"Wake up, Nymphadora, wake up!"
"Mum, what is it?"
Tonks opened her eyes groggily. She had only just fallen asleep when her mother woke her.
"An Auror. A Ministry Auror is looking for you," Andromeda said quietly.
"An Auror?" Tonks turned to glance at the pitch-black window and complained, "At this hour? Are you serious?"
When Tonks rubbed her eyes and arrived in the living room, she found one of her colleagues standing there.
"Williamson?"
"Amelia Bones is dead. There's a Dark Mark above her house." Williamson looked at the bleary-eyed Tonks and continued, "We also found Emeline Vance's body nearby. She was with the Order of the Phoenix, wasn't she?"
"What? Emeline's dead?"
All sleep vanished from Tonks' face, and she stood there frozen in shock.
"Yes, she's dead. In an alley near the Bones residence." After saying that, the middle-aged Auror gave Tonks' family a slight nod and turned to leave.
By the time Tonks came back to herself, the Auror named Williamson had already vanished. Only Tonks' parents remained in the living room, staring at her with worried expressions.
"I need to go out."
Tonks hurried back to her room to change, then rushed to Grimmauld Place No. 12.
The Aurors had informed her because she was an Order of the Phoenix member, and Emeline Vance had been one as well. Scrimgeour hoped Tonks would pass the news on to the Order of the Phoenix or Dumbledore.
When Tonks arrived at Grimmauld Place No. 12 with news of Emeline Vance's death, Order headquarters was thrown into chaos. Everyone began notifying the other Order of the Phoenix members and calling them to a meeting at Grimmauld Place No. 12, while Mrs. Weasley prepared strong tea to drive away their drowsiness.
"I told you Amelia Bones would get herself