Young Blood

A pain in Harry's head throbbed like never before. He let go of Hermione and clutched his forehead. He felt as if he was going to be sick.

"He knows. Ginny was a Horcrux, and he knows she died." Harry stuttered.

"HARRY CLOSE YOUR MIND! HE'LL FIND US!" Hermione shrieked

"Too late." Harry said weakly. The room was in a panic, no one knew what to do. Hermione was pacing furiously.

"Keep your mind open, see if you can figure out what he's going to do." Draco said. Harry really didn't have a choice. And he knew by then anyway. There was about to be a war. They were going to need a miracle to get out of this alive.

Out of the corner of Harry's eye, he saw what looked like red silk out side floating out of the archway. Ginny's head began to appear out of the archway, her hands grasping her way out. Hermione and Draco ran over to her and pulled her out.

Neville, Ron, Harry, Hermione and Draco all stared at her, stunned.

"Sirius, he helped me out." She said softly.

"Can he get-"

"No Harry, he can't. But, I destroyed the ugly thing that was inside of me." Ginny shivered.

"Yea we know. He knows too." Ron said. "Look, I'm going to go round up the Order, I should be back shortly. Ron paused for a moment. And then ran at his sister. She jumped into his arms and they embraced.

"Well, that was a short goodbye." Ron said, smiling. "But, we need help. I'll be back."

"I don't know that we should sp-" With a snap, Hermione's words weren't heard and Ron was gone.

"We need backup. There's about to be a war, Hermione." Harry said. He knew she was worried about Ron.

"Harry, close your mind. And we'll get out of here, he's gonna know where we are. But if we can sneak up and get the snake…" Hermione said. They all nodded. Most likely, all of them would prefer that Voldemort did not know where they were hiding.

They ran to the spinning door, found their exit, and headed straight towards the hall.

"Wait." Hermione yelled. "I'll go back, and wait for Ron and the others. They need to know where we are. Before Harry could stop her, Hermione is off running.

"She'll be okay." Draco said. Ginny nodded. They continued to run, unsure of where they were going. Harry was now unable to lead, his mind wondering where Hermione could be and if she was safe.

Harry's head began throbbing. "He'll be here shortly" He said. Harry did his best to close his mind. He had no idea where Voldemort would be going, and so he figured Voldemort still believed Harry was in the Department of mysteries. "He's here." Harry almost doubled over in pain.

"what's the plan?" Draco asked.

"We need to go back and destroy the snake." Ron said.

Harry, Neville, and Ginny looked at one another. Once again they would be taking battle in the department of mysteries. Harry sincerely hoped this would be the final battle. They turned around and slowly walked back towards the spinning room.

The first door they opened was the memory room. Harry was all too familiar with this room. The last time he was in here, Ron as fighting with a brain.

The teens heard smashing and stepped in side the room. They peaked around a corner. Fenir Greyback and Lupin were in a battle. Draco whispered under his breath.

"expelliarmus." Greyback's wand fell out of his hand, giving Lupin enough time for the final blow.

"Avada Kedavra." He yelled. Greyback fell to the ground.

"God he's such a creeper." Draco said. Ginny smiled. She, Harry, and Neville agreed.

"The snake isn't in here guys." Ginny said. They turned towards the spinning door, remembering Hermione's trick, he put an X on it.

"Where do you suppose it is?" Draco asked.

"With Voldemort." Harry said.

"I need to learn to not ask questions that I don't want to know the answers too." Draco said.

"Where do you suppose Voldemort is?" Neville asked.

"Waiting. He's not going to fight yet. Not when he's so close to being mortal." Harry said.

"They opened the next door. Here they were, the room with the archway. An epic battle had broken out. Death eaters and members of the Order were fighting, Harry was astonished that Harry had went unnoticed when he entered the room.

"No Ron, Hermione or snake." Ginny said. Harry saw McGonagall run by him, sparks flying out of her wand, aimed at the soon to be defeated death eater. He saw Tonks deliver the final blow to Wormtail.

"Com on Harry. Let's go. We have to find them." Ginny yelled. They went back through the door. The room spun again. Harry noticed that there seemed to be more Xs that he had remembered placing. They entered the Time room. Harry thought he heard noise in the distance, but he was unsure of what it was. They looked around, walking through the aisles.

"I think I heard the door open." Neville whispered. They remained still for a moment. Harry eventually decided he should check who entered. He stepped out from behind the aisle, only to see an exasperated Ron.

"Harry watch out!" Ron screamed before pointing his wand towards Harry's feet and yelling "Avada Kedavra."

Harry looked down. Ron had killed the snake. The final Horcrux.

"RON YOU DID IT!" Harry yelled in excitement.

"No time to celebrate Harry. I've been looking for someone everywhere. Com on, we have to help Hermione. She's trying to fight Bellatrix."

"And you just left her." Harry's excitement quickly turned to anger. How could Ron have just left Hermione with Bellatrix. They would be lucky if Hermione wasn't dead by now.

"I can't exactly help..just come on, I'll show you." Ron said. He turned towards the door and Draco, Ginny, Harry and Neville followed him.

"Where are they?"

"The room with the prophesies." Ron stated. "I marked it with a special X."

Sure enough, the X for the room of prophesies was blue. The room stopped spinning and they entered through the room. Harry could hear the duel farther back in the room.

They walked cautiously. Harry peaked in between the prophesies to see the battle on the other side. He saw Hermione...Battling Hermione.