~Chapter Ten~
Harry woke up, his head hurting. He was at a really bright place. He thought this was it, he was dead forever, but he soon saw someone coming towards him. Albus Dumbledore appeared in front of him, storking his long beard.
"Professor?" Harry asked.
"Harry, boy, you made it." said Dumbledore cheerfully.
"Made what?" Harry asked confused. He really didn't get why he was seeing Dumbledore. Did that mean he was dead?
"You didn't fight back when Lord Voldemort casted the Killing Curse on you. If you had it would've been worse..." said Dumbledore.
"Sir, are you okay? I'm dead... He killed me. It's over." said Harry.
"No, Harry. He killed the piece if his soul that was living inside you."
"You mean...?"
"Yes. He has no more Horcruxes. It's just him. And you can win this war once and for all!" said Dumbledore.
"But, sir, I'm dead, aren't I?" asked Harry.
"No, Harry. At this point you are looking dead to them, but you are alive. Where do you think we are, Harry?" asked Dumbledore.
"I don't know, sir. The Kings Cross station? Only it's cleaner and brighter and there are no trains."
"Well it could be. You have the choice to return back Harry. You can choose not to get on the train, if you want to." said Dumbledore.
Harry was confused.
"Sir, is this real? Or is it just happening in my mind?" he asked.
"It is happening in your mind, but why would that mean it's not real?" said Dumbledore.
Harry felt being pulled away, Dumbledore's form fading.
When he opened his eyes again he was carried by someone who was shaking. He looked carefully up and he saw Hagrid. He closed his eyes again. He didn't want anyone to know that he was still alive. He heard a fuss as Voldemort was stepping in the Main Courtyard of Hogwarts. He had his eyelids half open and he saw Voldemort step forward. He spoke up, his voice sounded louder than it was with a spell.
"Harry Potter is dead! Your hero got killed when he ran away, trying to only save his live, leaving you behind. We bring you his body in proof that he is dead." he said. He made Hagrid put Harry down.
"No!" shouted someone from the crowd.
Harry saw Draco coming forward, Hermione and Ron at his side, holding him, lots of people around them protectively. They were all in shock and Draco had tears in his eyes.
"Well, well. Look who showed up. It's my lovely nephew. How's you daddy? Oh, that's right! He's dead!" said Bellatrix laughing.
"Stop it, Bella. The boy deserves to congratulated. He had played his part so well all this time. You see he was a spy for me, tricked Potter to believe he could be trusted. And he made everyone else believe it too. Fascinating." said Voldemort.
He was lying, Harry knew it. But Hermione and Ron drifted away from Draco, pointing their wands at him. Most of the people around him did the same.
"No! He's lying! I wouldn't do anything to hurt Harry! Hermione, Ron please you have to believe me!" said Draco, tears running down his cheeks.
"We never believed you anyway, Malfoy! Why should we now? Harry's dead! You couldn't be more pleased with that!" spouted Ron.
"No! I never was a spy for him! Please let me explain!" said Draco.
"Draco, boy, come here. You have played your part so well. You don't need to anymore." said Voldemort. He didn't have his wand out. Draco had his in his pocket. He was furious with the way he had been saying all these things. He took out his wand carefully to not be seen and he stepped towards him. He was ready, he was going to do this. He wanted revenge and he would do it. He would kill him. He continued walking, wand at the ready. The others behind him lowered their wands. Voldemort was a few feet away, waiting for him. Draco thought quick. He only had one shot. Suddenly Hagrid started yelling. Draco stepped a bit back.
"Where's Harry? He was there! I swear! Who took him?" he said.
"My lord, he disappeared!" Bellatrix exclaimed.
"But it can't be! He's dead!" shouted Voldemort furiously. Draco stepped back trying to find Harry.
Harry was under his cloak. When the others weren't looking he had pulled the cloak over him and he was standing right behind Draco. He went closer to him. Draco felt someone behind him.
"I'm right here." whispered Harry in his ear.
Draco was startled and he almost screamed when he heard Harry's whisper. No one noticed because they were all focused to find Harry.
"Surprised, Tom?" said Harry as he took off his Cloak and appeared next to Draco, holding his hand.
Voldemort was frightened when he heard Harry's voice. He turned to look at him and Draco. The crowd left shocked gasps and they were all cheering and screaming for him, shouting "He's back!" and "The boy who lived twice!" or "Harry Potter is alive!" . Harry smiled at Draco and they both stepped forward, facing Voldemort.
"Y-you... h-how?! You were dead! You died!" said Voldemort, still shocked.
"Let's just say I had some business that weren't exactly finished." said Harry. "Oh and something else..." he said again as he took Draco in his arms and kissed him deeply. Most of the people cheered for them but all the others were just standing there, not knowing what to say. Draco's cheeks flushed pink.
"That's one way to announce things..." said Draco shyly, his cheeks turning red.
"Ha! And you believe love will save you again, Potter?" said Voldemort trying to say something hurtful enough. He couldn't hurt Harry though. Not anymore.
"No. This time, Tom, it'll be different. All the Horcruxes are gone! It's just you...and me." said Harry.
"There's still Nagini! You haven't killed her yet!" spouted Voldemort a little afraid of the boys words.
"She's dead, Tom. Snape killed her. It's over! There's no one else to save you!"
"It's never over!" said Voldemort pointing his wand at him and Harry had his own already out.
"AvadaKedavra!"
"Expeliarmus!"
A red and a green flash of spells flew from different directions and met. Both Voldemort and Harry casted the spells and the two flashes connected for a moment. The Killing Curse rebounded on it's caster and Voldemort had been hit. His eyes narrowed and he fell back from the spell, his empty body dissolving. All of the Death Eaters Disapparated and the crowd cheered coming towards Harry, hugging him, trying to touch him, their savior. Hermione and Ron came first along with Draco and then all of his friends were cheering for him when the snow started. It was the most happy moments in everyone's lives. Harry had defeated the Worlds most powerful Dark Wizard. When the crowd finally calmed down the questioning started. Harry's head was hurting but not his scar. People started asking him how he had come back from the dead, why did he kiss Draco, if Draco was really with him and he wasn't tricking him. Luna saw Harry being questioned so much and she thought to say something to draw attention.
"Oh look there's a mistletoe full of Nargles out there!" shouted Luna showing somewhere out.
The crowd quickly went near her. Harry pulled his cloak on and took Draco's hand. They found Hermione and Ron and they told them to come with them. The four of them walked away and when they were far away Harry took off the Cloak.
They were walking in the snow, Hermione hugging Ron, Draco holding Harry's hand. It was all over, finally. They had nothing to worry about. Harry's head was still hurting from all the fuss. He rolled his hands through his hair, trying to find his scar. He didn't feel his scar anymore.
"Guys, where's my scar?" said Harry worried.
"Let me see." said Draco and he pulled Harry's hair up, looking for his scar on his forehead. He didn't see it anywhere.
"Harry, your scar..." said Hermione looking closely.
"Bloody hell! It's gone!" exclaimed Ron.
"No, it can't be! Hermione, do you have a mirror with you?" asked Harry still searching for his scar on his forehead. It wasn't there, he couldn't feel his lighting bolt shaped scar.
They were at the Black Lake now with a full view of it's icy surface, Hogwarts on the background. Harry looked at his reflection on the ice. Nothing. His scar was nowhere on his forehead.
"My scar is gone!" exclaimed Harry. "How is it even possible?" he asked
"Harry it was scar from a curse, your connection with...Voldemort. It probably just left, after his curse rebounded on him and killed him. The connection must've broken."
"That means I can't talk to snakes either?" asked Harry. He really liked talking to snakes.
Harry started looking around to find a snake. He found one on a tree and concentrated.
"Hello, snake" hissed Harry.
"Harry you can still talk to snakes. It's creepy though." said Draco.
"Hello, stranger. I have never met a person that could have the ability of talking to snakes. I'm not a poisonous snake, just so you know." hissed the snake back to Harry.
"My name is Harry Potter. Nice to meet you. Do you have a family?" asked Harry the snake.
Hermione, Ron and Draco were watching Harry as he was talking with the snake, shocked with his particular ability.
"Oh, I've heard lots of stories about you, Harry Potter. It's a pleasure to meet you. No, I don't have a family, unfortunately. I was always alone on this miserable world, searching for food. I'm small though. And people were always afraid of me because of my special abilities. I was raised by a witch. She was afraid of me when I hatched from my egg. She wanted to get rid of me so she left me here, all alone." hissed the snake.
"Can you show me your special abilities?" asked Harry.
"Sure. You see my skin color? I can make it change. And if I want I can attach my self on something and make it change its color too. Wait, let me show you." said the snake. It stared blankly for a moment and then it's brown skin turned bright blue. Then it went dark green, shiny yellow and finally a deep red. It turned to look at Harry again.
"See? I love doing that but it takes a lot of concentration to do it. But I have no one that is interested in seeing it. The other snakes don't want me near them. And I have no master either." hissed the snake.
"Do you want me to become your master? I will take really good care of you. I really would like to have some company I could talk to." said Harry.
Draco was still looking at Harry shocked with him hissing words to a snake that was swirling around his hand, changing colors.
"I would be honored, Harry Potter. You are my master from now on and I will listen to only you, speaker of our language." hissed the snake.
"Do you have a name?" asked Harry.
"Yes. My name is Salazar." hissed the snake back.
"Great. Let me talk to the others for a while. I'll introduce you." said Harry.
He stood up and walked towards his friends with the snake on his hand. It was a small one.
"Draco, Hermione and Ron. This is Salazar, my new snake." announced Harry.
Draco smiled simply and held his hand out for the snake. Harry hissed something to Salazar and the snake got on Draco's hand, turning dark green. Hermione and Ron were still shocked. They didn't dare go near the snake. Draco chuckled.
"Hey Salazar. My name's Draco Malfoy. I'm Harry's boyfriend." he said smirking.
Hermione chuckled and Ron rolled his eyes. The snake hissed something and Harry translated it.
"He says it's nice to meet you, Draco. And he really doesn't know what boyfriend means." he said.
"Um..." Draco muttered, cheeks flushing pink.
Harry chuckled and hissed something at Salazar. Salazar hissed something back, understanding what he meant by boyfriend and he tightened around Draco's hand looking satisfied with the explanation Harry had given him.
"I guess he approves our relationship, don't you Salazar?" said Draco cheekily.
The snake nodded in agreement. Hermione and Ron didn't talk.
"Guys, Salazar's not poisonous. He just changes colors. He's my snake now and he won't harm you." said Harry as he took the snake from Draco. He held his palm out with the snake tightly wrapped around it. Hermione held out her hand frightened and Harry hissed something to Salazar again. He changed happily into bright red and Hermione smiled.
"Nice to meet you, Salazar. I'm Hermione Granger." she said and gave the snake to Ron who was still staring at it.
"Hermione, I don't think it's a good idea." said Ron.
"Come on Ron, it's not going to hurt you." she said.
Ron carefully held his hand out and the snake slithered on it. Ron had his eyes closed and when he opened them the snake was looking at him, his color still bright red.
"N-nice to m-meet you, S-Salazar." said Ron with his voice trembling. "I'm Ron. Ron Weasley." he introduced him self.
The snake nodded and Harry took Salazar from Ron's hands. The snake wrapped around his hand and changed back to it's normal color. Harry smiled at his friends and took Draco's hand with his free hand. The snake moved from Harry's hand, up to his shoulder, around his neck, down to his other shoulder, to his other hand and wrapped it self around his hand and Draco's, uniting them. Draco smiled at Harry, Salazar resting on their hands. Ron rolled his eyes and Hermione giggled.
"We better get going. It's cold out here and we still need to sort out some things." said Harry and he started walking, his hand inside Draco's, the snake wrapped around both of them, Hermione and Ron following them.
A/N: So, this is Chapter 10! Hope you like it! Also I had to let you know that there is one chapter left, the epilogue, it's really different from the J.K.'s epilogue and also I'm already writing the Sequel! :D Also, this was already written from about a month ago and I can't make changes. Sorry, then if you wanted the story to be different. :/ Please share, favorite and review!