Magical Me

by Publicola

Most self-inserts are exercises in vanity, and nothing says 'vanity' quite like Gilderoy Lockhart. But with a new personality and knowledge of the future, who knows? Maybe Lockhart will turn out to be a useful DADA teacher after all.

15. Interlude (I)

Magical Me
By Publicola

Omake Published: 4-1-14
Edited: 8-29-15

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Interlude (I)

Was this truly worth the risk?

...Of course it was. After all, what could go wrong? It's me!

I stopped outside the well-warded doors of the Thickey Ward and knocked – once, twice, thrice.

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"Visitors are only permitted 10 to noon weekends. Hours are posted in the ground floor. I tell you, Mr. Lockhart, you cannot be here!"

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I heard the same stern but kindly voice. "Now you've gone and made a mess of things."

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It was a man's voice, almost bored-sounding. "I'm sorry to be the one to tell you, Mr. Lockhart, but later today you're going to collapse of something incurable and will have to be remanded to our care. Now, let's figure out what that something will be."

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...Diffindo. Diffindo. Diffindo...

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Oh no, no, you can't be serious, you can't be bloody serious–!

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"What the hell is going on here? Who's in charge of this sector?"

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"...and we're sure he won't remember it?"

"Of course, we've all done the math."

"All right. One small step for us, then. Activate."

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A/N: Please note that the full omake originally posted here has found a new home – if you'd like to read it in full, check out Magical Me: Side-Quests. If you're wondering what that last part was about, check out the Grand Unified Theory of Fanfiction I accidentally invented over at Sublimis: A Worm CYOA One-Shot.

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