What HP should have done
If all the flippin characters would have used their brains many lives could have been saved and Voldie would have been toast.
It's all JKR's characters and all the jazz. I just quickened it up a bit.
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Harry strutted up to the long slope of a hill. He was whistling a tune as he made his way to a fallen tree. Harry hopped the tree fell to his knees and pulled out a pair of binoculars.
As he looked down on the area below he saw Severus Snape nervously looking at the direction the boy had went. He had lost sight of him in the distance. Harry, continuing to whistle a jolly tune, pulled out his wand and shot a couple of sparks high into the air.
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Snape saw the sparks fly into the air in the distance.
"This better work." Snape mumbled to himself.
With one long breath he focused himself and put up his mental barriers. Then Snape rolled up his sleeve and touched the Dark Mark on his arm.
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Harry, still whistling happily, was watching Snape through the binoculars.
However, his whistles went into a low mournful tune as he saw Voldemort appear before Snape. Harry watched them exchange words for a bit. Then he saw Voldemort become irate pulling his wand out and pointing it at Severus.
Harry stopped whistling and put down his binoculars and pulled up a high-powered .50 caliber sniper rifle. As Harry looked through the scope he cringed as he saw Voldemort tossing the Crutacious Curse on Snape.
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"I told you Snape to only contact me if it was important. Now you must be punished." Voldemort hissed as he raised his wand preparing another Crutacious Curse.
Before Voldemort did anything his head exploded.
Snape closed his eyes as he felt flecks of blood and brain splatter onto him. Then he heard the report of the gun a few seconds later.
Snape staggered to his feet wiping his face clean then he heard a pop.
Harry had just appeared whistling a jolly tune once again grinning at Snape.
"Mission accomplished!" Harry said gleefully.
Harry made his way over to Voldemort's headless body. "Yeah I'm pretty sure he is dead."
"I should think so Potter." Snape said angrily as pulled out his wand and began cleaning the blood off himself.
Then Snape shot Harry a glare. "What the hell took you so long?"
"Come on Severus, it's Miller time. No reason to be all snotty about it."
Snape sighed and just shrugged, "Lets get out of here."
"Good idea Severus. Honestly can you imagine if we had to duel that prat with a wand?"
Snape chuckled. "Duel the Dark Lord with a wand. Mindless suicide."
Harry laughed, "I know right. One of us could have been killed."
Laughing at the thought they both apparated away.
The End.
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Just for the record the bullet does travel faster than the sound. Current estimates are 3 to 6 seconds faster.
You can place it after book 4 or at book 7. One way Voldie is dead for good, the other he still has his horcruxes, but now he can mope around as a bodiless soul for a while. Either way it is a win.