Author's note: So everybody...this one is the last chapter of this story. Another work is in progress but I don't know when I'll start uploading it.

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Chapter 10

A victory with after-effects [G]

She held her wand tightly but this couldn't make her stop trembling. "I'm sorry…" she whispered. Few seconds later, she casted her last spell which hit Voldemort directly in the chest. He screamed in pain. Hermione had to clinch her teeth and close her eyes. This scream didn't sound like Voldemort…rather like Fred. She didn't want to see if her spell was still against her real opponent.

Nevertheless her eyes were closed she noticed the lightnings were becoming weaker. Therefore she also took strength off of her spell. Curiously, she got more and more down on her knees while she did this.

At the same moment it became completely dark in front of her closed eyes, she let her wand fall down on the ground and she steadied herself with her hands. For a period of only a second she then opened her eyes and looked to the place Voldemort had stood. No one was there anymore. Only the four balls were lying on the ground.

She felt tears coming up. No one was there. At least not the one she wanted to see. She looked down and her tears dropped on the floor. She won her battle against Voldemort…but…

"Fred…" she whimpered to herself.

"…he's thankful." Said a second, really familiar voice short time later.

She felt a hand on her shoulder. Her heart stopped beating for a moment when she lifted her head. She turned around a bit and could hardly trust her own eyes. There he was…bowed down to her. It was his hand on her shoulder. His…Fred's. Within a second she turned around completely, stood up and embraced him tightly. She had almost hit her head against his chin while doing so.

When she wanted to loosen her grip something happened that made her eyes widen…a wand on her back! She looked up to make sure it really was him. He grinned. She narrowed her eyes pinching his arm and saying: "That's not funny!"

"Oh dear…you mean I have to start again?"

"W…what?" she gave him a curious look.

"You don't laugh about me anymore."

"That…actually isn't funny at all!" she protested. But he nodded and embraced her again.

"…You did it…" he whispered "…I'm here again…and this time it's really me."

That was completely right. He even had normal clothes again not Voldemort's terrible gown.

"You know…we should wake the others…and then go back. The Chamber of Secrets is not really the perfect place to celebrate your return." she said smiling after a few minutes.

"Yeah…you're right."

So they did everything they could to wake the others. Of course Fred insisted to bring his twin brother back to awareness. Their happiness was great…no…not great…immeasurable. The first thing Ginny did when he saw him was running towards her brother. It didn't matter how much her injuries hurt. In the following embrace she almost threw him backwards.

Later, while leaving the Chamber, Harry put his hand on Hermione's shoulder and congratulated. She had defeated the death.

Every explanation to Professor McGonagall became unimportant when she saw the Weasley-twins together. In this moment Ron was almost sure that the Headmaster would get a heart attack…but he was – thanks to god - wrong.

The whole story spread through the school as fast as it always did. But for Hermione it didn't matter. She also didn't answer a single question about it…as the only thing that matters was Fred. He was finally back…the most important fact this year. She had reached both goals she wanted…she revived him and thus brought her own life as well as the Weasleys' life back to light…

End note: Yeah I know, it's all short and it sucks. I had so great imaginations for the end but I absolutely messed it up. I'm sorry ^^ Be sure, my next FF will be better than that...and longer, much longer!

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