The final task.
The entire story of 'A magic touch' has gone out of control, when I started it I didn't intend to go in this direction and was just making up plot points as I went along, if I continue like this I'm going to write myself into a corner. When I added the Saxton triplets I only intended them to be secondary characters but I seem to be focusing more on them than Harry and Matilda, and the plot point of their missing mother doesn't look like it's going to be solved any time soon. So, this is what I'm going to do, I'm going to write up the rest of the tournament and the take down of Dumbledore and Voldemort, and then I'm going to try and rewrite the story at a later date once I've gotten on with my other stories. As I am unsure of what I should keep and what I should get rid of I'm going to ask you. Now, to wrap up this story.
It was the final task and the Black twins were dressed up in the battle gear they wore in the first task, they had their wands in their holsters and other weapons hidden over their bodies just in case they lost their wands and couldn't use their wandless magic. Both of them had the suspicion that something was going to happen for the last task and their Slayer training had taught then that it was a good idea to trust your instincts. Dumbledore hadn't tried anything since Ginny was forced to seek solace with the academy from him but everyone from the academy knew that he had something planned.
"Good luck." Vida told her friends as she made sure that the twins were well prepared.
The other slayers and Hogwarts quartet reluctantly left the twins and they and the other champions got ready to enter the final task, which was a maze filled with dangers. At a whistle each of the champions entered the maze one-by one and the race was on to reach the tri-wizard cup which was somewhere in the maze.
Harry and Matilda dodged out of the way of a charging blast-ended skrewt, using their wands they flipped it over and then attacked its weaker underbelly with spells until it stopped moving. They ducked in time to avoid an acromantula that jumped at them, a quick knife thrown at it and it was dead. They then ran into a boggart but since there were two of them it couldn't decide what form to take and was quickly banished by Harry's wand.
As they ran they heard a cry and saw Fleur laying on the ground unconscious and Victor standing over her, he looked over at the twins and by the glazed look his eyes had they guessed he was under the imperious curse. Both cast their most powerful stunners at him and he was down for the count.
"Looks like someone's taking out the competition for us," Harry said. "Krum would have tried to block that or dodge out of the way."
"But who would want us to win bad enough to sabotage the tournament?" Matilda asked.
Harry shrugged. The twins then continued their way through the maze. They quickly found the tri-wizard cup on a pedestal and ran towards it, they only registered the spells around it when their fingers were slipping around the handles of the cup and it was too late to pull them away, with the feeling of their navels getting tugged the two were whisked away from Hogwarts.
From where everyone was observing the third task the Slayers, Hogwarts quartet and Maria jumped to their feet as soon as Harry and Matilda disappeared.
"The cup was a port-key!" Hermione exclaimed.
The group immediately jumped into action, they ran back to the sky-ship to retrieve a device liked up to trackers that all the academy students had to wear, once they had the location of where the twins were Maria flew off to get to them.
Harry and Matilda landed in a graveyard, before either of them could react they were both tied up and Harry was held in against a memorial stone. They watch in silence as a man dressed in a black cloak came out with a bundle in his hands, working their magic to break free, they watched the man walk over to a large caldron and drop the bundle in, he then walked over to the grave Harry was pinned to and pulled a bone from the dirt.
"Bone of the father, unknowingly given, to renew your son." He said, putting the bone into the caldron.
The man then held out his left hand above the caldron and held a knife in the other.
"Flesh of the servant, willingly given, you will revive your master."
He then sliced off his hand and it fell into the caldron. He then walked over to Harry and sliced his arm and collected his blood and dropped it into the caldron.
"Blood of the enemy, forcefully taken, you will resurrect your foe."
The caldron began bubbling and then exploded in a ball of flame, inside of that a body took shape until Voldemort stood in all his dark glory.
While Voldemort was busy talking to his servant Harry and Matilda managed to escape and hid behind some gravestones, they didn't have their wands but they were still armed with many weapons. Voldemort summoned the members of his inner circle and berated them for abandoning him before he noticed the two were gone.
"Where are they?" Voldemort roared. "Find them!"
"No need." Harry said, leaning against a tree. "I'm right here.
"Harry Potter!" Voldemort spat.
"Voldemort." Harry said back, then before the dark lord could reply he added, "Tom Riddle, you have corrupted your soul and become a demon, by the power invested in us by the grand Slayer council your soul shall be purged from this realm."
Then before Voldemort could say or do anything he was shot through the head with a bullet curtesy of Matilda, who used her brother's distraction to get a clear shot.
"That was easy." Matilda commented.
"They killed the Dark Lord!" a Death Eater cried out.
But before the Death Eaters could star casting spells at the twins they were bound in dream-dust, Maria flew in a few seconds later.
"There you two are, everyone was so worried." Maria said as she hugged the two. "What happened?"
"Voldemort managed to resurrect himself." Harry said.
"But then I shot and killed him." Matilda added.
"Hopefully that's him gone for good, we've tracked down and destroyed all of his horcruxs." Maria said. "Now let's get back."
Using the tri-wizard cup again the Black twins, Maria, and the captured Death Eaters were all teleported to Hogwarts.
When the group all got back to Hogwarts they landed outside of the maze and were instantly set upon by everyone, they were thankfully kept at bay by Maria's dream-dust.
"What's going on here?" Minister Fudge demanded.
"Someone tried to resurrect Voldemort." Maria answered.
It didn't go unnoticed to the Black twins and Maria the way Dumbledore's eyes flashed at the announcement.
"What? That's impossible." Fudge spluttered. "You're lying. He can't be back."
"Silence mortal!" Maria roared, using the powerful voice that she rarely used. "I said that they tried, but they failed thanks to the quick thinking of my students. These were the Death Eaters present for the ceremony." She motioned to the Death Eaters she had caught.
"Oh, right, terribly sorry for mishearing you. Take them away!"
Some Aurors came through the crowd and dragged the Death Eaters away. At the same time the Slayers and Hogwarts quartet burst through the crowd and reached the Black twins, after checking that they were okay and Layla healing Harry's wound they all hugged.
"Now that that's out of the way, onto something that I've been wanting to do for a long time." Maria said happily as she drew her sword and pointed it at Dumbledore. "Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, as the legacy of Merlin I place you under arrest for crimes too numerous to count!"
Dumbledore then found himself bound in a bright light.
"What is the meaning of this?" Fudge demanded.
"This man has been deceiving all of you." Maria explained. "He is not the kindly grandfather you all see him as. He has broken many laws, destroyed many lives, and broken many ancient traditions with his manipulations."
"But, you can't just take him away." Fudge argued.
"On the contrary, as a legacy of Merlin I can. Don't worry, he'll get a trial, a trial before Queen Elizabeth the second of England. Children, our presence is no longer required here, resolve your matters and get back to the ship, we're leaving."
Maria flew back up to the ship with Dumbledore reluctantly following. All the children of Muse academy followed her after saying goodbye to the friends they had made.
Dumbledore stood no chance when he had his trial, all the evidence that had been stacked up against him over the years left him with no way to get out of his punishment, it also didn't help him that the Muses and Slayer council were against him. The Queen sentenced Dumbledore to be pushed through the vail.
"I can't believe we're going to be free of Dumbledore once and for all." Harry sighed. "It seems like a dream.
Matilda then pinched him.
"Owe, what was that for?"
"To make sure you weren't dreaming." Matilda grinned.
"Gotten rid of both Voldemort and Dumbledore, it's been a pretty good week." Aria commented.
"Now if only we found a way to permanently get rid of Demons, it would be perfect." Vida drawled.
"Never know." George said.
"We've been pretty lucky lately." Fred said.
"And there has been a decrease in Demon sightings."
"Why don't we go see for ourselves?" Layla suggested through her radio.
The other Slayers nodded, all of them pulled on their masks to complete their Slayer costumes and jumped off the building they were on, racing across the rooftops in search of Demons.