A/N-the long awaited final chapter…please read/review…sorry it took so long-again- its not as long as id hoped but itll do- enjoy!! 

Chapter 22- The War

"Keep it up! Push 'em to the lake if you can!" Gin screamed flying through the sky, dogging curses. One of the advantages of being able to fly: you could see everything from the sky. Blaise was behind the protective barrier in a stance, twisters throwing the enemy wherever his eyes went. Draco was slaughtering all those who stood between him and Lucius while Dumbledore was out of the field of battle dueling Nagini who turned out to be an Animagus. 'Coming' through.' Gin threw her thought out before she stopped mid-air and closed her eyes. She took a deep breath and found her center of magic; she opened her eyes and saw through blood red flames. She cocked her head and smirked before releasing a wall of fire that chased a group of Death Eaters towards the lake where those who weren't incinerated were swept under the surface of the dark water by the Giant Squid.

"Gin!" she heard so she turned just in time to see the red light before it hit her right wing and she fell, wide-eyed to the ground. She flapped her wings but it was no use there was a bloody hole in the center of her perfect wing. She screamed as the ground grew close but it died in her throat as a great claw rapped around her and carried her a safe distance from the fight. When the Gryffin set her down it did so gently and she turned to thank it only to find it had already returned to the sky. Gin took another deep breath and closed her eyes but this time threw up a protective shield before she called her healing magic.

The war had been going on for six days and the great Dark Lord had yet to show himself. 'I know you're here somewhere or Nagini wouldn't be fighting Dumble…' her eyes widened as they looked over all the fighting to the old man on the other side, the woman he was fighting and the coward sneaking up behind him. "NO!!" she screamed and spread her still sore wings. "Albus!" she screamed flying towards him and his eyes met hers before the twinkle faded from them and he collapsed. "NO!!" she screamed again and extended her claws. Nagini jumped through the air knocking Ginevra to the ground before she could reach her target. "Fine, I'll get to him later. Let's go bitch." The flames returned to her eyes, no longer the calm fire it once was.

"Nagini, don't do too much damage, I would like to see how my Ginny's grown." Voldemort smiled and Gin spat at him. Nagini charged.

"I changed my mind; I don't have time for this after all." Gin flicked her eyes over the other woman and she screamed as the flames covered her. "You're more of a coward than I remember." Gin looked at him disgust lingering on her face. "He deserved better than the killing curse in the back."

"Perhaps, and what do I deserve my Ginny?" he let his eyes roam over her and she let her claws extend even further. She lunged at him before he even registered she'd moved. Her claws ripped through the flesh on his chest.

"You… you deserve a hell of a lot worse, and I get to be the one to give it to you."

"Your Precious Potter couldn't stop me, neither could Dumbledore. What makes you think you have the power to defeat me?" he smirked, "You're just a stupid, silly, little girl."

"Really, then why don't we take this somewhere a little more private?" she nodded her head and he flew forty feet backwards through the air, Gin walked slowly towards him and never took her eyes off of him, the flames in them growing ever brighter.

"You were supposed to grow up to be with me, to be my weapon." She shook her head when he started to back away,

"You didn't know me." she sighed as he looked for an escape and was enclosed in a ring of fire. "You're not even the same person I met then. But I'll be nice and speak aloud so you'll have some chance of defending yourself, makes it more enjoyable, at least for me." She smirked, "Accio Voldemort!" She lifted her hands as he flew towards her and her claws slid easily into his stomach.

"Cruciatus!" he screamed in pain and her claws retracted back into human hands. She fell to her knees but refused to scream, the fire in her eyes dead. She looked up at him through pure black eyes and he barely dodged the first ball of fire she threw at him. The second barely grazed his arm but the third hit him full on in the leg and he fell to the ground not ten feet from her. "Cruciatus!" he screamed again but she rolled to the side and threw another fire ball at him, this time aiming for his head but he hit her with a stunning spell so she got his chest instead. She stood; shaking off the weariness the spell caused her and stared at him. "Why are you fighting me? Oh, that's right, big brothers go boom." He laughed.

"Ya know, I'm tired of this little game we're playing."

"Oh, struck a nerve, did I? They died screaming, the eldest lasted longer." His face contorted with pain as she stared at him, the fire in her eyes dancing and bright.

"You feel that? I don't just have control of fire, I can control heat, and that includes body heat. Doesn't sound very important but it feels like hell, doesn't it. You see, the human body, muggle and magic alike, has to maintain a certain temperature or the body dies. That burning you feel, that's me making your body temperature rise, making your blood boil inside your veins. Feels great, right?" she paused to let him hear his own screams. "Now, I'm going to direct the majority of your blood to your head since you don't have a heart. Let me know when it's unbearable and I'll make it stop." He screamed and writhed and managed to crawl towards her. Gin spit on him, "I forgot, you taught me that mercy is a weakness, oh well." She sighed and balled her hand into a fist, causing Voldemort to scream even louder. "You're brain should be giving up any second now, so before you die this excruciating death, I want you to know something…" She was drowning in her hate, her body was engulfed in fire. Her hair was flying in the wind and it made her look like an angel of death, of vengeance. "I hope you burn in hell." She spat.

"I'll… meet… you… there." Each word was enunciated with a pained gasp. "Avada Ked…." She snorted and flicked her wrist, his body lit up like a match and was a pile of ash that was blowing away a minute later. She turned to face the battle but no one was watching her, no one cared that the Dark Lord was dead, the war was still raging.

"Sonorous." She said and her voice sounded across the field. "The war is over, your Dark Lord is dead, and he isn't coming back, not this time." The world seemed to stop turning, nothing moved, and then the Death Eaters were back at it, and a few more students were dead in an instance of hesitation.

The war kept on and Draco never took his eyes off of his father. They might not have acted for a second but they were both in the duel. Draco flung a curse and Lucius flew through the air, his wand lying somewhere else. Draco didn't let his father go far, he leapt and changed mid-air landing claws extended on his father's body and teeth tearing into the man's throat. When Lucius stopped twitching, Draco returned to his daily form and looked down at what was left of his father. "I always knew you were full of shit, guess it figures you'd taste like it to." He said and spat blood on the body before he left to look for his lovers.
Blaise looked out at the war that wouldn't stop and took a deep breath. He walked through the barrier and out of the forest that was still being attacked. Before anything could focus on him he flew through the air and began calling on his magic. He looked down at everything, saw the house-elves cowering before the goblins that stood on the other side of the barrier, watched a Dragon fall from the sky, and saw Draco spit on his dead father's body. When he had called every last bit of his magic he thought to himself, 'You were only supposed to help them, you were never meant to make it this far. Yes, but I'd like to think we could've gone further. You know this is what we're supposed to do, this is how we save the Spirits, how we save them. This is the end my brother. Take pride in knowing that you had their love, and besides, not everyone gets to save the world you know.' Blaise nodded and opened his mind to them. 'I love you both.' He let a tear run down his cheek as he let his fire take him and pulled his wings back in, his body falling out of the air.
'I love you both.' She heard, her eyes widened and she began to search for her lovers. Draco was near Lucius' body and Blaise….

"Oh Gods!" he was falling, falling in a streak of purple and just before he hit the ground there was a black and purple light that forced the two armies apart, and even killed those who were closest to him. "Blaise!!" she screamed running towards his broken body. Draco arrived there just as she did and they collapsed together beside him. Ginevra laid one hand on his chest and the other she wrapped around his neck holding his head up. "Baby, no baby, come on." Her other hand moved to his face. "Blaise, wake up. Blaise!" she screamed at him. "Drake can you heal him?" She wouldn't take her eyes off of Blaise so she didn't see him shake his head. "Drake?!"

"No, I can't. He's… gone." He chocked out.

"No, he can't be. No." her eyes held no flames, only tears; tears that were running down her cheeks. "Why?" she screamed and lifted her face to the sky, "WHY?!" The sky grew dark, the rain came fast, and the sky ripped open and lightning illuminated them. "You can't leave us… we need you." She hit him. "We need you!" she hit him again.

"Gin."

"No! I need him." She sobbed and held his body close to hers. Draco wrapped his arms around her and she set Blaise back down. His head was on her shoulder and he was shaking, his tears soaking her shoulder. They sat there in the rain and they wept, forgetting the world around them.

Deep in the Ministry, in the Department of Mysteries, Sirius Black was flung from behind the veil. "Thank you, Blaise." He whispered before collapsing.
They sat in the back row with Narcissa, Selena, and Severus; tears waiting to be spilled. "Dumbledore was a great man. He died doing what he believed in." They were nearing the end of the mass funeral, memorial. Call it what you will, it was damned depressing and you could see it on their faces. "And young Master Zabini…."

"Don't you fucking dare!" Draco shouted standing, Ginevra with him. "No one was to speak of him, and now we have to." He chocked out the last part. They moved to the podium together and stood before thousands of magical beings.

"First," Gin started, "Dumbledore didn't die doing what he believed was right, he was shot in the back with the killing curse by Voldemort." People flinched at his name, even after his death he still had power over them. "As for Blaise…." She choked and stepped aside. Draco took her place and looked out at them.

"None of knew him, and he's probably grateful for that." Ginevra sniffed at that. "He… died… he died for you people, people he'd never met, people who hated him for who his father was, people who didn't give a damn about him. He died for us, and we loved him." Draco paused and looked at the gorgeous woman beside him and the tears trailing down her cheeks. He grabbed her hand before he looked back at all the intent faces watching them. "He sacrificed himself to end this war, so it had damn well better be over." He was crying now and could barely speak. "He… he…." Ginevra squeezed his hand and stepped forward once again.

"Blaise was a good man, he cared for everything and everyone though everyone did not care for him. He didn't care about the glory he had or the power or the money. He cared about people, about friends, and family… and now he won't even have the chance to teach his children about the importance of those things. So mark my words if there is ever anything said about him that isn't respectful, there will be hell to pay." She looked out at them one last time and then walked with Draco over to a statue. It looked just like Blaise, with wings that were stretched towards Heaven and arms extended to Hell.

He was our everything, and always will be.

They each bowed their heads to it and placed a black velvet rose at its base. "We love you." They said together and disappeared with a crack.

They sat at the kitchen table in the Burrow and waited, soon enough the rest of their group arrived. No other Weasleys were lost, Severus was to be the new Headmaster when Hogwarts re-opened-naturally it was damaged during the war- the job would have passed to McGonagall but she was in the hospital next to the Longbottoms. Ron was there holding on to Hermione and Potter was somewhere in the background looking out of place. When they had all arrived Mrs. Weasley looked at her only daughter with wide eyes.

"You're pregnant?"

"Twins: a boy and a girl." She said looking at Selena.

"And they're his? You're having my grandchildren?" Selena said softly, the tears in her eyes growing by the second.

"Yes, and they will have his name." They sat in silence until someone cleared their throat in the other room. Everyone looked at each other and then headed into the living room where an unfamiliar man's head was floating in the fireplace.

"I don't mean to intrude, but we have a situation and I didn't know who to go to but I figured you two were my best bet." He said nodding at Draco and Ginevra.

"Well get on with it, we have no idea what you're talking about." Draco snapped.

"The Head of the Department of Mysteries showed up to work this morning to find Sirius Black lying on the floor. What would you like us to do?" The women sat down, the men gave each other shocked looks, and Potter stumbled out of the background. He looked at Draco, his eyes searching for the truth,

"He's alive?"

THE END

A/N- ok so I know it took a lil longer than I meant but here it is… im working on a sequel but at the rate I work it will prolly be a long time before I get it up so the question is would you all rather have me add chappies as I get them done-with long breaks between them- or would you like it all at once when im through- this will be even further in the future….?? Please read/review and let me know what you guys want me to do about the sequel-in-process…thanks love you guys!!!-manda