I Can Go The Distance

I have often dreamed
Of a far off place
Where a hero's welcome
Would be waiting for me

Harry played with a scrap piece of parchment absentmindedly as he thought over the events of the past year.

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Where the crowds will cheer
When they see my face
And a voice keeps saying
This is where I'm meant to be
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Voldemort's rise to power, and the final face off between the two.

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I'll be there someday
I can go the distance
I will find my way
If I can be strong

"You're going to loose, boy." He had hissed the summer before Harry's final year.

"So long as you die with me, I don't care!" Harry had screamed back.

Voldemort had scoffed in reply. "I can sense your fear. There is no use hiding it. You are afraid for everyone you know. Especialy you friends, the Weasley and the Mudblood."

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I know ev'ry mile
Will be worth my while
When I go the distance
I'll be right where I belong
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Harry had stiffened.

"They have nothing to do with this, Voldemort. I'm going to destroy you once and for all." Harry had replied through clenched teeth.

"You can't even use the word kill. You're still a little boy."

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Down an unknown road
To embrace my fate
Though the road may wander
It will lead me to you

"Rictusempra!" Harry had called out and pointed his wand at Voldemort, catching him by suprise, leaving him only a split second to call out a blocking spell.

"You've gotten more powerfull, but you are still going to have to die. Crucio."

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And a thousand years
Would be worth the wait
It may take a lifetime
But somehow I'll see it through
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Harry had blocked the spell with a primitive counter, saving himself from the pain before another spell was called out and he was thrown back and slammed into a wall. He nearly blacked out because of the pain in his head.

"Petrificus totalus!" Harry used the first spell the popped into his head, but it, too, was blocked. Voldemort laughed harshly.

"So these are the spells that dundering fool Dumbledor taught you. This will be easier than I thought."

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And I won't look back
I can go the distance
And I'll stay on track
No I won't accept defeat

Just then, Harry called out a spell he head learned in his fifth year in the D. A., a very good hex that was wonderfully poweful and caught Voldemort unawares, sending him flying across in the opposite direction and temporarily blinding him. Harry ran to the right in the room, smart enough not to stay in the same spot as he was before Voldemort lost his eyesight. It was a smart move as his arch nemises sent the killing curse in that direction.

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It's an uphill slope
But I won't lose hope
Till I go the distance
And my journey is complete
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Killing... could he realy bring himself to kill another human being? This question haunted Harry day and night, and he still did not know the answer to it. Could he actually kill another person?

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But to look beyond the glory is the hardest part
For a hero's strength is measured by his heart
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No, not a person, not even a human. Voldemort was a monster. And Harry would kill him. He would end this reign of terror and give muggles and wizards alike a world to live in. He would do it. But how? This was a question he knew the answer to.

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Like a shooting star
I can go the distance
I will search the world
I will face its harms

Voldemort cried out angrily when he did not hear Harry's cries of anguish and dying. He began to scream random curses all over the room, effectively missing Harry completely as Harry walked closer and closer.

When he was two steps away, he raised his wand and two words passed through his almost closed lips, two words that sealed both their fates.

"Avada Kedavra."

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I don't care how far
I can go the distance
TillI find my hero's welcome
Waiting in your arms...
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It was finally over, and Harry found the stress of his final year not so stress-full, his days much longer and every moment was sharper. Hermoine looked up at him as he picked up his quill.

"Snape is going to kill you if you don't get that Defense Against the Dark Arts essay in on time, Harry." She scolded.

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I will search the world
I will face its harms
TillI find my hero's welcome
Waiting in your arms...
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"I know, I know."