ANNIKA

I just kneeled there letting my tears fall as the battle raged around me. It didn't seem important anymore. George was one of the best things that's hapned to me in this life. Now he was gone. How was I supposed to go on? How was it that the world continued spinning? Without him nothing seemed important anymore. Definitely not this battle we were fighting.

I wasn't sure how long I kneeled there before I felt pain shoot through my scalp. Someone had twisted their fingers in my hair. Whoever it was, yanked my head back hard and I was staring into the cold red eyes of The Dark Lord. He had the most disgusting smirk on his face.

"Get up!" he ordered.

As upset as I was, I knew better than to refuse a direct order from him. Which is why I rose to my feet trembling. He dragged me into the woods by my hair. We stopped about a quarter mile in and he conjured a pair of scissors. He readjusted his grip on my hair to about my shoulders. Then he started to hack away at it with the scissors.

I was fighting the urge to cry. It hurt a lot but that wasn't the reason for my tears. My hair was my pride and joy. It was the only thing that they had left alone in all time as a captive. In fact, they took the best care of it. I never figured out why but I loved that it was the only part of me that was still in one piece. He was ruining that now as he hacked away at it not caring what it looked like when he was done.

I found myself wondering why he would do something as random as chop my hair off in the middle of the woods during a battle where his men were dying. (A/N: That sentence may in fact be a run on. I'm not sure but I like the way it came out. I aplogise if it is.) Once he finished, he banished the scissors. He put the hair he'd cut off in one had then gripped the rest of it by the roots again.

He continued to drag me through the woods but dropped a clump of hair where we were just standing. I tried to look back at it but the hold he had on my head didn't allow for much movement. I heard him let out a little chuckle and then he spoke,

"We have to make sure your brother and sister can find you, don't we."

I couldn't believe that hadn't accured to me. That hair served a dual purpose. It wasn't just to lure them into a trap. No, he wanted to make sure that they knew that he really had me. I had to find a way to keep him from calling them. Or a way to mess up the trail. I knew it was pointless though. I wasn't going to get away from him with enough time to cover the trail before he'd catch up to me. My only choice was to beg. I hated doing that because it gave him satisfaction in knowing what he was doing was hurting me. But I knew I had to save Angel and Harry. They were the only things I really had left in this life.

"Please, leave them alone!" I pleaded. "Do what you want to me but don't hurt them!"

He smirked as he pulled me harder.

"I wish that I didn't have to hurt any of you." he said with mock sympathy. "But, unfortunately, I can't get rid of just one because the other two would still be a threat."

I was quiet after that. He continued to drag me for several more miles, dropping more clumps of hair at every quarter mile or so. Finally, we made it to a clearing. He forced me to the ground. I thought then that I'd have a chance to get away. If only I could catch him off guard. He blew those plans out the window when he performed the spell that tied my hands behind my back.

"There, now you can't do anything stupid." he stated with another chuckle. Then he pointed his wand at his throat and said another spell, "Harry Potter and Angel Miller,"

His voice carried through the clearing and I had a feeling they'd hear even through the sounds of the battle. "I have your dear sweet sister. If you ever wanna see he alive again, come find us. If you walk a quarter mile into the woods where the Weasley twin's bodies lay, you'll find that I've left a trail for you. Follow it but come alone. If you don't then sissy here will die. You have one hour." he finished with a chuckle. He pointed his wand at his throat once again and said another spell. When he turned to me, I knew it wasn't going to be good. "And I have an hour to play. Crucio!"

The pain shot through my entire body. It was so much worse than all the other times, yet, somehow, I managed not to scream. I wasn't about to give him the satisfaction of anymore screams or tears. He had taken so much from me that I was done giving anything back. Especially the pleasure he got out of knowing that I was hurting. The pain went on for nearly a minute before it stop.

"You should know the rules by now." Voldemort stated looking down at me in disgust. "The sooner you scream, the sooner it's over."

"Believe me, I haven't forgotten." I replied. "But you won't be getting anything out of me. I've cried my last tear over everything that you've taken from me. I've screamed my last scream for all of the pain that you've inflicted on me. I won't do it anymore. So hurt me all you want but I'm not going to give in to you anymore."

"I garuntee that you'll be singing a different tune by the end of the hour." He stated.

I bit my lip as another wave of pain hit me. This one was ten times worse than the last. I knew at that point that this was going to be a very long hour.

HARRY

By some miracle, Ron, Hermione, Ginny and I managed to get out of the house unscathed. We even mananged to incapacite roughly half of them. I was actually kind of shocked by theat number. Then again, I suppose the combination that George put together, had something to do with it.

Once we got out of the house, we discovered that Charlie and Tonks had really delivered on their end of the plan. Death Eaters and Order memebers were everywhere firing spells back and forth. We joined the fray the minute we got out of the house. We were working very hard to make to kill as many Death Eaters as possible and stay together at the same time. Charlie had somehow mananged to find us and join our little group.

The fight was a lot hard than we imagined because we were trying to fight as well as protect our loved ones. That was easier said than done because even with the numbers that were already dead in the house, there was still more Death Eaters than Order members. We were trying to block spells that were flying in every direction. It didn't help that I got distracted every time I looked in the fire.

I was worried about whether or not, Annika, Angel and George got out. We had been looking for them the best we could while we fought. We didn't see any sign of any of them. I prayed that they made it out because I didn't think that I could handle losing any of them. Even George who I had come to think of as a brother.

I wasn't sure how long we fought before I heard a familiar voice calling my name. I whipped around to see Angel running toward me. My heart soared. At least I knew one of them had made it. She ran to me throwing Death Eaters out of the way in the process. She wasn't even paying attention to where they landed.

I noticed that her clothes were a little torn and there were some dirt smudges on her face. Her usually nearly perfect hair was standing up every which way. She was most definitely a mess but at least she was alive.

I ran towards her with Charlie by my side. I embraced her quickly and Charlie followed suite. Our reunion was interuptted by a few stray spells but they were easily taken care of. I was about to ask her about George and Annika when she opened her mouth,

"George and Annika are fine." she stated. "George sent me to get you guys actually. He wants me to you guys back to where he and Annika are and make sure that all of you are alive. Then he wants to discuss another plan to end this."

I nodded. The others seemed to have heard what she said during the own individual fights. We silently began moving our fights in the direction Angel was leading us. It took us forever to get there while the fights continued.

When we finally made it, I felt my heart sink into my stomach. I was staring at the worst sight I'd ever seen in my life. George lying on the fournd, his body lifeless, with his eyes widened in shock. Fred was some twenty feet away from him, dead, as well. I momentarily wondered if the brothers had battled it out and killed each other.

Ginny let out a choked sob and buried her head in my shoulder. I stroked her hair and comforted her the best I could. I looked over to see Charlie on his knees in utter shock. Angel had her arms wrapped around him. She was whispering something to him. Ron was just standing there unable to believe what he was seeing. Hermione was trying to find a way to provide comfort but she wasn't sure what she should do.

I felt the tears leak from his eyes. I had completely forgotten about the battle that was going on around us. It didn't seem important anymore. In fact, in my mind the whole world had stopped. I couldn't believe that two of my brothers were lying dead at my feet. True, Fred had betrayed us all but I knew not a single on of the Weasley ever stopped loving him. Not even Ginny, even after all of the horrible stuff he put her through. Yes, his betrayal had cut us all pretty deep but his death cut us even deeper.

Once the world caught up with me again, I realized something important was missing. I paniced and turned to Angel.

"Didn't you say that Annika was with him?" I asked.

"Yes." Angel answered.

"Well, where is she now?" I asked losing it just a little bit.

"I don't know, Harry." Angel answered sounding just as upset.

"Well, we have to find her." Ginny stated wiping the tears off of her face.

"No, you, Charlie, Ron, and Hermione are leaving." I stated. "You guys aren't in any state to fight. You've just lost most of your family in less than twenty four hours. I don't want to lose any of you because you aren't mentally ready for the fight. And I don't want the Weasleys' numbers to drop anymore."

"Harry," Ginny said. "Annika is pretty much our sister now too. We aren't going anywhere until we know that she is safe. Even if that means continuing the fight."

"Harry Potter and Angel Miller," Voldemort voice rang out over the Malfoy grounds as if it were over a P.A. system. "I have your dear sweet sister. If you ever wanna see he alive again, come find us. If you walk a quarter mile into the woods where the Weasley twin's bodies lay, you'll find that I've left a trail for you. Follow it but come alone. If you don't then sissy here will die. You have one hour." he finished with a chuckle.

The grounds were completely silent when Voldemort finished his speech. Everyone was shocked over what they just heard. After a second or so the fighting resumed and I turned to my friends.

"Charlie, take these three and leave." I said. "I have to go save my sister."

"No, Harry. We won't let you guys go by yourselves." Ginny pleaded throwing her arms around me.

"Ginny, I have to go help Annika." I stated. "I don't want to have to worry about you guys' safety to. Please, just go with Charlie. I promise you that I will do everything in my power to come back to you. But I can't leave her but I can't walk away from you guys when I know you're still in danger. Please just go."

Tears were pouring down her face. I wiped them away and stroked her hair. I didn't know what else I could say so I simply kissed her. It was the deepest most passionate kiss that we had ever shared. I didn't want it to end but, alas, the real world was waiting for us. I pulled away from her and looked to Angel who was finishing a smiliar exchange with Charlie. Once the finished, Angel came to stand by my side.

"Charlie, take them and keep them safe." I said. He nodded and Angel and I took off for the woods.

We entered the woods right where Voldemort had instruscted. Sure enough, about a quarter mile in, I found a shiny black clump of something laying on the ground. As I walked over to it, I prayed it wasn't what I thought it was.

"Oh god." I swallowed the lump in my thought as I felt the silkiness of the balck clump. "It's her hair." I showed Angel. "She loved her hair."

Angel knew that too. We stared at the clump in my hand sadly for a moment.

"Come on." Angel finally said. "We can still save her."

"Right."

We continued to walk. There was a new clump of hair every quarter mile or so. We went a good file miles before we came to a clearing. When we entered it Voldemort's back was to us. We were very quiet as we stepped closer.

Voldemort was standing a good five feet from Annika with his wand raised. Annika was on the ground writhing and convulsing in agony. I was amazed that she wasn't making any noise to indicate that she was in pain. I had that curse put on me several times in the past few years and to be able to endure the pain in silence was nothing short of miraculous.

Angel took advantage of the element of surprise by swiping her hand in front of her and sending him flying across the field to the ground. The spell was automatically lifted from Annika. Voldemort, of course, didn't stay done very long but Angel froze him before he was fully up.

"We gotta get her quick." Angel told me. "I don't know how long it'll last on him."

We ran to Annika's side. She was laying face down on the ground with her hands tied behind her back. I untied her and flipped her over. Her face was dirty and bruised. Her clothes were ripped and her know shoulder length hair was a complete mess.

She was scared for a moment until she realized that it was me who was holding her. After that she grabbed my shirt and just broke down.

"It's okay honey." I whispered stroking her hair. "I'm here."

"No, Harry." she whispered. "It's not okay. George is dead. It's never going to be okay."

"I know sweetie but you can't think about that right now, okay." I told her. "I need you to calm down and help us fight, okay? George wouldn't want you to die because he did, now, would he?"

Annika shook her head. She was doing everything she could to get her breathing back under control. Angel and I helped her stand up.

"How sweet." Voldemort's voice came from behind us. "A Potter family reunion. Why don't I make it complete by sending you to meet your parents."

We whirled around just in time to see him raise his wand. Before he even had a chance to say a spell, Annika swipe her hand across the front of her body and sent his wand flying into the trees. Rage was evident on his face but I saw a flicker of something that looked like fearn in his eyes. He began walking toward us so Angel flicked her hands out in front of her and he stopped on the spot.

"Harry, it doesn't last that long. Do it!" she yelled not taking her eyes off Voldemort.

I raised the wand prepared to do what I had to do but I couldn't make myself utter the words. I just couldn't bring myself to kill another living being, no matter how evil he was. I just stood there looking at Voldemort's frozen form with my wand shaking in my hand.

"Harry, just do it!" Angel yelled as she spun around. "He's an evil man. He's killed so many people including the ones you love. If anyone deserves to die it's him! Think about what he did to Annika."

She was right. If he didn't deserve to die for any other reason, it was for destroying Annika's life. She was an inoccent little girl who never hurt anyone. She didn't deserve the twelve years of hell she went through. I finally gathered what I needed to do it but it was too late.

Voldemort had unfroze and was suddenly behind Angel. He had his left arm wrapped around her. Her hands were pinned between his stomach and her back. HIs right hand was wrapped around her throat. I gulped and Annika let out a small whimper of fear. Angel just stood there as still as she could trying to look brave.

"Drop it, Harry." Voldemort stated. "Or I'll kill her right now."

Harry didn't hesitate to throw the wand halfway across the clearing.

"Now, you pet." He turned his attention to Annika. "Go and fetch my wand. And don't do anything stupid or I'll kill her."

I could feel Annika trembling by my side. She looked at me for confirmation and I nodded. Slowly, she made her way over to the spot where his wand had landed. I turned my attention back to Voldemort after a minute. I had to figure out a way to get them out of it.

"Look, take me." I stated. "Do what you want but let them go."

Voldemort laughed.

"I can't do that, Harry." he stated. "You see even if the three of you aren't together, you're still a threat to me. Which means I have to get rid of all three of you and what better way to do that then when we're all alone together."

"Damn it!" I cursed to myself as Annika made her way back over to us.

She slowly handed Voldemort the wand. He removed his hand from Angel's throat and grabbed the wand. He then jabbed it at her throat.

"So which one wants to be first?" he taunted. "I thought it would fun to make Harry watch the two of you die first."

I didn't know what to do. I didn't dare do anything because I didn't want to ruin any chance the girls had for survivial. I knew that Annika wasn't going to use her powers because she didn't want to risk hurting Angel. My mind was racing with plans but they all involved a miraculous escape from Angel or outside help. We were in big trouble.

I felt terrible. I was about to let my little sisters down. Like I had their whole lives. There was nothing I could do to stop it and I hated myself for getting them into this.

"What do you think my dear?" Voldemort whispered in Angel's ear.

"Go to hell." Angel replied.

"I'll meet you there wench." he replied and pushed her to the ground raising his wand.

Annika squeaked and buried her head in my shoulder and I closed my eyes. We were both waiting for the words that would end our sister's life. Only they never came. Instead, I heard four familiar voices yell "Stupey" which was followed by an "Umph!" and a thud. I opened my eyes to see Voldemort lying, stunned on the clearing ground and Hermione, Ron, Ginny, and Charlie standing a few feet behind where he was.

I didn't have much time to contemplate the situation because Angel had used her powers to call for my wand and was shoving it in my hand.

"Don't hesitate this time." she stated with a disapproving look.

I walked over to where Voldemort laid. Only his eyes were moving back in forth in a panic. He was trying to find away out of it. There was no way, though.

I stared down at him as I thought of everything his done to make life hell. I thought of all the people that I loved that he killed. I thought of the broken look on Annika's face when she told me nothing would be okay without George. I raised my wand and utter the words Avada Kedevra for the first and last time in my life.

The green light shot out of my wand and hit him in the chest. I watched as his eyes widened in shock as the light left them. Once I was sure he was gone, I looked to Ginny and the others.

"I thought I told you guys to leave?" I yelled.

"And I told you that I wasn't going anywhere without all of my family." Ginny replied running over to me and wrapping her arms around me.

I looked over to see that Charlie had done the same to Angel. Then I heard a small sob behind me and turned to see Annika on her knees with tear streaming down her face. I ran to her and put my arms around her.

"It's okay, Anni." I whispered. "It's over. He's gone for good."

"It doesn't matter." she choked out. "George is gone. And so is half our family."

She had a point. Voldemort may be gone forever but, with everything we've lost in the past couple of days, it didn't seem like much of a victory. I held her in my arms and rocked her as she cried. The others gathered around her and we comforted each other as best we could in that moment.

"We better get back." Hermione stated after awhile. "We need to let the others know that we're all right."

I nodded and helped Annika get to her feet. I grabbed her right hand in my left and wrapped my right arm around Ginny's shoulder. Ginny wrapped her arms around my waist and laid her head on my shoulder. Angel grabbed Annika's left hand in her right and put her left around George's waist. George put his arm around Angel waist. Hermione and Ron were behind us holding hands.

It was over but there were still a lot of things left to get over. Yet, as we walked out of the woods, we all knew that things would eventually be okay. Simply because we still had our little make shift family to help get us through it all.

A/N: I hope that turned out okay. I know the death of Voldie isn't quite what everyone was looking for. The problem was, I tried to find a way to make it cool but it kept coming out stupid. So, I went for something a little more settle. I hope it didn't turn too bad. There's going to be one more chapter after this and then I'm finally finished with this story. I hope you all enjoyed this one. Please review.