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A/N: I am so sorry I have not updated in so long but my life is so hectic. I just finished a ten page research paper for English and I still have four more left to write. Forgive me for not updating. If you are not reading any more I don't blame you but give my story another chance. There will be one more chapter after this to sum things up. I will honestly try to get that up and running soon. Thanks for reading, if you still are.

Chapter 13: The Fall of an Empire

Harry raced to his father's cell as fast as his feet could carry him. He was never sure how he made it there without anyone seeing him, but he didn't care at the moment. He opened his father's cell to find his father sitting in the corner throwing his bread up in the air as if it were a quaffle (spelling?).

"What do you want now?" James asked coldly.

"Dad," Harry said taking off the death eater cloak. "Come with me before they realize what's going on."

"Harry?" James asked in a surprised way. "How do I know that it is really you and not some death eater using the polyjuice potion."

"That is just a chance you are going to have to take, dad. But if you are going to die in this cell anyway, better it be with a chance of freedom on your mind." Harry said quickly.

"That's good enough for me, let's go." James said and the two left the room.

"Where's your mother?" James asked Harry as they went around a tight corner.

"Far, but if we hurry we could get there without any problems." Harry said not taking his eye off map, since he knew his father was watching out for death eaters.

"Where did you get that map?" James asked.

"Just a friend." Harry said with a smile. "I still can't believe how stupid death eaters are. One of the other prisoners set of a distraction and they all run to the scene and none of them stay behind to guard any of the captives."

James just laughed at the comment.

"She should be held in the room right around this corner." Harry said.

James looked around the corner and sure enough there was a door with two death eaters guarding it.

"She is being guarded." James said.

"What should we do dad?"

"Why are you asking me, you're the one who is the brains of this operation!"

"You're the Auror dad, you know how to beat them!" Harry said in a yelling tone but keeping his voice down at the same time.

"Fine, um…I don't think we should attack them. If other death eaters or Voldemort here them scream it will be harder to escape. Our best bet is to lure them somewhere else. Harry give me that cloak."

Harry reached in to his pocket and took out the death eater cloak and handed it to his father.

"Wait here." James said and disappeared around the corner.

Harry never found out what his father did that day to get the death eaters out of the way, but what ever it was, it worked. James called him over with his hand and together they opened Lily's door.

Lily watched the door open, hoping it wasn't what she though it was. She saw the people come in and as soon as James walked in the door she ran to him as if they had not seen each other in months. Then she saw Harry and gave him a hug that caused him to have trouble breathing.

"Lily, what did they do to you?" James said looking at the way she was dressed.

James than took off the death eater cloak and put it around her, "Let's get out of here."

Miracles, they say, happen everyday if people look for them. The three of them believed it was a miracle that they made it out alive, but Harry felt that them reaching safety was not the end of their journey.

"I have to go back in." Harry said.

"No, you aren't! I will not loose another child because of Voldemort, you are staying here!" Lily yelled.

"Why on earth would you go back in there?" James asked looking his son in the eye.

"I have to repay someone for helping me escape." Harry said, his expression completely serious.

"The only people in there are death eaters, but if you have to go in there, I am going with you." James said.

"Me too." Lily said.

"No, I am going in alone." Harry said, "I lost you two once and I am not loosing you again."

"You never lost us Harry, what are you talking about?" Lily asked, "Besides you don't even have a wand, how are you going to fight off the death eaters?"

"I'll find away, but you two stay here, promise me!" Harry said sternly.

"Fine Harry, go along." James said.

Lily just looked at him with shock. How could he let their only child go into Voldemort's lair alone.

"Thanks dad," Harry said running toward the building," I love you guys."

"James are you crazy, letting him go inside alone!"

"Lily once he is out of view I am running in after him while you are going to inform the rest of the Order, understand."

"No, I am going in after Harry you…"

"Listen Lily, I will be able fight off a lot more death eaters with my bare hands then you will." James said. "Now go ok,"

"I love you James," Lily said before turning and leaving.

As James watched he figure go into the distance he said to himself, "I love you too."

James than waited for the right moment to go in after Harry.

Meanwhile, Harry had reached the lair and was searching for the one person he wanted to see, Destiny. He found her quickly, but the only problem was she was with Voldemort.

"Nice of you to join us Mr. Potter," Voldemort said turning to face Harry.

Harry then walked into the room and saw the horror that was going on. Destiny was in chains with whip marks along her stomach, legs, and arms and blood was pooling from all of her wounds.

"Destiny…" Harry said almost in a whisper.

"Potter, I would have thought you and your family would have been long gone by now. I now see that Gryffindors should be known for their stupidity and not bravery."

"Leave him alone, this is between you and me," Destiny said still having a strong voice.

"You are no longer any use to me, but before I kill you, you will watch me kill someone I have been waiting to terminate for some time." Voldemort said looking into Harry's eyes. "Give him his wand, I want my last real battle to be a fair one."

Harry was then thrown his wand and it was then that he realized something. Since he and Voldemort had never dueled in his fourth year than he knew nothing about the connection between the wands. This piece of knowledge was perhaps his only weapon he could use against him. Then Harry thought of the prophecy, what power did Harry have over Voldemort? None he could think of, but at this moment it didn't matter. Harry knew this was the last battle he would fight against Voldemort and it was now or never.

The two bowed and the battle began.

Death eaters watched from the side and cheered and booed at points as if they were an audience of a Quidditch match. Curses and hexes were flying in every direction and before Harry knew it, he was pinned in a corner wandless.

"So this is how my great adversary fights, not much of a hero you are. I expected something a lot harder."

At this Voldemort turned to where Destiny lay on the ground, weak from the loss of blood.

"You die first," he said pointing his wand to her.

She didn't have the energy to get up and run nor to defend herself. But as Voldemort raised his wand and started to say the killing curse Harry leapt from his place on the ground and jumped in front of her, meeting with the curse head on. But something happened when Harry was hit with the curse. Not only was Harry affected but something caused the curse to go back up to Voldemort. It traveled up his wand, spiting it and then into his body killing his instantly. Destiny, with all the strength she had left crawled over to Harry's lifeless body.

"Why," she asked the dead body that lay on the ground, "why did you save me, why?"

Then dozens of people ran into the room, Order members, and captured most of the death eaters who were present. Destiny was let go of her chains and ran to the only person that she could, Lily. James was unconscious in the hall way outside of where Harry's dead body lay.

"I'm so sorry Mrs. Potter." Destiny said before she blacked out.

A/N: I know the fight scene sucks but I am terrible at writing them especially when I am in a rushing mood. Remember there is one more chapter…I will try my hardest to get it up soon. PLEASE REVIEW!