EDIT 11/6/17: I'm ready to post the updated versions of the earlier chapters! Most of you will notice they are pretty much the same, just some spelling mistakes and formatting stuff has been corrected. I've also tied up some loose ends and fixed some plot holes (I think). If there is anything you feel I missed or could be expanded on more, feel free to let me know! I couldn't stop grinning as I posted this, haha.

Hope you guys enjoy this!
Disclaimer: I am not JK Rowling, as much as I wish I was, and do not own the Harry Potter Franchise. I thank her for letting me play in her kingdom of magic.

Remus was soaked in blood. Most of it wasn't even his. He didn't have the heart - or the strength really - to clean it, so he let it be. He let himself become a human memorial.

The things he had seen over the course of this battle were horrifying. He knew he would dream about the screams and cries of pain for months - years maybe.

But he didn't care. He only wanted to know if she had lived.

When Voldemort fell, he should have been happy. But he wasn't. He needed to find her.

So he walked through the rows of dead, hoping he wouldn't see the familiar head of spiky pink hair. As he walked he wept. He wept for the children he had taught, he wept for Fred... Colin... Cho... But he also wept for the hundreds dead by Voldemort's hand. Dumbledore... Sirius... James... Lily... Severus... Cedric…

Suddenly he heard a cry of happiness, and he turned to investigate the sound. Before he could turn around completely, he was assaulted.

Nymphadora Tonks sobbed as she threw her arms around her husband. "Oh, Remus! You're alive!" she pulled back an arms length to examine him. She let out a gasp of fright, "Remus! You're soaked in blood!"

He didn't have the strength to respond, the adrenaline that had been sustaining him seemed to evaporate in a second. He closed his eyes to get his bearings. After a few moments he shuddered and opened his eyes. "Greyback..." he muttered. "...Dead..." then he fell forwards into her arms.

She gasped again. "You... you killed him?"

He nodded. "Won't... have to be... afraid for..." He closed his eyes.

"Afraid for what?"

He coughed. "...Teddy... anymore..." black spots started dancing in his vision. "I'm glad you're... alive."

Then he blacked out.

Over the next few hours, or weeks, or months, he woke in fits. He remembered someone - he assumed it was Tonks - bringing him home and placing him in a bed or something. He heard only snatches of conversations. Apparently he had lost a lot of blood, and had fainted because of it. But over the course of the battle there had been some nasty curses placed on him. Most of them had delayed reactions so he was only feeling them now.

When his body had gathered enough energy, Remus tried to wake up. First his hand clenched, then feeling ran up his legs, then it finally got to his head. His ears started to work. He heard two voices, one was Tonks, the other was unknown, talking beside him.

"...Moon in a week." the unknown voice was saying. "If he does not wake up shortly, I'm not sure if he will make it. I'm sorry Mrs. Lupin." There was the sound of feet leaving as the person left.

Remus groaned softly. The sound was heard by Tonks who turned and saw him struggling to open his eyes. "Remus! You're awake!"

He groaned again and tried to turn his head to look at her. "Where- where am I?" his voice was uneven and rough.

"You're home. It's been nearly a month since the battle. Your body has been pretty unstable. Whatever happened to you damaged it a lot. You also had some broken bones, internal bleeding and you still have bruised ribs and a broken bone in your leg that refused to heal properly because of some curse." he became aware of pain on the left side of his body and leg.

Remus' eyelids fluttered and he closed them again.

"How are you feeling really?" his wife asked.

"Tired, sore..." he turned his head to look at her. "But things are looking up now." he added with a small smile.

She rolled her eyes. "Is there any way I can help you?" she asked, clutching his hand.

"Stay..." he closed his eyes and tried to fall asleep again.

"Well, well, well. What do we have here?" the feral werewolf snarled. The other werewolf whirled, clutching his wand tighter.

"If it isn't little city wolf Lupin. Killing you will be a fun job."

"Greyback," Remus snarled.

"Yes Lupin. Greyback. I'm going to kill you tonight, and you will never see your wife or your little pup again."

Dora, Remus thought. With a scream of fury he launched himself at Greyback.

They grappled, rolling, punching, scratching. Remus channeled all of his fury as he fought the older werewolf.

Greyback was scratching with his long nails, and his teeth were bared. Remus scratched him with his own hands and nails. He was finally on top of him when Greyback kicked out, catching Remus in the stomach. He was knocked back, and there were a few gasps from the crowd that had gathered to watch them fight. It was true that two werewolves fighting attracted attention from both sides.

Remus growled and charged Greyback. The latter laughed and braced himself for the impact. At the last moment Remus changed tactic and dove for the legs. The older werewolf was knocked down and Remus was instantly on top, his hands around Greyback's neck. He grinned from above.

"Well, looks like I win."

"Don't make me laugh. You won't be able to do it." and Lupin sighed, because Greyback was right.

"And when I kill you I will kill your wife, and your child... well, I will infect him rather than kill him."

Remus growled, and rage coursed through his veins. "IF ANYONE TOUCHES MY FAMILY THEY ARE AS GOOD AS DEAD!" he yelled. Some onlookers backed away in fear. Then he took out his wand and pointed it at the savage werewolf's neck.

"Goodbye, Greyback. I can't say it was a pleasure knowing you, because it wasn't. Sectumsempra!"

He stood from Greyback's bleeding corpse. He was drenched in Greyback's blood and he smiled grimly, which he assumed looked savage on his haggard face.

The surviving werewolf threw back his head and howled. People backed away in fright, even the people from his side. Some students gasped, as they realized that calm, collected Professor Remus Lupin would do anything for the ones he loved.

Remus limped back into the fray of duelers.

Remus woke with a start, drenched in sweat. His weak hands flew to his face and he wiped away the tears. It was dark, probably early in the morning. Dora stirred beside him and she gasped when she saw him.

"Remus, are you alright?"

"Nightmare. Dora, could you help me out of bed?"

"What for?"

"I want to see our son. I... need to see Teddy."

Tonks didn't question the strange request. She walked over to his side of the bed and helped him sit up on the side of the bed, then she hooked his arm around her shoulders and helped him stand. He grimaced in pain when his feet touched the ground. She helped him out of their room into the room across the hall.

The metamorphmagus helped her husband sit in an armchair and gently lifted her son from his crib and placed him in Remus' weak arms.

"Hello, Teddy. I wanted to tell you that I love you so much..." Remus whispered to his son. "I fought for you Teddy. Every moment I was scared I would never see you again.

"When I killed Greyback, it was because he threatened you... and I would never be able to live with myself if I had died and you would have been bitten. I couldn't have done it otherwise..." he looked up at his wife but continued speaking to Teddy.

"The only reason I was able to do it was because he threatened to kill your mother and bite you..."

"Oh, Remus..." Tonks murmured.

"... and Teddy, I love you so much, and I want you to know that. I want you to know that even if I am injured, and I can't run and tackle you to tickle you into submission... or if I snap at you, I still love you... and I know you might not always be proud of having a werewolf for a father. But I want you to know I will always support your judgment. Even if we disagree, or if we row... I still love you. You are my son and I cannot wait to see who you will become."

Remus kissed Teddy's baby fluff of hair, and it morphed to the exact sandy brown of Remus' hair. He smiled at the small marvel of life that was his son, and handed him back to the boy's mother. Suddenly the hall was alive with the tapping of feet pounding towards them.

Andromeda Tonks, wand at the ready, surged around the doorframe. When she saw Tonks helping her husband up from the chair and Teddy sleeping peacefully, she relaxed.

"Remus, you're awake!" she smiled and kissed his cheek.

"Hello, Andromeda." he said weakly. "If you don't mind we'll have to greet each other properly later, I am tired and I don't know how long Dora can support me."

His wife sighed and rolled her eyes. "Remus, I'm fine."

Andromeda laughed and helped Remus on the other side, careful of his bruised ribs. They got him into bed, and Andromeda left back to her own bedroom.

"Remus?"

"Mmmhmm?"

"Is it true? That Greyback would have bitten Teddy?"

He sighed, and stifled a groan as he turned to her. He looked at her. "Yes, but I would have never let that happen."

She snuggled closer to him as he wrapped an arm around her. "That's what my nightmare was about you know. That was the worst part of the battle for me. I was so terrified of Greyback - I always have been - but what kept me going was that I had to see you again, and I had to stop him. I couldn't stand it if he had killed you. That would have killed me again..." he closed his eyes as if in pain.

"Remus, I'm so sorry. The things you went through over the course of this battle... Is there anything I can do?"

"I'm going to need some Dreamless Sleep potions. Maybe a cane. But other than that, just be here," he said. "Please."

"Of course."

I hope you guys enjoyed the first installment of this awesome new epic! Thanks for reading, don't forget to review!

~doodledraw