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Chapter List
- 27
- 28
- 29
Author�s note: I have not enough experience with
battles, I hope this turned out acceptable, there would be a bit of violence
but I think that it�s not too much.

Chapter 28. Hogwarts� Battle.

The
next day, Draco was waiting for Hermione outside Gryffindor tower, they were
going to see her mother and then have breakfast with her, after that they�d
sign the papers to be married in Dumbledore�s office, well, that was if she
wanted to, though Malfoy was mentally planning how to convince her of the
necessity of doing it as soon as possible, mainly for the baby�s sake.

He
was lost on his thoughts about his son when the portrait of the fat lady opened
and Ron Weasley came out. Malfoy made a face of disgust; he hadn�t known that
the boy was already outside the Hospital Wing. The red-head stopped when he saw
the blond and glared at him with pure hatred, Malfoy returned the glare with a
superior smirk and Weasley gritted his teeth, his hands turned to fists as he
advanced on Malfoy who took out his wand quickly, making Ron stop a few steps
form him.

�Do
not even think about it Weasley, I have no qualms over sending your sorry self
to the Hospital Wing again.�

�You
bloody bastard, Hermione is mine!�

�Really? I don�t think so.�

�I
know that you only want to have fun Malfoy, like the hideous Death Eater you
are! But guess what? She laid with me long before you snaked into her bed!�

Malfoy
felt the urge to laugh, he was certain that the only thing that had prevented
Weasley to make a fool of himself all these years had been his friends, and now
neither of them were around.

�Oh,
are you sure of that Weasley?� He said mockingly

�She
slept with me Malfoy! She was not a virgin anymore when you fucked her!�

Malfoy
stared at the boy, wondering whether or not Weasley actually believed what he
was saying.

�Weasley,
you do realize that I could have known whether she was a virgin or not, right?�

Ron�s
face got red and hissed

�She
just found the way to restore it. She was with me first!�

�Please!
To do that she�d have to be a trained mediwitch and
last time I checked she was still a student. Don�t be so pathetic Weasley!�

�You
know nothing Malfoy! And you�re not going to make me believe that you�re
actually going to marry her! I know your kind! When she�s gotten fat and you
bored of her you�ll decide that you have better things to do than go around
bedding a whore like her! And she�ll realize that no one is going to like her
and would want to come back with me! Maybe if she begs well enough I�ll
consider forgiving her and I�ll make her get rid of your spawn!�

Malfoy
threw about three different hexes in rapid succession, but still was surprised
when Ron�s unconscious form started to grow moss; he lifted his head to see a
very upset Hermione with her wand raised and a nauseated Potter at her side.

�Oh, great!�

Hermione
was starting to cry, so Malfoy rushed to her side and dragged her away from the
place.

�How
much did you hear love?�

�Enough,
but it�s not only that, he was horrible yesterday when we returned to the
common room, he immediately started to say foul things and said that I was
stupid to believe that you care for our child, that you�ll dump us as soon as
You-know-who is dead!�

�Of
course you don�t believe him! Look at me Hermione!�

They
stopped in the middle of the corridor and stared intently into each others
eyes.

�Love,
don�t let him get to you. He�s not worth your tears, once this war is finished
we�ll be living in our home and you won�t see the bastard again. You don�t have
to listen to him.�

�I
know, it�s just that, I was hopping that he would be a
friend again, the effect from the potion must be gone now and� I just wanted to
be able to talk civilly with him��

Malfoy
looked at her intently for a few seconds before hugging her tightly.

�I�m
sorry, I know that he was your friend and that you�d welcome him back no matter
how much I despise him, but Hermione, he�ll never be the same again, the potion
wears off but the changes it induced would never be totally gone.�

�I
know, I�ll be fine, it�s just so sad it ended like this.�

Draco
kissed her head sweetly and they started to walk again towards the Hospital
Wing.

�I�m
willing to believe that Potter made himself useful and
stood by you.�

�Oh,
yes. Harry tried to make Ron shut up, but of course Ron had already heard about
Nochland and called Harry a traitor and a number of other things, he insulted
Artemisa too and Harry and Nochland�s brother hexed
him.�

�Serves
him right, but next time they�ll do well in sending him to St Mungo�s.�

�No
Draco, I don�t want any of you getting in troubles for him, he�s not worth it.�

�Mmph.�

Draco
was not happy, but he chose to let the subject drop in favor of telling
Hermione about the marriage papers that they could sign right away. The girl
hesitated a moment but understood that it would benefit their child the sooner
they marry, so she accepted and proposed Harry to be witness, Draco pouted but
supposed it couldn�t be helped; they hurried to the Hospital Wing to have
breakfast, as well as telling Mrs. Granger the news.

They
ended up signing the marriage contract in the Hospital Wing, beside Mrs.
Granger�s bed, because she had wanted to be present in such an important event
of her daughter�s life. Draco regretted that his own mother and his godfather
were not there but it couldn�t be helped, he had Blaise and Alice sign as his
witnesses while Potter and Nochland signed in Hermione�s behalf, Dumbledore and
McGonagall were present as well, the latest had done all she could for Hermione
to think twice about what she was doing, but the younger witch had firmly
stated to her Head of House that she knew what she wanted and that she was
convinced that it was the best for her and her child.

Once
they all signed the contract and the couple said the words that would bound
them permanently, the Minister declared the marriage valid. It was kind of
weird but that didn�t matter so much, they were married and no one would be
able to separate them, Draco was going to make sure of that, though he
suspected that his mother was going to be upset with him for the lack of party
when she�d found out about the marriage.

Once
the �ceremony� was over they thanked the Minister for his help and then the
students left to join their schoolmates in the room of requirement.

The
rest of the day was spent organizing different teams along with the aurors and the villagers, though many of the students were
scared, the majority were willing to fight to defend the school, so when dinner
time came there was a strange mixture of fear, expectation and nervousness in
the Great Hall. Draco held Hermione�s hand while she ate and he looked over the
tables, he had the impression that the Hall looked chaotic. He stared for a
moment at Blaise and Alice who were seated at the Ravenclaw�s
table, and noticed that a boy accidentally bump into the girl, he narrowed his
eyes, the boy was one of the junior death eaters, Blaise visibly wanted to get
up and possibly hex the stupid git for not being
careful but Alice stopped him and said something to Blaise�s
ear that made him smirk and kiss her, Malfoy rolled his eyes and turned to see
Hermione industriously peeling some grapes.

He
continued eating, trying to focus only on his food and his new wife, the next
time he lifted his head he saw Blaise and his girl walking towards the doors
and realized that many people had already left. He was considering taking
Hermione with him to the Slytherin dungeons, as Dumbledore had told them it
would be ok if they decided to sleep in the same room, when Nochland sat beside
him with a serious expression.

�Tonight Malfoy.�

The
boy frowned at the words, not happy at all.

�We
were waiting for it after all.�

�What�s
happening?�

Draco
turned to Hermione and hugged her with one arm.

�Inside
information, apparently the junior death eaters have a meeting tonight, maybe
they�ll be told what to do.�

�Oh,
we have to tell Dumbledore.�

�Yeah,
but first let�s go for Potter�s little map. I want to see how many of them will
actually do it. Come.�

They
got out of the Great Hall and hurried to the dungeons, intent on finding out
what was going to happen.

Blaise
had left Alice midway to Ravenclaw tower because he
had to talk with Malfoy, but the girl had walked instead to the meeting point
of the Dark Lord�s little supporters, this was supposed to be an important
meeting and Blasie had said something earlier about
Malfoy being sure that they�d be attacked the next day or overnight.

Alice
was having some serious thoughts about the insanity of the world while she
waited for the meeting to start, apparently Thorney
had received instructions and was discussing something with Parvati, Alice was
sure that the instructions had been codified and they didn�t know how to break
the code. Ha, she smirked to herself thinking that Blaise�s
Slytherin nature had rubbed on her, she had too many Slytherin friends
something was definitely wrong with her. Talking about Slytherins, the girl
noticed that not one of them was present tonight, which was a
shame considering that they could have helped Thorney
to decipher the stupid code and they could be already finished with all this;
maybe that was why Padma had looked disappointed to
see that Blaise had not come with his girlfriend after all.

Finally,
Parvati said some rude comment to Thorney and walked
away from him, Alice
quirked and eyebrow and approached her.

�Something
happened?�

�I
can�t believe what they said! Just get out and that�s all! We only have to seal
the main door and some hidden passages! It�s not fair! I wanted to see his face
when he�d die!�

�You
mean Malfoy?�

�Of course!�

�Mm.� Alice�s
lips thinned in concentration. �I�m curious Patil. Why do you care so much
about Malfoy�s little affair? It�s not as if the pleasure is going to last much
after all.�

Parvati
looked at the Ravenclaw girl intensely for a moment
and then she lifted her head disdainfully.

�You
know Anthera, my family is one of the most influent ones in India, and we are living in England because
of father�s business. Long ago my mother complained about my sister and my
future weddings, she said that if father had been smarter we could have an
arrangement with the Malfoys. You know, Draco was
never fond of Pansy Parkinson, he never really cared about her, he cheated on
her constantly, surely you are aware that he even
preferred to bed Blaise than Pansy.�

�I
really didn�t need that particular picture.�

�Anyway,
I once shared Malfoy�s bed for a while, and he told me that if someone had
asked his opinion he would have chosen me instead of her. Me, Anthera! He was
supposed to come to me when Parkinson ditched him, I thought that he was
bidding his time, that he had other things on his mind, like politics or that
he was spying for the Dark Lord, and all this time he has been fooling around
with that mudblood! He dared to prefer the Gryffindor
bookworm to me! Not only another woman, a mudblood!
I�m better than a mudblood! I want to kill them both
myself! Bloody Malfoy has no right to laugh at me like that!�

Alice
listened to Parvati�s rant with contempt, she always
had thought very little about romance and tragic vengeances, or poetic justice,
she was practical, she was not a very romantic girl except when she was with
Blaise, she tended to see the rest of the people�s loves lives as little more
than vivid soup operas, so the first thing that came to her mind when he heard Parvati�s reasons for wanting to make Malfoy suffer was �pathetic�, she was tempted to tell the
Gryffindor girl about the recent marriage just to see her reaction but she
thought better of it and held her tongue. The conversation was interrupted when
Thorney cleared his throat and told them the so
expected plan. This could be resumed simply as �get out of the castle if you want to live�.

�Some
of us already have sealed the passages, we only have to make sure the front
door is sealed as well, we are leaving now.�

�What?
Right now?� Alice
was suddenly alarmed; she had hopped that they would have more time.

�Yes
Anthera, now. Let�s go.�

And
with that they headed to exit the castle.

Malfoy
got side tracked by Blaise in the Slytherin common room, they talked for a long
while and Malfoy suggested his friend to be calm and prepared, then he and
Hermione went to his bedroom for the Marauder�s map, Draco didn�t take it out
until they were on the corridors again. Once sure that no one had followed
them, Malfoy took out the parchment and whisper the incantation to make the map
appear.

�Damn.�

�What�s
happening?�

�They�re
on their way out of here. That�s not good.�

�Out of the castle?�

�Yes�
Draco read all the labels of the dots that were exiting by the main door and
frowned.

�Everything�s
all right?�

�Yeah, no Slytherins in there. They must be in a hurry; we have to
tell everyone to be ready.�

He
finished the incantation and folded the parchment away, he and Hermione walked
towards Dumbledore�s office quickly, when they got there they found out that
Harry and McGonagall had preceded them, apparently Potter also had the
impression that something big was going to happen, surely Nochland had told him
about the junior death eaters meeting, they quickly sent word to the Minister, aurors, villagers and staff to prepare themselves, the
students were sent back to their respective common rooms to alert their
schoolmates and gather the ones that would fight, Harry hurried up to
Gryffindor tower and Hermione returned with Draco to the dungeons.

Halfway
to their destination, Malfoy handed Hermione the Marauders� map.

�Take
this Hermione, I want you to check it every once in a while. You know where the
secret passages are, right?�

�Yeah,
but Draco��

A
loud noise interrupted her and Malfoy pulled her onto him, the noise seemed to
come from somewhere above them.

�What�s
that?�

�I
don�t know�

There
was another sound and then the castle began to shake.

�Oh my God!�

�Easy
love, Dumbledore said this might happen.�

The
temperature rose a little and Malfoy hugged Hermione,
trying to calm her, he began to worry when some of the stones started to melt
but almost immediately the earth quake stopped and the temperature dropped
again to a normal level.

�You
ok pet?�

�Yes,
let�s hurry Draco; we have to be up there with the others.�

Blaise
and the rest of the Slytherins met them before they reached the common room,
after reassuring Draco that their younger housemates were fine and staying in
the dungeons they walked together to the Main Hall and proceeded to merge with
the rest of the people assembled. Draco took Hermione to the stairs and grabbed
her by the upper arms.

�You
have the map; if anything goes wrong you can run away or at the very least
hide; do not let any of them catch you.�

�But
Draco, I won�t have time to see the map while I�m fighting.�

�You�re
not going to fight Hermione. I want you to stay here.�

�W-What?! Draco Malfoy you have no right to tell me what
to do!�

�I
have and I will! You�re my wife now Hermione and you�re not going to go into a
battle where you can get easily harmed!�

�That�s
unfair! I can fight as well as you! I�m not any different just because I�m a
woman!�

�You
have a baby inside you! I�m pretty well aware that you can defend yourself and
that you are pretty good in a duel, but you�re not taking that risk now
Hermione!�

The
Gryffindor girl bit her lip and caressed her tummy, a small bump was now
noticeable there.

�I�ll
be alright, I can still fight.�

�Hermione
don�t be stubborn!�

�I�m
not, I want to help! I refuse to be left behind in safety when all of you are
risking your lives!�

�Over my dead body! I�m not allowing it Granger! You�re
not going to risk our child in this battle! As well protected as he is now
because of the shields, he�s still vulnerable. He depends on you! You�re going
to stay here and that�s final!�

�What�s
happening?�

The
couple turned around to see a nervous Harry beside them; Hermione crossed her
arms over her chest.

�Malfoy
here thinks that he can order me around! He doesn�t want me to fight, but I�m
not about to stay inside the castle as he�s telling me to!�

Malfoy
glared at Hermione and Harry sighed and rolled his eyes.

�Well,
if I had gotten you pregnant I�d be telling you the very same thing.�

�What?!�

�Ha!
Potter agrees with me! You see? It�s just common sense Hermione. You don�t want
anything to happen to our baby, do you?�

�Of course not!�

�Then
you�re going to be reasonable and stay here, away from people that want to murder
you, fine?�

�But
you��

�I�m
going to be fine Hermione, don�t worry about me. Please, promise you�ll stay
here. No matter how bad things seem to get out there, you�re going to think
about our baby first and are going to stay safe. Please love.�

Draco
stared intensely into Hermione�s eyes and the girl finally sighed and
surrendered.

�Fine. I�ll stay.�

�That�s
a good girl.�

Malfoy
kissed her forehead and hugged her before starting to walk towards the main
entrance. Harry hugged her in goodbye too.

�Don�t
worry Hermione; he�s going to be fine.�

�You
take care too Harry.�

�Don�t
worry. If you want to be helpful you can go to the Hospital Wing and help Madam
Pomfrey. We�ll be back as soon as we can.�

�Take
care.�

�Come
on Potter! We don�t have all night!�

Both
boys joined their respective teams just when Dumbledore was opening the doors
and they marched out, ready to fight whatever was out there.

Alice was nervous; she was biting her
lower lip and playing with the hem of her cloak while the group walked to the
forbidden forest. Why she had to get into this messy situation? She shouldn�t
have listened; she should have at the very last tried to convince Blaise to
come with her. She was not sure of what was going to happen and didn�t think
that go into the forbidden forest was a good idea. To her immense relief they
stopped at the shadow of the first trees and Thorney
declared that they should wait.

The
girl looked at the castle, if Blaise�s information
was right they were now outside of the main ward that protected it, but they
were still practically in Hogwarts grounds, the only ward that surrounded them
now was the antiaparition one. She looked around at
the exited faces of her schoolmates and was about to ask what exactly they were
going to do when she heard a terrible noise coming from the school, she turned
around and saw purple lightning surrounding the massive building, the noise
repeated itself louder and the lightning was more brilliant for an instant
before disappearing. Alice
knew that the wards had been broken. Her shock increased when she saw the
castle starting to melt, she took a step towards it, not believing her eyes, it
was like seeing a plastic doll burning in a fire, except that there was no
fire, the stones were just melting spontaneously, from the Astronomy Tower all
the way down to the ground, it was a matter of seconds before all that was left
was a big mass of crumpled stone.

Alice didn�t move for a while, she heard
the exited whispering from the others and then she heard another noise at her
right side and turned, she couldn�t see very well in the dark forest, but he
heard footsteps, many of them, some shadows started to move and walk into the
clearing that was Hogwarts� grounds, cloaked figures. Death
Eaters. So, they had actually come to see their handiwork. They
approached the carcass of the castle laughing and stopped a few meters from it,
someone pulled at Alice�s
sleeve and forced her out of her shock.

�Come
on Anthera, let�s join them.�

Alice
didn�t want to join anybody, but the boy dragged her over, they almost ran with
the rest of the students until they heard an inhuman laugh, the Ravenclaw girl felt her blood freeze, he was there,
He-who-must-not-be-named was there, Alice was on the mind to turn around and
run, they were way behind the Death Eaters and no one had noticed them yet, she
took two steps backwards and her back collided with something, she turned
around but couldn�t see a thing. The girl frowned and extended a hand feeling
an invisible but very solid barrier, she quirked an eyebrow in wonder when she
heard many gasps and surprised yells, one outraged exclamation of disbelief
surpassed everything else. She turned again slowly and gaped at the sight.

The
castle was there, all in one piece and as solid as ever, there was a moment of
uncertainty before the main doors opened and chaos exploded, the previously
semi-dark night was suddenly illuminated by hundreds of different spells fired
at the same time, people started to run everywhere, the confusion was greater
when the Death Eaters realized that they couldn�t escape. Alice frowned and finally approached Thorney and the Patil twins; apparently they were having
some kind of discussion.

�It
was a trap! Where are you going, Parvati?!�

�I�m
going to find him!�

�Are
you insane? We have to get out of here!�

�Sis,
we can hide until the fight is over!�

�No!
This is my chance! I�m going for Malfoy, no one but him and the mudblood know for certain that we are supporting the Dark
Lord! It would be easy to return to Hogwarts if we need to, but we have to get
rid of them!�

�Parvati! Wait!�

Alice didn�t pay attention to the rest of
the junior Death Eaters that were still deciding whether they should hide or
throw their cover away and help the Dark Lord�s followers. The Ravenclaw followed Parvati and the other two students and
soon the four of them were dodging spells trying to find Malfoy.

Draco
was casting hexes and dodging what he could, it was insane, the only way that
he could recognize the Death Eaters was because of their cloaks, a bunch of
them had been drained and weak, but that didn�t mean that they had fallen
without a fight, especially when they realized of the impossibility of escape.
Everyone had been scattered in the confusion and all that was being heard was
yelling and curses, the magic was increasing and for a moment Draco thought
they all would get killed inside of the wards, he didn�t know if they were
winning, hell, he hadn�t the slightest idea if someone was actually winning
there, he was sure that the Dark Lord had somehow called for reinforcement, he
had heard some howls mixed with all the curses and he thanked the fates that it
was not a full moon. Malfoy could see with the dim light two mountain-like
figures moving about the very edge of the wards, evidently trying to get
closer.

At
the moment Draco, Blaise and two aurors were near the
Quidditch pitch, successfully beating the last of the
Death Eaters that were attacking that side, Draco had not seen anyone familiar
yet, and he was very grateful that the Death Eaters were using the masks; it
was easier to curse faceless enemies. Blaise had been hit by a relatively
non-dangerous spell and his right leg was covered in some hideous substance,
but there hadn�t been time to tend to it, they had lost two people and Malfoy was
feeling tingles up his left arm that had been bleeding a minute ago, but they
were going to clean this side of the castle�s grounds from the Dark Lord�s
supporters, he was sure of that.

Blaise
was at his side, taking cover behind a big stone, he was very nervous and kept
looking around him every once in a while, as if he was waiting for something.

�Damn
it! Where in Hell could she be?! I didn�t see her when we left the castle!�

�She
must be somewhere around Blaise, stop worrying about Alice and pay attention!�

Suddenly
the ground started to shake as a thunderous scream could be heard.

�Damn!
What�s happening?!� shouted Blaise, Draco turned around to see an immense mass
of darkness hit the outer ward.

�It�s
a giant. It�s trying to break the invisible wall!�

Suddenly
the enormous silhouette was shoved to the side by another one, smaller but
still monstrous, Draco couldn�t distinguish very well but the monsters had left
the ward alone for a moment. The two Death Eaters that had been still fighting
apparently decided to go for backup and they ran as fast as they could.

�Move
boys! We must follow!�

The
aurors went after the Death Eaters, Draco and Blaise
were about to follow when a flash of light hit the black-haired boy from behind
and he fell to the ground. The blond turned and cast a stupefy that hit one of
four figures that were approaching him, the other three continued advancing and
pointing their wands at him, Draco gritted his teeth, considering his options,
when one of the figures started a fire that allowed him to see better, he
sneered at Parvati.

�Well,
well, Malfoy. It seems you ran out of luck.�

�I
don�t need luck to take you down Patil.�

�Can�t
you see Malfoy? There are three of us. You can�t win this time.�

Malfoy
looked briefly at Thorney with contempt and then
arched an eyebrow to Alice, the girl shrugged.

�Are
you surprised Malfoy?�

Draco
ignored Thorney and huffed.

�Blaise
has been asking for you.�

Alice rolled her eyes but say nothing,
Parvati grew annoyed.

�Too bad that he didn�t know who hit him. It�s your turn now Malfoy, you
won�t came out of this alive!�

�Why
don�t you prove that, Patil?�

The
girl gritted her teeth at Malfoy�s smirking face and attacked.

�Furnunculus!�

�Impedimenta!�

�Incarcerous!�

�Petrificus
Totalus!�

Malfoy
dodged Parvati�s curse but the Incarcerous hit him, he didn�t
fight the ropes, he just fell to the ground hearing two other bodies fall along
with him and waited, soon enough he saw Alice�s shoes in front of him and a
heartbeat later he was free of the ropes, he got up and smirked to the Ravenclaw girl who smiled back.

�Now
Malfoy, aren�t you glad that I�m a good little Ravenclaw?�

�Why Alice? You could have been a fine
Slytherin. Too bad I missed their faces when you petrified Thorney�.

�I�ll
consider that a compliment. But I should kill you Draco Malfoy! How dare you
send me with those loonies without telling me what was going to happen?! I saw
the castle melt! For a moment there I thought that the lot of you was dead!�

�Hey,
I didn�t know that Dumbledore would make such a good illusion! But I told you
to be prepared to see some kind of damage; otherwise the Death Eaters wouldn�t
have believed it!�

�It
was quite impressive. But it�s the last time I play spy for you! I quit!�

Malfoy
snickered at her and walked towards the fallen students while Alice enervated her boyfriend, soon Malfoy
could hear Blaise standing up and starting to fret over her girlfriend.

�Where have you been?! I was looking for you!�

�Where you asked me to be! Following that
crazy bitch�s steps!�

�You
weren�t supposed to take this long!�

�It�s
not my fault that they couldn�t find Malfoy quickly!�

�Stop
bickering, would you?�

Malfoy
could see the light of all the spells cast at the front of the school where the
battle was still taking place. He was of a mind to go see what was happening
when suddenly they all felt a drastic increase in magic and an intense light
could be seen, it was pure energy, and it gave the impression that it would
explode at any moment. Draco could feel the ground vibrating, then a loud yell
was heard and the ground shook, throwing them off balance.

�What�s
that?!�

Draco
raised his head and saw that one of the enormous silhouettes had returned and
was delivering heavy blows to the invisible wall that prevented it form getting
near the castle, the ground shook with each blow of the creature, at the same
time the light that came from somewhere in the other side of the grounds
increased its intensity.

�Fuck,
we have to go over there! Blaise, can you walk?�

�Of
course I can!�

�That
leg doesn�t look so well.� Said Alice

�I
can still fight! It�s nothing!�

Another
blow, stronger this time, and Blaise almost fell over, Draco could see some
spells directed at the massive intruder, at the dim light of them and the
formidable magic that had not ceased the blond could distinguish the upper body
of a giant.

�Anthera,
levitate those morons and take them inside the castle, quick.�

�Don�t
order me around Malfoy! Who do you think you are?�

The
girl complained but did as she was told nonetheless, while Blaise and Draco ran
over to where some wizards were trying to stop the giant.

They
joined the group that was near the forbidden forest and started firing hexes as
well, the ground continued shaking from time to time and the light of the
powerful magic kept getting brighter until they all could see perfectly well,
almost as if it was day time, Draco could even see that behind the giant�s
enormous legs were some shadows moving around and had the certainty that those
were Dementors, the wards stopped them from getting
closer but they were there, waiting.

Draco
was concentrated in stopping the menace, just as everyone around him, so he
didn�t sense any other danger until someone pulled him from behind and dragged
him away from the commotion, he turned around sharply to be face to face with a
disheveled Pansy Parkinson.

�Hello
Draco dearest. Missed me?�

�Like
hell Parkinson. I must say that these last months had been the best of my
life.�

�Around
a mudblood I had heard.� She said with distaste,
Malfoy sneered.

�A thousand times much better than you.�

Parkinson�s
eyes widened with fury.

�How
dare you?! You little piece of scum! Too bad that he wouldn�t
let me kill you!�

Pansy
raised her wand, but Draco was fastest and stupefied her first, then he tied
her up like they were doing with all the Death Eaters. The Minister had
declared that they could use only one of the unforgivables
but they were only allowed to kill anyone if they had no other choice, so far
Draco hadn�t need to use it.

He
was about to return to the fight with the giant when some unknown force lifted
him in the air and he went flying towards the forbidden forest, his back hit a
tree and he landed face first on the ground, before he could comprehend what
had happened he was feeling the cruciatus.

�So,
my son, you thought that I wouldn�t find you?�

Draco
tried to fight the pain and sat, lifting his head to see the cold eyes of his
father.

�Hardly.�

He
lifted his wand but Lucius was too fast for him, soon
he was on the ground again, screaming.

Hermione
was beside herself with worry, not all the Death Eaters had been weak because
of the ritual, many of them were at full capacity, fortunately the most
powerful wizards were needed for the ritual and they couldn�t cast the unforgivables, that meant that they had to deal with some
deaths, but not as many as they could have, still there was many injured people
and they had to tend to them quickly, the captured Death Eaters were being
conduced to a room on the first floor that had been equipped like a cell, Hermione
wondered where they were going to take them when the battle was over. She was
worried about her friends and Draco, some injures were really awful and after
some minutes of nearly throw up twice she decided that an Avada
Kedabra was a merciful death after all.

She
was scared when the earthquakes began, and then she felt the magic trying to go
wild, it was too much, she had to know what was happening outside, so she ran
to the main hall and saw the aurors dealing with some
Death Eaters and some of her schoolmates that were taking cover behind the big
doors, someone entered running and levitating three unmoving bodies, Hermione
recognized Alice and ran over to her, she arrived when an auror
was taking charge of the students Alice had brought and the Ravenclaw
girl seemed like she was going to get out again.

�Anthera! Wait!�

�Oh, hi Granger.�

�Where�s
Draco? Have you seen him?�

�He�s
with Blaise, don�t worry he�s fine.�

�What�s
happening out there? Are we winning?�

�Well,
I don�t know if we are winning, but if someone doesn�t do something soon we are
going to have a giant demolishing the place.�

�A giant?! Oh my god! And what about
the magic? It looks like daytime out there!�

�I�m
not sure, but I think that Dumbledore, Harry and You-know-who are the ones
causing it. I�m going out Granger, see you soon.�

�No
wait! I�m coming with you!�

�No way! You�re staying here! Malfoy�d
kill me if you come out of here with me.�

�But��

�Don�t
worry, we�ll come back soon.�

The
girl went outside again, Hermione noticed that most of the wizards had gone out
too; she stayed in the hall for a moment, wishing that the little earthquakes
stopped, the walls of the castle seemed to be glowing and suddenly Hermione
felt a chilly sensation, she turned left and right to see that Hogwarts� ghosts
were all around her.

�Gods,
what�s going on?� She asked when nearly headless Nick passed by her

�Ah
girl, we sensed the magic, it�s really powerful, it must be stopped, if it gets out of control it would destroy us all!�

The
entire castle started to shake and Hermione braced herself, some people entered
looking for cover, after a few moments the walls went still and the magic
seemed to stabilize but didn�t diminish its intensity, Hermione leaned in a
wall to steady herself as people were running in a panic now and more injured
entered the castle, soon the main hall was full of aurors
and other wizards and witches helping the incapacitated, Hermione spotted a
group of students that entered carrying a body, Bulstrode
was with them, Hermione approached them and recognized the boy they were
carrying as Marshall, he was covered in blood and seemed to be barely
breathing.

�What
happened to him?�

�Mmm, well, according to Misha
here, he was attacking a group of Gryffindors when Goyle surprised him, we had
to stun Greg to get him away from Marshall,
he nearly killed him.�

�Oh.�

Another
group entered the castle, this time it was Hanna Habbot,
Anthera, Creevey, Nochland and Blaise, they were
levitating Hagrid�s unconscious huge mass. Hermione
ran over to them.

�Hagrid! What happened?�

�Fenrir Greyback was attacking
professor Lupin and Hagrid
tried to help him, but Greyback was not alone, Bellatrix Lestrange was nearby
and she called up some of Greyback�s comrades.�

�Is
professor Lupin alright?�

�He
stayed outside, helping with the giant.�

A
loud yell was heard and the ground started to shake again, Hermione let the
students take Hagrid to the Hospital Wing and then
ran over to Zabini, who was leaning on Anthera, his leg was completely useless
by then.

�Blaise! Blaise, where�s Draco?�

�Out
there, we were helping with the giant but I lost sight of him.�

�Damn!�

�Don�t
worry Hermione, everything should end soon.�

Alice dragged her boyfriend to the
infirmary, leaving Hermione to worry again, the girl paced on the main hall,
looking over at everyone that entered, feeling the intensity of the magic
battle flow through the ground and every stone in the castle. Suddenly she
stopped dead in her tracks and cursed herself, getting out the Marauder�s map
from her cloak and casting the spell to reveal it, she searched the castle�s
grounds for Draco�s dot and have a moment of panic
when she realized that Harry was fighting Voldemort
directly, she felt somewhat relieved to see that Dumbledore and Moody were at
both sides of her friend and continued searching for her husband, she spotted
him finally and gasped in terror at what she saw, she quickly tucked the map
away and ran outside, intent on finding Draco before it was too late.

Draco
was breathing heavily, trying with all his might to fight against the pain, he
wouldn�t let his father defeat him, he won�t
surrender. Lucius let him sat against a tree and looked
with disgust as the young boy stood up slowly on shaky legs.

�I
can�t believe I fathered you, you have dishonored the Malfoy name, you are an utter disgrace!�

��
at least� I�m not a slave�� Draco raised his head to look
straight into his father�s eyes, the man was furious.

�You disrespectful brat!�

The
cruciatus was over him again and Draco fell to his
knees, it didn�t last long, his father wanted to break him slowly, but he was
not going to give him the pleasure.

��
w-what father? ... You can�t stand the truth? ...� he said with a raspy voice
and got up again, he even attempted a few steps forward while Lucius sneered at him.

�You
know nothing; you are a spoiled boy, too coward to fight for our traditions,
for our honor as purebloods.�

��
what a mountain of shit��

�You
don�t deserve to have the Malfoy name; you have defiled yourself beyond repair!
The Dark Lord will win and you are going to see it Draco and regret the day you
turned your back on your upbringing!�

Draco
saw the wand pointed towards him and straightened as best as he could, waiting for the curse, Lucius Malfoy
was not going to break him.

�Draco!!�

Malfoy�s
eyes widened when he heard the voice and froze in complete horror, he didn�t
turn around, he was still looking at his father�s
sneer while his mind entered in a panic state.

�No, no, she�s not here! She can�t
be here! She�s not that stupid!�

He
couldn�t move, he didn�t hear the curse that left his father�s lips, he just
saw a body inserting itself between him and the light that came from Lucius� wand instants before said body collided with him
and both fell to the ground.

Draco
lost his breath for a heartbeat and then opened his eyes wide, his hands shoot
around the still form over him, too still for his comfort, Hermione�s face was
pressed to his neck and he could feel that she was unnaturally cold.

�No, no, no, please move, please be
alive, please.�

His
magic reached over to hers and the baby, searching for any indication of life,
the bond between them suddenly began to pull on Draco�s
magic, almost sucking it from him, the boy sighed in relief, they both were
alive, but he needed to take them with the mediwitch
quickly, he fumbled in her robes looking for her wand while he felt his
father�s steps on the ground getting closer.

�Well,
well, well. What do we have here? The little mudblood
whore didn�t want to live without you, I�m glad that we could grant her last
wish.�

He
was close, Draco didn�t need to see him; with a fast move the boy shoved the
girl�s body to the side and pointed to his target.

�Crucio!�

Lucius screamed and fell to the ground, his
protection spell was not enough for the force of Draco�s
cruciatus, the boy stood up with some difficulty and
ended the spell; he still needed something else.

�Accio Draco and Lucius� wands!�

The
two wands flew over to him and the blond caught them easily, then he pointed
his own wand towards his father.

�Do it, come on just do it, kill him
now and it would be over.�

Lucius recovered and started to get up, his eyes
flashed with hate at his son.

�What
are you trying to do? Kill me? Ha! Don�t make me laugh, you�re not Malfoy
enough to do it, you don�t have enough courage! You�re nothing but a pathetic
weakling!�

�Shut
up!�

Draco�s body was shaking, he was weak form the cruciatus he had taken, it was too much, he stared into Lucius eyes and knew that the man was laughing at him,
still he couldn�t do it, Lucius was his father, he
couldn�t kill him. His legs gave up and he crumbled to the ground, lowering his
wand, he couldn�t put the shaking under control, he heard his father laughing
and cursed himself for being so weak.

�Nothing
more than a loser, that�s what you are Draco.�

The
boy tried to gather his energy; he only needed to get rid of the man so he
could take Hermione to the infirmary. He raised his wand again and was
surprised to see another spell hit his father from the right side, in an
instant the man was tied up and as surprised as his son, someone pulled Draco
to his feet and pressed a vial of potion to his lips.

�Drink
Draco�

He
did it automatically, Lucius was now yelling at the
intruder.

�You traitor! All this time it was you the one betraying us!
You�re gonna pay for this Snape!�

�Silentio!�

The
spell took care of Lucius voice and the man was
reduced to try and struggle silently with his bonds without luck. Draco
recovered enough to stand by himself again, he ignored his father�s form on the
ground and gestured to Hermione, Snape gave him a nod and Draco turned around,
ready to fly.

�Wait
Draco, give me his wand.�

�But
I need it; I don�t know which spell he used!�

�Easily
solved, give it to me.�

Draco
did as his godfather told him and gave up the wand; with a quick �Prior Incantato�
they soon knew the spell and Snape frowned.

�You
better go now, levitate her you�re not well and you both would end on the
ground before you even reach the castle if you carry her.�

Draco
groaned and followed Severus� instructions, trying his best to get to his
destination as quickly as possible. When he was gone, Snape looked evilly at Lucius; at that moment a big earthquake was felt Severus
only turned a bit to see that the giant had finally been defeated, the wards
began to crumble as the magic from the battle with the Dark Lord increased for
a moment and started to send flashes of lightening everywhere. Snape smirked
and returned to Lucius.

�It
seems that it�s about to end. The Dark Lord would finally be disposed of. Too bad that you�re going to miss it Lucius.
You know, Draco is still just a boy, he doesn�t have what it takes to be a
killer, but I am another matter entirely.�

Lucius widened his eyes as Snape walked closer to him
with the blonde�s wand raised.

�Don�t
worry, I�ll take care of your family, I�m sure that your wife and son would be
delighted to be rid of you, oh, and don�t forget your unborn grandchild.�

Lucius face contorted in a gesture of hate and
desperation as Snape cast a final curse towards him.

Draco
had a hard time trying to maintain his equilibrium as well as dodging the
erratic pulses of magic that were out of control, he made it to the castle�s
doors when the light from the battle suddenly disappeared, leaving him in a
slightly confused state, it took some seconds for his eyes to readjust to the
semidarkness and he continued with his precious cargo towards the infirmary as
fast as he could.

He
barely made it to the Hospital Wing and was about to collapse when someone took
hold of him, he muttered Hermione�s name and the spell that was cast at her,
registered movement taking her away and then lost consciousness.

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