A formal warning: This story will contain abuse, non-con/rape, death, dark themes, it will not contain graphic descriptions of such.
*****And I don't own HP, or the excerpts from the book/movie you see below*****
Also, good news, guys!
I am starting a sequel for this! So, it will follow whoever survives! Yay!
I promised a sequel last time and didn't deliver. I also didn't deliver an ending. I will deliver BOTH!
"My Uncle, Remus."
"Dora, please." Remus said, walking to stand in front of her, placing his hands on her shoulders. "You've been upset for hours-"
"I have a right to be!" Tonks snapped, shaking his hands off and continuing her pacing. "Oh my God, he held me down. Rabastan held me down while Bellatrix cut- oh, my God-"
"Leo may have said you don't have to stay in bed, but I don't think he'd be pleased with you constantly moving around." Remus said, but he didn't try to grab her again.
"My Uncle, by blood, Remus! And he raped me! What if Teddy had been his?"
"Listen, there's no proof that it's true-"
"There's no proof it's not!"
"Dora, stop. You're supposed to be resting. Leo said you could move around, you don't have to stay in bed constantly, but you can't be helping your injury. Especially because of last night."
Tonks ignored him, pacing. However, her pacing was slowing, and he could tell by the way she was breathing- she was in pain. He knew it well, he had often hid pain in a similar manner when he worked through various jobs over the years. Or she was about to hyperventilate.
"Dora, please." Remus said, walking over to her again and grabbing her shoulders, leading her to the bed. "Please, rest."
"Don't touch me." She snapped, shoving him. He caught her before she could step away, dragging her to sit down on the end of the bed. "Remus-" She groaned, trying to stand, but he remained firm, pulling her down next to him.
"Look at me." Remus said, grabbing her shoulders before she could try to stand again. "Nymphadora, look at me." He said firmly, cupping her cheek, forcing her to look at him.
"Don't call me Nymphadora." She growled, but when he released her, she didn't move.
"I'll call you whatever I damn well please, if it gets you to listen." Remus growled, and she looked startled. "This will never change anything. Just like Teddy's paternity wouldn't have changed anything, this will not change anything. You're still the same beautiful, kind, smart witch. It's how you were raised. Even if your parents- Ted and Andromeda, that is- had raised you, I doubt you would be much different."
"But what if it is true?" Tonks asked. "That means my Uncle had no qualms about raping me, and my own father had no issue with the fact my Aunt wanted to carve my child from my body."
"Well, no one ever said they were good people." Remus said. "You, however, are a good person. This doesn't change anything."
"It just- it makes everything feel worse." Tonks said.
There was a knock on the door and a moment later, Sirius, Kingsley and Alastor entered. "We're going to settle this, we figured it was time." Kingsley said, holding up two vials of milk-like liquid. "However, due to Andromeda's relation to half of the Wizarding World, we couldn't trust the use of Rabastan's hair. It could show relation either way. So, I went to Ted's parents."
"You went out? It can't be safe-" Tonks began.
"It took about half an hour, they did want to know what you've been doing." Kingsley said. "I explained everything to them, and they agreed to cooperate."
"Probably eager to find out I'm not their granddaughter." Tonks said.
"Actually, no." Kingsley said. "They said they hope you are."
"Why? So they have someone to blame?" Tonks asked.
Kingsley shrugged. "I don't know why, but at least they agreed to cooperate so we can find out."
Tonks reached up, pulling out two strands of hair as Kingsley uncorked the vials. She dropped the hairs in, and Kingsley corked them again. "Why two?" Tonks asked.
"One hair from each." Kingsley said.
"We need to think of this from Bellatrix's side." Sirius said. "I'm sorry I brought everything up the way I did, Dora. However, it would be good to know all of this if she tries to claim you've made plans with them. If she claims that around the wrong people, you could be in big trouble."
"We also think you should read the letter." Alastor said.
"Did you two know about it?" Tonks asked, and Kingsley nodded.
"We got a letter too. We don't know how they managed to send us letters, but they said they wanted you to find the letter and read it, when you were older. They told us where it was, but we didn't go to get it ourselves. We wanted you to." Kingsley explained.
"I don't really want to read it, though." Tonks said. "How long do those take?"
"It turned immediately when we did it for Teddy." Kingsley said.
"Perhaps it takes a few minutes when it's not such a direct relation?" Sirius asked.
"I mean, it should be a direction relation-" Tonks began.
"With a generational gap." Remus said. "It's not like Teddy and myself, it'd be easier if we were able to use Ted's hair."
"What'll it do?" Tonks asked. "I didn't really get to witness when you tested for Teddy-"
"It'll turn gold if you are, black if you're not." Remus explained.
"And if it does nothing?" Tonks asked.
"I doubt it'll do nothing." Alastor said. "However, I still haven't been told what exactly happened when Bellatrix visited."
Kingsley and Sirius looked towards Tonks and Remus, while Tonks looked to Remus. "I might be the only one who knows, or remembers, everything." Remus said. "Dora and I were alone, and Bellatrix and Rabastan showed up. I'm still not sure how they found us, but they did. I tried to tell Dora to flee before they got inside, but she ran to my side instead."
"Without thinking it through." Tonks said.
"Naturally." Kingsley said, and she rolled her eyes.
"Obviously, Bellatrix could see that Dora was expecting." Remus continued. "They had me restrained, and they worked together to- well, they cut Teddy out of Dora's body with a knife coated in poison. Dora spent five days unconscious."
Alastor sighed. "I'm the reason they found you." He said. "I was hoping no one would be here, honestly. And I obviously had no idea about Dora's condition. I can't believe I told them, I've told Dora how sorry I am, but-"
"Alastor, we're alive. It's alright." Tonks said patiently. "You said it yourself, you didn't even think we'd be here."
The conversation ceased as the fluid in the vials seemed to swirl, darkening slightly. It continued darkening, shifting and swirling, until it became a dark gold. Remus could feel Tonks relax next to him.
"There you go." Sirius said. "Bella's still a liar, which we knew."
Tonks sighed, standing and heading for the side of the bed. "I hate you, Sirius, I hope you know that. Now get out, I want to go to sleep."
The others left, and Remus wondered why she didn't sound very relieved. He turned to her, ready to ask, when he noticed her simply staring at the bed. "Dora? Are you alright?" Remus asked.
Her eyes snapped to him. "Yeah, I'm just- I'm fine." She said slowly, and he noticed she seemed to be swaying. He frowned, standing and taking a step towards her, rushing forward just as she collapsed. He caught her just before she hit the ground, and noticed a thin trail of blood trickling from her mouth.
"Sirius! Kingsley!" Remus hollered, and the door opened a second later. "Contact Hestia, get Leo here!" Remus demanded, shifting so he could lift Tonks onto the bed. He didn't know who had responded to him, but they were gone before he even finished talking, their footsteps receding down the hall quickly, just as Teddy began to wail.
"When I was here the other day, I was glad to see how she was healing." Leo said. "Unfortunately, there were still three days of antidote left, and I foolishly believed that would be it. There's still signs of poison in her system, so I will go to get more antidote. We'll try another two weeks, twice a day. I know she'll hate this, but I think we need to limit her activity again. She is still weakened, considerably, by the poison and blood loss-"
"But we gave her blood replenishing potions." Remus said.
"Yes, but her body still needs time to recover. She's also still technically recovering from birth, a woman's body doesn't just bounce back to what it was." Leo explained. "She will be alright, she just needs treatment for a little while longer. I am pleased to hear that her postpartum bleeding has ended, sometimes that lasts for six weeks for some women. I'm pretty confident that I can still limit my visits to every few days now, but if something happens, you can always contact Hestia to get me. I'll be back in the morning after my shift. I'll also bring back the pain potion mixed with the fever reducer, she'll need the fever reducer and if she's not taking the lower dose pain potion as frequently, the four hour gap may be alright for now."
"Thank you, Leo." Remus said. "Will she be alright for the night?"
"I believe so, we'll give her a Sleeping Draught, she'll be forced to rest all night." Leo said. "As for what happened when Alastor returned, I don't think there's anything to worry about, it doesn't appear to have done damage. However, I don't think it helped."
"Thank you, Leo." Remus said. "I don't know if I can ever repay you for what you've done."
Leo shrugged. "It's nothing, it's what Healers are for."
"You risked your own life to continuously lie to St Mungo's and come here, and you saved her life." Remus said. "Thats not nothing."
"Remus, even if Hestia wasn't my sister- if you had been a stranger who came into St Mungo's for help, I would have helped you. It's what Healers do."
"Still. Thank you." Remus said, holding out his hand to shake Leo's hand. "If you ever need anything- I don't know if we have much to offer- but if there's ever anything you need, please ask us."
"I appreciate that, Remus." Leo said. "Do you have a sleeping potion of any kind?"
"I believe we have Dreamless Sleep, I've noticed it's a potion we always have around here." Remus said, and Leo nodded.
"I'll be back in the morning, then." Leo said. Remus walked downstairs with him, heading into the kitchen to grab the potion as Leo left. As he was going back upstairs, he could hear Kingsley and Alastor arguing in their room, and he heard Alastor mentioning- again- how it was his fault. Remus felt bad to know Alastor blamed himself so much, and Tonks' collapse probably didn't help.
Remus returned to the room, sitting gently on the edge of the bed, uncorking the vial. He slowly tipped the potion into Tonks' mouth, leaving the empty vial on the nightstand. He stood, lifting her just enough to pull the blanket down and tuck her in.
He checked on Teddy, who had been awake for a few minutes after Leo arrived, but was asleep now. Remus figured he'd be hungry in the next few hours, so he went to bed himself, hoping to get a few hours of sleep.