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Chapter Fifteen: Happily Ever After

I burst through the door in front of me and there she was. Mione was o.k. I smiled at her but she didn't smile back. She had an emotionless face and she was very pale. The locket around her neck was the same one that I had seen in my dream. Voldemort turned to look at me and then at Hermione before he spoke.

"So we meet again Mr Potter and this time it looks like you have a weakness, the girl" he said pointing to Hermione.

I diverted my eyes and looked at him. Hermione's hand was mere inches away from the blade of the knife that Krum had hold of.

"Expelliarmus!"

I shouted pointing my wand straight at the knife. Instantly it flew out of Krum's hand and onto the floor behind him. He looked at me before pulling out his own wand. He was about hex me, and I was ready, but Voldemort spoke again.

"No Krum, have him fight the girl, lets see what he does" he said.

"Yes master"

He took out another wand from his pocket, presumably Hermione's and placed it in her right hand.

"Kill him"

Krum whispered into her ear. She nodded and stood opposite me. She lifted up her wand and aimed it directly at me. I moved my wand down by my side, before I spoke.

"I wont fight you Hermione" I said directly to her.

She didn't respond with words, but with a spell instead.

"Crucio!" she yelled.

The spell hit me square in the chest, but I was determined not to let it beat me this time. I struggled and struggled but finally managed to break free of it. As I did however, the spell bounced of me and back at Hermione. It hit her. Her wand fell out of her hand and she fell backwards onto the floor. I ran over to her and knelt down beside her.

I picked up hand and held it in my own. 'Please, please be o.k. Mione'. I repeated this over and over in my mind.

'Harry?'

She was talking to me but her face was still pale, her eyes were shut and her mouth wasn't moving. Instead I thought of the only way I could to respond to her. I spoke to her through my thoughts.

'Mione, can you hear me?' I asked her in my mind.

'Yes, where am I?'

'The Shrieking Shack, Krum kidnapped you after you went back to the flat, after you had taken me to the hospital, you've got a locket around your neck, I think that's how Krum was controlling you, but this spell has stopped the locket from working'

'Is he here now?'

'Yeah, along with Voldemort, he was going to use a drop of your blood to get his whole body back, but I've got a plan'

'What is it?'

'Can you move?' I asked.

'Yes, why?'

'When you get up, continue to fight me as if nothing has happened, but at the last minute, cast your spell at Krum and I'll cast mine at Voldemort, o.k.?'

'Yeah, o.k. I know what to do'

'Good'

I let go of her hand and stood up.

"So, finally found the courage to hurt someone you care for, eh, Potter?" asked Krum.

Voldemort watched my every move. He couldn't do anything even if he was here, without Hermione's blood, he was powerless. I sneered at Krum before responding.

"At least I'm not like you, helping Voldemort" I replied back.

He only sneered at me before speaking again, but not to me, to Hermione.

"Get up and kill him!" he roared at her.

Seeing Hermione was very good at hiding her emotions, she opened her eyes with no emotion on her face whatsoever. She picked up her wand and aimed it at me once more. I did the same, but at the last minute, just like I told her, she fired her spell at Krum while I performed the killing curse on Voldemort. It worked perfectly, Voldemort was gone, once and for all. Hermione on the other hand was having a good time firing spells at Krum. I watched on in amusement. She had hit him with so many spells that I had lost count. Finally she was through and had him in the full body bind.

She turned around and looked at me. She walked up to me before she spoke.

"Thank you Harry, for saving me"

And then she kissed me. It wasn't like I imagined it to be, in fact it was ten times better. I let my emotions take over and kissed her back with just as much passion. I rested my hands on her back, dropping my wand onto the floor, while I could feel her hands moving up to the back of my head, running her fingers through my hair. For lack off oxygen, we both had to pull away. But I rested my forehead on hers. I smiled sheepishly at her, and she smiled back, her eyes sparking with happiness.

"You're welcome"

I replied before we kissed again. When we broke apart for the second time, we alerted the Ministry and they took care of matters, letting us go home. When we eventually did get home, everyone was so happy to see her and the amount of tears that flooded through Mrs Weasly's eyes would have been enough to keep five small boats afloat. When we got back to our flat, we sat in the living room a video playing on the telly. I sat down on the couch and Hermione sat in my lap.

"I love you Mione" I said looking at her.

She smiled.

"I love you too Harry" she replied.

We fell asleep like that, just contempt being in each others arms. I having finally found what I was looking for, someone to love me just as much as I loved them.

A/N: That's it! I know the chapter was a bit short but, this story is finished, but I'm having a bit of a brainwave as I type this, I am thinking of doing a sequel, with Harry teaching at Hogwarts and a very special surprise for Hermione, what do you think? Let me know, and if you want one I'll write one! I want to say a big thank you to everyone who reviewed it really means a lot to me and I thank everyone who put forward their ideas! Thank you so much! Please, please review and no flames! Thanks!

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