Kreacher - workable solutions?

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 129526

Alisha:
> 
> There is one other alternative that I have been mulling over and 
> rather like. 
> 
> Once upon a time there was an English king (I forget which one.  
> I think Henry VIII), who was frustrated with the Archbishop of 
> Canterbury (actually a good friend of his).  One night at dinner, 
> the king jokingly said, "Who will rid me of this meddlesome 
> priest?"  Two drunken knights overheard the king and decided to 
> take that as an order from him to kill the Archbishop.  When the 
> king found out, he was furious and ordered the execution of the 
knights.  Voila.  The king remains blameless and is rid of his 
problematic friend.
> 
> What if DD mentions in an Order meeting that Kreacher poses a 
> security problem and one of the members (Snape, Mad-Eye, even 
> Arthur) decides this is carte blanche to kill the meddlesome elf?

Finwitch:

That could be Snape doing it - by means of poison, of course. A 
poison that is lethal only to house-elves. (Harry could react by 
vomiting/diarhoea/magical disease? to that poison ... otherwise Harry 
probably wouldn't know anything about it).

Another alternative is an *accident* - say Kreacher was (mistakenly 
by Tonks or due to an experiment of Weasley twins) in a locked closet 
with Remus during full moon... (I've read this in some fanfic - Remus 
told Harry about it).

Not so sure if a werewolf must attack a house-elf (they only hunt 
humans?) which is what Weasley twins would experiment on. (Animagi 
are safe, what about house-elves???) That'd get Remus off (he can't 
help it) and as of the Twins - well, they didn't really MEAN Kreacher 
to be ripped to pieces, but of all elves, he's the one who was good 
riddance...

Or even some Tasteless Toffee (they'd have to experiment to see if 
Remus keeps his mind if that mixes with the Wolfsbane-potion of 
Snape's... or maybe the twins made it and it required testing...).

But all put Kreacher with Remus somewhere.

Kreacher might even have commited suicide as it is... OR, just to add 
the excitement and darkness: He's gone to Narcissa Malfoy - telling 
her everything he knows about the order...

OR... to further your 'taken order' - Dobby hears Harry mutter about 
Kreacher or some such, and *DOBBY* kills Kreacher. And I think that 
as of Kreacher's choices/ethics, it's something that really is best 
judged by another house-elf, wouldn't you say? And even Hermione 
can't complain if one house-elf kills another, can she?

Finwitch