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"Remus," Kingsley instructed as the other Order members began to split off to their designated locations for the battle, "you and I will lead a group onto the grounds on the northern side of the castle."
Remus nodded and withdrew his wand from his pocket. He and Kingsley gathered a group of about twenty fighters and led them out into the chilly night air.
Outside, it was nearly silent; nothing could be heard but the light whoosh of the breeze whistling through the stones of Hogwarts. It made the night seem eerie with the impending battle. Remus looked up at the night sky and breathed deeply. He knew that soon the Death Eaters would storm the castle in search of Harry and that everything would soon be chaos, but for now, his body was nearly shaking as the adrenaline began to course through his veins.
He turned to look at the fighters he was now leading. Many of them were no older than eighteen. There were some faces he recognized from his teaching days: a seventh year Hufflepuff boy with sandy brown hair, a Ravenclaw girl that had since graduated from Hogwarts. They looked so young.
This battle would be long and hard, and he sensed that now more than ever. The Death Eaters would have the experience and the numbers needed to win the war. These fighters were young, inexperienced, and frightened. Maybe they really didn't stand a chance. Remus shook that thought out of his mind. He couldn't start thinking like that. Besides, the Hogwarts fighters had something that the Death Eaters didn't and never would have: something worth fighting for.
They stood there in the cool night, just waiting for the fight to come to them. Soon, Remus saw the bright flashes of light that indicated that the Death Eaters were fighting against the protective enchantments around the school. He heard several gasps echo from behind him, and he swore that he saw some of the more cowardly fighters flee back into the castle for safety. Remus remained unmoving, staring straight into the night and trying to stay strong for the others. Before long, swarms of Death Eaters flew onto the grounds, casting spells at any opponent they passed. Remus and Kingsley led their fighters into a full on charge with the oncoming horde of foes.
Remus cast Stunning spells as quickly as his wand would allow as he continued running through the grounds. The fighting was quickly becoming increasingly heated. Remus saw more and more people fall to the ground, dead. He felt his stomach do somersaults when he saw one of his former students lying motionless with eyes glazed over, a long slash cut deep into his head and oozing bright crimson blood onto the dark ground.
Remus became thankful that Tonks wasn't here to see any of this. She would be safe at her mother's no matter what happened tonight.
The fighting continued, causing the bright flashes of the spells thrown about to light up the night sky. Remus had run closer to the walls of the castle, trying to help some of the fighters there. His group looked to be tiring quickly, and the Death Eaters were forcing them back further still. Suddenly, a deafening boom shook the entire side of the castle, causing one of the large towers to come crashing to the ground. Remus lunged to the side and felt a pang when he heard the bloodcurdling screams of those who did not get out of the way in time.
He stood up, looking sadly at the dusty rubble of the wall. For the first time, Remus could see the battles occurring inside the school's walls. The blinding flashes of light covered the halls and made it difficult to make out the different faces. People were running in every different direction and were shouting spells and curses at their attackers.
Remus ran to aid those inside, but was forced to the ground when a spell hit him in the back. Pain coursed down his spine and into his legs. He forced himself up and turned to see Antonin Dolohov circling him like a vulture does its prey.
"Stupefy!" Remus cast. The spell missed Dolohov by less than inches.
"Reducto!" Dolohov returned. Remus was thrust back into the castle when the spell hit him square in the chest. His head hit one of the rocks of the fallen castle wall as he slid back on the ground. He felt a warm, sticky liquid begin to seep into his hair and forehead. He tried to get up, but the cut in his head made him feel sick and dizzy. No matter how hard he tried, he could not will his legs to move from the ground. He saw Dolohov approaching him with a toothy grin plastered to his face.
"What's this?" he taunted as Remus struggled with all his might to rise from the rubble. "Left to die like the dog you are?" he sing-songed again.
Blood began to spill into Remus' face, obscuring his vision. Everything began to blur together into a fuzz of unidentifiable images. He grasped his wand in his hand and desperately searched for the Death Eater in front of him, but he couldn't see anything. All he could see were hazy images of figures dueling on the grounds.
Remus wanted to fire any string of curses he could think of at the dark-haired Death Eater, but he couldn't see him. He considered casting blindly, but then he would risk hitting one of his allies.
He was trapped, and there was nowhere for him to go. He was going to die lying in the rubble of the destroyed castle wall.
He closed his eyes, ready to face his death with some pride. He was not going to die like a coward pleading for mercy. The only thing that kept him from losing any bit of sanity he had left was the comforting thought that his wife and son would be safe.
Remus' eyes welled with tears at the thought that he wouldn't see Teddy grow up or come home to Tonks' bright and happy face, but he wasn't going to think about that now. If he was going to die, he wanted his last thoughts to be happy.
He remembered Tonks' proud face at the realization that Teddy was a Metamorphmagus and Teddy's happiness whenever his father returned home from a busy day with the Order. Remus clung to the memories as though they were the only things keeping him from falling over the edge of a cliff. Half his mouth quirked into a smile. In that instant, Dolohov shouted the words "Avada Kedavra!" over the roar of the fighting, and a jet of emerald green light hit Remus straight in the chest. He fell limply onto the rubble, his face still smiling with the joy of his last thoughts.
There's Remus in the battle! I'll add Tonks in another chapter, but it's getting late, and I wanted to get something up before things got completely busy again. Hope you liked it! Review please!