What If Voldemort Won? (Nama's Next Gen AU)

[Namacub95]

I've had an idea floating about in the recesses of my depraved mind for a while now. I've been partially inspired by DWoW, my failed Harry Potter Next Gen RP site and some of the battle scenes from Hunger Games.

All these things have stewed away in my mind for about a month or two until I finally decided to get off my lazy arse and assemble it.

The basic premise is this: What if Voldemort won?

What if Voldemort didn't die at the Battle of Hogwarts? What if, for some reason, Harry failed to kill him? What it Harry, most of the main cast and some of the Order of the Phoenix and DA managed to escape and continue fighting for over twenty years? What if the war continued on into the next generation?

This is where my idea comes in.

I want to write a fanfic for an AU where the next generation of Harry Potter continues the fight against Voldemort. The problem is that I only have bits and pieces of a it and my brain lacks the ability to string it all together into a comprehensible plot.

Basically, I'm asking for some help or inspiration.

[Angel]

Hm, interesting. Don't know how much use I could actually be, but as you know, my interest in the series is recent enough that this certainly appeals to me, so I'll help if I can.

Out of curiosity... if this is an AU, does that mean that the canon pairings wouldn't necessarily end up staying together? Or would you still want Albus and co. to be the focus of the next-gen rather than complete OCs?

[Namacub95]

I just need some people to talk about it with or if some people have stuff they'd like to see then I could try and chuck it in and build a plot.

I don't want to overload this story with OCs but since it is Next Gen and we only have a couple of canon characters for that era then there have to be OCs. Basically most of the canon couples stand (except I threw in Neville/Luna because it is my OTP for Trio Era) but by this point there has been deaths mostly because I just don't think I could do the Trio-era characters any justice.

[Namacub95]

I've got a few ideas of what I'd like to do, if I ever get enough inspiration to get off my lazy arse and write this down.

* I'd like to do this with POV characters (ala Game of Thrones style) because there's so many different plots I've came up with but no idea how to do them all unless I break it up like that.
* I'd like to have a forbidden romances bit but I'm not sure if I will include it for risk of this becoming too cliché.
* I'd like to try and encorporate some of the ideas I've had with the Harry Potter Next Gen and bring in some kind of King Arthur/Celtic mythology aspects but I'm not too sure about that as well most because I think I might make it too obvious or not be able to pull it off just right.
* I'd like to show what Voldemort would do if he got complete control but I'm unsure just how much he'd be able to influence. I want to show him acting somewhat Hitler-ish but at the same time I don't want to take it too far and accidentally insult or offend anyone.

Any input would be apprieciated.

[Angel]

For the record, do you think you might be able to run with my interpretation of Rose Weasley from HNGW in this? Because I hate seeing her just be turned into a Hermione-clone >_<

I could certainly see the Hitler-ish Voldemort idea working, since his 'master race' would be pure-blooded wizards. I don't think the idea would be particularly offensive to anyone; I couldn't say for certain, but I can't see why it would really bother anyone.

[Namacub95]

Well I could try, apart from being a bit bookish and slightly bossy, my version of Rose isn't that Hermione-ish but I'm sure I could probably get some of your version's traits in. Keep in mind though, this is an AU so her personality will have been affected by the fact that she's basically been living in a war her entire life and her family is almost number one on Voldemort's hit list.

Well here's the ideas I had of Voldemort's regime:
* Muggles and 'Mudbloods' would be sent to concentration camps but not to be killed, it would be just for a kind of storage until they could be shipped out as slave labour. Conditions are horrendous and disease runs rampant. Not many people sent here leave healthy and most are starved and incredibly fraile. In my version, I was going to have Hermione be captured and sent there but die in an attempt to escape.
* Half-bloods are treated as second-class citizens, used as servants and jobs that Muggles and Mudbloods wouldn't be trusted with (a.k.a. Soldiers and low-level workers at the Ministry). They are treated better than Muggles and Mudbloods but not by much. It is very rare for a Half-blood to raise themselves to a high rank but there are some high ranked half-bloods solely because they far outnumber Pure-bloods.

[Namacub95]

I've figured out a short list of who'd I'd have as the POV characters. It still needs to be shortened down I think.

Lily Luna Potter, Rose Weasley, Albus Potter, Teddy Lupin, Victoire Weasley, Lysander Scamander (or Longbottom since I was planning to switch from Rolf Scamander to Neville Longbottom), Scorpius Malfoy, James Potter

[Namacub95]

Me characters and their personalities.

HPAU

Albus Severus Potter (POV)
Personality: Albus is the quiet sibling. He prefers his own company over most of his cousins (except Rose) and often spends his time either reading by himself or with Rose. He is a thinker more than a doer, preceding to let others take the lead and he would simply follow. He can have a short temper and is prone to worrying over even the most minor of problems. He is mostly a pacifist, a fact which gets him a lot of grief, and only uses offensive magic when he feels he has no choice. His self confidence is pretty low and so he tends to underestimate himself

James Sirius Potter
Personality: Arrogant, cocky and stubborn James hates to play second fiddle to anyone, he believes he should be a leader. He is a prankster and is almost never seen without either a smirk or a grin. He has trouble with keeping his mind on a certain task and is easily distracted. He can be a but of a bully to Albus but he believes that if he pushes his younger brother enough he'll learn to stand up for himself.

Lily Luna Potter (POV)
Personality: Lily's biggest flaw is her pride, she believes absolutely in herself and thinks that everyone should hold themselves to her own standards. She let the fact that she is considered a magical prodigy go to her head and she believes herself to be without fault. She thinks as a Potter she has rights above everyone else but does have a soft spot for her siblings and cousins. 

Rose Weasley (POV)
Personality: Rose is a very determined person, once she has a goal in mind she will go after it and not let anything stop her. She can be quite motherly especially toward Hugo and Albus. She is willing to stand up to anyone if she feels that there is injustice and is very loyal to her family, to a fault, and will not betray them no matter what.

Hugo Weasley
Personality: Hugo is Lily's voice of reason, he is calm and thoughtful but can have a temper of his own. He is not the type that can be pushed around easily and so is able to weather Lily with ease. He often has to act as the peacemaker between Lily and Lysander and is the glue that holds their group together.

Lysander Scamander
Personality: Lysander is hardworking and intelligent. He is far more grounded in reality than his twin brother and often is exasperated by his mother and Lorcan's strange beliefs. He and Lily often bump heads and this is because Lysander believes Lily is too full of herself and so tries to knock her down a few pegs at every oppertunity, even so they remain friends.

Lorcan Scamander
Personality: Lorcan is a lot like his mother Luna, he is dreamy and often prefers his own world over the real one. He is often sprouting out strange phrases and beliefs and so everyone gives him a pretty wide berth. He can be insightful but also is pretty blunt but doesn't realise that he has offended someone.

[Angel]

What about Scorpius? Or is he not going to be an important character in your AU?

Either way, I like what you're doing with these guys - how much you've expanded their personalities from just a few pages at the end of the final book ^^

[Namacub95]

Scorpius is going to be pretty important, especially for the storyline I've got planned for Rose but at the moment I'm having a bit of difficulty deciding exactly what kind of personality I should give him. I know what I want to do with him but I'm just having trouble fleshing it out fully because my muse decides it hates me most of the time.

Thank you. I really love Lily because everyone has her as a very girly version of her mother but I decided I prefered her personality to be just like James Potter Sr, arrogant and full of herself.

[Angel]

So fun, doing the opposite of what everyone expects with these characters XD I'm sure I don't need to tell you that it would be best not to make Scorpius a Draco-clone any more than Rose is a Hermione-clone

[Angel]

Honestly, that's about the way I'd have imagined him to be, too ^^

Which side would he be on in the war, anyway? I mean, since the Malfoys deserted Voldemort near the end of Deathly Hallows... would they sort of be trying to just stay neutral by this point?

[Namacub95]

Indeed! Then everyone won't know which direction you're going with the characters! I can't count how many times I get people saying 'I didn't expect you to do that with Lily'. She isn't a Ginny or Lily-clone. I like to make her something different. She's one of my favourite characters to write from Harry Potter!

Scorpius will definately NOT be a Draco-clone. I hate Draco with every fiber of my being, the only good thing he did all series was produce Scorpius. End of. I was thinking that he'd sort of be a guy of two personalities. He puts on a mask of being aloof and emotionless in front of nearly everyone, especially his family, but he's actually highly intelligent and willing to show compassion and empathy to everyone, even to his enemies

[Angel]

What just happened? Your post is suddenly after my reply to it -_-""

[Namacub95]

I dunno. Must've been a glitch of some sort.

Well, for the Malfoys I was going to stick by book canon. They stayed at the battle but they didn't actively fight in it do their still in Voldemort's sort-of-good books. He doesn't trust them entirely but they're pretty high up. The Malfoy family is actually very important for Rose's storyline.