Disclaimer: This would belong to me if I had had the idea about 7 years ago or earlier! But because I was writing on another book back then I don't own anything of this... and as JK Rowling had a lot of work with it I would never dear and say otherwise!

Author's note: So, I nearly forgot about Neville, thanks for reminding me! Juan, always a pleasure to read your reviews! Well, basically always a pleasure to read all your reviews, because they are just so lovely! I've got a clear idea of how I want all of this to end, but I might change my opinion as I write it! lol More Malfoy? Well, I'm not done with him yet! ;-)
but as I said before I'm not sure what will happen before it ends myself yet, thanks for all the good vibrations to everyone though... and I hope you enjoy this chapter:-D

chapter fourteen

Seconds later, Harry already thought that he would finally be able to fulfil his destiny in peace, steps were to be heard.

Neville came running after him panting heavily, followed closely by two girls, who seemed to be his fans, which didn't astonish Harry the least.

"Neville, my friend!" he exclaimed happily "You're here to help me, right? My new surprise-sidekick who will come along to vanquish Voldemort and protect me?"

Neville did his best to look innocent: "Uh… sorry Harry, but no… You see, there are already so many people in this story… it's getting too complicated, I just get paid for this one appearance!"

Harry sighed sadly but nodded before something dawned on him: "You get paid for this?"

"This will only be funny once they make a movie out of this and I'm played by some actor!" the other explained in a way that it seemed completely logical.

"Why are you here then, though?" Harry asked finally.

Neville seemed slightly embarrassed but finally said: "I lent you some money, remember? When you had forgotten your wallet… and do you think you could give it back to me BEFORE you go to Voldemort?"

Harry rolled his eyes and got his wallet out handing a few galleons to Neville.

Neville nodded thankfully and turned around to walk away, but seconds later he came back to Harry again and whispered: "Don't worry, Harry, in the end, when everything seems lost, I'll be there to help you!"

The other boy frowned: "Why will everyone be there when everything seems lost? Wouldn't be it better and easier and SAFER for me if you were there from the start?"

Neville thought for a while and then stated: "Well, if you look at it the logical way… but you have to think in a novel kind of way… If we were doing things the easy way here, then you'd be dead for some time already, many of the bad guys had a lot of possibilities but let them pass!"

Finally Harry got what this was all about, or at least he thought he had understood and so he continued his way while Neville stood behind.

The DADA classroom wasn't far away anymore when suddenly a dark figure stepped into Harry's way.

Harry shrieked and prepared to be really scared when the figure took off his or her hood.

"Hey Wormtail, what's up old rat?"

Peter seemed not pleased with the way Harry was greeting him but he didn't lose a word about it and pointed his wand at Harry.

The boy however was perfectly calm and said in a normal tone: "Peter, you know that I'm the hero of this story, right?"

The man nodded.

"And you also know that it is my TRUE destiny to fight Voldemort and not you, right?"

Wormtail nodded again.

"And as it is against novel logic, that in a fight between you and me you would win, you surely know that too!" Harry went on talking; he had truly understood a part of what all of this was about.

Wormtail thought for a little while and then looked at the boy again: "So, you mean that I've got no chance in a fight against you?"

"Wormy, Wormy, Wormy, you have no chance in a fight against anyone! Everyone hates you! Everyone wants to see you dead! And you have no fan-girls who would protect you against any author!" Harry stated really convinced of what he was talking about.

Peter looked really panicky then and so he simply dropped his wand and ran off.

Harry thought that it was his duty to run after Wormtail for a while. After all he had given his parents away to Voldemort and he had brought Sirius into Azkaban prison.

And so he chased the other man just far away from him to see everything that was going on.

Wormtail was running for his life when suddenly he was stopped by someone he knew.

"Hey, Peter, there's something I wanted to do for a long long long time now!" Remus Lupin said in his usual calm tone.

His fans stood right behind him, blocking the rest of the hallway so Wormtail couldn't get away, giggling like little children, enjoying the moment.

"I… you… don't… can't… uh… damn it!" Wormtail exclaimed and jumped out of the window to his right, which hadn't been there ever before but was now because it was needed badly for this part of the story.

Lupin went to the window and looked out for a moment until Harry had reached the spot too.

"What did you do?" the boy exclaimed.

Lupin shrugged: "Well, I told him that I wanted to return the fifty Galleons he lent me 18 years ago but it seems he didn't want them!"

The fan-girls laughed at that comment until Lupin turned to face them: "Didn't I tell you you have to keep quiet if you want to come along?"

Both girls nodded and shut up immediately.

"Good girls, now go to the DADA classroom and search for a few free seats, I guess the rest of the audience is already there!" Remus went on talking right before the girls went off.

Harry however was still looking out of the window.

"Do you think he survived this?" he asked.

Remus thought for a while: "I'm not sure… but as far as I know rats cannot fly… unless they are flying rats or bats…"

"I'm the only registered bat around here, remember that, Lupin!" Severus grumbled while passing them by and walking to the DADA classroom closely followed by his own fans.

Harry sighed, he had already given up trying to understand anything that was going on again, and asked: "Why are all of them going to the DADA classroom?"

Lupin eyed his watch for a moment and exclaimed: "Oh dear, Harry, you're late already! Let's talk as we walk there ourselves!"

So they started walking towards the DADA classroom too.

"Well, you will have noticed, that there are many fans around here too nowadays, and to spare them and us the trouble to sneak around to find out when the final battle will take place we just set up a lot of seats in the DADA classroom so they can watch without disturbing anything!"

Harry nodded: "Oh, of course, that makes sense… well, as much as the rest of this story…"

Unexpectedly a brick broke out of the ceiling and missed Harry by centimetres only.

"Harry, you will never learn it, don't upset the author!" Lupin explained as they stopped in front of the classroom door.

"So, I'll go in now and you will follow in a few seconds… you know, your entrance will look more heroic if you enter all alone… and if you can, maybe a little slow motion could look good!"

Harry nodded and waited a few seconds before entering…