Chapter 7 -Home sweet home-

Tonks was frozen to where she stood looking on in horror as the storm picked up harshly and flung Charlie off his broom from his hight he was falling fast and had it not been for one of the other players' quick flying he would have been badly hurt.

Tonks ran onto the feild as the boy came down from the sky carefuly setting a very shaken Charlie on his feet but he didn't have much time to think before Tonks takeld him in a hug wrapping her arms around his neck.

"Charlie are you okay?! You scared me to death!"

She didn't give him time to answer as she looked him over his face in her hands her eyes terrified and scared.

Charlie gave a small smile putting his hands over hers finally catching his breath.

"Yes I'm Fine Tonksie don't worry I'm fine."

Charlie chuckled shakily looking at her before turning around to the boy that had grabed his hand.

"And thank you, I owe you Mason you really saved my arse back there."

His voice was steady now and he was smiling as Mason nodded landing on the ground as a girl gave Charlie his broom and he thanked her also.

Tonks took a deep breath looking at him and while his back was to her she hit his shoulder with her fist meekly.

"You jerk! How can you scare me like that and stand there smiling!? You nearly made my heart stop!"

She was crying as her fists stoped hitting him and she leaned agaenst him tears rolling down her cheeks.

"Easy Tonks it's okay, every thing is fine."

Charlie's voice was gental as he turned around hugging her watching as her hair turn from blue to black before fadding to her natural mousy brown as her sobs slowly stoped.

Once she calmed herself Tonks backed away from Charlie whiping her eyes and cheeks before the tears could freeze there as she gave him back his scarf.

"I better get going before it gets to late and and mum gets mad for me not being there, I'll see you after the holidays and please come back in one peice with no broken bones or anything okay?"

She managed a smile as she looked into his eyes as he nodded giving her a final hug before she walked back to the castle.

Tonks found her way to the great hall blowing on her hands in an attempt to warm them up grabbing a few things of food before turning to go to her bunk only to turn and run right into one of the hufflepuff 4th years knocking him over.

"Oh merlin I'm sorry are you alright?"

She asked helping him up and he noded brushing off his robes.

"Ya I'm okay it was an accident, your Nymphadora Tonks right?"

Tonks bit her toung agenst the growl the bubbled up in her throat as he used her name but she managed a nod.

"Yes that's me but please call me Tonks I don't much fancey the name Nymphadora."

Tonks tryed to make her voice as kind as possible looking over the fourth year infront of her who nodded understandinly.

"Okay Tonks it is then I'm Cedric Diggory."

He offerd her his hand to shake and she did with a smile.

"Nice to meet you Cedric now if you'll please excuse me I have some work to do."

She nodded a goodbye to him and headed up to her bunk quickly packing the things she'd need over the holiday, including the picture she had of Sirius and her when she was a year old that she kept tucked under her pillow, and headed down leaving with some of the other kids once evning drew closer.

Upon arriving at the station Tonks got on the train searching for an empty compartment but with a sigh settled for one with a sleeping man, she gave a sigh sitting on the farthest part of the side closest to the door setting her bag next to her.

After some time Tonks began to nod off till the train lerched harshly causing her to fall out of her seat landing on her knees on the ground but her arms and upper body landing in the mans lap causing her to blush tomato red as he woke up looking down at her.

"Oh I'm so sorry! I was throughn from my seat I didn't mean to wake you or land on you!"

Tonks rambled as she scrambled to her feet and the man to her shock chuckled at her a smile on his lips and now that the coat was away from his face she could see scars on his face and pale blue eyes that seemed to dance in the light.

"It's alright, no harm done I assure you."

His voice was like velevet as he sat strait looking at her.

"I-I'm Nymphadora Tonks sorry for the rude awakening again."

Tonks stammerd finding her voice again and he noded to her.

"Remus Lupin it's nice to meet you miss Tonks."

She smiled at him pleased that he didn't call her Nymphadora as she sat back down grabbing her bag digging around for a moment before taking out a chocolate bar breaking it in half offering him half.

"You don't have to take it if you don't want to I understand the whole 'don't take candy from strangers' but honestly what could a student like me do?"

She chukled slightly at how that came out but smiled as he thanked her taking the chocolate nibbling on it.

"If I'm not stepping on your toes miss where would a student be going now? There's still classes right?"

Tonks was taken a bit aback worryed that maybe she had run into a muggle on the train but her worry melted away when he let out a chuckle his eyes sparkling with mischife.

"I'm only kidding your a hogwarts student, you kids should be just starting your holiday break so I assume your going home to see Andromeda and Ted I presume?"

That took Tonks a moment to register and nearly made her choke on the peice of chocolate in her mouth as she looked at him shocked.

"H-how did you know my parents' names?"

Her tone came out more like a demanding child than she had intended but she didn't care hoping the red hair would deture him enough to make him ignore it.

"Your last name for one, and a second I'm one of your causin's friends from our years at hogwarts, you look a good deal like your mother but with your face all scrunched up like that you look more like your aunt Bella-"

Tonks growled at him covering her ears.

"Stop right there! I don't care if your trying to give me a complement finish saying that name and I'll hex you into next year!"

To her surprise he laughed at her reaction shaking his head and getting up as the train came to a stop in Kings Cross.

She grabed her bag snorting and sticking her nose into the air at him as she walked past to leave but failing in her exit by tripping over her own feet landing hard on the ground.

"Ow, urg stupid feet."

She grumbled but stoped feeling a hand on her arm and waist helping her up and she looked to see Remus helping her with worry in his eyes mummbling something about things never changing.

Tonks gave him a meek thanks before leaving the train looking about the platform for her mother and father smiling happily as she spots them and hurries over hugging her mother who smiled and huged her back happily.

"Hello sweetheart welcome back."

Andromeda smiled pulling back to look her daughter over and smiled kissing her cheek.

"Wotcher mum!"

Tonks smiled happily and as soon as her dad came into her veiw she laughed and threw her arms around him laughing happily.

"Hi daddy!"

She smiled at him unable to give her normal pouty look as he messed up her hair with a laugh seeing it turn to a livid orange.

"Something tells me things wont be so quite back home now for a time at least."

Tonks noded in agreement looking over her shoulder destracted as the train began to pull away, something that did not go unseen by her mother who fallowed her gaze.

"What is it Nymphadora did you forget something on the train?"

Her mother's tone was twinged with the smallest fraction of annoyance as she looked at her daughter.

"No just a bit confused I was talking to someone on the train and he knew you mum and well he knew Sirius too..."

She trailed off her voice above a whisper as her dad took her bag and they began to leave the station.

"And who would that be dear? You didn't tell him anything did you?"

Her mother's voice was worryed and conserned for her daughter.

"No, no he did most of the talking he said his name was um Lupin ya Remus Lupin."

She looked down at the ground under her feet as she thought then to her mother who let out a small sigh in releif.

"Yes Remus 'Moony' Lupin, he was on of your causin's closest friends apart from James and Peter he baby sat you on a few occations when you were about 3 and you were happy as a clam to when he did I was always impressed when he got you to go to bed before dawn."

She smiled fondly putting a hand on her daughters shoulder before opening the door to the house for her.

Tonks steped in and smiled tiredly looking about before getting her bag from Ted heading for the stairs.

"I'm going to head to bed for the night. Good night."

She smiled and as if on que triped over the loose rug outside her door before going in shutting the door behind her and flopping down on the bed pulling the picture of her and Sirius out of her jeans pocket looking it over before placing it in the corrner of the picture fram with the picture of her at 5 running about in the back yard playing her hair her favorite bubble-gum pink before she turned off the light falling asleep feeling warm and safe from her nightmares for the first night since the issue with the death eater.