A/N: I'm so sorry I haven't updated in so long! I've been trying to update every week, but I got very busy with my exams (I hate math!). I should be able to update every week again from this chapter on. I hope you like this chapter, sorry for the cliffhanger in chapter 10. Please tell me what you think of the new title, I wasn't fond of New Beginning, and I like this one better.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything from the Harry Potter Series (Every time I write my disclaimer I get quite depressed...)

Chapter 11 – Back at Hogwarts

Hermione burst into tears and Ron attempted to comfort her as he stared grimly at his best friend.

"We've lost everything," she cried helplessly, "Harry, Dumbledore, Snape, and probably more when we get to the school."

"Wait, Snape is dead?" Ron asked.

"Yes, the snake got him."

"When did this happen?" Asked Ron suddenly looking confused.

"Before I came back to find you,' she replied trying to wipe away her tears.

"That's not possible, I'm sure I saw Snape fighting with a Death Eater when we came up here," said Ron eagerly. Hermione's eyes opened wide.

"But I saw it with my own eyes, it can't be possible," she sobbed even harder.

"What's not possible Ms. Granger?" asked Snape from the doorway.

"Professor! You're alive!" she exclaimed, she ran towards him and threw her arms around his neck. Snape stood still as stone his face shocked. He shoved her off him gently.

"So it would seem," he sneered.

"B-but how?" she asked him curiously.

"Fawkes arrived shortly after you left," he said as he moved into the room, then he saw the three bodies on the ground.

"Of course phoenix tears," she said comprehending him.

"Not Dumbledore,' Snape gasped. He hurried over to the ripened body and placed to fingers on the old man's neck. The two teenagers stood there waiting in anxiety.

"There's pulse,' he declared relieved, "Check Potter." Hermione kneeled down next to Harry and placed two trembling fingers on his neck, but she couldn't feel anything due to her shaking fingers.

"Here let me check," said Ron as he bent over next to her; his fingers replaced her on his neck and he waited. "He's alive!" He exclaimed jumping to his feet. They heard a murmur behind them and turned to see Dumbledore stirring. Hermione quickly realized what Snape had done and turned to Harry. She waved her wand and recited the spell.

Harry too began to awaken.

Dumbledore looked over to where the three of them were sitting. Then he looked towards the third body lying motionless on the floor. Dumbledore got to his feet slowly and approached Voldemort. He waved his wand and said, "Enervate." Nothing happened, Voldemort did not awaken like both Harry and Dumbledore had. The dark lord had fallen and would not rise again.

"We are going back to Hogwarts, I think many of the Death Eaters chose to fight there when they realized how few of us were here." Dumbledore said calmly, "Severus please take Ms. Granger and Mr. Weasley downstairs to round up the last of the Death Eaters inform the others that we will be returning to Hogwarts in about five minutes." The three of them left the room and Harry went to follow, but Dumbledore grabbed his arm firmly. "Just a moment Harry, I'd like to speak with you." Harry turned around and looked into those electric blue eyes.

"Before coming here I told you not to intervene until I told you to. Do you remember that?" asked Dumbledore.

"Yes," said Harry knowing what was coming.

"Did you follow that order?" Dumbledore asked quietly.

"No," Harry muttered.

"I'm very glad you didn't, if you didn't step in when you did Harry I would not be standing here right now. So I would like to thank you for saving my life," said Dumbledore his eyes twinkling.

"You don't have to thank me," muttered Harry looking down as his face flushed.

"I'd also like to congratulate you, you have done what many people have been trying to do for years," Dumbledore said motioning Voldemort's lifeless body. "Now let's go back to the school and see how much damage has been done." With that they left the room silently.

Down in the hall below the fight had died down, about twenty Death Eaters were tied up in the middle of the room. The rest, Harry assumed, had went to contribute to the fight at Hogwarts. The rest of their group was waiting for them at the door looking eager. Dumbledore nodded his head, which led to an eruption of cheers, knowing what had happened.

"Now I want to make sure we catch the rest of the Death Eaters before we announce what has happened or else they will flee," explained Dumbledore, "So I think it best if we go in disguise. Some Death Eaters have seen us, and we don't want them to figure out what has happened. I think the best way to go is to transform into these Death Eaters, that way they won't hit us. We will, however be in danger from those guarding the school."

Everyone nodded and Remus and Sirius went to collect hairs from the death eaters. Dumbledore waved his wand and a bottle of pollyjuice potion materialized out of thin air. Each person took a hair some pollyjuice potion, each changing into a different Death Eater. They transformed their clothes and prepared to take the portkey back to Hogwarts when a voice called out.

"Wait up," called the voice approaching. It was Draco; he looked curiously at the group of Death Eaters then at the real Death Eaters and realized who they really were.

"I told you to stay hidden," snapped Snape angrily.

"And I told you 'no'," replied Malfoy. Dumbledore looked at the two pleasantly as the rest glared at Malfoy. "What?" he asked looking at their angered expressions.

"What are you doing here?" Ron spat.

"Now Mr. Weasley, Mr. Malfoy has risked his life to help us," Dumbledore began, "There is really no need for anyone," he surveyed the group over his half-moon spectacles, "to give him any trouble." There was some muttering, but most people dropped their glares. "Now I think it is time we leave." The pen glowed, then they jerked and within second they arrived in Dumbledore's office.

They left the office quickly and quietly, as they took in their surroundings. No one had gotten this far in the castle yet. As they descended to the next level they heard shouts and crashes constantly. They had found the fight. Spells were flying everywhere and the other Death Eaters who thought they had come to help them met the group happily. All of their wands rose simultaneously.

The group separated and started to go for the Death Eaters. Harry stunned two Death Eaters and ran through the hall shooting curses over his shoulder; then he hit something large and fell backwards.

"Why you little…" Hagrid lifted Harry roughly from the ground and was about to throw him.

"Wait Hagrid don't. It's me Harry, I'm using pollyjuice potion," explained Harry quickly. Hagrid set him back on the ground making Harry knees buckle.

"Hagrid wait," called Professor McGonagall, "If you really are Harry Potter you'll be able to tell me the password to Gryffindor tower."

"Ok, it was flobber worm mucus," he replied easily.

"Oh, good it is you!" She exclaimed, "And how did it go?" She asked as they hurried into a deserted corridor sealing the door behind them.

"We did it," Harry told her, "By the way be careful which Death Eaters you hit, we're all back now, but in disguise. Dumbledore told us not to announce his death until we've captured them all."

"Very good," said McGonagall, "I say we finish the job. Shall we?" she said as she opened the door.

The three of them ran back into to hall and continued the fight. Harry found it difficult to get the real Death Eaters when he was constantly blocking hits from people he knew. Then he heard a voice he recognized, he turned around and saw Percy Weasley! He was dueling one Death Eater, who spied at the Ministry.

"Percy," the Death Eater called cruelly, "How's the family?"

"My family is none of your business, traitor," spat Percy as Harry ducked to avoid a spell from behind him and became immersed fighting back.

"Ha, calling me a traitor when your family are all outlaws," sniggered the Death Eater blocking another one of Percy's spells.

"I never said they weren't, I'm the only Weasley who is loyal to the Ministry," retorted Percy. Then there was silence as the two continually shot spells at each of. The suit of armour next to Harry blew up and he was knocked off his feet, but from the corner of his eye his saw the green flash hit Percy right between his eyes.

The Death Eater gave a mad laugh and ran to continue the fight. Just as he was passing Harry, who was still on the ground, Harry swished his wand and muttered the tripping jinx. The man stumbled and fell over. Harry proceeded to stun him and shove him into a broom closet.

Several Death Eaters ran towards Harry when they saw what he had done all yelling "traitor" or "scum". Harry backed up and shot stunning spells continuously he had most of them down when he saw flashes of light coming from behind him. He shot the last Death Eater and hid behind a low wall to catch his breath.

He looked around almost all of the Death Eaters were down. There were a few pairs still fighting and everyone else seemed to be looking for loved ones. He also noticed the number of students who had woken up and joined the fight. He heard a mocking laugh from behind him and turned around.

"What's it going to be Longbottom?" asked Bellatrix Lestrange, "You have me cornered are you finally going to avenge your parents?" Neville raised his wand and looked at her with hatred. His mouth moved, but no words came out. "I didn't think you'd be able to commit murder, not even for your own parents." She raised her wand quickly and yelled, "Crucio."

"Protego," Tonks yelled. as she ran up beside Neville. Bellatrix was blown of her feet. Then Harry felt strange all of a sudden; he looked down and realized his appearance was being restored. After the feeling had passed he realized Bellatrix was the last Death Eater standing.

"So Nymphadora, what's it like to be married to that horrendous werewolf?" Bellatrix shrieked madly.

"Neville may not be able to kill you but I am," she snarled raising her wand. Then Harry had an idea.

He ran out from his hiding place and shouted, "Tonks don't!"

"What? Harry do you know what she's done to people?" Tonks asked incredulously.

"Yeah I know. The people she's tortured and the families she's destroyed," said Harry angrily, "and I think she should suffer too before she dies."

"Oh look, it's baby Potter, I take it you were hiding from the big bad dark lord," she said once again using her annoying baby voice, "Were you too chicken to face him like a man?"

Harry laughed, "No, Bellatrix," said Harry smiling, "I wasn't chicken and that's why I'm here and not your precious dark lord."

Her face paled, "No your lying," she screamed, "He'll come you just wait, the dark lord will get his revenge."

"Yeah, I'm sure that's on his to do list, well after coming back to life."

"You filth half blood. Avada…" But her spell was drowned out by two other voices.

"Avada Kedavra," Two green shots of light sped towards Bellatrix, they collided and became one large burst hitting her into the wall. Harry looked over to see who had hit her and he saw both Neville and Tonks with their wands still raised. As they turned around they realized all eyes were on them. Then someone cleared his throat. Every one looked over to see who it was.

"I think now would be an excellent time to confirm Voldemort's death," said Dumbledore calmly. There was uproar from most of the crowd, but Harry could still see miserable faces; obviously people who had lost loved ones. With a flick of his wand all the bodies on the ground separated. All the dead Death Eaters were moved outside, the rest of the Death Eaters were tied up and waiting for the dementors to escort them to Azkaban. The rest of the bodies were placed on a table that appeared in the center of the room.

"Now we have all been through a great ordeal tonight, but we still have reason to celebrate. We must all morn our losses, but remember the ones that have been prevented with the loss of Lord Voldemort," said Dumbledore. Everyone seemed to appreciate his short speech; it was consoling but not depressing.

Harry hurried over to find Ron, Hermione and the rest of the Weasley family to make sure they were okay. He saw them all crowed around someone Harry couldn't see.

As he got closer he realized it was Charlie, he seemed to be unconscious and was covered in blood. Mr. Weasley began to levitate the body towards the hospital wing followed by Mrs. Weasley.

"What happened to Charlie?" Harry asked Ron.

"I'm not sure what spell they hit him with, but they can't stop the bleeding," he told Harry.

" I'm sure Madame Pomfrey will sort him out. What about everyone else?"

"Surprisingly, no one from the order died," answered Hermione.

"What, but we were outnumbered by Death Eaters?" Said a shocked Harry.

"Yeah, I know. One of the Death Eaters hit a spell into a mirror when they first entered; it broke the wall behind them and killed almost all of them. By the time the students started joining the fight it was basically over, so most of them were just injured," explained Hermione.

"Did anyone we know die?" asked Ron.

"Yeah, Percy, Zacharias Smith and Hannah Abbot," said Harry slowly.

"Wait Percy, my brother Percy?"

"Um, well yes," Harry told crestfallen Ron.

"How am I supposed to tell mum?"

"I don't think you'll have to, she's just seen the body,"

Mrs. Weasley returned sobbing, "my son, my little Percy. Oh and he was going to forgive us after this. Oh Percy," she wailed.

"Molly, I don't think Percy had any plans on 'forgiving' us."

"What do you mean Arthur?" She sobbed.

"I saw him when he arrived, I went over to see him and he was ranting about all of us being traitors to the ministry," explained Mr. Weasley. Mrs. Weasley wailed even louder. Remus, Tonks and Moody joined the group. Remus grabbed Harry's arm and pointed to Sirius who was waiting for him near the door.

Harry hurried over to Sirius and was greeted with a hug. "Sirius you're all right?"

"I'm fine Harry, just a few bumps and bruises nothing that won't heal. Harry you did brilliantly today and I've never been so proud of you."

"Thanks."

"The ministry is going to be very busy the next few weeks, but once everything has calmed down I'm going to go and prove my innocence. You'll be able to come and stay with me this summer and after that if you want to."

"Really Sirius, that would be awesome! I can't wait."

'Well then come on," he said as he lead Harry back towards the rest of the group.

"Oh Harry thank goodness you're all right!" Mrs. Weasley exclaimed as she gave him a hug. She began magically healing his cuts and burns. He looked around and saw that she had already done this to everyone else.

"Thanks, Mrs. Weasley."

"Sirius you next," she said and began healing him too, "Now I want all of you to go upstairs to bed," she said motioning Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny, "and boys you should be on your way home. Your father and I will meet you there later." They all left leaving Mr. and Mrs. Weasley and the rest of the order.

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