"It's Potter! Get him!" Voldemort shouted. Harry ran to the tree and ducked a couple of curses that were aimed at him. He stopped by the tree and threw a couple of well aimed curses at various deatheaters who fell into the muddy grass. He managed to get Lavender and Ron free and they grabbed their wands and started to help the others. Harry looked over to where April was duelling with Lucius Malfoy, Sirius was duelling a deatheater Harry had never seen before and Lupin was protecting Jenny and Emma, who had run over to them.
"CHO!" Harry shouted. Cho ducked a spell and went to Harry.
"What?" She asked.
"Try and get the others free and into the Castle for safety"
"And leave you to fight on your own?"
"Cho, just do as I say!" Harry shouted at her. Cho scowled but snuck away. Voldemort whipped out his wand and pointed it at Cho.
"CRUCIO!" Cho fell to the floor screaming.
"Stupefy!" Harry shouted. "Sirius, Lupin get the others." They were already there though. Voldemort turned on Harry.
"Kill him." Harry took a few steps back and ran into a deatheater. The deatheater clamped his arms around Harry, pinning his arms down and forcing him to drop his wand. Bellatrix Lestrange stepped in front of him grinning.
"I've always wanted to do this. Hold him tightly Rookwood" She said. "Avada Kedavra!"
"NO!" some one screamed. Harry watched as the green light sped towards him. He closed his eyes ready to die. He didn't want to die yet but-
Rookwood let go of Harry and fell to the floor. Harry opened one of his eyes and seeing that he wasn't dead opened them both. Everyone was staring at him amazed. Harry looked at the floor and saw Rookwood dead with a surprised look in his face. Harry's first reaction was to put his hands to his chest and to feel his limbs to see if anything had been damaged.
"How-" Bellatrix gasped.
"No one can survive that curse, how did you survive it?" Voldemort asked. Harry bent over and picked up his wand with a smile. He knew now that he was safe. As long as Voldemort didn't say the curse.
"It's the Prophecy" Harry whispered as he stood up. "I can't die. No one can kill me but I can kill anyone I want, especially you" Harry held his wand out.
"Harry," Jenny said in a warning voice. Harry kept looking at Voldemort. This was it, the final showdown between him and his enemy.
"Tell me that Prophecy Potter or I'll kill you" Voldemort said.
"Nice threat. You need to think of something original." Harry snarled, "And you can't kill me as long as I know the Prophecy and you don't because if you try-" Harry took in a deep breath and smirked, "I have a weapon that you don't know about. You have absolutely no idea about how to use it or what it feels like." Voldemort snarled, showing his top teeth.
"Tell me Potter" he hissed. Harry grinned.
"Potter don't be stupid" Draco spat at him, "He'll kill you." Draco had just realised what he'd just said, "Actually, kill him then let someone else kill you." Hermione shot him a look and stunned him.
"Frustrating isn't it? Not knowing something, welcome to my world, being kept in the dark for ten years then discovering all this. You ruined my life and I'm not going to let you ruin anyone else's any more."
"What's this weapon Potter, I think I deserve to know if we're to have a fair fight." Everyone watched the two intently though the deatheaters weren't about to let anyone go.
"Love." Harry said putting a hand to his heart. "I know Love, I feel it and my body is crawling with it. You on the other hand don't know anything about it because have never loved, never will. You don't know about it all you know is that it's a word that describes an emotion you can't feel." Voldemort started laughing
"And how are you going to kill me using Love? There's no way of doing it," Harry stared at Voldemort, he was right, there was no way of using love as a weapon, he didn't know how to turn his own feelings against his enemy. "Stupefy" Voldemort said before Harry could do anything. Harry fell onto the floor with a wet thud and blacked out.
When Harry finally came round he felt sore all over like he had just received the Cruciatus curse.
"Welcome back Potter." Said Voldemort with a sneer. Harry looked up and saw that the rain had stopped but he was covered in mud. "I must say that you have some very loyal friends and family, no wonder you were all in Gryffindor." Harry tried to get up but he found his hands tied behind his back. "Stand him up." Voldemort said. Someone pulled Harry roughly to his feet. Harry's eyes widened when saw around him. Cho was lying on the floor, her wand a few feet away and she didn't seem to be breathing. Ginny was also on the floor, her face was paler then it usually was and her hair brown with mud. Emma was standing a little way off with Lucius Malfoy holding her arms. Draco had been tied to a tree with magical cords. He was holding her back but she was just glaring at him. Harry's friends were all being held by deatheaters except the adults, who Harry couldn't see anywhere. Lavender was also lying on the floor and Harry could see she was alive. Dean was unconscious and was propped up against a tree.
"Harry!" Jenny shouted. She was being held by a deatheater with quite some difficulty. She was struggling against him and wriggling as much as she could.
"Jenny," Harry breathed. Voldemort laughed.
"I like your speech on love and how you have it and I do not. You are wrong Potter, love is a weakness not a weapon and as you see two of your friends lie dead because of their love for you. Now you can watch the rest of your friends die slowly and painfully until you tell me what's in that Prophecy and there's no Dumbledore to help you this time Potter." Voldemort said. "Now, who shall it be first?" Voldemort said turning to his friends. Harry looked around for his wand and saw it clutched in Voldemort's hand. Voldemort went to Ron first,
"I know you, Percy Weasley's brother. He was a brat, so, Potter will it be Weasley?" Voldemort walked to Hermione and held her chin roughly in his hands. She tried to struggled at first but settled for glaring at him. "Or this Mudblood." Hermione spat in his face. "Impedimenta" Hermione doubled over and fell to her knees. The deatheater kept her hands tied behind her back and Hermione looked like she was in some extreme pain.
"Hey!" Ron shouted, he began struggling with the deatheater. That was clutching him.
"My patience with has been waning Mudblood. I've only kept you alive because I know how useful you are to me." Voldemort ignored him and went to Jenny, who was still struggling. "Or Potter, how about the love of your life? Jenny Marsden, your family has caused me so much annoyance." Voldemort brushed Jenny's hair away from her face and held her chin the same way he held Hermione's.
"Don't you dare touch her!" Harry said through gritted teeth.
"And that is supposed to scare me how? I have your wand Potter, you can't do anything." Voldemort said. He started laughing which caused a few deatheaters to laugh. Voldemort let go of Jenny's face roughly and turned to Harry. "So Potter, who shall it be? Shall we put an end to the Granger Family, destroy half of the Weasleys or torture the Marsdens?" Voldemort asked.
Harry couldn't choose between his friends. He would never choose. He looked at Ginny and Cho's lifeless bodies on the floor and felt anger rising in his body. They'd died for him because of him. Ginny and Cho, two of his closest friends. Harry looked at his remaining friends who stood in front of him.
"The clock is ticking Potter." Voldemort said. The only sound was the lake and the sound of wind. Nothing else made a noise.
"Harry, just choose me and get it over with." Ron shouted at him. Harry looked at Ron.
"I can't." He said to Ron, "I need you alive to look after everyone."
"Are you Crazy!" Hermione asked him frantically. Harry turned around and looked at the Malfoys. Emma was standing there with her eyes on the ground. Harry thought she was crying but he couldn't see her face properly. Draco was just standing there staring at him, unable to do anything but watch. Harry sighed and then looked at his other friends. Only a few minutes had passed but it seemed like an eternity. He would never choose which of his friends should die because none of them should die. He made eye contact with Jenny. Harry could tell she was planning something. She closed her eyes and Harry followed suit.
"Don't worry about me. Sirius and Remus have gotten Mum to safety, they'll return in a few minutes. She's really really badly injured. I told you before that I've never explored exactly how high I can sing, try and cover your ears Harry. I love you." Harry barely had time to let any of that sink in when an ear piercing note rang through his ears.
"Ah!" Harry said falling to his knees. His ears felt like they were going to burst. He closed his eyes in pain. Everyone else was shouting in pain as well. Harry just managed to open his eyes, he saw Jenny singing her highest notes. The note went up a few semi tones and became more painful.
"Shit, she's a figgin' banshee" someone said.
"Someone shut her up!" Voldemort shouted over the noise. It obviously took a while before anyone could do anything. Harry didn't know what spell was used or who cast the spell but when the noise stopped and he opened his eyes Jenny fell to the floor, her face in the mud.
"Jenny!" Harry shouted. She was dead, she couldn't be dead! The bonds around Harry melted away and he ran to Jenny.
"Stop him!" Voldemort said. Harry skidded to a stop by Jenny's body.
"Jenny." Harry asked, tears coming to his eyes as he rolled Jenny over. "Jenny!" She wasn't moving or breathing. Harry shook her. "JENNY!" he shouted. He felt angry tears come to his eyes.
"Oh god" Hermione said in shock.
Voldemort started laughing and Harry spun around to face him. "You killed her!" Harry shouted at him. Hermione looked absolutely horrified and very ready to faint while Ron looked like he was going to be sick.
"She got what she deserved, no Marsden or Black deserves to live" Voldemort said. Harry felt anger well up inside of him. It was like nothing he'd ever felt before. He charged at Voldemort.
"You bastard." He said crashing into Voldemort. They both tumbled to the ground. Several deatheaters ran to help Voldemort including the ones holding Hermione and Ron. Hermione ran straight to Jenny while Ron started towards the fight to help Harry. Harry was pulled off Voldemort and thrown onto the ground. He was still filled with such anger he felt it was impossible to feel anything else. Voldemort stood up glaring at Harry. His lip was bleeding and there was a bruise forming on his cheek. Harry felt that he should have done more damage but at least he hurt Voldemort. Voldemort got out his wand and pointed it at Harry.
"That's it!" he said, "No more playing around. Avada Kedavra!"
"No!" Emma shouted as she ran forwards.
"Emma!" Draco shouted from the tree struggling against his magical bonds. Lucius Malfoy tried to keep hold of her but she kicked him and ran for Harry. Emma ran straight into the path of the green light of the killing curse. It struck her straight in the chest and she fell to the floor at Harry's feet.
"Emma!" Harry said alarmed. His sister lay dead at his feet. He pushed himself forwards and touched her. She just rolled over in the mud and it was clear she was dead. He had just found his sister and he had lost her again. Harry looked at Jenny, who was also lying in the mud with Hermione over her. Hermione was staring at Emma and Harry in shock and surprise. Harry tried to fight the lump that was forming in his throat. He had lost his girlfriend and his sister. Harry turned to glare at Voldemort.
"Stupid bitch, she was supposed to take over!" Voldemort said.
"You killed my sister, and my girlfriend, my friends and my parents. You-" Harry couldn't think of anything to say, he began to charge at Voldemort again.
"Avada Kedavra!" Voldemort said. The curse struck Harry in the chest and he fell to his knees.
"Harry!" Hermione and Ron shouted. Harry felt like he was choking. The pain was unbelievable, it was like his soul was being ripped from his body without any care at all. Harry clutched his head and closed his eyes. When he opened them again he didn't feel any pain. He wasn't in the grounds of Hogwarts he was in some sort of field. The sky was blue and there was a large still lake in front of him. Harry looked around in wonderment and his mouth fell open slightly in amazement.
"Harry." Came a voice that Harry only heard when Dementors were near. Harry turned and saw his parents standing right behind him smiling.
"Mum, dad." Harry said amazed.
"Harry!" said Emma, she came running up and hugged him,
"You can finally join us." Said James Potter. He put a hand on Harry's shoulder. "Unless you want to go back to the land of the living." Harry smiled. He had nothing to live for his family were here, his mum, dad and sister all a happy family which meant Cho and Ginny would also be here, Cedric, Dumbledore, Jenny! Harry's face broke into a wide grin.
"I'll-" Harry heard the faint whisper of Hermione voice floating through his head
"Ron, I think she's alive" she said. Harry looked around. Where was that voice coming from? Who was alive? Jenny! Harry took a few steps back. Jenny was alive? No, Harry saw her fall to the floor but what if she was-
Harry bit his lip in frustration and let out a scream. He closed his eyes and when he opened them he was back in Hogwarts. He stood up and pointed at Voldemort.
"It's time your killing ended!" Harry shouted. "Accio wand!" Harry's wand flew from the floor to his hand. He pointed it at Voldemort, "Lasci l'amore essere l'alimentazione più grande!" Harry didn't know where that had come from, he had just said the thing that had come naturally. A pure white light shot out of the end of Harry's wand and bore into Voldemort's body. Harry stood there holding his wand deadly still while Deatheaters began to inch away slightly and Ron and Hermione stared in shock. Harry thought of every single person he cared for and loved. Ginny, Cho, Ron, Hermione, April, Sirius, Lupin, Dumbledore, Emma, Jenny, his parents. The white light became more intense and Ron looked away from the brightness of his but Harry's fierce green eyes stayed on Voldemort.
"NO!" Voldemort screamed. The scream turned into the howling of the wind as it began to pick up. Everyone took a step back in surprise. The Deatheaters started to run away and Ron and Hermione just stared, with Harry, at Voldemort as his skin peeled away and his body began to turn to dust. As this happened a severe pain cut right through Harry's head. He put a hand to his scar and let out a howl of pain as the scar throbbed worse then ever. Harry took a step back and tripped over Emma's body, he quickly got back to his feet. He looked back at Voldemort, trying to ignore the pain in his forehead that was causing him to have a bad migraine. He didn't take his gaze off Voldemort's crumbling body. A few seconds later Voldemort's body exploded into a cloud of dust with the force of a nuclear bomb. The force struck Ron first and he was blown backwards into a tree, Hermione was blown back and lay unconscious next to Jenny. Draco made a run for it but didn't go fast enough, he flew forwards and skidded to a stop in the mud, as unconscious as Hermione and Ron. Harry just stood still as the force reached a deatheater. It was Lucius Malfoy. He let out a scream as he was engulfed in fire and started rolling on the floor. Suddenly all the deatheaters caught fire like a chain reaction and then the force hit Harry. He felt a pain the force of a cannon ball hitting him, cut through his chest and heart and fell to the floor.
A/N:-The really clever ones of you may pick up on a few things in this chapter. that i didn't notice till my ickle frend decided to point them out for me. The review that I get with the 'significant' and 'symbolic' event will get me to update :D only 1 more chapter and the epilogue to go!!