Tonks didn't have time to survey the scene she leaped forward taking over
Bellatrix 'You're the bitch who killed my cousin!' shouted Tonks loudly,
wand raised, realising only after the fact that Bellatrix was also her
cousin.
But LeStrange seemed uninterested in the 22-year-old girl but turned to Bellatrix, who laughed hardily as she cursed Ted, who wobbled drunkenly for a few moments trying to keep his ground. LeStrange allowed Macnair to fight the metamorphamagus. She couldn't see the man beneath the hood but had heard of Macnair before. He had worked in the ministry as an executioner.
Tonks could see the fair-haired girl who had been threatened by Bellatrix was back on her feet and had grabbed her wand from the sand then the blond crept out of her range of vision. She could hear a deep shout and realized that it had to be Kingsley, although amidst the wand play and the thick clouds of smoke and confused people it was hard to tell who was where. She heard a loud clunk and saw a short Japanese woman with Tonk's present hairstyle fall hard against the sand. Macnair used that momentary distraction to send Tonks flying across the scene and escape. The metamorphamagus realised with a start that the deatheaters were leaving.
By the time the official retreat was shouted by Bellatrix, both the Order and the Deatheaters had taken considerable damage. As the smoke cleared a panting Tonks could see the battlefield by the light of the thin moon. The sand had been carved out in great pits and blood streaked it in a few places. The pyramid itself was burned black in large circular patches and leaning limply against it was Kingsley a line of blood behind him. Lupin was examining another man that looked to be about Bill's age, and was bleeding profusely the word MUDBLOOD carved in angry capital letters on to his back with a knife or severing charm.
Two Deatheaters lay unconscious, one by the mouth of the pyramid near Moody, who was kicking him with one booted foot. The other near a skinny blond woman Tonks had seen when she first entered the fray. But someone else lying at the woman's feet distracted her. Even in the darkness Tonks could see the flaming red hair shining like a fire on the man's head. Bill.
'Help!' said the woman her voice unnaturally high with fear, 'please somevon help.'
Tonks came to the woman, who close up she could see was no more then a girl probably eighteen, nineteen at most. 'What happened?' asked Tonks bending down over Bill, who was panting and clutching his chest.
'I do not know,' said the girl who Tonks realized must have been Fleur Delacour, although the two had never met she fit the description perfectly. ''E was trying to zave me, ven that woman, ze leader cursed 'im.' She trailed off. There was blood and sweat on Fleur's white forehead and her hair had fallen into her face blocking one eye.
Bill grimaced and moved his hand from his chest. There was a hole in his shirt where his hand had been and it looked as though it had been burned. Bill's hand was covered in crimson blood. 'Could you give me a little light?' muttered Tonks.
Fleur nodded and muttered 'Lumos,' the wand tip lit. Neither Tonks nor Fleur had ever seen anything like it. A shiny green snake was carved into Bill's skin, dripping with blood. The flesh around the strange serpent was the same ugly green the colour seemed to be spreading from the wound's fangs as if the snake was spreading venom.
Tonks licked her lips, 'Remus!' she shouted her voice cracking slightly. 'Remus I need you.' She saw him call Moody over to the man with the word carved on his back he was shakily trying to get to his feet. Remus came at a trot to her side, his shadowed face still outside the wand light.
'I-I-I'm fine!' gasped Bill who was clinging to Tonks's shoulder as he tried to pull himself up.
'Lay back,' said Lupin tensely. His pale face seemed to go even paler when he saw the wound on Bill's chest. 'The Reptilpentum curse.' He whispered so that not even Fleur could hear him.
But LeStrange seemed uninterested in the 22-year-old girl but turned to Bellatrix, who laughed hardily as she cursed Ted, who wobbled drunkenly for a few moments trying to keep his ground. LeStrange allowed Macnair to fight the metamorphamagus. She couldn't see the man beneath the hood but had heard of Macnair before. He had worked in the ministry as an executioner.
Tonks could see the fair-haired girl who had been threatened by Bellatrix was back on her feet and had grabbed her wand from the sand then the blond crept out of her range of vision. She could hear a deep shout and realized that it had to be Kingsley, although amidst the wand play and the thick clouds of smoke and confused people it was hard to tell who was where. She heard a loud clunk and saw a short Japanese woman with Tonk's present hairstyle fall hard against the sand. Macnair used that momentary distraction to send Tonks flying across the scene and escape. The metamorphamagus realised with a start that the deatheaters were leaving.
By the time the official retreat was shouted by Bellatrix, both the Order and the Deatheaters had taken considerable damage. As the smoke cleared a panting Tonks could see the battlefield by the light of the thin moon. The sand had been carved out in great pits and blood streaked it in a few places. The pyramid itself was burned black in large circular patches and leaning limply against it was Kingsley a line of blood behind him. Lupin was examining another man that looked to be about Bill's age, and was bleeding profusely the word MUDBLOOD carved in angry capital letters on to his back with a knife or severing charm.
Two Deatheaters lay unconscious, one by the mouth of the pyramid near Moody, who was kicking him with one booted foot. The other near a skinny blond woman Tonks had seen when she first entered the fray. But someone else lying at the woman's feet distracted her. Even in the darkness Tonks could see the flaming red hair shining like a fire on the man's head. Bill.
'Help!' said the woman her voice unnaturally high with fear, 'please somevon help.'
Tonks came to the woman, who close up she could see was no more then a girl probably eighteen, nineteen at most. 'What happened?' asked Tonks bending down over Bill, who was panting and clutching his chest.
'I do not know,' said the girl who Tonks realized must have been Fleur Delacour, although the two had never met she fit the description perfectly. ''E was trying to zave me, ven that woman, ze leader cursed 'im.' She trailed off. There was blood and sweat on Fleur's white forehead and her hair had fallen into her face blocking one eye.
Bill grimaced and moved his hand from his chest. There was a hole in his shirt where his hand had been and it looked as though it had been burned. Bill's hand was covered in crimson blood. 'Could you give me a little light?' muttered Tonks.
Fleur nodded and muttered 'Lumos,' the wand tip lit. Neither Tonks nor Fleur had ever seen anything like it. A shiny green snake was carved into Bill's skin, dripping with blood. The flesh around the strange serpent was the same ugly green the colour seemed to be spreading from the wound's fangs as if the snake was spreading venom.
Tonks licked her lips, 'Remus!' she shouted her voice cracking slightly. 'Remus I need you.' She saw him call Moody over to the man with the word carved on his back he was shakily trying to get to his feet. Remus came at a trot to her side, his shadowed face still outside the wand light.
'I-I-I'm fine!' gasped Bill who was clinging to Tonks's shoulder as he tried to pull himself up.
'Lay back,' said Lupin tensely. His pale face seemed to go even paler when he saw the wound on Bill's chest. 'The Reptilpentum curse.' He whispered so that not even Fleur could hear him.