Chapter 31:

Severus didn't truly understand the muggle saying "My heart was in my stomach" until the moment he saw Patrick Mandola dragging a fighting Kiki onto the field of battle. Behind her, Harmony was putting up a fight with Jackson Herrington. Even if it meant the woman would have to fall out of the other man's arms. He heard Remus give a little growl, but held the other man back—even though he wanted to rip Mandola into little shreds. The Auror turned evil threw Kiki into Severus' arms, causing him to let go of Remus. The other man wasn't about to kill Jack, but whatever he was planning to do was thwarted when Harmony herself jumped to her husband.

Severus clutched Kiki close, but was extremely worried about Sam. Had the bastards hurt Lily, Jamie and Sam in any way, shape or form? He looked into his lover's eyes and found them surprisingly unblocked. She wanted him to look into her mind! He did so and was immediately relieved. Molly had flooed back to the Burrow with the girls just as Mandola and Jack marched into the room. Now the women were going to fight as the ending drew near.

Voldemort was losing support. The Deatheaters were losing their wands at a fast rate, and Fudge's Army wasn't helping. Harry could tell the tide was turning and that it would soon be time for him to defeat the Dark Lord. The only problem was that he had no clue how to. HE tried hard to think of different spells that would work, but there was the whole "we have the same wand" problem. He had no clue what would work against the monster…

"Well, Harry, we meet again," a cold, snakelike voice slithered. "And I'm sure this will be our last meeting."

"I'm sure, too, Voldemort," Harry said, turning to face the dark—thing—that hovered near him. Ginny made her way slowly over to stand by Harry's side. Voldemort seemed to take notice of the Weasley girl.

"Hmm, I didn't notice this the last time we met, but maybe because young Mr. Potter here blocked my way," Voldemort said. "But you have become quite a beautiful young woman. I'm sure you've matured from that silly little eleven-year-old who wrote in my diary. You trusted me once; perhaps once I finally make him the Boy-Who-Died, you could learn to trust me again?"

"NEVER!" Ginny said, backing away from Voldemort. "You are one perverted monster!"

Harry felt the rage boil over at the idea of Voldemort taking Ginny as a "prize" if he won. There was no way this monster was going to hurt Ginny ever. Harry would have to become the Boy-Who-Was-Obliterated for that to happen. And he doubted Ginny would ever grow to love Voldemort, and he doubted Voldemort could actually feel love. Period. Especially for Ginny. He did, though. He loved Ginny and she loved him. That's all Harry knew…

"OW! POTTER!" Voldemort roared. Harry jumped when he realized his wand had sparked and had hit the Dark Lord. But how had that happened? Was it his rage? No, Voldemort would've thrived off of that. He was thinking about how much he loved Ginny…LOVE!

Harry mentally smacked himself. How many times over the course of his education had Dumbledore mentioned the power of love? Lily's loved saved Harry from Voldemort a few times. Sure, now Voldemort had leapt over that hurdle, but he was only protected from Lily's love for her son. He wasn't protected from that son's love for everybody else. Or everybody else's love for him. Or for each other…Harry's mind was starting to formulate a plan, which he hoped everyone would help him for and would work. He leaned over to whisper in Ginny's ear, "Grab my wand." She looked at him weirdly, but put her wand away to latch firmly onto his.

With Ginny there, he began to concentrate. He slowly began to feel the power he needed creep into his system. He felt Ginny's love for him as well as for her family. He felt Ron and Hermione's love for each other, and for him, fill him. Remus and Harmony were next, followed by Sirius. Bianca's soon joined the mix, at the same time as Kiki's. Snape's joined in at the same time both Dumbledore children could be felt. Their parents soon joined in, followed by the rest of the Weasley family members who were on the battlefield. Finally, Luna and Neville's joined the mixture. He channeled all this energy into his wand.

All those in question were frozen to the ground. Dumbledore smiled as he realized that Harry had finally figured out what he had been telling him for the past seven years. He looked to see the boy, no, man concentrating really hard with his girlfriend by his side. Harry and Ginny. If anyone could take down the Dark Lord, it was those two. Before everything erupted, his last thought was that it looked remarkably that Lily and James Potter were the ones about to defeat Voldemort. He chuckled a bit at that thought as he realized the coincidence. Or work of fate.

Voldemort, however, decided he had given the Potter too many minutes more to live. He lazily raised his wan, poised to do the boy in now. "Avada—" he began, put was cut short. Severus and Dumbledore watched dumbfounded as a bright light engulfed Harry, Ginny and the Dark Lord. It was so bright that many on the field had to shield their eyes from getting hurt. When the light died down, Voldemort no longer stood there.

Harry stood in awe as he watched Voldemort disintegrate into nothingness. Afterwards, he felt very, very weak and soon collapsed into the arms of Ginny. "Harry," he heard her whisper. "It's over. We won!" Then the darkness overtook him.

He regained consciousness in the hospital wing with early June sunlight bathing his bed. Dumbledore stood next to the bed, smiling down on the boy. "Headmaster, is it true? Did we win?" he asked, struggling to stand up. Dumbledore reached down and pushed the boy back into a lying position.

"Yes, my boy, you defeated him," Albus said, twinkling brightly.

"Well, you helped. Everyone helped."

"I know, Harry, I know. But I will go down in history books as the wizard who defeated Grindelwald. You will go down as the wizard who defeated Voldemort twice. However, the second time it will be noted that you had the help of a talented witch named Ginny Weasley. I'm sure Carl is already introducing petitions to make May 26th a wizarding holiday. And everyone involved will be awarded. Looks like Professor Snape will finally get his Order of Merlin, First Class."

He paused for a bit. "Your parents would've been extremely proud. I know Sirius, Remus, Harmony and Kiki are."

"How is everyone?"

"They're all fine. Most were in and out of the hospital wing. You are one of Poppy's last patients." Harry was now staring at Dumbledore, causing the Headmaster to chuckle. "You've been out could for a week. Not to worry. When I defeated Grindelwald, I was out for a month!"

Harry smiled. "Can I see people?"

"Certainly. Who first? Sirius? Or Miss Weasley? Both are extremely concerned about you."

"Can I see them together? And how are the babies?"

"Perfectly fine. When Fudge's Army stormed Hogsmeade and the Shrieking Shack, Molly took the girls with her to the Burrow for safety. They were returned to their mothers that morning," Dumbledore explained. "Oh, and Harry, I'm afraid there was one casualty in the final battle."

Harry's stomach began to churn. "Who?"

"Your wand. Lemon drop?"

Poppy's voice was heard ringing from her office. "Don't you dare, Albus Dumbledore!" she yelled as Harry burst out laughing.

A/N: Sorry for the long wait! It is a pain to get this from my laptop to my dad's computer. He wants to rig the house for wireless internet, but I don't know when. Anyway, summer break is going alright for now—I saw Little Women before closed on Broadway. It's a shame it closed since it was so good! Thanks to all my reviewers:

Sarahamanda: Thanks!

Brielle Lupin: Someone was excited.

SarahtheBardess: I didn't mean for the chapter title to scare you. It's a song title from "Labyrinth." Thanks for the compliments!

cerze: Thanks, I'm glad you're liking all the stories!

MyStOrIeS: I know you reviewed for EL I, but I'm hoping you're reading this as well. I guess Kiki is kinda slutty, but thanks for sticking through. As for the Kiki-Severus thing…they are just incredibly easy to write.

Well, one chapter more to go before EL III…Ta! Mac