Harry stared at Draco Malfoy, unable to speak.

"You!" he spluttered. Malfoy sneered at Harry. "Me." He took a step closer to him and knelt down so that his face was nearly touching Harry's. "Not exactly what you expected, am I?"

"No..."

"Mmm." Malfoy replied, nodidng slightly. He stood there watching Harry with a blank expression for a moment, then grinned. "Well, now that I have you here, why don't we have a little fun?" He turned to Bellatrix. "What do you think?"

Bella raised an eyebrow and glared down at Harry. "Yes...I know of some games little Harry might enjoy." She bent over and forced him to stand up. Harry's legs felt like jelly from the Cruciatus Curses and stumbled as soon as he put his weight on them.

"Oh dear." Malfoy said in mock sympathy. He flicked his wand and ropes shot out of the end, knotting themselves around Harry's wrists, which Bellatrix had held tightly behind his back.

Bellatrix dragged him across the alley and threw him against a lamp post.

Malfoy followed and snatched up Harry's dropped wand. "Hm. Not putting up as much of a fight are you, Harry?" Just then, there were multiple bangs as Ginny, Ron, and Hermione appeared with Tonks, Lupin, Dumbledore, Moody, and Kingsley Shacklebolt.

Harry grinned as he watched the shocked look on Malfoy's face. "Outnumbered now aren't you, Malfoy?"

Malfoy turned to Harry with a maniacal glint in his eyes. "Am I?" He snapped his fingers and ten more Death Eaters Apparated in the street. They immediately went after the Order members.

Wait...Harry thought. If we're in the middle of Diagon Alley, why is no one else running or screaming? He looked around him in every direction. Dead bodies were scattered everywhere. As if reading Harry's mind Malfoy calmly strode a few yards in front of him.

"These?" he asked Harry, sweeping his arm across himself at the bodies. "They were obstructing my path to you...I had to take care of them somehow." He laughed softly at Harry's horrified expression.

Suddenly, a high pitched scream brought Harry back to earth. He looked over his shoulder and saw Ginny struggling with two Death Eaters and a Dementor. A Dementor! Oh God, not right now...not with Ginny!

He fought wildly with his bindings, trying to break free and save Ginny. Malfoy pointed his wand at Harry. "Stop it!" he hissed. "You're not going to be able to save her this time." Harry stopped and stared directly into Draco's eyes.

Malfoy grinned. "That's right Potter. You can't save her. You can't be Mr.Hero now. She's going to die, and it's going to be all your fault. All your fault. Hell, they're ALL going to die because of you. The people you love have interfered with Voldemort's attempt to kill you before, and I won't let it happen with me!"

Harry felt the rage rising; he couldn't take it anymore. All he could think about was how he needed to save Ginny and kill Malfoy. He thought he was going to explode if he didn't do something. He yelled furiously and pulled at the ropes. They broke at the first tug.

He took off towards Ginny with an immense feeling of power. Since he didn't have his wand, he flung himself at the Death Eater closest to Ginny. The Death Eater, taken by surprise, stumbled and fell to the ground with Harry on top.

"Stay away from her!"

Harry got up and kicked the Death Eater in the side before rushing over to Ginny. She was crying and huddled up against the wall. "Ginny, are you ok?" He wrapped his arms around her, comforting her.

The temperature dropped suddenly, and Harry felt scared and depressed. The dementors are coming back... he thought. His mind was racing as he tried to figure out how he was supposed to save Ginny from the dementors without his wand.

As the dementors drew closer, Harry pulled Ginny closer and shut his eyes. The dementors were now so close, Harry started hearing his mother's screams. The screams grew louder, and they mixed with Voldemort's laughter.

Without thinking, Harry opened his eyes and stared straight at the dementors. He raised his right arm and shouted "EXPECTO PATRONUM!"

The air was warm again, and the dementors were gone. He looked down at Ginny who was still shivering. He gently helped her stand up and hugged her tightly. "Ginny..." he whispered.

"Impressive bit of wandless magic, Potter." called Malfoy. Harry glared at him, and then looked down at his hand. Whoa... He raised his arm again toward Malfoy, who was still holding hhis wand. "Accio wand!" he cried.

His wand sailed out of Malfoy's hand and landed in Harry's. Malfoy growled and pointed his wand at Harry's heart.

"AVADA KEDAVRA!" he screamed. At the same time Harry hurled a Crucio! at Malfoy. The two curses met, and they exploded in a flash of blinding green light. Both Harry and Malfoy were thrown backwards. The battle between the Order and the Death Eaters stopped, and they all watched the other two in silence.

When Harry sat up, he saw that Malfoy was already back on his feet, his wand aimed at Ginny. "Avada..." he began. "NO!" Harry yelled and jumped in front of Ginny. He took the curse right in the chest and was once again thrown back to the ground.

Malfoy gave a triumphant whoop, and disapparated with his Death Eaters.

"HARRY!" Ginny screamed and ran to his side. The Order members hurried over too. Ginny flung herself over Harry and started sobbing hysterically. "Harry...why...?" she whispered.

Harry slowly opened his eyes and looked at Ginny. Oh my God...I survived again...As he watched Ginny, too sore to move, it occured to him. Love.

He grinned weakly and moved his arm slightly so it was on Ginny's head. She immediately stopped crying and quickly looked up at Harry.

"Harry! Oh my God...Harry...are you alright?"

"De ja vu..." he mumbled, and then he passed out.