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A/N Sorry it's taken so long, and thank you once again to those who have reviewed. I now have a battle scene to write. I'm not that great at these, but I'll do my best!
The Final Fight
Draco
Draco stood in the shadows of the tent, watching with horrified fascination as Voldemort addressed the school. Feeling slightly sick, standing amongst the bodies of various Aurors, he heard Voldemort say "Where is Harry Potter?"
Ginny's struggling had become less frantic, and she simply clutched at her neck, her legs falling still. It was tearing him apart. Draco realized that he had to act now, there was no time to think up a good plan.
As he moved out to stand directly behind Voldemort he saw Harry stand up, showing no sign of nervousness, his chin held high looking calm and alert. His eyes flicked to Draco, but showed no recognition on his face.
Draco took a silent deep breath, wand held outwards. Dredging up one of many deep engrained spells from his memory, he muttered under his breath "Parantis estio", and felt a burst of cold shoot through his arm as it always did when he performed a dark magic spell.
Taken off his guard, Voldemort twisted round, his red eyes wide, as the curse hit him. Suddenly, he froze in place, the curse suspending any motion, and Ginny fell to the ground at his feet, sucking in the air and trying to crawl away at the same time.
He knew the spell wouldn't last long, Voldemort was simply too strong and would easily overcome it, but it allowed everyone to spring into action. The teachers, now wide awake, ran forward, as did a few of the students.
Draco didn't stop to watch, but bent down to where Ginny lay, and helped her to her feet.
"Thanks" she croaked, a half-smile flitting across her face. Her eyes were still dilated in fear, looking curiously up at his.
He returned the smile reassuringly, not relinquishing his hold around her waist, but it soon faltered as he saw tens of Death Eaters storming into the tent from behind her.
Ginny spun around in his arms, snatching her wand out of her pocket at the same moment as he raised his wand arm up.
The whole room seemed to collectively gasp, the atmosphere changed and the battle began. The Death Eaters, clad in all black, with black hoods and masks filtered out across the room, pushing the majority of the school to the back of the tent and surrounding them. Curses were flying everywhere, spinning off the walls from all angles. The teachers were trying in vain to provide a barricade between the students and the Death Eaters. Screams ran out across the hall, everyone wondering where Dumbledore and the Aurors had got to, and knowing that they were fighting a losing battle without the help.
Harry immediately had taken place to fight Voldemort, who had finally broken out of his curse, angrier than ever.
Ginny
Draco and Ginny were in the thick of the battle, fighting off different Death Eaters which came their way. Ginny was so glad that she'd been in the DA and was amazed how many curses had actually lodged their way into her memory. At the moment she was fighting a particularly tall Death Eater, who was firing off curses at her continually, and she had somehow been dodging and blocking them all, but she knew she was tiring. None of the curses she sent were reaching the Death Eater either.
Finally she decided to take a different approach. She tucked her wand back into her pocket and ran straight at the Death Eater, taking him by surprise. Pulling her leg back she kicked him hard in the knees, sending him roughly to the floor. Then she pulled out her wand and sent ropes spinning around him like a cocoon.
Satisfied, she turned back around to help Draco, who was backed against a wall by a fast, wiry attacker. She shot a stunning spell at him from behind and he thudded to the ground. Draco shot her a brief look of gratitiude and moved back out into the middle of the hall to begin another battle.
Looking out across the room she saw many still bodies, mostly those of students, and a few Death Eaters. She hoped and prayed that none were actually dead. She knew that time was running short. Ginny turned to fight a woman Death Eater with long brown hair spilling out from her hood, praying that somebody would come to help them soon.
Suddenly there was an almighty crash, followed by yells of pain. Ginny felt something slice through her robe as if it was water and felt a sting of pain. Spinning around she saw that one of the enormous chandeliers had crashed onto the ground, which had sent shards of glass shooting out across the room.
This provided the perfect distraction, allowing her to stun the woman, who she suspected was Bellatrix Lestrange.
Looking down she saw streams of blood which had trickled down her arm from to glass wound. She knew it would leave a scar without treatment. No chance of that though she realized. She looked up and saw Madam Pomfrey, who was seated in the corner of the room, attending to a few injured students looking utterly defeated but determined to continue on. Wiping her hand on her rope, and ignoring the pain, she collected herself and found a new target.
Draco
Draco, in the midst of the battle, had finally begun to accept that they had lost. There were simply too many Death Eaters to fight and the students and teachers were no match for them. He was scanning the room, when his eyes fell on Ron, whose legs were rooted to the spot by the Petfificus curse, his arms snapped to his sides.
The Death Eater facing him had his wand held against Ron's chest. Draco quickly used Wingardium Leviosa to fling a heavy bronze torch holder at the attacker's head, who fell to the ground with a release of breath. He ran over to Ron, saying,
"Finite Incantatum." Ron's arms and legs sprang back out.
He gave Draco a steady look, which turned into a brief smile,
"Thanks mate." He said.
Draco looked down at the Death Eater crumpled on the ground and saw, with a flash of shock, a few strands of silvery blond hair escaping from under the black head covering. He just stared for a minute, watching his fathers chest rising up and down steadily and a growing pool of blood around his head. The irony of it took a moment to settle in, and shutting out the pain which built in his chest, he let ropes wind around the body from his wand and Draco pried his eyes away.
Ron nodded at him in understanding and looked as if he was about to say something when a bright flash of light lit the room with blinding intensity.
Draco shielded his eyes for a moment and as the light faded he saw that a silver cage had been cast around himself and the remaining large mass of students. They were all trapped. Any Death Eaters still inside simply walked straight through the bars as if they were ghosts, and they all collected in a crowd surrounding the caged school. Lord Voldemort stood at the front of them, surveying the pitiful sight with dancing eyes.
They were defeated. He saw Harry lunge at the bars, knocking into them with his shoulder with huge force. Hermione went over to him and gently pulled him away, tears streaming down her face. A high laugh was emitted from the other side of the bars.
Draco wondered what would happen to them all now. Would Voldemort slaughter them all? Or perhaps use them as a bargaining tool. The Death Eaters who were unconscious were being enervated and unbound. He turned away with a bitter taste in his mouth. He saw Ginny slumped dejectedly against the back wall, unconsciously clutching at her arm. Draco wearily began to make his way over there to comfort her. He had no idea how. He knew as well as everyone else that there was no hope for them now.
He was wrong however.
It all happened in a couple of seconds. The entrance door was filled with the tall form of Dumbledore looking dangerous and glaring furiously out across the hall. His presence introduced a shift in the tension of the room. Aurors flanked behind him. Relief rolled out across the prisoners, and a mild fear was placed across the group of Death Eaters.
Lord Voldemort spun around to face Dumbledore.
In the same wand motion, the Death Eaters were flung against a side wall, wands hurtled across to the other side and huge metal barriers magically bolted across the front of them. The bars holding the students and teachers in place vanished.
Harry, standing directly behind Lord Voldemort took a wand from the ground and said, in a strong loud voice,
"Adava Kedavra"
In seemingly slow motion, a jet of green light hit Voldemort, who crumpled to the ground. The Death Eaters watched in helpless astonishment.
For a moment the room was silent, nobody quite sure they had seen correctly. Uncertain whispers were shared. Then a huge cheer burst out across the room as they all realized that Lord Voldemort was finally dead.
A/N That was definitely the hardest chapter to write. I hope it wasn't too gory or anything, I don't like writing battle scenes. Only a brief epilogue to go. If anybody can recommend any Draco/Ginny stories they like, please do. And, of course, review!
