#kidnapping???

[xiueryn]

i have no idea what to write for halloween this year

[lupathoughts]

Raising Harry AU

There are a lot of stories about Sirius never going to Azkaban and raising Harry, almost always with Remus (which then usually evolves to a Wolfstar fic, not complaining I love that ship).

What I want to see is a fic about Remus raising Harry by himself. I want to read about Remus running away and making excuses (he's dangerous, can't find a steady job . . . ). But one day, after a couple of years of running/mourning, something just clicks. It isn't anything groundbreaking, he just decides to visit Harry. Maybe he can visit every once in a while, become an eccentric uncle.

Distant, but still family.

That changes when he actually gets to Privet Drive.

There isn't much of a custody battle on the Dursleys' side. Really the problem comes in the form of Dumbledore.

After a month of passive aggressive arguing an agreement is made. To stay in the country and keep up the muggle appearance, which is no problem for Remus who was raised by a muggle woman and finds more jobs that would willingly work around his illness.

OR WORSE/BETTER YET, in another world Dumbledore could not be swayed. Remus is an obedient Order member, but above all else he is Moony. Moony who could piece together scraps to make a plan. Who could lie with a straight face and improvise plans on the spot without so much as a stutter.

Moony, who was taught war tactics. Of spies, contacts/networks, safehouses, evasion, and travel through different countries.

Harry Potter was proclaimed missing the next morning, possibly kidnapped. Moony knows not to leave footprints. The Prophet continue to update it's readers any chance it can.

And maybe, someone decides to gloat/question on a visit. Or a paper was dropped.

A week after the first paper proclaiming Harry Potter was kidnapped another is published.

Sirius Black escaped Azkaban.

From here, maybe, Sirius discovers that it was Remus that took Harry. Who else can track Moony, but Padfoot? Maybe it takes another year of dodging one another and the law, before Sirius manages to send Remus a message.

Maybe afterwards, Harry is raised by his not-really-kidnapper and a not-really-convict. Maybe Wolfstar then???

From there this has a chance to go anywhere, and I really hope someone out there finds this and inspires them. Because! I! want! to! read! it!!!!

[jerichoswain]

@noxiangeneral When I say Swain collects things, including people, I don’t mean he literally collects people by kidnapping them ... I mean he collects allies, friends, partners, to his taste.

[mistressoftheeight-blog]

===> Consider going on suicide mission.

Seems like you're the only one who can do anything in this situation anyway.

Not to mention, if that stupid idiot gets killed, You-Know-Who will be popping up. We don't need that today.

You gather your things and focus on Scratch's location.

You try not to shudder.