1Chapter Eight: The Final Battle
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Harry helped Demeter up at once and they circled Voldemort.
"HaHa, children, you think you can defeat me? I am Lord Voldemort, the most powerful wizard in the world. I will not die at the hands of children." And with that, he shot two spells at Harry and Demeter. Demeter dove out of the way, but Harry was struck. It threw him up against the wall. As he slid down he felt blood drip down his back. He felt sick to his stomach, and all he could hear was a murmured sound saying, "Get up, Get up!." But he couldn't move. He felt frozen to the floor. His eyes glazed over and he fell numb.
"Harry get up, please get up! I need you! I can't defeat him without you!" cried Demeter.
"You're brother is nothing to you now." and Voldemort seemed to grab Demeter with an invisible hand, choking her around her neck. It lifted her into the air. She struggled, she gasped for air. Voldemort threw her right up against the wall where Harry was. Voldemort was satisfied with what he just did, and admired his wreckage. Demeter slid down the wall, and with little strength she had left, went to Harry's side.
"Harry, oh Harry please look at me. I know you're hurt and tired, but you need to get up, you need to fight. Fight for our parents, Harry... fight for us." and with that, Demeter fell unconcious, blood slowing creeping from the wound in the middle of her forehead. Harry slowly stood up, grabbed his wand, and went to face Voldemort.
"VOLDEMORT!" Harry yelled.
Voldemort quickly spun around, just in time to be hit with a spell from Harry. Voldemort was thrown backwards. As he stood back up, Harry noticed he was shaking.
"You do realize what this is Harry," Voldemort said, "This is the final battle. This will decide whether a wizard as powerful as myself, who's has years and years of practice destroying others, will be beaten by a mere boy. Aren't you frightener?" Said Voldemort.
"Frightened? Of What? You? Death? No, the only thing I'm worried about is..."
"Your sister?" Laughed Voldemort.
"No... she can take care of herself, she's a Potter. I'm worried about everyone else. All the people you might kill and destroy if I don't finish you off." said Harry.
"Courage... how ignorant of you." said Voldemort.
"Well, that's one thing I have against you. And you know what's stronger then courage? Love. Love is on my side. The love I have for everyone who has ever cared about me. Anyone who has ever lost someone they loved, because of you. That's right... because of you Voldemort." said Harry.
"Death Eaters! Where Are You?" Called Voldemort.
"Don't you know the prophecy? One can not survive while the other lives. One of us will now die. You're scared of death, Voldemort. I can see it in your eyes. You're scared of losing all your glory and power. I don't have that. I have no glory or power to lose. I am not afraid of death." said Harry.
"Don't you remember the last time we dueled Harry? We can't destroy each other. Unless we both die... or we both live."
Harry had thought of this idea. It was circling in his head the moment he discovered the prophecy. But he knew something Voldemort didn't.
"I though that too, until I realized something. We're connected by a scar. Yes, it's magical, but it's not as binding as other things. Again, your greatest enemy comes to haunt you. You have but a small portion of your soul left. I've destroyed all the rest. But what you didn't realize was, I also gave away bits of my soul, of myself. To my friends. To anyone who's cared for me. They've all got a part of me, and I've got a part of them. Unless you destroy them, you'll never kill me, and that's why I will win." said Harry.
And with that Harry pointed his wand at Voldemort and the both shouted "Avada Kadavera!"
Green light shot from Voldemort's wand, while gold light shot from Harry's. Harry's light was so bright, so powerful, it shone directly into Voldemort eyes, illuminating the fear that has hidden inside him since his first encounter with Harry 17 years ago. Harry's light pushed forward, through Voldemort's, and shot directly at Voldemort chest, throwing him back on the wall.
The light from Harry's wand was still shining, and in one second, two figures appeared right in front of him. Dressed in all white, and shimmering with gold, Harry's parents stood there, smiling.
"Harry my dear child." Harry's mom said.
"Mom? Dad? But... how?" stuttered Harry.
"We don't know, all of a sudden we were taken here, to you." explained Harry's father.
"Can I touch you?" said Harry.
He reached out his hand to his mother's and slowly but his palm against hers. He couldn't help but start to cry and went to give her a hug. Harry's father joined and for the first time, Harry was purely in happiness.
"I miss you, so much. I don't even know you." cried Harry.
"Oh son, you know us. In your heart you know who we are. You know we love you." said Harry's mom, stroking his hair back.
"We've always been watching over you, thinking of you, protecting you. We would never leave you side, you know that." said Harry's father.
"I... I don't know what to do now." said Harry.
"You don't know what to do?" said a familiar voice, and then suddenly Dumbledore walked, dressed just like Harry's parents, towards him.
"Harry, you've got a lifetime to figure out what to do. Become an Auror, a Spell-Breaker, and Teacher, Minister of Magic, or even, Headmaster of Hogwarts. You have endless possibilities now." Said Dumbledore.
Harry couldn't help him self and he began to cry so hard now, nothing seemed clear of real to him. He just kept smiling and holding onto his parents.
"You've got to be strong Harry, you've got things to do now, a name to live up to. Defeater of the most feared wizard in the world." said another voice, this time is was Sirius.
"Sirius" Harry whispered.
Harry couldn't believe all that was happening. It felt like a huge family reunion. Then suddenly he remembered Demeter.
"Oh my God, Demeter, she's hurt, real bad."
"Take her to Madem Pomphrey, she'll get her back to normal." said Dumbledore.
"I don't want any of you to leave." said Harry.
"Oh son, we don't want to go, but our place is somewhere else, somewhere watching over you and protecting you. Like parents should be doing." said Harry's mom.
"Demeter is missing this, I sorry, I so sorry I did this to her, she could be seeing you right now, but she's hurt, and it's all my fault." said Harry.
"Don't say that, you were brave Harry, and so was Demeter. Together you defeated Voldemort. And now together, you two can live your lives, free from constant worry and fear. Like we always intended for you." said Harry father.
Harry was so happy, and yet, extremely sad all at the same time. He couldn't believe he was seeing and touching and being near his parents, but all the same, they had to go eventually, forever, and he would never see them like this again.
"We never had enough time with you Harry. Your mother, father, and I never had enough time. We are sorry, sorry that this is the only moment you can spend with us, but don't be sad. You've got your sister. You've got a family." said Sirius.
"Goodbye son, we love you." said Harry's father.
"Goodbye Harry, I know you'll do great things in the future." said Dumbledore.
The three of them walked back into the light, but Harry's mother stayed.
"Harry, listen to me, I want you to give this to Demeter." She handed him a necklace, it looked like a locket. "Give it to her once she's better, and she'll know that you've been able to see us and be with us. She love you Harry, she loves you very much. You take care of each other."
"We will" said Harry. And with a kiss on his cheek, Harry's mother walked back into the light and faded away. The light slowly died and all that was left was the corpse of Voldemort. Harry just stood there stunned. He started to glace at the locket when he heard voices.
"Oh my god, Harry! You've done it! You've won."