Harry Potter is not mine. This is a story from a fan.
When you're done, You're DONE.
Ch 19 This is so much more.
While Harry placed his head on his pillow, Tonks stepped out of her parent's Floo. "Nymphadora what are you doing here this late in the evening" Andromeda asked when she saw her daughter stepping into the hallway.
"Mum, I hate that name and you do not know how much they bullied me at Hogwarts, because of it" Tonks almost whined as she shook her head from left to right.
"Don't be like that. You know we always called you Dora when we were around people. The full name is just for us. Now tell me, what are you doing here at this hour? Shouldn't you be at the meeting?"
Tonks rubbed the back of her neck, "I kind of got thrown out of It by Albus".
"You don't say," her father said as he walked into the room just in time to hear about her being kicked out. "So you are here to hear if we can abduct Harry and lock him up in the basement until we can help him".
Tonks opened her mouth but without any sound coming out of it. The words were slowly getting through to her brain. The moment she realized what her father had said she blew up. "Are you crazy?" she screamed. "You want me to get Harry from one prison to here and place him in another. Lock him up in the basement like he is a vase you dropped somewhere. Are you for real, just think about it, that it comes from your mouth, which is just too much? MUM how could you get married to someone like him" It was at this point Tonks stopped screaming. Her father was lying on the floor, just laughing so hard while her mother was giggling. Tonks dropped into a chair and gave a deep sigh. She shook her head as she looked down at her father who had stood up from the floor.
Andromeda sat down next to her and placed an arm around her shoulder. "Do I need to get Amelia here". Tonks nodded at her. "How about Minerva Do I have to get her too".
This time Tonks laughed a little. "No, she has been the one to keep me there. She stood up for me and Harry, Albus wanted to throw".
"Dora, wait I will get Amelia here first, that way you only have to tell it once".
"That's good Mum because my feelings are telling me that Harry needs me somehow". The moment Tonks said it she placed her arms around herself, like she was hugging herself. She got a faraway look in her eyes and Andromeda gave her a knowing smile. A smile Tonks didn't see. Tonks started to mumble as Andromeda walked to the Floo to call Amelia over.
It took Amelia a couple of minutes to get dressed and to get over there. When she stepped out of the Floo she saw Tonks sitting with a faraway look in her eyes mumbling away. "What is the matter with her" she asked.
Andromeda stepped next to her and smiled a little. "She is realizing that she has a connection with Harry Potter. I also think I figured out when she got stuck outside of her base form".
"You do", Amelia asked her in astonishment.
Andromeda nodded and took her along to the kitchen. She left Tonks with Ted so he could have a little talk with her. There wasn't much he could tell her but he could put her fear at ease. Ted nodded at her when she gave him a quick look.
#*
A lot of the Order members had left the kitchen at Grimauld's place. Some were still there and looking at Minerva. Minerva waited for a moment and looked through the door to see that Molly had gone into her room. When Molly had closed the door, Minerva stepped out. Just as she closed the door she looked at Sirius. "You tell them what they want to know, but nothing more. I will close the door with my spell so no one can come in or hear you".
Sirius nodded as she closed the door. As he got up from the table he grabbed a bottle of firewhiskey and a lot of glasses. Kingsley, Mad-Eye, and Hestia Jones were still sitting there. Remus was the only one he had on his side. As Sirius filled up the glasses he looked at Mad-Eye, "Well you have been here the longest, so what do you want to know". Mad-Eye took the drink and sniffed it. "What, you don't trust me," Sirius asked him.
Mad-Eye smiled at him and looked even worse than he did before. "I didn't until I sniffed it. I have seen Molly drugging the members and it isn't sitting well with me. Not only is she drugging us, but she always has a couple of little bottles in her pockets." The moment he said it, Kingsly and Hestia jumped up. He blasted them back down with a wave of his wand. "You have been taking flushing potions for over a couple of years now. It is part of being an Auror. It also means that they did not affect you. The one thing I do wonder about is why it isn't affecting you two" and he pointed at Sirius and Remus.
"Tonks had found out somehow that they were using potions at Hogwarts. This is because Hermione Granger and Ronald Weasley were following Dumbledore to the dod. So by her logic, we could be dosed too. Now she gave us a flushing potion in the hope she was wrong. If we weren't drugged then nothing would happen but we were, and now we have been flushing ourselves every night".
"So," Mad-Eye started. "Albus has been drugging us to be loyal to him. We still have our own minds, but we are agreeing with him on every decision. So his potion does have some effect on us. Harry is somehow unaffected by it and I wonder why and how".
"That is something we do not understand either," Remus told him. "We know he does and there is more about him. When I was".
"Stop it, Remus. We first have to do what Minerva wants us to do, or we can not go on" Sirius told him with a pointed look. Remus frowned a little before he nodded and turned back to the others.
#*
Ted sat down next to Tonks and gave her a little shot of fire whiskey. Tonks looked at it and then at her father. Her look clearly told him, is this all. Ted smiled and just smirked at his daughter. "I do not want you to go back drunk, what would Harry say if he sees you stumbling more than you usually do". Tonks gave him another dirty look and took the shot. "Now tell me, What has gotten you all bent out of shape".
Tonks looked up at the ceiling for a moment. "I don't know, Dad. I feel like I am letting Harry down. In one way it is like I know him. In another way, it is like I do not know him at all. When I started to talk to him a week ago, he was so afraid and fast. In the house of Sirius, he isn't afraid. Now he is more of a Lord kicking everyone who is in his reach". Tonks gave a sigh and looked back up. "On the outside, it is like he is on alert and ready to fight, and now he is looking for one when he is there. I just don't understand it".
Ted placed his arm around his daughter as she placed her head on his shoulder. "I think I understand. On the outside, he is afraid of Voldemort. On the inside, he does not have to be. He is obviously, very strong if he can pull off a Fidelius at his age. Now on the outside, he is in fighting mode as you like to say. I fear everyone who will attack him".
"Me too" Tonks mumbled.
"He is extremely, fast and needs all of his senses to protect himself from every angle. Now that he is with all of you in a house, he can let his focus go, to other places. He is also in the only place he can get some payback. I think that is also, what he is doing when he attacks all of them". After another deep sigh from Tonks, he pulled her a little closer. "I would say, stay close to him and help him where you can. It will all be alright in the end. You are still there and still near enough to help him".
"Thanks, Dad" Tonks mumbled again.
"That is why I'm here for baby, did I help you" Ted smiled.
"NO," Tonks told him. "But you tried and that's what counts" Tonks laughed at the fake, look of hurt her father gave her.
#*
After a second glass of firewhiskey Sirius started to talk."Well, It isn't that we do not trust Albus. But we do have some trouble with how he is handling Harry. He is basically locking him up and keeping him in the dark. We are not allowed to talk to him at all about the things that are happening in the magical world. Now Harry has had enough and we agree. He has done all he said tonight and more. He tried to get me free and Fudge shot him down. He did save the school two years in a row. He has stopped Dementors from getting me and getting into the school. There is no doubt in my mind that I would not have survived that attack. Because of him, I did and if he had not done it they would have gone into the school, where you can picture the rest. Last year he did fly out a dragon. Not just a dragon but a Horntail, the biggest of them all. He saved a little Veela from the bottom of the lake because Veela's are not supposed to be underwater. His final act was to be there and see Voldemort return. He is the only one who can tell us all about it but Albus is putting a hold on it".
All three of them were nodding along and knew that Harry was the only one there. Before any of them could ask the next question Remus spoke up, "Now we all will be standing behind Harry if Albus does not turn around. He has to let him in and tell us all, or we will be standing behind Harry and the people he has behind him".
"You mean Minerva" Mad-Eye asked.
Sirius gave a sadistic smirk when he told them, "Give us the oath that you will not betray Harry and we will tell you. He might not trust you right away. But it will tell him not to watch his back when you are behind him because he is doing that right now".
It took almost an hour before Mad-Eye gave the oath and looked at the others. It was a simple one and he knew he could do it. Albus had let him down because he could not understand why Albus didn't see the imposter who pretended to be him.
Kingsley didn't and was sent away. He was not out of the Order but Sirius didn't want him to know what they would tell the others. Hestia had waited on Mad-Eye to do it. When he had done the oath she did the same thing.
Remus took over again and looked straight at Mad-Eye. "Now it isn't only Minerva who will be standing behind him. Flitwick will also be behind him all the way. We all know Tonks is behind him because we have seen it tonight. Now if you know Tonks is behind him, then who would be behind her".
What followed was a full belly laugh that lasted over fifteen minutes from Mad-Eye.
#*
While Ted was having his talk with his daughter, Andromeda took Amelia along for some tea. Sitting behind the kitchen table, Andromeda looked straight at Amelia. "Harry," she said.
"Harry what" Amelia asked her.
"Harry is the reason she is out of her base form. Just now I remembered when she lost it. The night before they went into hiding she was with Harry babysitting him. That kid loved her and she loved him. Every time she saw him she would turn her hair pink and basically take on the form she has now. The day they went into hiding she took this form to remember him. At night she would turn back but during the day she would have this. Then on the day they got murdered and Harry was taken away she got stuck".
"SHIT" Amelia screamed, "does this mean that she will go back to her normal self now that she knows it".
Andromeda held up her hands to stop her. "First of all, she does not know it. And we can not tell her, because she has to figure it out all by herself. Something placed her in this form and telling her could make it worse. If she gets it all by herself she might just go back from one moment to another. If we tell her she might get lost all the way meaning she will be changing at every moment. But I think for her to get back in touch with Harry might do her good. There is this little hope because she already is less clumsy than she was".
"That is something Susan also told me. She had seen it when Tonks dropped in by surprise the other day" Amelia told her.
Andromeda nodded and heard that Tonks was on her way. She might be less clumsy now but she wasn't there all the way. She heard it as Tonks stumbled against the doorpost before opening the door. When she walked in she told them about the meeting that night. The way Harry had dropped the bomb that Albus knew about Riddle before he became Lord Voldemort. Also about the fight he was trying to pick with the old men. After that, she told them how Albus wanted her to leave and how Minerva had spoken up for her. She ended with the question that she didn't know what to do now that she was not a part of the order anymore.
It took another hour before Tonks went back to Headquarters just to be near Harry and to see if she could grow his trust in her that little bit more.
#*
Hestia was looking at Mad-Eye like he had lost his mind. In a way, you might have thought she did it because Mad-Eye never laughed like that. When he was done he got to his feet. His normal eye looked at Hestia while his magical eye looked at the other two. "I will not ask anymore because the less I know the better," he told Sirius and Remus. Slowly he turned his full attention to Hestia. "If I were you, I would go to Amelia tomorrow morning. If Harry is working with Tonks then you know she will be working with her mum and father. Both of them are a pain in the ass to the ministry and are often used by Amelia. Amelia has told me she was helping Tonks and this is why. So if Amelia is in on this then you can be sure Augusta will be in on this too. So get to the office and tell Amelia you are part of the order".
"Won't she be mad at me when I tell her," Hestia asked him a little unsure of the answer.
"Only because you did not tell her. She was a part of it the first time around and she already knows you are now. She even took me into her office shouting about it. That girl doesn't miss a thing. I even think I will join you because I have made a mistake. Tonks had found something out and she was helping her. I should have listened to Tonks but I didn't because I thought I knew better. I was wrong not to listen, so I have to say sorry to her and Tonks" It was now that he took his leave and left Hestia with the two men.
#*
They had all listened to everything Tonks had said. To the surprise of Tonks, they weren't mad at her. Andromeda took pity on her daughter as she placed her hand on her shoulder. "You have done enough for now with the order. Minerva will take over from you, while you can focus on Harry. We have done all we can from our end and only have to put the dots on the I so to speak. There are some things we will need to know but we can do without. But if you can, you have to get Harry out of there, even if it is only for a couple of hours".
Tonks had to ask what they wanted her to do for those hours. Her mother didn't answer her so she looked at Amelia. "You are going to make me say it don't you" Amelia said as she pointed her finger at a nodding Andromeda. With a big huff, Amelia turned to Tonks. "Well, we haven't told you what I have found out, well not all of it. At Rosy's bar I told you all that Harry has been bitten by a basilisk".
"Yes, I know. Glad he didn't get the venom in him or he would have died" Tonks said with a laugh. She did see the look she got back and it started to worry her. "What am I missing" she almost snapped. Her nerves were further tested when her father took her hand.
Amelia gave another huff and looked at the table. "That is the problem" she started. "According to Madam Pompfhry, he was bitten and he was injected with the Basilisk venom". Tonks heard the words and her face started to turn white with fear. "Amelia took her hand that was lying on the table. "Don't worry, because if she is right he also had phoenix tears running through him. It is the one thing that is making the venom harmless. Now in history, it is well known that Phoenix tears have healing abilities. Never in history has a person been healed by them but we always knew it could. But until this day it has never been tested because there are only a handful of Phoenixes in the world. They can only give you tears out of their own free will. That is something that has never happened until that day with Harry. Like everything you need to know first how it heals a person before you can understand it, just to see if he really is being healed. To do that we need to get him to St Mungus for a checkup".
Tonks was just sitting there looking at her Boss and her mum. She didn't know what to say about the things she heard. Harry was bitten and healed. For all she knew it could be that he was dying. Something the headmaster might know. It might be the reason he is keeping him in the dark, just to not worry him. It might be that the headmaster doesn't know, and he is letting him die because he doesn't know. Or he does not care and he is just a rimpled old bastard.
Tonks looked up as she saw two fingers snapping before her face. Her eyes focused on the fingers before she looked at Amelia. "Tonks, I know it is a hard thing to do, I also know it will be almost impossible. But if there is a chance you have to get him there. Your mum will be there too. The main reason is because we just need to know. It will tell us a lot about what is happening around his home life. If we get that done, we also need to get him to Gringots. We need to see what he has in his Gringotts account. We need to know if others have been dipping their fingers into them and for how much. It might help us when he gets into the wizangemot".
Tonks nodded but had a hard time figuring out how to get it done. So after another cup of tea, she went back to headquarters.
#*
Hestia was sitting in front of the two men. She had been thinking about what she could ask. But there were no questions coming to her. Between sips of her drink, she opened her mouth to ask something but closed it because she just couldn't. After fifteen minutes she almost gave up when one question popped into her head. "I heard that Lily and James have faced him three times. So did Frank and Alice Longbottom. So I do not understand why it is so special that Harry has done it too".
Sirius wanted to scream but Remus stopped him. He shook his head as he turned to Hestia. "James and Lily did face him three times. But compared to Harry they had to escape because he was beating them. They were nowhere near his power or skill. Albus was but he never faced him in a fight. The three times they were happy to still be alive, just like Alice and Frank. Harry is the only one who has made him turn away. The last time he got him to a standstill and that is something none had ever done.
Tonight we learned that Albus had known about Voldemort when he was a kid. So if it is true then Harry was right and he could have stopped him before it all happened". There was a tap on the door and Remus stood to see who it was. "Bill," he asked surprised.
"Hi Remus, we are here for the meeting. Albus asked us to join and this was our first meeting, are we the first here" Bill, asked as he looked around the almost empty kitchen".
"We hit a little bump in the road, Harry is here and he has laid into Albus. So the meeting is moved to Tomorrow night" Remus told him. "There is a shift happening in the order, meaning we have two sides now. One is behind Albus, and the other behind Harry".
"I will stand behind Arry," Fleur said as she walked around Bill.
"Fleur Baby, I think we have to stand behind Albus. He is the leader of the Order and Harry has to listen to him".
"NON" Fleur told him. "Arry has saved my sister, If not for him she would not be ere. Albus did nothing so I stand behind Arry all, the way". Fleur looked at him with her hand on her hip.
"Wow, when did you all get here" a voice sounded from the doorway.
"ARRY" Fleur screamed as she saw Harry standing there. She rushed at him and took him in a hug. As she pulled back she had a clear look at him. "You look terrible," she told him cupping his face.
"Get out of the way, I need to hug my son," Molly said as she rushed in and pushed Harry with Fleur to the side.
Both of them looked at how Molly was hugging her bill, Harry placed his hand on the arm of Fleur. There were small feathers all over her arm and Harry calmed her down. "Don't touch my wife Potter" Bill screamed.
Fleur looked down at the hand that had grabbed her arm. She knew Harry had calmed her down but could see nothing wrong. His hand was on her lower arm, so it wasn't inappropriate. Little feathers reappeared on her arm but she wasn't mad at Harry. She became mad at Bill, and Molly. Harry wasn't doing anything wrong so why were they picking on him? Suddenly she felt an emptiness and looked at her lower arm. The hand of Harry was gone and so was Harry. She looked behind her and saw him walking up the stairs. "Arry" she called after him. She wanted to say more but he held up his hand to stop her. He didn't turn around but she understood what he told her. With fire in her eyes, she turned back and looked at Molly and Bill, "What is wrong with you two".
"That boy needs to learn respect before I will treat him like family," Molly said hotly.
"I don't like it when a boy touches my wife without my consent," Bill said.
Fleur stepped over to Bill and held up her right hand. With a finger, she pointed at her ring finger on that hand. "See, no ring so I'm not your wife. You have not asked me and I have not said yes. I told you once and I will tell you again. Arry Potter is my baby brother whether he likes it or not. He has saved my baby sister and that makes him family. Don't say Dumbledore knew what he was doing because he did not. A Veela can't be underwater for more than twenty minutes or her magic does not flow as it should. The only thing that saved her was that she was asleep and that Harry got her back above water. None knew about Veela and Arry had to do what I could not. So you have no say about him Billius Weasley, or you can say us goodbye". Bill had taken some steps back while Sirius and Remus were smirking at how Fleur stood up for their boy. But Fleur wasn't done and she turned her eyes to Molly. "As for you talking about respect, I know from Bill that Arry saved your Ginny while she was possessed by Voldemort. Yet instead of thanking him, you are pushing him away. You should be ashamed and for him not being family to you. I think he is the lucky one because if his Family does this then he is better off with friends".
Slowly she turned to Sirius and looked at him. "Albus said we could stay here tonight and tomorrow, do you have a room for me alone, I do not want to be with Bill this night".
Sirius looked at Remus and Remus shook his head because he knew Sirius was thinking about a little jab at Molly. "Sure, my lady. I have a room for both of you. But if you do not want to share tonight, Bill can sleep with Ronald. Harry was supposed to be in that room but their friendship has not been that good for a while. So Harry has his own room right between you and Tonks. Ronald is sleeping one floor up from the both of you".
"Wonderful" Fleur exclaimed, "could you show me".
Molly and Bill just looked on as Sirius led Fleur up the stairs to her room next to Harry. Both looked up with nothing to say. "If I were you, I would start to see what Harry is worth to others before you judge. That boy has a heart of gold and you both are disrespectful. What I have heard is that Harry not only saved your Ginny's life but also that of Fleur's sister. Both of those times it almost cost him his own life, Not many would do what he has done". Remus didn't wait for an answer and started to go to his room. Sirius had gone up a floor to his own room, while he left Molly to show Bill to the room of Ronald. Both of the men knew that Molly would badmouth Harry but he would handle her by himself.
#*
A little while after Tonks had left Amelia looked at the clock. It was the middle of the night and they just had a hard pill to swallow. Tonks, no longer a part of the order could mean trouble. They had Minerva with them but it was clear she stood behind Harry. So there was no way they knew if she would tell them everything. She could keep things behind to protect Harry from further harm.
Andromeda took out a fire whiskey bottle and filled up three glasses, "I do not think any of us will sleep much after tonight".
Amelia shook her head slowly, "But one thing is clear, Tonks will go all the way for him and I'm glad she is. He will need her more than he will know himself".
Ted nodded, "Not only that, I think she will need Harry too. If I'm right Andy told you about the way she is locked in her form" Amelia nodded. "Did she also tell you it happened around the time James and Lily were murdered". There was another slow nod from Amelia. "I remember that Tonks always babysat when we were at the order meetings. She and Harry were there too but always in a room on the other side of the building. So she always had a connection with that boy".
"I forgot all about that," Amelia said. "You are right, those two were joined at the hip from the moment she laid eyes on him. It was the same way the other way around. Whenever we were there and you showed up with Tonks, Harry always rushed at her when he saw her. Never letting go and Lily, literally had to pull him off".
Andromeda smiled, "You are right, I think that Ted and I joked about making a contract between them at the way they were staying together all the time".
#*
The clock struck three in the morning and the Headquarters was awakened by the sound of a scream. "CEDRICK NOOOOOOO". Like that afternoon they all rushed to the hallway and looked at the door. The door was glowing and the screams were unbearable. Hermione tried to rush to the door but when she took hold of the knob, she stopped. Something stopped her and she became afraid. She had been the only one who tried because none of the others did it. She stepped back as they all listened to the screams that were gaining in volume. "Don't kill her, please don't". was heard from the other side.
Fleur had been standing at the side and looked on. She was stunned when she heard the screams and didn't know that it had been happening almost every night from the moment Harry got there.
This is it again for this time see you all in two weeks.
Gr Winmau