Laughter filled the air as the students ran from shop to shop, buying everything in sight. To them there was no war, it was like nothing could touch them right now. They would soon learn just how wrong they were. The Dark Lord lord and his servants were waiting just on the outskirts of the wards to hogsmeade. They all knew what they had to do; cause as much mayhem as possible, and then get the hell out of there. The children weren't really their targets, it was everything else. Their mission was to destroy the wizarding community. The fact that they were doing it during a hogsmeade weekend was an added bonus. Some of the death eaters had children who were still in Hogwarts. Though that didn't mean that they couldn't have fun with the mudbloods that infested the school. And soon they would get their chance.

"Go." and with that single word from the Dark Lord the world erupted into chaos.

… …

Hermione's day had started off like any other. After she had woken she got ready for the day, taking time to think about what was happening with her life. Things like Harry and her situation with Malfoy were foremost in her mind. After this she headed down for breakfast, where she would met up with Ginny. Today though instead of going to the library afterwards she headed to a meeting room on the first floor reserved for the prefects. They were going over safety precautions and what to do in case something happened. She didn't need to listen, she had written the whole thing herself. After they were done they all headed down to hogsmeade early in order scout the area and see if anything was out of place. They all had medallions created by the ministry that would allow them to contact the Aurors. When the scan was finished they sent word back to the castle, allowing the other students to come.

She had been patrolling for a half hour when it happened. Death Eaters came storming from one of the side streets that lead into a forest. It didn't appear that they were targeting the students though that didn't mean that some didn't get hurt anyways.

"Confringo." Hermione screamed at a Death Eater that was bearing down on a group of third year girls. The Death Eaters meager shield that he had managed to conjure was ripped apart quickly followed by his arm. Hermione had to fight the bile that was threating to rise at what she had just done. After she had lost Harry, she had come to terms with the fact that if the Death Eaters were not put down then they would simply come back. She still didn't like the idea of killing them, but if she could remove a limb or two it was mostly alright with her.

"Diffindo." She heard the spell coming but didn't have time to dodge or block. All she could do was stare at the caster. It was Draco. She closed her eyes waiting for the spell to hit her. But it never did. Opening her eyes she spotted a Death Eater lying on the ground a few feet away from her. His throat was sliced open.

"You okay Granger?" Draco asked while he checked on the fallen Death Eater. She didn't respond instead she simply stared at him. She had just seen Draco Malfoy attack and kill a Death Eater. She watched as he cast a spell to confirm that the Death Eater was dead.

"You saved me." she stated stupidly.

"Yes I did. Now are you okay, are you hurt?" he asked again this time moving closer to her. As he got closer he saw her eyes widen and turned just in time to see a spell flying at them. Not knowing what else to do he threw himself in front of the spell, hoping to save Hermione. He waited for the spell to connect but it never did. Opening his eyes he saw a golden shield in front of him. On the other side of the shield was the corpse of the Death Eater that had cast the spell at him. From the looks of it the spell had bounced of the shield and killed the caster.

"Are you two alright." the voice came from a figure dressed in red robes with gold lining. He was facing away from the two of them, giving them the perfect view of the crest on his back. It was the Gryffindor crest.

"You saved me." It was now Draco's turn to be grateful. Unfortunately it didn't last long as he soon had to help Hermione fight of spells coming at them from a group of three death eaters. Lord Gryffindor as Draco had decided he had to be was facing the opposite direction fighting off no less then five Death Eaters. Though he had to focus on the three in front of him he still looked back to see how his Saviour was doing. It was a frightening thing that he saw. Where there was once five Death eaters there were now only two and it looked like he was toying with them. He didn't even have his wand drawn. He was using pure wandless magic to defeat his enemies.

In minutes all the Death eaters that were attacking were now on the ground either dead or on the verge of death.

"No time to rest. There is still more fighting going on." And with that he disappeared right before their eyes.

"Did you see the crest on his back." Hermione asked as soon as she realized that the immediate threat was gone.

"Yeah." Draco replied in a rather subdued voice as he contemplated his chances of making him an ally.

… …

Meanwhile on the other end of town Dumbledore and Neville were battling multiple Death Eaters as well. Most were made easy work of as they were no match for Dumbledore. Neville himself had taken out four without breaking a sweat.

"Good work Neville." Dumbledore stated after watching Neville take out another Death Eater with a non-lethal spell. Just then he spotted someone that he had hoped would not show up. "Hello Tom." The older man stated calmly sending the last three Death Eaters into blissful unconsciousness. "I was hoping that you would not be here today. I guess that it was too much to ask for. Shall we continue where we left off at the ministry." and with that he launched a volley of spells at his eternal nemesis while at the same time sending Neville to the other side of the street with a wandless banisher.

"I was hoping to finally finish you off Albus. You have been a thorn in my side for far too long." Voldemort said as he conjured a shield to block the onslaught. The rest of the Death Eaters new better than to stay within the battle zone and instead headed off to complete their ulterior plan.

… …

Tonks was no stranger to battle. Even though she had only been a Auror for a few years, she had been part of one of the most experienced groups of them all. This had given her plenty of time to get accustomed to it. It helped as her battle honed reflexes kicked in in time to dodge a spell that was heading towards her. She and Harry had split up as soon as they arrived that morning. It had been easy for both of them to avoid the Prefects patrolling the area. They had agreed that she would patrol the heavily populated area's so that when the attack began she would be able to help evacuate the students. Harry on the other hand would be patrolling the area's that would give the Death Eaters entrance to the village.

"Deprimo." the spell left her wand and smashed into the Death Eaters chest leaving a large hole where his heart should have been.

"Heartless bastards." she heard a student say from behind the cover that they had found. The Death Eaters had stormed into the area without notice and had blocked off the only route out.

Smirking she looked to where the rest of the Death Eaters where holed up behind what use to be a door but had been transformed into a crude stone wall. "Expulso" once again the desired effect destroying the barrier and driving stone shards into all Death Eaters hiding behind it. "Alright you kids the path is clear start making your way back to the castle. Keep your heads down and you should be alright." And with that she took off to where she thought the main fighting was taking place. The students realizing that they could do little to help quickly obeyed and made their way to the castle.

… …

Neville had been glad to finally get out of the castle and test himself against real Death Eaters. After Harry had died Dumbledore had told him about the Prophecy. He hadn't believed him when Dumbledore had told him that he was the only person that could defeat Voldemort. Mostly because he did not believe that he could ever be strong enough. Even after all the training he still had his doubts. But they were slowly fading. Facing off against Death Eaters, he started to believe that he could take down Voldemort eventually. It was after he took out his fifth one that he finally saw the monster that he was destined to face. He was startled as Dumbledore banished him to the other side of the street but knew that he was not ready. After righting himself he took off to help get the students back to the safety of the castle.

He had just turned the corner and had to duck back in order to avoid a stray spell. He watched as a cloaked figure obviously a female took out two death eaters by banishing shards of broken glass at them.

"Confringo" Neville shot the spell at a group of Death Eaters that had pinned the cloaked figure into a building. Together they worked to clear the area of all the Death Eaters. After they were all put down he approached the figure. She appeared to be panting as she healed a nasty gash on her shoulder.

"You alright." he asked stopping a few feet away so he didn't startle her.

"Yeah you?" she asked as she checked the Death Eaters to see if any would be a threat. After she deemed them all harmless he bound the ones that were still conscious in heavy ropes. She glanced in the direction that Neville had come from sensing a massive amount of magic coming from that area.

"Voldemort and Dumbledore are over there fighting." Neville stated noticing the direction she was looking. "I hope he will be alright."

"So do I" she stated not meaning Dumbledore. "So do I."

… …

Harry had sensed the attack coming and was already throwing spells as the Death Eaters had emerged from the forest. Knowing that this was but a small portion of Voldemort's army he wasted little time or energy in defeating them by casting multiple Reductors a foot in front of them. The ones that had managed do avoid the explosion were cut down by the mass amount of shrapnel heading their way. He then apparated onto a nearby roof and looked out over the village. He could see spell fire all over the place, but the brightest was near the other side of town. He guessed that this would be where the most powerful Death Eaters would be so decided that he would be most helpful there. Just as he was about to apparate there he noticed spell fire in the street next to him. Looking down he saw one of the last things that he wanted to see. Hermione had just downed a Death Eater and was watching as a group of students took off when Draco Malfoy cast a spell at her. Just as he was about to react he noticed that the spell would harmlessly fly past her. Looking in the direction it was heading he saw the Death Eater raising his wand about to strike down his friend when the spell connected, slicing his throat open. He watched as Hermione and Draco exchanged words when he saw another Death Eater fire a nasty bone breaker designed to shatter bones heading towards them. He watched as Draco threw himself in front of the spell. Decided to repay the favor he wandlessly cast a reflective shield and jumped down as the spell collided with the surprised Death Eaters chest killing, him. He heard Draco thank him but before he could reply five Death Eaters appeared at his end of the street, looking back he saw three more at the other end. Hoping that Hermione and Draco had his back he decided to see what he could do and summoned a blade of flames to bear down on the Death Eaters. After they were all down he turned and said a few quick words to Draco, he then apparated to the other end of town, hoping that Hermione hadn't recognized him.

The sight that greeted him when he arrived awed him. Dumbledore and Voldemort were throwing curses and hexes at each other, and from the looks of the area around him it was a pretty serious fight. Though considering the two that were involved he wasn't all that surprised. Noticing that Voldemort seemed to have the advantage over the older Dumbledore he decided that it was time that he joined the fight.

Waving his hand he banished a rock at the Dark Lord. He was a little surprised when the rock collided with him sending him crashing into the wall of a store on the side of the street. Knowing that this was far from the end he moved a little closer to his former headmaster.

"Looks like you could use some help old man." He stated watching as Voldemort pulled himself from the now collapsed building.

"It would appear so. I must admit that was some impressive wandless you displayed back there. Might I ask who exactly are you?" Dumbledore asked sensing that the young man next to him was at least as powerful as he was. Noticing that Voldemort was heading towards them he prepared to continue to fight.

"You can call me Lord Gryffindor." Harry replied talking loud enough that Voldemort would hear him. It had the desired effect as the snake like man stopped in his tracks, surprise clearly etched on his face.

"I didn't know that the Gryffindor line had survived after Godric had died." Voldemort stated. When he was younger he had looked into the families of all the founders to see if any were still alive. He had discovered that Helga still had quite a few descendent's while Rowena had only a few one of which was standing before him. But no matter how hard he tried he had never been able to find any descendants of Godric Gryffindor. Apparently that knowledge had been lost to the ages.

"Well it did, and here I am." Harry replied before launching a volley of spells with the wand that he had just drawn. He settled into a stance knowing that the coming fight would be the toughest one of his life.

A/N

First off I would like to apologize about how long it has taken to update. I got stuck and have been working a lot lately trying to prepare to move off on my own. Some notes about the chapter. The reason that no one knows about the connection between the Potter lines and the Gryffindor line is that Mathayus and Godric took great measures to insure that no one knew knowing that if they did it would be trouble for all Potters down the line. If you have any questions just ask. Peace out.