(A/N: Well it seems my updating is turning out to a 6-7 day thing huh? I am sorry, I do feel terrible but school is very stressful this semester and since I am taking advanced classes, the workload is outrageous. Besides, concentrating for that many hours a day, wipes all of my brain cells out for the day and leaves me no mental energy to write. But anyways, you all don't want to hear about that. I'm about halfway through with chapter 28 and I can promise it to be out before this weekend is out. Sorry about everything, keep the reviews coming, they're brilliant! I've still got my eye on 200!! Thanks, and enjoy! Hugs, Haystack)

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CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN: SAVIORS

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Crouch almost could not contain his excitement. Finally, finally after months of planning...it all came down to this. This battle. His Death Eaters looked to him for guidance and he merely nodded and...BOOM...it began!

"AVADA KEDAVRA!!!" He screamed, not wanting to hop around all of the other nonsense spells such as petrificious totalus...he wanted blood...he wanted to kill...and he would HAVE his way.

"STUPEFY" Ginny shouted, ducking his green jet of light.

"DIFFINDO!"

"Expelliarmus"

"STUPEFY!!" Draco screamed, throwing himself to the ground as he ducked Goyle's killing curse

"AVADA KEDAVRA!"

"Furnunculus"

"Impedimenta" Neville screamed, voice becoming hoarse, rolling to his right to avoid another spell being shot in his direction.

"STUPEFY"

"AVADA KEDAVRA!!!!" Wormtail screamed, pointing his wand directing at Ginny's chest. Ginny ducked her head, tripping over herself as she did, and falling on her back. Ripping his eyes away from the gash in her leg that was now bleeding, her eyes rested on Wormtail's figure drawing closer to her.

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Neville dodged a 'diffindo' spell and stunned his opponent.

Stopping for the first time since everything began, he surveyed the battle. Hermione was leaning against a rock nearby, weakened from earlier, but still fighting impressively. Draco wasn't too far off from her, and Neville watched him throw glances at her every now and then, making sure she was alright. But Draco wasn't the only one checking up on the bushy haired girl...Ron too was fighting to her left, stopping whenever it was possible to watch her. Harry was busy dueling with Crouch and Ginny...his eyes scanned the cave. She was nowhere to be seen.

Heart picking up speed, he tried to regulate it by having his eyes grope every corner of the cave searching for the infamous red-head until finally they rested in a rather isolated corner far off. Without noticing, his legs immediately started carrying him over there, where the closer he got; the more he understood what was going on.

Wormtail stood above her, Ginny on the ground, a bit of blood staining the rock floor around her. Suddenly the rat raised his wand; the syllables of 'avada kedavra' on his lips ready to emit from his mouth. Without thinking, Neville did the first thing that came to mind. He tackled the puny man to the ground, his wand loosing aim and hitting the wall.

"NEVILLE!" Ginny shrieked in terror, tears rising in her eyes, as Wormtail's wand was only a few precious inches from his heart...

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Harry heard many things surrounding him. He heard countless spells being uttered, the 'oofs' of people falling, he heard the screams of his friends being cut or wounded, and then sometimes an unearthly buzzing filled his ears toning out everything he'd previously heard.

Each Death Eater that faced him he killed without a second glance; fire was burning in his eyes. Voldemort may have been defeated, but these followers were every bit as evil. And he wanted revenge. Revenge for his parents, Sirius, Hermione's parents, Neville's Parents, Luna, and so many countless others. He wanted revenge for his abnormal childhood that he had been forced to live. And finally he wanted revenge for his death and what it did to those he loved most dearly.

So, turning to face Crouch, he raised his wand determinedly, focusing on nothing but the madman in front of him.

But something made it through the peacefully buzzing that had resumed in his ears. Something somehow fought its way through that barrier Harry put up to tone the world out. There was only one thing that was strong enough to pass that wall...and that thing was Ginny.

"NEVILLE!" He heard her scream

Forgetting completely about his duel with Crouch he turned around and began running towards her. He hadn't been able to protect her and save her last time... but this time would be different.

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Neville, limbs currently mixed up with Wormtail's, felt himself sigh of relief when he saw Harry's form, shining in the dim light like the hero he was, come racing towards them...well towards Ginny.

"Harry!" Ginny breathed, a smile twitching in the corners of her mouth, as Harry sprinted towards her. Without saying a word, he scooped her up into his arms, carrying her like a baby. He raised his eyes to Wormtail who'd hurriedly disentangled himself from Neville and had stood up, wand up at the ready.

Ginny whimpered, and only clung to Harry tighter. Shifting her so that most of her weight was on his left arm; he gingerly fingered his wand and shakingly raised it to the height of Wormtail's. But suddenly, the noisy battle in the background went silent.

Curiously, the three and Wormtail froze, Harry looking behind his shoulder.

"Harry..." Ginny drawled, fear evident in her voice. Nothing else was said, the teenager's eyes trying to comprehend the scene before them.

All spells had stopped, no one moved. Draco clutched Hermione to him; Ron lay on the floor, evidently bleeding but having enough energy left in him to raise his head to the commotion. The other Death Eaters were scattered about, some standing, some sitting, some lying stone dead on the floor.

Hermione, Draco and Ron's eyes held wonder, the Death Eater's held fear. And quickly Neville, Ginny, and Harry followed their gaze to where someone stood in the entrance to the cave, the now nighttime sky dotted with brilliantly lit stars, hard to see in the dark cave, but the moon, almost full, shone directly behind him, casting an eerie yet entrancing light around him, nothing about this person recognizable...except his eyes.

Ginny was shaking in Harry's arms and despite the circumstances he kissed her gently on the cheek, keeping his eyes completely on the stranger. "It's okay Gin. It'll all be fine now." He whispered softly and comfortingly in her ear.

A confused expression plagued her face. "I don't understand" She whispered, asking him to explain himself.

He chuckled a chuckle low in his throat, barely audible to anyone but Ginny and gave a small smile. "It's Dumbledore"

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