Gotta Light? (was His Little Helper

[Talisman]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, Magda Grantwich 
<mgrantwich at y...> wrote:--- Talisman <talisman22457 at ...> wrote:
> That's the thinking behind my original post, except the only reason
> Mundungus' stealing figures in is that it may remind readers of all
> the interesting stuff at GP. Do you have another reason?

Magda:
>Well, it occurs to me that if Fletcher is busy stripping 12GP of
>everything that isn't nailed/hexed down, then time is of the essence
>if anything is to be safeguarded. So it adds a bit of ...
<snip>
>Magda (who never liked Mungdungus Fletcher from the first)

Talisman, who would have kept--never would have thrown out--all the 
spooky Dark stuff at GP, if only for, ahem, "scientific" purposes.

You never know when a box of wartcap powder or a sedating music box 
is going to come in handy.  Waste not want not.

Well, you got me thinking of Mundungus, Magda. I'm with you. I can't 
say I'd miss the stinky little blighter if he were to accidentally 
forget to show up for Book 7.  But, since he's bound to be there, 
let's make the most of him.  

How's this, just for fun. (Unless it comes to pass, in which case, I 
mean it quite in earnest. <g>)

Harry et al finally figure out that the locket is the one from 
12GP.  They question Kreature, find out he saved it from the trash, 
and search his nest.  But, alas, it's not there.  

Of course they think of Dung (Kreature offers a suitable epithet) 
but sticky-fingers has been keeping a low profile these days. 
Moreover, there is no telling who may have the hot goods now--could 
have been sold to any odd hag in the street, really. 

What to do?  Slim as their hopes seem, they ask around and do what 
little they can to locate the musty perp. They're getting nowhere.

Then, one day, Harry stumbles into a back room--and--there he is: 
slumped against the wall, his entire body burnt more completely than 
DD's hand; the once putrid tobacco-boy now turned all to ash and--in 
one charred hand--the open locket.

Or, how about this.  The locket IS the last Hx they need to find.  
But, LV forces a showdown before they can locate it.  Things look 
bleak for our team, but there's nothing for it.  Harry heads into 
the arena for the death match (head held high, of course).  Dramatic 
battle scenes ensue.  Somehow, when the smoke clears, LV seems to be 
gone.

How can this be? Is he merely hiding again? Will the last Hx allow 
him to return anew?  

Then, one day Harry stumbles into a back room, etc.  

Mungbean had inadvertently destroyed the locket Hx long ago, taking 
the curse consequences instead of our hero.  The DL's defeat is 
indeed final. All we need now is a dust pan and a broom. Huzzah.


Talisman, thinking we may find some productive use for that skanky 
little chew-wad, yet.