A dark-robed figure crashed violently against a grey stone wall before collapsing on the cold floor with a soft groan. Landing painfully on her bruised back, Tonks opened her dizzy eyes and pushed her battered body into a sitting position. Her hands were blackened with soot and scorch marks, her robes were torn in so many places that the pale skin of her arms was practically exposed as she struggled to balance her weight and fight the drowsiness that was beginning to attack her aching head.

Oh not now!, Tonks thought desperately as her eyes blinked the sleep away, she was still sitting; her back pressed against the wall she had painfully met on her violent take off, she stared with half-opened eyes at the battle taking place inside Hogwarts' Great Hall. Dozens of black-robed Death Eaters were moving as one, a large black mob of faceless shapes with wands aloft and firing spells at everyone and everything in sight. The House Tables had been used as barricades when they had seen the first group of Death Eaters climb the stone steps into the main doors, Tonks and the younger members of the Order had propped the heavy wooden tables into the doors, believing that it would buy them some time, they were wrong, a few minutes later they were all blasted away with a well-placed charm by a heavy Death Eater. Now, the evil wizards were mercilessly attacking, their wands produced bright blurs as they were brandished violently and destroyed the Great Hall.

Tonks had managed to bring down five Death Eaters, but they had also taken a piece of her as well, her right shoulder was cut so badly that it was hard to see were skin ended and muscle started and a long purple bruise decorated the right side of her face in a semi-circular fashion.

The other members weren't so lucky; at least two of them had been killed with the dreaded green flash of light, leaving their empty and cold bodies sprawled in weird angles. Charlie Weasley was slumped on the far corner of the Great Hall, propped against the corner of the room with his head was hanging and his short legs were extended in front of him as though he were taking a nap, Tonks narrowed her eyes at him, trying to catch a glimpse of any movement but it was hard to tell if the red-head was alive.

She turned her attention to the wizards in front of her, a small band of Death Eaters were using one of the less-battered House tables as some kind of fort, crouching behind the wide wooden board and firing spells with steady arms at the members of the Order who in turn, had aimed their spells at the table the evil wizards were using. It took less than a minute to destroy the table, sending bits and large chunks of heavy wood into the air after a loud and violent explosion produced by a powerful spell from Hermione's wand. Tonks grinned at the girl and stood up on weary legs, steadying herself with a hand against the wall behind her and shaking her head, trying to rid her pink hair from the small bits of wood that may have stuck in the short strands.

The Death Eaters had been thrown back and many of them were lying on the floor, groaning and moving gingerly, trying to rid their limbs from the burning pain of the explosion.

"Oi!" Tonks called at the Order, waving with a strong hand, she pointed at the group of Death Eaters that were still standing and she made her way over cracks on the floor and large stones that had been removed from the walls by poorly aimed spells, she leaped over an unconscious Death Eater and flicked her wand with a quick movement, sending a red jet of light at the nearest wizard in front of her, the spell hit hard, targeting his chest and with a loud "Ooof!" he was thrown back, his arms and legs flew right behind him as he landed hard.

His partners wasted no time and attacked Tonks with loud cries of anger and shock, throwing herself sideways behind a large block of stone, the spells hit the surface of the block and left white scorch marks. "Well, that was stupid" Tonks muttered with a grimace as she raised a hand to massage her left arm and leaned her head back on the stone with a sigh. Suddenly a shower of small rocks and dust rained on her, she covered her head with her bruised arms. "Little help here!", she called out to anyone who would listen. Harry, Hermione…or even Ron, she thought with worry etched on her large eyes as she gripped her wand and shook her head, deciding on what to do next.

Making a mental note to slap herself if she managed to survive, Tonks took a deep breath and stood up with a jump, she had to duck a second later as a female Death Eater fired a green jet of light at her rising head. "Oh, shit!" she breathed and felt the hair on the back of her neck stand on end as the heat of the spell exploded behind her, sending dust and rocks into the air.

Blinking away the dust, Tonks stuck her head from one side of the block and fired a spell into the Death Eater; the woman blocked it and leaped in front of the stone that Tonks had used as cover.

"So, you want to do it one-on-one?" Tonks muttered with a grin and stepped from behind the stone block, her wand was ready as she made a circular movement to block the spell that had already made its way towards her stomach.

"Here, have a nice day" Tonks called to the woman, as her own wand emitted a powerful jet of light that bounded the Death Eaters arms and legs making the woman topple face first into the dusty stone floor.

"Aaaah!" a soft scream made Tonks turn her attention from the unmoving woman before her, to the opposite wall of where she stood. Her eyes landed on a white-blond head and she gasped with an alarming look in her face, the blond robed figure was cornered by two Death Eaters and by the sound of it, they were about to finish toying with their victim.

Tonks ran towards the battling trio and ducked a spell without stopping to see who had attacked her; she skidded on the dusty floor, nearly loosing her balance before crashing into of the Death Eaters black-robed back. Great time to be a klutz!, Tonks scolded herself as the Death Eater let out a surprised scream and crashed on the wall in front of them, banging his head on the grey stone, the man was knocked unconscious and fell into a sleeping heap at Tonks' feet. The other Death Eater, taller and heavier than the other, blocked Tonks from the blond figure behind him as she stared defiantly up at the faceless robe. Without any warning, the large man pounced on the pink-haired girl with a snarl, crashing on the hard floor, Tonks jabbed at the man with her forearms, trying to push him off of her. The Death Eater pulled his hood with a large hairy hand and revealed his face; Fenrir Greyback was looking down with a hungry stare at Tonk's neck as the girl widened her eyes in fear, she raised her arms and brought them down into Greyback's shoulders, her knees jabbed at the werewolf desperately.

"Scared?" whispered Greyback, lowering his face close to Tonks' face, his eyes trailed her neck with a longing look of desire, "don't worry, you won't feel a thing".