Harry and Hermione lay in bed trying not to let their thoughts wander to the couple in the other room whose sons lives hung in the balance. When the boys were rescued they were to be taken straight to Poppy for a full check-up and Diana had demanded to be there, she didn't want to wait one second longer than necessary to hug her boys.
Charles was military and wanted to see the place as Major Davies studied the terrain, calculating where to site his snipers. Infra red glasses were being used as back-up to tell the shooters where to aim, they were pretty certain it was going to be a head shot but they would find out tomorrow. The snipers were all hand picked and were getting their gear together before being transported by elf into the non-magical annex. They would be out before dawn, getting well hidden without using magic, while waiting on their target appearing.
Hermione asked her husband, "do you ever think we made the wrong decision that night in Gringotts, should we just have went to the island and let the wizarding world deal with itself?"
Harry held her tighter, "it's easy to look at the negatives at a time like this but consider what we have achieved, setting the elves free would be justification enough but Ginny would still be a Weasley, Sirius still a wanted man, shy Neville the butt of all the jokes in Gryffindor, Pansy to marry Draco, the list goes on. When we kissed that day in the corridor we not only changed our world, through Stag industries we are literally changing the world."
"I know your right love but part of me wants you all to my self, when I read that note today I panicked, I knew my noble husband couldn't let anything happen to those boys, whether or not they were princes. It's one of the things I love about my Harry and that evil bastard used it against you. I just wish I could be down there with you."
"You know that's not possible and, apart from you, there's no one I trust more to guard my back than Dobby."
There wasn't much sleep to be had in the Gryffindor apartments that night.
Harry walked towards the Quidditch pitch with Hermione on one arm and Ginny on the other, Dobby and Winky were in front clearing the way while the Grangers and Neville were right behind them. Ginny had been gifted a set of armour from Ragnok and the five of them made quite a sight as they walked with billowing cloaks towards the arena.
Harry kissed Ginny, Emma, Amanda and Winky before spending considerably more time kissing his wife though Dobby and Winky seemed to take longer. They left for the stand as Harry and Dobby walked out onto the pitch to await the Dumbledores.
Dan tried his radio and all four sets of snipers reported in as well as Major Davis who was below the stand with the infrared glasses. It was five minutes to one and there wasn't a free seat in any of the four stands.
The Dumbledores arrived at exactly one o'clock with Albus wearing robes that were gaudy even by his standards. The two boys were there disillusioned and Abe made them sit back-to-back in front of him, this news was immediately passed on to the snipers, a person's chest is a much better target than their head. Three of the snipers had shots but Hermione advised waiting until the duel began so Albus wouldn't be able to interfere with the rescue.
Albus strode over confidently, "a house elf for a second? Really Harry I expect you to at least give these good people a show before I kill you."
"Since this is the last time we will ever speak, if I ask you a question will you answer it truthfully?" Asked Harry.
Albus nodded magnanimously so Harry asked his question, "do you really want to get buried in those robes or will we change them to something with just a bit more taste?"
For a second there was the hint of fear in the old wizards eyes before he recovered, "so are you ready to die?"
'Bring it on old man" this was a no holds barred, duel to the death with no referee required, the winner would be obvious.
Albus fired four spells straight at Harry, which he casually flicked away before Abe was lifted off the ground and thrown backwards; Winky had the now visible boys safely away before the dead body hit the ground.
Albus turned and fired the killing curse straight at Hermione and watched as Harry collapsed to the ground when it hit. His plan had worked like a dream, he knew Harry would have to save the boys and Albus had been waiting on the exact second his brother died to AK the mudblood. He had heard about the soul bond and knew the consequences when one of them died. Albus was once again the most powerful wizard alive and, with his daughter heir to the Potter fortune, the richest to boot. He was a stickler for the golden rule, the person with the gold made the rules and that person was him. He may need to use a few spells and the odd potion on his traitorous bitch of a daughter but then, they'd worked on her mother and a will could be written that would negate the need for her to see seventeen. Poor Abe had to die but his sacrifice was for the greater good, the greater good of Albus Dumbledore.
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