AN:I KNOW THE STORY IS MOVING ALONG SLOWLY. I'LL TRY TO PICK UP THE PACE SOON. HERE I DECIDED TO BEGIN TO EARN THE M-RATING.
Harry awoke to knocking on his door. He slowly stood up and walked blurry eyed to the door. He opened it to see Andromeda Tonks' eyes widen a bit as she had looked him over, then made contact with his eyes.
"Perhaps you should put some clothes on Mr. Potter" she said.
Harry immediately looked down and saw that he was naked. 'What the'. He looked up and said "Sorry". He turned back into his room and saw something he wasn't expecting. On his bed was a partially covered girl who could only be Tonks, due to the bright neon pink hair. She was obviously naked as Harry could see clothes spread around the room. Glimpses of the night before flashed through his mind.
Andromeda noticed her daughter and shook her head "I'll be downstairs. I need to get some things from Sirius. Be quick Mr. Potter" and she left.
'Damn' he thought closing his door and locking it. He immediately put on a pair of boxers
He approached Tonks to wake her up.
"Tonks".
Tonks stirred a bit, but remained asleep. Harry shook her shoulder a bit and said her name once again. By the fifth "Tonks" he had some success.
"Ugh, my fucking head" said Tonks holding her head as she kept her eyes closed.
Harry looked around the room and spotted the hangover potions he drunkenly asked Dobby to buy. He grabbed one and chugged it, then approached Tonks holding one for her.
"Here use this".
Tonks heard the voice and opened her eyes. She was surprised seeing Harry, but her need of the potion was greater. She pushed herself up to sit and took the potion. She gulped it down immediately feeling infinitely better.
As she had sat up, the sheets that covered her fell off revealing her chest. Tonks noticed she was naked. Seeing an almost naked Harry Potter, her mind began to run over the possibilities. Then it dawned on her.
'No' she thought.
Tonks looked at Harry for confirmation "Please tell me we didn't".
Harry shrugged "I would, but I do remember some things" he said remembering standing behind a bent over Tonks pounding into her.
Tonks began to panic as her memory returned to her. "Oh my god. What did I do? I raped a kid".
Harry shook his head. "No you didn't. Don't say that. We both agreed to it".
"But you're just a kid".
"I'm really not".
Tonks began to mutter "What did I do" over and over again. She finally whispered "I fucked the boy who lived". She groaned covering her face with her hands. "This is bad". Tonks stared at Harry. She then began to worry that the boy expected things from her. Things that she couldn't give. She didn't want a relationship.
Harry could see the worry on her face. Guessing correctly, he addressed her concerns.
"Relax" he said. "It's not a big deal".
Tonks looked unconvinced.
"You're by no means my first" which was essentially true in his old life since he was 14 years old.
Tonks looked at Harry with surprise etched on her face "What?".
"I said you're not my first. I can fuck a girl just to fuck. I'm not going to get attached to you over something like drunken sex".
Tonks breathed in a bit more, relaxing somewhat.
Harry looked in his trunk and pulled out his potions and chugged them. He handed Tonks a pepper up potion. She took it it felt energy course through her body. Tonks immediately stood up covering herself with the sheet. Harry chuckled because he had already seen all of her, and grabbed some clothes.
"I'm going to shower. Use the time to change. By the way, your mother knows".
"What?".
"Your mom knows about us. She came to wake me up for our "little basilisk expedition"".
"Oh no".
"Don't worry. I don't think she would tell anyone, and if people find out, it won't be from me".
"Really?".
"Yeah. This stays between us. You're a fun girl Tonks and I like you. But I'm not in love with you. I'm way too young for anything serious. If you want to fuck again, I'm game".
Tonks gasped at Harry's crudeness.
Harry smiled "I remember you clearly enjoying yourself as well. I'm sure you wouldn't mind having another go" and with that he exited the room.
Tonks blushed as she remembered shouting out his name over and over again. She calmed herself and dressed. She used her wand to tidy herself up a bit. She opened the door and saw no one outside. She then began to silently creep downstairs hoping to floo home for a quick shower.
Harry felt great after his shower. The potions and the hot water did their job. He dressed himself in jeans and a simple black t-shirt. He donned his new boots for the trip into the chamber and went downstairs. He entered the kitchen to wolf whistles from Sirius. He looked at him with a questioning gaze and Sirius just shook his head and laughed. He saw Molly by the stove making a late breakfast of pancakes and bacon and eggs.
Harry greeted his godfather and sat down next to him. He then looked around the table to see Ron with his head in his hands staring at the table with sunken eyes, looking like shit. He saw the Weasley twins with similar but lesser looks of misery.
"What's wrong with you guys?" asked Harry.
Ron kept his face down but groaned softly. Hermione began to rub his back and just said "Hangover".
"Why don't you just take a potion?" asked Harry. "I have lots of them. Want me to grab some?".
"You will not" said Molly rather sternly setting the food on the table.
"Why?" asked Harry grabbing a strip of bacon.
"They wanted to be adults and drink like idiots, so now they'll pay the price".
'Damn' thought Harry. He'd been drinking with no fear because of the potions. He'd been mixing his liquors with beer all night.
Hermione kept rubbing Ron's back thinking of the night before. She was glad she stopped at the first drink.
Remus walked in to the kitchen and seeing Harry asked "Ready to go?".
"Just a sec" said Harry jumping on his feet. He grabbed a pancake and folded it in half and wolfed it down. He grabbed a glass of Orange juice and chugged it. He burped and said "Ready".
Remus laughed and led the way to the floo where Andromeda waited standing next to a bag.
"Good morning" greeted Harry.
"Morning" said Andromeda in a neutral tone.
"This isn't going to be awkward is it?" he asked.
"No" replied Andromeda. "It isn't my business what my daughter does. Or in your case who she does.
Harry's eyes widened looking toward Remus who picked up the bag and casted a privacy charm around them, not caring about the use of magic.
Remus laughed "Don't worry. We already knew".
"What? Who? How?" he asked looking between Andromeda and Remus.
"I didn't say anything" informed Andromeda.
Harry of course believed she wouldn't have and turned to Remus waiting for answers.
Remus shook his head with a smile "We heard you two last night".
"What?"
"You both forgot to silence the door".
"Oh" said Harry embarrassed. "We don't really remember much of what happened. Just a few things, here and there".
Remus laughed "You two began to kiss in front of us. Sirius told you to get a room and you both left. A few minutes later we heard Tonks telling you to go faster and harder".
Harry's face became red. Andromeda stifled a laugh.
"Yeah it was weird. Sirius ran up to place a silencing charm on the door. It was a good thing everyone else was asleep".
"So who exactly knows?"
"Well, Mad-Eye, Sirius, myself. and evidently Andromeda".
"Damn" said Harry. "We wanted to keep it a secret. I told Tonks no one besides her mom would know".
Both Andromeda and Remus shrugged indicating there was nothing that could be done now.
Harry dispelled his privacy charm recalling how Sirius acted earlier in the kitchen. 'I should've known' he thought.
They all floo'ed to Dumbledore's office, where he only greeted Remus and Andromeda. Harry walked out of the headmaster's office without offering a word himself. Andromeda and Remus raced after Harry while Dumbledore stayed behind. Dumbledore had debated between keeping away from Harry and seeing the famed chamber in person. Seeing how he had screwed up the day of the hearing, he decided to try his best to keep away once more.
Harry said "Open" in the much feared tongue of the serpents. Everyone present had shivered. The sinks moved aside revealing the entrance. Harry then pulled out his wand casting charms on his clothes and boots to protect against dirt and grime. The adults followed his example. Harry looked at them and smiled before jumping into the hole. After some time Harry began to slow his descent. Soon he dropped into the chamber floor and stepped aside waiting for the others.
Remus fell from the hole with a hard thud. "Ow".
A surprised Harry asked "Why didn't you just slow yourself down?". Then thinking Andromeda might've forgotten to slow her descent as well, he turned to the hole. Sure enough he heard a rapidly approaching scream.
"Arresto momentum" he yelled pointing his wand at Andromeda as she appeared. She felt herself slow down and saw Harry waiting underneath her as he caught her and set her down.
"Thank you" she said.
"Not a problem" he replied.
Harry turned and saw Remus still on the floor "Are you planning on staying down there all day or what?".
Andromeda snorted and Remus muttered an insult at Harry. Harry laughed and began to lead the way. They walked into the chamber with awe. Remus saw the basilisk and whistled. He looked at Harry then the basilisk again. "Damn, still can't believe it".
Andromeda approached the corpse and touched it "It's a good thing we came today. The magic preserving the basilisk is waning. After a few months it would've been too late to save anything".
Harry was glad. In the books, during the battle Ron had managed to get a fang from the skeleton of the beast. So it clearly rotted away.
Remus grabbed items from his bag and set them on the floor. He then tapped them one at a time revealing many empty trunks and some with the gear they'd need. Andromeda and Remus looked like they worked in a lab when they were ready.
"Take what you want for yourselves" said Harry. "I only need the venom".
Remus and Andromeda shared a look.
"Are you sure?" asked Remus.
"Yes. We'll sell what you all don't want and split the money".
"What?" said Remus. "We aren't doing much".
"Neither did I" said Harry. "All I did was point a sharp object at the beast".
Andromeda laughed and asked "You sure you don't want the basilisk's hide? It makes very useful armor".
Harry thought it over. At the end of the year his friends will follow him into the ministry to retrieve the prophecy. It was his best chance to expose Voldemort, but he wasn't sure if he should place them at risk. He realized that if he took only adults with him, the Death Eater dicks wouldn't underestimate them like they had. Thinking of how to protect his friends he asked "How many sets of armor will we get?".
"Depends on the size of the person".
None of his friends were big enough, that they required too much hide. He recalled their injuries after the battle. A simple vest would suffice them all. He would keep the extra hide for now.
"Fine I'll keep the hide".
They all began to work. Harry gave them space. From reading fan fiction, he got the idea to check behind the statue where the basilisk came out of. There was always treasure of some kind in there. He opened the passage and walked inside to find a massive empty room where the basilisk obviously slept. The only other thing in the secret room was a small desk and empty bookcases in an adjoining room. 'Riddle obviously took whatever was here'.
Harry walked back to the basilisk's nest and practiced his spell work. He wasn't sure how long it would take to render the beast's corpse, but wanted to avoid distracting them. After 3 hours of practicing some "dark" magic he heard Remus calling out to him. Harry exited the room to find trunks lined up with their contents labeled.
Harry approached the smaller trunk labeled basilisk venom. He opened it to find a fang and some vials filled with the venom. Harry closed the lid and shrunk the trunk and set it in his right pocket.
"Did you all get what you wanted" asked Harry.
Andromeda nodded. Remus however stayed silent.
"What about you Moony?".
Remus shook his head "I don't need anything Harry. Keep your money".
"Don't be an idiot Moony. You earned your share."
Remus looked unconvinced.
"You need money for your potion. Plus you dress like shit".
Andromeda snorted.
"How are you going to attract a young witch's heart, dressed in rags?" joked Harry.
Remus laughed at his best friend's son. "Fine Harry, I'll accept my share and nothing else".
"Deal" said Harry.
They all left the chamber together, while Andromeda and Harry discussed the sale. They quickly reached Dumbledore's office where Remus began to chat with him. Harry went on ahead followed by Andromeda. They arrived at headquarters once more.
"Thank you, for your help" said Harry.
Thank you for the ingredients replied Andromeda.
They both smiled and moved into the kitchen to find the table filled with everyone. Harry greeted his freinds and sat with his godfather.
"Hello Nymphadora" said Andromeda.
"Hi mom" muttered Tonks avoiding her mother's gaze.
"It seems we need to talk" said Andromeda.
"That's okay" said Tonks standing up trying to leave the kitchen.
"Nymphadora" said Andromeda.
Tonks stopped walking "What?".
"We need to talk" said Andromeda.
"How bout using my room for privacy" offered Harry as the people in the kitchen were staring at the mother and daughter duo.
"Thank you" said Andromeda dragging her daughter away.
"What's going on?" asked Ron as everyone in the room but Sirius, were wondering.
"I don't know" said Harry. "It's clearly none of our business".
That ended further inquiries about the Tonks women, but began more on the basilisk adventture.
"Harry" said Hermione.
"Yes Hermione?" asked Harry
"Here" she said handling him a copy of the Daily Prophet. "It's from last night. You were, indisposed".
Harry read through the articles and when he finished, he didn't know what to say. The articles were essentially telling the truth. They went on to say how Sirius was framed on the murder charges and how Harry was attacked by rogue Dementors. 'That had to piss Fudge off'. It also stated that Peter had killed Cedric Diggory which he did, thus closing the case.
"Wow" he muttered.
"Right?" said Sirius. "I guess old Fudge wasn't fast enough to stop the late edition articles from last night".
"That's good".
"That's not all" said Hermione showing Harry the morning edition. He read it and shook his head "Idiots".
They had resumed their attacks on Harry and Dumbledore. With Harry they switched from calling him a liar to calling him delusional. Fudge forced them to use Malfoy's statement of him being a poor little boy, who couldn't cope with the reality of witnessing a friend being murdered.
He put the paper down and said "At least you're free now Sirius".
"That's for sure" said Remus entering the kitchen.
"Moony" shouted Sirius. "How was it?".
"Big. Very big" answered Remus.
Sirius laughed.
The day resumed like usual with Harry's studies taking precedence over everything. After the Order meeting, Harry caught Tonks by the door. He asked her to follow him up to his room. Entering, he locked the door and casted the usual privacy charm.
"What is it Harry?" asked Tonks.
"I just had one thing I forgot to ask this morning".
"What?".
"I don't remember using protection, you know...during".
"Oh" she laughed. "Don't worry. I'm on a potion".
Harry sighed in relief. "Great".
Tonks laughed "Yes it is. Did my mum say anything to you?".
"No" said Harry. "But I'm afraid a few people know about last night".
"Yes" said Tonks. "My mom told me about that. She was a bit upset with me. She told me a lady should act with discretion. ".
"I'm sorry" said Harry.
"Don't be it's not your fault".
"Well, i was pumping you kind of hard" he joked.
Tonks hit his arm pretty hard as they both began to laugh.
"Just to be clear, you know I wouldn't want to be your girlfriend, right?".
"Gee thanks" joked Harry causing them both to laugh. "I know you don't want to be my girlfriend. I feel like you're the kind of girl who prefers older men".
"Yeah I do" she said. "How'd you guess?".
Harry shrugged "I just knew. But until you find one, you know where my room is".
"Confident are we?".
"Hey those shouts from last night kind of confirm it".
She stood up and said under her breath "Well it's not like I'm opposed to having some fun with you for a while".
"Is that a fact"said Harry approaching her with a smile.
A significant time later Tonks and Harry were on the bed waiting to catch their breaths. Tonks couldn't believe how he made her feel. Harry felt like he was on top of the world.
"I should probably head home" said Tonks.
"I'll walk you down" said Harry.
They stood up and dressed themselves, adding stock to the saying that "In life no one helps you once you're fucked". They walked down to the front door and said goodbye to each other. Harry entered the kitchen to find Sirius and Remus alone. Everyone else had clearly gone to bed.
"There he is" said Sirius laughing.
"Grow up" said Harry.
Remus laughed and began "We're proud of you Harry. You got yourself a girlfriend. You're all grown up now".
Sirius agreed with Remus and wiped away fake tears.
"Not that it's any of your business, but we chose to remain friends".
"Really?" asked a clearly interested Remus.
"Yes really" said Harry knowingly.
"Why?" asked Sirius.
Harry turnded to his godfather and replied "We're not looking for anything serious". He turned to Remus and said "Besides she's into older guys".
Remus's eyes widen a bit and he looked at Harry in realization.
Harry shook his head "Why don't you just admit you like her?".
"I don't" he began.
"What's this?" interupted Sirius.
"Remus, he likes Tonks" supplied Harry.
"Really Moony?".
"No" he continued to deny.
"Oh come on" said Harry. "I saw the relief on your face when I said we would just be friends".
"I can't like her".
"Why? Because of your monthly problem?" asked Harry. "Guess what, she's got one too".
Sirius began to laugh very loudly. Harry joined him and eventually, Remus.
"I have nothing to offer her" said Remus.
"That's not true and you know it" yelled Sirius. "You're a great guy".
"You also have the money from the basilisk coming your way" added Harry.
"She can't be with me, with what I am, it's not right".
"It's not right for you to make that decision for her Remus" added Harry. "Ask her out".
"Think about it Moony" said Sirius.
"The longer you wait Remus the more chance she'll find some other guy. With me you don't have to worry. I'm just a friend she has fun with in the meantime, but you can finally have something special in your life, if you give it a chance".
Remus became quiet.
They changed the topic to discuss the meeting. Sirius told Harry that Dumbledore had more success recruiting for the Order. Some of the aurors who wanted revenge had readily agreed. Of course Dumbledore would preach to them to not fight to kill, but that was another matter. Amelia had sent word wanting to have a talk with Harry, yet again Dumbledore interfered and had rebuffed her. Harry told Sirius that they were going to see her soon.
They decided to include Remus in their secret. Remus followed them down into the basement and watched them duel. He was very impressed with Harry. Harry was learning quickly. Sirius and Harry both used dark spells during the duel. Harry had told Remus that his future fights would be under the same conditions, so he'd need to learn to deal with the pressure of a real duel.