Survivor

Harry, Hermione, Ron and Draco are sitting in circle around a little table with a broken time turner on top of it.

“Why are we even doing this?” Draco sneers for the tenth time and with that Harry thinks that he might have an urge to punch Draco just a little.

Hermione eye is twitching and Ron- well Ron is probably sleeping with his eyes open.

Hermione’s bushy hair is in a ponytail, dark circles produced under her eyes with a book in her lap about time travel. “Draco, we’ve talked about this! We need to stop the war from happening” She sounds exhausted.

“Remember what happened the last time we tried?” Draco says, and Harry remember very clearly what happened the last time. They hand landed in the middle of a war that wasn’t theirs and got held hostage by Grindelwald for five months.

Harry shudders remembering what was out on the battlefield. Hermione sniffs tilting her head up at the memories, “Yes, you escaped my tricking one of the house elf’s and didn’t come back to save us until four months later”

Draco sputters at that trying to find the right words.

Harry closes his eyes, leaning back a little content to let Hermione and Draco bicker. The war had been so much more worse than anyone expected. With Headmaster Dumbledore gone, Hogwarts went into chaos.

The houses divided between saving Harry and joining Voldemort. Nobody could get the rest of the Order into one place. Only Ron, Hermione and me knew what needed to be done and even then it was still a mystery Harry thinks.

When the Weasley’s house was invaded by death eaters and Mrs.Weasley, Mr. Weasley, Fred, George, and Charlie died and Hermione, Ron, and Harry had to go on the run they learned it was much worse in person than on papers.

Harry’s bought out of his thoughts when a heat burns him in his trousers. Harry quickly sits up, grabbing the atteion of Hermione and Draco enough that they stop fighting. Before Harry takes the DA coin out of his pocket, he pokes Ron’s side and shakes him.

Ron rapidly blinks, his body going rigid before spotting the three of them.

When Ron makes a move to go back to sleep Hermione pokes him and gesture to Harry. Ron grumbles but sits up a little straighter, leaning forward.

Harry giddiness must be shown through the big grin on his face as he takes out the hot DA coin in his pocket. As soon as Harry places it on the table, Ginnys voice rings throughout the small tent.

“Harry? Are you there? It’s Ginny?” At that Ron leans forward even more, eyes blown wide. “Ginny, is everyone alright? We are you?” Harry asks, and Hermione smacks him for asking that because everyone in the tent knows that they can’t leave.

The coin goes quiet for a second before a low harsh whisper escapes it.

“Look, we don’t have much time, before one of the death eaters find us so we need to do a quick recap. Neville killed Nagani, Dobby died, and Snapes after all of you” Ginny says. Theirs a silence before Draco pipes up with, “Even me?”

“Malfoy? What is Mal-, never mind No not you dimwit, The Dark Lord has a search party out for you!” Malfoy has a smug grin on his face at the knowledge that they’re looking for him, not even the least bit worried they’re going to find him with the golden trio.

Harry’s checking off all of the horcruxs that are gone so far. The diary, The cup, The diagram, Nagani, and The locket. All they need to do is get the ring in Dumbledore’s grave. Harry snorts at the thought of being able to brake into his grave.

At the sound, Ron turns his head to look at him in surprise before shaking his head as if he’s ought to knew what goes on in Harry’s head. Hermione looks thoughtful before she leans closer to the coin to say, “Is the DA still alive?”

“Ya, barely” The ‘no thanks to you’ hangs in the air between them, not being said.

“Theirs something we need you do. We need you to live the happiest you can before tomorrow” hermione says. And everyone in this tent knows why, because once they even attempt to time travel again this world is gone.

No one can really time travel without destroying their future first, and if they don’t it’s simply being their two times at once.

“What? That’s wha-“ Ginny says before the sound cuts off and they can hear the sound of feet pounding on the ground. Ron and Hermione look alarmed but Draco simply looks a little put out.

They can hear the ruffling before a different lighter voice rings out from the coin. “Hello! Are you ok? I can feel the Nargles through here” Luna sounds aloft, happy even. Before Harry has a change to say anything Ron opens his mouth and says, “What’s happening? Is Ginny okay?”

“Define okay? Like happy okay or alive okay or-“ Luna gets cut off from a scream behind her, and they can hear the footsteps speed up.

When Ron opens his mouth to say something, Harry raised his open signaling him to be silent. Ron’s eyes narrow but shuts his mouth. “Luna, where are you?” Harry asks, and as soon as he finishes the sentence Ron and Hermione share a look.

“Outside the ministry. You should be quick theirs a few Crumple-Horned Snorkack around” Luna says, and for just this once, Hermione doesn’t say anything about the creatures Luna believes in.

This time, Ron, Hermione, and Harry share a look. Hermione grabs her teared bag and puts the broken time turner and the book in the bag. Ron grabs his emergency chicken wing from under his sleeping bag, that makes Hermione give Ron a disgusted glare.

Harry grabs Draco’s arm where he’s sitting confused on the ground.

Harry pulls Draco up, forcing him up.

“What Potter? Why are you people packing up like we’re goin…” Draco trails off. Harry can tell that he knows what they’re going to do when horror dawns on his face.

Harry ingores Draco and turns to Hermione and Ron. “Guys, you don’t have to with me. I’ll grab everyone I can save and get them to safety. And plus you probably don’t even want to go. And-“

Harry gets cut off when hermione and Ron turn to eachother. “Does Harry have to do this everytime? Talk about saving some people-“ Ron groans. “And then throws in some things like we don’t want to help him-“ Hermione says, and then looks on Draco, clearing her throat.

Draco slowly finishes their thoughts with, “ And acts like we won’t find a way in going anyway”.

Harry smiled sheepishly at them, before giving spit another try. “It’s my fight! Voldemort knows I’m going and-“

“It’s all more of a reason for us to go” Hermione says, crossing her arms over her chest. Harry sighs, and looks between Hermione, Ron and Draco for a moment.

Harry opens his mouth to say something but they’re already matching out the tent with Hermione grabbing Draco’s arm and dragging him out, and Ron following them trying to finish the chicken. Harry fondly looks after them before following them out and stepping out the tent.

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“Mate?” Ron pants out, rolling on the dirt to get away from a cruse.

“Yes Ron? Harry calls from the other side of the clearing, trying to go and get Draco from one of the Death eaters grasp. “Maybe this wasn’t a good idea” Ron shouts.

Yeah, Harry’s starting to think that too. It started out fine, getting Luna and Ginny and telling them to one and Harry had forgotten that their was a trace on Voldemorts name and had went along said it and now their dueling most of his inner circle.

When Hermione saw the inner circle arrive, she insisted on going for Bellatrix. From what Harry can Bellatrix is winning, but when Harry or Ron Attempt to get closer they can see Hermione glaring at them.

“Tom, when are you going to stop hiding!” Harry shouts, circling the clearing after freeing Draco. “It’s not fair to let your mindless minors to fight our war for you!” Harry says. And finally Harry turns around and sees Voldemort coming towards him.

Harry can see everybody slightly edging away from them. Harry twirls his wand in his hand, seeing Voldemort circle around him. “Harry Potter has come to die” Voldemort hisses out.

“Tom, Tom, can we stop playing this game? It’s been ages since I’ve had a real challenge” Harry sneers at him. Harry can see Voldemort twitch at his muggle name.

“Too scared to fight me, you coward!?” Harry snarls at Voldemort, remembering the countless times Voldemort had killed his friends and family.

Voldemort lips pull back into a sneer and a loud “AVADA KEDARVA” echos throughout the clearing and a bright green light shoots towards Harry before he takes a step to the side.

Harry stops twirling his wand and content sign leaves Harry. Harry know it’s useless to duel Voldemort considering he can’t kill him without killing the Gaunt Ring. But it’s always been this way and it would be bad to leave without following tradition, Harry thinks.

And it begins.

Voldemort, as usual fires lethal hexes at Harry and he deflects them, dodges them, or puts up a shield charm. Harry’s bouncing at the balls of his feet at the excitement of finally doing something useful.

Harry wonders how he’ll end the duel and grab Draco, Hermione and Ron and get back to the tent without anyone following them. Harry’s brought out of his thoughts at the sheer power behind a stupefy Voldemort sent him.

Harry can see the anger in Voldemorts expression and decides this would be a good time to make a run through it. Harry ducks another killing curse, before before he breaks out into a sprint trying to grab his friends.

Harry can see Voldemort speed walking to him, sending curses to him, and motioning for his followers to go after him. That catches Hermione's attention when Bellatrix sends a crucio at her before moving away from him and going towards Harry.

Hopefully Hermione can see the gang if death eaters after Harry. Harry can tell she does, when she shouts something he can’t hear at Draco and Ron and they start sprinting towards him.

Harry glances back at the death eaters following him with the usual curse coming his way once in a while and makes a sharp turn towards Ron, Hermione and Draco.

Harry, Hermione, Ron and Draco are now running for their life’s and now Harry knows for sure that this was bad idea.

When Harry hears a clatter on the ground, he thinks nothing of it expect Hermione stops and turns around. Ron and Harry stop and try to grab her arm and make her keep running but Hermione eves are glued to the time turned.

The sand in it it’s swirling around making wind gusts blow them father away from it. Form the corner of his eye he can see bald the death eaters running away and the other half curious as to what’s happening.

“Guys! I think this is are way out!” Hermione’s yells over the wind, when they start stumbling.

“Not again!” Draco whines, grabbing onto Hermione. And all Harry can think of before their sucked in is ‘At least we’re not dying to Voldemorts death eaters’