25 years later.

It was a quiet wedding, but that didn't mean that it had lacked any of the ceremony fitting the only daughter of Andromeda Tonks. She had been planning it since the Nymphadora was born, and she'd be damned if it wasn't perfect. Nymphadora looked lovely, despite her refusal to change her hair colour to something more reasonable than bubblegum pink. Her white dress was beautiful, and her bouquet of white roses and lilies simply added to the allure. The cake may not have been the largest in the world, and its being chocolate versus the traditional white had taken her some convincing before she accepted it, but it was perfect for them. The reception tent was filled with music as couples danced in celebration, forgetting for the moment that they were in the midst of a war. Andromeda caught sight of The her daughter break away from her new husband and accept Charley Weasley's offer to dance. Walking over to where the groom stood watching his wife dance, Andromeda put her hand on his arm.

"Does the Mother-in-law get a dance as well?"

"Certainly, Andromeda." He smiled taking her out onto the floor.

"You've grown since the last time we danced, Remus." She said as the now taller man spun her around.

"I should hope so," he replied, "I was only twelve back then."

"Yet still charming enough to convince the Head Girl to be your date."

"Well, I had an excellent teacher coaching me on how to do it."

Andromeda laughed as they twirled around each other again, "You're a good man, Remus Lupin, and my daughter loves you more than anything."

"I know."

"If I had told you back in your second year, when we danced together, that you would marry my daughter, what do you think would have happened?"

"I would have laughed at how ludicrous it would have sounded, James would have called me a Cradle Robber, and Sirius would have embraced my into a bear hug and welcomed me into the family."

"And now?"

"I'm the happiest I've been in years."

"You're right, Sirius would have made some comment about the family."

"Yes."

"I miss him too, Remus, we all do."

The song ended and Andromeda embraced her son-in-law. "Welcome to the family, Remus." She said and she walked away back to her own husband.

Remus felt a tug on his sleeve and he looked down at his wife. He leaned down and kissed her.

"Mister Moony would like to invited Nymphadora Lupin for this next dance." He kissed her again.

"Nymphadora Lupin." She repeated, "I think I could get used to sound of that."

"Much better than just 'Tonks' don't you think?"

"Mmm, very much." And the happy couple swept themselves back to the dance floor.

Ye Ol' Author's note: Thank you for reading this tale. I know that there are some who say that Andromeda was out of Hogwarts before the Marauders arrived, however I can find nothing from J.K. Rowling to uphold that claim. Until she says otherwise, I like to think of there having been some overlap of their time at Hogwarts. Please feel free to leave a review and also explore my other Marauder stories.

-A.R. Templar