Thank you everyone who has read and reviewed this Story. I will try to write a sequel. So (minus epilogue)this is the end.

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The Last Chapter...... Did you really think I'd let them all live?

Chapter Sixteen

Grey Nothingness

Lithliya squatted on the grass. She ignored the fact that her dress was designed to allow no slouching and heard a satisfactory snap. She had been searching for ages and not seen hide nor hair of Hermione. If she was right then Draco would be with her and she'd be fine... well as fine as anyone can be with Draco. She heard footsteps and panting. Harry appeared from the darkness.

"Have you seen Hermione?" He asked panting. She eyed him with disdain.

"No." She answered shortly and looked out to the darkened forest. She saw a black shape and jumped up immediately, reaching for her wand. "Something moved." She told Harry who had looked up when she jumped. Lithliya let out a shriek. A large snake was slithering towards them through the grass. Harry let out a series of hisses and the snake backed off, still hissing. Harry had now come forward so he was level with her.

"You're scared of snakes?" He asked, still scanning for anyone else in the forest. The snake was waiting.

"Well at least I'm not scared of spiders. Snakes can actually eat you." Harry gave her a withering look letting her know that her hardcore reputation was gone with him.

"You're actually worried about that at a time like this?" Lithliya asked scanning the black line of trees.

"I'm English." Harry returned. A black figure was appearing from the dark. Lithliya reached for her wand again. Her hand grasped empty air. She looked at the floor and dipped down, ignoring the dress again (crack), her hands running through the strands for her wand. "You not got your wand?" He asked mildly panicked by this. He spoke with his eyes still on the advancing figure who was now level with the snake.

"Harry Potter." The rasping voice hissed. Lithliya stopped fumbling about in the grass and stood bolt upright. Or she would have had her head not come into direct contact with Harry's elbow. Harry dropped his wand and Lithliya sat dazedly on the grass. Harry picked it up again hastily as the raspy voice laughed. Harry had an awful feeling he knew the voice.

"Run." He whispered to Lithliya who was just dazedly getting up. She shook her head; whether to clear it or say 'no' he didn't know. Either way she didn't do as he ordered. "Lithliya go! You don't even have a wand!" Harry spoke louder now. Lithliya was standing in front of him looking stoically at the figure who was just removing his hood.

Voldemort stood there in all his glory. Harry felt a surge in his scar and fought down the temptation to puke. "Harry Potter. And there she is; Dremae. Another one of the line." He chuckled dryly.

"You won't kill Harry Potter on Hogwarts ground." Lithliya said boldly. Harry was now trying to comprehend everything that was going on. It was quite a challenge.

"No. I didn't come here to kill Harry Potter." Voldemort returned a sick smile on his face at the thought. "I came to see my Goddaughter." Harry swore his heart stopped beating. All he could do was look at Lithliya and then at Voldemort. "Now her mother's dead, she's all my responsibility." Lithliya was frozen to the ground. "But now that I'm here killing Harry Potter seems like a good idea. Thank you for leading him to me, My darlingGoddaughter."

"You will not kill Harry Potter today." Lithliya stepped backwards towards Harry. Harry was still only hearing the 'goddaughter' parts of the conversation. "I won't let you."

"What would you father say if he saw you now?" Voldemort advanced a step, the snake diving forwards. Lithliya stayed where she was. "What would you brothers say? So disappointed in you. And your sister. So proud that you made head girl. And now you stand her defying their Dark Lord?"

"I am not my father." Lithliya spoke calmly even though the snake was coming closer to her feet. "And there is only one Dark Lord. You are not he." Voldemort's face contorted.

"Crucio" Lithliya let out a yell of pain before falling to the floor, crying and howling. Harry snapped to and pointed his wand at Voldemort.

"Expelliarmus!" Harry yelled through the night air. Voldemort deflected it and in doing so had to release Lithliya. "Stupefy!!" Harry chucked spell after spell, enough time for Lithliya to get away. She wasn't getting away. She was on the floor immobile.

"Mr Potter are you really getting anywhere?" Voldemort asked as they broke whilst Harry caught his breath. Harry glared and stole a glance at Lithliya. She showed signs of stirring. "You might well die tonight. But if you don't I'm not going away without one of you dead." Harry swallowed and fixed his gaze on Voldemort. "You do know she's such a pretty thing. I might just take her home with me so Nagini can have her midnight snack. Stupefy."

Harry was off guard. He deflected that spell but not the one after. He was flung back. His last thoughts before blackness blinded him were dramatically along the lines of shit.

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Lithliya pulled herself up as she saw Harry fly past her. She dived onto him, smacking his face to no response. "I'm sorry." She whispered before taking his wand and standing up, immediately deflecting a spell. The snake, free of the other parsel tongue was slithering towards her, hissing. She tried to ignore it. "Crucio!"

The battle raged, both people either deflecting or avoiding each others shots. As Lithliya cast her third unforgivable she felt a thing creep around her leg. She did not look down. She kept casting. The thing rose up wrapping itself around her leg, passing under her clothing. It kept rising until it reached her neck. If Harry did not come to now they were both dead.

"Ennervate!" She spun on her heel and pointed at Harry. His eyes flickered open just as Lithliya's body came flying into his. She had been his with one of Voldemort's spells. The snake around her necks slithered off. By the time Harry looked up Voldemort had disappeared, his laughter all that was left.

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Lucius Malfoy moved out from the shelter of the trees. He was sneering at his son. Lucius had longer hair and he was still taller than his son. Draco's sneer matched his father's. Hermione shrunk back. "You were always weak Draco. But I never knew you were this weak. Falling in love with a Mudblood? You're an insult to your blood."

Draco laughed. "At least I do not serve a Mudblood." Lucius straightened up and laughed.

"You son serve only yourself. You will be killed for you disobedience. After all Lord Voldemort did for you. After all I have done for you. And you betray me now. This ends tonight."

"Oh indeed it does father." Draco moved forward his wand in his hand. "Your death to wipe the stain of your existence." Hermione whimpered in the background.

"Avada Kedavra!" Two similar voices rang out. Both people duck and trees were scorched. Hermione ducked her head out of instinct although neither spell was near her.

"Draco you have become weak. Like Dumbledore." A curse flew across the clearing. "Caring for people. People are only there to be used. Like that Mudblood. She's a good target practice."

"You are naive to believe that, father." Draco said. Another curse flew. Hermione had lost sight of the two fighters. It was like the Spanish civil war; a bad side against an even worse side. "If she's sensible she'll stay where she is and stay quiet." Hermione gripped her wand so tightly her knuckles were white.

"Oh really. Avada Kedavra!" A jet of green light shot out the trees aimed at Hermione. Two things saved her. His aim was bad through the moonlight and years of being round a hot tempered Weasley her reactions were quite fast... several hot tempered Weasleys.

Hermione scrambled up to her feet and back away into the darkness. Her pulse was thumping in her ears. She turned to run. "Stupefy." Was all she heard before a quiet white came over her.

The white receded and patches of grey then black faded in. Eventually black outlines of trees and voices arguing entered her mind again. She blinked and moaned. "You killed her to silence her?"

"What is this? Does Draco care?" Mocking. Malfoy. Hermione shook her head and sat up. Draco was standing over her, looking out into what seemed like an empty clearing. Lucius was evidently somewhere out there. "Speaking of caring shall we see how much you really do care for that thing." Lucius Malfoy came out into the clearing. Hermione tried to stand, wobbling and grasping her wand. Draco had advanced forwards, murder in his eyes.

Hermione stumbled a couple of paces after him. He did not turn round to look at her. He had not looked at her since he had told her... "Stop it. There's not point-"

"Avada Kedarva!" Two similar voices once again shouted out. A scream accompanied them this time.

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The officials arrived at the scene the dawn was just breaking over the distant rolling green hilltops. They found the three figures not very far into the forbidden forest a small clearing of small trees letting a patch of light in. Two of the bodies were recorded and levitated off. The third was wrapped in blankets and taken to meet her friends whom sat having cocoa on the Quidditch pitch.

Hermione Granger cried too much. But this was even out of reach of crying. She sat their shivering at the cold, huddled in between Harry and Ron. All sat in a comfortable silence waiting quietly. People came and talked to them. Asked them to describe what happened. Ron had little to say. Harry told his story in a quiet voice not leaving anything out that could be important. Hermione shrugged when questioned and just leant further on Harry and Ron. They left her alone eventually.

It wasn't that hard to figure out what had happened. Two Malfoys dead and one shaken girl. Madame Pomfrey took them up to the hospital wing when eight o'clock came and went. Hermione shared a bed with Ron and they both remained awake in silence that was only interrupted by Ron's stomach. Harry disappeared to see Lithliya. Ron went awhile later to see Luna who had been asking for him and seemed far more alert than ever before. Hermione just sat on her bed.

Silence.

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