AN: Hey guys! So I got the idea to write this last night. I hope this works out to be a great story and I hope it's something you all enjoy.
Screams echoed through the halls as bodies flew across the castle, spells coming from all directions. Tonks watched in horror as student after student fell, hit by a dreaded killing curse.
But above all else, one thought was the most powerful in her mind: Remus. She had to find him. She left her mother and her baby to find her husband, to make sure he was safe. The auror felt cold with fear as her mind jumped to all the possibilities. For all she knew, her husband could be…
No, she must not think like that. She must have hope. If her husband had died, she would know. She would feel it.
Tonks was ripped from her thoughts as she saw a Death Eater taking aim out of the corner of her eye. With the speed of a cheetah, she flicked her wand at the Death Eater, knocking him into the flames behind him.
One of the Hogwarts knights barreled past her, intent on defeating and destroying a Death Eater it had caught. Another knight removed a Death Eater's head with a swing of its sword, clanging with every move it made.
The ghosts swarmed the Death Eaters, trying to help in any way they could, even by distracting the Death Eaters long enough for a curse to hit them.
Tonks heard a cackle, a cackle from Bellatrix Lestrange. She gripped her wand, narrowly avoiding a poorly aimed killing curse, and searched frantically for her aunt, a cold anger bubbling up inside her, her hair taking on a reddish hue.
After sending out several hexes to the Death Eaters around her, the auror ran in search of Bellatrix, trying not to glance at the bodies scattered around the ground; she was possessed by a gnawing fear that one of the bodies would be that of her husband…
Then she saw him, his beautiful face, his deep brown eyes full of rage, his scarred jaw set, his eyebrows furrowed in concentration as he dueled a very powerful Bellatrix. Her mask had fallen during one of the fights, and Tonks felt her cold hatred bubble up again as she stared at the face made harsh by Azkaban.
Sprinting up the stairs to meet with him, she screamed in horror and rage when a disarming spell hit Remus square in the chest. He fell back and was still. As the adrenaline began to rush into her body, Tonks stupefied Bellatrix, who fell off the stairs.
"Remus!" She cried as she rushed to her husband's side, shaking in terror. She kneeled next to him, her eyes wide, as he slowly opened his eyes.
"Dora?" He asked, surprised and confused. "Why are you here? I told you to stay with your mother!" He was outraged.
"I couldn't stay.." Tonks whispered, her eyes filled with tears. "I couldn't stand not knowing if…"
Remus sat up and wrapped his arms around Tonks, trying to blink away his own tears. Placing a kiss on her forehead, he stood, still holding his wife, looking down at the chaos below them.
In the midst of it all, he swore he saw Harry walking somberly through the carnage; there was almost no fighting down there now, as it had moved to another part of the castle. All that remained were the bodies, piles of them.
He pulled Tonks closer to him as he saw the body of Fred Weasley, a lump forming in his throat. This was too much, too much.
Then, he was overcome by a sense of weakness, a sharp pain forming in his chest where Bellatrix's spell had hit him. Tonks, noticing this, positioned her arms so that she was able to hold him up.
"C'mon," she said softly, trying to hide her returning fear, "You're hurt, there's a room close by. We can go there." And they set off to the empty classroom, Tonks have leading and half carrying Remus, one arm holding her wand and using it as a light.
After several minutes walking, Remus's breathing becoming more and more labored, they reached the room. Tonks opened it with a whisper of "Alohamora" and locked it behind them. She led Remus to the back of the classroom, where he collapsed on the floor, gasping for breath.
"Remus…" she whispered, frightened for him. Then she saw his hands moving to his shirt. Quickly, she unbuttoned it, and what she saw almost made her scream.
Her husband's chest was a bloody red color, rigid in some areas and stretched in others. She gently touched the ridge of his heart, withdrawing her hand quickly when he gasped in pain.
She was terrified. There was a war going on around them, and her husband was dying of an unknown hex from Bellatrix. Tonks had no knowledge of healing; there was nothing she could do for him except wrap her arms around his torso and hold him.
"Dora…" he groaned, growing paler by the minute.
"Yes Remus?" She asked, trying to hide the pain in her voice. "I'm here, my love." She gently stroked his cheek as he wheezed, struggling for breath. Then his brown eyes met hers.
"I love you. I always did. Ever since I first laid my eyes on you." He stopped to catch his breath, and Tonks looked down as her eyes filled with tears. She looked back up at him to see his eyes tear-filled as well.
"Remus…"
"You gave me a reason to live. I had none until you. You gave me a year of happiness, the best year of my life."
"Please Remus," she begged, her tears falling freely now. "I don't want you to go." He stared in her eyes, his tears falling as well.
"You're so beautiful, Dora," he whispered. Her lips met his in the most emotional kiss they shared.
"Awwwww isn't that sweet" a mocking voice came from the entrance of the classroom. Tonks glared at the woman in hate as she came into the light. "The werewolf…and the half breed…sharing their last kiss. Now who shall I kill first?"
Tonks pulled her wand out of her robes quickly, only to have it flicked away silently by Bellatrix.
"Nuh uh uh," the Death Eater said in her mocking voice. "Any fighting back and that monster," she pointed her wand at Remus, "dies painfully while you watch." She flicked her wand at him, smirking as his face contorted in pain.
"Remus!" Tonks cried, her heart breaking as she watched her husband being tortured. "Stop it! Stop it please!" she begged, holding her husband and sobbing.
"So I see you've made your choice," Bellatrix smirked, cackling again as she aimed her wand at Tonks. "Say good bye to your filthy wife, wolfie. You're next. And maybe I'll track down your half breed spawn after the two of you are out of the way."
"I love you, Dora" Remus whispered to Tonks before launching himself in front of himself in front of her, taking the killing curse Bellatrix had sent.
He heard her scream his name, saw her face, and then everything went black.
AN: So I'm exhausted and this probably wasn't the greatest. But still, please tell me what you think. Reviews motivate me to write a new chapter!