The Slytherin princess

Chapter 86 // a duo you never thought you'd need

(Yes that's Harry)

Hermione's POV

"it answers to you, and you only"

"does it?"

"my lord?"

No it doesn't...

"the wand, does it truly answer to me? You're a clever man, Severus, surely you must know... where does its loyalty lie?"

not Snape

"with you, of course, My Lord"

no- no it doesn't belong to either of you

"the elder wand cannot serve me properly because I am not its true master. The elder wand belongs to the wizard who killed its last owner... you killed Dumbledore, Severus"

it's not about killing him though, is it? Its like when Potter took Draco's wand, Ollivander said it belongs to him now... its whoever takes the wand off the wizard

"while you live, the elder wand cannot truly be mine. You've been a good and faithful servant, Severus... but only I can live forever" just become a vampire, then you have another way to kill people too

"my lord-" he slashed his throat, Snape fell to the ground "Nagini... kill"

okay imma go I kinda don't wanna see this bit

"Draco... Draco slow down, I need to tell you something" we had been running through the castle

"what's wrong?"

"stand here" I pulled him behind a large pillar

"what's wrong 'mione? You're scaring me"

"two things... snape he's- he's dead Draco, Snape's dead" his face dropped "like- dead-dead"

"um- okay, uh what else?" he sighed, he's trying to keep his emotions under control

"the dark lord killed him because he thought he was the real owner of the Elder wand... but he's not"

"How so? He killed Dumbledore"

"he killed him, but you disarmed him... you're the real owner"

he sighed again, taking it all in "so he's gonna come after me next?"

"Not necessarily, Potter took the wand from you so its actually potters wand- CRYSTAL" I noticed one of those huge spiders was trying to eat Crystal

"REDUCTO!" I shouted, the spider squealed and scuttled off, I helped her up "are you all right?"

"When did you become the hero?"

"uh... the moment I saved you from being eaten by a giant spider"

"you're the last person on earth I want to save me"

"well... sucks to be you don't it? Now go and steal someone's boyfriend why don't you" she huffed and walked off, she still hasn't changed from fifth year

"was that-"

"yep"

"Why did you save her?"

"she's a bitch, she's not evil, she doesn't deserve to die-"

Voldemort's voice interrupted me "you have fought valiantly... but in vain I do not wish this, every drop of magical blood spilled is a terrible waste. I, therefore, command my forces to retreat. In their absence, dispose of your dead with dignity. Harry Potter, I now speak directly to you, on this night you have allowed your friends to die for you rather than face me yourself there is no greater dishonor, join me in the forbidden forest and confront your fate. If you do not do this... I shall kill every last man, woman, and child who tries to conceal you from me"

*

Draco not I went to join the others in the forbidden forest, harry's side let us stay here

They didn't blame either of us, fucking finally

As I walked into the great hall I saw seven Weasley's gathered around someone, where's Fred... oh... he's- he's dead too.

I looked around, Tonks and Lupin were next to each other, their hands were slightly apart, and their heads faced each other. They must've died that way, in each other's arms

I noticed Potter walking out of the great hall and followed him

-

I waited for him to come out of the pensive, eventually, he did and I stood up quickly, then sat back down with him

"I know what you have to do..." I whispered

"I have to die... and Voldemort has to do it"

"yeah... look, I need you to tell me if you want me to say anything to anyone for you because you cant talk to anyone on your way there. If you do they will try to stop you"

"no... no, just tell everyone that I'm sorry for all the pain they've been through because of me"

I nodded "okay..."

"Hey, can I ask you something?"

"sure"

"Why have you started being so nice, why are you on our side all of a sudden?"

"I've always been on your side... Harry, I've just realized how deadly it is if I don't help you... now go, you have a date with death" I smiled "god I cant believe I'm about to do this" I groaned and pulled him into a hug "im only doing this because you are about to save my life" I laughed "okay go, quick"

*

Harry walked into the clearing, every death eater looked- surprised, to say the least

"Harry? No! what are you doing here?!" Hagrid shouted; I didn't even know he'd been taken, there was so much pain in his voice

"Harry Potter... the boy who lived... come to die"

"AVADA KEDAVRA!"