Harry walked around the room of requirement, hoping to hear the unnerving screech that would lead him to the hidden horcruxe. He suddenly heard the screech and turned on his heels, seeing as he had past right by it. On a table were many odd looking things. Harry lifted a pile of rope to reveal a box. He opened it to find Rowena Ravenclaw's lost diadem. He lifted it and a small, barely noticeable grin appeared on his face.

From his right side he heard a voice, "Well well, what brings you here Potter?" He turned to see Malfoy and two more of his Slytherin goons pointing their wands at him.

"I could ask you the same," Harry replied, hand hovering over his wand.

"You have something of mine…I'd like it back." His voice echoed in the room.

"Well what's wrong with the one you have?" Harry motioned to the wand in Malfoy's hand, indicating he knew exactly what he meant.

"It's my mother's," Malfoy replied, acid in his voice, "It's powerful but it's…not the same. It doesn't quite, understand me. Know what I mean?" He had a menacing smile on his face, showing that he thought he had already won.

A thought had been nagging away at Harry for a while, maybe this was his chance for an answer, "Why didn't you tell her? Bellatrix?" The expression on Malfoy's face changed to a combination of horror and anger, "You knew it was me…but you didn't say anything."

One of the boys behind Malfoy whispered in his ear, "Come on Draco, don't be a prat. Do him."

Harry reached slowly for his wand, causing Malfoy to step closer. Out of nowhere Hermione and Ron came out and knocked the wand from Malfoy's hand. "Expelliarmus!" The force knocking Malfoy backwards.

The exchange of spells began until Hermione cried out, "Stop!" To her surprised everyone stopped moving. "This is getting us nowhere! Malfoy I need to talk to you…alone."

He scoffed and pointed his wand at her, "Why should I trust a filthy mudblood like you Granger?" Hermione flipped her wand so she was holding it backwards and held it out to Harry.

Harry looked at her wand then at her, "Are you mad?"

She glared at him, "Just take it Harry, I'll be fine." Harry sighed and took it her wand. Hermione looked at Malfoy, "Now do you trust me? And even if you don't I'm defenseless, I don't have a wand. What harm can a mudblood be to you?" She held out her hand. Again to her surprise Malfoy looked at her suspiciously and took it.

They walked off in another direction until they were out of ear shot then Malfoy turned Hermione harshly to face him, "What do you want?"

Hermione ripped her arm from his grasp, "Draco, I want you to be completely honest with me. Do you really want to be a death eater?"

He glared, "What makes you think I wouldn't?"

Hermione crossed her arms over her chest, "Well for one thing, you're here talking with me right now. You didn't tell Bellatrix that it was Harry even though you knew it was. You weren't able to kill Dumbledore. You look like your life is tearing apart."

"It is not!" He snapped, "How did you know about Dumbledore?"

"Harry was there, he told me. I can tell when someone is falling apart Draco, I've been there, I've been through it. This is where the honesty comes in; do you really want to follow him? The dark lord. Voldemort." Malfoy scoffed and turned away, only to be pulled back by Hermione, "Draco Lucius Malfoy don't you dare turn away from me. I asked you a question and I expect an answer!"

"No okay!" Malfoy yelled angrily, "No I don't want to follow him. No I don't want to be a death eater but I have no choice!"

He seemed like he was going to cry so Hermione pulled him into an awkward hug, "Draco you do have a choice, I'm giving it to you right now. You can continue on as one of them, or join us. You are not a horrible person Draco, nor are you weak. Everyone has to make difficult decisions."

He looked at her and nodded, "I'm with you. Come on." He started to run ahead of Hermione back to where Harry, Ron and the other two were fighting. Out of nowhere he appeared to see that one of the Slytherins was about to kill Ron. "Trificus Totalis!" Draco pointed his wand at both Slytherins and they were both lying paralyzed on the ground.

Ron whipped around to see that it was Draco who had cast the spell, "What the bloody hell was that?"

"Merlin's beard you can run." Hermione said, out of breath when she got to Draco's side. She looked at the two Slytherins, "Did you do that?" Draco nodded. "Good job."

He smiled at her, "Thank you."

Ron glared, "Okay, first off stop flirting with my girlfriend, and second…will someone tell us what the bloody hell's going on!"

Hermione glared, "Ron, first off, he is not flirting with me-"

Draco smirked, "Well maybe a little."

Hermione turned to him, "Not helping. And second we have a new ally."

Ron's eyes widened, "Malfoy! Malfoy is our new ally? Are you bloody mad!"

Hermione took Draco's wand hand and pointed it at Ron, "Silencio!" Ron was then unable to talk. Hermione looked angry at herself, "Why did I not think of that spell before?" Draco cleared his throat and looked at her hand still holding his hand which was holding his wand. She let go, "Oh, sorry." She turned to Harry, "Harry, you yourself told me that you don't think he was completely evil. He is an annoying little prat."

Draco raised his wand, "Watch it mudblood."

Hermione held out her hand to Harry who passed her wand into it. She whipped around, knocking Draco's wand out of his hand and putting hers to his throat, "Call me mudblood one more time I swear! We all have proper names, if I am civilized enough to use them so are you! Am I understood?" Draco nodded and Hermione lowered her wand. She pointed it to Draco's lying on the floor, "Accio." It flew towards her and she caught it, passing it back to Draco.

"Thanks." He mumbled

"Come on," Harry said urgently, "We need to move." With that they all ran out of the room of requirement. The battle continued until finally the death eaters, lead by Voldemort, came to form a barrier facing Hogwarts which was now many piles of stone and ruble. The students formed a barrier facing them. To Voldemort's left came Hagrid, carrying Harry Potter in his arms, looking quite sad.

Ginny came forward, "Who is that? Hagrid's carrying? Neville who is it?"

Voldemort grinned with evil joy, "Harry Potter is dead!"

"No!" Ginny cried, running towards him, only to be pulled back by her father, "No!"

"Silence!" Voldemort pointed his wand to the sky. "Stupid girl, Harry Potter is dead. From this day forth, you put your faith in me." Voldemort sneered at the students and teachers of Hogwarts and turned back to the death eaters cheering, "Harry Potter is dead!" He was greeted with laughter from all his followers. He himself laughed and turned back to his enemy's, "And now is the time to declare yourselves. Come forward and join us…or die." He searched the crowd before him.

Lucius called out, "Draco! Oh Draco."

"Draco," His mother said calmly, "Come." Draco walked out of the crowd and toward his parents.

Voldemort congratulated him, "Well done Draco, well done," Embracing him into a hug before allowing him to join his parents. Neville limped out into the empty space where Voldemort was standing. Voldemort scrutinized him, "Well I can honestly say I'd hoped for better." He was rewarded with laughter from the death eaters. "And who might you be young man?"

Neville glared, "Neville Longbottom." Again the death eaters cheered with laughter, distinctly from Bellatrix Lastringe.

"Well Neville," Voldemort said, "I'm sure we can find you a place in our ranks."

"I'd like to say something." Neville interrupted.

Voldemort glared, "Well Neville I'm sure we'd all be fascinated by what you have to say."

"It doesn't matter that Harry's gone."

There was a voice behind him, "Stand down Neville."

He turned toward them, "People die every day…friends…family. Yeah, we lost Harry tonight, he's still with us in here," He pointed to his heart.

Draco looked around and stepped out, "He's right."

Draco's mother pulled him back, "Draco what are you doing?"

He ripped his arm from her grip, "I need to do this mum, I love you." he turned to the crowd and went to stand beside Neville. "Neville is right. Harry may be gone, but if we just give up he died in vain." He walked up and took Hermione and Ginny's hands. "I'm sorry my lord," He spat, "But I refuse to end up like my father. This is where I belong."

Neville nodded and turned to Voldemort, "Harry didn't die in vain, but you will because you're wrong. Harry's heart did beat for us, for all of us. And it's not over!" He pulled out Godrick Gryffindor's sword from Hermione's enchanted bag.

Just then Harry jumped out of Hagrid's arms and landed on his feet. He pointed his wand at Voldemort's snake, "Carfringo!" (I don't really know what he said and I'm too tired to look it up so I'm just doing this by ear.) Hermione and Ron had the look of shock and relief on their faces. The battle went on and Harry finally destroyed Voldemort, sending his body into the air as ashes.

Harry, Ron and Hermione went to the bridge. They didn't know they were being followed by Draco.

"Why didn't it work for him?" Hermione asked, "The elder wand?"

Harry, who was now standing on what used to be the rail at the side of the bridge turned to them, "It answered to somebody else. When he killed Snape he thought the wand would become his. But the thing is, the wand never belonged to Snape. It was Draco who disarmed Dumbledore that night in the astronomy tower, from that moment on, the wand answered to him…until the other night when you disarmed Draco."

Suddenly Draco came out, "The elder wand belonged to me?" All three turned toward him and he looked down, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have followed you."

Hermione smiled, "No it's alright, you're one of us now anyway. And yes, the elder wand belonged to you." She walked up to Harry, "May I?"

Harry nodded, "Well technically the wand is yours now." He handed her the wand and turned back to Draco.

"This is the elder wand. You were very brave standing up to Voldemort with Neville. I'm giving the wand to you, what you do with it is up to you." She gave him the wand.

Ron stared at her with wide eyes, "Hermione that's the elder wand, with it you'd be invincible."

Draco looked down at the wand, "I can do whatever I want with it? Whatever I feel is right to do?" Hermione nodded. Draco sighed and broke the wand in half. He looked at Harry, "Would you do the honors?" Harry nodded and took the pieces of the elder wand, throwing them as far over the edge as he possibly could.

Hermione walked over to them both, "I'm so proud of both of you, Harry for defeating Voldemort, and Draco because now I know for sure that you really have changed."

(ok I know that was a really cheesy ending and I know it may seem like there's something going on between Draco and Hermione but that's what I was trying to do. I wanted to know what people thought about this. I was going to do something about after the war and Hermione and Draco end up together. R&R please and thanks)