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After dying due to some new Death Eater activities, Harry Potter finds himself back in fourth year at Hogwarts. Though things are not as he remembers. People are not how he remembers them. Here, Harry has to learn what it means to adapt, find more friends and love, and maybe… even changing the future. Nothing comes without consequences though, and Harry is just about to find out what kind of consequences have come with this ‘resurrection’.
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“Not Harry, not Harry, please not Harry!”
“Stand aside, you silly girl… stand aside, now”.
And Lily Potter stepped aside.
Voldemort stared at her.
“... Is this some sort of trick?” he asked softly.
“No". Her voice was flat, lifeless. “You already killed James... If you let me live, then you can have Harry”.
Voldemort’s lip curled - not in amusement, but disgust. His own mother had died for him. Pathetic, yes, sentimental and foolish - but she had chosen to die so that he could live. Lily Potter wasn’t even choosing to care. Surely the child of prophecy deserved a better mother than this! Even he could give the boy to a better family to be raised right!
Voldemort slowly reached down and picked up the child.
He was still staring at him. He was still oddly silent. His eyes were still the colour of the Killing curse and brimming with power.
Yes, Voldemort decided, that was exactly what he’d do.
"You belong to me now" he whispered.
And with a crack like thunder, he turned on the spot, vanishing into the night.Or, the one where Harry Potter is raised by the Lestranges and it goes more or less how you would expect.
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After the end of the Triwizard Tournament, Harry is alone and struggling to find a way to hang on to his sanity when an unexpected boon walks into his house and kidnaps him to Gringotts. The Most Noble House of Nott is attacked and Theodore is left with nothing but ashes, a single gemstone, and the burning fire of something bigger than himself lodged forever in his soul. Lucius Malfoy suffers a momentary lapse in sanity and raises his wand against the Dark Lord. The lines between light and dark, good and evil, blur together and disappear entirely. All the while, Harry goes searching for who "Just Harry" is and keeps coming back to a dark-eyed Slytherin he never thought he'd call his friend...
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- Part 1 of The Living Library
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Is it True What Ron Weasley Said? by TomHRichardson
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
09 Apr 2026
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AU. 3 October 1994. Four weeks before the Goblet of Fire drawing, Susan Bones approaches Harry and Hermione outside the library. Susan asks Harry, “Is it true what Ron Weasley told me, that you don’t like me and don’t want to be friends with me?” Six feet away, Daphne Greengrass silently listens to the conversation.
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- Part 3 of That Awful Goblet
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Tom Riddle wanted to cheat Death. Unfortunately for him, Death has their own opinions on the matter—and they’re not too happy about Riddle’s disrespect for their favorite animal, either. Time for everyone’s favorite omnipotent deity to teach him a lesson—and maybe gain a new Master, while they’re at it.
Now, the boy who wanted eternal life finds himself with nine of them—plus four paws, one very fluffy tail, zero magic and three Hallows to find if he ever wants to be a handsome human wizard again. And, wait, how is Harry Potter involved in all this?
Meanwhile, Crookshanks…Crookshanks has opposable thumbs, a wand, and the full resources of the Knights of Walpurgis at his disposal.
OR: The Tom and Crookshanks bodyswap crackfic literally no one asked for.
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"Death"
"You are finally ready, I see"
"Ready for what?"
"To live"
"Wasn't I doing just that?"
"Were you?"Harry had no answer.
(Perhaps that was answer enough. Or perhaps Death just enjoyed being cryptic. Hard to say.)
___{Time-travel AU. Watch as Harry is yeeted into the past, bullies the wizarding world into making sense, and absolutely refuses to follow Dumbledore’s script. Features excessive worldbuilding (someone's gotta fix this mess), slow-burn romance (because trauma-bonding is hot), and a protagonist who treats destiny like Terms & Conditions—unread and promptly ignored. Happy ending optional, sarcasm mandatory.}
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complete me, so incompletely by Hoppsan for shyinsunlight
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
03 Dec 2025
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Harry Potter dies.
If only Death could have let him stay dead.
All the signs are there. This is his soulmate.
Tom doesn’t understand. The diviner had assured him he didn’t have one – that he never would.
‘Nothing short of divine intervention could bring your tattered soul together with its counterpart.’
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- Part 1 of Soulmate AU
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Harry Potter just learned he's a wizard. Instead of returning to the Dursley's he decided to make his own way, learning as much as he can about the world he is about to enter and the family he comes from. Hard work is its own reward and there's nothing quite like having good friends.
A Hufflepuff Harry reimagining of the Philosopher's Stone.
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- Part 1 of Cyrn Aur
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When an overworked Sirius Black finally decides to hire a babysitter, he doesn't expect someone like Remus Lupin to be the right person for the job.
But actually? He might be kind of perfect - for the job.Written for Padfoot Fest 2025.
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On his way to the burrow Harry gets hit with a stray hex. He wakes up in 1976. With no way to go back to his time he must learn to life in the past.
Alternate version (but no copy) of 'Rewriting Fate'. Both stories can be read as standalone.
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- Part 2 of Harry’s time travel adventures
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Being a neutral party is easy when you don't give a shit about what happens. Harry doesn't mind the war around him, so long as it doesn't affect his life or his learning. As far as Harry's concerned, the war wasn't his problem.
He's practically Switzerland.
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- Ravenclaw red-haired Harry Potter
- Neutral Harry who doesn't take shit from anyone
- Harry growing up with Voldemort hanging around as a wraith like some kind of menacing babysitterSeries
- Part 1 of I'm Switzerland - Over The Years
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Step one: get disowned and kicked out.
Step two: move in with your estranged brother and his alarmingly wholesome boyfriend.
Step three: catch feelings for the hot single dad down the hall.Regulus is thriving, thanks for asking.
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In the complex tapestry of Wizarding Britain, a single loose thread can unravel the most intricately woven of plans.
In October 1983, a seemingly minor discrepancy in a goblin accounting ledger is discovered in an audit, and the investigation it sparks begins to unravel the plans of some highly placed people in the Wizarding World. It changes the trajectory of everything and sets Harry Potter, Sirius Black, Narcissa Malfoy, Minerva McGonagall, Ragnok Winterkill, and Amelia Bones on new courses in their lives.
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Raising Your AU Son for Dummies: A Self-Help Starter Kit by acefiend
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
19 Jul 2025
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After being hit with the killing curse on that final walk through the Forbidden Forest, Harry awakes to find himself in unfamiliar territory with all too familiar faces. Follow him along to another world where he must learn what it means to live again after being told to die.
This here is a helpful guide for any prospective AU parent. With every AU family, there’s ups, there’s downs, there’s evil megalomaniacs traumatizing your son. Don’t worry! We’re here to help you navigate all these obstacles and more.
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☆▪︎For you who smiles like he did▪︎☆ by EM23277868 for Lucas
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
08 Jul 2025
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“He, even after all this years, even when he was no longer here, kept shining brightly in the sky”
Harry, after getting bitten by the Basilisk, destroys the magic blocks placed on him. This consequently leads to him doing accidental necromancy. Enter: Regulus Black. Who really believes there must be an error in why he of all people was summoned.
Maybe both of them can learn to heal along the way.Series
- Part 1 of [☆Brightest Star Project☆]
- Part 1 of [☆All the stars in the sky☆]
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Harry Potter truly didn’t think that he could have a worse birthday after the Dobby incident last year, but it seemed that fate was yet again determined to prove him wrong. After he accidentally blew up his aunt, he wasn’t able to escape from the Dursleys and things just took a turn for the worse. When he collapses after class in the first week of school, the extent of the abuse he has faced is uncovered and Harry is at a loss for what he can do next.
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- Part 1 of Some Bonds Won't Be Broken Universe
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Beyond the Blood Wards ~ Book 1 by SnapeIsMySpiritQuill
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
28 May 2025
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It was a long shot—an impossibly long shot—but it was all he had.
Harry lunged for the photo, his bloodied nose dripping crimson onto the paper as he scrambled for something to write with. But Vernon had locked away all of Harry’s things to prevent him from contacting anyone. In desperation, Harry smeared his blood across the photo with trembling fingers, scrawling three words:
Please help me.
He signed it with a shaky, almost illegible ‘Harry’ before stumbling to Hedwig’s cage. He flung the door open and shoved the photo into her talons, his breath coming in sharp, uneven gasps. Vernon’s angry bellows grew louder as he forced the door open, splinters of wood flying into the room.
“T-take it to Professor Snape!” Harry rasped, barely able to speak through the panic and exhaustion.
Hedwig let out a distressed hoot as Harry squeezed her through the narrow bars of the window. He turned just as Vernon burst into the room, his face purple with fury, his breathing ragged.
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- Part 1 of Beyond the Blood Wards
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Just like the many amazing Slytherin Harry Potter fics, this is my take on what would happen if Harry Potter was just a little bit smarter, a little bit crueler, and acted a little bit more like the Slytherin we knew he could be.
Takes inspiration from too many stories to count, but includes tropes like Slytherin Harry, awesome goblins, Dumbledore bashing, and Harry destroying any machinations laid out for him simply by existing and giving things a second thought. He refuses to be anybody's puppet.
After Harry was introduced to the wizarding world, some red flags were raised and questions left unanswered, so he decided to ditch his babysitter and return to Diagon Alley unsupervised. Harry returned to the bank and found that Dumbledore had been manipulating everything from behind the scenes. Eager to leave the Dursleys behind, Hadrian - he learned his name was - will do whatever it takes to get out from under Dumbledore's thumb, even if it means walking a darker path than expected of the Wizarding world's Savior.
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- Part 1 of Just Like You've Seen Before (JLYSB)
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Harry Potter has been Kidnapped across Timelines by TomHRichardson
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
17 Mar 2025
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AU. 19 June 1996. In the Ministry Atrium, Voldemort statuefies Harry, with the accidental help of Luna Lovegood. Dumbledore can find no way to reverse Harry’s statuefication. What is worse for Dumbledore, Harry being statuefied, so that he is not dead but is out of action, puts the Prophecy on hold, all whilst Voldemort is active. Seven days later, Albus Dumbledore conducts a ritual to summon from another timeline, a Harry Potter who already has vanquished Voldemort. The good news for Albus: The ritual summons a Harry who vanquished Luciusmort at age eleven. The bad news: The ritual also summons Harry’s girlfriend Hermione and Harry’s headmaster and mentor, “Uncle” Percival Dumbledore.
This is an H/Hr story times two.
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Harry is suspended in the summer before fifth year. Grimmauld Place may seem an unlikely refuge, with an erratic lord and a malicious house elf and a tendency to change when night falls. But a year away from Hogwarts offers opportunities, and Harry begins to learn what it means to be a ward of the House of Black.
'Magical families deal with the dead differently. The Potters bury theirs which is more of a statement than you’d think. It says ‘our kin are safe in the ground, we trust they will not rise’ - words your grandfather once said to me by the way, not something I just made up for dramatics. Other families don’t have such confidence.' - Sirius Black
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- Part 1 of The Black Seasons