Prologue
The battle was fierce. Spells were flying left and right. No one knew who was the friend or the foe. All those wizards knew was that they needed to shot spells as quickly as possible if they wanted to survive.
Harry James Potter was standing on the Astronomy Tower at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry watching the battle below him. His best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger were standing next to him and looking sadly at the chaos below.
Ginny Weasley, current girlfriend of Harry Potter, was always atop of the extremely tall tower. She couldn't stand to look at the battle below, knowing that most of her family was fighting for their lives and she would not know if they were going to live until this dreadful moment was over. All she could do was pray for them and hope they would come home safely.
Besides being concerned about her family, she was fearful for her boyfriend's life. He was about to go up against the most powerful dictator the Wizarding World ever knew, Voldemort.
It was all planned out. At midnight on June 16, 1998, Voldemort would meet Harry on top of the Astronomy Tower and the prophecy made eighteen years ago would be fulfilled. Harry would either use his unknown power or vanquish the Dark Lord or Voldemort would blow The Boy Who Lived into smithereens.
The large clock stroke twelve and a shadow walked out of the dark stairwell. His black cloak covered his entire body and his hood hid his face from view. Ginny let go of Harry and gave him a kiss for luck and back up behind him, standing next to Ron and Hermione.
"Voldemort," said Harry in a calm collective voice.
To all who looked upon this scene thought Harry was fine, but inside Harry was as nervous as hell. He was scared that he would fail and the Wizarding World would cease to exist as they knew it. If Harry lost, many innocent lives would be lost.
"Harry," the voice underneath the cloak replied. "I see you brought an entourage with you. My, my I believe that red hair girl is you're girlfriend Ginny Weasley. Am I correct?"
"Leave her out of it," snarled Harry.
"She is quite a beauty. She looks almost identical to that mudblood mother of yours."
"Shut up!"
"What Harry? Can't we have a nice civilized conversation before you fall to your death?"
"It is not me who will die."
"Oh really! You think you can beat me?" At this thought, Voldemort let out a loud laugh.
"I've done it before and I can do it again."
"Did you not realize I can come back? I will come back again and again. You cannot defeat me Harry Potter."
"Is that so? I know your secret, Tom. I know all about your Horcruxes and I destroyed them all. I killed Nagini, the ring was destroyed, the diary was stabbed, Hufflepuff's cup was shattered, the locket was found, and Ravenclaw's broach was blown up. Am I missing anything?"
Voldemort looked shaken back, but underneath the cloak his surprised action didn't show. "I underestimated you Harry. You must join me. We can forget this battle and you and me can rule the world. We would be great."
"No thanks, Tom. I have better things to do than kill innocent lives."
"Fine then. I will just have to destroy you instead."
Voldemort lowered his hood to reveal an ugly, snake-like creature. His ruby red eyes were gleaming and his smile showed his yellow-stained teeth.
"Now Harry, we must bow. It is only proper."
"I refuse to bow down to scum like you."
"I was going to go easy on you Harry, but I don't take insults well. I guess I will just have to take away the most important thing in your pathetic life."
Voldemort pointed his wand toward Ginny's direction and yelled the world's most dangerous words," Avada Kedavra!"
A green jet made its way toward the poor girl and it was about to strike in the middle of her chest when Harry jumped in front of her, shielding his love from the deadly curse.
"HARRY!" Ginny screamed with tears streaming down her pale face. Her boyfriend was going to sacrifice himself for her.
Just as the curse hit Harry, a blinding, white light engulfed the Astronomy Tower. All those fighting the battle below stopped shooting spells and watched the spectacle above, not being able to take their eyes off it.
Some were worried, like Molly Weasley. Her children were up their fighting for their lives and she didn't know if that light was killing them or saving them. All she knew was that her biological children and her unofficially adopted children were in trouble and she couldn't get to them.
Other people, like Lucius Malfoy, were gleeful. By the looks of it his Master was finally riding the world of that troublesome half-blood. The Dark Lord was one step closer to conquering the world and killing all those unworthy of living. The world would soon be a better place to live if you were in the Dark Lord's good graces.
After a few minutes the light cleared, but no one dared to continue to neither fight nor move from their spots. They would wait patiently for the outcome of the battle, hoping that their leader would win.
On top of the Astronomy battles two bodies were laying on the stone floor. Two chests weren't moving and both bodies were ice cold. Both bodies were pale and would never see the light of day again. Those two bodies were Tom Marvolo Riddle a.k.a. Voldemort and Harry James Potter.
