Based off of a Tumblr post based off of a Facebook comment. lol.

Kingsley stood quietly, a length of parchment on the table in front of him. They had been compiling a list of injured, dead and unaccounted for- but in the confusion, many people didn't know who had stayed to fight or evacuated.

He moved his quill to the list of the dead, writing another name he knew too well- Fred Weasley.

Scanning over the list of unaccounted, a name stood out- Nymphadora Tonks-Lupin.

He'd go to Andromeda in person, he had to. She had just lost her husband, and now her only child had vanished- that was something he had to tell her in person. He had been with Tonks when it happened, and she had seemingly just vanished. So it only felt right that he tell her mother that she was gone- and hopefully she'd be found. His eyes scanned the unaccounted list again- the shortest list by far- and another name stood out: Remus Lupin. Kingsley hoped Remus was simply injured, somewhere in the castle where no one had looked yet.

For Teddy to lose both parents, that just wouldn't be fair.


He wandered. His head hurt terribly- why was it bleeding? Why was his arm bleeding? What had happened?

He was near a town, he could only help someone could help him. He remembered flashes and screams and a man yelling. It was blurry, he couldn't see anything clearly, he couldn't recognise a face in his mind- nothing.

All was blank.

There was a deep ache in his bones that felt almost familiar, like a pain he should have known. He just couldn't remember what the nagging feeling was trying to tell him. He walked for a while, unsure of where he was going or how he got here or why he had a feeling he was supposed to be somewhere else.

He spotted a sign that became clearer as he approached.

Hogsmeade

Why did it seem familiar? Did he know this place?

Remus Lupin couldn't remember a single thing, but he remembered fear- and that's exactly what he was feeling.


"Do you..." Harry's voice trailed off for a second, before he cleared his throat. "Do you think maybe there won't be a body? For either of them?''

Kingsley wiped a hand over his face. "I'm beginning to think there won't be. I just- how could it be possible?"

Harry sighed. "There was a fire, in the Room of Requirement. It shut itself up, that's why Crabbe has no body to bury- do you suppose there was a fire elsewhere?"

"Part of the Ravenclaw Tower was burning, but I don't recall many of us were near there. We'll have to search. If we can't find any sign of the unaccounted for, we'll have to list them as dead."


"Dear, are you alright?" A kind voice asked. She opened her eyes to see an older woman staring down at her.

"Where am I?" She asked, her voice hoarse.

"Dufftown."

Tonks jumped up, startling the woman. "I shouldn't be here. I need to be-" She began walking, and then stopped. "Where am I supposed to be?"

"My dear, I don't know." The woman said. "But you look you've had a serious accident. Was it a car accident? Did you walk this far?"

"I- I don't know." Tonks said, panic rising in her.

The woman smiled. "Well, we can figure that out later. Come with me, we'll get you cleaned up and some clean clothes." She said, offering her hand to Tonks. "What's your name, dear?"

"I don't know." Tonks took her hand, allowing the woman to lead her out of the alleyway and towards a small shop.

"Well, I'm Agnes." The woman said with a smile. "We'll find you some help."