Pairings: HP/DM SS/RL NL/BZ RW/HG PP?

Rating: R, drama, angst and sap. Post Hogwarts

Warnings: R, bad language. All flames will be made fun of! THIS IS SLASH! How many times will I have to say that for you homophobic guys understand that you shouldn't be reading these kind of fics I don't know… But you have been warned so I again tell you… All flames will be made fun of!

AN: This is not the first Harry Potter fic I've written, but the first I've ever published.

Disclaimer: I asked Dumbledore to magically give me the rights over Harry potter and crew, so nowhe has been arrested for plagiarism and fraud !

Getting you back.

By Black Komagoro

Voldemort had attacked just the day after their graduation ceremony. The battle had been cruel and hard, but they managed, and won. Harry lived to his prophecy and as it was expected he killed the madman.

All sixth and seventh years had been preparing themselves for that day. Harry had hoped they wouldn't have to go, but they were determined and there was nothing he could have done. Most of them had lost at least one person close to them. Many died and a lot of others suffered terrible injuries. Crabbe couldn't make it being hit with the killing curse by Goyle, Dean Thomas was killed by a giant and Justin Finch-Fletchey died protecting Pansy Parkinson. Even two years after that day she still felt guilty for that.

Justin loved her, but she loved someone else and contrary to most people belief, it was not Draco. She had always admired Harry and then that turned to love, but Harry's heart was with someone else.

Flash Back

They had been warned and while teachers took all students from fifth year and down to the dungeons sixth and seventh year students were preparing for battle. Justin decided to tell her just in case he didn't survive. He knew she would never love him but he wanted her to know. He looked from where he was in the Great Hall up to where the Slytherin girl was and to his disgrace she was talking to Harry. So he decided to wait till finished and then he would tell her.

Pansy approached the dark haired boy and sighed grabbing his arm. He had been looking at his wand and focusing his magic on it, warming it and getting it completely in harmony with his power. It was like warming up a weapon before firing it. He was surprised to see her so close to him.

"Potter... can, can I talk to you for a minute"

Harry saw the fear in her eyes and felt sad, it was clear that she didn't want to go but it was also obvious that she was determined to fight and defeat the dark forces. He smiled awkwardly and nodded.

"Of course"

He had been avoiding people since a few weeks ago, knowing that soon Voldemort would attack. The war could not be stopped. Now in the Great Hall he was standing alone at the back, near the professors table and getting ready. After a long and heated talk with Dumbledore he had finally made the old man accept his idea. He knew it was impossible to stop the older students going to battle and he had, with Hermione's help, managed to create special clothes that would be charged with magic. So now all of them were sporting their armors, which mostly consisted of hard leather covering the chest, arms and lower back.

Pansy was relieved that Harry decided to stay apart from the other students so that way no one would be able to hear them.

"Potter... Harry... I"

She was quite nervous and so he waited patiently for her to continue. He always thought Pansy didn't like him at all, mostly because he always fought with Draco and she seemed to like him a lot.

"I don't know what will happen and... Well, I just wanted you to know that I... I like you Harry"

Harry was shocked, that was something he had never expected coming from a Slytherin. Especially from her, he was so sure she hated him. He didn't know what to say or do, and definitely didn't want to hurt her but... Well he already had someone he felt deeply for.

"Pansy..."

She shook her head and silenced him with a finger over his lips.

"No... Please just let me talk"

He nodded and she took her finger away from the soft lips she wanted to kiss so badly.

"I always admired you... I always looked at you and well... Harry I love you"

Harry opened his eyes wide and was about to say something when she once again stopped him.

"No! Don't say anything please... I know Harry, I've seen how you look at him... you should tell him"

She let go of his arm and left as fast as she could, leaving an even more shocked and sad Harry, because he knew he couldn't do what she said.

Justin saw her leaving Harry and decided to get her before she got closer to the Slytherin group.

"Uh... Pansy"

The girl turned around just about to reach the green and silver group of people and looked at the blushing Hufflepuff who was now only a few feet from her. She knew that her friends were looking at her and trying to hear what was going on.

"Yes"

His face could have matched Ron's hair by now and somehow Pansy understood, and she smiled softly at him.

"I wish..."

He was trying hard, but couldn't stop a solitary tear escape from his eye. He was scared, more for her than for himself.

"I wish I could do something to... make you happy... I don't think I'll make it as I'm not as powerful as Harry or Malfoy... but I don't want to go without telling you first..."

She raised a hand and caressed the boy's cheek and smiled as the Hufflepuff got even redder. He raised his hand and took hers, giving it a soft kiss on the back.

"I love you Pansy... If, for some miracle, I survive... would you"

She stopped him with a soft kiss on his lips. He couldn't stop himself and embraced her; if he died he would die happy.

"You'll survive... And yes, I would like to give it a try... not every day a Hufflepuff gains enough courage to ask a Slytherin something like that... You don't know how much that means to me Justin"

His smile widened and he embraced her tighter. After a few minutes he let go of her and caressed her cheek.

"Please be careful Pansy... I would prefer if you didn't go at all"

"I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I didn't go Justin... We're not many; a lot of people who we thought were with us are fighting at that 'shit's' side... I won't stay here while people like you fight against those who once were your friends. It's hard and it shows me how brave you are. How could I just stay back and look"

Justin sighed knowing it was a lost battle; besides he understood her, he would stay back either.

"I know... but still... just, please be careful"

She smiled sadly at him and kissed him again, just that this time the kiss was deeper. She let go of his lips and caressed his cheek softly. She didn't love him but she surely liked him and even when it would be hard for her to forget Harry she would give the timid Hufflepuff a chance to win her heart.

"I will"

End Flash Back

She would never forget him; he scarified his life as she tried to do for Harry. It seemed that Cho never forgave Harry for Cedric's death. How she made it into Voldemort's ranks was something no one knew, but she did and during the battle she attacked Harry with the killing curse; Pansy threw herself in front of Harry and waited for the curse to hit her. It never touched her; instead Justin's body lay lifeless in front of her. In her rage Pansy hit Cho with a stunning curse so she could take her revenge personally in a more painful level. However, when Cho's body hit the ground she hit a sharp rock breaking her neck. She died instantly.

Pansy wanted to take Justin's body to the castle but the battle was still on going and she couldn't take the risk of getting herself killed. Not after the sacrifice the boy had made for her. She couldn't see how Harry killed Voldemort because they had moved somehow towards the outsides of the forbidden forest and she was at the other side fighting Goyle. However she did felt the magic, as did everyone else and she knew that finally Harry had defeated Voldemort.

Blaise had tried to help her with the Hufflepuff's body, but he was already trying to take an unconscious Neville into the castle. The Slytherin boy was having a lot of trouble doing that since he had lost his right eye while trying to protect the Gryffindor from a troll. Voldemort had managed to get control over the trolls and used them as his first line of defense. Blaise finally collapsed just in front of the castle with Neville at his side and professor Flitwick levitated both of them into the Great Hall that had served as a nursery for the injured ones.

The Weasleys suffered the lost of two of their children, Ginny and Percy died during the battle, the first was hit with the killing curse from a Death Eater and the second was overpowered by a Dementor and was given the kiss. Ron would be marked for life with a long scar that gone from his right shoulder to his left hip on his back, a gift from Zacharias Smith; the boy was insane and weak, it wasn't hard to control him through the imperius curse. He took a sword and attacked Ron from behind; it still hurt sometimes, even after two years.

Hermione had only got some bruises mainly because Ron wouldn't let her got to the front line. She had been quite angry with him because that but she also understood and didn't argue too much. However a stunning curse hit her and at Ron's insistence she was sent to the Great Hall. Professor Sprout died when an explosion happened next to her near the castle, and the state of her body was so damaged that it had been difficult to recognize her at first.

Trelawney also died during battle while she was helping those who had been hurt. A sword went right through her heart from behind; Millicent Bulstrode had also joined the dark forces, just to please her parents so they would finally see her with pride in their eyes. The poor girl was sent to Azkaban without knowing that her parents would never see her with pride, because they weren't her real parents, at least not the ones she had known when she was a child. The Bulstrodes tried to leave Voldemort but once you were inside his circle of people you couldn't leave. Voldemort tortured them and then used a stronger version of the Imperius curse on them, and finally killed them. With the help of Polyjuice they made their daughter think they were still alive and got her into their ranks.

The Quidditch pitch had been completely destroyed and the forbidden forest had lost a large part of land. Hagrid, who now sported a leg less, was still trying to restore the forest but it was obvious it would take more than just planting seeds and watering the ground. Dumbledore told him he would find a way to restore the forest faster but that it would still take some time.

After the battle there was no feast, no party as no one felt like celebrating anything. Yes, Voldemort had been defeated, but they had paid way too much for that. Remus Lupin knew they would never be the same, and it would take many years to repair the destruction Voldemort had done. He was one of the few who had only got minor injuries, mainly because he had been in his wolf form. Thanks to Snape, he now could control his change at will and still be himself, except of course, during full moon.

Just after he had killed the Dark Lord, Harry had disappeared. No one knew where he had gone to, and still couldn't find him. Some thought he had died together with Voldemort because of their connection, others thought he had gone insane and had killed himself. But others, the ones who had known him the best, could only think that he had gone in hiding, trying to get away from the hurt and sorrow.

Only one person knew the truth, only one person knew where he was and why he had gone. After all, it had been him who helped him to escape. Charlie Weasley had helped Harry to go, using the only Dragon he had been able to tame a Norwegian Ridgeback named Norbert.

TBC

Now, I know this seems to be a little confusing, but I really didn't want to fill the fic with flash backs and such. I know, I know... what about Draco and Snape? Well, what happened to them will be explained later, what happened to Draco is the important part of this fic and I didn't want to mention Snape as just a casualty or another injured in the battle. I actually like the man.

I know that Dragons aren't supposed to be tamed, but I needed it so there. !