Author's Note:
I just realize it's so hard writing Tonks and Remus disliking each other! Ugh they're a bit OOC but I hope you'll bear with me. Well if you think about it, if you're in Remus' shoes you'd be a bit confused and OOC as well, what with ur best friend being responsible for the death of another best friend and all. Oh nevermind then.
So Tonks still doesn't like Remus very much...well that will change soon...very soon ;D
Chapter 02 – Different School Days
After two years away from it, Tonks never expected her first night at Hogwarts to be so terrible. She still couldn't get Remus Lupin out of her mind, wondering why he was so tense and judgmental of her and her cousin. She couldn't sleep comfortably when she knew that she was sharing a room with Marrick, a fellow Auror but not one she was comfortable with. Lexi though, somehow slept with ease. It was perhaps she was much lazier than Tonks.
Morning came and Tonks dragged herself out of bed with bloodshot eyes. That mission was probably the worst she could ever ask for, but she wasn't going to back out now that she's already so big a part of it. Tonks wandered over to the place where the small stove had been and found that beside the cabinet, there was a wooden door none of them had noticed. Perhaps the events of last night had clouded all their common senses.
Curious, Tonks was about to open it to find a well equipped bathroom and smiled. The front door to the room suddenly burst open. She jumped and watched in shock as Mad-Eye and Silvia walked in. Mad-Eye didn't look too apologetic, but Silvia kindly whispered an apology. Lexi was still fast asleep, hugging her pillow while revealing smooth her bare shoulders.
"Wake her up, we need to talk quickly before we start the day," Moody grunted.
Marrick was already poking at Lexi to wake her up. "Hey, get up," he moaned.
"Poking her is not going to work. She's a heavy sleeper and is dead lazy sometimes."
Lexi's head snapped up, her eyes darting frantically around the room with a bemused look as Tonks pounced on her. She shrieked once she saw Mad-Eye's morning face and pushed Tonks off. She sat up and hugged her pillow. "Bloody hell! Talk about a wakeup call!"
Moody grunted and ignored her. "Today's your first day. Do it well and…"
"Mad-Eye can you change up the groups? Sorry but I honestly don't feel comfortable having to share this living space with Marrick," Tonks interrupted.
He grumbled and rolled his eye, his mechanical one glaring at her. "I put you all in these groups deliberately. Marrick's calm and can keep you two in order. No changes," he growled.
"I don't enjoy sharing a room with Mad-Eye and Rookwood either," Silvia shrugged.
Tonks suddenly felt like what she went through was nothing compared to Silvia's struggles. Having to share a living space with Mad-Eye sounded…scary.
"Morph. We need to see what you look like if Silvia will be playing your mother."
She yawned and rolled her eyes once again. Lexi shoved her head back into her pillow to get some more sleep just as Tonks scrunched up her face to make herself look younger, like a thirteen year old girl. She shortened her height and decreased the size of her chest and overall body to match that of a thirteen year old. When she was done, Tonks was satisfied with herself. Her hair was still pink and her face overall looked the same, just with less age wear and tear.
"Change your hair to a more natural color," Moody grunted.
"Why? The pink looks good on her," Lexi spoke, muffled through her pillow.
"Pink hair is natural to her," Silvia smiled. "I'd love to have a rebel of a daughter."
Moody grunted and tossed her a package that contained robes. Tonks wondered how she would look in red and gold as she examined the various pieces of clothing. "Here's your schedule. Harry Potter is in all of your classes and you should be able to recognize him."
"I can't believe I'm going through with this," she groaned and memorized her schedule.
"Alexis and Marrick will pass as sixth or seventh year students when they're not under the Ghost Necklace. Use it to get into the breakfast feast," Mad-Eye added before leaving.
"Thank you," Marrick grumbled, barely audible as he got up and looked for clothes.
"At least he's got somewhat of a heart," Lexi mumbled, falling asleep again.
"Ugh get up you lazy contradiction!" Tonks sighed, pulling Lexi up from her uncomfortable slouch on the bed. "I need you to be up and ready! I want breakfast!"
"Merlin. I'm glad I didn't share a dorm with you when we were in school."
"I'll go to the boy's bathroom and get changed," Marrick spoke, looking more awake and seeming polite now. "I'll wait for you girls in the Great Hall."
Tonks watched as he left and she slapped Alexis' bare boney shoulders, causing the lazy black haired girl to snap up. "What the hell was that for?" she whined, rubbing her shoulder.
"Get ready!" Tonks replied. "God, I'm going to hate this mission."
Tonks pulled Lexi over and showed her that their living space actually had a bathroom, the unnoticeable door that stood beside the wooden cabinet. The two girls fought over the sink as they tried to brush their teeth. The bathroom was small but clean and very usable. Lexi eventually had to retreat to brushing her teeth in the shower while Tonks hogged the sink. Tonks smirked as Lexi grumbled while attempting to brush her teeth in the shower. Lexi sighed as they got out. She looked through the package and smiled when she found Ravenclaw robes.
"You're lucky. You get to eat and then you and Marrick just disappear for the day. You don't technically have to attend classes and such," Tonks whined, struggling with the tie.
"Hey, it can't be that bad. I hate Kingston and I'm not complaining, so come on."
Lexi smirked as they exited the room and wandlessly disillusioned the door. She slipped her Ravenclaw robes on and took a deep breath of Hogwarts' morning air. Tonks had to admit she did miss the old castle and was kind of glad to be back even though she would have to deal with Snape and Lupin who both no doubt hate her, just because she was related to Sirius. She sighed and ran after Lexi, getting used to the disguise and quite enjoying the idea of being back.
When they arrived at the Great Hall, Tonks was astounded by the familiar sight. She smiled as Tonks pulled Lexi into the Great Hall while her cousin was busy flirting with a few guys who caught her eyes when they passed by. Tonks knew that Lexi caught their attention as well because they were following, but she kept in mind that they had a mission, unlike Lexi.
"Lexi for god's sake, you're too old for them!"
"Age is just a number," Lexi smiled. "Besides, I'm lonely and available," she teased.
The two girls suddenly spotted Marrick sitting comfortably at the Gryffindor table, looking so belonging there. He was easily chatting with two red headed boys who were twins. Tonks remembered they were Fred and George Weasley. She'd met them once when she and Charlie were in their seventh years. Hopefully the twins wouldn't remember her. Marrick was also turning to talk to a few others. One they all recognized to be Harry Potter by his scar.
"You're late," Marrick smiled. Lexi was surprised. He actually sounded nice and cute.
"Well the stairs gave Tonks here a little bit of trouble," Lexi teased. "Dead clumsy."
Tonks was smiling as they were invited to sit down on the two empty seats that seemed to have been saved for them. Perhaps it was just the feeling of being back at Hogwarts, but Tonks felt excited again, as if she really was a third year, back in school. The idea of having to do homework could wait until later to kill her. For the moment, she was just enjoying breakfast at Hogwarts with Lexi. Tonks pushed Lexi into the empty seat beside Marrick and grinned evilly.
"Oh a Ravenclaw, you like them smart girls eh Marrick?" the twins teased.
Lexi shot Marrick a death glare but Tonks whispered, "Remember, don't make a scene."
"I'd rather be at the Ravenclaw table," Lexi grumbled.
"Don't mess things up this early," Marrick whispered.
"You're a bit too close," Lexi warned under her breath as she sat between them.
"Nice hair!" a red headed girl across from Tonks smiled. "Did you dye it yourself?"
Tonks smiled and grabbed a piece of toast. "Yeah! Thanks."
"I'm Ginny Weasley. You don't look like a first year. Did you transfer here?"
A pretty girl with bushy brown hair smiled at her as well. "I'm Hermione Granger."
"Wotcher, I'm Tonks. Uh…" she tried to remember the story Mad-Eye made her go with to tell the girls. "My mum, Professor Silvia White, just transferred here so I came with from…"
"Beauxbatons," Lexi's witty quick thinking helped her out. Tonks pushed her playfully.
"Wicked," Ginny smiled. "Did they let you have pink hair there?"
"Oh, are you two friends?" Hermione asked, possibly noticing the interaction between Tonks and Lexi as she pointed to them. Tonks turned to see Lexi shoving a piece of toast in Marrick's mouth as she turned from him, earning claps and wolf whistles from the twins.
"No I dyed it over the summer and yes, this is my cousin, Lexi."
"Lexi White," Lexi smiled, following Tonks' act. "Sixth year in case you're wondering."
"You're in the same year as Marrick then?" Ginny smiled and winked, pointing to him.
"Yes," Marrick smiled and tried to act friendly with Lexi. Tonks found the sight amusing.
The rest of breakfast they spent talking with all the kids, carefully learning their names and a little bit about them. They finally got to talk to Mr. Harry Potter himself, and Tonks would be jumping up and down screaming that she met the boy who lived, if not for the mission.
Breakfast went by well. They had managed to make up a story that Tonks' mother was Silvia White and Tonks' name is Nymphadora Tonks, using her dad's last name. Lexi still was Tonks' cousin but her last name changed from Black to White, ironic, just to prevent suspicion and worry amongst the students. Tonks was surprised to see Marrick act so friendly and realized that they never did sit down and talk with him before in school. They were only caught by him out of bed and sneered at each other when they were in school. They didn't really know him.
"Do you want another piece of toast shoved down your throat?" Lexi threatened Marrick.
"Children," Tonks sighed. "Now what do we do? I never thought we'd get this far."
Marrick folded his arms and shifted his weight to the side as he looked at Lexi, waiting. She was the Unspeakable of the group and surely she knew what she was doing. Tonks began to wonder if this mission would work at all to keep Harry Potter safe.
"Hurry up, Harry's leaving," Marrick whispered, impatient as Lexi searched her pockets.
"Alright, jeez," she sighed. "Here Tonks put this on." She placed a silver locket that was shaped in a small music cord around Tonks' neck. It looked pretty and was something Tonks would wear. "This little thing is called Apollo's Chords. It will allow you to hear and see us when we're under the Ghost Necklace," Lexi explained as she pulled out a long silver chain etched with various Greek symbols on its side.
"Can I talk to you guys?"
"Uh…no," Lexi smiled. "You can talk and we can hear you. But it will be like you're talking to yourself so it is highly recommended that you don't do that. Now go, we'll follow."
Lexi already slipped the Ghost Necklace around her neck and Marrick's as Tonks realized they would probably have to be that close for the rest of the day. She smirked at Lexi and Marrick's expression when they realized it and silently protested through various facial expressions. It was going to be hard not to talk to them when she can see and hear them. Tonks noticed that when they passed by a mirror, instead of seeing Lexi and Marrick, there was only a reflection of herself. The Ghost Necklace really was something.
Morning passed by easily for their first day of classes. Tonks would sit in the classes and actually feel like a student again as she focused on her morph and not falling asleep. Marrick and Lexi would be stuck walking one foot from each other as they patrolled the halls around her and tried to look for anything suspicious. So far, on the first day, there was nothing that should be worried about. Tonks sat quietly through the classes, knowing most things by heart because of her Auror background. Often Hermione and Harry would speak with her and she'd help them out, receiving gratitude and bright, thankful smiles in return which she found she quite liked. She didn't have time to cause any mischief, but Tonks wondered how long it was until she does.
When she had potions again with Snape, she had been unable to control herself from back talking to him, earning herself deducted house points already. By the end of class, Tonks had earned herself a detention and uncontrollable fits of laughter from Lexi.
Her last class of the afternoon was Defense Against the Dark Arts class, and she dreaded going in there. What used to be her favorite class was now taught by a judgmental git known as Remus Lupin. Tonks groaned as she showed up, being invited to sit beside Hermione.
"Remember…don't make a scene with Professor Lupin. And don't hex him either. You're supposed to be the third year Gryffindor who doesn't know much about spells, not an almighty and powerful Auror," Lexi teased, leaning against the wall beside Tonks, standing as far away from Marrick as the chain around their neck possibly allowed, which wasn't very far.
Tonks rolled her eyes and swung her bag over so that it hit Lexi in the stomach.
The class finally began just as the shabby and young professor appeared in front of the classroom. She glared at him and he definitely noticed but tried to pay no mind to her. Instead, Remus Lupin continued up to the board to begin his first lesson which was an introduction to stunning spells and how to cast them.
"Alright class, I'd like you to turn your books to page fifty-two," Professor Lupin spoke.
Tonks yawned as she took her sweet time, turning the book one page at a time. Stunning spells were elementary to her by that age. She noticed Hermione Granger watching her with an amused expression. Suddenly, with a non-verbal incantation and a quick wave of his wand, Remus Lupin flipped Tonks' book to the page for her. He noticed that the way she flipped her book was too much like Sirius whenever he didn't want to do something. Remus winced at the memory, remembering back to his school days where things seemed so much better than where he was now. Seeing Tonks kept reminding him of Sirius. Their nature were so alike, it was like the personality ran in the Black's bloodline. When she looked up, he smiled innocently at her while she glared at him. Hermione giggled beside her. Remus turned around and suppressed a sigh, trying hard not to think of the man who was once his best friend.
"That judgmental git," Tonks hissed under her breath so Hermione couldn't hear.
"Don't make a scene," Marrick reminded her kindly, much kinder than his usual tone.
"It looks like Hermione's the older one here," Lexi smirked.
"Tonks we'll be patrolling now. Please remember not to make a scene and at least make it look believable you're a student," Marrick spoke to her. Tonks raised an eyebrow at how nice he suddenly sounded and watched them vanish through a wall.
The class continued on, boring Tonks to no end. By the middle of the class, the shabby professor who Tonks was convinced hated her but kept up a hypocritical and fair façade for the students asked them all to stand up. With a wave of his wand, he pushed all their desks and belongings to the side of the room. With another silent wave, he summoned up wooden targets for them to practice on and instructed them to do so with the stunning spell he'd just taught.
"Professor Lupin actually knows what he's doing," she smiled.
"You must not have had any decent teachers then," Tonks commented as she forced herself to send a very weak, very pathetic red stunning spell that barely hit the target.
"We had Gilderoy Lockhart as a teacher last year," Hermione commented.
"Merlin that must have sucked."
"Yes, so Professor Lupin is a lot better."
The end of class was drawing near and Tonks was getting irritated. It never occurred to her that having to purposely lower the power and effect of her stunning spell was so hard. It had become so natural to her that being aware when she was casting it and having to say the incantation instead of using a non-verbal approach was so difficult. She grunted almost like Mad-Eye and continued putting up her third year façade just because Hermione was so watchful.
Remus walked around the room, aiding the students who seemed like they were having trouble. He couldn't help but notice the disguised Auror who wasn't enjoying the lesson very much. He'd had time and realized why she must not like him very much. Last night, he had accidentally allowed his feelings towards Sirius to get the better of him. Remus sighed; he was still human after all and couldn't help but feel some grudge towards Sirius for managing to turn his life upside down in one night. But accidentally allowing his opinions pass onto Tonks wasn't what he intended. Remus felt guilty. Perhaps he didn't give too good of an impression last night. He needed to reach even grounds with her, and apologize, or at least make it up to her somehow.
When he looked at Tonks again, Remus couldn't help but notice. She was beautiful and he could see through her morph with ease. Now a stronger part of him felt incredibly guilty for being so terse and judgmental of her, just because she was Sirius' cousin.
He hesitantly walked over to the Auror with the vivid pink hair and tried to smile kindly at her. Much to his dismay, it came out as sort of a grimace when he noticed her short temperedness was awfully similar to Sirius. Remus winced from the memory of Sirius and him laughing together. He cleared his throat discreetly. He wanted to be nice to her to make up for the bad impression he had given off. After his foolishness, he felt like it was the right thing to do.
"Are you having trouble Nymphadora?" he asked, knowing it must be hard for her to put up such a façade when stunning spells were second nature to her.
"Don't. Call me. Nymphadora," she replied tersely through clenched teeth.
Remus nodded and stood behind them. He still felt awfully guilty for being such a judgmental git as she called him. When he got close, Remus' eyes allowed him to see her as a pretty twenty year old Auror who was smart and beautiful. He was shocked with himself and when he got closer he could smell her scent, lavender chamomile. He forced himself to focus. Tonks was way too young for him to think of her that way. Besides, she was Sirius' cousin, it wasn't right. "Yes, Hermione can you cast one for me?" he asked.
"Stupefy," Hermione spoke, sending an average, shaky, but very clear stunning spell towards the center of the wooden target, causing it to wobble a bit.
"Very good," Remus smiled. "Now Nymph…Tonks," he corrected when he caught her death glare at him. "It would be easier if you just relax a little," he spoke, giving her what looked like an understanding look. He had hoped it was comforting but didn't know his results.
Tonks huffed. It was only good in theory. After her training with Mad-Eye, she had to force herself to emit that little weakling of a stunner just to pull off the third year façade. She glared at him and proceeded to cast another spell. "Stupefy," she mumbled and cast a weak spell.
"You need to mean it," Hermione reminded kindly.
"Yes, try it again Nymphadora…I mean Tonks," Remus nodded, not liking having to call her by her surname. It was too short, too abrupt a name for her and didn't fit.
Tonks glanced up at the clock and realized that within a few seconds, the class would end. She could either send another weakling of a stunner and possibly make herself look stupid in front of them again just to pull off her façade, or blow it up in Remus Lupin's face. Tonks glared at him. She didn't like the man and the hypocritical act he was giving her.
She turned around from Hermione and Remus to collect her bags. Then, standing from the side, she flicked her wand and sent a carefully aimed stunner at the wooden board, blowing it up to pieces. Remus and Hermione looked between her and the board with surprise, Hermione a little more than Remus. Tonks realized she'd forgotten to say the incantation and it came off as a non-verbal spell as well which was supposedly too advanced for third year students.
"Way to go," Lexi clapped from out of nowhere. "Nice one cuz," she sighed.
"Nymphadora, can you to stay a minute after class?" Remus asked, trying a smile.
As the other students left, Tonks watched as Hermione gave her a kind smile and followed Ron and Harry. It appears Harry had seen her non-verbal stunner as well and was grinning at her with wide, excited eyes. Tonks waved to them, picked up her bag, loosened her tie, and stood in front of the professor. She unknowingly allowed her morph to slip a little and grew a bit taller and older as she looked at him.
"Yes professor?" she questioned, sounding like her mischievous self a few years ago.
Soon Tonks was back to looking like her twenty year old self, wearing robes that luckily magically expanded with her growth. Remus felt his heart skip a beat when he admitted to himself how beautiful she was. "I understand it must be difficult for you, having trained under Alastor, but I ask you to please cooperate with me," he smiled and tilted his head.
"I am cooperating," she growled. Tonks was close enough to him to see clearly his every feature. The scars that crossed his face made him look unique. He was handsome and attractive but with subtlety, something Tonks liked. Remus also had gentle blue eyes that Tonks noticed. She knew she would've really liked him, if only he wasn't so judgmental of her. She still remembered the hurting look in his eyes that angered her. "Please stop calling me Nymphadora."
He nodded but didn't respond to that request. "And, Professor Snape had informed me that he's given you a detention this morning. Tonight you'll be serving detention with me, so show up here after dinner," he smiled and nodded before awkwardly walking away.
Lexi and Marrick had already taken off the Ghost Necklace and immediately stood at least ten feet away from each other. Tonks growled at her cousin who was trying to hold back fits of laughter. She didn't know where Lexi and Marrick went during classes, but even though they hated each other, it couldn't have been nearly as bad as what she had to go through.
"Ok, time for dinner. Don't expect me to serve detention with you though," Lexi smirked.
At dinner, Tonks was feeling a lot happier at the trays and dishes of food that sat in front of her, her mind returning back to her Hogwarts days as she dug in, starving. Lexi sat between her and Marrick again with Fred and George constantly teasing the two as if they liked each other like teenage boy and girl crushes. Ginny was throwing Lexi interesting looks as she tried to find out Lexi's feelings for Marrick. Tonks luckily, was pulled into a different conversation.
"Tonks, how did you cast that non-verbal stunner?" Harry asked, truthfully amazed.
"I've read about those," Hermione spoke, receiving an eye roll from Ron that gave Tonks the impression that she says those exact words a lot. "Non-verbal and wandless magic are said to be too advanced to be taught to third years and are only taught to fifth year students and up."
She didn't expect having to give an explanation, but her long training sessions with Mad-Eye Moody wasn't all for nothing. Surprisingly, the old codger prepared her for a situation like that. "It wasn't intentional," Tonks lied. It was so intentional. If only that thing could've burst into flames. "As witches and wizards, you know how sometimes, things happen and you can't explain why? It's kind of like that," Tonks explained, satisfied when she received believing nods.
"Still, so you have to serve detention with Professor Lupin tonight?" Harry questioned.
"He's not bad. It's better than Snape," Ron added.
"Ginny told us," Hermione added. "Lexi told her. And Lexi said you told her."
Ah the speed of gossip, Tonks nodded and discreetly stepped on Lexi's food under the table, causing her to flinch. "Oh, well detention on my first day, is that a record?" Tonks smiled.
"No," the twins cut in together. "We got five detentions on the first day last year."
"That's even better than us," Lexi smiled.
"We didn't start on the first day," Tonks whispered, reminding her.
"No, you two girls start on your second week," Marrick added.
"Hey Kingston, why do you always have to butt in on other people's business?"
"No reason," Marrick smirked. "But you've got some whipped cream on your upper lip."
Alexis scowled at him as she tried to wipe it off. Tonks noticed that Lexi had missed, somehow, and the cream was still on her face. She was about to wipe it for her dear cousin, but Marrick beat her to it. He wiped it off gently, stroking her upper lip with gentle fingers, but still received a glare from Lexi, though Tonks noticed that her glare was beginning to lose its hate.
Serving detention with Remus Lupin must have been the worse form of punishment Tonks had ever faced. It was even worse than the time she and Alexis had to wash the wall on the fourth floor in which they had vandalized, and that job took all night. She slouched at the chair beside the professor's desk as Remus handed her a stack of papers that he needed her to sort through, placing them into different years and organizing them into alphabetical order. Tonks grumbled constantly as she did her job and would often throw glares at him while he attempted to familiarize himself with the various objects around his new classroom.
"I swear this bloke is even worse than Lexi," Tonks grumbled. "At least I never had to sort anything into alphabetical order for her. Whoever marries this guy must have been cursed for ten lives and had the worst luck of the century," Tonks continued with her rows of insults.
Remus pretended like he couldn't hear her and kept a small, meaningless smile on his face. He was all too used to the insults and was lucky that at least she didn't find out about his rather dark secret yet, one which used to be referred to as his furry little problem. He let out a few very long sighs when he caught some of her insults and actually felt sad and offended by them. She definitely was a lot like Sirius which made him hurt even more. He hated Sirius, but a very small part of him missed the guy too. Sirius was the only living friend Remus had left.
Tonks suddenly thought of a wandless and non-verbal jinx Lexi taught her in her fifth year that could possibly amuse her that night. She sat waiting, holding papers in her hand as she waited for the professor to walk near a book.
Neville Longbottom walked into the room, glancing at Tonks and timidly smiling to her before he rushed over to Lupin who stood beside a pile of thick text books. He was asking the professor something inaudible to her. After a few minutes, he turned around. Just as the boy was far enough away, Tonks jinxed the books to suddenly come to life and attack Professor Lupin.
Her eyes narrowed however, when the books flew up in the air and yet didn't surprise the young professor. Neville turned around at the sound and saw Professor Lupin easily grabbing the animated books out of the air, muttering some counter spell under his breath that Tonks couldn't quite hear. Tonks cursed and propped her head on her elbows, waiting for Neville to leave so she could find another discreet way to torture the man who seemed like he hated her.
"Nymphadora, detention again tomorrow," Remus sighed just as Neville left.
"What?" Tonks stood up, outraged. "Professor Lupin this is hardly reasonable. I am…"
"Yes I know you are an Auror, but I still have to be fair and unfortunately for you, Neville was still present. So I'm afraid you'll have to serve detention with me again tomorrow."
For the rest of detention, Tonks returned to her cursing of him under her breath, rambling because she was so frustrated. "That noble prat," she mumbled. "I can't believe I ever thought of him as attractive. His personality sucks. Those gentle eyes are just for fooling people and that kind professor look is all a fake." She was surprised when she suddenly began rambling so much. Tonks grumbled. "Whoever marries him has the worst luck of the century."
Remus discreetly smiled when he heard her ramble more. He thought she was an interesting girl, and he didn't care whether they were insults, she at least complemented him a bit through it which made him feel a lot better. Also, he still felt awful about judging her so quickly.
"Can I leave now?" Tonks questioned after another silent, awkward hour passed.
"In a few minutes," Remus replied. "I can't let you leave until it is exactly nine."
"Judgmental git," Tonks pouted, resting her head on her hand.
"I apologize for being such a…judgmental git when we first met. I never thought my emotions would get the better of me and become so obvious. Again, I'm sorry Nymphadora."
Tonks literally growled when he used her first name. His voice was soft and when he said Nymphadora it wasn't as irritating as it always sounded, but it didn't mean she liked being called it. "Don't. Call me. Nymphadora," she snapped. "And apology not accepted. Do you know how many times I've seen that skeptical look on me before and do you know how much it hurts every time?" Tonks grumbled and rushed out of the room quickly when the clock finally hit nine.
"The first day of classes and there were no signs of Black anywhere outside or inside the castle," Kingsley spoke up, reporting his findings with folded arms.
"Nothing noticeably wrong with the student body and there's nothing that needed to be paid special attention to. Also, no one suspects the new teacher," Silvia smiled and winked.
"Marrick, what about your team?" Mad-Eye grunted, turning his attention to them.
"Tonks had some problems with a few professors, but overall, nothing seems out of the ordinary. Though Hermione Granger was using a time turner to get to three classes at once. That's all that was noted," Marrick nodded.
"Oh we also need to clear this story with you," Alexis added. "We told the students that Tonks and I live with Silvia. Silvia's my aunt, Tonks' mother and we transferred from Beauxbatons Academy over to Hogwarts. In case the students decide to ask you."
"Noted, thank you," Silvia smiled. "A few students did ask me about my pink haired daughter. Tonks, I hope to don't mind but I accidentally let it slip to them that you're a metamorphmagus," she smiled apologetically.
"It's fine. I've gotten used to it in school. No difference now," Tonks replied dryly.
Lexi smirked. "So how was detention with Professor Lupin?" Tonks scowled at her.
"Tonks try and stay out of trouble. We need you elsewhere instead of serving detention," Mad-Eye grunted in his normal hoarse reminding voice.
"It's not like I particularly enjoyed it. And besides, it's hardly fair. I'm twenty, out of school, an Auror, and yet I have to serve detention on a mission, and get deducted house points."
"All to stir less suspicion from the students," Mad-Eye grunted. "Now go get some rest."
"Can't Tonks and I sleep in the normal dormitories?" Alexis pleaded.
"No because soon you'll have to patrol during night shifts as well," Moody replied.
"Am I really that unbearable? I've learned to live with you two haven't I?" Marrick asked just as the other Aurors and Unspeakables began leaving the small empty classroom they met in.
"Yes! Ginny thinks we have a crush on each other!" Lexi spoke as they entered the hall.
"We knew we'd catch you three together," Hermione smiled and ran up to them.
"Is it true?" Ginny asked excitedly, receiving questioning glances from all three of them.
"That you're a metamorphmagus!" Hermione smiled. "I've read about them. They're very unique and have such a cool ability!"
Tonks smiled and nodded. "Yep, watch this," she spoke as she scrunched her face up to change her nose from her natural state to that of a pig's snout.
"That's so cool!" Ginny jumped. "Can you do a bird?" she asked as Tonks changed back.
"Oh, here comes all the requests," Lexi smiled and rolled her eyes.
"Ginny," Hermione reminded her. "Sorry Tonks, we just had to make sure," she smiled. "See you tomorrow at breakfast. Um, Lexi, Marrick, you two aren't prefects, are you?"
Lexi scoffed and elbowed Marrick teasingly. "Nope," she smiled.
Ginny winked at her yet again. "I saw that," she smiled before leaving with Hermione.
"Ugh, see what you do?" Lexi sighed and walked away with Tonks.
"Me?" Marrick replied, laughing as he gave her a how-dare-you-blame-this-on-me look.
It was a few minutes pass curfew and Tonks found herself lying back in her bed, the one in the far corner beside a large window in the room she had to share with two others. Lexi and Marrick were arguing how long they each get to use the bathroom as Lexi had spent the last hour in there with her shower and Marrick only took twenty minutes. Tonks tried to drown them out as she rested her head on the headboard and took out her CD player her dad had given to her.
"You still have homework to do," Lexi teased, shoving a bag filled with school books onto Tonks' bed, trying hard not to laugh. She took out her wand and twirled it in her hands as she sat back, searched for her notebook in her bag, and proceeded to enjoy Tonks' suffering.
"Oh you've got to be kidding me!" Tonks groaned.
"All to make the act seem real my friend," Lexi laughed, enjoying this way too much.
Is it bad or utterly terrible? Honestly I have a minor case of insomnia and I'm up at three in the morning posting this so I'm a bit skeptical of this chapter. Leave a review and tell me what you think. Thanks for reading! ^_^ P.S. I hope to be able to finish this fan fiction ^_^ Because as a reader, I understand that it's frustrating once you start to read a fan fiction and yet it doesn't get finished, yes it's very frustrating as a reader for me. So hopefully I'll finish this, um no promises on when though. Please bear with me ^_^ Thanks again!