Chapter 288: Tonks and Lupin

Chapter 288: Tonks and Lupin

St. Mungo's Hospital.

Tonks woke up from the hospital bed, reaching out to touch the clean linen sheets that covered it, feeling a bit disoriented.

What's going on?

She remembered shaking off that old toad, having no one to bother her. She decided to take a stroll around the campus, with plans to lie down on the yellow and black-striped sofa in the common room and have some Yorkshire pudding at the kitchen. So, how did she end up in the hospital?

"Cough, you're awake? I got your name from Professor LupinFelix Harp, that is," a voice said.

Tonks turned her head abruptly, looking towards the other side of the bed. There was a middle-aged (?) wizard, his face still young, but weathered, his hair streaked with gray and white. He was currently looking at her apologetically.The source of this content nov(el)bi((n))

Well, let me think... What was I doing before I blacked out? There were sounds of fighting and arguing, and I thought of going to check it out...

"You're the one who knocked me out?" she said incredulously.

Lupin coughed awkwardly. While Professor Lupin's advice was to leave her at the hospital and not worry, he still decided to stay. At the very least, he owed her an apology.

"It was an accident..." he suddenly paused, realizing he had said that four times today already.

Tonks shrugged and jumped off the bed. "Hold onMadam Pomfrey suggested you observe me a bit longer," Lupin said.

"Observe what, the awakening time from the Stupefy spell?" Tonks looked quite proud. "I'm guessing it's ten minutes. I've done combat training with the department; my best time is seven and a half minutes, though it usually takes ten."

Lupin's mouth slightly opened, and he wisely didn't tell her the truth. She had been hit with more than just one Stupefy spell, and she had been unconscious for more than ten minutes. Hopefully, this would remain his secret alone. But...

"I've been lying here for two hours?" Tonks stared at Madam Pomfrey in astonishment. When she was about to leave, the responsible matron stopped her, insisting on another check.

"And what if you were?" Madam Pomfrey said impatiently. "Some people sleep for a whole day. If it weren't for Flitwick suggesting you might have official business, I wouldn't have bothered... You're fine now."

She rambled on and left, and Tonks turned to Lupin, confirming again, "I've been lying here for two hours?"

"... That's right, I was just about to tell you," Lupin said, steeling himself.

"Ah, well, never mind~" Tonks said cheerfully. "You're the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, right? Quite skilled, I must say..."

"It wasn't me... well, how did you know I'm the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor?"

"Otherwise? One of the things I looked forward to when I was in school was seeing what the new professors looked like."

"Miss Tonks"

"Just call me Tonks, I haven't introduced myself formally yet. Nymphadora Tonks, but please don't call me by my first name," she muttered softly, "silly mum." In English vocabulary, "Nymph" is not the most flattering word.

Crookshanks was his ally, providing him with a lot of information about the castle. He was grateful. This cat was intelligent enough to recognize him, not only as a human but also to gauge his intentions.

This time was no different. Crookshanks recognized him and kept trying to communicate, but he had been hit with a spell that prevented him from speakingunless he got rid of the candy armor.

He could only gesture, but unfortunately, Crookshanks, though smart, wasn't that smart yet.

After an ineffective attempt at communication, Crookshanks carried him to the common room.

Ron looked at him with great interest. "Can you talk? Hey! Percy has one that talks." He held the knight's foot and shook it. "Do you have any skills?"

"Ouch!"

Sirius poked Ron's finger irritably with the knight's sword, and in Ron's moment of pain, he let go, causing the knight to fall onto the table, making him feel dazed.

"Stop it, Ron!"

Sirius heard a voice like a siren; what was her name again? She was Crookshanks' owner, a truly kind person.

Hermione picked up the knight, "Come on, let's return it to the professor."

They walked towards the door, and Harry nervously stared at Percy, but he didn't intervene. Maybe he thought that two hours had already exceeded Professor Lupin's expectations?

Harry was relieved to see him lower his head again, fiddling with the advanced magical puppet, while the twins kept circling him.

"You should let us have a look; we might add some new features, like suddenly pulling out dung bombs and smearing them on someone's face?"

Harry closed the common room door, leaving behind the bickering of the Weasley twins. Two older students approached them excitedly, "Have you heard? A Slytherin girl caused quite a commotion..."

"What happened?" Harry's companion asked, quite intrigued.

"You'll never guess; she released a giant snake in the Slytherin common room!"

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