The battle raged on in the great hall of the usually peaceful castle. People were casting spells left, right and centre. Cries could be heard as friends and loved ones fell to the ground defeated.

Hermione faced her opponent. She could feel Ginny and Luna on either side. The three girls had been battling their hardest but still only just equalled the dark witch's skill. No matter how hard they had fought back Bellatrix always seemed to be one step ahead. Her dark eyes twinkled and she fought the girls effortlessly like a cat teasing its prey.

The deranged woman giggled as she threw a killing curse their way. It missed Ginny by inches.

"NOT MY DAUGHTER YOU BITCH!"

Mrs. Weasley threw off her cloak as she ran, freeing her arms, Bellatrix spun on the spot roaring with laughter at the sight of the new challenger.

"OUT OF MY WAY!" shouted Mrs. Weasley to the three girls, and with a simple swipe of her wand she began to duel. Hermione stumbled backwards and fell to the floor. Onlookers watched with terror and amazement as Molly Weasley's wand slashed and twisted, and Bellatrix Lestrange's smile faltered and became a snarl.

Hermione stared transfixed at the battle before her as she slowly rose to her feet. Jets of light flew from both wands, the floor around the witches' feet became hot and cracked; both woman were fighting to kill.

"No!" Mrs. Weasley cried as Hermione rushed forwards to help her. "Get back! Get back! She is mine!"

Bellatrix's dark eyes flashed green as she sensed an opportunity. "Avada Kedavra!"

Hermione closed her eyes and braced for the killing curse. She waited for what seemed like minutes but nothing had happened. Shocked, she opened her eyes to find that barely a second had passed. Harry had appeared out of nowhere and was running towards her.

People around her were shocked Hermione could see Bellatrix's anger and confusion. She looked at her chest where the killing curse should have hit her only to see a blue light emanating from a time turner she had rescued from the ministry.

Hermione slowly began to realise that she was slowly rising into the air. As she did so, she began to glow the same light blue as the time turner. She could hear Bellatrix maniacal laughter as the fight between her and Molly Weasley started again. As she rose even higher into the air the blue light engulfed her further.

When the blue light reached her fingertips, the time tuner which was then burning white hot, burst into a thousand pieces and Hermione felt herself falling to the ground.

"Mione!"

Hermione braced herself for impact.

Ok so i may be a bit slow to update... I have 4 assignments at the moment but I will try.

Reviews might convince me that fanfic's more important though ;)

And I would love it if someone could help me think of a better name for this fanfic.