I've had this idea for quite a while. It's kind of lame, but why not?

She stumbled through the corridor, searching for Remus. She found him in a quiet corridor, sprawled across the floor, pale and still.

"Remus, no- please no-" Tonks sobbed, falling to her knees beside him. Her heart broke when she realised he wasn't breathing, and he was cold- too cold. "Remus, please, wake up-"

There was a laugh behind her, but at this point, what did she care? Remus was dead, what could she do? She could see the green light lighting up the corridor and knew what was about to happen, and too late, one word entered her mind: Teddy.

"No-"

The light struck her, but it definitely didn't feel instantaneous. It burned. Her entire body burned, she felt as if something was being ripped from her chest. But she couldn't scream.

Her body had fallen across Remus', but she could feel herself dying. She could feel the pain. The world became black but the pain didn't vanish. If anything, it was becoming worse, building and building like someone was using the Cruciatus on her.

The pain only got worse, but she couldn't move or open her eyes- was this death? Was this some horrible version of the afterlife?

It was as if years passed, this pain clutching at her body. It was if an eternity passed by, but maybe it had only been hours. Minutes, perhaps.

The pain stopped abruptly, with a voice filling her head, speaking one simple sentence over and over: Kill Harry Potter.

May 4th, 1998

Harry stood silently beside Andromeda in St Mungo's. Andromeda had to come and 'officially' identify the bodies, despite the fact everyone knew who they were and despite the fact Andromeda had gone to Hogwarts already. Harry had been there when Andromeda received the letter, and when Andromeda said she couldn't go alone, had offered to go with her.

They were staring at two sheet covered forms, a Healer waiting for Andromeda's permission to pull back the sheets, but Andromeda looked as if she couldn't handle seeing her daughter again.

Andromeda was clutching a bag of the clothes she had chosen for them to buried in, but she made no move to even hand the bag over or officially identify her daughter. Andromeda was staring at the two forms, her eyes slightly unfocused, and Harry began to believe she wasn't even looking at the forms.

"Mrs Tonks, I understand that this is a difficult time for you..." The Healer began slowly, eyes shifting uncertainly between Andromeda and Harry.

Andromeda's eyes snapped up to the Healer, and then she nodded slowly. "I would like to see Remus first, not my daughter." Andromeda said quietly. Harry couldn't blame her, he still remembered the poor woman's scream as she arrived at Hogwarts and was shown her daughter and son in law's bodies.

The Healer nodded, stepping towards one of the beds, and slowly folded down part of the white sheet.

Harry only looked for a moment. He had never seen Remus as pale as he was in that moment, his eyes closed as if he really was just sleeping. The scars seemed to stand out in stark contrast to the pale skin, and Harry had seen enough dead bodies, he couldn't stand the idea of seeing another.

Andromeda's eyes filled with tears. "You already know that's Remus." She said quietly. "Why do I have to do this?"

"I'm sorry, but it's St Mungo's policy that we have to have a family member come to properly identify them and tell us what they wish for the bodies-"

"People." Harry found himself saying. "They're people- not bodies."

The Healer was silent for a moment. "My apologies. We need family members to tell us what they wish we do with their loved ones, burial or cremation."

"Burial." Andromeda said, quickly. "My Dora said cremation was a horrifying idea, and they should be together." And then she nodded towards the second bed. "I suppose I should see my daughter now."

The Healer nodded, pulling the sheet back over Remus' face, and stepping towards the second bed. As the Healer pulled the sheet away, tears hit Andromeda's cheeks. There was Tonks, as sickly pale as Remus, her eyes closed as if she was also simply asleep.

Harry looked away quickly- he really would rather remember them alive, not simply corpses on St Mungo's beds.

"I know it sounds silly, but I was hoping when you- that maybe it wasn't her after all." Andromeda said quietly. When Harry looked up again, Tonks was covered again, and Andromeda was holding the bag out to the Healer. "I- I'd like them to wear these when they're buried."

The Healer nodded, taking the bag.

"There's- for Dora, there's shoes as well." Andromeda said. "I know she'd hate the shoes, but- but they match the dress."

The Healer nodded again.

"And- and I was wondering..." Andromeda continued. "If there was a way to... conceal the bruises and-"

"You won't be able to tell they've fought a battle, I promise." The Healer said, and Andromeda nodded.

"Thank you." Andromeda said.

"We've got forms we need you to sign, to say you've identified the bod- them."

Andromeda nodded, and the Healer set down the bag to lead them from the room, where another Healer was at a desk. The second Healer stood, forms in hand. Harry stayed beside Andromeda as she filled out the forms, and Andromeda hesitated when she came to the portion that was asking what names she wanted Tonks buried under.

After a moment, she wrote Nymphadora Lupin.

May 2, 2009

"-and Lily needs- Harry, are you listening?" Ginny asked, looking at him intently.

Harry yawned and nodded. "Sure."

Ginny raised an eyebrow at him.

"I'm sorry, Gin." Harry said. "It's just- the kids are exhausting, and now with Teddy with us as well- I'm just tired."

"It's understandable." Ginny said, nodding. "But at least you get to get away from them at work, I unfortunately work at home."

Harry smirked. "Would you like to be Head Auror, Mrs Potter?"

Ginny smiled. "Well, I would, but the current Head Auror is a very handsome man and I wouldn't want to take his job away."

"Speaking of handsome Head Aurors, I'll have to leave now if I don't want to be late." Harry said, standing up and picking up his plate and coffee mug. He deposited them in the sink and turned to give Ginny a kiss. "See you this evening?"

"Of course." Ginny said. "But don't be late. You promised Teddy that you two were going to that Quidditch game. To celebrate his-"

"His Hogwarts letter, yes, I'll remember. I'm not letting him down today." Harry said, as he stepped into the fireplace of Grimmauld Place. He nodded to Ginny and disappeared, landing neatly in his office.

He was barely there for more than a few minutes when Hermione Granger(now Hermione Weasley), the Head of Magical Law Enforcement, burst in. "Oh, Harry, finally!" She cried. "I've been waiting, something's happened, Harry-"

"What's going on?" Harry asked. "What are you doing here? You should be at home, with Fabian-"

"Harry, the graves at Hogwarts- they were damaged early this morning." Hermione said, ignoring him completely. "Filch discovered it shortly after dawn when he spotted someone who looked, in his words, 'remarkably and suspiciously like Remus Lupin' heading towards the front gates of Hogwarts. He checked the graves, to see if perhaps it was a relative of someone and-"

"What happened to the graves?" Harry asked, frowning.

Hermione let out a breath. "Some of them are empty."

"How many?" Harry asked.

"Four at Hogwarts."

Harry frowned. "At Hogwarts?" He repeated. "Does that mean that other graves were damaged as well, elsewhere?"

"Your parents' graves are empty as well. That report came in shortly after the Hogwarts one. Some Muggle woman was visiting a loved one and noticed that the graves had been dug up. She called the Muggle Police, and it was brought to us."

Harry sank into his desk chair. "Who would do this? Has anyone searched Hogsmeade? Looked for this man that Filch described?"

"That's just it, Harry." Hermione said, slowly. "I sent out a few of your Aurors, and they found him."

"And?" Harry prompted.

"He's in a holding cell downstairs. Harry, I think it is Remus."

"It can't be."

"Come see for yourself. He has the scars, he has Remus' voice- he looks like Remus. He's even wearing the clothes that Remus was buried in, but his eyes, Harry-"

"It could be someone using Polyjuice Potion." Harry said, but his mind was wandering. What if it was Remus?

"Polyjuice won't work if the person you've taken from is dead. That man, if he is taking Polyjuice, should look like an eleven year old corpse." Hermione said quickly and then froze, looking almost sick at the mention of corpses. "Harry, come with me, you'll see. And you can question him, if he'll say anything- but I believe it's him."

"What other graves were disturbed?" Harry asked, after a moment of silence.

"Ron's, for one. Colin and Tonks, as well."

"And no one's spotted them?" Harry asked.

Hermione shook her head. "No reports yet, anyway. I told Dawlish to get patrols out."

Harry stood slowly. "Then we go, together, to question Remus. If it's him, and if he remembers anything, maybe we can figure out what happened."

Hermione nodded and they stepped out of the office, heading for the lifts.

"Head Auror Potter!" A voice demanded. Harry and Hermione turned to see Dawlish heading for them, a roll of parchment in his hand. He looked pale and a little shaken. "Another one has been spotted."

"Who?" Hermione asked.

"Auror Tonks, she was found near the Leaky Cauldron. Auror Savage and I- we got there as soon as we heard."

"Did you see her?" Harry asked immediately.

Dawlish nodded. "She wasn't like herself. We tried to talk to her, she seemed to hear us, but there was something strange about her-"

"Other than the fact she's suddenly alive?" Harry asked.

"She was dressed like she was when she was buried. But she looks dead, Potter. No colour to her eyes,-"

"They're just white, right?" Hermione asked. Dawlish nodded. "Like Remus'. Where is she?"

"She walked away from us, and we were pursuing her, but she managed to lose us."

"Remus wasn't walking very fast, how did Tonks get away?" Hermione asked. "They've been dead eleven years, speed and stealth won't be easy for them-"

"She turned down an alley, and when we turned as well, she was gone. We searched the alley but she was nowhere." Dawlish explained. "But she'll be spotted again, they're not exactly hiding from us."

"Right." Harry said. "Dawlish, get a group of Aurors out there. Patrol London, patrol Godric's Hollow and Hogsmeade. If you find any of them, bring them in. Stun them, I don't care. We need to know what happened, and why they've returned."