DISCLAIMER: I do not own any character or dialogue that you might recognize, they belong to JK Rowling. I'm just having fun with them.
PS: English is not my first language, so any comment about that is well received.
Enjoy!
HAVEN
"In this home… we do second chances. We do real. We do mistakes. We do I'm sorrys. We do loud really well. We do hugs. We do together best of all".
Chapter one: Finally
She was running through the grounds of the school when she heard a whisper that sent chills down her spine. She looked around and saw everyone stopping and wearing the same expression she supposed was in her face as they were listening to what was being said.
"You have fought, valiantly. Lord Voldemort knows how to value bravery. Yet you have sustained heavy losses. If you continue to resist me, you will all die, one by one. I do not wish this to happen. Every drop of magical blood spilled is a loss and a waste. Lord Voldemort is merciful. I command my forces to retreat immediately. You have one hour. Dispose of your dead with dignity. Treat your injured."
She heard somewhere in the grounds, her aunt's laughter before her disappearance. They had dueled and it was thanks to a student that managed to avoid a curse from another death eater, curse that hit her aunt in her side, that she was able to run from it, she knew that if she had continued dueling her, she wouldn't have made it.
"I speak now, Harry Potter, directly to you. You have permitted your friends to die for you rather than face me yourself. I shall wait for one hour in the Forbidden Forest. If, at the end of that hour, you have not come to me, have not given yourself up, then battle recommences. This time, I shall enter the fray myself, Harry Potter, and I shall find you, and I shall punish every last man, woman, and child who has tried to conceal you from me. One hour."
Harry, she thought, where was the kid? She hadn't seen him since they were battling alongside Ginny and Aberforth before she ran away looking for her husband.
Remus, she still couldn't find him and as she went inside the Great Hall alongside the crowd of students she was hoping he would be in there, hopefully, alive.
After a few minutes helping Madam Pomfrey to heal some of the injures students near the entrance of the Hall, she finally saw him, he was helping another boy lay a blonde student on the ground, she got up to her feet and run.
"Remus!" she screamed as she got closer and he finally turned around.
She went to hug him and pulled him as close as she could, "Dora?" she heard after some minutes, she loosened her arms a little and looked into his face and saw how he realized what was happening.
"What are you doing here! You were supposed to be at your mother's! With Teddy!" he held her face as looking for injuries.
"I just – I couldn't stay – I couldn't stand not knowing, okay? I couldn't stay there while you were here, risking your life, I just couldn't" he didn't look really happy "Hey, look at me, I'm okay, nothing happened to me, I'm good" she gave him a little kiss and felt his arms tightened around her waist.
"I love you" that was all he said.
"I love you too. Now let's find Kings or the Weasley's or Harry for that matter" she let go of him and he grabbed her hand guiding her through the crowds or mourning and injured students.
They finally found the Weasley's and they were not prepared for what they saw. She felt Remus squeezing her hand as they approached them.
She was the family standing around a body, Ginny was crying while Percy stood by her side and Fleur and Bill were hugging besides Arthur, they got closer and saw who was the family member lying in the ground, Fred, she saw George kneeling besides his twin's head, and Molly crying by her fourth son's head while Arthur stroked her hair with tears in his cheeks.
She couldn't believe it, this was Fred. That cheeky boy that used to prank her at Grimmauld Place that summer they spent there. The one who always asked her to morph into the strangest things. This was Charlie's little brother, Oh Merlin, Charlie, he didn't know, and poor George, who had never been apart from his twin, looked so lost at the moment.
Not knowing what to do, she went to hug Ginny and felt the sobs coming from the young girl, she looked around and found Remus approaching Percy who was in what seemed like a state of shock as he looked to his younger brother.
A few minutes passed and Ginny released her to go to see her brother, after that she went to Fleur and Bill.
"What are you doing here, you should be with Teddy!" the blonde girl said with her French accent.
"Oh I already had this talk with Remus, shut up and hug me, princess" she said trying to smile and found herself being embraced by the taller witch.
Finally, she saw Ron, Hermione and, thankfully, Harry. She saw her husband approach the later and saw him hugging the young boy who looked really surprised, after a little chat, she saw Harry leaving.
"Where is he going?" she said worried as she got to her husband side.
"He said he needed to see something at Dumbledore's office, now, come and sit with me"
She didn't know what happened as they were sitting there, it seemed like ages had happened and when they thought it was over, she saw that the crowd from the hall was moving outside, she grab her husband hand and followed the rest of the people.
As they followed the Weasley's, the same voice frim earlier, Voldemort's, spoke again, and it said something nobody wanted to hear.
"Harry Potter is dead. He was killed as he ran away, trying to save himself while you lay down your lives for him. We bring you his body as proof that your hero is gone. "The battle is won. You have lost half of your fighters. My Death Eaters outnumber you, and the Boy Who Lived is finished. There must be no more war. Anyone who continues to resist, man, woman, or child, will be slaughtered, as will every member of their family. Come out of the castle now, kneel before me, and you shall be spared. Your parents and children, your brothers and sisters will live and be forgiven, and you will join me in the new world we shall build together."
She felt Remus trembling besides her and tears running down her cheeks as they saw Voldemort and his army of Death Eater's, approaching the ground of the castle.
Tonks didn't think she would ever understand what happened after it was all a blur, Neville's speech, the Sorting Hat, Neville pulling a sword and Harry disappearing, after that they all run inside the castle and the battle continued.
At some point she saw Remus and Flitwick dueling Dolohov and then, she was battling her crazy aunt alongside Ginny, Hermione and Luna, that was before Molly took over and killed Bellatrix.
Tonks felt something in her chest that she thought she wouldn't have felt even with Voldemort's death. Finally, she thought, her mum was safe, her baby was safe and even if it was too late for her dad, her childhood trauma that had followed even more after her cousin's death, was finally over.
And then, out of nowhere Harry, appeared, alive, and started to talk about some wand, horcruxes, and Snape and his love for Lily, and Dumbledore's death, about Draco and then finally, unexpectedly Voldemort fell.
It instantly felt like everything was better, the sun started to come out and she saw how everyone tried to get to Harry as she went to her husband.
"It's over, love, it's finally over" she whispered to him as they hugged and felt his tears in her shoulder.
As the minutes passed, some of Remus's old students went to say hi to him and she left him with who she recognized as Oliver Wood and another girl, and went to sit beside her crying best friend.
"Wotcher" she murmured.
"Hi" he didn't look at her and she did the thing that she seemed to be doing the most today, she hugged him and let him cry on her shoulder.
"It's going to be okay, Charlie, it will take time but it will be alright" she said while caressing her back.
When he finally stopped crying, he looked at her and kissed her forehead.
"I heard about your dad, I'm so sorry Tonks"
She felt the tears forming in her eyes. It was still very new, not even two months had passed and it still felt like yesterday, even more so with her mum insisting on staying alone.
Her mum.
Shit.
She must be so worried.
"Hey, I got to look for Remus and send mum a message but we will catch up, okay? Come over whenever you want" she said standing up.
"I want to meet that baby, T" he finally smiled.
"I'm sure he wants to meet his Uncle Charlie too" she smiled back.
As she went looking for Remus, she sent her mother a patronus 'it's over, we are fine, we will come over soon' and after a few minutes and a talk with Kingsley 'the minister', she found her husband talking to McGonagall and Sprout.
"…It's over and you survived it, Remus, have some rest" she heard McGonagall said as she put her arm around his waist.
"Wotcher" she said to her former professors.
"Oh, Nymphadora, dear" her former head of house said "I'm so happy to see you, I'm so proud of you" she felt Professor Sprout giving holding her face and giving her a kiss in her cheek "Congratulations, we heard about the baby" she felt her face forming a smile and she could swear Remus was doing the same at the mention of her baby.
"Oh, yes, Teddy, we named him after Dora's dad, here, I have some pictures" he said as he reached out his inner pocket and showed some pictures to the older women.
"He is beautiful! And look, he has your hair" McGonagall said looking at her.
"Only thing, though, he looks like Remus" she heard her husband laugh.
"Well, we are leaving you, expect us soon though, we are going to get to meet that baby" Sprout said as they leave, she didn't even want to think about how many people were going to go visit them now that they were safe.
"Ready to leave?" she asked her husband while holding his hand.
"I want to talk to Harry first"
"Of course, where is he by the way?" she said looking around "I was actually thinking that as the Weasley's are – "she couldn't finish because she was interrupted by a familiar house elf who was handling them some sandwiches.
"Master Harry sent this, for the werewolf and the shape shifting freak"
"Why, thank you, Kreacher" Remus said.
And before the elf could disappear she spoke "Hey Kreacher, could you take us to Harry? I have something to ask him" her husband looked at him curious and before they could say anything else, they were standing in what she remembered as one of the Gryffindor rooms.
She looked at the boy in front of them, who looked quite surprised.
"Wotcher Harry"
"Hullo, Harry"
"Remus, Tonks, what are you doing here?"
"We are leaving, and I wanted to talk to you before" her husband looked really nervous as he spoke.
"Oh, okay"
"Before anything I wanted to say something" she sat at the end of one of the beds "I was wondering if maybe you wanted to come home with us?" she looked at her husband who seemed surprised but was smiling at the same time.
"With you? To your house?" the boy asked after a moment of shock.
"Yes, I know Molly will offer too, but with Fred, maybe they will be a little crowed and I don't know if you feel like being there as of now, and well, we do have an extra bedroom, you'll only have to put up with a crying baby but that's it"
"Are you sure?" he was looking at Remus now.
"Yes Harry, you'll always be welcomed there"
"I – I have to talk to Ron and Hermione first though"
"It's okay, we can wait"
After finding Ron and Hermione in the common room and letting them know they would be welcomed too whenever they wanted, the three of them left the Gryffindor tower.
"Maybe you'll want to put on the cloak, Harry?" Remus said.
"Oh yes, yes" said Harry.
They approached McGonagall office and Tonks talked again.
"We are using McGonagall's floo to go to my mum's to pick up Teddy and then we go home"
As soon as they were inside, they reached the floo powder a throw it to the fire. After watching Harry leave, a little bit insecure, the couple followed.