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Those Left Behind

Chapter 1: 19 seconds later

Harry, Ron and Hermione where making their way down the stairs from Dumbledore's office when Harry stopped sat down and mumbled, "Bollocks."

Hermione, ever the worrier pounced on Harry in a hurry. "What is wrong Harry? Are you sick?" Looking up at his two friends with an extremely pale face he shook his head and gave a hollow

chuckle. Putting his head in his hands, "I have to go tell Tonks about Remus. She must be worried sick and this is going to kill her, but she deserves to know now."

Ron put his hand on Harry's shoulder, "You don't have to do it mate. You deserve a break if anyone does mate, I'm sure someone else can go."

Shaking his head with an affirmative no, Harry stood up. "It has to be me. Remus was like my uncle, last link to my family and he deserves this from me. I owe it to him and to Tonks at the very least." He looked up at Ron and Hermione willing them to understand that he needed to do this.

"Okay mate, we'll go with…"

"No Ron! You guys stay here. You need each other and Ron, your family needs you. I'll be back as soon as I can, but it might not be until tomorrow. Besides Teddy, I'm the only thing that connects Tonks to Remus and I need to be there for her." Taking a deep breath, "I'll place the wand in the tomb on my way to the gates and I'll see if I can have Kreacher grab me some food. Just tell your family I love them and that I will see them as soon as I can."

Harry turned to look directly at Hermione, "Tell Ginny I'll talk to her as soon as I can if she wants to, in fact, tell everyone plus Kingsley and McGonagall that we will tell them everything we went through in a few days once everything settles down a bit. I'll tell the same to Tonks and her mom. I think we owe them all the truth." Ron and Hermione both nodded their heads in agreement as they stood up and Harry did something that wasn't usual for him to do. He grabbed both of them into a huge hug. "I love you guys. You know you will always be my family and will always be my brother and sister. I'll be back soon as soon as I am able to."

Harry slipped his invisibility cloak on and disappeared on his way downstairs. Making his way through the halls Harry took in all the damage that had been done to the castle. Paintings were hanging off the walls and statues were smashed across the floor along with other debris. Continuing his way towards to the entrance hall Harry saw the host of the paintings making their way back to their frames and certain students and their families making their way to their respected dormitories. Finally reaching the entrance hall, Harry took one long last look into the great hall and seemed to steady himself by seeing the rest of the Weasley's. Taking a deep breath, Harry pushed opened the doors and walked out into the morning air.

Harry approached the white tomb which had been cracked open during the battle. It was Harry's second to last task of the day and probably the easiest of them all. It wasn't too hard facing the body of the headmaster when not even a few hours ago he had talked to him face to face. Harry took out the elder wand and looked upon the old shrunken face of his headmaster one last time. He placed the wand in Dumbledore's hands and took one last long look. "It is done professor; he is finished for good this time. I hope that you are finally able to fine peace within yourself and with your family. I would say thanks for everything, but I won't. You definitely made everything harder than it had to be, but I'm appreciative of your advice nonetheless."

Harry took out his holly wand and repaired the tomb and turned his back on his headmaster facing away from tomb and towards the great lake facing the gate. Tonks! How was he going to handle this? The memory of the hospital ward after Dumbledore's last year played through his mind. She loved him and convinced Remus to give love a try after all those years and now not even a year later, she was a widow and a single mother. He remembered Tonks from when Remus refused to have any type of relationship when he ran into her around the school and Hogsmeade, if she was depressed then, Harry had no idea how she was going to handle this.

Sighing, Harry walked along the lake towards the gate as he allowed some memories of Remus to flow through his mind. He knew this was going to devastate Tonks, but he knew it had to be done.

All that love and the pain it was going to cause. It brought tears to Harry's eyes as he continued to march forward. He had dealt with death before, but never in this manner and it broke his heart to have to inform Tonks only three weeks after having little Teddy. Teddy! Remus was so proud when he came over after he was born and now that was taken from them. It was the happiest he had ever seen Remus and he saw how happy Tonks was last summer when showing off her ring. Harry fought off the tears, but it finally hit him that not only had Tonks lost her husband and Teddy his father, but he had also lost his last link to his parents and Sirius.

Harry shook his head, he couldn't think about that now. Tonks pain and grief was the more important task to deal with now. Harry saw the gate approaching and this walk started to feel just as bad and nervous as his walk into the forest not even a few hours ago. The dread and uneasiness was starting to settle in as was the fatigue and physical pain of the last twenty four hours, but it was the thought of Remus and what he said before the he went to face Riddle and it was with that last thought that Harry reached the gates.

Harry took another deep breath and wiped at this eyes, but you could still see the redness of someone how had been crying. He plucked up his courage and thought of the muddy field that he crashed into with Hagrid last summer and with a small pop he was gone. A small pop later and Harry was outside of a decent size muggle looking cottage. He stared at it and the horrors of last summer started to come back to him. The irony of this being where Harry's journey truly started lasted year and being here again bringing everything full circle was not lost him, but the days events were finally starting to catch up to Harry. The more he looked around and took in where he and Hagrid's lives nearly came to an end started to overwhelm Harry and if he didn't move soon the harder it would become and so with one last big deep breath he approached the door and knocked.

He waited a few moments when he saw a grayish eye looking at him behind a curtain before opening the door. Fortunately or unfortunately, depending how you looked at it he had just seen Bellatrix die just a short while ago prevented a similar reaction from the last meeting. That brought up another problem for Harry. Did he tell Mrs. Tonks about Bellatrix? Family was family yes, but he wondered how she would react with the news that her psychotic sister had been killed. Just one more bit of bad news for Harry to break. "Yes, Mr. Potter what can I do for you" Interrupted a tired voice breaking into Harry's thoughts.

He looked up and when Mrs. Tonks looked into his eyes she had a good idea what Harry had to say, but waited him out. "Mrs. Tonks is Dora here? I have just come from Hogwarts and there are some things I need to discuss with her." She gave him a look that Harry answered with a shake of his head and her fears were confirmed. Waiting for a response, they heard movement from upstairs and someone making their way down the stairs. Harry looked up and met Tonks eyes as she stopped halfway down the stairs when she recognized Harry. Harry could see the fear in Tonks face as he choked out, "Hi Tonks."

I am hoping to update every week, but if not it will definitely be every other week! I will let you know beforehand if something comes up and I miss more than that!!!