Chapter 15
Eriol walked over to Sakura and her guardians, including Syaoran and a burst of dark magic entered the Great Hall The sorcerers clutched their heads in pain and the guardians roared as the dark aurora overwhelmed their senses, making them cry and roar out in pain.
"Eriol-kun!" cried Tomoyo. Eriol held out a hand.
"Don't come near here. He's around here," managed Eriol weakly as the headache pushed him near the edge of oblivion. Sakura struggled to reach into her pocket and took out a card. Syaoran held on to her, consciously transferring most of his powers to her. Sakura felt the pain lessen and looked down to see that Syaoran was glowing green. Realizing what he was doing, Sakura tried to wrench her hand away, but Syaoran held on.
"Syaoran! No!" cried Sakura as tears spilled from her eyes. Syaoran shook his head.
"I'm only lending them to you. I can't do much anyway. I expect them to be returned… Sa… ku… ra…" Syaoran's grips on hers loosen and he collapsed on the floor. His sword returned to its pendant form and Sakura cried silently.
"You idiot," she whispered and looked at the card she had drawn from her deck. The headache was gone but her friends were still suffering from the pain. The HP gang did not feel it as they did not have their kind of powers, but Sakura noticed that Dumbledor looked a little pale…
Sakura looked at the card and her eyes widened. Of course! Use the 'Light' card to defeat darkness! Sakura kissed the card and threw it up into the air.
"LIGHT!" she cried. A great burst of white light filled the room and Eriol and her fellow guardians collapsed onto the floor with exhaustion, but painless. Eriol looked up at Sakura and managed a weak smile.
"Thanks," he mouthed. Sakura looked at Tomoyo and managed a reassuring smile. Tomoyo smiled back shakily. She looked down at Syaoran and at that time, she heard a painful bellow.
"NO!!!" It cried. A dark cloud materialized in front of them and Sakura noticed that some teachers fainted. Sakura's grip on her staff tightened. Voldermot.
"NO!!!" It cried again. "HOW CAN YOU DEFEAT ALL OF THEM!! THOSE PHATHATIC PEOPLE!!!" he roared. Sakura did not even flinch but she saw from the corner of her eye that Harry's grip on his wand was so tight that his knuckles were white. Voldermot composed himself and laughed evilly.
Sakura suppressed a shudder. How can a man be so fickle with his emotions? As if noticing Harry for the first time, he smirked.
"Now I can kill many birds with one stone! How delightful!" Voldermot exclaimed. He suddenly turned into a dash of light and it entered Syaoran's limp body.
"NO!" Sakura cried as his body glowed with two layers of green and black aurora. The green and black aurora did not mix but the green part of it seemed to be struggling with the black part. Sakura suddenly realized that Syaoran was trying to fight off Voldermot! Suddenly, the green light begun to fade and Skaura panicked. If she did not think fast, Syaoran would run out of power and would have to succumb to Voldermot's rising one! Sakura ran to him without thought and heard Eriol call for her to stop vaguely from behind. Sakura kneeled in front of him and grasp his hand. Sakura concentrated and transferred all of her powers to him. She saw that her own pink aurora mixed with Syaoran's green one and now there were three layers of colors surrounding both Sakura and Syaoran. She heard Tomoyo's pleas for her to let go but Sakura was in to deep to give up now. Sakura felt weaker and weaker. Her pink aurora was thinning like Syaoran's and Voldermot's black one was slowly gaining control of both their bodies. NO! I CANNOT LET THIS HAPPEN!!!!! Sakura concentrated her full powers and out of nowhere, she could feel a burst of hidden powers in her expand and escape from its hiding place. A comforting sense of warmth surrounded her and she saw that the pink aurora around them both was pushing out the black one. Syaoran's green aurora was also expanding. Sakura was indirectly giving him back his energy. Sakura willed herself to concentrate and felt Syaoran's grip in hers tighten. He was regaining strength! Sakura's hear leap with joy and noticed that the black layer in their auroras had been absorbed into the air. Sakura felt drained and relaxed the flow of energy. She lay her head on top of Syaoran's chest and closed her eyes for a second, opening them again to look into the weary eyes of Syaoran's.
"You shouldn't have done that," he whispered hoarsely. Sakura closed her eyes again as Syaoran put his right hand on her head, stroking her hair softly.
"I couldn't just stand there and let that voldy-guy take over your pathetic body, can I?" teased Sakura softly. Syaoran just chuckled softly but it came out as a cough. Sakura sat up and laughed weakly as she watched Sayaoran choke. She pulled him up even though they were weak and raised her staff as Syaoran raised his sword
Eriol made a joint attack with his master's and own creations and raised his staff. A dark purple burst of magic emerged from it, mixing with purple and red beams, then all blending into a whirl of fire and a sliver solid attack. Just then, a black form materialized in front of the direction of the attack. Voldermot! He waved his and a shield appeared in front of him. The attack melted to blend with the shield, evening the effects of the attack on it. Lighting formed inside the shield and Voldermot roared in pain as the lightning hit him. From the corner of his eye, he saw a fresh streak of lightning and water. The two elements combined, the lightning circling around the stream of water and collided with the shield, bursting through it to hit Voldermot. Everyone shielded their eyes from the dust and noticed that Voldermot lay unmoving on the ground.
"Harry!" cried Tomoyo. It was his only chance to defeat Voldermot once and for all. Harry flustered. What should he do?? Should he use a forbidden curse? It maybe just drive a knife through his heart? He looked at Dumbledor and watched at the old man waved his wand and a torch flaming green appeared on his hand. Hermoine gasped and both Ron and Harry looked at her.
"What?" asked Ron. Hermoine just continued gaping at the green torch, pointing at it.
"T- th- the f- flaming green t-torch!!!" she cried. Dumbledor just smiled.
"20 points to Gryfindor! Harry, take this and you'll know what to do." Said Dumbledor happily. Hermoine's eyes widen.
"But… But…Harry's in Gryfindor!" cried Hermoine. Dumbledor just grinned and gave it to Harry. Harry took it and felt an immerse power surge through his veins. Hermoine stared at him as if he were a stranger.
Raise the torch…
Harry jumped at then voice and looked around. Everyone was staring at him. He looked at Dumbledor and the old man smiled reassuringly at him. Harry raised the torch with both hands and just as he did that, the green flame in the torch became a beam of light and hit Voldermot, making him burst into green flames.
"NOOOO!!!!!!"
The green flames faded and all that was left was a black cloak…