Duel Entirely Between of An Molly Weasley and Mrises Bellatrix Lestrange

> Harry watched with terror and elation as Molly Weasley's wand slashed and twisted, and Bellatrix Lestrange's smile faltered and became a snarl. Jets of light flew from both wands, the floor around the witches' feet became hot and cracked; both women were fighting to kill.
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> Description of the duel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

This **duel** was fought between Hogwarts students Hermione Granger, ***Luna Lovegood***, Ginny Weasley, and ex-student and matriarch of the Weasley family Molly Weasley against ***Death Eater*** lieutenant ***Bellatrix Lestrange***, taking place in the Great Hall of Hogwarts Castle after the hour-long halt during the ***Battle of Hogwarts***. The duel was initially fought by all three of the formers until Molly interfered after the girls' opponent nearly killed one of the duelists involved, Molly's daughter, Ginny.

## Part of

### Cause

Several individuals team up against Bellatrix Lestrange

### Result

A Killing Curse from Bellatrix narrowly misses Ginny Weasley, causing her mother Molly to participate in the duel and kill Bellatrix herself.

Combatants| * Hermione Granger
* Ginevra Weasley
* Luna Lovegood

After Molly cast a well-aimed lethal spell at Bellatrix, she toppled lifeless to the ground, making Voldemort scream in fury and point his wand at Mrs Weasley. Harry Potter cast a Shield Charm between the two of them, thus revealing himself and setting the stage for the ***duel*** that ended the Second Wizarding War.

## History

### Background

> NOT MY DAUGHTER, YOU BITCH!
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> Mrs Weasley before starting the duel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

After the ***Battle of Hogwarts*** recommenced, the arrival of the ***Hogwarts Centaur herd***, ***Grawp***, and the shopkeepers and homeowners of ***Hogsmeade*** forced the battle to move inside the Castle, with duellers being forced into the Great Hall by the charging forces.

### The duel

**Bellatrix Lestrange**: "*What will happen to your children when I've killed you? When Mummy's gone the same way as Freddie?*"
**Molly Weasley**: "*You — will — never — touch — our — children — again!*"
— Bellatrix taunts Mrs Weasley during the duel[src]

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Fifty yards away from Lord Voldemort, who ***duelled*** against Minerva McGonagall, ***Horace Slughorn*** and ***Kingsley Shacklebolt***, ***Bellatrix Lestrange*** started a ***duel*** against Hermione Granger, Ginevra Weasley and ***Luna Lovegood***, all three girls combining their best efforts to defeat her. Despite not using her personal wand, Bellatrix still proved herself to be equal in power to the three of them. During the ***duel***, Bellatrix shot a Killing Curse at Ginny. Bellatrix's curse narrowly missed Ginny, sparing her death by mere inches.

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Molly Weasley witnessed this and (enraged at the ***Death Eater***) ran towards her shouting "*Not my daughter, you bitch!*". Bellatrix, quickly turning her attention to Molly and cackled with mocking laughter. It was clear Bellatrix didn't see her as a serious opponent. Molly proceeded to attack her with fierceness and precision having cleared Ginny, Hermione, and Luna out of the way.

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Realising that Molly was indeed a worthy adversary, Bellatrix dropped her jeering manner and unleashed her full strength at Molly. A fierce duel ensued, with both witches' magical abilities being potent enough to cause the floor underneath them to become hot and cracked as each tried to finish off the other. At this point, a few Hogwarts students attempted to enter the battle to help Mrs Weasley, but were dismissed with a "*No! Get back!* Get back! *She is mine!*"

Bellatrix then started taunting Mrs Weasley over ***her son***'s death, proceeding to laugh at Molly's enraged response that the Death Eater "*will never touch our children again!*". This provided an opening for Molly to strike Bellatrix with a curse that hit her straight in the heart, killing her.

### Aftermath

> Bellatrix's gloating smile froze, her eyes seemed to bulge: for the tiniest space of time she knew what had happened, and then she toppled, and the watching crowd roared, and Voldemort screamed.
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> Description, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

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After her body toppled to the ground, an outraged Voldemort blasted away the three opposing duelists he was fighting and turned his wand on Molly. This prompted Harry Potter to cast a Shield Charm between the two and in the process reveal himself. Voldemort and Harry circled each other and the ***final showdown between them*** ensued.

Voldemort, attempting to kill Harry, cast the Killing Curse, and Harry a Disarming Charm. The Elder Wand refusing, to harm its true master, rebounded Voldemort's curse. Bellatrix did not live to see the end of the Second Wizarding War and her master's final defeat at Harry Potter's hands mere moments later.

## Behind the scenes

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* In the film Template:DH, this duel has some noticeable differences:
	+ In the film, ***Bellatrix*** casts a blue spell at Ginny Weasley instead of a Killing Curse, who deflects it using a Shield Charm. In the book she just avoids it.
	+ In the film, Hermione and ***Luna*** are also not duelling Bellatrix alongside Ginny as depicted in the book, as Hermione is fighting Nagini with Ron on the Grand Staircase and Luna can be seen fighting Death Eaters behind Bellatrix.
	+ In the film, the duel takes place atop one of the House tables, instead of on the stone floor, as specified in the book.
	+ In the film, after Bellatrix's retaliation against Molly's attack, Molly proceeds to cast four unidentified spells in a row, but they are all blocked by Bellatrix. The unidentified spells are fired with green lights, seeming to be the Killing Curses; however, in the books, Killing Curses are not able to be blocked by a simple Shield Charm.
	+ In the film, Bellatrix is briefly immobilised, breathing in deeply with an expression of shock, and after being hit by another spell by Molly Weasley, explodes. In the book she just falls over, dead.
	+ In the film, neither Harry nor Voldemort witness the duel, as they are facing off on the Grand Staircase, the Marble Staircase and later on a set of catwalks by ***The Quad battlements***. But in the book, Voldemort screams about Bellatrix's loss.
	+ In the film, Bellatrix is not the last standing Death Eater.

## Notes and references

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 Template:DH

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