#albus|character

Five AU’s! Fun!

First one up, is one of my canon-divergent AU’s for Regulus. Basically, it goes off the idea that Regulus doesn’t die? Not quite at least. He exists between life and death, in the inferi cave. So when, Albus and Harry go to retrieve the locket, and Regulus crawls out, unaware of the fact that so long has passed? There is a lot of complications. For one, Regulus has no one. His brother has died (telling him that was Not Good. He was very close to searching out Bellatrix and killing her.). The rest of his family is either, a) part of the Deatheaters, the people he can’t go back to, without dying, and they’ve grown up anyways. He’s 18, mentally and physically. Everyone he knew is either dead, or in their 30′s. So new name, and he joins the order, it’s not like he has much other choice.

Number two is… defection AU. This one is where Regulus and/or Barty, do precisely that. They defect. Instead of going after the horcrux alone, they go to the order first. With the support of at least one other person (who defects depends on who goes with), they manage to retrieve the horcrux without anyone dying! Score one for the good guys?  So yeah, that’s that one. In theory, Regulus manages to repair his relationship with his brother.

I can’t really do any for Ilya, because he has none as of yet. Let’s go Albus!

So, it’s a character specific one, but I really want to do one, and had a thread where Albus, at like 18, just months post-Gellert ends up messing with a time-turner, or (time) magic he ought not be messing in, and it sends him 50 years into the future, where he meets young, charismatic Tom Riddle. And Tom, is well, exactly what attracted Albus to Gellert, and the anger and the hurt is still fresh enough, but without the wisdom that comes with time. So the idea that maybe he shouldn’t get involved with (morally skewed) revolutionaries hasn’t quite sunken in yet? And let’s face it, Tom would use this opportunity. Access to a young Dumbledore? It’s like a gift of fate. So I yeah. I really want to do something where Albus ends up co-Dark Lording with Tom. Albus has grey morals already, this would push him properly evil, and I love it.

Another one of my character’s ends up siding with Tom Riddle verse? Cassandra’s. In her’s, she is still engaged to Bartemius Sr. and she hates that fact. She’s smart, and not terribly ambitious, but enough that she catches Tom’s eye. It’s easy enough to convince her parents he would be a much more suitable match… alternately, elopement. Somehow, she ends up married to Tom. He’s still Tom. Still cold, and very Slytherin, but he’s hers. And he’s brilliant, and listens to her input. It’s a lot of Hades/Persephone vibes for it. Fun, at any rate. Granted, I seem to be a fan of a lot of ships where one person is legit dark/evil and either drags the other participant down with them, or the other person goes willingly.

And for the final verse! I already added this into an ask for this meme but damnit it, I like this verse, so it gets to go again. Barty’s survival verse! The base, start is; after the war, and the dementors are no longer used, provided the human body is still alive, some people regained their souls. Barty is one of the lucky few. It’s a bit of a trying time getting out of Azkaban. But he does, either by proving his innocence for some of his crimes, or by being able to pull the ‘I’ve paid penance, I lost my soul, I’m a changed man, give me a break’ card. So he gets out, and he doesn’t know what to do. He has no money, no friends, and no family (his cousin doesn’t count. He couldn’t do that to him. He has a family, has a life, Barty made his choice when he was 15, besides, the guilt would kill him). No respectable business would hire him, so he goes to knockturn alley, and Borgin and Burkes hires him. He’s smart, if a little broken, and good at remembering the stock, there are worse jobs. It keeps a roof over his head. It’s a small, cramped apartment. But it’s home. A lot of life is living one day at a time.

Okay, so really, Albus has one major one, with variations. And… *drumroll* HE WORKS WITH GELLERT!. Sometimes he leaves with him at Godric’s hollow, other times they’ll meet up between 1899 and I usually place it pre-1930′s. 

Anyways, yeah. There’s a few billion variations on this though. Ranging from he actively works alongside Gellert, to he goes into the ministry and goes at it from that angle. Depending on when he goes with him changes the relationship they have. If he leaves with Gellert, it’s closer to what they had at Godric’s Hollow, but more passionate? If he goes with him later it’s more subdued at first, because Albus can, and wants to work with him; and it’s not that he doesn’t love Gellert, but well, it’s been however many years, and things change.

One option swap is: Does he search out Gellert, or does Gellert search out/run into him? The thing is, Albus has debated it, lots, all it would take is him actually doing it. In that case… oh lord… the public response would be great. They are just so shocked, and flabbergasted by this. Like, ‘HoW cOuLd We EvEr HaVe SeEn ThIs CoMiNg?’ Needless to say, they are unprepared and deeply afraid.

If he doesn’t go to Gellert? People are still shocked, because ‘Wait, what!?’ The young, charismatic Albus Dumbledore siding with Gellert Grindelwald? Meanwhile Albus is having a bit of a crisis because of guilt, and the overwhelming desire to be better, to be good. On the other side, Gellert is the only person he’s ever met that challenged him, and not only that, but he matters. He’s directly influencing wizarding politics. It’s an adrenaline rush, and an addictive one at that. There’s less guilt if he searches him out.