Life was good for Harry after the seventh book. He fulfilled his destiny, he lived through it, got the girl and got the family he wanted. And then everything started to break down around him. First it was minor stuff - friends getting repeatedly sick, stuff breaking down. In time more and more things started to turn sour - his relationship with Ginny, friends and coworkers dying, etc. Finally his whole family dies in a accident and Harry looses it all. He goes and reunites the Hallows in a hope to see his family one more time and say his goodbye. And this is all according to the plan.

The Deathly Hallows were gifted to Peverell brothers by Death who wanted their tale to spread. To make wizards fight over them and to try to unite them and become Master of Death. But one cannot become master of something that does not exist - Death is just a name to one of the concept of the universe, entropy. Entropy wants to spread and what better way exist to spread than having an avatar? Basically, the title of Master of Death is just an fancy title of an abomination that wants to destroy everything in the universe.

This plot idea came to me when I was sleeping with a fever.

 

I don't know about most people, but I feel that seems to violate what Master of Death really means, it could be a decent tragedy with no angst if you write it to the goodbye only.

 

It would make a decent oneshot, imo.

 

Draco Malfoy issues his challenge to Harry for a duel, Harry with Ron as his second decide to go for the duel but when they get there it turns into an ambush, the two boys in desperation simultaneously cast spells to Crabbe/Goyle, the two spells somehow form a stronger spell that ends up Killing Crabbe/Goyle. The two boys knowing that they had just committed murder(plus Ron managing to terrify Harry about Azkaban) decide to run away from Hogwarts.

Just thought of this when I was in class today what do you think? It would revolve around Harry and Ron and expanding on Magical Britain away from Diagon alley.

 

What two spells that first years a week or so into school would know could possibly kill anyone?

There are none.

 

I was kind of thinking that the spells somehow merging would cause such an an accidental effect

 

I... have no idea what spells 'merging' is supposed to be, and it seems like it would be a documented and studied effect, given the way spells fly around in duels.

Edit: That said, perhaps it could be done as an accident - you know, some sort of jinx aimed at Crabbe misses and hits a suit of armour, which topples and falls onto him, crushing his neck. That sort of thing.

Still don't see much of a point, though. I don't really see them getting far, between the Ministry and Dumbledore.

 

Unless you had Dumbledore looking out for them or something - to an extent. You know, a murderer, on the run Chosen One is still better than one in Azkaban, so he makes it difficult for the Ministry to find them or something.

The spell merging thing is pretty out there, but like Moridin said if you were determined to find a way to kill Crabbe/Goyle you could find a way to do it that makes sense.

Depends on where you go with it really. Like most plot bunnies, it has the potential to be good if written well. Otherwise it could just turn into another indy!Harry buying wands "without tracking charms" in Knockturn Alley, etc.

 

Meh, it'd have a hard time outclassing Ectomancer on the proactive/self-sufficient!Harry bit, though. Or even coming close.

 

On spell merging, you sort of see that at the end of GoF when Malfoy and Co. get cursed. The jelly leg jinx and boil hex combine, resulting in one of them ending up with little tentacles on there face.

That said, I don't see any spells that a pair of first years know merging and killing someone.

 

The reason why I wanted to go with spell merging was because in reality they don't kill Crabbe/Goyle but they think they do, due to the effect of the spell. Eh I thought it would have made a nice little twist and it would have been the reason why the Ministry wouldn't be completely after them.

I did actually go with the idea of spells combining from the fourth book.

 

What about Dumbledore? The Weasleys? I bet they would be pretty keen to find Ron and Harry regardless of whether they killed Crabbe/Goyle or not. I'm pretty sure the victim's parents might have something to say as well.

 

I just have trouble with Harry and Ron from PS on their own in the world - I can't help but think that they'd get eaten alive in about five minutes.

 

@Hqf: Thats why I would try and flesh out the wizarding world more, introduce places where a couple of children seemingly on the run can disappear to.

@Alive and Free: Maybe I could somehow make it happen in year two or three?

 

Year three, right at the end, might work quite well. At that point they could know some offensive hexes, and it wouldn't be too out of place. You'd also have had them just find out about Sirius, and that could then be spun into a belief in a lack of justice, and them being scared the same thing could happen to them.

 

You could always just have them fluff the incantation and accidentally conjure a buffalo on top of someone.

 

Death has a problem, there's a wizard in one of the countless universes that he... manages that has managed to not only combine three dangerous artifacts that he created long ago, but overcome the curses he put on them. This Lord Voldemort has found a way to cheat Death, an unacceptable situation. If he ever gains full control of the Hallows, he would literally be Master of Death, a situation that doesn't bear thinking about.

And one he cannot deal with himself. Lucifer's spell has him trapped on his Earth, and none of his incorporeal servants can deal with the problem themselves, they have no authority over the wizard. So who can he send?

Two hunters that owe him a favor and need him. Two hunters with experience taking down supernatural villains. One Dean Winchester and his currently soulless brother Sam.

Just needed to put this down. Yes, the balance is totally fucked and Sam and Dean will probably be turned into toilet paper, but I liked the in. I thought it might be good for a DF fic.

 

Ugh, Supernatural. :/

Could always have Death of the Endless. *hinthint*

 

Not so much a plot bunny as an AU bunny:

Dumbledore, seeing that if he denies Tom Riddle the DADA job then Voldemort's war will begin, seeks to delay the war and counteract Voldemort by giving him the DADA position. But it's a dangerous game he plays, allowing Voldemort a position that legitimises him, and which is so close to so many malleable young people...

 

Recently I was playing with similar possibility, mostly because after reading Float On by Zephyrus and seeing Tom's cameo in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume III: Century by Alan Moore (obviously changed to avoid any problems), I wanted a story with Voldermort as not full villain in 60-ties.

I think it would be interesting if it turns out that he is an excellent teacher and more importantly he likes it more than being the Dark Lord. He could still despise Muggle-borns for what they remind him, yet as always be fair to them and even risk his life to protect them from any serious harm, because they are his students. This contradiction in his character development could create quite original Voldemort.

And let's not forget about many interesting debates he could have with Dumbledore without both of them trying to kill each other.