Chapter 14: Voldemort at Hogwarts

"That was the biggest defeat on Quidditch we ever had." Harry sadly comments.

"That's what you get when you have a jerk like McLaggen take my place, mate." Ron comments.

"What could I do?" Harry asks. "Snape suspended you from Quidditch for the rest of the school year. And Professor McGonagall approved the decision."

"Maybe she'll change her mind now that McCormack lost us the game against Hufflepuff." Ron says.

"Ron, she's a teacher." Hermione says. "She won't overlook the fact you almost caused Malfoy to bleed to death."

Meanwhile, at the Room of Requirement, said Slytherin has finally finished repairing the Vanishing Cabinet. He then touches his Dark Mark with his wand. "The cabinet is ready, My Lord."

"Excellent." Voldemort replies and then he leads the other death eaters to the cabinet inside Borgin and Burke's. Once he's inside the Room of Requirement and recognizes it, he's worried about the Horcrux he left there. "Draco, did you ever find a diadem around here?" He desperately asks.

"No, My Lord." Draco answers.

"We'll see that later." Voldemort replies. They then go to Dumbledore's office. Once Harry learns of what's going on, he tries to go there as well. Inside the office are Albus Dumbledore, Lord Voldemort, Lucius and Draco Malfoy, Bellatrix Lestrange and Fenrir Greyback. The adult Dark Wizards are having a hard time with Dumbledore until Draco takes advantage of a moment of distraction to disarm him.

"Excellent, Draco." Voldemort says after taking advantage of this to summon Dumbledore's wand, believing a wand that chooses him instead of a wand that chooses Narcissa. "Now kill him."

"Draco, you don't want to do it." Dumbledore says.

"He's going to kill my family." Draco replies.

"I can protect them." Dumbledore says. Voldemort and the death eaters (minus the Malfoys) can't help but laugh. "Old fool, you can't even protect yourself now." He then talks to Draco. "Kill him."

Draco hesitates and Harry arrives on time to watch it. "Kill him, or I'll…" Voldemort says until Lucius interrupts him. "Don't you dare…" He's then interrupted by a Cruciatus Curse from Bellatrix Lestrange.

"I knew you Malfoys would fail me again." Voldemort tells Lucius while picking his wand. "Now you'll be forced to watch while I kill your son." He then points Dumbledore's wand at Draco. "Avada Kedavra." Draco tries to counter with some spell and something neither wizard expected happens. Dumbledore's wand passes from Voldemort's hand to Draco's. Not knowing what to do, Draco points it at Nagini, breaking the barrier and killing the snake. "Congratulations, Malfoy." Harry says, revealing his presence. "You destroyed the last of Voldemort's Horcruxes."

"Lie!" Voldemort replies. "I have others."

"I destroyed your diary at the end of my second year." Harry says. "Dumbledore destroyed the ring before my sixth one began." Voldemort is shocked. "Regulus Black found the diadem soon after. And he had long ago taken the locket from the cave and replaced it with a fake one. And don't forget the cup."

Enraged, Voldemort points Lucius Malfoy's wand to Harry and shouts 'Avada Kedavra!'. Harry points his own wand at Voldemort and then it starts to act on its own and shoots back at Voldemort. Lucius' wand is broken and Voldemort is thrown at a display case containing Gryffindor's sword and hat. The sword falls at Voldemort's chest. Since it was imbedded with basilisk venom from when Harry Potter used it to slay Slytherin's basilisk, the venom kills him.

Enraged, Bellatrix tries to kill Harry but Dumbledore petrifies her with a spare wand. Greyback tries to run away but Draco stops him using Dumbledore's wand. Dumbledore then shows up at the main hall. His mere presence is enough to make everyone know Voldemort is finally dead. The death eaters try to flee but they're all captured except for the ones killed while trying to escape.

While taking the captured death eaters away, the Aurors reluctantly let the Malfoys with Harry and Dumbledore because the Headmaster has some explanations to give them. "I presume young Mr. Malfoy wonders about why this wand refused to kill you when commanded by Voldemort to do so."

"That thought crossed my mind, Sir." Draco replies.

"The fact is, the Elder Wand cannot be used against its master." Dumbledore explains, shocking everyone. "The Elder Wand?" Draco asks.

"Exactly. You became its master when you disarmed me."

"But I thought that wand was just a myth." Draco says. "And that one had to kill its current master to become the new one."

"The wand is real. And it changes allegiances upon defeat even if this defeat doesn't include killing. For example, I became its master by defeating Gellert Grindelwald even though I didn't kill him."

The Malfoys are shocked. For half a century, Albus Dumbledore was the Elder Wand's master and managed to keep it a secret. "That's it; one can become the wand's master by even a simple defeat as 'Expelliarmus'." He shouts and then disarms Draco Malfoy, regaining his title. "Sorry but that way nobody will go after you for it."

"So, are the other Deathly Hallows also real?" Lucius Malfoy asks.

"Gellert and I surely think so." Dumbledore answers. "However, since they don't leave a track of death like the wand, they're harder to find and it would be easier to just wait until one of them appears in front of you."

"Excuse me but, what are these Deathly Hallows?" Harry asks.

"They're three powerful artifacts that are believed by most wizards and witches to be mere legend." Dumbledore explains. "The few of us to actually believe their existence believe they were created by the legendary Peverell Brothers. The eldest one, Antioch Peverell, created the Elder Wand; the middle one, Cadmus Peverell, created the Resurrection Stone, which can bring dead people back to life but doesn't make them feel like belonging to the living world again; and the youngest one, Ignotus Peverell, created the Cloak of Invisibility, which, unlike the other Invisibility Cloaks, will always remain as good as new." As Dumbledore finishes the last part, Harry has a feeling his Invisibility Cloak is a Deathly Hallow but he won't mention it in front of the Malfoys.

"Headmaster, if you and the Malfoys excuse me, I'd like to talk to my friends." Harry asks and then leaves Dumbledore's office.

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