Application for Nymphadora Tonks

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((HERE THAR BE SPOILERS FOR DEATHLY HALLOWS

Also, in Tonks's journal as well. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH HER IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE BOOK AND DON'T WANT TO BE SPOILED, I will feel really freaking bad.))



With a flash of green, Tonks felt the life being sucked out of her, and everything went black. She didn't even feel her body hit the ground. It seemed like ages and forever but also no time at all when she opened her eyes again - Well, she wasn't expecting that. When she opened her eyes, she was standing outside, and there was... A mouse?

Mickey coughs theatrically. "'What is your name?'"

Tonks hesitates, completely unsure of what's going on, and adopts a defensive sort of stance. She had just been hit by Avada Kedavra, hadn't she? "...Tonks. Just. Tonks."

"What is your quest?" asks the Cat. It's perched, suddenly, on the roof of one of the gate-stiles.

She knew it was something sinister. Tonks frowns. "To protect people, to fight against You-Know-Who. What the hell is this?"

"'What is the average w..?'" Mickey frowns down at the notebook. "You know, I don't really see why that's important." He flips a page. "'If you could be granted three wishes, what would they be?'"

Wha... Tonks raises an eyebrow, her stance loosening just a bit. "...Three wishes?"

...Oh, Hell. The afterlife isn't ruled by Mickey Mouse, is it?

"That'd be that You-Know-Who was completely gone," Tonks begins tentatively. After a moment, she continues. "To bring back everyone he's killed... And..." Tonks smiles slightly at this, though sadly. "Make it so that Remus isn't or wasn't a werewolf... So things might be easier for him."

"Or," the Cat says, examining its tail with interest, "if you were a genie and someone you were trying to give three wishes to was trying to trick you into giving him more, what would you say?"

The lack of attacks so far is comforting (not to mention the fact that that huge ugly mouse is a muggle invention, and therefore probably not being used by Death Eaters), and though she doesn't completely let her guard down, Tonks answers this one far more easily. "I'd tell him, 'Hey, three wishes or no wishes! It's up to you.'"

Mickey looks rather nonplussed at the next, but reads, "'When the revolution comes, what skills will you be able to barter for food?'"

Tonks tenses immediately. Revolution. "The only revolution will be what we're doing now, and I have full faith in everyone fighting that there won't need to be another."

The Cat rolls its eyes in a friendly (and rather disconcertingly out-of-sync) way, and asks, "Milk, dark, or white chocolate?"

Okay, what? First 'your quest', then wishes, then talk of a revolution and now chocolate? ...Dementors! "Milk and dark are the only ones that are actually chocolate, so white won't work, will it? I figured you'd know that. Why, lost control?"

"'Choose the two coolest: robots, pirates, fairies, bears, ninjas, monkeys, vampires, or humans,'" says Mickey, giggling a bit as he goes through the list. "'Explain.'"

"Er..." Tonks reaches up and ruffles her own hair as it goes through a couple shades of green. She pauses, throws her hand down, and glares at the mouse. "Alright, damn it! Enough with the ridiculous questions, what is going on?!

"Great!" Mickey flips through the blank pages of the notebook at top, cartoon-y speed. "Well, I think that's just about it! Oh, and I'm supposed to ask, 'for your safety: are you carrying anything sharp?'"

No, I don't carry sharp things, I'm too clumsy. "Listen, mouse, I don't know what I'm doing here, but I can tell you my wand is more dangerous than anything sharp I might have on my person."

((OOC: She's taken directly after her death - As in, seconds after.))

Comments

[mummychameleon.livejournal.com]

"Oh, I'm sure," Tonks said, breaking into a grin. Her grin fell slowly as she took in what he had said. "George... Is he here? How does he know?" This was rapidly becoming overwhelming. She'd dealt with weird stuff before, but never something like that. "What did you mean, 'probably think you're dead'?"

[grimsirius.livejournal.com]

"Right. Everyone here comes from all different times. George is from about a year after Harry defeats Voldemort, which, if it tells you anything, supposedly happened two or three years after I fell through that bloody Veil. That's the last thing I remember, and according to George I've been considered dead ever since. Suppose it's a possibility, there're one or two dead people floating around here, but I sort of thought dying would be something I'd remember a bit better." He frowned. "Maybe that's not how it works. Maybe this is just what being dead is like. I don't know."

Sirius paused. "Er, sorry. I am trying to help."

[mummychameleon.livejournal.com]

That made sense!

Oh wait, no it didn't.

"That right?" Tonks said, trying to absorb all the information. "I guess that'd be when I came through then, just before You-Know-Who got defeated. Harry did it, did he? Always knew he would."

She frowned slightly. "Yeah... We were all pretty sure you were dead, Sirius."

[grimsirius.livejournal.com]

Sirius nodded, a dark expression coming over his face. "I figured as much," he said. He didn't like the idea of Harry or Remus having to grieve for him, but it was hardly a surprise. "But I've been here for a year now. You get used to it." He shrugged. "So what's happened in the space of, what, two years? Anything of note, Voldemort's imminent destruction aside?"

[mummychameleon.livejournal.com]

Tonks couldn't help the smile that came over her face. "Let's see, Fred and George started that joke shop of theirs and it ended up a great hit. I think you would've liked it. Oh, and... ...Dumbledore passed away, Sirius." Her lip curled. "Snape."

[grimsirius.livejournal.com]

"I knew it," growled Sirius. Dumbledore's passing didn't have a strong effect on him, as he'd never been close with Dumbledore, and he knew that the wizard's absence wouldn't stop Harry from bringing down Voldemort. But he felt no surprise and not a little vindication at the revelation that Snape had been a traitor.

[mummychameleon.livejournal.com]

"We should've seen it coming. Maybe we could have stopped it." Tonks wasn't incredibly close to Dumbledore, either, not like some, but he was a great man.

[grimsirius.livejournal.com]

"I've been saying it since the beginning. Dumbledore should never have trusted Snape the way he did. He put all our lives in danger because of it. No one wanted to hear it at the time," he added somewhat petulantly.

[mummychameleon.livejournal.com]

Tonks wasn't sure what to say to that. So, "Yeah..." would have to suffice. "Maybe we should've listened to you."

[grimsirius.livejournal.com]

"Hmm," Sirius replied, slightly placated. "He'd been training himself into a dark wizard since he was eleven years old. It was obvious what side he was working for in the last war, and it should have been obvious what side he was on this war, too. Git."

[mummychameleon.livejournal.com]

"I guess we all wanted to believe he was with us," Tonks said, in a weak sort of tone.

[grimsirius.livejournal.com]

"I guess," said Sirius. "Fuck, even Remus acted like I should've trusted him and he knows what Snape is like."

[mummychameleon.livejournal.com]

"Remus is forgiving, very forgiving, and sweet at heart, you know that." Tonks sighed.

[grimsirius.livejournal.com]

"Yeah," Sirius said. "I know. Tonks, when you said you didn't know about Remus...was it simply because you left mid-battle, or did something happen?"

[mummychameleon.livejournal.com]

Tonks swallowed and was silent for a moment. "There was a... He got hit by Avada Kedavra," she said, looking away. "But so did I, you see, so..."

[grimsirius.livejournal.com]

Sirius wasn't quite sure what to say. It hadn't surprised him, really that Remus was gone, but it still hurt to hear. "Then maybe he'll turn up here," he said. "We can hope."

[mummychameleon.livejournal.com]

Tonks nodded. "I hope so," she murmured. Then, "...Sirius, does that mean I'm...?"

[grimsirius.livejournal.com]

"I don't know," he said. "If you got hit-- it seems likely," he said apologetically.

[mummychameleon.livejournal.com]

"O-oh." Tonks nodded again, a sickening feeling rising in her chest. If she was dead, then... She knew she should have tried to be strong, should have tried to keep composed, but... "I guess that's..." She sniffled. That meant she would never see her son again... He'd grow up without a mother, probably without a father...!

[grimsirius.livejournal.com]

"Oh shit," he said quietly, before pulling the girl into a hug. "I'm sorry."

[mummychameleon.livejournal.com]

Tonks leaned into the hug, the first couple of tears falling. She didn't cry a whole lot, but this was sort of a big deal. She couldn't help it. "Oh, Sirius..." She realized now, she wouldn't get to wake up in the mornings with Remus anymore, couldn't get to see Ted take his first steps or speak his first words. She would never see him off at Platform 9 3/4. She would never see him ever again... Tonks began to cry in earnest, her shoulders shaking as she buried her face in Sirius's shoulder.

[grimsirius.livejournal.com]

Sirius held her tightly, rubbing her back comfortingly. "I'm sorry," he said again. "It's completely fucked up and I'm sorry."

[mummychameleon.livejournal.com]

Tonks hiccuped, squeezing him. "M-mum..." She whimpered slightly, clenching her teeth. "My baby... I-I'll never see them again..."

[grimsirius.livejournal.com]

Oh shit. "Baby?" he asked. No one she was so upset...

[mummychameleon.livejournal.com]

Tonks nodded, unable to speak for several moments. She caught her breath, trying to steady herself. "He was just born..."