Tonks was a whirlwind.
She was not one to be deterred. She was stubborn, and forceful, and amazing, all in one go. The stubbornness came from her mother, it was the Black blood in her. The Forcefulness came from her father, it was the Tonks blood in her. The amazingness came all from her.
Tonks never did anything she didn't want to do, you couldn't, and never would be able to talk into, or out of it, once she had decided. It was what made her work so hard, what made her fight. It was how she joined the Aurors, what was the power behind her brain. That stubbornness. In the end that couldn't save her from watching her husband fall, and like that the stubbornness fled her.
Tonks wouldn't take no for an answer. She would fight for what she thought was right, and she would convince other to help her. She would talk anyone into anything. It was what made her join The Order, what allowed her to marry her love. It was the power behind her heart. The forcefulness. It failed her when she saw the love of her life's body, sprawled brokenly across the ground.
Tonks was a whirlwind. She was breathtaking. She would leave an impression on everyone, to be fair it wasn't always a good one, but she really was something different. And it wasn't the morphing, or the clumsiness. It was just her, her humor, and fear. Her love, and her hate. She was passionate, and everything she did had some of that passion in it. For her, nothing was without reason. But in the end that whirlwind slowed. It broke apart.
In those final moments, over the din of battle if one listened very carefully they could hear a heart shattering scream, "REMUS! NOO! NO, WHY? YOU CAN'T DIE!" Tonks fell to her knees clutching her head, sobbing. She crawled forward, pulling his head into her lap. "WAKE UP! YOU HAVE TO WAKE UP! REMUS!" She shook him a little.
"Why won't you wake up, why won't you come back? Your father, Lyall, needs you, Harry needs you, Teddy needs you. I need you," she whimpered, rocking back and forth, "Wake up, please just wake up. You can't leave, not now, not here. You aren't suppose to. You're suppose to grow old with me. I need you to wake up. Why won't you listen? I need you to open your eyes! Please! Just open them, one last time. Please, Remus. Remus… you… can't… you can't leave me!" And then she broke. Sobbing so hard she couldn't see, couldn't hear, couldn't feel. She never saw the curse come her way. She never felt it hit.
And so the whirlwind stopped.
A lifeless body fell across the ground, the tears not quite dry. Her eyes closed, one last sob, never to be released in the chest.