-Chapter Nine-

Phoenixes and Horcruxes

"Very good, Harry," Voldemort jeered, "Dumbledore would be proud. Too bad you couldn't save him or Fudge. Let's hope you put up more of a fight than they did."

Harry felt a rush of rage fill him as he saw Fudge's lifeless body lying on the ground, his bowler hat lying next to him. "Avada Kedavra!" A green jet of light shoots out of Voldemort's wand.

Harry jumped out of the way. The cubicle behind him blows up, Scrimogeur and the rest of the Order fire spells at the remaining Death Eaters. Harry fired a stunner at Voldemort who disapparates with a crack. Harry turns around to see Voldemort appear in front of him. Harry felt huge blast hit him square in the chest throwing him five feet across the room.

Harry crashed down to the floor. His back scraping across the floor. Harry got up to see Voldemort appearing in front of him, he holds out his hand. Harry is lifted in the air an excruciating pain seeping through Harry's spine. Harry screamed in pain. Voldemort suddenly, was thrown across the room slamming against the statue in the middle of the room.

Harry looked up to see Lupin standing with his wand raised at Voldemort. Voldemort get up angrily. His nostril flare. "Kill him!" he hissed. Suddenly, Voldemort's pet snake Nagini slithered rapidly towards Lupin. Voldemort pointed his wand at Nagini as Lupin fired spells at her. "engrogio!"

Within second Nagini was standing five feet in the air towering over Lupin. It snapped at Lupin. He dived out of the way Nagini bit into the ground its long fangs hissing as it leers at Lupin. He fires spell after spell at Nagini.

Harry got up from the ground sprinting over to Nagini his wand tight in his hand. Suddenly, an invisible hook grabbed hold of Harry pulling him back. He toppled down on the ground looking up at Voldemort. "Now, Harry," Voldemort sneered, "I wouldn't want you to ruin the show now would I?"

Voldemort flicked his wand Harry flew across the room. Voldemort appeared in front of him within a second. He flicked his wand. Harry did also. They both flew backwards. Harry got up weakly. Voldemort shrugged it off.

"Very good, Harry," Voldemort sneered. He flicked his wand. Harry flicked his rapidly, green beam from Voldemort's wand hitting his shield and flying off towards the elevator behind Voldemort.

"Expelliarmus!"

"Avada Kedavra!"

The two beams hit each other in the middle. But, unlike two years ago they didn't turn into a golden streak of light and Harry didn't hear the phoenix song he heard when Priori Incontatem came into operation. Harry pushed as hard as he could as Voldemort's killing curse was winning. His disarming charm pushed back a little but, wasn't going to hold. Sweat fell down Harry's brow as he pushed hard his grip tightening.

"To bad Olivander modified my wand, Harry," sneered Voldemort, as he held his wand casually pushing just a touch. "You could have seen you parents before you died. You could have seen the disappointment in their faces as their only son dies after all this 'Chosen One' hype that has flown around all these years."

Harry glared at him pushing hard grabbing his wand with both hands. "Dumbledore would be proud though, you died with honour. While, he just gave up and let it happen. You should be honoured that you survived this far Harry. You did better than that old fool did."

"He'll never be gone!" Harry barked pushing hard on his charm. He was losing. The killing curse was almost at the tip of his wand. He pushed a little harder, "As long as people are still loyal to him. He'll always be here."

And with that a song entered Harry's ears. One he though he'd never hear again. And one that he was grateful to hear. He looked up as did Voldemort to see Fawkes the Phoenix flying overhead. "Kill it!" Voldemort hissed at Nagini. Harry looked over his shoulder to see Nagini right behind him. He looked at Voldemort pushing the killing curse at Harry.

Harry looked back at the hissing Nagini and then killing curse drawing ever nearer towards him. He smiled coolly at Voldemort. Voldemort's eyes widened as Harry jumped out of the way as the killing curse came at him breaking his barrier. He dropped to the floor. The killing curse shot past him hitting Nagini.

A loud hissing cry echoed through the Atrium from both Voldemort and Nagini. Voldemort turned to Harry who pointed his wand at him while thinking, "Expelliarmus!" Voldemort flew across the Atrium against the wall. Harry flicked his wand and the fallen wizard statue flew in front Voldemort trapping him .

Harry turned to Lupin who was lying on the floor. Harry ran over to him climbing over Nagini's dead body. He lifted Lupin's head. "Please don't be dead," Harry whispered, checking Lupin's pulse.

He felt something. It was faint. Harry looked around to see some of the DA Members and Order Members lying on the floor. Only Scrimogeur Moody, McGonagall, Ron, Mr Weasley and Hagrid were up fighting the last remaining Death Eaters. Fawkes was along side them picking up some of the Death Eaters and flinging them across the room.

Harry looked over at Nagini's enlarged dead body. He pointed his wand at her. "Wingardium Leviosa!" Her body flew into the air. Harry flicked us wand to over the Death Eaters.

SLAM!! Harry lowered his wand at the snake's body fell on top of them. Harry picked up Lupin throwing him over his shoulder. Harry walked slowly towards them. "Get everyone out of here!" Harry barked to them. He gave Hagrid Lupin picking up pen lying on the floor, "Portus!" he handed Hagrid the portkey. "get as many people as you can to St. Mungo's" Hagrid nodded running and picking as many order and DA Members as he could and fling them over his shoulder.

"Voldemort is going to get free any minute now," Harry said as he heard Voldemort's groans, "get to the headquarters I'll hold him off."

"Potter! Stop playing the hero!" McGonagall barked.

"That Portkey is your only way out," Harry looked over at Voldemort who has got free, "you've got five seconds."

Pop, Harry apparated towards Voldemort. He appeared five feet away from him, his hand gripped tight on his wand. "Come back for more, Potter," Voldemort glowered. He came into a fighting pose. Harry did as well. They stared at each other for little over a second before Harry fired a stunner at him. Voldemort flicked his wand lazily. The spell rebounded. Harry lifted his hand up grabbing hold off Fawkes leg. He flew up into the air about fifty feet.

"That's it, Harry" Voldemort chuckled, "better run and hide."

Harry flicked his wand like a sword firing numerous spells and curses at Voldemort. Voldemort flicked his wand lazily. They all rebounded. Voldemort suddenly, sent out a bombardment of spells as Harry. Fakes manoeuvred past them. Harry felt whoosh of air, flow through his as each spell brushed past Fakes tail feathers ruffling his hair.

"Expelliarmus!"

A white light shot at Voldemort almost hitting him. Voldemort jumped out of the way.

"Sectusempra!" Like swords had chopped at his body slash marks and spurts of blood hits Voldemort's body. Anyone else would have been gleeful, but, Harry knew it wasn't that easy. Voldemort stood there unfazed and rather amused.

"Nice spell, Potter," Voldemort glowered, "one of Severus' no doubt. You'll pay for killing my snake, Harry." His nostrils flared angrily, "you have no idea what you've done."

A tailspin of what would look like a propeller of an aeroplane flies off into the air. Harry flicked his wand before Voldemort did and a bombardment of birds flew at him. "How cute," Voldemort chuckled, he flicked his wand at birds and they all burnt with the flames shooting out of the tip of his wand.

Harry looks up at Fawkes, "NOW!" And with that he felt a whoosh of hot, yet cool embodiment of heat fill and fire surrounding his entire body.

The fire suddenly, extinguished from around him. To his dismay he stands alone in Number 12 Grimauld Place. A place he never wanted to come back to. But, under the circumstances he had no choice. He looked around the decedent, dusty and unkept kitchen that would make Mrs Weasley flip her lid. Harry sat down in the chair were he sat next to Sirius then night he came to this place.

He was alone. Only Fawkes was his only company sitting down on his leg. He had survived the day. But, what of tomorrow.