(While everyone else was fighting in the courtyard)
Tom quietly made his way in the winding staircase of the Astronomy Tower. The chicken Harry Potter had run into the Tower, in an effort to run and hide from Tom.
Tom came close to a corner when he spotted a shadowy figure dart away. He knew it was Potter and cast Crucio at him. Potter dodged and continued running away. Tom eventually closed off any escape method for Harry.
But the boy was prepared, he hid in a dark corner and waited for Tom to come around another corner and leapt on his back. Tom stumbled and when Tom got Harry off his back, they began to grab at each other and then they stumbled out of the window. (The same window Dumbledore fell from the year before)
Harry landed closest to the Astronomy Tower and he saw Tom bounce towards the crowd of people that made up: Bellatrix Lestrange, Nysara Black, Fred, Bill (who Harry noticed had blood and cut wounds on his torso), Fleur, Charlie, Luna, Barty Crouch Jr., Regulus Black; he figured, Regulus' wife; Anika, Draco Malfoy, Daphne Greengrass and the traitor herself; Hermione. (All the other deaths eaters are either dead or have already disapparated)
Harry thought about the situation and figured that if he could distract Tom, then he would be able to finish him off. Harry sent an evil smirk towards Hermione, but she didn't notice; she was too focused on her dad.
But Barty noticed and as Harry began to say the words "Sectumsempra". Barty quickly pushed Hermione out of the way and he received the full force of the curse. (A.N: Harry wants Tom to see his daughter suffer before he kills him. Harry is not all nice, now that he knows Hermione is evil. He also wants Hermione to have to watch her beloved father die right in front of her)
Tom looked towards Barty and saw the young man on the floor; who was whimpering from the pain. Tom then saw his heartbroken daughter; Hermione kneel down beside her husband and for the first time in her life she started to cry. Bellatrix, Anika, Luna, Fleur, Daphne and Nysara all knelt down beside the grief-stricken girl and tried to comfort her.
Tom then turned towards Harry; who was smirking and Tom cast "Avada Kedavra", while Harry cast "Expelliarmus".
It seemed pretty even, but Tom's anger at seeing his only daughter cry and his son-in-law dying fuelled his power and his band of green magic slowly but surely overwhelmed Harry's red strand of magic.
The green strip was inches away from Harry when Harry lost his grip on his wand and the strand hit him; square in the chest.
Harry Potter crumpled to the ground and was still. Tom smiled for a moment before he ran over to his family. He knelt down and held Hermione by her shoulders; as did her mother.
Barty was bleeding profusely and he was getting weaker and weaker. Suddenly, Tom remembered what Severus had said about this counter-spell
Tom knelt away from his daughter and pointed his wand at Barty. He said the words "Vulnera Sanentur" 3 times and the wounds healed up. Hermione watched with great hope and sure enough, Barty's eyes eventually opened and he saw the worried faces of everyone that was there.
"What happened?" Barty said in a sarcastic way, but it made Hermione laugh. She helped him sit up and hugged him gently; he hugged her back and saw that now everyone was moving to help him up.
Barty laughed at the fact that Bill, Fred, Charlie, Regulus, Fred and Draco all made a move to help him but only Fred and his 2 brothers got to him first and they helped him stand on his own 2 feet; but not without some assistance from Hermione and Draco.
"Thank you, my Lord" Barty said; bowing slightly before Tom advance and gently embraced him.
Barty was confused and Tom went on to say that "if you hadn't done that, I could have lost a daughter and then I would never have been able to focus on my task. So thank you".
They pulled back and the 7 happy couples made their way back to Riddle Manor. When they got back to the Manor, Hermione and Barty apparated into their room; so that Barty could rest.
Bill and Fleur did the same thing, Bill was still lethargic and he needed to rest to return his strength.
Charlie and Luna went to plan for their wedding.
Draco and Daphne said their goodbyes and apparated to Malfoy Manor.
Nymphadora and Remus were already resting in their room, when the others came in. They went back to sleep and waited to ask about casualties the next morning.
Fred and Nysara decided to go to bed, because they almost lost a brother (Fred), brother-in-law (Nysara), good friend (Fred and Nysara).
Regulus and Anika apparated to Number 12 Grimmauld Place; where they still lived, because it was left in a will to Regulus by his parents; Orion and Walburga Black.
Finally, Tom, Bellatrix and Hermione; when she left her husband so he could sleep, they decided to count up casualties.
On the light, many such as: the Weasleys, Neville Longbottom, many Gryffindors (Seamus Finnegan, Lavender Brown and Parvati Patil), teachers such as (Minerva McGonagall, Lillith Monty and Filius Flitwick) were all dead as well as the pest known formerly as Harry James Potter.
On the dark, they lost members such as: Alecto and Amycus Carrow (much to Hermione's joy), Wormtail or Peter Pettigrew as he was most commonly known by and Augustus Rookwood (just no name a few)
Other death eaters such as: Fenrir Greyback, Rabastan Lestrange, McNair were only slightly injured.
After the numbers were tallied up, Hermione decided to go up to her room; to be with her husband. Hermione silently crept into their shared room and she climbed into bed, nest to Barty.
They hugged and kissed for a few seconds before Barty groaned in pain and Hermione let him be. They both fell asleep but Hermione's dreams were plagued by what would have happened if her dad had not been able to save Barty. She pushed those thoughts out of her head and she settled in for a calm, dreamless night.
