Drabble!

[camwyn]

Just a teensy weensy bit of an AU premise. Spoilers for the first chapter of HBP.


Fudge had left. Scrimgeour had left. The Prime Minister steepled his fingers, his brows creasing.

This was all too much to bear. Magical warfare, evil wizards, monstrous supernatural forces loose in his Britain? Utterly ridiculous. And him with his hands tied. No one in the world would believe him, which only made it worse.

Then it hit him. He reached for the phone. "Excuse me, Shacklebolt," he said to his secretary, "but could you patch me through to Mrs. Margaret Thatcher, please?"

"Of course, Mr. Major," said Shacklebolt. "Is something wrong?"

"Not any more."

Maggie would know what to do.

Comments

[lienne.livejournal.com]

I just found you through an old messageboard link to "Hellblazer: Hogwarts", and figured anyone who can write *that* is interesting enough to friend. D'you mind?

[camwyn]

Sure, go right ahead! I'm working on the next chapter these days anyway.

[lienne.livejournal.com]

I squee with joy. Twice. Do keep it up; your characterisation of John is shatteringly brilliant, to the point where I'm considering writing a shamelessly SI fic-within-a-fic.

*rambles off to add things to the list of Things John Constantine is Not Allowed To Do At Hogwarts, Really, Ever*

[laughing myself sick]

[duane-kc.livejournal.com]

Oh, my Gods...that's just too beautiful.

I love the way your mind works.

Re: [laughing myself sick]

[camwyn]

Unless the Ministry routinely Obliviates PMs when they leave office, and I don't think they do (at least not under Fudge), the PM chain is a giant hole in Wizarding World security. Maggie would've kept it secret if only because she would have a better chance of turning it to her purposes that way, I figure. I dunno about anyone before her.

[goldjadeocean.livejournal.com]

That's so great.

[neotoma.livejournal.com]

Maggie would know what to do.

She'd sure as hell be a lot more effective than *Dumbledore* has ever managed.

[camwyn]

And probably provoke more fear than jumping up on a barrel in the middle of Diagon Alley and shouting "VOLDEMORT VOLDEMORT VOLDEMORT!" by the time she was done, too.

[lienne.livejournal.com]

That's one mental image I won't be forgetting in *ever*. [giggles hysterically]

[akawil]

So you hold by the theory that Major is still PM as of Half-Blood Prince, not Blair?

(She'd almost certainly already be Baroness Thatcher by this point, though, since that was 1992. See the Wikipedia entry on her.)

[camwyn]

Yeah, pretty much. I mean, I could just as easily be wrong, but I assumed it was still within the time of his ... um... what do they call them? Administrations?

[akawil]

Governments, I think.

Wikipedia seems to agree with you on the dates.

[caira.livejournal.com]

"Premierships" seems to be the popular word these days, where "term" isn't specific enough.