Part 1: After the Fall
Foreword
A/N:
Let's just get this out of the way: this story is heavily AU in terms of what happened in history: it's fictional historical fiction, a what-if scenario if Grindelwald won WW2. It still adheres roughly to the rules of canon magic, with some fanon sprinkled in for good measure (expect wands, flying brooms, wards, rituals, and duels; don't expect magical cores, super duper Lord Potter, or any of the other cracky tropes). Given the historical divergence, you'll also see new locations, and locations much expanded from canon. Again: this is a world without the Statute of Secrecy. Wizards and witches can cast however many spells they want-and get away with it; they rule the world, after all.
This is also a post-Hogwarts story and a Fem!Harry story. Fem!Harrry because artistic license; I myself like reading female protagonists, so it follows that I like writing them too. Not to worry, I try to remain true to her canon characterization as much as possible, alongside other characters too (some have been irreparably changed by living in a magical dictatorship, though). As for post-Hogwarts: Emily Potter had a relatively normal 7 years learning magic (albeit with more dark magic). She didn't kill a professor, fight a Basilisk, rescue her Godfather, compete in a tournament, train a vigilante group, find the secrets of Voldemort, or hunt horcruxes. There was drama, but only of the normal, teenage variety.
Why? Well, I don't want to rehash canon-even be tempted to do so. So instead, Emily just had a normal seven years with no adventures. And, for the canon, non-meta explanation: in this world, Dumbledore's presumed dead, Snape is the Headmaster, and Voldemort is Grindelwald's trusted number 2. Not much room for adventures in this controlled environment; and besides, I wanted to tell a story of revolution and war, not of schoolyard plots and whatnot.
Given the setting, this is also a dystopian story that veers on the darker side of things. People will die, get tortured, get betrayed, and so on.
