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"Can I talk to you?" Tonks asked, after approaching Hermione after dinner. Hermione nodded and she followed Tonks up to her bedroom.

"Is everything ok?" Hermione asked, as she entered. The woman shook her head, closing the door behind Hermione and placing a silencing spell on the door as she did so.

"No everything's not ok."

"What's the matter?" she asked, sitting down on her bed. Tonks sat opposite her and pulled a pillow up to her.

"I'm pregnant, Hermione."

Hermione's eyes grew wide as she placed her hands over her mouth. Tonks looked down, feeling tears coming to her eyes as she did so.

'Damn hormones.'

"Tonks, I-" she shook her head, having no idea what to say to her. "How far are you?"

"Two months."

"Whose is it?"

Tonks looked away, almost afraid to say.

"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have asked."

"It's fine." She then let out a soft sigh and looked back at Hermione. "Remus'."

"Remus? Are you serious?"

"Yeah."

She stood up and paced the room, throwing the pillow back onto the bed as she did so. "I'm in love with him. I have been in love with him. Remus-he's scared to be with me. I have no idea how I plan on telling him that I'm pregnant."

"Why is he scared to be with you?"

"I think he's afraid of hurting me. He's afraid of his werewolf side coming out."

"Tonks," Hermione said, standing up, "you don't think the baby will be a werewolf, do you?"

"I don't know," she said, tears filling her eyes. "I sure hope not."

"You have to tell Remus."

"Tell him what? That the woman he doesn't want to be with is pregnant with his child?"

"He wants to be with you. Trust me, he does. Harry had the same issue before we started dating. He was afraid that Voldemort would get to me. If I heard correctly, it was you that pushed us together. Now, I am going to push you. Talk to him."

Tonks wiped her eyes with her hands. "It's not that easy, Hermione. He's made his choice."

Hermione moved to sit next to her. "Somehow, you got one night with him. Remus wouldn't have done that if he didn't care for you, too. He loves you, too, Tonks. You need to talk to him."


"We have to have something," Harry growled, pressing the palm of his hands to his forehead. Beside him Ron flipped through Dumbledore's journal while Hermione was going through the pages of Hogwarts, A History.

"We don't," she said, sighing as she closed the book. She rubbed her tired face and looked over to Ron, who was thoroughly looking through the journal.

"Nothing?"

"How many times have we looked in this book? It's not going to change you know."

"We have nothing!" Harry said, angrily throwing his hands onto the table. Hermione closed her eyes, wondering how angry he was at the moment. "What do we do?"

Neither Ron nor Hermione spoke.

"I'll be back," Harry said, walking out of the dining room. He went upstairs to his bedroom and paced the room.


"Remus?" Tonks asked, knocking on his door. He looked up and smiled softly.

"What can I do for you?"

"We need to talk," she said, closing the door behind her. He looked at her in confusion before offering a seat next to him.

"Are you ok?"

"No, I'm not. I'm pregnant."

His mouth fell open as he stared at her in shock. She rubbed her hands together and bowed her head, feeling her heart race in her chest as she did so.

"Pregnant?" he whispered, covering his face with his hands. She nodded.

"Eight weeks."

"There's no way," he replied, getting off of the couch.

"I can do the test again for you if you would like."

"Damn it, Tonks!" he said, pounding his hand on the table. "I told you we can't be together, and now you're pregnant?"

"Hey, if I recall, you wanted that night to happen just as much as I did! Don't be putting all the blame on me!"

He didn't say anything, but put his hands to his face. She stood up, anger written all over her face as she did so.

"I love you! What part of that do you not understand?"

"I understand that I could hurt you and the baby!"

"You won't!" she cried, putting her hands to his face. "The only time you ever hurt me was when you rejected me. You care for me. If you didn't, I wouldn't be pregnant right now."

He let out a deep breath, but refused to say anything. She turned away and felt the anger rise up in her before turning back to him.

"You listen to me, Remus Lupin," she started, pointing her finger at him. "You have to make the decision if you want to be in my life and OUR child's life!"

She turned and pressed her hand against the doorknob. She hesitated for a moment, said, "I want you to be", and walked out of the room.


"Where's Harry?" Sirius asked, as he entered the room. Ron shrugged.

"He said he'll be right back."

"When was this?"

"About ten minutes ago," Hermione said quietly, flipping through her book.

"Is he alright?"

"He's frustrated. He feels like we've gotten nowhere."

Sirius sighed as he fell into the chair, pressing his hands against his face as he did so. "We're at a standstill. I get it. I really have no idea where to go from here. I know he wants to finish this, but, without the Horcruxes we can't."

"There's only four left. We're not far. We know what two of them are," Ron said.

"But we don't know the other two or where any of them are."

A loud thump came from upstairs. Hermione immediately got out of her seat and ran upstairs to Ron and Harry's room, Ron and Sirius following right behind her.

She threw open the door and ran to Harry, who was passed out on the floor. She put her hands on the sides of his face and gently slapped them, trying to wake him up.

"What's going on?" Sirius asked as he bent down next to Harry.

"I don't know."

"Maybe he's having a vision," Ron said. "Hopefully something that can help us."

"Or something that will alert Voldemort that we're after his Horcruxes."

"Harry, wake up," Hermione whispered, lightly tracing his scar as she did so.

"Do not upset me, Lucius," Harry said. "Tell me where it has been hidden."

"Harry-" Hermione started.

"-No, wait!" Sirius whispered, putting his hand up to her. "This may be what we need."

"Good," Harry hissed again. "Do not fail me!"

His eyes opened and he stared at Hermione, blinking a few times as he did so. She gently ran her hand through his hair before he shot up in her arms.

"I know where the Horcrux is."

"Where?" Ron asked, leaning in.

"It's at Borgin and Burkes. Voldemort's taken it over."


"What's going on?" Tonks asked as she entered the dining room.

"We've found the Horcrux."

"How?"

"Harry had a vision," Sirius said. "Voldemort told Lucius where to hide it."

"Are you sure it's not a trap?"

"It's the only lead we have. We have to check it out."

"I'll go with you," she said. Remus looked up in shock.

"The hell you will!"

She glared at him. "Who are you to tell me what I can and can't do?"

"You know why you shouldn't go out there!"

"What's going on?" Sirius asked, looking between them in confusion.

"Nothing," they both hissed. Hermione closed her eyes.

"Excuse me," Tonks said, turning around to leave the room. Remus followed after her.

"What's the matter with you?" he asked, when they were alone in the foyer. "You know why you shouldn't be out there!"

"You don't want anything to do with me or the baby. Why do you care what I do?"

"Tonks-"

"Don't start!" she said, narrowing her eyes at him as they began to full with water. "You've made your choice, Remus."

She turned and walked up the stairs. Remus closed his eyes and turned around to find Hermione standing there, staring sadly at him.

"How much did you hear?" he asked in shock.

"I already know. Tonks told me."

He let out another sigh. "Hermione, this is a bad situation."

"Let's talk in private," she said, leading him to the living room. "You care for her."

"I can't be with her. I don't want to hurt her."

"So, why did you get her pregnant? If you didn't want to be with her, you wouldn't have slept with her."

He closed his eyes. "I love her. That's why I can't be with her."

"What's holding you back?"

"I would hurt her."

"Remus, that's ridiculous."

"Look what I about did to you three!" he said, standing up to pace the room. "If Sirius didn't get involved, who knows what might have happened!"

"She's different. You would never hurt her!"

"This is something that you don't understand, Hermione."

"You're right. I don't understand I don't have a fiancé who isn't marked for death. Who's putting his life on the line to save all of us. A man I want to spend every minute with because I do not know how this war will end."

"Fiancé?"

"We're engaged," she said, undoing the charm on her ring. "He asked me Christmas night. Only you, Ginny and Tonks know."

He stared at her in shock, unsure of what to say. "Don't you think you're a little young to be getting married?"

"Some would say that," she said, smiling softly. "Not Harry and I, though. We're happy together, Remus. You know Harry just as much as I do. He's frightened to be with me. It scares him. He's afraid of me getting hurt even though he would never admit it. So you can tell me that I do not understand all you want to."

He hung his head. "You think I'm in the wrong, don't you?"

"I think you need to trust yourself. She's having your child. You're in love with her. She's in love with you. You have a woman who wants to be with you for the rest of your life. Take a leap of faith. Go talk to her."

"Hermione!" Ron's voice called.

"I hope I convinced you."


"We're coming, Sirius," Harry said sternly, glaring at his godfather.

"This is dangerous, and you're not even of age yet."

"I don't think the underage law counts right now. Besides, I'm the only one who knows where it is."

"What's going on?" Hermione asked, as she and Ron reentered the kitchen.

"Sirius is saying we shouldn't go."

"Let them go," Remus said quietly, appearing in the doorway. Hermione turned and smiled at him. "What's the Ministry going to do? Arrest Harry?"

"It will lead Voldemort straight to him."

"We're safe here. Voldemort won't get to him. We'll go in, get the Horcrux, and leave immediately."

Sirius dropped his head. "Fine. You, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Tonks and I will go."

"Tonks isn't going," Remus said firmly. Sirius stared at him for a moment.

"Fine. The rest of us will go."


"Tonks?" Remus asked, knocking on her door. He waited for a minute with no answer. "Tonks, please open the door. I want to talk."

The door opened and she stood there, a blank expression on her face. "About what?"

"Us."

"I thought there was no us," she said, walking back over to her bed. He walked in her room and shut the door behind him.

"I talked to Hermione," he said, sitting next to her. "I guess she and Harry are engaged."

"I know. What does that have to do with us?"

"She told me that he still wants to be with her despite everything he's going through. Even though they're really young, they know what they want. Because of her, I now know what I want."

"What do you want?"

He gently placed his hands on her face and pressed their lips together. It was slow, but he filled it with as much passion as he could. He pulled away a moment later.

"I want you. I want to be with you and I want to be in our child's life."

"And it took a seventeen-year-old to make you aware of this?"

"I am afraid. I will always be afraid of hurting you. I'm afraid that the baby will come out a werewolf. None of that should make me not want to be with you. I love you. I love you so much. I'm sorry for hurting you, and I would understand if you didn't want to be with me."

She dropped her head. "You really want to be with me?"

"More than anything," he said truthfully.

She smiled. "I love you, Remus Lupin."

He captured their lips together again.

"I'm sorry I acted like that."

"Let's forget it, ok?" she said, and she captured their lips together again.


"How are we going to do this?" Harry asked, looking at Sirius. "It's not like we can just walk in."

"This is going to be tricky. I have a plan but I'm not sure if it will work."

"What is it?" Ron asked.

"Harry, this involves the invisibility cloak."

"Got it," Harry said, holding the cloak up.

"Remus and I will put a disillusionment charm on ourselves."

"That doesn't make you completely invisible," Hermione said.

"We don't intend to be. You three will go get the Horcrux, and Remus and I will provide lookout. If anything goes wrong, we're going in."

"What about security? What if they have charms to alert others if someone enters?"

"We have to quick, and we have to be discreet. If the Horcrux is there, we can't let it get away."

"After today, Voldemort will know we're hunting them."

"But he won't know what we've found."

"We still have three Horcruxes."

"The snake, Gryffindor's and Ravenclaw's."

"We'll find them, and quickly, before Voldemort discovers and gets to them."

"We want you three under the cloak," Remus said softly.

"We all can't fit under that cloak. I want Hermione under the cloak, and Ron and I will put the charm on ourselves."

"Ok," Sirius said.


"How many are there?" Harry whispered to Sirius.

"Quite a bit. We're going to make a distraction."

"What are you going to do?"

"We're marauders. We have a plan," Sirius grinned. Remus rolled his eyes.

"Let's get this over with."

Sirius and Remus moved forward and disappeared out of sight. A second later a giant crash was heard. The Death Eaters guarding the entrance moved to investigate.

"Let's move," Harry whispered, and they all started running towards the door. Hermione quickly stopped the boys and ran her wand over the door, removing all of the charms that were on it.

"Come on," she whispered, opening the door. The bell went off, and they quickly moved to close the door and move out of sight right as two Death Eaters came to investigate. Harry and Ron quickly stunned them.

"Where is it, Harry?" Ron whispered. Harry closed his eyes.

"It's in the back."

They quietly moved around, trying to not make any noise. They reached the back room and Harry pressed his ear to the door.

"There's a few in there. Nothing we can't manage."

Hermione quickly blew the door down, and Ron and Harry stunned the three Death Eaters that were behind it.

Then, a piercing cry was heard.

"They set an alarm!" Hermione said.

"Find the cup," Ron said, and before Harry or Hermione could say anything, he vanished back up to the front.

"Sirius and Remus are there. He'll be ok."

"Where is it?" Hermione asked, looking around in panic.

Harry quickly searched around, feeling himself drawn closer to the corner of the room. He pushed the items away and saw a golden cup sitting there.

"This is it," he said, holding it out to her. She quickly duplicated it and put the fake back in its place, replacing the items that Harry knocked over.

"Argh!" he said, dropping it. She looked at his hand and saw that it was burned.

"You're not the only one who can use a disillusionment charm," a slick voice said. A second later Lucius Malfoy appeared.

"Malfoy," Harry hissed. He pulled his wand out.

"So, this is what you've been up to. The Dark Lord will be pleased."

"Not if he doesn't find out," Harry said, and he shot a spell off.

As they began to fight, Hermione picked the cup up with the towel that she brought and put it into her bag.

"Let's get out of here!" Harry said, fighting Malfoy off as hard as he could. He stunned him a moment later and casted a memory charm on him. Underneath the cloak, Hermione snuck around everyone and managed to get outside where they deemed the safe area was. She activated the portkey.

'Where are they?' she began to panic. Harry and Ron quickly joined her a minute later.

"Where's Sirius and Remus?"

"They told us to go," Ron said. Harry let out a frustrated sigh before telling everyone to grab the portkey. A second later they disappeared right as a spell was being shot at them.


"I'm sure they're ok," Hermione reassured Harry, as he paced the room.

"Why aren't they back yet?"

"I'm sure they're alright, mate," Ron said.

"Where's Remus?" Tonks asked, as she walked into the kitchen.

"They're not back yet," Hermione said quietly, grabbing Harry's right hand to look at the burn.

"How long ago did you get back?"

"About ten minutes ago."

She let out a deep breath and sat in the chair next to Ron. Hermione reached over and grabbed one of the jars siting on the table. She then opened it and poured some of it onto Harry's hand and shivered as Harry hissed in pain.

"This is bad," she said, rubbing the cream onto the burn. "I'll do what I can, but, I'm not certain how it will turn out."

"Do what you need to," he said quietly, staring at their hands.

"How did it go?" Tonks asked, breaking the silence.

"It wasn't bad. We were able to escape before the rest showed up."

"The cup burnt Harry's hand when he touched it."

"How bad is it?" she asked, moving over to inspect his hand.

"It's fine. Hermione will take care of it."

"Are you two ok?" she asked, looking between Ron and Hermione. They nodded.

"We just had some minor cuts, but Hermione's already healed them."

Hermione waited for the cream to dry before she wrapped Harry's hand with the cloth. "I did what I can. We'll have to wait and see what happens."

A crack sounded in the foyer. They all jumped up and ran to it. Remus was hovered over Sirius, shaking.

"What's wrong?" Tonks asked, bending down on the other side of Sirius.

"We were just about to get away when some kind of spell hit him. I managed to apparate away to a safe location, but I can't revive him. I don't know what's happening."

"Let's get him upstairs," she said, and watched as Ron and Harry lift Sirius up to take him to his bedroom. The others followed behind them and shut the door to Sirius' room right as the boys put him onto the bed.

"Who hit him?" Tonks asked, running her wand over Sirius' body as she did so. Remus had a bitter look on his face.

"Bellatrix did."

Harry bit the inside of his cheek as he stared at his godfather, hoping that he would wake soon. Tonks continued to wave her wand over Sirius.

"He's alive, but just barely. Whatever spell she hit him with, I think she might have put him into a coma."

"How is that possible?" Ron asked.

"He spent a lot of his energy fighting. It's possible that his body shut down when she hit him, and he slipped into a coma because of it."

"So he's not going to wake?" Harry asked, frightened. Tonks shook her head, feeling her breath catch in her throat.

"I don't know, Harry. I'm not a healer. I could be wrong, but, if Remus couldn't revive him, he won't wake until he wakes on his own."

"How long will that take?" Ron asked, putting his hand on Harry's shoulder. Tonks pressed her lips together.

"It's up to Sirius. He wakes when he wakes."