So, I was reading Luna's Hubby by Meteoricshipyards, and I came across a bit of dialog between Flitwick and Harry about the Goblet and if Harry and Luna had learned their lesson about putting Harry's name in and the repercussions thereof. Harry jokingly responds, "Yes, sir. Next time we'll put your name in."

I was just curious if there were any fics out there that use this idea, with someone entering one of the teachers into the contest, and, if there isn't, if someone wanted to use this idea. Another way to use the idea is for the closer to an intelligent!Harry story, where he enters Voldemort, who doesn't/can't show up to compete, and gets squibified.

Anyone who wants to use the idea, go ahead, but please put a link to anything posted, 'cause I'd like to read it.

Luke

 

The goblet of fire! The power he knows not.

 

'L33t' idiot, read these forums next time.
http://forums.darklordpotter.net/forumdisplay.php?f=44

 

Moved to Challenges.

And this idea is very similar to one of DisobedienceWriter's ideas. He wrote a chapter about not using the Goblet, but an inherited Black artifact called The Girdle of Arthos. A truly awful and inexplicable name.

Brief one-shot like thing here: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4019373/5/

 

I always hated the way the two other schools let dumbledoor get away with running the investigation. he failed to keep the goblet secure, his school has two champions, gosh darn it have someone else investigate the goblet!

Or maybe not?

 

Dumbledoor? That's pretty good.

 

Er, okay.

If I was writing the damn series, then the Ministry would be called in, and instead of using the Goblet, the students of each school duel to determine the champion. Common Sense ftw.

 

But it's still a binding contract even after determining what happened for it to be bypassed and a for a younger student's name to be thrown in. The goblet was tricked, but the magic still binds the contests--thus, even if the Ministry could take control of the investigations, it still wouldn't get Harry out of the competition.

At least, that's my argument against yours. Although I wonder what would happen if the actual challenges were messed up--someone should write a story where Harry sabotages all of the tasks irreparably, thus exempting him from having to take part in any of them.

But the proposed challenge is a good one. It would make a fairly good humor fic to have Voldemort placed in the tournament by Harry; either Voldemort has no idea, or shows up to save his ass, creating colorful hijinx.

Hijinx.

 

Well, there's an easy solution we've both overlooked:

Harry walked into the stadium, the Hungarian Horntail crouched over her eggs, the roar of the crowd in his ears. It was now or never. He raised his wand, muttered, "Sonorus", and spoke.

"I hearby forfeit," he said in a clear voice.

Probably makes him a coward, but I'd rather be a coward than a hero. After all, if the hero gets Ginny Weasley, who the fuck wants to be the hero?

 

Can we replace the reward? If we could, we could replace ginny with Fleur. Thats much better, isn't it? Now, Harry can be the hero.

 

We're dealing with Canon, so... no.

And personally I always wanted to see Fleur killed. She always pissed me off. Hopefully cursed by a Dark!Ron, who is then murdered by Filch with a toilet brush.

 

No idea who mentioned it the first time, but he should receive some form of divine punishment. Dear colleagues, co-authors, co-challengers, co-whatever strikes your fancy and does not demean me or is unnatural, it is Fleur Delacour. Fluer sounds like some sort of highly eruptive contagious disease.

EDIT: there we go, someone who is not affected by the "Fluer" fashion. Oh and Dark Belra, no offence meant to you personally, I've merely seen the phenomenon spread and wished to help stop it. You have been made an example completely at random. When I make a dreadful mistake I volunteer to be the one corrected.

SECOND EDIT: As regards to inserting a teacher as a competitor, it would ruin the somewhat even playing field and ruin the chance for Harry to shine in the spotlight. It could be humorous if Harry found out about the chance to participate and confounded the Goblet to make Grubby-plank, Hagrid or Trelawney the contestant, but anyone worth his wand would ruin the story.

THIRD EDIT: As for the solution of the two champions, I would have to appeal to my age old, preferred spell. Have Harry cast the Killing Curse on Cedric behind his back using Ron/Ginny Weasley's wand. After all we know Won-won or Ginny would do anything to help Harry if they hadn't grown uninterested. Hell, use both wands, one to cast the Cruciatus before the Killing Curse. Gets rid of annoying sidekick and potential horror romantic entanglement, gets rid of the second Hufflepuff champion. Harry doesn't like to share after all.

The next step for anyone worth his nervous cells is to use the walk with Barty Crouch as a way to incriminate Viktor Krum. After all, we know that Krum is a nasty Dark Wizard at that secretive, cold school of his that teaches the Dark Arts. Why, poor Barty Crouch was just taking a stroll, when Harry and Viktor ran into him. Screaming of some nonsense about being second in the first task, Viktor attacked him. It was so sad Harry could not help Barty Crouch. Such a sad story, too.

The last champion will obviously remain unharmed, and be in fact the romantic interest of Harry now that any potential competition is cleared away. A splendid Second Task score, Fleur and Harry take the cup togheter, kill Wormtail, who proceeds to drop the deformed Dark Lord on the grass. Said Dark Lord cracks his skull open on his father's tombstone, flying away for the next horcrux, swearing vengeance on all rodents. Of course with a little of Rita's help, Harry and Fleur have single handedly duelled an army of giants, Death Eaters, Werewolves, Mutated Garden Gnomes and several of Molly's aborted fetuses from when she was 12. Fearful sight indeed.

After their triumphant success against the Dark Lord's horde, Harry Potter, with Fleur at his side of course, takes over the country, riding on a wave of popular success, on a platform to make society safe and stable. Military spending increases a ten fold. When France refuses to support Britain on the law of exterminating certain dangerous breeds, British Aurors descend upon Lutetia in force. Fleur, dressed in shiny silvery battle armour, toghether with Harry lead the invasion. Soon all of Europe is subjugated.

Twenty years later the world is run by an iron fist in a velvet glove. Fleur is great to show the more candid face of the Diktat, while Harry represents the unmerciful protector of the Magical World. The Muggles are declared a threat to the current Magical habitats and are exterminated through a quiet program of deception and causing warfare. Fleur and Harry decide it is time to have children and establish a dynasty.

And they lived happily ever after, killing only one House Elf per season...

 

Don't worry, I just misspelt fleur that one time. You just proved to me I need to slow down while typing. Thanks by the way.

I have to say, you are one of the few people who create new storys in which Ron/Ginny get fucked over. Will we ever see a good guy Harry from you?

If we get rid of the competition, who will challenge Harry?

I don't know why you had to say this part. This, to me, seems like something that should always be included in a story.

 

Rather unlikely, as I have a poor opinion of the so called "good" guys. Then again, I consider everyone to be following their view of what is best for Magical Britain. In my little corner of HP fanfiction, although people might work to achieve power for themselves, no one will sit in a cave, laugh and wonder how to hurt the world for the sake of being evil.

As regards to competition, there is plenty. There is an entire world out there ready for subjugation. One could not ask for better competition.