Tonks the Creative
Nymphadora Tonks, daughter of Andromeda and Ted Tonks was a precocious young child.
Se ran head-first into everything: danger, excitement, challenges, and occasionally walls.
Her father described her as a "curious bugger".
(The words her mother would use would be 'absolute delight').
Dora, as her parents had dubbed her, was forever getting into things she shouldn't, opening drawers, looking into cabinets, and practically climbing the walls.
She never seemed to rest, and quickly exhausted anyone who tried to keep up with her energy.
Her parents tried to wear her out with activities, but the poor dear was horribly clumsy, and often ended up hurting herself.
Dora was more than a handful for her parents; she was a nightmare.
She didn't take to art classes, but would draw on the pristine walls with markers.
She loved riding her broom, but couldn't have one lesson without falling off it.
She loved to play with the other kids around the block, but would always get in trouble with them.
Tonks always claimed to be in the right, but her parents were convinced that she was a bad influence on them.
And she was a Metamorphmagus, constantly changing her appearance, so they hardly knew when they were talking to their own child, or one from down the street!
The Tonks loved their child very, very much, but honestly it was a relief when she turned eleven and went to Hogwarts.
Secretly, they hoped school would draw out some of Dora's enthusiasm, maybe calm her down a little bit.
It would not be so.
Dora wrote home often, but her parents were still in for a shock when she came home for Christmas vacation.
She arrived at the platform with bright-pink hair, tugging along a young boy, who sheepishly introduced himself as a Weasley.
She grinned at her parents, and begged them to call her 'Tonks' in front of her new friends.
But over the years, Tonks (as most began to call her) eventually calmed down, still enthusiastic, but not quite the hyper child her parents had raised.
She had taken to her Metamorphmagus beautifully, though still loved having her hair in ridiculous shades and shapes.
And the ability certainly helped her career of pranking, which she often did wonderfully without getting caught.
She snuck out late, explored the castle, and pranked everyone in a five mile radius.
But despite her inability to behave herself, Tonks got good grades, and soon began to dream of being an Auror.
Her teachers encouraged the goal, but her parents worried about the danger.
But Tonks was set on her goal.
She wanted to help people, and make a difference in the world, as all aspiring Aurors do.
Tonks set her abilities to her task, and found out she was rather good at what she put her mind to.
The Aurors were impressed with both her skills and her attitude, so they accepted her into the academy.
Tonks was always a good Hufflepuff, but she didn't always fit in.
Her house loved her, but they were perplexed.
She was certainly Hufflepuff enough, but often other characteristics seemed more prominent.
Her recklessness seemed more Gryffindor than anything else, and her creativity was probably inherited from her mother.
No one ever mentions it of course, but who do you think looked up to Charlie Weasley and his best friend?
Not everyone made the connection, but those who did occasionally refered to her reverently as 'the one who inspired the Weasley Twins'.
(That's they way of the Hufflepuffs- you don't always notice them, or their accomplishments, but they always do their job well).
Tonks was never conventional.
For her, there was always an easier way to do something, a shortcut to class, more and better opportunities always available.
It both inspired and infuriated anyone she came across.
She was always open and curious, and many loved her for it.
She often saw things differently than others, and put things into another light.
It made her a good problem-solver and a great Auror.
And while her friends know her well, some who have just met her will privately wonder if she was sorted into the right house.
No one likes to wonder about what-ifs, but most everyone would agree that Tonks would have easily fit in at more than one, if her mind was so inclined one cold September night in 1984.