A Love Worth Fighting For
Chapter Nineteen
The Battle
Disclaimer: Star: I'll do the disclaimer today: I do not own Harry Potter; I just use the characters in a lame story!
Star in a Daze: Hi everyone! I know I left you all hanging there for a while. I hope you will all find it in your hearts to forgive me! You'll know what happens as soon as you read!
Harry and Hermione decided to take a walk. They left their house and walked down the street. Suddenly they saw the worst thing. They saw Percy Weasley, lying dead on the sidewalk, with the dark mark hanging over him, a bunch of dark figures right behind him.
"We've been expecting you Mr. Potter". Said a voice that was burned into Harry's brain. Suddenly his scar started to hurt. It hit him like lightning.
"Voldemort". He breathed.
Harry stepped protectively in front of Hermione.
"Run". He told her. "Back to the house. Get Dumbledore".
Hermione nodded. She kissed him on the cheek and ran down the street, back to the manor. Before she got there though, one of Voldemort's death eaters threw a stunning spell at her, and she fell to the ground. The death eater went to go and get her, but when he tried to pick her up, a shield of fire went around it and he couldn't touch her.
"Leave her". Harry said. "Your battle is with me, not her. You will not touch her". Harry pulled out his wand. Voldemort looked at him and laughed.
"Didn't we try this last year Mr. Potter?" He said smiling. "And the year before? I thought you would be getting a little bit tired of the same old thing, but if you insist". Voldemort pulled out his wand. But Harry was ready for him.
"Expelliarmus". He shouted, but Voldemort blocked it. Then Voldemort turned around and threw a spell at Harry.
"Stupefy". He yelled. Harry moved out of the way and threw a stunning spell back at Voldemort.
Voldemort just barely made it out of the way. He motioned to one of his death eaters and he nodded. A few seconds later about twenty Dementors were walking towards Harry.
"No, not Harry". Lily called.
"Lily, take Harry and go. It's the only way".
"James!"
Harry couldn't take it anymore. He pulled himself out of the trance and stared at the Dementors.
"EXPECTO PATRONOM, EXPECTO PATRONOM, EXPECTO PATRONOM" Harry called with all of his might. The silvery stag rushed from the tip of his wand, and charged down the Dementors.
Voldemort was furious. He stared daggers at Harry as he watched the stag cut down his Dementors, the Dementors that his predecessor, Salazar Slytherin, had once possessed.
As the stag rushed down the last few Voldemort turned to Harry.
"AVADA KEDAVERA". He shouted. The curse went right to Harry, but it didn't kill him. Voldemort stood there, amazed looking at Harry, who had his scimitar Tsian out. Harry had pulled it out at lightning speed and used it to cut the curse out of the way. Voldemort was shocked when he saw the scimitar.
"Where did you get that?" asked one of the death eaters. The one that Harry recognized as Pansy Parkinson's father, Joseph. Harry looked at him.
"The store". He said mockingly. Joseph was annoyed.
"I meant, how could you touch it? You need to be an elf to touch a scimitar, or else it'll burn you". Harry looked at him and pulled his longish hair away from his ears, showing prominent pointed ears that Harry had decided to keep after Halloween.
"You were saying?" Everyone looked at Harry in shock. There was whispering all throughout the band of death eaters. Voldemort looked at Harry.
"How?" He asked. Harry looked at him.
"Well, you see, it is quite easy to be an elf if your father is one. I mean, I know it didn't look like he was, but looks can be different from what they seem, now can't they?" Voldemort glared at Harry.
"Shut up Potter. If your father was an elf and I could kill him, then there is no reason for me not to be able to kill you now is there?" Harry looked at Voldemort critically.
"Actually, there is". He said with a grin.
"Well, why is that?" Voldemort asked him. Harry smiled a wicked smile and the ground all around Voldemort burst into flames.
"That is why". Harry said acrimoniously (resentfully). Voldemort was shocked at the power Harry possessed.
"An elemental". He said with a tone Harry couldn't quite pinpoint. "I see. This might get interesting". Suddenly the flames around Harry froze. An ice shield now surrounded Harry.
Harry turned around and saw Draco and Ginny standing behind him. Draco's hand was raised.
Harry was shocked.
"Harry". Ginny said. "Where is Hermione?" Harry looked over to his side.
"She's over there. No one can touch her, but I'll remove my shield. Draco, how long can that shield hold?" Draco shrugged.
"It's breaking now. We have to hurry". He said desperately. Harry nodded. Draco and Ginny both pulled their scimitars and Harry, who already has Tsian out, pulled out Cateroc.
Draco let down the shield of ice and the three of them rushed to their well known, but not talked about, positions.
Ginny ran over to Hermione.
"Enervate". She said, pointing at Hermione with her wand. Hermione woke up and stared right behind Ginny. Ginny turned around, grabbed Kay'lach and jabbed it through the death eater. She was in shock at what she had done, but she had no time to dwell on it. She helped Hermione to her feet and stood in front of her, Kay'lach and Afain raised, ready to fend off any death eaters that may come their way.
Harry looked over at Ginny and Hermione. Ginny had managed to wake up Hermione. He was glad she was all right, but he didn't have time to go over.
"Ginny". He yelled over to them. "Get Hermione back to the house and go get Dumbledore". Ginny looked at him and nodded.
Hermione pulled out her double-ended sword Maker'tian (which meant Termanator) and her and Ginny ran back to the house, this time making it there safely, with their weapons drawn, fending off anyone who got in their way.
Voldemort, on the other hand, was distracted by Draco.
"Lucius' son". He said. "Good, you have come. Now, destroy Harry Potter, like your father would have done". Draco looked over at Harry.
"No". He said. "No. I won't kill him. I know I can't kill you, but I refuse to kill him". Voldemort was angry. He sent a huge bolt of lightning out of his wand, not aimed at any particular person, but he just let it go and it hit many of the nearby houses. Draco flinched as he imagined all of the innocent people who had just died.
Harry walked up behind Draco. He had Tsian and Cateroc sheathed and his wand drawn.
"Draco". He said, with his hand on Draco's shoulder. "I'll take it from here. It is said that only I can destroy him. I need you to go make sure there are some survivors over there. Use the ice, and I'll use my fire to protect you". Draco nodded, knowing that Harry was right. Draco put up walls of ice around the houses and he walked over to them, right through the ice.
Harry watched Draco for a second and then turned to Voldemort. "Now, on to what we were doing. How would you like to be killed today?" Harry asked him. "Would you like to be chopped into stewed pumpkin, or would you like it to be quick and painless with a wand?" Voldemort looked at Harry and laughed.
"I don't know? I think I'll use a sword. Maybe I can last a little longer than the baby with his knife". The death eaters laughed and Harry just stared at him.
Voldemort conjured a sword and looked at Harry.
"Well, En Garde". He said to Harry, pointedly. Harry smiled and slowly drew Kulin'afe. He put it in fighting stance, but angled it so Voldemort could see the name Godric Gryffindor on it. Voldemort hesitated for a second and Harry swung left.
Voldemort barely had time to pull up his sword to block the attack when another one came soaring at him from a different angle. Voldemort, again blocked the attack, and this time jabbed at Harry's right side.
Harry easily moved out of the way of Voldemort's attack and he reached into his boot and pulled out one of his daggers. He threw it at Voldemort's face, but he took his sword and slashed it. The dagger fell meaninglessly to his side.
Voldemort looked at Harry.
"You know, this is exactly how Godric Gryffindor perished. He was in a fencing match with Salazar Slytherin. He lost and it cost him his life, and the lives of many others of his species. He was also an elf you know. Those retched things should be banned from the earth". Harry was angry. He jabbed at Voldemort with all of his might. Voldemort merely sidestepped and pulled his sword up to Harry's throat.
"Well, Mr. Potter, you will kill me? I think not". Harry looked at Voldemort with disgust. Suddenly Voldemort dropped the sword, cursing.
Harry smiled and kicked the sword up into his hand. He easily flipped the sword so it was hilt first and handed it to Voldemort.
"I do want to kill you, but not like a coward". He said. Voldemort took the sword and swung it at Harry's head. Harry ducked and pulled his other dagger. This one hit him in the knee and Voldemort couldn't move that leg.
"Curse you Potter". He said as he pulled the dagger out. Harry just shrugged and threw another attack.
Voldemort blocked Kulin'afe with his sword and threw the dagger at Harry. Harry was fast enough to move his chest out of range, but Voldemort had hit him with his own dagger right in the arm.
Sputtering curses, Harry pulled out the dagger. He tossed it down and it miraculously landed right into the scabbard in his boot.
With his emerald green eyes flashing Harry sheathed Kulin'afe and pulled out Tsian and Caderoc with one swift movement.
Voldemort looked at the weapons. He was worried, but a step ahead of Harry. He quickly used a doubling spell on the sword and he had two swords. Harry didn't care though; he knew that he could conquer Voldemort with Tsian and Caderoc. They were the best weapons there were.
Voldemort and Harry fought with an intense series of blows. Voldemort thought that Harry was tiring, so he looked at him and said:
"Where is that Hermione of yours?" He asked Harry. "I'm sure she'll want to see it when the famous Harry Potter is defeated by Lord Voldemort. She might even want to be next in line for the ride. But maybe my friends here will want to take HER for a ride. She is quite pretty after all". Voldemort started to laugh, but Harry was outraged. Harry used and intense series of blows, never once used by anyone, and knocked the swords out of Voldemort's hands.
Harry pushed Cateroc up to Voldemort's throat.
"You will never say that again". Harry said with rage. "I know that, because you won't live to say that again". Harry then started to move his scimitar to execute him, but then hesitated. "No, I won't put you to a painless death. You don't deserve that. You've killed countless people and now I'm going to kill you in the same fashion".
Harry stepped on his chest and slowly cut off Voldemort's limbs, one-by-one. He listened to him scream bloody murder for the world to see. Blood splattered on Harry as he did this.
Once all of his arms and legs were severed, Harry wiped of Tsian and Cateroc. He pulled out Kulin'afe and jabbed it through Voldemort's heart.
The dark mark that was still hanging over Percy vanished. All of the death eaters clutched their arms as the dark mark was burned from them.
One-by-one the death eater's scars flashed with light. A dark spirit flew out of each one of them, disappearing into thin air.
Harry was shaking. He had killed Voldemort. His hand automatically flew to his forehead where his scar was. It was still there.
Harry wiped off Kulin'afe and sheathed it. He turned around, dripping with blood, to face Hermione, Ginny, Ron, Erin, Lupin and all of the Weasleys. Harry looked at them and sighed. He walked over to Mrs. Weasley.
"I'm sorry Mrs. Weasley". He said to her. "He was dead before I got here". He pointed to Percy and she burst into tears.
"My baby!" She cried. She ran over to him and grabbed his hand. Mr. Weasley followed him, but all of his brothers and his sister stayed back.
Hermione looked at Harry. He was blood soaked and he was sweating, but she had never loved him more. She pulled Harry into a hug. She kissed him on the lips and whispered:
"I love you Harry". To him and he nodded.
"I love you too".
Suddenly a bunch of Aurors apperated to the scene. They looked at Voldemort and then at Harry.
"Holy, mother of pearl". One said. "Harry Potter killed you-know-who". All of the Aurors gasped and looked at Harry. They stared for a moment at the couple who were standing together and then got to work, capturing all of the death eaters who hadn't dissapperated yet.
A few moments later a news crew came. They automatically walked over to Harry, as if there was a magnet drawing them towards him.
"Mr. Potter". They said to him. "Could we have a few words with you?" They asked. Harry rolled his eyes, and then he put his hand around Hermione's hips.
"Fine, but hurry up". He said. The man nodded.
"Mr. Potter, how did you kill you-know-who". Harry grinned, Hermione gave him a warning look, but he said it anyway.
"No, I don't know who. Who is it that you are talking about?"
"He who must not be named". Harry smiled again.
"Well, there must be a lot of "he's" out there. I'm lost". The interviewer rolled his eyes. "Look dude". Harry said, exasperated. "I refuse to answer any questions unless you say Voldemort's name. He's dead now, and he's not going to come back to life if you say it". The interviewer looked scared.
"Fine... how did you kill Vol.. Volde... Voldemort?" He asked. Harry smiled and answered every question he was asked.
A little while later, when all of the Aurors and the news crew had left, everyone went back into the manor to floo back to Hogwarts. It was a school day the next day after all.
Star in a Daze: Hello everyone! I hope you liked the chapter! I just want you to all know that the excitement isn't over, just because old Voldy is dead. I have so much excitement planned that I am going to finish this Hogwarts year, do a sequel about next year and maybe... just maybe a third one! So don't stop reading now!
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