Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

By: Krystal Lily Potter

Chapter Thirty Two:Finale

Rating: PG-13 (more on the AA side)

Couples: HP/HG, PP/SF, DT/GW, LB/RW

Summary: As Harry and his friends enter their sixth year at Hogwarts they don't enter the cheerful world they left behind. They enter a world covered in a thick blanket of fear. It only hits Harry how important he really is when people start seeing him as the light that allows them to see under this blanket. Along with his friend he must battle the horrors of the past, present, and possible the future to begin the end of the war, hopefully before it hits Hogwarts. What happens when people start disappearing from under Dumbledore's protection, and one of the famous 'trio' disappears? It's up to the last two, plus some more friends, to find a way to save all the people that disappeared because they can't fight this war on their own…

Warning: Dark themes will be mentioned a lot and if worst comes to worst I'll rate this R because of that. There's swearing, mentions of suicide, murder, rape, gore/bloody scenes, and other dark things like that…honestly though it's not as dark as I make it sound…

…I'm done…I'm actually done! WHOOOOOOO! (does the happy dance) Bet Jess will die of shock when I tell him…LOL!

I can't believe it. The only other fics I finished before were one-shots and two chapter ones. Legend of Gryffindor is a couple years old and it's crap too, trust me on that. Elements of Life kinda fizzed out within the first few chapter in my mind so in an attempt to keep it good I put TOO many twist and turns and eventually it just got stupid. DO NOT GO LOOK AT THOSE STORIES THEY ARE VERY BAD! Trust me on that, I got a lot of flames for those…even though most people went out of their way to email them to me instead of reviewing it (laughs)

Yes this is the last chapter of this fic (sighs) and yes I will be announcing what the title for my next fic, which is a continuation on this one, is. It'll be at the end of the chapter with a little itty bitty teaser for the next fic but don't just skip down to that, read the whole thing.

I want to thank ALL my great reviewers! You guys are the best people in the world and this story is dedicated to all of you that like this story now.

I'd also like to that Lady Nicole Potter, Destined Enchantress, holimontski, CastusAlbusCor, hpfanchrissy1502, athenakitty, idiot with reason and also Jess. They're are only some people that have been reviewing as long as I can remember. Doesn't mean the other people that reviewed are any less important so don't any of you dare think that!

If we were allowed to have Author's notes as chapters I'd reply to everyone who reviews this one but I can't. It's a risk even replying to them in chapters!

Well on to the last chapter, although it's not going to be exciting, it's enough to end this…oh and I am going to try to make this a clean chapter…as in I'm going through it to make sure there's not THAT many stupid mistakes…Author's notes don't count (laughs)

"There is only so much we can learn and live."

-Hannibal, by Thomas Harris

Harry laid in a bed in the hospital wing. He stared at ceiling blankly. Hermione had moved from her bed over to his and currently had her head on his shoulder. Her eyes were closed but she was awake. He could feel her shaking.

Over on Hermione's original bed Nicola sat with her knees pressed against her chest. Tears were streaking down her cheeks silently and she was rocking back and fourth. Her clothes were wrinkled a little from twisting and turning in her sleep. Her dark red hair, which Lavender did to take her mind off of what had happened, was the only thing neat about her appearance at the moment.

Over on his bed Ron was asleep, as was Luna. Neville had been able to leave awhile ago, so did Ginny. Lavender, Dean and Seamus were also still here but aside from that the wing was empty. All the other captives had been cured easily while they were still fighting in the blood castle.

Madam Pomfrey was going around with her daily potions for everyone to drink. There was many blood replenishing potions to be handed out after they had returned and they all agreed that it was the most disgusting potion that was ever created. Ron suggested one of Snape's relatives must have made it to torture people.

Harry suddenly sat up and bringing Hermione with him. Everyone that was awake stared at him.

"I can't take it in here anymore," he said looking around. "We just…can't we just leave?"

"I'm sorry Mr. Potter but that is not allowed right now," the healer said. "Don't make me have to stun you to keep you here. Ms. Granger you should be in your bed."

Hermione shot her a look and the healer said nothing else to her. Although Hermione did get Harry to calm down a little bit.

When Madam Pomfrey left Lavender went over and sat down beside Ron. She shook him lightly and he woke up saying, "I don't want any more potions…oh…hi Lav."

"Ron, I think we need to talk about something," she said quietly then the two began talking in whispers so no one else could hear.

"Did it hurt him when he died?" Nicola asked suddenly.

"Nobody could tell you, but it happened so fast that I doubt it," Harry said slowly, choosing his words carefully so they didn't come out too harsh sounding.

"He was one of my best friends you know, it hurts losing a friend," she said sadly.

"I know it does Nikky, god don't I know it," he replied sadly.

Nobody had said anything else about the subject at all that day.

Harry was the last one to be let out of the hospital wing, and when he entered the crowds of gossiping Hogwarts students many people stared at him as if he was some walking freak show.

Nicola was seen outside crying with Richie and Rose a lot. All of them had lost one of their good friends.

Professor Dumbledore had gone to Mark's father himself and had told that him his son had died. He also gave him his body. It wasn't even a week later when Mark was buried and his father, Brad Evans, had moved away from Privet Drive and out of the eyes of everyone else.

Remus and Tonks, as well as all the other Order members that had been there had been treated and all of them were physically as good as ever now. There had been a total of 10 order members to go there that night. The only ones that survived were Remus, Tonks, Moody, Kingsley, and Dumbledore. The only one that Harry knew who had died with Podmore, the other four he had never met before.

The news spread around the school like wildly fire that Clara Evelyn was a Death Eater and the sister of the infamous Peter Pettigrew. It was also known that she had died. She hadn't burnt to death but would have, had she not have taking her life with her owns hands. So she wouldn't have to suffer by burning to death she used the killing curse on herself.

Ron and Lavender had broken up. They were a little icy to each other at first, which was very uncomfortable to everyone, but later on they seemed to get along better with each other.

Lavender had proved to be brave in the face of danger. Braver then anyone else would have thought the blond girl could be. She wore her battle scars proudly and wasn't afraid to give anyone a piece of her mind anymore. Facing death head on had given her new confidence for things such as standing up to girls that ridiculed her and boys that harassed her. No one messed with her anymore like they had before…

The name of Mark Evans was whispered by everyone at least once in the school. Everyone made up different stories about how he had died and the truth became the less popular one. Nobody wanted to believe that the little first year had done something as brave as throw himself in front of the killing curse for his cousin. Even if it cousin was Harry Potter.

Hermione and Harry had become much closer then they had before this all had happened. One was never seen without the other and if they were alone you could assume the other was gone for only a few seconds or they were only around the corner.

Nobody knew exactly what happened in the blood castle but all the people that had come back told them what they had gone through. It was all brutal and twisted yet everyone wanted to hear all about it. They heard stories about the ritual and what happened to Harry and the two other boys that had been killed. They told about how Mark Evans and Nicola Granger had saved them. They told how Mark heard Harry and went to find him while Nicola led them back.

Nobody was sure what happened after that though. The only thing they knew for sure was that the Half Blood Prince was dead along with three students, five adults on there side and a lot of Death Eaters.

Many people explained about how they had seen Voldemort and hadn't died. Hermione pointed out to all of them that Voldemort took no interest in them once or ever.

Harry did more then just kill the Half Blood Prince by using Voldemort's blackened blood. He proved to all the Death Eaters and to everyone else who was there that Voldemort, the great 'leader of the purebloods' was indeed a Half Blood. He honestly wondered how his followers took this. He knew it wouldn't make a difference though, blood types didn't matter. But he also knew that if Voldemort said this he'd be nothing more then a hypocrite.

The end of the school year was quickly approaching. None of the people that missed their exams had to do them; they just got their marks from all the work and tests they did throughout the year.

Snape was extremely livid when Harry passed third highest in the class; the only two that beat him were Hermione and Ebony Moon. Draco Malfoy had come up as a close fourth.

Life in the castle was slowly becoming normal again. At least as normal as possible in Hogwarts. Classes had stopped now since there was no point to keep going after their exams were done.

Dumbledore had gotten a downpour of owls from parents of the children that had been taken out of school, asking if they could return. Dumbledore only wrote seven words to everyone. Those words were 'We welcome them back with open arms'.

Hermione still refused to talk to her parents, who insisted that not only she come home and stay away from Hogwarts forever but her older sister insisted that she dump Harry.

To put it simply she dumped them instead.

Harry had gotten a letter from Mrs. Weasley saying that she was dreadfully sorry for what she had said when they first got back from being held hostage. It all seemed to happen ages ago to Harry. She was also sorry about not apologising sooner and that she hadn't been in her right mind at the time. She knew there was nothing that could have been done to save Charlie or Percy.

It was quite a shock to Harry when Katie explained that there was a graduation ceremony. He had never heard of it before at Hogwarts but realized it was to be expected. They couldn't just let the graduates leave without giving them recognition. Katie explained that Cho and Dave had made excellent speeches in front of everyone. Although Cho had messed up on hers a couple of times.

Harry remembered that it seemed like ages ago when he first had gotten his crush on Cho. She had been in fourth year while he was in third year and now she was graduating and he was becoming a seventh year.

Finally the end of the year feast came. Harry, Hermione, Ron, Neville, Lavender, Parvati, Dean and Seamus all sat together and Nicola and Luna were right at their backs.

They all ate, mostly in a roaring silence, waiting for Dumbledore to make a speech. They all knew he was going to mention what happened.

As the last of the desert melted away from the golden plates Dumbledore stood up and anyone who had been talking hushed. One probably could have heard a pin drop in Hagrid's hut from there if one tried.

"Alas, another year has come and gone. It is a wonder where the time goes once it has gone. When I myself was graduating from these very halls many, many years ago that is one thing I wondered, and to this day as I watch group after group of students leave I still wonder where the time has gone. We must learn to cherish it. To all the seventh years that are leaving you will always be welcomed back here with open arms and to all the students who will be returning to us enjoy your time here. Even if it is only a year," his eyes flickered over to where the sixth year Gryffindors sat. "Before I get into my serious speech I would like to announce the winners of the house cup this year. In fourth place with 357 points is Slytherin. In third place with 375 points is Hufflepuff. In second place with 410 points is Ravenclaw and in first place with 422 points is Gryffindor!"

Everyone clapped when their house was called and the Gryffindors cheered loudly for winning six years in a row now.

Dumbledore stared at the ceiling of the Great Hall at the bright sky on it that would be slowly dimming into a sunset soon. After a moment he looked down at the students and said, "As you all know, many of our students and many others have died this year. This is not a reason for us to give up hope though, no, their deaths should give us a reason to continue fighting."

He paused again then smiled in spite of himself and said, "This is the first year that I am not positive what to say."

There was a rumble of quiet whispers that was quickly silence.

"There are some lessons in life that we will all learn and at this moment today I will give you the advice I gave one of my more…danger prone students," he chuckled lightly as everyone stared at Harry then turned back. "I told this student in his second year here, that it is not our abilities but our choices that make us who we really are. That is something all of you must be able to understand at one point or another. Two years ago I also mentioned choices in my speech about Cedric Diggory."

He paused and stared at the ceiling, then continued, "Kathy Vance, James Taylor, Percy Weasley, Charlie Weasley, Sturgis Podmore, Mark Evans, Cedric Diggory and Sirius Black (a few people whispered his name and looked on in confusion but nothing else was uttered about the name of the famous escaped convict). These lives were taken mostly this year, one last year and one the year before, plus many more lives have been taken this year and two years ago as well. Remember them. I will repeat my words from two years ago for you. Although do not become angry with me if I cannot remember it precisely, I am merely an old man with a fading mind. Remember not only Cedric but everyone else who has died fighting for light. Remember when, not if anymore, when, the time comes when you do have to make the choice between what is right and what is easy remember what happened to some of the finest people in the world because his path collided with Lord Voldemort. Which path do you all believe they took?"

The silence that spread across the room and Harry heard a few people whispering something but he couldn't quite hear it. He assumed it what about Dumbledore question.

"I want you to remember that people will die in this war, a lot more people will die then they have in the past two years. Do not be discouraged, take it in, accept the deaths and use them as determination to free us from the dark plague that has appeared over us. Embrace any light you can find and embrace the people you love."

"The end of the year has come and you are all going into the unprotected world. Some of you we keep track of (everyone looks at Harry again) others we can't. I wish for everyone to return here next year," Dumbledore said. "The last thing I have to say to all of you is do not fear Voldemort. Fear of a name only increases fear of the things itself. Do not be afraid of his name and do not be afraid of him. Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus." With that he sat down.

A few people whispered and Harry noticed there were many tears streaking down people's faces. Behind Ginny, at the Ravenclaw table, he could see tiny Nicola shaking in tears again.

Hermione had nagged Harry and Ron to pack their trunks before but old habits die hard and they ignored her. Now they were packing everything hurriedly because the train was leaving the next morning bright and early like it always did. Ron was no where in sight though, having gone off to track down some of the books he had lost.

After much persuasion Harry managed to get Hermione to help him pack a little. All that consisted of though was her lying on his bed 'suggesting' to straighten things out and passing him an occasional book. He didn't mind though, it was only her company that he wanted.

"So you and Nikky are staying at Grimmauld place this summer?" Harry asked.

"Yes. We might stop by home sometime during the summer just to pick up our stuff but that's it," she said with a sigh. "Nikky is so sad about Mark and she doesn't want to go home either so it's like…we don't have a home anymore."

"A home is where the heart is, isn't it?" he asked, remembering one of Aunt Petunias little wooden signs she liked to put up in her house when someone was coming over.

She smiled and said, "Well then if that's true I know where my home is."

Harry smiled at her then started packing more things. "How'd you know where I was?"

"What do you mean?" she asked curiously.

"You got into Vulcan's castle," he explained. "There must have been something guiding you."

"Oh yeah, this did," she explained and handed Harry back his mother's pendent "I guess you can say your mothers love led me to you."

He closed his eyes smiling, and then placed the pendent around his neck again. When he did he made the golden chain of his time turner visible at the neck of his t-shirt.

Hermione recognized the chain anywhere and grabbed it quickly, yanking the time turner out of his shirt. "What the bloody hell is this?"

"A time turner?"

"Where'd you get it?"

"Dumbledore?" he wouldn't answer in a straight out answer but in a question.

"Why'd Dumbledore give it to you?" she questioned.

"He thought I'd need it this year, and I did…mostly to catch up sleep," Harry explained. He got up and looked out the window. A frown appeared on his face.

"What's wrong?" Hermione asked.

"What am I going to do with Griffy this summer? He can't come with me to the Dursleys," he explained.

"Well I suppose Hagrid could send him to Grimmauld place like he is Roller and Athena," Hermione said with a shrug.

"Good, you'll take care of him for me, right?" he asked her.

"You bet I will," she said with a sigh as she picked up a book. It was one of their Defense Against the Dark Arts text books. "I still can't believe Evelyn was a death eater."

"I can't believe she was Pettigrew's sister," Harry spat with disgust as he took the book roughly from her and threw it into his trunk angrily.

"We'll be getting a new teacher next year," Hermione noted.

"Just like every other year," he sighed.

She knelt down next to him then said, "I think we should go see Hagrid. I also need to find Ron to tell him that he has to pack. You're done aren't you?"

"Yeah, you go ahead, I have one last thing to put away," he said. She nodded and walked out of the room and down the stairs.

Harry reached under his pillow and pulled out two pictures. One was of his parents and their friends from seventh year and the other was of him, Ron and Hermione from first year. He looked at the pictures then Harry muttered, "I wonder if Sirius and Remus have families out there somewhere?"

He placed the pictures in his trunk then got up and walked out of the room.

"Hi Hagrid," Harry said as he and Hermione walked up, hand in hand, to him. He was sitting outside with his pant legs rolled up and with Fang at his feet.

"Ello 'Arry, 'Ermione," he said with a large smile at them. "Wha can I do fer ya?"

"I was wondering if you could send Griffy to Grimmauld place. I can't really take him to the Dursleys," Harry explained.

"Course I can," Hagrid said with a wave of his shovel like hand.

"Thanks," Harry said with a wide smile.

Hagrid studied them for a minute then said, "Ya know, you two remin' me of yer parents 'Arry."

The two blushed deeply then Hermione said, "You will be careful this summer, won't you?"

"Course I will, I plan o' seein the end of this war," he insisted.

"That's great Hagrid," Harry said with a large smile.

The small giant stared at them and Hermione asked, "How's Grawp? I haven't heard about him for most of the year."

"Aww 'e's better ten last year. Can actuall' keep up a conversatio' wit me," he replied proudly.

"That's great," Hermione said excitedly.

"You two best be off," he said after a moment. "Tis gettin' dark an' I bet 'Arry didn't finish packin' yet eh?"

Harry gave him a guilty smile and waved goodbye as Hermione started dragging him away, "See you next year Hagrid!"

Ron sighed and finished throwing his things into his trunk. He had no clue where Harry and Hermione were at the moment but he knew they were probably somewhere together.

He moved from his slouched position to a straight one on his knees and looked around the room. It felt…right to have everyone back here again. All they'd need is Harry but he would be back soon.

"Only one year left," Neville said as he stared at the ceiling from his bed.

"I know, I can't believe it," Dean agreed.

"Do you guys know what you want to do after we graduate?" Seamus asked.

"I want to be…well in fifth year I thought maybe I wanted to be a Healer but I didn't get in potions so I think I'm going to do something with Herbology," Neville said with a shrug.

"You know I thought I had my career picked out but after what happened this year I'm not so sure," Dean said.

"Same here," Ron and Dean echoed.

Harry suddenly came through the door and all the others stared at him.

"Where's Hermione?" Neville asked.

"She went to get some sleep. So what are you guys talking about?" he inquired.

"What we're going to do when we graduate," Seamus said. "So what are you planning on doing?"

He remembered wanted to be an Auror last year but he wasn't positively sure this year. In the summer he had heard Tonks complain about the Ministry enough to quit that's why she had been able to come to Hogwarts this year. Kingsley was still working there but he didn't like it that much.

"I don't know anymore," he said. He had no clue anymore, he didn't even know if he'd live to see his 18th birthday.

"What comes will come," he said to himself.

The next day Hermione, Ron, Ginny, Lavender, Dean, Seamus and Nicola got the shock of their lives. No longer were the carriages pulled by invisible horses to them.

On the train everyone went in their own directions for the most part. Harry, Hermione, Ron, Neville, Ginny and Luna all sat together in one compartment though.

"This year flew by," Neville said.

"Compared to being in a cell in Voldemort's house, yeah," Ginny agreed. She no longer feared speaking his name out loud, neither did Luna. Neville and Ron still winced at the name some but it wasn't as bad as before. Ron didn't yell at the person that spoke that word…anymore at least.

"Mark never got to come home," Harry said sadly.

"He was so young, but he will never be forgotten," Hermione said from her position in Harry's lap.

"Praise that," Ron said.

When Harry had to go to the bathroom once he bumped into Malfoy and expected him to spit in his face or something like that but instead the blond just nodded and continued on his way. This confused him greatly but he didn't mention it to anyone else.

"How are you getting back to the Dursleys Harry?" Hermione asked. He had gotten an angry letter from them saying he could find his own way home.

"My car, remember?" he said dully.

"Oh right," she replied.

"You have a car?" Ron asked with amazement.

"I won it," he explained.

Luna looked over the top of her upside down copy of the Quibbler and said, "That was lucky."

"Luck had nothing to do with it," he replied. "I saw it happen."

"You saw it happen?" Neville asked slowly.

Harry shrugged and said, "It only happened that time."

"You mean you actually saw the future?" Luna asked with interest.

"Don't tell Madam Trelawney, she'll be jealous," Hermione said and everyone laughed.

Harry did but then he frowned. He knew that the Divination teacher wasn't as much of a fraud as even he had thought she was at one point of time. The prophecy once again loomed on his mind and he realized he hadn't told anybody else it yet. He contemplated telling them about it at that moment but he decided that it wasn't the right time. He'd tell them when he thought it was right.

Harry spent most of his time on the train talking to Hermione while Ginny and Luna played exploding snap and Ron and Neville had a game of chess. Neville was actually fairly good at it and gave Ron a challenge. A little bit of a challenge that is, he the still the master without a question.

Harry felt a tug of something inside of him, as if he was leaving behind his home and he knew they were almost at King's Cross.

Hermione had fallen asleep sometime on the way there but woke as the train started slowing down.

As they all slowly got off and started wheeling their luggage towards the gate to the Muggle world on their trolleys Hermione looked back at the train and said, "They did a great job fixing it up."

"Fixing it up?" Ron asked.

"Oh right, I keep forgetting you weren't here," Hermione said "At the first of the year the train crashed."

"Bloody hell," he said.

After some time of waiting to get through the barrier between platforms nine and 10 Harry, Ron and Hermione finally ran through it. They all laughed as they almost crashed into each other.

Harry noticed that Remus, Tonks, Mad-eye, Kingsley and the Weasleys were all waiting for them.

"Ron," Lavender's voice came suddenly from the crowd. "Can I talk to you for a minute?"

"Sure," he said with confusion and followed her away.

Harry smiled at them then said to Hermione, "I'll miss ya Mia, but I suppose this is my last year with the Dursleys."

"Yeah," she said and laughed as he hugged her and picked her up and spun her around, "I'll miss you too. I'm stuck for about a month in Ron, Ginny and my sister."

"Be nice to her," he said while leaning his chin on the top of her head. "She just lost her best friend."

"I was planning on it," she said and kissed him on the cheek.

Ron laughed at Lavender and gave her a hug.

"I guess I'll talk to you over the summer then?" he asked.

"You can count on it," he said with a smile. "See ya Lavender." He then walked over to where Harry and Hermione were and yelled, "Get a room."

They moved away from each other, blushing a deep red.

"You can do that later in the summer," he said and threw an arm around each of them "when I don't have to see it."

Clearing his throat Harry said, "So what happened with you and Lavender?"

"We decided that we were going to be good friends, you know like brother and sister. Also we made a compromise, if Lavender hears about any girls liking me she'll tell me and vice versa. I'm not going to let just any guy date her," he said.

"You mean someone like you?" Hermione asked with a laugh.

"Well he has to be up to my standards," Ron laughed.

They walked over to the adults and Mrs. Weasley asked, "Good year kids?"

They all smiled at her and said yes.

Remus smirked and said to Harry in a whisper so Mrs. Weasley wouldn't hear, "Got your car here Harry. Molly will do herself in if she knows your driving it around."

"No doubt," he agreed.

Tonks then pushed Remus out of the way and said, "Gonna miss your girlfriend Potter?"

"Shut up Tonks," he said with a laugh.

"No word on Brad Evans yet, he just dropped from the globe, or at least England it seems," Kingsley said suddenly.

"Potter," Moody said. "If the Dursleys give you any trouble write us. You'll be gone from there this year before you can start using magic out side of school I believe. Remember to write us every three days, no less, or we'll come to see if anything's wrong."

"Yes sir," Harry said and saluted him jokingly. Moody simply rolled his eyes.

Nicola walked over from saying goodbye to Rose and Richie and said, "I'm ready to go now."

"I guess we'll see you in a month Harry," Ron said.

"Yeah, be careful," Hermione warned him threateningly.

"I will be," he said and gave her a kiss then nodded to Remus.

Harry waved goodbye to them all and walked to the street with Remus. When making sure no one was watching he enlarged Harry's car.

"Be careful Harry or Hermione will kill someone," he explained with an amused smirk.

"Don't I know it," he said with a smirk. Remus handed him his keys and helped him put all his things into his cars.

"Bye Remus," he called out as he drove away and back towards the Dursleys. He knew Petunia was aware that he would be allowed to do magic outside of school soon.

"This is going to be one interesting summer," he said to himself with a smirk.

Author's Note

Well I'm done…I'm so sad…I'm going to miss this story (cries)

Well I promised I'd give you the title and the sequel…so it's…

After the replies to the reviews! LMAO I'm so evil. I promise though it will be after the replies!

Thank you very, VERY much to:

Japanese-jew – Evelyn was actually a death eater, Peter Pettigrew's sister. She was faking to be an Order member. Nobody from the Order realized this because they thought she never got to know her brother.

Quiz-girl – Yes this was the last chapter…

Destined Enchantress – Yeah I was planning on updated quickly although this is the last chapter. The next story might be out fast or slow…not sure…

Hhr – Wouldn't want you to die yet now would we? LMAO!

TanAlike – Yes this was the last chapter. Damn straight I'm happy it's done but I'm a little sad about it too…

Hpfanchrissy1502 – lmao, thanks

Schnuff - You were the first one to ask for a sequel for that chapter! Yes I know I'm real cruel, and I don't get any nicer in the next fic I can tell you that

Holimontski – LMAO! No but my fingers almost fell off. I had a day of school today (and Monday too!!) so I typed ¾ of that chapter the day it was posted! Yes people have been telling me I'm cruel. Hope this chapter was good enough for you

Carn – Thanks! Now why does everyone think I'm cruel for killing off a little 11-year-old who was one out of 5 of Harry's living family members? Don't answer that

333,halfevil – LMAO that's good. Yeah poor Harry all his family is just dying, who knows, him and Dudley might be the only ones left in the end! Yes there is going to be a sequel.

Drake Smythe – Well…you know if you'd rather me fix the grammar things in this fic I suppose I could do that instead of a sequel. LMAO! I might do it later on…

Atrus Valentein – The understatement of the century…oh lord…LMAO

Amity-Star – Yes Harry's going to live alone for the rest of his life. Actually he's going to be a little hobo…LMAO!! I'm real mean, I know.

ILoveRemus – Yeah they're ok and don't worry, they'll be more important characters in the sequel

CastusAlbusCor – Snape? He's not important but he will be along with Remus and Tonks

LJstagflower4e – LMAO yeah spelling is terrible. It's just I type SO fast that I don't notice it at all. Other times I have to get up from the computer to do something and my little sister likes to mess up some of my things (shrugs) oh well but there is spell check on my computer

Randomreaderguy – lmao means laughing my ass off. No that wasn't the last chapter; this one was just so I could wrap it all up. The climax is the highest point in the story but there's always a falling action after that.

Urazz – That's true

Ladyvohn – Thank you. Action isn't my strongest point (neither is Romance so I don't know what I'm good at...)

QueenWeasel – A lot of people are saying that…

Lady Nicole Potter – Actually…I'm going to kill EVEN MORE people in the next one. LMAO you bought your brother! That's great! OMG! EW! I'm scarred for life by that one!

Warlock – That's ok, if anybody can tell even though I'm completely English (with a LITTLE French) mine isn't that good either (as in grammar)

LadyLuck13 – Yes Mark. He's dead…poor little kid

Aboxforpandora – Yes Vulcan is dead. I should have explained this but his ritual had one flaw on his part…it could only be done once.

Gorav1 – Yeah the sequel is coming up next. I'm going to start working on it as soon as possible.

Colorguardbaby23 – Wow I didn't even mention Mark that much but everyone loved him…could have been worse though, I original planned on killing off Neville

Beth5572 – What did ya think of his chapter?

Semebo – Damn straight I'm bad and mean and all that stuff. Thank you

"This is going to be one of the biggest wars in history and I'm betting that at least one-fourth of the school is going to die. That's like wiping out one whole house!" Harry said while looked up at Dumbledore.

"He was my dad," the girl said while tears streaked down her cheeks. "I might not have known him that good as you did but he still was part of me."

"It's going to happen on the anniversary of the thing you hate most," she warned him gravely.

Nicola stared up at her sister and said, "My best friend's gone and now this happens. I don't see any point in going back!"

"You listen to me and you listen carefully," the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher said in a threatening tone. "Clara Evelyn was nothing but a stupid traitor-of-a-bitch. She didn't deserve to die the way she did, she should have been tortured like the people she hurt."

"I cannot defeat Voldemort or lead anyone into the final battle," Dumbledore said to him seriously. "But I do know who can."

"Why the bloody hell did SHE come back?" Ron growled.

"I finally understand what you meant Remus," Harry said after a moment of thought. "When you said that what I fear is fear itself."

"It's always the most surprising person who turns out to be the biggest hero," Professor Mathers said as he pointed to a map of the Ancient World.

"My debit to you Harry Potter will be paid," Pettigrew said as he fell onto the rocky ground once again, "Mark my words it will be done."

Watch for the sequel to Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince:

Harry Potter and the Scars of Time

Krystal Lily Potter