Tonks stopped dead in her tracks, absolutely shocked when he hugged her. She just stood there for a split second, too stunned to do anything. Blinking, she forced herself to focus and be able to react and slowly, tentatively as she was still scared to hurt him she wrapped her arms around him, hugging him back. "It's alright," she said gently, "I know.. I know what it seems like now, with the Ministry the way it is. With the Department what it is. But we're going to get them back, yeah? I promise you that. They're.. They're family." Tonks smiled up at him reassuringly, even as she felt a knot tighten painfully in her chest. It was the first time in her life that she'd been so scared, that she hadn't known what to do. Everyone whom she could turn to was gone; Sirius away, Hestia away, Lily taken. She'd never really felt so alone before. But standing there, for the first time she actually felt something like hope. She had to be strong. If not for herself, than at least for him. She needed to get his friends back, whatever it took.