Chapter 8: The Finial Battle

Hermione blinked, the lights were bright and her head was hurting tremendously. She tried to sit up and her head erupted with pain. "W-where am I?" she could hear breathing beside her and turned to see whom it was. Ginny was lying next to her; her face supporting an ugly bruise. "Ginny" Hermione whispered, her voice sounded weak and her throat parched. A door somewhere opened and a tall hooded figure entered. "Don't fret" the voice was as cold as ice and sent chills up her spine. "The Dark Lord will be here soon" those words brought everything back. They'd been walking on the grounds, her and Ginny. When someone had grabbed them, had it been Voldermort? Ginny, she remembered, had tried to fight him off but he took her over. Now she was lying on a cold cement floor.

Harry had to jog to keep up with Serenity and Ron as they charged headfirst into the Forbidden Forest. "Wait up" he puffed running after them. He wanted to save Hermione and Ginny and Colin and Hillie too, but they'd be no use to them tired out. Serenity suddenly stopped making Ron bump into her. She placed her fingers on her mouth to quiet them both and then spoke in a whisper. "It's just over that hill" she said "Now they're twenty or so death eaters guarding the entrance. We need a distraction" Harry didn't like the sound of this. But the distraction provided it's self. No sooner had they reached the hilltop and ducked out of view did the large, metal gates swing open. Quick as a flash of lighting the three friends followed the death eaters in.

Serenity wasn't sure were she was going, she could sense her friends were alive but she didn't know where. She, Ron and Harry rounded another corner and nearly came in contact with a death eater. He seemed to be in a hurry, she motioned for the other two to follow her and she crept along after him. The Death Eater led them through a number of passages and corridors finally stopping in front of a windowless door. "There in here!!" she mouthed to Harry and Ron "I can sense them" she waited until he opened the door and then pounced.

Hermione looked up as Harry, Serenity and Ron came thundering through the door. Serenity walked quickly over to Colin, who was still unconscious on the floor next to Ginny's best friend, Hillie Johnsson. "Colin?" she poked him several times. Finally Hermione heard an audible sound escape Colin's lips. "Dennis?" he said. Serenity turned to Hermione, who smiled weakly. "Don't worry, Mya" she said "We'll get you out of here". There was a loud crash from behind and Serenity spun around. There standing in the door was Lord Voldermort and Lucius Malfoy

Ginny stared at Voldermort as he advanced on Hermione and Serenity. She wanted to do something, to help them. But what. She felt in her robes and her hands rested on her wand. She drew it silently and pointed it at Lucius Malfoy. "Expliomus!" she yelled, startling everyone. Malfoy slumped to the ground with a swish. Voldermort turned his attechion to her. "Don't make me use it Riddle" Serenity called "I swear, I will use Adva Kavara" Voldermort sneered at her "you're a funny girl." Ginny saw Serenity's eyes blaze with anger. "Imperio!" the spell rickacade off Voldermort and hit her, everything went black.

Serenity stared as Ginny sunk to the ground. Her attempts at injuring or knocking Voldermort out had failed. But her spirit hadn't. Voldermort then turned his attention to Hillie, who was crowing in the corner. He raised his wand and shouted "Adva Kavara" Serenity heard it, as clear as night. Saw the blinding flash of Green light and then saw Hillie fall. She raised her wand and shouted "LEXIONS!" a jet of pure white light shot from the end of her wand and hit Voldermort in the face, a look of shock and horror came over him. He knew he'd been destroyed. As he slumped to the ground he shot daggers. Then everything went black.