AN: Wait for it, I'm pretty excited about chapters 9-12. Read and let me know what you think. If you review I'll post the next chapters earlier.

AN2: I'm not sure how many chapters this story will go but I'm not going to post that I don't/won't own Harry Potter or try to make money using JK Rowling's property. 9 disclaimers should be sufficient.

Chapter 9

When Voldemort had gotten to Gringotts bank he was mildly irritated due to a slight derivation from his plan. He was supposed to be retrieving the Elder wand from the old fool's tomb; he was not supposed to have to fight through the Gringotts goblins in order to determine if the horcrux that he had trusted to his most loyal lieutenant was missing.

The fact that his horcrux was gone was enough to make his blood boil. The added insult of his trusted lieutenant falling under an Imperius curse cast by one of his prisoners put him over the edge. Seeing Bellatrix Lestrange opposing him on the battlefield caused Voldemort's anger to rise; as Voldemort's anger increased his power increased proportionately.


It had been a very long time since Ollivander had raised a wand in battle; it had been even longer still since he had gone into battle acting as a puppet-master. He knew that in order to buy Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and the Lovegood girl enough time to escape that he would have to use every trick in his repertoire.

When Voldemort entered the cavern, Ollivander made the first move by ordering Bellatrix to flank her master while he shot blasting curses at the ceiling. As Bellatrix reached the desired position, Ollivander ordered her to begin a vortex charm.

Voldemort realized that the reason Ollivander was blasting the ceiling was to initiate a cave-in that would crush him. Instead of being crushed by the falling rocks he transfigured them into great drops of water that were absorbed by the vortex that Bellatrix had created. In the vortex, the giant drops of water elongated and Voldemort was able to use a freezing charm to create giant ice spears, which he then sent them through Bellatrix's conjured vortex at the ancient wand crafter.

It appeared to Voldemort that he had succeeded in impaling the ancient wand maker; however, Ollivander had been using a combination of optical charms to project his image beyond Bellatrix's vortex on the side of the cave where he had stood at the beginning of the confrontation. He hoped that by attacking the Dark Lord from a blind spot that he would be able to land a hit by surprise. When directly behind his opponent, Ollivander pointed his wand at Voldemort's feet and waved his wand in a jagged pattern that caused the ground to open up and swallow Voldemort.

Voldemort's fury had reached a level that was usually reserved for the Potter brat and the old fool. When Ollivander had animated the ground to swallow him, while forcing him fifty feet underground, most would have succumbed to the increased pressure and given up. However, Voldemort had no intention of giving up.

Instead, he focused all of his rage and cast an Evanesco Maxima charm that succeeded in creating a large space around him by vanishing the dirt around him in order to create a sub cavern with the exact dimensions as the cavern where the wand-maker was making his last stand. Voldemort then cast a series of reduced-power Defodio spells in order to compromise the integrity of the platform to such an extent that one over-powered Deprimo spell would blast the floor with such an intense wind that it would collapse, along with those foolish enough to stand against him.


Fifty feet above, Ollivander had been at work conjuring boulders to block off all of the tunnels leading out from the cavern that the battle was being fought in. Ollivander's main purpose was to buy Harry, Hermione, and Luna extra time, but he didn't want to draw Voldemort's attention to their tunnel by only conjuring boulders in specific tunnels. Although Ollivander could not tell for sure, he supposed that the group was just reaching the end of the tunnel.

Finishing his mission, Ollivander directed Bellatrix to be on guard and fire at will when Voldemort appeared. Now was not a time for finesse, it was time for an overwhelming display of force.

Ollivander heard the rumbling before he realized what was happening. Then, for the second time that day, Ollivander and Bellatrix were falling through the air. However, this time they were accompanied by debris and incoming spells. Bellatrix cast an ancient spell that she had learned from Voldemort whichallowed her to fly through the air, zigging, zagging, and destroying the debris that obscured Ollivander's vision. Ollivander conjured a shield to protect himself from Voldemort's wrath that promptly melted when hit with the jet of green light, presumably the killing curse.

"Arresto Momentum," yelled Ollivander as he neared the floor. Hovering in the air momentarily, Ollivander swept his wand across his body and sent a blast of Fiendfyre at Voldemort in the shape of a jackal.

The Dark Lord was not going to fall prey to Fiendfyre, he unleashed his own vortex spell to capture and condense the Fiendfyre creation followed by a banishing charm to send the flame-vortex back at its caster.

By casting the Fiendfyre Ollivander had tapped into the last bit of his magical strength that he could access without losing control of Bellatrix. So, instead of casting his own shield charm, he directed Bellatrix to intercept the curse.


When Voldemort saw Bellatrix swoop in front of the flaming vortex he knew that that she would not survive. Although Voldemort had intended to punish Bellatrix for failing to restrain his prisoner, he had never meant to kill her. Ollivander essentially signed his death warrant by making Voldemort kill Bellatrix by accident instead of by choice. Voldemort could never allow anyone to live that had made such a fool of him. So Voldemort began to chain together spells in a way that only one wizard had managed to survive.

He began with the Relámpago charm to shoot a bolt of lightning at his opponent. Then he followed up with a pair of bone-breaking curses, the latter of which clipped the thigh of his dodging opponent and resulted in an audible snap as Ollivander's bone was broken. Next he shot a severing charm at the wand-maker's wand arm which found its mark. Then he fired a Crucio spell that caused Ollivander to foam at the mouth as he writhed in pain.

Voldemort had no reason to continue the spell chain, the wand maker was finished. "Now it's time that you return what is mine. Give. Me. My. Horcrux."

"I don't have it," croaked Ollivander through his suffering.

"Your life is forfeit, give me what is mine and I will make it quick. If you continue to lie to me then you will suffer more."

"I-I won't tell you anything," responded Ollivander while attempting to maintain what was left of his dignity.

"I shall enjoy this," Voldemort said as he advanced upon the prostrate wand maker.


Harry, Hermione, and Luna were running through the tunnel as if their lives depended on it. Behind them, they heard a series of explosions that told them that Voldemort had arrived in the cavern where they had left the old wand maker.

"That must be the exit," Harry shouted while pointing ahead to a spot of light that had appeared in the distance.

The prospect of freedom caused the three to increase their pace. With each second they got closer to the light; when the light was about one-hundred yards away they heard the loudest explosion yet. They knew that Ollivander was sacrificing himself in order to allow them to escape.

In just under seventeen seconds they had reached the light source and realized that they were standing on a cliff overlooking a distant yet vast expanse of water.

"I still feel the anti-apparition wards, I think that we have to jump," reasoned Hermione while frantically trying to calculate how far they would be falling.

Harry grimaced as he felt Voldemort's exhilaration through his scar. "We don't have any more time. Mr. Ollivander is dead. Let's jump."

"Thank you Mr. Ollivander. You showed me kindness when I was captured. I will remember your sacrifice," Luna said as she looked back into the tunnel.


Hermione grabbed her two friend's hands before jumping so that once they reached the limit of the anti-apparition wards she could disapparate the group to safety. The water was rushing toward them and Hermione began to worry because the wards were still intact. The water was yards away and getting closer when, unbeknownst to them, the last of the Gringotts' goblins had finally breathed its last breath, Hermione and the group was able to safely disapparate.

Moments later, the group was standing in in a cave outside Hogsmeade village where Sirius Black had visited with Harry and Hermione while on the run from the Ministry of Magic.


"Good work, Hermione. I was worried that the wrackspurts would get to you and throw off your timing causing us to crash into the water," said Luna while smiling.

"Thanks, Luna. I couldn't think of anywhere else to take us, though, so I brought us to outside of Hogsmeade," Hermione replied while walking to the edge of the cave. "I think we should be able to get our bearings here."

"Yeah, how many days do we have left until classes resume at Hogwarts," Harry questioned while looking back and forth between his traveling companions.

"Monday is the start of the new term. Daddy told me…" Luna abruptly stopped before fearfully asking, "What if You-know-who goes after my dad again?"

"Luna, there is nothing that we can do about that right now. Hopefully your dad has fled, but we can't risk going back there. Your dad is a capable wizard, he should be able to take care of himself," Hermione replied attempting to appeal to the young Ravenclaw's sense of logic.

"Hermione is right; your dad can handle himself. He wouldn't want you to put yourself in danger because of him. He even begged the Death Eaters to take him in your place so that you could be free," Harry added as he pulled Luna into a hug.

"Thank you both, it is so nice to feel like I have friends," Luna murmured in response.

"Of course we're your friends Luna," Hermione assured while wrapping her arms around Luna and Harry.


Eventually the group separated and reinforced the protective spells that had been worked into the cave by Sirius years before. Before long, they had created an area that they were sure would be able to meet their needs until classes resumed at Hogwarts and the group would attempt to sneak into the castle.


Meanwhile, after realizing that Ollivander was telling the truth about not having the horcrux Voldemort left Gringotts to discover the state of affairs at the Malfoy manner. If Ollivander was somehow able to place Bellatrix under the Imperius curse then his whole operation could have been compromised. In a small and shadowy part of his being Voldemort registered the loss of his lieutenant Bellatrix Lestrange but by the time he realized what his feelings meant it would be too late.