Beyond All Reason, Chapter Two

"After that," said Dumbledore, "Harry, along with Ms. Granger, walked though the Department of Mysteries and put down the Death Eaters. He walked straight up to Dolohov, who was all the while casting the Killing Curse at both Harry and Ms. Granger over and over again. Harry and Ms. Granger were never harmed in the least, as the curse was simply absorbed by Harry's own magic. Harry grabbed Dolohov by his robes with his left hand and with his right, he reached up to Dolohov's chest and pulled out his magical core. Harry absorbed Dolohov's core into his own and Dolohov himself dropped dead from shock."

Dumbledore went on to tell how Harry disposed of all of Voldemort's Death Eaters in a similar fashion, with the exception of four, whom they found in an odd room. Harry and Hermione had, following the sounds of battle, entered a room with nothing more than a domed, stone arch on a pedastal, an old cloth hanging in the archway. All around, the remaining Death Eaters were battling the Order of the Pheonix members. The Order was holding their own, until the unthinkable happened. Bellatrix Lastrange, who was involved in a dual with her own cousin, Sirius Black, managed to hit Sirius with a Stunner, which knocked the ex-Azkaban inmate through the cloth in the Archway. When Harry realized that his Godfather was dead, he very nearly came to lose his grip on reality once again. It was only the prescence of Hermione next to him that kept him fully sane. Bellatrix, however, was laughing gleefully with what she had done. She began taunting Harry and then cast the Killing Curse at Hermione. The spell was absorbed by Harry's Magic, as all the others had been. Harry's magic then lashed out and struck Bellatrix, completely disregarding her shield. Harry, his eyes still aflame, watched as the insane witch screamed as her body exploded, pieces dropping all over. The ongoing battle stopped as everyone stared at her in horror. A strange wind came up in the room, blowing all of the pieces of Bella's body into the Veil, never to be seen again. The wind picked up strength, staggering the Death Eaters, but strangely enough not affecting the Order members. The Death Eaters struggled and screamed, but one by one they were all carried through the Veil of Death.

It was at this point that Voldemort himself arrived. Out of his mind with rage, he attacked Harry over and over, not understanding why his over-powered, lethal spells had no impact on the teens in front of him. Realizing he was out-numbered and out-matched, he activated his Port-Key in an attempt to escape. As he started to dissapear, Harry said, "Oh no you don't!" Reaching out with his right hand, he again grabbed the air, stopping Voldemort's escape. Harry jerked his fist down, slamming Voldemort to the stone floor. Harry strode across the room, the fire still bright in his eyes. When he reached the Dark Lord, Harry grabbed a hold of Voldemort's robes with his left fist and pulled the evil man's terrified face up to his own.

"It ends TODAY, Tom. It's OVER."

With that Harry once again reached out with his right hand and pulled Voldemort's magical core out of his body. Harry held up the core for all to see, then absorbed fully half of it into his own body, directing the other half into Hermione. With his magic gone, Riddle's body disentigrated, becoming nothing more than dust. Harry, however, still held onto the fragmented soul of Lord Voldemort. With his eyes burning brighter than ever, he cried out in a loud voice, "Accio Riddle's soul pieces!" After but a few short moments, glowing balls of light shot into the room from all four corners and reattached themselves to Riddle's soul. At the very last, a small glowing orb pulled itself from Harry's scar, attaching itself to the still incomplete soul as well.

With a firm grip on Riddle's soul, Harry strode across the room to stand before the Veil of Death. Harry then spoke in a loud, commanding voice, saying, "Death! Please come forward! I request an audience!" After a long moment of silence, the Veil parted and Death himself stood before Harry.

Harry looked upon Death and said, "Oh Death, I request a boon. I will trade you this man's soul, of which you already possess a piece, for the life of my Godfather, Sirius Orion Black!"

Death stood still for a moment, as if contemplating. Then, he reached into the Veil and pulled out the body of Sirius Black. Death touched his fore finger to Black's forehead and Sirius was once again a living soul. He let go of Sirius and reached out with his left hand to Harry. Harry handed over the soul of Tom Riddle, a.k.a. Lord Voldemort, to the living personification of Death. He then said, "I thank you. Until our next meeting." He then bowed to Death, turned and walked three steps and collapsed.