"So, I hear you're in the Order of the Phoenix."
She smiles nervously. "The what?"
"The Order of the Phoenix," he says earnestly. "It's a group lead by Albus Dumbledore; their main goal is to bring down the ministry and undermine Scrimogeur's rule."
This is absurd, she thinks. I knew this date was a mistake.
"Never heard of it," Tonks lies quickly. "You're a fan of Scrimogeour, then?"
"No," he says, "the Minister of Magic cut the funding of magizoologists a couple of weeks ago; get this, it was during the mating season for the cocka..."
Tonks trains a polite smile on her face as the young man blabbers on about the mating patterns of the Cockatrice.
"So who are you supporting?" she asks.
The boy, twenty- year- old Rolf Scamander, blinks. "What do you mean?"
"In the war against Voldemort. Who are you supporting?"
"Oh! I mean... the good guys, of course!" he says.
"The good guys?"
"Yes, of course!"
"But you have no mind to try to stop him?"
"Him?"
"Volde-"
"You- Know- Who! Yes. Of course I want to stop him, but it's not really my job, is it? It's not my place. I'll let the professionals figure it out." He laughs nervously, and Tonks becomes increasingly aware of the fact that she dressed up, put on makeup and tried to style her hair for this.
He starts talking about Cockatrice again.
"See, there's this one Cockatrice in the brood, the alpha, and it's slightly darker than the others-"
And she starts thinking of this one werewolf, and how he told her to find someone who deserves her, someone young, wealthy and whole. Rolf Scamander fits this criteria. Rolf Scamander is not a bad guy.
But there are more important qualities, Tonks thinks. She wants someone funny, kind and brave.
Someone who knows a considerable less about Cockatrice than Rolf Scamander does.
it'll be soon :)
sooner if you review :D