Chapter 1

As he ran down the empty street his lungs felt like they were about to burst but he HAD to keep going. He was her only chance he had to save her. He heard a loud crash behind him, but he already knew what that meant. They were there. Ready to kill maim and terrorize whatever and whoever got in their way. He had to go faster. He had to get to her before them. He didn't even want to think about what could happen if they got to her first. He refused to let that happen. He could feel them, their power, getting closer. He had to do something. 'What can I do?' he thought frantically looking for an answer. He felt an explosion of power go off in his very own head. It meant that He was there. They were going to end this tonight whether he was ready or not. So many had already died, images of her instantly popped into his head. He wouldn't, couldn't let that happen to her. She was his one responsibility, his one promise to his now dead brother. He had to save her. He didn't know where he was going only following the images sent by her to his mind. She was crying, begging for it all to stop. She didn't even know what happened yet. She was already crying all he knew was that he would be there to help her, protect her, save her, because his brother couldn't be. He had to be her hero because his brother couldn't. His brother, 'why couldn't have been me? Why did they have to take him?' He said to himself over and over. This was the last battle that they all had to get through. The last stand before the good guys won… right? It always happens in the books. People die, people live, and the good guys win! It always works out so good triumphs over evil! It had to work out so that they would all be fine and the war would be over with his side the winners. It just HAD to!

He turned a corner and there was a large brick building burning down. "Shit!" He yelled as he ran toward the house. He had to get there she was going to be fine he promised she would be okay! He ran faster and faster until he heard a blood curdling scream and a bright green light come from the last window on the second floor. "She has to be okay" he said to himself as he threw the old furniture out of his way to get to the collapsing stairs. He hurtled up them faster than any normal human could. But he wasn't normal anymore; he was driven by grief, and hope. He was bleeding from all different parts of his body, he didn't feel them. He couldn't feel anything, he was dead inside. All he knew was that he had to get to her. There was another scream heard and he ran towards the door and saw the thing he dreaded most. There in the center of the room was the girl he was trying to save. There was a hooded figure standing above her laughing. He pulled out his wand ready to kill the bastard that killed her. He didn't even feel the words slip out of his mouth. The only reason he knew what he had done was the fact that a scream was heard and a blinding green light shout at the hooded figure. He walked towards her. He could other noises from outside like, screaming, pleading for death, and explosions but all he was focused on was her. He knelt down next to her and a single tear rolled down his cheek and fell to her. "I'm sorry I couldn't save you" he said in a quiet voice. He reached down and held her hand as the cries of terror got louder and louder around them.

Suddenly he felt her squeeze his hand. "What?" He looked at her astonished. "I'm sorry" she whispered in a hoarse voice. "You're… you're alive!" He said as he hugged her to his chest. He felt her tears seep through his shirt. "He's gone isn't he" she said more as a statement than a question. "I'm sorry" he said in a sad voice as new tears streamed down his cheeks freely. "It isn't your fault" she said looking him in the eye. "He asked me to take care of you" he said in a quiet tone. "I know, he told me that if something happened to him he would send one of you to keep me safe, I told him not to think like that but I guess he was right" she said as her body was violated by sobs. "Can we get out of here, I need to help win" she said as she stood. "What? I'm supposed to get you out of here and keep you safe." He said as he stood up next to her grabbing her arm which was already heavily bruised. Actually he hadn't taken the time to take in her appearance. Her shirt was ripped up the side, her face was cut and bruised as if she was beaten and tortured, which actually happened, and her pants were bloody and holes and rips all over them where bloody cuts and scrapes lay underneath. "He told me what to do" he said as one last attempt to keep her safe. "I know what he would've wanted and that's for me to do as much as I can!" She said as she ran out the door and down the collapsing stairs.

As soon as they got out of the building which he now recognized as Malfoy Manor, the entire place collapsed into a pile of burning scraps. "Where are they?" she asked as they turned the corner of the street holding hands dodging the screaming people. "They're right there!" She screamed and made a bee line for the main fight revolving around Harry and Voldemort. "GINNY!" She screamed as she saw the younger girl get struck by a red light. She pulled out a wand and two words slithered out of her mouth and a cloaked figure fell to the ground. She ran towards the younger girl with a force. He could feel the power radiating off her in waves. As Ginny stirred she held a bitter-sweet smile on her face. One because she was happy her best friend was alive and two she was sad that her brother died and her best friend was stuck in the world without him. "Hey are you okay?" Ginny asked the older girl. "Yeah, lookout!" she shouted as she pulled Ginny up and behind her as Bellatrix LeStrange sauntered to them with her wand at the ready. "You lived, where's your knight-in-shining armor, oh wait I already killed him!" Bellatrix cackled. "Shut Up!" She screamed with a powerful voice full of hatred. "How well don't worry you'll see him soon" Bellatrix as she shouted a curse in her direction. Bellatrix should have realized that she was no match for her. With one swish of her wand Bellatrix screamed and hit the ground for the final time.

All of a sudden everything went silent and still signaling the end of the battle. The only mystery was whose side won. Both Harry and Voldemort were on the ground everyone was waiting for one of them to move. She ran towards Harry to make sure he was the winner. As she got there all that could be heard in the silence was the mumbled "Harry". He looked up at her with his eyes full of sorrow and happiness. She now had tears streaming down her cheeks as she nearly suffocated him with a hug. "Hey did I win?" Harry asked his voice hoarse. "Yes everything will be okay." She said with a voice full of hope. By then medi-witches were there to claim the dead and aid the wounded. Among the dead found was the love of her life.