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I did it! All before I said I would, I even replaced Chapter 6! and chapter 7 should be out soon!
...sorry again...
Chapter 1: A Story for You
"I think they're gone," Ron whispered, peeking out a window of the book store that he and his two friends broke into; Hermione crawled out from underneath the counter, while Harry walked out from behind the bookcase.
"That was close," Hermione sighed, Harry nodded.
"We should still wait a while before going back out," he commented.
"Maybe we should spend the night here," Ron offered, still peering out the window.
"Ron, we can't stay here that long," Hermione started.
"Herms it's a full moon," he cut in, deflating Hermione agreed, the trio looked around the shop, Ron peered out the window every once in a while, Hermione found a few quilts and a spot for them to sleep in, where they wouldn't be spotted and Harry, well Harry bumped into a bookshelf and knocked down a few books, and was now trying to place them in their former spot. "Harry, you still putting those books away?" Ron asked, now sitting in their resting spot.
"Yeah, I'm almost done though," Harry announced, as he filled in the final spot, "..." he stood back and stared at the shelf he had just restocked.
"Is something wrong Harry?" Hermione asked, from her spot.
"I...there's no more room, but I still have a book left," he answered, walking over to his friends, "And it's not in English," he gave the book to Hermione, who quickly looked through the book.
"It's German," she replied, "my German isn't all that good," she admitted, "But maybe a basic translate spell would work," she smiled, "it appears to be a fairy tale, we could do with some cheering up," she pulled out his wand, mutter a quick spell, and slowly the letters in the book rearranged, slowly turning the German words into English.
"The Prince and The Raven," Hermione read out, "written by Drosselmeyer."
"And translated by Hermione Granger," Harry added, sharing a grin with Ron, before frowning, "That name sounds familiar."
"Well, Drosselmeyer is the name of the grandfather from the 'Nutcracker'," Hermione thought out loud, "It is a popular story."
"Maybe," Harry nodded.
"Well come on mummy, we want to hear the story," Ron grinned.
Smacking both boys on the arm, she cleared her throat and began, "Once upon a time there was a brave and handsome prince and crafty, demonic raven," she read clearly and pleasantly, they were actually grateful toward the book, listening/reading the story helped them forget about the war they were in, forget about their worries. "...and with that the brave prince went at the demon raven sword drawn, at his side was the remaining knight...and with swipe of his claw the demon raven slayed the knight, slicing him in two...every strike the prince made the raven matched..." Hermione stopped.
"Hey don't keep us in suspense," Ron whined, "who wins?"
"I...it stops," she muttered, "it's not finished," she showed the two the blank pages of the book, flipping it back toward her, she went to the preface of the book, "oh."
"What is it?" Harry asked, both Ron and him were leaning toward Hermione.
"The writer had died or actually was...killed before he could finish the book," Hermione answered.
"The writer was what?!" Harry asked, "for what?"
"It says here that Drosselmeyer had his hands chopped off by angry townsfolk, it was believed that he was using magic to twist reality, in the form of his books.
"That's," Ron stuttered, "That's a bit creepy." Both friends nodded in agreement. Flipping through the book, Hermione stopped.
"There's more writing, but it's slightly different," she announced.
"What's it say?" both boys asked.
"With their writer dead, the story never continued, the prince and the raven were locked in battle for eternity. One day the raven cried, "I'm sick and tired of this!" "I'm sick and tired of this!" cried the prince as well."
"What did they decide to hug it out instead?" Ron snorted, both friends shushed him.
"With that the raven escaped from story, and in pursuit, so did the prince." Both Ron and Harry shared a look.
"There their battle continued, and in desperate act to save a town they had escaped to, the prince used a forbidden power, shattering his own heart, the prince sealed the raven away, and pieces of the prince's heart scattered in the winds." Hermione continued, "what a sad ending," she commented, "I feel so bad for Princess Tutu, bound to protect the person she loves, but if she ever tells them she loves them, she'll turn into a speck of light and vanish."
"What about the knight? He ends up having to kill his best friend to save him," Ron said, "Uh, his best friend 'him' not the knight 'him'," he quickly explained.
"We know what you mean Ron," Harry laughed, "how about the part where his sword turns on him? How the raven tricked it, that's crazy."
The trio soon fell asleep; they woke the next day, hours before the shop's owner arrived. Since they couldn't find the spot where the book belonged, they took the book with them, Ron joked about giving it a different ending, 'there plenty of blank pages, enough for, like, ten different endings,' he said. It was after escaping Malfoy when Griphook spoke to Harry in private, mostly at Harry's request. After confirming it with Griphook, Harry spoke to Ron, who in turn punched him and called him a lunatic for even thinking about it, that it couldn't, wasn't true, and if he, Harry even thought about again, he'd get a fat lip for it. Neither told anyone about their 'discussion'.
It was during the final battle, when the 'light' faced the 'dark', when all that stood in the way of Voldemort was Harry Potter, the two faced off, spells and curses flew from their wands, and the outcome of their fight was most surprising. Voldemort accio Harry's wand and said wand was snapped in two immediately.
"Any last words, Potter?" Voldemort mocked, Harry was blown off his feet when he lost his grip on his wand, and was now on the ground. With a quick scan he saw that no one noticed he had fallen, the sorting hat had somehow ended up on the battle field and was practically in his hand, reaching into his pocket he gripped the gallon from D.A. and sent Neville a message, then reaching inside the hat he felt the handle of the Gryffindor sword, he pulled it out the hat and pointed it Voldemort. "A sword, Potter," he laughed, "do you think you could actually beat me with that?"
"How's it feel nearly mortal, Tom?" Harry asked, "No diary, no ring, no necklace, no diadem, no cup, no snake, you're almost out of soul pieces," he informed, "You only have one left," he turned the blade to himself, "me," with that he ended his own life.
"HARRY!"
With the last horcrux gone, Voldemort was at his weakest, and soon the battle was over, surprisingly it was Severus and Neville that finished him off, Severus immobilized and Neville struck with the Gryffindor sword.
"Harry, you bastard!" Ron was the first to get to Harry, grabbing him by the collar, "I told you; if you even thought of it...don't you dare die!"
"Ron!" Ginny cried, grabbing her brother's arm trying to pull him off the dead body.
"You can't die!" he cried, "You can't," he choked through his tear. Madam Pomfrey arrived soon after, sealing the cut that ended Harry's life, and shedding tears over the young man, barely a man.
"I think we should bury him with the sword of Gryffindor," Neville said, staring at Harry's lifeless body, "He was a true Gryffindor."
"Till the bleeding end," Severus curse, "how did he know, I know Albus never told him, I never had the chance to."
"The goblin we saved at Malfoy manor," Ron choked out, "when we were at Bill's place, Harry went to talk to the goblin, it told him about the horcruxes, they all knew, or at least had an idea what was up with Harry," he told, "when he found out, he thought that if something happened, at least Vo-Voldemort would be weak and-" he began sobbing. It was needless for him to continue, they could tell what Harry had planned. They placed him among the dead, Neville placed the Gryffindor's sword in Harry's hand, and Luna had gathered both pieces of his wand, before placing them in his other hand. Slowly everyone began to drift away from Harry's corpse, to help the injured or bind the remaining enemies, Ron and Hermione were the last to leave, giving Harry an unknowingly last glance, before the doors of the former Grand Hall closed, separating the living from the dead.
"Oh, what a terribly, delightful ending," a male voice chuckled, "A sad, lonely, orphan, turned hero, dying to protect his friends and strangers, who turned on him countless times. Barely an adult in both worlds he has lived in, only to die at his own hand," he chuckled, "I could use him, just image the ending he'll have my home," Harry's body began to shimmer, "oh, the troubles he's gotten into here are simply delightful, I can't wait to see what he'll get into. "Both sword and wand piece began to glow intensely, "Will he end his life again on his own, or maybe he'll be killed by someone he trusts?" the man laughed, as Harry, the sword of Gryffindor and the two wand pieces vanished from the Grand Hall, and the world of his birth.
1. Admit it Drosselmeyer, is a wizard (sort of) and serious he's dark, not evil, but a crazy, dark wizard, and to be honest, I think that's worse than an 'evil', dark wizard. Don't you agree?
2. I know it's shorter than before but this was supposed to be more of a Prologue, than a chapter.
3. I found out how I got lost! ... I skipped a episode by accident… ;p XP, I've started labeling the documents for this story, with episode numbers: Chapter 1 (episode 4) I should have done that from the start, sorry everyone…
*Any request for Harry's heart shards? They'll be 16 in total!(Just like Mytho!) Already have one: Humor! Which will most likely make an appearance in the next chapter.
*Who shall return the pieces of Harry's heart? (Sadly it will not be Princess Tutu)
*Any idea for pairings? (no Hermione/ Ginny, sorry)
