"Now!" The yell caused Hermione to jump as she fell to her knees shielding Lucas from the flying spells. Lucas began to cry out scared for so many reason and Hermione couldn't do anything to calm him but hold him tight to her.

Draco darted out of the bushes followed by Blaise pulling out their wands they yelled out spells and curses at advancing death eaters. They jumped over fallen enemies heading to the circle toward Hermione, he had to get to her if it was the last thing he did. Harry had snapped back to reality when the wave of red landed in front of him and began yelling out curses. His eyes ran over the scene and he quickly spotted Ron his heart sinking only to be replaced by rage he raised his wand and Ron did so quickly flicking forward expertly sending Harry flying backwards landing beside Hermione.

"Harry!"

"Run Hermione just go," he yelled stumbling to his feet and wiping his wand around at Ron shooting him with a bright orange light that he shielded quickly.

Hermione got to her feet holding Lucas closely as she pushed passed the aurors trying to get somewhere safe; Lucas continued to cry in her arms. They neared the fountain when it was blasted to bits turning her back to the flying pieces protecting the child she felt small bits slicing on the back of her neck. As she looked back she found herself in front of a familiar pug face girl who snarled at her raising her wand at Hermione who stood defenseless. A flash of red darted across her view sending Pansy into a lamp post falling to the ground unconscious. Blaise came to stand in front of Hermione his breathing heavy as he looked at her.

"Get up now," he said grabbing her by the arm and pulling her toward a small shop that bore the sign 'Closed' he kicked the door and placed Hermione on her knees under the window. "Stay put."

He left her there rocking Lucas in her arms trying to calm him as she listened to the sounds outside. Blaise ran out into the field observing the sight, Harry was faced off with Ron and he had no plan on getting in Harry's line of view at any moment. He looked around for Draco and found him fight off with Crabbe, the elders fought with unknown faces and aurors tried to beat off the Death Eaters. His heart was pumping, where was Lucius, he could see the slithering snake anywhere and that scared him the most. He was unable to fuss about it when a Death Eater jumped in front of him.

"We meet again Zabini," he sneer aiming his wand at Blaise's chest.

"Like wise Nott," said Blaise ready to counter any attack that was thrown at him.

Draco had finally sent Crabbe to the ground his body in a full bond. He looked up taking in what was finally happened, as he looked around he was unaware of the death eater behind him. He was about to strike when he was hit with a spell sending him into a brick wall. Draco turned at the sound finding Xavier standing there with his wand out.

"Keep your eyes open boy," he said gruffly and Draco nodded. Xavier left him to go to another elder's aid.

Harry dodged a spell tucking and rolling to the ground as a shower of stones pelted him. He looked up and found Ron towering over him a menacing smirk on his lips as he kicked out hitting Harry in the ribs rolling him onto his back. Harry coughed with the pain gripping his wand and flicking erupting blue sparks that hit Ron in his chest sending toppling back his robes sizzling with blue flames. He shrugged out his robe and squared off with Harry as he got to his feet they circled each other like two wild animals fighting over territory.

"Crucio!"

"Stupefy!"

Their spells collided in the air causing an eruption of bright light sending the two ex friends flying into the air. They groaned as they got to their feet glaring at each other, once on their feet the wands returned to their places, at each others chests.

"Ron how could you?"

"Oh give it a rest," said Ron a pathetic look on his face. "You never needed me anyway, I was always in the way and you know it."

"No you never were," said Harry swallowing deeply.

"It doesn't matter anymore, you have other things to deal with," said Ron straightening his wand still in place. "Like a baby maybe?"

Harry bristled his hand tightening on his wand. "How did you.."

"Lets just say I paid a visit to my dear sister," chuckled Ron his blue eyes flickering.

Harry was enraged his temper finally reaching its limit and Ron could see it coming raising his arm he quickly flicked it forward yelling out a curse only for Harry to deflect it sending it astray to hit a death eater in the back of the head sending him to the ground. They began dueling one on one, once friends turned enemies fighting to the end but by each other like they use to.

Blaise had moved over the square slowly and stealth like he was looking for Draco to tell him that Hermione was safe but no sign of Lucius. He had just caught sight of his blond friend when he was hit in the back sending him to the ground his arm cutting open on a fallen lamp post. Rolling onto his back he looked up into the face of Lucius his slick black wand pointed at him. That familiar snaky smirk on his lips as he stepped forward slowly.

"Zabini another traitor," he hissed.

Blaise was unable to react he had always been intimidated by the man but never feared him until now. There was cold aura about him, his eyes were dark and that smirk on his thin lips seemed to hide the mouth of fangs if possible. His heart pounded in his chest as he tried to move away from the haunting man.

"It's a shame you didn't stay with us, you could of lived a perfect life," he drawled. "Now tell me where is the boy."

"Never," he spat at Lucius.

The mans eyes darkened if possible as he raised his wand and hissed violently. " Conjunctivitis"

The blinding light soared at Blaise and he was unable to move as the light him between the eyes sending his head into a painful fit. He cried out in pain as everything around him went dark, his vision was gone and he was panicking. He tried to get to his but tripped over something sending back to ground knocking his head off of something hard sending him into a dark painful sleep.

Draco was only a few feet away and had seen everything watching Blaise fall and cracking his head on a large chuck of cement. Stunning a death eater he darted over to his fallen friend, getting to his knees he looked over Blaise there was large gash in his temple and blood was already gushing out. Turning to the man he once called father he found him smirking.

"Draco, little traitor of a son. Been having fun with your mud blood,"

He had wanted to say something smart but didn't have the chance for Lucius waved his wand sending him spiraling into the air landing on his arm funny feeling the tendons pull. Grinding his teeth together he got to his feet quickly pulling his wand up aiming at his father swinging his wand shooting out spells trying to hit the man. Lucius deflected them all with a lazy swipe of his wand sending the spells in all directions.

"This can all end just tell me where the boy is," he yelled as Draco was showing his moves were slowing with weakness.

"You won't get near him," huffed Draco.

Lucius bared his white teeth in a snarl. "Then so be it. Crucio!"

The pain knocked him off his feet sending him into a fit on the ground screaming out in pain his wand hand slipped from his fingers his fist digging into the ground. Lucius cackled watching his son wither in the dirt as his curse ripped into his mind and stabbed him like hot knives.

Inside the store beneath the window still sat Hermione, tears were running down her face as she tried repeatedly to calm her wailing son but to no avail. But when she heard the ear splitting scream of Cruciatus Curse and then the scream of pain that followed it she knew who was in pain. Wrapping the blanket securely around Lucas she placed him under a table where he sat crying. She hated herself for doing it but she turned from him and headed out into the field of fire. She scanned it all quickly finding it a waking nightmare, people ran, wands flung around, spells zipping all over the place. She spotted Blaise on the ground not moving and she feared the worse, the auror called Cooper was hiding behind a bench his leg at a strange angle blood pooled around him, she than spotted Ron and Harry. They were fighting like sworn enemies, she couldn't go to them Draco was hurting she could feel it but when she was about to turn away Harry was slammed viciously into the fountain landing in the pool of water.

"Harry!" She cried running to him but Ron spotted her in time.

He ran to her grabbing her by the neck and lifting her a few inches off the ground, she clawed at his hand her breath coming short. She looked at Harry meeting his eyes and she could see he was struggling to get to his feet to get to her and she choked out a cry as she watched him slid back into the water.

"You never loved me," Ron whispered tearing her away from Harry. "You've always thought I was a child, even when I came back. I could see it in your eyes I mean nothing to you, even though I would give my life for you."

She was beginning to see spots but she stared into Ron's dark eyes as he continued to straggle the life out her. "Don't worry I won't kill you just put you in a deep sleep, the Dark One has promised you as my prize for all my hard work."

His hand tightened on her throat and the air was finally unable to get to her lungs and her eyes began to sag. Just as she thought it was the end a thought dawned on her and she kicked out swiftly hitting Ron in groin. His breath caught in his throat as his grew large and he dropped Hermione to the ground where she gasped for air sucking it in gratefully. Ron cursed under his breath as he tried to regain his cool exterior looking at Hermione he pulled out his wand pointing it at her heart. She froze staring at him tears streaming down her cheeks as she began to think of Lucas.

"Avada Kedavra!"

Two voices yelled at once and two blasts of green light blinded Hermione, closing her eyes to the light she waited for it to vanish. When it did she looked over her surroundings, Ron was a few feet away laying face up his eyes wide open and unseeing, he was gone. As sad as it was it did not hit her as strong as it did to see who was laying next to her holding onto his chest breathing in his last few breaths of life. Hermione got to her knees and crawled over to the fallen elder. She took his head into her lap cradling it as if it were Lucas in her lap.

"Xavier, why?"

Xavier lay there looking up at Hermione his eyes watering over as he reached over for her hand. "I'm I so.."

"Its fine," she sobbed taking his hand tightly in hers. "Don't be sorry, just sleep."

He swallowed deeply nodding slowly. "Take ca care of the the boy and Dra Draco."

Those were his last words as his eyes drooped and his hand loosened on her hand, a painful sob escaped her throat as she touch his still warm hand to her cheek. He had been a hard man but his intentions were good they had always been. Truth be told he was fond of Hermione she reminded him of his own daughter, a young women he hadn't seen in so many years. But Hermione would never know that but she wept over the fallen man none the less.

The tint of green light caused Lucas to look finding that his mother wasn't in sight, pulling the blanket off him he stood up heading out of the store. He didn't know what to make of all the noise and lights he just wanted his mother back. Through watery eyes he tried to find his mom, he stumbled forward not knowing where he was heading to but he had to find her. A spell flew by his head and smashed into the store that he was once hiding in, a loud eruption came from behind him and the store began to crumble with a bang only striking fear into his small body.

"Mommy!"

The cry made multiple people freeze, Harry who was slowly slipping away tried to turn to see the young boy, Lucius had stopped torturing his disowned son to look over at the sound, Draco struggled to look up at the sound spotting Lucas and his heart sank, and Hermione turned immediately to look at Lucas then she darted her look at Lucius.

The long blond hair man turned to the boy walking slowly and it had seemed like all other fights had stopped to watch what would happen next. Hermione was trying to get to her feet but fear was holding her in place. Draco had stumbled up to a knee his body crying in pain and protest as he got to his feet. Lucius stood in front of Lucas now twirling his wand in his hand as he eyed the boy.

"Why do you cry?"

Lucas looked up at the man, the unknown narrow face, cold dark eyes, slithery smirk and his long blond hair tied back, Lucas felt it in his body that he wasn't a good man. He began to step back tripping over his own feet falling on his backside. Lucius chuckled as he took another step forward totally oblivious to Draco who was slowly moving toward them his strength weak but his heart strong.

"Dear boy this won't hurt a bit," said Lucius raising his wand at the boy. "I promise."

"Combibo Potestas!"

"No!" Cried Hermione.

Lucius' wand shot out a gold burst of light that reminded Hermione of a Dementor as it darted toward Lucas who sat mortified. As she watched unable to move she did see movement from behind Lucius that dived unbelievably fast in front of Lucas just as the gold light struck an upsurge of light and cries filled the cold air. Hermione shielded herself from the light waiting for it to vanish and when it did she feared what would meet her eyes. In front of her she saw Lucas sitting where he was breathing heavy as he looked at the fallen men. Hermione looked over she saw Lucius in a tangle of robes unmoving his wand inches from his fingers. Upon seeing his body she knew who else was left closing her eyes tight before looking she tried to calm herself then looked. Draco lay on his back a hand on his chest as if he were sleeping but she knew as well then to thin something like that.

Getting to her feet slowly she began to walk over to her fallen lover and her son, when she reached them Lucas was holding Draco's pale hand in his, he looked up at his mother. "I'm sorry."

Hermione fell to her knees and pulled him into her arms. "No baby it's not your fault."

Lucas held her tight crying into her chest, she looked down at Draco his lifeless eyes looking up at the sky. She shook her head they had, had spent little time together and there was still so much they didn't know about each other. She had never asked him about his trips all over Europe and there was so much he could have been to her and Lucas she knew it but it was all gone.

As she cried holding Lucas and rocking him back and forth to sooth him, as she did her best to calm them both a soft chime began to play somewhere in the distance and it tickled at Hermione's ear. A warm breeze wrapped around them ruffling their brown locks and a dim light began to glow over head. The chimes began to play louder to the point that Hermione couldn't ignore them anymore, looking up she was taken aback at the sight in front of her.

A ghost like figure stood in front of her, it was a man who stood very tall the white light outlining his body. He had long dark brown hair darker then her own the he had tied back to keep out of his face, and electric blue eyes that she had always looked into for the pass six years. He wore a gentle smile on his face as he looked down at Hermione and his eyes seemed to water a bit.

"Hi Hermione, I'm Owen Farrell," he said his voice sounded sweet and charming.

Her heart skipped a beat. "The one, the one that."

He nodded. "I am so sorry for that night believe me if I could take anything back it would be that. My wife was murdered that day and I thought drinking was the only thing but I've ruined your life.

Hermione shook her head and looked down at Lucas. "Not all of it is ruined. Lucas is my life."

He smiled and took a step forward the glow from his body lighting up Draco's body. "But I have ruined this part of your life." He knelt down so he could look Hermione in the eyes. "Would you believe me if I said he could come back?"

She brushed a lock of Draco's hair back, his body was cooling down. "Yes, I believe you."

He smiled and turned to Lucas. "Lucas, Draco loves you that's why he saved you. But do you love him enough to save him?"

Lucas looked at his mother first then at Owen, he was familiar with this man, Owen had come to play with him in his dreams many times he had even warned him about Ron and the others so he had to trust him now. Lucas nodded his head.

"Good, now Lucas you are very powerful and you will find out how much later in life but for now put your hands on his chest and push down and think of the love you have for him then let it out of your fingers."

Lucas did as he was told placing his hands on Draco's hard chest pushing down on it closing his eyes tight and thinking of every thought he had of Draco. The first day they met when Draco had cooked for him and nearly burnt the fries, or when they watched TV until he had fallen asleep. And the day he had brought the teddy bear home for him and they had hugged he had felt that Draco was his dad or that was how a dad felt like. The pancakes and jokes his laughter and smile. Lucas let all these thoughts run from his mind down to his finger tips as he opened his eyes he found white lights coming from his tips and sinking into Draco's chest. When all the light had left Lucas and was in Draco he looked up at Owen for reassurance, Owen only raised an eyebrow and looked back down at Draco and so did Lucas.

Draco's chest rose slowly as he took in a breath and Hermione was breathless, he blinked slowly turning his head to Hermione and Lucas a frown on his lips. Owen smiled and stood looking down at them, his work was down he wouldn't come back unless it was needed in a situation like this. He was beginning to fade when Hermione took Draco's hand in hers, he cleared his throat and she looked up at him.

"You've done a great job Hermione, take care." And with that he was gone.

Draco looked at Hermione then at Lucas a small grin on his face now. "You know that man?" Lucas burst into laughter as he wrapped his arms around Draco's neck, he winced looking at Hermione who was tear faced.

Across the square Harry was receiving help out of the fountain, his shoulder was in excruciating pain. He tried to stand tall be the one charge like he was but his body was screaming in every joint. "I want a head count."

"Every ones accounted for sir, mainly broken and bruised," said a female Auror sporting a gash on her temple.

"And the Death Eaters?"

The small group of Aurors around him all sported wild smiles. "Dead, once Lucius was defeated they all just dropped."

Harry looked around and sure enough all the black cloaked death eaters lay dead in the square, his eyes fell on Ron shortly after and he was hit with a pang. He turned away from him and came face to face with an older man in a red robe, his blue eyes looked at him softly. "Harry Potter I presume?"

Harry nodded. "And you are?"

"Jonathon, I am the head of the Shadow Phoenix," he gestured at the others in red robes. "You all probably recognize us, but let me say that we all apologize for our mistakes as being criminals and murders. When he escaped we dedicated our lives to fight against the Dark, our job is done and we will go with you. We have nothing else to live for."

Harry stood there his pain forgotten as he looked into the old faces of well forgotten murders and criminals. "I could care less. What ever you have done is forgotten, if you leave now I swear I haven't seen you at all."

Jonathon smiled and dipped his head. "Thank you."

They all turned on their heels and walked away together slipping away into the darkness. None of the Aurors spoke on Harry's choice but stood silently as he began to walk toward Hermione who was helping Draco to his feet. On his way toward them he spotted Blaise on the ground he stopped to look at him and watched as he blinked.

"Who's there? I can hear you breathing"

Harry was taken a back as he bent down to help the man onto his feet, Blaise rocked on his feet slightly. "You're bleeding." Harry pulled out a handkerchief and pushed it into his hand. "Can you see alright?."

Blaise shook his head and Harry sighed as he took hold of his elbow walking with , as he walked he saw Cooper leaning back holding his leg. He saw Harry and waved him signaling him that he was fine and Harry continued on the way. He came to a stop in front of the three just as Hermione pulled Draco into a passionate kiss and instantly Harry forgot all the cruel words he had wanted to say. She was in love it was clear as she broke away from him and brushed his blond hair away from his face, even Lucas seemed mesmerized by the man.

"So," said Harry breaking up the moment.

They all turned to him their faces falling except for Lucas' he just ran to Harry and hugged him around the legs. Harry touched his head smiling as Hermione helped Draco limp closer to Harry.

"Harry," Hermione started. "Before you say anything, Draco isn't who you think he is. He changed, grew up and I don't think you should arrest him and.."

Harry raised a hand to stop her. "I won't , it wouldn't look good in court anyway. Trying to lock away Draco Malfoy the defeater of Lucius Malfoy, to be honest I actually like my job. So you're off the hook Malfoy. For now."

He turned from them, leaving Blaise's side, to head back to his group to start organizing the clean up as he left he wasn't able to hear what the two lovers were saying. They turned to each other again smiles on their faces, Draco pulled her in and kissed her fiercely when they pulled away they both were in tears. It was over, another battle done and won. They were free.

"Marry me?" He asked and it didn't slip out he loved her and it didn't seem like there was a better time to ask.

Hermione looked up at him tears seeping away but joy this time. "Yes."

They kissed yet again and Blaise frowned as he reached around looking for Lucas's head finally touching it he asked. "What's going on?"

"Draco's gonna be my daddy," he said cheerfully.

Draco pulled away to look at Lucas and smiled. "You got it buddy." He looked at Blaise. "You in too?"

Blaise smiled. "I can't leave you guys yet, you never know when you'll need me."

"Yeah to baby-sit," said Hermione with laugh as Blaise frowned, Lucas laughed pulling them all into a hug around the legs. He had a family now, he had always had a family but not it was even bigger. The bad men were gone, his mother had found love which led to him having a wonderful father, Blaise would be around and he was like an over sized child so it seemed like having a older brother. And he had his mom the greatest women in the world she had protected him through all the dilemmas and she had chosen the right path. The path to happiness and love.

The End

A/N So what do you think please tell