Chapter 16: The Final Battle: Part 1

A/N: Wow, only one chapter to go in this story, don't worry there will be a sequel. Now on the story.

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Harry let go of Hermione after what seemed an eternity. When he let her go she leaned up and kissed him with a fierce passion.

"I'll never do that to you again!" Hermione said when they broke apart.

"I hope not, I missed you," Harry replied.

"So how do you feel?" She asked.

"Awesome!" Harry said quickly, then remembering about Cho he quickly became solemn again.

"Harry, I know how it feels. Everything will be just fine," said Hermione surely.

"Why does everyone that loves me gets killed," Harry said, voice wavering.

"Don't be like this Harry!" Hermione said.

"You better get out of here Herms! Before you get hurt too, or worse--" Harry didn't get to finish, as he was cut off.

"HARRY JAMES POTTER! Don't you dare be like this! Your being a total prat! Everyone that has died has died fighting, not because of you."

"I'm going to make Voldemort pay!" with that said Harry pulled Hermione closer and said "I'm sorry."

"It's okay Harry, but what I want to know is what's going on between us?" She said, hope gleaming in her eyes.

"Hermione, I miss you and I want to be with you but, I just cant do that right know. It's to soon," Harry said a sad look on his face.

"Okay, but I will be waiting," Hermione said, starting to cry.

Harry pulled her closer and said, "I cant wait until then," said Harry.

Harry and Hermione sat together for the rest of the day talking about the last few weeks and such.

Harry was cleared to leave on the next day, which was a Thursday. He was sitting in the Great Hall with Draco, Neville, Ginny, and Hermione. At that moment the owls arrived, and Fawkes appeared out of nowhere on his shoulder with a note.

Harry, due to my injury I want you to continue your training with Mad-eye. Just go to my office, and he will be waiting for you there. The password is Honeydukes. You may bring Draco to this lesson.

Dumbledore.

"Harry what's that?" asked Ginny.

"Note from Dumbledore," replied Harry.

"Draco, you can come to my training lesson tomorrow," said Harry.

"What about us?" asked Neville.

"He only said Draco," said Harry simply.

"Who's teaching you?" asked Hermione.

"Mad-eye," Harry said.

"Aren't you nervous?" asked Neville.

"No," said Harry.

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Harry and Draco were making there way to Dumbledore's office and a spell whizzed past Harry's ear. Harry and Draco turned to see Blaise and his cronies Crabbe and Goyle.

"What do you want I have better things to do," asked Harry as he and Draco pulled out there wands.

"Just wanted to ruffle your feathers a bit," replied Blaise.

"Well get lost, or were going to make you get lost," snarled Draco.

"Ooooh! The traitor speaks!" said Blaise.

"Your walking on thin ice," said Harry through clenched teeth.

"Oh yeah - Sectumsempra!" shouted Blaise.

"Contego!" said Harry batting the curse away.

"You wont beat me this time Potter!" said Blaise.

"Draco, take care of the morons!" Harry said pointing at Crabbe and Goyle.

"Debilito!" said Blaise.

"Firmus!" Harry shouted a brick wall appeared in front of him and the curse hit it and caused an explosion.

"Offensio!" said Harry, the purple hex flying towards Blasie.

"Contego!" said Blaise the curse bouncing off.

"Gladius!" Harry shouted, a broad sword appearing in his hand were his wand use to be. Harry ran towards Blaise and struck. He hit a shield produced by Blaise.

"Ferrum!" said Blaise and a iron sword appeared in his hand were his wand use to be.

Harry thrust his sword at Blasie but Blaise sent a blunt force curse which hit Harry square in the chest and threw him backwards.

Blaise advanced on Harry, who lay defenseless on the floor. Wand/Sword a few feet away from him.

"What are you going to do now Potter?" sneered Blaise, his sword becoming his wand again.

"Crucio!" said Blaise.

Harry felt his nerves prickling like knives were digging into his skin, Harry forced himself not to cry out, not to give Blaise the pleasure. Finally the curse was lifted and he heard two body's hit the floor, followed closely by another body. Harry looked up to see Blaise and his cronies lying on the floor out cold. Ron and Draco stood wands poised.

"Harry you alright mate?" asked Ron.

Smiling Harry answered, "Yeah, you?"

"Never better," replied Ron helping Harry up.

"Listen, mate I did a lot of thinking and I need to apologize for the way I handled you killing someone. I realized you did it in the name of the greater good. So, are we friends?" asked Ron extending his hand.

"Yeah, to the end," said Harry shaking his hand.

"What about you Draco, I know we have been enemy's in the past but we fight for the same side. So what do you say, friends?" asked Ron again extended his hand.

"To the end," said Draco as he shook Ron's hand.

"Ron, why don't you come to my training session with us?" said Harry.

"Ok," replied Ron.

With that said the three made there way to Dumbledore's office.

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Harry, Ron, and Draco, walked out of Dumbledore's office that afternoon, tired, sweaty, and sore. Moody had given them minimal breaks, nearly kept them going all day. He barely gave them any time to eat. As soon as Harry stepped off the moving staircase outside Dumbledore's office, he pulled out the fake galleon and scheduled a meeting for seven that night.

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Harry shut the door to the Room of Requirements and turned to face the D.A. Harry told them about the new spells and let them practice for a while, then slit them up into groups to practice on each other. Finally Harry blew the whistle ending the meeting, but before anybody left Harry cleared his throat.

Everyone was looking at him now, "I know that you all took the oath and have pledged to stay loyal to me and the school, but if you want to back out then now is your chance."

Nobody moved they just stood there and stared at Harry, waiting for him to continue.

"You may leave and never come back to this association tonight. I know some of you are wondering why I am giving you this option. Well here is the reason, the final confrontation is near, I know this as a fact. Voldemort has not made a move in a while and he is no doubt planning something big. If you stay in this group, you will have to fight in that battle, there will be no turning back then." said Harry watching everyone's movements.

"Will you be ready to face him Harry?" asked Seamus.

"Oh I will be ready to not only face him, but to kill him," Harry said meaning it.

Seamus only nodded in agreement and said, "Well, if Harry's ready then I'm ready. I have your back Harry."

"Me too!" said Neville from the back.

Then everyone told Harry they would be ready, that they would not back down.

"I want to thank you all, for showing that a select few of young Witches and Wizards have the courage to stare down someone that older men cringe too," Harry said proudly, " you all can leave know."

The D.A. all walked out the door with a confident air about them, as if they were as famous as Harry was. Harry knew that if Voldemort attacked the castle, he would have trouble taking it.

Harry finished straitening things up and walked out of the Room of Requirement, he walked silently down the halls taking his time to get back to the Common Room. He started thinking about how he was in life, and what he had become. He was no longer an innocent 16-year-old, He had killed this year, more than once. It hurt to know that he had ended someone's life, but it was self-defense, they had also been on the wrong side. It wasn't his fault, he knew there would always be a little guilt there. Then as he got closer to the Common Room his thoughts strayed to how many lives had been taken at his expense. It made rage boil in him, he could feel the power ripple off of him. He ducked into a stray classroom and waited for his anger to die down. When it finally receded, he stepped into the portrait hole and into the Common Room.

He walked over to the corner were Hermione was sitting alone working on homework. He took a seat beside her and pulled out a Charms essay and started to work on it. Harry sat and swore he felt something touch his leg, he looked down and saw Hermione's hand dangling beside his leg. At that moment Hermione pulled her hand up and it brushed against his leg. He felt electricity pulse through his body, he reminisced to that day back on top of the Astronomy Tower. Harry didn't notice but during his thoughts he had begun to get very excited.

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Hermione looked over at Harry and he had a stupid look on his face. Hermione but her hand on his and he jumped out of his reverie.

"Harry, are you okay?" she asked.

Harry looked down and blushed, he then looked back up and replied, "I-- I'm, I'll be fine, just th-- thinking!"

Hermione looked down and noticed the bulge in his pants, and she suppressed a giggle, "Is there anything I can do?" she asked with a seductive grin.

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"Is there anything I can do?" she asked with a seductive grin.

Harry just looked at her, she had want, lust, desire, and love written all over her features. A stupid look passed over Harry's face as he said, "There are a few things actually!"

With that he grabbed her hand and pulled up the stairs to the Boy's dormitories and into his bed, casting a few spells on the bed hangings he closed them and didn't resurface till the next morning.

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Harry woke up with brown hair all in his face, he smiled as he felt the warm body cuddled up against him. Harry gently slipped out of his bed and pulled his clothes on, then he grabbed his invisibility cloak and walked over to his bed and sat down.

"Hermione…" Harry whispered, "Hermione you have to wake up."

He gently lowered his head and kissed her mouth, she responded, and they dove into a deep passionate kiss. They both were breathless when they parted.

"We better get to Breakfast," said Hermione softly, not breaking eye contact.

"Yeah," Harry replied.

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Fifteen minutes later Harry, Hermione, and Ron sat in the Great Hall eating Breakfast. They sat eating quietly when the owl post arrived.

Hermione gasped when she picked up the paper and looked at the front cover. Harry leaned over and read the headline, which read.

Ministry Corrupt!

The Ministry of Magic was attacked last night at around 8' o' clock. The Minister was taken from his private office. There was no sign of a struggle, and there was no Dark Mark. Aurors also said that a note was found signed by He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named himself! Aurors wont release the letter to the press but they gave us this excerpt "Harry Potter is indeed the so called 'Chosen One' and I will take this opportunity to let you all know that I will kill Harry Potter and Albus Dumbledore before the year is out!" Harry Potter our Albus Dumbledore could not be reached for an interview on this matter. (More about Harry Potter's story on page 9) (More on Albus Dumbledore on page 10) (More on the Ministers abduction on page 11).

Harry was shocked, Voldemort had leaked out that Harry was the 'Chosen One'. Harry suddenly felt very subconscious, and felt everyone's eyes on him. He slowly got up and glanced at Dumbledore, then made his way out of the Great Hall, all eyes on him.

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Hermione looked at Harry's back as he walked out of the Great Hall, she had all kinds of feelings running through her head. The most prominent thought was of the upcoming conclusion. Would Harry win? She was confident in his abilities but would it be enough? She was scared for her boyfriend.

As the word boyfriend bounced into her head she remembered the night before, after they had made love to each other, Harry had asked her to be his girlfriend. She started to get up and a hand gently landed on her shoulder, she turned to see the Headmaster looking down at her.

"Please don't go after him, I need to talk to him for a few minutes," he said gravely.

"Ok," Hermione replied shortly.

With that Dumbledore swept out of the hall and she made her way to her first class of the day.

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Dumbledore found Harry in a secret passageway that led from the second floor to the fourth. He approached the boy and cleared his throat.

"Harry, I will admit that I did not see this coming, Voldemort made a huge leap on us in the war. But you must not listen to the taunts or anything of that such. You have to stay focused, or else you will fail. I'm terribly sorry this battle has come so soon, I was hoping we could have waited to the end of the school year." said Dumbledore sadly.

"I know Sir, it's not your fault," replied Harry.

"Harry…. I know this is soon, but I want you to know that, over the Christmas break there may be a big chance that Voldemort will attack--" He never got to finish, Harry cut him off.

"Sir, why don't we attack first? I have a mental picture of were Voldemort is, cant we just apparate or something?" said Harry.

"Was it a magic dream Harry?" asked Dumbledore.

"A what?" said Harry.

"A magical dream is something of a premonition, except you feel everything, the air, your emotions, but most of all the magic around you," said Dumbledore.

"Sir I felt all of those things, if you want I can show the memory to you," said Harry.

"Can I enter you mind and see it for myself?" he asked.

"Of course," replied Harry.

Harry then felt Dumbledore going through his memories, Harry watched other memories go by and got a glimpse of Hermione riding him. He blushed profusely, but Dumbledore didn't stop, he continued his search until he found the dream Harry was talking about. After Dumbledore watched the memory he slipped out of Harry's mind and looked at Harry gravely.

"I will be in touch Harry, in the mean time, stay out of trouble," Dumbledore said with an unmistakable twinkle in his eye, that made Harry blush.

Harry and Dumbledore went there separate ways. Dumbledore to his office to ponder, and Harry to class.

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Only one day remained before the Christmas vacation, and Harry was sitting at Gryffindor table in the Great Hall, with Hermione. Harry sensed Dumbledore walking up behind him then felt a tap on his shoulder.

"May I have a word?" asked the Headmaster.

"Certainly," replied Harry standing up.

They made there way out of the Great Hall and into a deserted classroom.

Dumbledore cast a few spells over the walls and the door then began, "Harry I just wanted to inform you that on Christmas night we will attack Voldemort. Your vision we be able to take us straight to him. I was going to ask you to call a D.A. meeting and quickly review. I will cancel all classes for today and tomorrow. I will be informing everyone that they will not be allowed to leave the castle for the break."

Harry sat and mulled this over in his head then replied, "Wow, it's finally here. The final confrontation, I just hope that it will be the end of the Wizarding War."

"Harry I'm afraid that wont be possible, unless we capture all the Death Eaters and the many other things that are siding with Voldemort. It will take us a while to round up all the Death Eaters, but without a leader they will fall easily," said Dumbledore calmly.

Harry nodded and they headed back to the Great Hall, and sure enough, Dumbledore informed them that no one would be allowed to leave.

Harry finished his breakfast, then pulled out his fake galleon and set up and meeting at twelve' o'clock. He then stood up, kissed Hermione and walked out of the Great Hall.

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To Be Continued,

Thanks to all who reviewed, I was going to write on big chapter but it would have been, really, really, long. I decided to put it into parts, I don't know how many will be but there will at least be two.

Again thanks to my reviewers!

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