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Bonded chapter 35
🕑 Added 2023-03-09 17:48:40 +0000 UTCChapter 35 -
"Urrgh!" Tonks groaned as she entered the house, she closed the door behind her before promptly dropping her red auror robe onto the floor behind her. "Damn to the fiery pits of hell whichever idiot thought of paperwork."
"Hi Tonks," Harry said in a casual voice as he walked down the stairs. "Rough day at the office, huh?" He asked as he bent down and picked up her robe before putting it on a hanger for her.
"Don't ask, I don't want to talk about it." Tonks moaned as she walked past him, Harry had barely started following after her when she started talking about it. "I had to run after five separate criminals only to find out at the end of my shift that the first guy was let go by one of the senior aurors. Oh, and did you know that the third guy that I had chased was the head boy in school when I was a fourth year? He tried to talk me out of charging him, claiming we were mates."
"I sincerely hope that didn't work," Harry said as they entered the kitchen and Tonks slumped down on a chair at the table.
"It did not," Tonks confirmed, rolling her shoulders. "Mostly because I remember him giving me detention a couple of times."
"What a dick,"
"Yep," Tonks agreed, rolling her shoulders. "Then when I got back to the ministry I got into an argument with this absolute bitch called Umbridge! I don't know if you met her but she's such an absolute bitch. She's just a complete total, unfathomably stupid and grotesque..."
"Bitch?" Harry guessed as he made his way to the fridge.
"Exactly!" Tonks said happily, glad that somebody understood her. "A horrible stupid one, yes!"
"What were you arguing about?" Harry asked curiously.
"She tried complaining about my hair being pink," Tonks snorted. "Which is completely and utterly ridiculous, do you know why that's ridiculous?"
"Nope, enlighten me," Harry asked as he reached for something inside the fridge.
"She's dressed head to toe in pink!" Tonks growled. "She's even got a fucking pink bow on her stupid pink hat! I'd argue that I'm doing more for the colour than she is. She's ruining it! She ruining pink! Even I'm starting to hate it because of her!"
"Well, we can't have that," Harry frowned as he pulled out a tub of ice cream. "Why don't you just discreetly hit her with a colour changing charm or something?" He asked.
"I promise you that if I am ever going to hit her with a spell then it won't be something as harmless as a colour changing charm." Tonks huffed. "After dealing with her crap, I had to do tons of paperwork. Who the hell invented paperwork?!"
"You poor soul," Harry said sympathetically as he walked over and placed the tub full of ice cream in front of Tonks before dropping a spoon in it. "Enjoy," He told her.
"Ice cream? For me?" She asked, peering up at Harry like he was angel sent down from the heavens.
"You deserve it for working so hard," Harry said in a warm voice, patting her on the shoulder.
"You're the best," She grinned before taking her spoon and going to town on ice cream in front of her.
"You've discovered her weakness, I see," Andromeda said as she walked into the kitchen. "Daughter of mine, you do remember that ice cream is not something I want you eating all the time."
"It's my treat," Tonks said in a smug voice after swallowing a spoonful of ice cream. "Because I've been working hard," She grinned. "I'm a good girl." She said in a childish voice.
"Yes, you are," Harry said affectionately, playing along and ruffling her hair.
"Anyway," Andromeda turned her attention to Harry. "You're a quidditch fan, are you not?"
"I like to play if that's what you mean," Harry replied.
"Well, Sirius has sent you a little present," Andromeda smiled before pulling out a collection of tickets. "He's brought tickets for the quidditch world cup!" She said, ignoring Tonks spitting out her ice cream in shock. "So, you want to go?"
"Umm...yeah...sure," Harry said in an amazed voice.
"Sirius is now officially my favourite relative!" Tonks said in an excited voice. "I've got to go! I've got to go!" She said, jumping to her feet. "Need to book time of work as soon as possible before some other pricks take up the holidays for that day!" She said before running out the kitchen, leaving her ice cream on the table.
"She likes quidditch," Andromeda shrugged.
"Yes, I can see that," Harry said dryly just before Tonks rushed back into the room to snatch up her ice cream.
"Nearly forgot this," She said by way of an explanation before running back out, knocking over a vase on her way out and absently repairing it with a flick of her wand.
"She's a wild one," Andromeda shrugged.
"Yes, I can see that," Harry said dryly.
(.)
The day of the quidditch world cup, Harry had risen early to get ready. He had dressed in black trainers with white stripes, black jeans, a white shirt and a black jacket, all of which was thanks to Venom who had provided these clothes for him. Andromeda was dressed in casual grey robes while Ted had chosen to wear a matching muggle suit, Harry wasn't sure why the man wanted to wear a suit to quidditch, but eventually just figured out that Ted liked suits, or at least liked the way that Andromeda looked at him when he was in a suit. As for Tonks, she wore knee-high black boots with a knee length skirt that was blood red in colour. Along with this she wore a deep blue shirt and a short black jacket. She had put on star shaped earring, wore her favourite neckless with little bronze balls hanging off of it, and had her hair shoulder length and bright pink.
Harry and Tonks had both been very excited to head to the world cup, Tonks had been a fan of quidditch her whole life and had even played beater in school, while Harry was simply happy to go see his first ever quidditch game outside of school. It had been a bit awkward for Harry when Ron had sent him a letter, inviting him to the world cup. Apparently Mr Weasley was friends with someone who had been able to get the whole family tickets and they had gotten extra tickets for Harry and Hermione. Harry had felt bad sending a letter saying that he was already going there anyway, though a quick talk with Venom had made him feel better. After all, it was hardly his fault that he had a godfather who had already got him a ticket.
Once everyone was ready, they had all decided to apparate there instead of taking a portkey. Ted and Andromeda had apparated themselves there, while Tonks had grabbed Harry's arms and had apparated him to the apparition point which ended up being an open grass field. Though the landing was hardly perfect, Harry wasn't sure how it happened but he had somehow ended up on his back with Tonks landing on top of him.
"Ow," Harry said, slowly and dryly as he sent an amused look to Tonks. "Comfy landing?" He asked.
"Peachy," She said after shaking her head. "You make a nice landing pad."
"Nymphadora, you had better be taking that boy to dinner and a movie if you plan to stay on him any longer." Andromeda's voice cut in.
"I wouldn't object to either option," Harry whispered into Tonks's ear before she could move.
'Your flirting skills have improved,' Venom said proudly.
Tonks blushed a bright red, the roots of her turned red briefly before she was able to get it under control and revert it back to pink. She got up and offered Harry a hand, pulling him to his feet so they could both see Tonks's parents staring at them with amusement, along with one Sirius Black.
"I'm so proud of you, Pup," Sirius said, wiping an imaginary tear from his eye. "So young and you've already got ladies falling for you," He said with all the airs of a proud mother.
"Shut it," Harry barked out a laugh before rushing forwards and pulling Sirius into a tight hug that the older man was happy to return. "It's good to see you, Padfoot." He whispered into the man's shoulder.
"You too, Pup," Sirius sighed before they let go. "You're looking much better than last time I saw you."
"You're one to talk," Harry snorted, looking at Sirius who was looking much more fuller than before and less like a skeleton. "They finally feeding you, huh?"
"Yeah," Sirius grinned. "Potions and stuffing me with as much food as possible seems to work."
"Hi Sirius!" Tonks smiled as she walked up to them. "Been a while."
"Hi Tonks," Sirius said warmly before pulling her into a hug. "Has my godson been looking after you?" He whispered teasingly into her ear.
"Git," She whispered back before pushing him off. "Thanks for the tickets, Sirius."
"Oh, it was no problem at all," Sirius said dismissively. "The Ministry gave them to me as a gift, along with my other compensations. Your tickets didn't cost me a single coin."
"Nah, just twelve years of your life," Tonks pointed out.
"I'm glad the three of you are getting along, shall we be going now?" Andromeda said.
"Right, lets," Sirius agreed just as the group started walking. "So, who are you rooting for?" He asked Tonks and Harry.
"Ireland and Bulgaria are playing, right?" Harry asked.
"Yep," Sirius nodded.
"Ireland!" Tonks said quickly. What about you, Harry?"
"I don't know much about either team but I have to go with Ireland," Harry said, not wanting to point out that he was only choosing that one because Tonks had chosen it.
"Great, I know that there will be some merchants and stalls selling stuff so we can probably buy some Ireland gear." Sirius replied.
"Bulgaria all the way," Ted spoke up.
"I wouldn't know, haven't much kept up with modern quidditch teams," Sirius said, the reason why went unsaid.
"Are you mad, Dad?" Tonks replied. "The only thing Bulgaria has is a good seeker."
"The best seeker in the world actually," Ted pointed out. "Victor Krum also happens to be the youngest professional seeker in the world, I might add."
"Whatever," Tonks said dismissively. "Unless he catches the snitch very quickly then Bulgaria will lose, Ireland's chasers are far better."
"We'll see Dora, we'll see." Ted said confidently.
The group soon arrived outside of a red, muggle looking tent. Harry watched as each one of the group walked in one by one, yet the tent showed no outward signs of getting overcrowded. Harry was somewhat confused but it didn't take him long to work out what was happening. He slowly walked in and found that he had guessed right, the tent was enlarged on the inside. Inside were several sofas, chairs, a small kitchen, a table, and a few beds as well.
'I love magic,' Harry thought with a grin.
'Same,' Venom agreed.
(.)
"How far up are we going?" Harry asked as he, Sirius and the Tonks family made their way up the stairs of the quidditch stadium. Harry had an Ireland scarf wrapped around his neck, while Sirius and Tonks had chosen to have a large matching hat along with an Irish scarf, Tonks had even split her hair into pigtails with the left side being green and the right side being white. Meanwhile Andromeda wore a Bulgarian scarf, mostly out of support for Ted who was wearing a matching hat and scarf.
"We're going straight to the Minister's box," Sirius half-yelled due to the loud noises coming from hundreds of people in the stadium. "Old Fudge himself will be there, along with probably a few other very important people. It's why Andi made me promise to be on my best behaviour." Sirius said with a pout.
"Me too," Tonks frowned before giving Harry a questioning look.
"She didn't say nothing to me," Harry replied to her non-verbal question.
"How come Sirius and I get told to behave and not Harry?" Tonks asked her mother.
"Because Sirius could barely behave if his life depended on it," Andromeda answered.
"Fair," Sirius agreed.
"What about me?" Tonks demanded.
"I trust Harry to behave more than I trust you to behave," Andromeda said simply.
"But I'm your daughter," Tonks protested.
"Exactly, I know who you are and how you behave." Andromeda nodded. "Harry in the limited time I've known him has always been very respectful and polite."
"I am a very well behaved boy," Harry said proudly.
'Ahem, Dursleys.' Venom said with a fake cough.
'That was your idea,' Harry reminded him just as they finally reached the door that lead to their seats. Once they entered the box, the first thing they saw was Minister Fudge talking with several other important looking people. Everyone in the room quickly stopped to look at them.
"Ah, there you are," Fudge immediately disengaged from his conversation in favour of rushing over to them. "It is good to see you, Mr Black, Mr Potter." He smiled greeting them like they were his favourite relatives. "Ah, and who are these fine people with you?"
"This is my cousin, Andromeda and her husband, Ted Tonks." Sirius introduced the two. "And this is their daughter," He added with a small smile on his face. "Nymphadora." He grinned at Tonks who looked ready to punch him in front of the Minister himself.
"She's an auror, actually," Harry quickly added. "A very good one as well."
"Oh, well that's good to hear," Fudge smiled brightly at Tonks, Tonks opened her mouth to speak but didn't get a chance to as Fudge had quickly turned his attention back to Sirius and Harry. "Now, come along, I'd like you to meet my guests. These are Ministers from other countries." He told them before walking back to where he was previously standing and immediately started talking with them.
'Politicians,' Harry and Venom thought to themselves, both sounding quite disgusted.
(.)
A.N: Hey guys, I was going to write more for this chapter but I've got limited time to work on it since I'm job-hunting alongside my other responsibilities and I didn't want to waste too long on one chapter. So the Malfoys and Weasleys joining the gang in the Minister's box will have to wait until the next chapter.
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Comments
Christian Jeffress
Thanks for another excellent and very enjoyable chapter, best of luck for all your various responsibilities, and hope you have a great day.
Josh Robbins
"Who's the invisible man next to the house elf" "there is nobody there" "someone's there, obviously a pervert watching everyone invisibly" queue barty being revealed. Stunned crazy by aurors and ministers. "Holy shit he's supposed to be dead"
Darkanlan
I think it'd be funny if Barty gets caught because of Venom. Would make a nice show after the match. Maybe get enough Aurors there that the Death Eaters get caught easily. Good way to end the fortunes of the Malfoys and others. Also makes it so Fudge can't help them get away with it since a large number of foreign dignitaries are there and were put at risk by the psychopaths. ICW would have to take over their trials as it's an international incident with that many heads of state there. Would likely be the end of Fudge and Umbitch along with all the Death Eaters.
