Dumbledore apparated onto the steps, appearing to slide down them. Before the Death Eaters could react, he had stunned one and had hit one with a hex. The third of the lot whipped around, but before he could even draw his wand, he was out cold.

Harry looked over and saw Sirius coming out of a fireplace. Starting to duel, Sirius barely managed to duck Bellatrix's red jet of light. Harry knew only one of them would survive. Laughing Bellatrix taunted, "That the best you can do?"

"Harry! DUCK!" Shouted Dumbledore.

Startled, Harry rolled to the ground as a green light shot over his head. He stood up, turning to his attacker, wand at the ready. The Dark Lord had arrived.

Laughing, Voldemort shot curse after curse at Harry, "You can't hide forever boy. No portkey to save you this time."

Barely missing all his curses and hexes, Voldemort flew towards Harry, who started to back away but tripped over his feet, banging his jaw on a table. Dumbledore stepped between Harry and Voldemort, beginning to duel with the Dark Lod. The duel filled the room with red, green, and silver light. With vibrant color the spells hit the decor of the room, giving the windows an eerie glow. Harry started to back into a corner so Voldemort couldn't curse him. As much as Harry wanted to help, he knew he would only hinder Dumbledore.

A pause in Dumbledore and Voldemort's duel allowed Harry to look at the other duels where he saw a green light barely miss Sirius's arm. Sirius's curse then hit Bellatrix squarely in the chest, she toppled over, still as stone. A rouge spell from a duel elsewhere in the room whizzed by, killing the crazy witch once and for all. Sirius strolled over to her body, unsure how to feel, he whispered, "Farewell."

At that point, the rest of the Order of Phoenix had arrived, but they were cornered by Death Eaters at the fireplaces, outnumbered. Harry saw Tonks disarm and stun Lucius while Remus dueled Avery. Remus and Tonks then turned to Mulciber, all three having ugly sneers on their face.

Having dealt with the threat, they gave each other a nervous look and laughed before rushing to the others aid.

Moody and Kingsley where back to back fighting off Dolohov, Yaxley, and Rookwood. Harry then snapped back to attention as a green light shot past him. Voldemort had been advancing on Harry while dueling Dumbledore.

Shooting into action, Harry shouted, " EXPELLIARMUS! STUPEFY!"

Even though Harry's spells were only distracting, it was enough to let Dumbledore start to overwhelm Voldemort.

Fire flew between the two immensely powerful wizards wands.

Tom put out the fire on his robes, transfiguring the floor into a giant stone lion.

It jumped at the old headmaster, forcing him to shoot up a wall from the floor, responding in kind a crimson red phoenix burst out of the ugly drapes lining the windows.

Ropes shout out of Lupin's wand, knocking down the Dark Lords wand and binding him.

Advancing on him, Dumbledore exclaimed, "Petrificus Totalus." he explained, "So he doesn't perform wandless magic."

Flying through the floo, aurors rounded up the death eaters, taking them into custody.

Walking up to the headmaster, Fudge exclaimed, "Well done old man, I'll have him killed immediately."

"No you won't!" exclaimed Dumbledore, not bothering to hide his displeasure, "How do you think he survived the first time? Not luck. Horcruxes. I am going to keep him captive and find their locations. After all, I was the only one he feared."

A spell shot out of the wand of a resisting member of You-Know-Who's forces, hitting Sirius. His wand went flying into the veil behind him.

"Well, guess I need a wand," exclaimed Sirius, exasperatedly.