Twisting Around
Chapter 12: Victory or Death
A/N: The battle has come. Enjoy.
Harry watched with amusement as the killing curse sped toward him. He saw the curse rotating clockwise, moving more like a screw then a bullet. Stepping aside calmly, Harry let the green deathbringer pass by him and blaze a black mark into the wall.
Voldemort's Death Eaters raised their wands, awaiting the order to strike. However, Voldemort wanted to taunt his enemies some more. "You have no chance against us, yet alone against both us and our army. You will not survive betraying us."
"Oh, I think I shall"
It was after those words were spoken that more witches and wizards apparated into the Ministry. Potter's Army had arrived. "Everything is going according to plan," Harry told his followers. "You know what to do."
Curses and Jinxes issued forth from the wands of Potter's Army, engulfing the Death Eaters in a fight for their lives, instead of the simple massacre they had been enjoying.
"Your Death Eaters cannot come to your aid now, Voldemort. It's time for us to finish it." Hermione said as if she were reciting a potions recipe. Harry and Hermione began advancing on Voldemort.
The three fighters began their deadly dance. Voldemort blocked and dodged a succession of spells, and responded with his full arsenal of magic. But try as he might, his spells would not get through the couple's defenses. Hermione had a powerful shield charm raised, which deflected everything except the unblockable AVADA KEDAVRA. Unfortunately for Voldemort, these were easily dodged.
Fully enraged at this enemies' defiance, Voldemort began firing AVADA KEDAVRAs as fast as he could wave his wand. His defenses slipped for a moment, and he felt something graze his cheek. Voldemort could feel the blood seeping out of the wound, and he laughed.
"It'll take more than a few pitiful scratches to defeat me, Boy."
"I intend to do much more than scratch you, so you needn't be concerned. Your death is coming for you."
Seeing that Voldemort was using the AVADA KEDAVRA exclusively, Hermione dropped her unneeded shield charm and joined Harry in the attack. Voldemort stood his ground, ignoring the minor wounds he received, hoping to land a killing blow. Voldemort grinned sinisterly as he switched his aim. Hermione dove right to avoid the curse that had been directed her way. More curses were on their way, and Hermione had to react quickly to stay alive.
Meanwhile, in addition to attacking Voldemort, Harry had been scanning the battle between his army and the Death Eaters. Everyone was embroiled in the sideshow battle, and Harry knew that no Death Eaters would be able to interfere.
"HERMIONE! NOW!" Harry yelled as he rushed Voldemort, forcing the Dark Lord to target him again.
Hearing Harry's command, Hermione began to chant the long incantation she had spent countless hours devising. She raised her wand in an intricate pattern, and it was done.
Harry watched as his wand failed to emit his next spell, while Voldemort's did the same to him. Voldemort stared at the tool that had failed him, and Harry grinned maniacally.
Somewhere far away from the battle in a room filled with interesting gadgets, Fawkes burst into flames.
"What has your mudblood whore done, Potter?"
"Nothing much, merely sealed the power of the phoenix whose tail feathers reside in our wands. They have been temporarily contained. However I just happen to have a spare wand." Harry said with a laugh.
Harry withdrew the spare from his robes and pointed it at Voldemort. "It is time for you to die. You see, Voldemort, you are noting without your magic."
In desperation, the Dark Lord surged forward and tackled Harry Potter. The two combatants fell, and Voldemort's hand grasped the wand. They rolled on the floor as they attempted to wrestle the wand from the other's grasp. Suddenly Harry's grip slackened, and Voldemort had the wand, and was turning it to point at Harry.
However, in the euphoria victory granted him, Lord Voldemort had forgotten about the other person he had been fighting. A foot connected with his head, and then before he had recovered from the blow, the foot landed on his wrist, snapping the bone with a very audible crack. The wand fell from Voldemort's grip, and was caught by Harry who was beginning to rise to his feet.
"Now I shall deliver my last lesson to you, Tom Marvolo Riddle." Harry said with the air of a stern schoolmaster. "Two are better than one, especially when the two love each other."
Harry glanced at Hermione who had one foot on Voldemort's wrist and another on his neck. She nodded.
"AVADA KEDAVRA!" Harry shouted, and it was over. Voldemort's body twitched once, and then became a corpse.
"Are you going to kill me now, Harry?"
Harry spun in surprise, to see Professor Dumbledore standing behind him. "Not yet. I must take control of all of my troops, and then, when the time is right, you will die for your crimes against me. I will not relent now that Voldemort is dead. You will die, and I shall govern over all"
"Well then, I must go and see to Fawkes. Phoenixes are so fussy when they're babies." Dumbledore replied, with no trace of a twinkle in his eyes. With a heart full of sorrow, Dumbledore returned to Hogwarts.
With Dumbledore gone, Harry turned back to the battle between his army and the late Dark Lord's supporters. "STOP ALL OF YOU!"
Suprisingly they did stop to look at the one who had spoken. Harry continued to address the fighters. "Voldemort is dead. I will offer you Death Eaters two choices: Follow me, or die. Choose now."
"I offer you two choices Potter!" Lucius Malfoy yelled in reply. "Kill yourself now, or die at my hands, along with the mudblood." The Death Eaters shouted their agreement.
"You were going to die anyway Lucius. Speaking of my wife in that manner had already guaranteed that. Now that I know all of the Death Eaters are against me, I no longer need to continue with this posturing." Harry gave a perfunctory nod, and his army continued their battle, this time with their leaders in the fray.
The result was as expected. It ended quickly.
A/N: As this chapter was merely the battle and it was fairly quick, I shall grant all thee a boon, the title of the next chapter. I am sure you will all be eagerly awaiting Twisting Around, Chapter 13: Salazar Proven Right. Remember to review. It's almost as good as starburst.
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