Harry resurfaces, feeling horror and dread.
Gods, Bloom's going to be bloody devastated.
That's the first thought that enters his head when he processes the fact that he has to die in order for Voldemort to die.
He knows for sure Bloom doesn't have a clue, maybe her headmistress, Mrs. Faragonda, doesn't either. But Dumbledore knew when he learned that Horcruxes were the reason Voldemort had persisted all this time.
So, it simply became his mission to find all the Horcruxes and then walk calmly into his own death.
Harry feels cheated somehow, that he got to have some hope that he'd have a life, have a family, only to learn that he has to die in order for that future to be able to happen for everyone else.
Dumbledore overestimated him though, Nagini's still alive.
Bloom will likely realize what the snake is when the reptile gets within ten feet of her, but he tells Neville he has to kill Nagini if he gets the chance as well.
Bloom will likely destroy Voldemort after Harry's dead, but it won't matter to him by then.
He puts the Invisibility cloak on, and walks out of the school.
He sees Bloom, still flying around and healing people with Fyra - he wants to call out to her, but she'll never let him leave. She'll spell him to one of the remaining columns and try everything she can think of to save him while still getting rid of the piece of Voldemort's soul that's stuck to him - it wouldn't work, the only way for a living Horcrux to be destroyed is if the being dies.
He sees Draco and his father sitting there, and the blonde boy walks over.
Bloom says "Go away Draco, unless someone is dying." Draco doesn't though, and grabs her shoulder.
Bloom says "This has been seven years coming, Malfoy - but especially after years five and six."
He looks confused, until she blasts him in the stomach. Lucius helps him up, and Draco mutters "Saw that coming. I thought she'd do it during the battle though."
Harry smirks, and then goes off into the Dark Forest. When he gets to Hagrid's hut, he remembers about a hundred things at once - all of them with Bloom, Ron, and Hermione.
He can feel the chill of the Dementors, and pulls out the Snitch Dumbledore gave him upon his death.
There's an inscription that says "I only open at the close' - and Harry has a pretty good idea of what that means.
He whispers "I am about to die." and the Snitch opens to reveal the Resurrection stone - another of the Deathly Hallows.
He turns it over in his hands three times, and his parents appear. They're in full color, but he can't touch them.
They say they're both proud of him, and James mischievously says he likes Bloom's attitude. Harry turns bright red, and asks "You know about…"
Lily says "We've been watching you all this time. I'm so sorry about everything Harry. If we could've protected you better, if we hadn't trusted Peter…"
She tries to hug him, but passes right through him. "I'm so sorry you had to grow up with Petunia, sorry they never treated you like you should have been."
"Mum, you saved my life. You protected me plenty. Besides, Bloom came out of it all. She made the summers alright, and we're the best of friends."
James smirks at that, and says "We've seen. Like your other two friends are the best of friends. What we're saying is, we like her for you."
Harry smile sadly, and then they set off. He doesn't feel the Dementor's chill, his parents are protecting him like Patronuses.
Harry finds two Death-Eaters, and follow them to Aragog's old clearing - this would be why the Acromantulas were in the battle, they were forced out of their home.
Voldemort is sitting in front of a fire, he thought Harry would come - seems he was mistaken.
Harry mutters goodbye to his parents and drops the Resurrection stone when they say goodbye to him and that they love him always, and then contradicts Voldemort loudly while taking off the Invisibility Cloak and putting it in his pocket.
The giants in the clearing roar, the Death-Eaters rise - and Hagrid yells "HARRY, NO!" Hagrid's tied to a tree, and is now struggling wildly as a Death-Eater silences him.
Harry sees Nagini floating in her cage, and she and fire are the only things moving in the clearing he wouldn't even get his wand all the way up before it was disarmed by fifty spells at the same time.
Voldemort tilts his head to the side, and a mirthless smile plays on his mouth - he doesn't have any lips, so, no lips for the smile to play on.
Harry closes his eyes as Voldemort casts the Killing Curse, knowing Bloom's going to go ballistic when she hears about this. She'd go off even worse if she hears he didn't even try to fight back, but he can't care about that right now - he might break.
The last thing he hears, or thinks he hears, is Bloom's voice shouting his name.
When Harry opens his eyes, everything is white and silent.
He's lost all his clothes, but it's not an issue since there's nobody around to see him. He looks around, but there's a cloudy vapor that's forming into his surroundings.
He's not wearing glasses - and at that moment he hears the thumping and struggling of something flailing around. Harry immediately wishes he was clothed, and robes appear a short distance away.
He can feel something tugging inside him - like someone's tugging at him from inside him. He ignores the sensation for now, and dresses then finds out what's making the noise - and is immediately repulsed by it.
It looks like a child, but naked and with rough, raw skin - it looks like it was flayed, and is shuddering under a seat where it was left unwanted. He was examining his surroundings, which are looking more and more like King's Cross Station, and saw the thing struggling for breath underneath the seat.
A familiar voice says he can't do anything for it, and when he turns around he finds Dumbledore standing there.
Harry puts together that the thing is the piece of Voldemort's soul that was attached to him - dying had removed it. His soul is his own now.
"Professor, then why am I here? I was hit with the Killing Curse, and nobody died for me this time…"
Dumbledore smiles, and says "Do you remember your third year? The night you rescued Sirius?"
"Yes, why?" The tugging sensation is getting stronger now, like someone's pulling at a fishhook in his chest more impatiently.
"Bloom told me she tried to save you and Sirius from the Dementors' influence. She gave each of you a small piece of her power. It binds you to life, much the same way you formerly bound Voldemort to life. And, I would guess from the way you keep rubbing at the spot where your heart is, she's currently trying to draw you back."
Harry has a choice now, he can board a train and go on, or he can go back and try to finish Voldemort - which is a very good chance of happening, especially with Bloom knowing of Harry's death.
Harry nods, then sees everything is turning back into mist - and the spot in his chest that was feeling pulled is getting warmer and warmer fast - it's almost burning hot and the heat is coursing through his body now.
Next thing he knows, he's facedown on the ground with his glasses digging into his temple. Nobody's cheering like he expected, and everyone's whispering quietly.
He cracks his eye open barely, and sees Voldemort getting to his feet dizzily - with Bellatrix kneeling beside him. He orders someone to see if Harry's dead, and he hears footsteps getting closer.
Harry has no idea what he's going to do - his heart is thumping in his chest and there's no way to disguise that fact. He feels soft hands pull back an eyelid to reveal Narcissa Malfoy kneeling next to him. She puts a hand to his chest and feels his beating heart - then whispers "Is Draco alive and in the castle?"
He breathes out a yes, and she sighs and says "He's dead, Lord Voldemort." Harry can't believe it, but then everyone starts shouting in victory.
Voldemort uses the Cruciatus Curse on him, but the pain never comes - he just gets thrown in the air a few times.
The wand he took from Draco slips slightly in his sleeve, but he doesn't lose anything other than his glasses - which are forcefully jammed onto his face when Voldemort declares that they're going to show Hogwarts's defenders what had become of Harry.
Harry privately thinks Voldemort's already signed his permanent-death warrant when he killed him - but now he's taking the evidence to Bloom. The thought that Bloom's going to kill him a second time after all this is over slams into his head at the speed of the Golden Snitch, he only hopes he can get the chance to explain why he snuck off and got himself killed before the blasting and screaming on her end starts.
He feels Hagrid pick him up incredibly gently, but he keeps his eyes closed and plays dead as giant tears splash on his face.
AN: Yeah, Harry's in so much trouble! He didn't imagine Bloom screaming his name, and Dumbledore was right when he said she was trying to drag him back. And Voldemort and his cronies are toast, very literally now, they may just get a single word in before Bloom goes off on them. But really, why in the hell are they bringing back the evidence of the one thing that Bloom will go off because of straight to her? Despite the fact that he's afraid of dying, Voldemort clearly doesn't have enough survival instinct to avoid that fate. FInd out how Bloom goes off and with how much fire next chapter!