Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Harry Potter characters etc.

A/N: Please R&R. For more info on Willow in the last chapter check out my 7th year HP fic. HP and the Horcrux Key – to be written, finished and posted, so might be a while yet, if ever… Actually scratch that, not going to happen. But she appears randomly in other stories if you go look for her.

08

"So how long has he been missing Ginny?" Neville Longbottom asked Ginny Weasley as they sat out in the grounds of Hogwarts, under a tree near the lake.

"Almost two months now, Tonks isn't taking it very well, she either locks herself in the room at headquarters or locks herself in her flat." Ginny answered her voice laced with emotion.

"I liked Tonks, she was nice to me after the ministry thing," Luna Lovegood said in her usual singsong voice, but for once she wasn't happy.

"Everyone likes Tonks, its hard not to usually. But since Lupin disappeared, it's worse than last year when they weren't dating, at least then she knew he was alright," Ginny said sadly. The three companions sat in silence for a few moments. The school was quiet, everyone but a few of the sixth and seventh years were in lessons so they could easily here the characteristic crack of someone apparating at the border of the school grounds. They glanced at each other and drew their wands and went to investigate.

"My God, it's Lupin!" Ginny yelled when they saw the figure stumbling valiantly towards the school. He was bleeding badly and limping whilst holding one of his arms. He looked at them with unfocused eyes and collapsed. His face was badly bruised and swollen.

"He doesn't look good," Neville said as Ginny knelt down beside the still figure.

"He's alive, but he's not going to be for long if we don't do anything. Neville run up to the hospital wing and send Madam Pomfery down here now. The go tell McGonagall, she'll know what to do. Luna take your cloak off and make a pillow for him. He can't be moved," Ginny said and Neville bolted for the castle running as fast as he could.

"His arms dislocated, his leg's shattered in several places. I think he's probably got more than a few broken ribs and a concussion. I can't do anything for them but I can help with the bruises and cuts," Ginny said and Luna nodded, "It should buy him enough time for Madam Pomfery to get here,"

"What do you need me to do?" she asked and Ginny bit her lip in anxiety.

"Hold him down, this is probably going to be painful for him," she said and pressed the tip of her wand against Remus' face, she started to sweat as bright white strands of light left the tip of her wand and went into his face. He writhed in pain but Luna held him down. The bruises and cuts receded and the swelling went down. In a few seconds they had vanished altogether and Ginny pulled her wand away. She was gasping for air.

"Are you alright?" Luna asked and Ginny nodded.

"I'm fine, just tired. I stopped the internal and external bleeding but his lung is punctured as well as everything else. I'm going to sort his dislocated arm now. I'll have to do it the muggle way though." Ginny said and grabbed his arm and forced it back into its socket. Remus cried out in pain but then went silent.

"Now what?" Luna asked.

"Now we wait for Madam Pomfery and pray she's in time." Ginny replied and turned to see Madam Pomfery running down from the castle McGonagall and Neville hard on her heels.

Ten minutes later Remus was stabilized enough to take him to the hospital wing, less than five minutes after that the doors were slammed open as Tonks strode in looking murderous.

"Now really, this is a school hospital wing, the patients need peace and quiet," Madam Pomfery said haughtily as McGonagall moved from the chair by Remus.

"She's his fiancé Poppy," McGonagall said quietly and the Hogwarts patron closed her mouth quickly.

"Remus!" Tonks cried as soon as she saw him and ran over almost falling over the chair that McGonagall had abandoned, but she managed to catch herself at the last second, "Is he going to be okay?" She asked turning to Pomfery.

"Well I won't lie he was in a very bad way, if it wasn't for Miss Weasley's quick thinking and natural talent he wouldn't be here right now," Pomfery said nodding to Ginny who was asleep from exhaustion, "But I'm confident in a few days he'll be fine,"

"Thank…" Tonks was cut off from a groan from the bed and she whirled round to where Remus was waking up, "Remus!" she said sitting in the chair quickly and reaching out to stop him from getting up.

"Nymph? Is it you?" Remus asked his voice hoarse and those few words caused him to have a fit of coughs that looked and sounded very painful.

"Shh baby, it's me, you can't talk right now, you're not well, but I'm here my love, I'll look after you," Tonks said stroking his hair softly. He smiled and drifted back into unconsciousness before Pomfery could give him a potion for his lungs.