No pain, no gain! (Remus/Draquesha)

[Nymphadora Tonks]

Tonks was on her way to the hospital wing . . . again. She fell down the stairs . . . again. She held her arm and made it look like she wasn't too hurt. It was always that one arm that broke, just that one. Nothing else, not even a rib. Even back when she was in the right time she only ever broke her right hand. She was just glad to be left handed. Her hair changed to resemble her mother's and her eyes resembled that of her father. Not only did she actually look like her parents child, she looked like her twin sister. Draquesha, or Keisha as everyone called her, looked everything like their mother in looks but had the eyes of their father. Tonks had always thought Keisha'd been jealous since she didn't have the ability her sister did but she never asked. She really loved her sister, but at the same time envied her. Tonks was the more clumsier of the two, she would be the one to trip over a flat floor. Keisha was calm, composed, and while still clumsy, didn't fall as much.

"Oh Keisha. Kinda glad you're not here... But at the same time I'd love to have you here to talk about boys with me." Tonks chuckled to no one in particular, although, it was mainly to herself. Maybe you could shout across time... No that's too Doctor Who.

She reached the hospital wing and say down on her usual bed. If she got lucky, Remus would be there and could help her, but it was getting late and he probably was already back in the Gryffindor common room. She started to pick at her nails, not even noticing someone walk in. She squinted hard to see if she could get her nails to change colours, it would make so much more sense than actually having to paint them. If it didn't work, oh well, at least she tried.

[Draquesha Tonks]

Kiesha had been walking through the halls, thinking that the reports of her sister going missing were not true, they couldn't be true. She had come down from the 7th floor after her last class up there, and hurried down, heading for the hospital wing. Her sister would be there if anyone found her, or she had gotten hurt. It was almost like the hospital wing was her second home, and Kiesha was sure she would find her there. While on her way, she brushed up against a stone in the hall which was placed on a pedestal like place, and felt dizzy for a few moments. She steadied herself and continued down, heading for the hospital wing.

However, on her way, she ran into a young man who had a small lily in his arms, barely brushing up against him, and she apologized. The young man was heading in the same way she was, but she decided to shrug it off. She hurried off towards the Hospital Wing and opened the door. Immediately, she spotted the familiar red haired girl that was her sister. She sighed in relief and rushed up to her.

"Nymphie!" Kiesha said with a run-hug around her, forgetting that she was probably hurt for that second, "Sorry... did you hurt your hand again?" She was quite happy to see her sister, since they said she had just disappeared into thin air, just wait until she told her mom about it. "Where have you been? They said that you had disappeared!"

[Nymphadora Tonks]

Tonks had been talking to Madame Pomphrey about what had exactly happened. She told her she'd been on the staircase and had realized she was going the wrong way. Then, her robes had gotten caught under her foot and she fell down the staircase. And voila. Here she was. Pomphrey shook her head and walked away as another girl entered. Tonks's first thought was someone was trying to get out of trouble.

Then she noticed the black hair and heart shaped face of her sister.

"Keisha! What are you doing here?! Don't call me that! Call me Dora! I don't call you Drakie. I didn't hurt my hand this time. I broke my arm in two places." she crossed her arms. "Well, um, about that. There was this stone, I touched it and, well, welcome to the seventies! Guess who goes to school with us."

She really was glad to see her sister, but now what were they going to tell their mother? That they had come all the way back from their fourth year at Hogwarts to see how they were as babies? Yeah, because that'd go over like a lead ballon.

[Draquesha Tonks]

Kiesha laughed at the thought of being in the seventies. It was probably just another one of Nymphie's tricks. She shook her head, though she did believe the fact she had broken her arm, as she always seemed to hurt herself. Kiesha had just come from class, though there was that stone she brushed up against. But that was just silly to think. It was just a coincidence she felt a little dizzy right after she brushed up against it.

"Ha! Yeah right, Dora! The Seventies? We were 7 at the most in the 70's. I am pretty sure I'm 14," Kiesha replied with a laugh, "You won't trick me this time, it's one of your pranks right?"

Remus had been walking down the hall, with a lily in his hand, wishing to give it to Vulpe when he saw her, which he had a feeling she was in the hospital wing, and he might as well check. He wanted to give it to her, as he had just finished a charm where the lily would live as long as he did, as he couldn't seem to make it live forever. He was excited because he had just perfected the spell and it would only work on plants. He knew it worked because he placed a spell that made him seem like he was dead, while still alive and his previous lily died because of it, and then he released the spell, and charmed this lily to give to her. That was when a girl brushed up against him, apologizing, and he looked curiously at her. She looked just like Vulpe, except she had black hair. He stopped in his tracks and saw the girl run away, seeming to be in a hurry. He decided he would just tell Vulpe about it when he saw her next, so he continued on his way to the hospital wing.

[Nymphadora Tonks]

Tonks puffed out her cheeks. She may have been the older of the two, but she was the least mature and the most like their dad. And she wasn't lying. If she'd been missing, why would she just suddenly show up? What would be the point in that? If anything she'd go home, she could go to work with her dad and they'd take her back.

"I'm not lying Keisha. We really are in the seventies. We're turning one this year, I saw mom's cousin, and Aunt Narcissa, they're still in school. You can't tell me you don't believe me." she pouted. The funny thing was she actually made her face into that of a puppy to perfect the puppy dog pout. "It's not a prank."

[Draquesha Tonks]

Kiesha was confused now. Nymphie looked liked she was really meaning it. She usually couldn't control laughing when it was a prank, but it looked like she was really meaning what she was saying. If she was back in time, then she was missing just like Nymphie was. That wasn't a good thing. What would Mum and Dad think if they lost both their girls? She could see their parents upset, her mom crying while their dad comforting her, telling her they would eventually find them.

"But... Then... How... Why... What is going on? You're kidding..." Kiesha said now not believing herself, and having trouble to find her words.

"Vulpe?" Remus said entering with the lily in his hand, walking into the hospital wing. He spotted the red hair, and approached seeing the girl from before, "I think I'm seeing doubles..." Remus looked from Kiesha to Vulpe, and back to Kiesha. "Is this your... sister?"

"Vulpe?" Kiesha asked looking at Tonks, "Oh... yeah... sorry, erm, mister, that is her name... I forgot for a moment there." She had realized what she must have done, though thought she had replaced her first name with Vulpe, to hide her identity, providing she wasn't lying or kidding.

"I'm sorry, I haven't introduced myself, I'm, er, Remus Lupin," Remus greeted with a small bow.

"Good to meet you Er Remus Lupin," Kiesha replied with an innocent little laugh, "I'm Kiesha, Vulpe's twin sister."

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Kiesha," Remus replied.

"The pleasure's all mine, cutie," Kisha noted with a smile, and a fast wink towards Remus, who blushed fiercely.

[Nymphadora Tonks]

"You know I'm not lying." Tonks said before Remus walked in. When he said something, she jumped so hard she hit her elbow and felt the pain shoot up her arm. "THAT HURT!" she squeaked and held her arm. She nodded when he asked if Keisha was her sister.

Tonks was glad he'd met her sister, but she wasn't so sure what would happen. Her sister was a flirt after all. Now the panic was setting in. What if she took him away from her? What if he thought Keisha was the better twin? She was really tying to control her panic but her brain was moving faster than she could think.

"Keisha. I have dibs." Tonks pointed out. "You can't have him." then she realized what she'd said and put the pillow on the bed infront of her face, so they wouldn't see her turning the shade of a tomato.

[Draquesha Tonks]

"Are you ok?" Remus asked worried. He found her clumsiness such an endearing quality, and he would think it was the cutest thing in the world, if she didn't seem to hurt herself all the time. He had been working very hard to get the healing spells mastered so he could help and care for her when she fell. He hoped she didn't fall too hard until then, because he wanted to be the one who saved her.

"Er? What?" Remus asked when Tonks called dibs. What did that mean? She had dibs on him, meaning he couldn't be both of their friends? Or because she liked him and wanted him to herself? No, no one could like him that much, she couldn't like him in that way, right? She didn't even know of his condition yet... maybe he should tell her so she could run away before she got too attached.

"What do you mean? You're not with him, are you?" Kiesha replied looking at Tonks with a smirk, "He's fair game until then." Remus was still so confused, because no one could like him that much. Sure he was called cute by her, but that didn't mean she liked him, and just because Kiesha had winked at him, didn't mean that she liked him either. The lily in his hand seemed to just sit there, until he would remember it again.

[Nymphadora Tonks]

"I dunno, I broke it in two places again. And it hurts like a cat scratch." Tonks sai moving her arm back into her lap. "Take a look? Madame said she'd be back in a moment, but she had something else to do first." she shrugged on her left side. She bit her thumb nail trying to control the redness in her cheeks. They were still flushed, and her hair was starting to change again.

"Well, not exactly..." she muttered. "But I saw him first! I've already kissed him!" she challenged. She was even standing, one hand on her hip, the other across her torso. She would not lose to her baby sister. "So what if he's fair game, finder's keepers." she stood in front of her sister. She hadn't even noticed that Remus was holding anything.

She turned to him real quick to explain, "Dibs is like saying it's yours. No one else can have it." she then turned back to her sister and pointedly said, "And I called dibs on this one! You wouldn't even have noticed him if it weren't for me!"

[Draquesha Tonks]

"Of course," Remus said placing the lily on the table next to the bed, and pulling out his wand. He looked at her arm and smiled. "It's actually not a bad break, a fairly clean break, so it's easier to mend." He thought for a second whether he could try or not to mend her. If he messed up, she could get hurt more, but if he managed it, then it would mean that he could help her out more often, if she broke something when he was around, which would mean the world to him. "I think I can fix it, if you wouldn't mind me instead of Madame Pomfrey." Kiesha was a little jealous of the attention he was paying her. However, it made him seem even cuter being a caregiver like that. A guy who would take care of her if she was sick or hurt, and that was something that she found very attractive in a guy.

"You kissed him already? But you're not together still, so it mustn't have meant anything!" Kiesha noted with a grin, "If he's not taken, even if you saw him and called him first, doesn't mean I can't try. He is a very cute guy. Though I do have you to thank for introducing us." She smirked at her sister. She wanted a guy like him for herself, because then she could have someone who loved her without being overshadowed by her flashy sister. She loved Tonks a lot, but sometimes she wanted to be the one who got the attention and had the power to change her appearance.

"Er... ok? But why...?" Remus asked watching the two girls fight over what seemed to be his affections, or something like that.

[Nymphadora Tonks]

Tonks smiled and looked at her sister out of the corner of her eye. It was like she was saying haha, he's helping me not you. She didn't know why she felt competition with her sister, but she did. She had known Remus, first and longest, and should have first dibs. It was human logic. "I don't mind. Go ahead." she said smiling. "Maybe I should have gone up to the Gryffindor common room instead of trying to go get something from Hufflepuff's common room."

"So? I'll do it again if it'll make you back off." she raised her eyebrows. She stomped her foot after each word, "That's not fair! You always get the guy!" she took a deep breath, "It's why Charles was my only friend! I may love you Keisha, but at least I let you have what you wanted!" Then she thought of a card she could play. She didn't often pull it because, well, she never acted like it. She wasn't really the most mature witch in the world. Probably never would be. "I'm the oldest. I get to have dibs, and you can't say anything against it because it's true and you know it." she shoved her sister with her left arm.

"Because... because... um... uh..." she looked to her sister for help. Then she noticed the flower, "What's that? It's so pretty. And it looks a lot better than the flowers in our garden at home, doesn't it Keish?" she was trying to change the subject, hopefully it'd work.

[Draquesha Tonks]

Kiesha was very jealous of the attention that Nymphie was getting from Remus. Why couldn't she get that sort of attention from such a cute and sweet guy? Sure she did like other guys, but this guy seemed to be the cream of the crop, the cutest and sweetest guy who could take care of her, but not be too smothering. She just needed to make Remus like her back. "Well, you can always come for a visit," Remus suggested, before he hovered his wand over her arm, and focused, "Sanare Coalesco." It was a spell that Madame Pomfrey had taught him which meant heal and join in Latin, or something like that. He hadn't learned much behind the spells yet, just how to preform them so far, though Madame Pomfrey said she would. He hoped he wouldn't get in trouble and he hoped it would work, most of all.

"As if he'd let you! And either way, I could do it to you too!" Kiesha replied shaking her head, thinking that if she really wanted a guy, that she should be able to try to have him. Nymphie had her special power that would attract the right kind of guy who liked different, bu Kiesha was just normal, and if she wasn't careful she could end up forgotten by everyone, and only noticed by those who saw her as just another girl they could try to sleep with. Nymphie at least wouldn't fade into the background. "Let me? I can do whatever I want and you wouldn't be able to stop me. Just because you're a little older doesn't mean that you can boss me around."

"Oh... um..." Remus said hurrying and collecting the lily off the table nearby and cleared his throat, "I brought it for you, because you seem to be in here all the time, I thought that a get well, or really stay well, present was suitable... Er... It'll live for a long time, I made a spell that would make it live as long as I do, because I couldn't make it live forever..." Kiesha smiled at the sentiment, even if it was for Nymphie, because it made Remus look even cuter.

"It looks so pretty!" Kiesha said happily, with a smile, wishing it was to her, but since they didn't know each other, "Your such a sweetie pie." She kissed Remus on the cheek, and Remus blushed fiercely, thinking it was just a friendly sentiment.

[Nymphadora Tonks]

"You say it like the fat lady would actually let me in." Tonks snickered. She could hardly get into her own common room, let alone the Gryffindor common room. "All done? It feels better." she held it up and examined it for herself, "Looks good. Let's test it." she smirked in her sister's direction. "Come on Keisha, just one punch, just to see if it's fixed." She said it like she was talking to a dog or any other animal.

"He probably would let me! Because he's a nice guy! And he likes me more." Tonks stuck her nose in the air. She was on her feet again with her arms crossed. This was not going to end well. She stood her ground. She did like Remus, more than she'd admit, but she did like him enough to know she was not going to let her sister have him. "I can bring mum into it. I could tell her everything you've done since you were eleven. And you know how much mum would hate to hear horrible things about her perfect princess." She said princess like it was a mockery. Like no one wanted to be mummy's ickle princess. "I'm five minutes older! That's longer than slightly, that's awhile."

"That's so sweet!" Tonks said taking it and holding it delicately. "They have a spell like that? Wow, that's awesome. I love it! I will put it in a vase as soon as we get back to the common room! Next to my bed, with a name card, and water, and yeah... I'm not good at gardening. That's mums thing, I mainly make a mess." she chuckled nervously. Live as long as he did... she was going to have this flower for a long time. Probably would plant it at their home if they ever got the chance to visit.

"It's beautiful and mine." Tonks pointed out to her sister. "Hey! Uncalled for misconduct! That's my cheek! I kissed that one in the library when Remus and I were talking to my cousin! You can have the other side but that one is mine!" she wouldn't give on this. There was no way. She gave him a hug and kissed his nose. Then stuck her tongue out at her sister.

[Draquesha Tonks]

"I'm sure if I told her to let you in, she would. She seems to have a little bit of a soft spot for me... Could have to due with the fact I actually talk with her like she's a person, because she is, and she appreciates it. She's very fascinating too," Remus explained, feeling he might have explained a little too much. He had gotten to talking with the fat lady, who had been there for so long she had forgotten her own name, because Remus had asked for her name, and so he just called her Felicity Long, FL, for fat lady, since that was all she knew herself as. While she displayed dislike for the name Felicity, but she dealt with it, seeing it as a very nice thing for Remus to do, instead of refer to her as the fat lady.

"Fine..." Keisha said rolling her eyes, before she punched Nymphie in her arm, just as she asked shaking her head, "It good?" She wondered how Remus got so good at the healing spells as just a fourth year, he was a fourth year, right?

"Ha! He would just let you kiss him? Means he's a bit loose with the lips," Kiesha noted, "And he is obviously not like that." Just because she didn't know him very well didn't mean that she didn't have a huge crush on him already, and Nymphie calling him meant that she couldn't have him, but she wanted to have him, because guys like him were not very common out there. Cute, lovable, caring, and would pay attention to her. How many guys were there like that? It seemed there would be only him. "He only likes you better because you have had more time to be with him." Kiesha crossed her arms and cocked her head to the side, as if she was daring Nymphie to do it. "Mum wouldn't believe you, and I don't do bad things, really." She shook her head and smiled when Tonks said she was a whole 5 minutes older. "So? That's not long!" Remus watched as the two fought over him, apparently, deciding not to intervene yet.

"Oh, there wasn't one... I kind of have been working on making spells. It was just something I wanted to do, you know, so you had something to remember me by when I'm not around..." Remus explained, right as she hugged him and kissed him on the nose. Since when did girls seem to like him this much? Even though he really liked Vulpe, and didn't know Kiesha well, but she seemed cool enough, though she seemed to like him a lot for just meeting him.

"What? I was just rewarding him for such a sweet thing!" Kiesha said in defense, glaring at Nypmhie with her arms around Remus, thinking it would be nice if she could hug the cute guy.

[Nymphadora Tonks]

"You're really too kind. Honestly. Next year, when I actually allow myself into the dating world, you're mine. Got it? Keisha asks you just remember that you're mine." Tonks nodded. Then it hit her. What did she just say? She dragged her hands down her face dramatically and started to repeatedly ask herself why she'd said that? "Oh Dora, what's wrong with you?"

"OW! That hurt! Couldn't have done a little softer? Watch that'll be a bruise in the morning." she rubbed the spot her sister punched, "Felt better before that."

"And he lets me because he likes me! I can see it! It's like those other boys, when they looked at you. Think I didn't notice? I did! Because no one looked at me that way! I saw it everywhere! Especially on Valentines day!" She argued, they didn't normally do this. They were more like family should be when they weren't fighting over things. "Nuh-uh! He likes me better because he gave me the flower not you! Remember all the gifts you'd get before holidays? Hmm? I would only get one from Charles and it'd be one he had to make himself because you know how poor his family was. But nooo, you couldn't care less, gifts for just dating! I get this one! Just let me have one!" she yanked Remus by the arm away from her sister. "So what? Dad would. And then mum would believe it because she'd go find out from Dumbledore!" She held on tight, she was not letting go. Not till she won. "It's a lot longer than one minute! Five hundred times longer, git!"

"You did it yourself? Wow! I'd end up blowing something up. I wouldn't be able to do it... at all. But now I have to give you something in return... And I don't have anything..Wait! I can give you chocolate! For Valentines day! Only if you'll be my valentine though." She was looking up at him. She still had him tightly around the waist. That way Keisha couldn't have him. He was her knight, not Keisha's!

"Liar! He's mine!" she retorted. Keisha was always worried about blending into the background, she didn't blend in when she did things like this. Tonks' hair turn a sad blue mixed with a bit of angry red. She was thinking about all the time she could have spent with her sister when she had nothing to do, but she never knew where her sister was at those times. Tonks took a step back pulling Remus with her. She was not going to let go.