A.N: This is my first HP story, so please be gentle with me. lol! This is an AU story, and will be HHr, so if you don't want that, then stop reading at this point.

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, if I did, Harry and Hermione would have ended up together and Fred, Sirius, Remus and Tonk's wouldn't have died.

Summary: During the battle in DOM, what if the curse Dolohov used on Hermione had a different effect, what if instead of damaging internal organs, the curse damages the soul and in extension the magical core of the victim, what would have had happened?

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Harry Potter and the Ultimate Bond

Chapter One: The Purple Flame

Harry's POV

'It's a trap!' I thought as Death Eaters emerged from different direction, effectively surrounding us. 'I should have listened to Hermione' I thought, now my friends and I are going the die here, and it's my fault!

"Now Potter, give the prophecy to me." Lucius Malfoy said, as he took off his mask.

"Where is Sirius?" I asked, though I already know that he is not in here.

The Death Eater beside Malfoy started laughing, while she stepped forward and pulled her hood off and took off her mask, I heard Neville gasp, as Bellatrix Lestrange revealed her face. I felt Hermione started shaking beside me; Bellatrix is known to torture muggles and muggle-borns.

"Hand over the prophecy Potter, and no one will get hurt." Malfoy said again.

Hermione gave out a mirthless laugh, "yeah right! As if we're going to believe a Death Eater's words" she spat.

"Shut up mudblood!" Malfoy retorted.

"Ooooh! Is she the one, Lucius?" Bellatrix shrieked "Harry Potter's mudblood?"

"Yes Bella, meet Hermione Granger, Potter's mudblood whore." Malfoy said with a laugh.

I raised my wand to chest height; no one insults my Hermione and gets away with it. "Shut up!" I said.

"Is baby Potty mad at us for insulting his mudblood?" Bellatrix taunted, then her eyes widen as if she just thought of a good idea, Oh what a disgusting idea she thought of.

"Lucius, I think I know just how we can get the prophecy from baby Potty" Bellatrix drawled.

Malfoy smirked "and what is your idea Bella?"

"Maybe he just needs a little more persuasion" she said as she turns to look at Hermione "why don't we play with his precious little mudblood, I'll do it."

Malfoy laughed, "Good idea Bella" he said "let him watch while you torture the mudblood."

Bellatrix tilted her head to the side and said to her fellow Death Eaters "get the mudblood."

Hermione stiffened beside me, I pushed her slightly so that she was standing behind me, and Neville stepped forward to stand on her right side, while the others close around her.

"You lay just the tip of your filthy finger on her, and I'll smash this prophecy" I said looking alternately at Malfoy and Bellatrix, "I don't think your dear master would be happy with that."

Bellatrix looked ready to strike, but Malfoy put a hand on one of her shoulders, "calm down Bella, we need the prophecy."

I looked around, trying to find an escape point between the Death Eaters, "why does Voldemort want to get this prophecy anyway?" I asked, still trying to look for a way to escape.

"You dare speak his name?" Bellatrix shrieked.

I smirked at her, "yeah! I have no problem saying Voldemort."

Several of the Death Eaters let out hisses.

"Shut up!" Bellatrix bellowed "you dare speak his name with your unworthy half-blood tongue, you dare…"

I did not let her finish her sentence, "did you know he's a half-blood, just like me?" I asked taunting her, "Voldemort, his mother was a pure-blooded witch, but his father was a muggle." I could see the disbelief in Bellatrix's eyes, maybe if I taunt her more, I could find an opening for us to escape.

"What?" I continued "was he telling you lot that he's a blood is as pure as yours?"

"STUPEF…!"

"NO!"

A jet of red light shot out from Bellatrix's wand, but Malfoy deflected it, which caused her spell to hit the foot of a shelf on my left, making several glass orbs to shatter. I saw figures rising from the fragments of the glass and began to speak. I couldn't make out what they were saying because of Malfoy and Bellatrix's shouting.

"He dares!" Bellatrix said "the unworthy half-blood dares!"

"Wait until we got the prophecy!" Malfoy retorted "Master would not be happy if the prophecy is smashed!"

The figures from the shattered glass orbs disappeared, but they gave me an idea, I just need to pass my plan to the others. I moved my foot slowly backwards, trying to feel for Hermione's, when I finally found hers, I pressed down upon them. Hermione griped the back of my robes, signaling me that she felt it.

"What's so special about this prophecy that Voldemort wants to get it?" I asked trying to distract the Death Eaters.

"What?" I heard Hermione whisper behind me.

Malfoy started talking but I heed him no attention, trying to move my lips as little as possible, I whispered back to Hermione, "hit the shelves". Malfoy continued talking, not noticing the silent conversation that's taking place between Hermione and I, "when I say now" this time Hermione pulled the back of my robes slightly, silently telling me that she understood what I said.

"Why couldn't he come and get it himself?" I asked.

"Get it himself, Potter?" Bellatrix started laughing "my Master walk into the Ministry of Magic, when they are so sweetly ignoring his return."

"So he ordered you to do his dirty work for him, didn't he?" I looked at Lucius Malfoy and smirked.

"NOW" I yelled. Five different voices shouted "REDUCTO!" behind me, my friends' spells hit the shelves from different directions, hundreds of glass spheres shattered around us, just like earlier figures started rising from the fragments of the glass spheres.

"RUN!" I yelled again. I grabbed a handful of Hermione's robes making sure she stayed with me, I know Bellatrix would want to have a go with her, and I'd be damned if I wasn't there to protect my Hermione. Behind us, I heard Malfoy shout instructions to the other Death Eaters.

I saw Ron grab both Luna and Ginny beside him as they run ahead of us. A Death Eater lunged at us from my left side and I elbowed him hard in the mask. I could hear Hermione urging Neville on. Another Death Eater appeared out of nowhere and caught my shoulder; I heard Hermione shout "Stupefy!" The Death Eater released me at once. I shot her a thankful look which she returned.

At the end of the hall, I could see the door that we came in was ajar. We entered the bell room with the prophecy still clutched safely in my hand. I slammed the door close while Hermione magically locked it.

"Where are the others?" I asked. I saw Ron, Luna and Ginny running ahead of us and thought they would be waiting for us in here.

"They must have gone the wrong way!" Neville gasped.

"Listen!" Hermione hissed.

We heard foot steps and shouts from the other side of the door; I put my ear close to the door and heard Malfoy instruct the other Death Eaters.

"Wormtail, come back here, we need to organize! We'll split into pairs and search, and don't forget, be gentle with Potter until we've got the prophecy, you can kill the others if necessary." Malfoy commanded.

What I heard next made my blood run cold, "don't touch the mudblood" Bellatrix shrieked "she's mine to play with" I gripped my wand tighter, I'm not letting her near my Hermione. Malfoy started grouping the Death Eaters, and telling them where to search.

"What do we do?" asked a trembling Hermione, she probably heard what Bellatrix said.

"Let's get away from this door" I said my voice calmer than what I really feel. I took Hermione's hand and gave it a squeeze, the two of us don't need words to communicate with each other, I know she understood what my gesture meant, I'm going to protect. She gave me a weak smile which means, she knew I will.

We run past the shimmering bell jar where the tiny egg was hatching and unhatching, towards the exit into the circular hallway at the far end of the room. We were almost there when I heard something large and heavy collide with the door Hermione had charmed shut.

"Alohomora!" a rough voice said from the other side of the door.

As the door flew open, the three of as dived under the desks. We could see the bottom of the two Death Eaters' robes drawing nearer, their feet moving rapidly.

"Look under the desks" said one of them.

I saw a Death Eater poking his wand out from under a desk; I sent a stunning spell at him that hit him square in the chest, while the other Death Eater had leapt aside to avoid my other spell, who now is pointing his wand at Hermione.

"Avada…"

"NO!" I shouted I got the Death Eater's attention, which Hermione took advantage and sent her own stunning spell; the Death Eater was barely able to dodge the spell. He pointed his wand at Hermione again.

"Avada Keda…"

I heard him start to utter those two words that would forever take my Hermione away from me; I launched myself to the Death Eater and tackled him at floor. Neville, who had overturned the desk he was hiding, shouted a disarming spell at our direction which caused both the Death Eater's and my wand to fly out of our hands. The both of us scrambled to our feet and charged after the wands, the Death Eater in front, and I hot on his heels, and Neville bringing up the rear, plainly horrorstruck by what he had done.

"Move aside Harry!" I heard Neville from behind.

I stepped sideways to give Neville a better aim.

"STUPEFY!" he shouted.

The spell hit the Death Eater on his shoulder, and he fell stunned on the floor.

I gave Neville a thankful look and smiled slightly at him.

"Accio wand" Hermione cried, my wand flew from the floor to her hand and she threw it at me.

"Thanks" I said as I caught my wand "let's get out of here."

I could hear more foot steps growing louder from the Prophecy Hall; the other Death Eaters probably heard the exchange of spells earlier.

"Let's go" I said.

We've run halfway through towards the end of the room when we saw two more Death Eaters running across from us on the other door room.

"Collo…" Hermione started, but before she could complete the spell the door had burst open and the two Death Eaters had come hurtling inside.

"IMPEDIMENTA!" the two of them yelled at the same time. Neville, Hermione and I were knocked backwards off of our feet.

"WE GOT HIM!" one of the Death Eaters shouted "IN AN OFF…"

"Silencio" Hermione cried and the Death Eater was silenced. He continued to mouth words, but no sound came out, the other Death Eater thrust him aside.

"Preificus Totalus!" I shouted and the Death Eater's arms and legs snapped together and fell backwards.

"Well done, Har…"

But the Death Eater that Hermione silenced made a sudden slashing movement with his wand; a streak of what looked like a purple flame shot out from his wand towards Hermione, who looked at me.

"Harry" Hermione called; her voice barely audible, to my horror the spell hit her, right on her chest. My world seemed to stop as watch my Hermione fall on the cold stone floor with a soft thud.

"HERMIONE!" I cried.

As I fell on my knees beside Hermione, I heard Neville stun the Death Eater who fell on the ground with another thud.

"Hermione" I said "Hermione, please wake up!" blood started to flow from the wound that was caused by the curse. I put a hand on her shoulder, trying to shake her awake, but she's not responding, not moving, she doesn't look to be breathing, I couldn't bring myself to check on her properly; I'm scared to find out that I'm right, that she really is dead.

I felt Neville kneel on Hermione's other, but only one thing registered on my mind 'she's dead' I thought over and over, I'm never gonna see her smile at me again, never gonna hear her sweet voice again, 'it's my fault she's dead'. My train of thoughts was cut when I heard Neville call me, I looked up to see him smiling, 'why the bloody hell is he smiling' I thought angrily 'my Hermione is dead and he's still smiling'.

"She has a pulse, Harry!" Neville said.

"A…a pulse?" I asked dumbly.

Neville nodded "it's weak, but it's a pulse nonetheless"

I looked at Hermione's still form and asked "She's alive?" I was half expecting for Neville to answer me with a 'no', but what he said made my world to start moving again.

"She's alive, Harry"

A smile started to form on my own lips, I couldn't explain the relief I'm feeling right now, it made me feel light headed. Then I remembered the Death Eater who did this to my Hermione.

"Who was it" I asked Neville "Who did this?"

"Dolohov" he said.

I just nodded, and seized Hermione's arm and flung it on my shoulder, Neville did the same thing.

"Do you know any healing spells, Harry?" Neville asked "she's losing a lot of blood."

I glanced at Hermione and shook my head no, "I don't think we should try to heal it ourselves, whatever curse Dolohov used I'm sure it's dark magic."

Neville nodded, and we continued to creep out of the office and back towards the door into the black hallway, which now seemed completely deserted. As we reached the black hallway, I looked at the doors only to find that Hermione's fiery crosses had already faded.

"Which way do you reckon we should go?"

Before I could answer, the door on my right side opened and three people came in, I was about to fire a stunner at the nearest one when I recognize who these people are.

"Ron!" I called out to my bestmate who was being supported by Luna, "what happened" I asked.

"He jumped in front of me when a Death Eater tried to hex me" Luna explained with a guilty look "he was hit on his back."

"I'm fine" Ron said with a smile "it was just a cutting hex, I'll live."

I gave him a weak smile, and then I heard Ginny ask.

"What happened to Hermione? She's not…" Ginny trailed off, at the same time rushing to Hermione's side.

"No" I answered with a sigh and then looking back at Hermione "She was hit by a curse."

"Lay her down" Ginny instructed. Neville and I did what we were told.

"Her pulse is weak" she said "what hit her?"

"We don't know what it was" I answered "Dolohov made a slashing movement with his wand and then a purple flame shot out from his wand. Do you know what it was?"

Ginny shook her head, I looked at Luna inquiringly, and she too shook her head. I sighed, we have to get her out of here.

Ron was about to say something when we heard casting of spells in the next room, 'the Order is here!' I thought, Ginny and Ron were thinking about the same, they looked at me and nodded.

"Let's go" I said "help is here."

We entered the door where the shouts are coming from, just as I suspected the Order of the Phoenix is here. Sirius, Remus, Moody, Tonks and Kingsley were dueling Death Eaters. Sirius was dueling Malfoy.

Dolohov saw us, his pale face twisted with glee. He smile and pointed his wand at us…

"Avada…" He never finished uttering those two fatal words because Sirius had hurled out of nowhere and rammed him that sent him flying. Neville and I leaned Hermione on a wall, her face is deathly pale. "Are you ok?" Sirius asked, I look up to answer him, but I saw Dolohov making slashing movements with his wand again.

"Preificus Totalus!" I shouted, Sirius looked back to see Dolohov's arms and legs snapped together as he fell on the ground with a thud. Sirius smiled at me, "thanks" he said "nice spell casting". He looked at us one after the other, when he saw Ron's pale face he asked; "what happened?"

"Just a cutting hex" Ron replied "nothing serious." Sirius smirked, when he turned to check on Hermione his face become serious, "what happened to Hermione?" Sirius asked his face full of concern, the two of them had been really close during our stay at Grimmauld Place, they were like father and daughter.

"She was hit by a curse" I said looking down at my Hermione's still form.

"What happen?"

"Hermione silenced Dolohov when he and another Death Eater found as inside the bell room" Neville answered "he made a slashing movement with his wand and a purple flame shot out from it."

Sirius just nodded, still looking at my Hermione, his expression thoughtful.

"Do you know what spell is that Sirius?" Ron asked.

Sirius did not answer immediately as if trying to decide to tell us what he knows "I'm not sure" he answered finally.

"Can you get her out of here?" I asked.

Sirius nodded "but she's the only one I can take."

Ron, Luna, Neville, Ginny and I nodded.

"I can come back and take you lot one at a time" Sirius suggested.

"NO!" I disagreed "you have to stay with her"

"But…" Sirius stated to argue but I cut him off.

"Promise you're going to stay with her" I said "you're the only Person I can trust her with now. Stay with her until I arrived there, Sirius please. I need to make sure someone's there to look after her."

Sirius looked skeptical at first but agreed. I knelt beside my Hermione "wait for me okay?" I asked her, no I begged her "please don't leave me" what I really want to say was 'please don't die, but if said those words it will make things more real, it will make this situation more serious and most of all it will mean that I'm accepting the possibility of my Hermione dying, that's something I couldn't do. I kissed Hermione's forehead, then I felt someone put a hand on my shoulder, it was Ron.

"She'll be fine, mate" he said with a grin "I'm sure Madam Pomfrey can fix her in no time."

"Yeah" Luna said reassuringly "and don't forget, she's Hermione Granger, she won't leave the two of you."

I smiled at them "yeah she'll be fine" I said mostly for my own comfort than for my friends. Sirius lifted Hermione and said:

"I'll see you lot later" he winked at us, then he turned to me "I'll take care of your Hermione while you're gone, so don't worry so much okay" before I could reply Sirius disapparated.

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A.N: So what do you think was it good or bad? Should I continue this story? The title sucks any suggestion for a new one? Please review and tell me. Sorry for all the errors, I don't have a beta reader to check for them, anyone who's interested? Just PM me or leave it in your review.