Hmmm. No doubt quite a few of my readers are pissed at me for not updating, but frankly it's been quite difficult. I finished my first semester of college, and am about to start my second in a few days, not to mention the fact that a good portion of my time has been spent playing World of Warcraft. For those of you living in caves and don't know what that is, it's a immensely popular MMORPG that should be classified as a drug. In fact, a recent article I read online said that people are dropping out of college because of it. Thankfully, I am not one of those people. I count my older brother among the lucky ones though, as he is applying for an internship with Blizzard Entertainment, as well as Insomniac (the guys who make the Ratchet and Clank games) and EA. Personally, I think he can do it, since he's halfway through the final class that will qualify him as an astrophysicist (he's really freakin good at math and coding. I could never get the hang of C++, comparitively). But I ramble.
I'm writing this note to let all of my readers know, and even some who don't read my stories, of a challenge that came to mind when I was reading fanfiction. See, I realized when I was reading, I believe all but one of the "Harry goes back in time" stories, was actually just Harry going back in time. Then, I perused the Naruto fanfiction and came across one of my favorite stories, "Sisters of the Circle". It was then that the idea hit me. What if someone wrote a story where, instead of Harry going back in time, it was his girlfriend(s) that do instead? He would have no idea of what happened whatsoever. Thus, the articles of the challenge are as follows:
Harry must not be the one to go back in time
His girlfriend(s) (Harems are allowed, even encouraged), will be the one(s) to go back in time.
No slash permitted. There should be no butt-pirates in any of this, even if they were turned into girls, which frankly (shudders), I find highly disturbing. Not as disturbing as mpreg, but let's not open that can of worms.
The story can be any genre you want, from wrist-cutting angst, to teeth-rotting fluff, or it could be so funny I collapse out of my chair and pass out laughing. (that actually almost happened. I read the story "Honestly Headmaster" and for some reason laughed so hard I was seeing spots)
Please, for god-sakes, Don't include any of the horcruxes from Half-Baked Plot or Deathly Halitosis. For something to be so important to the plot-line of the story over all, it should have been introduced far sooner in the storyline than the last two books. The diary doesn't count, because Harry had no idea what the hell he was doing.
The rating can be whatever you want it to be. From sweet and simple, to raunchy situations that would offend most of the world's major religions, whatever tickles your tonsils.
Harry must be involved in the war effort somehow. He doesn't even have to be a major player, possibly just someone who gives Gred and Forge ideas for new products to use against the Dark Spork.
And lastly,
I ask that you send me the title of your story so that I can read it. Hopefully, this a somewhat new spin on an old idea that can be refreshing. Thus, I would love to read what you guys have in mind. I don't know if it's bad form to issue a challenge like this on FF, as I've never seen one myself save for yahoo groups, but I would love to see what the response to this would be.
Peace, and Don't forget to pack your Nargle repellant.