Voldemort barely had time to raise a barrier before it struck, the defenses cracking and shattering near instantly from the force. Yet he had survived, being tossed to the side due to the collision, and undoubtedly breaking several bones as he crashed through stone and rubble.
Harry merely smiled, before waving a hand and dismissing the giant, which promptly evaporated into smoke, then standing back and patiently waiting for his enemy to stand.
Seconds passed, and then minutes as the boy grew impatient, tapping his foot as he began to mutter to himself.
"Come on come on get up get up get up get up get up…"
Tom Riddle pushed himself up onto his hands and knees, gripping a nearby chunk of rock to attempt to rise, yet the pain coursing through his body brought him back to the ground an instance later.
"Come on…" Harry growled, allowing the man to try once more, and fail. "Come on! GET UP! HEAL YOUR WOUNDS, REGROW YOUR BONES, SUMMON YOUR DEMONS! HIT ME! FIGHT ME!"
Yet the murderer could not, and merely slumped forward, gasping for breath despite the almost hysterical shouts from the boy-who-lived.
"Pathetic…"
Lucius Malfoy might have agreed, save for the fact that he was convinced that the boy standing before them could probably take on all Magical England at this point and win without so much as a scratch.
"I let you live for all these years and this was the best you could do?"
"Wh… what?" Riddle gasped out, shifting around to watch in horror as the teen produced a very familiar looking diary.
The boy-who-lived merely scoffed in annoyance, "Your little soul anchors of course. I could have killed you years ago… hell I would have if I had known you would be this pathetic."
"I-I-Impossible… how…"
"The Minister of course, which does remind me that he and I need to have a little chat once this is all done about slipping my followers possessed items…"
Malfoy felt his insides nearly freeze in fear. He was quite sure that there wouldn't be much left of him after the teen was done with his vengeance, that had seemingly built up over the years.
"Well regardless it doesn't really matter now. I suppose I should let you go, give you a chance to become more powerful and maybe give me a decent challenge in the future hm?" Harry turned, and began walking back towards the Death Eaters assembled nearby.
Voldemort did not see a second chance, however. What his corrupt mind saw was a mere child turning his back on him… as if he were nothing . What he saw was someone else telling him that he wasn't worthy, wasn't good enough, wasn't strong enough.
"AVADA KEDAVRA!"
"Stupid fool…" Harry muttered, before spinning on one foot, his 'Wand' appearing in his hand just as his other discreetly activating the viewing orb which had lain dormant nearby the entire battle. It activated just as a beam of light was fired against the Killing Curse.
White met with green, and the two balanced for a mere moment, before the brilliant spell of his began to consume the other, flowing towards the Dark Lord at an alarming rate until it reached his Wand. There is entered, producing cracks and fissures, first in the weapon and then the man's own body as the shining energy filled him.
Then the Dark Lord exploded, illuminating the entire battlefield as if it were noon, several beam of concentrated light arching outwards in various directions… targeting various objects that still bore fragments of the man's soul.
The eruption quickly overwhelmed those assembled, throwing them backwards, or onto the ground itself, and shattering the display sphere in the resulting shock wave.
Then all fell silent, and dark, once more. That is until a young boy sat back up and stretched.
"Now then… where were we?"
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Severus Snape made a discreet gesture of pulling back his sleeve, to reveal a blank arm… it was true. Voldemort was dead . The Potion Master resisted the urge to shout in joy, to scream and holler, to dance like a lunatic.
Years… over a decade of scheming and planning… and it was over . All he had to do was survive this night, and he could retire . No more spying, no more hiding his thoughts in fear of being discovered. No more double agent. No more pretending .
All thanks to one person.
His mind froze, Harry Potter, the boy who he had picked on and borderline tormented had suddenly become the source of his freedom. Lily's son, whom he had played a part in making an orphan, had been the key to his own salvation… and redemption.
Before he could think upon this further a sickening wet sound filled the air, followed by a scream of pain. Looking to his left he noticed that Amycus Carrow's hand had been rather cleanly separated from the rest of his arm. This notion immediately became known to Fleur Delacour, whom the man had been holding hostage, and she threw her head backwards into his chest, knocking the wind from his lungs and dropping him, to the ground before sprinting across the devastated landscape.
"Foolish girl…" Lucius Malfoy muttered from nearby, earning the Slytherin's attention. "No one would dare raise a Wand against you now…" Severus agreed, judging by the terrified expressions of every Death Eater present, he doubted any of them would so much as look at the girl now that her allegiance was made apparent.
The boy put a comforting arm around her, while her face buried into his shoulder to conceal her sobs of fear, and relief. Emerald-eyes turned to Rabastan Lestrange next. This time, however, the man seemed to take the hint and, raised his arms in a submissive gesture.
The boy raised his hand once more and snapped, the flames incinerating the Lestrange brother, and earning a scream of rage from the remaining, and a secret cheer from Bellatrix.
"Y-y-y-you! WHY!?" Rudolphus screamed in rage and confusion, earning the slight tilting of the boy's head.
"Whatever do you mean? I told them both that they were going to die…" With that declaration the, still screaming, Carrow was silenced as dozens of blades ripped through his torso from the ground below him.
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