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Thank y'all SO much! Y'all rock. haha. ok here's the next chapter. Sorry it's so short. I really am. : )
Chapter 14
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It felt as if the light was pulling him down, trying to force him to the ground. 'No,' He thought meekly, trying to fight it off. 'No...if I die, then he'll kill Ginny. I can't let that happen. Ginny is too young and innocent to die, it wouldn't be fair. I can't let anything happen to her. I can't.' He was struggling to remain standing. Every second his knees felt weaker and weaker. 'Please,' He begged silently, without knowing who or what he was begging to. 'Please, I love her...' He thought desperatly.
Just as he felt he wouldn't be able to hold out a second longer, the pressure went away. He opened his eyes to find the green light slowly fading away and growing dim. He had no idea what had just happened. He tried to make his hands stop shaking. He turned around to see Ginny standing behind him, perfectly healthy. She was staring at him with shock and amazment. Harry turned around again to face Voldemort and found he was looking back at him with the same expressions that had been on Ginny's face. Harry looked around quickly to find his wand, which he must have dropped sometime during the confusion.
He found it and pulled it into his hand with wandless magic. "Expelliarmus!" He shouted with it aimed straight at Voldemort. Harry's aim was better this time, and Voldemort's wand went flying into His own hand. Voldemort was still in too much shock to react immediatly. Harry used a quick, simple spell to put him flat on his back and tied him up tightly with a few more spells.
He pocketed Voldemort's wand and walked slowly toward the wizard lying on the floor, his own wand arm outstretched. Voldemort was too smart to struggle, he knew it wouldn't do any good. He simply lay there, staring up at the very boy who he had come to kill.
Harry's hand stopped shaking and remained perfectly still as he pointed it at the man who killed his parents, threatened to kill his girlfriend, basically destroyed his whole life. He had no idea what had just happened, he knew he should be dead right now, and he also did knew that this was his chance for the revenge he had wanted for so long.
"What-what just happened?" Voldemort asked in a voice very unlike his own. It was actually shaking with fear and confusion.
"I don't know." Harry said, his voice shaking slightly despite how much he was trying not to let it.
"Why aren't you dead?" Voldemort asked again in the same quivering voice as before.
"I don't know." Harry answered.
There was a few minutes of silence, during which Voldemort was trying to regain his composure, and Harry was trying to decide if he should kill him or not.
"Are you going to kill me, Harry?" Voldemort finnaly asked, his voice sounding much stronger, back to it's usual icy tone.
Harry didn't answer right away. He didn't know what he was going to do.
"You don't deserve to live." He said after a few mintues.
"No, perhaps not." Voldemort said with an almost careless tone.
After a few more minutes Harry decided that it would be better to just hand Voldemort over to the Ministry. He would suffer more that way, anyway. And they might be able to get some information out of him, about who his followers were. Harry lowered his wand slowly. But instead of looking relieved at this, Voldemort seemed upset.
"I killed your parents, Harry! Remeber what I did to you! I was about to kill your girlfriend!" He said in a very desperate voice, once again lacking it's usual composure.
Harry was confused at first, but then realized that Voldemort had actually wanted Harry to kill him. He would rather that happen then have to go to the Ministry, have to face the humiliation of a trial. And everyone knew that death was much better than the dementors kiss, which would undoubtedly be Voldemort's fate, and Voldemort himself knew it.
Harry only wanted to ask him one more thing before handing him over to the Ministry.
"Why?" He whispered.
Voldemort waited a few seconds before answering.
"Because I was bored. I knew I had great power, and was tired of hiding it."
Harry stood staring at him. 'Bored?' He thought. Countless people dead, thousands of families destroyed, so many lives ruined, all because he got bored. His hands started shaking again. He turned around quickly, trying to fight off the temptation that was flowing back into him to kill the cause of so much sorrow and pain. He walked over to Ginny, still trying to fight the anger that was building up inside him.
"You ok?" He asked gently as he tucked a stray whisp of hair behind her ear. She opened her mouth to say something, but just nodded instead. Harry bent down and kissed her forehead softly. He was relieved to see that she no longer looked afraid, though she did still look very confused.
He stepped back and looked up at the shimmering shield that was still surounding them. He held up his own wand and tried several basic shattering spells. Then he realized that of course Voldemort would have set the shield only to react to his own wand.
Harry took Voldemort's wand out of his pocket with a trembling hand. This was the very same wand that had obeyed the command to kill Lily and James Potter. The same wand that had murdered countless people. The same wand that had given him his scar. As he thought about this he instinctively brought his hand up to his forehead to touch his scar. He suddenly realized that it was still burning painfully. He had forgotten about it completely until now.
He swallowed the lump that was rising in his throat and raised the wand above his head. He paused for a moment, not really wanting to use this wand. He could feel the power surging through it, it almost felt as if the wand itself was vibrating with it's own immense power. Ginny guessed what he was thinking, and stepped up to give his hand a small squeeze.
"Shavartia" He said loudly, in a voice that sounded much more calm and composed than he felt.
The Great Hall boomed with the sound of breaking glass. The huge shield shattered into millions of tiny shimmering shards, and for a few seconds the air was filled with what appeared to be thousands of miniature glittering rainbows. Before anyone had a time to gasp at it's strange beauty, before the shards even fell to the ground, they had dissapeared into thin air.
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A/N:I know this one's short, too! But like I said it was originally part of chapter 13. Well, please tell me what you think in a review! I'm thinking I might should have drawn it out a little more or something. I dunno. Anywho, thanks so much for reading this! The next chapter should be up pretty quick, in a few days or so. Please review!
~Katydid~
Thanks SO much to everyone who reviewed the last chapter!!
ZaylaMoon: haha, thanks. I guess.....lol. : )
shdurrani: hey! thanks a lot! and hurry up w/ your story, k?
Tinabedina: thank you so much!! I'm glad you liked the chapter!
Ali Lee: wow! thanks a lot! hurry up and post the next chap in your love always story! i look at it like every day to see if you have it up! hey, you belong on everyone's fav. authors list girl!
AoibhellEvil: okaaay, well thanks! haha...i love you 2......
la2ur2a: ok, cool. hurry and get it up, tho! thanks for reviewing my story so much!
Thank y'all SO much! Y'all rock. haha. ok here's the next chapter. Sorry it's so short. I really am. : )
Chapter 14
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It felt as if the light was pulling him down, trying to force him to the ground. 'No,' He thought meekly, trying to fight it off. 'No...if I die, then he'll kill Ginny. I can't let that happen. Ginny is too young and innocent to die, it wouldn't be fair. I can't let anything happen to her. I can't.' He was struggling to remain standing. Every second his knees felt weaker and weaker. 'Please,' He begged silently, without knowing who or what he was begging to. 'Please, I love her...' He thought desperatly.
Just as he felt he wouldn't be able to hold out a second longer, the pressure went away. He opened his eyes to find the green light slowly fading away and growing dim. He had no idea what had just happened. He tried to make his hands stop shaking. He turned around to see Ginny standing behind him, perfectly healthy. She was staring at him with shock and amazment. Harry turned around again to face Voldemort and found he was looking back at him with the same expressions that had been on Ginny's face. Harry looked around quickly to find his wand, which he must have dropped sometime during the confusion.
He found it and pulled it into his hand with wandless magic. "Expelliarmus!" He shouted with it aimed straight at Voldemort. Harry's aim was better this time, and Voldemort's wand went flying into His own hand. Voldemort was still in too much shock to react immediatly. Harry used a quick, simple spell to put him flat on his back and tied him up tightly with a few more spells.
He pocketed Voldemort's wand and walked slowly toward the wizard lying on the floor, his own wand arm outstretched. Voldemort was too smart to struggle, he knew it wouldn't do any good. He simply lay there, staring up at the very boy who he had come to kill.
Harry's hand stopped shaking and remained perfectly still as he pointed it at the man who killed his parents, threatened to kill his girlfriend, basically destroyed his whole life. He had no idea what had just happened, he knew he should be dead right now, and he also did knew that this was his chance for the revenge he had wanted for so long.
"What-what just happened?" Voldemort asked in a voice very unlike his own. It was actually shaking with fear and confusion.
"I don't know." Harry said, his voice shaking slightly despite how much he was trying not to let it.
"Why aren't you dead?" Voldemort asked again in the same quivering voice as before.
"I don't know." Harry answered.
There was a few minutes of silence, during which Voldemort was trying to regain his composure, and Harry was trying to decide if he should kill him or not.
"Are you going to kill me, Harry?" Voldemort finnaly asked, his voice sounding much stronger, back to it's usual icy tone.
Harry didn't answer right away. He didn't know what he was going to do.
"You don't deserve to live." He said after a few mintues.
"No, perhaps not." Voldemort said with an almost careless tone.
After a few more minutes Harry decided that it would be better to just hand Voldemort over to the Ministry. He would suffer more that way, anyway. And they might be able to get some information out of him, about who his followers were. Harry lowered his wand slowly. But instead of looking relieved at this, Voldemort seemed upset.
"I killed your parents, Harry! Remeber what I did to you! I was about to kill your girlfriend!" He said in a very desperate voice, once again lacking it's usual composure.
Harry was confused at first, but then realized that Voldemort had actually wanted Harry to kill him. He would rather that happen then have to go to the Ministry, have to face the humiliation of a trial. And everyone knew that death was much better than the dementors kiss, which would undoubtedly be Voldemort's fate, and Voldemort himself knew it.
Harry only wanted to ask him one more thing before handing him over to the Ministry.
"Why?" He whispered.
Voldemort waited a few seconds before answering.
"Because I was bored. I knew I had great power, and was tired of hiding it."
Harry stood staring at him. 'Bored?' He thought. Countless people dead, thousands of families destroyed, so many lives ruined, all because he got bored. His hands started shaking again. He turned around quickly, trying to fight off the temptation that was flowing back into him to kill the cause of so much sorrow and pain. He walked over to Ginny, still trying to fight the anger that was building up inside him.
"You ok?" He asked gently as he tucked a stray whisp of hair behind her ear. She opened her mouth to say something, but just nodded instead. Harry bent down and kissed her forehead softly. He was relieved to see that she no longer looked afraid, though she did still look very confused.
He stepped back and looked up at the shimmering shield that was still surounding them. He held up his own wand and tried several basic shattering spells. Then he realized that of course Voldemort would have set the shield only to react to his own wand.
Harry took Voldemort's wand out of his pocket with a trembling hand. This was the very same wand that had obeyed the command to kill Lily and James Potter. The same wand that had murdered countless people. The same wand that had given him his scar. As he thought about this he instinctively brought his hand up to his forehead to touch his scar. He suddenly realized that it was still burning painfully. He had forgotten about it completely until now.
He swallowed the lump that was rising in his throat and raised the wand above his head. He paused for a moment, not really wanting to use this wand. He could feel the power surging through it, it almost felt as if the wand itself was vibrating with it's own immense power. Ginny guessed what he was thinking, and stepped up to give his hand a small squeeze.
"Shavartia" He said loudly, in a voice that sounded much more calm and composed than he felt.
The Great Hall boomed with the sound of breaking glass. The huge shield shattered into millions of tiny shimmering shards, and for a few seconds the air was filled with what appeared to be thousands of miniature glittering rainbows. Before anyone had a time to gasp at it's strange beauty, before the shards even fell to the ground, they had dissapeared into thin air.
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A/N:I know this one's short, too! But like I said it was originally part of chapter 13. Well, please tell me what you think in a review! I'm thinking I might should have drawn it out a little more or something. I dunno. Anywho, thanks so much for reading this! The next chapter should be up pretty quick, in a few days or so. Please review!
~Katydid~