FF: The End/Scar (last line)

[Linda Gaunt]

No: HPFGUIDX 110958

As I don't post here very often, and have so many e-mailed messages 
from this group, that I can't possibly read them all, forgive me if 
this is a subject already covered.

I see posts about the ending of book 7, and I have heard that the 
last word is going to be "Scar". I thought you may be interested in 
the Fanfiction I posted, when this discussion came up on the forum 
on Danradcliffe.co.uk:-

Apologies for being negative about poor Harry, but I agree with 
Dan's well-publicised theory about Harry dying in book 7.  

As for the last lines, how about "But Harry never left his home, his 
Hogwarts', for that very same night, in Gryffindor Tower, many of 
the students clearly saw the ghost of a teenage boy with a tell-tale 
lightning scar." 

That was so sad, that I decided to think up a happier ending, which 
goes like this:-

Of course it could be that Dumbledore has saved some of the Elixir 
of Life, and the ending could be more like this "A great sadness 
fell over the Great Hall that night. He-who-shall-not-be-named had 
gone for good, but Harry Potter had gone too. He had made the 
ultimate sacrifice - one life to save thousands. No-one felt like 
eating the plates of food that magically appeared. Even at the 
Slytherin table there was silence, save for many a muffled sob. 
Hermione was sobbing quietly and Ron was looking, with tears in his 
eyes, at the empty space on the bench next to him, when Dumbledore 
began to speak. For once no-one took any notice of the wise old 
wizard, he had let Harry fight the Dark Lord alone, why should they 
listen to him. No-one heard him explain about the Elixir of Life, 
how drinking a small amount actually enables you to cheat death. It 
wasn't until they heard him say 'Harry Potter truly is the boy who 
lived' that anyone heard a word he was saying. Tears of sadness 
quickly turned to tears of joy, when the door to the great hall flew 
open revealing one very famous young wizard, sporting a huge grin, 
untidy hair, green eyes, and that famous tell-tale lighning scar!"

I think I prefer the second ending!


"Linda Gaunt"