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.

And with this chapter, we return to Order of the Phoenix related topics!

i'm sorry, not sorry, that the deaths are non-canon

and not nice.

Enjoy the slight mental torture I'll be putting a few characters through

I did not realise it would be so difficult to write out OoTP, my GOD

Which will be very different from canon.

Shoutout to my ladies, LesbianRavenclaw and Kem'Ajiana, because I'll be using them, as I've been used in Kem'Ajiana's stories(I believe two of them? and you should read her stories for sure because yas)

Remus knew he wasn't in his own bed the second he woke up, and he knew exactly why. They had been talking, that was all. However, he couldn't bring himself to regret it when he rolled over and spotted her, fast asleep, buried beneath the covers.

She rolled over, away from him, the blanket shifting slightly to expose her shoulder. There was a scar he hadn't seen when he healed her in August, but that wasn't what seemed to demand most of his attention. Near her shoulder blade, a bite.

At first, he told himself it was the bite that had infected her.

"He didn't get attacked, it got me first." She rolled up her left sleeve, showing him the scar on her forearm.

Remus could remember everything from the night before, not that he would have expected otherwise, but it didn't make him feel better. He had marked her, but she hadn't marked him.

Just as he had forced a submission from her, he had now marked her. Yet, she had done neither in return, and it made him feel terrible. Remus rolled over gently, getting up from the bed and dressing quietly.

He wasn't generally one to slip away while the woman he slept with was asleep, but he also wasn't generally one to do this in the first place.

As always, his timing was horrendously unlucky, and he met Sirius in the hallway the second he had shut the door behind him. And judging by Sirius' disheveled appearance, he had just gotten up, and Remus found himself hoping one of the two had taken a few seconds longer.

"I suppose it was only a matter of time." Sirius said, looking mildly amused.

"We didn't do anything." Remus said quickly.

"That is a lie, Moony." Sirius said with a slight grin. "Everyone knows, I'm sure-"

"Did we forget a Silencing Charm?" Remus asked, and Sirius' grin widened.

"No, but thank you for confirming it." Sirius said. "Did she tell you what happened?"

"Not all of it." Remus said. "She told me that they left the pack, Greyback killed the alpha, and she met Tatiana's sister-"

"Broad must be well over a hundred." Sirius commented.

"I assume so." Remus said with a nod. "She said they talked, but she didn't tell me what was said, seemed to change topics remarkably fast after that-"

"Did you have a hand in changing the topic?"

Remus sighed. "However, I suppose Albus' plan worked, we have werewolves in the Order now."

"We already had werewolves." Sirius said. "Now we just have three extra, and having five werewolves in one house... that seems dangerous."

"How so?"

"Women get angry, Remus." Sirius said. "Now imagine that, nearing full moon, while you're equally as angry. I won't survive the year, I guarantee."

"My mother told me the entire story when I was old enough to understand." Annalise said. "She said we had to understand that Tatiana wasn't a terrible person- which I don't believe- and that her struggles weren't her fault."

"Whose fault were they?" Tonks asked.

"When my mother was pregnant with Tatiana, she fell ill. The beginning of the Dragon Pox outbreak." Annalise explained. "She visited someone who claimed she could heal her. Well, Mother didn't have Dragon Pox anymore, but then she insulted the woman- she insists she never meant to, but I don't believe it ever mattered. The woman had no way to take back what she had done for Mother, so she promised something else."

"What did she promise?" Tonks asked.

"That Tatiana, and any female descendant of Tatiana's born with the same magic, would suffer a cursed life. Tatiana was born a Metamorphmagus, just like you were, Nymphadora."

"How did you know...?"

"You can't possibly think I didn't watch my sisters and their descendants all these years. After all, the house and the family's heirlooms have to go somewhere when I'm gone." Annalise said. "My house elves told me my nephew was a squib, I imagined that was the end of it. After all, he was a male and had no magic. And when he had a daughter, she didn't have magic either. I assumed the curse wouldn't continue after so many generations. However... I also didn't expect a child to be born with magic after two generations of it not being present. I still didn't worry, it was a boy, after all."

"My father?"

Annalise nodded.

"You've been watching my family?" Tonks asked.

"Not watching, but I saw new names show up on the tapestry, and then I asked Rummy to check Hogwarts. Sure enough, your father was there." Annalise said. "And then the marriage appeared. The Black family is a very prominent bloodline, it was obvious she was no Muggle or squib. And then, a daughter. I find it fascinating that you're here, a werewolf, on the run. Very much like Tatiana all those years ago."

"Do you think it's true?" Tonks asked. "This curse?"

"My sister died the day after her son was born, I find that suspicious." Annalise said. "She was perfectly fine, but a simple accident, and she died."

"She wasn't executed?"

"Oh Merlin, no." Annalise said. "She splinched."

"What?"

"Her husband died a few weeks prior, attacked by a werewolf. Poor man, he was a Muggle, had no chance at surviving. She gave birth, heard that the locals wanted her hanged, and came to us. Bled to death just inside the gates."

"Why did your parents give her son away when it became known he was a squib?" Tonks asked.

"We didn't." Annalise said. "She never brought her son with her, he was left with a midwife, and we didn't know where he was for a while, and then we realised he was cared for and happy. He had been adopted, so we didn't want to ruin that. You'll see a lot of books paint us as the bad guys in her story."

"But this curse-"

"I believe in it." Annalise said calmly. "And if it is true, I am very sorry for you."

Remus honestly began to think he had insulted her, or offended her, or worse. She seemed distant, and they hadn't spent any time together since the first night she had returned.

Then again, she seemed to keep herself busy with Liam and Grace and the other three. Clare took over the kitchen within a week of arriving.

Dumbledore's presence at Order meetings was rare, but none of the other professors attended either now that school was once again in session. Between Andromeda and Snape, there was no issue in getting Wolfsbane for five werewolves a few weeks later, as they approached the December full moon.

However, Remus couldn't help but sometimes catch her watching him. When she noticed he looked at her, she looked away quickly, but he always spotted the clearest evidence- a slow blush would creep over her cheeks and she'd have to fight a slight smile.

Whatever was happening, Remus had no idea. He also couldn't ignore it, he found. Was it possible they were actually falling for each other, or was it just because he had marked her? Her silence only lasted a few weeks, but she still remained mildly distant during the day when she'd be helping with Liam or Grace.

Even with Charlotte sharing a room with Liam and Grace, and Cassie and Clare sharing a room, it still left them with less rooms for when the Weasley would visit. As a result, Sirius jokingly said Remus and Tonks should share a room.

However, that was exactly what happened. While she spent most of her day with the other three werewolves or with Liam and Grace, she sometimes spent evenings with Remus so they could talk. He noticed that if he mentioned Annalise Gwynne, she'd steer the conversation somewhere completely pointless and unrelated. After a while, he gave up and simply let her control most of what they spoke about.

Charlotte and Cassie left for a few days in mid-December, to go meet with their parents. Unfortunately, Clare found out she had no family to meet with anymore. She had been a member of Bruce's pack for three years before Cassie had joined, six before Charlotte joined, and her parents had apparently moved away without telling anyone where they planned to go. Clare took it well, saying perhaps it was for the best. It had been many years, after all, perhaps that lengthy absence would have destroyed the relationships she had with them.

Tonks went back and forth to her parents' home with ease, even taking Liam and Grace with her, who were apparently adored by Andromeda right away. Sirius liked to say it was the closest thing Andromeda would get to grandchildren, so of course she loved them. Ted, however, was just an overall kind person and probably didn't dislike anyone, unless they truly deserved it.

A few days before Christmas holidays were set to begin, Remus was woken up by someone knocking on his bedroom door. Tonks was up and out of bed before he was, wrapping a robe around herself as she walked, nearly stumbling over one of her own discarded shoes. She pulled open the bedroom door, disappearing into the hallway a few seconds later.

Tonks groaned quietly when she heard the knocking. Judging by Remus' sigh, he wasn't too keen on getting up to talk to whoever it was either. She rolled over, grabbing her robe from the chair she left it on next to the bed, wrapping it around herself as she walked to the door, stumbling slightly on one of her discarded shoes.

She opened the door to find Charlotte standing there, her auburn hair messy, and she gestured for Tonks to come out of the room and into the hallway.

"Char, what's wrong?" Tonks asked as she closed the door behind her.

"Grace had a bad dream." Charlotte said quietly.

"And...?" Tonks asked, frowning slightly. "That happens, kids have bad dreams."

"No, you don't understand, Tonks." Charlotte said, sounding frustrated. "She said that Arthur Weasley is dying."

Tonks' frowned deepened. "She said... but she's never met Arthur."

"She seemed really certain, Tonks." Charlotte said.

"She's just a kid, it can't mean anything." Tonks said. "Where is she now?"

"Sleeping again." Charlotte said. "I- it just kind of freaked me out. She's had dreams like this before, but nothing so vivid-"

"And...?" Tonks asked. "If she's sleeping again, and she's had these dreams-"

"Tonks, you don't get it! She's been right! For the love of Merlin, I've spent years around her!" Charlotte snapped.

"Sirius!" A male voice was yelling, in one of the other rooms. There was a thud from the stairs leading to Sirius' room, and he raced down the stairs towards the room the voice was coming from. "Sirius!"

"I'm coming, you worthless sack of-" Sirius grumbled, disappearing into one of the rooms. Charlotte and Tonks exchanged glances. A few seconds later, Sirius reappeared, his face pale and concerned. "There's been an accident, Harry and the rest are on their way here. Something's happened to Arthur."

Sirius disappeared downstairs, Charlotte and Tonks right behind him. They arrived in the kitchen a few seconds before a flash of blue lit up the room.