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Post by Nymphadora Tonks on Oct 17, 2018 17:36:03 GMT
Her stack of quizzes done, she pondered over the information he gave her. While, yes, he most likely probably shouldn't have told her all that, it did bring up something she noticed a while back. She bit her lips, wondering if she should bring something like this up, as it was Rose's personal business, but Tonks couldn't help but think something was up now. Several anonymous reports? That didn't get looked into?
"I do know that Rose, since her and her brother's first year, has been petitioning Dumbledore and McGonagall to let them stay at the castle over the winter and summer hols... it always struck me as strange, but now..."
But now, she worried.
"I know that's private ministry information, but if there's anything you can possibly do look into it... it might be worth it."
She frowned.
"So my grandmother had one of those choices too. But she chose the easy route."
Tonks shook her head. "I feel sorry for the bloke..."
She ran her hand through her hair, it colouring a darker blue as her mood darkened a little.
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Post by David T. McKay on Oct 17, 2018 18:01:43 GMT
He scratched the back of his head. "Well, there's a lot of cases where people asked to stay at Hogwarts, even in the most extreme cases they were denied. There was a boy I went to school with, orphan. The orphanage was apparently really terrible to him, but the headmaster denied his request – Hogwarts is for learning, not for living. And while its good to consider Hogwarts your home… your parents and guardians still have a legal right. Until you're of age, legally speaking you don't have a choice when it comes to a lot of things. Your guardians make the choices for you."
He sighed leaning back and setting the essay to the side. "I can see what I can do. I can talk to my superiors, but I'm not a very high up Auror right now. Plus, I still haven't caught my first big case. If I do that, I'm sure I'd get a promotion." Not that it'd ever happen since I'm him, but even still.
He bit his lower lip and looked away for a moment, his eyes turning to a very dark blue, a difference from his normally green eye color. "She did. From what I know, it broke his heart. Just after marrying Cygnus, she had your mother. I've had the suspicion that… well, its just a theory, but given the timeline of events… he could easily be your mother's father. Especially since he's a registered Metamorphagus." He swallowed, closing his eyes. "They wrote letters. Dru gave them to me when I came by to gather information on him. Up until two years before Narcissa was born. He traveled around so he couldn't really visit – not to mention her husband would likely have words if he did visit. Wrote books."
McKay waved his wand and had a book from his shelf fly over to him. "This is one of them. Handwritten. He meant to send it to her." He had it float over to Tonks and open to the first page where a note was written: 'To my love. Even while you are with another man, my heart belongs to you'. "Found it in his parents' house." Not true, he just kept it with him. But she needn't know that. "I wonder if I should give it to her, he obviously wanted to. Even while he was convicted of murdering his parents, I honestly don't think he did it. Too many inconsistencies. I suppose you could say I'm not really trying to find him and that's why it's been ten years and I still haven't caught him… But don't tell my bosses that. Oh Merlin, if they found that out…"
His eyes turn to a bright purple as he thought of the consequences before quickly turning back to normal. "Promise me you won't tell anyone that I just said that." He took in a deep breath and had the book float over to him, running his hand over the note at the beginning of the book. "It's amazing the things you learn about people when you investigate them. Their whole life, there's evidence of it everywhere, but it'll fade away if you let it. This guy will likely be forgotten once he dies, and Druella passes as well." He smiles with a bittersweet smile. "I hope he gets over her. Though, I doubt he ever will."
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Post by Nymphadora Tonks on Oct 17, 2018 18:14:39 GMT
"I get that, I really do... but, that boy; the Lupins, they have their reasons to ask for that. There's a reason for that, but it's not only the denial of the request, it's that, for some reason, the reason that those kids are asking to stay doesn't get investigated properly."
It was sad that the ministry didn't have any sort of ... child abuse laws. Your guardians are your guardians until you're seventeen; or at least until they kick you out. Which just doesn't seem fair, at all. Tonks chewed on her lip again.
"It's... enough to ask, just to get it looked into," she sighs. "It's not like the Ministry has any regulations against it... sad as it is."
....Did his eyes just change color? Tonks was watching him intently now. She tilted her head as she took the note and read it, frowning.
"Your secrets will die with me, Professor. No offence, but I'm not too much of a fan of the ministry and its inner workings."
She was distracted by the note, so she didn't note the change in his eye color again. "It's, really bittersweet. To think they had a love like that, but then she would just give it all up just for some blood purity nonsense. So this guy, Theodore Blake, you're saying would be my grandfather? Wish I could've met him. I'm the only one that seems to take pride in my Metamorph abilities; mom hasn't ever used them, at least to my knowledge."
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Post by David T. McKay on Oct 17, 2018 18:27:06 GMT
He took in a deep breath, considering if he should say it or not. He already was in hot water as it was. No, he couldn't do that – he said he went to school with the boy. Anyone with half a brain would be able to figure out that David McKay didn't go to school with Lord Voldemort – he was already an adult by that point and – well, at least he caught himself before he did something dumb. "If things stay like they are, we might give rise to yet another Lord Voldemort." He shook his head and quickly covered his eyes as if he was just trying to look a bit upset, when really it was because he was cursing himself internally for the changing. He was practiced and when he was young, he spent a lot of time controlling it so he could be 'proper'.
"Maybe if I find some evidence that the Ministry could look at that could get him a new trial… well maybe he'll come out of hiding and you could meet him then." He gave her a smile and handed the book back to her. "Why don't you keep it? Then one day, he could come to find you for it if he wants it back. It's an interesting story – his first drabbles into fiction, at least the first ones we could find. A romance story – pretty sure it's based on his experiences. I won't give you spoilers, but… I say its fiction because it doesn't end the same as it did for him." He smiled, his hair now starting to have flecks of dark red, hard to see, but it was changing just a bit. He hated this sometimes. Even after all this time, he still had issues controlling it when he was thinking about her.
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Post by Nymphadora Tonks on Oct 17, 2018 18:38:45 GMT
Tonks gave a shudder. Give rise to another Lord Voldemort? That... would suck, for lack of a better word. It would suck because she wondered what Rose would do. At that point she would have to make a choice, wouldn't she? Given who she's dating?
It was like her grandparents. The only ending to that tale was bittersweet. Or so she thought.
She looked at the book, and smiled, "thanks, Professor. It's not often I get family relics I want to keep."
She would also make sure to read it later, and perhaps ask her mother about this Theodore Blake fellow, though she had a feeling her mother wouldn't have much more information than McKay did.
She looked to him, hair going purple as it attempted a change back to its usual pink. "It's not every day that... one gets a decision and learns about a family member. Would you mind terribly if I cam by on occasion to ask any further questions about him"
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Post by David T. McKay on Oct 17, 2018 18:47:23 GMT
He could feel his eyes changing and he quickly looked away, covering his face for a moment as he tried to regain control of them. Unlike Dora, his eyes were the ones that changed with his mood, his hair was easier for him to control. Of course, his reaction was a bit slow, so it was possible she caught a bit of it before he covered his eyes. He could feel them cycling through different colors, and boy, if he didn't cover his eyes, he'd have a lot of explaining to do. Please stop. Stop eyes. Red, blue, yellow, purple. Stop it. Stop it. Calm down. It isn't every day you come into contact with something from your past – Dru was with her husband and his parents were dead. But please, calm down a bit or everything would be ruined.
"Uh, yeah, of course." His voice sounded a bit strained as he covered his eyes, "Maybe I could tell you a bit more that I learned from Dru. She had a lot of stories of him. Or maybe some of the tales of his travels – he tended to make a fairly large impact on the people he met. I have a pretty… thorough profile on him." Stop stop stop… It was slowing down, and he could feel the metamophing stopping as his emotions were shoved to the side. He looked at her, his eyes completely normal now, and gave her a smile. "Migraine. I get them from time to time."
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Post by Nymphadora Tonks on Oct 17, 2018 18:54:39 GMT
He hadn't looked away quick enough, and she stood there, eyebrow raised. Part of her wanted to call him out on it, but she didn't want to make it a huge deal. Her eyes always gave her away with her disguises, as they were the most stubborn to change.
She smiled, "I would greatly appreciate that."
She tilted her head at the explanation of 'migraine', and smirked. "Professor... I do mean all your secrets will die with me. It's easier if you just let it happen. Especially the more emotionally charged changes."
He really was a bad actor. This guys an auror? She chuckled.
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Post by David T. McKay on Oct 17, 2018 19:03:58 GMT
Boy, for five years he was able to hide it, mostly because he worked mostly alone, and didn't have to work with, you know, the one small line of family that he sort of had left? Of course, he knew that Andromeda was his, but he didn't know if Dru, Cygnus or Drom knew either – she just had to be given everything. Especially since the ability was passed on obviously.
But she figured it out. Damn these eyes. They were always the hardest to control. They liked to go wild – much like how her hair changed with her mood, his eyes always gave him away. His hair was a bit volatile, as obvious from his hair changing a bit, but it wasn't as obvious. "Oh fuck." Oh Merlin. He just cursed in front of a student. "Oh sh- I mean, uh… fiddlesticks." So unprofessional. Great job. He was just screwing this up so well. He didn't go through the Auror training, he was just winging it, and going off of what the real David had told him.
"I – You wouldn't believe me if I said that I had no idea what you were talking about, would you?" He shook his head and leaned it back, letting out a groan of defeat. "Great job. You sincerely screwed this up." He leaned his head back up and looked directly at her. "Don't tell anyone, please?"
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Post by Nymphadora Tonks on Oct 17, 2018 19:11:17 GMT
She laughed when he cursed. This McKay guy really was something else.
"I'd definitely say you're a terrible liar."
She reached out and pat him on the shoulder, smiling. "I don't know about screwing anything up, Professor. I don't know why you're trying to hide it, but I promise it won't leave this room."
All she knew is that if he did try to control it like that, he would end up with a migraine for real.
"Plus, I don't know what that information would be of use for anyone other than having a dozen people ask you to change your face into different animals."
She says this with a slight air of annoyance. Eeeevery welcoming feast, there always someone, SOMEONE that mentions her abilities and suddenly she's enteraining the latest first years.
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Post by David T. McKay on Oct 17, 2018 19:30:59 GMT
He looked at her with a slightly annoyed look – not annoyed at her, but it was more of a 'they're annoying when that happens' face. However, after literally everything he just said, she didn't realize who he actually was, so at least that was a plus. The guy hunting down a metamorphagus was also one himself. Given how rare they were, that was one hell of a coincidence. "There's plenty of uses trust me. Some dark witches and wizards will probably go after you too, wanting you to join them because of… it." He rubbed his temples and just covered his face, running his hands down, stretching the skin out a bit. His eyes turned a bit dark as he talked seriously. "It wouldn't do any good for people to know. When I was growing up, it was essentially beaten out of me to not let myself change. It wasn't proper." The look.
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Post by Nymphadora Tonks on Oct 17, 2018 19:39:46 GMT
She rose a brow, chuckling. "Hmm, maybe that's why mum never used it."
It was a possibility. There were too many possibilities as to why her mother never used the skill. Tonks, however, embraced it. Though, she figured she'd be more of a use if she were like... a werewolf or something. Being a Metamorphmagus meant you could change into anyone or anything for any extended period of time; kinda like a walking polyjuice -- but honestly, it seemed like that idea hadn't really caught on with the Death Eaters, they weren't known for thinking outside of box anyway.
She gave him a grin, "well, I think it's the coolest thing about me, so far. I can even mimic Professor Binns!"
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Post by David T. McKay on Oct 17, 2018 19:48:43 GMT
He raised an eyebrow. He wondered if she figured it out and was just trying to make him feel a bit better about screwing up. He stroked his chin, rubbing against the scratchy five o'clock shadow. Yes, he had heard about that. Her impersonating her professors. He didn't doubt that she might try to do that to him too. Joke's on her, he's also pretending to be someone completely different too.
It'd been awhile since he looked at his natural look in the mirror, dropping all effort of keeping himself looking like this. He wondered if his hair would turn a bright neon color like hers – or if his eyes would look like giant suns. Was his chin still going to be slight pointed like it had been before? He missed his old look.
"Well, while it's 'cool', I think there's far more to you than just the ability – I think everything you are is 'cool'. Though I suppose that includes your ability. Me? The ministry doesn't even know I'm one."
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Post by Nymphadora Tonks on Oct 17, 2018 20:11:22 GMT
Her face and her hair flushed scarlet. While she normally received compliments, for some reason that one took her a back and she forgot how to talk for a minute. It was almost... parental in nature. She looked at a very interesting spot on the wall a moment as she put herself back together.
"Aw, thanks, Professor!"
She rose a brow. "The ministry doesn't know you're a metamorphmagus, but you're an auror?"
Uh, that was probably a bad move, McKay, she's onto you now.
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Post by David T. McKay on Oct 17, 2018 20:40:59 GMT
His eyes widened for a moment, oh no they're flashing orange now. "… Yes?" Oh great, he was screwing up majorly. This is why he shouldn't be alone with anyone. Especially not someone like her. Of course, Theo was assuming he was the dad, given the abilities, and if she was Cyg's, well she would've been premature, no offense Cyg. It probably made it easier for the guy to disown her too since he could have possibly put it together too.
"I – I mean, up til now I've done a bang-up job at hiding it." No you haven't. People have just been idiots. And they didn't think anything of it. A trick of the light, their eyes deceiving them. Believing that terrible migraine lie.
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Post by Nymphadora Tonks on Oct 17, 2018 20:47:21 GMT
"Bang-up indeed."
She studied him a few moments longer, before, deciding, honestly, it wasn't her business.
"I'm not even going to pry. That would be rude, uncalled for and very improper."
But it really did explain a couple of things. Especially his light hand at handling a room full of children, disturbed or not. Dumbledore really knew how to pick 'em these days.
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