Ok. Everyone knows the drill. Still here goes nothing -

Harry Potter & the other characters of J.K. Rowling are strictly hers (though this plot here is mine :)). I am not the original writer (though I wish I could be) & I do not wish to make money from this. Most Importantly, I DO NOT want to get sued. So if anyone has any problems with anything I write, then just tell me.

There's plenty more...blah blah blah...forget it & let the story begin :).

Note: US English has been used here

HARRY POTTER & THE POWER OF HOGWARTS

Chapter 24 - New Year's Resolution

"How bad is it sir?" Harry rushed towards Dumbledore. Dumbledore looked for a moment at Harry and then turned away, unable to meet the eye's of Harry.

"I am sorry Harry, Nymphadora wont make it"

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"What do you mean?" Harry asked with a confused smile. It was so obvious to him that he was hearing things. After all, he had heard things when the Chamber had been opened again.

"Come here Harry" Dumbledore beckoned Harry towards him. Harry, still with a confused look on his face, did as he was told. Remus and Fleur were looking absolutely stunned by now as they couldn't believe what they had heard just now. Harry, on the other hand was astonished as he felt Dumbledore pulling him into a tight hug.

"Harry...Nymphadora was hit by the Death Curse" Dumbledore said in a quavering voice. He was tired...tired of giving bad news to his young pupil. He had stopped meddling with Harry's life and yet...

"What do you mean?" Harry asked as he pulled out of the hug.

"It is a very ancient curse Harry" Dumbledore looked at Remus as he said this. Remus was looking helplessly at him with his mouth hanging open in shock. "It was used to kill before the Avada Kedavra was made. Whoever gets hit by it dies a slow death...slow and...p...painful..." Dumbledore couldn't finish the sentence as he tried to get a grip onto himself. It was unlike him to ever behave like this but this time around, he could feel the turmoil going on inside Harry and Remus. The pain and disbelief in their hearts was too much for him to bear. He had never felt so emotionally lost since Lily and James had been killed. What hurt him the most was the thought of how Harry might react. Over the past few months, he had tried to stop being just a headmaster. He had tried to reach out to Harry personally. And now that he had achieved it partly, he understood just how much this young man had gone through. He had to take the blame for a large part of it but even after he had tried to stop interfering, Harry was going to suffer another loss. Without another word, Dumbledore swept past all those present there and went to his office.

"I didn't know he can say such stupid jokes" Harry turned towards Remus with a stupid smile on his face. "Some death curse or whatever...ha!"

"Harry..." Remus began slowly "...what Dumbledore said was true"

"What?" Harry looked like Remus was acting like an idiot too. "C'mon Remus, surely you don't believe him"

"Dumbledore never jokes on such topics Harry" Remus said as he moved towards his adopted godson. "Tonks got hit by a fatal curse"

"Oh yeah?" Harry's voice had a challenge in it. He dared Remus to say anything more. "C'mon...I will show you". With that, he grabbed Remus's hand and pushed open the door of the patient's area. "You too Fleur" Harry shouted over his back. Fleur silently followed them.

Making their way to Tonks bed, Harry turned to Remus.

"Look at her" he pointed towards Tonks who had her eyes open now. "She's just as well as she ever can be. Ok…she got hit by a curse and looks a little bad but she will recover. Satisfied now?" Harry seemed angry with Remus. Remus's eyes traveled from Harry to Tonks and he kept gazing into her eyes. Tonks was silently weeping which Harry had failed to notice. Seeing Tonks weep almost broke Remus's heart. After all, Tonks was the one who was always cheerful no matter what happened and she made sure that the others had some fun too. On seeing the tears slide down Tonks face, Remus couldn't stop his tears either.

"Hey...what happened?" Harry looked closely at Remus. "Oh...sorry...I shouldn't have talked to you like that" Harry thought Remus had been hurt by Harry's words. "I am sorry I hurt you Remus. Tonks...you tell him..." Harry turned towards Tonks and stood there in silence for a few moments. Tonks was crying too.

"Hey...Tonks...what happened?" Harry asked in a whisper as he sat down beside Tonks. "Why are you crying?" Harry looked very concerned now. Getting no reply, Harry said "Oops...something must be wrong with your eyes. I bet the spell..."

"HARRY..." Remus said through gritted teeth. "...snap out of it"

"Out of what?" Harry asked before his face turned red with anger. "Oh...so all of you are into this, aren't you? Want to make a fool out of me today so that you can have a good laugh?"

"Harry..." Harry heard a strange strangled voice and it was only after a couple of seconds that he located the source of the voice.

"Tonks..." Harry asked in a concerned manner. "What happened to your voice? I must ask Madam Pomfrey..."

"It's no use Harry" Tonks replied, albeit with great difficulty. "It's time"

"Time?" Harry looked from Tonks to Remus to Fleur back to Tonks. "For what?"

"To move on" Tonks replied. "I am dying Harry" Tonks managed to say the words with great difficulty. But to her surprise, Harry just broke out in laughter.

"Nice one Tonks" Harry said as he controlled his laughter. "Anyway...seriously...when will you be released? You can have everything inside the tr..." Harry stopped as he remembered that Fleur was present too and he didn't want to mention anything about the trunk in front of her. "You know what I mean, don't you?" Harry asked with a wink and a smile.

"I can't..." Tonks started to say something when Harry started to get angry. He seemed to have had enough of this 'joke' and seemed fed up. Fleur was silently crying now while Remus was sitting on one of the many chairs beside Tonks's bed, his head in his hands.

"Enough" Harry said in an irritated voice. "This is going too far. You peopl...oh – my – god!"

Tonks also had had enough. Harry just wouldn't believe their words. He thought that they were fooling him when the truth was that he was fooling himself. Unable to bear it any longer, Tonks threw away the blanket which was covering her. The sight which greeted Harry was one of pure horror. Fleur ran out of the room while Remus drew his breath sharply. Seldom had he seen someone in such a state.

Every part of Tonks body seemed to be bleeding. The bed was charmed to automatically clean the stains. Tonks arms were the worst affected. It seemed like someone had driven in millions and millions of pins into them causing blood to ooze out. Tonks's body shivered from time to time due to her nerve cells playing havoc inside her body. The rate at which she was loosing blood was very fast. It was enough to cause certain death over a period of a couple of hours.

Harry had his hands covering his mouth by now. Some part of him was thinking this was all an illusion while another part was ready to believe that Tonks was not being treated properly. The logical part of his brain seemed to be lost in the maze of the illogical thoughts.

"MADAM POMFREY...HOW DARE YOU LEAVE TONKS LIKE THIS?" Harry shouted at the top of his lungs and seemed angry beyond reason. "Hold on Tonks..." Harry was breathing very fast now. "...I will stop it". With that, he whipped out his wand, which he had picked up from where Snape had thrown it, and started muttering healing charms at random. Every charm which hit Tonks caused her more pain but she didn't complain. She knew that Harry was only trying to help. Madam Pomfrey had come out by now and she snatched Harry's wand. As an angry Harry turned towards the nurse, he was surprised to see her crying too.

"Don't you see...Harry...don't..." Tears slid down the face of the school matron. "She's dying Harry...she's...she's...". Madam Pomfrey bit her lower lip to keep herself in control. Harry could see that she was trembling from head to toe and her lips were quavering. Finally, unable to keep herself under control, Madam Pomfrey handed Harry his wand back and went into her office, banging the door behind her.

"What?" Harry finally managed to understand what was happening. Slowly, he looked at Remus who still had his head in his hands. From the way his body was shivering from time to time, Harry could easily guess that he was weeping. Turning back to Tonks was the hardest thing to do. Yet, he somehow managed to look Tonks in the eye.

"That curse..." Harry spoke very slowly and his eyes narrowed. "You knew what it was, didn't you?". In reply, Tonks just turned away her face and started to look at the other side.

"Speak to me Tonks" Harry said in a pleading voice. Getting no reply for over a minute, Harry burst out "SPEAK TO ME". This seemed to get Tonks attention. "You knew what the spell was, didn't you? That's why you were smiling, wasn't it?" Harry's eyes were burning with anger. Tonks looked for a long moment into those emerald green eyes but didn't reply. Nor did Harry ask for a third time. He had got his reply.

Tears started flowing down Harry's cheeks as he understood the sacrifice Tonks had made for him. She had knowingly given up her life to save him. And it was not the killing curse which killed someone instantly. Rather, it was a curse which caused her inexplicable pain and slow death. She had made a trade with fate. She had kept the light of the wizarding world shining by giving away her own life. She had done something which Harry never thought anyone would do for him.

"Hey..." Tonks whispered, bringing Harry back to reality. "Don't cry" Tonks blinked back tears as she said this. "If you cry then it makes my heart bleed. And nothing hurts more than a bleeding heart"

"Why Tonks?" Harry asked in a choked voice. "Why did you do it? I am not worth it". Harry tried to take a step forward but found his legs shaking uncontrollably. He held on to the side of the bed and slowly sat down beside Tonks.

"You are worth far more than you can ever imagine" Tonks said with a weak smile. "You are the light which is showing the way to the others. You teach people about how to live a tough life with a smile on their faces"

"You are wrong Tonks" Harry shook his head. "It was you who taught me how to smile". More tears were shed by Harry.

"And now I am making you cry" Tonks looked very disappointed. "I am sorry Harry"

"YOU SHOULD BE" Harry cried out. "HOW DARE YOU LEAVE ME ALONE HERE?". Tonks said nothing in reply but gave a wry smile. At least, she had been able to break through Harry's icy exterior of the past few days. At last, Harry was back to being the person he truly was.

"Tonks..." Tonks looked around to see Remus approaching her. "...wasn't there any other way?". Tonks shook her head. Remus gave a deep sigh and nodded his head. "I am proud of you...sister" Remus said in between freely flowing tears. He gazed long and hard at the face of the girl who would be gone forever in a few hours. Tonks kept looking at Remus and wept along with him.

"I am sorry Remus" Tonks said after a long time. "I didn't plan to leave you all so soon". Remus nodded his head in understanding and gave a pat on her head. He would miss seeing a pink haired girl tripping over even a grain of dust. He ran his fingers through her hair and just kept shaking his head.

"She's betrayed us Remus" Harry said, his gaze fixed on the floor below. "She always wanted to be the first in everything...and this time...she cheated". Tonks had closed her eyes by now. She just couldn't look at these two suffering men in front of her.

"You know what..." Harry looked up with a sad smile. "...she's good...she's good at cheating". More tears welled up in his eyes as he said this. "She beat us both in a race which was supposed to be won by me"

Tonks opened her eyes and looked at Harry. She tried to say something but no sound ensued. Finally a croaked voice could be heard again.

"I am so sorry". With that, Tonks broke down into sobs. She just couldn't bear the pain which she had inflicted upon these two people. Remus couldn't take it anymore and marched out of the room in a disheveled state. Harry didn't move...rather, he wouldn't move.

"You cheated..." Harry kept on repeating this sentence and kept shaking his head. "You...sigh...". He smiled for a moment and the next moment he was shedding tears of untold misery. Suddenly Harry looked at Tonks with a sad smile and said "You remember the time you first cheated with me in a duel? That time...". Harry tried to finish the sentence but his voice betrayed him. He opened his mouth a couple of times more but no sound ensued. Tonks was looking at Harry with sorrow filled eyes even as Harry broke down into tears again.

"You can't leave..." Harry said in small gasps. "You can't...you wont...you..."

"I have to Harry" Tonks said with great difficulty. With every passing moment, her body seemed to weaken and the pain seemed to increase. "I can't help it...not now..." Tonks paused for a moment to draw her breath. "…not anymore"

Harry kept looking at his feet for a long time as silence fell in the room. Finally he looked up at Tonks with a tense face and a resolve in his eyes.

"Tonks..." Harry asked in a steady voice. "Will you hate me if I said something you don't want to hear?"

"No Harry" Tonks replied with an astonished look. "How can you ever think that I will hate you?"

"Sorry Tonks...it's just that..." Harry's voice trailed off. Looking at the expectant eyes of Tonks, Harry continued. "...It's somewhat tough to explain"

"Even to me?" Tonks asked with a wry smile but immediately regretted it. Even smiling was becoming painful now. Closing her eyes, she took in a few deep breaths which caused her pain to subside slightly. Harry's heart cried at seeing the pain which Tonks was going through.

"Well..." Harry looked uncertainly at Tonks once she had opened her eyes again. "...hmmm...it's...hmmm..."

"Harry" Tonks said forcefully. "I don't have much time". Harry's head dropped at this. He didn't know how to say what he intended to say but he knew he had to do it.

"Tonks..." Harry's gaze shifted towards his hands. "From the first day I saw you, I felt that you were kind of a new breeze in my life". Tonks looked curiously at Harry. "The way you arranged my trunk...the way you tried to fold the socks..." Harry smiled at the thought and even Tonks gave a weak smile. "I was down in the dumps that year and getting to know you was one of the better things which happened in my fifth year. Even though we didn't spend much time together, I guess we were just friends or something like that"

"Yeah" Tonks agreed.

"After Sirius, things changed. I felt so alone. I felt as if no one cared for me...no one wanted to know how I felt" Harry's voice was filled with sadness. "Even Ron and Hermione had not written to me all summer. At that time, you and Remus came into my life. Well...you people were there all the time but we shared one common thing - Sirius"

"Yeah" Tonks replied again but her voice wasn't as strong as it was about 30 minutes back.

"And after a lot of mumbling and persuasion and...well...you guys finally came to live in the trunk and I felt a lot better. You guys made me smile...or rather..." Harry looked directly at Tonks in a long while. "...you made me smile"

Tonks gave another curious look at Harry. He seemed to be trying to say something but was just repeating the past in a way. But still, what he had said just now meant a lot to Tonks.

"Glad I could be of some help after all" Tonks replied. "But...but...why are you saying all this Harry?"

Harry took a deep breath and closed his eyes. "Whenever you were there..." Harry continued. "...I felt as if there was someone I could always count on. Yeah...Remus was there too but he is more like...you know...a father kind of person". Tonks nodded her head in return as she knew exactly what Harry meant. "But you were different. I always had fun with you. Whenever you were there, I felt a strange calm inside me. Whenever you got angry with me for being careless, I would feel nice about it. When you hit me and then apologized at the dinner table...I want you to know that I really appreciated what you did. You did what you did because I think you cared for me"

Tonks was listening to Harry in a speechless manner. What was this all about?

"No one has cared me for like that...no one has ever freaked out like you because I had done something which I shouldn't have been doing. Only people who care about someone else do stuff like what you did" Harry seemed like he was in a trance now as he continued to describe what he felt like. "I have never felt so close to anyone. Whenever I looked at you I felt different. Your eyes have a magic about themselves and whenever I looked into them, I felt as if I was in the seventh heaven looking at an angel. You are the person I always thought of being with someday. You were part of my dreams and you were the one who took away all the pains of my nightmares. Unknowingly, you are and always will be my destiny". Harry smiled at this...a smile which was a mixture of great hope and pain.

By this time, Tonks was shedding tears and, for the first time that night, these were tears of pure joy. She only hoped that Harry meant what she thought he meant but she didn't want to hope for too much. After all, she didn't deserve anything extra than just being near Harry.

"I always prayed that you would someday think of me as more than just a friend. It doesn't matter to me whether you say yes or no, but the fact remains that..." Harry paused for a long moment before opening his eyes and gazed deeply into the expectant eyes of his favorite metamorphmagus.

"That?" Tonks prompted Harry, albeit in a whispered voice.

"That I love you Nymphadora Tonks...I love you" With that, Harry slowly placed his hand over that of Tonks's right hand. He expected her to pull it away...to slap him...but nothing of the sort happened. Seeing that he had still not been slapped, Harry continued "I want to snatch you out of the clutches of all the pain and misery this world has. I don't know if I have the right to do so or not, but if possible, I will do anything I can to show that you are the most extraordinary person on this earth. You are one who is ready to die for another which shows your own spirit is pure" Harry felt tears forming in his eyes once again as he kept looking at Tonks. Both of them were relieved in a way. "I knew I was blessed for every second I got to spend with you. Not everyone gets to spend time with the most beautiful person on this earth. You are..."

"Shhhh..." With great pain, Tonks put a finger on Harry's lips. She wanted to understand what he had just said and wanted to know whether it was the truth or she had just dreamt about it. The pain which shot through her body assured her that she had not been hallucinating. It had been the truth after all. Tonks closed her eyes and tried to remember every word Harry had just said. They might not have been the most romantic words in the history of mankind but they were surely the most precious one's she had ever heard.

Harry looked slightly taken aback at this. "I am sorry if I have hurt you but this is what I feel about you now...and forever" Harry said and started to take his hand away. He was pleasantly surprised when Tonks grabbed his hand tightly and stopped him. She had her eyes open and was looking directly at Harry. Tonks's eyes were shining brightly with happiness as she held Harry's hand disregarding the physical pain which she felt. It was her mental peace and happiness which really mattered right now.

"You are not mad at me, are you?" Harry asked tentatively. There was something in Tonk's eyes which confused Harry. It was glimmering with happiness, sadness, hope and...maybe love. Maybe he was imagining things, Harry thought.

"Harry..." Tonks choked as she spoke for the first time in the past twenty odd minutes. "Can I tell you something?". Harry nodded his head in reply and awaited Tonks's statement.

"I love you too Harry" Tonks bit her lower lip to diminish her physical pain as she said this but all this was nothing compared to her feelings. She felt like she was the happiest person on earth. Harry couldn't believe what he had just heard. His mind must be playing tricks with him, he thought. After all, he had wanted to hear this so badly that most probably this statement must have been one of his imaginary ones. Harry's thoughts were so effectively reflected on his face that Tonks smiled inwardly.

"I had been so afraid to say this" Tonks said with great difficulty. She was breathing in small gasps now and didn't even make an effort to move her body. It was just too much. "Sorry Harry...I failed to confess my feelings to you". Tonks continued as the first rays of sunlight were threatening to break the darkness all around.

Harry was silently weeping along with Tonks, a smile on his lips now. "But we know now, don't we?" he asked in a whisper. Tonks only nodded her head in reply. At this moment, Remus entered the room once again.

"Remus..." Tonks said in a shrill voice. She had very little time left. "...Harry loves me Remus...Harry loves me". The joy on her face was like that of a kid who had just received the top most grades in her class. Remus looked slightly stunned at this piece of news but recovered quickly enough. Looking at the happy faces of both Tonks and Harry, he felt grateful that they had got the time to share their feelings.

"I..." Tonks started to say something when her body seized up. Convulsions started to rock her body but Harry didn't let go of her. Her hands and feet were lashing out at anything and everything in their way. Blood was oozing out like never before. Harry's right hand, which was holding Tonks's right hand, was covered with blood now. After about 5 seconds, Tonks's body slumped down on the bed.

As Harry and Remus looked, their hearts broke. Tonks was struggling desperately to keep her eyelids open. Her spiky hair was all smudged in blood just like the rest of her body. Her fingers were twitching from time to time. If someone saw her now, it would have seemed as if she had been skinned alive.

"Har...ry" broken words ensued from Tonks mouth. By the way Tonks was blinking her eyes, it seemed as if she was having trouble with her sight too. "I don't want...to die". Tonks said desperately while Harry had a look of helplessness on his face. By this time, Fleur, McGonagall and many other teachers had arrived in the room.

"Remus..." Tonks turned her head towards the oldest of their family. Initially she had trouble locating Remus but, upon straining her eyes, she got a good look at him. "...I want to live". Tears were pouring down Tonks eyes as she said this. "With you...with Harry". Remus looked away on hearing this. He had no control over life and death; otherwise he would have traded places with Tonks.

"I wanted to..." Tonks stopped for air as her breathing got harder. "...wanted to wear this one day". With that, she took out a small object from her left pocket. The blood stained object in her hands was the emerald ring which Harry had presented her on her birthday. Harry gulped when he saw it and remembered how Tonks had said that she would wear it on the appropriate day. Alas, that day would never come.

"But I can't, can I?" Tonks asked, blinded by her own tears as her whole body was threatening to seize up again. "I want to live. Harry...where are you?"

"I am right here Tonks" Harry stooped over Tonks as he said this. Remus was blinking hard not to shed any more tears.

"Harry..." Tonks gasped for air even as she said this. "...give this to the one...you choose". With that, Tonks put the emerald ring in Harry's hand. She didn't even hear Harry's words of protest.

"It's yours Tonks...I can't...There will be no one else…" Harry didn't bother to control himself in front of everyone. Right now, he didn't care. But try as he may, he couldn't force it back into Tonks hands.

"Har...Ha...it is time" Tonks cried out in pain. Her whole body was bent in an awkward way as she tried to escape the pain which was growing by the second. "Can you k...kiss me...once?" In spite of the pain which she was suffering, Harry could feel the real emotions behind Tonks's question. She was afraid Harry would say no...afraid of being rejected by her true love of life. The hope in her eyes was overshadowed by the fear in her. Harry didn't reply. Instead, his actions spoke for themselves.

Harry bent down to Tonks's level and wiped out the tears from her eyes. Then, turning his head ever so slightly, Harry's lips, for the first time, met Tonks's in soft embrace. Tonks hands wandered in the messy black hair of Harry...the hair she had come to love for so long. She wanted to have a feel of them for the last time. Both of them kissed each other passionately for what seemed like an eternity but was really a second. As the ray of sunlight broke in through the window and illuminated the pair, Harry felt Tonks body go numb. Slowly, he broke the kiss and lowered the figure knowing fully well what had happened. Nymphadora Tonks had been relieved of all her pains...forever.

McGonagall, Madam Pomfrey and Fleur were openly shedding tears. Even little Flitwick had misty eyes. As Harry rested the body of Tonks on the bed, the ray of sunlight fell directly on her face. For the first time in many years, there was a certain look of happiness and satisfaction on the face of Tonks which had never been there before. Death had given her what life could not.

Harry stood beside Tonks and kept looking at her for a long time. He wanted to keep the memory of the angelic face with him forever. He was not alone though. Remus also kept looking at Tonks as he strode up to her bed. He muttered some cleaning charms and made away with the stains on her face. Straightening her hair as much he could, he pulled on the blanket to cover the dead body. Slowly, he covered her up to her neck and only her face remained visible. He had never seen Tonks so peaceful and beautiful in his whole life and he somehow felt grateful that she had been able to get the love of her life even if it was momentarily. He sat down on the side of the bed opposite to Harry's and looked on at the lovely face which they would miss forever.

All of a sudden, a strange glow started to emit from all parts of the castle. Everyone looked around in wonder as a strange aura of light seemed to be emitted by the very castle itself. It lasted for a couple of seconds before diminishing. Everyone who was present there guessed what might have happened. The Goblet had been destroyed and so was the Power of Hogwarts.

No sooner had the glow died down when a chair clattered to the floor. Harry had got up so fast and furiously that the chair had fallen. With blazing eyes, he looked at Remus. Remus, who knew that look, gasped knowing that Harry was very angry and was about to do something.

Harry didn't care much now. All he knew was that he had to have his revenge...by hook or by crook. But apart from revenge, he had to make sure of one other thing and he was going to make sure that he didn't fail in that. Harry took out his wand and pointed it upwards. With a last look at Tonks and his own blood stained hands, he said something which had never been heard before in Hogwarts. The sound echoed throughout the castle and even Dumbledore jumped to his feet when he heard it.

"I, Harry Potter, with the blood of Nymphadora Tonks on my hands and with the power bestowed in me by the wizarding world, curse the families of my own bloodline from either marrying or mating with the bloodline of Ginny Weasley and her descendants. Let the people who violate this curse suffer a horrible death at the hands of their lover.

Let this curse stand from henceforth to eternity"

No sooner were these words said by Harry that his wand started to glow and vibrate. After a couple of seconds, a ray of light emitted from it and vanished through the ceiling of the hospital wing and into the skies above. The curse had been placed.

Harry didn't care to look at the astonished and frightened expressions of all those present. He didn't care what anyone thought of him. He knew that Remus would always support him and Tonks would always be with him...in his heart of hearts. An exhausted and emotionally drained Harry slumped into his seat beside the body of Tonks and ran his fingers through her hair.

"Your sacrifice will not be wasted Tonks" Harry's voice was loud enough to be heard by everyone present. There was a feeling of sadness in it which was beyond description. "I will make sure of that". There was a kind of determination in Harry's words which had never been present before. Gazing at the peaceful face of his dead friend and lover, Harry said what had become the aim of his life.

"You helped me see a new dawn and I will help others to see a new dawn...a dawn which won't have Voldemort in it"

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A/N:

That's it guys. End of a long journey for me. Just to let you know, the sequel will be called "Harry Potter & The New Dawn" and I will start on it after HBP will be released. Mind you, the sequel will be completely AU and whatever similarities might arise will be out of coincidence.

Now…I know many of you hate me at this moment. To tell the truth, I hate myself right now. I went a long way in describing Tonks's character…her itsy bitsy things…her irritating ways…everything about her. Obviously Tonks is JKR's creation but I tried to develop her character more…tried to give more substance to it. After so many chapters, it really pained me to write this as I love the character of Tonks. I don't know if my writing was able to convey the image which I have in my mind but if it touches you, then think of what it might have done to me.

Thanks to all you guys here who took time to read this fic. A special thanks to all those who motivated me to keep on writing after my fic was taken down here. This has been one hell of a journey for me and I really loved and appreciated each and every review I got for it.

I have kept my word on finishing this fic and hope to keep my word on finishing the sequel too (let me start on it first!).

Last but not the least, I apologize to all you Honks people once again. It was tough but I figured if anyone would sacrifice their life to save Harry then Tonks would be at the top…at least in my story.

If you people want to discuss anything, then you are welcome to join my group. The link is present on my profile page.

Thanks to everyone once again.

Regards,
Prabal.

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