A/N: I did it and it turned out to not be as long as I thought it would be… which is okay but I was surprised… I thought about taking more time and making it longer, drawing out the suspense but decided that you'd rather have it since I am happy with it.

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Harry watched the atrium at the Ministry carefully from his hidden position in one corner. It was a few minutes before ten and he was anxious to see if the Death Eaters would still attack. He heard Ron shift next to him and he looked over at his two best friends who were standing by his side. Ron tried to smile but failed and ended up breaking the silence. "I wish they would just show up already."

Harry knew that feeling. "I hear you mate."

"Nicole was cute this morning." Ron grinned along with Harry. His baby girl had said 'wuv eww' (I love you) for the first time and had given him a hug and kiss. It had been one of the best feelings, hearing her say that.

Harry was brought out of his musings by Hermione's soft voice. "Where's Hagrid?"

"Down at the entrance to the Department of Mysteries. He and, uh… Fluffy are guarding it." Harry told her.

"Fluffy?" Her face went pale. "Well, I suppose that will do it. At least he didn't bring Aragog." Harry felt himself start to laugh and tried unsuccessfully to turn it into a cough. Her eyes went wide. "He brought Aragog?"

"Shhh!" Ron hissed harshly. Harry looked over at Kingsley who was standing next to the security desk. The man had a banal expression on his face but Harry could see that his body was tensed. He motioned with his hand and pointed his wand at a small orb that sat on the security desk. It would alert all of the Ministry employees to leave. It had begun. Harry looked around and saw that several people were heading out of the atrium quickly, having been alerted to danger. Where were they? CRASH!

Harry looked in horror as several hundred Death Eaters Apparated into the deserted room. The Order members and Aurors started firing stunners at them instantly while Harry cast the Anti-Disapparation spell. Once it was in place he started dueling. He quickly cast a Banishing Charm at a group of the black robed murders and watched as they flew across the room, hitting the atrium wall with such force the wall cracked when they hit and all lay unmoving when they fell to the floor. Harry quickly moved on to another group and continued to disable the Death Eaters while Ron and Hermione covered him. The two were doing quite well, Hermione kept the shields in place while Ron fired various hexes at anyone who tried to attack.

"Not bad, mate." Ron panted as Harry took out another ten Death Eaters. "REDUCTO!" Harry shot a spell at another before speaking to Harry again. "Is he here?"

"I don't know." Harry replied quickly.

"Nothing with your scar?" Hermione asked him quickly.

Harry shook his head. He felt nothing and that had him extremely worried. "Nothing." He started to take on more Death Eaters but they had started to congregate around the trio, realizing that they were the largest threat.

"Bloody hell." Ron shouted when he saw the sixty approaching figures. "We're in for it now."

Harry nodded and started firing spells again, taking out five to ten at a time. "This is just not working." Spells were being fired at them and several times Harry had to conjure a wall to block a killing curse.

Harry saw a blast come from behind the Death Eaters that caused several to fall and the room started to fill with a blinding haze. "Fred and George!" Harry yelled and he started firing spells again. "We need to move before we are trapped."

"I can't see anything!" Hermione yelled at him.

"Grab onto me and I'll lead you through." Harry ordered and he felt the two of them grab him. He ran around the thirty Death Eaters that were still standing but he saw with relief that they had stopped dueling. "This smoke is great."

"That's because you can see in it." Ron yelled at his back. His yell had caught the attention of a few of the robed figures and Harry had to move them quickly to avoid spells being shot in their direction. Most were too high to hit them but one came within inches of Hermione's back.

Harry pulled them to the far side of the atrium, which was clear of smoke and saw, to his horror, several fallen Order members. "Damnit!" He yelled as he recognized Emmeline Vance as one of them.

Hermione ran to them and activated the portkeys to send them to headquarters. She stood up and moved to Ron. "I think they were all dead." She whispered as he pulled her into his arms.

"I know love." He comforted her.

"The smoke will hold for another few minutes." Fred said as he came up to them. Harry looked over and saw that about twenty people were positioning themselves to start firing when it cleared. "I'm glad you made it out."

"We knew you'd be able to see through it." George said from Harry's left. Harry turned to him. "Only way we could figure to get you three out of that corner."

"It worked." Harry agreed. "Has Voldemort been spotted?"

"No, but we have Wormtail." Remus told him as he walked up to them with a triumphant smile. "He's about to be sent to Azkaban." He pointed over to Dumbledore who was talking to the small, watery-eyed man.

Harry looked before sprinting towards the Headmaster. "Where is Voldemort?" Harry spat at the small man.

The rat flinched and looked up nervously at Harry. "He has your wife."

Harry felt fear shoot through him but he took a deep breath and he pointed his wand at the traitor's neck. "That is a lie. Where is he?"

"He… he… he went to your house… he's gone to blow it up." He finally managed to spit out.

"You are LYING!" Harry shouted as his heart constricted.

Wormtail's face constricted into a maddening smile. "I'm not and she is already dead just like your parents. Along with that brat you took in."

The urge to kill the piece of garbage was overwhelming and Harry heard a buzzing start to fill his ears. "Harry!" Dumbledore said sharply. "We need to get to Headquarters."

Harry nodded, grab his arm and Apparated them to the library at Grimmauld Place. The seen that met his eyes was chaos. Bodies were everywhere and outside he could hear loud explosions.

"Headmaster, Harry!" Madam Pomfrey shouted. "Thank heavens you're here. They are blowing up the street outside!" She ran over and helped another injured man over to the fire. She threw in Flu powder and sent the man to Hogwarts. "I'm trying to get them out before he reaches us."

"Where's Ginny? Where are the kids?" Harry yelled frantically.

"She's out trying to stop him with a few others we healed. Molly took the babies to Hogwarts." Harry barely heard her before he and Dumbledore were sprinting towards the door.

They reached the door and flung it open to see Ginny, Mad-Eye and Hestia Jones dueling with Voldemort and two other Order members dueling with four Death Eaters farther down the street. Bodies of wizards and muggles lined the street and Harry saw several houses were completely leveled. Harry ran towards Voldemort and saw pleasure spread over the snake like face. "Ah Harry Potter." He looked at Harry with those piercing crimson eyes and Harry felt him try to enter his mind.

He concentrated on blocking him out. "Tom." Harry replied evenly and he was pleased to see anger enter the other man's eyes. "I believe that you and I have a duel to accomplish."

"Ah yes." He said evenly and a grin spread over his malevolent face. The next motion he made was so quick that Harry almost did not react in time. "Avada Kedavra!" He shouted and pointed his wand at Hestia Jones.

Harry conjured a wall that took the spell before he moved to stand in front of his Ginny. "Harry!" Ginny yelled in exasperation. He heard her throw a stunner at a Death Eater.

"Guard my back." He shouted and he saw from the corner of his eye that Dumbledore had moved to help the other Order members duel. He needed to make the fight between himself and Voldemort… no one else… and the idea hit him. "Move away from me!" He yelled at everyone and he kept his eyes on Voldemort. It didn't have to be large which meant it wouldn't take much energy.

"You cannot save them all." Voldemort replied snidely.

"Oh, but I can." Harry informed him. "SEFERESS ENCOMPIUS RADIUM!" Harry shouted and concentrated on creating a bubble about twenty feet in diameter to cover them. He could see the others outside the circle but knew that they could not see into it.

"AVADA KEDAVRA!" Harry ducked as green light towards him and was swallowed by the visible bubble that was now in place. He felt a little drained but was glad to see that only he and the Dark Lord were in the bubble. "It does not matter Potter. As soon as I kill you the charm will lift and I will be out along with my Death Eaters in Azkaban."

"Won't happen." Harry replied coolly. "I'm going to kill you." Harry started to fire spells at the evil man as quickly as possible and was pleased to see that Voldemort was having trouble keeping up with him. "I'm better than you are."

"You are a child." Voldemort panted as he blocked a particularly nasty curse that would have covered his skin in debilitating boils. "I will beat you." Harry could see that he didn't look very confident.

"I don't think so." Harry told him before firing the killing curse at him that Voldemort blocked with a conjured wall. Harry turned himself into Garuda while the other was distracted.

"Interesting attire Harry." Harry had to duck another killing curse. "It won't save you."

Harry concentrated on penetrating the other's twisted mind. "It will." He found that Voldemort's mind was virtually impossible to break. "POMERIUS!" Harry fired a curse at him that he block and in that instant he was distracted, Harry gained entry into his mind. It was like walking through sewage. Harry was vaguely aware that Voldemort had fallen to his knees and was screaming in agony. Harry concentrated with all of his might on penetrating into the depths of his brain only to find knowledge that made Harry want to vomit. He tried to focus on the good in life… Ginny's beautiful smile and Nicole telling him just that morning that she loved him. The screams became more fervent. He reacted on instinct next. "FREEZIOUS! REDUCTO!"

Harry watched in horror and fascination as Tom Riddle first froze and then shattered into a million pieces. Harry saw his essence escape his body and knew that he was weak. "This is so disgusting." Harry muttered to himself. He flew quickly towards the sprit, opened his mouth and consumed the bastard in one gulp. The sensation was horrendous. He could feel Voldemort clawing at his insides to take control. "No." Harry gasped and tried to fight it but felt himself slipping, losing the battle of wills. He fell to the ground and saw black start to envelope his vision. The horror that was inside him was overwhelming. He looked out and saw his wife, her face was covered in tears, she couldn't see what was going on… she wouldn't know and then a voice, so like Hermione's blasted into his subconscious. Transform. Harry took a breath and used his last ounce of will to change back into himself and… it was gone. Voldemort was gone.

He blinked his eyes rapidly to clear the fog and began to clear. He sat up shakily and looked around. The Seferess Charm was still in place so no one could reach him but what he saw outside the bubble made his resolve strengthen. Dumbledore was physically restraining Ginny from running in to help him. He got to his feet shakily and watched in fascination as she tried to hex the Headmaster. He needed to pull down the charm. "Seferess Finite Encompius." The bubble fell and his wife let out a scream before running head long towards him.

"Harry." She sobbed as she threw herself onto him. She was shaking and in tears.

"He's gone then?" Dumbledore asked quietly.

Harry nodded. "That was almost too easy."

"Does it matter as long as he is gone?" The Headmaster asked with a twinkle in his eye. "In novels we expect the villain to die slowly but rarely have I ever seen a fiction translate perfectly into real life." He put a reassuring hand on Harry's shoulder. "Let's just be thankful that he is gone."

Harry breathed deeply. "We need to go back to the Ministry." He held onto his wife and Apparated them into the atrium to see that it was demolished. Aurors, Order members, and Ministry employees were dueling Death Eaters in fierce battles and Harry could see that it was not going well for them. "Go help Bill." He told Ginny, and pointed her towards her brother who was dueling two at once. She took off to join in the fray while he started to pick off Death Eaters wherever he could. He watched Dumbledore, Mad-Eye and several others arrive by their portkey pendants and also join in. He moved through the groups stunning Death Eaters while blocking curses and conjuring walls to save fighters from death. He saw at least twenty dead around the room and wished fervently that the number would not rise.

The battle continued. He watched Hermione and Ron fight as an excellent team taking out the robes figures while a witch he did not know bound them and portkeyed them to Azkaban. They worked for another fifteen minutes before Harry saw, to his relief that he had stunned the last Death Eater. "Portus." He pointed his wand at the woman after he had bound her. She disappeared and it was over. He looked around and saw that everyone was staring in mute silence at him. He pointed his wand at his throat and said, "Sonorus." His magically amplified voiced filled the cavernous room as he spoke. "Voldemort is dead. The war is over." A loud cheer went up and he saw Ron and Hermione kiss passionately. He looked around and saw Ginny was supporting Bill who appeared to have broken his leg. "We need to tend to the wounded and notify the families of the dead. The rest of the Ministry employees will be brought back so that all of these things can happen smoothly. If you are injured, please use your pendant now and go to the healer. If you are well then we will need you to fill in for your post today. All able bodied Aurors please come and see me." He pointed his wand as his throat and whispered, "Quietus."

About fifteen Aurors walked over to him, including Pru. He hugged her. "I'm glad you're okay." She said with a grin. She moved back and stood with the other Aurors.

"I need at least half of you to head to Azkaban for the next day or two. They have just received several hundred new inmates and they are going to need help." Harry looked around as ten raised hands. "Fine, the more that go, the better. Please go owl your family to let them know you are okay, then find Pru who will have a portkey to take you there. You will have twenty minutes." The ten nodded and walked off. Harry looked at the others. "The rest need to stand guard here and keep the peace, make sure that no other Death Eaters are left in the Ministry." All the others but Pru left.

"I'll stay here and wait help sort things out." She informed him.

"Fine." He sighed and looked around. "Where's Remus?"

"He's at Headquarters. Got hit with a cutting curse so I sent him off. He was quite angry with me. Told me he could still fight but I didn't listen." They both grinned.

Harry looked around and saw that everyone was moving to help the injured and several were seeing to the dead. He let out a ragged breath. "We should get to work."

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"How many?" Harry asked Dumbledore later that evening as they congregated together in the kitchen at Grimmauld Place. Harry was holding Nicole in his lap and she was asleep and Ginny was sitting on his right, holding the hand that was not around his daughter.

"Around forty. Five from the Order." The old man replied.

"Who?" Mr. Weasley asked with a small sob. Harry looked at his father-in-law and noticed that he was comforting Mrs. Weasley who was crying.

"Emmeline Vance, Elphias Doge, Thomas Vicks, Kingsley Shacklebolt and Doris Fenwick." Dumbledore said. Harry had known this already. He had been there when the list of the dead had come to the Ministry but the grief of it all still brought a tear to his eye. For several minutes there was quiet except for the sniffles from those who were crying.

"Harry." Bill said slowly. Harry looked up at him and saw that he was gently rocking his sleeping son. "Can you tell us about defeating Voldemort?" Harry nodded and slowly recounted the story of what happened in the bubble. When he finished Bill spoke again. "It's amazing. It worked just like Hermione said it would."

"When do they begin the trials for those who were sent to Azkaban?" Hermione asked. Harry noticed that her face was flushed and she too had been crying.

"Minister Davies said tomorrow." Dumbledore informed her.

"George and I reckon that we sent at least fifty." Fred interjected, his voice sounded hoarse.

"All told there were probably over two hundred that were sent there. Some Death Eaters were killed but not many, only fourteen." Pru told Fred.

Ginny stood up. "We need to put Nicole to bed and then I think we will retire. It's been a long and trying day." Harry carefully got up to follow her out. He noticed that everyone else was slowly getting up.

When they got up to her room, he put Nicole in the crib and kissed her baby soft cheek. "I love you baby." He ran a finger over her cheek before moving to the side so that Ginny could kiss her goodnight. They stood and watched her for several more minutes and Harry was reminded of the night before. They made their way to their room and walked immediately to the bed. Harry fell onto it heavily and Ginny curled up next to him with her head on his chest. He put an arm around her and kissed the top of her head.

"I never want to go through something like this again." Ginny informed him, her voice was muffled because she spoke into his chest.

"I know love, I don't either."

"You all left and then the wounded started to arrive… then the explosions and we didn't know what was going on." He felt her start to shake and he pulled her more securely into his embrace. "I just knew something was wrong so I put Tyler in that sling and secured him to Mum and had Nicole hold on to her and I made a portkey that took them to Hogwarts. It was so hard sending them off like that, where I wasn't there to watch over them even though I knew that they would be safe." Harry understood her sentiment. He felt as if a weight had been removed from his shoulders when he Apparated to the school and got to hold Nicole safely in his arms. Ginny went on. "Moody, Hestia and several others were about to head back to the Ministry when the first one hit so we went to go investigate and it was him." She drew a ragged breath. "Tom and a few other Death Eaters. Moody saved me from a killing curse. He conjured a wall just like you do." Harry felt his heart freeze. He had been so close to losing her and tears started to flow from his eyes again. "We dueled, sent spells back and forth and then you were there." The hand that she had on his chest, clenched, tugging at his shirt. "You were there and it was over but…" She looked up at him. "Why did you bring me to the Ministry?"

Harry looked into her beautiful brown eyes and smiled a real smile. "You could help and he was gone." She looked confused so he explained further. "I was not really worried about Death Eaters getting you, I know you could take care of them but Voldemort… he was an evil that not even Dumbledore could eradicate. It didn't really matter because you stood up to him anyway."

She smiled back at him through the tears. "That felt damn good. I've wanted to curse that bastard for a long time."

He laughed softly and kissed her. "I love you."

"I love you too." She yawned.

"Let's get some sleep. Tomorrow is going to be a long and trying day."

"I know." She kissed and moved to change into her pajamas as he did the same. They crawled under the covers and soon both fell into an exhausted sleep.

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Peeved that I didn't draw out the suspense for another 3000 words so that you would be sitting at the edge of your seat? Still have questions? Send me a review with any questions and I'll answer them in the next chapter. We aren't done yet… one or two more chapters before this one is done and I'm on to the next. Thanks to my editor and thanks for the reviews!

RyougaZell: Well she did end up there… probably not how you thought it would happen. I love the twins too!

Miliardo Peacecraft: I HATE cliffhangers and try my best not to ever do that… I have once and regretted it instantly. Anyway, thank you, I'm glad you like it. I think I am done killing people… no promises but I'm pretty sure… it's already been done, you know, with the Longbottoms and all and I don't want to be predictable.

Lourdes: The DA? Yeah, I read your review and thought, "that is a great idea." I almost changed what I had but I really didn't want to rework everything. I decided to just end the whole thing in one final blow. (lol) easier that way, I think. Hope you liked it.

weselan: I have sooo many plans for Fred and George but I won't say more… I am feeling much better today and I hope that the wait was worth it.

James and Lily 4eva: I was done with killing… it's actually quite hard to do so I feel for JKR who is the person most attached to the characters. Thanks for the review.

Harrie: It's okay, life catches up with me often. Well, she was lured out I don't know that anyone saw it coming that way. I hope you liked it and thanks!

mysticruby: (evil grin spreads over my face) I think I'll stay mum.

Jen: Here it is and I hope it was worth the wait. It's encouraging to know that you are really interested.

Beth5572: Hope you enjoyed it.