Previously…
Harry took a deep breath and with a blasting curse, blew the doors of the Main Hall wide off its hinges.
He stepped inside and after scanning the Hall and making sure no students were harmed, he looked straight at Voldemort.
"Welcome to your death, Harry Potter!"
The Duel
Harry narrowed his emerald eyes so they resembled slits, and glared fiercely at Voldemort, not moving from his position at the entrance of the Main Hall.
He scanned the Main Hall with his eyes and saw Dumbledore restrained with invisible bonds on the golden throne he usually sat on. He glanced at the House tables, and saw that no student was harmed, breathing a sigh of relief, especially when he saw Hermione and Lily surrounded by the four Marauders, all unharmed but pale. The tables were flanked with Death Eaters, their wands pointing at the tables to subdue any student who dared move.
"I would say it is great to see you, Tom, but that would be a lie," Harry said, not even flinching when Voldemort snarled at Harry's use of his real name.
"Don't use that name with me, Potter!" Voldemort spat angrily.
"Why? Afraid everyone will know that you, the mighty Lord Voldemort, is a half-blood with a muggle father?" Harry jeered, twirling his wand in his hand.
There was a collective gasp around the Hall, before a spell came zooming at Harry. He calmly stepped aside and the spell smashed into a gargoyle, smashing it into bits, that flew onto the floor.
Harry faced the Death Eater, and smirked.
"Why hello Bellatrix," Harry said, biting back his anger at facing the vile woman.
"How dare you insult the Dark Lord, Potter! You, who is not worthy of even being in his presence!" Bellatrix Lestrange shrieked.
Harry then did something that shocked everyone. He laughed. Everyone watched in disbelief as Harry threw back his head and laughed.
Then as suddenly as he did, he snapped his head back towards Bellatrix and threw a piercing hex at her, catching her in the throat.
Bellatrix's eyes widened and she reached a hand up to the hole in her throat and before she knew it, she collapsed lifelessly onto the floor, bleeding heavily from the throat.
Bellatrix Lestrange was dead.
Voldemort and everyone else stood or sat there and looked at the body of the right-hand woman of Voldemort, who had terrorised the Wizarding world with her cruel torture methods and her fondness of the Cruciatus Curse, lying on the floor of the Main Hall, dead. Killed by a school boy. Killed by a Potter.
Voldemort screamed in fury and sent a Cruciatus to Harry, who was not ready to dodge and fell to the floor writhing and screaming in agony.
Voldemort, still holding the curse, walked forward as if he was a predator stalking his prey, until he was towering over the boy who was screaming and writhing from the fury of Voldemort.
After a minute, he let up the curse and watched the panting boy trying to regain control of his trembling limbs. Harry cursed himself for allowing to be caught unaware. He had had enough of Voldemort's Cruciatus, having still not shaken the effects of the time he suffered at the graveyard.
Shaking his head, he got to his knees and grabbed his wand, but was suddenly in the grip of two Death Eaters, each holding his arms behind his back painfully, causing him to drop his wand again.
Voldemort grabbed his chin and pulled his face up to look at him. His nails scratched Harry's cheek and chin, as Harry and Voldemort were locked in an angry stare contest, neither refusing to succumb to each other.
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Hermione was scared out of her mind. Last time Harry faced Voldemort, he barely survived, and now she was so scared that she would lose him again. She couldn't handle the heartbreak again. She had to do something.
She pulled her spare wand out of her pocket, that the Death Eaters had not managed to take off her when they took all the students' wands, and pointing her wand at Voldemort from where she sat in the middle of the circle of Marauders, she whispered a "Stupefy", hoping that it would do something to help Harry.
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Harry struggled helplessly against Voldemort's grip, praying for a miracle. He did not want Voldemort to see his memories otherwise the jig would be up. Hermione would be in danger, and with Lily and James already in danger, he could not risk someone else who was as dear to him as his younger parents. Even Sirius and Remus would be in danger.
Just when he was about to cave in, the grip on his chin vanished and he looked surprised to see Voldemort had been thrown to one side of the room. He was not knocked out but on the floor.
Seeing his chance, he headbutted the Death Eater on his left, making the latter stumble back, which gave Harry the chance to flick a small dagger from his waist straight into his throat, causing the Death Eater to crumple to the floor, similar to Bellatrix, dead from the poison coated on the dagger that had now been distributed into his bloodstream.
Harry then twisted his whole body, throwing the other Death Eater over his shoulder, and lunging for his wand that was lying a few feet away from him. He grabbed it and twisting sharply to face the Death Eater, he jabbed his wand forward to send a bone breaker curse into the ribs of the Death Eater, causing them to shatter instantaneously, piercing his heart, killing him as well.
Panting, Harry jumped up onto his feet, only to stumble slightly, but caught himself on the wall and breathing heavily whilst watching Voldemort and everyone else recover from the killing of two more Death Eaters. Their masks were askew, so Harry could easily identify them as Rodolphus and Rabastan Lestrange.
Harry did a happy jig in his mind… Neville would have his parents in the future.
He looked down at Voldemort, who had got up off the floor and was surveying the room angrily with narrowed eyes. He then gestured with his hand at two Death Eaters, and Harry waited to see what would happen. If he laid one hand on any student, even the Slytherins, then he would make Voldemort see his real power.
Clutching his hand to his bruised ribs, he watched as they stalked over to the Gryffindor table, and Harry prayed in his mind that Hermione or any the Marauders had not done anything. But having his luck, he watched as a scuffle happened at the table between the Death Eaters and the Marauders. "Noble idiots," Harry thought but his heart sank as Hermione was dragged forward and dropped unceremoniously onto the floor in front of Voldemort.
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Hermione watched with wide eyes as the two Death Eaters stalked forward with their wands drawn and pointed at her.
"Come with us girl," one rasped.
"No way in hell," Sirius said angrily, placing himself in front of Hermione, "take me instead!"
"Move blood traitor Black before I make you," the other Death Eater said, pointing his wand at Sirius.
"No way idiot," Sirius said and lunged at the Death Eater, who simply waved his wand and Sirius was knocked back into Remus, both tumbling onto the floor.
Just as James was about to lunge forward as well, two other Death Eater marched forward, after seeing the scuffle happening, and trained their wands on the four Marauders, who could only watch helplessly alongside Lily, as the first two Death Eaters pulled Hermione by the arms away from them.
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Harry made to go forward but 50 Death Eaters pointing their wands at him stopped him.
"So, you decided it would be funny to send a spell at Lord Voldemort?" Voldemort hissed angrily.
Hermione was shaking in fear but looked directly into the monster's eyes and spat on the floor.
"How dare you? You, a Mudblood!" Voldemort snarled, before reaching out and grabbing Hermione's hair and yanking it back painfully, eliciting a whimper from Hermione, before hissing, "you are not worthy even breathing the same air as me!"
He let go and threw Hermione onto the floor, before crouching down and stroking a long finger down her left cheek, making Hermione flinch away.
"You are now to be my slave, little Mudblood. You will be my whore and I will take such good care of you in my bed," Voldemort purred.
Hermione looked at him wide-eyed before turning her head away, tears brimming in her eyes. This could not be happening.
"TOM!"
Harry shouted in rage and fury, after watching Hermione being manhandled by Voldemort. With a burst of magic he threw Voldemort and all the Death Eaters violently away, before striding to where Voldemort was on the floor in a heap. He drew his sword with one fluid movement and pointed the tip to Voldemort's throat, moving to stand in front of Hermione and watching with satisfaction as Voldemort's eyes widened at his magical outburst.
"You will not EVER lay a finger on Hermione, ever again!"
Voldemort smirked cruelly and chuckled.
"And how will you stop me?" Voldemort asked.
Harry snarled, and threw a stunning spell at Voldemort, who deflected it, and sent a blood boiling curse at Harry, who deflected it with a hasty Protego shield.
He swiped at where Voldemort's head was, who had leaped to the side, and twirled his wand, making a flame whip which caught Voldemort's ankle. Pulling, Voldemort was dragged onto the floor, and jabbed his wand to make a sea serpent from water douse the flame whip. He then conjured metal arrows, sending them rushing at Harry, who waved his wand in a wide arc, stopping the arrows mid-flight. Transfiguring them into a pack of wolves, he directed them to Voldemort, who transfigured his own pack and sent them to meet the wolves.
A deadly battle ensued with wolves, before Harry vanished them and cast another bone breaker, which caught Voldemort's left arm, resulting in a snarl before Voldemort sent a piercing hex at Harry, catching him in his left thigh, sending Harry crashing to the floor. Harry moaned and struggled onto one knee, before Voldemort sent an electrical bolt to him, causing Harry to yell out in pain as volts of electricity coursed through his body.
"NO! HARRY!"
Hermione's terrified scream rang out, and Harry groaned as the spell was taken off. He lay there, trying to breathe but his lungs were screaming out in pain. Harry struggled to get on all fours, however Hermione rushed over and helped him to his feet. Leaning on Hermione, he saw Voldemort being attacked on all sides by a pack of birds.
Harry focused and threw a dagger coated in basilisk venom at Voldemort. It hit his right thigh, and Voldemort roared in pain as he could feel the poison take effect. He ripped out the dagger, letting it fall to the floor, before vanishing the birds.
"This is not over Potter," Voldemort hissed venomously, before staggering to the floor. His Death Eaters rushed to him and just before Harry could send a cutting curse for his head, Voldemort and his Death Eaters apparated away.
"No!" Harry said angrily, staring at the spot Voldemort had just been in.
Hermione let out a sob and launched herself on Harry, wrapping him in a tight hug.
This broke the silence and the whole Hall was in an uproar. Dumbledore had been released from his bonds and he rushed towards Harry, as did the four Marauders and Lily and Alice from the other side. Harry, however did not see what happened next, as he sank to the floor, welcoming the blackness of unconsciousness.
Thanks for reading. I am so sorry it took so much time to get an update on. I am in my final year of University so got a lot on. I will try to do some updates as and when I get a chance, but from June onwards I am free so expect a lot of updates then.
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