Sighs
Chapter 9
A/N: Well. Now that my creative moment has passed…Thank you for the reviews, almost all of them have been positive! Yay! It's a reason for me to keep writing. That and the fact that if I didn't I'd probably get bugged to death. ^_^
Short chapter today. I'm sorry! This is not the last chapter, so don't worry. Besides, It's going to be a Harry/Hermione story! We have to have at least 1 more chapter to wrap everything up, right?
Right?
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Now. On to the story.
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As the last images faded away, Harry Potter drew in a great shuddering breath. On his hands and knees, he had just witnessed, quite possibly the most horrible thing he had ever seen.
Hermione, broken and dying, because of HIM.
'Why? WHY. WHY HER?!'
"VOLDEMORT!!"
Harry shot to his feet, the air crackling around him. 'I'll kill him for what he's done.'
With a scream, Harry sent every death eater in a 50-foot radius flying.
With a curse no one had ever heard before, he brought Voldemort to his knees.
"You did everything right Voldemort. You amassed a huge army, you killed the most powerful aurors this world has ever known, and you turned the most powerful wizard of all time into a cowardly little man. You shattered the greatest alliance ever known. But there's one thing you forgot to do, Voldemort."
"You forgot to kill ME."
Voldemort sneered, seemingly un-amazed at the greenish glow surrounding Harry.
"You think that a glow is going to hurt me? HA! You have a lot to learn little boy. I can glow as well!" With that, Voldemort began glowing an eerie green as well.
"If you hate me so much, little Potter, the come and GET me!"
With that, the battle was on. Harry and Voldemort shot curse after curse after hex at each other. Many were dodged but those that made it through were repelled by the greenish glow surrounding both of them.
Harry was beginning to get tired. Using that much magical energy, and running around a giant throne room did not make for easy times. His glow flickered and died, and he felt the burn of a spell pass by his face.
"You're mine Potter! Avada Kedavra!"
Hermione watched as Harry fell.
"NO!"
Harry lay motionless on the ground.
"Harry!"
The collective cries behind her brought Hermione back to her senses.
"VOLDEMORT!"
Hermione stood up, glaring at the man who had terrorized her life for seven years.
The person who had killed Harry.
"You'll fight me now."
"Very well, show me what a mudblood is capable of. I assure you that it is not nearly as much as a pure blo…"
"Stupefy!"
With that, Hermione and Voldemort clashed. The greatest student to attend Hogwarts faced the greatest threat the world had ever known.
Her hatred of Voldemort fueled her rage, and her magic. He had destroyed everything she had come to love. He had destroyed her friendships, her love, her home.
As Ginny, Draco and Ron watched, Hermione became a blur of motion, casting shield charms and throwing hexes at Voldemort. She was never in the same place for Voldemort to hit, always moving.
"You will tire mudblood! I don't care how much you hate me, it can't fuel you forever!"
"It doesn't have to Voldemort. Because you won't be around forever."
Harry.
Glowing RED.
Both of the combatants stopped and stared. Voldemort, in disbelief, Hermione in relief.
"Hermione. Back down. He's mine."
"No, Harry, we'll get him tog…"
"Hermione! Back down! This is personal. This is NO TIME FOR AN ARGUMENT!"
With that Hermione bowed her head and retreated back to the safety of the group of Ron and Ginny and Draco.
Hermione seethed. 'He still won't let me do anything to help him!'
"He doesn't have to do this alone! I can help! You all saw how I can help!"
"Hermione, we're not saying you're not useful, because you are and you were AMAZING, but this is something Harry's got to do. It was in the prophecy, remember? One of them has to kill the other. And since Voldemort seems incapable of killing Harry, Harry has to kill Voldemort. And besides, he doesn't want you hurt."
"But I can HELP! I can distract Voldemort!"
"HERMIONE! If you're out there, Harry has to worry about YOU. You'll distract Harry as well as Voldemort! Settle down and enjoy the show. I'm sure that Harry will make short work of Voldemort."
With that, wise words from Draco, Hermione sat down and watched.
Sat and did nothing while the man she loved walked into the greatest battle the world has ever seen.
"So Voldemort. It's interesting how you claim to hate anyone who's not a pureblood. I think it's interesting because you're not a pureblood. Your father was a muggle right? So. Come and show me how much a HALF blood can do."
"Avada Kedavra!"
The spell hit Harry's glow.
The glow absorbed the curse, and seemed to expand, growing brighter and larger.
"You can't kill me Voldemort. You've tried for 18 years of my life. Never once did you kill me. That was your mistake. You could have. But you FAILED. And now, you're going to pay the price for that failure. Your time is up, Voldemort. Leave this world, MY world, in peace."
With that Harry uttered words no one had heard before; Voldemort screamed, and without a sound, he vanished, leaving his robes smoking on the ground. Harry walked over and picked up Voldemort's wand, the brother wand of his own, and snapped it in two.
"It's over."
Back in Hogwarts, a ghostly scream echoed through the halls, and Albus Dumbldore sat back in his chaise lounge, and sighed.
"No, Harry. It has just begun."
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A/N: It's short, I know! I'm sorry. But it didn't seem appropriate to put romance into a battle scene. I've seen it done before, in movies and such, and it ruined the entire move for me. Don't worry. There'll be more fluffy angst next chapter.