Sorry I haven't updated in so long! I went back to school this week so I've been quite busy. This is my longest chapter so far. Hope you enjoy it:)
DISCLAIMER: I don't own anything, J.K Rowling owns Harry Potter and Aly & AJ own the song Chemical's React.
Tonks opened her eyes and saw it was still dark. She climbed out of her sleeping bag and walked down the spiral stairs to see the Common Room completely deserted. She glanced at her watch and saw it was three in the morning. Tonks wondered why she had woken up so early, she was unable to sleep only if she had something to remember. She thought about today's date, December sixteenth. Then it hit her. Oliver. Tears fell down her face, but she was interrupted by a boy coming down the stairs.
"What are you doing up so late?" Lupin asked her, sitting beside her.
"Couldn't sleep." she quietly replied, more tears spilling down her face.
"Are you alright?" he asked, noticing she was crying.
She weakly shook her head, and she let out a stifled sob. He wrapped an arm around her.
"What's wrong Dora?" he asked softly.
"T-today is the two year anniversary of my brother Oliver's death. He was o-only ten. We were walking along a river that was frozen over with ice. The ice b-broke and he d-drowned. I get him out. I-it was all my fault." She started to sob.
"Shh, it's alright. Dora, listen to me. It wasn't your fault. You tried to save him, you tried everything you could. You can't go through life blaming yourself, he wouldn't want you to do that."
"B-but it was my fault! Because of me, he never got to go to Hogwarts or make any friends his age. Oliver drowned because I couldn't pull him out!" She put her head in her hands, sobs wracking her whole body. "I just m-miss him so much. He was my f-first best friend."
Lupin pulled her close to him and let her cry. She cried for a solid hour, but exhaustion took its toll and she eventually fell asleep. He stayed with her on the sofa, keeping her safe in his arms.
She was floating in the water, watching her brother happily walking along the ice, then it all happened too fast. There was a crunching noise, then a crack and before she knew it, the ice beneath her brother had buckled. He plummeted into the freezing water, she was running over to him and screaming, "Oliver!" over and over again. The scene was changing and soon they were in Hogwarts.
"Nymphadora." a child's voice said.
"Oliver?" she asked, trying to find the voice.
"Yes, it's me. I need you to listen. No matter how many times you tell yourself it was your fault, it truly wasn't. Your friend Remus is right. I need you to do something for me Nymphadora, be happy. Whenever it is December sixteenth, don't cry because I have died. Smile because I lived. Don't think of me and be sad, because Nymphadora, I'm always with you."
A boy emerged from thin air, his short green hair sticking up. He was wearing jeans and a t-shirt. Tonks ran over to him and tightly hugged him.
"I miss you." she whispered to him.
"I'm always here Nymphadora." he replied.
"You always were the only person I would allow to call me Nymphadora." she replied, letting go of him.
He smiled at her and said, "You'll always be Nymphadora to me. It's time for you to go though. Goodbye Nymphadora." before she could say anything, he was gone.
Her eyes sprang open and she saw she was back in the Common Room, warm arms were encircled around her. She looked up and saw Lupin looking at her kindly. It was all just a dream.
"What happened?" she asked.
"You fell asleep from crying so much. Are you alright? You don't look so well."
"I'm okay. I dreamt about him. I mean I always dream about him this time of year, except it wasn't the same nightmare. He told me the exact same as you did, that it wasn't my fault. So if it wasn't my fault, why do I feel so bad all the time?" she said, her voice cracking.
"Dora, you couldn't help the ice breaking, you need to stop blaming yourself or else it's going to tear you apart." he said softly.
"He told me to be happy." she replied, wiping tears from the corners of her eyes.
"He sounds like a smart person." Lupin replied.
"Loopy, you're the only person I've told, and I kind of want to keep it that way." she said quietly.
"Your secret is safe with me." he replied.
"I'd better get back upstairs." Tonks said, standing up. She gave him a hug and whispered, "Thank you." before hurrying back upstairs in the girls' dormitory. She lay in her sleeping bag, but she didn't sleep, she just stared at the ceiling, her mind blank. Eventually, the sun started to flood the room with light. She saw Lily stir and soon she opened her eyes.
"Morning Tonks." she said sleepily.
"Morning." she replied. "Should we wake them up?" she asked, pointing at the two blonde haired girls sleeping.
"Nah, we'll just leave them. Do you want to go for some breakfast?"
"Yeah, I need to take a shower though." Tonks hurried to the bathroom and she showered. Changed her hair colour to brown and managed to add green streaks into it. 'For Oliver.' she thought to herself. She soon emerged from the bathroom, fully dressed and feeling a lot better.
"Ready to go?" asked Lily, whilst she was zipping her coat up.
"Yeah, lets go. I'm starving." Tonks and Lily walked down the Great Hall, both sitting down on the Gryffindor table. James came and sat down next to Lily, Sirius sat in between the two girls and Remus sat down on the other side of Tonks.
"Morning my Lily flower!" James said enthusiastically.
"Morning…James." she replied kindly and his jaw dropped.
"Y-you called me James?" he said, shocked.
"Yes I did. But don't get used to it!" she cried, giving him a small smile.
She looked back at Lupin who was eating a piece of toast.
"Are you alright?" he asked, taking a drink of pumpkin juice.
"I feel better thanks." she replied.
Tonks looked back at Lily and saw her laughing and smiling.
"I'm glad." Lupin said, taking her hand and giving it a quick squeeze.
"Hey Lillies, Tonks!" Sirius said. "Fancy going for a walk around the grounds with us?"
"Okay." Tonks replied. After Lily agreed, the five of them walked out into the white snow. She was enjoying herself until they reached the lake. It was frozen over with ice, just like the on she and Oliver had been walking on the day he drowned. She started to fidget uncomfortably, wishing she was anywhere but there. Lupin noticed this, so he took a hold of her hand.
"It's okay." he whispered softly in her ear. This calmed her down a bit.
"Can we go back to the castle?" she asked, fearing she would burst into tears any moment.
"Hey you lot," Lupin said. "I'm freezing. Can we go back into the castle?"
"Yeah, come on James." Lily said, wrapping her coat around her more tightly.
James happily followed Lily, and Sirius followed James. Tonks held Lupin back for a minute.
"Thank you." she said to him. "Thank you for everything." she quickly kissed him on the cheek and they walked back up to the castle in silence.
The five of them entered the Gryffindor Common Room, ready for the fire to engulf them in warmth. They had all just entered through the portrait when Claire and Sarah ran up to Tonks and Lily, their blonde hair billowing beneath them.
"Where have you two been? We have the whole day planned!" Sarah said, grabbing Tonks's arm and pulling her upstairs. Claire grabbed Lily's arm and began to pull her upstairs also.
"I guess I'll see you later." Tonks said to Lupin, half-jogging to keep up with Sarah.
She didn't hear his reply, because she was already in the girls dormitory.
"Right girls!" Claire said cheerfully. "This afternoon is going to be us pampering ourselves, then tonight we are going to have the best time ever!"
"Okay Claire." Lily said. "How many sweets have you had today?"
"Two," she said innocently before adding. "dozen."
They all burst into a fit of giggles and it took them a few minutes to regain their composure.
"Tonks?" Sarah asked. "Why do you have green in your hair?"
'Oh no, what am I going to say?' she thought to herself. 'I could tell them the truth. I mean, I can trust them can't I?" she thought for a moment and decided to tell them.
"I have green in my hair because it was my brothers favourite colour." she said, before continuing. "He passed away two years ago today." she finished, her face crumpling.
Lily gasped, walked over to her and hugged her. "Are you alright?" she asked.
"I'm okay, it just takes time." she said quietly. "I promised myself I wouldn't cry though." the room stayed silent for a moment. "So, what are we doing first?" Tonks asked, trying to change the subject.
"Facials!" Claire cried happily, trying to lighten the mood.
Tonks and Lily tied their hair up, knowing this would get messy. She felt green substance being rubbed onto her face. It was cold and lumpy, but amazingly it was calming her down. Two owls then tapped on the window, so Lily let them in. A snowy white one flew to Lily, and a brown one flow over to Tonks. She removed the letter from the owls leg, but she didn't recognise the handwriting. She looked over to Lily and saw her reading her letter, her facial expression was half-amused and half-annoyed.
"Who's it from?" Claire asked Lily.
"Who do you think?" Lily said sarcastically.
"James." Tonks replied, before looking at her own letter.
Dear Dora,
James, Sirius and I were sitting in the boys' dormitory very bored when James had the urge to write Lily a letter. So I decided I would do the same for you. I never got to say goodbye to you Common Room. Also I wanted to tripled check you were okay.
Your friend
Remus 'Loopy' Lupin.
She smiled at his letter before picking up a piece of parchment and dipping a quill into some ink.Dear Loopy,
It was very sweet of you to write a letter to me, and I swear that I am absolutely fine. It's hard to believe that's it's the Ball tonight isn't it? So much has happened in a week. Which brings me to my next point, where will I meet you tonight?
Dora x
P.S. Must we use last names? It makes me feel like I barely know you.
"Tonks, who's is yours from?" Sarah asked, whilst Claire was reading Lily's letter.
"Remus." Lily answered for her.
"Oooh!" Sarah exclaimed. "Did she do her dare? What did he say? Me and Claire fell asleep and I completely forgot."
"She did it." Lily said. "He said yes and she kissed him!" Lily squealed.
Claire and Sarah squealed along with Lily and soon Tonks felt herself blush.
"Yeah well, you seemed to have warmed up to James Potter." Tonks replied, and Lily's face turned bright red.
"Can I see your letter from Remus?" Lily asked.
"Only if I can see James's." Tonks replied.
The two girls exchanged letters and Lily's letter read:
My Dearest Lily Flower,
I am sitting in the boys' dormitory with Sirius and Remus, bored to death, so I decided to write a letter to the girl of my dreams. How are you? I am acstatic that you asked me to go to the Ball with you. I will see you tonight then Lillies!
Yours forever,
James Potter
"Aww! That's so sweet!" Tonks exclaimed, handing the letter back to Lily. Her face turned bright red.
Tonks and Lily attached their letters back onto the owls, and they glided out of the window.
"Right!" Sarah said enthusiastically. "It's time to paint our nails!"
She brought out a rainbow of different coloured nail polish. Considering her dress was pink, Tonks painted her nails a bright pink, coated with a clear glitter nail polish. The owls flew back through the window and landed its self on Tonks's head.
"Ouch!" she exclaimed. "Get off me!" The owl flew off her head and swooped down onto her arm. She took the letter off of its leg and fed it a leftover sweet from the previous night.
Dear Dora,
I'm glad that you are okay. I think that Sirius, James and I are meeting you and Lily in the Common Room at half seven. I have no idea who Sirius is going with. Consider this though, you will get to see me in dress robes, which doesn't happen very often. MOONY LOVES TONKS! Sorry, that was Sirius, he's like a hyper-active monkey sometimes. I'm glad you asked me to go. So I guess I'll see you tonight!
Loopy.
P.S. I stopped using last names.
Tonks picked up another piece of parchment, and re-dipped her quill into the ink again.
Loopy,
I cannot wait to see you in dress robes. You will get to see me in a dress, which REALLY doesn't happen very often. Tell Sirius that I will make him into a depressed monkey if he annoys me. I'm glad I asked you to go too. Half seven sounds great. I'll see you later!
Dora x
P.S. I did notice that you didn't use your last name, I'm very proud.
She once again attached the letter to the owls leg and it flew out of the window and into the clear blue sky. Her nails were dry, and the sun was slowing starting to drop.
"Lily?" Tonks asked. "What time is it?"
"Oh God!" Lily exclaimed. "It's half six!"
Claire and Sarah started to panic, as they only had an hour to get ready. They raced each other to the bathroom, Claire being much faster than Sarah, beat her to it.
"You'd better hurry up!" Sarah cried in a shrilly voice.
"I'll take as long as I take!" Claire replied, and the room was drowned with the sound of water.
"Come on, the boys might let us use their bathroom." Lily said gathering her dress and shoes, and some make-up. Tonks grabbed all of her stuff and they walked downstairs. The boys' dormitory was familiar to her, after knocking on the door she pushed it open. The three of them were sitting in the boys' dormitory just lazing about. Clothes were drawn out across the room.
"Are you lot not getting ready yet?!" Lily asked, taking a firmer grasp on her dress.
"I usually wait until the last minute. That's what makes my hair look so messy." James replied, smirking.
"Can we use your bathroom?" Lily asked. "Ours is full."
"Anything for you Lily my sweet. I still can't believe you asked me to the Ball." James replied, a smile spreading across his face.
"It was a dare." Lily replied, and she walked into the bathroom. A few minutes later they heard a clatter and Lily shouting "Ouch!"
"Lily?" Tonks asked. "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine. Just dropped something." she replied through the bathroom door.
"Good." Tonks said. "You can hurry up then!"
"I won't be long!" she replied.
Tonks turned her attention back to James and Sirius, who were looking at something.
"What are you looking at?" Tonks asked, because James was grinning like a maniac.
"A picture of my love Lily." He replied, his face turning red.
"If she ever finds out that you have that, she'll kill you." Tonks replied.
"Well it's a good thing that she won't find out." James replied, a mischievous grin spreading across the face.
"Can I see your dress, dearest cousin of mine?" Sirius asked.
"Unless you want to wear it, no." Tonks replied sarcastically. "Anyways, who are you going with?"
"I can't tell you, it's a secret." Sirius replied.
"That either means that the person he's going with doesn't know yet, or that he actually had no one to go with." Lupin said, Tonks was holding back the urge to laugh.
"Just because I said you could take my cousin to the Ball doesn't mean I can't withdraw my permission." Sirius snapped.
"I don't remember you giving me permission!" Tonks shouted, her hair turning red. Before Sirius could reply Lily walked out of the bathroom a cloak wrapped tightly around herself so that no one could see her dress.
"Bathrooms free." Lily said to Tonks, who hurried through the door and shut it with a slam. Just like the bedroom, there was clothes everywhere.
"You really should up the clothes off of the floor!" Tonks shouted through the bathroom door.
"We don't clean!" James cried in reply.
Tonks slipped into her dress, but quickly realised that the zipper was stuck.
"Lily!" she shouted. "Can you come and help me a minute?"
"Yeah, hang on!" Lily replied, and Tonks heard the bathroom door click open.
"Zippers stuck." Tonks said to her, but Lily had it up in seconds. "Thanks." she said gratefully.
"No problem. Can I stay in here while you get ready? I don't want to back in there on my own." Lily said.
"Yeah, course you can." Tonks replied.
"Good." Lily pulled off her cloak and revealed a cream dress shimmering in the light. Her fingernails were painted a light gold and her hair was tied up with a few curls hanging down. She sat on the edge of the bath carefully, not wanting to wrinkle her dress.
"Lily, you look really pretty." Tonks said.
"Thanks. You'd better hurry up! It's already ten to seven and I think that Sarah and Claire want to get pictures of all four of us before we go." Lily said, smiling at her.
Tonks continued getting ready. She applied a thin amount of pink eye shadow, her eyes were lined with kohl eyeliner. She put a small amount of lip gloss on, she didn't like lipstick. Then she started to experiment with her hair. She tried black, then brown, but she finally settled on blonde. Wanting to make it look more exciting, she concentrating really hard and managed to make it blonde with pink highlights so that it matched her dress. She muttered a spell that made her hair straight and shiny. She slipped on her pink shoes.
"Wow." Lily said, taking a look at Tonks. "You looked beautiful."
"Thanks Lily." She said, but then she started to feel nervous. "What happens if he doesn't like it?" she asked, starting to panic.
"Tonks." she said softly. "You're being silly. Of course he'll like you. If you want to make sure, we can even get a boy's opinion." she opened the door and cried. "Sirius! Come here a minute!" he reluctantly walked to the door and walked into the bathroom. "Tonks is panicking, she thinks Remus won't like her."
"Tonks." he said. "Remus would be an idiot if he didn't like you. But the good thing is, I know Remus and he isn't an idiot. You look beautiful."
"T-thanks." she managed to stutter out.
"Come on Tonks. Claire and Sarah will be wondering where we are." Lily said, and she wrapped her cloak around her.
"Oh no! I forgot to bring a cloak or something. He's going to see me!" Tonks cried, throwing her hands in the air.
"Hang on." Sirius said. "You can borrow one of my robes." he ran out of the bathroom and returned seconds later with a cloak that was far too big for her.
"Thanks Sirius," she said. "I'll give it back to you later."
"You'd better." he said jokingly, and the girls left the bathroom and hurried out of the boys' dormitory. They returned to the girls' dormitory seconds later, Claire and Sarah appeared to be ready. Claire was wearing a turquoise dress, her hair was pinned up and her shoes were sliver high heels. Sarah however was wearing a deep purple dress, her curly blonde hair went down to her shoulders, and she had flat purple shoes on.
"Tonks! Lily!" they squealed in unison. "You both look beautiful!"
"Thanks." Lily replied, a smile spreading across her face. "You both look great!"
"Okay everyone, gather round! Picture time!" Sarah said, producing a camera.
Claire, Sarah, Lily and Tonks grouped into a line and they got another girl to take a picture of the four of them.
"I'll make copies." Sarah said. "I'm taking this with me tonight." she gestured towards the camera.
"Who are you going with again?" Tonks asked Claire.
"It's a secret." Claire replied.
"You're just like Sirius." Tonks said, rolling her eyes. "Wait a minute…Are you going with him?!" Tonks asked.
Claire's face turned bright red. "No…Maybe…Yes." she confessed.
Tonks just laughed. "I think we should go downstairs, it's twenty-five to eight."
The girls all smiled and walked down the stairs. They saw three boys at the bottom of the stairs, all wearing dress robes. Tonks looked at Remus, he was wearing black dress robes and a white bow tie, his hair was still its same sandy brown. He saw Tonks walking down the stairs, and she swore that she seen his jaw drop a tiny bit. She smiled at herself and reached the bottom of the stairs.
"Tonks! Lillies! Sarah! You all look great!" Sirius said cheerfully, who was wearing black dress robes like Lupin. "Claire." he whispered, looking at the blonde. "You look beautiful."
"When Sirius is done drooling over Claire, do you think we should go downstairs?" Lupin said, a hint of sarcasm in his voice. "By the way Dora, you look amazing." Tonks felt herself blushing.
"So do you." she replied. "I'm glad that I got to see you in dress robes."
He smiled at her, and she looked over to James, who was babbling like a monkey. All Tonks could make out was, "Lily…look…amazing…wow!" she started to laugh at him, James Potter was nervous.
"I want pictures!" Sarah cried, standing next to the boy she was going with. Tonks didn't know his name.
Lupin, James and Sirius stood next to each other and Tonks stood in front of Lupin who surprisingly, put his hands on her waist. She felt herself turn dark red. Lily stood next to James and took a hold of his hand, and one of the biggest smiles spread across his face. Claire stood next to Sirius, her arm around his waist, and his around hers. They all smiled and soon Tonks heard a 'click!' and then a flash of white light came from the camera.
"We'd better get going." Lily said, and the four couples made their way to the Great Hall.
"Last chance to back out of this." Tonks whispered to Lupin. "You don't have to go with me."
"I don't want to go with anyone else." he said, and she took his hand.
They entered the Great Hall and Tonks gasped. It was beautiful. Everything was white, there was enormous Christmas trees everywhere. The enchanted ceiling had been bewitched to look like it was snowing indoors. There was tables grouped all around the Hall, and a stage for the performers.
"Wow." Tonks stammered. "It's beautiful."
"It is isn't it?" Lupin replied.
"Good evening students!" their headmaster Albus Dumbledore said cheerfully. "I'm please to welcome you to our annual Christmas Ball once again! However, this year is slightly different. If you would like too, you can participate in our karaoke. With that, I wish you all a good evening!" Dumbledore finished and music filled the hall. Before she knew it, Lupin and her were sweeping across the dance floor.
"Loopy." Tonks said, both of them still moving across the dance floor. "What made you say yes when I asked you to the ball?"
"I just knew that you were different to the other girls, and I guessed I liked you." Lupin replied, his eyes shining. "You don't care what anyone thinks. Or at least you don't show it."
"I try not to." she replied, looking into his eyes with such intensity. They moved in circles, their eyes stuck in this trance for what felt like hours, when Lily came and tapped Tonks on the shoulder.
"Tonks, can I speak to you a minute?" Lily asked, sounding panicky.
"Yeah, of course you can. I'll be back in a few minutes, why don't you go and see James and Sirius. I'll meet you over there." she said to Lupin, he smiled and nodded and went to join his friends.
"What's that matter?" Tonks asked.
"I'm falling for him! I'm not supposed to fall for him! He's an arrogant, conceited, git. What am I going to do?" she said, looking on the verge of tears.
"Whoa! Calm down. First of all, what's wrong with you liking him? And second, we're going to do the karaoke." Tonks said coolly.
"What's is wrong with me liking him?" Lily asked herself. "I mean, I've always said that I've hated him, but once you get to know him he's really sweet and kind. He was so nervous before. I didn't think he could be like that." Lily said quietly. "And we're WHAT?! No way am I doing karaoke."
"Please. I think it might be fun. You can pick the song, as long as I know the words." Tonks said, trying to convince Lily.
"Fine." she huffed, giving in. "But if I get laughed at Nymphadora Tonks, I swear I will kill you."
"If you get laughed at Lily Evans, you may kill me. I doubt that will happen though, you're much better at singing than me. Come on, we need to put our names down."
They walked over to the stage and told Professor Dumbledore that they would like to put their names down for the karaoke, then they walked back to James and the others.
"What were you doing?" Lupin asked, handing Tonks a Butterbeer.
"You'll find out soon enough Loopy." she said, sticking her tongue out at him cheekily. He chuckled at her and gave her a quick peck on the cheek. Lily noticed this and smiled at Tonks.
"Lily." Tonks said. "We'd better go."
"Right. James I'll be back soon." Lily said to him, giving him a smile.
"W-where are you going?" he asked.
"Just to do something." Lily replied.
Camilla was currently on the stage singing, and Tonks thought that she sounded ghastly, but apparently so did the rest of the room. Her white dress matched her skin and she almost looked like a ghost. Tonks couldn't have been happier when she finished singing.
"Next is Lily Evans and Nymphadora Tonks!" Dumbledore announced giddily.
They walked up to the stage and grabbed a microphone each. The music started to play and Lily started to sing.
You make me feel out of my element,
Like I'm walking on broken glass.
Like my worlds spinning in slow motion.
And I'm moving too fast
Lily stopped singing, so Tonks carried on
Were you right, was I wrong
Were you weak, was I strong, yeah
Both of us broken
Caught in the moment
We lived and we loved
And we hurt and we joked, yeah
But the planets all aligned
When you looked into my eyes
And just like that
The chemicals react
The chemicals react
Lily joined in with Tonks, and soon the audience was applauding and it seemed like they wanted more. Tonks looked a Lupin who was smiling at her, he looked proud. She felt happy, she was glad that she had met him.
You make me feel out of my element
Like I'm drifting out to the sea
Like the tides pulling me in deeper
Making it harder to breathe
Tonks sang slight higher than Lily on this part, so it sounded like a harmony.
We cannot deny, how we feel inside
We cannot deny
Were you right, was I wrong
Were you weak, was I strong, yeah
Both of us broken
Caught in the moment
We lived and we loved
And we hurt and we joked, yeah
But the planets all aligned
When you looked into my eyes
And just like that
The chemicals react
The chemicals react
Lily suddenly stopped, and it seemed that Tonks was doing a solo.
Kaleidoscope of colours
Turning hopes on fire, sun is burning
Shining down on both of us
Don't let us lose it
Were you right, was I wrong
Were you weak, was I strong, yeah
Both of us broken
Caught in the moment
We lived and we loved
And we hurt and we joked, yeah
Lily sang a line, then Tonks sang a line until they had finished the sequence.
We lived
We loved
We hurt
We joked
We're right
We're wrong
We're weak
We're strong
We lived to love
They both sang the last part with all their hearts, the pupils of Hogwarts clapping like crazy.
But the planets all aligned
When you looked into my eyes
And just like that
Watch the chemicals react
And just like that
The chemicals react
The two of them finished singing and the Hall was filled with a thunderous noise of people applauding.
"I can't believe we just did that!" Lily squealed, giving Tonks a hug. "I haven't done anything that fun in years! Thanks Tonks."
"Don't mention it." she replied to her, and Tonks walked over to Lupin.
"I can't believe I just did that." she whispered to him, she couldn't stop smiling.
"You were fantastic! You must get your talents from me." Sirius said, smiling at himself.
"What talents?" Tonks asked, trying to stop herself from bursting out laughing.
"You know! Talents. I just haven't discovered them yet." he replied, and Tonks burst out laughing.
"You really were fantastic." Lupin said to her, giving her a hug.
"Thanks. I dunno what made me do it." Tonks said.
"You could always do it. Apparently Camilla is fuming because you did better than her." Lupin said, giving her a reassuring smile.
"Do you know what? I don't even care." Tonks replied, adrenaline still pumping through her.
"That's the spirit." he replied.
"I'm going to go to the bathroom a minute, I'll be back soon, okay?" Tonks said, getting up and leaving the Great Hall so she could use the girls' toilets.
The stairs were lit up, and mini Christmas tress were placed everywhere in the Grand Staircase. She was humming to herself when she felt cold hands pin her up against the wall. One of the hands hit her in the face, she felt blood trickling from her nose. A foot hit her hard in the stomach, and she doubled over in pain. Their wand was placed firmly against her head, and she felt the hands encircling around her throat. All of her breath was being crushed out of her, she felt like she was dying. Her eyes kepy closing and opening, she was slowly losing consciousness. She was kicked in the stomach once again and she crippled over in pain. Her attacker continued to kick her repeatedly. Remus would wonder where she was, he would surely come looking for her. She had to stay awake for him, he was keeping her going. She feebly tried to fight back, but ended up punching the thin air.
"Oi!" she heard someone shout, and she recongised the voice as Sirius. The kicking had stopped and soon she saw that Sirius and James were tackling the boy, she knew who it was. Tears started to fall from her eyes. Camilla had sent her boyfriend to beat her up again, she was honestly trying to kill her. They had knocked the boy unconcisous and moved him.
"Tonks." Sirius said worriedly. "Tonks, speak to me."
"S-Sirius." she managed to croak weakly.
"You need the Hospital Wing." he said quietly, but she shook her head.
"No, don't make me go. Please." she begged. "Hospitals scare me."
"I can't make you." he said. "James, go and get Remus and Lily, I know they'll want to see her."
James nodded his head and ran back to the Great Hall.
"Who knew you could be so responsible." Tonks replied sarcastically.
"I didn't know I could be that responsible." Sirius admitted, helping her sit up. "Are you okay? No broken bones or anything?"
"Just a nosebleed. I think I'll live." she replied.
James reappeared with Lily and Remus closely behind him. Lily looked like she was crying, and Lupin face was a deathly white.
"Tonks." he said quietly.
"Before you say anything, don't you dare blame yourself." she said quietly, but he heard her.
"How can I not blame myself, look what's happened to you." he replied.
"I am going to kill Camilla." Lily said, hear eyes glistening with tears.
"Can I just go back to your Common Room?" Tonks asked.
"But you need to go the the Hospital Wing Dora." Lupin said softly.
"I've already told Sirius, I'm not going. I just want to go back upstairs." she said weakly. "Please." she said pleadingly. He nodded.
"James." Lily said quietly. "I'm going to go with her."
"We'll all go!" James said cheerfully, trying to cheer everyone up.
Tonks stood up, but her legs immeadiately buckled. She groaned in pain. Lupin scooped her up in his arms and carried her back to the Gryffindor Common Room. He layed her down on the sofa.
"You scared me back then Dora. He could have killed you." he said quietly.
"I'm fine Loopy. Just a bit of blood." she said, grasping his hand.
"But it could have been worse if Sirius and James hadn't seen him hurting you. I should have went with you."
"To the girls' toilets?" she said jokingly. "Can you imagined what would have happened if another girl had walked in." she started to laugh. "Lily, I'm sorry. I've ruined the rest of the Ball for you, James and Sirius too. I feel really bad."
"Don't apologise." Lily said, sitting with James. "It wasn't your fault."
She gave her a small smile. She looked at her dress and felt saddened. It was ruined, covered in blood. Even if she did manage to get the blood off it would remind her of the time she was attacked and nearly killed. Tears pricked her eyes. Why did Camilla want her to be hurt so bad? She had never done anything to her. The tears rolled down her face and soon, her face was soaked with her tears of anger and hurt.
She felt warm arms wrapping themselves around her. She knew who it was. She just lay there and cried, knowing that she wouldn't have to explain why she was upset. It was like he knew.
"Dora." he said softly. "It's okay, you're safe."
Her eyes started to droop, and soon she felt her head being put onto the pillow and a jacket being placed on her. He was right, she was safe.
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