Disclaimer: I do not own any thing from Bleach or Harry Potter. They belong to Kubo Tite and J.K. Rowling respectively.

A/N: MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL MY READERS! So I tried to finish this early XD

"The Final Release"

From Dawn to Dusk (8)

The stench of Death reeked from the outside as Snape entered the Cavernous Dungeon. Voldemort had since taken refuge in the Dungeons below the graveyard with the rest of his Death Eaters ever since the attack on Hogwarts last year. As Snape treaded further in, he stopped at a dead end. On the wall in front of him lay inscriptions and drawings intended to keep trespassers out. He went in front of the wall and searched for a drawing depicting a large snake swallowing a human. "Porta excessum (1)" he whispered to it. Soon the wall began to shake as lines and cracks began to appear on it clearly showing a door as bits and pieces fell off the wall. The new door that appeared in front of Snape slowly opened allowing him entry into a narrow passageway

As he walked through the narrow passageway after the door, the end of it brought forth a large cavern. Inside this cavern was filled with candles and many black hooded figures chanting to the lone figure dressed in dark emerald green robes who was standing on a raised stone platform.

"How I hate this place." Snape said to himself. As he walked into the cavern further, the chanting stopped and al eyes turned on him. Snape went by the perimeter before he reached the natural stone stairs which led up to the top where the green robed figure stood.

"My lord, I have returned." Said Snape to the figure dressed in green. "I bring news about the boy, he has decided to return to school."

"Is that so? Good. But now is not the time. We must wait when he is at his weakest." the figure hissed.

"I understand. I'll take my leave now to make the necessary preparations." Said Snape as he turned around and went down the steps. Still as he walked towards the exit of the cavern, he could still feel the piercing eyes of the other Death Eaters looking at him, jealous of his close relationship with their lord.

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Back in the shinigami cabin, Renji tried to grab as much of himself as he could while he face- faulted. Of all the places he could expect a captain to appear, a moving train would be one of the last. And to top it off, out of 12 captains, this one had to appear.

"NANII!!! T-T-T-TAICHO!?" Renji shouted in shock.

"Abarai fuku- taicho, how have verything been so far?"

"Uhh, fine, everything's just fine." Replied Renji.

"Good, from this moment on I'll be supervising this mission." Replied the captain.

"Hai, wakarimasu. Hitsugaya taicho." Renji replied respecting his orders.

The tenth division captain sat down when Renji reported quickly that they had found their mark, Harry Potter. Hitsugaya then took the document folder and opened it, pouring its contents onto his lap.

Suddenly the door burst open with a flustered Ichigo. "Oei! Renji, the back of the train have been totally been frozen."

"Eh? Toushiro? What are you doing here?" asked Ichigo.

"You bastard. You called me that purposely didn't you? How many times do I have to tell you to call me Hitsugaya taicho before it sinks in?" Hitsugaya replied, his right brow twitching.

"It's okay isn't it? Either way it works." Ichigo replied shrugging his shoulders.

Giving him a cold hard look, Hitsugaya turned away from Ichigo and returned to documents. "The moment we reach the school, we shall have to meet the interim headmistress before we carry on furthur." Hitsugaya instructed.

It appeared that Hitsugaya had flew in with Hyourinmaru on orders by the Central 46 to take command the remaining of the mission. Why it happened still remained as a mystery. The orders only came in at the very last minute shortly a few days after Renji and Ichigo had set off for London. So far, hollow activity had suddenly stopped to an almost absolute standstill compared to the last time when new hollows were appearing almost every minute. Weird as it was, shinigamis from Sereitei were mobilised to double manpower needed for missions that were currently in progress.

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The cabin where Harry was had been terrifyingly quiet for a certain period of time. With Hermione and Ron gone to prefects cabin, Harry had no one to talk to except for Ginny and Luna. After breaking up with Ginny the previous year, they had never really resolved anything. As for Luna, Harry could never really understand her to have a proper conversation. It seemed that only Hermione was the only one capable of talking to her or at least argue with Luna over the slightest things.

Hedwig who was in her cage gave a soft hoot to her master. As if she understood how he felt and wanted to comfort him. Harry leaned over to Hedwig's cage and unlocked it.

"Spread your wings girl, it's been a long time." Whispered Harry. "I know what it's like, trapped. Not knowing what to do."

"HARRY! We're back!" cried Ron as he entered the cabin.

"We managed to out of that god- awful long winded prefects briefing." Whined Hermione. " You wouldn't have wanted to be there Harry, seriously."

"It was a totally bloody bore." Chipped in Ron.

"Well then, I'm glad I'm not a prefect then and the both of you are." Harry said in a very sardonic tone. Hedwig then popped out of her cage and took off out of the cabin's window leaving her master behind with his friends.

"What's the matter Harry?" asked Ron.

"Nothing, it's just that I've got a lot on my mind right now." He replied. "I think I'll take a quick nap." He said as he turned to his corner and closed his eyes.

"Psst, Gin, what's with him?" asked Hermione.

"I don't know. He wasn't like that until that orange –haired boy came in." Ginny replied.

"Orange- haired?" Ron and Hermione responded in unison.

(1) Door to death I'm not sure about this I went to an online translator. Haha..

A/N: Not quite what you expected? I found it nice that Hitsugaya's appearance coincided with Christmas. Haha. However, I do have a plot for dear Kuchiki taicho but it'll be known later D. R&R!