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"W-what? What do you mean?" Harry breathed.
"We...we don't know where Lily and James are..." Hermione said despairingly.
The silence stretched out, making minutes seem like hours.
"What do you think your doing!" screeched Madame Pomfrey, bustling over to Harry and attempting to force him back onto the bed.
"Get off of me!" He yelled, shrugging her off and heading once again towards the door.
Hermione caught him by the arm quickly, "Harry, don't just rush into this! We need to come up with some sort of plan!"
"DON'T RUSH INTO THIS!" Harry roared, "WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO SIT HERE! IF VOLDEMORT HAS THEM DO YOU THINK HE'LL WAIT TO KILL THEM!"
"But if you just charge on in there, you're bound to get killed mate. I mean, they'd be expecting you to come!" Ron said, shaking his head in defeat.
Harry glared at them, "It doesn't matter...if he kills my parents now, I'll die anyway." Ron looked up at him sharply, realization dawning on his face and surprisingly Harry smirked and said, "Might as well take a few of them down with me, right?"
"We still need to come up with some sort of plan...I mean we don't even know where they are!" Hermione said sternly.
"Dumbledore would though..." Harry said slowly.
"And I'm sure that Dumbledore is going to tell you how to find them so you can charge right on in there, all reason forgotten! He would just send the Order wouldn't he!" Hermione quipped.
Harry smiled sadly, "No...he would tell me...he knows he has to..."
Ron frowned, "What are you going on about?"
"Oh will you all just shut up! Harry knows what he's talking about! Now is not the time!" Ginny bellowed at them all.
Harry gave her a quick smile and said, "She's right, now is not the time. Right now we need to talk to Dumbledore--"
Hermione cut him off, "That another problem! Dumbledore wasn't at dinner, and I doubt he would sit in his study while the school was being attacked!"
"Accio Marauder's Map!" Sirius said abruptly. The worn piece of parchment fluttered into the room and he snatched at it. After a pause he said, "No sign of Lily and James...or Dumbledore..."
Hermione huffed and yelled, "OF COURSE THERE'S NO SIGN OF THEM! NOW WE NEED A PL--"
"SHUT UP!" Sirius roared, "THAT IS MY BEST FRIEND OUT THERE AND I DON"T SEE YOU DOING ANYTHING TO HELP! WE KNOW A PLAN WOULD BE GOOD AND ALL BUT WE DON'T HAVE A YEAR TO PLAN THIS RESCUE MISSION!"
"Enough." Harry growled. "We can't be fighting right now! I think I might know where they took them...We need to contact the Order! Someone needs to tell McGonagall to get the Order to the Riddle House!"
"And how are we going to get there?" Remus asked quickly.
"A portkey." Harry answered shortly.
"But you need a really good picture of the place you want to go to make a portkey!" Hermione breathed.
"Trust me...I'd wouldn't forget that place very easily..." Harry said harshly. "I'm going to go get my cloak and anything else I might need. You guys do the same, and Hermione can inform McGonagall. We'll meet back in the common room."
"What else would you need?" Ron asked curiously.
Harry stared at him for a moment, "I really have no idea..."
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"Good work...wake them up."
"Ennervate."
James groaned, "What in the--"
"Hello, Potter...it's nice to see you up finally..."
"Voldemort." James breathed. "Sorry I can't say the same."
Voldemort laughed cruelly. "You always did have a sense of humor...even before I killed you...Crucio."
James gulped involuntarily before the curse hit him full on. His screams echoed in the large room. He got to his feet shakily as Lily began to stir.
"The Mudblood is waking up as well...even better."
"Don't call her that!" James growled, when Voldemort started laughing again. Lily stood up and looked around nervously. They were surrounded by a circle of Death Eaters.
"Wh-what's going on?" Lily breathed shakily.
"Oh nothing really," Voldemort said lazily, "Me and James were just catching up on old times...We are so glad you could join us...After all, it has been so long since my death eaters have had any fun...Crucio!"
James pushed Lily behind him, taking the curse for her. He fell to his knees screaming amid the death eaters' laughter.
"James! James are you all right?" Lily cried falling next to him and trying to help him up.
"James, James, James..." Voldemort muttered, shaking his head. "Why do always try to protect her...you did the same thing before you died...protecting a Mudblood, how much lower can you get?"
"You're not going to touch her!" James snarled, standing up and once again shielding Lily.
Voldemort laughed, softly at first, but growing mockingly with each second.
"You really think you can stop me?" he breathed, "You really think you stand a chance against me?"
James glared at him, his hatred shown plainly on his face, "You're not going to touch her! You'll have to kill me first!"
"That won't be a problem...I've already done it once before." Voldemort said narrowing his eyes. "CRUCIO."
James's eyes widened slightly as the curse came hurtling towards him. When it was about a foot away from him, another curse came out of nowhere colliding with it, and sending it flying into the wall of death eaters.
"Get away from them!" Harry snarled.
"Ah, Harry! How nice of you to join us!" Voldemort sneered. "We were just discussing the best way for me to kill them, what do you think? You are their son after all, I think you should have some input."
Harry smirked, "They're not the ones that are dying today Tom..."
Voldemort's face contorted with rage and he hissed, "How dare you call me by that filthy muggle's name. If you wanted them to watch you die first, all you had to do was ask! Crucio!"
Harry didn't have time to dodge it and the curse hit him full on. He fell to the ground and began to writhe and scream in pain. Flashes of images sprang up in his mind. Voldemort killed everyone he ever loved. Voldemort was why he had missed out getting to know his parents. But he finally had that chance now, and if he didn't stop Voldemort here and now he would lose them forever. Suddenly the pain stopped and his screams faded, yet he was still being held under the curse. He looked up at Voldemort, his eyes blazing with an emerald fire, and slowly returned to his feet. Voldemort's eyes widened in fear and confusion.
Harry smirked, "You shouldn't underestimate everyone, Tom."
Voldemort's eyes narrowed darkly, "You are nothing compared to my power."
Harry's smirk grew, "Then prove it."
"Thought you'd never ask." Voldemort said icily. "Avada Kedavra."
Harry dodged the curse, "Sectumsempra."
"Crucio." Voldemort screamed narrowly avoiding the spell.
The curse hit it's target, but once again, Harry felt no pain. Instead he began glowing a bright white, and the curse backfired, hitting Voldemort squarely in the chest. Voldemort's scream pierced the night. No one had ever hit the Dark Lord with his own curse.
A jet of red light flew over his head. Sirius, Remus, Ginny, Ron, Hermione and the Order had arrived, and the Death Eaters began to join the fight.
"What's going on with Harry?" Hermione asked, dodging a stunner and sending one over her own.
"I'm not sure...he's not himself...why are his eyes glowing like that?" Ron answered, ducking a jet of green light.
"I don't know, I need to get to James and Lily though." Sirius yelled, and tore off in that direction, sending curses at passing Death Eaters.
"Stupefy!" Sirius yelled, sending the stunner at the Death Eater guarding Lily an James, hitting him directly in the small of the back.
"Are you guys ok?" Sirius asked, handing Lily the fallen Death Eater's wand.
"I'm fine but I'm not sure about James." She answered, glancing him over worriedly.
"I'm just peachy Sirius." James groaned. "I feel like I was hit by a truck! What took you so long to get here?"
"Well if that's the thanks I get for saving your butt..." Sirius growled irritably. "At least I got here! We had to wait for the Order. Besides, Harry wanted to come in alone."
"Why'd you let him do that Sirius! You're supposed to watch out for him! He could have gotten killed!" Lily said sternly.
Sirius frowned at her, "He said he could get past easier alone. And by the looks of it he has everything under control..."
"I guess you're right..." Lily said watching the battle in wonder.
"Petrificus Totalus." Ginny said, effectively stopping a Death Eater that was sneaking up on them.
"Ginny!" Lily breathed.
"You guys alright?" She asked. They all nodded. "Good, now you guys should really keep an eye out for that sort of thing!"
Sirius looked towards James. "Can you still fight?"
"Of course I can still fight!" James said with his eyebrows raised. "You think I'd let you have all the fun?"
He picked up a discarded wand and Sirius smirked and said, "I hoped you would say that, now let's go fight those Death Eater scum!"
Voldemort glared at the Harry. "You will regret that Potter! Avada Kedavra!"
But he didn't aim the curse at Harry. It was hurtling in the opposite direction, heading for his friends. Harry inhaled deeply and held his hand out toward the curse, almost like he was trying to grab at it. The curse kept flying. It was about to hit Hermione when suddenly, it stopped. Harry clenched his fist and the curse disappeared all together. Harry growled deeply, his eyes still flashing bright green.
"You shouldn't have done that Voldemort. Come after me if you want, but leave my friends out of this. Your fight is with me." Harry breathed.
"You are nothing." Voldemort screeched. "I am the all powerful Dark Lord! You are nothing!"
"Some Dark Lord." Harry said, his eyes narrowing. "You are a coward, Voldemort. Nothing more than a coward. You took everything from me. Everything I cared about. I won't let you do it again. You will never do this to anyone ever again."
The ground began shaking. Harry started mumbling something under his breath. A golden light erupted from his wand and enveloped Voldemort completely. A series of high pitch screams emitted from the golden light, and then the ground stopped shaking and everything went silent. The bright light faded to reveal nothing. Voldemort was nowhere to be seen. Ginny ran up and caught Harry just as he fell.
"You were right Ginny...I did it." Harry said softly.
"I told you that you would." Ginny responded, resting Harry's head on her lap.
Harry smiled slightly, and then passed out.
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I won't give an excuse. I know I'm terribly late and very sorry to you readers that are still going to put up with me! This chapter was really hard for me to write...really really hard. I don't think I've ever suffered from writers block before this. And it's not even that long! But it's summer now, so I can devote more time to finishing this fic! I'll never abandon it, just have patience with me...I'm quite hopeless! Just please don't hate me for it! I will start on the next chapter today, and hopefully I'll finish it. I have a good solid 4 hours, so at the very least I'll get a good start on it. Now to thank all my reviewers who would have had every right to threaten to beat me with a large stick!
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