All a dream (was End of Harry Potter Series)

[Risti]

No: HPFGUIDX 44848

Katy wrote:

> Now could anyone tell me a reason why this won't work?  I really 
don't want it to work.  Please?

Well, I would like to take the "frame" theory that several have 
talked about(The series wasn't started in a frame, i.e., we didn't 
start with 'Harry awoke one morning...') just a little bit further to 
extrapolate my own possible end of the series.  We open the story 
first discussing the Dursley family, then the way that the wizarding 
world is affecting the muggle world over such a big event, and then 
focus in on a conversation between Dumbledore and McGonnagall that 
sets up the whole series.  What if the ending was a reversal of 
that.  I'd write it all out, but that would be fan fiction, so let me 
just give a general summary.

Dumbledore and McGonnagall:  We see them discussing all that has 
happenned, and how Harry really did exceed all their expectations(or 
something to this affect).

Muggle World:  I would love it if this played as almost a mirror 
scene to the first chapter of PS/SS.  Owls flying all over the place, 
wizards rejoicing in public over the destruction of Lord Voldemort, 
and finally Vernon Dursley noticing something strange on his way home 
from work.

Dursley family:  I'd say that at this point, presumably the beginning 
of summer after Harry's seventh year, there are two options.  Option 
#1: Harry has come home to the Dursley's, signifying some kind of 
healing in that relationship.  If this is the case, then they might 
even be somewhat aware of what's going on.  This could tie in with 
the proposed theory that Harry sacrifice his wizarding powers to 
defeat Voldemort.  If this is the scenario, I could see it being one 
of the Dursley's saying, "I see you finally figured out a way to 
cover up that scar!"
Option #2: Harry doesn't go home to the Dursley's, signifying a 
complete break in that relationship.  In this scenario, I see Mr. 
Dursley pulling his wife aside similiar to how he did in the first 
book, to ask whether this could have something to do with 'Harry's 
type.'  As I'm sure by now they'd realize that it must, I could see 
them muttering some kind of ignorant, silly remark.  At this point, I 
see a narration returning very much to the way the first sentence 
was.  "The Dursley family after this point returned to a very 
ordinairy life, almost, but not completely, forgetting that they had 
ever had a nephew with a nasty scar."

~Risti