A/N: lia. : This one is small but a Bonus Chapter will be posted today! I promise!

'Just open my eyes…' Harry thought 'but I don't want to… I'm sore and tired… can't I just…. sleep… yes… sleeping sounds perfect… just sleep forever…'

As if in a distance, like an echo of a different life he heard Hermione scream "We can do it together… we can bring them both back! Please…. Let's just try!"

'Hermione is crying…' Harry thought 'why? I'm fine… Must be Draco… did that pompous asshole go all Gryffindor and kill himself?' He paused listening…

"Two halves to form a whole… It can only be one…" He heard Narcissa say and he groaned as he thought 'Good lord, he did get himself killed… That idiot…'

Every fibre in his body felt like it had been punched but Harry willed himself to blink

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Hermione and Narcissa were both sobbing silently as Narcissa looks at both boys… Her hands trembling… Lucius had come and sat down next to her. His eyes wide with shock as he held his son's hand. Snape was standing at a distance looking from one boy to the next. The sounds of screaming, yelling, bangs and shattering glass were all around them as battle continued and yet they seemed to be coming from a distant world and not from down the hall.

"He blinked…" Snape said blankly

Everyone's head snapped up at him "Who?" Hermione asked

Snape just pointed to Harry numb and Harry liked again, opening his eye's slowly

"Harry! You're alive!" Hermione said throwing herself on him and giving him a tight hug

"Mione…" Harry croaked "I can't breath…"

"Oh! Sorry… Oh god… thank god…. I'll be right back Harry! Don't die…" Hermione said and turned to Narcissa who had gasped and then tears of relief raced down her face.

She removed the ring from her finger and wrapped Draco's hand's around it… Lucius stepped back as Hermione and Narcissa began to chant "revertere extra velum… revertere extra velum… revertere extra velum… revertere extra velum… revertere extra velum… revertere extra velum… revertere extra velum…" on the 7th time the stone in Draco's hand began to glow and pulse like it was a beating heart… the glow like Draco's familial magic was blue and silver.

"Mane in corpore tuo… Mane in corpore tuo…Mane in corpore tuo… Mane in corpore tuo…Mane in corpore tuo… Mane in corpore tuo…Mane in corpore tuo…" they chanted louder and this time pushed their own magic into the ring. The glow from the ring began to grow… Narcissa willed it to compress it into a ball… it looked like blue marble with sliver flecks in it… Narcissa raised her hand slammed into Draco chest… The ball stopped short… Hermione chanted "incipe sana… incipe sana…" as she used her magic to push Draco's soul back into his body… on the third push she screamed "Incipe sana!" And the ball went through

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Draco open his eyes and looked at his hands… he was ghostly pale…the sickle and his wand were missing… He blinked… He remembered making contact with the brassard, he remembered feeling the power of raw magic hit him. He remembered being amazed and that's it…

He spun around, he seemed to be somewhere under water but he was not wet… He looked up and saw a light… For some reason he didn't want to swim towards it…

"Hello Draco…" someone said and he spun around

It was the silhouette of a woman. She was glowing blue… Her hair was splayed about her like it was being carried by the waves of the water… She had a glowing diamond in the center of her forehead and crown made of a stream of water was spinning on top of her head slowly like a halo. She looked like magic itself but for some reason Draco didn't feel worried or scared around her…

"Where am I?" Draco asked

"You are in the veil…" She said in a voice at seems to be coming like an echo from a distance

"Am I dead?"

"Yes… you are…"

"Are you death?"

"I am the ancestor who guides the souls of my family…"

"Oh… So…" draco said unsure

"I wanted to thank you Draco… for your bravery… Because of the battle of Merlin and Morgana my soul has been stuck in the veil for several millennia… I can finally pass on…"

"Lady Nimue…" Draco said suddenly understanding and bowed

"Yes young wizard… you have my thanks…" She said smiling

Draco looked around… The Veil was all dark… it got darker below and the light was above "What do I do now?"

"You get to make a choice… to stay back as a shade… or to leave and discover your life beyond the veil…"

"What happens beyond the veil…"

"I can't tell you… you simply have to be brave enough to take the plunge…"

Draco looked up at the light again….

"That is not the way Draco…" Nimue said she pointed to the depths and a whirlpool began to from "this is… but this gate is opening for me… I can sense it's not your time yet… Wait a while… You might be surprised…"

"How long would I have to wait?" Draco asked wondering if he'd be stuck here for a millennia

"Not long… Listen… your mother is calling…" She then let herself get sucked into the vortex and was gone…

The water around Draco began to get agitated. Bubbles were forming all around him. He felt himself being pulled towards the light and then suddenly there was pain… blinding pain… His lungs were on fire… he needed to breathe… He pushed himself up and like coming out from under a deep dark lake he took in a breath of sweet cold fresh air

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"Incipe sana!" Narcisssa and Hermione slammed the glowing orb into Draco's chest and almost instantly his eye's opened as he took a deep breath. He coughed as choked as he tried to think. His vision was blurry… He could hear voices around him… his head was in pain…. His ear's were ringing like he'd taken a bludger to face…

"Son… is it really you?" It was his father

"Draco… can you breath…" It was Hermione… he stretched his hadn't towards her voice as he made out a blurred silhouette of her… She caught it…

"Draco… Draco…" it was his mother she was already holding his hand. He peered squinting his eyes… He blinked several times and gasped for air and then finally the pain stopped… His vision began to clear… the first face he saw was Hermione… "Hey…" he croaked finally finding his voice….

Happy tears streamed from Hermione's eye as she squeezed his hand tightly… Draco turned his head to see his mother beaming at him while tears streamed down her face… She pulled Draco into a hug and Lucius looked up and thanked whatever Gods and Magics he could think off.

Harry took Hermione's hand and squeezed it gently. She smiled at him. Suddenly they were all covered in a strong white shield and a series of spells bounced off them. Instinctively they ducked suddenly aware of the battle going on around them

"Severus You traitor!" Hissed Bellatrix "I will kill you all!" She shrieked "I'll present your heads to the dark lor…"

"He's dead Bella.." Severus said cutting her off with mild irritation in his voice. His eyes were still bloodshot and it looked like he had almost been about to cry but had not been given the chance to

"Potter?!" She asked Gleefully

"Voldemort…" Severus said even more irritated

Bellatrix was stunned for a moment and then she launched spell after spell at Snape shrieking "How dare you! You filthy SPY! How dare you speak his name! I'll kill you!"

Snape had had enough. He defected her maniacal onslaught with relative ease as he turned them around. He looked at Narcissa and said "I'm sorry cissa…" and then hit her with a sectumsempra… Bellatrix stopped short and fell back….

As blood pooled around her the last thing she heard were the cheers of the order as the Aurors from the ministry arrived turning the tide of the battle… It was all over at last…

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The school year had been declared as ended early by the interim Headmistress McGonagall and everyone had been sent home. Hermione and Harry were taken to Grimmauld Place. Draco and his family was arrested and taken to Azkaban.

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