Well, it'd have to be somebody other than me who writes it, because I can't do characterization and character interaction well -- I can't write dialogue and narrative that properly shows rather than telling us what the characters are feeling. I try, but it tends to be flat, lifeless, stilted....
As far as the "main plot with small changes" was concerned, I more-or-less envisioned that everything from Harry originally turning down the assassin's offer to the point where they're kneeling over Dumbledore's body could be covered in two or three brief paragraphs. They'd mention how Harry every now and then thought about it again, especially after Sirius Black died, or during the spate of Death Eater attacks mentioned in the beginning of Half-Blood Prince. Or he'd notice Ron or Hermione giving him a thoughtful look and realize they were thinking about it.
One thing I didn't make clear in my original write-up is that, properly, Ron and Hermione would actually be somewhat more ambivalent than I described. Ron's a good chessplayer, so he's tactically minded, and he's been shown to be not entirely scrupulous, so that'd incline him to think hiring the assassin family might not be such a bad idea -- except that unadmitted jealousy argues against it. Hermione is creeped out by Jeremy's pride in his family's tradition of murder, but it's got to be at least a bit flattering that he's attracted enough to put himself at risk for a chance to talk with her. And I did try to indicate that he admires her intelligence as well as the fact that she looks like a young Emma Watson (no, of course he wouldn't say that).
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Big Brother is watching you. And damn, you are so bloody BORING.
As far as the "main plot with small changes" was concerned, I more-or-less envisioned that everything from Harry originally turning down the assassin's offer to the point where they're kneeling over Dumbledore's body could be covered in two or three brief paragraphs. They'd mention how Harry every now and then thought about it again, especially after Sirius Black died, or during the spate of Death Eater attacks mentioned in the beginning of Half-Blood Prince. Or he'd notice Ron or Hermione giving him a thoughtful look and realize they were thinking about it.
One thing I didn't make clear in my original write-up is that, properly, Ron and Hermione would actually be somewhat more ambivalent than I described. Ron's a good chessplayer, so he's tactically minded, and he's been shown to be not entirely scrupulous, so that'd incline him to think hiring the assassin family might not be such a bad idea -- except that unadmitted jealousy argues against it. Hermione is creeped out by Jeremy's pride in his family's tradition of murder, but it's got to be at least a bit flattering that he's attracted enough to put himself at risk for a chance to talk with her. And I did try to indicate that he admires her intelligence as well as the fact that she looks like a young Emma Watson (no, of course he wouldn't say that).
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Big Brother is watching you. And damn, you are so bloody BORING.