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"Well isn't that interesting?", he chuckled, "You asked who I am... the Egyptians used to call me Anubis or Osiris, the Greeks called me Hades or Thanatos, the Romans called me Pluto or Mors, I am the grim reaper, I am the final conqueror and I am the end to all things. Call me Death."

"Rather an impressive resume. As you already know I am Harry Potter. The wizards and witches call me the Boy-Who-Lived and the boy who vanquished the Dark Lord, I am the protector of the Philosopher's Stone, slayer of the basilisk, bane of dementors and champion of the Triwizard tournament. Call me Harry.", He replied slightly mockingly.

"Rather impressive yourself, although I already knew these things I wasn't sure you'd mention them.", Death replied amused but in good humour.

"Well now you just sound like you've been stalking me. I'm not usually one for arrogance but, not to sound childish, you started it."

"I suppose I did rather didn't I? About the stalking though... you've never once in all your adventures think that Death was stalking you?"

"Call me an optimist... so I guess this means I'm a goner? At least I took a couple of them with me", Harry said more resigned than dejected.

"A couple?", laughed Death, "try seven and I'm fairly sure more would have joined them had you abandoned your position behind the gravestone. I mean honestly Harry it was a good idea when he was playing with you but you should have run for new cover after taking out the first three. At least behind a tree you could have stood up. Fighting sat down is never easy... As for you being dead, yes and no. Yes you died, no you're not dead."

"Ooookay, care to explain?"

"Gladly, you were hit by the AK as you had originally thought. Now what you didn't know is that you are somewhat resistant to death (lower case 'd' death, like anyone could resist someone as ruggedly handsome as myself) and it didn't really take."

"Would you be so kind as to explain why I'm resistant to death?"

"I would love to...unfortunately that's not my area, nor is it my place to tell and I'm sure you'll find out eventually anyway. What I can tell you is that an AK won't off you (although when you wake up you realise it's probably not best to get hit deliberately) nor will the vast majority of other methods, though they might be rather uncomfortable. Old age will kill you eventually and I'm sure there are other ways to kill you so try not to get eviscerated or some such nonsense and for the most part you'll be fine. In addition to this I personally hereby grant you the power of being damn near as charming as I am. You should note that such a power is not free and you will also need to act rather more self confident. Of course I also feel inclined to remind you that this power is only theoretical, does not actually exist but will nevertheless be useful if you pursue it. For one thing you might actually get a girl."

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