It's the Final Battle between good and evil. Harry falls for someone unexpected. Warning: mild slash, angst themes and character deaths. Please R&R. Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters only the plot line.

Hope remains.

Prologue The castle had been reinforced with a net work of spells, another ward had been set up for the use tending to the wounded, witches and wizards had been called for from other countries, people had been warned and prepared, but what ever precautions they took they new they would never be enough. The last hope of the wizarding world resided in one person; a flawed, yet optimistic, seventeen year old called Harry Potter. This is his tail, and how love can some times prevail against innumerable odds.