Harry Potter took a deep breath and purposefully strode down the long dark corridor. The light from the sconces cast eerie shadows on the stone walls of the castle.
"This is it, the moment we have all been waiting for. No turning back now. I've got to do this. This is my destiny," Harry reassured himself. He swallowed the lump in his throat and wiped the sweat form his brow. He though he heard the swish of robes and quickened his pace. He pulled his wand from his jean pocket and held it in front of himself guardedly. He heard scuffling noises coming from just around the corner. He stopped and inhaled sharply. He mentally readied himself to leap around the corner and put a stop to the Dark Lord once and for all. He summoned all his hate and thought of all the bad that had come from the tyranny of one wizard. In his mind, flashed all the faces of the Dark Lord's innocent victims: Dumbledore, his parents, the Longbottoms, Cedric Diggory, Sirius… he furiously wiped the tears from his red eyes.
"I have no choice," Harry tried to tell himself, "It's my destiny, my destiny…" Silence came from the next hallway. "He heard me," Harry knew he was done for. When he thought all hope was lost, from around the corner, he heard a guttural noise, "This is my chance!" Adrenaline surged through Harry's body and his head started to pound.
"It's now or never…"
Harry hurled himself around the corner threw out his wand and yelled, "AVADA KEDAVRA!" He closed his eyes and felt a huge amount of energy course out of his wand; he heard a scream. When he opened his eyes, panting, he looked at the robed figure lying sprawled on the ground.
It was Hermione.
"Damn it, Harry!" screamed Ron, "I was just about to get some! And for the first time I might add!" With that he stormed away and out of sight. Harry shrugged and went to the kitchens to get some peach cobbler and pumpkin juice.
THE END