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Draco in an unexpected situation

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As Harry walked out of the mansion, he noticed that the forces were significantly depleted but that they had won. All of the Death Eaters were bound in the massive cage maze structure that Ginny and Hermione had devised.

Some other faces were there that were not before. Remus Lupin, Sirius Black and some people who he did not know where there, along with Professor Dumbledore who looked up and broadly smiled at Harry. Exhaustedly, Harry smiled back briefly, before slowly trudging up to greet them all as best as he could. He would need some sleep soon.

Draco silently watched all of this exchange through partially closed eyes, not understanding what was really going on before all went dark.

18) The Aftermath of the Battle

Draco awoke back in the cave, on a hospital bed. He was very tired, but his shoulder felt a lot better.

Several Elves were nearby. He heard enough of their conversation to determine that all of the Death Eaters were captured, and that when Harry Potter had defeated Voldemort, that all of their dark marks evaporated, leaving bruises with a faint skull-like shape, but they were only bruises.

All of the captured Death Eaters had yet to face a brief trial, but they were very unlikely to get off.

Draco knew that he would have to face the prisoners, and one in particular. When he was feeling well enough, he went to the cage and looked upon him. His father. As Draco came towards him, Lucius Malfoy drained of all colour, and then quickly regained it, becoming a flushed red colour. Draco knew the kind of fury that his father must have been feeling.

Fortunately, although Lucius was clearly enraged, he was unable to string together the words to convey what he wanted to express. Draco mumbled "goodbye" before leaving his fathers sight. He knew that he would never look upon his father again. This was mostly because all of the convicted Death Eaters would be taken to a deep underground prison with no hope of escape or even survival.

Draco left his fathers side, and returned to the other six teenagers. Ron and Hermione sat together holding hands, resting against each other, clearly exhausted, Ginny laid curled on the floor awake, staring at a random spot of the wall, Neville and Luna were quietly talking, probably about what they had seen in the battle. Harry was not relaxing. He was standing, wearing a loose fitting pair of trousers and no shirt, practicing swings with long swords, aiming at a large block of rock which had been suspended from the ceiling of the cave.

Draco came and sat nearby to them all. Neville and Luna brought him into their conversation. They had been talking about the ending of the war. It seemed that as a brilliant white light came to it's brightest, and Harry's magnified voice died down, a snap could be heard, which was Harry's wards closing. An instant later, a group of people called 'The Order of the Phoenix' appeared who were led by Headmaster Dumbledore, and they were extremely shocked at what had happened, but they were very pleased.

They also told Draco that after he had been injured, a group of Elves surrounded him and levitated him to a safe space out of the way. Ron, Neville and Pappy had gone into the mansion and transported all of the bound death eaters that Harry had immobilised to the cages.

Unfortunately, there had been some casualties. Twenty Three Elves had been killed, and a further Sixteen had been grievously injured.

Draco was saddened to hear this news, but he knew that it was always likely that someone was going to be hurt. It was war and their adversaries were not against using deathly force.

It was then that Professor Dumbledore came over to speak to them all.

"Thank you all" He started with an extremely kind tone. "The whole world owes you a debt of gratitude for dispelling this horrendous foe."

Hermione because red faced. She then said in a very high pitched tone "We didn't do this ourselves. It was the Elven people. They developed the idea, gave us the training and knowledge we needed…." She would have continued if Dumbledore hadn't raised his hand in a way to suggest she should stop.

"Indeed Miss Granger" he answered "I have already thanked all of the Elves here who did all of this. I also know that this is not enough. I am keen to bestow a gratitude on the Elves that is fitting for their input". This quietened Hermione on this point.

"In fact, I would like you to help me, having been such an advocate for the Elven people for so long?" How could Hermione refuse an offer like that?!

"First, I invite you all back to Hogwarts, where I promise you, you all will have some excellent surprises"

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