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Kandimoon
"Home is behind
The world ahead.
And there are many paths to tread.
Through shadow,
To the edge of night
Until the stars are all alight
Mist and shadow
Cloud and shade
All shall fade
All shall...fade."
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
Chapter Nineteen
"She's not going to be able to do it." Draco said as the duo continued to ride on to their fate upon the back of the great eagle.
"She has the strength and is the only one of us that is a direct link to the Goddesses power." Gavin replied, keeping his eyes forward, not showing any other form of emotion on his pale face, too much has happened too fast, he didn't know what to think anymore.
"No one has tested the true power of the Goddesses before, they do not even know truthfully what will happen in this situation. No evil has ever threatened the world to the magnitude that Voldemort has. She may not be the only one to die using her utmost power." He trailed off towards the end, hoping Gavin would pick up the hint.
"It will destroy the power of the Four, all of us, we are all linked together in this, what happens to one happens to us all. Even with Ginny turning evil we all felt it, when one of us uses their power or transforms we all feel it. We knew upon site who we were and what we were when we first met. The bond of the sisters was forged long ago, and we will all destroy it together and in itself destroy ourselves." Gavin softly replied to the slightly younger boy behind him.
"Do you know what will happen to us, after our power is drained and we die?" Draco asked unsurely.
"No. Are you afraid?" Gavin asked back.
"Yes."
"So am I."
"I'm really confused." Ron shouted to his friend over the sound of the thrashing wind.
Harry didn't have much time informing his friend on the events of the past few weeks, he himself was still coming to terms with everything.
"Hermione is the reincarnation of the Earth Goddess and went out to use her power to destroy Voldemort on her own." Harry replied to his friend.
"And my sister is the Goddess of Fire and is now the Queen of Evil. Malfoy, our worst enemy, has the power of the Water Goddess, and Gavin has the power of the Air Goddess. I still don't see how is it you fit into the picture. Dumbledore still called you to his office, he still thinks you're important in bringing the Dark Lord down, are you some sort of cousin the Goddesses had or something?" Ron dumbfoundedly asked his best friend.
"I don't know. Dumbledore kept telling me over and over that I would be the one to bring Voldemort's downfall, and now with this whole Goddess thing I don't see how I have a place in this anymore. I don't have any extraordinary powers or anything, at least none that was ever discovered on me except the protection spell my mother put on me before she died. All I know is I have to stop Hermione from getting herself killed." Harry angrily replied.
"And I have to save Ginny before mum ends up losing another child." Ron forlornly exclaimed as well.
The Dark Enchantress closed her eyes and spread her telepathic powers as far as they would stretch.
'I know you are coming sister, I feel your presence drawing near. Would you really risk the power of Four from ever returning to earth?' she thought to her green cloaked sister in the far distance.
'Why has your heart turned so cold? Could you kill us all? Even your love, your soulmate? He could not bare to kill you, would you do the same?' Earth replied in her mind, knowing Fire could hear her every thoughts.
'I could crush the Dark Lord in a second and become the most powerful being upon this pathetic Earth, and I'll kill anyone who stops me, even if that means destroying those who were once close to me. I will have my revenge on all of them, murderers, destroyers, it is I who have the power now, better to be closer to the enemy than in his path of destruction, isn't that the quote so popularly stated among muggles? I chose to join those who could win, and when they do I will overthrow their pathetic selves to become supreme ruler! And you three would no longer exist, and they will bow before me and praise only me as the all powerful Goddess. They will resurrect temples in my honor, burn torches and fires and people to me for sacrifice, and I will protect them, from others and from themselves.'
'He has placed a spell on you, turned your mind against yourselves and others, can you not see how He manipulates you so? He will not hand over power willingly, or place himself in your path for you to destroy him. He wants me to come, he knows if I destroy you, I will destroy myself, and then he truly will win, and the Goddesses will be divided and easily to destroy from there.'
'Foolish girl, you will never understand.' The Fire Goddess sneered in reply.
'I do not think I am the foolish one in this, nor am I naïve enough to be a mere child in your mind. You forget your place sister, you are merely part of a lineage of the youngest sister. I am the oldest, and I am the original, I still wield much power over you.' Hermione thought back in retort.
'I do not fear you, for it was never written in your destiny to destroy, only was I foretold of creating destruction and chaos, is that not what we read about so long ago? I am merely fulfilling my destiny, I suggest you do the same."
'And what is my destiny, Fire. It was never stated in any of the books except to protect this world at all costs.'
'You were meant to die, and each time you are reborn I will find you and kill you again, you will never grow to live a full life as an adult in our world, I will see to it.'
'You leave me no choice but to destroy you.'
'Come, come and we shall see who will be destroyed. Let us battle against each other for that right.'
Hermione lowered herself onto the open field from Ariel's back and looked across the way towards her new enemy. No longer was he a slithering male snake-like creature, but now a beautiful young woman cloaked in dark colors with hair of pure flame. Her smoke gray eyes shot coals to her opposite along the way.
The sky was dark and thunder clashed in the distance. The earth rippled below their feet. The Death Eaters in the distance created torches upon the tips of their wands, knowing that their part in the fight would not be for a long while, for no one dared interfere with Gods and power. The sea in the distance crashed in protest. Silence filled the air as the wind whipped the two girls hair about their faces. Determination and sadness passed over the one called Earth, this was not how the story was supposed to end, two friends, two sisters battling to the death in war and battle. Those in the distance stayed back, the Dark Lord wore a sneering smile across his face, as if everything for him was just as he predicted.
"So it comes down to the two of us in the end anyway." Fire shouted across the distance. Earth moved closer to her opponent.
"I will still always love you, as a friend, as a sister, evil, greed or power can not take that away from us, even if it is the path you have chosen." Earth replied.
Fire rose her hands high and sent a comet of flame across the field for her first attack. Earth held up her arms as a green protective shield enveloped her.
"Parlor tricks, sister, I know what true powers you hold, why not show me." Earth mocked, she did not want to waste time, it would not be long before the boys would trail their magic and find them, she did not want them involved if she could help it, nor anyone else including the Order of Phoenix or civilians.
"Why the rush? Afraid the others will show?" Fire caught onto to Earth's plan quickly. Earth planned all first attacks to be of defensive measure, but time was running out, either she could use her powers to destroy Ginny or to destroy Voldemort, she would not have enough strength for both.
"Powers of the Earth and Sky, I am your daughter, hear my cry, grant me your powers one times three, as I will it, so mote it BE!" Earth rose above the ground, hands waved upon her head, spear and pentagram high in the air for all to see. With weapon charged she moved to hurdle the wooden object at her opponent but suddenly all chaos ensured.
"STOP!" A shout cried in the distance as two magnificently dressed men ran towards them quickly. Behind them more arrived, two on brooms, others appearing out of thin air. She recognized Harry and Ron immediately, then more, Order members as well as those from the Ministry, Aurors more likely. In the distance Death Eaters advanced, taking out those they knew they could compete against. Voldemort advanced towards his old foe, Dumbledore, hungry for blood and revenge.
"Earth you need our help! You can not do this alone!" Air shouted as the rain pelted down furiously, thunder, lightning and wind rushed past them furiously. Curses, hexes, and various objects hurled past the four of them in the distance, but all eyes were on each other, and the evil that befell upon them.
"Traitor! Murderer! You were supposed to be my SOULMATE, you were supposed to protect me and mine, your hands are dripping with blood, blood for your own selfish greed, and see where it got you. I am the favorite now, and I have not shed any blood, I have not hurt those who belong to you, but I can, and I will, in time. You will pay for your mistakes!" Fire shouted to Water, unaware of an advancing attack, Fire used her telepathy and blasted a mental attack on the other three. Falling back to the ground Earth, Air and Water clenched their heads to ward off the pain of the attack. Air being the first to recover grabbed his sword and lurched forward.
Striking only slightly to the edge of her side, Fire, furious at the mark left on her blasted Air in a powerful counterattack and took control of his weapon.
"I never meant to hurt you, I was forced into killing him, all of them, I left the dark side that day, I repented for my sins. I still love you, even if you're evil, you can still turn back and help us."
As Water tried to keep her distracted Earth prepared for her attack again, but as she lunged forward to give the other girl a powerful blow, Fire turned Air's sword and stuck the tip into Earth's stomach.
She barely even felt the pain. Air was starting to wake up when he witnessed the attack. Running towards his beloved he grabbed her arms as she began to fall. Water grabbed his chalice, preparing to use his healing powers if necessary.
Something inside of Fire stopped at that moment. Like a sudden light shining across her eyes, her gown and cloak turned back to those of the original Goddess of Fire, her staff back to it's normal shape and size. The Dark Queen's spell was broken, and all that was left was a broken weeping girl in her place.
Tears fell for her sister and she hung on for the last of her life force. Voldemort in the distance felt the sudden turn of events as he witnessed his most powerful weapon turn back to the other side. With one last blow to his once teacher, Dumbledore, feeling himself weakened after decades of fighting, let go to the inevitable and succumbed to the darkness that Voldemort befell upon him.
"NO!" Harry Potter shouted as he got up from his last attack which knocked him back on his feet. He barely got over the site of witnessing his best friend stabbed when he now was forced to watch his mentor, the man who was so much a father for him these last few years, fall down unmoving to the ground. Moments later another joined his place, Minerva in her last breath threw an attack to weaken the Dark Lord before joining her partner. They would be reunited in the afterlife once more.
Voldemort was advancing across the field to attack Harry Potter, his last and only foe, for he no longer feared the Four with Harry dead. Harry stood his ground, tears brimming on the edges of his eyes, a light flickering across his eyes. Earth saw this and thought with her last few breaths.
"I know what has to be done." She choked out quietly.
The other three glanced in the direction of their sister at the now tall and heroic figure of the dark haired Boy Who Lived.
"He is Spirit. Mother must have sent part of herself as well to the people of Earth, he does play a role far more important than any of us thought."
"What powers does he have though?" Fire asked, tears falling down her own eyes after realizing that Water would not be able to cure her, for his powers was only for mortals and not for any of themselves.
"We will send him our powers. Mother, Spirit, gave birth to us, and in as much held each of our powers until we were born. Harry can channel all four of our gifts and use it to defeat him, but we must hurry, we do not have much time." Air stated as he held on to his love.
The Four closed their eyes and concentrated their powers, their essences, to the holder of the original creator of the universe. The Supreme Mother, Spirit, sent a miracle to them after all.
Harry suddenly heard a voice in his head. 'Do not be afraid, my son, they are giving you their powers, and you will fulfill your destiny once and for all.' The woman whispered in his ear. At first he thought it was the voice of his mother, but suddenly realized that it was a voice far older and wiser than his own mother. Like a door opening in his mind, visions appeared before him. His mother was friends with Gavin's mother long ago, Dumbledore told him that, but only because they were kindred spirits, they knew they belonged to an older power, and older secret, since the beginning of time. And Lily's power transferred to him the night of her death to her only living heir, her son, and he was then infused with Spirit's power, which was why the Dark Lord could never truly hurt him, his power was older than even the Four Goddesses, as old as time itself.
His clothes changed, infused with colors of reds, greens, blues, and yellows, his eyes shone flecks of green, gray, brown, amber and blue. In his hand, Fire's staff, infused with the etchings of the Four Goddesses, a Pentagram resting strongly upon the top.
"Air I am, Fire I am, Water, Earth and Spirit I am." He chanted repetitively.
"This is for my family, for all those you have hurt over the years, for my friends, and for the rest of the world. Goodbye Voldemort." He shouted as he crashed the staff into the ground. Power flowed from the tip of the staff out towards the dark creature, who disintegrated into a pile of ash. Time seemed to stop, everyone stopped to watch the destruction of the Dark Lord. Suddenly more light flew out from the staff hitting all those Death Eater's who have not fled. The fear was over, the evil has been destroyed.
She collapsed as her power, now completely drained from her, diminished her life force. But she did not fear death, she still had a chance at returning in another time, in another place, the circle was not broken entirely. She smiled and welcomed the end.
"Hermione!" A voice shouted in the distance and she closed her eyes to the darkness.