Chapter 15: The Battle of Hogwarts

"Kassidy! Kassidy, where are you?!" Draco shouted, before walking into the room where he had left Kassidy for her to talk to the Dark Lord. He spotted her lying on her side on the floor by the wall, not moving, and he ran over to her.

"Kassidy!" he said, rolling her to her back. He put an ear to her chest, and sat up again.

"Still alive. Barely," Draco said, before starting to perform CPR on her. She opened her eyes.

"Draco," she whispered, weakly grabbing the upper part of his sleeve. "I'm dying."

"No, you're not! Not today!" Draco said.

"Sn… Snake venom. You're too late," Kassidy whispered, too weak to speak any louder.

"I'm not giving up just yet!" Draco said, mildly frantic. He cast a spell to attempt to pull the venom out of her system but it doesn't work, and he grips her hand tight. "Don't let go, Kassie. Stay with me. Please."

"Kassidy!" a voice called from just beyond the entryway and Snape ran in.

"What happened?" Snape asked.

"The Dark Lord tried to kill her. Snake venom," Draco said as Kassidy's eyes closed, and her hand loosened its grip on Draco's.

"She's not dead yet. And she's not dying today," Snape said before pulling out his wand and whispering incantations Draco had never heard of. After a minute of doing this, Kassidy's eyes open and her grip on Draco's hand gets tighter. Snape puts his wand away and stands up.

"I've done all I can. Give her a few minutes and she'll be back to near full strength," Snape said. "Just hold her hand, the process for her will be painful. The venom is charmed to expel itself," he added before leaving.

"The Dark Lord cannot know you survived," Draco said.

"I figured that out, Draco," Kassidy said.

"But we still should fight for him," Draco said.

"Agreed. But you're the real master of the Elder Wand. When he finds out, he'll kill you," Kassidy said.

"Then we can't let him find out, can we?" Draco said. Kassidy threw her arms around him.

"I love you, Draco. I don't want to ever lose you," she said. Draco hesitated for a minute, thinking about what exactly his stance was. He then spoke.

"I love you, too Kassie," he whispered into her ear.

"Let's go fight, I hear we're moving to Hogwarts tonight," Draco said.

"Agreed," Kassidy said. They went to find the Dark Lord, but unknowingly, had already revealed to him that Kassidy's life had been saved.

"My Lord, Kassidy Williams is still alive!" Wormtail said.

"What?! No wonder the wand wouldn't work! Expelliarmus!" he shouted, and right as the beam of light shot out of the wand, Kassidy pushed Draco in front of it, causing Draco's wand to fly out of his hand.

"The wand is yours now, My Lord!" Kassidy shouted from where she pushed Draco.

"Yes, test it, see if it works, My Lord!" Mrs. Malfoy said. The Dark Lord opened a window and cast the Killing Curse onto a random bystander.

"It works! Thank you, dear Kassidy," the Dark Lord said. "But you should be dead," he added, pointing the wand at Kassidy, prompting Draco to run in front of her, shielding her.

"Move aside, Draco," the Dark Lord said.

"I love her!" Draco said. "I'd die to protect her!"

"Well, I see. I'll spare you both for now," the Dark Lord said. "But in the meantime, we're moving to Hogwarts. Tonight, I'm going to kill Harry Potter!" The Death Eaters got on their brooms and everyone sped off towards Hogwarts.

Voldemort got ready to send a message to the inhabitants of Hogwarts.

"I know that you are preparing to fight. Your efforts are futile. You cannot fight me. I do not want to kill you. I have great respect for the teachers of Hogwarts. I do not want to spill magical blood. Give me Harry Potter, and they shall not be harmed. Give me Harry Potter, and I will leave the school untouched. Give me Harry Potter and you will be rewarded. You have until midnight," the Dark Lord said in his message.

"When we go in there, remember, if you spot Harry Potter, do not kill him. He's mine," the Dark Lord said. The Death Eaters waited an hour, that's how long it was until midnight, before beginning to attempt breaking the spells that protected the school.

"Your time is up," the Dark Lord said to the inhabitants of the school. It took a few more blows before the barrier dissolved and the Death Eaters flew onto the school grounds. Kassidy and Draco, holding hands, landed by the Astronomy tower and ran towards the Great Hall. They ran into Harry on the way, at the Room of Requirement.

"Hello, Potter," Kassidy sneered.

"Why are you here?" Harry asked.

"Never mind why," Draco said.

"But the Dark Lord wants you alive so he can kill you himself," Kassidy said.

"Finishing each other's sentences now, I see," Hermione said.

"Spend enough time with someone, you learn how they think," Draco said.

"Now, surrender quietly or we'll be forced to use force!" Kassidy said.

"No," Harry said, running into the Room of Requirement, causing Draco and Kassidy to run after him. Suddenly, there was fire in the place that chased you when you ran.

"Who conjured this?!" Draco shouted as he and Kassidy climbed a pile of stuff.

"I did!" Goyle shouted from another pile of stuff.

"Why? You weren't supposed to kill him!" Draco shouted.

"The Dark Lord wants him dead anyways!" Goyle shouted.

"He wanted to kill him himself, you bumbling baboon!" Kassidy shouted.

"Extinguish it, extinguish it!" Draco said.

"I can't remember how!"

"You idiot!" Kassidy shouted before casting the spell that extinguished the fiendfyre, then she and Draco climbed down once she was sure it was gone. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Harry and his friends make a run for it, so Kassidy and Draco ran after them, stopped by Kassidy stopping to duel one of the of-age students.

"Crucio!"

"Expelliarmus!"

Kassidy's wand flew out of her hand, and Draco ran to retrieve it, handing it back once he had it.

"Ginny Weasley."

"Kassidy Williams. You're the one who killed Dumbledore!"

"True. Snape told you that the rumors that he killed Dumbledore were false."

"You're going to Azkaban, you do know that, right?"

"No, I'm not because we're going to win!"

All of those inside the school gathered in the courtyard outside the Great Hall hours later. All of Voldemort's followers were on the side facing the school, Hagrid carrying Harry's dead body.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have news for you! Harry Potter is dead!" Voldemort said.

"NO!" Ginny Weasley shouted.

"Foolish girl. He didn't stand a chance. Now that he's gone, what hope do any of you have staying on the losing side? Harry Potter is dead!" Voldemort said. Neville Longbottom limped forward.

"And what is your name?"

"Neville Longbottom. I've got something to say!"

"Well, I'm sure we'd all be delighted to hear what you have to say, Neville."

"Yes, Harry's dead. That doesn't mean he's dead to us. And we will continue to fight until you have been defeated! All those who have died here tonight did not die in vain. But you will! Because you're wrong! Harry did a big thing for us! For all of us! It's not over!" Neville said as he pulled the Sword of Gryffindor out of the Sorting Hat. At that point, Hagrid seemed to drop Harry, and it was revealed that Harry was not dead. Harry stood up and pointed his wand at Voldemort, casting a couple of spells before running.

"Come, Draco, we're getting the hell out of here, we're obviously on the losing side. I don't want to go to Azkaban," Kassidy said, grabbing Draco's hand and the two running away in the chaos.

They only heard that Harry Potter had won when the pair wrote a letter to Kassidy's parents asking a couple of weeks later.

It never got out who exactly killed Dumbledore, as everyone that was there was either dead or under a Confundus Charm, so Kassidy was never charged before the Ministry.

Draco proposed to Kassidy nearly two years later, and she said yes. They were to be married within the year.