Melodies of the Lyre

Chapter 21

It was now time for the third task, Amber was sitting with Tim who had his arm around her and her head was on his shoulder.

"Who's that?" Tim asked pointing to a tall redhead.

Amber vaguely recognised him as the eldest Weasley, Bill. He was shamelessly flirting with the only female champion Fleur Delacour or rather he was under her Veela allure.

"Who do you think will win?" Tim asked.

"Cedric's in first place but that doesn't necessarily mean he'll win," Amber said.

Tim smirked. "That didn't exactly answer my question, love. Though that's a typical Hufflepuff answer."

Before Amber could respond the task started. Fleur and Viktor came out first. Everyone was on pins and needles.

Harry finally appeared and there was a round of cheers until they realised he was lying over Cedric's dead body. The next few minutes were all a blur.

It was time to go home, Amber and Tim were in their usual compartment.

"Were you close to Cedric?"

Amber replied. "We've had a few conversations being in the same house, that's all."

Tim nodded. The couple continued their journey home. They arrived at King's Cross at 6:00pm. Amber found her dad and stepmum who was now six months pregnant.

"So, what are you having?" she asked her stepmum.

Eliza smiled and said. "You'll have a baby sister in three months."

Amber grinned.

It was a few days later, Amber was at the cemetery visiting her mum.

Cassandra Anwyn Tonks nèe Hawthorne

3/21/56 - 4/16/89

Beloved daughter, sister, wife, mother and best friend.

Age: 33

"Hey mum, I'm sorry I haven't visited lately. Dad got remarried last Christmas and his new wife, Eliza is six months pregnant with a baby girl. I've always wanted a sibling. I know dad won't play favourites but it his biological child and I'm adopted. I have an amazing boyfriend named Tim, we've been dating since Christmas.

She continued talking to her mum.

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A few days later, she was over Tonks' apartment. This was her getaway from her stress filled house. She loved her dad and Eliza but she missed being around magic. Although, Dora wasn't the best at household spells like her mum was.

"I have a meeting in the morning, I should turn in."

"Meeting?"

Dora nodded and said. "It's the Order of the The Phoenix. You'd be able to join if you were of age."

"Where is it?"

"My great-aunt Walburga's house, 12 Grimmauld Place."

Amber nodded.

"You're welcome to come but you'll probably have to stay upstairs with the other 'kids' during the meeting knowing Molly. She doesn't even let the twins who are of age sit in on the meetings."

"Okay."

Dora went to bed.

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It was next morning, Dora and Amber apparated to Grimmauld Place. Though, it looked like a normal muggle street at least to Amber. Tonks tapped an uneven brick and the two other apartments sprung apart and another one appeared. The duo walked up to the door and Dora knocked.

"Hello, Dora," a stout red headed woman greeted.

"Hi Molly."

The woman's brown eyes wandered over to Amber suspiciously.

"This is my cousin Amber, she's on our side."

The redheaded woman nodded reluctantly and let the two girls in.

"Dora!" a man with scraggly black hair exclaimed happily.

The metamorphmagus smiled and said. "Hey Sirius."

Amber was startled was this the same Sirius who had broken out of Azkaban to kill Harry. At least that's what the rumours were in her fourth year. She almost shrank into Dora's side despite being almost as tall as Dora.

"Who's this?"

"I'm Amber Tonks," she replied to the question.

The older man asked confused. "Are you Dora's sister?"

"No, I'm her cousin. My dad is her uncle," she answered, not going into her life story.

Sirius nodded.

"Amber, dear. The meeting is just about to start I suggest you go upstairs with the other children."

She reluctantly agreed. It was a good thing she brought a book to read, she'd probably need it. She didn't really interact with any of the other 'children' at Hogwarts seeing as she was either younger than them in the case of the twins or older than them in the case of Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny. They were all Gryffindors as well and she was the lone Hufflepuff. She walked up to the room and opened the door.

"Who are you?" the youngest male redhead asked.

"I'm Amber Tonks."

The twins greeted her. "Nice to see you again."

She smiled relaxing. "Hey guys."

"How do you three know each other?" the other occupants asked confused.

"I briefly dated Lee last year. It ended on good terms though, I hope you two know that," she said glancing at the twins, figuring they were protective of their best friend.

"Yeah, we know they whole story. You're lucky that we like you. If it was anyone else who did this to Lee we would've pranked you to oblivion."

"That's good to know," Amber said, making her way towards a free spot.

The twins nodded.

"How did you do your OWLs ?" the younger bushy haired girl asked her.

Amber shrugged. She hadn't gotten her O.W.L results yet. After about an hour Molly came up to get them. They walked down the stairs. Amber recognised most of the people sitting at the table as she sat down next to Dora. Molly served them dinner. After a quick cup of tea, the group dispersed.