Hope's End

Chapter Nineteen

The Siege of Hogwarts Part VI

"Avada Kedavra!"

Voldemort fired a Killing Curse at Potter, then quickly ducked as Potter dodged the Killing Curse and shouted, "Karthiaki Prosvolus!" The Heart Attack Curse quickly spiralled away from Voldemort and struck a Death Eater, who promptly collapsed.

"Reducto!"

"Siragus!"

"Flacius Morbus!"

Harry quickly shot the Reduction Curse, and the Explosion Curse and the Fire Twister at Voldemort. Voldemort raised his wand and hissed, "Fyr Skjold!" A cyclone of flame erupted around Voldemort and incinerated the first two spells, and absorbed the third, making it stronger. Harry snarled and hissed in Parseltongue, "HESSASGS ZAPHENATH PANEAH!" And the deadly dark green light of the Distintegration Curse flew toward Voldemort. Voldemort jumped out of the way of the incoming Curse, and pointed his wand at himself, and chanted in Parseltongue himself, "PROKANSIS ACCOLON ASIDIGION!" A dark green light flashed all around Voldemort, and he reeked of power. "Try this on for size, Potter! KODEN SILVUS!" A whip of boiling quicksilver whipped itself out of Voldemort's wand and lunged at Harry. Harry, knowing that nothing can block this deadly Forbidden Curse, hurled himself out of the way. Unfortunately, Remus Lupin was thirty meters behind Harry, and he was struck by the whip and died instantly.

"NO!" screamed Harry in horror and surprise. He quickly ran over to Remus' body, and found it charred to the point of recognization. Voldemort smirked vindictively.

"What's wrong, Potter? Miss your beloved werewolf? Looks like you're all alone now!" he taunted. Potter rose and turned to face Voldemort. On his face was the blackest rage anyone ever saw. "You. Will. Die," hissed Harry, fury coursing through his veins. He was experiencing anger like never before, not even when Sirius died. Harry raised his wand, and pointed it not at Voldemort, but at three divisions of Death Eaters.

A bright, golden light flared around Harry and he screamed out, "LEO RUDO!" A huge flash of gold and red light exploded out of Harry's wand and soared toward the three divisions and hit the ground in the middle of it. BOOM. Voldemort was instantly knocked back into the ground as the shockwave of the explosion swept out from it. Voldemort leapt back up, and his jaw divorced his head and married the ground as he saw the crater from the explosion. All three divisions, which was thirty Death Eaters were... not there. Just a very large crater.

Voldemort turned back to Harry, as he turned his wand at another five divisions of Death Eaters and screamed, "SAEVIO OF MERLIN!" Another flash of bright golden light erupted around Harry as an enormous flash of white light ballooned out of Harry's wand gently floated toward the fifty Death Eaters. KABOOM. Voldemort was knocked back to the ground again as a bigger shockwave fled the scene, knocking down hundreds of people. Voldemort stood up and sighed. An even bigger crater was there, and fifty Death Eaters were gone. 'Time to stop this,' he thought. Just as he raised his wand however, Harry shouted out another Curse, this time pointing at the Dragons. All of them were fighting the remaining Broomwizards. "DDREIGIAU DARFOD!" An invisible Curse lashed out at the Dragons. Three were instantly felled by the deadly Curse, and the others were severely wounded. The Dragons roared in pain. Harry shouted the same Curse again, and another three fell to the ground. This time, the Dragons learned their lesson and fled, flying off south.

Voldemort was incensed, and roared, pointing his wand at Harry, "AVADA KEDAVRA!" A blast of green light shot towards Harry, who leapt out of the way and fired his own Killing Curse at Voldemort, who also leapt out of the way.

CRACK!

POP!

POP!

CRACK!

POP!

CRACK!

CRACK!

CRACK!

POP!

CRACK!

Harry and Voldemort jumped in surprise and looked around. There, standing not a hundred metres from the duelling pair, stood hundreds upon hundreds upon hundreds of green-clad Wizards and Witches. Voldemort smirked. The Irish Magical Armed Forces had arrived. Voldemort nodded at the Commander at the front.

"Alright men, you saw the Master! CHARGE!" ordered the Commander of the IMAF. Four hundred and fifty Irish poured into the field, firing off Killing Curses at the defenders of Hogwarts. They reacted quickly and began to fight them as well. Unfortunately, it wasn't going very well. Death Eaters were still pouring in through the gates, and they were losing numbers quickly.

Albus Dumbledore looked around the battlefield, taking a short break. Waves of Death Eaters and Irish Aurors were constantly firing Killing Curses. Albus sighed, and raised his wand. He wasn't going to regret this, as it must be done. "Sonorus," Albus spelled. He sighed, and spoke over the sounds of battle.

"ATTENTION, ALL DEFENDERS OF HOGWARTS. FALL BACK TO THE SCHOOL! I REPEAT, FALL BACK TO THE SCHOOL! RETREAT!" Albus disspelled the Sonorus Charm and began to give cover fire as the defenders started to pour into the school.

Voldemort and Harry ignored Dumbledore's message, and kept on duelling fiercely.

"AVADA KEDAVRA!"

"REDUCTO!"

"PROTEGO!"

"ABOLESCO!"

"PROTEGO!"

"OCULAR REDUCTO!"

"CRUCIO!"

"PLUSIUS AVADA KEDAVRA!"

"FINITE INCANTATEM!"

"AKAN!"

"BAKATCHA!"

"LA VALANGA!"

"ASSAI DEL SONGO!"

"AKRAMODIUM!"

"INCURXITALIUS! ELECTA MAXIMUS!"

"PROTEGO MAXIMUS!"

"PUISSANCE!"

"MORENDO!"

"KUKULCAN!"

"KARSADO!"

"TRAKUS STUPEFY!"

"AVADA KEDAVRA! DIE, POTTER, DIE! AVADA KEDAVRA!"

"NEVER, VOLDEMORT! YOU DIE! YOU DIE IN HELL! GO TO HELL AND STAY THERE! THIS IS THE END! SAY HELLO TO DEATH!" Harry screamed at Voldemort, and the bright golden aura around Harry flared to unimaginable levels. He pointed his wand at Voldemort, and roared, "AUGANJ ASAPH VIRIXIAN TOTALUS MAXIMUS!" A golden jet the size of the fuselage of a Muggle Boeing 747 jumbo jet erupted from the Phoenix Feather wand and screamed at high speeds towards Voldemort. At the same time, Voldemort finished his own spell.

"KAERUM FLOAKTORIUM METAMOREL AVADA KEDAVRA TOTALUS MAXIMUS IMPERAVI!" A jet-black beam of the exact same size also erupted from the yew and phoenix feather wand and blasted toward Harry's spell. As expected, the two spells met in the middle, but Priori Incantantem did not happen. Instead, in the middle, a pure white ball of raw magic formed, with the two spells fueling it from behind. Harry and Voldemort realized what to do at the exact same time, and began channelling magic into it. The ball of white energy grew and grew, until it dug almost half a mile into the Earth and across half the grounds.

"DIE, VOLDEMORT, DIE! YOU'LL NEVER WIN!" roared Harry over the howling wind.

"YOU FIRST, POTTER! GIVE MY REGARDS TO THE DEVIL!" retorted Voldemort, and with a last push of raw magic, the white ball of energy transformed into a pure black ball of energy and connected with Harry. With a massive explosion, half the grounds of Hogwarts were instantly vaporized, and Harry's limp body was hurled all the way to the stone steps of Hogwarts. However, Dumbledore was there and caught Harry and ran back into the school. By that time, the only Wizards and Witches on the grounds of Hogwarts were Death Eaters, Irish Aurors, and magical creatures of all kinds.

With a masssive floosh, a massive blue, red, and yellow dome engulfed Hogwarts, as Headmaster Dumbledore activated the ancient Hogwarts Defence Wards, which had not been activated since the time of Grindelwald. The Death Eaters and Irish Aurors formed ranks, and a combined force of two hundred, fifty thousand and four hundred troops stood before Hogwarts. In front of them, was a bleeding, bruised, battered, but still alive Voldemort. With the darkest grin he could manage, he pointed his wand at the school, and softly whispered, "Adava Kevadra!" The newly-invented Atomic Curse sailed lazily towards the school. It completely bypassed the Shield of Hogwarts and hit a lone tower. Instantly, the tower exploded outwards, with the bottom parts of it also exploding. Random parts of Hogwarts began to blow up, with flame and debris sailing everywhere.

This was it.The Siege of Hogwarts was over.

Lord Voldemort, ranked a Dark King by the Dark Order, razed Hogwarts to the ground.