Hermione Doesn't Let Harry Die
I was thinking it would be cool to have a fanfic where, instead of letting Harry follow Dumbledore's plan in the seventh book and sacrifice himself, Hermione attacks him from behind and escapes with him, preventing his death and giving a different ending to the Battle of Hogwarts, making the war last much longer.
Think about it, Dumbledore's plan was literally suicidal. After Harry died, Voldemort would still be alive and with a protected Horcrux (Naginia). After Harry died, who would fight Voldemort and kill him? The guy literally dueled with several professors at the same time and didn't even break a sweat. The school would be doomed.
Besides the fact that Hermione spent all seven books trying to protect and save Harry, she erased her parents' memories and sent them to Australia just to escape with Harry and Ron in search of the Horcruxes. She stayed with him when Ron ran away, she was even tortured by Bellatrix and didn't say anything. No one stood by Harry and wanted to care for and save him more than Hermione. For her to accept him sacrificing himself is madness.
She could have found out about the Horcruxes by following Harry into the forest when he talks to the ghosts of his parents and heard everything. Then, when Harry goes after Voldemort, she knocks him out from behind with a spell and escapes with him and other students.
To prevent them from being found and killed immediately, since the Death Eaters were controlling all of Great Britain, it would be possible to have the Goblins declare war against the Ministry and the Death Eaters after Voldemort's attack on Gringotts after they stole Bellatrix's vault. Then the Death Eaters would be occupied, and they could start causing so much chaos and death that it threatened to break the Statute of Secrecy, and then the international wizarding communities would try to intervene by sending groups of Aurors and starting a war.
Posted Mar 14, 2026, 3:28 AM UTC