Death's Life Debt Keeperoliver Chapter 2

A/N: There are quite a few of you out there that know this is a rewrite of a story that I deleted when there was the big scare about M rated stories. Well, I have seen some stories that are better suited for Bee-Line novels, so I decided to bring this one back. Don't look for Because of Ron though. That one is lost. I wish to thank those of you who have read it, and reviewed it. So yes Guest it is a story done once before. Now I think I should get back to the story. I would also like to post this warning that lesbianism is included in this story, so if this is not your preference, now would be a good time to stop. As always, Ollie the Keeper.

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Hagrid was told to put Harry's body down in front of Tom so that he could show the light how much he was in control of them by toying with Harry's body. It never came to that.

When Tom told Narcissa to see if he was dead, she lied to him because Harry told her that Draco was safe. Love once again struck a blow against Tom as Narcissa's love for her son gave Harry one more chance to stand against Tom. This time to the end.

As Hagrid placed Harry's body in front of Tom, He saw Harry's eyes blink and he knew what was coming next so he stepped away from them and took a stand behind everyone else. He would protect Harry with his own life if need be.

Tom began to belittle Harry in front of his friends. Then Neville stepped forward and told Tom, "We may not be the smartest people in the world, but we do know for a fact that Harry never ran from a fight. What you are saying is all a lie. So, to answer your demand, I say DUMBLEDORE'S ARMY!"

But, no blows were made. Every single wand there on the grounds of Hogwarts failed to work. Then a strange glow surrounded the two main combatants. It was a shield the kept the others from interfering. It was at this point that Harry stood up and faced Tom. "It is time to put an end to this Tom. You and I. I am pleased that you put a field around us to keep anyone from entering."

"I did no such thing Potter. I know this is your doing."

Harry looked confused. It was not like Tom to not take credit for something even if he didn't do it. Of course it wasn't him that set up the barrier in the Graveyard during fourth year, it was their wands. But this time their wands were not in play. Someone else must be taking an active part in this fight. But who, and on who's side is he on.

Harry decided to try his wand to see if it was not working as well as the others. He fired a signal flare into the sky, and it shone bright over the two of them. This gave Tom the chance to strike the first blow and he took it. However, Harry was hoping he would try something as he was prepared for it. Tom's first spell was the killing curse and Harry brought a boulder up to block the spell. He then used his disarming spell to get Tom's wand, but Tom was also ready and blocked the attempt.

The fight continued between the two, while those outside the shield stopped to watch what happened. What they saw was a ferocious duel that lasted longer than could be imagined. Neither combatant could breach the others defense.

It was then that Tom sent another killing curse at Harry while Harry used another expelliarmus. The two spells joined together, fighting for dominance. It stayed in the center for some time, then the red of the expelliarmus began to push the curse back to it's creator. Tom's arm began to waiver. He was losing his strength. Finally the red beam ended the struggle and Tom was struck with both beams, and his wand left his hand and went to Harry. Tom's body rose into the air and stopped at a height that all could see. Then a figure rose from the earth and went to Tom's body and waived his hand over it. With that, Tom's body disappeared. The figure then went to Harry and put his hand on his head, and Harry collapsed to the ground. All those outside the shield began to worry. Then the shield was gone, and everyone was able to rush forward to find out what happened to Harry. No one took notice that the Death Eaters all collapsed as well.

It was strange that the first one to reach Harry was Luna. She even beat Hermione there. She picked up Harry's head and put it on her lap. She was stroking his hair as she whispered to him. "Please be alright Harry. We still need you. You can't leave us this way after you already put us through it once."

Hermione was then at their side and took one of Harry's hands. She held it gently and rubbed her fingers over the back of it. It was this that showed her that Harry was not dead, as she felt a pulse. "Luna, Harry's not dead. I don't know what is wrong with him, but he is alive." When everyone heard this, there was a great cheer going around. Even Ginny and Colin cheered.

Every one cleared a path as Poppy came through the crowd to get to Harry. She knelt down and gave a brief examination and confirmed what Hermione said. She called for Fred and George to Harry to the wing for a deeper examination and treatment.

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Once again, Harry woke to a strange surrounding, this time fully clothed and alone. However, he could see things here, like buildings, roads, bridges and people. But the people ignored him like he wasn't even there. He could hear them as they spoke, but he could not be heard. He didn't know where he was going exactly, but he felt a pulling sensation that was him toward a certain structure. He gave in to the pulling and walked faster in the hope that this building would give him some answers.

He entered the building and the pull still brought him further on. To a small set of stairs it led him and he climbed these. He was then pulled to the right and stopped in front a large set of double doors. The doors then swung inward and Harry stepped through the doors which closed when he was clear of them. The room had one occupant who was sitting on a throne at the far end of the room. Harry moved forward to the person sitting on the throne. Once he was there in front of the figure, he did something he had never done to another person. He bowed to him.

"AH, manners to one so young. How refreshing. Take a seat Harry." He waved his hand, and a chair appeared right behind where Harry was standing, and he sat to hear what the man had to say.

"Don't you have any questions for me Harry? Speak up man."

"You're Death, aren't you?"

"Smart too, I see. Excellent. This will make things so much simpler. Yes, I am Death, and I suppose you know why you are here?"

"The Hallows."

"Short and to the point. You are a man of few words, that speaks of much wisdom. Very good Harry. Yes again, this is about the Hallows. I want them back."

"Don't they give me control over you?"

"They would have if the fools I gave them to at first had used them wisely. But they didn't, except for Ignotius. It is because of this I will allow you to keep the cloak, but the wand and the stone must be returned. They were not meant for mortal use."

"Then why did you give them up?"

"Because of you Harry. It was the only way to get you here and to explain a few things. This will be your only visit to this domain and time is short. I have the stone you threw away in the forest, but you have the wand. So, if you please, hand it to me."

"Don't I get to ask for some people to return from the dead?"

"Sorry Harry, but those you wish to call back have been dead for too long."

"What about Dobby?"

"Your elf friend has gone to his own domain and I have no control over it."

"So the only reason I am here is to return these items to you."

"No, there is more. Once the items have been returned, then I will talk about these other things."

Harry handed the wand and his cloak to the being known as death, but the cloak was returned. "I have all that I asked for now. The cloak is yours. Now, since that is done with, I believe I should start my talk. First, There is no chance of the dark lord returning, but that does not mean it has ended because he is gone. He did things that need to be followed up on and corrected. I am not allowed to tell you what these things are, but I have been told that you will come up with them on your own. When you do, follow through on them as they will do good things. Second, I must tell you that because of the lives you saved, you have bonded with with these people. Not all of them are of the same bond. Such as Mr. Weasley. He is bonded to you as a loyal supporter. He will never turn his back on you. Ron is a different type. His is a bond of forgiveness. Both from you and to you. You must forgive his attitude and jealousy, and he will forgive you your taking from his family. However Mrs. Weasley is a bond of love as that as a mother has for her child. You will always be her seventh son Harry. Do not try to be otherwise as it would kill her if you didn't love her as much as she loves you. Finally there are the bonds of loved ones. Not the family type mind you, but of the kind that will keep you together always."

"You say that like there are more than one? How many exactly?"

"I can't tell you that Harry. But, yes there are more than one. Once again, you must not turn them away, or you will see them die. It is not an easy death either Harry."

"So I am going back to my world then, and I must find my bond mates in order to save them."

"Correct, and if I am not mistaken, It is that time for your return. Good luck Harry Potter. First with your love life, then with the mission you will find soon." and Harry lost sight of the room and soon was laying comfortably on a bed. He opened his eyes to two beautiful people. Luna and Hermione. Not knowing how injured he was, their hugs were on the gentle side until Harry pulled them both in tight, which caused them to hold tighter as well.

"We thought you were never going to wake up Harry." Luna whispered.

"We haven't left you side except for eating and other necessary functions. You have been out for over ten days." Hermione whispered.

"Why are we whispering?" Harry whispered.

"We don't want to wake Poppy. She hasn't been getting much sleep since the battle." Luna answered.

"Were a lot of people hurt?"

"Thanks to you, no. It is just the rebuilding of the castle. All the noise going on. She still makes her rounds at night, and can't sleep during the day like she use to. By the way, do you know how many people you saved that day?" Hermione asked.

"Well, Let's see. There were Fred and Percy, Then there was Lavender. Then Remus and Tonks. Oh yeah, then there was Colin."

"We didn't know about Colin. We thought Neville fixed him up, and he never said other wise. But that is the list of people you saved directly. Indirectly you saved over 1,000,000 wizards and witches." Hermione was still holding his hand while she talked to him. Luna was holding the other one.

"So tell me Hermione, how are things going with you and Ron, now that it's over. And how about you and Neville, Luna?" Harry smiled, but dropped it when he saw the looks on the girls faces.

Hermione answered first. "Harry, Ron and I don't talk much. Like I said, I have spent all my up here, and he seldom comes by."

Luna looked to Harry and said, "Can we talk later Harry, about this?"

Both Hermione and Harry look worried over this.

A noise behind them told them that Poppy was up and about to make her rounds. She saw Harry up and talking to the girls, so she went there first. "Good to see you up Mr. Potter. How are you feeling?"

"Wide awake and hungry."

"Naturally you're ready to get up and start another adventure, aren't you. Very well, as there really wasn't anything wrong with except fatigue. Get dressed after you take a shower. The sponge baths the girls have given you can only go so far."

Harry looked to Luna and Hermione and they laughed at his expression. "You both better hope you don't get sick, as I will be right there to offer assistance."

Luna smiled, "Is that a promise Harry?"

Hermione just looked embarrassed.

Harry smiled at them both, "Not a promise Luna, it is fact. I will be there for you if you ever need me. Even a sponge bath or you toe nails."

Harry took his shower and dressed then went with the girls down to the main hall for breakfast. It wouldn't start for another 20 minutes, or so they thought. Once they were seated, an elf appeared and asked, "What can Bicker be doing for the great Harry Potter and his friends?"

"Breakfast would be nice Bicker, but we can wait for the rest."

"No sir, you will eat now. As will your girlfriends. Now, what would you like?"

Luna answered first, "French Toast, Crisp bacon, and bangers."

Both Harry and Hermione ordered the same, but added coffee.

Before they got their food, the room began to fill with the students and their families who were there to help with the rebuilding. They saw Harry there and had to come by and greet him. This was the one time that Harry didn't loathe his fame. These were the people that were there fighting with him that day.

Then Ron came in and saw Harry sitting there with Hermione and Luna and went right to him. "Harry Mate, you're up. How are you feeling?" Ron grabbed a banger off his plate.

"Great but hungry, and if you snatch anything else off my plate, I'll stab you with my fork, mate or no mate."

Ron laughed as he finished off the banger. Then the food began to appear and the meal was on.

Minutes later, Ginny and Colin walked in, hand in hand, and sat across from Harry and the girls. "Hi Harry."

"Hi Ginny, Hi Colin." Colin smiled at him and shook his hand.

"You look good Harry. It must be good to finally get up and walk around."

"It is Colin. How are you doing. You weren't looking too good the last time I saw you."

Colin look puzzled, "When was that Harry?"

"The day of the battle. You were in bad shape and losing a lot of blood. You were outside at the edge of the forest."

"Was it you that fixed me up, Harry?"

"Well, I couldn't leave you like that, now could I?"

"Harry, Poppy said who ever did it, probably saved my life. I owe you for that."

"No Colin, you don't. What good are friends if they can't do something for someone and then expect something for it. You would have done the same for me."

"You're right, I would have, but I never got the chance. I heard I wasn't the only one you saved that night though."

"And they don't owe me anything either. Now let's drop it and eat. I don't want Ron stealing anything else off my plate."

Hermione finished and turned to Harry, "I have to go and start my work, Harry. I'll see you later."

"Have fun Hermione." And he kissed her on the cheek when they hugged. Everyone else started to leave as they finished except for Luna. She stayed with Harry. "Don't you have anything to do Luna?"

"This is my job Harry. I am suppose to help you and see that if you need anything, I am to get it for you. Harry, do you remember what you asked me in the Hospital Wing?"

"About how you and Neville were doing?"

"Yes, well it's like this, Neville likes someone else. He is with Hannah Abbott. I'm with someone else as well, but it's different. And to make things worse, I like someone else as well. I'm afraid the second person won't like me once it becomes known who it is I like."

"Luna, I don't know who your talking about, but if neither of the two know about the other, and if they found out and left you, then neither of them was worth you in the first place."

"Thank you Harry, That was very sweet. But, what if it was you?"

"Me? Why me?"

"Because Harry, you are the second part of my story. I don't know if you felt it, but I believe we shared a bond when you saved me in Malfoy Manor."

"So, you are the first to recognize it."

"The first Harry? You mean there are more?"

"At least one more."

"Probably Ginny because of the Chamber incident. That would make sense."

"But she is with Colin."

"And I am with someone else also."

"That's right. You are. Can I ask you who it is?"

"Please don't hate me for this Harry. I have to tell you because like I said we are bonded. I could never lie to you anyway. Well, here goes. Harry, the other person I like is Daphne Greengrass."

"Well, you could not have picked a prettier mate Luna."

"You're not angry with me?"

"Why should I be angry with you?"

"Because it's another girl."

"But a very pretty one."

Tears were flowing down Luna's cheeks. Harry could be the only person that would accept this kind of relationship.