Chapter 6 -The heart of an Arour-
As the doors opend to Dumbledore's office Tonks could swear she felt her heart jump into overdrive as the over looming threat of being expelled before she could get the marks she needed to be qualifided to enter traing to be an Arour put a huge pressure on her chest as she grabed Charlie's hand looking for some relife and with a inward sigh that's what she felt, a small twinge of comfert.
Dumbledore looked at the two of them from where they stood across the room perring over his half moon specticals.
"What brings two students like yourselves here at such an hour, it's nearly dark you two should be in bed."
Dumbledore began but before he could go on to say more Tonks found her voice as she looked up at him her gray eyes stormy with betraying tears.
"Please sir we have a good reason for being out at this hour if you'll only listean to our explanations."
Tonks only stoped rambling when the headmaster raised a hand to quite her and she fell quite watching him.
"I'm aware of why you two were out, you both were at the Shriking Shack with a former student, your brother am I right Charlie?"
Charlie gave a quick and stiff nod and Tonks could practicly feel his fear well up around him.
"And as for what you were doing there to my knowlage is that you and your brother were helping Nymphadora here work on her Arour skills before she has tontrain in the feild herself, but more than than I know nothing."
His eyes were trained on Tonks as she released Charlie's hand to wring her own fingers looking down her hair shifting to a deep chocolate brown.
"Sir if I may be so blunt there was a death eater in the building with us, we were unaware of this fact when we began only to find out when I was attacked, weather it means anything at all I can't say but I have the feeling that it can not be something good."
Charlie nudged her then gentaly took her hand to tell her she was rammbling again and she fell quite again.
Dumbledore said nothing for a moment as he turned away from them to pase behind his desk in thought.
Tonks watch the headmaster her mind reeling as she felt herself tremble a finle time before she swallowed a lump in her throat she didn't know was there before she squared her shoulders Sirius' words from a memory from when she was young rang in her head.
"'You'll be great Nymphie, I can see it now headlines in the profit with your picture 'Arour Nymphadora Tonks, greatest arour of her time apprehending the dark lords best death eaters single handedly!'"
Tonks felt a small smile creep onto her lips but it quickly faded as she watched the headmaster before her looking confused.
"Sir, do you really think the dark lord is back? The news of his death has spread since the night Harry Potter defeted him, he couldn't have come back so soon could he?"
Tonks was pleased her voice was no longer shaking nor was her body and she seen that Charlie beside her had seen her recovery and calmed himself as well.
Dumbledore stoped passing to look at her a glint in his eyes as they looked over the half moon glasses.
"Your correct Nymphadora it hasn't happend yet but the sturring of the Death eaters is a sure sign something may happen in the near furure I want both of you to contact your families imparticulay you Charlie and tell them what's come around but as for after that try and push it out of your minds and enjoy your last few days here, Hogwarts will be losing a pair of very uniqe students this year."
Tonks couldn't miss the hidden consern in his tone though Charlie at her side clearly did as his chest puffed out slightly at the saying of the school losing two uniqe students.
After heading to her bunk Tonks floped down on her bed and sighed into her pillow sitting like that for a moment before sitting up and summoning her qill and ink along with a peice of parchment and quickly wrote her mother and father like she was told to and set it by her pillow as she sliped out of her robes glancing over at Rose's bunk only to find her sound asleep curled up under the covers a letter from her mother by her hand.
Tonks smiled and sighd collecting the letter and setting it on the stand by Rose's bed and turned out the lights laying back in her bed slowly falling into a sleep that was any thing but peacful.
Tonks was awakened from her nightmare by a gental shaking of her shoulder, her eyes flew open and she sat up looking at Rose who looked worridly at her.
"You okay Tonks? You were having a nightmare."
Rose's voice was heavy with worry and Tonks sighed getting up and pulling on her robes and shoes shaking her head to let a neat dissaray of blue waves fall over her shoulders.
"Y-ya I'm fine I just have to go to the owlry before class, I'll see you there Rose."
Not waiting for a responce Tonks quickly grabed her bag along with the letter and walked out to the owlry.
Upon arriving she pauses in the door way seeing Charlie standing infront of the Weasly family owl petting it gentaly as he read a letter, a worryed respronce from Molly no dout seeing as she always fussed about things like this even when Bill was in school.
Tonks smiled to herself as she watched him her eyes tracing over his features till when she came to his eyes she was startled to see he was now looking at her a smile tugging his lips causing her to blush and hurry over to her owl blinking seeing a note attached to its leg which she gently took and let the owl up on her shoulder as she read.
"Nymphadora,
Your father and I would like you to come home for the holiday we have arranged to be at the train station waiting for you this evning please don't be late.
Love mum and dad"
Tonks smiled happily at the note and petted the owl on the head giving it the letter watching it fly off with Charlie's owl before she turned to him.
"It looks like I'm going back home for the rest of the holiday tonight Char are you going back home to?"
She couldn't help but smile as she looked into his brown eyes as they searched her face.
"Ya mum wants me to come home she's asking Bill to come home to, I wouldn't mind it, it'll be nice to be home again."
He laughed and Tonks let a chuckle slip remembering how crowded the Burrow could be with the family all there.
"Tell Molly and your brothers hi for me okay?"
She smiled as she asked thinking of the year she went home with Charlie and Molly had treated her as if she was a part of the family as did the brothers Bill picking on her now and again causing her to punch his shoulder enough to leave a bruis the size of her fist but not hurt him.
"Ya mum will be glad to know your doing well."
He smiled patting her shoulder as he turned to leave.
Tonks gave a sigh looking out over the grounds coverd in snow as a new light powder of white flurried down placing specks of white in her blue hair as she looked she thought, memories flooding back again.
"'Nymphadora dear it's time to come inside!'
Her mother's voice called from the door way of the house and Tonks pouted standing up from where she was playing in the snow.
'But mummy I'm not cold!'
the little 5 year old whined her hair turning from white as the snow to a deep blue color as her mother scooped her up in a hug ignoring her wet pants and boots as she walked to the kitchen.
'But someone is here to see you Dora but you have to find him.'
with that her mother set her down removing her coat and boots before letting her run off her hair turning a bright happy pink."
Tonks opend her eyes hearing the train whistle and sighed picking up her bag as she turned to walk away she looked out over the grounds again.
"Happy Holidays Sirius.."
She whisperd then hurryed down laughing as Charlie flew up to her on his broom and reaching her arm up as he hoverd abover her he grabed her hand pulling her up on the broom infront of him both laughing happily as he took her back to the quittage feild were the team was practising some rolling their eyes as Charlie set Tonks down in the stands to watch them giving his scarf to her wrapping it around her neck with a smile before flying off with the others.
Tonks waisted a good chunk of her morning standing in the open feild watching Charlie practice with the rest of the gryffindor team laughing as he made a fool of some of the others.
She nuzzled into his scarf closing her eyes for a moment only to have them snap open at the sound of shoutting being hurd, her mind didn't have time to register what she seen as she froze to where she stood her feet like bricks unable to move.