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More Than Yellowed Pages

Chapter Ten

"He just showed up in the village? That was so quick..." Hermione whispered. "I wonder if Wormtail is with him?" she gulped. They had finally managed to reach the edge of the castle grounds. "And how did Tonks get him into a bind? I mean, I would have thought it would be harder than that..."

"What's wrong, Hermione?" asked Luna.

Hermione shrugged. "I just wasn't expecting it so soon is all. I mean, Snape just left the day before yesterday. I think something is wrong..."

Dumbledore stopped. "What do you mean?"

"Unless Snape already knew where to find Voldemort, there is no way that what I saw is supposed to happen today..."

"Hmm..." James frowned. "That does sound interesting," he nodded. "Dumbledore, are we absolutely sure which side Snape is on?"

Dumbledore sighed. "Severus has taught at Hogwarts for twenty years now, James. He's been an active member in the Order ever since you and Lily died after Harry was born. Although...I do think Ms. Granger does have a point. I am a bit worried about something..."

The group could see Tonks and Kingsley Shakebolt ahead, their wands trained on Voldemort, and his own snapped in half and lying on the ground. When Tonks saw the group, she waved. "We've got it, Dumbledore! Snapped his wand!" she announced.

"The Azkaban guards should be here shortly," sighed Kingsley.

Hermione held her wand out in front of her. "Something still doesn't feel right," she whispered.

"So you're the mud-blood seer, are you?" Voldemort hissed at her, and Hermione jumped. "So eager to die, are you?" he laughed at her.

"Doesn't look like you can do much," Lily smirked.

Hermione's hands shook. "Harry...why is he here alone...?" she whispered. "Even when he took on you and Cedric, there were other people there...Death Eaters...weren't there?" she asked.

Harry nodded. "Mom, dad, be careful. Hermione's right. He wouldn't have shown up here on his own..."

"Clever, Potter." Smiled Voldemort. "But who, then, have I brought with me?" he asked slyly. "Care to make a guess?"

"Where are you hiding the rat, Tom?" asked Sirius.

"Peter..." whispered Harry's father. "Leave him to me, Sirius..." he said plainly. His face was set with anger. "Peter and I need to have a little talk."

"There!" pointed Luna. A rat was scurrying away from the group. A red spark shot from her wand and hit the rat. Peter Pettigrew was now standing in front of her, his wand raised.

"Is this the girl, master?" he asked.

"Luna!" screamed Harry.

James jumped in front of Luna. His wand was practically touching Peter's nose. "Peter," he smiled, "how have you been?" Peter took a step back. "You aren't going to hurt the girl, are you, Peter?"

"Leave the girl be, you moron!" Voldemort ordered. "I want her alive! It's the other you're after!"

Hermione gasped, and raised her wand. Peter had finally noticed her there.

"Pacificus totalis!" screamed Lily, but the spell missed Peter by only an inch.

A red stream of light shot from his wand. Lily yelled her spell again, and this time she did not miss. Peter fell frozen to the ground. Hermione screamed, and tried to jump out of the way.

"Hermione!" yelled Harry. She hadn't jumped in time, but the curse Peter thrown had not hit her where it was intended to hit her, either. She was bleeding from her side. "Hermione! Get out of here! Go to the infirmary!" Harry told her. There was a pop, and she was gone.

"Will she be all right?" asked Luna.

Harry nodded. "Once she gets to the infirmary, yes..."

Voldemort was still laughing. Harry stared at him, completely puzzled. He was beaten. What could possibly be funny about that?

"That was quite entertaining," he cackled, "but there is one problem. Wormtail is not whom I was talking about." He smirked.

By then, even Dumbledore looked confused. He glanced around the surroundings for clues to what Voldemort had meant. No one else seemed to be around. It was then that he realized something.

"What's wrong, Hermione?" asked Luna.

Hermione shrugged. "I just wasn't expecting it so soon is all. I mean, Snape just left the day before yesterday. I think something is wrong..."

Dumbledore stopped. "What do you mean?"

"Unless Snape already knew where to find Voldemort, there is no way that what I saw is supposed to happen today..."

"Hmm..." James frowned. "That does sound interesting," he nodded. "Dumbledore, are we absolutely sure which side Snape is on?"

"I should have seen it!" Dumbledore gasped. "Voldemort, what have you done to him?" he demanded.

"Done to who?" asked James.

There was yet another pop, and this time, it was Severus Snape who stood in front of the group. His eyes were glassed over. He did not speak. He raised his wand.

"Professor Snape!" gasped Luna. "What's happened to you, Professor? What's wrong?" she demanded.

"Step back, Luna! That isn't Professor Snape! Not really, anyway!" Remus pulled Luna back. She almost stumbled. "What have you done to him, Voldemort?" he asked.

Voldemort laughed. "I have done nothing!" he smiled. "He still carries the Dark Mark! Do you see now the power I have over people? There is nothing you can do!"

James smiled. Harry raised an eyebrow at his father. What on earth could possibly be funny to him right now? He's about to be killed by the potions master, and he thinks it's funny...

"Really? We can do nothing, eh? What happens if we kill you? You won't have power over anyone if you're dead..." James laughed. "You're not so formidable now," he smirked.

"Maybe, but can you survive long enough to find out?" Voldemort questioned.

"James! Get out of the way!" Lily screamed.

Harry jumped. "No!" He stood in front of his father. His mother was next to Lupin, just behind them. The three of them gasped when Harry jumped up. Luna screamed. Harry did not move. I won't let them die now that they're here! It won't happen again!

"Harry, have you gone completely mad?" Sirius demanded.

But Harry knew one thing, if nothing else. He was not going to die today. Voldemort needed him. He was no good to Voldemort if he was dead.

Sure enough, Voldemort's cheeks reddened. "Snape! I command you! Do not harm the boy!" he ordered. Snape's wand changed directions. It was now aimed right at Lupin and Lily.

Lupin, however, was ready. He raised his wand, saying something that Harry could not quite make out. Snape fell to his knees, and grabbed onto his head. He yelped as if someone were beating him. Harry remembered. In his fifth year, Dumbledore had tried to get him to learn Occlumancy. Snape was his teacher, until Harry accidentally turned the tables one night. He had been able to see into Snape's head. Is that what Lupin was doing now? Harry studied them closely.

Voldemort struggled to move. "No! Don't let him! Fight back, you idiot!"

Tonks rolled her eyes, yelling, "Silencio!" Voldemort's mouth continued to move, but no sound came out.

"Come on, Snape...where is it? What did he do to you...?" Lupin was whispering to himself. "Ha!" Yet another spark shot from his wand. Luna yelped as Snape fell to the ground. He did not move. "He's unconscious. Poppy is going to have her work cut out for her, but fortunately enough for us, it's only a charm..."

Dumbledore nodded. "We shall handle that later. Where are those dementors at?" he wondered out loud. "They should have been here by now..."

Tonks shrugged. She kept her wand trained on Voldemort. Dumbledore turned to look for the missing Azkaban guards. None were in sight. Nearly a full minute passed. There was another popping sound, and Tonks made a sort of rasping noise. She fell to the ground, dropping her wand practically at Voldemort's feet. Voldemort smiled. With Tonks' wand no longer trained on him, he was free to move. He looked unhappily at his snapped wand and picked Tonks' wand up off the ground.

"It seems the tables have turned..." he smirked. "Wormtail, get up." He waved the wand once. Peter Pettigrew was able to move once more, and as soon as he could, he transformed and ran away. Voldemort waved the wand again, trying to revive Snape, but nothing happened. "No matter..." he sighed. "You can come out now," he said to someone that no one else could see.

Everyone looked around eagerly for signs of the stranger. Finally, from the trees behind the hotel, the silhouette of the unknown person could be seen. They raised their wands and waited for him to show himself.

Harry gasped. Oh, my god! "Ron!" he screamed. He turned to Voldemort. "You stupid son-of-a..." he began. "Let him go! Bloody hell! I swear, one of these days I'm going to..."

"Kill me?" finished Voldemort.

"Ron!" yelped Luna. "Ron! Hermione is going to beat the magic out of you! Snap out of it!" she pleaded. Ron, however, could not hear her, or anyone for that matter. He stood rooted to the spot. "Expelarmius!" Luna screamed. She watched Ron's wand fly out of his hands. It landed on the ground at Lily's feet.

"Pick it up, Lily." Ordered Sirius. "Snap it into a million little pieces."

Lily, rather than pick it up, pointed her own wand at it. "Finite Incantartum!" she yelled. Ron's wand exploded. She pointed her wand next at him. "Immobulus!"

"Useless boy..." hissed Voldemort.

"No!" screamed Harry as Voldemort raised the wand again. Just then, he remembered something from his first year...something Mr. Olivander had said when he first got his wand.

"That simply will not do!" Mr. Olivander snatched the wand from Harry. "Don't you worry. We'll find the right wand for you, yet, Mr. Potter. We can't have you with just any old wand...it has to be the right one..." Mr. Olivander raved.

Harry blinked. "Huh? Why?"

"The wand chooses the wizard, Mr. Potter. Your wand will work perfectly in you're hands. No other wand will work quite as good for you..." he explained. He paused. "Hmm...I wonder?" He pulled yet another box from the shelves. Harry took the wand, and Mr. Olivander's eyes bulged from his head. "Curious!" he clapped. "Very curious..."

"What's curious?"

"It's curious, Mr. Potter, that you should be destined for this wand, when it's brother gave you that scar..."

Harry glanced at the ground, where Voldemort's original wand still lay. It was in two pieces. The wand he held was not his own. What kind of advantage would that be? Harry flashed back once again, to something Dumbledore had said after the Triwizard Tournament.

"Harry, Fawkes gave two tail feathers...one of which resides in your wand...and the other...the other in Voldemort's. You see Harry, the reason you were able to deflect that curse and do what you did is because your wand is parallel to Voldemort's..."

Harry smiled. "Expelarmius!" he screamed as a blue light shot from Voldemort's wand. The white light from Harry's wand clashed with the blue from Voldemort's wand. Harry had seen this happen when he was in the Triwizard Tournament, but it wasn't working as well as it had last time. The blue light was starting to push back the white one from his disarming spell.

"Expelarmius!" shouted Dumbledore, taking a place next to Harry.

Harry's parents glanced at one another, and raised their wands. Lupin nodded to Sirius, who whispered something to Luna. The three of them raised their wands. Almost in chorus, five people yelled, "Expelarmius!". Voldemort flew backwards and into a nearby tree. There was no longer a blue light to worry about. Tonks' wand lay on the ground about a foot from where she was still laying unconscious.

Mad Eye and Hagrid began to do one of the strangest dances ever possibly witnessed. Kingsley Shakebolt smiled widely and pointed to the clearing at the front of the Hollow. Cornelius Fudge, the Minister of Magic, and four tall dementors were running towards them.

"Bout bloody time you showed up, Fudge!" growled Hagrid.

Luna and Harry were gathered around Ron. Harry's mom placed her hand on his shoulder. She smiled as he turned around. "He'll be fine now." She cringed. In front of them, the dementors had managed to grab hold of the unconscious Voldemort.

Dumbledore smiled. "Now that that's over with," he laughed. "Let's head back to the castle. We have a celebration to get ready for..."

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A/N: Think it's the end? Think again! Bwa ha ha! (Ahem) Anyway, care to guess what'll happen next? Bet you can't! Ha! Well...review and let me know what you think...or I may decide to take an unnaturally long time updating...