(I'm not claiming anything that was made by J.K Rowling, who would want someone stealing their characters! Everything is hers except Lemercier.)
15. Last Duel
Harry thought he had maybe apparated someplace else, but the familiar smell of the ocean that surrounded the isle and the unmistakable landmark proved him wrong. The castle was no longer a castle, but stones and brink outlining the base of it, charred wood crunched under his boots. There was no place to properly hide or to duck behind, it was fight to the death. Twisting around he held his wand up at two figures that stood across from him, Cassandra just a little ways behind Voldemort. "Ahh so you know this place as well then?" The culture voice that came from such an ugly thing was still surprising to him, Cassandra just stood there her eyes ablaze.
"I was taught here."
"As was I, Harry Potter, by Guston Lemercier, I learned much of the Dark Arts within these once walls. " His hand flourished around them. "For years I dwelled in the dark arts, calling upon much of myself into it, thus my look I perceive, then again it could have been my horcruxes.. The same ones that you destroyed... My little spy never told about your little life here," He turned around and motioned for her to approach him, she obeyed and stood still as his long fingered hand caress her arm and rest on her shoulder. "My Cassandra... Playing for both sides... Your grandfather would be most sadden at your position, my dear." He slapped her across the face with such force that she fell face first into the dirt. Harry growled under his breathe and edged closer to Voldemort.
"Your fight's with me Lord Voldemort." The older man looked up with surprise at the once boy, the same boy that Dumbledore so desperately protected his life with, even if it meant taking his own.
"You care for this thing? This creature that would betray you the moment it finds the opportune moment?" He glanced down at the woman before his feet and kicked her in the stomach, so that she flopped down in agony.
"STOP!" So it seems that dear Harry has the same weakness as his dead teacher. Taking that into consideration, he aimed his wand at Cassandra, with a short flick she went rigid. "HEY!"
"Now now this is for my safety and yours, Potter... She tends to get in the way of things, and you wouldn't want to accidentally kill her now?" Moving slowly to the middle he held his wand up in a duel stance, while Harry only stood with his wand by his side. " This does bring back such fond memories, doesn't it?" Rising his wand into a duel stance, Harry only glared at Voldemort letting him down all the talking. "There is no where you can go, our dear Cassandra had placed an anti-Apparation on this isle right after you appeared. This is it, Potter, this is the last place where our fates shall intertwine. Where one of us comes out the victor."
Both wizards aimed their wands at the exact moment, a flash light and a sound of thunder. Harry stumbled backwards from the impact but had barely gotten out of the way of a spell. Another spell was sent, but Harry stopped it with a magical made shield, his arm ached from the impact of the spell. Even without his horcruxs was still strong, aiming his wand at a few boulders he hurled them at Voldemort. He waved his wand almost lazily and the boulders turned to dust, a red spark erupted from his wand and before Harry could react he felt a burning sensation spread through his shoulder. He immediately dropped his shield, and raised his wand to his shoulder and whispered. "Episkey."
He had to switch hands, and to voicing his spells, Harry bellowed " Mobi-" Voldemort cut him off with his own spell, aimming his wand at the ground in front of him instead.
"Serpensortia," slowly a snake dropped from the wand and uncurled itself, it's eyes locked on Harry. Not finished yet he added "Engorgio!" The snake grew and grew, till it was close to Harry's height. The sounds of what was unmistakable parsetounge issued from his lips, "Kill the boy." At once the snake started, for its victim.
"Diffindo!" The snake stopped midway and suddenly as it came, it ripped in half and disappeared with a puff of smoke. He didn't even give time for the smoke to dispense as he ran forward and made an upward slashing motion with his wand yelling, "SECTUSEMPRA!" Voldemort dropped to his knees but he wasn't finished, as Harry expected.
"CRUCIO!" Harry stopped as an overwhelming pain ran through his body, coming in shock after shock in his body. He too dropped to his knees, the pain increased as Voldemort got up his hand over his right arm, it was bleeding profusely. "CRUCIO!"
'Maintain your breathing. Maintain your breathing. You can fight this. Fight it. Fight it.' Harry screamed in his head, trying to overpower the pain that radiated from every part of his body. It's only in your head, rising his wand feebly he watched as Voldemort was blown off his feet and landing painfully on the floor, closely to the frozen Cassandra. Taking the opportunity, he got up quickly ignoring the dizziness.
"IMPERIO!"
Harry stopped his advancement to the fall Dark Lord, as Cassandra got in the middle her wand pointing right at his heart. She was between him and Voldemort, could he kill her?A high crackle echoed through the night sky as Voldemort got up standing behind Cassandra.
"Kill her." His arm was radiating with pain, it was stiff and tense from all powerful spells that were expelled from it, during their little fight. He raised his wand in order to make a swishing motion, but he couldn't. "Just like your dear Dumbledore, you can't kill her. He couldn't kill Severus and look at him, buried six feet under, food to the worms."
"Shut up!" Voldemort only smiled.
"Severus told me how he died, tell me Potter did he really scream like a girl?" Sparks flew out from the end of Harry's wand, anger filled his head, and the thought of Voldemort dead clouding his mind. But to get to him, he needed to go through Cassandra, his wand shook with uncertainty. "I wouldn't mind if you killed her now Potter, Cassandra's been a very bad girl." As he talked, he reached over and caressed the side of her face, her blank face focused only on Harry Potter. "Her death would profit me, and save time from killing her myself after I kill you of course."
"I won't kill her." Voldemort couldn't look anymore smug, moving closer to Cassandra he whispered into her ear. "My dear, his wand." Moving her wand a downward she said outloud in a monotone voice.
"Accio Wand." His wand slipped from his sweaty hands into Cassandra's outstretched one.
"You're armless. Once again you're in the same predicament as your Dumbledore. Will you beg for your life, like he did Severus, Harry? Come now I heard he fell to his knees." He growled under his breathe, not moving a muscle, it would be stupid he'll be blown to pieces. "For 21 years, I have waited for 21 years to finally kill you. Did you really think that you were going to win? That you were actually going to defeat me Potter? I killed your parents with one stroke, your headmaster, your godfather, your giant friend with one command. Did you honestly think that you were going to win?"
A Blink? Slowly Lord Voldemort's voice trained out, and it was only him and Cassandra. Harry watched as Cassandra blinked repeatedly again, then her face resolved back into a blank expression. Suddenly her eyes cleared and a look of determination and registration illuminated from her bright violet eyes. The muscles on the corner of her mouth tighten, her wand hand quivering slightly. His mouth opened, and his eyes filled with respect, he nodded. Twirling around her wand raised against Voldemort, her other hand flinging Harry his wand.
"AVADA KEDAVRA"
The bright green light blinded Harry for just a moment, uncovering his eyes he watched as Cassandra's body hit the ground, her hair covering her eyes. Looking over at Voldemort he didn't even let a second pass, the anger boiling inside him, this was his chance and he wasn't going to let it slip. He grabbed his wand from the dirt floor and aimed it at close range.
"AVADA KEDAVRA!"
A loud roaring sound, a flash of light and all was quiet.