Chapter 3 – Death of a Loved One

Pop! Pop! Pop!

Tonks, Harry and Remus appeared in the middle of the Weasley's garden in the blink of an eye. They walked through that garden and up to the Burrow. Mrs. Weasley was waiting for them.

Mrs. Weasley waved and looked at Harry "How'd you do, Harry, dear?"

"I passed," Harry said, smiling, as they walked into the Burrow. "I concentrated a bit too much, but I passed."

"Excellent, dear," Mrs. Weasley said in reply. "We are going to have a little celebration for you shortly. I've got the girls in the kitchen and the boys setting everything up. ... You three, sit down."

"Thanks, Molly," Remus said, but not sitting down. "But, I'd rather help out."

"Me too," Tonks said, even though she knew that she might do something wrong because of her clumsiness.

Harry looked at Mrs. Weasley and then said, "I'd like to help as well. I don't mind at all."

"Oh ... alright," Mrs. Weasley sighed. "Remus and Harry, you can go and help the boys outside. I believe that they're not to far from the garden."

Remus nodded and walked out the door, with Harry following him. It was quiet for some moments after the door had closed. Tonks looked up at Mrs. Weasley.

"What about me, Molly?" Tonks asked, changing her hair from bubble-gum pink to red.

"You ..." Mrs. Weasley said, smiling at Tonks' Weasley-ish look. "You can come into the kitchen and help us in there."

Tonks smiled and followed Mrs,. Weasley into the kitchen. As Tonks walked in, she saw that Hermione, Ginny and Fleur were busy preparing for the celebration meal. Ginny turned around and looked at Tonks.

"So, is this my long lost sister or something, mum?" Ginny asked, giggling.

"Nice look, Tonks," Hermione said, turning around. "I think you need a bit longer nose, to match Ron's."

Fleur quickly turned around. The girls looked at Tonks patiently. She could already be mistaken as a Weasley.

"Alright," Tonks said, as she screwed up her eyes. A second later, her nose got bigger.

Ginny and Hermione started laughing; Fleur was trying not to laugh. Mrs. Weasley looked up at the girls and joined in. After a few minutes of enjoying Tonks' new look, they went back to work preparing the meal.

"Is the food done, Molly?" Mr. Weasley asked, as he entered the house.

"Almost, dear. Come in here. We're going to need help getting all this food out."

Mr. Weasley quickly entered the kitchen and looked around at the girls. When his eyes reached Tonks, Arthur looked at her, confused. "Hello. Who are you?"

Tonks giggled. "It's me, Arthur. ... Tonks."

"Oh," Mr. Weasley said his face turning a shade of pink. "My bad."

The girls giggled once more. A few minutes later, they took out the food for the celebration. There they saw that Remus, Charlie, Bill, Fred, George, Ron and Harry had gotten everything set up just in time.

"It took you long enough!" Fred said, his stomach growling.

"We've been starving out here!" George said, his stomach also growling.

Tonks glared at Fred and George. She and the girls quickly set up the food and they all began to eat. Tonks was pretty quiet at they ate. She was complimented many times about her Weasley-look. Tonks just nodded thanks and continued to eat.

Pop!

Tonks dropped her plate full of food and looked around, her wand at the ready. "What was that?"

"I dunno," Harry said, as everyone else got out their wands.

After a few minutes of waiting, a red haired man showed up. The red haired man was Percy.

"Percy!" Mrs. Weasley said, running up to him and giving him a big hug. "You're here!"

Percy smiled and said, "Yes, mother. I am so sorry for not standing by you guys during this whole time."

"That's okay, Percy," Mr. Weasley said. "Welcome back, son!"

CRASH!

"What was that?" Percy asked, looking around toward the Burrow.

Everyone shrugged their shoulders and walked toward the Burrow. When they got past the garden, ten Death Eaters appeared, including Voldemort. "Ah. So sorry to drop in, but I have to have a word with Potter."

"Never!" Tonks said, holding her wand tighter. "Never! … STUPEFY!"

Voldemort blocked the spell and ordered, "Get them!"

The Death Eaters moved forward, shooting spells left and right. Voldemort laughed and Apparated, as Tonks tried to Stun him again.

"Trying to Stun my Master?" asked one of the Death Eaters, putting Tonks under the Cruciatus Curse.

"Lestrange!" Tonks screamed, breaking free from the Curse. "STUPEFY!"

The spell hit her and Bellatrix fell to the ground. "Yes. But, I got you instead." Tonks stepped over Bellatrix and went to help the others. The battle had just begun.

The battle went on for what seemed like ages. Spells were flying in all directions. Some of the Death Eaters Apparated, taking those who have been Stunned with them. Soon, there were only two Death Eaters. One of them chickened out and Apparated like the others. The second, stayed.

"Looks like you’re out numbered," Tonks said, trying to Stun the Death Eater.

"That's what you think. AVADA KEDAVRA!"

Tonks jumped out of the way. The spell hit a shed and it immediately exploded. The Death Eater growled and started casting the Killing Curse again. This time, instead of going after Tonks, the Death Eater went after Percy.

"PERCY, LOOK OUT!" Mr. Weasley shouted.

"AVADA KEDAVRA!"

Percy turned around and tried to jump out of the way, but it was to late. The curse hit him and he fell to the ground. The Death Eater quickly laughed and Apparated. Everyone ran up to Percy's body as fast as they could. Tonks, Mrs. Weasley, Fleur, Ginny and Hermione began to cry. Mr. Weasley, Remus, Bill, Charlie, Fred, George, Ron and Harry stared at Percy's body and comforted the crying girls. Percy, the one that had saw that his actions toward his family were wrong and the one just come back home, was now gone ... forever.