Parental Probing

"Okay well...let's compare Remus to...um...Sirius Black and Harry Potter yeah? Well Remus and Sirius are both more mature than Harry in physical age, they have both also gone thorugh more years of suffering than Harry but that doesn't mean that Harry has not suffered either, that does not mean that Harry is not mature or even just as mature. Also Sirius and Harry are, from what you have told me and from my own experiences, more jokey and with closer personalities to you. All three of them have seen and suffered things they should not, they are all mature in different ways."

"I think I get what you mean." Tonks nodded as she thought about his words.

"Tell me dear, is there anyone else you are interested in?" Andromeda asked in a hopeful voice.

"What?" Tonks blinked as she looked up at her.

"Is there anyone else you are interested in?" Andromeda repeated.

"Um...well...no." Tonks answered.

"Ah ha!" Andromeda laughed. "You hesistated, who is it?" She grinned.

"I am not interested in anyone else." Tonks said in as firm of a voice as she could.

"Is he older than you?"

"Mum..."

"Younger?"

"Mum!"

"Oh I am getting close, red hair? Blonde? Black?"

"Mum I..."

"Black hair!"

"Oh she's on a roll." Ted said before sipping some tea.

"How much younger?" Andromead asked.

"Dad please make her stop!" Tonks begged as her face settled into a pout.

"I would have better chances at stopping a shark after it sniffed blood." Ted calmly replied.

"But I..." Tonks was cut off as a white snowy owl came in and landed gracefully on the table. "oh, hi Hedwig." Tonks smiled at the owl, Hedwig gave a short nod before extending her leg. Tonks took the letter from her leg and handed Hedwig some bacon, "here you go." Tonks said.

"Ah, the owl from your friend." Andromeda said as she looked at the owl, the owl that for some reason kept delivering letters to her daughter, whenever she asked Nymphadora about it all she got was a 'from a friend'.

"Oh hi Hedwig." Ted smiled at the owl.

"You know this owl?" Andromeda asked in a suprised voice.

"Yes, it's Harry's owl." Ted answered.

"Harry's owl? You mean Harry Potter?" Andromeda asked before turning to Tonk. "You have been writing with Harry Potter?"

"Yeah, and?" Tonks said in a casual voice.

"Oh my...Merlin! You like Harry Potter!" Andromeda blurted out.

"What?! No I don't!"

"Oh it's obvious!"

"Dear do calm down before she rejects him on the basis that you like him," Ted commented before turning to Tonks "to be fair Harry wouldn't be your worst pick."

"Harry wouldn't want to be with me." Tonks said in a dismissive voice.

"Oh and why not?" Andromeada asked.

"Well I am older than him."

"Coming from the girl who wanted to get with Remus Lupin." Andromeda snorted.

"I didn't want to get with Remus, I was just considering it." Tonks said in an irritated voice. "Plus I know that Harry had a relationship with Fleur Delacour before, she's a former Triwizard champion and a veela."

"Past tense." Andromeda noted.

"So what?" Ted asked Tonks. "Your mother's prospective partners were rich purebloods and I was just a 'filfthy mudblood', I'm still the one who got the best looking girl at school." Ted grinned and kissed Andromeda on the cheek.

"Flatterer," Andromeda said as Tonks rolled her eyes at her parents behaviour. "truthfully from what little I have seen I think you have a great chance with him. Ted, do you agree?"

"Well you're both near enough same ages," Ted said with a thoughtful face. "I don't know much about Harry outside of having him as a clinet but he seems a decent lad. If you want to go for it then go for it."

"I will think about it but can I please just eat in peace?" Tonks begged.

"Fine, fine, go and eat dear." Andromeda said.

"Thank you." Tonks sighed before she continued eating.

"Harry and Nymphodara," Andromeda said quietly under her breath. "sitting in a tree, K...I...S...S...I...N..."

"Mum!" Tonks said, apparently she wasn't quiet enough.

"Apparently Malfoy is coming back tommorow," Tracy said as she walked down the hall with Harry and Daphne. "that will be fun." She said sarcastically.

"Yeah," Harry snorted. "I am sure it will be. What are the chances of Malfoy growing some brain cells and leaving me alone?"

"Highley unlikely and near impossible." Daphne answered. "Personally I rate you becoming the king of dementors as a higher possibility than Malfoy becoming less of an idiot."

"Careful Greengrass, you are giving me ideas." Harry smirked. "Wouldn't that be great though? Harry Potter, boy-who-lived, defeater of dark lords, triwizard champion, king of dementors. Actually nah, I have enough titles already."

"Probably for the best Potter, we wouldn't want your head to get too big." Daphne said as she gave him a sweet smile.

"It's not my fault if my brain is so much more powerful that I..." Harry trailed off when he saw many students rushing towards the courtyard "...what the hell?" Harry blurted out.

"What do you think is happening?" Tracy asked.

"Let's go find out." Harry said and followed the students with Tracy and Daphne following after them.

"What the hell is happening?" Daphne whispered once they reached the courtyard, many students were gathered around while Professor Trelawney standing in the centre whilst wearing a large brown coat and holding a tissue in her hand, she was standing alongisde a trio of suitcases and Filch had just brought out a fourth and placed it at the tearful woman's feet. Umbridge walked out, she walked towards Trelawney, looking very pleased with herself.

"Six...sixteen years I have lived and taught here," Trewalany said through tears in a shaking voice. "Hogwarts is my home, you can't do this!" She cried. Harry, who had gladly transferred out of her class before starting the year, could not help but feel sorry for the woman. Looking around he saw that even a few Slytherin's, along with students who didn't mind expressing their opinions about Trewlany, feel uncomfortable with the public humiliation.

"Actually I can," Umbridge said not looking bothered in the slightest, McGonagall came over and pulled Trewlany into a comforting hug just as the woman burst into tears. "something you would like to say dear?" Umbridge said when she saw McGonagall looking at her.

"Oh there are several things that I would like to say." McGonagall said as she glared at her. Umbridge was about to respond when several students moved out of the way to allow Dumbledore to walk through.

"Professor McGonagall," Dumbledore said as he walked up to them. "would you please escort Sybil back inside?"

"Come with me." McGonagall whispered to Trewlany before walking her back inside the castle.

"Dumbledore," Umbridge said. "may I remind you that under the terms of educational decree number twenty-three, as enacted by the Minister..."

"You have the right to dismiss my teachers," Dumbledore cut her off. "you do not however have the right to banish them from the grounds." He said, Umbridge looked irritated for the briefest of moments before she smiled.

"For now." She said in a voice that was a mixture of confident and smug.

Dumbledore looked like he was about to say something but chose not to, he turned around, his eyes caught Harry's for the briefest of moments but he quickly looked away and continued walking. Harry looked thoughtful for a second before he started walking away along with Daphne and Tracy when the students began dispersing.

"Wow, Umbridge is a piece of work." Tracy commented.

"I used to be in Trewlany's class before this year, she kept predicting my death every single lesson, even I felt a little sorry for her." Harry admitted.

"Honestly," Daphne huffed. "could she be any less subtle? I mean, 'for now'? She just all but admitted that she will chancge the rules to suit her whenever she wants."

"Hey, idiots will idiot, you just got to not idiot with them." Harry replied.

"Potter, what the hell does that mean?"

"Come on Daphne, even an idiot would get it." Harry smirked.

"I hate you."

"Why do you keep hanging out with me then?"

"Pity friendship."

"You love me really Daph."

"I hate you and Astoria and I will hex you both if you keep caling me that."

"No you won't!" The trio heard Astoria call and looked down the hall to see her wave before she walked off.

"One, two..." Daphne said as she closed her eyes and continued counting to twenty in her head.

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