Chapter 46 – When all HELL breaks loose
It didn't take long to assemble an opposing force of Aurors, Order of the Phoenix members, some teachers and us. Talking Hermione out of this was futile. So the battle began as Aurors engaged the Deatheater as Voldemort was attending the final completion of his portal. He had erected a sheild around himself to ward off any stray curses. I was going to give the whole lot of them a surprise; this was going to be the final battle one way or the other.
The Aurors or Voldemort had put up anti-apparition and anti-Port-key wards. I added a ward from the family Grimore. The ward would only come down if I took it down or I died, it covered the whole area. Nothing was coming in or going out by any means at least that was what the Grimore stated. If the battle wasn't so serious the wards were putting on a light-show of shimmering and sparkling barrier. It would have been beautiful if one is not dodging lethal curses.
Deatheaters and Aurors littered the ground and I was still fighting the help and not Voldemort. Voldemort had the portal completed and at that moment I thought that I may have made a mistake on stopping any escape by anyone. Hermione was my resident bookworm to describe what these things were that were exiting the portal. I just knew they scared the living hell out of me.
First out was a Chimera, a three-headed monster, with the forepart of a lion, the middle-parts of a goat and a snake for its tail. The second Hermione explained was an Empousa. It is a seductive vampire demon with a leg of bronze and a donkey's foot.
A group of Deatheater decided that discretion was the better part of death and bunkered up off to the side. I took a minute to cast another Potter ward securing them as in a spell proof cage. Only my death or my removing the ward would free them as was all the Potter wards, breaking one was a myth according to the Grimore.
The Aurors had taken the Empousa apart but the Chimera was still occupying most or their efforts.
I put up a mobile ward around Hermione and myself which was supposed to stop almost every incoming spell or curse. Hermione gasped as she pointed and said, "A Gorgon!
The stupid thing had serpents for hair and Hermione said that was Stheno the most murderous of the sisters. She slithered back to hell from a barrage of curses from Hermione and myself.
Again the next bunch of stupid Deatheater bunched up when a Manticore came charging out of the portal. I slapped a Potter ward on them, thus isolating them from the fighting. I was inching my way to the Portal as I had a crazy idea that I wanted to try. Voldemort must have been recruiting worldwide as there were more than enough Deatheaters to go around and then some.
I threw up a sheild to protect Foxy's back and blasted the offending Deatheater across the field.
The Manticore that came out next was a monster with the head of a man, the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion. I threw a Potter ward on it so it could be dealt with later as a couple deadly curses bounced off our shields, we had gotten Voldemort's attention.
We kept an eye on Voldemort and an eye on the Portal, Voldemort was going to cast his signiture curse 'Avada Kedavra' any second. Our luck was holding as the next creäture from hell emerged, it was a Karkinos, a giant crab. Voldemort cast as series of curses including his 'Avada Kedavra' at us as I used the strongest banishment spell to throw the crab into the curses. Blood and parts few all over the place. I kept hurling curses as fast as could think of them but even I was no danger to both Voldemort, his troops and the Portal monsters.
Some Stymphalian Birds, who were man eaters with bronze beaks, they flew out and by us followed by Chrysaor, a giant. The Giant stomped by us to the action, I'm not sure it even saw Foxy and me. I was now close enough and so was Voldemort. I threw up the strongest Potter ward that came from my family's Grimore. It surrounded the Portal like a huge bubble but unfortunately it also had Hermione and I sealed in with Voldemort. My hope was to seal the portal not seal our death. Voldemort wasted no time as 'Avada Kedavra' was thrown at us as something stepped out of the Portal and into the curse. The cloaked figure did not fall dead nor did Voldemort stop the 'Avada Kedavra' curses aimed at the three of us.
I was not sure but I felt a chill that gave me the feeling that we were now in the presence of 'Death' himself. It was dressed in black but it wasn't a skeleton figure but its dark skin didn't look too good. It had large dark wings and a bright halo circled its head. All the 'Avada Kedavra' curses from Voldemort stopped in mid-air and just fizzled into nothing. Foxy and I were still attempting to curse Voldemort but nothing was happening.
Foxy got my attention with a elbow to the side and I looked around. Outside the bubble fighting was coming to a halt as both sides attention was being drawn to our bubble.
The entity turned to Voldemort and said, "You never win messing with Death Tom Riddle" and Voldemort was instantly sucked into the Portal. Death turned to us and I feared it was now our time.
"Ah Mr. Potter and the lovely Mrs. Potter it's a pleasure to meet you. The deities did say you were important in the scheme of things here on earth. You have definitely impressed them and now me." I know to say I was speechless would be an understatement as Death continued.
"Your final ward was the act I needed. I can only appear in your world as a spector and then I can only escort the dead souls to the after life. Your bubble ward allows me to physically step into your world and claim what I have wanted for many years, no one cheats death.
I was not thinking of a joke of this but Hermione looked as if she was going to choke to death. She finally got out one of what was probably hundreds of questions. "So the stories are true, you're an arch-angle and that's why the halo but..." Death sounded like he was laughing under the hood but cut off Hermione.
"You will just have to keep wondering but I can tell you, your Voldemort is never going to bother you again. You have sent a lot of his pieces and I now can summon the rest and I just completed what I could not do as a Spector. Whatever he may have stashed here on earth has followed him to his new place of residence. Your ward allowed me to do all this so as soon as I leave please drop all your wards and the Portal will follow me."
Err was all I got out before he said, "We must talk in a few hundred years but until then let me take those with that Dark Mark with me for some attitude adjustments." The entity turned and entered the Portal and as I dropped all the wards Deatheaters flew into the Portal drawn there by their dark mark and the Portal collapsed upon itself. I swear I saw Snape hurtling by into the portal before it closed.
The award ceremonies were held by the Ministry without the Potters as they could not be found. When they were sighted it was usually in a country not called England. When the press cornered them they only stated that they would not be returning to England. Only a few friends knew of the house in Godrick Hollows where 'The Deadly Twin' and 'The-Boy-Who-Lived' held their annual party to celebrate the...
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