Chapter 18-Death, Life, and A Cat
A/N did anyone go look up Basenji puppy photos? Adorable hunh? I had half a mind to keep you all waitin' for this chapter, but turns out I had nothing better to do today, so I did it anyway LOL. Oh, and they each have their Sword in one hand and their wand in the other, I forgot to mention that in the last chapter. Anyway, here you go *bows to cheering audience* the next chapter.
Disclaimer: I only own the plot.
The deatheaters looked slightly nervous that Hermione had just spoken inside their heads. They soon got over it though when Voldemort yelled, "Get them, you idiots, get them!" That was when they started advancing on the four. Little Dragon followed Hermione, dodging spells. Hermione swung her sword, injuring several deatheaters, but not severely. She shot spells and jinxes and hexes at all deatheaters, trying to get to Voldemort. The deatheaters were fierce, but the circlet of diamond, the Swords of diamond, or the diamond of the armor deflected all the spells.
Hermione caught sight of Ron, whose diamond circlet was hovering above his head by a deatheater's levitating charm. Hermione stunned (they wanted all of them stunned or dead, but Hermione preferred stunned) the deatheater and pushed her way through the bodies to Ron, who was dueling a deatheater with his Sword. Hermione supposed that his dead sister was his motivation. Then she stunned that deatheater as well and used a spread stunning spell to make the rest around Ron go down. Hermione started walking away and looked back in time to see Ron's circlet hovering above his head as he got stunned. Hermione walked on in time to see Voldemort touch something on the ground next to him and more deatheaters appeared from no where. ~Harry, Draco, did you two see that, there are more now and Ron is stunned back there.~ she only heard Draco answer. ~Hermione, they are levitating our circlets left and right. Harry was hit by the killing spell when they were doing that, I am very sorry.~
Hermione felt her rage boil, how dare they kill her cousin that was the last straw, she would not stand this. She picked her way through the bodies of stunned and killed deatheaters to Draco, "Where is he?" Draco looked confused, "Harry, where is he?" Draco looked sad, but didn't and wouldn't falter in his wave of spells and stabs. He pointed with his Sword and she looked at Harry's body, then she knelt beside him. She felt several tears escape her eyes and was soon locked inside herself. She was searching, she held all of her magic within her hands. It was burning, but she didn't notice, she was searching for something, ah, there it was. She memorized it and brought herself out of her mind.
Draco's POV
He cut through another deatheater when Hermione came up and asked him where Harry was. Draco shot a spell at the wave of deatheaters and pointed with his Sword. There were still about twenty deatheaters, besides the ten or so that he was fighting, and they were advancing on Hermione. He ran to her side and saw tears running down her face, but she was oblivious to everything. He battled for her, to keep her safe and didn't notice his circlet hovering about his head until it was too late. Finally Hermione came out of her daze. But Draco did notice it when he suddenly felt dirty and small, he still wanted to protect Hermione, his love, but he also wanted to clean himself.
Hermione's POV
She looked up and saw Draco's circlet hovering above his head, but before she could point it out he was turned into...a cat? In armor? At any other time she would have laughed at this, but now wasn't the time. Probably her protection spells had stopped the spell from doing what it was supposed to do, unfortunately she hadn't had the time to put protection on all of her friends...or family. She noticed the deatheaters advancing on her and stood up. She thought for a minute and then found what she was searching for and sung the note, high and clear. All the deatheaters stopped in their tracks. She switched several notes lower and held this note. All the deatheaters kneeled onto the ground, covering their ears with their hands, frantic for it to stop, but powerless to do anything. Even Voldemort was in this position and she found that she had a clear path to him. She walked slowly, regally even, and walked up to Voldemort and beheaded him in one swipe of the Sword of Knowledge. But it wasn't Voldemort's snake-like head that fell to the ground. It was Lucious Malfoy's head. Hermione walked over to Ron and knelt by him. Gently she put her hand to his head and went one note higher. His eyes snapped open and he followed her to where the others lay. Hermione knelt by Harry once more and went several notes lower than she had gone the first time and touched Harry's chest, then she switched many notes in quick succession and ended on the note she had started at. Harry got up slowly, holding his head. Then Hermione changed her note again and a few deatheaters stood up and walked towards her.
She picked up Draco-kitty in one hand and Little Dragon in the other and changed notes again. This note was higher than any other and Hermione started to glow gently, a soft red color. When her glow was blinding she slowly started to rise in the air, without the use of her wings, which stayed still. When she was well above everyone's head she began to spin, it was dizzying, she was spinning so fast, but her eyes stayed firmly shut and suddenly all of those that had gathered around her on the ground were spinning too, not as fast but still. Then they were in Dumbledore's office.
Hermione stopped glowing slowly, her light diminishing bit by bit. "These deatheaters are the ones who never and still don't want to be deatheaters," she said to Dumbledore. Her voice was disappearing with her light. "The song was an absolute good, so I was able to apparate here with all the deatheaters." Then turning to Harry and Ron who were staring at her she said, "Harry, Ron, you and Draco need to get some sleep, don't worry, I will be fine. I won't get up for at least a month, but you will know when I am going to get up," Her light was almost gone, it was a faint glow, and so her voice was barely a whisper, "Harry, catch me." Harry caught her just before she hit the ground. She had collapsed from exhaustion.
A/N did anyone go look up Basenji puppy photos? Adorable hunh? I had half a mind to keep you all waitin' for this chapter, but turns out I had nothing better to do today, so I did it anyway LOL. Oh, and they each have their Sword in one hand and their wand in the other, I forgot to mention that in the last chapter. Anyway, here you go *bows to cheering audience* the next chapter.
Disclaimer: I only own the plot.
The deatheaters looked slightly nervous that Hermione had just spoken inside their heads. They soon got over it though when Voldemort yelled, "Get them, you idiots, get them!" That was when they started advancing on the four. Little Dragon followed Hermione, dodging spells. Hermione swung her sword, injuring several deatheaters, but not severely. She shot spells and jinxes and hexes at all deatheaters, trying to get to Voldemort. The deatheaters were fierce, but the circlet of diamond, the Swords of diamond, or the diamond of the armor deflected all the spells.
Hermione caught sight of Ron, whose diamond circlet was hovering above his head by a deatheater's levitating charm. Hermione stunned (they wanted all of them stunned or dead, but Hermione preferred stunned) the deatheater and pushed her way through the bodies to Ron, who was dueling a deatheater with his Sword. Hermione supposed that his dead sister was his motivation. Then she stunned that deatheater as well and used a spread stunning spell to make the rest around Ron go down. Hermione started walking away and looked back in time to see Ron's circlet hovering above his head as he got stunned. Hermione walked on in time to see Voldemort touch something on the ground next to him and more deatheaters appeared from no where. ~Harry, Draco, did you two see that, there are more now and Ron is stunned back there.~ she only heard Draco answer. ~Hermione, they are levitating our circlets left and right. Harry was hit by the killing spell when they were doing that, I am very sorry.~
Hermione felt her rage boil, how dare they kill her cousin that was the last straw, she would not stand this. She picked her way through the bodies of stunned and killed deatheaters to Draco, "Where is he?" Draco looked confused, "Harry, where is he?" Draco looked sad, but didn't and wouldn't falter in his wave of spells and stabs. He pointed with his Sword and she looked at Harry's body, then she knelt beside him. She felt several tears escape her eyes and was soon locked inside herself. She was searching, she held all of her magic within her hands. It was burning, but she didn't notice, she was searching for something, ah, there it was. She memorized it and brought herself out of her mind.
Draco's POV
He cut through another deatheater when Hermione came up and asked him where Harry was. Draco shot a spell at the wave of deatheaters and pointed with his Sword. There were still about twenty deatheaters, besides the ten or so that he was fighting, and they were advancing on Hermione. He ran to her side and saw tears running down her face, but she was oblivious to everything. He battled for her, to keep her safe and didn't notice his circlet hovering about his head until it was too late. Finally Hermione came out of her daze. But Draco did notice it when he suddenly felt dirty and small, he still wanted to protect Hermione, his love, but he also wanted to clean himself.
Hermione's POV
She looked up and saw Draco's circlet hovering above his head, but before she could point it out he was turned into...a cat? In armor? At any other time she would have laughed at this, but now wasn't the time. Probably her protection spells had stopped the spell from doing what it was supposed to do, unfortunately she hadn't had the time to put protection on all of her friends...or family. She noticed the deatheaters advancing on her and stood up. She thought for a minute and then found what she was searching for and sung the note, high and clear. All the deatheaters stopped in their tracks. She switched several notes lower and held this note. All the deatheaters kneeled onto the ground, covering their ears with their hands, frantic for it to stop, but powerless to do anything. Even Voldemort was in this position and she found that she had a clear path to him. She walked slowly, regally even, and walked up to Voldemort and beheaded him in one swipe of the Sword of Knowledge. But it wasn't Voldemort's snake-like head that fell to the ground. It was Lucious Malfoy's head. Hermione walked over to Ron and knelt by him. Gently she put her hand to his head and went one note higher. His eyes snapped open and he followed her to where the others lay. Hermione knelt by Harry once more and went several notes lower than she had gone the first time and touched Harry's chest, then she switched many notes in quick succession and ended on the note she had started at. Harry got up slowly, holding his head. Then Hermione changed her note again and a few deatheaters stood up and walked towards her.
She picked up Draco-kitty in one hand and Little Dragon in the other and changed notes again. This note was higher than any other and Hermione started to glow gently, a soft red color. When her glow was blinding she slowly started to rise in the air, without the use of her wings, which stayed still. When she was well above everyone's head she began to spin, it was dizzying, she was spinning so fast, but her eyes stayed firmly shut and suddenly all of those that had gathered around her on the ground were spinning too, not as fast but still. Then they were in Dumbledore's office.
Hermione stopped glowing slowly, her light diminishing bit by bit. "These deatheaters are the ones who never and still don't want to be deatheaters," she said to Dumbledore. Her voice was disappearing with her light. "The song was an absolute good, so I was able to apparate here with all the deatheaters." Then turning to Harry and Ron who were staring at her she said, "Harry, Ron, you and Draco need to get some sleep, don't worry, I will be fine. I won't get up for at least a month, but you will know when I am going to get up," Her light was almost gone, it was a faint glow, and so her voice was barely a whisper, "Harry, catch me." Harry caught her just before she hit the ground. She had collapsed from exhaustion.
