Sorry it's taken so long! I've been busy with school and homework so I didn't really have any time to sit down and write that much.
A few minutes later Tonks re-entered the living room and passed Mrs Lupin a cup of hot tea.
"Thank you dear," Mrs Lupin smiled. "Now lets talk about the wedding shall we?"
Tonks nodded energetically as she sat back down on the couch.
"We need somewhere quiet where we wont draw attention to ourselves. There won't be a lot of people but it's best to be on the safe side…"
"Will it be a traditional wedding?" Mrs Lupin enquired. "In a church?"
"Well we haven't really discussed it yet," Tonks told her. "I'd be happy to get married anywhere."
Mrs Lupin beamed at her. "How sweet."
At that moment Lupin joined them. "well that is you all safe and secure," he told her wearily. "And the garden is looking neater now too."
"Ah Remus!" Mrs Lupin said. "Thank you for that son now me and Nymphhadora here were just discussing the wedding. We were trying to decide whether or not it should be in a church or not."
"Really," Lupin replied. "Well I shall leave that to Tonks to decide."
Tonks smiled radiantly at him. "I always fancied getting married outdoors but if you don't like that then I'm sure we could think of something else."
"No the outdoors sounds wonderful," Lupin told her.
"What about on a small island in the middle of a lake. It would be nice and peaceful out there and so beautiful," Tonks said dreamily.
"Well what about S-" Lupin broke off suddenly.
From outside there was a loud bang followed by a chorus of screaming.
Tonks jumped up and ran over to the window while Lupin made for the front door.
"Oh my!" Mrs Lupin exclaimed.
"The dark mark has been set over a house in the village," Lupin shouted. "It looks like a few deatheaters are still out there."
He dashed wildly back ionto the living room. "Tonks I want you to take my mother back to my house and then stay there. A few of the villagers are out fighting the Death Eaters, I'll go and help them."
He kissed Tonks fully on the lips before running off down the street with his wand raised high.
Tonks grabbed Lupin's mother by the arm and dragged her shakily to her feet.
"Come on!" she yelled before pulling her out of the house and down the garden path.
Once out in the street they stopped and looked out in the diretion of the main square.
Their view was blocked by the village pub but the sounds of yells and crashing could be clearly heard.
Tonks turned and disapparated with Mrs Lupin.
After a couple of seconds they arrived outside Lupin's cottage. Tonks wore a pained expression on her face while Mrs Lupin had turned a green colour.
"Get in the house quickly," Tonks ushered her soon to be mother in law up the garden leading to the house. "Stay here," she ordered once they were in the hall. "I have to go back for Remus. You'll be safe here."
She then dashed back down the path and once out in the street apparated back to the village of Tinworth. The battle was still under way. Lupin and a few other wizards were dueling two masked Death Eaters. Villagers were watching from through windows, utterly terrified. There were injured people lying on the ground and the dark mark still glowed eerily from above a nearby house.
The taller of the two Death Eaters shot a stunning spell at Lupin but he deflected it and shot his own back which hit the other death eater causing him to fall to the ground with a thud. The remaining hooded figure seemed to decide he was outnumbered as more and more villagers were joining in the fight so he grabbed his friend and disapparated.
"Remus!" Tonks shrieked and raced over to them. "Are you allright?"
She threw her arms around his neck.
"Yes," Lupin replied swiftly. "What happened to looking after my mother?"
"She'll be allright," Tonks said quickly. "I wanted to come back and help. Is everyone ok?"
A crowd had begun to form around something lying close to them. The pair joined them to see what was the matter and saw a young boy lying there looking up at the sky with glazed eyes. A woman was kneeling beside him sobbing.
"First my dear brother and now my son," she was saying to the crowd thickly through her tears.
"The mark?" Tonks asked quietly.
Lupin nodded gravely. That man we passed on our way in here – the ministers son, he was her brother.
"Why him?" Tonks said in a hushed voice.
"Who knows," Lupin said gravely. "We should check everyone else is allright then we should go. Mother will be getting worried."
