Urgh, sword fighting.

It's a story about magic; it should be magic that finishes off the bad guy.

 

Once I saw a story in which magical swords were used as a kind of primitive wand...

 

Me too.:mrgreen:

*Harry skewers Tom with his sword*

"Pathetic, Potter! Did you ever think that you could kill me by Muggle means?!"

"Nope. I just thought it was more dramatic."

*Harry casts a Suped-Up Heating Charm on the sword, making Tom burst into flames*

 

If you must do straight magic, well....

Harry sneaked up behind Voldemort, stunned him, silenced him, and, without another word, conjured ropes around the ugly snake-like man. The posturing he had to sit through every year had long since gotten tiresome, and while he didn't relish the idea of murder, this was more pest extermination than anything. As he snapped Voldemort's wand and tied the idiot tighter, he reflected that if he wanted to live to make more little Potters to annoy the hell out of Snape, the Dark Lord just had to go.

To that end, the forces of Light had become... sneakier. They'd been ambushing small groups of Death Eaters for months and eliminating the problem. While there were a few still left, the main problem lay bound before him. He held the tip of his wand to Voldemort's head. "Reducto," he whispered.

Harry swallowed hard to keep from vomiting at the blood, brain matter, and other assorted goo that was all that was left of Voldemort's head. He drew in a shaky breath, stood up , and left the room.

 

Y'know, you fit right in here.
* has a warm and fuzzy feeling toward Bratling *
It would have been a nice touch to kill a Weasley or Wormtail while you were at it, but overall, I'd give it a 4.5/5

 

I think I like the Weasleys a bit too much. I'm not rabidly anti-Ginny. And I'm a regular at Potions and Snitches. But blood, guts, gore, killing people like Voldemort, Wormtail, Umbridge, and Dursleys are a pleasure and annoying Snape is fun and way too easy.