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Post by David T. McKay on Oct 16, 2018 6:44:11 GMT
Out of the few detentions he had already given out, there was one in particular he wasn't quite happy about having to give. Nymphadora Tonks. He respected her choice, but he had said that if she did it, she'd receive detention and he had to live up to his word. Unlike the others, where he chose to give them harsher punishments as he viewed their crimes as worse – such as the one kid who jinxed another while in class was scrubbing cauldrons down in the dungeons every Wednesday. However, today was Tuesday and the day Tonks was supposed to come in. McKay waited at his desk as he corrected a few quizzes he had given the younger years. He had a feeling the students in his classes were rowdier than for others as he was new – the other professors had already earned their respect – especially from the older ones who had known them for five or more years at this point, but here he was the new guy. It didn't help that his nervousness showed very obviously. That didn't tend to make people respect someone at all. He planned on having Tonks help him correct his quizzes – it was simple enough and helped him polish off his work load. That, and he figured this would be a good time to talk to the girl one on one and get to know her a bit better. After all, she was a Metamorphagus just like him – not that anyone was allowed to know that. Even still, he felt a sort of camaraderie with others like him, as they were so rare. David McKay might not have been a Metamorphagus, but Theodore Blake sure was – and that was who he really was underneath all of the deceit that had piled up – it wasn't like he planned to take his friend's identity, it just sort of happened and everything snowballed to the current situation. It wasn’t like the world would miss Theodore Blake, his books never even really sold as it was. They were in the library and told about his travels and the different peoples around the world, but no one seemed to want to read about the Slytherin who went around and wrote about the different cultures. Like there was one tribe of Native Americans in the Amazon Rain Forest, completely unknown to the muggles, who used magic. They were completely isolated until he went to talk to them. He found that sort of thing extremely interesting! Unfortunately, not many people did. He sighed, turning to the next quiz and starting to mark on it as he waited for this evening's detention to stroll in. Nymphadora Tonks |
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Post by Nymphadora Tonks on Oct 16, 2018 22:53:59 GMT
Dora was more than used to getting detentions, but this one, this one was for doing something good; though she was told not to leave the classroom. So, it was different from the usual reason than she got detentions. Though, somehow, she was sure that he knew the reason she normally got detentions. At least from attending this session, she would get a chance to study him and add him to her repertoire of "faces". She chuckled to herself as she entered the classroom, smiling. Who smiles when they go to detention?
"Evening, Professor!"
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Post by David T. McKay on Oct 17, 2018 1:18:01 GMT
McKay looked up from his quiz and smiled as Tonks entered. She'd arrived on time it seemed. Now that he was alone with her, he allowed himself to relax, though he knew he couldn't – he couldn’t tell her what was going on in his head. She'd probably have no idea – Druella likely never told Andromeda and so the young girl likely had no idea. And even if she did, he was David McKay, not Theodore Blake any longer. He wondered for a bit if Druella ever talked about him, though he doubted it since he became a wanted criminal. That and he stopped sending letters to Druella after a few years. He heard he had another daughter a couple years after he stopped writing – he felt his letters were preventing her from living her life with her husband, and well, he didn't belong in her life any longer anyways.
He had all Druella's letters still.
However, none of that was currently the issue. Just seeing the young girl brought up those memories he had pushed deep down. "Evening, Miss Tonks." He smiled, gesturing to a seat for her to sit. "I'll be having you grade some papers. The key is here, and I'll double check your work afterwards." He set a stack of quizzes on her side of the desk, a quill, and the key. However, unbeknownst to him, the memories and nervousness had started turning his eyes a bright yellow before quickly reverting back to normal. He hoped that she would not have noticed – or thought it was a trick of the light.
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Post by Nymphadora Tonks on Oct 17, 2018 1:55:31 GMT
She had gone with blue today; well, it was more of teal with a splash of silver. She had been trying to go for more difficult colours. Pink was her favourite... but somehow it was also the easiest. It just seemed to be that was the colour that defaulted when she wasn't thinking about it. She took the offered seat and laughed.
"Grading papers! That's a first." A snort. "Usually it's shining trophies or cleaning something with a toothbrush."
She shook her head. "Sorry, Professor, I'm just used to other sorts of detentions that, I don't even know if I could classify this as a detention."
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Post by David T. McKay on Oct 17, 2018 2:51:13 GMT
He shook his head with a light sigh. ”What? You like grading? You don’t have something else to go run and do? Snog a boy, homework, hang out with friends? Surely anything is more fun than sitting here reading the same thing over and over for hours on end.” He stood up so he was standing in front of the girl. The blue suited her. Even when he was in school he didn’t alter himself very much - his parents didn’t think it was... proper to run around with neon hair or a funny nose. He wasn’t much of a troublemaker in general anyways. All to make his parents proud.
”Now if you continue to disobey orders you might end up doing something more drastic. Like being locked up with a bunch of 11 year olds and told to make them behave and learn something. Terrifying.” He chuckled at his own joke. He thought he was hilarious thanks. Even if no one liked his jokes. |
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Post by Nymphadora Tonks on Oct 17, 2018 2:57:29 GMT
"I didn't say I liked it, Professor," said in a sing-song sort of tone, looking up to study his face. "And while, yes, I do have a boy to snog; I did disobey orders. I am just saying that this is rather tame than what I am used to."
She smirked. "I suppose, but it could be worse; like answering fan mail of some loon."
She looked to him inquiringly, but merely just smiled. "I don't know if they told you about this, but I can be trouble."
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Post by David T. McKay on Oct 17, 2018 3:14:33 GMT
He chuckled taking a seat in his chair and stretching out a bit, hands now behind his head and elbows to the side. "I tend to prefer to tailor my punishments to fit the crime. The worse the offense, the worse the punishment. While you did disobey orders, it was because you cared about young Remus. Isn't Defense Against the Dark Arts supposed to prepare you for the real world? Without that compassion, well, while it might get you killed, it would make one no longer human – I can't force you kids to give up your humanity just, so you can survive. What's the point of living if you don't stand up for your values?"
He hummed setting his feet up on his desk. How unprofessional of him. There were a few flecks of blonde seeping into his hair as he was starting to let down his guard and not worrying about keeping up this appearance or controlling the natural changes that tended to happen to people like the pair of them. Barking out a laugh he stroked his chin. "Now me getting fan mail that's the biggest joke there."
His eyes sparkled lightly. "Well, you might not know it, but I was –" He paused doing the quickly. "In my sixth year when you mother entered Hogwarts. While I didn't know her very well, after that, well – my colleagues will deny this, but sometimes we Aurors keep an eye on people of interest – people who might be good assets later, or possibly break the law. I kept an eye on your mother, peripherally. I'm sure she'd deny it, but she wasn't an innocent and 'proper' student either."
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Post by Nymphadora Tonks on Oct 17, 2018 3:27:11 GMT
"I suppose that's fair," she nodded at this. "Surviving sounds like hard work when you put it that way."
She snickered, "but that compassion, I suppose that's just the Hufflepuff in me. It's second nature. Just like changing my hair colour."
She looked to him and her brows furrowed. She was trying to study him without seeming like she was studying him, but that also just seemed to make her realize that something was.... off. Was that.. blonde?
She smirked, tearing her eyes away from his hair for the moment. "Now, now, don't sell yourself so short. I'm sure you'll gain some set of admirers. ....or perhaps not. That's boggart was rather, uh, intense."
She giggled, but her head tilted at his tale. "wait, you knew my mom?"
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Post by David T. McKay on Oct 17, 2018 3:39:28 GMT
Compassion. Hufflepuff. Right, he was a Hufflepuff too. Remember that. Even if he'd been David for five years, he had been Theodore for much longer, and so especially when it came to something like this where he was fighting against telling her a secret and keeping his identity, so he didn't have to go to Azkaban for a crime he didn't commit. He took in a deep breath and chuckled lightly. "Truly surviving, staying true to yourself and truly living is hard work. Especially in a dangerous world like this. It takes real strength to – to not succumb." Like he did by taking his friend's identity instead of letting everyone know what really happened, and then probably going to Azkaban for David's murder too, even if it wasn't him.
"Yeah, I'm pretty sure I'll not go down as anyone's favorite Defense professor. It's not like many people are going for this job anyways, the job security is terrible." Damn Tom and his curse. He was pretty sure it was Tom. The kid always talked about how he wanted to be a teacher here, DADA to be exact. After Professor Merrythought retired, no professor lasted longer than a year. He could guess Tom was denied the position and it had since been cursed.
He chuckled nervously. Right, remember you can keep this story going just fine, it isn't like Dru would really recall some Auror, right? Okay, cool, you have your story, just make sure not to contradict yourself. "Ah well, yes, Andromeda, right? I actually knew your grandmother a bit better, though I doubt old Druella would remember me. She's, what, 12 years older than me or so. But my job had brought me to her a few times."
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Post by Nymphadora Tonks on Oct 17, 2018 6:28:02 GMT
She was silent for a moment, as she focused on a quiz with particularly bad handwriting.
"I don't understand how Professors can't put up with dismal handwriting. Or bad spelling. Bad spelling has got to be the worst!"
She chewed on her bottom lip for a moment and wrinkled her nose and then sighed. "It really does."
she gives him a look and pats him on the shoulder, luckily not with the hand that held the quill. "Maybe this year one'll stick." She gave McKay a wink. "But who honestly knows what the DADA Professors don't stick. I just hope this isn't a year one'll end up dead. That would suck."
Again, she blinked, "you knew my grandmother?" she seems to study him upfront now. "You don't seem that old."
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Post by David T. McKay on Oct 17, 2018 6:38:26 GMT
"If you can't read it, just count it wrong," He waved his hand and shrugged, "Should've written it legibly if they wanted credit for it. Can't go just about anywhere without at least alright handwriting." Maybe he should teach a 'how to write' class instead of DADA.
Too bad she didn't pat him with her quill. Then he could give some excuse for not grading the essays he had been procrastinating on. Sure, it was the start of week 3, but he had the bright idea of asking for an essay over the boggarts. Turned in today, and he just didn't want to read any of them. Maybe he could just put random grades on them. That'd be much easier. Or give them all good grades. Or grade based on handwriting… but then again, he needed to know who understood what was going on, and who didn't. So much work.
"I certainly hope I don't wind up dead." He didn't know what his fate would be, but he suspected that it would either end with discovery of who he actually was and end up in Azkaban or the Ministry sending him off to some other country. Though he really hoped it didn't end up with him dead. He hoped the curse understood he was going to leave if nothing happened just to avoid the inevitable force that would cause him to be unable to return. "I only planned for the year, Dumbledore was running low, so the Ministry offered some possibilities. Dumbledore seemed to take a liking to me."
He looked at her with a raised eyebrow. "Well yeah, 39 years old. I'll be forty in the spring." Wait no, David's birthday was in the summer, his was in the spring. Damn it. Hopefully she wouldn't have researched such mundane things or remember it if someone brought up his birthday later. "Anyways, my main task is to catch a criminal – he was a known associate of your grandmother. I check in from time to time to make sure he didn't show up on her doorstep and ask for some help or something like that."
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Post by Nymphadora Tonks on Oct 17, 2018 7:07:12 GMT
She frowned as she looked at the quiz, he was probably right. The handwriting on this one was really terrible. She marked it, wrote a note and moved on.
"Well, between the job security and the absolute dunderheads that have been attempting to teach us so far, I'd say you're by far the best one. I might have a chance of passing my O.W.Ls this year without having to do a crap load of my own cramming."
She studied him again, for some reason, she had an inkling that he was lying. "A criminal that was a known associate?"
She wrinkled her nose again. Her family had always had a particularly nasty history. "Wouldn't surprise me if it was Voldy himself."
She scoffed.
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Post by David T. McKay on Oct 17, 2018 16:46:38 GMT
He snorted in laughter. Him being the best? Now that was almost as funny as him getting fan-mail. "I'm sure you're the only one who would think that. I'm pretty sure there wasn't a lot of kids running out of the room because of the lesson. Then again, I should have expected that. I could tell he wasn't in the best state of mind. I should've done more to stop him from going up there." He rubbed his eyes and pinched the bridge of his nose before he leaned back and sighed, as he pulled out the essays he was supposed to grade, a pair of reading glasses pulled out and place on his nose. Man 39 years old and needing reading glasses? Sad.
"Ah – well, according to sources, she did go to school with the man who would later take on the name Lord Voldemort. However, the criminal was named Theodore Blake. They apparently were fairly close." He almost secretly hoped she heard that name before – but that was asking a lot, since Andromeda was disowned for marrying the muggleborn. Theo himself didn't care about blood purity, but he understood: Dru had two other daughters and it was incredibly important to her husband. If she didn't disown Drom, she too would be wiped off and lose the rest of her family, and her daughters wouldn't have the choice to stick with the family or go off on their own. He still felt bad for Drom.
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Post by Nymphadora Tonks on Oct 17, 2018 16:55:49 GMT
"No, but, the lesson was informational; and like you said, this sort of thing is something we'd face outside of these walls, so why not."
She gave a shrug. "You shouldn't be so hard on yourself. The Lupins... well, they're a tricky sort. No one could expect the way that would've emotionally affected them, given none of us are mind readers. So how would you have known that would've been what would appear for them?"
She looked to the next quiz, finding yet again terrible handwriting. "I've gotten three of these now who didn't even bother to try to write legibly. Pity."
She marked it and set it aside. "Theodore Blake? Never heard of him. Then again, I don't pay much attention to my family farther than my own mother and father. Noble House of Black, and all. Not worth it, since they disowned us anyways."
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Post by David T. McKay on Oct 17, 2018 17:20:07 GMT
"Yeah… I uh, talked to Dumbledore about it too. Unfortunately, there's nothing we can do about it. Could report some of these things to the Ministry, but sadly boggarts can't be used as evidence of anything. Not that the Ministry would move against the Black family or one of their own. You know, occasionally the aurors and the Beast department work together. Lyall's done a lot of work for them, I doubt the Ministry would want to act." Which was really sad. He remembered going and gathering up werewolves Lyall found several times, sending them off to Azkaban, or rehabilitation centers… which were just as bad as Azkaban. But most of them deserved it – they attacked young children. He just felt bad for those who were running with a bad crowd. He didn't blame any werewolf for not registering, but going off to live with those terrible ones… well, it made them accomplices and there was nothing he could do to help them out then.
"I met Lyall once. He spoke highly of his children. Didn't really think much of it. This was a couple years ago now after a raid on a werewolf pack. That's his specialty, finding werewolves and calling aurors in. He seemed nice. It's surprising to see that his children fear him so much. Then again, there were several anonymous reports that came in about his treatment of his children… but the ministry just told us to ignore them – it was probably some werewolf who was afraid of his work. Lyall has many enemies you know? Of course, an Auror investigated and said they found nothing… I just wish I worked that case… Might have turned out differently."
He paused. His hair suddenly changed from the blonde flecks back to normal. "I shouldn't have told you that. Why did I tell you that? That's private auror business." He let out a sigh, his eyes widening and then rolling his neck. "Don't tell anyone I told you that." He was an author. Not an auror. He was used to telling stories. He was not a good actor. This was difficult. He liked telling stories about what he's done. Damn secrecy. But he understood – people deserved privacy as well and he had the privilege to be a part of it and they trusted him not to tell people things like he just did.
His heart dropped a little bit when she said she hadn't heard the name. He expected it but he couldn’t' help but feel a little bit let down. "Well, before Druella married Cygnus, she apparently was dating this bloke. Though, I don't blame you for not knowing. I heard what happened. Druella mentioned Andromeda and wished she could see you guys – but Cygnus is big on the blood purity thing, and they have two other daughters and… well I understand their choice – well at least her choice. Even if I don't agree with it."
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