Author's Note: The end, I guess. It's been over a year since I started this story, in fact, one year and six days I believe, and now I have finally finished it. I'm sorry if you find this final chapter too short, but I couldn't do much more without it starting to make less sense, and it wouldn't have been as good in my opinion. Anyway, enjoy!

The Regrets of Bellatrix Lestrange – Chapter 10

Written By YT12J

Voldemort, still injured quite badly, blasted back some of Potter's friends, and walked into his torture chamber. Just as he walked in, he felt something happen to his magic. It was as if part of it was being ripped away, and as he slowly walked in, he found Bellatrix Lestrange, on the floor, dead. Standing there were Harry Potter and Remus Lupin.

He felt extreme rage, and just as they noticed him, he spoke. "Do you think that you can beat me that easily? I have no genuine need of Horcruxes; I can defeat you easily without them!"

He frowned as he noticed that they did not reply. In fact they were not moving at all, instead choosing to stand there. Lifting his wand, he sent a curse at one of them, and watched as Harry Potter's arm fell off, and yet his expression did not change. Voldemort snarled as he realized what was happening. "I've been tricked!"

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Harry and Remus walked outside of the torture chamber and sealed the doors as best as they could. Outside, they found their friends lying on the floor, unresponsive but alive. The Death Eaters were also there, however they were dead.

"How are we going to defeat him now?" Harry asked, distressed. "He still has many Death Eaters, and I can't see us beating them anytime soon."

Remus tried to smile, but then gave up. "Don't worry, we can use the dagger, and soon Voldemort and all of his Death Eaters will be dead."

"I know what our plan is; I just fail to see how we're going to get close enough that we can stab Voldemort. I mean, injured or not, he'll curse us so badly that we'll be in bed for several weeks."

Before they could speak anymore, the doors were blasted off their hinges, and Voldemort limped through the doorway, clearly injured, but still determined, which was a dangerous thing when it involved him.

Immediately both of them sprang into action, firing spells as fast as they could, but Voldemort simply brushed them away like they weren't there. Harry pulled out the dagger, and tried to move closer to Voldemort, but he found himself being blasted backwards, the dagger falling from his grip and skidding out of his sight.

Seeing Harry fallen, Remus continued to battle with Voldemort, but kept on slipping, and eventually fell to the floor as well, panting heavily, unable to fight any further. Voldemort approached both of them with a smirk on his face. He then walked over to one of his fallen Death Eaters and pressed a finger to his Dark Mark. Harry attempted to get up and try to stop him, but he was too late as approximately fifty Death Eaters apparated in, all of them holding their wands, ready for battle.

"You have lost Potter. You have lost everything. I didn't truly believe that you had the bravery to kill Bellatrix, but it seems that I was wrong. A Gryffindor through and through, even able to kill somebody who he loved so much. Any last words before I wipe you off the face of this planet?"

Harry smiled, and muttered. "Yes. She's not dead."

Voldemort frowned, attempting to understand what he meant. "You are delusional. She is dead; Bellatrix Lestrange is currently on the floor of my torture chamber, dead!" The Death Eaters were confused as well, looking at each other, some of them lowering their wands slightly. And then suddenly, the room was lit up with an extremely bright light.

Voldemort turned around to find Bellatrix Lestrange, floating above the ground, alive, and completely uninjured, something which should have been impossible considering the amount of torture that she was put through.

"This is impossible! You're dead, you cannot be here!" Voldemort screamed. Raising his wand, he fired the Killing Curse at her, but she raised her glowing hand, and it bounced off.

"You underestimated all of us, Voldemort. I was killed with your powerful dagger, but then it kept me alive. I never truly died; it sustained me until the dagger was pulled out. I took so long to get here only because my magic had recovered and I was still physically healing. But now, for some time, my magic is supercharged, and I cannot be stopped."

She lowered herself to the floor, and suddenly a multitude of curses from the Death Eaters hit her. Immediately they shot back, and hit the casters, severely injuring a whole army of Death Eaters. Voldemort watched it happen, unable to do anything that wouldn't rebound onto him. "I still have many other people that can fight for me! Those were only specific people that I called through the Dark Mark; there are many others who wear it!"

Harry and Remus watched as Bellatrix lifted the dagger, and pointed it at Voldemort. He laughed at her, clearly amused. "If you use that dagger against me, then I'll be in the exact same situation as you, except my magic supercharged is infinite! Do not try any –"

Before he could continue to speak, she plunged the dagger into him, except she went for his forehead. Suddenly there was an explosion, white-hot, and everything went black for Harry.

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"What – what happened?"

Harry had opened his eyes to find both Bellatrix and Remus standing there, both of them not too comfortable to be near each other, but not too bothered.

Bellatrix smiled. "He's gone. Voldemort's finally gone. The extra burst of magic was too much for him to take, and his magic imploded. It also spread through the link that he shares with his Death Eaters, through the Dark Mark. All of his Death Eaters are also dead, their bodies scattered in various places."

"But – then how are you alive?" Harry asked, confused as to how she had survived when she was wearing a Dark Mark also.

"When my magic was supercharged it also destroyed the Dark Mark, except for me it was stable enough that I survived. I just have to ask you one thing. When you stabbed me, did you know that I was going to survive?"

Remus suddenly got up, gave a silent look to Harry, and walked away without saying a word. Harry understood that he wanted to leave them alone and would speak to him later, so he replied to her.

"Yes. I knew how the dagger worked, and I knew that if I stabbed you, it wouldn't kill you. But – but what about the baby?"

She suddenly gave a wide smile. "When my magic went back to normal I suddenly had a fully grown baby inside me, and gave birth a few minutes later, with Remus' help. The dagger forced the baby's growth to the maximum, so you now have a son. He's sleeping now, so you'll have to wait until later to see him."

Harry smiled, happy that everything worked out, and eager to see his baby. Finally, he could have a normal life, with a family and friends.

Epilogue: 11 years later

"Come on, you're going to be late James!" Bellatrix shouted up the stairs. Harry heard her from the living room, and smiled to himself.

It was finally the day that James Sirius Potter would get to go to Hogwarts for the first time. Harry had crossed his fingers that his school days would be nothing like Harry's.

He and Bellatrix had never married, instead choosing to live as partners, with three kids, James Sirius Potter, Lily Bellatrix Potter, and Remus Albus Potter. They were aged in that order, with Albus only being two years old.

James ran down the stairs, screaming as loud as he could. It had become his latest hobby as of late, and Harry had stopped running as fast as he could to see if anybody was being attacked.

Lily walked into the living room, Bellatrix's wand in her hands. "What do you think you're doing, Lily, give mummy back her wand!" Lily giggled, and walked off. Harry sighed, and got up, tired of having to take back wands from his kids. They constantly stole them, and his house could not take many more broken things.

"LILY NO!" He heard Bellatrix scream, and then there was a sudden smash. He ran into the hallway to find broken shards of glass on the floor, Remus crying, Lily laughing, and James screaming.

Harry always thought that trouble found him, and now he knew that his kids would definitely find some trouble themselves in Hogwarts. He could only hope that it wouldn't be similar to his school years.

"Come on, let's go, we'll never make it to Kings Cross on time!"

Soon they had all apparated to Kings Cross, and were walking over to meet Ron and Hermione, who were also there with their children. People were pointing and staring at both Harry and Bellatrix, but they didn't mind, Harry especially was used to it.

He always wondered how his life would have ended up had Bellatrix never found him, but then realized that there was no point in thinking about it. He had the perfect life, with a partner, kids, friends, and everything. Remus would occasionally visit them, having got over everything that had happened in the war with the help of some mind healers. He was still married to Tonks, and they had their child, but unfortunately no more. Harry had asked Tonks if she wanted the power of the dagger to have more kids, but she refused, saying that the dagger should never be used again.

Harry was finally happy, and everything was well.

Author's Note: There are a few things I would like to say in regards to this now completed story. First of all, thank you for all of the reviews, favourites, alerts, and even for just reading it. It has been a pleasure to write this story, and it is finally complete.

Acknowledgements: I would like to specifically thank two of my greatest friends for helping me out a little bit with this story, and my sister, for reading over the first few chapters and telling me what she thought. I couldn't have done it without them. Anyway, goodbye!