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Chapter 96 - Chapter Twenty Six: The Sacrifice

Lucius looked over his records once more and out the window over the grounds of Malfoy Manor. Missing of course was his son flying over the grounds as Draco had been staying at Black manor for the past few years when he was not at school. He was simply not safe at Malfoy manor as he had publically denounced Voldemort and had joined with those fighting against him. Tonight was Samhain, and the day that Lucius was going to perform the ceremony with Narcissa to rid the world of so much evil. He too would perish but he was ready for it, his only regret was not seeing his son grow fully into a man and become the great lord he knew that Draco was capable of. If not for lord Black and Potter and so many other good people Draco would have been headed onto the path he had taken. He looked up at his dear wife who came into the room and put a hand on his shoulder.

"Did I tell you how much I love you?" Lucius said to her.

"Yes, every day my love." Narcissa said, "are you ready for this?"

"Yes, but would you think less of me if I said I was scared?" Lucius asked.

"No, because I am scared too." Narcissa replied, "Draco will be fine, this will make his world better."

"I know my love, let's go, the others will be there soon." Lucius said.

They walked from their manor for the last time and Apparated a short distance just north of Stonehenge. They would use even more ancient stones that had not been tore down and these would be used for good not evil. They had been pleased to find six others willing to help, there was of course Vance Crabbe and Grant Goyle, Thomas Nott was a surprise as was Augustus Rookwood, Robert Yaxley and most surprising was Rabastan Lestrange. They had passed the tests that had been set before them and now they waited to help end the reign of this dark lord and any future for at least a thousand years.

They threw off their cloaks and stood clad in simple white robes with no adornment on them. Lucius and Narcissa stepped to the center of the stone circle while the others stepped to their spots to guard and guide the magic to the four corners of the earth. Lucius was scared but he knew what had to be done and it would be the end of him on this mortal plain, if there was a God he would find out shortly. He was not afraid of the pain, that he could handle but he was afraid of the unknown, but he wound not falter and fail at this task. With that in mind he began the chant to end the reign of Voldemort casting the elements with Narcissa by his side taking over every other verse of the chant.

"With my mated be I cast this salt to cleanse the earth of our great sin. May mother earth bless this the salt of the earth to remove the evil mark and those who follow it from this realm so mote it be."Lucius chanted setting the salt around the space they were in and causing it to glow.

"With my mated be I cast this water to cleanse the earth of our great sin. May mother earth bless this water of the earth to remove the evil mark and those who follow it form this realm so mote it be." Narcissa said water surrounded the salt but did not touch it and with her wand a green glow was added to the yellow.

"I Lucius Arbaxas Malfoy, of the most noble and ancient house of Malfoy do call upon fire to consume our evil and the evil of those who bare our mark." Lucius said and fire sprung up outside the water.

"I Narcissa Malfoy of the noble and ancient house of Black call upon air to cleanse us of our evil and those who bare it." Narcissa said casting her wand about and bringing up a gust of wind that caressed her face and that of Lucius.

"With the power that is granted us, with our last acts we summon all the evil and do ask the favor of mother earth to cleanse the world of the great evil so mote it be!" They both said.

They then cast the runes to activate the spell and it was Lucius who succumbed first, he fell and Narcissa caught him and fell to her knees tears streaming down her face. She held Lucius who had breathed his last in her one arm and with the other let forth a light that hit the other willing death eaters and they cast their arms to the sky and a great golden light left them and went from them through every death eater on the earth an killed them all. Narcissa was the last to fall and she fell by her love dead as he was. However not one death eater remained alive and only Voldemort remained, but he would not last much longer.

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Outside the circle several people had Apparated to the site but none could get in. Many were students fifth year up along with Aurors and death eaters. Voldemort was here and he had spotted Harry who was clad in battle robes, Voldemort walked up to him anger and hatred on his face and was about to engage him when he turned sensing a disturbance in his magic. At the same time he saw what he thought were two of his top death eaters performing a spell of cleansing Draco saw his father go down. He screamed and ran forward but was grabbed and held back by Ron and Neville.

"No you will die." Ron said.

"Dad! Mum!" Draco screamed as he watched them die before him, "no, no! Mum dad please no!"

"Come on mate, you cannot do anything for them." Neville said.

"Let me go I have to save them!" Draco said.

"They are dead mate." Ron said, "come on."

"No, no not true it cannot be true!" Draco whimpered, he then did something that anyone who loves their parents would do in seeing them die before them, he sobbed and he was unable to keep to his feet and he fell to his knees sobbing. "No, no please no!"

While he grieved for the loss of his parents the death eaters were falling due to his parent's sacrifice Harry had turned back to face Voldemort. He watched in shock as Voldemort crumpled to the ground and he walked up cautiously and knelt by him. He felt for a pulse and found one and in a fit of reckless inspiration he grabbed the downed dark lord and Apparated away.

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Voldemort woke up to find himself a prisoner of the last person he wanted to be a prisoner of. The only thing he feared besides death was losing to Harry Potter and ending up his prisoner. He had hardly dare think on that as what could a boy do to him? Yet here he was before Harry bound and unable to fight back with Harry watching him, probably trying to find a weakness. Let the boy try! He could handle any pain the brat put him through and he would just to spite him. He winced as Harry held up a wand and saw it was his, wonderful so Harry would curse him with his own wand would he? He was puzzled when Harry swished the wand and smiled as it worked very well for him casting bubbles? Harry Potter was casting bubbles with his wand!

"Ah works well for me, Ollivander said that your wand had a feather from Fawkes, I was hoping it would work for me." Harry said, "this is mine now, you don't need a wand anymore."

"You dare…" Voldemort hissed.

"Yes, oh and how is making more Horcruxes going for you?" Harry asked, "you been having a bit of a problem, not enough soul?"

"You destroyed my Horcruxes?"

"No, not all of them, I had lots of help." Harry said, "you see I have friends and allies to work with, you had slaves, had as well it seems they are all dead."

"I will make more." Voldemort snarled.

"No, you would have already, most of your soul is gone, doubtful destroyed as I don't think mortals can destroy a soul, no you will be reunited with it rather painfully in fact, and you will die."

"I don't want to die." Voldemort said fear on his face, "please have mercy don't kill me."

"You don't get it, you are already dead." Harry said, "I will kill you, that is mercy, for if I let you live you would live without magic, a slave and you and I know you could not take that."

"Killing me is mercy?" Voldemort said, "I don't want to die!"

"Then you should not have maimed, tortured and killed all your life!" Harry shouted, "you could have been truly great, you were so smart, powerful and what did you do with it? Nothing you are a failure by your own hand! I am through with you, I am going to kill you and that is final!"

"I hate you!" Voldemort snarled.

"I will give you a last meal, anything you want." Harry said, "and no you cannot have any of my internal organs."

"Pity, I was hoping to have your heart on a platter." Voldemort snarled, "just get it over with."

"Gladly." Harry said.

Yet Harry was not going to kill Voldemort here, no he was going to take him someplace very public, in fact he would take him to Hogwarts. Fitting his first place he had been exposed to learning magic would be the last place he ever saw. Harry left Voldemort for the time being and went to sharpen his sword.

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