In which Andromeda ponders upon the man who wishes to marry her daughter. /one-shot/

Edward Tonks was her polar opposite, a stranger from a world that couldn't possibly co-exist with her own — and yet Andromeda had never enjoyed one's company so much as his. She'd always been loyal to her family, but with the war that was beginning to seep through the walls of Hogwarts, she was presented with the shattering truth: always did not necessarily mean forever.

Andromeda's life is perfectly mapped out, her future set in stone — until she is pulled into a world a far cry from her own society, and forced to question everything she has ever known. With deep rooted conflict arising in the Wizarding World, Andromeda must choose where her loyalties lie: in what is right, or in what is easy.

Andromeda knew she should have been upset. No - she should have been distraught, utterly devastated. But as she strode out of the front doors of 12 Grimmauld Place, out of the darkness, and away from the pain and the horror, only three words were resounding through her mind; 'I'm free, Ted. I'm free.' Marauder Era, slightly AU, Tedromeda