My Dear Volaticus
by kittenvks
Disclaimer: I own nothing
warnings: HPDM, slash, yaoi, homosexuality. Don't like it? Don't read it. Flamers to the left.
Chapter Fifteen: A Battle
This is a terrible chapter, and I hate it. Just so you know, but I'm pushing it forward anyway- I probably should have ended it ages ago.
"We have to get to the school!" Harry yelled, running for the Floo Network, Draco on his heels and diving through as Harry yelled out Hogsmeade. They weren't sure where they came out at, as they tumbled into a smouldering home.. or maybe it had been a shop. Either way it was nearly burned to the ground now, the only thing left standing being the Fireplace. Draco grabbed Harry into his arms, and took flight.
"We've got to stop them!" Harry yelled, spotting the Death Eater mark in the sky. Draco held him tighter, worry, fear, and anger written on his face clearly. They landed just inside the gates, by the Black Lake where the Giant Squid looked rather miffed- it's tentacles swaying in the air. Not far from them lay Headmaster Dumbledore, and they weren't sure if he was dead or not, McGonagall lay not far from him.
"We've gotta keep going, Harry! HARRY!" Draco said, shaking him from his stupor. Harry came to, staring at Draco. "Come on! We'll focus on them later!"
"Let's go!" Harry yelled, running past him. Draco took flight again, soaring into the sky. Sirius, Remus, and Hermione burst through another fireplace, landing in a heap and began their run to Hogwarts. Ron was yelling out orders into the sitting room fireplace, having contacted his mother before calling out the same destination and going through.
Harry was the first to spot the men at the door, some type of bows pointed toward the sky. He filled with rage, they were trying to take down Draco. He took them both out easily, stopping at the door to look in. An all out battle seemed to be going on in the Great Hall. It had been too easy to get this far and he knew it.
"BRING ME HARRY POTTER!" Came a screech, and then a terrible laugh. Harry shivered, it was Bellatrix.
"Sod off you ugly bitch!" That was Ginny. Hearing someone run up behind him, Harry turned, wand drawn and ready. A woman was approaching quickly, a black mist surrounding her. She drew her wand,
"FRIENDLY OR NOT?!" She screeched, drawing back into a duelling stance.
"I'm bloody Harry Potter!" Harry hissed at her. Draco swooped down then, blocking her with his wings.
"Draco Malfoy." she said calmly, relaxing, "I'm Sona."
"No time for pleasantries," came Lucius' cool voice as he landed, "what's going on?"
"They're in the Great Hall. I don't know how many... Draco, Ginny's in there." Harry said, pointing his wand toward the door as a Death Eater ran out. Sona yelled something in another language and the man fell, blood spurting in all directions.
"Harry!" Hermione was yelling, running up to them with Sirius and Remus. Flashes of red at the gates showed that the Weasley's were there, and they'd brought more.
"Let's go!" Harry yelled, turning and running into the melee as more Death Eaters poured out of the front doors. Draco and Lucius took back to the sky, taking out Death Eaters like deadly assassins while Harry and the others set up defensive shields and started throwing hexes. Another Volaticus swooped down, wings bursting outward and taking out two of them.
"Seamus! Boy is it good to see you!" Ron called, his face swollen from a hex. Hermione spun and rolled, landing behind a broken piece of the front doors. From there she fired more hexes, landing every single one. Sirius was taking the Dark Arts to a whole new level, dropping them left and right, standing protectively over a fallen Remus. Seamus was the next to take a hit, feathers flying everywhere like shards of glass.
"SECTUMSEMPRA!" Snape roared, having appeared seemingly out of nowhere.
"HARRY!" Draco yelled, swooping down and easily taking down two or three Death Eaters at once. They'd gotten too close and paid the price. Then Draco fell, landing on his knees, and behind him stood Thomas Nott and Bellatrix Lestrange, laughing maniacally. Harry cried out, trying to rush forward but Lucius was there, grabbing him and pulling him back. The wards around the castle shimmered, but failed again. Sirius took out two more Death Eaters, taking a blow to the shoulder that knocked him back but he merely laughed, flinging more hexes while Harry was screaming for Draco- laying fallen and his wings spread out.
"You haven't got in in you, Potter!" Nott laughed.
"I do!" Lucius roared, pointing his wand as Bellatrix dove away. "AVADA KEDAVRA!" the blast of green light burst forth, striking Nott with deadly aim. Sonya was fighting Bellatrix in a vicious duel, while Molly and the other Weasley's were making their move, pushing forward, moving the Death Eaters backwards.
As the doors to the Great Hall burst open, wood splintered everywhere. Molly took a direct blow, diving in front of Fred, the shard of wood going cleanly through her shoulder. The Weasley men let out a collective roar as hexes errupted, taking out the entire front line of Death Eaters. Lucius was slinging unforgiveables left and right, striking Bellatrix twice before Sona took her out, rushing forward. Harry stood back, flinging every thing he had every learned at the Death Eaters, parially blocked by what remained of the front entry way of Hogwarts. A laughter was heard throughout the castle, Voldemorts, taunting Harry and with one last glance at Draco, he rushed forward with the others, screaming. Ginny came out of nowhere almost, Blaise at her side, the hallways were emptying now, looking eerie and quiet. It couldn't be that easy, could it?
"Draco?!" Blaise called, firing another hex at a retreating Death Eater.
"He's gone," Harry roared, spinning another Death Eater around before slamming him into the stone wall with a sickening crunch of bones and flesh. Bodies littered the floor.
"He's only here because there aren't any students! I heard them talking about a prophecy, that they'd fall if they attacked during school!" Ginny cried, having ran to her Mother's side.
"Get the wounded in the Great Hall!" Snape was yelling and people were moving. There was no time to think, no time to plan.
"WHERE IS HE?!" Blaise cried, running for the door.
"Harry Potter! Come out and face me now! Meet me in the Forbidden Forrest or I will kill ALL those you love!" Harry heard the cry, though no one else did. They couldn't understand it, not in Paseletongue. Harry snarled viciously, racing out the doors despite several yelled protests. Blaise was kneeled beside Draco's body, screaming as Harry ran past. He watched Harry and the coldest look he'd ever seen came over Blaise's face as he let go of Draco, drawing his wand, and following. Harry could vaguely hear Ron and Hermione's call, following close behind. Sirius ran ahead, practically foaming at the mouth in his anamagus form. Snape was off to their left, kneeled beside the Headmaster.
"AVADA KEDAVRA!" Was the first thing Harry really heard, an emerging Death Eater falling as the green light struck, having flown from Draco's wand, but Blaise's hand. Voldemort was there, laughing as his few most trusted surrounded him.
"Your wand can do no damage to me!" He laughed as though Harry was a joke. Harry snarled, tossing it to the ground as Blaise ran through, tossing out Draco's and drawing his own. Harry dove for the wand and pointed it, screaming out the killing curse just after Voldemort had done the same thing. All at once a rush of hexes and curses blended in, coming from both sides as the green lights flashed toward each other. Voldemort's spell struck Harry hard as he fell, limp, to the ground.
"You are not done yet, Mr. Potter," Harry heard a familiar voice whisper in his mind. Somewhere Draco was screaming and Voldemort was laughing. Harry's hand twitched softly at Voldemort's taunting, his hand closing tightly around a wand.
"Harry Potter is DEAD!" Voldemort called, his laughter and voice echoing off of every tree and blade of grass, throughout the halls of Hogwarts. There were screams of anguish, more hexes and curses, and Harry rose, wand pointed. "What... How?!" Voldemort screamed, flicking his wand and casting the killing curse again, just as Harry did. Harry cried out, screaming, as deep Charcoal wings enveloped him and he struggled against them, pleading, and sobbing as he felt the body go limp, the wings slack. Draco was there, falling to the ground onto his knees with Harry. Hermione was screaming somewhere behind him. Ron was rushing forward in a true Weasley rage and Voldemort's body collapsed, lifeless to the ground. Terrified, the Death Eaters that survived began to flee, popping away in black clouds.
"Draco, Draco no. Please, no." Harry pleaded, pulling the blonde against his chest. The others were racing toward them, Dumbledore in tow. He raced up, trying to pull Draco from him but Harry's magic exploded, levelling two nearby trees as he wailed. Blaise was there, sobbing openly. Lucius swooped down from the sky, gently pulling Harry away. He spoke in soft tones, reassuring tones- though Harry had no idea what he was saying. Dumbledore was knelt beside Draco's still form, Snape sobbed- pulling Draco up. Gray eyes flashed open and Harry let out a cry so full of joy that it stunned anyone could hear it as much as any hex could. Harry fell to his knees, kissing Draco's face over and over and he smiled weakly.
"Mon amour, what- what happened?"
"Oh, Draco- I don't know! You're here!" Harry sobbed, as they all flooded around, cheering and laughing at the blonde.
"You could not have survived the killing curse child," Snape said, "it's imposs- Oh. Draco. Lucius."
"Harry, look-" Hermione said. Laying there on the ground, amongst the other bodies was Narcissa, limp and lifeless- her blue eyes staring blankly at Draco. He crawled foward, laying his head on her chest. In her hand was a picture, still clutched tightly in her lifeless hand. Lucius stepped forward, prying it from her fingers as Draco began to sob. It was a picture of a toddler sized Draco, leaning in mischieviously to kiss a rather cold looking Narcissa. Harry began to cry for Draco's loss as well, and even Lucius collapsed- Sona running forth from the woods.