A/N: Ok, I'm going to try and update everyday or so. So her is the third chapter…

Chapter Three: Behind Cold Eyes

The 17-year-old witch sat in the Forbidden Forest outside the ground of Hogwarts. She had stopped sobbing and now only small tears streamed down her rosy cheeks. She ran the great fight between Voldemort and Harry through her head.

Flashback

It was dark as velvet outside in the Transylvania Forest. No stars shown that night, just clouds of coal black with a heavy down pour of rain. The faces of friends, enemies, neighbors, arours, Dementors, Giants, and Death Eaters stood in the clearing of dead grass. Standing the middle was the famous Harry Potter and the evilest of wizards, Lord Voldemort.

Voldemort laughed menacingly, his followers smiling behind him. Harry scowled at the Dark Lord with hatred eyes. He has been dreading this moment ever since the prophecy was told to him in his fifth year at Hogwarts. The greatest battle of the century was about to take place, everybody at Harry's side. His friends, teachers, and people he had never seen in his life, and the Ministry of Magic. Hermione Granger and Ronald Weasley were at Harry's side, also glaring at the Dark Lord.

"This will be the end of you, Harry Potter, and all of your muggle allies!" Voldemort yelled with a wicked smile on his white face. His dark eyes full of malice. Raising his wand, the Death Eaters, giants, and Dementors advanced forward, wands out.

"I don't think so." Harry whispered. Raising his wand, the witches and wizards behind of him charged forward, wands ready.

The battle had begun.

It was brutal. Many fell, many were injured, many were scared, but they never gave up. Curses, spells, and charms were thrown in every direction. Family members were split apart, friends torn to opposite sides of the field.

Harry stood back to back with his best friend, Ron, but there was no sign of Hermione. Fred and George Weasley, Ron's older brothers, stood not far off along with the eldest brother, Charlie Weasley. Ginny Weasley, the youngest, stood next to Aurthur and Molly Weasley, the parents. They couldn't see Bill or Percy anywhere, but hoped that they are all right.

Hermione was off at the southern end of the field, facing Lucius Malfoy and his wife, Narcissa.

"Well, well, well. Who do we have here, the muggle born, Hermione Granger. How are you, my dear?" Lucius asked with a sly smile. Hermione glared at him with hatred.

"I hope you rot in Hell, Lucius."

"Now, now, now. Let's not be hasty or rude. We're all here for our good reasons." Narcissa said, holding her wand up at the girl. "Prepare to die. To bad you never actually got to know your parents."

Hermione looked at her with mild confusion.

"Crucio!" Narcissa yelled.

Hermione felt unbearable pain all over her body. Falling to the wet, muddy ground, she began to twitch uncontrollably. She couldn't hold in the scream that escaped her lips.

The Malfoy's laughed wickedly. They seemed to be enjoying the torture the poor girl was going threw.

Hermione wanted it to end. Somehow, whether it is by death or by them lifting their wands, she didn't care; she just wanted it to end. Suddenly, the pain ended. Hermione opened her tearing eyes and looked over. Narcissa lay on the ground stunned. Someone had stunned her, but whom. Lucius looked positively livid. He turned to the boy standing behind him.

A boy with platinum blonde hair, pale skin, and cold ice blue eyes stood there, his wand in front of him. Lucius stared dumbstruck at him. Draco Malfoy, his own son, had stunned his mother. Hermione was in utter shock. She thought he was on his father's side.

"S…son… how could you?" Lucius stuttered, still gaping at his son. Draco didn't seem to hear him as he continued to stare at his motionless mother. He then turned to his father, his wand still raised. Draco opened his mouth and with pure hatred evident in his voice he spoke:

"I'm no you, father. Adva Kadavra!"

A green light shot out of his wand towards his father. Lucius had no time to react and fell over dead. His face held utter shock and disbelief as his lifeless body lay there on the soggy ground. Hermione slowly looked over at Draco with her mouth hanging open. Draco just smirked at her fear and confused expression and turned and walked away.

The battle went on from there. As it neared its end, many lay on the ground either dead, injured, or hit with a spell that temporarily disabled them to do anything. Ron and Harry dodged curses and spells, trying to find Hermione. Ron stopped dead in his tracks, staring horrified ahead of him.

Harry turned to look at what his friend was staring at. He then stared at the scene in front of him with terror.

Standing a couple of yards in front of the two boys was Ginny Weasley who was split up with her parents. Standing across from her was Voldemort himself, a wicked smile on his face as he raised his wand at the terrified girl. Ginny screamed as a green light flew out his wand towards her.

"No!" Ron yelled and began to run towards his sister. Time seemed to go in slow motion. The curse slowly made its way towards the frightened girl. There was nothing that they could do. No counter curse, no moving out of the way, they just tried to get to Ginny before it hit her.

Too late.

Her screamed stopped short and the lifeless body fell to the floor. Ron stopped and stared at his dead sister. Tears welled up in his eyes, but you couldn't tell he was crying due to the heavy rainfall.

Voldemort let out a hollow laugh as he saw the expression both Ron and Harry held on their faces.

"Oops, was I not supposed to do that?" He let out another round of laughter.

Harry could take it no longer; he held out his wand and pointed it towards his foe.

Memories of his parents, his friends, and the people that had been killed due to Voldemort flooded through his mind.

"You will pay! All the innocent lives that you have hurt and killed! You will pay for it all!" Harry yelled as he shot a powerful spell that he didn't even know was possible for him to do. Voldemort quickly turned his smile into a frown as the spell hit him. He let out a wailing cry and fell over.

The battles taking place around the two stopped. They looked over at Harry. The boy was breathing heavily, anger still evident on his face.

It was over. They had one. Voldemort was dead. The Death Eaters that remained were sent to Azkaban. Everyone began to pick up the bodies of the dead and injured. Harry and Ron looked around frantically for the rest of the Weasley family and for Hermione. Fred and George ran over with Bill. Charlie soon joined along with the parents.

"Where's Ginny and Percy?" Molly asked, searching the ground for her missing children. Ron looked down with a hurt expression on his face.

"Well, Percy got hit in the leg by a giant and so he is on his way to St. Mungo's Hospital. Dunno about Ginny." Bill said, searching the grounds as well.

"Ginny's dead." Ron whispered. The mother looked over.

"What did you say, Ron?" Molly asked.

"Ginny died." Ron yelled, tears welling up in his eyes.

The Weasley family looked horror struck. The mother began to cry, Authur trying to comfort her. Fred and George bowed their head; Bill and Charlie did the same. Harry walked away to let the family mourn their loss. He continued his search for Hermione.

Searching proved useless, he just couldn't find her. So he would just wait for the field to clear and head over to the list of deaths or injuries. The boy prayed for Hermione to be ok.

End Flashback

That was over four months ago on February 25th. It was now June 3rd. Voldemort had fallen and everybody was happy now. Harry could move on with his life. Though there were losses, they managed to get over it. She doesn't know why her parents weren't at the battle, and she doesn't know why they would get caught now, but she did know that it was getting late and she needed to get inside. Her friends would be worrying about her.

She hastily whipped her eyes and began to head back to the castle, not ready to answer the questions that would most likely come.

A/N: You like. I was thinking that some people would want to know what happened at the battle, so there you go. I will try to post the next chapter tomorrow.