When he finally came to a halt, he was in a clearing surrounded by some of the largest trees he had ever seen, acramantula webs connecting the trees in an endless circle, protecting him from the elements. In the middle of the clearing was the large crumbling fortress he and Draco had discovered last year, the fortress of Salazar Slytherin. They had found it when they were exploring the Chamber of Secrets, a secret tunnel lead for miles underground until eventually it had appeared in this very clearing. He smiled bitterly at the excitement his boyfriend had shown, how proud he had been that they had discovered it together. He snapped out of his memories though when he heard a crack behind him, spinning around he expected to find one of the many creatures that inhabited this dark forest. He did not expect to find a bushy haired girl with her hands raised in surrender "hello Harry" she said "it's time we had a talk".
To say he was shocked would be an understatement, in all his planning he had not once considered this. "Look, I know you know that I was paid to be your friend. I need to apologise, I only did what I thought would save me, do you think he would have let me live if I said no?" Her question actually made me pause for a second; no, he probably wouldn't have let her live.
"If, that's true then why didn't you find a way to tell me?" He finally asked, suspicion evident in his voice
"oh, well, uhm, who could I tell? He was always watching, you know that, he would have known" the way her eyes flashed behind him made him on edge, why couldn't she look him in the eyes?
When he heard a shuffle behind him he knew it was not that she was nervous of looking at him, it was that she was checking the position of her partner. He slammed his foot down, sending magic pulsing through the ground and activating wards he set long ago as a precaution. A wall of solid earth rose behind him, blocking a hastily send curse aimed at his back. Whilst Hermione was shocked at his display of magic, he sent her careering through the air with a well-aimed banishing charm and watched as she was wrapped in the webs of the acramantula, holding her tight. "One down, one to go" he whispered "now to find the Weasley".
As it turned out, Weasley was not hard to detect as he sent yet another spell behind Harry, who caught the flash of light out of the corner of his eye, spinning around he swatted the spell aside and returned fire with an overpowered incendio, catching the corner of the invisibility cloak Ron was using. "Now now Weasel, no more hiding let's duel like real men" he mocked.
"Real men? I assume you'll be asking someone to stand in for you then" taunted Weasley, apparently the mudblood had been giving him lessons in wit, how quaint.
Slashing their wands both wizards sent forth streams of lightening that clashed in the middle of them, with barely any effort Harry began pushing the spell towards his former friend, hoping this would be a quick fight, he was still weak from his fight with Dumbledore afterall. Apparently his wish would not be answered today, he sensed danger from behind and quickly dropped the spell in order to roll to one side, just in time too as a large cutting curse sailed above his head. Apparently Granger was not as trapped as he would have liked.
Flipping to his feet he sent a shockwave through the ground throwing his unsuspecting enemies through the air, unfortunately they both landed unharmed and raised their wands once more. "Give up Harry, you cannot win" the girl screeched
"I defeated Dumbledore, I can defeat you too" he laughed, "let us begin". A twitch of his left hand was all it took to summon a pure white wand to his hand, this wand once belonged to Rowena Ravenclaw herself. Oh it was good to be powerful. With his two wands moving in perfect synchronisation, he flung spells thick and fast at his enemies, and he had to hand it to them they were surviving longer than he expected. Hermione with her extensive knowledge of spells could defend against almost everything he sent, whereas Ron with his hot headed temper could power his offensive spells more than almost anyone Harry had met. Still though, they were not enough. As Ron began to tire after powering each spell too much, Harry took advantage, as soon as he saw a break in Ron's attack he launched two spells that combined to ensure his 'friends' death. One was a hunter's spell, designed to create a cage that would trap any beast, the second was a spell that turned the metal cage into a cage of pure fire, shrinking slowly until Ron was burnt, his screams almost deafening. Hermione seemed shocked at the vindictive pleasure in Harry's eyes, her shock making it easier for Harry to gain the upper hand. With a quick twirl of his ebony wand, the ground rose up like a giant snake before launching towards Hermione, just before it struck though she managed to freeze it. Harry was not about to lose his advantage and ran up the back of his Earth snake, flipping over the head and launching several dark balls of fire at her. She screeched as the enchanted fire slowly worked its way up her body, devouring everything it touched. This was a spell Harry himself had invented, a modification of the fiendfyre spell that was more easily controlled and even more ferocious in its power. Without even bothering to watch his old friend perish, he apparated away. Ready to take on the rest of the wizarding world.