Disclaimer - Do I really have to say it again? It's. Not. Mine.
A/N - It's a bit short, but I've finally got my groove back, after a serious case of writers block! I thought it might be a bit fun, in aslightly evilway, to have a bit of a cliffhanger, so I made one! Mwahahahahaaa!
The End Of An Era
The three men raced into the street, Fred narrowly missing the Cruciatus curse straight away. As they ran into battle, Chloe looked around desperately, throwing George a quick, strained smile as she saw them.
The three were immediately engaged in duels with Death Eaters, all being hit with minor hexes and jinxes. Time seemed to slow down as they fought, until they started to overpower the Dark wizards. George managed to knock the Death Eater he was duelling with out, and turned to check on the others. As he looked at Chloe, he saw her pointing her wand at Bellatrix Lestrange, who was taunting her about the murder of her parents. George barely registered what was happening before he heard Chloe shout,
"AVADA KEDAVRA!"
Bellatrix Lestrange fell. Chloe's hands immediately flew to her mouth, and she looked shocked by what she had done. It was only when a curse flew past her, grazing her arm as it went, that she reawakened and rejoined the ongoing battle.
Harry continued to battle with Voldemort, neither managing to overcome the other.
Ron was hit with the Cruciatus curse several times, until he was unable to do anything, and was thrown through a shop window by Draco Malfoy, who looked thrilled at finally getting one over on a Weasley.
Tonks was knocked out by Crabbe senior, who then stood on her arm, breaking it.
It seemed the Death Eaters were not above using muggle methods of fighting, despite their beliefs.
Lupin had his nose broken by a punch in the face from Nott, and the war seemed to be descending into a brawl, as people of both sides were desperately throwing punches, kicks, and anything else they could think of.
People of both sides continued to fall. Fred, Kingsley, Moody and Chloe's friend Freya were among those to be seriously injured on their side, while the Death Eaters lost both Lestranges, Crabbe, Goyle, Nott, and Greyback, and several others were injured, including Draco and his father.
Dawlish was the first auror to be killed, quickly followed by Ben Bones and Madame Hooch, the Hogwarts flying instructor.
After what felt like days, but was in reality only a few hours, they heard the fateful words,
"AVADA KEDAVRA."
No one stopped their fighting, until they realised it had been Harry's voice, and Voldemort had fallen.
The aurors acted quickly, placing an anti-apparition charm on the Alley, and placing full body binds on the remaining active Death Eaters. However, before Chloe could place the bind on MacNair, he raised his wand, shouted, and Chloe fell. George stood still, shocked by the idea that Chloe might be dead, and watched as Charlie and Remus rushed to her side. Before he even realised what had happened a Healer from St. Mungo's had ushered him into Flourish & Blotts, which was acting as a makeshift hospital wing for those not seriously injured.