It's simple! Neville is Voldemort! At the end of First Year after Harry killed Quirell Voldemort's Spirit flew off. Naturally Voldemort would be feeling pretty vunerable now and the best place to hide? Right under your enemies nose! As such he Possess' Neville. Though without a willing host Voldemort can't take control so he slowly corrupts Neville through his dreams convincing him that Dumbledore and Harry don't care about what happened to his Parents and won't give Bellatrix what she deserves. After second year Voldemort sees what happens with The Chamber of Secrets and realizes his Horcruxes are at risk. So he offers Neville a deal, If he Does a Task he'll give him the power to get his revenge on Bella.

Third year Neville doesn't arrive as he's off collecting the Horcruxes for Voldemort. Harry who fears that Voldemort has killed Neville starts to train to stop it happening to anyother of his friends.

Fourth Year the TWT would be completely different as there isn't any Death Eater involvement. Though Lucious tells Malfoy how to put Harry's name in the Goblet in an attempt to get him Killed.

 

so in the end you have an epic battle between Neville and Harry? in which he either frees Neville from Voldie's control or kills him since he's too far corrupted to be saved...huh, interesting...

 

Well, if Methene decides to use a Weasley simile, so can I.

My Fleur/Harry story is like Ginny's dreams about Harry. They're nice and all, but never going to happen, and so instead happen with different people.

For those who aren't clear; I'm a lazy bum who hasn't touched a Harry Potter fic in a veeery long time.

My Harry/Fleur has about 3k written, and no more in any planned future.

 

I just had a small plot bunny idea for a Harry/Fleur.

Set after GOF, Harry is kidnapped during the summer. The Dursleys sie in a car crash while Harry goes for a walk around Privet Drive. The Death Eaters attack, a small squad, nothing huge and Harry is kidnapped. Obviously in this fic competent and ruthless DE's and Voldemort are a must.

Harry is taken to Voldemort's hideout where he is kept for a few weeks/months and numerous tests and tortures are performed on him. His wand is snapped cause Voldemort doesn't want a repeat of the graveyard (duh). The tests are for magical study and all, more specifically, the 'old magics' that shielded Harry back when he was a baby, and all that sort of stuff (still a vague idea right now).

Eventually Riddle decides he wants Dumbledore dead so, contecting him via Lucius Malfoy's owl (or some other magical communication way), he informs him that he is willing to trade Harry's life for AD's (it's a trap of course). AD is told to use the portkey sent to him by Riddle, which activates in 12 hourse, to come alone and with no wand.

AD knows this'll be the end of him but knows that he has to rescue Harry lest he die. So he creates 2 portkeys and hides one under numerous magical things. He puts all, i mean ALL his memories into a pensieve. He goes to voldemort, he is scanned for magical devices, they find a portkey and throw it away (thats why he brought two). Just before AD is killed he throws the second portkey at Harry transporting him to his office.

There is a letter waiting for Harry which tells him to train himself to fight against Voldemort. The memories inside the pensieve will help him (including the prophecy memory). Problem is, after a long time of torture, Harry is kind of insane. Not to a huge degree he's just a little kooky (I'm hoping this will lead to some good character interaction andg give Harry an interesting persona).

Soon discovered to be fucked in the head by the teachers, Harry is sent to a man who knows a great deal about the mind - Mr First name Delacour. (I assume he'd be good in mind magics living with a family of Veelas, and it's the ony reason Harry is sent to them sk shutup)

Forced to live with the family as they try to fix him, Harry continues to study the memories and train himself (opening up good pathways for stories of the Grindelwald era and stories of his parents and all). A romance bubbles between Harry and Fleur who, at this point has started dating the 'cool' Weasley. Good way to get rid of the red-headed warren.

So yeah, just a thought. Dead AD, giving Harry the important memories that could help in his quest. A hopefully decent character idea for Harry (slightly insane but good), A good way of incorporating France and Fleur and of course lots of Weasley tension.

Also, Riddle and the DE's are very competent. So are the Aurors of the ministry (I hate incapable warring factions). Great Britain is thrown into war for several years (a teenage cannot beat a very powerful dark lord no matter what fuckign wand he has), Harry becomes a strong fighter, being trained by both French and British wizards. I'd also like other countries incorporated into this. I can't see both Voldemort and the British Ministry never calling for international help.

Well that's my long plot bunny. It's only long because I wanted the first scene and set up explained. Thoughts please?

 

Oooh, ooh, Australia comes to the aid!

And I myself have a plot bunny.

I've wondered something.

If a wizard became an animagus, would that leave a genetic marker behind that would pre-dispose the progeny of that wizard to animagiaism?

For instance...

Say Harry was being beaten severely just before 2nd Year. As the blows are raining down, he looks at Hedwig. His magic, seeing it as an escape route and to keep Harry alive, forces the animagus trait.

(( And yes, I am quite aware the "Vernon beats Harry" plot device is overdone, but here it's a means to an end, locked away behind a memory block so it won't really play a part till much later in the story ))

Keep in mind since he didn't do the ritual and etc, there would be blinding pain.

So he becomes a flight-capable Animagus (Wedge-Tailed Eagle due to originality, but whatever you want) and escapes, but is gripped by the animal persona. So he flies and finds somewhere to roost.

Since he has only ever viewed Hogwarts as home/ safe, it leaks through to the Animagus persona and it roosts there, where the Animagus ritual is reversed automatically due to low/ unstable magical core.

Cue Dumbledore/ McG finding him there, bloody and broken.

Due to the severity of the injures, (Now for a damn good bullshit reason)

Since Vernon Dursley is theoretically incorporated under the Blood Protection since he married Petunia and as such, is part of the family if only a minority, then the injuries willingly inflicted wouldn't heal unless something special was used.

Veela Blood/ Tears.

Numerous safe-guards of course. The Veela must be below the age of magical maturity (Basically, the magic from the blood/ tears spreads through-out the body so the concentration is far smaller), the Veela must be a virgin.

And this could theoretically lead to Fleur Delacour.

But due to the combination of Old Magic/ Magical Creature, something happens. Possible transferrance of blood protection since Fleur "bled" for him like a Mother would perhaps?

So you could have Fleur transferred to Hogwarts to extend the blood protection to the school. And since Fleur wouldn't have many/ any friends at Beauxbatons, it'd be easier to leave.

And therefore a relationship develops. Hermione and Ron leave Harry. Hermione due to jealousy of Fleur's looks and thinks Fleur is taking her place. Same for Ron. After all, Harry scored this amazing babe, he get's everything. Harry and Fleur grow closer, etc etc.

Tri-Wizard rolls around, Cedric, Harry, Krum and new Beauxbatons girl are champions. The Beauxbatons girl really hates Fleur because her b/f dumped her for Fleur, etc etc.

Watcha think?

Just an idea

And before you lynch me, etc, I thought of this whilst eating dinner and intoxicated with Pepsi Max.

Also, another bunny.

Minerva being a rapper.

"McG is INDA-HOUSE!"

*Snickers*

 

Ragin's is really good, I think.

I foresee a lot of dramatic moments I for one could exploit. Once Harry is portkeyed back to the tower and reads Dumbledore's letter, he reads "P.S., Fawkes consented to provide another feather for a wand. Use it well."

The set-up is great, in fact so great I feel that it'd be wasted if Harry's sent to the Delacours. In this case I choose the plot over the pairing.

Dammit, so many freaking plot bunnies I want to consume.

 

Well, if you're up for it Andromalius, feel free to go for it. Or anyone else for that matter.

I'd like to write it myself but I'm not too good an author. In fact the only thing I've ever written was the prologue of Technically, I'm a Malfoy, and that wasn't accepted well so I assumed the role of a reader instead. It's fun!

So if anyone does want to take the bunny....

 

Ragin's idea is indeed worthy, but I disagree that the inclusion of the Delacour family would ruin it.

It would provide some well done Harry-Weasley closure, in the form of Killing Curses, Cruciatus Curses, Bone liquefying charms, Eye boiling curses, carving Runes into their flesh, desecrating their still warm cadavers, feeding their flesh to a hungry pack of werewolves, grinding their bones for potion ingredients, and many more quality moments.

My random, anti-Weasley family moment of the day aside, I see great potential in the interaction between insane Harry and Fleur. She could start off to try to cure him of insanity, but end up being corrupted herself. Add in political scheming from different factions, a well thought out French society and culture and you have something to differentiate the story from the thousand Harry snaps and murders everyone variants.

Ragin Cajun this is an excellent idea, I must congratulate you. Any hope of anyone picking it up?

 

I still think that the plot bunny would better serve a fully epic story without romance.

It'd be nice either way.

And rune-carving? I know, Harry slaughters the Weasleys, and carves some runes that makes their corpses explosive. Place them strategically throughout a building, lure a couple of Death Eaters into it, and boom.

 

I'm getting a major Kimbley feeling here...REALLY MAJOR KIMBLEY FEELING!!!

Rolf J Kimbley, the Crimson Alchemist.

 

I'd also like to see a well decent reaction between Harry and Sirius. Since I figured Sirius would be released if Dumbledore directed him to appeal using memories and veritaserum, Siriu's name would be cleared. Would he still love Harry seeing what the little nutter turned into?

Fleur going kooky(ish) is a nice twist too. Reminds me of the new Johnny Depp movie, Sweeney Todd

 

Well you could always say that Harry's conection with his wand was special so in the end he needs a veela hair because fawks is much more tamed than when he gave the first 2 feathers. Also Mr.Delacour can help him assimilate DoubleD's memories(150 years are way too many to absorb in 5 minutes) and have Fleur teach him oclumency, therefore she sees his life and creates a bond(metaphorically spearking, calm down). I think you could always use Dumble's funeral to ask some people to help him train, maybe give the letters he left for them telling them about how important it is and one of those people would be the the Delacour granpa.

 

About the whole other country thing; I think the other countries wouldn't get involved for two reasons. One because it's currently a Civil War and they don't want an International Conflict which could kill off a number of their citizens. Two being that Fudge thinks that calling for International Aid will make him look bad in the eyes of the people.

I like Aerin's Idea. And I hate how people always make Harry's Animagus either something really strong or a panther with the excuse he likes going fast, which isn't true. Harry likes to fly so something like an Eagle or Falcon make far more sense.

I also have another plot bunny which I'll post later :3

Edit:
On the note of Cajun's Idea, I've always wanted to see Harry break into Hysterical Laughter at Dumbledores funeral :\ Call me a horrid person but the idea amuses me.

 

Thanks.

I just happen to really love the Wedge-Tailed Eagle. It's fast, beautiful, a decisive striker, protective, a skilled flier specialising at diving.

All attributes Harry posesses.

It flies, etc.

And it has excellent eye-sight which Harry would also enjoy, due to his own crappy sight.

Of course, you would not want the eagle traits blending into Harry, such as the eye-sight. He's already amazing, you don't want to make him better.

And you gotta admit, it'd be cool when Harry is being chased through Hogwarts by death-eaters to jump off the Astronomy tower, transform to an eagle and shoot away.

And here is a Wedge-Tailed Eagle!
http://photogallery.canberrabirds.org.au/images/Eagle_Wedge-tailed4_Harris.JPG

 

I liked Aerin's idea as well.

If I ever saw Harry with an animagus I must admit it would've been some sort of bird. It fits his personality.

But why would Fleur help Harry? Would she be offered some kind of reward? Or jsut to help the boy who lived?

To Zephryl: I can see where you'er coming from. But if your nation was in massive trouble from a large group of powerful murderers, surely you wouldn't see foreign aid as a sign of weakness? But then common sense in the wizarding world is misplaced.

Also, while Fudge may not want foreign aid, I can see Voldemort doing it. Surely there are pureblood supremacists in the rest of the world?

 

It actually does make you wonder.

Why didn't Voldemort hook up with the magical remnants of the Nazi party?

No doubt they'd have almost the exact same regime as Voldemort did, a relatively large base of supporters, etc.

Prussia (Germany) would likely have a fair amount of Pure-Blood's who would have supported Hitler/ Grindy. I wondered where those supporter's went.

And no doubt there are Chinese Gang's (Yes, it's a stereotype) that agree with him, perhaps the entire Chinese Ministry (Not saying bad things, but the Chinese do have a very long history of association with factes of the occult or magical). If you throw in Communism which could be a product of Muggle's and the Chinese under Mao killed off a percentage of the magical people, I would imagine the Chinese Ministry would officially sanction Voldemort and even offer political asylum.

*Rubs arm* Ow, that hurt typing all that.

Also potentially the Russian ministry, since post-Leninist Russia (1914) would either kill off or exile the magical's from society, they would also feel a large amount of hatred for muggle's.

So we have two foreign Ministry's with potential access to WMD's.

Aren't we glad Voldemort had a frontal lobotomy, or so it seems?

 

Splitting your soul apart must have some intellectual effect.

A world magical war I think would be kind of interesting. But it would besomething for another fic. I think it would end up coming down to a repetition of Grindelwald's war.

Though I really just can't imagine France and such being so close to Britain and just watching it fall into the hand's of Voldemort. Perhaps Britain is conquered before anyone acts? But again, it wouldn't really fit into my plot.

And Aerin, thank you for picking the Wedge-Tailed Eagle. Harry should definately be an Aussie animal animagus. Maybe a Tasmanian Devil...let's see Voldemort fight that little nasty

 

Well England is a small country seperated from other countries by Water. The larger a wizarding community the higher the chance they'd couple with Muggles right? as such Purebloods probably don't exist anymore. A Family would be famous because of its Deeds not its ability to inbreed.

Also you have to take into account the fact that Fudge is essentialy being told exactly what to do by two people, Lucius and Dumbledore. If Voldemort, and therefor Malfoy, didn't want something to happen or wanted it to happen they paid off Fudge to make it happen. Everything else was left to Dumbledore. It makes sense that Voldemort doesn't want even more wizards fighting him so he gets Lucius to convince Fudge that foreign aid will make England look weak which will anger the people.

And you're all lucky! I got another plot bunny 2 for the price of one! Of course you have to ignore that the first one was completely free :\

#1:
5th year fic. Harry gets fined an astronomically large amount for the Underage use of magic and suddenly finds himself night on broke. The Ministry was kind enough to leave him just enough to attend Hogwarts for one more year. Harry, who believes it'll be his last year, starts Studying lots so that he can get a somewhat decent job to survive after the year is up. Halfway through the year he decided to Sue Umbridge. In a Normal story it'd be for the use of Illegal Blood Quills. In my idea however he sues her for Willful Neglect. He wins the case stating that she constantly told everyone how he was delusional and insane and instead of sending him to the hospital to get healed she punished him for something he evidently had no control over. Umbridge is sacked and has to pay Harry a massive amount of Galleons in Damages since because of the bad things said about him in The Prophet he may never be able to work. When in Gringotts authorizing the money to be transferred into his Vault he meets Fleur.

Idea #2:
Hagrid. Nobody's really used him to his fullest potential. He was expelled in 3rd year right? yet, unless I'm gravely mistaken, he wordlessly and gesturelessly partially transfigured Dudley into a Pig with a broken wand. This is an obvious sign he must be a pretty damn powerful Wizard. Harry also realizes this and decides to ask Hagrid to teach him. Ron asks why Harry would bother learning from a useless wizard like Hagrid so they stop being friends. The rest of the weasleys side with Ron as they haven't had time to get to know Harry yet(This also means Ginny will be kept fair away from him). Hermione sides with Ron because she knows that Hagrid got expelled and thinks he must be a poor wizard. Come TWT time, Harry's strong, smart and has some decent friends as such he makes a better first impression on Fleur.

 

About that...

And yes, I realise we are going back and forth, but meh.

France and England have always had...strained diplomatic relations. The french aristocracy/ pure-blood regime is likely in power and as such, could covertly support Voldemort in agreement that the government and followers of said regime are allowed to survive.

The French are smart, no denying that.

And this could also lead to Fleur abandoning France if she finds out her parents allowed her to heal Harry so she could turn them to their way of thought.

Every fic I've read has the Delacour's as either a minor or major member of the Pureblooded Regime, yet never are they anything other than the amazing parents.

Make them Voldemort Sympathisers that tried to get Fleur and Harry on board.

The kudos from delivering Harry and a potential fuck-toy (Yeah, the language is crass) to Voldemort and his followers would be...astonishing. Direct Inner Circle admittance.

Hell, throw in Fleur being adopted so her parents are pure-bloods and secretly despise Fleur, but were planning ahead?

Gabrielle is the plot hole.

Perhaps they adopt Gabrielle to ground Fleur, to make her feel more normal and to not give her so much time to peek around/ get suspicous, etc and to make her think she was their true daughter, thus inspiring more loyalty, etc.

So Gabrielle would be born when Fleur was 10/11. Perhaps with Fleur away at a possible "prep school" they could simulate Fleur's mother getting knocked up and then the birth with Gabrielle, adopting Gabrielle right outta the maternity ward.

Hell, there may even be paedophillic Death Eaters. yeah, it's disgusting and I agree. But by hell, they could get even more kudos and favors owed if they did that, making them essentially Voldemort's lieutenant's.

Just ideas.

 

Well, first of all, I think Voldy does get help from the remnants of the magical nazi party that's what the old dark families are although the british ones probably only helped by making donations. And second, the easiest way to get Europe into the fray is by killing Dumbles he is after all the head whatever of the ICW. It would be like killing the president of the EU nowadays.Everybody would be in brought into the conflict, specially if he is killed him when he is off britain and about to attend a meeting with the rest of the ICW. Then some kind of investigation could trace part of Voldy's economical support back to Germany or East Europe. And Getting the Delacours would be easy because of the enmity between Germany and France, just saying that Dumbledore killed or captured Grindelwald therefore stopping the muggle and magical invations of frech territory.