Chapter 5: Earnest Uzumaki Tonks

Earnest got ready by biting a piece of cloth and the system began the process. His body felt a surge of current, unlike any he had faced before. Every bone, tendon and muscle in his body was being torn apart and reconstructed.

He screamed through his tied mouth and the muffled screams travelled through the carriage, not enough to reach his sister but enough to startle a curious little witch.

Hermione Granger is a talented student. Though her attitude can be termed condescending and overbearing she always meant well at heart. She genuinely didn't know why no one wanted to be friends with her. For a little girl, this was quite a difficult ordeal, so when she found that she was a witch, all her fantasies came into play.

There are many descriptions of wizards in muggle stories. Most of them describe them as scholarly and wise which was very much to her preference. This gave her hope, that maybe she could be accepted in the wizarding world. Her meeting with Professor McGonagall gave her hope a boost.

She came to the station quite early than the required time. The train was there and she boarded it in the hope of finding new friends. Just when she was dejected that the entire platform and train seemed empty, her eyes caught the sight of a boy moving towards the back of the train. The boy looks to be of her age. So she chased after him in order to get acquainted.

Just as she approached the last carriage, she heard muffled screams, for a moment she thought that the boy might have hurt himself so she rushed towards the boy but as she got closer to the location she was startled by the intensity of the screams. Although muffled just by the intensity and emotions contained in the voice were enough to give her goosebumps.

As she approached the boy she was startled by the state of the boy. The silver-haired boy was rolling on the ground, biting on a cloth, blood coming out of his body along with a black impure substance.

She was horrified by the scene she saw and there were tears in her eyes as she trembingly approached the boy to help him.

At first, she tried to calm the boy but seeing her efforts in vain, she decided to call her parents standing outside the train. Her father was a dentist, he must know at least basic first-aid to be given in this case and then they can contact the doctors.

But when she was about to get up, the boy through his last strand of sanity that the pain allowed him to have, grabbed her hand and hugged her. He knew that the girl wanted to call for help but he didn't want anyone to know about his transformation so he decided to hold the girl. But even in this pain, he consciously decided to hold back his strength so that he would not hurt the girl.

Hermione at first was startled and then she thought maybe the boy just used her as a coping mechanism for the pain. She still remembers that used to grab her mother's hands and squeeze them tightly whenever she suffered from any physical injury and received first aid.

But this was not the time, she urgently needed help, so she kept on trying to free herself but she couldn't free herself from the boy's gentle yet firm embrace.

But the ambiguity of the embrace suddenly dawned upon her and furiously blushed but regained her composure and started to support the boy.

This situation lasted a little over five minutes.

The boy suddenly stood up and released his hold over Hermione.

He was now completely free from pain.

"Umm... Thanks for coming to help me, but now I am fine you know." The boy said with a smile rubbing the back of his head.

'Wait, is this the effect of Uzumaki genes.'

"Damn! it's a mess and it smells a lot. Thank god I bought extra clothes."

"What the hell was that and how are you fine all of a sudden?" Hermione suddenly screamed.

She didn't know what happened. At one moment it felt like the boy was about to die but now he looks perfectly fine.

"Well, I'll answer your question but now it seems like we need to get rid of the dirt and blood. Look even you have become dirty because of me. I am sorry, but since these are your casual clothes, you can change right?"

The girl was stunned but then she noticed the situation and yes, just as the boy mentioned, their clothes and body had become quite dirty and this was due to the blood of the boy standing in front of her but now the boy who lost so much blood looks completely fine.

Hermione nodded.

"Okay, so there is a perfect washroom which can be used by Professors and Prefects here at the back of the train. We can take a bath and then talk about it. "

"Okay," Hermione again nodded with a blank look and then decided to ask the boy after getting herself clean.

Hermione also went towards the cabin where she kept her suitcase to get a change of clothes. Fortunately, there was no one on the train to notice her blood-stained clothes.

After taking a quick shower to get themselves cleaned they both met at the Prefect cabin.

Hermione was the first one to get out as she was not that dirty. Then came Earnest, but the sight of the boy gave Hermione a big blush on her face.

Earnest has forgotten to take in his Shirt so he has to come out with his bare upper body. With Uzumaki's physique integrated, it gave him six packs, along with his shiny silver hair which now had red ends giving him a wild charm along with his sharp golden eyes and chiselled face, this was enough to make the little witch's heart go wild.

 But Earnest himself was unaware of this, he was still adjusting to his new physique. He quickly took his shirt and wore it and then stood in front of Hermione.

Hermione still had a huge blush, as she kept on replaying the scene of Earnest exiting the bathroom. She held back her thoughts using sheer willpower and introduced herself first in order to get some answers.

"Hi, I am Hermione Granger and this is my first year at Hogwarts."

The boy's eyes shined suddenly giving his already dazzling golden eyes some sparks. As if there was a hint of realization the boy put his hands forward and introduced himself happily.

"Hi, I am Earnest Tonks,...

No let me do it again.

Hi, I am Earnest Uzumaki Tonks."