enjoyed doing daily. Tonks after awhile began to notice a slight reduction in her clumsy accidents which was amazing but even better, it was something she could do and get to know her new brother. Something that she noticed he felt more confident in and really enjoyed doing. Harry also lept at the idea of sharing his favorite things with his new sister so it was a good bonding activity they both enjoyed.