I am writing this story as a practice for my writing skills, so any constructive criticism would be welcome. This is also my first published (If you could call it that) story, just FYI.

Disclaimer: I'm only saying this ONCE! All Harry Potter Characters and the like belong to J.K. Rowling and associated publishing companies. Also, in the first few chapters there maybe occasional direct quotes from the books, normally a character's opening remarks.

This is my own attempt on Reptilia28's challenge, listed below.

CHALLENGE:

Challenge issued by "Reptilia28" - Originally on verbatim:

A funny little challenge I just came up with. It's a comical twist on the time-travel category.

STORYLINE:

*Harry is killed at 17 during a fight with Voldemort. He's sent to his Death's office (explained later) and finds out that this isn't the first time that this has happened.

*Harry's Death (who can have a human name) is mad at his arrival. Apparently, people dying before their time is a black mark on the various Deaths' records, and Harry is getting perilously close to getting this particular one fired.

*When Harry asks what was supposed to have happened, Death goes off on a rant saying how he was supposed to have killed Voldemort, found his soulmate ("Some Granger girl...") and lived to be a centennial age. But since Harry keeps getting into life-threatening situations for one reason or another, he keeps dying before that happens. Harry is surprised about the soulmate part.

*Death gives Harry a paper to sign that allows him to retain his memories (the previous times, he wasn't given this option for some reason). Harry is deposited to a previous time of the writer's choosing.

*Eventually, Harry gets it right. He kills Voldemort, gets the girl, and lives to a ripe old age of whatever. And Death doesn't get fired.

REQUIREMENTS:

*Harry had to have died at least three times before this one.

*The memory keeping contract must be included.

*Death must refer to Hermione as "some Granger girl" when Harry's soulmate turns up in his rant.

*Obviously, must be H/Hr.

*Have fun.

OPTIONAL:

*Dumbledore's manipulations can be a factor in Harry's premature demises.

If you have any questions about what/why is happening in the story you can ask them here (constructive criticism and words of encouragement are also welcome).

forum/The-Potter-stories-of-Oksamis/228217/

I will also post Polls here when it comes time to vote on a new story.

If you spot any mistakes please just PM me.

"This is speech"

'This is Thought'

o0O0o = scene break

My Beta Reader on this story is HorseGirl2005, so thanks to her!