The Love Of A Wizard

The End Of Evil

Claudia watched as Severus stood directly behind Voldemort and pointed his wand at Harry. Who, upon seeing this, began screaming at Severus. But Claudia couldn’t hear what he was saying. She tried to go to them, but was caught from behind by a pair of strong arms. She struggled to get free, but they would not let her go.
She watched as Severus stepped forward and lowered his head. Harry was looking as if he couldn’t go on any more as it was and Claudia couldn’t breath. But…in an instant, Severus turned and aimed his curse at Voldemort.
It was blocked and Severus and Voldemort began circling each other. Claudia stood and watched, mouth open, the man she loved play a nasty game of cat and mouse with the most evil wizard of all time.
Harry stood for a moment and didn’t seem to understand what was going on. But another did. Ginny Weasley screamed out for him and he jerked his head in her direction. His face was sad and he gave her a half smile. Then he turned back to Voldemort and pointed his wand at him. Severus and Harry stood side by side exchanging words and curses with Voldemort. Half of the room was still fighting on, completely unawares of what was happening on this side.
One Death eater did notice and attempted to curse Severus as he faced off with Voldemort. But from a far corner of the room, the Death eater was stunned and Claudia saw the source. Draco Malfoy.
In one moment, Voldemort aimed a powerful curse of gold lightening at Severus and it blew him off of his feet. Claudia broke through the strong arms that were holding her and she ran. She ran over bodies to the steps of the archway. Severus lay, blinking his eyes and gave Claudia a sad smile.
“What are you doing?’ She cried over him. Her tears spilled onto his robes.
“My orders. My vow rather, to protect them until death.” Claudia felt her eyes burn and she reached out to touch Severus’s face. It was then she realized he was holding the amulet in his hands. It was still around his neck, but the vial was broken.
With trembling hands, he took it off and placed it in her hands. He kissed her hands and whispered to her.
“I will always be grateful for you…my light.” And he jumped up with one final burst of energy and joined Harry once more. Claudia was on the floor and saw everything in slow motion.
Voldemort aimed a curse at Harry. The green light hit him in the face and blew him backwards. Harry Potter was dead. Severus let out a frightful scream as he rounded on Voldemort.
Screams were coming from somewhere else in the room but Claudia saw only one thing happening.
Severus had flung himself at Lord Voldemort and was struggling with him.
“No!” Voldemort screamed and worked his wand towards Severus’s chest. They were but steps from the archway and Claudia sat and watched transfixed as a green light burst from in between Voldemort’s and Severus’s bodies. In an instant, Claudia saw them both fall backward. With Severus’s arms wrapped tightly around Voldemort’s body, they fell through the archway and were gone.
Claudia heard a horrible cry and realized it was hers. She ran up the steps and was going towards the veil. She heard Remus behind her.
“Claudia no!” But she went anyway. She reached the archway and heard the strangest sounds. Voices. All whispering to her to come to them. She reached out her hand but was pulled back from the veil by Nick.
“Nyet Mishka. He is gone.” Claudia couldn’t see his face through her tears and she couldn’t breath.
“Please Nicky…” She held out her hand and he hesitated a moment and then nodded.
“No!” Came voices from behind them. But they didn’t listen. Nick held one of her hands and Claudia reached out with the other through the veil.
It was cold in there. But she felt nothing else. She reached further and tried to find something to hold onto. She was crying harder as she realized she had no hope of finding Severus. She kept whispering…
“Please…please…please…” Her hand was getting colder and she felt like it was falling asleep. But then…she felt a hand in hers. She looked back at Nick with surprise and then concentrated on getting a better hold of the hand on the other side. Once she did, she pulled.
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A/N: Oh...no....who did she pull out??? I will save that chapter...the last chapter...for when I get a few more reviews...*evil grin* Please review!