Thanks to all the reviewers! I have suddenly had a shock of finding that this story has 43 reviews!! Wow!! Lol.
Nymphadora Tonks ~ Young, And Alive
Tonks sobbed, tears filling her eyes, and then draining down her face. This was it…he was gone. Just left like that. And she couldn't even say good-bye…heck, she didn't even see him leave! She had been unconscious, after all.
She was tired…her eyes weary…crying took the life out of her…her energy…she felt weak…weaker than she ever was.
It was not like Tonks to cry like this…not at all. But still, she had, after all, lost a relative…a family member…who cared about her. Practically the only one…actually.
Sirius was so kind…so gentle…why did he have to go? Why couldn't it have been Tonks herself? She would willingly sacrifice herself right now, just to change places with him.
After all, people in the world needed him more than they needed Tonks. Harry…Remus…everyone. And who needed Tonks? No one. She only existed to help the Order. That was all. But people needed Sirius…to love him…to be loved back.
And now he was gone.
And it was all Tonk's fault.
It was obvious, after all…wasn't it?
It was Tonks who was fighting Bellatrix, in the first place. It was Tonks who had to be hit by that stupid curse, only to lose conscious, and be unhelpful. If she hadn't…if she had ducked…put on a Shield Charm…anything…then Sirius might have been saved…
Tonks closed her eyes and felt two more tears slide down her face.
She had been so stupid! When she was awoken…when they told her…she had not believed them. She had laughed! Laughed and laughed, even when everyone else remained grave and solemn. After some time, she had stopped smiling, noticing that everyone was deadly quiet.
And she was scared.
Then…it pained her to think of this…but when she saw Harry's sad…crumpled form, she knew it was true. Sirius had really…gone…
And she was frightened…angst over angst had come tumbling over to her, and it was so difficult to keep a straight face, when she so much wanted to cry.
A knock on her window… and Tonks jumped. She wouldn't deny it…she had been hoping…every corner that she turned, to see Sirius walking up to her, with a grand smile on his face, saying "I'm not dead! It as a great joke, wasn't it?"
But no, her hopes were too high. It was just an owl.
Opening the window, she brought the owl in, and took the letter. The owl flew off immediately, and Tonks watched it soar out of sight.
Then, she turned her attention back to the letter. Opening it, her hands shook as she read…
She dropped the letter. It fluttered to the ground, and lay there, stock-still. Tonks looked just the same. She could feel tears coming up again.
Oh no, she thought. You are getting way to emotional.
Moody wanted to talk about Sirius to her. It could only mean one thing…that he, too, was feeling depressed. He needed to be comforted. So yes, Tonks decided. She would help.
That is, if she could bear to…
Yes, Tonks knew that she could. After all, Alastor could help ease her pain as well.
Taking some parchment, Tonks wrote a quick reply to Mad-Eye, telling him that, of course, she would talk to him, and to arrange a date and place.
Then, she sent it off with an owl in her room. Tonks loved owls, she had five different ones, all different, yet beautiful.
Sitting down on her bed, Tonks felt horrible. She was itching to do something else, but couldn't figure out what. Writing again, perhaps? Thus, she wrote to Molly Weasley:
Molly,
Hello there, this is Tonks. I'm feeling rather stressed out lately, and I just needed something to do. So, I suppose, in writing to you…well, I really don't know why I am. I'm very sorry to disturb you, and I hope that you have a pleasant evening.
Tonks
Tonks sighed, dropping her quill. There. It seemed stupid to write a letter without any reason, but she felt like she had to. Maybe Molly could soothe her feelings…
Taking another owl, Tonks set it off with the letter.
Then, she sighed again, dropping back into her bed, gazing at the stars…
Starlight…star bright…first star I see tonight…
I wish I may, I wish I might…
She was young…young, and still breathing on this earth.
And Sirius?
He was young, and gone.
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Done! Yes, I know, it's very short…sorry!
Do any of you have any more suggestions for letter-receivers? Because if you don't, then that's okay! Thank you for all the people who mentioned people, like Mundungus (no, actually, he wasn't in the Chamber of Death), the twins, Ginny, Luna, Neville, etc. Those are wonderful ideas, but I'm not really sure I can fit them in the story! Anyways…I've been thinking that this story is close to a finish anyway!! Lol…I'll be sooo sad… Yup, there's probably about…3 more chapters? (Including Molly)