Author's Note: Hopefully, the quality of my writing will progress as this story unfolds :). There should be at least ten chapters, although with the shortness of the first few, there may be up to twenty or so.
Everything will be explained in time; so don't worry if you don't exactly 'get it' in the first chapters, the actual characters don't, either xD;.
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"AVADA KEDAVRA!"
The world exploded into a brilliant shower of green sparks as the last Dark Lord roared in rage and disbelief, then fell on his knees, the last piece of his soul gone from his body.
Harry Potter, too, dropped onto the ground, ignoring the pain of his wounds. He had done what he had to.
It was over.
He didn't notice the small wisp of something that tore itself from the monster's body and paused for a second, then floated towards him, or the slight tug on the corners of his mind as something came to life.
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The grounds of Hogwarts had turned into a battlefield, then a graveyard. Corpses and wounded were scattered everywhere Hermione looked, and large craters and patches of burnt grass still echoed the images of the great battle that took place there.
So this is where angels die... She paused by the twisted body of Albus Dumbledore, but didn't check for his pulse; she had seen his death with her own eyes, and then heard Voldemort's maniacal laughter as he finally sent his greatest enemy to the otherworld. Hermione bowed her head in silent mourning for a moment, then moved on. There would be time for mourning later.
She found another body, surrounded by corpses of four great harpies; a seventh year Slytherin student with claws apparent on his face and robes, but still breathing shallowly. Hermione sent a horde of blue sparks into the sky, calling for a healer, then walked on, searching for more survivors.
There weren't many.
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Tom's eyes fluttered awake. A starry sky was looking back at him innocently instead of his usual dank ceiling. He frowned, then tried to move his head.
Pain exploded in his neck and behind his eyelids just as a voice called at him.
"Harry, Harry! Hermione, Harry's over there! C'mon, quickly!"
He drowned back into the darkness.