"You will die Harry Potter. Because of my death, you will die." and he laughed, but his laugh was not cold, but full of pain.
"No he won't." Hermione screamed running up to Harry as he fell to the ground. He was still awake, still alive. "Because of Ron's spell he will live. Nothing you do is going to kill him!" she was sobbing. The orb surrounded Voldemort. He screamed out in pain allowing the orb to pulse and wrap tighter around his body. Hermione moved Harry's head onto her lap and covered him over with her body. The orb retracted into Voldemort's body causing him to take on a silver lining. He fell to his knees screaming out in pain. Everyone ran looking for somewhere to hide themselves from whatever was going to happen.
"Hermione run!" Harry managed to gasp out to her. She looked down at him with tears streaming down her face. She shook her head and took a better hold on him.
"NO!" Voldemort yelled throwing his arms towards the sky. Silver beams began to shoot out from his fingers then his arms. The ground around him began to pulse as more beams began to shoot out of his body.
"Hermione move him!" Lupin yelled running up to help her. They grabbed Harry by the arms and began to drag him away. Sirius ran over to the heap that was Ron and pulled him out of the way. The stars in the sky shone brighter than Hermione had ever seen.
"This is not the end!" Voldemort yelled trying to stand up. Suddenly the pulsing strengthened. The beams formed one giant ball of silver light that slowly began to pull in and grow smaller. Everyone gasped at what was happening. Slowly the orb got smaller until it disappeared. Everything went silent. People began crawling out from their hiding places. There was a bright yellow light from the sun shining down on the spot where Voldemort had once been. White figures began to take shape out of the sun. In the spot were both Lily and James Potter. They smiled brightly as they came forward to see Harry.
"So you did such a great job! We are so proud." James voice was a whisper, floating on the wind in the pending silence.
"We couldn't have asked for better." Lily reached down and hugged Harry, her arms passing through him. A wave of cold flooded through his body, but he felt warm in the love of his mother. Slowly their spirits began to float upward towards the sunlight. Their white frames glinted as the slowly made their ascent upwards. Then a harsh, dark voice laughed high across the land.
"I will get you Harry Potter!" Voldemort's voice echoed through the hills. There was one more surge and then a blast of silver light from the depths of no where. A crater formed in the area that Voldemort was and everyone who had came out of hiding was blown backwards as the ring of silver light flew through the surrounding area. It pulsed through everyone and everything. Hermione was thrown back off of Harry. Pain shot through her body. She tried to get up to protect Harry, but couldn't.
"Ronald! Oh Ronald!" Hermione heard Mrs. Weasley shout somewhere in the distance, but she didn't open her eyes to look around. People moaned as they tried to pick themselves up and find their other companions. Clouds began to gather in the sky overhead as the sun began to crest over the hills. Light flooded between the gaps in the clouds and looked like the gates of heaven had opened up around them. Suddenly Hermione opened her eyes. Harry lay on top of her, covering her from the blow. Dirt and pieces of grass covered his back and he lay still on her lap. He was still breathing and a pluse ran through his veins.
"Harry, Harry please don't die!" Hermione whispered into his ear, her eyes sparkling with more tears. Soon people from the Order began gathering themselves around Harry and Hermione. Some were limping and some were carrying others. Sirius stood in front of Hermione and Harry, Ron in his arms. His body limp and pale. "No." she breathed the words seemed to float past everyone and tears filled the eyes of most. Mrs. Weasley cried harder and Fred turned Ginny away.
"There will be sacrifices and deaths." the words of Dumbledore seemed to fill the valley. "Some may not live to see the great things that they have achieved by this small act." Hermione looked again to Ron. Dirt smudge his face and body. Parts of his clothes had been torn and parts were bleeding. As she looked at him she thought about the first time that she had met him on the Hogwarts express. He was trying to cast a spell on Scabbers to turn him yellow. She had told him that there was dirt smudged on his nose.
"He's moving. Sirius hes moving!" Lupin pointed to the limp body in his arms. Ron moved his fingers back and forth, then stopped. "He's still alive."
"But not for long. We need to get Ron and Harry to the hospital, quick!" Sirius smiled looking down at Harry and Ron. It seemed that both of them were going to live.
"Where is it?" Mr. Weasley was running around frantically searching for something. "I told them not to place it here, it was to dangerous."
"Arthur what are you looking for?" Mrs. Weasley smiled at him, the thought of her son being alive was keeping her from crying. She tried to stand up, but was unable and fell to the ground again. George tried to keep her there.
"Remus, come help me look for the portkey!" Mr. Weasley yelled over his shoulder to him. Lupin walked to the otherside of the creater and began looking around.
"That's right. Dumbledore had us set up a portkey that led to the hospital. He knew what was going to happen, or what he thought was going to happen." Lupin explained to the others.
"How did he reach you all to let you know this from Azkaban?" Mrs. Weasley asked. George was still trying to keep her on the ground.
"For some reason they don't effect him. He is perfectly sane. He had his way of communicating with us. He is a brilliant man. Ah, here it is." Mr. Weasley stood next to a giant tree that had been knocked down in the blow. "Molbarius!" and with a wave of his wand the tree began to float towards the crowd. "Hurry! We don't have much time!" Eveyone put their hands on the trees, Hermione put on Harry's with her own, and Sirius put on Ron's and with a gut renching learch, they were gone.
