Harry Potter: Into Darkness Part 3

Harry gasped. Twilight did some eye-searching. Harry turned to her.

“Dumbledore lied to me.” Harry said.

“Now, Harry” Twilight began to say “I know you’re upset…”

“HE LIED TO ME!” Harry roared “THAT BASTARD! I’ve known him almost my whole life and HE LIED TO ME!!”

“Harry, hey, whoa!” Twilight said “Calm down!”

“But he…” Harry tried to say.

“Harry, please.”  Twilight said with her hoof on his shoulders and sitting him down “Calm down. Tell me everything you saw.”

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During this, Hermione had been looking for Ron. She found him on the stairs crying. She sat beside him and put her arm around him.

“It’s okay.” she said softly “Everything’s going to be alright.”

“I could have saved him!” Ron sobbed.

“Ron, please, calm down…” Hermione said.

“I should have helped him!” Ron sobbed.

He then leaned on Hermione and broke out into heaving sobs. Hermione then began to sing a song her mother had taught her:

Hush-by, Don't you cry

Go to sleep a little baby

When you wake you shall have

All the pretty little horses

Blacks and bays, dapples and grays

Coach and six a little horses

When you wake you shall have

All the pretty little horses

Hush-by, Don't you cry

Go to sleep a little baby

When you wake you shall have

All the pretty little horses

Ron cried his last tear when Hermione finished singing and she gave him a soft kiss. The two then heard footsteps and looked to see Harry. He was walking down the stairs. The two got up.

“Where are you going?” Hermione asked.

“We thought you went to the forest.” Ron said.

“I’m going there now.” Harry said.

“Are you mad?!” Ron said “No! You can’t give yourself up to him!”

Hermione walked to Harry. “What is it, Harry?”

Harry sighed and turned to Hermione and Ron.

“There’s a reason I can hear them.” Harry explained “The Horcruxes. I think I’ve known for a while now. And I think you have too.”

Hermione began to well up in tears.

“I’ll go with you.” Hermione said as her voice broke.

“No. Kill the snake.” Harry said “Kill the snake and then it’s just him.”

Hermione then ran to Harry and gave him a hug and cried softly. Harry looked to Ron who sighed. Harry then broke the hug and walked away. Twilight then walked up to Ron and Hermione.

“Be safe, old friend.” Twilight said softly.

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Voldemort stood in the woods. He waited patiently for Harry to come. His Death Eaters behind him had Rubeus Hagrid tied up.

“No sign of him, my lord.” Herod Alacross said.

“I thought he would come.” Voldemort said.

He then turned and began to walk back to his forces.

“Look!” Bellatrix said.

Sure enough, Harry walked into the clearing. Voldemort turned and smiled evilly.

“Harry?!” Hagrid said “No! What are you doing here?!”

“Quiet!” Gilderoy Lockhart demanded.

“Harry Potter.” Voldemort said “The Boy Who Lived….come to die.”

Nagini began to slither to her masters side. Harry closed his eyes. After a brief moment of silence Voldemort fired a kill spell and for Harry everything went white.

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Harry gasped and looked around. He was in what appeared to be Kings Cross Station only it glowed bright white. He got up and looked around. He then heard a faint moaning and peeked under a nearby bench. What he saw made him jump back.

Under the bench was a bloodied Voldemort with no clothes. He was moaning as if he was in pain.

“Harry Potter.” said a voice.

Harry turned to see a blond-girl with blue eyes in a white robe walking towards him. She smiled softly at him.

“Who are you?” Harry asked.

“My name is Valerie.” the girl said “Valerie Jacobs. Tell me, Harry, where do you think you are right now?”

“Well, it looks like Kings Cross Station” Harry said “Only cleaner and with no trains.”

“Good eye.” Valerie said.

“Valerie, what was that?” Harry said pointing to the bench.

Valerie sighed “A part of Voldemort sent here to die.”

“So a part of him lives inside me like the memory said?” Harry asked.

“Did.” Valerie said “It was just destroyed many moments ago by none other then Voldemort himself. You were the Horcrux he never meant to make.”

The two then sat on a bench.

“Voldemort has the Elder Wand.” Harry said “And the snake still lives.”

“Yes I know.” Valerie said “I feel so sorry for him.”

“For who?” Harry asked.

“Tom Riddle.” Valerie replied “You see…I was his girlfriend. You know, before you know what happened. One day he was stealing the book of dark magic and your father James tried to stop him but the spell missed him and hit me. That’s how I got here.”

“Ma’am, my father never would” Harry began to say.

“Are you aware your father was having an affair with another woman?” Valerie asked.

Harry gulped. He couldn’t believe his father was like that.

“No, ma’am.” Harry said.

Valerie sighed and put her hands on Harry’s cheeks.

“You’re nothing like him.” she said “But you must make a choice.”

“What kind of choice?” Harry asked.

“You can either stay here or you can return to your body and to the world of the living.” Valerie responded as she got up and began to walk off.

Harry thought about this. Valerie stopped and looked at Harry. Harry looked at her.

“Valerie, as much as I would love to stay here” Harry said “My friends are in danger because of me. But their more than friends. Their my family. I have to fix this. I have to make things right. And if I’m correct, if I can break the Elder Wand, I can set my mother free.”

Valerie smiled and walked towards Harry and kissed his forehead.

“Very well then.” Valerie said smiling “God’s grace be with you.”

She then put her hand on his chest, closed her eyes and suddenly everything vanished before Harry’s eyes into white.

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Voldemort opened his eyes and gasped for air. He then slowly began to get up. Mayu and two Death Eaters rushed to help him up.

“I don’t need your help.” Voldemort said.

Voldemort and his Death Eaters turned their attention to Harry whose body had it’s back facing towards them. Narcissia then walked over to Harry and leaned down beside him.

“Is he dead?” Bellatrix asked.

“I’m checking.” Narcissia yelled back.

Harry was alive and doing some eye searching.

“Draco. Is he alive?” Narcissia whispered.

Harry nodded. Lucky for him, Narcissia was blocking Harry’s head so none of the Death Eaters could see his head move. Narcissia then stood up and turned to her fellow Death Eaters.

“Dead.” she said.

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Neville walked up to Catalonia who was staring at the fog where the back bridge of Hogwarts was. Neville was holding the sword of Gryffindor in a cloth.

“Hello, professor.” he said.

“Morning, Longbottom.” Catalonia replied.

“What are you looking at?” Neville asked.

“Nothing. I just like staring out at the landscape when it’s morning.”  Catalonia replied “Reminds me of when I was a little girl in Scotland and I would run across the foggy glen. Herod would have loved this.”

“Herod?” Neville asked.

“Herod Alacross.” Catalonia replied “He is my boyfriend. He’s a good man. Though I fear for him.”

“Why?” Neville asked.

“Professor!” called a voice.

The two turned to see Lavender Brown.

“Professor, you have to come quick.” Lavender said.

Neville and Catalonia followed after her.

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Voldemort and his mob of Death Eaters walked through the fog across the main Hogwarts bridge. Chrysalis 20 surviving Changelings were with them. Voldemort held his cloak up with one hand blocking Rubeus Hagrid who was carrying Harry’s body. Behind him were the Malfoys and Bellatrix. Narcissia noticed her sisters head was low and she wasn't laughing, smiling or anything.

“What’s wrong, Bella?” Narcissia asked “Aren’t you happy? You got everything you wanted.”

Bellatrix looked at her sister with sorrow in her face.

“Not everything.” she said sadly.

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By now a crowd of Hogwarts survivors had come out of the Grand Hall to see Voldemort entering the courtyard. Ginny and Madeline walked up next to Neville with Ron, Hermione, George, Bill and Fleur (who had partaken in the battle last night).

“Neville, what’s going on?” Ginny asked.

“Harry Potter” Voldemort yelled “Is dead!”

With that he moved his cloak and revealed Hagrid holding Harry’s body. This was met with several gasps. Ginny’s heart broke when saw such an image.

“No!” she sobbed as she began to run to Hagrid “No!”

Madeline managed to grab her and restrain her when Voldemort fired a beam of magic into the sky.

“Silence!” Voldemort said “You stupid girl. Harry Potter is dead. From this day forth…you belong to me.” he turned to his mob of Death Eaters and twenty Changelings “Harry Potter is dead!”

His army laughed.

“Your hero” he continued “whose whole cause was a lie!”

“You’re lying!” Catalonia yelled.

“Am I?” Voldemort said “Perhaps Herod Alacross can explain it for you.”

With that Herod walked up behind Voldemort with a piece of paper he’d gotten from Harry’s coat and unfolded it.

"I have in my hand yet another reason you shall fail. There is secrecy within your ranks...Well, at least, there used to be, before the keeper, and his secrets with him, have perished in the onslaught that brought us to this point.” Herod said “Your great leader, Headmaster Albus Dumbledore, knew of the fact that Harry Potter, your proposed "Wizard Messiah" was a Horcrux for the Dark Lord the entire time and he never told any of you! Why he wouldn't tell any of his esteemed associates or even the Boy Who Lived himself and his band of friends is a complete mystery. However, I must ask if you know you can trust the old man who supposedly "guided" the Order of the...(the slightest hesitation and a sigh) Phoenix and led you all against us? Who knows what other enigmas he has kept to himself all these years; stealing vital pieces of knowledge that one cannot complete the puzzle without."

As he was about to continue, Lucius Malfoy whispered in his ear. "It is enough," he said, "the seeds of doubt have been sown among them. It is but a matter of time before they give in."

Everyone stood aghast at this. They just couldn’t believe it. How could the Headmaster, someone they trusted their whole lives, lie to them like that? Even the ponies, who barely knew Dumbledore, were shocked by this.

Herod walked back into his rank and Voldemort turned his attention back to the Hogwarts survivors.

“And now the time has come to declare yourself.” he said “Come forward and join us or die.”

No one moved forward. There was an awkward silence.

“Draco!” Lucius said pointing to his son “Come on, son. Don’t be stupid!”

“Draco…come.” Narcissa asked softly.

Draco walked forward much to Astoria’s dismay. Voldemort moved out of the way to let Draco pass.

“Next?” Voldemort asked.

There was a brief moment of silence when Neville Longbottom walked forward.

“Well, I must say I hoped for better.” Voldemort said “And who might you be young man?”

“N-Neville Longbottom.” Neville said.

This caused everyone to laugh at Neville. Bellatrix only laughed quietly. She wasn’t in a laughing mood.

“Well, Neville, I’m sure we can find a place for you in our rank.” Voldemort said.

“I’d like to say something.” Neville replied.

Voldemort did some eye-searching. “Well, Neville, we’d all love to hear what you have to say.”

Neville turned to his grim collogues.

“Doesn’t matter that Harry’s gone.” he said.

“Neville, wait…” Jennifer said.

“Mrs. Granger, people die everyday. Friends. Family.” Neville said.

At the mention of family, Madeline felt a lump in her throat.

“Yeah. We lost Harry tonight.” Neville continued “But he’s still with us.” he put his hand on his chest “In here. So is Fred, Remus, Tonks. All of them. They didn’t die in vain.” he then turned to Voldemort “But you will. Because you’re wrong! Harry’s heart did beat for us! For all of us! It’s not over!”

Just as Neville finished his speech he unsheathed the sword of Gryffindor. Harry then flipped out of Hagrid’s arms and onto the ground. Everyone stood and looked in surprise.

Draco Malfoy then ran out of ranks and pulled out his wand.

“Potter!” he yelled throwing his wand to Harry.

Harry caught it and fired a spell at Nagini. A small plume of fire flew out. It bounced off and slammed into a row of death eaters and about seven Changelings killing half and injuring three. Harry then started running for his life towards the Grand Hall.

Voldemort wasted no time in firing three spells at Harry that exploded on impact but they missed. He turned to see eleven of his death eaters turning into plumes of smoke and fleeing for their lives.

“No! Wait! Come back!” Bellatrix yelled “Come back! Come back! Fight! Come back!”

Voldemort in the meantime was beside himself with rage.

“KILL THEM!” he screamed.

Though some had fled, Voldemort still had many, many forces left and his mob charged  towards Hogwarts shooting their wands and guns at the retreating survivors. Professors blocked magic beams while whomever had guns fired back at the charging mob.

“Lure him into the castle!” Harry ordered Ron and Hermione “We have to kill the snake!”

“You’ll need this!” Hermione said handing Harry a snaggletooth.

Neville meanwhile was climbing on the debris Sword of Gryffindor in hand.

“Neville, no!” John yelled.

Voldemort fired a spell but Neville blocked it. However he was flung back a few feet and slammed into a chair knocking him unconscious. Voldemort in the meantime blocked a spell then apparated away with Nagini.

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In the confusion, the Malfoy’s managed to walk towards the bridge. The bridge. Their way to freedom.

Narcissa held Draco’s hand as they walked off. Lucius stopped and took a look back. He considered for a fleeting moment going back but then he turned and walked with his son and wife.

As for Draco, he suddenly remembered Astoria. And that tender moment they had. He then freed himself from his mothers grip and ran towards the battle.

“Draco, stop!” Narcissa ordered.

Draco shoved his father out of the way and continued running. He couldn’t lose Astoria. Not now.

“After him!” Lucius yelled to his wife.

The two then started after their son towards the battle where his fate would be decided.