Wow, the last chapter of The Curse of Eternity. Only the Epilogue is left. I hope you enjoy this :)
Chapter Eighteen
The Final Battle
"Tom." Hermione nodded curtly at the shell of the man she had once known and loved. Voldemort grinned, a ghastly look on his no lipped mouth. "Hermione, my love." He hissed. "I am not your love, not anymore." Hermione spat. "No, that's right. Mister Malfoy here is your lover now." Voldemort jibed.
"Yes, he is. And with his help, I am going to bring to your knees, make you regret everything you have done before I kill you." Hermione snarled, her eyes ferocious and sparkling with anger and hatred. Voldemort let out a hissing laugh. "How do you expect to do that? I am immortal!"
Hermione raised an eyebrow. Over his shoulder she could see Nagini trying to bite Neville. She focussed on the snake and it lit alight. "Not anymore. Do you really think we wouldn't find out about the Horcruxes? We even found the one inside Harry. Last year, we removed it and got rid of it. Now, your very last one has been destroyed."
Voldemort's face took on a horrified look and he spun round to see the still smoking ashes of his last Horcrux and Familiar. He hissed in anger and turned back to the older girl and her younger lover.
"You have just made a very stupid mistake." He growled. Hermione grinned darkly. "Oh, I don't think I did, Tom." She replied coolly. Voldemort glared at his former lover and raised his wand.
"Crucio!" He hissed. Pain filled Hermione, but she remained standing and resisted the urge to scream. It wasn't the first time she had been under this curse, but it was still painful. She silently sent up a prayer of thanks that she had a high pain threshold. After all, Living for over a thousand years you learned how to deal with pain easily.
After a few minutes, Voldemort removed the curse and his red eyes glittered with malice. "This ends now." Hermione spat. Voldemort just laughed. "Didn't you know? You can't kill me. Only Harry Potter can." He sneered.
Hermione smirked. "Oh, but that is where you are wrong. You see, after Severus delivered his warning, Trelawney gave a Prophesy. You see, Draco and I are the ones to kill you." She drawled. Voldemort glared at her. "Then it shall be your turn to die."
Hermione laughed out right and all around them the battle came to a stand still. "You can't kill me. Bellatrix tried already, remember." She spat. Voldemort's eyes took a cunning gleam. "You might not be able to, but your lover can." He reminded her.
"Avada Kedavra!" A green jet of light hurtled towards Draco. Desperation filled Hermione and she dove into the path of the light. It collided with her chest and her body fell to the ground, her eyes staring accusingly at Voldemort.
Draco knelt down beside her, worry filling him with the fact that maybe this time she wouldn't awaken. But, barely a second later, Hermione sat up and glared at Voldemort with such intensity that she caused the heartless being to shudder.
"That hurt." She spat, her chocolate eyes narrowing at the white figure before her. Hermione raised a hand and Voldemort's wand sailed into it. Voldemort hissed in rage. Hermione merely smirked before snapping the wand in half.
Deep in the Forbidden Forest, Altair stood with Cassiopeia. "The tides have turned. The fates have pulled us through yet again." Altair told the young female. "That they have, Altair. But something is changing. A soul is changing." Cassiopeia replied.
Voldemort let out a scream of rage and threw himself at Hermione. "You bitch! You snapped my wand!" He yelled. Hermione gasped as Voldemort's hands wrapped around her neck and he began to choke her.
Draco was filled with worry as he saw the Dark Lord encase his hands around Hermione's delicate throat. He raised his hands sent a wave of water from the lake at the red eyed monster. Voldemort stumbled back in shock, letting go of Hermione.
Hermione smiled as an idea formed and she summoned vines from the earth. She made them wrap around the man, binding him in place. Voldemort hissed in rage as he met the two Elementals' eyes.
Hermione met Draco's eye and they both nodded. Hermione shut her eyes and summoned all the love and rage from within her. She opened them again to see flames dancing in her palms. She willed them to grow and threw them at Voldemort.
Draco bent the air to his will and forced it to join with the fire, causing a tornado. The tornado became a fiery tornado and it encircled the Dark Lord. He screamed as the fire born out of love licked at his skin. The fire obscured him from view. The screams ended and when the fire died, ashes were left.
Draco manipulated the wind and blew the ashes away, scattering them. It was finally over.
Please Read and Review. I hope you enjoyed this story. I am tying it all up with the epilogue next. Epilogue: It's Graduation.