Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any of his friends, Ms. Rowling
does.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Sorry for such a delayed update. Actually I finished first 12 chapters before beginning to upload one by one while I continued writing other chapters, well, except until now. I actually thought of finishing the story with this chapter. But my sis was very much against it. She wanted loads of action and so here it is.....
NOTE 2: About Harry's super powers, as much as I like them, I never thought it would be "normal" (as per the book) to display awesome powers all over. Even JKR wouldn't do it. That is the reason I refrained from meeting the founders or Merlin or other exotic creatures in this story. I wanted this story to be like original one with some, well, actually many changes.
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Chapter 16: Grand Finale
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"What do you mean Potter?" asked Snape looking surprised.
"I mean it's time we face Voldermort. There is simply no reason why we should still hide from him. We will surprise him. I will plan the whole attack and we shall strike first and strike hard. Think about it", said Harry looking at everyone. This was unexpected. All the time the light side is used to guarding and defending from the dark side. Everyone stared at each other before looking at Harry.
"Harry, Let us meet tomorrow to decide upon this plan", announced Dumbledore making the Order of Phoenix start murmuring among them.
Though everyone in the Order of Light posed confidence, they still doubt their idea of first attack. What if Voldermort is prepared? He has a lot of spies in his order like Wormtail. Unknown to most people, a small rat with a silver paw had been following the Order of Light ever since they came out of the meeting. Harry heard sounds behind the armored statue. Then he looked at Draco doubtfully.
"Draco, I want to have a word with you", said Harry seriously.
Draco simply nodded and walked with him into the empty charms classroom, leaving a puzzled Hermione, Ron, Lavender and Ginny behind.
'What is it Harry?' asked Hermione in her head.
There was no reply.
Hermione looked at Ron, further confused. Ron and Ginny were equally clueless.
Several minutes passed and suddenly they heard Harry and Draco walking out of the charms classroom arguing about something. Hermione got startled. The rest ran up to them eager to know the reason for the argument.
"Malfoy! Why don't you get it through your thick head? Are all the Malfoys that thick?" hissed Harry.
"Potter, I am warning you. Never speak ill of the Malfoys. My father may be a death eater, but not a moron like Potters", responded Draco as vehemently.
"Malfoy, Hold your bloody tongue. Like I said, I never trusted you completely anyway. I knew where your loyalties were", yelled Harry making the rest of the Order shocked.
"Sod off Potter! I don't care about your opinion. Now that you made it clear, I better get back where I belong. You will meet the same sticky end Potter", sneered Malfoy coldly and walked out of the castle spitting venom in his eyes.
Ginny was mortified. She never thought Draco would do that to her and the Order. She trusted him with her life. Ron was in a rage. If not for Hermione holding him, he would have ripped Malfoy's head off.
Wormtail who was watching the whole argument was rather surprised. He followed Draco out of the castle.
"Harry, What happened?" asked Hermione.
Harry started calming down.
'Everyone, to the headmaster's office' ordered Harry through Telepathy.
Harry walked into the office along with the rest surprising Dumbledore, Sirius, Arabella, Snape and McGonagall.
Harry took a deep breath and started explaining about Draco making everyone gasp.
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Draco looked back at the castle one final time, a bit of sadness glimpsed in his eyes only to be replaced by coldness. He continued walking into the forbidden forest looking cold and dangerous, wandering rather aimlessly. Before he could walk deeper into the forest, a rat ran in front of him and changed back into Wormtail.
"Hold it there, Mr. Malfoy", sneered Wormtail.
Draco looked at him and Wormtail shivered at the coldness in his eyes. He still put up a defiant look.
"What do you want Wormtail?" asked Draco rather carelessly.
"What happened in the castle?" asked Wormtail suspiciously.
"What else? You were following like a dumb ass and Harry saw that. I was the only one to be suspected, because of my father. Apparently, he never trusted me. He guessed I wasn't on their side. Once suspicious, he would never trust me. But before his doubts could be proven, I walked out. What the hell were you thinking exposing yourself like that? If it isn't for you, I would still be with them and would have learnt all their plans", spat Malfoy rather angrily.
Wormtail was startled. He didn't know Malfoy was playing a double agent. He also didn't realize that Harry saw him. Dumbledore would have alerted everyone in the castle. His master wouldn't be pleased if he learns that.
"What should we do now Malfoy?" asked rather timidly.
Malfoy looked at Wormtail disgustingly and started explaining his plans of hurting the light side.
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"Dumbledore, we are here to transfer Ms. Parkinson to the temporary prison at the Ministry", said one of the two aurors.
"Severes, please lead these gentlemen to Ms. Parkinson", asked Dumbledore before looking at Harry.
Harry, Ron, Lavender and Hermione were trying to console Ginny.
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The aurors tied Pansy with magical ropes and walked towards the edge of the forbidden forest to apparate. Just when they were about to apparate, Malfoy and Wormtail walked into the view.
"Petrificus Totalus" yelled Draco and Wormtail together making the aurors drop to the floor frozen.
Malfoy untied Pansy and explained her everything making her surprised but very happy.
"Draco, I am very happy that you are actually on our side. Did you get to know all that you wanted to from the light side?" asked Pansy expectantly.
"I did learn some good Elemental magic and some wandless magic. But my idea to learn about their plans was thwarted by this Wormtail sneaking....." hissed Malfoy, apparently still pissed at him.
"That's Ok Draco. Let's go to our home", said Pansy holding his hand.
All three apparated to Malfoy manor. Draco, Wormtail and Pansy explained everything to Lucius who was apparently happy learning about his son's vileness.
"Draco, I am proud of you. Dark Lord will be proud of you. Let's go and see him", said Lucius patting a cold Draco.
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Hermione sat in Harry's lap as they stared into the fire, thinking of the turn of events at Hogwarts. Suddenly Dumbledore's voice echoed in the common room.
"Harry, Please bring Ms. Granger with you. I have some announcement to make."
Both of them sighed and walked out to meet Ron, Lavender and Ginny.
Dumbledore summoned both Orders and the ministry Hogwarts.
"Today, unfortunately, the captured death eater, Pansy Parkinson escaped with the help of traitor Draco Malfoy and Voldermort's supporters. We all need to be very alert and ready for any sort of aggression from Voldermort." Paused Dumbledore.
"Please transfer the rest of the prisoners from the prison at the ministry to a secret location", continued Dumbledore.
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"Lucius, I am impressed with young Draco. He is certainly the best of my men", laughed Voldermort.
Draco looked around but was surprised to see Karkaroff with in the minions.
"YOU! But you died last year", exclaimed Draco.
"No Draco, when I destroyed Durmstrung, he and Viktor joined me. Igor being the coward he is, he pleaded secrecy for joining me. I made a clone of him and killed it, making people believe that Karkaroff died", said Voldermort
The he turned back to Draco.
"Draco, Come! Get the dark mark and follow me. You'll achieve greatness", smiled Voldermort.
Draco looked into Voldermort's eyes before walking forward, making Lucius and Pansy happy. Voldermort put his wand on Draco's arm and muttered "Morsmordre". Immense pain shot through Draco's arm making him grit his teeth hard.
"Hmm....I like people who are strong", said Voldermort before looking at Lucius.
"Soon, I will destroy Potter", said Voldermort with anger.
"Master, I know all the secret passages. Why don't we invade Hogwarts and destroy Potter?" asked Draco bowing his head.
"Draco, There is a secret about Potter. I knew about the prophecy of the founders. What no one knew was that when Salazar left Hogwarts, the remaining founders created a talisman made out of extract from Dragon's glands, elves hair, phoenix tears, their own powers added and some other items that made it a very powerful one. They knew that this talisman could be the deciding factor if darkness threatens the light.
They hid it in a secret location at Hogwarts. They decided that the heir of Gryffindor could be the only one to access it. Only when the Gryffindor heir dies that other heirs can access the talisman. It was told that the Gryffindor heir would also be a master of Elements. James Potter was not a master of elements. Then I realized that it is the young Potter that is destined for this talisman. For this precise reason, I tried to kill Harry Potter and kill him I will. Then I will get the talisman and rule the world. Even if don't get it I can rule the world as no one else can get it", growled Voldermort.
He calmed down after a while.
"Lucius, I am announcing Draco as the heir to my empire", laughed Voldermort evilly.
"We are very grateful to you Master", said Lucius before continuing.
"Master, We have our full forces lined up for attack. Order us", bowed Lucius.
Before Voldermort can say something, Draco interrupted.
"Master, I have a plan", making Voldermort look at him interestingly.
Taking it as an approval to speak, Draco continued.
"The Weasley girl loves me. I can use her to capture Potter and his pathetic friends. I will alert you once I do this and you can have your revenge", said Draco with a very cold voice.
"Very well Draco. I like your plan. Go ahead and do accordingly. Let me know when you capture them. I want to kill Potter personally", sneered Voldermort.
"Let me take the Trolls, Werewolves, Giants and Dementors with me and station them near Hogwarts, ready for attack. Wormtail shall inform you once I make the capture", said Draco.
Voldermort simply nodded.
Draco bowed and left with Wormtail.
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Draco marched through forbidden forest. He walked into a big clearing and halted.
"Stay here till I order you to move", ordered Draco to the massive army.
He and Wormtail walked towards the Hogwarts grounds.
"I will put Imperious curse on Ginny telepathically and she will help us", said Draco to Wormtail.
Draco telepathically instructed Ginny, who was sleeping, to meet him on the grounds. Ginny walked straight to him, making him smile proudly.
"Ginny, Bring Harry, Ron, Hermione and Lavender here. Tell them that you found someone suspicious near the edge of the forest and you bound them", instructed Draco to Ginny who was still in a trance.
She simply nodded and went into the castle. After a few minutes all five of the Order of Light walked towards the edge of the forest looking around.
Draco and Wormtail took this as an opportunity. They jumped from behind the tree startling the Order of Light.
"STUPEFY! STUPEFY", yelled Draco stunning Harry and Ron
"STUPEFY" yelled Wormtail to knock Lavender on the ground frozen.
Before Hermione could pull her wand out, Ginny stunned her from behind.
"Excellent. Ginny and I will keep a watch. You go and inform the master", suggested Draco to Wormtail, who nodded and took the port key.
Draco smirked and walked towards an unconscious Harry and laughed over him.
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After what seemed to be like an hour, Voldermort along with Lucius, Pansy, Viktor, Karkaroff and Wormtail appeared near the edge of the forest using a port key.
He looked at the unconscious forms of Harry, Hermione, Ron and Lavender and laughed evilly.
"Good job Draco. I am proud of you and it seems like you got a tool for yourself" said Voldermort sneering at Ginny.
"Recover them and I shall kill the pathetic Potter boy" said Voldermort laughing.
Draco, Wormtail and Ginny muttered "Ennervate" making all the four open their eyes and look around confused.
"Potter, so we meet again. You will not escape this time", said Voldermort glaring at Harry. But Harry did not reply.
"You can keep mum or shout all you want. But I am going to kill you now", said Voldermort. If only he stopped being haughty and observed a little, he would have realized something not right with Harry.
Voldermort saw Dumbledore walk towards them from the castle.
"Welcome Dumbledore. I am glad you could make it to the death event of Potter - The hope of the wizarding world", laughed Voldermort maniacally.
"Voldermort. You cannot kill Harry", said Dumbledore looking seriously.
"Make me stop", laughed Voldermort before turning back to Harry.
"AVADA KEDAVRA", shouted Voldermort pointing his wand at Harry.
Green light shot through his wand and went straight to Harry and hit him straight up.
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Sirius, Arabella, Remus, Moody and Severes along with a few aurors rushed into the forbidden forest upon the orders of Dumbledore.
Without any warning they attacked the massive army halted there in the forest. Remus took on the werewolves, Moody took on the Giants, Severes started stunning trolls while Sirius attacked Dementors. Arabella and the rest of the aurors easily started stunning and binding the death eaters.
The fight didn't take long. The bestial army, which normally acts upon orders, couldn't put a good fight. Their animal instincts made them first to look for evasion, which was a mistake.
Severes quickly finished the Trolls and started helping Sirius against Dementors.
"I didn't know you had happy memories Severes", smirked Sirius
Severes angrily replied to Sirius "My memories are better than your pathetic ones from Azkaban Sirius", responded coldly. Sirius laughed at it and concentrate on driving a particular Dementor trying to sneak upon Moody.
"Ready?" asked Severes. Sirius simply nodded. Both aimed towards the mass of Dementors, concentrated hard on the particular ancient spell and yelled "Aboleo Caliga Omnifarium". An amazingly bright light covered all of the Dementors. Hissing sounds could be heard as all of the Dementors singed and burned from inside out.
Both Sirius and Severes were very tired. However they took upon themselves and split to help Moody and Remus.
Moody was having particularly hard time fighting Giants. Giants are not immune but have better defense against spells. The spells must be very powerful to affect them. Moody being old couldn't find it amusing to jump around escaping attacks from Giants. Sirius made a quick work by stunning some. He then sent a few Conjunctivitis charms to blind the Giants who in turn crushed their own fellow Giants. The rest ran away, realizing heir imminent defeat.
Severes took vials of option and threw them on the werewolves who caught fire and most of them died while others were crushed under the stunned Trolls and Giants.
Finally while Arabella along with aurors, captured most of the death eaters, She got bruised and hurt from the incessant attacks. Moody and Sirius again were around to rescue her and capture the rest of the death eaters.
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.... "AVADA KEDAVRA", shouted Voldermort pointing his wand at Harry.
Green light shot through his wand and went straight to Harry and hit him straight up or so thought Voldermort.
But the green light passed through Harry and hit the ground behind, shocking Voldermort and his followers.
Surprised, he pointed his wand and cursed "CRUCIO" at Hermione with the same result.
"What is this?" shouted a frustrated Voldermort.
"A dose of your own medicine Voldermort", laughed the first of the five- cloaked figures as they apparated. The person removed his cloak to reveal the real Harry Potter and so did the rest revealing Hermione, Ron and Lavender. Ginny quietly walked next to them, smiling, as if she never was under Imperious curse. Harry waved his hand and all of the illusionary members disappeared.
"Well....well. Not bad Potter. That was nice illusion charm. I am also impressed that you all could apparate on Hogwarts grounds. But unfortunately you will not be living long to enjoy my compliments", sneered Voldermort and trained his wand to kill Harry.
"EXPELLIARMUS", yelled Draco pointing his wand at Voldermort from the side.
The dark Lord's wand fell a few feet away and Draco smiled as he walked and gave a high five with Harry.
Voldermort looked fiercely towards Draco.
"How dare you traitor! You will die along with these insolent fools", yelled a furious Voldermort spitting venom from his eyes.
"Draco?" spluttered Lucius
"Father. How can you think I would help you? After all you did to me and my mother?" questioned Draco smugly.
"I and Harry realized Wormtail was spying on us. Then we decided to play this little game, your own kind of game, against you. With the help of Dumbledore, I gathered your trust by helping Pansy escape. Of Course you fell for it and told all of your plans ahead of time", announced Draco.
"But....Draco, you got the dark mark. That binds you to our master forever", said a shocked Pansy.
"YOUR....Pansy! He is your master. Once this monster dies, it will be nothing more than an ornament. Besides I always wanted a cool tattoo", said Draco.
"I am glad that all my enemies are at one place. Worry not you traitor, I shall kill you and your foolish friends", announced Voldermort.
Viktor, who was a spectator till then, took the signal and muttered summoning spell for all the trolls, werewolves, Dementors and Giants. But nothing happened. He looked confused. He tried again and again, only to watch silent wind blow from the forest.
"Stop it you fool. Do you think this traitor wouldn't have thought about it? Dumbledore might have tackled them long ago", said Voldermort unfazed.
"For once you are right Voldermort. However, You will not escape today", said Dumbledore confidently.
"Aaah....Who will fight with me."
"This Potter here?"
"His mudblood girlfriend?"
"His pathetic friends, Weasleys?"
"Or this traitor?"
"Anyway, Doesn't matter. Fight me or not, I am going to enjoy my followers killing you all", announced Voldermort and looked at his followers.
The peaceful Hogwarts grounds suddenly turned into a battleground. Ron fought with Wormtail, Lavender with Pansy, Hermione with Viktor, Ginny with Karkaroff and Draco with Lucius Malfoy. Harry and Voldermort merely stared at each other as if they were in some sort of staring contest.
"Draco, don't think I will spare your life. After all, I didn't spare your mother's", laughed Lucius making Draco furious.
"Father, I am glad for fighting you. Otherwise, I would have felt sorry for not killing you myself", responded very coolly making Lucius seethe with anger.
Probably Lavender was the one that is enjoying the most. She had it totally under control against Pansy who was completely on the defensive.
Viktor was surprised at Hermione's ability to control shields and quickness in spells. Though his spells were more dangerous, he ended up being more damaged, blood seeping from his hands and mouth already.
"Weasley, You cannot win over me. I am not that tiny rat anymore", laughed Wormtail defending against a body-binding spell from Ron.
"Wormy, I am glad you are confident of yourself. I was bored that I will finish you quickly", smirked Ron with sarcasm, making wormtail mad. Their ferocity was amplified when Wormtail started sending unforgivables. Ron simply controlled the air element and made Wormtail's spells miss their direction.
Ginny who struggled a bit in the beginning against Karkaroff, started on the offensive. Karkaroff, though a death eater, couldn't handle a fiery Ginny. All he tried to do was to hang on to his life and shield himself from her attacks.
"Inflamare" yelled Lucius aiming at Draco.
Draco simply smiled and muttered "Profundo Aqua". A gush of water came out of his wand and extinguished the fire in the mid-air.
"Serpensortia" shouted Lucius, bringing a big snake, hissing and crawling towards Draco.
"Aquila" muttered Draco. A big eagle swarmed on the snake and killed it.
"Crucio" shouted Lucius. Draco jumped aside from the curse.
Before Lucius can do anything, Draco shouted "Expelliarmus", disarming Lucius.
Draco caught the wand and smirked towards a now scared Lucius.
"Adflicto Affligo" making Lucius crumble and weaken both physically and mentally and finally fall to ground.
Draco walked towards him and stared at him with disgust.
"No Draco", said Harry from behind. How much ever he hated Lucius, he didn't want Draco to be a murderer.
Draco simply bound Lucius with magical ropes and levitated him aside.
Lavender found it to be incredibly easy. She was surprised that she could duel that well.
'Well, I will have to thank Ron for helping me train.....' thought Lavender, making Ron blush a bit.
Lavender felt she had enough. She quickly froze the time around Pansy, who looked very confused for being frozen, though she felt moving, a very odd site indeed. Lavender coolly walked to her disarmed her and bound her using magical ropes.
Meanwhile Ron completely exhausted Wormtail. Smiling wide Ron summoned the air guardian and threw Wormtail against a big tree rendering him unconscious.
Ginny completely singed Karkaroff and disarmed him. She shouted "Splincharmus divendo" magically splitting his legs and hands from his body. Karkaroff passed out Immediately out of sheer fear.
Voldermort saw all his followers going down one by one, in the battle. He pointed his wand at sky and muttered "Accersitus primoris scelum" summoning a huge evil creature out of the sky.
"You fools! You will all die to the wrath of the ancient evil", cackled Voldermort.
The evil creature is spitting fire from his eyes, nose, mouth and ears. He had two horns on his head and claws that were huge. He also held a whip made of fire. He stood around 12 feet, menacingly looking to hurt anyone in his path.
Dumbledore launched himself at the evil creature. Most of the regular spells were not affecting the creature at all. Dumbledore started sending ancient spells that started hurting the creature. He put a powerful shield around him to guard against the whiplash from it. His shields often needed to be reinstated as they were worn out by the creature's assaults.
Slowly, Dumbledore got weak in the whole ordeal. After a raging battle he got a good shot at the beast and muttered "Abolio Creparum". Dumbledore's curse made the beast howl in pain as blue colored flames erupted all around completely diminishing the creature.
Harry was watching all the fights, unfazed. He looked at Voldermort with anger.
"Tom Riddle! Your time is up. You will pay for your deeds", shouted Harry
"Stop calling me with that name, Potter. Do what you can", replied Voldermort. Harry merely replied the smile. Slowly both Voldermort and Harry walked to the middle of the ground.
"Hermione, You see my master will kill Potter soon. You still have a chance, I can ask him to forgive you", said Viktor.
That hit a nerve. Hermione shook with anger when he mentioned Harry dying.
"THAT....was your biggest mistake Viktor!" yelled Hermione before launching into a flurry of curses at Viktor. He barely managed to dodge and shield them. Hermione walked forward, touched the ground and muttered "Orbis Terrarum Submitto". Immediately the whole earth shook and as Viktor stumbled, thick vines from the ground sprouted and bound him tight making him immobile and he promptly passed due to the constriction
Sirius, Severes, Arabella, and Remus ran towards the grounds only to find most of the Voldermort's followers either unconscious or bound. Harry and Voldermort were circling around and the rest stayed away.
"I must say Potter. Your brain works like a Slytherin. You would do much better being with me", taunted Voldermort.
"Afraid of defeat Tom?" smirked Harry making Voldermort angry again.
"You fool, you just lost your chance. You will repent for your decisions", said Voldermort.
"Sure Tom, I shall repent when I let you go alive", replied Harry as angrily.
They both suddenly launched at each other firing some of the most powerful spells. The spells that missed each other, mad singing craters on the ground.
"Trucido artus" shouted Voldermort, intending to cut Harry's legs.
"Defendo tectum" muttered bringing a powerful shield around him and reflecting the curse away.
"Vulpus corpus" yelled Voldermort trying to wound Harry all over the body.
"Afflingo corpus" spelled Harry sending a curse that cancelled Voldermort's and afflicted him instead.
Voldermort grunted with pain. That was the first time in his life after rebirth that anyone has touched him.
"Not bad Potter. I thought this fight is going to be over quickly. But this makes it more interesting", sneered Voldermort.
"Thunderous capio" said Voldermort pointing his wand towards the sky.
Immediately the whole sky got clouded and a powerful thunderbolt struck Harry.
"NO!" yelled Hermione shivering with fright.
The whole place around Harry was filled with smoke.
"Dumbledore, guess your apprentice is done with his parlor tricks. Well, my condolences to you", laughed Voldermort.
"Not so fast Tom" through the clearing Harry was still standing there, untouched. The whole thunderbolt was cackling around him, around some sort of a shield that protected Harry from getting electrocuted. Soon the thunderbolt discharged into earth as Harry removed his shield.
Voldermort couldn't believe his eyes. He never thought Harry could be that powerful.
"Potter, You may have escaped that. Take this", shouted Voldermort and continued with throwing deadly spells, Harry blocked most of them effortlessly and just stepped aside to the rest.
Voldermort realized there is no normal spell or curse that can affect Harry.
"Crucio"
"Crucio"
"Ardeno corpus"
"Concido"
"Splinchero corpus"
shouted Voldermort quickly making anyone believe that the recipient would have died than take those curses.
Harry just stood there unscathed as none of the unforgivables or others could even pierce through his shields to touch him.
"You could do better than that Tom", said Harry continuing to smile.
Voldermort was furious. He realized that no normal spells could hurt Harry. If he cannot hurt Potter, he better hurt someone he loves. He turned towards Hermione and yelled "CRUCIO". As the curse hit Hermione she fell to the ground in pain, writhing on the ground. It was horrible as she felt like thousands of nails were pushed through her skin.
Harry was furious. He shouted "Repellus Priori Intentum" making the Crucio curse to bounce back to Voldermort and he fell to the ground howling in pain. Never in his life did Voldermort feel how a Cruciatus curse hurts like, until now.
Harry immediately ran to Hermione. He placed his hand over her heart and muttered "medicor navitas" brining back all her energy. Hermione looked at Harry smiling through her tear filled eyes. Harry smiled to her back and stood facing Voldermort.
"AVADA KEDAVRA" shouted Voldermort, putting loads of magic in it. The green light sped towards Harry as Hermione screamed with horror. Others just watched in shock.
The curse hit Harry full force on his chest and he stumbled back.
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A/N: How was that? Well, the next chapter means the end of story. Hope you've enjoyed. Thanx for the wonderful support. You guys are great!
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Sorry for such a delayed update. Actually I finished first 12 chapters before beginning to upload one by one while I continued writing other chapters, well, except until now. I actually thought of finishing the story with this chapter. But my sis was very much against it. She wanted loads of action and so here it is.....
NOTE 2: About Harry's super powers, as much as I like them, I never thought it would be "normal" (as per the book) to display awesome powers all over. Even JKR wouldn't do it. That is the reason I refrained from meeting the founders or Merlin or other exotic creatures in this story. I wanted this story to be like original one with some, well, actually many changes.
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pkchihuahuas : Here ya go!
Lilly Goddess : Good Questions: a) this is the penultimate chapter b) yes, another action/adventure followed by a Romance/Drama or vice versa C) no comments... Guess I am getting good at twisting things around. Thanks for your review.
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hermionepotter14: Well, he does use some of his powers. But I believe that I mentioned earlier that the bodies must be available to do that, didn't I? If not, please use the explanation above. Thanks for the review. Please see notes 2, if this doesn't answer enough.
Melanie : Flatterer! That was so cool though. But trust me Ms. Rowling can make her books sound much better. No one can even come close to her when it comes to Harry Potter. But hey, I feel much better from your review. Thanks!!
takari4ever7: Harry's plan is a good one. Read this chapter. Will Harry & Hermione do "it" again? Hmmm...please wait! I need to change the rating.
Hollywoodgurl : ha....ha..that was a good one!
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athenakitty : Did you find your answers? And yes, It's always Harry + Hermione in my stories.
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Chapter 16: Grand Finale
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"What do you mean Potter?" asked Snape looking surprised.
"I mean it's time we face Voldermort. There is simply no reason why we should still hide from him. We will surprise him. I will plan the whole attack and we shall strike first and strike hard. Think about it", said Harry looking at everyone. This was unexpected. All the time the light side is used to guarding and defending from the dark side. Everyone stared at each other before looking at Harry.
"Harry, Let us meet tomorrow to decide upon this plan", announced Dumbledore making the Order of Phoenix start murmuring among them.
Though everyone in the Order of Light posed confidence, they still doubt their idea of first attack. What if Voldermort is prepared? He has a lot of spies in his order like Wormtail. Unknown to most people, a small rat with a silver paw had been following the Order of Light ever since they came out of the meeting. Harry heard sounds behind the armored statue. Then he looked at Draco doubtfully.
"Draco, I want to have a word with you", said Harry seriously.
Draco simply nodded and walked with him into the empty charms classroom, leaving a puzzled Hermione, Ron, Lavender and Ginny behind.
'What is it Harry?' asked Hermione in her head.
There was no reply.
Hermione looked at Ron, further confused. Ron and Ginny were equally clueless.
Several minutes passed and suddenly they heard Harry and Draco walking out of the charms classroom arguing about something. Hermione got startled. The rest ran up to them eager to know the reason for the argument.
"Malfoy! Why don't you get it through your thick head? Are all the Malfoys that thick?" hissed Harry.
"Potter, I am warning you. Never speak ill of the Malfoys. My father may be a death eater, but not a moron like Potters", responded Draco as vehemently.
"Malfoy, Hold your bloody tongue. Like I said, I never trusted you completely anyway. I knew where your loyalties were", yelled Harry making the rest of the Order shocked.
"Sod off Potter! I don't care about your opinion. Now that you made it clear, I better get back where I belong. You will meet the same sticky end Potter", sneered Malfoy coldly and walked out of the castle spitting venom in his eyes.
Ginny was mortified. She never thought Draco would do that to her and the Order. She trusted him with her life. Ron was in a rage. If not for Hermione holding him, he would have ripped Malfoy's head off.
Wormtail who was watching the whole argument was rather surprised. He followed Draco out of the castle.
"Harry, What happened?" asked Hermione.
Harry started calming down.
'Everyone, to the headmaster's office' ordered Harry through Telepathy.
Harry walked into the office along with the rest surprising Dumbledore, Sirius, Arabella, Snape and McGonagall.
Harry took a deep breath and started explaining about Draco making everyone gasp.
* * *
Draco looked back at the castle one final time, a bit of sadness glimpsed in his eyes only to be replaced by coldness. He continued walking into the forbidden forest looking cold and dangerous, wandering rather aimlessly. Before he could walk deeper into the forest, a rat ran in front of him and changed back into Wormtail.
"Hold it there, Mr. Malfoy", sneered Wormtail.
Draco looked at him and Wormtail shivered at the coldness in his eyes. He still put up a defiant look.
"What do you want Wormtail?" asked Draco rather carelessly.
"What happened in the castle?" asked Wormtail suspiciously.
"What else? You were following like a dumb ass and Harry saw that. I was the only one to be suspected, because of my father. Apparently, he never trusted me. He guessed I wasn't on their side. Once suspicious, he would never trust me. But before his doubts could be proven, I walked out. What the hell were you thinking exposing yourself like that? If it isn't for you, I would still be with them and would have learnt all their plans", spat Malfoy rather angrily.
Wormtail was startled. He didn't know Malfoy was playing a double agent. He also didn't realize that Harry saw him. Dumbledore would have alerted everyone in the castle. His master wouldn't be pleased if he learns that.
"What should we do now Malfoy?" asked rather timidly.
Malfoy looked at Wormtail disgustingly and started explaining his plans of hurting the light side.
* * *
"Dumbledore, we are here to transfer Ms. Parkinson to the temporary prison at the Ministry", said one of the two aurors.
"Severes, please lead these gentlemen to Ms. Parkinson", asked Dumbledore before looking at Harry.
Harry, Ron, Lavender and Hermione were trying to console Ginny.
* * *
The aurors tied Pansy with magical ropes and walked towards the edge of the forbidden forest to apparate. Just when they were about to apparate, Malfoy and Wormtail walked into the view.
"Petrificus Totalus" yelled Draco and Wormtail together making the aurors drop to the floor frozen.
Malfoy untied Pansy and explained her everything making her surprised but very happy.
"Draco, I am very happy that you are actually on our side. Did you get to know all that you wanted to from the light side?" asked Pansy expectantly.
"I did learn some good Elemental magic and some wandless magic. But my idea to learn about their plans was thwarted by this Wormtail sneaking....." hissed Malfoy, apparently still pissed at him.
"That's Ok Draco. Let's go to our home", said Pansy holding his hand.
All three apparated to Malfoy manor. Draco, Wormtail and Pansy explained everything to Lucius who was apparently happy learning about his son's vileness.
"Draco, I am proud of you. Dark Lord will be proud of you. Let's go and see him", said Lucius patting a cold Draco.
* * *
Hermione sat in Harry's lap as they stared into the fire, thinking of the turn of events at Hogwarts. Suddenly Dumbledore's voice echoed in the common room.
"Harry, Please bring Ms. Granger with you. I have some announcement to make."
Both of them sighed and walked out to meet Ron, Lavender and Ginny.
Dumbledore summoned both Orders and the ministry Hogwarts.
"Today, unfortunately, the captured death eater, Pansy Parkinson escaped with the help of traitor Draco Malfoy and Voldermort's supporters. We all need to be very alert and ready for any sort of aggression from Voldermort." Paused Dumbledore.
"Please transfer the rest of the prisoners from the prison at the ministry to a secret location", continued Dumbledore.
* * *
"Lucius, I am impressed with young Draco. He is certainly the best of my men", laughed Voldermort.
Draco looked around but was surprised to see Karkaroff with in the minions.
"YOU! But you died last year", exclaimed Draco.
"No Draco, when I destroyed Durmstrung, he and Viktor joined me. Igor being the coward he is, he pleaded secrecy for joining me. I made a clone of him and killed it, making people believe that Karkaroff died", said Voldermort
The he turned back to Draco.
"Draco, Come! Get the dark mark and follow me. You'll achieve greatness", smiled Voldermort.
Draco looked into Voldermort's eyes before walking forward, making Lucius and Pansy happy. Voldermort put his wand on Draco's arm and muttered "Morsmordre". Immense pain shot through Draco's arm making him grit his teeth hard.
"Hmm....I like people who are strong", said Voldermort before looking at Lucius.
"Soon, I will destroy Potter", said Voldermort with anger.
"Master, I know all the secret passages. Why don't we invade Hogwarts and destroy Potter?" asked Draco bowing his head.
"Draco, There is a secret about Potter. I knew about the prophecy of the founders. What no one knew was that when Salazar left Hogwarts, the remaining founders created a talisman made out of extract from Dragon's glands, elves hair, phoenix tears, their own powers added and some other items that made it a very powerful one. They knew that this talisman could be the deciding factor if darkness threatens the light.
They hid it in a secret location at Hogwarts. They decided that the heir of Gryffindor could be the only one to access it. Only when the Gryffindor heir dies that other heirs can access the talisman. It was told that the Gryffindor heir would also be a master of Elements. James Potter was not a master of elements. Then I realized that it is the young Potter that is destined for this talisman. For this precise reason, I tried to kill Harry Potter and kill him I will. Then I will get the talisman and rule the world. Even if don't get it I can rule the world as no one else can get it", growled Voldermort.
He calmed down after a while.
"Lucius, I am announcing Draco as the heir to my empire", laughed Voldermort evilly.
"We are very grateful to you Master", said Lucius before continuing.
"Master, We have our full forces lined up for attack. Order us", bowed Lucius.
Before Voldermort can say something, Draco interrupted.
"Master, I have a plan", making Voldermort look at him interestingly.
Taking it as an approval to speak, Draco continued.
"The Weasley girl loves me. I can use her to capture Potter and his pathetic friends. I will alert you once I do this and you can have your revenge", said Draco with a very cold voice.
"Very well Draco. I like your plan. Go ahead and do accordingly. Let me know when you capture them. I want to kill Potter personally", sneered Voldermort.
"Let me take the Trolls, Werewolves, Giants and Dementors with me and station them near Hogwarts, ready for attack. Wormtail shall inform you once I make the capture", said Draco.
Voldermort simply nodded.
Draco bowed and left with Wormtail.
* * *
Draco marched through forbidden forest. He walked into a big clearing and halted.
"Stay here till I order you to move", ordered Draco to the massive army.
He and Wormtail walked towards the Hogwarts grounds.
"I will put Imperious curse on Ginny telepathically and she will help us", said Draco to Wormtail.
Draco telepathically instructed Ginny, who was sleeping, to meet him on the grounds. Ginny walked straight to him, making him smile proudly.
"Ginny, Bring Harry, Ron, Hermione and Lavender here. Tell them that you found someone suspicious near the edge of the forest and you bound them", instructed Draco to Ginny who was still in a trance.
She simply nodded and went into the castle. After a few minutes all five of the Order of Light walked towards the edge of the forest looking around.
Draco and Wormtail took this as an opportunity. They jumped from behind the tree startling the Order of Light.
"STUPEFY! STUPEFY", yelled Draco stunning Harry and Ron
"STUPEFY" yelled Wormtail to knock Lavender on the ground frozen.
Before Hermione could pull her wand out, Ginny stunned her from behind.
"Excellent. Ginny and I will keep a watch. You go and inform the master", suggested Draco to Wormtail, who nodded and took the port key.
Draco smirked and walked towards an unconscious Harry and laughed over him.
* * *
After what seemed to be like an hour, Voldermort along with Lucius, Pansy, Viktor, Karkaroff and Wormtail appeared near the edge of the forest using a port key.
He looked at the unconscious forms of Harry, Hermione, Ron and Lavender and laughed evilly.
"Good job Draco. I am proud of you and it seems like you got a tool for yourself" said Voldermort sneering at Ginny.
"Recover them and I shall kill the pathetic Potter boy" said Voldermort laughing.
Draco, Wormtail and Ginny muttered "Ennervate" making all the four open their eyes and look around confused.
"Potter, so we meet again. You will not escape this time", said Voldermort glaring at Harry. But Harry did not reply.
"You can keep mum or shout all you want. But I am going to kill you now", said Voldermort. If only he stopped being haughty and observed a little, he would have realized something not right with Harry.
Voldermort saw Dumbledore walk towards them from the castle.
"Welcome Dumbledore. I am glad you could make it to the death event of Potter - The hope of the wizarding world", laughed Voldermort maniacally.
"Voldermort. You cannot kill Harry", said Dumbledore looking seriously.
"Make me stop", laughed Voldermort before turning back to Harry.
"AVADA KEDAVRA", shouted Voldermort pointing his wand at Harry.
Green light shot through his wand and went straight to Harry and hit him straight up.
* * *
Sirius, Arabella, Remus, Moody and Severes along with a few aurors rushed into the forbidden forest upon the orders of Dumbledore.
Without any warning they attacked the massive army halted there in the forest. Remus took on the werewolves, Moody took on the Giants, Severes started stunning trolls while Sirius attacked Dementors. Arabella and the rest of the aurors easily started stunning and binding the death eaters.
The fight didn't take long. The bestial army, which normally acts upon orders, couldn't put a good fight. Their animal instincts made them first to look for evasion, which was a mistake.
Severes quickly finished the Trolls and started helping Sirius against Dementors.
"I didn't know you had happy memories Severes", smirked Sirius
Severes angrily replied to Sirius "My memories are better than your pathetic ones from Azkaban Sirius", responded coldly. Sirius laughed at it and concentrate on driving a particular Dementor trying to sneak upon Moody.
"Ready?" asked Severes. Sirius simply nodded. Both aimed towards the mass of Dementors, concentrated hard on the particular ancient spell and yelled "Aboleo Caliga Omnifarium". An amazingly bright light covered all of the Dementors. Hissing sounds could be heard as all of the Dementors singed and burned from inside out.
Both Sirius and Severes were very tired. However they took upon themselves and split to help Moody and Remus.
Moody was having particularly hard time fighting Giants. Giants are not immune but have better defense against spells. The spells must be very powerful to affect them. Moody being old couldn't find it amusing to jump around escaping attacks from Giants. Sirius made a quick work by stunning some. He then sent a few Conjunctivitis charms to blind the Giants who in turn crushed their own fellow Giants. The rest ran away, realizing heir imminent defeat.
Severes took vials of option and threw them on the werewolves who caught fire and most of them died while others were crushed under the stunned Trolls and Giants.
Finally while Arabella along with aurors, captured most of the death eaters, She got bruised and hurt from the incessant attacks. Moody and Sirius again were around to rescue her and capture the rest of the death eaters.
* * *
.... "AVADA KEDAVRA", shouted Voldermort pointing his wand at Harry.
Green light shot through his wand and went straight to Harry and hit him straight up or so thought Voldermort.
But the green light passed through Harry and hit the ground behind, shocking Voldermort and his followers.
Surprised, he pointed his wand and cursed "CRUCIO" at Hermione with the same result.
"What is this?" shouted a frustrated Voldermort.
"A dose of your own medicine Voldermort", laughed the first of the five- cloaked figures as they apparated. The person removed his cloak to reveal the real Harry Potter and so did the rest revealing Hermione, Ron and Lavender. Ginny quietly walked next to them, smiling, as if she never was under Imperious curse. Harry waved his hand and all of the illusionary members disappeared.
"Well....well. Not bad Potter. That was nice illusion charm. I am also impressed that you all could apparate on Hogwarts grounds. But unfortunately you will not be living long to enjoy my compliments", sneered Voldermort and trained his wand to kill Harry.
"EXPELLIARMUS", yelled Draco pointing his wand at Voldermort from the side.
The dark Lord's wand fell a few feet away and Draco smiled as he walked and gave a high five with Harry.
Voldermort looked fiercely towards Draco.
"How dare you traitor! You will die along with these insolent fools", yelled a furious Voldermort spitting venom from his eyes.
"Draco?" spluttered Lucius
"Father. How can you think I would help you? After all you did to me and my mother?" questioned Draco smugly.
"I and Harry realized Wormtail was spying on us. Then we decided to play this little game, your own kind of game, against you. With the help of Dumbledore, I gathered your trust by helping Pansy escape. Of Course you fell for it and told all of your plans ahead of time", announced Draco.
"But....Draco, you got the dark mark. That binds you to our master forever", said a shocked Pansy.
"YOUR....Pansy! He is your master. Once this monster dies, it will be nothing more than an ornament. Besides I always wanted a cool tattoo", said Draco.
"I am glad that all my enemies are at one place. Worry not you traitor, I shall kill you and your foolish friends", announced Voldermort.
Viktor, who was a spectator till then, took the signal and muttered summoning spell for all the trolls, werewolves, Dementors and Giants. But nothing happened. He looked confused. He tried again and again, only to watch silent wind blow from the forest.
"Stop it you fool. Do you think this traitor wouldn't have thought about it? Dumbledore might have tackled them long ago", said Voldermort unfazed.
"For once you are right Voldermort. However, You will not escape today", said Dumbledore confidently.
"Aaah....Who will fight with me."
"This Potter here?"
"His mudblood girlfriend?"
"His pathetic friends, Weasleys?"
"Or this traitor?"
"Anyway, Doesn't matter. Fight me or not, I am going to enjoy my followers killing you all", announced Voldermort and looked at his followers.
The peaceful Hogwarts grounds suddenly turned into a battleground. Ron fought with Wormtail, Lavender with Pansy, Hermione with Viktor, Ginny with Karkaroff and Draco with Lucius Malfoy. Harry and Voldermort merely stared at each other as if they were in some sort of staring contest.
"Draco, don't think I will spare your life. After all, I didn't spare your mother's", laughed Lucius making Draco furious.
"Father, I am glad for fighting you. Otherwise, I would have felt sorry for not killing you myself", responded very coolly making Lucius seethe with anger.
Probably Lavender was the one that is enjoying the most. She had it totally under control against Pansy who was completely on the defensive.
Viktor was surprised at Hermione's ability to control shields and quickness in spells. Though his spells were more dangerous, he ended up being more damaged, blood seeping from his hands and mouth already.
"Weasley, You cannot win over me. I am not that tiny rat anymore", laughed Wormtail defending against a body-binding spell from Ron.
"Wormy, I am glad you are confident of yourself. I was bored that I will finish you quickly", smirked Ron with sarcasm, making wormtail mad. Their ferocity was amplified when Wormtail started sending unforgivables. Ron simply controlled the air element and made Wormtail's spells miss their direction.
Ginny who struggled a bit in the beginning against Karkaroff, started on the offensive. Karkaroff, though a death eater, couldn't handle a fiery Ginny. All he tried to do was to hang on to his life and shield himself from her attacks.
"Inflamare" yelled Lucius aiming at Draco.
Draco simply smiled and muttered "Profundo Aqua". A gush of water came out of his wand and extinguished the fire in the mid-air.
"Serpensortia" shouted Lucius, bringing a big snake, hissing and crawling towards Draco.
"Aquila" muttered Draco. A big eagle swarmed on the snake and killed it.
"Crucio" shouted Lucius. Draco jumped aside from the curse.
Before Lucius can do anything, Draco shouted "Expelliarmus", disarming Lucius.
Draco caught the wand and smirked towards a now scared Lucius.
"Adflicto Affligo" making Lucius crumble and weaken both physically and mentally and finally fall to ground.
Draco walked towards him and stared at him with disgust.
"No Draco", said Harry from behind. How much ever he hated Lucius, he didn't want Draco to be a murderer.
Draco simply bound Lucius with magical ropes and levitated him aside.
Lavender found it to be incredibly easy. She was surprised that she could duel that well.
'Well, I will have to thank Ron for helping me train.....' thought Lavender, making Ron blush a bit.
Lavender felt she had enough. She quickly froze the time around Pansy, who looked very confused for being frozen, though she felt moving, a very odd site indeed. Lavender coolly walked to her disarmed her and bound her using magical ropes.
Meanwhile Ron completely exhausted Wormtail. Smiling wide Ron summoned the air guardian and threw Wormtail against a big tree rendering him unconscious.
Ginny completely singed Karkaroff and disarmed him. She shouted "Splincharmus divendo" magically splitting his legs and hands from his body. Karkaroff passed out Immediately out of sheer fear.
Voldermort saw all his followers going down one by one, in the battle. He pointed his wand at sky and muttered "Accersitus primoris scelum" summoning a huge evil creature out of the sky.
"You fools! You will all die to the wrath of the ancient evil", cackled Voldermort.
The evil creature is spitting fire from his eyes, nose, mouth and ears. He had two horns on his head and claws that were huge. He also held a whip made of fire. He stood around 12 feet, menacingly looking to hurt anyone in his path.
Dumbledore launched himself at the evil creature. Most of the regular spells were not affecting the creature at all. Dumbledore started sending ancient spells that started hurting the creature. He put a powerful shield around him to guard against the whiplash from it. His shields often needed to be reinstated as they were worn out by the creature's assaults.
Slowly, Dumbledore got weak in the whole ordeal. After a raging battle he got a good shot at the beast and muttered "Abolio Creparum". Dumbledore's curse made the beast howl in pain as blue colored flames erupted all around completely diminishing the creature.
Harry was watching all the fights, unfazed. He looked at Voldermort with anger.
"Tom Riddle! Your time is up. You will pay for your deeds", shouted Harry
"Stop calling me with that name, Potter. Do what you can", replied Voldermort. Harry merely replied the smile. Slowly both Voldermort and Harry walked to the middle of the ground.
"Hermione, You see my master will kill Potter soon. You still have a chance, I can ask him to forgive you", said Viktor.
That hit a nerve. Hermione shook with anger when he mentioned Harry dying.
"THAT....was your biggest mistake Viktor!" yelled Hermione before launching into a flurry of curses at Viktor. He barely managed to dodge and shield them. Hermione walked forward, touched the ground and muttered "Orbis Terrarum Submitto". Immediately the whole earth shook and as Viktor stumbled, thick vines from the ground sprouted and bound him tight making him immobile and he promptly passed due to the constriction
Sirius, Severes, Arabella, and Remus ran towards the grounds only to find most of the Voldermort's followers either unconscious or bound. Harry and Voldermort were circling around and the rest stayed away.
"I must say Potter. Your brain works like a Slytherin. You would do much better being with me", taunted Voldermort.
"Afraid of defeat Tom?" smirked Harry making Voldermort angry again.
"You fool, you just lost your chance. You will repent for your decisions", said Voldermort.
"Sure Tom, I shall repent when I let you go alive", replied Harry as angrily.
They both suddenly launched at each other firing some of the most powerful spells. The spells that missed each other, mad singing craters on the ground.
"Trucido artus" shouted Voldermort, intending to cut Harry's legs.
"Defendo tectum" muttered bringing a powerful shield around him and reflecting the curse away.
"Vulpus corpus" yelled Voldermort trying to wound Harry all over the body.
"Afflingo corpus" spelled Harry sending a curse that cancelled Voldermort's and afflicted him instead.
Voldermort grunted with pain. That was the first time in his life after rebirth that anyone has touched him.
"Not bad Potter. I thought this fight is going to be over quickly. But this makes it more interesting", sneered Voldermort.
"Thunderous capio" said Voldermort pointing his wand towards the sky.
Immediately the whole sky got clouded and a powerful thunderbolt struck Harry.
"NO!" yelled Hermione shivering with fright.
The whole place around Harry was filled with smoke.
"Dumbledore, guess your apprentice is done with his parlor tricks. Well, my condolences to you", laughed Voldermort.
"Not so fast Tom" through the clearing Harry was still standing there, untouched. The whole thunderbolt was cackling around him, around some sort of a shield that protected Harry from getting electrocuted. Soon the thunderbolt discharged into earth as Harry removed his shield.
Voldermort couldn't believe his eyes. He never thought Harry could be that powerful.
"Potter, You may have escaped that. Take this", shouted Voldermort and continued with throwing deadly spells, Harry blocked most of them effortlessly and just stepped aside to the rest.
Voldermort realized there is no normal spell or curse that can affect Harry.
"Crucio"
"Crucio"
"Ardeno corpus"
"Concido"
"Splinchero corpus"
shouted Voldermort quickly making anyone believe that the recipient would have died than take those curses.
Harry just stood there unscathed as none of the unforgivables or others could even pierce through his shields to touch him.
"You could do better than that Tom", said Harry continuing to smile.
Voldermort was furious. He realized that no normal spells could hurt Harry. If he cannot hurt Potter, he better hurt someone he loves. He turned towards Hermione and yelled "CRUCIO". As the curse hit Hermione she fell to the ground in pain, writhing on the ground. It was horrible as she felt like thousands of nails were pushed through her skin.
Harry was furious. He shouted "Repellus Priori Intentum" making the Crucio curse to bounce back to Voldermort and he fell to the ground howling in pain. Never in his life did Voldermort feel how a Cruciatus curse hurts like, until now.
Harry immediately ran to Hermione. He placed his hand over her heart and muttered "medicor navitas" brining back all her energy. Hermione looked at Harry smiling through her tear filled eyes. Harry smiled to her back and stood facing Voldermort.
"AVADA KEDAVRA" shouted Voldermort, putting loads of magic in it. The green light sped towards Harry as Hermione screamed with horror. Others just watched in shock.
The curse hit Harry full force on his chest and he stumbled back.
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A/N: How was that? Well, the next chapter means the end of story. Hope you've enjoyed. Thanx for the wonderful support. You guys are great!