Chapter 14:

Lucius Meets His End

Once Harry and Susan were finished with their lovemaking, they lay in each other's arms until Susan drifted off to sleep. Then, Harry dressed and Apparated directly into the Headmaster's office. Dumbledore looked up from his desk, and said, "I thank you for coming, Mr. Potter."

Harry sneered, "Whatever. Now, get on with your supposed concerns, for I know that is why you wanted to speak with me."

Dumbledore sighed, "Have I really handled things that badly? Do I honestly deserve this attitude from you, Harry? I have always had the best of intentions."

"The road to hell is paved with good intentions, old man. The fact remains that you failed miserably when it came to protecting me. You were more concerned with keeping an intact little weapon than with whether or not I was happy, and that was your downfall. You created the perfect weapon, but unfortunately for you it wasn't one that agreed with your point of view. Now, you're upset about it, and are whining like a ten year old girl over a dead cat."

Dumbledore sighed once again, "I had hoped that you could put this behind you, and the two of us could begin to work together against Voldemort."

"I don't need your help to handle Riddle. I will finish him, and the rest of his followers. Then, I will deal with the Ministry. Once, I have put the people I think need to be running the wizarding world into power, I will be leaving forever."

Dumbledore mused, "Surely, you don't seriously intend to leave the wizarding world, Mr. Potter."

Harry chuckled darkly, "I can assure you, that is exactly what I intend. My descendents will be trained to do things the way of the Potters, and will not be subjected to the wizarding world as it exists today. We will always be around to ensure that no one like Voldemort is allowed to rise again because some old fool like you decides to give them a second chance. Now, if you will excuse me, I have Death Eaters to torment."

Then, Harry disappeared from the room. Dumbledore dropped his head into his hands and mumbled, "What have I done?"

After the meeting that Harry disrupted, Voldemort had sent his Death Eaters to patrol the edges of the wards at Hogwarts in an attempt to lure Harry off the grounds. However, Harry knew of this, and decided to have a little fun with them. He Apparated to different points and observed which Death Eaters were where. The lower ranking ones he merely killed without a warning.

Then, he came across none other than Lucius Malfoy. Harry tossed a rock to get Lucius' attention and then he laughed at him. Lucius spun and fired off a curse, which Harry easily deflected. Harry laughed some more, "Surely you can do better than that. Your pathetic excuse for a son put up a better fight than that before I slit his throat."

Lucius growled and fired several more curses at Harry, all of which were easily dodged or blocked. Harry continued to taunt Lucius, however, "Although I suppose if you were a little more attractive then you could use your wife's methods of surviving. I tell you, Lucius, that women can really suck a dick. She must have had a lot of practice on all the other Death Eaters while you were in Azkaban."

Lucius snarled, "I will kill you, Potter."

Harry snorted, "How many times have you and your half blooded bastard of a master said that to me? I can't help but notice that I'm still here."

Lucius launched another volley of curses, that succeeded in keeping Harry's attention while Bellatrix snuck up behind him and launched a Cutting Curse right at Harry's back. He heard her at the last instant, and threw himself sideways, but the curse still tore into his left arm. He rolled on the ground and came back to his feet quickly with his wand pointed at Bellatrix, "Crucio." The jet of light hit her and she fell to the ground writhing in agony.

From behind him, Harry heard Lucius say, "Avada Kedavra." Harry rolled forward to dodge the curse and spun to face Lucius again, while he sent several Stunning Spells, and Reductor curses at Lucius. While Harry was distracted with Lucius, Bellatrix Apparated away and left Lucius to his fate. One of the Reductor curses caught Lucius in the leg, and knocked him from his feet. His wand skittered away from him as he fell, and Harry walked over and stepped on it. The wand snapped in two, and Harry loomed over Lucius' fallen form.

Then, he spoke, "You know, I think it is only fitting that you die in the same manner as your son. Harry uttered the incantation of the Cutting Curse, and it sliced into Lucius' neck. Then, he Apparated back to the Gryffindor common room to find that everyone had already went to bed except one Ginny Weasley.

She turned to look at him when he appeared, and gasped, "Harry, you've been hurt." She rushed over to look at his arm.

He waved it off, "Its just a scratch."

Ginny shook her head, "You should go to the Hospital Wing."

Harry shook his head, "I have no desire to do so, but I guess it does need to be cleaned. I think I'll go use the Prefects bathroom."

Ginny nodded, "I'll come help you clean and bandage the wound."

Harry smiled, and wrapped an arm around Ginny's waist, "Let's go." Harry Apparated the two of them to the bathroom, and Ginny began running water into the tub, while Harry divested himself of his clothing. Then, he sank into the bath, and was imminently surprised when Ginny stripped and slid into the bath next to him and began washing the wound. Harry eyed Ginny's naked body appreciatively, and said huskily, "You know, if I had known that you were going to turn out to be such a beautiful young woman, I might would have paid more attention to you when you still had that crush on me."

Ginny blushed slightly, and said, "I never stopped having that crush on you, Harry. It just turned into something a little more."

Harry eyed her for a moment before replying, "Are you saying that you're in love with me?"

Ginny nodded shyly, "I have been for some time, Harry."

Harry sighed, "I don't know if anyone has ever told me that before. You know that I have always thought fondly of you, Ginny, but I don't know if I'm capable of falling in love anymore."

Ginny shrugged, "I don't expect anything of you, Harry. I just wanted you to know that I was in love with you, so that I wouldn't regret not telling you."

Harry smiled, "You don't have to worry about that, Gin. I don't know if I can return the feeling you have for me, but I do know that I would like to find out. So, what do you say to the two of us going out on an official date as soon as I'm through with Riddle."

Ginny smiled, "I think I would like that very much. However, unofficially, I don't think I want to wait that long to have you."

Harry raised an eyebrow, "Are you suggesting that I take you here in the bathtub?"

Ginny wrapped her legs around his waist and settled above his erect penis, and said, "I know you had sex with Hermione, and it was buzzing earlier at dinner that you did it with Susan Bones, so I know you've had experience, and I'm eager to see what you can do."

"Oh really." Those were the last words said between them as Harry grasped her hips and pulled her down onto him, and pressed his lips to hers.

A/N: I'm terribly sorry about the long delay, but I have been having serious issues with writer's block. Hopefully, I will be able to avoid that now that it seems to have lifted at least long enough to finish the story, but we will see.