Ninja Wizard V 15 The Final Episode
Harry moved through the dark shadows on the grounds of what he knew to be a mansion belonging to a high level DE, a member of Voldemort s inner circle. He paused in the shadow of a large tree and observed things for a bit before moving on. Everything was quiet, too quiet. Harry knew he had been extremely careful about keeping his plans to himself as he wondered if he could trust anyone anymore. Sirius, Remus, and Keith had disappeared and the Doghouse completely destroyed. Hogwarts had been taken over by Snape, a number of the high level DE s posted there in order to keep the students there under their control and by doing that, had the Wizarding world hostage. Attack the DE s, and a few of the kids would get offed. Umbridge had the Wizengamot in her claws, and Harry has planned on removing her to free them, right after he took out Voldemort and his playmates. Harry had finally reached his breaking point after the last DE attack on innocents and Umbridge declaring him public enemy number one. He knew she was keeping Hermione hostage at Hogwarts after the school had been taken over by the DE s just after they returned to the castle from their Christmas Holiday in their sixth year. Harry had been out of the castle that day and made sure to make a public appearance in a different country and publicly condemning Voldemort and the other DE s, even going as far as to accuse Umbridge of colluding with the enemy. She had convinced the Wizengamot for a declaration to name Harry Public Enemy Number One and posted a million galleon reward for his head. Harry had relocated to Potter House and a number of house Elves lead by Dobby had joined him in his efforts against the DE s. Bustah and the rest of the Hogwarts elves remained behind and continued the search for any of the horcruxes. By now at least quite a few of them had been destroyed, the last one having been Slytherin s Locket, but with a price. Dumbledore had lost his life for the damned thing. Harry moved once the moon went behind the heavy cloud cover. The weather forecast had predicted rain, and the clouds were thick and heavy. Harry could smell the water in the air as he moved across the lawn in his Siamese cat form and mentally thanked the war gods for providing the best time for an attack. His teachers had taught him that the enemy hates to fight in bad weather, and Sirius had told him once that the DE s didn t like getting wet while conducting their cowardly attacks. Harry had proved that he would attack in any kind of weather just to get even with them. Harry studied the house from another angle while sitting on his haunches in the safety of a large bush. He knew they were there, his sense of smell told him so from the different types of cologne the DE s liked to wear, including the very wealthy ones. He watched as a dark form on the porch wrapped his cloak around himself a bit tighter as it was getting colder. A few minutes later the dark form moved around the far corner of the house and disappeared. Harry took the opportunity to move from the bush up to the porch of the house and underneath it. He listened to the footsteps of the half frozen sentry return to the front of the house. Harry knew from experience that sentry duty was a hard detail to work. It was boring, the sentry often would have to subject himself to the elements, it would always be hard work to keep alert, the temptation to sit down and relax was a constant enemy. Harry did see a chair up on the porch and hoped the man would screw up and sit down. Harry s mind drifted back to the night Dumbledore had lost his life. Dumbledore had met up with Harry and convinced him to go on a mission to help him retrieve Slytherin s Locket.
I know you are something called a ninja, Harry. You have been the one to kill those DE s that could have been redeemed, Dumbledore said, his eyes looking very serious at him. If you do not want me to turn you in for their murders, then you will help me with this. Harry was so pissed at the fact that the old man had discovered his secret that he nearly took Dumbledore s heard right then and there. Harry leaned forward into Dumbledore s face and showed him Shishogan, lifedeath eyes, and the old man showed fear in his eyes and shivered. I will deal with you later, Harry hissed. I know for a fact that you somehow healed Lockhart and turned him loose on my Japanese Family. Because of him they no longer know me. I have taken his head for it. Dumbledore then told Harry about the cave at the seashore and what the significance of it was. Then we get it and destroy it, Harry snarled at Dumbledore. They had gone there and managed to get inside the cavern, only to discover Inferi inside the water surrounding the tiny island where the basin was. Dumbledore had taken it upon himself to drink the potion inside the basin in order to get the locket. The potion had affected him so badly that Harry ended up carrying the old man after he retrieved the locket from the basin and having to fight his way out of there. Naturally Dumbledore was no help as the potion had affected him so badly. Harry resorted to using one of his fireball spells to destroy the place completely. Once Dumbledore was out into the fresh air, he recovered a bit and managed to apparate them back to the North tower. Harry propped the old man up against the wall and headed down into the school to find help for Dumbledore. He did manage to use his magic to change out of his ninja suit back into his normal jeans, t shirt, and a Hogwarts hoodie before a spell pushed him into the dark corner and paralyzed him at the same time. A moment later Snape, Draco, and two other people went past Harry. Harry was able to see everything going on and witnessed Snape killing Dumbledore. The fight that followed between Harry and Snape would be added to the school s legend. Snape had pushed Harry to his absolute limits and managed to escape thanks to the interference of the people he had with him. Harry did severely wound Draco, but the other two people had helped Snape and Draco escape. Harry swore revenge against them, and then again, when Umbridge had him declared an enemy of the people after Snape and Draco testified at the inquiry a few months later into Dumbledore s death that both of them had seen Harry commit the murder. Dumbledore s funeral had been a circus, the Ministry making a big show of it and Umbridge promising to avenge Dumbledore s death by making sure Harry got the death penalty. Harry s supporters kept Umbridge from following through on her threat against Harry until she was able to have them removed from the Wizengamot on trumped up charges, one by one. Then came the events of January, forcing Harry to go underground. After Harry discovered the locket was a fake, he showed the note that was inside of it to Sirius before his disappearance. He recognized his brother s handwriting and Kreatcher had confessed to having the real thing. Harry and Sirius destroyed the thing in front of Kreatcher and the elf had gotten so emotional over it that he recognized Harry as his new master as Harry was now in line to be the next Lord Black. Harry raised his head when he heard the man moving once more, but this time he went to sit down in the chair on the porch and lean back in it. Harry smiled, and the memory of Hermione exclaiming that Harry the cat smiling was very disturbing and scary. He moved out from underneath the porch and very slowly climbed the steps up the porch and quietly approached the man now sleeping in the chair. Harry moved behind him and then morphed back into his human form and slit the man s throat. The DE never twitched. Harry moved to the front door and discovered it was open just enough to slip inside. He got in and slipped into the shadows and opened his senses to the house. There were DE s here, and most importantly, Voldemort. Most of them were in the throne room surrounding Voldemort. Harry began moving silently through the house, taking out the DE s one by one as he encountered them. He was firmly in the silent but deadly mode, making sure that none of them made any kind of noise or was able to use their wand against him. Harry worked the ground floor first, and then went up to the next floor where he knew there would be a few of them in the bedrooms. He entered each bedroom and silenced the DE s in them. Some of them were engaged in activity Harry didn t want to know about. People did weird things to get their jollies. Harry kept on going. Must have been something major going on here tonight, as the house was full of people. Harry took his time in doing the job to clear the second floor. He didn t want to rush the job as that would alert them if he didn t move at the right moment. Harry did find a few prisoners, and they looked at him in shock as he eliminated the DE s in the room. Harry cast the sleep spell over them and gave them very special portkeys that would send them to Potter House through the wards he had set up to keep the DE s contained. He had discovered that if he was the one to set up the containment spells and then create portkeys, his containment spells would recognize the portkeys and allow them to leave but not anyone else. Dobby and the elves at Potter House would care for the people he would rescue, and there were a few of them. Harry paused for a moment to catch his breath after clearing the second floor and scratched at the scar he had gotten climbing the rock walls while invading Gringotts. His mind recalled the memory of that mission. Sirius had gone to Gringotts to try to get into Bellatrix Black LeStrange s vault to talk to the goblins about getting into it to get Hufflepuff s Cup out of there as Voldemort had turned it into a horcrux. How Dumbledore had figured that out, nobody knew, as he claimed the information had come from a dead house elf. Harry had seen Dumbledore s memory of it, as a box containing a bunch of vials and a note from Dumbledore had been sent to him via house elf delivery. They had come in handy, giving Harry, Remus, Sirius, and Keith all the information needed to go after the horcruxes. Sirius had no luck with the goblins, and that made Harry s job even harder, which meant he now had to break into Gringotts. Fortunately, they discovered that the Black account manager had created a map of the underground caves that contained nearly all of the vaults and had concealed it in the Black Family vault inside the Family Grimorie, which Sirius had found and smuggled it out. Harry and Sirius had studied it and from there, planned the route that Harry was to take. Sirius had Harry practice the spells he was going to need for the job and Harry set out late one night after Sirius had disappeared. He entered where they planned at, and from the previous explorations, had discovered to be absolutely perfect. Harry had gotten in with no trouble at all, as the goblin sentry there had been asleep, something that completely shocked Harry. From what he knew about the goblins, they were fierce warriors that enjoyed battle. Harry made sure that this particular goblin remained asleep as Harry would be escaping through this particular route. Harry moved forward after making sure that he didn t leave any clue to his penetration of the entry and opened his senses to his environment. He moved slow and sure, making sure to not make any kind of noise, which would end things for him really quick. It took him about twenty minutes to walk the length of the tunnel and stopped just before he emerged into the huge cavern. He blinked at the size of it. It was just so mind blowing.
Harry pulled himself together and consulted his map to see where he was and where he had to go next. He peeked over the edge and found the very narrow and steep path he was to take to get to where the vault was. According to the map, it was quite a few miles downward. Harry slipped over the ledge and started down the path and hoped he wouldn t have to go too far as he wanted to be in and out fast. He walked for at least five miles and then consulted the map once more. According to the map, he was to look for a group of rocks that looked like an animal of some sort. That would be clue enough that he was getting close to his target. He paused for a moment to get some water, check the map, and then moved on. It was another hour of walking before he found the animal like cluster of rocks. Here he paused to listen for any noise, and heard nothing. He moved into the short tunnel that would lead him to the Black Family vaults, the main one for the Family including all of the smaller ones for the individual members. Harry kept to the shadows until he emerged from the short tunnel into the cavern that contained the Black Family vaults. Here he paused once more to listen very carefully and to look around before making his move. He made every effort to stay in the shadows as there was a lot of torch light here. He peeked over the edge of the very narrow path he was on and observed the sleeping dragon at the bottom of the cavern. Looking to the left, he saw the cart track that came out of another dark tunnel above him to see if anyone was riding it down to the bottom, and there wasn t. Harry moved to another spot and observed things again. From his new vantage point, he now could see the various smaller vaults surrounding the main vault. Harry consulted his map and discovered that Bella s vault was to the right of the main vault, and up a flight of stairs to another level above the floor. Harry glanced at the sleeping dragon and noted the dragon was fairly close. One swipe of it s paw with it s razor sharp claws, and Harry would be ended. Even more reason to be very careful. Harry moved forward quietly, making sure to step quietly. He approached the stairs that would take him to the next level where Bella s vault was and mounted them slowly. He did not want to be in a rush, as that could go wrong and he would make noise to alert the dragon. Game over. Harry took each step one at a time while looking around and keeping very alert. His senses told him that there wasn t anything going on. It took him about fifteen minutes to get to Bella s vault. He crouched down in the shadows and scanned the area once more. Still nothing. Harry made his approach and used the special Black Family medallion that would allow him into Bella s vault. He put it up against the vault door and was rewarded by a soft click. The vault door slowly opened up. Harry pulled the Potter wand and got ready to cast the two spells he needed to, knowing full well once he cast them, all hell would break loose, and he did not want to be here when it did. He pulled the black backpack off his back and opened it wide and got ready, breathing in and out a few times to settle his nerves. Then he cast the spells. As he expected, the first spell to identify the cup worked perfectly, finding the cup in the very back of the vault. The second spell summoned the cup to him, and he held the pack open as he stashed the Potter wand back into his black body suit. Just as the cup hit the bottom of the pack, Harry was moving and closing the top of the pack, and swung it on his back as the alarms went off. The dragon jerked as Harry hit the main floor and started waking up. By the time Harry had reached the small tunnel that would get him back to the path that would take him out of there, the dragon was moving as the vault door closed. Harry raced through the smaller tunnel back to the path that would take him out of there. Now Harry could hear the security carts arriving a bit faster than he had expected. He decided that climbing the rock walls straight up would be a bit faster than going up the path, and he quickly conjured up his climbing claws. This particular set was designed to climb rock walls that had lots of rocks sticking out. They would help Harry to get out of there faster. Harry began climbing and made an effort to keep to the shadows a lot of the rocks provided for him. By the time the troop of goblin warriors were spilling out of the carts to the main floor, Harry was one quarter up the rock wall. He observed them for a few minutes and then moved onward as the goblin warriors started to deal with the dragon. The next time Harry glanced back down at them they had moved the dragon backwards into a corner of the cavern and was just starting up the stairs to Bella s vault. Harry turned his attention back to what he was doing and kept on climbing. It was getting close to 0500 as Harry found the tunnel he was to exit through. He had learned long ago that the way in wasn t always the best way out. Harry sat at the mouth of the tunnel he was using to get out through for a few minutes to watch the goblins scurrying back and forth. Finally, his chance to get out of there came, and Harry hopped across the bridge that led to a section of the Muggle Underground. Using his magic after making sure the coast was clear, he picked the lock on the door and got out through it, closing it and securing it once more. His mission had been a success.
Harry had taken the cup back to Potter House and made sure to destroy the horcrux in the cup and placed it inside the safe he had in the office along with the locket, what was left of Tom s diary and Gaunt s Ring. All he needed now was Rowena Ravenclaw s Diadem and to take out Nagini, Voldemort s familiar. The elves in Hogwarts led by the head elf, were in the process of looking for the diadem, as Dumbledore had hypothesized that Riddle had hidden it someplace inside Hogwarts prior to meeting Dumbledore to ask him for the DADA post. Riddle had flown into a rage when Dumbledore rejected him and before he left the castle, supposedly set up a curse in the DADA classroom, making sure that all instructors to the class would not last a year. Rejecting him was not a smart move, Harry told Dumbledore. You could have used the job as a way to very carefully turn him back to the light. Dumbledore calmly sipped a bit of tea and then set the cup down. I must confess I had not thought of that, Harry. I could not get the ministry involved, as I did not have any solid proof that Riddle did anything prior to meeting me and then afterwards. It would not have put me into a good light. People would say that your battle with Grindelwald had left you a bit unstable, Harry conceded. You could have very subtly turned him back with nobody being the wiser. Dumbledore tapped the rim of the cup with his right index finger as he contemplated Harry s words. Would have, could have, should have, and didn t. Instead, I had to do what I did, and in the process ruined your life. I m afraid those scales will never balance. Dumbledore leaned forward. You must be very careful of your actions, as you can create a future that could come back on you. I believe I have learned that far too late. That discussion had occurred in Dumbledore s office in the History of Magic classroom prior to their leaving on their mission to the seaside. That discussion had been replayed in Harry s head far too many times, and each time it did, Harry had realized that Dumbledore had spoken the truth, and had learned from it. Harry turned his attention back to what he was doing as something moved in front of him. Harry reached out and tagged the DE with a poisoned needle, and the man went down barely a minute later. Harry slid into another room on the second floor and found two young muggle boys tied up naked on the bed. Harry growled to himself as he cast the sleep spell over them and dropped another portkey on them. They disappeared to the Potter Manor where Dobby was waiting for any people that Harry rescued. Harry slid into the dark shadow and listened to the sounds in the manor coming from the ballroom below him. It sounded like they were having a big party down there. Harry moved back into the hall and continued to the next room where he found nobody there. He moved back into the hall where he encountered a very drunk Bella. She was really out of it as she grabbed Harry and started to dance with him. Harry slid a razor sharp knife into her guts while using a spell to immobilize her. Her eyes bugged out as she suddenly realized through her drunken haze that she had been killed. For every person you have ever harmed and killed, Harry whispered into her ear. He lowered Bella to the floor in the empty bedroom he had dragged her into as she struggled to say something. Harry saw her eyes glaze over as death took her. Her victims can rest easier knowing they had been avenged. Harry was sure they would be waiting for her to show up in the in between world where the dead went before going onward to either heaven or hell, depending on what their final judgement was. He knew his parents were in a much better place, sure that there was a special place for parents to go. He stood over her and watched to make sure she was truly gone. He nodded after a moment and then moved on. He had work to do. He continued on in his search on the second floor for more DE s and victims, finding four more drunk DE s and took care of them. Then he went back to the ground floor and picked up from where he left off. Harry took out four more of the DE s as they were kicking around a victim. Harry sent the victim off to Potter Manor while he sent the four DE s to hell. He found the kitchen and waited for the five junior DE s to carry platters of drink and food to the party. Once they left the kitchen, Harry reached into his pocket for a vial and began pouring the contents of it into the remaining food and drink on the counters, slipping back into the shadow seconds before the grumbling junior DE s came back for more. Harry listened to their conversation and discovered there were people down in the basement area that had been setup as a dungeon. Harry left the kitchen after the junior DE s left. Harry very carefully checked each door for the stairs going down and then finding them as one very drunk DE popped out of the stairwell right next to Harry. Harry neatly wrapped him up and broke his neck completely, dragging him into an empty room that Harry had just checked. He went down the stairs and peeked into the room he found himself in. There were three DE s in there, torturing six victims. Harry used poisoned throwing stars to take out the DE s and freed the victims from their restraints. Harry put them to sleep and sent them to Potter Manor. He moved around in the basement areas to make sure he didn t miss anyone and headed back upstairs. Now it was time to assault the ballroom. He hoped his poisoning the refreshments had done most of the work for him. He followed the sounds of the party to a smaller door off to one side of the ballroom and went in through that door. He found a big curtain in front of him and he used it as a cover so he could observe things. Apparently, his addition to the food and drink had been working as there were now a number of DE s lying on the floor off to one side, like they had been dragged off the floor over there. He watched as another two DE s dropped and the group surrounding them laughed hysterically, thinking they had passed out from the booze they were consuming. Harry looked around the room and planned his attack from the shadows. He noted the six muggle kids they were kicking around and factored them into his plan of attack. Harry palmed two of his small razors and went to work.
Within five minutes nearly all of the DE s were dead and the six muggle kids were gone. Harry faded back into the shadows as it slowly occurred to the extremely drunk DE s and Voldemort that they were under attack. The DE s formed a circle around Voldemort and managed to pull their wands out and stood there with false bravado on their faces, but Harry could smell their fear. Nagini crawled out and began searching the room as Voldemort screamed out in pain. A messenger coin in Harry s pocket got hot and Harry knew the elves at Hogwarts had found the diadem containing the horcrux and destroyed it. That meant Nagini was the last one. Several of the DE s turned round to check on Voldemort and Harry used a small straw to shoot them with the poisoned needles he had, and they dropped on the floor in front of Voldemort, making the DE s laugh, thinking their comrades had fallen down drunk.
Search the room! Voldemort shouted, and the remaining DE s jumped to obey. Harry moved around the edges of the room, flitting from dark spot to dark spot, taking out the DE s who came dangerously close to him. He and Nagini met in the middle of one wall, Nagini striking out at him. Harry managed to grab her and slipped the tanto into her head, slicing through the horcrux Voldemort had put there. Harry made sure to coat the tanto with Basilisk venom, knowing full well he was going to get Nagini with it. Nagini never had a chance as Harry had grabbed her by her neck and stabbing down into the middle of her head as fast as he could, and succeeding. He pulled it out of her head and then sliced her head clean off her long serpentine body and kicking it away from her, the head flying at Voldemort and landing in his lap. He did the one thing that nobody should ever do, and that was to pick up the head, as it is a known fact that the head of a snake can and will bite before completely dying. Nagini s teeth sank into Voldemort s hands, causing him to scream out in pain. The DE s surrounding him looked to see what happened, and Harry attacked, coming out of the shadows with his ninja-to, and managed to take several heads before the DE s had a chance to react. Voldemort s eyes bugged out when he saw the heads of the DE s that Harry had gotten.
Behind you! he shouted, and the rest of the DE s reacted by spinning around with their wands out. But it was much too late, as Harry used a rolling motion, spinning to his left, going from one side to the other, slicing up DE s as he went. By the time the last body hit the floor, Harry was back in shadow. Voldemort managed to yank Nagini s teeth out of his hands and went for his wand. Come out of there and face Lord Voldemort, if you dare! For I am the greatest of all wizards! he called out. Harry softly chuckled at Voldemort s declaration. Really? You really think so? Potter, Voldemort whispered, his body trembling from the poison racing through his body. Come and face me. I shall be merciful and grant you an easy death. Harry laughed once more. It is you that is dying. Nagini has injected her poison into you when she bit your hands. Your horcruxes are gone. There is no way you can ever come back. Voldemort flew into a rage and destroyed a good chunk of the ballroom, missing Harry in the process. He stood there, his chest heaving as Harry finally came out of the shadows holding the Potter wand. Both of them stared each other down until Voldemort spoke. So, you are the mysterious man in black who killed my followers, he said. I shall avenge my followers and you shall die a most painful death. Harry sighed. The time for talk is long past. Harry swung his wand around them and cleared the floor of the dead DE s. The two of us enter final combat. Only one of us shall leave this place. Agreed, Voldemort smirked at Harry. You shall die and I will leave this place to become more powerful. Both of them slowly circled the center of the ballroom floor for a minute or two, and then charged at each other. Voldemort fired the first spell, but Harry drew first blood with the cutting spell to Voldemort s right side, casting silently. Voldemort stumbled backwards, then retaliated with the killing spell. Harry simply stepped aside and let it fly past him. The fight was on. For the next few minutes both of them traded spells back and forth, Harry casting silently while Voldemort whispered each one of his spells, using Parseltongue. What he didn t know was that Harry knew it as well, and was able to block each and every one of Voldemort s spells. Harry continued to cut away at the Dark Lord, pushing him to expend more of his energy, getting him all worked up as Nagini s venom spread through his body. Voldemort was losing his strength as he stumbled all over the place. Harry slowed up his attacks, giving Voldemort every chance to try and take him down. Finally, Voldemort stumbled back a bit too much and landed in his throne like chair. Both of them knew now that Voldemort was finished. You are the better man, Voldemort finally admitted. Harry bowed. Thank you. Please make it quick and painless, Voldemort asked. Harry nodded and drew his ninja-to from the scabbard on his back and stood off to Voldemort s left side and waited. Voldemort closed his eyes, and then dropped his head forward. Harry s sword flashed, and Voldemort was no more. The body leaned forward and fell to the floor in front of him. Harry used one of the drapes in the ballroom to cover Voldemort s body, and then put Voldemort s head in the center of his chest, his hands holding it. Harry wiped the blade clean and slid it back into the scabbard. He bowed to Voldemort, and then turned to leave. He was at the edge of the property when Amelia Bones and her Auror team arrived. Harry apparated out, heading for Hogwarts. There was unfinished business with one Severus Snape. Harry arrived at Hogwarts and entered the grounds through a secret entrance that only he knew about. He listened to the silence in the castle and knew that something was very wrong. Harry kept to the shadows and moved through the castle, pausing here and there to listen for any sign of life. He paused next to a painting of a wizard drinking ale as he sat at a table underneath a tree. Potter, the wizard called to him softly. Harry turned and recognized the wizard. Sir Evard. You will find them in the Great Hall. Umbridge, the Carrow Twins, and Snape are on the stage together. Umbridge is Death Eater. Harry nodded to that and moved on. Harry entered the Great Hall through a side door within the shadows. Umbridge was screaming at the four houses about something. Harry noted that Slytherin House stood separate from the three other houses. Harry turned to listen to what was being said, and after a moment, knew what the pink toad was telling everybody. Slytherin House are your master! she declared. The Dark Lord is our master now, and he shall rule the Wizarding World as he sees fit! Our job is to weed out the undesirables, and to make the Wizarding World pure! Snape and the Carrow Twins were nodding smugly at Umbridge s speech. Harry decided now was the time to silence the toad permanently. He loaded a poisoned needle into the straw he used as a dart gun, and shot Umbridge with it in the left side of her neck. She slapped the left side of her neck, and then drew in a breath to continue her ranting, but got a funny look on her face and dropped to the floor. Nobody moved as fear swept through the room. Snape and the Carrow Twins crowded around the prone body of the Pink Toad. She is dead! Snape loudly declared. Who has done this? I demand you show yourself! Harry thought about it for a moment, and then stepped out into the light. All four houses moved away from Harry, knowing that Snape would retaliate at any moment. Who the hell do you think you are? Snape roared out in anger. The silence lay heavy on the Great Hall for a moment. I? I am the terror that stalks you in the darkness of the night. I am the fear that runs up and down your puny spine. I am your greatest nightmare. I am the ninja, the bringer of your death, Harry whispered as he tilted his head slightly downward. The Carrow Twins did exactly what Harry hoped they would do. They reacted, pulling their wands and firing the killing spell at Harry, hitting the black hooded robe he was wearing. It fluttered to the floor, as a pair of holes burned through by the spells. The Carrow Twins raced down to where the robes lay on the floor. They poked at them with tier feet, and then turned to Snape, and before they could say anything, the razor sharp points of twin tantos appeared in the center of their chests. Both of them stared dumbly at them, and then looked up at Snape before sliding off the knives and falling to the floor. The black figure that was Harry was revealed to be standing behind them. Snape lost it completely. He drew his wand and began firing off all kinds of spells. Harry put up the strongest shield he knew of and angled the shields so the spells would go upward instead of into the students standing nearby. A group of Slytherins led by Draco pulled their wands and pointed them at Harry. Don t even think of it, A female voice growled. Snape and Harry blinked at the sight of all three houses pointing their wands at the group of Slytherins who had pulled theirs. The rest of Slytherin decided they wanted out of this, so they dropped their Slytherin House robes on the floor and surrendered their wands to the closest house, which was Hufflepuff. Snape was definitely on the verge of losing it again. Harry moved away from the three houses that had taken the hostile group of Slytherin prisoners. Snape moved with him until both of them stood alone. Harry reached up and unwrapped the black cloth from around his head until he finally revealed himself to the people in the Great Hall. Die, Potter! For the glory of the Dark Lord! Snape roared as he whipped out his wand and fired off a chain of spells. Harry reacted by pulling the Potter wand and blocked the spell chain that Snape had set at him and that fight was underway. Nothing was said as the both of them worked to end each other. Harry showed absolutely no emotion as the hate and anger rolled off Snape. Snape barely moved in any direction and Harry knew that would be his ultimate mistake. Harry on the other hand, kept moving around Snape s spells, getting the greasy bat all worked up to the point where he started talking trash to Harry, ranging from how bad a fighter he was to Hermione being the worst mudblood possible to how rotten his parents were. He even went as far as calling Lily a whore and other things for the reason was that she took up with James Potter, who had stolen her away from him. Harry didn t react, knowing full well that Snape was trying to get a rise out of him so Harry would lose his temper and really go after Snape. Harry continued to cast his spells quietly, pacing himself so he wouldn t tire himself out. And then suddenly he got his big break. Snape had been a bit slow recovering from one of his spells and Harry was able to cast a cutting spell that sliced Snape s wand in half, breaking it completely, and setting Snape off. Snape threw the remnants of his wand and grabbed a sword from the nearby wall that was a display of some sort. Harry put his wand away and drew his ninja-to. Snape smirked at Harry. So, the little Potter thinks he can out fence me, Snape chuckled. We shall see. Harry waited for Snape to make the first move and he did, attacking Harry with an overhead swing. Harry reacted to the attack with one of his own, forcing Snape to defend himself. They traded blows for the next ten minutes, and it looked like Snape was tiring and was losing ground to Harry. He started trash talking once more to get Harry to react, but he didn t. Harry was drawing more of Snape s blood and the man was weakening by the minute, but he refused to give up to Harry until he finally couldn t fight anymore. He sat on the floor panting hard and looking at Harry with as much hatred as he could. Voldemort is dead, Harry finally said. Check your tattoo. Snape did and all that was left was a big angry looking red splotch. He looked at Harry. You bastard. He worked to get back on his feet as Amelia Bones and several Aurors charged in. Snape swung right at Harry, and Harry moved aside letting the sword swing past him. Snape fell down to the floor and panted hard. Harry stepped back and sheathed his sword, and then stepped up and kicked Snape s sword away from him. Amelia Bones moved in and they arrested Snape. A medi-witch cast some spells around Snape and managed to heal some of his injuries, and then they walked Snape off the grounds. The war was over.
Harry woke up late the next day in the infirminary where Pomphrey had demanded he go so she could check him over. The last thing he remembered before waking up in here was Hermione holding onto him and crying on his shoulder. He managed to sit up and stretched a bit before standing up. He headed to the bathrooms in the hospital wing to take care of business. He stood under the shower for some time, enjoying the hot water flowing down on him. Eventually he soaped up and washed himself clean, and then dried himself off. He found a pair of jeans and a Hogwarts t shirt waiting for him on the stool just outside the shower. He got dressed and then started combing out his hair so he could tie it up in a ponytail. He felt hands on his hair and then smelled the sweet perfume he knew Hermione liked to wear. He smiled to himself. Hello, love, he said.
Hermione kissed him on the right cheek. Let me take care of that for you, love. Hermione pulled Harry s hair into a ponytail and tied it. Harry turned around and took her into his arms and they kissed.
POTTER! Pomphrey s voice ended the moment. Harry chuckled at that. And there she goes. Hermione laughed at that as the school nurse appeared. She had Hermione step back for a moment and waved her wand around Harry. Well, she said after a moment, it seems that you have recovered. No magic, no work, just take it easy, the matron demanded. Hermione turned to Pomphrey. I will make sure he follows your orders to the letter. Pomphrey nodded and then went back out into the ward to check on other patients. Hermine took his hand in hers and led him out of there. They sat down in a small alcove. Everything really went to hell, Hermione began, and then told Harry of everything that had happened at the school up to the moment when Harry appeared. Snape had made every effort to break the other three houses down by using Slytherin House as a wedge in between the three houses. Once they had taken out the key players in each house, it had been easy from there. Ron had been locked up in the dungeons in Slytherin territory and watched over. Others had joined Ron as Slytherin House took them hostage. With Ron and the others contained, there wasn t much of a chance to build a resistance of any kind. Hermione had been kept separate from Ron, and Snape had a go at her nearly every day, trying to find out where Harry was. Dobby kept us safe the best he could, and made sure we had food and water, Hermione said. He carried messages to various people. Harry nodded. I know. I didn t dare respond just in case Snape discovered my notes to you. You were always on my mind, love. So, what now? Hermione sighed as she leaned against Harry.
Harry took her hand into his. I m tired. I just want to go someplace and rest. He stood up and held out his hand to her. Want to come with me? Yes, Hermione said.
And the both of them walked away together.
END OF SERIES