Girl Genius' Animagus

by Quatermass

(Based on whitetigerwolf's 'Animagus Lover' challenge! Bashing!) Agatha Clay found an injured owl one day, and nursed him back to health. Two years later, on the day her story truly began, he revealed himself to be a wizard from another world...and he has vowed to protect her. But between Sparks, politics, dictators, and assassins from another world, will they survive?

1. Foreword

FOREWORD

One of my favourite webcomics of all time is Phil and Kaja Foglio's steampunk series Girl Genius. Summed up by the authors as taking place in an alternate universe where 'mad scientists rule the world. Badly', it's a mixture of comedy, adventure, and romance around the adventures of Agatha Clay, who later learns that that she is actually Agatha Heterodyne, the last scion of a dynasty of Sparks or mad scientists. The series also has considerable moral ambiguity: one of the main antagonists, Baron Klaus von Wulfenbach, is actually more complex and even 'good' (for a given value) for a mad scientist who is also the dictator over much of Europe.

Anyway, I've been meaning to do a Girl Genius fanfic for some time. Followers of my compilations of sample chapters and abandoned works will have seen my attempts at crossing over Girl Genius with Naruto and My Hero Academia. Those went nowhere, sadly, but this story seemed to have legs.

As with Quoth the Raven…, a Black Lagoon crossover, this story is derived from whitetigerwolf's 'Animagus Lover' challenge, where Harry ends up turning into an animal, is adopted by his later love interest, and then, in a moment of stress, changes back to normal. Here, Harry is an owl, adopted by Agatha. And sorry, Gil/Agatha fans, that's not happening. Don't despair, though, Gil will get a different pairing.

This story will go through the stations of canon, but after a certain point (partway through the Airship City arc), things will certainly deviate from Girl Genius canon in substantial ways. In what ways? Well, wait and see.

Anyway, time for the usual disclaimers. Firstly, there will be spoilers for both Harry Potter and Girl Genius.

Secondly, there will be heavy annotations, as is usual for my works. You have been warned.

Thirdly, this is an M-Rated work. There will be coarse language, violence, dark themes, and sexual references. Again, you have been warned.

Finally, the following is a fan-written work. Harry Potter and Girl Genius are the properties of their respective owners. Please support the official release. Otherwise, you'll get Wasped…and then forced to support the official release…