Chapter 14: The Final Task

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„I am WHAT?" I asked. „How could that even be possible?" I was so confused. „I never beat you in a duel, and it couldn't have been passed on to me since my family is all muggles!" „Actually, you did disarm me. You may not remember this, but when you were in your first year at Schwanstein, I came to pay your old headmistress a visit." „I do remember that, that was on one of my first days!" „Precisely. You were lost and trying to find your way to your room... you looked everywhere but in front of you, so ran into me and when you bumped right into me, you knocked the wand out of my hand." „That's absurd, I was just a kid, and I just ran into you!" I said. „The laws of the Elder wand are what they are... there are three ways of owning a Wand: Acquiring a new wand that chooses you, inheriting a wand, or disarming the wand's wielder, in whichever way that may happen, even if it just means knocking it out of their hand." „This is crazy! I can't wield a wand this powerful... I haven't even finished school yet!" „Y/n... if anyone can do it, it's you!" Draco said an laid a hand on my shoulder. „Mr. Malfoy is right. You're the most advanced witch in all of Hogwarts! Not only is Schwanstein a little ahead of us, but you master spells even seventh year students fail to master! You have a broad knowledge of spells not even learned in school and you can even resist the Imperius curse with ease. If anyone is meant to wield the Elder wand, it's you." Professor Dumbeldore said. Then he pulled his wand out of his cloak and handed it to me. „This is your's now. I will use my old wand." he said. I took the Elder wand carefully and glid my finger over it's bumps in awe. „Try it." Dumbledore said. „Maybe.... Summon a Patronus." I hesitated, but Draco squeezed my hand reassuringly. „Mr.Malfoy, I advise you to close your eyes!" Dumbledore chuckled, so they both did. „Ok, here goes nothing..." I whispered. Then I thought of the happiest memories. My time with Draco, our first kiss, when we made up, the time we spent cuddled up together... and then cast the spell: „Expecto Patronum!" and it was the biggest and brightest Patronus I had ever cast. „Wow...." I whispered. When it eventually vanished, Professor Dumbledore and Draco opened their eyes. „Y/n, this was in incredible! I could even see it through closed eyes! And it was so powerful, I actual felt it's positive energy and it made me feel happy, the exact opposite of what Dementors do!" Draco marveled. „Miss Everton, you can't tell anyone yet that you are the wielder of this wand. We have to keep it a secret... And tomorrow, after breakfast, you both will return to my office. I will cast a spell that will make us invisible for a set amount of time, with only the three of us being able to see each other. We will then apparate to the cup and as soon as Harry reaches out for it, we do the same. And then... we fight. But whatever you do, do not kill Voldemort. The only one who can do this is Harry. And he's aware of that {author's note: Harry is aware of the Horcrux situation, but Dumbledore has already taken care of it for the most part}. Now, we should all get some rest. I will see you tomorrow." „Good Night, Professor." I said, but Draco stayed quiet.

When we arrived at Draco's room, he still hadn't said one word. „Draco, what's going on?" I asked as we laid back down in his bed and started cuddling up in the blanket. He sighed. „I don't know if I can do this tomorrow. They are my parents!" Draco said, and I just knew he felt terrible for how torn he was. „Obviously I don't want You-Know-Who to return, but... my parents..." „Hey Draco, it's ok, it makes perfect sense for you to feel this way. They raised you, you've known them all your life. I'm not in the place to tell you what to do, but I think you know yourself what's right. What your parents put you through, your sister... I believe in you, you can do this." I said and gave him a quick kiss, causing Draco to smile slightly. „I love you, Y/n." he whispered. „I love you too, Draco. Now sleep."

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„Professor Dumbledore?" I asked, but his office seemed to be empty and nobody responded. „Where is he, didn't he tell us to come straight to his office after breakfast?" I asked and looked at Draco. Suddenly, Draco jumped and screamed. And then, Professor Dumbledore appeared behind him with one hand on Draco's shoulder, laughing. „Looks like the invisibility charm still works!" Professor Dumbledore said and continued laughing. „This is NOT funny!" Draco complained. „It kinda was" I whispered and stuck my tongue out to him, causing his anger to vanish. „Now, come here. We will form a circle and close it with our hands. It will feel like you're cold, but that's just the invisibility. And then we we will apparate down to the cup. Are you ready?" Dumbledore asked. Draco and I nodded and then formed a circle with Dumbledore, all three of us holding each others hands. All of a sudden, it felt like someone poured a cold bucket of water over my head and I shivered. „Now, close your eyes." Professor Dumbledore advised. We did as we were told, and soon after it felt like my stomach was being twisted. When I opened my eyes again, we were standing next to the cup. „Wow..." I whispered in admiration. „The spell will wear off one minute after we use the Portkey. The only thing we have to do now is wait. I informed Professor McGonagall and Professor Snape about Mister Crouch Junior, they will be taking care of him while we fight Voldemort." Dumbledore explained in a low voice. „Now, we should stay quiet until Harry arrives." He added.

The wait was horrible. Not only did it take long, but I also heard screams and the crowd gasping in shock, I noticed sparks being sent out as a sign of needing help and all of a sudden, after a long while of waiting, I finally heard a noise. „Here he comes, get ready." Dumbledore mumbled but to our shock, it wasn't just Harry, but also Cedric Diggory. Dumbledore still motioned for us to get in position, probably hoping that Harry would make it first. But then they made the decision to grab the cup at the same time... crap... But we went through with our plan nonetheless and grabbed the cup at the same time as Harry and Cedric and were quickly ported away.

„Where are we..." I whispered. „Looks like a cemetery..." Draco whispered back. „Get your wands out, we only have 45 seconds left." Dumbledore whispered. We watched Peter Pettigrew, Voldemort, Cedric and Harry interact, when suddenly everything happened at once. Dumbledore started counting down from 5, the Deatheaters started appearing on the cemetery and revealed their faces causing Draco to gulp, Cedric was killed and our invisibility vanished. Dumbledore, Draco and I stood together, back to back with our wands raised and started disarming the deatheaters before they could even realize we had just appeared out of nowhere. „Expelliarmus!" „Stupor!" echoed through the air and wands flew. From the corner of my eye, I saw Voldemort getting closer to Harry, he had taken full form. „Shit.." I mumbled. „I have to go help Harry!" I yelled over the noise. „We've got this love, go!" Draco yelled back and continued fighting alongside Dumbledore. „Expelliarmus!" I shouted and actually managed to disarm Voldemort, who had not seen me coming from behind him. He twirled around, caught his wand in mid air and said. „Another spare! Do I have to do everything by my-" but then he stopped, as his eyes fell on Draco, Dumbledore and my wand. It was just a split second, but it was enough for Harry to get back up to his feet and make a run for his wand. „AVADA KEDAVRA!" Voldemort roared and pointed the wand at me, a green stream of magic shooting towards me, I just heard Draco shouting „NOOOO!!!" In the distance, but then I raised my wand, the Elder Wand, and fought back. „Did you think it was going to be this easy!" I roared at Voldemort and redirected his spells and curses towards deatheaters who, one after the other, fell victim to their master's cruelty, that was originally directed at me. I hadn't noticed, that Draco was now being approached by his parents who tried to persuade him to change sides. But Draco stayed strong and continued fighting off the Deatheaters. And I also hadn't noticed that Dumbledore had cast a spell that allowed for the fight to be broadcasted all over the magical world, allowing for the people to see the true face behind the masks of the many death eaters who had been living among us for years. But what I had noticed was, that Harry had finally managed to get ahold of his wand. Voldemort on the other hand was too focused on trying to disarm me in order to become the new wielder of the Elder Wand, that he didn't notice Harry getting closer. „You will never win!" I hissed at Voldemort. „Oh, but I will! The world needs to be freed of filthy mudbloods like you!" He growled back. Suddenly, I heard a crazy, maniac laughter behind me and a high pitched voice screaming „CRUCIO!" and then I felt nothing but pain. Excruciating pain, all over my body, I felt nothing else. The pain was consuming me... In the far distance I heard Draco scream my name and killing curses being cast, and then.... Everything went black.

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