Chapter 2 the fallen
All throughout the battle harry fought with all his strength against the mass of death eaters and dark creatures that seemed to come from nowhere. Harry had yet to see Voldermort enter the fray and fight anyone. "The cowards", Harry thought as he stunned yet another death eater who was coming at Ginny from behind her. The battle continued to rage long into the night. Then Voldermort's voice rose clear and loud from among the trees. He wants me harry thought.
"This fight is over surrender Harry Potter and you will not be harmed, I see no reason for more people to die over this boy" Came the bone chilling voice of Voldermort. Everyone watched as the death eaters began to recede through the broken battlement that was Hogwarts. "Tell me you're not thinking about it Harry..." Hermione put word to what everyone was thinking.
He sighs, "I don't know Hermione, I don't know." He sighs again… If there were only some way to get out of this war without everyone dying he thought. He turned towards the main gates of Hogwarts and began the lonely march to meet his fate head on. He walked through the trees of the forbidden forest, the dim light playing off the mist in between the trees, almost as if ghost were watching the savior of the wizarding world march to his death. Ten minutes later Harry entered a clearing were Voldermort stood with 20 other black robed hood figures and Bella, Voldermort's favorite.
"So you've stopped hiding behind sheep and come to face me on your own?" he hissed.
"I came to show I no longer fear you tom." Voldermort hissed at his former title.
"Do you still hate that name tom?" harry asked with venom. Voldermort threw the torture curse at harry who merely side stepped it.
"Getting slow in your old age?" he asked in a condescending tone. Voldermort threw Aveda kadavra at Harry who just stood there and let the curse hit him. Harry fell and soon after Voldermort followed. Harry woke up in what looked to be a room made of pure light, he was surrounded by 6 shaded figures in a circle around him.
"Wake master of the fallen, it is not your time to die." One of the figures on his right said. "Where am I?" he asked confused.
"You are on the bridge between life and death young one." Another figure to his left answered. "Am I dead?" he asked very confused the last thing he remembered was being hit by the killing curse then ending up here.
"No you are not dead young one, but you do have a choice. You can return to your world and finish the work that was yours and yours alone or you can continue on and see what the next life holds." They all said in unison.
"But it is your choice whether you choose leave or return." The one directly in front of him said.
"Why am I here in the first place? I mean I was hit by the killing curse why am I not dead?" he asked the question that was burning to come out.
"You are here because Voldermort did not kill you directly. You are a horcrucx, the night your mother died for you; you were protected when Voldermort tried to kill you. When he was destroyed a piece of his soul latched onto you. As to why you did not die, he did not kill you he killed himself in essence. When the killing curse hit you he killed the piece of the soul that was latched onto you." He finished with a sigh.
"So I can go back and try and kill Voldermort or I can go and see my parents and Dumbledore and everyone else who died?" he asked hopefully.
"Yes you could, however if you do go on you will condemn everyone who continues to live on and fight for a brighter future." The shaded figures all look at him as they wait for his answer.
"I'll return and fight Voldermort." He stands resolutely.
"Excellent now before you go, take these, and use them well they will work better then the wand you now own." He removes two long wrapped packages long and heavy. "These are the weapon you will wield for the rest of your life." The shaded figure Drew two beautifully crafted Swords from the package. "These are yours Harry." Holding them out hilt first to harry, waiting for the boy to take them.
"What am I supposed to do with these? I've never trained with a sword before." He said rather sadly.
"When you leave this place you will have knowledge and skills you did not posses before you came here. They will come to you as memories of a time long forgotten, use the knowledge you gain wisely or there will be trouble in your future." The shaded figure said to harry.
"It is now time to return to your world Harry." Then five figures disappear. "You may call on us we are never far away." Then the last shaded figure disappeared.
Harry opened his eyes to see the death eaters surrounding a fallen lord Voldermort. As soon as Harry woke up Voldermort did as well. Voldermort stood up and looked at the fallen Boy Who Lived.
"The Famous Harry Potter is dead." Voldermort hissed victoriously. "Bring the Giant." Voldermort said. Hagrid moved forward. "Pick him up Hagrid." Voldermort hissed. Hagrid Picked Harry up off the ground and Began walking towards Hogwarts, with Hagrid in the lead. On the outer Battlements of Hogwarts all the students who had fought in the battle all the teachers and staff even the elves were watching the movement in the trees.
As Voldermort and His death eaters came out with Hagrid, McGonagall saw harry and screamed, as did others in the crowd when they saw harry. Voldermort's voice came clean clear over the battlements of Hogwarts.
"you savior is dead, surrender now and I will be merciful, continue to fight and my death eaters will wipe you out. Now who will join me?" The snake of a man asked. Everyone looked around and watched As the Malfoy family began to make their way toward the dark lord. Voldermort greeted them and asked again. To everyone's surprise Neville walked out from the crowd and stood between the two sides. "ah another recruit." Voldermort smirked victoriously.
"And what dear boy is your name?" tom asked.
"Neville longbottom." He said In a determined voice.
"Ah an interesting name I'm sure we can find a place for you in our new world." Voldermort said with a pompous attitude.
"I have something to say." Neville the shy and friendly boy everyone knew from first year had grown into a man.
"Well go ahead and speak Neville I'm sure we are all curious as to what you have to say." Voldermort said.
"We may have lost some friends today, we may have lost the last chance the wizarding world had to defeat Voldermort, but that does not mean THAT I WILL BOW TO A COWARD TODAY OR ANY OTHER DAY!" The court yard was silent. The defenders of Hogwarts started to cheer, but the sound was cut down by that dark lord Curse.
"So you will defy me will you?" at that moment an object flew out of the great hall and landed in Voldermort's hand.
"Let this be a lesson to all who would oppose me!" he Voldermort take the sorting hate in one hand and his wand in the other, he casts a body bind on Neville and places the hat on his head and lights it on fire.
At the same time the defenders of Hogwarts began to attack, everyone froze as the body bind that had keep Neville in place had broken and he had killed the great snake.