Tonks' announcement

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any of the characters. They are the property of JK rowling. I only own the new OC's which appear in the following chapters.

Harry insisted on Mrs Weasley not doing anything at all for his birthday.

'But Harry, dear.You have to. Its absolutely no trouble at all.' But no matter how much she kept insisting, Harry remained adamant that he did not want his birthday celebrated. He didn't particularly enjoy it, and he didn't see why Mrs Weasley had to keep on persisting. Harry even asked Ron to mention it to her that he wasn't into that stuff. However, she got Ron back to her with many reasons why he should have a celebration. She even recruited Sirius to try and change his mind.

'Sirius, please don't say anything about it again.'

'You remind of someone who's scared of getting old. You know, who doesn't want to think of their age. What have you got against your birthday?'

'Nothing. I've never celebrated my birthday, and I don't feel like starting any time soon.

'Harry, I don't feel like celebrating my birthday. Remus doesn't feel like celebrating his birthday. You're only going on sixteen… Jeez, living with those muggles has really fucked you up hasn't it?'

'Look, all I want to do is when we go to Diagon Alley, I just want to get the chance to go to muggle London and then I'll be completely happy.'

'Muggle London eh?' Sirius asked, 'Why?'

'There's just some stuff I want to buy, like a guitar.'

'Like those things up in Lorena's room?' Sirius raised his eyebrows, 'Since when have you been into them?'

'Hmm, since I was thirteen.'

'Oh…I don't actually know you at all.'

'I know.' Harry grinned at Sirius.

Though Harry seemed to find it rather amusing, Sirius found it sad. He was sincerely dreading when Harry would go back to Hogwarts and they wouldn't be able to talk every night. The days before the trip to Diagon Alley Ron changed completely. He was being much more helpful to his mother, taking it to heart when she said if they misbehaved that would be the end of them going to Diagon Alley. What with not even being able to get some fresh air, everyone was being a bit better behaved than normally. Sirius had even changed. Now being able to leave the house as a free man, he was looking forward to being able to walk out the door with Harry. Mr Weasley, being fond of muggles suggested travelling by muggle means. Tonks, Sirius, Lorena and Harry were just one of the groups that Mrs Weasley had decided on. They boarded one bus while Hermione, Ron, Remus and Mr Weasley waited for the next one. Then Ginny and Mrs Weasley would board a separate bus together. Two many wizards travelling on one bus might get a little two obvious. Sirius and Tonks were having extreme difficulty with the buying of the tickets.

'Stupid Arthur.' Sirius muttered under his breath as Lorena moved forward to help them before they attracted too much attention. Harry merely showed his London bus card to the driver and proceeded along the bus.

'What the-?' Sirius asked loudly, 'How did he do that?'

'Sirius, shhh.' Lorena said as she finally got the tickets, 'Now don't lose these, okay?'

Lorena sat in beside Harry while Tonks and Sirius sat right behind them.

'-My granddaughter.' And old lady leaned in close to Sirius and whispered loudly, 'She has those things stuck in her face like those two in front of you. Watch out for them. They look kind of…' She trailed off looking concerned for Sirius. She clearly hadn't seen them board together, but she noticed Harry and Lorena looking back at Sirius, laughing and whispering.

'Oh,' Sirius said, slightly surprised, 'That's my niece and my Godson… I don't really think they're dangerous. Just look a bit weird-'

'Hey!' Harry frowned and turned around to Sirius, 'I don't look weird.'

'You might want to tell him to get a new pair of shoes,' The lady said again, 'Those ones are torn apart.'

'Yea, and it took ages to make them like that.'

They woman shook her head and looked at Sirius in a pitiful sort of way and then turned and gazed out of the window for the rest of the journey.

'Fat bitch.' Harry said a little too loudly.

Much to Tonks and Sirius' displeasure, Harry and Lorena didn't want to step a foot inside Diagon Alley. Therefore the adults were forced to walk around muggle London, with Sirius whining every few minutes.

'Could you please just wait until we find a music shop. Then we can go back to Diagon Alley,' Lorena said pleadingly.

'Or… You could both just go back on your own?' Harry suggested.

'Yea right.' Sirius said grumpily, 'You know well I can't.'

'Hmm, guys, I feel hungry.' Tonks said.

'You feel… What?' Harry asked suddenly turning around to her, 'Already?'

'Yea… McDonalds looks good…' Tonks licked her lips and rubbed her tummy, which Harry thought was very unusual for her.

'McDonalds? This just keeps getting weirder.' Harry rolled his eyes, 'I won't eat from there. I'm a vegetarian and I refuse to pay money to those stupid fast food chains that make people obese.'

'Whoa!' Lorena punched his arm, 'Me too!'

'How wonderful,' Sirius said dryly, 'Can we please just get Tonks here some food so we can get the two of you to a shop so we can get me back to Diagon Alley.'

Harry unhappily took a seat beside Lorena. Sirius fell into the seat opposite while Tonks made her way to the counter, and to everyones surprise, order a very large meal. Harry couldn't really look at it, and seeing as Tonks was sitting right opposite him, he had to turn away.

'Okay guys,' Tonks said after taking a large bite of a cheeseburger, 'I think it's time to start telling people. Remus says no, you know, he wants to wait a while until we're sure. But I'm like, how much surer can you get, so-'

'Please get on with it Nympho.' Lorena said, taking a gulp of Tonks' drink and passing it to Harry.

'Ok… I'm pregnant.'

Sirius, Harry and Lorena all looked at each other.

'Ok, why isn't Remus telling me?' Sirius asked.

'Sirius, he didn't want to tell anyone for ages. He can't stop me now anyway.'

'What if he wants to get a divorce now?' Harry asked, grinning, 'Went against his wishes…'

'Don't be stupid Harry.' Tonks muttered, 'He'll get over it. I told Mrs Weasley yesterday.'

'I'm glad you finally said something.' Harry informed Tonks, and as she looked at him questioningly he added, 'I was thinking you were getting kind of fat… And, I was going to have to say something soon because, I'm like that.'

Tonks smiled in a sort of pained way, 'I didn't think it was that noticeable… That's why I've been wearing loose tops.'

'And you said he wanted to make sure? Make sure of what? Does he just think you're letting yourself go or what?'

'Harry, do you not know how to talk to someone who's pregnant?'

'What? I've only known one other pregnant person in my life. I used to go to a muggle school with her.'

'You know a sixteen year old with a baby?' Sirius looked shocked.

'Yea… Feel sorry for the father. He has no life now.'

Sirius hadn't spoken yet. He obviously wasn't sure of what he thought of Remus having a child. Lorena and Harry just looked at each other, while smuggling some of Tonks chips. Remus hadn't wanted to tell Sirius just yet because of how he may have reacted.

'So…' Harry began, trying to break the silence, 'Shall we go?'

'Yea… Now that Nympho has finished her yummy meal.' Lorena smiled at Tonks.

'You know how ironic it is that you call her Nympho?'

Lorena grinned, 'Yea. I'm just that good at making up nicknames.'

The rest of the journey was made in silence. Occasionally Tonks and Sirius spoke, but usually Harry and Lorena just kept to themselves in front of Sirius and Tonks, who obviously were just keen to get out of muggle London. Two hours after Tonks announced her big news, both Harry and Lorena left a music shop with two large guitar shaped bags on their backs.

'That was the most boring shop ever.' Sirius moaned, 'Why on earth you like that stuff I have no idea.'

'Ooh, look over there!' Lorena said, pointing to a piercing shop across the road.

'No, please.' Sirius moaned, 'No more.'

'Just for five seconds.' Harry said, as they began to cross the road.

'Harry, you heard what that old lady on the bus said, you look dangerous. You don't need anymore of those things hanging off your face.'

'Well then I won't get one on my face.'

'Where then?'

Harry thought for a moment as they reached the door of the shop. Before raising a hand to the handle Harry had decided, 'Tongue.' He said shortly.

The shop smelled strongly of disinfectant. Sirius wrinkled his nose as they entered. Tonks on the other hand looked quite excited. She had never been to a place like this before, even though she did look like someone who would enjoy it. The young man behind the counter looked up as Harry and the group entered. His face was adorned with piercings and his arms with tattoos. Sirius looked at him with distaste.

'What can I do for you?' He asked, looking at each of them, gazing a bit longer at Lorena.

'Could I get a tongue piercing?'

'Age?'

'Eighteen.'

'Fill out this form, then hand it back. You have ID?' Harry shook his head and took the paper and pen that the man handed him, 'Well…' He looked hesitant, 'Seeing as you already have piercings I'm sure another one wouldn't hurt you…' With that he left the room, went into the back where there were a few other employees outside, smoking.

Harry looked down at the form, with Tonks and Sirius looking over his shoulder. He began to fill it out, firstly putting in a fake date of birth, just in case he forgot to later.

'Harry, that's not the year you were born in.' Sirius started, but Harry shushed him.

All the questions just asked when did he last have alcohol, stuff similar to that, and when it was filled out the young man had come back in to collect it. He glanced over it briefly and then threw it on the counter. 'Come with me.' He said shortly, then looking back over his shoulder he asked, 'Any of you want to see this?'

Sirius looked from Lorena to Tonks, obviously very interested to see how this was done. The three followed the tattooed man and Harry into a back room, with what looked like a large bed. Harry jumped up on it as the man put on plastic gloves. He handed Harry a small plastic cup with mouthwash.

'Just to show you,' The man started, pulling a very large needle out of plastic packaging, 'This is a new needle, never been used before… You can spit it out.'

Sirius looked at Tonks who seemed pretty excited getting to witness this. Lorena was looking, although not as impressed as the other two. The man had a pair of large prongs, and while holding Harry's tongue firmly between them, with the needle in his right hand, he said, 'Now relax, breathe in and out…In and out…' On the final 'in' he had pushed the needle in hard. Tonks let out a gasp and Sirius shook his head as if Harry was crazy. But Harry, he didn't even flinch. He couldn't really feel the pain too much off it. He always reminded himself of how the cruciatus felt before he went for a particularly nasty piercing. Harry was handed a leaflet on how to care for the new piercing as he paid his money.

'You know, the usual stuff with facial piercings, no drinking, smoking, drugs, oral sex for at least a month after the piercing so it can heal, and thank you very much.'

And that was it. The four left the shop with Sirius in awe, wondering why someone would pay another money for pushing a huge needle through his tongue.

'We're ready to go back to Diagon Alley, Sirius.' Harry said, smiling up at his Godfather, not exactly able to form proper words at the moment.

And with that Harry and Lorena were finally made spend their money on school books. Which Harry pointed out was pointless seeing as they would all be lost within the first few weeks.

'Well then you'll just have to take much better care of them, won't you Harry?'

Harry was becoming incredibly annoyed with everyone. This was the problem with having to be looked after constantly at the age of sixteen. He hadn't had a cigarette since the morning, and it was very important to him to get rid of Tonks and Sirius before they saw.

'Harry, please stop,' Tonks said wearily, 'We can't leave you alone. Lorena can go off whenever she wants, but you know you can't.'

'Fine. I smoke.' Harry said angrily, taking a packet of cigarettes out of his pocket and a lighter. 'And I don't care if anyone knows now.' He held his hand up above the lighter to he could light a cigarette.

'You know.' Lorena said knowledgably, 'Smoking makes you go bald… And you look like a person who cares about their hair.'

'That won't happen for years.' Harry said as he exhaled large amount of smoke causing Lorena to choke and wave a hand at the smoke to guide it in a different direction. 'And by that time I'll be dead.'

'How could a sixteen year old be addicted to smoking?' Sirius asked, 'How long could you have been smoking?'

'Only a year.'

Sirius didn't comment. He had never expected Harry to smoke. Drinking was one thing, he was just learning new things about Harry everyday. And the worst part was, Harry didn't even expect him to tell him off or make him stop, because he knew no one could do that but his parents. And his parents definitely weren't going to be able to do that from where they were. Tonks looked at Sirius with raised eyebrows expecting him to do something, but Sirius just decided to leave it.