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Harry Potter: To The End
Chapter 1 – Flashback

"This is it," Harry Potter thought as he looked over Hogwarts, his former home, hoping not for the last time. He stopped dead when he came to Dumbledore's white tomb and stared at it for a good few minutes. What he needed more then anything right now was Dumbledore's guidance. He knew he was strong enough to do what he needed to do, but that still didn't make it any easier.

Harry was restless, while he felt nervous, he was also anxious to get this over with so he can truly start his life. "My life," Harry thought, then realized something, "Tonight, no matter what happens, I'll be free."

In a golden red burst of flame Fawkes appeared before Harry Potter. Dropping a single golden feather, he gazed expectantly up at Harry. At the site of this feather Harry's eyes took on a burning green that would even make Moody cringe. Harry looked straight into the eyes of his faithful phoenix and replied, "Thanks Fawkes, take this message inside the castle and alert everyone, make sure to alert Lillian, then flash back. I have a feeling I'm going to need you very soon."

His faithful phoenix trilled a beautiful note of phoenix song and in a twist of his feathers burst into flames and was gone.

Harry sighed, it was almost time. He looked over to Dumbledore's tomb once again and spoke the following words softly, "Professor, I know that I did some things you wouldn't have agreed with but I was out of control then, I have no right to be forgiven but please don't think to badly of me professor. This is the moment we've been waiting for, and whether I die here today or not, he will be gone, I'll make sure of it."

A single tear slid down Harry's cheek. "I miss you professor"

Turning away abruptly he pulled his wand in a swift single movement and disarmed the person sneaking up on him. There was a cry of surprise and a grunt, then silence.

In an instant he was on him, disappearing and reappearing in an instant next to the person wand drawn to his heart.

"Merlin, mate you could have killed me!" Ron said with a small hint of amusement in his voice.

Harry spared him a sheepish grin in return, before helping pull him up and hand him his wand back.

"So I take it everyone got the message?" Harry asked with more confidence then he felt.

"Yeah mate, everyone's itching to get out here but there only holding back on your orders. What do you want us to do?" Ron asked, looking fearful for the first time since Harry disarmed him.

"Okay, Voldemort's fight is mine and mine only, if his army comes with him, I'll have the need for all of you, but if not then you clear out of the halls because it might get ugly." Harry said feeling his heart lurch in fear if anyone of his friends died tonight.

"If no one shows up but Voldemort you have to promise me Ron that you'll watch them, I can't have anything happen to them, because if Voldemort has them it's over, do you understand?"

Ron nodded his head glumly, not happy about not being able to join in the fight but with a fierce determination to save Harry's family at all cost.

Harry looked toward the forbidden forest, and no longer then a second after there was a large fireball coming his way.

Ron still staring uselessly at Harry had barely time to react as he felt Harry grab him down to the ground, disappear, then reappear a couple of meters away. Instantly Harry was on his feet and with one long fluid motion at the fireball, that in mere seconds was about to collide with one of the greenhouses, shot a stream of what looked like smoking ice that instantly dissipated the fireball just as fast as it came.

Harry scanned the forest line as Ron stood next to him slightly trembled from the close call. Harry got Ron back to his feet and said, "He's toying with us."

"He's waiting for something," Harry said as he absentmindedly scratched his scar. "I can feel his anticipation; he wants something badly and soon. He knows I won't go down there into the dark where some of the darker animals will be on his side."

Ron nodded impressed with his best mate's logic. Harry, Ron reflected sadly, had grown up very fast in a very short time.

Funnily enough Harry Potter was thinking the same thing, about how the last year, as horrible as it was, was also one of the best.

Harry momentarily forgot about the fight and remembered the past year.

To be continued. This is just, lets say, a pilot chapter to a story I would like to write. If you like it please comment and let me know so I can keep going with it. Thanks!