She thought her life was over – but fate gave her another chance, in a world of magic. Now, running around Hogwarts with James Potter and his friends, she's about to make choices that will change the future in ways she never thought possible…
Marauder's Phase
CHAPTER SEVENTY-TWO
Someone's Been Killed…
Things began to happen fast then, as Tonks' parents arrived, and people began screaming, because there was a fire coming from the hotel.
My heart began to race. I had found Remus – but now Sirius and James were in danger! "Padfoot! Prongs!" I cried, and Remus' face paled. "Where's your wand?" I hissed to him.
"In the room…" Remus began, and I grabbed his hand.
"Come on!" I cried, and together we raced up the beach, back toward the hotel. "Septimus!" I hissed, half in English and half in Parsletongue, and then I spotted him. As we ran by him, I grabbed him, and he wound his way up my arm. "Stay close!" I hissed to him in Parsletongue.
We ran past the stalls, past La La Poe and her mother, and toward the hotel. We ran into the hotel area, and up a staircase, past screaming, frantic people, and toward Remus' room. On the way, I explained what had happened.
"Did you ever think that the Death Eaters wanted Septimus to hear all that?" Remus asked me. "As a way to bait you here?"
I stopped and gaped, as a room door was flung open, and Remus' parents hurried out.
His dad handed him his wand, just as someone appeared in a cloud of black smoke.
"Stupefy!" I shouted, pointing my wand at the Death Eater, who was knocked backwards into a wall.
I hurried to Remus, who took my hand.
"The Aurors should be here soon," Remus' Mum said. "But until then…"
"Expalliamus!"
The Lupins' wands went flying out of their hands, as four Death Eaters approached us from the opposite end of the corridor. All of them had their wands trained of Remus and, with a shock, I realised that they had suddenly pinpointed him as my weakness.
One of the Death Eaters was Lestrange. "Unless you want your precious werewolf killed, you'll come with us Pax." Yes, they'd definitely pinpointed Remus as my weakness.
I subconsciously angled my body in front of Remus and took out my wand. Septimus rose from my shoulders and over my head, hood spread. The Death Eaters eyed him warily.
None of us moved. Then, I thought I heard Remus' mum whisper: "Apparate. Now."
"Mum-"
"NOW!"
"NO!!" Lestrange shouted.
But I had already thought: Accio wand! And summoned Remus' wand as he and I turned on the spot and disappeared into darkness.
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"MORSMORDRE!!"
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Remus, Septimus and I appeared just out the front of the hotel, as another explosion took place.
"Come on," He said, not letting go of my hand. "We have to find Prongs and Padfoot…"
"You're not going anywhere!" Someone said, and Remus and I both turned to see two Death Eaters with their wands pointed at us. We pointed our wands at them, but neither group moved.
Remus and I were still holding hands and, somehow, I could feel some sort of magic flowing through us. Yes, that's right, the centre point was mine and Remus' joint hands, and it flowed between us both, to our wands.
I didn't understand it, until I remembered: Bonds were, at one time, very greatly researched, as many believed that such a concept involved strong magical powers.
Strong magical powers…
I tightened my hand around Remus'. Well, if Remus believed we were Bonded, then it was time to test all theories.
"STUPEFY!!" Remus and I shouted together.
Red light absolutely coursed from both our wands, and hit the two Death Eaters square in their chests as the magical feeling passing between us intensified, so much that it felt like nothing I've ever experienced. So much that I couldn't stand the thought of letting Remus' hand go.
The two Death Eaters were out cold.
"Whoa…" I muttered. "That's some magic…"
"Yeah…" Remus agreed.
Suddenly, twelve or so wizards appeared in white clouds around us, and yelled: "STUPEFY!"
Their magic wasn't as strong as Remus' and mine had been, but we still ducked. We flung ourselves to the ground as the spells zoomed over our heads and collided.
"STOP!!" Yelled a voice. Running footsteps.
Remus and I dared to look up.
Sirius grabbed my arm and dragged me up.
"They're not Death Eaters!" James shouted, as I was hauled to my feet.
"Then why does she have a snake wrapped around her!?" A Ministry wizard shouted.
"The same reason Dumbledore's phoenix sits on his shoulder!" I finally lost my temper. "But I am NOT A DEATH EATER!!!!"
"Prove it!" Another Ministry member yelled.
"Fine!" I held up my wand. Dark wizards can't conjure up a Patronus. "Expecto Patr-OH MY GOD!!!!" I broke off and pointed.
Septimus hissed in shock.
High above the hotel was a bright green symbol- a skull with a snake for the tongue.
"The Dark Mark…" Remus gasped, standing by my side.
"Who got killed?" I gasped. I turned to the Ministry members. "Who did they murder!?"
Nobody said anything.
"Who did they kill?" I whispered. 'Who died because of me?'.