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CHALLENGE
Challenge issued by "Reptilia28" originally on Verbatim:
A funny little challenge I just came up with. It's a comical twist on the time travel category.
STORYLINE:
- Harry is killed at 17 during a fight with Voldemort. He's sent to his Death's office, explained later, and finds out that this isn't the first time that this has happened.
- Harry's Death, who can have a human name, is mad at his arrival. Apparently, people dying before their time is a black mark on the various Deaths' records, and Harry is getting perilously close to getting this particular one fired.
- When Harry asks what was supposed to have happened, Death goes off on a rant saying how he was supposed to have killed Voldemort, found his soulmate, "Some Granger girl..." and lived to be a centennial age. But since Harry keeps getting into life threatening situations for one reason or another, he keeps dying before that happens. Harry is surprised about the soulmate part.
- Death gives Harry a paper to sign that allows him to retain his memories. The previous times, he wasn't given this option for some reason. Harry is deposited to a previous time of the writer's choosing.
- Eventually, Harry gets it right. He kills Voldemort, gets the girl, and lives to a ripe old age of whatever. And Death doesn't get fired.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Harry had to have died at least three times before this one.
- The memory keeping contract must be included.
- Death must refer to Hermione as "some Granger girl" when Harry's soulmate turns up in his rant.
- Obviously, must be H/Hr.
- Have fun.
OPTIONAL:
- Dumbledore's manipulations can be a factor in Harry's premature demises.