Disclaimer: so I don't own Harry Potter. That much should be obvious.

Warnings: Please don't flame because you didn't read the warning or the summary. Otherwise I'm happy to hear what you have to think.

Summary: Fem/ Harry, follows books up to the capture of Hogwarts, minus some details, book six. Voldemort won; Harry and his friends are now on the run, and when they think they've found a way to defeat him their world will be turned upside down.

A/N Yes I know I have six other stories in progress right now… but… I just had to. The muse and plot bunny demand it. I hope you guys enjoy this and review… I mean how much harm can one little review do? To the Story Allons-y!

Chapter I

Voldemort had won. She knew it could have gone differently; the lives lost, the destruction. Looking back it was a wonder she even made it out alive. She remembered the night.

She had been meeting Dumbledore twice a week after supper to talk. About the war, about Tom Riddle; or yet, the man he used to be. It seemed that it didn't matter what she took from the meetings. Whether she believed something had to have changed Tom Riddle. Tonight was no different, and she was getting tired of it all. She was sitting across from Dumbledore when it happened, and then it was just a warning bell sound that alerted Dumbledore to the invasion, but she didn't know that. She didn't know that her life was to take a drastic turn, one that would set her world on an entirely different axis.

And he had told her it was nothing.

How could it be nothing? He had asked her to wait in his office, and when he returned they would continue on their discussion. She was sick of it, just discussing. Never doing anything to fix the problems, Dumbledore refused to let her do anything, just talking. She had stood up and walked towards the window. Before it had been a soft red glow that had beckoned her towards it, and looking out across the Forbidden forest she knew what it was, and it horrified her.

The Forbidden Forest was lit ablaze. She watched shapes of centaurs running back and forth on the boundaries between the lake and forest trying to put it out. She searched for the small round hut that used to be just outside the forest. Used was the key word. Beyond the flames there was nothing but the smoke. She watched it rise towards the moonlit sky, and she was frozen; her eyes fixed on the green snake wrapped around a skull.

The door opened and she turned ready to confront the headmaster only to be pulled out by her friends. Between hurried whispers and the cries surrounding her, she had finally figured it out, and was numb from it all. Hogwarts had been invaded. They crouched behind a statue as spells flew past them. Only the sounds of explosions could be heard, she couldn't even hear herself think. And she was no use, not right now. She watched a student run by, a Hufflepuff; and she was hit in the side by the killing curse. The girl fell; she must have only been a first year. And forever frozen in that moment, her blank eyes stared at her.

She felt sick.

Hermione grabbed her arm, pulled her behind her as she ran for the entrance hall; the large oak doors splintered opened. She caught snippets here and there.

"…. Shrunk everything…."

"….have to leave…"

"… Protect you…"

They fell down the stone steps as a blast behind them broke the motor and stone. Her face stung, from what she didn't know, but as she looked back she cried. The castle was lit orange and black. Through windows she could make out people running past and color flashes as spells were flying past them. And even though it was through several layers of stone, she could hear the screams. Her home was ablaze, being blasted apart. Rubble fell around her. Dumbledore could stop this. Looking out towards the forest, she could only stare at the confrontation in front of her. She saw people she knew fighting the cloaked figures, people she knew falling to their spells.

And then She found him, in the center of it all was Dumbledore. He stood out with his Purple cloak, but even with it he was the epitome of serious. He danced around the other figure, looking years younger and ten times stronger. He turned to his right and their eyes met; and it was like he aged.

"Get her out of here." Yelled across the expanse of fighting she heard it clearly. But as someone grabbed her arm and tugged she threw it off and broke for it. She dashed through the crowd, ducking under swinging arms and dodging spells aimed for someone else. She was almost with reach of her mentor, she didn't know what she was going to do once she got there but she knew, deep down, that she needed to do something. She couldn't just sit by and not do anything while people she knew were fighting. His eyes widened in panic as she reached for him. His backed was turned and she knew it was her fault now. And it replayed every day; her eyes moved from his and looked past his shoulder as his opponent raised his wand and pointed at the elders back, his opportunity found. A smirk formed over the grotesque face as he shot a final spell. And it hit his target just as she reached him. She wrapped her arms around the older man's middle as he slumped against her, the blood soaking through onto her from the many gashes that formed on his back.

" You need to run…" she shushed him and she stared at the approaching figure. His wand was still raised and he continued to smile at her. He stopped within reach and raised his wand to his throat.

"Dumbledore has fallen!" It was an instant change as those around stopped fighting all looking in their direction with bated breath. Her looked at her his eyes flashing as he lowered his wand.

"And you are nothing to me. You cannot fight me, and you cannot defeat me. I don't need a phony prophesy to dictate me. This is your only chance. Leave!" He grabbed Dumbledore from her, and dropped him unceremoniously on the ground next to him, the older man's breath coming in quick gasps. She stumbled back into her friends, their hands steadying her.

Looking back now, it seems she was meant to live. If not Natalie Potter would not have changed everything.

A/N so please review all be posting another one soon. TTFN!