Sorry it took so long guys. Some of you may like the ending some of you may not...but I tried.

Chapter 38

Finale

The clanking of thier swords were heard but everyone kept fighting, niether hitting each other until Marius got a shot, cutting Draco's armor. Draco only looked annoyed as the blood dripped, "that's not going to be enough."

"Who ever said I was finished with you. I won't kill you quickly...you've brought too much pain to Hessa to deserve a quick death," Marius hissed.

Draco said nothing because the words stung, Marius was right in what he said. He had hurt Hessa and perhaps he didn't truly deserve her but that wouldn't stop him from taking her anyway. Once again he attacked out of spite and out of anger. This time they fought even harder, fast, each lithe, each with their own battling gifts. The city was in chaos, but the Conk guards were almost winning and all he had to do was kill their leader. Draco threw another shot, knocking Marius past a few soldiers but he was on his feet again...he was tougher than he looked. The Jeweler was truly a pain in his ass. They went at each other again, both a little bloody now, it was getting closer and closer but neither was tiring. Finally Draco cast something dark and hit Marius hard, knocking him into the ground, he was bloody and broken and Draco couldn't hear his heartbeat....finally....

He didn't wait for anyone to notice and took off into the distance, following the smell...

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Immediately the guards started to escort the others out. "What's happening?" Hessa asked weakly.

"We have to go, their evacuating the city," the guard said, his eyes looked sympathetic.

"Did something happen to Marius?"

"I don't know, all I know is that we have to get you all out of here now. There is a safety zone not far from here."

"You're lying to me," she started to tear.

"Please, please don't be upset, we don't know for sure...," he picked Hessa up. How could he tell her? To upset a Conk female like this now, she would lose the baby. "Please relax." Hessa let herself be lifted and carried quickly but she noticed that the guard was taking her in a different direction.

"Where are you taking me?"

"Marius had specific instructions, we can't follow the same path as the others, it's too easy." The guard ran fast and hard but he was looking back too, he sensed something and ran even faster. "Dammit," he mumbled.

Hessa clinged tighter to the guard's robe and soon, she saw him...Draco, "no...no....it can't be." She started to tear, the only way for Draco to have gotten this far was if he had killed Marius. "No," she whispered.

Draco has a smile across his face, "you're carrying something that belongs to me..."

"BUGGER OFF, REPTILE!!"

"Oh, that was harsh," he sped up and finally lauched, causing the guard to drop Hessa and she landed with a squeal. "I was going to give you a chance, but since you insist on dying." The two men faught, leaving Hessa dazed but once she got her barrings she started to run as weak as she felt and headed back to the city. She had to see Marius, he couldn't be dead, could he? He was strong and kind...fate would not be cruel to her again, would it? Surprisingly enought she got fairly far but knew that he was closing in, he hadn't finished the guard easily, but he has finished him none the less. Soon Hessa heard his clanking boots that she knew so well, going at a speed she couldn't comprehend and before she knew it, Draco had his arms around her waist and she screamed until he had his hand around her mouth so he could talk. "There's no need to scream, I have you now, it's all over..." The words cut through her like a knife. Immediately he smelled her and caught a whiff of something he didn't like and his face turned dark, Hessa's eyes grew wide with fear, "what a bad little girl you've been...I'm going to have to believe he forced you." She struggled as he hurt her slightly, "the only child you'll be carrying is mine and you know that...once I get rid of this little abomination, we'll be right back on track."

"NO!" She was trying to force his hand off her stomach...he was going to cast something to hurt her baby! Her body was forced down, her neck pinched so she couldn't move her head.

"Please don't fight, it will be over soon and then you won't remember anymore, I'll make sure of it," Draco said softly as if this was supposed to comfort her.

"Draco, don't do this," tears poured down her face as she started to lose consciousness, she couldn't take the stress.

"That might be better for you," he touched her face softly as if he was about to make love to her rather than abort the young fetus that lay in her womb. "Yes, it will be better for you...please don't hate me, I know you won't hate me because you won't remember."

He placed his hand on her small stomach and started to mumble...there was a sharp wind...then a sharp sound of pain...not coming from her, but from himself...from his chest. Draco looked down, there was a metal spear going through it and as he looked up he noticed a very familiar face....the face of his enemy...Marius. "GET YOUR HANDS OFF OF MY BRIDE AND CHILD!" Marius' eyes were black with rage as he twisted the spear through, he hit a button and the end of the spear extended out, creating a sharp net. "How can you kill a dragon...take out it's heart!" he pulled hard and the spear went back, tearing through Draco's chest and his back and it caught his heart on the way out. Draco had no time to scream, blood was everywhere and he fell over, lifeless, nothing left. The nightmare was over.

Marius fell to his knees and crawled over to Hessa, the spell had hurt him badly but it wasn't enough to kill him. He only appeared dead, one of the male Conk's physical defenses which allowed the body to heal, letting the attacker think that he was dead. He was lucky that Draco was so eager to get Hessa, otherwise he might have decided to put a spear through him as well. He lifted Hessa up, she was breathing normally and from what he could tell, their child wasn't hurt. Quickly he ran to her mother, the city survived though they had lost a few warriors on the way, good friends that he would always miss.

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When her eyes fluttered open, an immediate panic set in but she was soon comforted by familiar hands...her mother's. "Shhh...shhh, you're fine, you're baby's fine, too." Hessa looked over and around, still in a state of shock and then a pair of large hands held her face to look at him...

"Hello," he smiled.

"Marius?" she choked out.

"Yes," he sat beside her, holding her hand now. "I'm sorry I scared you." Soon Hessa's arms were wrapped around him, she was sobbing uncontrollably. "I killed him, my love...he's dead and we burned the body. The city is safe and the people of the wizarding world are free. Voldemort tried to make a run but he was caught the Ministry...the old Ministry, the Aurors came out of hiding."

After she composed herself she asked, "how long was I out?"

"A few days," her mother said softly.

Marius looked at her, "already Conks have wandered into the main cities, trying to find their witches and wizards, it's actually quite wonderful. Everyone is fascinated with each other."

"Really?" Hessa looked down. "Do you have one?"

"No. I don't...I've already checked. Sometimes that happens, but I don't mind because I have you."

She smiled, "the baby is all right then?"

"Quite well," Marius puffed up his chest. "Pretty strong, especially dealing with all the stress..."

Cynthia laid her back down, "you rest some more, I'll get you some food."

"I am pretty hungry," Hessa said simply. Marius immediately glared at Cynthia as if to say 'hurry up.' Cynthia scoffed and marched out the door as if she were insulted but smiled a bit in jest.

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After a few months the old wizarding world started to come back into place. Statues were made of Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and the Weasleys...even a heroing one of Marius slaughtering 'the Dragon'. Hessa's story was on every newspaper about what happened and even though she left out the gruesome details, the newspapers of course filled it in for her to sell more. Hessa stood where Harry's statue was erected and looked at the friends she barely remembered, because despite her mother's efforts, the memory charm still had not been competely removed. She simply laid flowers at the feet of the fallen heros, the few of many that lay...and suddenly an owl came by and dropped a letter in her hand.

Hessa opened it, confused but she recognized the handwriting...it was from Harry in his fifth year, a letter that must have been held back because of Umbridge:

My Dear Hessa,

I know what I did was wrong by leaving you as I had, but I didn't have a choice, I had to protect you. You must know how much I love you and maybe you'll never forgive me, hopefully one day you will. I think about you every day and I'm still with you, and one day, we'll be together again, you'll see. So please, keep your heart with me always because my heart has always been with you.

Love,

Your Devoted Harry Potter.

Tears ran down her face, she knew then, somewhere he was with her, that this letter had made it's presence known for a reason and that Harry was still with her regardless if she remembred everything or not. Hessa place the letter in her robe and would not show it to Marius, maybe her mother... Either way, it closed the chapter on a story of her heart.

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