Harry Potter is not mine. This is a story from a fan.

When you're done, You're DONE.

CH 10

While she walked through the streets in search of Harry she thought about the way he looked. He was too thin and his hands were scraped like he had worked all morning before she saw him. While she thought about it a little more she also noticed that his clothes were second-hand. His trust funds should have enough money to get new clothes for him. She knew enough of the muggle world that this wasn't a new fashion trend. She finally arrived at the shopping district where she knew she would find Harry. It didn't take her long to spot him sitting on a bench before a couple of restaurants.

"You want to have something to eat," Tonks asked him as she sat down next to him. The moment she did she could see his wand sticking out of his hand as it was pointed right at her side.

Ch 11 Tonks 8 and Harry

"WOW, kid" Tonks screamed as she held up her hands. "I only asked if you wanted something to eat," she asked him again, as she kept her hands up so he could see them all the time, studying his eyes closely. She had scared him and he was reacting out of fear. It was a visible reaction from someone who was paranoid. She had heard something in the muggle world that was called Ptsd and she thought he might have it. His, reaction to her was a clear sign, that he was unbelievably fast but it was still out of fear. Harry was not getting Paranoid like MadEye was. No, Harry was getting his paranoia because they were leaving him in the dark. There were little things that were different from Mad-Eye. So to get him to calm down she had to get his trust first. "I know you do not trust me, but how can I prove that I'm not trying to hurt you".

Harry looked at her and the words from the father sounded through his mind. He could test her but he didn't know how or what to ask. Slowly he took out the paper he got from her and held it out so she could see it.

Tonks took it with two fingers and opened it slowly just so she didn't freak him out any further. It was the one she had given him, the one with the paw print from Sirius that told him he could trust her. She didn't know what to say or how to respond to seeing it. He did not ask her anything and just looked at her. When he was about to get up she almost panicked, "He is my cousin," She said as she grabbed his arm.

Harry jerked his arm away and slid back and away from her. He didn't say a word and only looked ahead with a mixture of anger and hurt. Tonks wanted to stream she didn't mean it but she could not find the words. He was scared and ready for anything so he needed to calm down. After a moment when he got his breathing under control, he asked his first question. "I... Is... Is he okay".

From all the questions he could ask, this was his first. Susan, Hannah, and even Hermione had told her that he would, first, think of others before he thought about himself. It was something special for a person, who was, in this state of mind. It was the main difference between him and Mad-Eye. Mad-Eye only thought about Mad-Eye first. "He is fine Harry," she told him "a little troubled by nightmares from his stay in Azkaban but other than that he is fine".

"Your cousin".

That was his second question and she gave a little smile because he was opening up. "Yes, well technically he is a second cousin or twice removed. I don't know about that it is very frustrating. He is the cousin of my mother so I just call him cousin too".

A weight fell from his shoulders when he heard Sirius was safe. But something told him she could be lying about it. Still, he wanted to believe this little bit of information he got, because he knew his godfather would be there for him. "Do you want something to eat Harry". Harry heard the words but it took a while before they got through to him. Slowly he shook his head. His magic told him that he had seen this woman before. But he never saw a person with pink hair. He was sure that if he had he would not forget someone like that.

"Are you afraid I do something with that food if I get it for you". Harry slowly nodded at her. ^Smart kid^ Tonks thought before she thought about what she could do next. "What if I give you some money to get it for us? I will wait here while you get it".

Harry looked at her again but he still didn't say a thing. The more Tonks tried the more he seemed to close himself off. She was happy when he took the money she held out to him and went to the sandwich shop, across the street. Just when he was about to walk in she called to him and held up four fingers, clearly telling him to get four. As he walked in Tonks took out a notepad. She flipped it open and looked at the things she had written down. If it was up to her, she would slap a Portkey on him and take him home. She could not do it because he would not trust her. If she did he would never trust her again. As she thought back it had only been a week but it felt a lot longer. In her notepad, she had written down that Harry was looking worried. She had been right but now she had to add paranoia to it as well.

While she looked through the window she could see Harry looking at everything. He still had to order but she had the time. In the last couple of minutes, she had been sitting next to him, afraid of what he would do to her. She had seen a lot in his eyes and posture. By them leaving him in the dark they only increased his fear. They had all been listening to Albus but they needed to be helping this boy. When she saw Harry getting the order she closed the Notepad and put it back in her pocket.

"What have you been writing while I was in there" Harry asked her as he gave her, her money back and handed her the four sandwiches.

Tonks took one out of the bag and gave it to him. She needed to get some more time because she just could not figure out how he had seen it. She closed her eyes and when she did she could feel his magic washing all over her. She could even feel it feeling around the spot where she kept the notepad. "It's a long story" she started.

Harry didn't react and somehow she wanted him to. She wanted him to be mad, worried, or at least angry, but he was none of it. He either had nerves of steel or he was playing her and he already knew. Tonks shook her head because she was starting to get paranoid as well. "It is hard to explain and I'm not sure if I can tell you anything yet". Again she waited for him to react or do anything but he didn't. "Harry, say something," she asked him.

Harry shook his head and she knew he was just accepting it, like he was used to it. "Harry, I know where Sirius is, but there are things I have to find out first". Harry just looked at her and was still, keeping his mouth shut. She was ready to smack herself in the head as she remembered that she hadn't introduced herself properly. So she held out her hand and said "My name is Tonks and I'm an Auror, a magical Police officer".

Harry grabbed his wand tighter and got back to his feet. Tonks lifted her hand to grab him but thought twice about it when she saw him looking at her, right after she felt his magic wash over her a second time. "Harry something isn't right in the place where Sirius is, I can tell you more tomorrow so wait for me here right on this bench. Here we are in the open and everybody can see us, I'm not joking and I'm not leading you on. I will be here tomorrow, I promise" She rambled out fast afraid she had blown it.

Harry gave her a nod and started to walk away. There was nothing left for her to do than to let him go. She was still on protective duty so she followed him a couple of seconds later. It became quite late and she wondered who would come to take over for the night shift. She walked through the park and saw that Harry was talking with his fat cousin. She looked up and saw the sky starting to turn dark. At first, she thought it was a storm but then it got freezing cold. "Shit Dememntors" she screamed and looked for Harry and his fat cousin. She did not see him and started to get worried. The other thing she could not see were the Dementors, she felt them coming but could not see them, not yet anyway. In the distance, she could hear something or someone screaming but could not see it or them. Then she saw them, two Dementors floating down the tunnel where Harry would always hide himself in the middle. She wasn't sure if Harry was there but as an Auror, she had the duty, to protect everyone, even if they were muggles.

She started to run and made her way to the tunnel. She was so far away from the tunnel that she became afraid, that she would be too late. There was a white light coming from one end of the tunnel. She could not see the other side so she didn't know what it was. It did look like a Patronus light but she could not be sure. While she kept on running she saw an old lady walking into the tunnel, who was carrying two shopping bags. When she got there she didn't see anyone. The sky cleared up and the evening sky became quiet again. Even the temperature started to rise and it was a nice night. Slowly she made her way through the tunnel and found a couple of black garments lying on the floor. She didn't know what they were but gathered them into a bag she always held in her pocket, and started to walk, towards the house of Harry. When she got there she landed in the middle of a shouting match. Slowly she walked to the door where she saw Harry coming out with his wand in his hand and his trunk behind him.

Just before Harry came out she stepped in front of him and between the walking hippopotamus that wabbled behind him with his hands turned into fists. She stepped between them and held her wand at head level. Harry was now standing behind her but she didn't see the look he directed at her back.

"I WANT HIM OUT" the walrus screamed at her.

Tonks didn't lower her wand but she did look over her shoulder at Harry. The only thing Harry had in his hand beside his wand was a red envelope. It had already erupted and it was nothing more than a letter. "Harry go back to your room and lock the door. I will go to my boss and handle this. After I'm done I will get you out of here" She handed him the other two sandwiches she still had in her pocket. "Sorry, but you look like you could use some food, I don't think you get enough here," she told him.

Vernon, the walking hippopotamus as Tonks called him because she didn't know him, turned red from anger. "I want him out, look what he has done to my son. It is all his fault, and the fault of all of you freaks".

Tonks lifted an eyebrow and looked back at Harry who was still ready to get out of there at any second. "Magic users like you and me," He told her. "Dudley was about to get his soul sucked out by a Dementor" Harry started to explain to her.

"Dementors, here," Tonks asked and Harry nodded looking at her blankly like it was the normal thing in the world. "How many" she asked and saw how he held up two fingers. Tonks wanted to shake her head as she looked at her pocket that held a shrinking bag with two garments in it, It couldn't be she thought.

"Dementors, those are those foul things that suck out your soul, don't they". Tonks who had been looking at Harry saw the surprised look he got when he heard the question. So she turned to the voice and saw a very thin woman looking like a ghost when she was holding this fat baby whale in her arms while she looked at Harry. "Did my Dudders lose his soul".

"NO". was all Harry told her as he grabbed his trunk tighter, while he made himself ready to go.

"Harry, please stay here for now. I will go".

"I want him OUT" Vernon yeld at her and right into her ear. "Look what he has done to my son".

"Your son is fine your fat fuck" Tonks screamed as she pointed her wand higher into his face and a finger wiggling in her ear to get the ringing out of it. "If his soul would have been sucked out there was no way he could walk here". Harry was one step out of the door when Tonks started to scream back. He was stunned when this girl took a stand against his uncle while most would have made a run for it. "Now I do not know what is in this letter" and Tonks held up the red howler from Harry when she just grabbed it from him.

"I'm expelled and I have to wait here so they can snap my wand," Harry told her looking into the street for any kind of danger.

Tonks dropped her wand and turned back to Harry. Before he could say something she felt his magic push her out of the way. It wasn't much but it was enough to feel the punch slide past her, missing her by a hair. Tonks turned around, pulled up her knee, and planted it right into his big fat belly. Vernon bent over in pain and Tonks slammed both of her fists down on his back making him drop to the floor after a couple of firm kicks to his back. She was grabbed from behind by Harry as he made her stop. "Let, Me, Go," Tonks screamed.

"I would love to but I'm in enough shit already, without being blamed for killing him too".

Tonks stopped screaming as she heard the words from Harry. After a couple of deep breaths, she nodded and looked up with a little smirk that was mirrored by Harry. When she got back to her feet she took the howler and read it, keeping one eye on Veron who was out cold. When she finished the letter she pulled her wand and sent off a Patronus.

"Harry was keeping his eye on her and when she pulled her wand, his was already in his hand ready to protect himself. To his relief, she didn't attack him but conjured a Patronus herself. She said something about a bitch, but other than that he did not hear anything else. He never knew a Patronus could be used like this. If he had known, he would have asked for help sooner and from other people. He now realized that this person, Tonks, was a magical cop and she had not asked for his wand yet. So as he tightened his grip on his wand, "Aren't you going to snap my wand" he spoke up softly.

"Merlin no," she told him. "I do not know what happened, and the only thing, I can say now is that you were performing underage magic to protect yourself. I can't even tell what kind of Magic you used. This letter" and tonks held up the Howler. She frowned as she looked at it for a second time, "Why didn't it go up in smoke".

Harry smirked, "I, froze it".

The eyes of Tonks looked at the letter again and mumbled something about that simple, "This letter was not sent by us, I do not know who did it but I do have my thoughts about it. As I said before, I can't tell you anything yet, but you are not expelled. The Patronus I just sent off was to my Boss. She will stop this person who will be coming for you. When I get an answer back I will go to her, there I will arrange for you to be taken away from here. Until that time you have to stay here, keep your wand at the ready".

Tonks stopped when another howler came flying through the window. "Harry, You stay there, you are not expelled I take care of it. Petunia think about your promise." Sounded the voice of Albus.

"Merlins beard, how the hell did he hear about that and why did he say he is taking care of it" Tonks screaked as the Howler went up in smoke.

"Sounds to me, that you do not like the headmaster very much," Harry asked her, still having that little edge to his voice. It was less than when he started but it was still there.

"No, no, I don't. It has its reasons and you are a part of it. But now you go upstairs and you wait for me, I will be back later this night and tell you what we are going to do. Again I can't tell you a lot but what I can I will. Let's say there is more to this than you know".

"That one is easy, detective. Nobody tells me anything and keeps me locked up. I think that the prisoners in Azkaban know more than me".

Tonks smiled up at him as she lifted the human walrus with a Leviosa spell. She lifted him into the living room dropping him on the couch. It bent in the middle but it held his weight. For the second time, she lifted her wand under his nose as she looked at him. "Harry will be staying here until I come and get him. Do, not say anything to him, and do not go into his room. He has the right and the permission to hex first and ask questions later". Tonks turned back to Harry and told him the same thing. He had to stay in the room and he could hex anyone if he was attacked. When she said it she knew he would be alright.

Harry nodded at her, he didn't know why but he trusted her in some way. Maybe it was because she didn't like Dumbledore. It was the same feeling he had the last couple of weeks. He didn't know why but after the battle with Voldemort something happened in his body, like he was freed of something. Slowly he made his way up the stairs as he heard the pop of Tonks apperating away.

#*

Tonks reappeared in front of the ministry and made her way up to the Monitoring office for spellwork in the muggle world. Just as she was about to walk into the office she was grabbed by Amelia and pulled away. "Not here Tonks, We have a mole in the department. Not only among the Death Eaters but also with the group of Albus. Both Lucius and Albus were here a moment after I was about to walk away. I had already taken care of it and was just in time to tell Edgecombe to not say anything to them about me. Albus was telling her to not expel Harry and that he would bring him in. Lucius was screaming to get him and to throw him into Azkaban for the endangerment of the statute of secrecy".

Tonks walked alongside her boss, "But what happened before they got in". Amelia grabbed her hand and pulled her away from the side and right out of the building. After a couple of minutes of walking through the streets, she handed Tonks a piece of paper. Tonks took it and opened it so she could read it. "This reads that the minister asked for Harry to be expelled from Hogwarts. He orders his wand to be snapped and to be locked up".

"Yes, and we both know that Fudge is a total ass. But he would never ask for the removal of Potter, because the public would kill him over it. He needs their support harder than we do. So it is clear someone used his name to order the Dementors to attack Potter". Tonks wanted to ask something but Amelia shook her head. "Let's go to your mum, we need her and your father because this has just became even bigger".

#*

Harry entered his room and closed the door behind him. His mind was working overtime but his eyes were focused on the window. He went to his girl Hedwig and took her out of her cage. "Do you think, this Tonks girl can be trusted?" he asked her. Hedwig clicked her beak and Harry smiled, "Yes, I know you do not know her, but I had to ask".

CLICK, CLICK

"Hold on Girl, I can't send you to her just so you can see her and judge for yourself". The eyes of Hedwig became bigger as she looked at her master like he was just stupid. "Alright, alright, you can go and get some dinner, but you have to come back tonight because I might have to go if she doesn't come back". If Hedwig could roll her eyes, she would do it. A minute later Harry looked from the front door at how Hedwig took to the sky.

#*

"What are you doing back here, shouldn't you be at the order building to keep up appearances".

"Not now mum, we are in deep shit" Tonks called back before her mum could take off. "Harry was attacked by two Dementors. I do not know how but Amelia said it was true".

Andromeda turned to Amelia and just raised her eyebrows. Amelia gave a deep sigh and sat down before her. So after another sigh, she started her part when she got the Patronus from Tonks. "DEMENTORS ARE AFTER HARRY was what her Patronus said".

Andromeda had jumped up when Amelia had screamed the words. "Why in Merlin's name would you scream like that," Andromeda said as she held her heart with both hands.

"You are right, she is jumpy," Amelia said to Tonks as she saw Andromeda look at her. She swallowed a little at the look but smirked nonetheless. "Now, I could do nothing to help her from my end because every help I would give, would come too late". Amelia held up her hands when Andromeda gave her another look. "I did send her help, a little later but not right away, you know I had to have proof first".

Andromeda knew she was right but she still had to give her that look. When Amelia went into defence mode she knew she still got it. "Go on".

Amelia narrowed her eyes at her friend and went on. "Because I knew Tonks was there, I went up to the office of Monitoring spell work and asked what kind of Magic was monitored. Edgecome told me that a Petronus charm was used and that it was linked to the wand of Harry Potter. Before I could ask her what she would do about it she showed me a note. It said that by order of Minister Fudge, one Harry Potter was to be expelled from Hogwarts. Secondly, someone would have to go there to snap his wand and he had to appear at the ministry to stand trial".

"Is he out of his mind?" Andromeda asked when she heard what Fudge had done.

"Andromeda please, You know that Weasel would do nothing to jeopardize his career as Minister. His name was used in this and we have to wait for what will come of it and what he will do. Now while I was in that office I asked one of my junior Aurors to check if all the Dementors were counted. Before Tonks came in he came back to me and told me that two were missing from their post. So we will have to wait for them to get back before we can answer why they were gone".

"Bossssss" Tonks called as she looked down while she pulled out a bag from her pocket. Slowly she placed it up on the table and pushed it towards Amelia. "I saw the light of A patronus coming out of the tunnel where Harry was attacked while he was there with his cousin. I do not know what happened inside the tunnel but when the light was gone I got to the other side of the tunnel. I did see Harry walking away with a baby whale and an old lady. They were supporting the whale So I let them. Harry was walking away so he was okay for the moment. I did not want to blow my cover and followed them a couple of seconds later. When I got to the other side of the tunnel I saw these two garments lying on the ground".

Amelia pulled the bag towards her and opened it. She grabbed one and felt something sticky on the fabric. As she pulled it out further she separated it a little bit. The stickiness was all over and as she folded it out further she saw something that looked like a hood. "Is this?" she said as she pulled it further out of the back and spread it out on the table. As she stepped back to get a better overall look her breath got stuck in her throat. When she looked up she could see that Andromeda and Tonks had done the same thing. Both of them looked as white as a sheet and she knew her color was not far off. "Are you sure Harry did this?" Amelia asked as she looked down at the fabric that was laid out on the table.

"The Patronus light I saw was brighter than I have ever seen before. If it was Harry then I can believe he fought off all those Dementors in his third year. I could feel the warmth coming from it. I was about a hundred meters away but I still felt it. When I got back to him he was about to rush out of the house and make a run for it. I only stopped him by telling him I would come by later tonight to talk to him. But I don't think he will say much, he does have a wicked sense of sarcastic humor and I like it.

"Alright Tonks" Amelia started. Let's finish this and then you can tell him that we will be handling it from our end" Amelia stopped when a white owl landed on the window still.

Tonks got up and held out her hand. Hedwig popped up on it and Tonks looked at her legs. "No, note, is he alright". Hedwig bobbed her head up and down. "So you are here to see if I'm not hurting your boy". The look Hedwig gave her would kill her on the spot but Hedwig still bobbed her head.

"That bird is his familiar and she is here to protect her master, "Andromeda said as Hedwig barked at her and ruffled her feathers.

Tonks laughed a little, "I don't think he is her master, I think he is her boy". Hedwig barked again and looked over at Tonks as she kept on bobbing her head furiously. "I hear you girl and we are not here to hurt him. We are here to help him but he might be in a lot more trouble than we are now thinking. Let me give you a note for him and you make sure he gets it. I will be over tonight even if it is only for a minute or so". Hedwig took the note and flew off. "That bird had been by his side from the first day. According to Hermione, it had been Hagrid who gave it to him as a birthday present.

Amelia shook her head and stepped back to the table. She still could not believe what she was seeing. "So there are minus two Dementors in Azkaban".

"It seems that way," Andromeda said as she stepped next to Amelia. "I never knew those monsters could be killed, But it seems that Harry has found a way to do it. His Patronus seems to be strong enough and it makes me wand to see it".

"Me too," Amelia whispered softly. "Now where was I, O yeah. After my Junior Auror got back, and this was before Tonks came to me. Albus was the first to rush in and he immediately started to say that he would handle it and that Harry could not be responsible. He would bring him when he had to come in".

"How did that old bastard know Harry was in trouble with that department" Andromeda asked as she sat down and Amelia folded the garment and placed it back into the bag.

"Monitoring charms. If he placed them in the room in the home of Sirius, He might have placed them all over the house and not only on his room" Tonks told them as she had a thoughtful look. "For, Lucius it is simple. There are a lot of employees in the ministry who do a lot to get some of his gold". After that, Tonks got to her feet, "I think it is time to get back to Harry. There isn't much I can tell him yet, but at least I will keep my word. I only hope I have one night alone with him before Albus gets him out of there".

"What do you mean by that" her mother asked.

"Albus is controlling everything around him. He is keeping him there locked up, not literally but he still is. We are watching him and Harry knows we do, I don't know how but he knows. Now that it is out that the Dementors were after him, even if Lucius and the ministry will deny it any way they can? Albus can no longer control the house, so it will be a matter of time until Albus gets him somewhere he can control him, or the situation around him again. So when he gets there I want to make sure, he can trust me. If not I will at least let him know I will be on his side no matter what.

This was it again for this time see you all in two weeks.

Gr Winmau