Author Notes: Thanks to Busaikko, Murialmodel, and Empath for reviewing. I have promised myself that I would write one happily ended story, and I forsee the ending coming in a couple more chapters. I'm sorry my updating has been slow, hopefully that will change, although even when I do have chapters written I can seldom get on any other days than Friday, Saturday, or Sunday. I also apologize for skipping around so much, but unfortunitely I couldn't avoid it.

Disclaimer: There would be no Harry Potter movies if I owned the series, and as Harry Potter movies exist…well you get it.

Chapter 17

"Professor Snape are you in there!……If your in there open this door!……I know you're in there! Where else would you be! Open up!……I didn't want to bring the headmaster into this…but Severus you leave me no choice!" Professor McGonagal turned away from his door storming off to fetch Headmaster Dumbledore about this.

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"Severus, I'm going to be opening the door!" the Headmaster said before doing so in front of the infuriated Transfiguration Professor who stood beside him. After shutting the door behind them, they searched the rooms together and found him in his bedroom sprawled on the floor, shuddering crazily, beside an overturned bedside table

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He opened his eyes finding himself held in sitting position by McGonagal, while the Headmaster stood worriedly over him.

"Severus –ring-- all right!" he asked the man shaking feverishly from the after effects of the cruciatus curse.

"Y-yes-s", he put his hand to his head hoping to ease the massive, pounding,headache.

"Were you hit –ring- spell!" her anger seemed to have dissipated a bit, after finding him hurt.

"Cru-uciat-us," he whispered his voice shaky.

"Who attacked –ring---!"

He couldn't tell them, no he couldn't. They'd think there was something wrong with him. They'd try and make him stop, but he couldn't stop. He deserved it.

"I did-n't s-se-e their f-f-ace", it was true enough. It wasn't like he'd been looking in a mirror.

"I'm going to cancel -ring- classes –ring-- day", Dumbledore said," Minerva -ring- you help -ring- take him –ring- infirmary?"

Not to the infirmary! Not to Remus! "NO! N-no don-n't. I'm f-fine."

"Severus –ring- shaking –ring-- leaf!"

"I n-need to go t-teach my cl-lasses."

"Now you want to teach your classes!", he pressed his hand harder against his forehead.

"Min-ring please. –ring-- I insist!"

"No!" he got shakily to his feet, holding the wall.

"But Remus –ring- there. I thought --ring--"

"No! No! No!"

"Severus –ring- something wrong!"

"No!"

"I'm -ring- Remus –ring- back -ring- Headquarters--ring-- stay -ring- you? "It's –ring—school board –ring-", was what Severus heard instead of," I'm going to bring Remus and Harry back to Headquarters, their going to stay there unless they can stay with you. It's the only way the school board will let Remus stay"

"No, not with Remus", I won't stay with Remus.

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Tonks watched as Harry guided Remus's lovely right hand across the checkerboard to see the piece she'd moved. "Thank you Harry", he said before he tilted his head to the side thoughtfully. He ran his hands over the pieces in the lower left area. Because Remus is blind, they'd eliminated crowning from the game. His pieces had the engraved crown side, and because Remus felt none of them, he moved his close right piece to the left before saying," I'm sorry, I'm probably not good competition".

"Why's that oh master of board games?" she asked moving a piece.

"I'm out of practice", he said a second before Harry grabbed his right hand again.

"I'd have thought Professor Snape would have played with you."

"Severus didn't know how. We'd have both had to learn sign language…he seemed scared of it, though", he lapsed into silence, not moving piece or limb, thinking about Snape. She knew he was.

"So", she took a breath to calm herself," So now that your going to be released tomorrow, what do you plan on doing?"

"I need to talk it over with Severus."

"Why?" she did her best to keep her voice light and curious.

"Headmaster Dumbledore wants to avoid Harry having to go back 'home' with me-", he looked in Harry's direction, after feeling the grip on his arm. She followed his sightless gaze, seeing the frightened boy's face.

"-and Harry doesn't want me to leave. Quite obviously, I can't stay in the Gryffindor dorms. I'm sure parents would throw a fit…It will all work out if Severus doesn't mind letting us stay with him."

Now, Harry talked to few people, and the few people he'd talk to were all adults, and he only talked to them when Remus was around. When Remus wasn't around, well…she remembered rushing inside hearing screaming, after Harry'd woken up alone with no one but this poor first year boy. He'd only calmed when he saw Remus come out of Madame Pomfrey's office. Therefore, it wasn't surprising to hear Harry ask her," Tonks are you all right? You look pale."

"Nymphadora", Professor McGonagal's voice cut off what she was about to say," Professor Dumbledore wants you to take Mr. Lupin and Mr. Potter you-know-where. Professor Snape has been attacked."

"Attacked? Is he all right? Where is he?"

"Mr. Lupin he's fine. I need for you and Mr. Potter to go you-know-where."

"Please call me Tonks Professor. So, the attacker is still in the castle?"

"Yes Nymphadora."

"Let me see him first."

"He refuses to come to the infirmary."

"Then I'll go to him", he stood up holding Harry's hand.

"Mr. Lu-Remus, please think of Harry. Do you want him killed?"

Remus bit his lip, letting his head drop. His look of utter sadness reminded her of why she fell in love with him. His care and concern for everyone.

"I'll make sure and let you know Remus. I mean, I assume the Headmaster wants me back right?"

"Yes Nymphadora"

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"So, do we get them back now Albus?"

" I'm afraid Remus and Harry are going to be staying at Headquarters from now on."

"So, them staying with Snape didn't work out?", Tonks asked making Moody look at Dumbledore stunned that his friend would consider doing something like that.

"No, there seems to be something wrong between them, though, I can't imagine what it could be", Moody resisted the urge to glance at the young auror beside him.

"Well, if that's it…" Tonks said with an odd glint in her eyes.

"It is. I'll see you both at our next meeting."

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Tonks settled herself down at her desk, after pausing for a bit, she picked up a quill. She scrapped many a letter, before she sent her finished product off using a rented owl.

From: Severus Snape

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

To: Remus J. Lupin

Number 7 Harpy Lane, London.

Author Notes: I'm not sure if anyoneremembers, but I hadHeadquarters moved in Piano Lessons.Don't you just love cliffhangers? Anyway, please Review and let me know your there. It said Harry was able to send letters to Grimmauld place in book 5, so i'm assuming Tonks can do it to this headquarters with a rental owl. I was toying with the idea of having her send it to Molly at the burrow to foreward it to Remus, but i'm not even sure they live there anymore.