Tonks again

[pippin_999]

Stephanie: 
> This is something I jotted down in my initial response to HBP:
> 
>  
> 
> Possible combinations –-
> 
> * ESE!Lupin and Imposter!Tonks in league with one another, fudging
a love story; 
> 
> * ESE!Lupin and Imposter!Tonks, each thinking they're fooling the
other;
> 
> * In-the-Dark!Lupin and Imposter!Tonks, who's stringing him along
after having seen his behavior toward Real!Tonks, setting him up for 
yet anotherbetrayal. 
> 
> * Of course there's always the possibility that Not-evil!Lupin
had a plain old argument with Real!Tonks in the hospital wing ... 
but that's boring.

Pippin:
I don't think it can be polyjuice!Tonks. She was definitely on duty
for more than an hour the night DD died, and we didn't see her 
swilling from a flask. It would be cheating for Jo to have her be 
using polyjuice after that.

We have heard before of ways to diminish a wizard's powers. 
Lupin says that contact with dementors can do it, and Petunia
hoped that keeping Harry downtrodden would suppress his powers.
Real!Moody was subdued by Imperius as well.

I certainly don't think all is well.

My vote would be
ESE!Lupin and Imperius!Tonks.  

That would account for Tonks's unwonted agility (Neville lost his
clumsiness  when Fake!Moody put him under Imperius), her odd 
behavior, and the strange look in her eyes. I believe she was being 
used as a messenger between Draco and Bella or whoever was 
running Draco. That's why she was outside the RoR.

 Of course if ESE!Lupin  knows this then he abandoned  another shred
of decency when he agreed to a relationship with her. 

Pippin