Disclaimer: J.K. Rowling owns Harry Potter, plotholes and all.


Lily and James Potter decided that the Fidelius charm was the best way to go. The whole Fidelius charm business was complicated, but they decided that Lily could still be able to perform it. Just as they were about to choose their Secret-Keeper, James was struck with a brilliant idea.

"Professor," James started, facing Dumbledore. "The Secret-Keeper can go inside the house, right?"

Dumbledore nodded. "Yes, that's true."

James smiled brightly. "So why don't I be the Secret-Keeper?"

Silence met his words. Then –

"Why didn't I think of that?"


The deed was done. James Potter told no one where they were hiding, and so Voldemort reigned over the Wizarding World. Until one day, Harry Potter, five years old, had did the one thing trained hit wizards, Aurors around the world, and several 'brave' fruit vendors had failed to do – he killed Voldemort.

It was not an epic battle, or even anything other than an accident. You see, Harry Potter stepped on Voldemort's robes. Voldemort panicked, stumbled, slipped on a banana peal, and broke his neck.

It was then, the Ministry got some sense knocked into them and decided to do something they should have tried a loooooong time ago – they checked accused Death Eaters' left forearms, where a huge skull with a snake coming out of it would signal if they were a Death Eater or not.

I mean really, who could have ever thought of something so brilliant? Pfft. And forget Veritaserum; it's not like people lied or anything. Come on. Everyone is just so truthful.

So, the Death Eaters were caught, Voldemort was dead, Harry Potter had parents, and Hogwarts was rid of Severus Snape, Death Eater (because he had that huge skull with a snake coming out of it, nearly impossible to miss, on his left arm).

Thank you, plotholes!


A/N: I couldn't resist. The Secret-Keeper can go inside the house, because Dumbledore stopped at Grimmauld, right? And I think, for someone as smart as Voldemort, haveing a huge skull with a snake coming out of it was pretty stupid. It doesn't seem like they put concealing charms or anything either. And why didn't the ministry just check their left arms?

Go plotholes!