Ranma/Potter
It turns out that before they went after Harry's blood in Goblet of Fire, Voldemort and Pettigrew decided to lay the groundwork for some long-road backup plans. No reason not to be prepared, right? One of them required ritual engagement to a warrior of pure heart and great power. While laughing mockingly about that one, they stumble into Ryouga (pre-series) and, over the course of a ten-minute conversation in which they try to convince him to accept an engagement (hey - it's worth a shot, right?) they follow him back to China, where they encounter... well, I'm sure you can guess the next bit.
A few years pass. Ranma is now with the Tendos, Harry's crew is a group of frighteningly and brutally effective duellists, and Voldemort is running scared... back to that one last half-built ritual in Japan. He's in a sort of wierd Gollum form, partway between the 'before' and 'after' picture for the Goblet of Fire ritual. He's able to tap only a fraction of his magics, he's been stripped of his loyal Death Eaters, and he's hopelessly outmatched, but it's not as bad as it looks. He's been keeping tabs on his boltholes, after all. Ranma's a good boy. He's got an amazing life force, a tremendous sense of honor, and they *are* actually, honestly, honorably engaged. All he has to do is get there, keep them convinced that he's female and sympathetic, and play the honor card long enough and hard enough to force the marriage through. That'll give him *more* than enough power to destroy the brat and his flunkies. Getting it all done before they catch up might be a bit tough, but other than that, it'll be *easy*, right? Right?
---------------------------
"Pop! You engaged me to a Lord of Darkness!"
"I thought he was a girl."
"A *shrunken*, *mutant* Lord of Darkness, Pop!"
"Okay, okay, a really ugly girl."
It turns out that before they went after Harry's blood in Goblet of Fire, Voldemort and Pettigrew decided to lay the groundwork for some long-road backup plans. No reason not to be prepared, right? One of them required ritual engagement to a warrior of pure heart and great power. While laughing mockingly about that one, they stumble into Ryouga (pre-series) and, over the course of a ten-minute conversation in which they try to convince him to accept an engagement (hey - it's worth a shot, right?) they follow him back to China, where they encounter... well, I'm sure you can guess the next bit.
A few years pass. Ranma is now with the Tendos, Harry's crew is a group of frighteningly and brutally effective duellists, and Voldemort is running scared... back to that one last half-built ritual in Japan. He's in a sort of wierd Gollum form, partway between the 'before' and 'after' picture for the Goblet of Fire ritual. He's able to tap only a fraction of his magics, he's been stripped of his loyal Death Eaters, and he's hopelessly outmatched, but it's not as bad as it looks. He's been keeping tabs on his boltholes, after all. Ranma's a good boy. He's got an amazing life force, a tremendous sense of honor, and they *are* actually, honestly, honorably engaged. All he has to do is get there, keep them convinced that he's female and sympathetic, and play the honor card long enough and hard enough to force the marriage through. That'll give him *more* than enough power to destroy the brat and his flunkies. Getting it all done before they catch up might be a bit tough, but other than that, it'll be *easy*, right? Right?
---------------------------
"Pop! You engaged me to a Lord of Darkness!"
"I thought he was a girl."
"A *shrunken*, *mutant* Lord of Darkness, Pop!"
"Okay, okay, a really ugly girl."