Will Harry lose his powers? Slightly Ficcy - The End

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 98128

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> wrote:
> > Carol adds:
> > ... So I don't think Harry would have been a Squib, though I agree 
> > that he would have been much less powerful--an ordinary wizard kid 
> > like Ron--if he hadn't acquired most of Voldemort's powers at 
> > Godric's Hollow.<<<<<

> Pippin:
> 
> I think that's too easy. This is supposed to be a sacrifice; Harry's 
> got to give up something he really wants.  ...edited... Harry 
> certainly has his father's athletic talent, but is that magic? 
> 
> From what I've read of JKR's interviews, she doesn't like the sort 
> of series where the hero is the ageless, changeless protagonist 
> of endless sequels--I don't think she'd leave Harry to such a fate.
> 
> Pippin


bboy_mn:

Let me propose a compromise scenerio in the form of a very rough Fan
Fiction.

In the final battle, Harry allows himself to be stripped of his
magical powers in order to defeat Voldemort, or alternately, he loses
his power without his prior knowledge or consent. The point is he's
lost his magical powers.

Now time has passed, the end of story heart-to-heart with Dumbledore
is over, the train ride home is over. Harry, with Ron and Hermione's
help has tried to perform magic to no avail. So, he finally accepts
his fate. True, he has no magic, but he still has his loyal friends
who will never forget him and will never abondon him. He is still
welcomed into the Weasley family like a son.

Sometime later Harry is visiting Ron at the Burrow. The whole Weasley
family is there, so once again, Fred and George have been moved into
Ron's small room, which is now crammed with Ron's bed and three camp cots.

Late at night Harry gets an urge and must heed the call of mother
nature (and no, it's not something 'Slashy'). He gets up from his bed,
and the first step he takes, he stubs his toe on one of the legs of
his camp cot.

"Ouch, damn!"
  
Harry hops forward on one foot and bangs his shin into the corner of
his camp cot, spins around, falls over backwards, and bangs his head
on the floor.

"Crap!"

Ron wakes, confused and groggy. "What...? What happened? Harry are you
being attacked?"

Harry stuggles to get up and bang his elbow on the corner of Fred's
camp cot.

"Ouch! Son of a .... LUMOS!" Harry shouts, mostly out of frustration
and habit. And to everyone's surprise, every wand tip in the room ignites.

"Damn, I cut my leg," Harry curses.

George bends over to have a closer look. "Ooooo.... Harry, that's
going to leave a scar."
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 

See how cleverly I ended it with the word 'scar'?

Harry has lost his magic power, his skill, his technique, but a truly
magical person like Harry can never lose the core essense that made
him as great as he is. In essense, Harry is a magical person even
without the power of magic.

So, we are left with a Harry that is extremely magically marginal,
just short of a Squib. With time, and healing, and practice, Harry is
able to do very elementary magic. He is magical enough to still be
able to see the entrance to the Leaky Cauldron, so he can enter the
magic world to see his friends. He can't curse any Dark Wizards, but
he can heat a cup of tea with a tap from his wand. And, this is a good
thing, because Harry will never be powerful enough that the wizard
world will again be tempted to call on him for help, and that suits
him just fine. He's certainly had more than enough Dark Wizard
fighting to last anyone a lifetime.

Some may say that this is a pretty weak ending, but is it really such
a bad thing for Harry to still have access to 'his' world, to have
access to all his old friends, to still be able to engage in basic
magic but to never again have to carry the weight or the fate of the
world on his shoulders.

Harry makes the ultimate sacrifice, and from that sacrifice comes
redemption. 

The best of all worlds.

bboy_mn