Chapter 25: The Fall of the Already Fallen

"NO!" Narcissa screamed as she watched the figure drop to the floor. Draco looked closer and saw the long black robes and greasy black hair, Lucius had accidently hit him while Severus was protecting Angelina's back from Travers, while she helped Harry fight Lucius.

Lucius had stopped fighting and looked down at his old friend in shock, after a few seconds Harry got to his senses and stunned him. After a few more seconds he joined in the fight, the rest of the Death Eaters had joined in. Draco noticed the arrival of three other Order members, Ginny, Luna, and Angelina.

Narcissa made to get up but Draco and Blaise held her down on the ground, she stopped struggling and cried silently with her head on her son's chest. They had been in the same year at Hogwarts together, and had been friends ever since.

They watched the struggle quietly until Luna got locked into a intense battle with Avery, to Narcissa and Draco's surprise, Blaise jumped up and blocked Luna from harm with his own body.

Arthur watched as his son flew out of nowhere knocking Hermione to the ground. He instinctively deflected a curse from McNair then locked once again into a intense battle with Bellatrix.

All the children had gotten out of the school house and were already out of site.

"Grab Hermione and let's go!" Arthur yelled.

Arthur, Dedalus, Hestia, and Hermione's savior all apperated to the Burrow in blink of an eye.

"Molly! MOLLY!"

Pansy ran over to the five people gathered on the floor.

"I'M COMING PANSY! WHO'S BACK SO FAR?" Mrs. Weasley's voice rang from the kitchen.

"Um…ARTHUR…HEISTA..DEUDLEOUS….HERMIONE…AND…oh my god…Ron?!"

"BLAISE GET BACK HERE!"

But Draco doubted Blaise could hear him. Luna looked just as shocked as the rest of them.

Lucius had recovered from the stunning charm and watched his godson fight against Avery, shielding the blond Order member.

"Damn it." Lucius cursed but turned his back on Blaise, Luna, and Avery not wanting to get involved, in case he hurt Blaise.

"TRAITOR" Avery roared as he sent curse after curse at Blaise.

"What an idiot!" Draco cursed as he jumped to his feet and ran after his best friends to save him from certain death.

"Here they come!" Traver's yelled as Draco joined in the fight against Avery.

Draco looked up as four ink black smoke flew downwards then developing into the form of Bellatrix, Dolohov, McNair, and Greyback.

Harry and Draco noticed the same thing at the same time immediately: Hermione wasn't with them.

"Ron what are you doing here!?" Pansy asked outraged pulling out her wand and pointing it at the red head.

"Pan's, not now! Please!" Ron said rolling an unconscious Hermione over.

Did it hit her? Was I too late to save her? No, Hermione please, it'll be all my fault!

"Move out of the way. Move out of the way!" Molly bustled over caring a wizarding first aid kit and her wand.

"What happened to her?"

"Bellatrix found out the truth when Hermione cursed Greyback because he was about to hex dad, then she sent a killing curse at Hermione and I tried to knock her out of the way but I don't know if it hit or not. Not only that McNair cursed her as well, but I don't know with what. I don't know if either of them hit her." Ron said quickly looking down at the form of his long time best friend.

"Oh no, Hermione!" Pansy was on her knees by Hermione head pushing her hair back. Narcissa holding Teddy, and Nagini came into the room and gathered around Hermione as well. Teddy climbed out of his aunt's arm's and laid his head on Hermione's chest as if trying to listing for a heart beat that nobody could hear.

"WHERE'S HERMIONE?" Draco shouted to his Aunt.

Bellatrix turned to him and stunned Traver's and Avery. She walked closer to Draco, he didn't think that she had even seen that he was dueling them.

"Did you know," She said low and slowly. "that you married a mudblood and not just any mudblood, you. Married. Freakin. HERMIONE GRANGER!"

Bellatrix looked frightening and downright mad in her spaz of rage.

"Yes I did. Now tell me were she is." Draco answered dangerously.

"YOU KNEW?"

"WHERE IS SHE?" Harry and Draco shouted at the same time.

"Either she was killed by Bellatrix's killing curse, or she's slowly dying by my own curse. It slows the heart till finally…it stops." McNair smirked.

"STUBEFY." Draco and Harry yelled but the two death eaters rose into the air and avoided the hexes.

What followed was a series of noises, lights, and limbs flying faster then the eye could see. Wands were being swiped so fast they were blurs, there was so much light you couldn't tell you were fighting, you were constantly bumping into people not knowing if they were your enemy or your ally, it was a series of curses, hexes, charms, sheer luck, and hope that who ever you hit was not a friend but a foe.
Finally some things calmed down after a few death eaters were finally stunned or eliminated.

Luna and Blaise were still fighting Avery.

Draco was fighting his father.

Harry was fighting Bellatrix.

George and Percy were fighting Rookwood.

Ginny and Angelina were fighting Dolohov.

Charlie were fighting McNair.

Bill was fighting Greyback.

Everyone else lay scattered on the ground unconscious. Most of them Death Eaters, including Rodulphus.

"YOU DIRTY LYING PICE OF SCUM" Percy shouted as he and George fought Rookwood to the death. He was going to pay for Fred's death, this time, there was no way out of it.

Draco was finally able to defeat his father who lay stunned on the floor. He was about to apperate to the Burrow when Pansy apperated, nearly right on top of him.

"Wow, what are the odds?" She mused and looked around at the flying bodies.

"Pansy!....Hermione….were….what…" Draco stumbled over his words.

"It's okay, calm down before you hyperventilate yourself. She's going to be okay, Molly and Ginny took her to Saint Mungo's, she was hit my a curse that-"

"That slows down her heat and slowly and painfully kills her?" Draco finished.

"Yeah, they reversed the effects and she's asleep."

"Good." Draco sighted relieved.

"Draco, she'll be okay, I have to get back to help Molly…deal with something." And before Draco could ask questions she apperated away.

Draco looked around at the fighting pairs and couldn't help but wonder if the Order had purposely singled out there opponents.

Percy and George vs. Rookwood, for revenge for murdering Fred.

Harry vs. Bellatrix for revenge for murdering Sirius and Tonks.

Bill vs. Greyback for revenge because of the scars now permanently in place on Bill's face.

Ginny and Angelina vs. Dolohov for revenge for their favorite professor and in Ginny's case, the murder of a close friend: Remus Lupin.

And one by one the Death Eaters fell to the ground. Greyback fell mauled and cut to the ground, passed out, Dolohov fell over as Ginny's curse hit him square in the chest, Rookwood lay dead next to a tied up Lucius and McNair, and Avery lay on the floor bloodied with his wand broken in half.

It was just Harry and Bellatrix left standing.

"Are going to revenge my dear cousin?" Bellatrix asked tauntingly as she deflected a nasty hex. "Did you love him? My little blood traitor rotten disgraced cousin!"

"He was a better wizard and person then you could ever dream of being! As was you're little sister and niece!" Harry roared.

Bellatrix face twisted into a look of fury as she lashed out a series of curses, Sectemcempra flew past him, he got a minor cut that momentarily distracted him.

Bellatrix crackled and came closer to him, he was kneeling, trying to stop the bleeding coming from his cheek.

"HARRY!" Ginny screamed and tried to run after him but Draco grabbed her arms held her back, she would get herself killed if she interfered.

Bellatrix was now ginning down evilly at him.

"You loved him didn't you? My cousin was a disgraceful brat and deserved what he got. Now you will go the same way as your dear godfather. Any last words before you join your disgusting waste of a godfa-"

"AVADA KEDAVRA." Harry roared finally loosing it.

Bellatrix looked shocked at his sudden movement just the way she had at Molly's and as if in slow motion she fell to the floor.

"Harry!" Ginny broke free of Draco's grip and ran over and threw her arms around his neck, he was still on the ground so the force of her knocked him backwards.

"It's okay, Gin." Harry said hugging her, he kissed her full on the lips until Draco cleared his throat.

"Oh, Hermione!" Ginny suddenly said standing up and pulling Harry with her.

"You all go to the Burrow and see if she's their I'll stay here and wait-"
"Potter calm down, Pansy was here a few minutes ago and said she's at Saint Mungo's resting." Draco said cutting Harry off.

"Oh thank god. I'm going to go see her, I'll see you later." Ginny kissed Harry once again then apperated to the hospital.

Draco decided to wait a few minutes before going, after all she was probably asleep. He walked over to were his best friend was talking with Luna Lovegood.

"Luna, Ginny just apperated to Saint Mungo's to see Hermione." Draco informed the Ravenclaw.

"I'm going to go with her, I'll talk to you later Blaise." She hugged him then to Draco and apparently Blaise surprise as well, she kissed him on the cheek then appeated away.

"Blimey" Blaise muttered touching where her lips had met his chin and looking as if he'd just been seduced by a veela.

"Somebody doesn't have a little crush now do they?" Draco taunted his dazed friend.

"Oh shut up." Blaise snapped but still smiling like a toddler with a bag of candy.

"Didn't know you had the hot's for Lovegood, Blaise." Draco remarked sitting next to Blaise on the grass and they watched as Harry told the aurous who had just shown up what happened.

"Not many people know." Blaise shrugged.

"What will Pansy say?"

"She already knows."
"What! You told Pansy but not me?! What kinda 'best friend' are you?!" Draco asked completely befuddled on how he could tell Pansy about this but not him.

"Well, I told her er…before you know." Blaise suddenly looked awkward.

"Before what?"

"You know that day when Snape barged in on us…." His voice trailed away.

"Yeah." Draco said grinning.

"Well before that I told her and she said that it was fine, she has it for Theo so she won't care."

"Thought she had it for Weasley?" Draco mused.

"She did, but she's always had it for Theo, after Weasley had his outburst she just tried to forget about him." Blaise shrugged.

"Well why don't you say we all go meet our girls at the hospital then?" Harry had joined them and offered a hand to help the two up.

The two Slytherin's smirked and together all three of them apperated to where their girl's await.

A/N: Another chapter done and gone. I had some real trouble with this, severe writers block on the chapter and last so i'm dreadfully sorry for the wait. One more chapter and then probaly a epilouge following it then this story will be done. The eplioge might be witin the last chapter as well, I don't know yet. :( i'm sad but I have a another story that I have already wrote the first two chapters for. I actually got a beta reader for the next story, so everyone who has me on alerts, it'll be up by this time next week!

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P.S. Sorry, I had trouble doing it, but I had to kill Severus...I'm sorry Sev. :(