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CHAPTER FOURTEEN- THE FINAL BATTLE
Harry and Draco looked at each other they understood that they could end the war today if they could get their hands on Voldemort. Both men separated to get their respective troops ready. Ten minutes later Harry and Draco appeared in Hogsmead followed by over three hundred soldiers. Elves and humans, fighting along side each other, for the same cause.
At the head of the army were Albus, Severus, Ron, Hermione, Remus, Cyriel, Wendel and Nigel. Each responsible for their own units while they themselves were lead by the two princes.
They came upon total chaos when they entered the town. Draco directed his men to find any survivors and send them to the castle for protection. Harry's men started fighting the death eaters' main forces. Soon more elves joined in the fight as only a handful of survivors had been found alive. The light elves clashed with the dark elves. The battle soon started turning in their favor as the light elves who were better trained won their battles leaving injured and captured dark elves behind.
Harry suddenly felt pain in his scar but for some reason this time he didn't think the pain was unbearable. He looked at Draco and gasped. The blonde's eyes were glowing bright silver. "He's here isn't he Harry?"
"Yes but I don't understand why I can't feel the pain that I usually do."
Draco looked like he was thinking whey his eyes went wide. "Harry I think I know what's going on. I think that our bond is stronger then the one you have with Voldemort. It's protecting you from the pain."
"Is that why your eyes are now glowing silver?" Harry said as he looked at Draco's eyes.
"Could be, and that also could be why yours are now glowing gold."
The two men just shrugged and turned back to the battle. Out of the corner of his eyes Harry saw Pettigrew try to sneak up on Remus who was fighting two other death eaters. Harry' eyes went wide when he saw Peter raise his silver hand to strike Remus. All of a sudden there was a gust of freezing wind which froze Peter in his tracks. Harry looked at his lover who was now in dragon form breathing cold air on the rat. Harry looked back at Remus who had just finished off his last opponent. Harry saw his reaction to seeing Peter's frozen form near him. The rat had been frozen with his hand in the air ready to strike. Remus paled and took a few steps back. Meanwhile Draco had returned to elf form and had cast a binding spell and an anti-animagus spell on the death eater.
"Are you ok Remus?" asked Draco.
"Yes…I think I am. Thank you Draco and thank you for not killing him. Now we will be able to get him go confess in front of the minister of his crimes and we will be able to clear Sirius' name."
"That's ok I couldn't let anything happen to you. It would have broken Harry's heart to loose his father figure. And besides I like you Remus you're a good man." Draco laughed and made his way back to Harry who kissed him in thanks.
"Well, well, well, what do we have here? Ickle baby Harrykins kissing my traitorous nephew."
"Belatrix!" Harry's eyes were sending her death glares.
"Saving your godfather's little lover are you?" The woman had a sickening sweet smile on her face.
Harry looked in shock back at Remus who suddenly had lost all the sparkle in his eyes. "Oh my god Remus, I didn't know…"
"It's ok Harry; I didn't want to burden you as you already had a lot to deal with at the time."
"But Remus…"
"It's ok Harry, we'll talk later, now let's take care of this bitch."
The three men turned back to the witch who was now shaking with anger.
"So aunt Bella, do you have a thing for attacking family members? I guess you just haven't met your match until today. As head of the Black family I sentence you to death for the betrayal of one of your own; namely Sirius Orion Black. You know the ancient family laws are still active so even if I were to kill you know… which I am about to. The ministry can't do a damn thing about it."
Draco was now smirking at his aunt who had gone white. Her eyes were looking to the sides for an escape route.
"Oh you can't escape either, I've placed an elven shield over us so you can't apparate and can't portkey out." Her shoulders seemed to fall at Draco's words.
Draco stood up strait and said. "Harry, Remus does any of you want to have the honor or shall I?"
Harry looked at Draco and saw the warrior side of his lover. The elf was standing proudly holding his sword in one hand and his wand in the other.
"It doesn't matter to me Harry." Growled Remus. "As long as we're rid of her I don't care how it's done." Harry watched Remus and saw that his eyes were now fully amber and knew that the inner wolf had come out to help destroy the one who killed its mate.
"Then let's let Draco finish her off."
Draco turned towards his aunt. "You've heard them. It's just me and you. But I won't kill you in cold blood. I will give you a chance to defend yourself. If you defeat me then you're free to go; if not…well I'll just say that I am a gentleman and I'll make it quick and painless."
Bellatrix, thinking that she could easily beat her useless nephew, screamed like a banshee and attacked. It only took Draco a few minutes to run his sword through her heart. As she fell down dead he heard a roar of anger. He looked up to see who it was that had made the noise and found himself staring at Voldemort and the leader of the dark elves.
"Ah young Malfoy, or should I say Prince Draconis. Yes the dark elves have been very generous with their information on the half human scum that would one day lead them."
Draco felt Harry's presence next to him.
"Tom how nice of you to show your ugly face here." said Harry. Then Harry turned towards the dark elf. "So you're the traitor that has gone against Draco and his people. You really should not follow someone weak like old Tommy boy." The dark elf drew out his sword and pointed it at Harry.
"We dark elves will never accept to be lead by a half breed. We will win this and take our rightful place as leaders of the elves."
Draco snorted. "You couldn't lead a cow to pasture if your life depended on it. What makes you think you will win against me."
The dark elf's only answer was to attack Draco. Harry watched Draco as he masterfully fought against their enemy. The dark elves then threw some power in Draco's eyes making him cry out in pain. Draco had been temporarily blinded by some kind of magical plant. Draco recognized what had been thrown at him and didn't panic. He knew the effects would be gone in a few minutes. He contacted Harry though their telepathy. (Love, I'm going to need your eyes. Let me use then to see what he's going to do.) Harry agreed and let Draco take over his sight. Then Harry cast a spell that would stop the dark Lord from interfering. He then cast another spell to set up a shield that would protect him while Draco fought with the dark elf.
It was strange for Draco to fight someone while watching from a third person. He was able to stop the attacks with a few near misses. Then seeing his chance he used a strong cutting hex and hit his opponent's arm. The arm and sword landed in front of the dark Lord who looked at it with discuss. The elf was on his knees screaming in pain. Draco's sight returned. He walked up to the elf and binded him while he made sure to temporarily heal his wound. He opened a portal to the counsel room where his grandfather would be waiting for news. He threw the elf inside and turned back to help his lover fight the dark lord. The elf landed in the middle of the table in the counsel room. When he got his bearings back he found himself facing eight swords and a very angry king. Seeing that their leader had been defeated the dark elves quickly left the battle to go and hide in their realm. Draco didn't worry about it because he could deal with them later. He turned back to watch his lover take care of Voldemort.
The dark Lord seeing that his ally had been beaten turned back towards Harry.
"POTTER!"
"That's Prince Gryffindor to you Tom." Harry smirked when he saw Voldemort seething with anger.
"Your time as prince will be short lived when I get rid of you."
Draco narrowed his eyes at the dark Lord. "What makes you think that you can defeat Harry? Even with what's left of your allies you're still outnumbered. Face it Tom you're loosing and you know it."
The dark Lord looked back at Draco with something like lust in his eyes. "It would be a good thing for you to keep your mouth shut Malfoy or I won't be so merciful when I kill you after I've had a bit of fun with you of course." Voldemort drew his wand and sent a killing curse towards Harry who rolled out of its way. Harry replied with a cutting hex that ripped open one of Voldemort's sleeve. The dark Lord sent crucios to both wizards. Draco was able to move out of the way but Harry was hit on the shoulder. Draco quickly sent a blinding hex at the dark Lord who had to stop the pain curse on Harry to get out of the way. He ducked Draco's curse just in time.
Harry got up and sent an Expeliarmus to disarm Voldemort at the same time that the dark Lord sent him another killing curse. Like the first time they had dueled their wands connected and they found themselves surrounded by a bright dome where they could hear the song of a phoenix.
And also like the first tine a string of ghostly people came out of the dark Lord's wand. Draco gasped when he saw his father's spirit come out.
The spirit of Lucius just looked at Draco and said. "My son, just kill the bastard and return honor to the Malfoy name." Draco gave his father a nod of acknowledgement and turned around to look at Harry. When Harry's parents came out of the wand Harry knew that it was time to act. Signaling to Draco he started pushing his magic through his wand to overload Voldemort's. Draco stood next to Harry and placed a hand on his shoulder. He pushed his own magic into Harry making sure that his lover wouldn't run out of power before the job was done. Remus watched, he could feel that the end was near. He walked up to Harry and also placed a hand on Harry's other shoulder. Sending his own special wolf magic into Harry he helped him give the final burst that was needed. Voldemort's wand started glowing red and with a scream it exploded taking its master with it.
Harry fell on his knees as did the other two men. He then turned into a phoenix and flew to what was left of Voldemort's body. He landed on the corpse's chest and started to burn it. Then in a flash of light and flames both he and Voldemort disappeared.
Draco's eyes went wide with shock. He ran towards the pile of ashes that was left. He almost wept for joy when he heard a small chirp within the ashes. He saw a small orange head peak out form under the ashes. Taking the young phoenix in his hands he made his way back to Remus. He opened a portal to the infirmary and helped the werewolf to go through. The older wizard had used a lot of his magic. Draco was curious because the magic he had felt from Remus had been very different from his and Harry's. And also when they were connected he had seen images that had worried him about the mental state of the werewolf.
Poppy saw a portal open in her infirmary and knew that more patients would soon be coming in. General Siriana was also ready to receive the wounded. She pushed Remus on to a bed and turned towards Draco who was holding a small bird.
"What happened; I don't see any injuries other then the fact that his magic is drained to a dangerous low." She then got a good look at Draco who didn't look any better. She pushed him onto a bed next to Remus. She tried to get him to let go of the phoenix he was holding but the blonde's response was to put up a shield around he and Harry so that they could get their energy back without anyone bothering them. He placed Harry on a pillow he had conjured and once he made sure that he was comfortable he let himself fall asleep. He didn't see the phoenix grow back to an adult bird and then transform back into Harry. He also didn't feel Harry making the bed bigger and then slipping under the blankets to snuggle with him. That's how the mediwitch found them a few hours later when she checked up on them. Smiling to herself she turned back towards her office thanking Merlin that the battle had not cost too many lives thanks to the three men now sleeping in her infirmary.
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Harry and Draco woke up after being unconscious for three days. Remus only woke up after two weeks and it still took him another week to get his full strength back. Harry and his lover had kept a constant vigil at the werewolf's side. They both remembered the memories that Remus had in his head and it scared them. The werewolf had planned that once Peter Pettigrew had either been captured or killed that he would end his life to be with his mate. Harry was terrified of loosing the man he had grown to love as a father. Remus had helped him survive his years of training when Harry had been full of self doubt. He would do anything to save the werewolf.
Draco had spent his time away from Remus' side in the elven realm. He didn't mention what he was doing to Harry because he didn't want to get his hopes up. He had talked to his father and the other elders and they had mentioned that there might be a way to bring back someone from the veil. They had directed Draco to an ancient library in the dark elven realm where they were pretty sure he could find some information on the subject.
Both men helped Remus go through his monthly transformation by changing in their animagus forms. The werewolf had been scared at first to find itself in front of a large dragon but the phoenix's song had calmed him down.
Harry got Remus to talk about his thoughts of committing suicide. He made the werewolf understand that suicide wasn't the answer and that too many people loved him for him to do such a selfish act. For the first time that Harry could remember Remus had cried. He let out his pain of loosing his soul mate while Harry held him in his arms.
"Let it out Remus, it will only slowly kill you if you hold it in. Everybody needs to grieve, believe me I know."
A few days later after Harry and Remus' discussion Draco told Harry that he would be gone for a week on an assignment. He didn't tell Harry why he was leaving; he just said that it was on of his regular missions. The truth was that Draco had been in contact with the librarian in the dark elven realm and the book he needed had been found. Draco was leaving to retrieve and study it. He had high hopes that he could do something for his lover's adoptive father.
Once he had the book he came back to his own realm and locked himself in his room to read. After a few hours he whooped in joy making a few maids that were walking past his door, jump in fright.
He called upon his grandfather and set up a counsel meeting. A few hours later he returned to the human world to give his love the good news…
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