The Final Hours

Chapter Seven: Hermione's War

By: Kpsebo

Disclaimer: Found in almost every other chapter.

Hermione

Hermione stared at the laughing figure of Bellatrix.

"Ickle mudblood gonna kill me?" She asked, throwing her head back and laughing.

"You've ruined my life for the last time, Lestrange," Hermione said through clenched teeth. Tears still streamed down her face, but instead of tears of grief, they were tears of anger. Bellatrix stopped laughing, and looked at Hermione in the eyes.

"You couldn't kill me if you tried."

"Wanna bet? CRUCIO!" Bellatrix's screams filled the air again. Hermione completely forgot about the unforgivable curses, and she filled with so much pain and anger, that the spell worked twice as hard.

Bellatrix sobbed and screamed, as she lay there and twitched on the ground. Hermione just stared at her, furiously, and removed the curse. "Still think I couldn't kill you?"

"You don't have the guts, kid – "

"CRUCIO!" Bellatrix's screams filled the air once again, and Hermione began to sob even louder. She removed the curse and did it again, and again, until tears were streaming down Bellatrix's face, and she was pleading for mercy. Hermione put the curse on her once again, and Bellatrix fell unconscious. Hermione lifted it, and walked over to the unmoving body of the death eater.

"Now I bet you never wished you – " Hermione started, but then Bellatrix spoke.

"Wished I never killed your boyfriend? You wish. CRUC – "

"EXPELLIARMUS!" Hermione bellowed, and Bellatrix's wand flew out of her hand. "Nice try, you fucking bitch."

Bellatrix gaped at her, but then smiled and began to laugh. "Getting cocky now, are we?" She asked Hermione. She maddened even more.

"CRUC – " Hermione was cut off as an arm closed around her neck, and lifted her up. A hoarse voice whispered in her ear.

"Nice try, filthy little mudblood." It was Lucius Malfoy.

"Get – your hands – off me - !" Hermione stammered, but Lucius tightened his grip.

"Not in a million years." Hermione started to cry silently, but then she remembered Harry's spell that he found from the Half Blood Prince's book. She thought hard. Levicorpus!

Lucius dropped her, and hung upside down by an invisible hook. Hermione turned to him.

"Never underestimate – "

"HA!" Bellatrix screamed in her ear. Hermione whirled around, and pointed her wand at the death-eater's heart. Bellatrix smiled and wiggled her wand in her hand. Hermione fumed. "Now…where was I? Oh yes. I'm going to kill you, you filthy mudblood!"

"Don't count on it."

"Oh, I'm counting all right, I'm counting…"

"You better keep counting," Hermione said, rolling her eyes. Man, This bitch is insane! "CRUCIO!"

Bellatrix's screams began to fill the air once more, and Lucius was still hanging upside down behind Hermione. He tried to swing at her, but missed entirely, and his wand fell to the ground. Hermione absent-mindedly stepped on the wand, and snapped it in too. It started sparking, and Hermione jumped at the sound, intensifying her curse for a moment. Bellatrix positively howled, and Hermione began to laugh. She didn't know what came over her, but she started cackling like a maniac. Hermione dropped the curse, and Bellatrix was hardly moving on the ground, weakened by pain. Hermione turned and ran through the center of the battle, shielding herself from the blasts of curses.

Arthur Weasley almost ran into her, and Hermione looked up at him. He saw his tear-stained cheeks and remembered Ron all over again. The taps in her eyes turned on once more, and she began bawling silently. How could he be dead? How could he? She ran over to Harry's unconscious body, and shook him forcefully. Voldemort started to advance towards her, and Hermione winced in fear at the Dark Lord's face. Voldemort pointed his wand at Harry, and Hermione threw herself over him

"No! Get away from him!" She screamed, but Voldemort blasted Hermione away from him, and grabbed Harry. He lifted him up in the air by the neck of his robes and pointed his wand at his heart.

"I've waited a long time for this, Potter! Seventeen years, to be exact! Goodbye! AVA – "

Harry opened his eyes and kicked Voldemort's wand out of his hand. He then proceeded to kick him in the face, and then point his own wand at Voldemort. His hands burned, and he dropped Harry roughly, suffering from a spell that Harry had cast upon him. Harry ran over to Hermione, and pulled her up. They ran as fast as they could back into the midst of the battle. The death Eaters began pointing at them and sending spells in their direction, but Harry managed to block them all or dodge them, and they ran over to where Molly Weasley was locked in combat with Goyle Senior.

"Harry! Hermione!" She cried, "Thank god you're alright! As for Ron…" Molly burst into tears, and was sent flying backwards by a spell cast from Goyle. Harry turned to him, and screamed "IMPENDEMENTA!" and Goyle flew backwards, unconscious. Harry led Hermione over to a safer place in the battle, and he turned to her.

"Is Ron alright?" He asked her sternly. Hermione sobbed at the mention of her dead boyfriend's name, and shook her head. "WHAT?"

Hermione jumped at Harry's sudden outburst, and began wailing again. Harry shook his head in disbelief, but Hermione saw tears now issuing from his eyes. "I told you guys to leave! Now do you see why?" He screamed at her. Hermione stared at him in shock, but continued to wail. "Hermione, you are leaving! NOW!"

"NO HARRY! I'M NOT LEAVING YOU!" She screamed bac at him, and Harry glared at her.

"I'm NEVER going to be able to forgive myself now, Hermione. NEVER! GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM HERE!"

"NO! HARRY, IM STAYING UNTIL THE END!"

"LIKE HELL YOU ARE!"

"HARRY, LISTEN!" Hermione bellowed, now sobbing so hard she could barely speak. "I – I don't care if I get killed now, Harry! I can't go on without him!"

"I don't care! I wont be able to forgive myself if BOTH of you get killed! I've lost one best friend, Hermione, and I'm not about to loose two! GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE!"

"HARRY! NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU YELL, IM NOT LEAVING! HOW THE HELL DO YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE EVEN GOING TO SURVIVE THIS, HUH? YOU MAY NEVER EVEN GET A CHANCE TO LIVE WITH YOURSELF!"

"Hermione, LEAVE!"

"NO! FUCK, HARRY! I'M NOT LEAVING!" Hermione saw that Harry was crying now, very hard. She was crying too, and she ran over to him and threw her arms around him. "Harry – Let me do this," She whispered into his ear. He hugged her tightly, and nodded his head slightly. "Whatever happens," Hermione continued, "We're doing it together. Even if it means we die."

Harry let go of her, and they turned towards the battle, ready to fight. Harry saw Voldemort making his way towards him, a look of fury on his face. This is it, Hermione thought, grabbing Harry's hand tightly. This is it.

A/N: Thanks for reading! This is the second last chapter, so stay tuned for the last one!