This is a response to The Last Pendragons Lord Potter's Lament challenge. Harry unknowingly sets a series of events in motion during his trial in the OOTP. Will eventually be Harry/Daphne. Severus Snape will be a mentor.

Most self-inserts are exercises in vanity, and nothing says 'vanity' quite like Gilderoy Lockhart. But with a new personality and knowledge of the future, who knows? Maybe Lockhart will turn out to be a useful DADA teacher after all.

He was gone. Dead. Because of him. But the Order was wrong. It wasn't just their war anymore. It had stopped being their war long ago. Harry saw the strings, and he would no longer play the puppet. AU as of year six. UNDER MAJOR CONSTRUCTION - SUSPENDED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

After he fell through the Veil, Sirius awoke back in his eleven year old body. There was just one problem. He was four years in the past! Given a second chance to help his godson, Sirius pretends to be his own son in an effort to ruin Dumbledore's plans. Will Hogwarts be standing when Loki returns? Or will McGonagall finally retire when she finds out who Loki really is?

Hermione falls at the Ministry and Harry goes nuclear. 3rd person omniscient; alternative 6th year and beyond. HP/HG