"What do you think of the new close combat instructor, Trainee Tonks?" Amelia asked, trying to hide her amusement.
"Mr. Lovegood is great!" Tonks enthused. "I never knew there were so many ways to injure a man's privates."
"He was an amazing Auror till he got hit by the wrong spell," Amelia agreed. "Did something to his mind, made him a bit . . . loopy, for lack of a better term." She turned to Harry. "He was also your mother's partner till she had to take leave to have you."
"Mum was an Auror?" Harry asked in surprise.
"One of the best, they called her The Bleeding Lily. You didn't know?" Amelia's eyebrows raised.
"No," Harry agreed.
"Be good enough to ask Mr. Lovegood to contact me when you see him tomorrow, Tonks," Amelia ordered.
"Yes, Madame Bones."
Amelia turned back to Harry. "We'll see if we can't get him over here to tell you about your mother, okay, Harry?"
"Thank you, Amelia," Harry said with a smile.