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A.N: Thanks for the reviews. I forgot about the age they can use magic at. I keep thinking it is eighteen. And yes Gerard is a woman.

Harry Potter and the Last Stand

Chapter Seven

The morning of training soon came to an end. As the rest of the DA left the Room of Requirement to get something to eat, Draco quietly pulled Harry aside. 'I need to talk to you,' was all he said, as he led Harry down the hall to an old unused classroom.

'What's up?' Harry asked casually, as he sat down on the edge of one of the old dusty desks.

Draco fidgeted uncomfortably with his school robes for a moment. 'Firstly, I wanted to thank you for everything that you've done for me these past few months, and for being there when I needed you the most.' Draco looked away from Harry, and stared out of the window at the pale sky for a long while. When he finally looked back down at Harry, there were tears shining gently in his grey eyes. 'I love you, Harry,' he whispered. 'I think I've loved you ever since the first time that we met. But I really realised it last year when you cornered me in the bathroom that time. I didn't want to push you away like I did, but I was scared that they would kill me if I let myself become one of your friends, or more. I really do love you. And I don't want to watch you to die.' Draco's eyes were pleading, silently, as if he thought that Harry could promise him that he would stay alive, just for him.

'I love you too, Drake.' Harry looked away from his boyfriend. 'I don't want to die, and I don't want you to die either.' He looked back up at his platinum boy. 'I've seen so much death already in my life. Cedric, Dumbledore, Sirius. I don't think that I could handle any more.' Harry tried to smile, but failed miserably. 'I'm only seventeen years old. I'm terrified of all of this. I don't know what's going to happen tonight, so I need you to promise me something. And it's going to be a very hard promise to make.' A tear slid silently down Harry's cheek. 'If I do die, I want you to promise me that you'll keep going on without me by your side. That you won't give up. Ever. And that you'll look after my friends for me. Can you do that?' he asked, desperately.

Draco felt warm tears sliding down his own face as he looked over at Harry. He couldn't answer him for a while. 'I promise,' he finally replied, quietly and tearfully. 'But I need you to promise me the same thing.'

Harry nodded. 'I promise.' Harry stood up in front of Draco and kissed him lightly. 'I love you,' he whispered. 'And I always will. Forever. No matter what happens.'

'Me too,' Draco replied, before kissing Harry again, more passionately this time. The boys' bodies locked into each other as if they were two parts to one whole. Harry moaned lightly as Draco started kissing his neck, then nibbling at his ear.

When Harry and Draco finally entered the Great Hall for lunch, quite some time later, they were very flushed in the face. They looked quite happy, but there was a deep sadness showing in both of their eyes.

'Where have you two been?' Hermione asked, though it looked like she already knew the answer to her question. The two boys just smiled at each other lovingly.

Everyone looked up in surprise as a large, brown and white owl flew through the Hall and landed next to Harry. Harry opened the letter it brought quickly.

Harry,

The last Horcrux has been destroyed. Moody found it about an hour ago. We think Voldermort knows, because there has been at least ten deaths in the Muggle world since it happened. All of them are unexplained by the Muggle authorities. And you knew three of them. Your aunt, uncle and cousin were all killed. I am so sorry, Harry. I have to go now, but we will all be there tonight, right by your side.

Remus

Harry passed the note over to his friends so that they could see what it said. It was time for them to get ready. It was time to practice the Unforgiveables.

As the group came back into their training room, Harry stood up in front of them. Everyone was surprised at this action. They thought that they were going to keep practising everything they had learned in the past few months.

'Okay, listen up everyone. As you probably already know, I have just received a letter. It has informed me that in the past hour, Voldermort and his followers have killed at least ten innocent Muggles. Because of this, I think it's time we pulled out the big guns.' Everyone looked at him quizzically, including all of his friends and Draco. Harry opened a large box that had been hidden behind a desk at the back of the room, ready for when it was needed. Inside this box were about ten large jars full of spiders. 'Professor McGonagall and the Ministry of Magic have given us permission to use the Unforgiveable Curses. So that is what we will be practising this afternoon.' The entire room let out a loud gasp.

But half an hour later, they were practising the Cruciatus Curse and the Killing Curse.

After about three hours, everyone was pretty adept at both of these curses, so Harry decided it was time to move onto the Imperius Curse. They were going to practise casting it, and trying to fight off the curse after it had been cast, which came easy to both Harry and Draco. Neville had also found it surprisingly easy, while Hermione was having the most trouble. After all, this was not something you could learn in any of her books.

By the time everybody had gone down to the Great Hall for their evening meal, everyone was adept at all of the curses, both casting and fighting them off. Harry had told them to try and get as much rest as they could, and to meet him in the entry hall at eleven o'clock that night. He had just heard that the Order of the Phoenix would be there at that time, and he had been told to meet them there with as many people as he could get.

Harry was finding it extremely difficult to get actually any sleep himself. He knew that he wasn't the only one, but he still felt like he was completely alone at the moment. At least, that's how he had felt until Draco slowly snaked an arm around his waiste, and cuddled softly into his boyfriends naked body. Harry desperately wanted to smile down at Draco, but he found that he just couldn't. He was too scared. So the two just lay there, in the dark, watching each other, until it was time to go down and meet with everyone.

When Harry and Draco reached the entrance hall, almost everybody had already arrived, including the Order. Ron and Hermione came down behind them, followed by Dean, Seamus, Neville and Ginny. Harry noticed that Ron's brothers Fred, George, Bill and Charlie were by the main doors talking to Ron's dad, Arthur Weasley. Percy, Ron's other brother, was nowhere to be seen. Remus walked up to him to see if they were all ready, and Harry nodded at him, staying silent as he watched everybody in front of him. Moody gave them all orders about where they were to be based, and told them to stick together in groups and to stay with at least one other person at all times. The words constant vigilance came up a quite number of times. Everyone finally split off from the entrance hall and headed to their own posts.

Harry, Draco, Hermione and Ron headed into the Great Hall, followed quickly by Neville, Ginny and Luna. According to Remus, they were going to try and round up all of the Death Eaters and, of course, Voldermort himself, into this room, ready for the final confrontation.

Harry felt the nerves and the fear coursing through his veins, adding to the adrenaline that was already pumping through his body. His heart was beating too fast. It was almost time. Any minute now, the Death Eaters would start to appear in the school. And they would be followed by Voldermort. They would all be ready to kill as many people as they possibly could.

After a while, the sounds of intense fighting could be heard coming from somewhere far off in the castle. The group looked around at each other, apprehensively. They has arrived.

Harry was ready. And he was waiting. Just waiting for his chance to end this war, once and for all.

Everybody started getting nervous as the fighting drew nearer. They pulled out their wands and held them high. Ready to let the first curses fly. They spread out slightly, so that they covered more of the Hall, watching the doors. Waiting for them to burst open and for the first Death Eaters to appear.

Harry turned to look at his comrades, sadly. And it was at that moment that the first Death Eaters entered, sending curses and hexes flying in all directions.

A.N: Please review! Make me happy! And just to warn you there will be a death in the next chapter but I haven't decided who it will be yet. It may be more than one person. It will definitely be one of the bigger characters. It might be Harry but I'm not sure yet. Anyway, please review!