Chapter 33 – The Fight
With slow, menacing steps, Voldemort placed himself in front of Draco and Ginny, and held their joined hands in his own. As he started to chant the curse that would give him Ginny's and Draco's powers, the double doors suddenly opened violently, and a huge group of wizards, wearing white robes, ran in, starting to fight the Death-Eaters.
'Harry, Ron and Hermione!' Ginny thought, feeling worried when she saw her brother and friends walk in the room with Dumbledore, their wands ready to fight.
Voldemort had noticed Harry and Dumbledore, as well, and was now grinning evilly. He released the couple, forgetting about their powers and walked closer to Harry.
"Why, if it isn't Harry Potter... How nice of you to join us!" Voldemort sneered. "This way you made it easier for me to kill you..."
"We'll see about that, Riddle!" Harry yelled, furiously, with Hermione and Ron by his side, protecting him from possible Death-Eater attacks. Dumbledore just stood behind Harry with a cold smile on his lips.
Draco took advantage of the moment of distraction and took Ginny to a dark corner of the huge room, to protect her from the flying curses.
"Ginny, leave this house right now... Apparate to Hogsmead and run to Hogwarts!" Draco whispered in her ear, sounding truly worried. Behind them there were loud shouts of curses and yells of pain. "Lock yourself in our bedroom and don't leave it until I arrive!"
"No, Draco..." she whispered, caressing his soft face with her hand. "I'm protected by my powers and I'm strong enough to fight... I'm staying!"
"Ginny, for our child... Please, go!" he pleaded, his silver gaze becoming a dark blue with worry. "I wouldn't be able to go through the suffer of loosing you... You've made me a weak man!"
"No, I made you a wonderful man, capable of loving..." she smiled softly, looking deep into his eyes. "Avada Kedavra!"
Draco's eyes went huge with shock when he heard her yell the killing curse and her wand released a red jet of light... But the light didn't hit him. The curse surrounded him and hit a Death-Eater standing behind them with his wand at ready.
"I think I've just wetted my pants..." he mumbled, still in shock.
"I love you Draco... And I know you love me, so you'll let me stay here and help Harry destroy that bastard..." she said, kissing his cheek, before turning away to join her friends, but Draco held her wrist and stopped her. "Draco, please..."
"You can stay, but if you get yourself killed, I'll kill you..." he sighed, kissing her lips passionately, before he released her and joined the Aurors in their fight.
Ginny smiled and quickly performed a spell on his robes, making them white.
"That way he won't be killed..." she smiled, before running to Harry's side, hurling hexes to Death-Eaters and avoiding the ones hurled at her. "Hello everyone... How much did I miss?"
"You arrived just in time to see your sweet Harry die..." Voldemort sneered, his eyes never leaving Harry.
"Oh, shut up..." she sighed, before leaning in to whisper in Harry's ear.
After a few seconds of secret whispers, Harry nodded his head in agreement, although he was frowning.
He slowly looked around the room... So many dead people... Most of the Death- Eaters were now... death, as were several Aurors, but most of them were still fighting the remaining Death-Eaters.
'It's time to finish this once and for all...' Harry thought, looking to his right side, and smiled sweetly at Hermione's serious face. She was scared, he knew her so well that he could read her like one of those books she loved so much. 'I have to do this for her... For everyone, but specially for her...'
With a quick nod towards Ginny, Harry saw her take a step forward to face Voldemort.
"What do you want, now? I want to fight him!" Voldemort yelled, pointing his wand at Harry.
"Consider myself as a warm-up..." she smiled sweetly, quickly performing a disarming spell, but Voldemort had quick reflexes, and avoided the curse.
She couldn't let her real powers come to the surface, or she would kill him for sure. Harry was the one who had to kill Voldemort, and she would do her best to help him.
Voldemort hurled hex after hex, on her way. Ginny tried to avoid the hexes, the best way she could, but they were getting a little too close to her own safety.
As she avoided another hex, Ginny ran to the other side of the room, leaving Voldemort with his back facing Harry and the others.
With a wide smile Ginny saw Harry position himself and take a deep breath.
"Tom, when you went to school, did your father teach you what you shouldn't do in the boys locker rooms?" she asked with a wicked smile.
"I've killed my parents before I went to school, you dumb girl!" he laughed evilly, hurling another hex, that she tried to avoid, but wasn't successful. The hex made a hole right through her left shoulder, splashing blood all over her clothes.
'Calm down, Ginny... You can't use your powers, or you'll kill him, and you can't do that! That's Harry's job...' she mumbled to herself, trying hard to control her angry powers.
"Well, I'll tell you this... Never turn your back on certain occasions!" she yelled, trying to cover Harry's own yell of 'Avada Kedavra'.
The red light shot full of strength towards Voldemort, and without him realizing it, he was hit by the huge power of Harry's curse.
Voldemort's eyes showed shock, anger and disbelief.
"You bunch of prats!" he screamed in agony, turning around to kill Harry, but mid sentence of the killing curse, he fell on the floor... possibly dead.
Dumbledore walked slowly towards the body of the Dark Lord and confirmed its death with a nod.
"Well done, Harry and Virginia... You have both destroyed the Dark Lord, and this time I believe there's no coming back for him!" Dumbledore smiled gently.
Harry's face was white and scared just before he fainted. Hermione immediately knelt next to his body, sobbing and trying to wake him up. Dumbledore walked closer to them to check on Harry and no one noticed the bleeding girl on the verge of fainting as well, but not of shock.
Draco finally killed one of the last Death-Eaters in time to see Ginny fall on her knees, holding her shoulder, her jumper soaked in blood.
"Oh no... GINNY!" he screamed as he ran to her side.
His scream was the last thing she heard, before she fainted in pain and too much blood loss.
With slow, menacing steps, Voldemort placed himself in front of Draco and Ginny, and held their joined hands in his own. As he started to chant the curse that would give him Ginny's and Draco's powers, the double doors suddenly opened violently, and a huge group of wizards, wearing white robes, ran in, starting to fight the Death-Eaters.
'Harry, Ron and Hermione!' Ginny thought, feeling worried when she saw her brother and friends walk in the room with Dumbledore, their wands ready to fight.
Voldemort had noticed Harry and Dumbledore, as well, and was now grinning evilly. He released the couple, forgetting about their powers and walked closer to Harry.
"Why, if it isn't Harry Potter... How nice of you to join us!" Voldemort sneered. "This way you made it easier for me to kill you..."
"We'll see about that, Riddle!" Harry yelled, furiously, with Hermione and Ron by his side, protecting him from possible Death-Eater attacks. Dumbledore just stood behind Harry with a cold smile on his lips.
Draco took advantage of the moment of distraction and took Ginny to a dark corner of the huge room, to protect her from the flying curses.
"Ginny, leave this house right now... Apparate to Hogsmead and run to Hogwarts!" Draco whispered in her ear, sounding truly worried. Behind them there were loud shouts of curses and yells of pain. "Lock yourself in our bedroom and don't leave it until I arrive!"
"No, Draco..." she whispered, caressing his soft face with her hand. "I'm protected by my powers and I'm strong enough to fight... I'm staying!"
"Ginny, for our child... Please, go!" he pleaded, his silver gaze becoming a dark blue with worry. "I wouldn't be able to go through the suffer of loosing you... You've made me a weak man!"
"No, I made you a wonderful man, capable of loving..." she smiled softly, looking deep into his eyes. "Avada Kedavra!"
Draco's eyes went huge with shock when he heard her yell the killing curse and her wand released a red jet of light... But the light didn't hit him. The curse surrounded him and hit a Death-Eater standing behind them with his wand at ready.
"I think I've just wetted my pants..." he mumbled, still in shock.
"I love you Draco... And I know you love me, so you'll let me stay here and help Harry destroy that bastard..." she said, kissing his cheek, before turning away to join her friends, but Draco held her wrist and stopped her. "Draco, please..."
"You can stay, but if you get yourself killed, I'll kill you..." he sighed, kissing her lips passionately, before he released her and joined the Aurors in their fight.
Ginny smiled and quickly performed a spell on his robes, making them white.
"That way he won't be killed..." she smiled, before running to Harry's side, hurling hexes to Death-Eaters and avoiding the ones hurled at her. "Hello everyone... How much did I miss?"
"You arrived just in time to see your sweet Harry die..." Voldemort sneered, his eyes never leaving Harry.
"Oh, shut up..." she sighed, before leaning in to whisper in Harry's ear.
After a few seconds of secret whispers, Harry nodded his head in agreement, although he was frowning.
He slowly looked around the room... So many dead people... Most of the Death- Eaters were now... death, as were several Aurors, but most of them were still fighting the remaining Death-Eaters.
'It's time to finish this once and for all...' Harry thought, looking to his right side, and smiled sweetly at Hermione's serious face. She was scared, he knew her so well that he could read her like one of those books she loved so much. 'I have to do this for her... For everyone, but specially for her...'
With a quick nod towards Ginny, Harry saw her take a step forward to face Voldemort.
"What do you want, now? I want to fight him!" Voldemort yelled, pointing his wand at Harry.
"Consider myself as a warm-up..." she smiled sweetly, quickly performing a disarming spell, but Voldemort had quick reflexes, and avoided the curse.
She couldn't let her real powers come to the surface, or she would kill him for sure. Harry was the one who had to kill Voldemort, and she would do her best to help him.
Voldemort hurled hex after hex, on her way. Ginny tried to avoid the hexes, the best way she could, but they were getting a little too close to her own safety.
As she avoided another hex, Ginny ran to the other side of the room, leaving Voldemort with his back facing Harry and the others.
With a wide smile Ginny saw Harry position himself and take a deep breath.
"Tom, when you went to school, did your father teach you what you shouldn't do in the boys locker rooms?" she asked with a wicked smile.
"I've killed my parents before I went to school, you dumb girl!" he laughed evilly, hurling another hex, that she tried to avoid, but wasn't successful. The hex made a hole right through her left shoulder, splashing blood all over her clothes.
'Calm down, Ginny... You can't use your powers, or you'll kill him, and you can't do that! That's Harry's job...' she mumbled to herself, trying hard to control her angry powers.
"Well, I'll tell you this... Never turn your back on certain occasions!" she yelled, trying to cover Harry's own yell of 'Avada Kedavra'.
The red light shot full of strength towards Voldemort, and without him realizing it, he was hit by the huge power of Harry's curse.
Voldemort's eyes showed shock, anger and disbelief.
"You bunch of prats!" he screamed in agony, turning around to kill Harry, but mid sentence of the killing curse, he fell on the floor... possibly dead.
Dumbledore walked slowly towards the body of the Dark Lord and confirmed its death with a nod.
"Well done, Harry and Virginia... You have both destroyed the Dark Lord, and this time I believe there's no coming back for him!" Dumbledore smiled gently.
Harry's face was white and scared just before he fainted. Hermione immediately knelt next to his body, sobbing and trying to wake him up. Dumbledore walked closer to them to check on Harry and no one noticed the bleeding girl on the verge of fainting as well, but not of shock.
Draco finally killed one of the last Death-Eaters in time to see Ginny fall on her knees, holding her shoulder, her jumper soaked in blood.
"Oh no... GINNY!" he screamed as he ran to her side.
His scream was the last thing she heard, before she fainted in pain and too much blood loss.