27 Chapter 27

I made my way towards the DMLE and reached Tonks' desk once again. Thankfully, she is still here, I feared that she will be gone home by now.

I knocked at her door once again. She looked at me with a bit surprised expression and said, " Wotcher Aiden, good to see you again. But what are you still doing here, shouldn't you be back at Hogwarts by now."

" Well, Tonks I am here for my promised date." I replied.

" But I thought we decided to wait until you pass your NEWTs." She asked, looking confused.

" I know, that's why I am here." I replied and gave my scorecard to her.

She took it, still looking confused and opened it to read. After she started reading it, her eyes went more wide with every passing second. After she was done reading, her mouth was opened wide along with her eyes and she looked at me with a dumbfounded expression.

" But....But you only went to take your NEWTs Today, how can you get results so quickly. Not to mention what's up with 12 Outstandings not to mention 11 were with distinction. Tell me the truth, if you faked the results, as an Auror, I will have no choice but to arrest you." She asked me with a dumbfounded expression still on her face.

" Hey, the results are absolutely true. You can verify them at DOME. Besides, all examiners were free so I gave all the exams one after another." I replied looking hurt, but fake enough for her to realize that I was not in fact, hurt.

"But, that would mean that you took 12 exams for eight hours straight and aside from Care of magical creatures, you had to perform practical magic and spells continuously. I was exhausted after every time I took even one test, not to mention 12." She asked looking exasperated.

" Well, you can say that I am a bit more magically powerful than others" I replied downplaying my strength. It won't do good and give her impression of me being too haughty if I were to come out and say that truth that I am 3 times more magically powerful than Dumbledore. No, being humble it is, at least for now.

She grumbled something inaudible like," A bit more powerful, he says" under her breath, but caught her bearing soon after and continued.

" I see you even took NEWTs for subjects not taught at Hogwarts. Not to mention Healing, warding, and Alchemy, only those who specialize in those fields take NEWTs for them, since they are so difficult. You took them together, not to mention O+ in each of them" she praised, looking impressed.

She continued, " You even got O+ in Dueling, Even after Auror training, very few candidates get an O, not to mention O+. You must be really good at dueling. You know, we should duel sometime."

" Sure, I will happily duel with you, anytime you want." I replied playfully while winking.

She punched me at this, playfully of course, while saying, " Prat."

" So, now that your NEWTs are done, what are you planning to do after this." She asked.

"Well, I sure would like to go on a date in immediate future" she punched me playfully, again, at this and I continued, a bit more seriously, " Well, I would leave the Hogwarts and get settled in my own house ( A Manor actually, but again, being humble) for now. Since I still have to participate in the 2nd and 3rd task of the Triwizard tournament, I will be preparing for them. I will also be studying further for masteries on the side." I replied.

" 'Masteries' not 'mastery', meaning more than one, nice. Anyway, I am a bit busy due to Auror duties, how about the day after tomorrow for our date?". She asked.

"Sounds awesome to me. It will also give me the time to get out of Hogwarts and get settled at my house." I replied.

"Alright then, meet me in front Leaky Cauldron at 6:00 pm, at Muggle side, day after tomorrow." She said.

After it was finalized, we said our goodbyes, And I went back to the ministry floo and flooed back to Professor McGonagall's office.