The Power of Our Friendship

Summary: AU! Voldemort won in the end. In hiding after the Battle of Hogwarts, Harry Potter lives her days desperately trying to avoid the Death Eaters that try to find her as well as survive the harsh world that the Wizarding World has become. Fem!Harry

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The battle of Hogwarts

The elation that she felt, finally defeating him, ending the War and avenging her parent's deaths was short-lived. As mad, insane cackling filled the air, all celebrations ceased and everyone surrounding the Girl-Who-Lived stared, stunned into silence, as the once-unmoving body of Lord Voldemort stirred and his mouth opened, spewing forth the cackling that had haunted her dreams since going on the run the previous year. Her friends, Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger stepped up to her sides as the body pushed itself to it's feet, causing her to freeze where she stood.

Shaking her head, the Girl-Who-Lived swallowed as one of the wands in her hands jumped out and flew to her enemies, the former carcass catching it and raising it in duelling fashion. Recognising the challenge, she motioned for everyone to get out of the way, her friends stubbornly remaining by her side as she stepped forward and raised her own borrowed wand, the Hawthorn and dragon heart-string wand somehow recognising the challenge as well and spat out dangerous sparks when she raised it.

"Prepare to die, Harry Potter." Voldemort said, ignoring the two friends that had raised their wands as one behind her, all three of them sending out non-verbal spells at the same time, the streams of light connecting into a single jet, a simple gesture sending out ripples of surprise amongst the onlookers. The three said nothing as they continued to duel, the light of the spells growing stronger as Harry, Ron and Hermione stood side-by-side, a look of determination on their faces as they all somehow managed to hold hands together.

Wind started to pick up around them as they all fought the Dark Lord, buffeting the spells as well as the crowd and though she was tired from the extensive magic usage earlier as well as the removal of the Horcrux inside her, Harry still said nothing as the core within her waned down to a critical level. As if they could sense it, Ron and Hermione looked over to her as her wand started to lower slightly, disconnecting the spell while she panted and watched dismayed as the Dark Lord sent out a powerful curse, causing Hermione and Ron to abandon the Duel, jump onto her, causing her to fall to the ground and protect them all as the shockwave erupted through the entire Hall and blasted everyone onto their backsides.

Darkness surrounded them all as Harry lost the fight to stay conscious. As she closed her eyes, she noticed something shimmering above the three of them, something that appeared to be golden in colour.

Okay, so this is my first Harry Potter only fic and I can honestly say, WTH?

I hope you like this, it's AU, obviously but it literally popped into my head, as they usually do. It was also going to be a My Little Pony and Harry Potter crossover but this didn't seem to fit on with MLP.

Yeah, stop rambling on, Hermione. Let me know what you think please.

Until I see you again my friends,

H.J.B