herumtreiber

Title: Unusual ending - chapter 14 - part two
Chapter: fourteen - part two
Author:

herumtreiber
Genre: Slash, time travel, romance, adventure
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or related characters. Nor do I make any money from the writing of these stories.
Rating: R
Warnings: Sexual content
Epilogue compliant? No way!
Chapter length: 2561 words
Beta: None.
Summary: Old meets new. Harry walks all over Draco's heart, and when he realizes his mistakes he does the unforgivable so Draco takes him back. Time travel. During HBP, disregards Deathly Hallows - that means everyone's alive, except Sirius, but...

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Whose wand is it anyway? - 1/2

Greyback launched himself towards Harry, but he was thrown back by a spell cast by Remus, who ran towards the boys. Remus' learning and skill prevailed against the other werewolf, though barely.

Bellatrix stood up, wincing from the hit she'd taken against the stone wall. She trained her wand on Harry, but she was disarmed by an unlikely opponent. "Bitch!" yelled Narcissa, carelessly moving her wand next to her hip after having cast Expelliarmus. Narcissa walked regally like a Viking woman out to avenge her son. She'd come from an entrance hidden behind a tapestry that only she knew about.

Sneering at her elder sister, Narcissa cast a disfiguring spell on Bella's face, who yelped and ran back towards her master. Bella would get reinforcements and they all would kill Potter and her traitorous sister and whelp of a son.

Ron and Hermione were on the corner of the corridor, wanting to join the fray but unable to approach because the others took up the narrow passage. While they were waiting, Cho walked to the nearby corridor, where the stairs could lead them out. Parvati walked behind her. Approaching the stairs, Cho peered upward, casting a spell to light that space. She saw the stairs ended in a room whose wall had some stewpots.

Parvati lagged behind. She sat on a wood chair in the corridor, bending down and tugging up the hem of her sari. She sighed when it proved fruitless and swished her wand, effectively shortening the fabric. Feeling like a wallflower, a feeling she knew well from the Ball where Ron and Harry - the prats - had refused to dance, Parvati stood up and hurried to catch up with Cho. In the back of her mind Parvati wondered about Voldemort's odd sense of style, putting a beautiful chair near a torture room.

When a wizened face peered down from the room above, Cho frowned and cast a stinging hex upwards; the Death Eater yelped and then cast Crucio downward. She ducked and evaded the spell as Parvati cast a Protego shield in front of them. Cho looked upwards and saw more Death Eaters congregating in the room that appeared to be the kitchen.

When Bellatrix retreated and Greyback realised he faced strong opposition, he howled angrily and turned back to fetch reinforcements. Remus knew that the noise would attract the other Death Eaters. They barely had a chance to defend themselves in the narrow space of the corridor, so he turned to the students and shouted, "Run!" He ran in the opposite direction, trying to see if there was a way out of the dungeons.

Meanwhile, Narcissa walked towards the boys and looked down at Draco's and George's unmoving bodies. Realising that her mad sister had used a spell that she knew well, Narcissa elegantly moved her wand and said the words to undo it. Fortunately it was a spell that her aunt Walburga had taught to all the Black girls.

She helped her son stand up, and Fred helped George. The twins smirked at each other and Fred kicked Nagini's body, wondering if they could pick it up later and use it as an ingredient for new products.

Narcissa noticed her son's hawthorn wand lying on the floor next to Nagini's body. When Draco fell he collided with the serpent's body and nudged it so that his wand was visible. Narcissa picked it up gingerly and handed it to her son.

"I trust this forlorn wand belongs to you, Dragon," drawled Narcissa, winking at the Slytherin.

Draco blushed and grabbed it. Trust Mom to save me and scold me gently at the same time, thought Draco bashfully.

Harry and Draco exchanged worried glances whilst Narcissa pushed both boys forward, urging them to move. She, like Remus, knew they were sitting ducks if they were caught in the passage, so she wanted them to run. Narcissa realised with foreboding that the only way out led through the hall of the castle, this was only confirmed when Cho and Parvati came up to the group and indicated that the other way that led to the kitchens was guarded by Death Eaters.

Remus returned from scouting the nearby corridors. No exit was visible, but he'd picked Harry's wand lying near the wall. He grabbed Harry's shoulder and gave him back the wand, eyeing the group imperiously. "Didn't you hear me? Run!"

Bellatrix and Fenrir bustled into the hall, startling the Death Eaters. Voldemort looked incredulous at the newcomers, and then turned to smirk at Bellatrix near him.

Tonks left the Dark Lord's side and hurried to meet the arriving pair, Severus close behind her. The Potions Master scowled as he considered how to use his Portkey - and whether he should remain a spy when the battle that would decide the war appeared to be near at hand.

"Who are you, anyway?" said fake Bellatrix.

Bellatrix motioned for Fenrir to approach. "Let's see if you are indeed who you claim to be!" said Lestrange indignantly. She pointed imperiously to the werewolf. "Crucio him!"

Tonks raised her wand tentatively, but she didn't have to do anything; for at this moment, the students with Remus and Narcissa burst into the room– and the Death Eaters convoked by Voldemort started Apparating into the hall.

When several Death Eaters shot spells at the students - stopped by shields cast by Narcissa and Remus – Voldemort shouted angrily, "Stop!"

The Dark Lord advanced menacingly towards Harry, his robes trailing behind him, his gait as sinuous as that of a snake.

"Well, Harry Potter, we meet again," rasped the Dark Lord.

Harry took firm strides forward and prepared to duel with Voldemort, ready to end this nightmare once and for all.

Voldemort spread his arms and motioned to the hall full of Death Eaters, with more Apparating every few seconds. "You are alone against my might, Potter!"

Draco advanced slowly towards Harry and touched his shoulder. "Harry's not alone! I'm with him!"

Voldemort leered at the Seekers. "It surprises me to see you next to your" – Voldemort scrunched his face disgustedly, an effect that looked a bit comical taking into account his missing nose –"fellow fag, Malfoy. But no matter."

The Dark Lord took two steps towards the boys and rasped, "I have seen inside your heart, Harry Potter – and it is mine!" He smirked triumphantly at Harry.

Bloody git! Not only is Voldemort a raging homophobe, now he's also a cardiologist, thought Harry sarcastically, rolling his eyes.

It was then that Parvati stepped next to the Seekers and said loudly, "I'll fight for Harry."

Cho Chang walked a bit timidly to stand next to the Seekers and Parvati, adding, "Yeah! I'll fight with them too!"

Ron rushed to his friend's side, and looking defiantly at the assembled Death Eaters and their leader, announced proudly, "This Gryffindor will fight to the death for Harry!"

Hermione was not far behind him. She just glared at Bellatrix and, mentally cataloguing her spells, said softly, "I'm always with Harry!"

Tonks meanwhile had returned to her usual features and was sidling next to Remus, her hair turned violet.

Hermione straightened Ron's robes and mumbled, "Really, Ron! Do you have to be so melodramatic?"

Ron exploded; he'd had enough of his better half pestering him all the time; he spread his arms, unmindful of the coming confrontation. "Bollocks! Even on the face of our death you keep nagging, Mione!"

Not to be outdone by the feuding Gryffindors, Blaise threw his mask to the floor and took his place next to his childhood friend, Ron. Pansy nodded and with studied nonchalance, stepped next to Parvati. When Patil glared at the masked person next to her, Pansy shrugged and let her mask fall to the floor.

The students shifted nervously and took one or two steps from each other, slowly forming a ring and facing the Death Eaters, who were held in check by Voldemort's rigid orders concerning his confrontation with Harry Potter.

George and Fred used the moment when all the attention was focused on the group of students and approached two giggling Death Eaters. George kneed Amycus Carrow and grabbed his wand while Fred smartly tapped Alecto Carrow's shoulder and hit the stocky witch, grabbing her wand.

It was then that a bright flash in the middle of the hall announced the arrival of Dumbledore and his group.

Cho frowned when he saw a balding man trying to skulk out of the hall. Harry had told him about the traitor who killed her dear Cedric. So filled with an overwhelming sense of justice, she hurled a spell at Pettigrew, shouting, "For Cedric and Hogwarts!"

And the battle was joined.

The students around Harry tightened their defensive ring, with Harry at the northernmost position facing Voldemort.

Dumbledore looked at the hall, immediately noting Harry's determined stance. He prayed that he could avoid Voldemort's death and the subsequent possession of his favourite pupil.

Kingsley Shacklebolt dropped to the floor to avoid an incoming spell; he swiftly rolled to the left and started casting spells. The other Aurors advanced on the Death Eaters, raining mayhem on the surprised followers of the Dark Lord, who were still waiting orders from Voldemort. Mad-Eye was flanked by Doherty and Swann.

Dobby was trying to protect Harry Potter and his friends, and when Yaxley loomed ominously near the group, Dobby threw him far away with a snap of his fingers, taking care only to maim and hurt, not to kill. He also stopped a curse from Voldemort.

Minerva and Hagrid shared a brief glance and spread to both sides of the ring of students, facing East and West. Narcissa and Remus cast damaging spells at the Death Eaters, protecting the South flank of the students. Though they were outnumbered, the side of the Light fought effectively, seizing the advantage granted by Dumbledore's sudden arrival.

Harry had his attention divided between several Death Eaters that tried to curse him and Voldemort. As the beams of the spells shot everywhere, his hair shined brightly, ruffled by the wind from the more exotic curses. He had one leg forward and his wand arm moved with utmost precision.

George and Fred battled ferociously, next to Tonks; the twins were uplifted by their victory over the writhing snake. In the midst of battle, Fred chanced to look at Mad-Eye's ferocious struggle, while George threw a spell at Rabastan, who was trying to encroach on Kingsley. George noted with approval Kingsley's economic and deadly moves.

Voldemort shot a deadly spell at Harry which would have cut off his head, 'Decapitare,' but it was stopped by Draco's shield. Voldemort intended to cast another curse at the students, but he was distracted by Fred shouting, "Voldie, we killed your snake!"

Moody followed Fred's gaze, nodding approvingly when he saw the students arrayed around Harry, protecting him during the confrontation. Fenrir Greyback growled and approached the famed Auror, casting a nonverbal spell that threw Swann – who was standing on the werewolf's way - on his back and broke his glasses. Moody turned to face Fenrir, his back protected by Dumbledore.

Mundungus eyed the ongoing confrontation fearfully and slid towards the Floo that was near the carcass of the dragon. But Dolohov, who was fighting with Remus and winning, noticed Dung approaching the Floo and cast the Killing Curse at the member of the Order, killing him. Remus took the respite afforded by Dolohov's thirst for blood and cast Adagissimo at the Death Eater. Once done with that threat, he turned and faced Rodolphus Lestrange.

Bellatrix tried to approach Voldemort, but her path was impeded by her relatives, Narcissa and Tonks. The two women exchanged a wry smirk and taunted Bellatrix with seemingly innocuous spells. Bella had one eye shut and her jaw had grown noticeably, thanks to Narcissa's spell.

"Who's coddled now, Bella?" taunted Narcissa, her hair flowing freely as she swirled around evading the Death Eater's curses with the grace of an elf princess.

As the battle was fought ferociously on all sides, Voldemort was distracted; his spells were thwarted by the students and the elf. He was raging mad when he realised the uppity brats had killed his beloved Nagini - one of his horcruxes. And Harry seized the moment, remembering the incantation he'd read about in the replacement book that was left instead of his stolen one. The Gryffindor trained his wand on Voldemort.

Harry made a slashing movement with his wand. Filled with anger for the deaths Voldemort had caused - his parents foremost in his mind, followed by Cedric and Sirius - he shouted, "Sectumsempra!"

The flashing light hit Voldemort in the chest and he fell down. The combatants paused in their struggle and all eyes turned towards the writhing Dark Lord on the floor and Harry, who walked with measured steps towards the Dark Lord, intent on finishing him for good.

Rodolphus paused in his struggle with Remus and tried to curse Harry, but he was stopped by Parvati deftly throwing him backwards. Bellatrix rushed to her master's aid. Tonks threw her against the carcass of the dragon, smirking wickedly.

Amycus Carrow, brandishing a replacement wand, tried to curse Harry. Ron stopped him with a spell Molly had taught him to get rid of the stubborn garden gnomes. Ron shouted, 'Iacium!' with a deft swish of his wand and the Death Eater was thrown next to the wall.

While the students were distracted defending Harry, Dumbledore had narrowed his eyes and cast Immobulus at Harry.

Though his back was turned to the Headmaster, Moody watched Dumbledore's actions through his magical eye. Moody turned to face his old friend and then, with an exact flick of his wrist, he cast Expelliarmus at Dumbledore, followed rapidly by Immobulus.

McGonagall saw this suspicious activity with the corner of her eyes. She recalled the time when Crouch Jr. impersonated Moody, and the resulting debacle when Voldemort was resurrected and Cedric killed; she thought that Moody had been supplanted again by a Death Eater, which would explain why he attacked the Headmaster – and why he kept drinking from his hip flask. She swiftly disarmed Moody, who fell to the floor and was prey to the attacks of the Death Eaters, defended only by Swann and Doherty, the Hufflepuff Aurors.

But then Minerva was hit by two simultaneous Expelliarmus cast by Fred - who'd watched his old Head of House disarm his favourite Auror with narrowed eyes - and a student from the group around Harry. She twisted in the air and would have fallen, but Kingsley grabbed her elbow, preventing it.

Hagrid cried with anguish when he saw Harry fall to the floor, victim of Dumbledore's spell. He hurriedly threw aside the two Death Eaters he'd been fighting and rushed to Harry's aid, as the students broke their formation and surrounded Harry, Draco foremost among them.

Snape took advantage of the surprise amongst the Death Eaters and the Order and approached the writhing and moaning Voldemort. Looking disdainfully at the man that dared call himself his master, Severus levelled his wand and, mustering the hate he felt for Voldemort, cast Avada Kedavra on the prone Dark Lord.

A petrified Albus watched helplessly with horror and anguish as a black cloud lifted itself from the dead body of Tom Riddle and shot towards the immobile Harry.

The man who walked through wards - 1/2