Harry Potter and the Elements of Surprise
Chapter 9:The End
"Have you not yet had enough Potter?" Daemon sneered, "That my men and I brought you screaming to your knees is not enough of a punishment?
Harry's shoulders pulled pack, his eyes snapping angrily. Although his voice remained calm as he said, "By the orders of the Lords Pawstrike and Swifttooth as well as the lady Infernowing of the Light, you are sentenced to death for t he use of Dark magic, the killing and torturing of innocents, conspiracy against Great Britain herself, and for just plain being a pain in the ass."
Obviously confused, Daemon snarled, "What kind of crack pot rubbish are you talking about Potter?"
Unsheathing his sword, Harry gave a feral grin as he said, "Now no one can claim I didn't give you fair warning."
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Ron stood with his feet planted firmly apart, shooting off spells with great precision. Surrounded on 3 sides by white and one by black, his outrageous orange robes stuck out like a sore thumb. But, he'd already decided that if he were to die today, he'd die in his beloved Chudley Canons orange, not a bleak black or white.
A sudden, familiar scream had him whipping towards the sound, eyed locking upon the familiar head of bushy brown hair. Her body shielding that of a small child, Hermione was being repeatedly hit by multiple crutacious curses.
With an angry roar, Ron whipped out one of the daggers he'd borrowed from Harry from his belt. Taking aim, Ron threw the dagger, hitting the first man in the throat even as his second dagger sunk into the other's chest. Racing forward, he carefully laid Hermione on the ground, a passing Elemental having scooped up the child and racing off with him towards the Three Broomsticks.
"He-llo, love" Hermione whispered hoarsely, offering up a shaky smile.
"Merlin, 'Mio, I'd thought I lost you," Ron whispered desperately, brushing back the bushy hair from her forehead.
Hermione smiled softly up at him answering, "Well, I'm alright. You found me just in time love."
But Ron didn't laugh at Hermione's lame joke. His face serious but loving, he said, "If we get out of this 'Mio, we're getting married, because I could never let you go after today."
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Draco and Mike stood back to back, positively surrounded by black.
"Holy shit, how the hell did we get into this mess?" Draco groaned as he received a large cut on his upper arm.
"God only knows," Mike answered, taking a stinging blow to the side.
"Damnit! Man, if I get out of this, I'm moving Dray and me to Antarctica where it's too damn cold for anyone to give a damn about fighting!" Draco cursed angrily, taking another blow even as he cut off one man's arm and split open the chest of another.
Mike gave a short laugh, "We'll miss you, Drake!"
Suddenly, a path seemed to be cut through the Death Eaters to the two men. Draco and Mike watched in astonishment as the grinning faces of Fred and George Weasley greeted them.
"Bloody hell, mates-" George greeted, ignoring the dripping cut above his left eye.
"We've been looking all over for you!" Fred finished for his brother in mock-admonishment.
"Who could have guessed-"
"We'd find the blighters here-"
"In the middle of a pack of Death Eaters-"
"Of all places!"
Draco and Mike laughed a small, new balloon of hope filling them. Easily, the four made their way back out of the Death Eaters, rejoining their comrades in battle.
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Molly Weasley was angry!
She had come to Hogsmeade to meet up and have a butterbeer with a few of her children when the attack had come. Not for a moment had any of her children (or Molly herself for that matter) hesitated to plunge into battle.
That, however, was not what was making her angry. What was, was that stupid chit of a man Lucius Malfoy, who had the gall to hold her son under the crutacious- of all the impudence!
Molly stalked angrily through the crowd, removing Death Eaters from her path with angry "Stupefy!"'s. Reaching her son and his attacker, Molly gave a sharp "Wingardium Leviosa!" Being suspended upside down in mid-air caused Lucius to drop his wand.
"Why you vile, evil, disgusting man! You are a disgrace to Purebloods everywhere! You should be ashamed of yourself! Not only of the treatment you've given my family-who are much better wizards than you any day- but also of the way you treated your own son!" with a defiant tilt to her chin, Molly declared, "Why, it's no wonder your own son hates you!"
Malfoy Sr.'s face went red and he yelled, "Shut up! Shut up you stupid, fat bit-"
"Expelliarmus!" Percy croaked weakly from the ground, his hand still shaking from the time spent under Malfoy's curses.
Ignoring the man who'd just been thrown 20 feet threw the air-upside down-, Molly knelt at her son's side. Cradling his upper torso in her arms, she thanked Merlin she'd gotten to him in time.
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Remus gave a predatory growl, much like the wolf within would give, as he grappled with the man. Having his wand taken was bad enough, but the idiot had been stupid enough to snap it under the werewolf's nose. As a result, Remus had been angrily forced into using his last weapon- his werewolf strength.
Gaining the advantage (or so he thought) the Death Eater reached for Remus' neck. However, pulling his legs up under him, Remus gave an almighty push. The man went flying, smashing into a tree 15 feet away and snapping his neck.
"Bloody hell, mate!" Bill yelled admiringly, clapping the older man on the shoulder as he stood up.
"That was cool," Charlie grinned, coming up on Remus' other side as the werewolf was casually brushing off his robes.
Remus raised his eyebrows slightly at their antics, but refrained from commenting, asking instead, "Alright boys?"
Both nodded, then Charlie, putting on a mock-pout, said, "Bill's winning!"
"Winning?" questioned the bemused werewolf.
Bill nodded, "Diana and Julius are holding a 'contest' to see who can kill/incapacitate the most Death Eater trash."
"And Bill's winning with 41, then Dia with 34, me with 27 and Julius with 26." Charlie continued.
Smirking, Remus said, "Well, I think you've got the ranking wrong."
"What?" asked two confused Weasley brothers simultaneously.
Beginning to walk away, Remus threw a laughing, mischief-filled look over his shoulder as he called out impishly, "I'm winning with 56!"
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Blaise and Diana fought side by side, trying to rid as many Death Eaters as they could. Neither had any qualms about harming or killing when it came to the protection of their loved ones.
"Forty-three!" Diana yelled triumphantly as she sent a Death Eater flying through the air-on fire.
Blaise threw her a rakish grin, laughingly saying, "Way to go, Dia!"
Diana laughed too, then pouted as Blaise took out two Death Eaters at once, "Hey! No fair! Cheater!"
Blaise rolled her eyes at her superior's indignation, saying, "I'm not in your contest Dia, remember?"
"Oh yeah!" Diana exclaimed in glee, sending another man flying after his companion.
Blaise rolled her eyes again, muttering, "It's a wonder I'm not dead yet!"
"Hey! I heard that!"
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Ginny paced nervously about the room, glancing anxiously out the window. From Hogsmeade, the vicious sounds of battle could be heard, causing Ginny to cringe inwardly.
From their perch on Lia's bed, both her daughter's watched her. Sleeping peacefully in a bassinet beside the bed, James was oblivious to the danger and anxiety that surrounded him.
"M-Mama?" Lia asked in soft uncertainty.
Startled, Ginny looked up, having almost forgotten that her children were there. Smiling softly at them, she walked over to the bed.
Brushing the hair from her younger daughter's face, she answered, "Yes, Darling?"
"Where's daddy?
Ginny opened her mouth, uncertain what to say exactly, when Hope cut her off. Confidently, Hope told her sister, "Daddy's fighting the bad men, 'member, he told us he would!"
Ginny started, staring wide-eyed at her daughter, as she demanded, "What When did Daddy tell you that?"
Lia looked up at her mother and said, "Daddy tol' us he had to go figh' tha' bad man who took me. He said he had to make tha' man go 'way so he woul'n' hur' us anymore and so we coul' live f'ee."
Hope continued, "Daddy promised he'd make the bad man go away. But he said he might not be able to come back, even though he's goin' to try really hard."
Tears welled in Ginny's eyes as Lia finished, "But Daddy's al'ays gonna love us. No ma'er wha'!"
A hand came up to Ginny's mouth, as if to push away the sobs that threatened to break free. Wiping the tears from her eyes impatiently, Ginny gazed silently down at her daughters. Coming to a sudden decision, she called for Dobby.
As soon as the house-elf appeared, Ginny said, "Dobby, I need you to watch over the children for me. Can you do that?"
Dobby nodded eagerly, saying, "Yes, Mistress Potter! Dobby will happily watch over Harry Potter sirs' children!"
Ginny smiled softly, saying, "Thank you Dobby. Harry and I thank you."
Dobby beamed, but Ginny was already beside the bed, kissing each of her children on the forehead, murmuring, "I love you." With one last tight squeeze, Ginny was walking towards the door.
Hope's "Mama, where're you going?" stopped her in the doorway.
Smiling softly back at her children, she replied, "I'm going to get daddy back."
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"Give up Potter!" Daemon snarled as they clashed swords for at least the 15th time.
Harry grinned with a cold mischief, "What's the matter, oh Great Dark Lord? Running out of energy?"
Daemon roared angrily, lunging forward. Seizing his chance, Harry used the man's momentum against him, disarming him of his sword. The blade flew through the air, end over end, landing in the dirt 8 feet away.
But neither man noticed, for they had their eye upon the other, waiting for the next move that could seal their fates.
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High above the fight, two men and a woman gazed into a well-like object. The glassy surface reflected the fight that was happening below them.
"Oh, if I could get my hand on that stupid ass!" the woman declared angrily, glaring nastily at Daemon with all sorts of torturous ideas floating through her head for the man.
She was a petite woman, roughly 5"5. She had long, auburn red hair and flashing, emerald green eyes that spoke of her anger towards the man below. She looked no more than 20 years of age.
"Oh, if any of us could, Tiger Lily," her husband muttered, running an agitated hand through his hair at his inability to help his only son.
He stood approximately 6"2, with messy, jet-black hair. Behind black-rimmed glasses, sapphire blue eyes sparkled angrily. He, too, looked no more than twenty.
The third man gave a bark-like laugh as gray eyes danced merrily, "Now, now, my dear Potters, I do believe our Harry can take care of himself! He's proven it enough times to satisfy my confidence in him!"
On his arrival through the pearly gate, Sirius had been reverted to his 20-year old self. Standing the same 6"2 as his best friend, his black hair was long again, pulled back by a strip of leather. His gray eyes sparkled with mischief as he gazed upon his friends' agitated state, though his own eyes flashe with concern when he glanced down at his fighting godson.
"Oh, piss off, Sirius," Lily snapped irritably, before becoming immediately remorseful, saying, "Oh! Siri, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it!"
Sirius grinned good-naturedly, "Aw, no skin off my back, Lils. You're just worried about your itty bitty baby."
"Baby my arse!" James exclaimed, his hand, once again, running through his hair as he looked down upon his son, "Not even 18 and he's already got 3 kids and another one on the way!"
"Well," Lily smiled impishly, emerald eyes dancing, "at least he's got a good solid redhead at his side!"
James laughed heartily, and Sirius smiled, saying, "Oh, aye, you Potter men always could pick your redheads!"
Their laughter echoed across the cloudy plains of Heaven, before they returned to their vigilant watch over their child.
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Seemingly coming to a decision, Daemon whipped out his wand. Harry smirked, one eyebrow tilted ever so slightly. Re-sheathing his sword, he pulled out his own wand, waiting.
The two faced each other. One for the Light. The other for the Dark. One good, the other evil. One for love, one for hate.
Daemon shot the first curse which Harry easily blocked with a shield. After that it was a melee of spells. Cutting curses, leg lockers, jinxes, stupefys, expelliarmus' and more than enough Unforgivables from both sides.
As the intensity of their fight increased, the intensity of the battle around them decreased, attention turning to the fight between the two leaders. Gradually, more and more duelists stopped fighting, stopping to watch the phenomena before them.
The Elementals awe did not last very long, however. After only a few moments of dazed gazing, all of the Elementals seemed to come back to themselves, almost as one. Quietly, and without instruction, the Elementals began to stealthily dispose of the Death Eaters. Only occasionally did their eyes stray to the battle between the two different leaders.
After nearly ten minutes of constant, rapid fire fighting, both men were becoming quite exhausted. Neither could find a fault or weakness in the others defense-they were evenly matched it seemed.
Moments later, they both threw spells simultaneously. Harry's blue(?) cutting curse and Daemon's red crutacious met in mid-air. It was like the Priori Incantatem, yet not.
Unlike how the Priori Incantatem went gold, Harry's spell turned a blinding white while Daemon's became the darkest of blacks. Gleeful, bloodthirsty Death Eaters did not surround them this time. Instead, somber, somewhat fearful Elementals, Order members and Hogwartians did.
The two spells fought, each one attempting to gain control over the other. Weakened as he was, Harry feel his hold beginning to slip, saw the dark black beginning to override the bright white.
Suddenly, Harry could hear his young daughter's voice in his head, "I love you Daddy." Lia's sleepy voice saying, "Sing it again, Daddy!'
With a sudden, fierce determination, he pushed back, regaining the proverbial ground the white had lost.
Little Jamie's face came to mind, smiling up at him, filled with hope and dreams, and love.
The white moved further along, overtaking the black as Daemon cursed angrily.
Ginny's "Harry, I'm pregnant!"- The white moved further up.
His eyes suddenly caught sight of his best friends, clutching tightly to each other as they yelled to him that they loved him. The white moved again.
The Weasley's, love and pride shining in their eyes- Mike, holding tight to Blaise's hand as they joined in with Ron and Hermione's yelling-Remus, gazing steadily at him, the love and pride in his eyes evident for his surrogate son-his cousins, Dee and Julius, yelling with the others.
The white light was less than a foot from Daemon's wand but Harry had no more strength left-it was all spent fighting to keep the light where it was. He could feel his control slipping again when he heard three more voices-not memories, but actually there- enter his head.
"I love you little one," Sirius' voice whispered.
"You can do it, Little Prongs." James' voice came.
"We're so proud of you, my darling child," Lily's voice said clearly.
With an animalistic yell, Harry poured all of his love, all of his magic, through the connection. His magic-his life force-ebbing, he pushed harder anyway, sending the white light shooting forwards.
There was a huge, blinding flash of white light. When the light cleared, both bodies lay lifelessly on the ground.
From the hill where she'd been descending but now stood still, Ginny let out a loud, heart-piercing scream and fell to her knees.
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A/N AHH! Don't you just hate cliffies? Lol. Okay, that was the second-last chapter and the next one is WAY shorter. I'll try and get it up later tonight, because I want to get up my other sixth year on before I go away for holidays next week. Which reminds me-is Neville's hair brown or black? And what colour are Luna's eyes? I have a horrible memory and I don't have the time to go searching through the books (although I sorta tried it and had no luck so there you go!)
Thanks to Athenakitty who was my only reviewer this chappy! The baby answers shall be answered for you next chapter, and the other q's were answered this one!
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'My luv,
Red