chapter 45 : A Manipulated Battle
Seeing how the enemy was charging towards them, Neville who had the other students trained by Ron behind him moved forward.
Neville: CAST THE FIRST AIR DEFENSE SPELL.
They each threw several fast, small fireballs like Golden Snitch into the sky as if their wands were machine guns but the most surprising thing was that each of these small fireballs magically followed its target.
The explosion of each of these bullets was similar to that of a Grenade so the victims in the enemy camp were numerous.
None of Voldemort's men knew this spell, they did not expect the small fireballs to be so fast, powerful but also homing.
The Weasley brothers, Bill, Charlie and the twins moved forward to where the snatchers were charging. Bill had already spotted Fenrir Greyback, the werewolf who had scarred his beautiful face.
Georges: How many times have we repeated this spell in the darkroom?
Charlie: 14 and we did very well the last 4 times.
Bill: Three guys! 1…2…
The four of them combined their magic to create a huge sphere of lightning far above the snatchers and it began to attack them with several arcs of electricity which each time if they hit someone created other small arcs electrical between the targets.
The golems blessed by Luna charged towards the giants and the rest of the spiders, they were really very fast and deadly, especially against the giants who were big targets.
The Auroras fought against the Death Eaters when Thorphinn Rowle and Antonin Dolohov appeared in front of Sirius and Lupin who showed a smile before starting a fight that they quickly dominated after dozens and dozens of battle simulations in the black room.
Thorphinn was the first to be beaten by Lupin and Dolohov, now at a disadvantage against these two, did not even have the privilege of escaping because they literally bombarded him with spells before Sirius hit him with "Fractum" which broke several bones.
Bellatrix was flying laughing when a curse hit her and she fell badly, getting up she saw Neville walking towards her.
The woman tried to attack but Neville was quicker and dashed to appear behind her before disarming her and then hitting her with "Sectum sempra horribilis".
Severus' spell improved by Ron who had taught him for this special occasion. Bellatrix was lying on the ground with her entire body covered in deep, painful lesions.
Rabastan saw this from afar and hit Neville with an "avada kedavra" but with a "reflecto" Harry returned the attack towards him and he died instantly just like his brother.
Neville watched with hatred as Bellatrix died and he wanted her to suffer even more but as he wanted to throw Crucio towards her, two shadows fell in front of them and they were Snape and Voldemort himself.
"Harry Potter...you have...the Elder Wand..." Voldemort said in an amused manner before seeing the two corpses of two of his most loyal men and he wanted to start by attacking Neville but had to interrupt his intention to deflect Snape's attack on him.
Voldemort: YOU…!! You dare… ?
Severus: You're not at the end of your surprises, I'm afraid. I met a mutual acquaintance to get rid of this inviolable oath.
They started to attack him and he was able to deflect their attacks but when he in turn attacked, the two boys dodged with dashes which surprised both Voldemort and Severus.
The Chosen One and the one who could have been the Chosen One showed extremely formidable skills as duelists, especially Neville.
Voldemort launched the fiendfyre that Severus tried to hold back when Fawkes, Dumbledore's phoenix appeared from who knows where to take the elder wand from Harry who gave it to him and leave with it to land not far from there.
Voldemort: NO! (to the snake) NAGINI, ATTACK.
The snake wanted to attack the phoenix but Dumbledore appeared there to retrieve his wand and throw the snake at his master, completely stunned by the events.
"Albus…!!! You are dead. The boy brought you back, right?!" he said to himself after several seconds of thought.
Dumbledore: It is high time to put an end to your madness once and for all, Tom. Once your snake is killed, you will never be able to be reborn again.
They attacked him without wasting time at 1v4, he was very far from being at his advantage.
Totally defensive and without initiative, he looked at Nagini who quickly crawled towards him because he had a bad feeling and wanted to escape.
Snape: He wants to escape , don't let him...
Once Voldemort touched the snake, it disappeared into a distortion before reappearing in the same place.
He tried twice but still couldn't escape. He then tried to fly when an electric arc hit him and he fell back.
"It's no use mate..." Ron said as he slowly walked towards them and they looked at him.
Ron: I have placed a powerful restraining enchantment within a two kilometer radius that prevents my enemies from leaving the area in any way. Additionally, if you pay attention then you will notice that your magic is depleting much, much faster because the enchantment is absorbing your magic right now and that is why your men are losing their fights so easily, your spells are less powerful and you get exhausted very quickly.
Voldemort: It's you...it's you who did all this...! My magic…how ?! Who are you then?!
Ron: A young man who you caused a lot of trouble during his student years. You also killed my best friend's parents and tortured my future brother-in-law's parents to death.
Voldemort: This spell, remove it! (to Dumbledore) Albus, are you using this kind of malice now?
Ron: Why should I remove my spell ?! We are in the middle of a war and I am giving myself the means to win with the minimum of losses. Well, these four will take care of you while I go see how the others are doing.
He slowly ascended into the sky before moving away. He saw Abelforth and the students repel the hundreds of Dementors with their patronuses and Abelforth's even surprised him with its power.
He watched his parents and brothers fight fearsomely and the students applied his combined spells to attack the large number of enemies.
"Happy birthday…" He said as he stood next to Luna who looked at him smiling. The fight was much easier than she had imagined and Ron explained to her what he had done to make things happen like that and that he had even planned it for this date.
Luna: You want me to believe that organizing a battle in which the Dark Lord is killed is my birthday present?
Ron: Partly, yes. Magic with the right spells-(deflects an attack) in the right place and at the right time can allow us to do this sort of thing. You may think it's too easy or ridiculous but look, here's a little example.
He set up a protego for them and looked in the distance at the few golems that were destroyed so he pointed his wand at them.
"Reparo" he said and the pieces of stone came together to reconstitute the fallen golems who resumed the fight thanks to their speed and strength.
It was very difficult for the enemies to cross the bridge, a bridge itself which had been reinforced by magic otherwise it would not have held.
Ron: You see, this simple little classic repair spell, although perfectly mastered, has just allowed matter to go back in time to its state before its destruction. Thinking about it, what would be more difficult in terms of concept? This small user spell or the big restriction spell that I have placed around it? "Reparo" allows you to manipulate time and matter at the same time.
Luna: There's really only you who can teach spells during a battle.
Ron: Only you can make me organize a war victory as a birthday present. I did it because I had the magical and intellectual means because in truth, it has been many years since I outclassed Voldemort and even Dumbledore in terms of power and skill.
Luna: I know, I always knew. It's how this can be possible that's intriguing.
Ron: They have the knowledge, the experience and the talent but I have one more thing that makes me a complete monster.
Luna: Your perfect understanding of things? With immediate and perfect understanding even experience is not necessary.
Ron: That's right. The gift I have is really unfair my dear, it's like cheating.
They fought hand in hand and Ron saw his father easily beat Lucius Malfoy and Rufus Scrimgeour who neutralized the death eater Corban Yaxley who had become the head of the Justice Department at the ministry.
Cedric also defeated Pettigrew his murderer with a "fractum" to break all his bones just like Moody who did the same with Barty Crouch Jr lying down while screaming in pain.
Several death eaters noticed that the battle was one sided in favor of the school and they wanted to abandon Voldemort but none could leave the area, they were all doomed to disappear there.
Voldemort against his four opponents was literally in distress when Neville, wishing to beat the man who had tortured his parents to death, felt his hand grab a handle and it was the Gryffindor sword which he brandished in disbelief.
Harry: Neville, the snake.
" 'got it…" He said as he ran towards the large snake which showed its fangs before attacking.
"AVADA KEDAVRA" Voldemort cast the killing curse to kill Neville who apparated to find himself behind the snake and at the same time avoiding the two attacks then furiously cutting off the head of the snake.
Once Nagini was decapitated, a large black mass escaped from his body with ghostly faces in the mist before dissipating into nothingness, the last Horcrux had just been destroyed by Neville Longbottom .
Voldemort watched the scene in a daze and Harry took the opportunity to disarm him with "expelliarmus" before charging towards him and tackling him to the ground to deliver a series of punches to his face.
All the anger, the frustration he had built up over the death of his parents at the hands of their murderer, he went on and on until Neville came and grabbed him to calm him down.
Neville: Harry, that's enough...that's enough. It's over now. Look at him…
He saw Voldemort whose body began to rot, he was dying.
"Die knowing that you were not killed by a spell but were defeated as one without magic. You no longer have any support, your men are trying to escape and even your own body abandons you...you die without love, without real loyalty and without real existence" Harry said to Voldemort whose last vision was the looks of pity from Harry and the others.
Dumbledore: The Dark Lord has been defeated once and for all. It's all over now.
Neville: Not quite, his army is still there and thanks to Ron's enchantment, we can neutralize them all or also finish them off like we did with Voldemort.
Dumbledore: It would be pointless to come to that. Azkaban is big enough to accommodate them all.
They moved towards the others where they saw Ron.
Ron: Is it done? He is dead ?
Harry: It's over, he's gone for good.
"Wonderful, I guess now it's my turn..." Ron said, stepping forward slowly as Dumbledore had a very bad feeling.
Dumbledore: Ronald!
Ron: (steps forward)
Dumbledore: RONALD!
Ron: Too many lives have been lost because of these people, professor. We won easily because I made it happen that way. How many lives would these people have taken if I didn't exist or wasn't so competent?
Dumbledore: Don't make me stop you and act for the greater good.
"I ain't like you, pretend to say that I am acting for the greater good. I am not on the side of good Professor, I am on the side of justice…I don't rejoice in doing this and on this point Professor I beg you to let me carry this burden" He said and Dumbledore felt his body freeze before slowly floating in the void. The elder wand in his hand was drawn towards Ron who took it to begin examining it.
Arthur: Son…
Ron: Don't worry Dad, I do the things that need to be done and I'll pay the price myself.
Dumbledore:...no...you must not do that...
Luna:…
"PROTEGO DIABOLICA" Ron said the formula before drawing a circle made of blue flames around himself and the flames became very high in a few seconds with countless firebirds visible inside the flames.