Author Note: Last Chapter update for today. Sorry. This story is almost done. I'm thinking of ending it in the next two chapters. I'm going to continue with my other Harry Potter story ASAP. I've been taking a break because I wanted to finish this one. This Chapter was hard to write. I cried.

Chapter 18

The Fight Continues

Ginny ran to the grounds where some students and Order members were fighting Death Eaters. She looked around and saw Tonks dueling Bellatrix while Remus fought Dolohov. She was about to run to help them when a masked Death Eater blocked her path. She sent as many spells as she could toward him. Neville found her and helped her fight him off. They stunned him, and turned off to help others. Neville ran off while Ginny looked to see if Tonks or Remus needed help. To her dismay, Dolohov had fought Remus to his knees and Ginny could tell that Tonks was having a rough time with Bellatrix. Ginny found she couldn't move her feet, however, when she heard Dolohov shout "Crucio" and heard Remus grunt in pain, fighting hard not to scream. Ginny sent a stunning spell at him, but it missed him, but made him lift the curse to avoid the spell. As Ginny was about to send another curse toward him, Dolohov pointed his wand, not at Ginny, but at Remus and shouted the spell. "Avada Kedavra!"

The green light hit him in the chest, his eyes taking its last look at Tonks. Ginny stood there stunned as Tonks screamed as Dolohov ran away. Tonks left her fight with her aunt and ran to Remus's dead body.

"No-no-NO!" She screamed, tears streaking down her cheeks. "You can't leave me!" She screamed. "You can't leave Teddy! Please! NO!"

She cried and screamed as Bellatrix walked behind her, wand raised to Tonks's back. Ginny tried to scream a warning, but it was too late.

"Avada Kedavra," Bellatrix said. The green light hit Tonks in the back and she fell across Remus's chest, tear streaks still on her face. Ginny stood there, stunned. She couldn't believe she just witnessed this. Bellatrix ran off the same way as Dolohov, laughing as well that this was the second relative she has killed. Tears built up in Ginny's eyes as Neville ran off with Professor Sprout again to get another plant that could help them. Ginny stunned a couple of Death Eaters as she ran back into the castle, hoping to find someone to tell them what had happened. Ginny fought her way through a couple of Death Eaters, with the help of D.A members. She found her dad soon and helped fight two Death Eaters.

"Why aren't you in the Room of Requirements?" Her father asked sternly. Ginny stunned one of the Death Eaters.

"Harry, Ron, and Hermione needed to do something in there and asked me to leave," she answered. "They haven't found me to put me back in."

Mr. Weasley stunned the other Death Eater and turned to his daughter, but before he said anything, he noticed her red eyes.

"You need to go back there," he said, "It's to keep you safe."

"I can't stay in there now," she said. "Not after what I have seen."

"What do you mean?" He asked.

"I tried to stop it," she said, slightly hysterical, "I tried, but I only made it worse. He killed him and I stood there, it's all my fault." Mr. Weasley grabbed Ginny's arms and pulled her into the Great Hall, out of the fight.

"What are you talking about?"

"Remus, dad," she said. "He's dead, and Tonks broke her fight to cry over him and she was killed too. Bellatrix killed her, it's all my fault. I could have warned her, I could have stunned Bellatrix, I could hav-"

"Ginny!" Mr. Weasley shouted to make her be quiet. Ginny's tears spilled out of her eyes. She knew it was her fault they were both dead. "It's not your fault. There was nothing you could do. Dolohov and Bellatrix would have killed you too if you tried to save them, and then they would have been killed because that's what they wanted to do. They won't rest until they kill who they want. I know it's hard," he said gently, "but you have to be strong right now. We have to fight and then we can take care of their bodies."

Mr. Weasley pulled Ginny into a tight hug and Ginny cried into his chest. She knew it wasn't her fault, but she wish she could have done something to help them. Poor Teddy and Andromeda, they had already lost Ted, and know Tonks and Remus. Who else was going to die? Ginny thought about that for a moment, but she didn't want to think about that know.

Ginny calmed down, and Mr. Weasley let go of his daughter. They looked around and saw Percy fighting some Death Eaters, looking sad and angry. Ginny ran to her brother's side and helped him fight as Mr. Weasley started dueling Dolohov himself. Ginny watched closely, vowing to never see someone die again. Together, she and Percy stunned the Death Eaters they were fighting. Percy looked at one of them with the utmost loathing and pointed his wand at him.

"I'm going to kill him," he muttered. Ginny looked at him, shocked.

"Why?" She asked, hoping to calm him down.

"He killed my brother, he killed him Ginny!" He shouted. Ginny's eyes filled with tears again, hoping she heard him wrong.

"Who-who did h-he k-kill?" she asked, shakily.

"He killed Fred," he said, tears falling onto his face as well. Ginny tears spilled over as she looked at the stunned Death Eater. Suddenly, there was a bang, and part of the wall near them exploded. Percy grabbed Ginny and moved them out of harm's way just in time. The rubble fell on the Death Eaters, coving them completely. Percy buried his face into Ginny's shoulder and cried there for a moment.

"He forgave me," he croaked, "after all I did to you, him, and everyone else." He cried there for another moment until Death Eaters started swarming in again. Ginny stood up, making Percy stop and look. She stunned as many Death Eaters as she could and fought the rest of them as Percy joined her. She wanted to tell Percy that Fred didn't blame him for anything, but comforting words would have to wait. They continued to fight until the fighting stopped suddenly, as Voldemort spoke once again.

"You have fought valiantly. Lord Voldemort knows how to value bravery. Yet you have sustained heavy losses. If you continue to resist me, you will all die, one by one. I do not wish this to happen. Every drop of magical blood spilled is a loss and a waste. Lord Voldemort is merciful. I command my forces to retreat immediately. You have one hour. Dispose of your dead with dignity. Treat your injured. I speak now, Harry Potter, directly to you. You have permitted your friends to die for you rather than face me yourself. I shall wait for one hour in the Forbidden Forest. If, at the end of that hour, you have not come to me, have not given yourself up, then battle recommences. This time, I shall enter the fray myself, Harry Potter, and I shall find you, and I shall punish every last man, woman, and child who has tried to conceal you from me. One hour." There was a ringing silence afterwards and then all the Death Eaters, most carrying injured or dead comrades, left the castle. Percy and Ginny looked around and saw many bodies laying everywhere. They separated and began to carry them into the Great Hall. Ginny helped carry the injured as adults and older students carried dead. She saw Kingsley and Bill carry in Remus's body as Oliver Wood and Neville carried in Tonks. Percy came down with George later with Fred's body which hit Ginny like a ton of bricks. Mrs. Weasley, not caring why Ginny wasn't in the Room of Requirements pulled her into a hug. They knelt beside Fred's, Remus's, and Tonks's bodies as the injured were getting healed and the other survivors gave their respects to the families and friends who suffered losses. Ginny knelt there for a little while until she saw Hermione and Ron come into the Hall. Ginny went up to Hermione and hugged her as Ron went over to Bill, Fleur, and Percy. Ginny told her about Remus and Tonks as they went over to Fred. She looked at Remus and Tonks and Fred and began to cry. They hugged each other for comfort. Then Ginny realized something.

"Where's Harry?" she asked. Hermione looked around.

"He must be looking at some memories."

Ginny didn't know what she meant, but she didn't ask, because Hermione was overwhelmed with renewed sobs as she looked at all the dead bodies. Ginny got up soon after that. She had to take a minute to relax. She couldn't stay in there and see her brother's body. She couldn't sit there while her mother cried and have nothing comforting to say to her. She didn't know what to do right now. She walked around until she saw Neville, Oliver, Terry, Luna, and Seamus walking around the grounds together, wands alight. She knew they were looking for survivors, injured, or more dead people to bring inside. Ginny joined them.

"Do you need help?" she asked her voice slightly groggy. She cleared her throat, hoping to stop that. Neville looked uncertain.

"Why not be with your family-"

"I can't sit in there right now," she whispered, "it's too hard."

Neville nodded and they continued their search.

"I'm a coward," she whispered.

"It's understandable on why you can't sit in there," Luna said, "you saw two people who were very close to you die and lost one of you brothers. It's completely normal."

Ginny nodded, feeling slightly better. It couldn't be helped. Right now, everyone needed help to be found if they needed it.

"Where are Avery, Michael, and Anthony?" She asked the group.

"Avery's getting healed, a chuck of one of her legs got taken out because of them Death Eaters blowing up the walls," Seamus answered.

"Anthony died," Terry said, "Michael just found out and is-" Ginny looked at him, he hid his face, but Ginny could still see a trickle of tears stream down his face. "He was attacked by Greyback and he didn't make it from his injuries." Ginny wiped her tears away and the group continued to search.

The group moved silently through the grounds for what felt like hours after that, some of them silently crying for their fallen comrades. Terry and Seamus were the first to carry people back, and then Luna helped a girl limp to the Hall to get healed. Ginny walked back into the Great Hall a couple times to talk to people, only to return outside because of it being too hard once again.

*Cries* sorry. It was hard to kill Remus and Tonks off. Review if you want. Hope you enjoyed it. Hoping to update soon!