aww i was soo disaponit when i thought it was just one chapter but to my joy i found the second haray! grin
love this its beautiful

woop this is ace you should write another chatper!
hope you do cant wait grin

"Different from Apparition," murmured Remus. He had acquired the absorbed expression he used to get when he found a particularly interesting magical creature or Runic inscription, and Lily smiled to see that look, so familiar even after so many years. But she watched him warily, all the same. Remus had a habit of throwing himself into intellectual puzzles when he was trying to beat back some kind of strong emotion he thought he shouldn't be having." - I am now worried: His intellectual fascination could rip his very thin (IMO) soul thread away from his body in the Hogwarts infirmary.
"He caught Lily up in a great crushing hug. "Thank you," he whispered in her ear. "You always told me not to give up hoping that things would get better—and you were right." Lily hugged him back just as tightly. She would miss him dreadfully, but she was glad he would have a chance to grow old with his family around him after all. "Give Harry my love, and Tonks and Teddy too, of course." He turned to James, who clapped him on the back. "Make sure Teddy grows up to be a true Marauder, like his old da." James cleared his throat. "And tell Harry how proud we are of him." Then Sirius pulled Remus into a brief but bone-crushing hug of his own. "Moony, old mate. Tell Harry I'd love for him to have the motorbike, if he wants it." He smirked. "Tell my little cousin that I had the manners not to say I told you so in reference to her romantic life." Remus flushed a bit at that, making Lily grin and James snigger. "And—" Sirius shrugged, but the casual facade was very definitely slipping—his smile was flat-out wistful. "Will you tell the sprog a tale or two about his poor old cousin Padfoot?" - Merlin, those paragraphs were sad!
"James, Sirius—there is a new arrival from Hogwarts by the name of Colin Creevey, who is now being looked after by a pair of elderly aunts he hadn't seen since he was very small. I rather suspect that meeting Harry Potter's father and godfather would cheer him up immensely. James and Sirius raised their eyebrows at each other in a way that Lily knew meant they were solemnly swearing to be up to no good, and her lips twitched. She hoped a little Marauding might make a lonely boy feel better." - Oh wow, little Colin will be SO thrilled!
"She gazed at Teddy, entranced as always by his tiny hands, his small rapt face, and his ever-changing hair. "His hair's gone all red and blue, sort of blotchy. I think he was looking at the stripes on Harry's T-shirt." - Smashing hair colour there, little Teddy Lupin!
"He said something else, too." His voice was so faint, Tonks bent closer to hear better—and when she did, she caught sight Remus paused for a heartbeat. "He said—and I quote—'Bloody hell! I've been avenged by Molly Weasley?'" Tonks had an instant mental image of Sirius, leaning artlessly up against some wall or other with his arms crossed and his eyes wide with exaggerated disbelief. She felt her lips twitch. All at once, something came bubbling up that she almost didn't recognize until it burst out as a snort, and then a chuckle. And then she was laughing. Things were funny again." - Yes, as Sirius himself was, sounding just like Molly's sons.

"...because you're going to be a great dad," Harry was saying earnestly. "You can teach him to fly, and you can show him all about things like grindylows and kappas, just like you taught us. Teddy needs you, Remus. He needs you here. And—I don't want to lose you, either, just when I was finally going to have a chance to get to know you better."... "Wotcher, Harry. Thank you for telling Remus the kinds of things he really needs to hear." - I agree with Tonks, though it IS sad in a way too.
An idea came floating up, and she turned back to Madam Pomfrey with her chin raised. This was not usual procedure for the Hogwarts hospital wing, but neither was this a usual situation. "I want to lie down with him. Maybe it will help more than just holding his hand." Madam Pomfrey looked away and blinked once, hard. "I do not bend the rules in this infirmary. And I most certainly do not have favourites among my patients, not even those I saw every month when they were at school." Tonks ground her teeth and started to protest. Wasn't Remus's life more important than petty rules and regulations? But then the matron jabbed her wand toward the bed and enlarged it to twice its normal width. "Which is why I must insist that you lie down at once." She rounded on Tonks with a scowl. "It is much too soon for you to be up walking around in the first place, young woman. I don't want to see you out of bed again until I say it's time." - Yay for Madam Pomfrey!

"I'm told she shot a Killing Curse at you, but you—you tripped, and hit your head on a piece of fallen masonry. Only, Bella thought it was her curse that got you, so she ran off and left you lying there." Mum blinked, hard. "Everyone thought you were dead, until the fighting was over and Poppy Pomfrey found a pulse..." So the clumsiness that was the bane of her existence had probably saved her life. It should've been funny." - I agree: it should have, but I won't laugh yet, it is too early in this fic: some people I dearly love might still turn up dead.
"Oi, Lily!" Quiet moments were surprisingly hard to come by, even in the afterlife. Lily looked up to see Sirius making a beeline for her tree," - And I suppose they became even harder to come by once Sirius joined her and James there.
"Sirius, however, came loping over and wasted no time in giving Remus an emphatic thump on the head. "You prat. Haven't you learned after all this time not to go off by yourself with your troubles, when you've got friends who want to help? I reckon you're even thicker than I thought you were." That earned a shaky laugh," - AW!
"he gave an apologetic smile and shrugged slightly. "I'm sorry," he said, a bit hoarsely. "I just didn't want to worry you lot." "Well," growled Sirius, "disappearing for hours is a bloody brilliant way to accomplish that." Remus laughed again," - AW!
"Dora and Teddy will be here too, someday." "You'd best get in the habit of calling her Tonks, or she'll pummel you when she gets here," Sirius stage-whispered. "Not even I'm allowed to call her Dora, and I'm family." And this actually made Remus snigger. Lily gave Sirius a surreptitious pat on the back. He might have a little too much fun pushing her buttons sometimes, but boy, did he know how to handle Remus." - Yes, well done, Padfoot!
"Teddy was lying on a blanket on the living-room floor, yowling. His eyes were screwed up tight, and his tiny fists were flailing. Next to him sat Harry's friend Hermione, frantically flipping through a very thick book, darting panicked glances at the screaming infant. Then someone else came into view—Frank and Alice's boy, Neville. He picked Teddy up and swung him around a bit, and the baby immediately left off crying and started blowing little spittle bubbles instead. His hair even turned bright green, matching Neville's T-shirt. Hermione sat back on her heels and gaped. Lily suddenly realized that Remus was laughing quietly, despite the tears in his eyes. "Poor Hermione," he chuckled. "That had to rankle. She hates it when she can't look up what to do." - Hehehe, and super cool hair colour there, Teddy Lupin!
"Harry was sitting by a bed, talking quietly. And he was holding the hand of none other than one Remus Lupin. No one said anything for quite a while. Finally, Remus broke the silence, staring fixedly at the ground. "Dammit, Harry. You need to be out with the people who love you, celebrating the end of the bloody war. Never mind my old corpse." "Maybe," said Sirius tightly, "he's telling that old corpse goodbye because he cares about your sorry arse." But Lily had seen something. She tapped the glass again, shifting the angle of the view, moving closer to the figure on the hospital bed. "It's not a corpse," she whispered. Three pairs of eyes turned to her in shock and disbelief. "Remus, you're—" She looked at him and shook her head. "I don't understand how this is possible, but down there, you're still breathing." - AW! at what Harry is doing and yet, how in Merlin's name did THAT happen?

Yay! I guess this means I'm hooked onto your writing now. (I'm a bit biased due to the whole R/T thing...)

Of course Dumbles will be a mentor/organizer of sorts up there. :)

"Now you listen to me, Remus Lupin" - ahh, the most beautiful words spoken. And I forgot to mention how wonderful it was to read that Dora's clumsiness saved her life. I smiled so wide my face hurt.

YES! After reading your reply, I just HAD to come and read this. Thanks for clearing up the dates - it was just something niggling the back of my mind - and I can see you put a lot more thought into it than me.

But onto more important things... like the saving of Remmy and Tonks!

that was awesome

I love Remus's reaction to Teddy's crying. This was a really sweet ficlet. I loved it. :]

So, he's sort of in a coma-like trance? I can't wait until Teddy comes. Both Tonks and him there with Remus will be so incredibly touching.

Oh...I'm so happy. He's not really dead. Thank goodness. My eyes started watering throughout the chapter because this is exactly what I had been fearing all through DH. Tonks dying and not Remus, or Remus dying and not Tonks. I'm such a selfish shipper. lol

This is a really lovely fic, and original as far as I can tell. It's the first deathfic with a plot! It's going on the favorites... :]

Aw, that was really sweet! I absolutely loved it; I would've loved for that to happen! Great job! :]

o i love this please write more this is so good

great alternative ending! I was so sad that Rowling killed them... so I like your ending better =)