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"Don't you know how worried I was?" Tonks asked. She moved closer to Harry and hugged him again. The young Raven stiffened at this, since he was never hugged by Tonks in his human form before.

"You're really Kit aren't you?" Tonks said after she let go of Harry.

"Yeah..." Harry said. He smiled when he realized Tonks was not mad like he feared.

"How'd you do it?" Tonks asked. "I know for a fact that the animagus transformation is quite hard to accomplish."

"I've had some help." Harry said. He stared at Tonks' eyes and asked again. "How come you're not mad at me?"

"I was mad when you didn't return right away and explain what happened." Tonks said. "Right now, I'm just happy to have you back."

"Thanks for not freaking out on me." Harry said. "How did you find me?"

"The same way you found me in Knockturn alley." Tonks said. "I figured if you could use the familiar bond between us to find my location, maybe I could use it the other way around."

"Ermm yeah." Harry scratched the back of his head. "I didn't think it would work both ways."

"And what are you doing here in Hogsmeade?" Tonks asked.

"I'm just doing some errands?" Harry said.

"That won't work on me." Tonks said. "I know you are not telling the whole truth."

"Oh right... familiar bond." Harry muttered.

Tonks laughed and ruffled Harry's hair. "Why don't you explain how you manage to become an animagus in the first place?"

"It's a long story." Harry said.

"I've got time." Tonks smiled. "And I know you stay up late watching movies with my mum."

"You won't tell anyone what I'm about to tell you?" Harry asked. "I can't have my secret let out to the public."

"I promise." Tonks said. She took the two steaming cups of chocolate and handed one to Harry. "Now why don't you begin from the very start?"

Harry took a sip of the hot chocolate and relished its taste and warmth. He began at to tell his tale and Tonks listened eagerly for more than an hour.

The two realized that it was well past midnight when the barman knocked on their door asking if they would like to rent a room for the night. Harry and Tonks hastily headed out of the pub and walked slowly through the snow covered path, enjoying the gentle cool wind on their faces.

Their conversation was enlightening, and Harry realized that it was the first time a person knew all his secrets, all his ambitions and fears. No even Nicky or Penny knew about how he yearned for a normal, simple family like the Tonks, even though he was happy staying at the Delacour's. It was Tonks and Andromeda's simple yet fun lifestyle that convinced him to use their residence at his headquarters. It was there that he can relax, and not think about the problems of school.

At first, Tonks didn't like Harry's habit of stealing, but when she asked for details about Harry's childhood, she realized that he learned to do it just to survive. She was especially excited about Harry's unique talent, and demanded that Harry teach her how to fade.

"So... do you want to sleep over tonight?" Tonks asked.

"Really?" Harry asked. He thought his days of sleeping over at Tonks' house were over.

"Mum misses you." Tonks said. "She doesn't have anyone to watch all those movies with."

"Will you tell her about me?" Harry asked.

"I don't think Mum's quite ready for that." Tonks said. She led Harry to a narrow alley between the candy store and Zonko's and rounded on her companion. "Now hurry and transform back to Kit."

Harry nodded and in a moment the young cat sat on the ground looking back at Tonks. The Metamorphagus auror grinned and scooped up her familiar cradled him to her chest. "Don't get any ideas mister, I just really miss you."

"Meow"

"Let's go home." Tonks smiled and vanished with Kit.

"Kit!" Andromeda stood up from the couch and immediately took the young cat from her daughter's arms. "Thank goodness you're back!"

Tonks smiled as Kit struggled to escape her mother's hug. "Kit realized that he made a mistake running away... didn't you Kit?"

"Meoooow"

"That's good to hear." Andromeda lifted the young cat so that she was looking at him in the eye like how Tonks does when she needed to tell him something important. "You're a part of this family Kit. You should have seen how poor Dora was moping around when she's not training at the auror academy."

"Mum!" Tonks said. Her hair started to turn red in embarrassment.

"And she even refused to go out to the mall! That's how sad she was when you were gone." Andromeda continued speaking. "It's good to have you back Kit."

Kit leapt down from her and immediately headed towards the VHS player and pawed the controls, causing Tonks to laugh.

"That's right! I can't bring myself to watch the last of the trilogy alone." Andromeda said. "It reminded me of you gone... well now that you're back we can watch it!"

Kit's ears perked up and his tail twitched in excitement as Andromeda kneeled beside him and pushed a VHS tape into the mouth of the player.

Tonks smiled at the sight of her mother and animagus familiar's interactions and headed to the kitchen to prepare some late night snack for the three of them. As the sound effects of the movie blared out from the living room, Tonks, for the first time in weeks, felt complete.

"What's that?" Harry asked.

"Mum thought it would help me get over you." Tonks lifted the stuffed toy cat from the bed. She vanished the toy with a flick of her wand and grinned at Harry. "It really doesn't feel right. It's like a cheap imitation of your animagus form."

"I don't understand what is it with my animagus form that girls like." Harry huffed. "Even Fleur asks me to transform once in a while just so that she can cuddle me."

"Oh?" Tonks raised an eyebrow. "That's right... I remember reading in the papers that you're betrothed to that French Girl. Does she treat you right?"

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