This is a long chapter and finally Light and Dark face off against each other. I only say happy reading.
Battle of Hogwarts
The Order managed to sneak into the castle without problems. As Snape and the Carrows didn't expect any disturbance, most students were at home over Christmas except a handful of Slytherins, there was not much resistance to be expected. The older Order members were tasked to take out the Carrows and Snape so that they wouldn't disturb them in the battle preparations. They expected the fight to be mostly creature based as the human base of Voldemort was massively depleted. Therefore they prepared for defending against giants, dementors, perhaps some creatures from the forest like the acromantulas.
Snape was just walking through the Great Hall when he came upon Minerva.
"Minerva, what are you doing here at this time?" He asked.
„I'm just doing my rounds around the school. While there will probably not be much to do, I still want to check everything. As far as I know that is still my job as a teacher." She said.
Snape was suspicious.
"Minerva, do you know where Potter is?" He asked.
"How would I know that? Your so called friends in the Ministry forced him to be on the run, they made him a criminal." She gave back.
"Minerva, if you know where he is, I need you to tell me." He said.
"Even if I knew, why would I tell you? So you can have your Lord kill James' son? So you can finish your feud with a man that has been dead for sixteen years?" She sneered.
"Minerva…" He was cut off by a barrage of cutting spells which he quickly shielded against.
Minerva, Remus and Kingsley were attacking him now and he knew something was going to happen. But considering the overwhelming forces he knew he had to flee. He fired back curses at his attackers and took a run towards the front door. Then he felt a signal through his dark mark. Amycus had found Potter.
Harry, Neville, Seamus and Ginny were on their way up to the Room of Requirement. Ginny had had the idea that the room could provide them with a plan how to best set up the castle's defences against the giants and so on. Harry had turned his looks back to normal as there was no reason for hiding anymore and those that would fight for the light would be more encouraged seeing Harry Potter as they 'knew' how he looked like fighting by their sides.
When they were nearly there, they came across Amycus Carrow.
"Potter!" He shouted and gleefully shoved up his left sleeve and pressed his dark mark.
"The Dark Lord will soon be here and deal with you personally. Meanwhile I'll gladly take care of those miscreants with you. I should have known that Longbottom would be the first to help a wanted criminal." He said.
"You gained quite the reputation, Neville." Harry commented.
Then he fired curses in rapid sequence at Amycus. He was very intent on making the bastard pay for what he had done to the students of Hogwarts, especially his friends and his girlfriend. Amycus obviously didn't expect such a performance and was hit a few times. Neville joined Harry and together they brought down the Death Eater. While Harry and Neville were busy fighting Amycus, his sister Alecto came up behind them and was intercepted by Ginny and Seamus. They together gave the female Death Eater a fight she wasn't prepared for. But she held her stand against them. Then her brother fell to a cutting curse from Neville.
"No!" She shouted and her lapse in concentration was enough for Ginny to get in a piercing hex through her stomach.
Alecto fell down and Ginny quickly summoned her wand. She shook when Alecto stopped moving and she realized that she had just killed her. Harry saw what had happened and wrapped Ginny in his arms.
"Shh, it's okay, you had no choice. It was either you killed her or she would have killed you." He told her while stroking her hair.
"Was that how you felt after you first had to kill?" She asked crying.
"Yes, it's horrible and it won't get any easier. It's always tearing me apart when I have to kill another Death Eater, but I then remember your words from when you came to my house and got me out of my depression. With every Death Eater we kill we protect hundreds of innocents from them. And once this war is over, we can finally live in peace." Harry told her.
Ginny nodded.
"Can you just hold me a bit longer?" She asked.
"Of course." Harry said.
Neville and Seamus distanced themselves from the couple and went to the Room of Requirement to do what they had come here for. With Voldemort now knowing that Harry was at Hogwarts they needed to get information on how to best defend soon.
They found a command centre that had a map of the castle and all the grounds when they entered the room. They saw plans of defences against different threats, many of them they had never heard of.
"We need to get McGonagall and the others here. They will be better suited to tell us what to do with this information." Seamus said.
Neville nodded and concentrated.
"Expecto Patronum." He said and his silver eagle patronus shot away to inform McGonagall.
Harry and Ginny soon followed them into the room and were impressed with the possibilities Hogwarts had to defend it. Harry still had his arm around Ginny's shoulders.
"Wow, this is great. But how will we be able to inform all our fighters from where a new attack is coming?" Harry asked.
The map glowed and showed a spell: Communicatio directum.
"Seems like that is your answer." Neville said.
Harry nodded.
Soon the older Order members arrived at the room and looked at the map the room had provided.
"Okay, I understand what we have to work with. First thing we need to do is getting the wards strengthened to repel the worst dark creatures' attacks." McGonagall said, taking charge as she knew the defences best in her position as deputy head mistress.
"Make sure you're ready to repel acromantulas. There is a big colony in the Forbidden Forest. And since the head acromantula Aragog died last year there is nothing stopping them from attacking." Harry warned.
"Aragog?" Seamus asked baffled.
"Second year. He was Hagrid's pet." Harry said.
"You will really have to tell me all your adventures once this war is over." Ginny demanded.
"Sure, love. I'll tell you all you want to know." Harry promised.
"Okay, thanks for the warning, Harry." Said McGonagall.
"You're welcome, Professor. I guess we should also expect giants and dementors. We'll need to task some of our fighters to take the giants out and repel the dementors. With the low numbers Voldemort has it's obvious that he will bring all he has as back-up." Harry said.
"You shouldn't say his name." Admonished Remus.
"That doesn't matter anymore, Remus. He knows where I am. Before we reached the room we met the Carrows. Amycus was fast to touch his dark mark and inform Voldemort. So there is no point avoiding using his name anymore." Harry explained.
"What happened to them?" Asked Kingsley.
"Dead." Seamus answered.
"I see. That makes two experienced Death Eaters less in Voldemort's ranks. That's good for us. I've sent messages out to some others that aren't members of the Order but also against the Death Eaters. I told them that we would fight at Hogwarts and asked them to come here if they wanted to help. We should soon get some healers from St. Mungo's to assist Poppy and some aurors that had to keep their heads down under the new regime." Kingsley said.
"Good to know. Harry, how long will it probably take for him to check all the hiding places?" Asked McGonagall.
"He knows about his snake, the cup, the ring and the diary. Therefore he will check the cave with the locket next and then come here. It won't take that long. Did you get Snape?" Asked Harry.
"No, the coward fled once he was sure he couldn't win against our numbers. He fled out of the wards before we could get him. Unfortunately he is very skilled." McGonagall said.
"So a repeat of last year. He will rejoin with Voldemort and then be with them when they attack. Next to the Death Eaters we probably will have to fight those that were placed under the imperius curse. With no possibility to break the curse other than taking out the caster, we'll have to make sure they won't become a problem in the fight. If possible we stun them, if not we take them out of this fight but don't maim or kill them if possible." Harry said.
"That makes sense. Okay, I see the next group of our support has arrived. We need to organize them to be ready in an hour. All time that exceeds that will be a bonus." McGonagall said.
Harry nodded and left the Room of Requirement with his friends.
"Ron, the galleon of the DA had a message!" Shouted Hermione.
"What message, Hermione?" Ron asked, both were gaining the attention of other students from Hogwarts that had fled to France once they found out about the persecution of muggleborns.
"They are fighting at Hogwarts. You-Know-Who is attacking there. Ron, do you think that means…?" She asked.
"It seems so. It could mean that Harry has really found them all." Ron answered disbelievingly.
It was just after Christmas and he and Hermione had only been in France for three weeks. They had been happy to find out that some people they knew from the DA had also started at Beauxbatons. Hermione had been really busy trying to catch up on her studies; Ron had been having problems with the change to French. He didn't speak the language like Hermione did from vacations with her parents. While Madame Maxime was helping out the English students with translation charms it was expected that they learned French during their free time. Ron didn't like that, but with no alternative to Beauxbatons he was stuck.
How in hell did Harry find all the horcruxes in such a short time? They had been stuck on their search for over a month when they had separated involuntarily. How did Harry do it? A bit of the old jealousy came back, but he forced it down. While at the Burrow or Shell Cottage he had talked with Bill and Charlie. They had shown up his jealousy as one of his most pressing problems. He knew that Harry hadn't had any more information and he knew the horcrux had used his insecurities to put him against his friend. But how was it possible that Harry now had finished the quest?
Hermione had similar thoughts. How had Harry done it and where had the horcruxes been hidden? They had looked at all the places they had thought one could be hidden, except Harry's ridiculous idea of Hogwarts of course. There simply was no chance of Voldemort hiding a horcrux there.
"What are we going to do?" Ron asked.
"I don't think we can do something right now." A former fifth year Hufflepuff said. "I mean, we don't know how to get back to England and I doubt we'll be that much help in the fight. Most of us are underage and don't know that much magic. You two, Justin and Morag are probably the exception. You're the only ones of age of us."
It was true. Hermione, Ron, Justin Finch-Fletchley and Morag McDougal were the only seventh year students of Hogwarts that had been in the DA and were at Beauxbatons. And they didn't have portkeys to go to Hogwarts. The floo was monitored by the Ministry, so there was no way they would be there in time.
"Wouldn't Madame Maxime be able to help us get a portkey? I don't want to let Harry fight on his own." Hermione said, still feeling very guilty about leaving Harry alone.
"I don't think so. While she allowed us muggleborns to attend Beauxbatons, the French Ministry doesn't want to be involved in the war in England as long as it stays there. The only way they would interfere would be if You-Know-Who attacked the continent. Then they would act. Until now it is a national problem of Great Britain." Justin said. "And the Ministry has to permit a portkey before it can be made. Madame Maxime wouldn't risk getting in trouble with the French Ministry only because four students want to go back and fight. She would only argue that we haven't graduated yet and therefore have no business in fighting in the war we fled from."
"That's so frustrating. I wouldn't have thought that Harry would find them that fast." Hermione ranted.
Ron nodded. In hindsight, if this would have been expectable, they wouldn't have had to hide in France. And over the Christmas break too. There was a record number of students staying at Beauxbatons as the twenty muggleborns that had fled here couldn't return to Britain for fear of persecution.
Voldemort had felt the signal from Amycus Carrow that they had Potter at Hogwarts. But before he could take care of the brat once and for all he needed to make sure his horcruxes were still safe. He had reached the island with the basin that held the potion. He, as the one who had set up the protections, could easily vanish the potion, only to find the basin empty. He raged and fired curses all around him. Not that he had anything to hit to begin with. Damn it all. This horcrux should have been the safest. Nobody should have known about it, but obviously Dumbledore had known about the cave and that he had terrorized the orphans here. Damn the old man. Now only the diadem at Hogwarts was left. Well, he would go there next.
He left the cave and apparated back to Malfoy Manor to find out if any other news than the Carrows having Potter had come in. He was really surprised to find Severus at the Manor, healing some cuts on his right shoulder. Otherwise he seemed okay.
"Why are you here, Severus?" Voldemort asked.
Snape knelt down.
"My Lord, Hogwarts fell to the Order of the Phoenix and Potter. I don't know what happened with the Carrows, I only felt them calling through the dark mark when I was fighting McGonagall, Kingsley Shacklebolt and the werewolf Lupin." He reported, only to be hit with a cruciatus.
"Damn it all. Gather all our troops and the imperiused. We're attacking Hogwarts in one hour!" Voldemort ordered and strode out of the room.
The number of the defenders of Hogwarts had risen to seventy nine by now. Obviously the message that the Order of the Phoenix and Harry Potter would face You-Know-Who there soon had spread faster than anybody had thought. And there were still people arriving. Just five minutes ago a portkey from Romania had brought Charlie and five other dragon handlers in. And the greatest surprise for them all was that they had brought a dragon with them. A Norwegian Ridgeback. Hagrid, who had arrived half an hour ago had been delighted to see Norberta again.
Charlie told them that Norberta was the best trained dragon of all the ones in the preserve and would help against the giants they were awaiting. They guessed it was because she had been raised by Hagrid for the first weeks of her life and was therefore more used to human contact than others of her kind. It was then that Harry found out that obviously dragons were not that far distant relatives of snakes. While it sounded like Norberta spoke with a heavy accent, Harry could understand her and managed to explain her what they needed her help for. All the dragon handlers were very impressed with Harry's ability and Charlie told Harry he just had to come visit the preserve once all this madness was over. A dragon speaker hadn't been seen in over two hundred years.
From the Room of Requirement McGonagall was keeping all fighters updated on the events on the grounds. When the number of defenders had reached one hundred and two, she sent an alarm that their opponents had arrived. All fighters took their positions. Fred and George had booby trapped all the passages that led into the castle and the one from the Shrieking Shack. That should hinder the Death Eaters a lot, if they even knew about the passages. With Pettigrew dead they couldn't be sure how much he had told Voldemort before his death.
All fighters had been warned that the Death Eaters would be fighting in dragon hide armour, so they needed to target areas that weren't protected like the head. It was a good thing Crabbe and Goyle senior had been so stupid to tell Harry on the train what measures had been taken to protect the Death Eaters from the sword attacks of the Reaper.
"There are about four giants, two hundred dementors, fifty five Death Eaters and forty other fighters, not sure if under imperius or not." Came the information from the walls in McGonagall's voice. "I will let Ginny Weasley take over the information transfer now and come to aid in the fight." She said.
It had been decided to keep the underage members of the DA in positions where they could be useful but not in direct danger in the fights. Ginny had protested, but the twins had managed to convince her that Harry wouldn't be able to fight at his best if he had to fear that she would be in danger. So as a compromise, Ginny would coordinate the defenders from the command centre in the Room of Requirement. She had accepted that as she just hated not being of any use. Many others, like Luna and Collin Creevey, who had come on the call Harry had sent, were in the infirmary, helping Madam Pomfrey prepare for the injured that were sure to come in.
"Okay, as long as you are within a mile around the castle the dementors won't be a problem. The castle's wards against them have been activated. The giants are coming in from the direction of the Black Lake, Charlie, Hagrid, take Norberta and Grawp over there to fend them off." Ginny ordered now.
Harry quickly translated for Norberta and asked her to follow Charlie's orders in the fight and the four headed over to the lake. Then they could see the Death Eaters standing in front of the gates. Their numbers looked massive, but they all knew it had been a lot more before. The ambushes and the interference Harry had done over the last one and a half months with their raids had cut down their numbers massively. All the fighters knew that most of those in Death Eater robes were recruits just out of training. With the Carrows dead the number of experienced Death Eaters had been reduced to five. The other forty or so were imperiused victims. But it seemed Voldemort had one last trick up his sleeve. He had clad all his followers in the robes and the masks. Nobody would be able to target his followers exclusively.
Harry knew he had to make sure that the defenders wouldn't hold back, now that they wouldn't be able to distinguish between Death Eaters and victims.
"He will only have given his Death Eaters dragon hide suits. Shoot stunners on everybody. If it doesn't work, target the heads with the permanent stuff, the others should fall to stunners. We can't afford to them reviving their fighters so make sure the stunned stay down." He reminded them.
A fierce determination rushed through all defenders. Then Voldemort had the idea to try and deter them from their resistance.
"Defenders of Hogwarts. I, Lord Voldemort, don't like spilling magical blood. All of you are brave members of our world. Lord Voldemort values bravery. So I am willing to forgive you this useless attempt to go up against my rule. Join me. I will spare all of you, you can all return home without victims today. You just have to hand over Harry Potter to me." He said.
It was Neville who gave him the answer.
"I am Neville Franklin Longbottom. And I will never join you. I will join you when hell freezes over. Your mercy means having to buckle before an insane maniac with delusions of grandeur who will curse his own followers with the Cruciatus or the Avada Kedavra when he feels like it. Never! Dumbledore's Army!" He shouted.
"Dumbledore's Army!" The shout was taken up by the others.
Voldemort seethed. How did this boy dare to mock him?
"You chose your fate. Dementors and giants, attack!" Voldemort ordered.
The dementors glided forward, but at one point they couldn't get further.
"What the hell is that, Severus?" Voldemort asked the Death Eater to his right.
"I have never seen that before. It must be one of the ancient protections of the castle, my Lord." He tried to explain.
"And how couldn't you know about them? Aren't you the headmaster of Hogwarts?" He sneered.
"I am, but even the headmaster is only told about certain defences in case a threat to the school appears. And part of the knowledge is always held back until one year has passed for the current headmaster. That was written down in the charter of the founders to not have too many people know about the defences in case an interim headmaster was chosen. Otherwise Umbridge would also have known more about the castle than she did." Snape answered.
Voldemort tried to not curse his strongest follower. In the upcoming fight he needed the power of Severus. With the Carrows probably dead, he only had Selvana, Narcissa, Albert, Theodon and Severus left who had any experience in a fight. Then there were the imperiused members he had taken from the Ministry. Some were capable, but most were not. They were mostly bureaucrats that hadn't seen a fight in all their lives. Strangely the auror office had been cleared before he had found out about his horcruxes being destroyed.
Then there was a massive eruption of fire from the Black Lake and two of the giants howled in pain. Another giant was stopped by another, smaller giant and the third was busy with spells being shot at him and a bunch of hippogriffs attacking it.
"They have a dragon!" One of the younger Death Eaters shouted in fright.
"For Hogwarts, for our freedom, get them!" They then heard the voice of Harry Potter shouting.
The defenders of the castle came upon them and soon their ranks were torn apart. Massive spellfire came from the direction of the castle. Some of the imperiused fighters didn't get their shields up in time and fell stunned to the ground.
Harry led the fighters towards the Death Eaters. He needed to take out Voldemort. Anubis was by his side, shielding him while he fired cutting curses, bone breaking hexes and the occasional sectumsempra at the attackers. All around him others engaged the Death Eaters in fights. Spells flew back and forth. His target was Voldemort. As usual he let his minions do the grunt work. Harry cut through at least ten of them; some fell by the sword of Gryffindor, which he wielded with his left while his wand was in his right. Finally he saw him in the middle of an intense fight. Kingsley, McGonagall and Sprout were fighting him three on one. Close by another Death Eater, probably Snape, was fighting another three, Molly, Remus and Bill.
"Hey, Tom, why don't we settle this once and for all?" Harry shouted.
"Potter, so you finally came out of your hole you had hidden in." Voldemort sneered.
"You might not have seen me, but I had some things to do. You know, looking for a few items you thought were important." Harry said, knowing it would worry Voldemort.
Kingsley, McGonagall and Sprout all knew the prophecy and that Harry had to do this. He was the only one who could do this. They turned and quickly decided the fight against the obviously powerful opponents in Voldemort's ranks. In the sky the dementors fled from Norberta and Charlie, who had found out that dragon-fire was something dementors feared. It completely destroyed them. The defenders herded the Death Eaters together and cut them down. Mass stunners and cutting hexes combined made sure they had no chance to escape. This time it would end for good.
Harry and Voldemort had a big circle for themselves, watching each other. Only Anubis was there by Harry's side.
"So you are the Reaper. I wouldn't have thought that Dumbledore's golden boy would use such methods as you did. Didn't the old man tell you that killing was wrong?" Voldemort mocked.
"Strange to hear that from a halfblood that thinks only purebloods are worth living. Somebody who killed for fun. I only kill if I don't have another choice and for our country to finally be free of your delusions I rather take the burden myself than have others bear it. But you should be aware that I will indeed be the bringer of the one thing you always feared; Death." Harry said.
"You can't kill me; I am immortal." Voldemort shouted.
"The diary in 1993 in the Chamber of Secrets with a basilisk fang." Harry said, making Voldemort's eyes go wide. The boy knew about his horcruxes.
"The ring in the Gaunt shack was destroyed by Professor Dumbledore in the summer of 1996. Slytherin's locket hidden in the cave of inferi was found by Regulus Black before he died and destroyed by me with the sword of Gryffindor a few weeks ago in Godric's Hollow. Nagini, I killed with a sectumsempra curse also in Godric's Hollow early in November. The cup of Helga Hufflepuff I got from Bellatrix, who had it hidden in her vault at Gringotts the first of December, but you already knew about that and lastly, Ravenclaw's lost diadem was found by my friends in the Room of Requirement here at Hogwarts and I destroyed it two weeks ago while staying in a hotel in Nottingham. All your horcruxes are destroyed, you are mortal again Tom Marvolo Riddle." Harry shouted the last part.
Severus Snape knew Potter needed to know now that he was the last horcrux and that the monster could only be killed if he died before him, but he couldn't get close enough. Then he was knocked down by a cutting curse to his neck, curtsy of Remus Lupin. When he felt his life slipping away, he knew he had failed his most important mission.
Anubis felt now was the time for his mission to go into the final phase. It hadn't been coincidence that he was at Godric's Hollow just when Harry was there to visit his parents' graves. No, he had known that his wizard to form a familiar bond with was going to be there. The last worthy member of the noble Peverell line. Now here stood the last descendants of Ignotus and Cadmus Peverell opposite each of other, ready to take out the other one. His job was to make sure the worthy heir of the Peverell line was the winner in the end; Harry Potter. He had noticed that in Harry there was another part of the evil soul that had also been living in the locket. But until the other containers of the evil soul had been destroyed it would have been too early to take action. This piece of soul was the weakest one; the only one that hadn't intentionally been placed out of the dark one's body.
Therefore it could be exorcised from Harry, but the circumstances had to be right. For this to work the three Deathly Hallows had to be united in one place under the power of one wizard. Harry had the Cloak of Invisibility. It was his birth right. The Stone of Resurrection was in the snitch and he would send Harry a message to finally take it out. The Elder Wand, while in the hands of the dark one, was Harry's rightful possession. It was time to start. Time to start the ritual known as Death's Ultimatum.
Harry got a mental message form Anubis to take out the Resurrection Stone. The snitch would open if he said something connected to death. He trusted Anubis and took out the snitch from the mokeskin pouch.
"Oh, do you want to play a match of Quidditch now?" Voldemort laughed at Harry, covering up his distress at hearing the boy had really found all his horcruxes and destroyed them. But he still was nothing against him, the most powerful wizard in the world, the master of the Elder Wand.
"You can't win against me. I have the Elder Wand. I am the master of the Deathstick." Voldemort said.
Harry took the snitch to his mouth and whispered 'death'. The snitch opened and there like Harry had expected was the Resurrection Stone. He took it out and looked at Anubis. To his surprise the eyes of his familiar were glowing again like they did when he had banned the soul piece in the locket. Then Harry grabbed his scar in pain.
"No, that can't be." Harry whispered.
Voldemort tried to profit from Harry's sudden weakness and fired an Avada Kedavra at him. That was just what Anubis had waited for. All requisites for the ritual Death's Ultimatum were met now. He caught the green light of the killing curse and held it in position. The Elder Wand was vibrating, Harry like in trance turned the Resurrection Stone three times in his hand and the images of his parents, Sirius, Cedric and Dumbledore appeared. They took positions in the five points of an invisible pentagram.
"Harry, we are so proud of you." James said looking at his son.
"Yes, baby. You have gone through so much hardship and still kept your good heart. We love you so much." Lily said.
"You were a great friend and fair competitor in whatever match we were up against each other, Harry. Don't think you were responsible for my death. I was unlucky to be of no importance to Voldemort. Live your life and take him down." Cedric said.
"Meeting you got me out of the darkness that had trapped me from my time at Azkaban, Harry. You were the only thing I had worth living for. I don't regret that my death happened while I was protecting you. You were best godson I could have ever hoped for and I am happy where I am now." Sirius said smiling. He looked so much younger and healthier than ever.
"You have become a fine young man, Harry. I am very proud of you. Your willingness to take the burden of defender against the dark, your willingness to sacrifice even your life to take down Voldemort has led to a magical ritual not even I had thought would be possible to achieve. The piece of his soul in you will be weighed against your soul. Death gives an Ultimatum for one soul and the losing soul will perish. Our souls will be the guards that keep the judging warded against outside influence." Dumbledore said.
Harry was filled with so much happiness hearing the words of the people who had died for him, that they didn't hold him responsible, that they loved him and were proud of him. He and Voldemort were both enveloped in a pillar of light. Some spells from frantic surviving Death Eaters hit the barrier, but the souls of Sirius, Dumbledore, Cedric and his parents kept them out.
The cloak and the stone on Harry glowed light blue. The Elder Wand glowed dark blue and then Voldemort shouted out and had to drop the hot wand or have his hand burned. The wand fell down and then shot towards Harry. Harry's scar broke open and a black mist shot out shrieking like in horrible pain.
"You did it, Harry." James exclaimed happily. "His soul piece couldn't take the love your soul is filled with anymore and was banished from your body. Now you only have to finish off the last piece of his soul."
"You have the means already before you. Use it." Lily said, pointing at the killing curse that Anubis still kept trapped.
"Bring the world back into the light, my boy, I trust you." Dumbledore said.
"Tell Remus I'm very glad he got off his butt and married my cousin. I'm sorry we all left him behind, but I'm sure he will be otherwise occupied and not have much time to dwell on his grief very soon." Sirius said. "I never told you, but I love you, Harry. Make that pretty red haired girlfriend of yours a very happy woman." He said grinning lecherously.
Harry couldn't help but laugh a bit at that comment. That was so typically Sirius.
"We will always watch over you, Harry. We love you and will always support your decisions even if you can't see us." Lily said. "And I just love the girl that stole your heart. I thoroughly approve." She added.
"Yes, son, it's a historically proven fact that Potter men just can't withstand the charm of a fiery redhead." James said.
Anubis nudged Harry's leg with his nose. Harry nodded; it was time to end this dark chapter in British wizarding history.
"Accio Tom Riddle." Harry called out using the Elder Wand and Voldemort was pulled from his position. There was no withstanding the Elder Wand under the command of its true master.
Harry let him fall directly in the suspended killing curse. In his eyes showed the utter disbelief about being beaten by Harry Potter in such a way. But that emotion was the last he felt when his own killing curse took his life. Harry saw the souls he had called smile at him and then vanish back into the afterlife. Anubis returned to his puppy form. His job was done. From now on he only was the familiar of Harry Potter. The new Master of Death.
The battle is over. How did you like my version of getting rid of the Horcrux in Harry? I thought I should come up with something besides letting Voldy kill Harry and letting the goblins extract it. That would have been a problem in the war anyway.
Thanks to all my reviewers. And the story still isn't done for completely. Next week Ron and Hermione will get their due.