Just another take on a Tonks is a werewolf story. And I can not deny, I love the idea of mates among werewolves and have seen it often in fics with these two.
It'll hopefully span from OoTP-DH.
Also, I'll be using scenes from the books.
Obviously, if you recognise it, I don't own it.
I did not realise it would be so difficult to write out OoTP, my GOD
Which will be very different from canon.
First part of this chapter is FROM THE BOOK, altered a bit.
Tonks and Remus stepped out of the shadows. Harry and Dudley couldn't see them now anyway, why would it matter? They aimed their wands at the pair of dementors approaching, listening to the voices of the two boys behind them.
Someone shoved passed Tonks, knocking her into Remus, interrupting them before they could cast their patronuses.
"Shit, I'm sorry!" Tonks cried.
"It's fine!" Remus snapped.
"Dudley, you're running at it! Keep your mouth shut!" Harry's yell was closer to the pair, and a second later, his voice rang out again. "Expecto Patronum!"
The silver appeared, but faded as the dementors continued advancing. Remus had already aimed his wand at the dementor getting close to the Muggle boy, a silver wolf appearing. Tonks focused, casting her own- momentarily startled when it wasn't a jack rabbit like she remembered, but a wolf as well.
She would dwell on that later, but for now...
She swung her wand around, aiming her wolf towards the one that had gotten too close to Harry, just as a silver stag appeared and shoved that dementor back.
It seemed to last only a few minutes, but the three patronuses had banished the dementors from the alleyway. When the night reappeared, Dudley had his back against the alley wall, staring at Remus with wide eyes. Harry was kneeling at the other end of the alley and the two Order members were standing right between them. The wolves disappeared, as did Harry's stag, as Harry straightened up, and both boys looked equally surprised that these two had appeared without any indication.
"Professor Lupin?" Harry asked, sounding confused as he stared between Tonks and Remus. "Dumbledore still has people following me."
"After last night, are you still surprised?" Tonks asked, and he stared at her, reminding her that he had no idea who she was. "I'm Tonks, and yes, Dumbledore has people following you. Probably a good thing too... Don't put it away, they could come back. Besides, we've all just broken the Statute of Secrecy, so who cares this point."
Harry had been about to pocket his wand, but then nodded. He walked passed her, towards Remus and Dudley. "Who are you?" Dudley demanded, keeping his distance from Remus.
"The bigger problem, Nymphadora, is that he's underage. Never mind the Statute of Secrecy, what about the Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery?" Remus asked.
"I think dementors might make that restriction void, what else was Harry supposed to do?" Tonks asked, narrowing her eyes at the use of her given name.
"The Ministry won't see it like that-" Remus began.
"Who are you?" Dudley demanded, a little louder.
"Remus Lupin. This is Nymphadora-"
"Just Tonks." Tonks said quickly.
"And you're like- like him?" Dudley demanded, his eyes jumping to Harry and then back to Remus.
"Yes." Remus said. "We're wizards. Tonks, we need to tell Albus-"
"We need to make sure these two get home, Dumbledore can wait." Tonks said, and Remus nodded.
"Come on, Harry, Dudley."
"I'm not going with you." Dudley said. "You're freaks, like him!"
Tonks and Remus exchanged looks. Considering Tonks had been called a freak in the Wizarding community most of her life, and both had heard it from Walburga's portrait... How would Dudley react to learning that they weren't exactly accepted in the Wizarding world either?
"Well, if you'd like to stay here and wait for the dementors to come back..." Tonks said slowly, shrugging.
"The what?" Dudley asked.
"Tonks, Muggles can't see them-" Remus began.
"See what?" Dudley asked.
"The coldness, the darkness..." Tonks said. "You can't honestly think Harry did that."
"How do I know it wasn't you?" Dudley demanded, staring at her.
"Is it a risk you're willing to take?" She asked, and Dudley narrowed his eyes. She shrugged. "Well, Remus, we can at least make sure Harry gets home safely. I mean, if Dudley wants to meet the werewolf that lives nearby..."
"Werewolf?" Dudley demanded.
"Mhm." Tonks said, and Remus looked unimpressed.
"But it's not- not full moon!" Dudley argued, but Tonks shrugged.
"Who says they need the moon?" She asked.
Dudley glared at her, sighing. He pushed himself off of the wall, turning and walking down the alley the way they had been going earlier.
"I thought werewolves needed the full moon." Harry said, his earlier anger forgotten.
"We do." Tonks said.
"We?" Harry asked Remus. "Are you both...?"
"Werewolves? Yes.'' Remus said, as they turned to follow after Dudley.
"You guys don't have to walk me home." Harry said. "Uncle Vernon won't be happy-"
"Harry, you just used magic. You're going to be in trouble with the Ministry." Tonks explained. "You might need someone to help explain to your Muggle relatives-"
"No, I really don't. They'll be thrilled if- wait, will I be expelled?" Harry asked, sounding a little worried.
"Maybe." Remus said.
"No." Tonks said at the same time. They exchanged a glance, and Remus shrugged. "You did cast Underage magic, however... we could claim it was one of us using your wand. They wouldn't be able to prove otherwise. That's why I was told in Auror Training that if a Dark Wizard got my wand and cast an Unforgivable, they wouldn't be able to prove it wasn't me-"
"You're an Auror?" Harry asked.
"No, no, they'd never allow a dangerous beast to work for them." Tonks said darkly. "I was dropped from the program a few months before I was qualified, a few days after I was bitten. The point is, the Ministry can't prove it was you. And anyway, it could be considered an exemption. After all, what were you supposed to do? Let the dementors get you?"
"Considering adults were around-" Remus began.
"He didn't know that, though." Tonks countered. "He had no idea we were following him."
"How long were you following me, anyway?" Harry asked.
"Not long, we arrived at the park a couple of minutes before you left." Remus said, as they turned down Privet Drive, a small distance between them and Dudley. . "Listen, Harry, the Ministry is going to be upset. Tonks and I will probably be treated unfairly just because we're werewolves. I can't imagine they'll treat you much better, considering what happened in June."
"People don't believe me?" Harry asked.
"No." Tonks and Remus said quickly.
"Obviously, there are people who do." Remus added. "Albus for one-"
"Padfoot for another, us, the Weasleys..." Tonks said. "There's a surprising number, Harry."
"We shouldn't be talking about this, though.'' Remus said.
"According to you, people shouldn't do a lot of things." Tonks said to Remus, who sighed.
"Now is not the time." Remus said as they approached number four. Dudley was standing on the front step, his arms crossed across his massive chest. He opened his mouth to say something, but was interrupted when the door opened behind him.
"Duddykins, we were getting worri- who are you?" Petunia Dursley demanded, spotting Tonks and Remus standing behind Harry.
"We work for the Ministry." Tonks said quickly, before anyone could speak. "We're here because Mister Potter here has been casting illegal charms."
At the word 'charms', Petunia's eyes widened and she looked up and down the street, as if she was expecting someone to be eavesdropping. "We don't know what you're talking about." Petunia said. "The boy goes to St Brutus'-"
"The boy goes to Hogwarts." Tonks said. "Or did, until he got expelled. As his guardians, we have to talk to you about what happens next."
Petunia opened the door wider, gesturing for Dudley to enter quickly. A second later, she stared at Tonks with clear dislike, but gestured them inside too. Harry and Remus both seemed confused, clearly confused as to what Tonks was doing.
If she were to be honest, and she would be later, she was making every bit of it up.
However, it worked.
Somehow, in less than an hour, she had managed to convince the Dursleys that Harry was going to prison- judging by the look on Harry's face, he almost believed it too, especially after a letter arrived saying he had been expelled.
It took Harry only a few minutes to pack, Remus would later tell Tonks he personally believed Harry never unpacked at the end of the year at all, and then they left the Dursleys.
"Albus isn't going to be happy." Remus said as they walked back towards the alley where the dementors had attacked.
"Oh, trust me, I know." Tonks said. "However, I know someone else who will be very happy."
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I could not, for the life of me, write Vernon. Just NO. Could NOT.
So I skipped the scene where Tonks basically says they're from the Ministry, here to arrest Harry. I feel bad because I liked the idea of a scene like that, but it just wouldn't happen. I'm sorry.
I also feel like Dudley did a huge flip from the book lines to mine
I'm sorry lmfao