Morning Before the Battle
The next morning, Harry awoke with a terrible feeling in his gut. He wished that he would not have to go through with this, but he knew that he would have to. He sighed and got out of bed. To Harry's surprise, Ron, Neville and Dean were already up. As he got off his bunk, Neville spoke, "Morning guys. I have a feeling it is going to be a long day." Ron smiled and looked at Harry, "Yea, but we are going to win. I know for sure. I think that since Harry's out of Azkaban, and got his old self back, there is no way we are going to lose today." This brought a smile to everyone's face except Harry's. "What's wrong Harry?" asked Dean.
"Nothing, it's just, I don't know how I can kill Voldermort because when our wands get together, they do something weird and we can't duel properly, and, my sword skills are nothing to his. I've seen it." Ron smirked as the others looked down. "Harry," said Ron, "You might not be able to take him by yourself, but you'd be surprised at how well Hermione is at swordsmanship." Harry looked at him confused, "When did this happen?" He asked with a smile even though he knew the answer, and sure enough Ron said it, "While you were in Azkaban." Harry smiled thinking about how well Hermione would be in swordsmanship. He looked at Ron after thinking for a minute, "I'll be back in one second guys."
Even though they were confused at Harry's quick statement, they nodded and Harry dashed out of the room after grabbing his invisibility cloak. He ran up the stairs to the girls dormitories and with the help of the Marauder's Map, he realized that Hermione was the only one in her dorm. He smirked and put on his invisibility cloak and snuck into the room. The door was opened so he just slipped right in. He grabbed her and put his hand over her mouth so she wouldn't scream. Hermione's eyes went wide as she tried to scream but nothing came out. "Quiet Hermione it's just me," Harry said. Immediately Hermione stopped screaming and turned around to pull the cloak off of Harry. Once the cloak was off, she kicked him in the leg. Harry almost fell over but looked back at her, "Ok," He said through gritted teeth, "I guess I deserved that." He went over to her and kissed her gently on the lips. Once they broke apart he smiled, "Morning." he said, "Morning to you too."
He grabbed her hand and took her out of the dorm since they were both ready. He led her down to the common room where no one was, and they sat down on the couch. "Hermione, listen to me. I need your help." He said. Hermione looked at him confused, "What do you need my help for Harry, you have to kill Voldermort, not me." Harry thought for a moment, "You know what, screw the prophecy, I need your help to kill Voldermort. I can't do this by myself." Hermione looked at Harry and smiled, "You are never alone Harry, I will always be here with you." Harry looked at her and smiled, "I know." He kissed her again, this time with more passion. Hermione found herself laying down on the couch with Harry on top of her, the two of them making out. After their little snogging session, they both went down to the Great Hall for breakfast.
Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Neville finished quickly and went outside. They sat on the stairs by the entrance hall doors for a while talking. Dumbledore, along with the DA came outside an half an hour later. They all stood in their older robes, and had their wands in their hands. Harry stood up and told the others to go with the DA while he talked to Dumbledore. Harry walked up to Dumbledore, "Excuse me Professor, I have a question that I need to ask you," Dumbledore looked at his student in confusion, "What might that be Harry?"