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Chapter 19 – End
Everyone jumped aside and took cover as the flames around Draco quickly grew and expanded outwards. Harry rolled backwards to a safe distance and covered his eyes, the light from the flames was blinding.
"Advada Kadvera!" Lucious Malfoy shouted at nearly the top of his lungs.
Cornelius Fudge stood no chance. He was already crouched down attempting to protect himself from the flames. His dead body fell to the ground loudly and no longer able to dodge the flames his jeans caught fire. The fire quickly spread until Harry was watching the cremation of the Minister of Magic a few feet before him.
There was nothing he could do at the time, even Dumbledore and Ron had disappeared over the courtyard wall to safety. He didn't know where Hermione was but he could clearly see Draco in the middle of the spiraling flames. Draco was standing with his arms folded grinning at his own magical strength.
Harry pulled his new wand from inside his coat and fired a blasting charm into the ground right in front of the flames. When the dirt and rock flew forward into the flames he rushed and dove through the barely open hole. Harry landed and quickly began to brush off the spots on his cloths that were on fire, then stood and faced Malfoy.
"Harry Po-
Harry quickly interrupted him and drove his fist deep into Malfoy's cheek driving him backwards and immediately destroying the twisting flame wall. Draco stumbled backwards and collapsed against the courtyard wall dazed.
Harry reached down and grabbed his gun then pointed and fired. Malfoy was barely able to dodge the gunshots and dive away for a moment. Lucious turned his sights to Harry when he heard the gunshots and immediately prepared to scream the killing curse again.
Upon noticing the flames had disappeared Ron, Hermione and Dumbledore climbed back over the wall. Ron quickly pointed his wand at Lucious Malfoy and fired the torture curse capturing the eldest Malfoy in a wrap of immense, unimaginable, and inhuman pain. The old man shrieked in pain and roughly fell to the ground still shouting in pure agony.
Hermione stared at Ron as he twitched and jerked his wand back and forth as if forcing more pain into Lucious. She watched the pleasure he was clearly displaying in torturing and hurting another man. How Ron slightly grinned at his dominance and power over another person.
Dumbledore placed his hand on Ron's shoulder and began pushing the wand down little by little forcing him to release Lucious from the torture curse. Hermione sighed a little, thankful that Dumbledore stopped him. Lucious however did not get up he was in a messy pile on the ground sobbing lightly.
"Stand Lucious Malfoy," Dumbledore commanded his voice booming and slightly scary. "Former Death Eater, accomplice in the twisted plot to commit unspeakable crimes, and murderer of Cornelius Fudge the Minister of Magic."
Draco looked up after dodging Potters bullets and noticed his father lain out on the ground. He looked and saw Harry Potter drawing down on him with Ron, Hermione and Dumbledore standing on side. His only help was done and he had no wand so he could only perform wand less magic at the time. He had no choice.
Draco threw Harry across the courtyard and into Dumbledore and the others knocking them from its edges. "Now you will see why I am the most powerful wizard of all time."
His body shook violently several times and his flesh began to tear apart. Draco screamed out as if in pain and began tearing and shredding the flesh from his stomach and chest while his body was steady growing in size. Claws began expanding from his fingers and toes, his flesh began to turn a rotten, decaying green color. Wings ripped through his back and flapped several times as he finished his transformation.
"Bloody hell," Ron whispered when he finally looked up. Harry and Hermione hadn't heard him say that in years and it caused a bit of joy in this horrid situation.
"What's going on?" Hermione questioned Dumbledore watching Malfoy transform into some kind of monstrous beast.
"The Malfoy's had a large sum of their money going to a wizard studying Animagic," Dumbledore began. "With so much money the wizard was said to have made great leaps in the field even making elves able to become people. I believe Mr. Potter has encountered such a creature."
"The house elf that was posing as Cornelius Fudge," Harry replied wondering how in the bloody hell Dumbledore knew that but, Dumbledore had always somehow known things.
"This must be Draco Mafloy's special form," Dumbledore continued. "He can transform into a dragon."
Harry stood to his feet and reloaded his pistol. "I've already beat a few dragons," he said cockily.
Ron and Hermione stood beside him. "A three-headed dog isn't that much different from a dragon." Ron said grinning.
"Besides the fact that one flies and breaths fire and one is a massive three-headed canine," Hermione replied in her old miss know it all tone.
"ENOUGH PLEASANTRIES!" Draco voice tore through the area as if on a megaphone.
The new Draco Malfoy stood before them standing nearly 4 or 5 feet taller then them, his flesh was a disgusting green. Black sharp claws extended from his fingers and toes matching the fangs in his mouth dripping saliva. The huge bloody wings behind his back flapped back and forth flinging the little chunks of blood and flesh around the area.
His facial features where somehow still the same except for the fangs and his reptile like eyes. "You all will die!" the beast roared stirring Lucious Malfoy back to consciousness.
Lucious sat up and blinked his eyes heavily a few times then looked over at Draco. "Ahh," he said pleasantly. "I see my son has reverted to his primal state."
Luscious was lying on the ground in between Draco and Harry. "Desperate times do call for desperate measures." He started laughing.
"Shut up Malfoy," Harry grumbled. He pointed his gun and fired several shots at the weakened old wizard. The first bullet sped and ripped through Lucious forehead exploding out the back of his cranium bringing brains and blood along with it. His lifeless body crumbled down into the ground receiving three or four more shots in his chest and stomach.
"Father," Draco whimpered sadly then turned an evil eye to Harry. "POTTER!!"
A pillar of flames spread and flew from Draco's mouth darting towards Harry and the others. Dumbledore stepped forward and help us his hands creating a purple barrier from the ground blocking the huge burst of flame.
"Harry you must stop him," Dumbledore said struggling to hold the barrier up and protect them from the flames. "When I let down this barrier you all must attack."
Harry and the others nodded their heads and prepared for battle. Upon seeing them ready Dumbledore forced his hands forward driving the flames back even further towards Draco's dragon-like mouth. The barrier fell and Harry immediately began emptying his clip into Draco's giant chest.
Ron and Hermione sent several blasting charms speeding towards Draco colliding with his body and sending little shocks of pain surging through his veins. Draco roared and flapped his mighty wings lifting from the ground and taking flight hovering over the courtyard in the air.
Draco dove downwards and swooped over their heads releasing a giant fireball into the courtyard making them scatter. Dumbledore held up his hands calming the flames around the courtyard then stood on the edge of the wall. He released two giant blasting charms up into the sky one singed Draco's wing knocking his flight off balance.
"Dumbledore," Draco grumbled angrily. He swooped upwards his shadow disappearing into the cloudy sky.
Dumbledore looked down at Harry, Ron and Hermione who where gathering themselves up and getting to their feet. He then looked up and saw the moon slowly beginning to mutate. A blood red color was slowly dragging itself across the full moons surface. Dumbledore immediately turned his sights back to Harry.
"Harry!" Dumbledore quickly shouted. "Protect Ms. Granger with your life the blood moon has begun!"
"DUMBLEDORE LOOK OUT!" Harry screamed, but to late.
Draco flew up from behind and grabbed Dumbledore by the head flying high up into the sky. Dumbledore began firing blasting charms and curses blindly into the area attempting to free himself from his clutches.
Draco tossed Dumbledore up into the air several feet above him then released more flames from his mouth. The flames engulfed Dumbledore's seemingly lifeless body and charred him to a crisp. Draco stopped firing the flames and caught Dumbledore's burnt body in his hands again.
"Potter," Draco shouted from in the air. "Say goodbye to Headmaster."
Draco opened his mouth freakishly wide and bit down on Dumbledore's head tearing it off and swallowing it whole. He then let Dumbledore's burned headless body fall from the sky. It hit the ground hard sending sprays of blood landing on the courtyard grounds.
"Dumbledore," Hermione whimpered. "no." she couldn't believe what she had just seen tears where dripping from her eyes and pooling beneath her feet.
Tears leaked down Harry's cheeks and fell like bombs to the ground. He waved his wand over his gun casting a weird spell over it making it glow brightly then started firing upwards into the sky. The magical bullets brightened up the dark night sky as the tore upwards with hopes of hitting Draco Malfoy. Ron joined Harry constantly screaming the killing curse firing the curse in rapid succession.
Several shots ripped giant holes in Malfoy's wings causing him to loose balance and crash into the area around the courtyard. Hermione rushed forward and climbed onto the courtyard edge. Draco's arm reached up and grabbed her in his clutches then flung her off into the distance. Hermione's body landed with a thud on the grassy lawn and didn't move, several feet from the courtyard.
Draco stood to his feet and caught a bullet in his eye as he raised his head over the courtyard edge. He collapsed backwards roaring in pain and firing random bursts of flame from his mouth. Harry and Ron leapt onto the courtyard edges, Harry immediately fired several magical shots into the dragon's body but they had no real affect.
They watched as Draco stood to his feet, blood leaking from his right eye towering over them. "You cannot defeat me Harry Potter." Draco commented. "Although you all gave a valiant effort."
Draco reached back and slammed his fist into the courtyard edge making the concrete wall crumble. Harry and Ron barely jumped aside dodging the sudden attack. Harry landed to the right of Malfoy and Ron to the left.
"Cornelius Fudge is dead," Malfoy began. "Dumbledore is dead and soon that filthy mud-blood will be dead as well."
"Your prick of a father is dead and you'll be joining him tonight Malfoy!" Ron exclaimed.
The eerie red glow cast from the moon began to slowly disappear as the blood moon began to end.
"If I die tonight you two will join me for ruining my plans!" Draco roared.
Ron ran forward firing more blasting charms and bullets at Draco, Harry did the same from the other side. Draco swept his arm sideways and caught Ron with a huge backhand causing him to roll roughly in the grass. Harry ducked the swipe and shot Malfoy several times in the armpit making him stumble to the left.
"I told you I've fought dragons before Malfoy," Harry said angrily. "And you've quickly become the most annoying creature I've ever battled."
Draco rubbed his bloodied armpit. "I am always happy to be able to disturb you Potter." He replied.
"All my life I've wondered something Malfoy," Harry said after a moment. "Why do you hate me so much?"
Then it hit him, it hit Harry Potter in the head harder then Draco's dragon form could ever strike. He suddenly realized why Draco Malfoy had tormented him the entire time they attended Hogwarts and why he took such pride in it.
"You hate me because you're afraid of me," Harry said in a barely audible whisper. "And because even though I didn't want the fame or the recognition it was always given to me."
"What the bloody hell are you blabbing about Potter?" Draco snarled his fangs dripping with his slobber.
"You want to be in the spotlight and you want to be called the most powerful wizard of all time," Harry continued. "Look at the lengths your willing to go just to say your more powerful then me but it still means nothing."
"All the times I grew fed up with your trifling ways and pulled my wand on you all you did was cower and hide behind Crabe or Goyle." Harry said fiercely.
"Well I've killed Crabe and I've killed Goyle so there's only one thing left for me to do at this point." Harry's eyes dug into Malfoy's soul like drills, he was staring blank and emotionless.
Draco stood for a moment not saying anything, Harry's words had hit home. Malfoy knew all this time his hatred for Potter was birth of pure childish jealousy and fear. Draco did want to be the most popular boy at Hogwarts loved by all its students he was handsome, rich and a pure-blood wizard he deserved it. But, Potter always bested him…at everything. And he knew that deep inside when he was younger he was ultimately afraid of the boy who lived.
No matter how much Draco stood strong behind his two bodyguards, his pure-blood heritage or his father being a Death Eater fear was buried deep down inside him. It was a constant ever present fear of Harry Potter.
He was embarrassed and suddenly a new but somehow familiar feeling swelled up inside Draco, anger rushed from his feet to his head heating his body to incredible degrees. His spit turned red and evaporated before it even hit the ground; his breathing picked up and grew heavy.
Harry grinned. "You upset because I'm right," he commented then laughed. "Poor little Malfoy you'll never be better then me no matter what you do."
Draco roared louder then any creature in the world could ever do and charged forward, running on all fours ripping the ground up with every step.
'That's right you great dumb beast,' Harry thought gripping his wand tight in his hand.
Draco, fueled by rage began to swing his arms in an uncoordinated manner slamming them into the ground in a futile effort to strike Harry Potter. Harry however dodged every strike laughing and taunting Draco as he missed. Draco finally had enough and grabbed Harry by the waist picking him up off the ground.
"I'LL EAT YOU ALIVE!!" Draco roared opening his mouth wider then he did for Dumbledore.
"ADVADA KADVERA!!" Harry shouted firing the blasting charm down Draco Malfoy's huge exposed throat.
Draco immediately dropped Harry and gripped his throat coughing uncontrollably stumbling backwards as he choked and swallowed the killing curse. He slowly began to loose his dragon features and return to normal human form still struggling to cling to life. Draco stared at Harry his pupils where no longer black but pure flames burning with hatred for Harry Potter. The flames slowly began to flicker and die in his eyes as they rolled into the back of his head.
"P-P-PP-I ha-hate…P-Potter," was the last few words Draco was able to form before collapsing to his back.
Harry walked over to Draco Malfoy looking down at him. Malfoy was still breathing a little somehow his hatred for Harry was keeping him alive but he would be dead soon. Draco was staring blankly up into the sky unable to move probably dreaming of what could have happened if not for Harry Potter.
"You were scared Malfoy and that ultimately makes you easy to defeat," Harry said easily. "And now you'll die knowing that I always have been and always will be better then you."
Draco's last breath escaped his body in an angry huff and his eyes closed for the final time. "Rest in peace you wanker," Harry said softly then stood to his feet.
Ron was brushing himself off behind Harry they both looked at each other and grinned. Harry walked over and wrapped his arm around Ron's neck embracing him tightly. "It's good to see you back on your feet." He said happily.
"Happy to be back," Ron replied easily taking Harry's arm from around him.
Hermione walked quietly up behind them and drove her fist into the back of Harry's head dropping him to the ground.
"WHAT THE HELL WHERE YOU THINKING!?" she exclaimed and followed with a vicious punch that sent Ron down right next to Harry.
Harry and Ron both stood to their feet and rubbed their wounds. "We're sorry Hermione," they said at the same time giving her the sadist puppy dog eyes ever seen by human eyes.
"Well," Hermione began. "It is alright now and we did get to have an adventure like the good old days."
Harry and Ron embraced her and they all laughed together for a moment then began making their exit from the bloody and destroyed courtyard.
"I wonder what's going to happen now." Hermione questioned nobody in particular.
"What do you mean?" Ron asked her.
"The Minister of Magic and the Headmaster of Hogwarts are both dead," she replied easily.
"Well," Harry began. "You never know what the future holds."