Moon Wizards

The premise is that in early 1920s, a half-blood wizard figures out a way to safely travel to the moon. He does this by using some protective charms, the warming charm, the bubblehead charm and an upgraded version of his broom. When he arrives on the moon, it becomes possible for him to Apparate back and forth. Naturally, he abuses this greatly.

Soon, he calls the Daily Prophet and several prominent wizards and witches, including the Ministry of Magic. They go with him to the moon thanks to side-along Apparition. While the moon itself is no big deal (nothing really useful is there), this event provides an opportunity for wizards to have a giant place of land for themselves, away from muggles. As you might think, some people get creative. Especially when you can magically extend space. Soon, colonies are being made, all magical nations want a piece of that sweet moon pie.

This event causes strong changes in the history of the magical world. It affects Grindelwald, Voldemort and eventually Harry Potter. For the sake of plot, we could assume that Harry is still the Boy-Who-Lived or at least an important person in the story.

Of course, by the 1990s the magical world is completely unrecognizable from canon. Perhaps even entirely relocated off-Earth. It would not be unreasonable to assume that after they have secured the moon, wizards would be interested in Mars as well. You also have them separate from the muggle world, though I'm not sure what to do with muggleborns

 

Alien abductions, dude.

Roswell ROSWELL!

 

Unless you change canon, this would be impossible since there are limitations on apparating distance that even Voldemort couldn't ignore. Although you could have him use a portkey instead as I don't remember anything that indicated they also had a distance limitation.

 

Come now, people have done much greater changes to canon in their stories. Surely we can overlook such a minor change. It's not like it is a terrible one either.

 

Anyone mind if I use the moon wizards idea on some level?

 

Use it if you want, that's why I posted it in the first place: it is an idea I want to see in a story.

 

My first thought when I read it was BioShock - a scene of Hogwarts Express taking off at King's Cross, and flying in space - like the scene when you enter Columbia.

 

Holy fucking shit.

 

This is actually cooler if they can't apparate or portkey to the moon and other planets.

Traveling by flying train and vanishing cabinets is much more fun.

Apparating always did make everything to easy. It would be nice to see wizards have to work around the hurdle.

 

I think I could get behind that, it could create a reason as to why wizards aren't just travelling to the moon on a daily basis while living on Earth. Also, the train would have to have increased speed to reach the moon in a decent amount of time.

 

Base it on the Knight Bus. That thing can travel several hundred miles in an instant, I'm sure you'd be able to make decent time with spells like that on a train.

 

I have a big AU I'm so working this into, thanks for the idea.

 

Fun fact - in Polish folklore there exist a wizard that traveled to the Moon. Pan Twardowski - Polish nobleman, that entered a pact with the devil, brought back the spirit of king Sigismund August deceased wife and have traveled to the Moon.

There are two versions of his travel. In one, when Mefistofeles takes his soul, Virgin Mary interferes, the devil drops Twardowski, and he fells on the Moon with his spider. In the other version, he goes to the Moon with help from a magical rooster.

 

This guy knows what's up.

 

Has anyone done a story where Harry loses it when Vernon tries to take his wand after first year? After all he did just get absolved of murder with the explanation that could be construed to mean "He deserved to die because he was a bad guy". Vernon would be a bad guy to Harry, especially if when he seemingly tries to deprive him of magic.

I would imagine the scene going something like: Vernon tries to take the wand. Harry runs for his room. Vernon grabs him when they are both on the stairs. Harry points his wand at him and it fires off some barely controlled magic. Vernon is propelled down the stairs, smacks his head and dies. Aurors arrive and Harry is arrested. Later in a cell Dumbledore shows up. Harry desperately tries to make him believe that Vernon was evil by liberally exaggerating how abusive the dursleys were. Dumbledore believes him, because legilimency works as it did in canon and he can only read Harry's surface thoughts and those are a desperate need to be believed.

 

And where would the story go from there?

Harry would probably get off without being arrested, and wouldn't even need to exaggerate. This is 11 year old Harry who's still very much everyone's favorite hero, while Vernon is a muggle who tries to take a wand away from a wizard.

 

This is a setting that takes some of the implications of canon magic and brings them to whole new levels. It may not be great, not even all that good, but it's something I did in my spare time.



The Empire of Magiwank.


The year is 302 AM (Anno Magia), though those using the old calendar would claim that it is 1991 AD instead. Muggles are a thing of the past, only seen in history books now. In this world, instead of creating the International Statute of Secrecy, the Magical World decided to become a fully independent nation in the open, claiming some land for itself. And it had been so easy. The Unforgivable Curses would not be blocked by muggle military clothing and the Protego Shield would not be cracked by muggle weaponry. In about five months, a portion of European territory was taken by the newly-established wizarding nation, New Atlantis. Magical people from all over the world traveled to this promised land.

It could have ended then, the muggles could have accepted that wizards need to live somewhere. But it was not to be, because two years later the muggle nations sought to reclaim their lost lands. They failed, for the magical world, under the leadership of Lord Augustus Malfoy responded with forces unseen before on Earth. Dragons burned villages, Giants stomped on cities, Dementors found those hiding in forests and most importantly, the Imperius Curse caused all the muggle nations to turn on each other.

And in several years, it was over, the muggles were no more. The calendar was changed so that the year when New Atlantis was founded would be the first one. Three centuries passed from that time. The wizarding population grew and advanced on its own, now not needing to hide. The 'Pureblood' agenda doesn't exist today, replaced by the usual classism, where the Noble Families look down upon the rest. Even Goblins have their own separate nation, having been granted some land in the north, though they do not control Wizarding economy.

Grindelwald was not a major threat in this world, so he was not defeated by Dumbledore and instead is now the current Emperor. Lord Voldemort however, did rise to power. The bastard son of Merope Gaunt and Cygnus Black, he did not cling to blood purity in this world. Instead, he decided to appeal to the lowest classes, the peasants, convincing them that a revolution is in order. In reality, of course, he was using them as cannon fodder, but they didn't need to know that. Then came the Prophecy and the People's Lord was no more, defeated by the Boy-Who-Lived.

It is September 1st, 302. Harry Potter, son of James Potter and Alice Potter, is about to enter Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to begin his education.

 

Couldn't the wizards just stop muggles getting into their territory via anti-muggle charms? Why did they bother with all the hassle of actually attacking them?

 

Perhaps those were not invented yet at the time? True, it is stretching it, but hey it is an explanation as any.

 

So, something that just popped in my head, probably stupid though. More of an idea that could lead to plot, but this is about all I got right now.

Anyway, in the Chamber of Secrets, when Harry destroys the diary, something else happens. Instead of Tom's Soul Piece (For lack of better term) being destroyed it becomes bound to Harry. Not in a "I'm inside your head!" kind of deal, but more like he's incorporeal and has to do as Harry says. The idea is to act kind of like how Bob does for Dresden, if an evil, unfriendly version, as a kind of spin on "Harry get's Tom's memories and now he shits on people!"

Haven't worked out any of the how's or why's, but I'm fairly sure I'd need to think of some reason to let Dumbledore leave the connection be. I'm thinking that after a token effort to get rid of it, he'd let it be, simply for the knowledge that the Soul Piece has in regards to Voldemort. Sure, he'd probably be disgruntled by the whole thing, but he'd do it anyway because it helps in the long run.