"So did you really like my idea of getting married in Scotland?" Lupin asked Tonks.

It was the next morning and the pair were sitting in Lupin's sitting room having a cup of tea while Mrs Lupin sat in the small library reading.

"I absolutely loved it!" Tonks said happily.

She bounded over to Lupin and leaped into his arms.

"So can we travel up to Scotland tomorrow and try to find the perfect spot?"

"Don't you want to wait a few days?" Lupin asked. "We still need to sort out the guest list and everything else."

"Pleaseeee!" Tonks begged. "It will be great fun and if we are planning on having the wedding soon then we have to pick out the destination."

"Yes you're right," Lupin agreed. "First thing in the morning we will set off for the train station and we will get a bus up to Scotland."

Not long after the sun had risen the next morning Tonks waltzed energetically into Lupin's bedroom and whipped off his bed covers.

"Wake up sleepy head!" she sang. "Breakfast is all ready and waiting on the table."

Lupin sighed deeply and sat up in his bed but Tonks had already left.

He quickly pulled on a jumper and trousers and made his way to the kitchen where Tonks was tucking into a plate of burnt bacon.

"I overcooked it slightly," she said apologetically. "It tastes not bad though."

Lupin glanced at the almost black bacon and smiled. "It looks fine to me," he lied. "If you don't mind though I won't take any, I prefer traveling on an empty stomach. Now should we set off?"

Tonks nodded and jumped to her feet.

"Mother is still asleep," Lupin said as they made their way down the small hallway towards the front door. "There is no point in waking her to say goodbye, I told her last night we would be away all of today."

They reached the end of the road and after checking that there was no muggles around they disapparated, appearing in the middle of Kings Cross Station a few seconds later. It was so crowded even at the earliness of the day that no one appeared to have noticed the two suddenly popping up out of no where.

Lupin led his fiancée over to the nearest ticket booth where they stood behind a family with five children. The mother was looking harassed and desperately searching through her handbag.

"That could be us one day," Tonks laughed. "Having a family of our own."

"Maybe," Lupin smiled tightly.

"You had better go in front of me," the mother turned around and spoke to the two. "I seem to have misplaced my purse."

Lupin and Tonks made their way through the family of children and stepped up to the ticket attendant.

"Two tickets to Scotland please," Tonks said brightly.

The attendant gave her a funny look. "Where abouts in Scotland? Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen…"

"Oh, somewhere that has nice scenary," Tonks beamed at the middle aged man.

"Up north somewhere," Lupin added.

"Well how about Inverness?" the attendant asked in a bored way. "You will have to take a train from here to Glasgow and then board another one to take you to Inverness, after that you could take a bus down to Loch Ness from there."

"Loch Ness, as in that muggl- I mean old myth The Loch Ness Monster?" Tonks asked excitedly.

"The one and only," the attendant told her, too busy watching the queue forming behind Tonks and Lupin.

"Allright then," Lupin said pleasantly as he handed over muggle money.

"Train leaves in half an hour," the attendant handed over their tickets.

Two train rides later Tonks and Lupin were sitting on a bus traveling through the Scottish countryside.

"Look how beautiful it is here," Tonks exclaimed. "It's the perfect place to get married."

"It will be once we find the perfect spot," Lupin replied.

"Anywhere round about here is fine by me," Tonks said.

Her face was pressed up against the window, admiring the long stretch of water surrounded by mountains.

The journey lasted another twenty minutes before Tonks and Lupin got off.

"Oh look you can go on boat rides," Tonks pointed to the small boat gliding through the water. "We could hire a rowing boat and go out in the loch."

Lupin smiled. "Lets do it," he agreed. "Only," he added sheepishly. "I don't know how to use a boat. The only one I have been on is way back when I first started Hogwarts and the boats take you up to the castle."

"Remus Lupin are you a wizard or are you not!" Tonks laughed.

She skipped off to pay to hire a boat and returned ten minutes later as it had taken her a long time to figure out how much money to hand over.

The two climbed into the small wooden boat and sat there expectantly looking down at the oars.

Lupin picked one up and weighed it in is hand while Tonks lifted up the other and swung it around to place it in the water somehow managing to hit Lupin across the face.

"Remus I am so sorry!" Tonks yelped.

"It's fine," Lupin replied numbly, his hand over his nose.

"Your nose?"

"I think you managed to break it," Lupin almost laughed. "Don't worry about it though, I'll fix it once we are out in the water."

Tonks shot him a worried glance before checking to see that no muggles were watching. She tapped the boat with her wand and it took off, the oars going by themselves.

"There's a muggle watching," Lupin said thickly through his bleeding nose.

Tonks grabbed the oars to look as if she was rowing herself but as soon as Lupin gave the word she dropped them again.

"Let me fix your nose," she said guiltily.

"It's fine, I'll do it," Lupin replied.

He waited until they were out of the vision of the muggles walking round the loch before pulling out his wand and pointing it at his face.

"Episkey," he said loudly. Once the nose was healed he then directed his wand at the blood covering his face and cleaned it up.

"Sorry," Tonks repeated.

"Don't worry about it," Lupin told her kindly. "Now lets enjoy the scenery."

Mountains surrounded the loch, looming up high in the sky, some short and wide others pointier. Some were almost at the water edge while others were further away.

Bracken and Heather grew wild on the land. Thistles and flowers had sprung up in the green grass. Squirrels scampered up trees while birds flew from branch to branch.

They boat sailed on through the smooth loch after a while they rounded a corner and came to a narrower stretch of water. A small bit of land jutted out from the shore like an island.

The boat headed towards it and stopped with a tap from Tonk's wand.

"This is it," Tonks breathed.

Lupin stood up and clambered up onto the land, pulling Tonks up with him.

"You're right," he said softly. "This is the perfect place to get married."

The land was flat and guarded by small trees and bushes. The grass was soft and spongy, covered in wild flowers. A small stream ran across from the main land and down into the loch below.

Tonks hugged Lupin tightly and pulled him down towards her for a long, passionate kiss.