Not every Slytherin ends up in the Snake Pit. Some cave to parental bias, some follow friends or family, and some make a calculated decision to align themselves with the most underestimated house in a bid for safety and security. Well, only one girl did that. But she read those books, no way was she dealing with all that plot. SI/OC Drabble Fic

A modern-day historian tries to survive Thedas by wit, chance, and the skin of her teeth at the questionable edges of the Inquisition. Updates: once every 10 days or so.

Basic medicine and sanitation are simple. During the Warring Clans era, they become revolutionary. [OC-Insert]

Whoever said death is nothing to be afraid of have likely lived a full life. Though, I suppose the same could be said for the reverse. Those who fear death have never truly lived, but I'm getting a little ahead of myself. My name is Kasa, the idiot who doesn't know how to die properly. And let me tell you, dying hurts. OC Self-insert COMPLETE

When the battle in the department of mysteries heads south, Harry finds herself flung backwards in time to 1942, where Tom Riddle is a prefect in his fifth year. Armed with this knowledge, but little else, Harry desperately tries to find a way home and for once in her life not screw it up. Tom, for his own part, wonders when Harry Evans will head back to the mothership. fem!Harry

When Wizard Lenin and Lily mysteriously find themselves in the Pokémon universe in Lily's second year, the pair are forced into becoming Pokémon trainers, and they, along with Ash Ketchum, travel on their journey to become Pokémon masters even as they search for a means to get home. Side fic of "Lily and the Art of Being Sisyphus"

Join Ace and the Spades Pirates as they attempt to get away with one last heist before heading into the Grand Li-who is this?

Dirty deeds are the path to a fulfilling life; it's better to watch the world burn at your feet than to burn with it. Sometimes the wish for (another) death gets to be a bit too strong. {Reincarnation/OC-centric} {cover image by tumblr user "skune"}

Instead of going to the Star Wars universe, the unwitting Eru Lee and Uchiha Obito stumble into a strange almost medieval world filled with immortal and terrifying hunter nin, clever half-sized shinobi with the all consuming goal of getting lucky, and the worst kage ever. Side fic of "Minato Namikaze and the Destroyer of Worlds", sister fic of "Finishing the Hat".

It begins in a shady North Blue town, with a tattoo artist and a polar bear on her doorstep. In all her years spent stabbing pirates with needles, Saki had never met one so shameless about having tattoos that badly done, and if it was necessary, she was going to nag him all the way across the Grand Line until he let her fix them. Slowest of burns Law/OC.

I was never afraid of dying. I lived my life to the fullest and expected it to be cut short, all because of my dangerous profession. I expected to die young. I expected hell. What I did not expect was for this shit to happen. OC-insert.

A magician reborn, what illusion will she perform next? "Ladies and Gentlemen, prepare yourself, for I am about to perform the biggest magic trick of all. To change the plot." OC. AU.

As the unwitting personification of Death, reality exists to Lily through the veil of a backstage curtain, a transient stage show performed by actors who take their roles only too seriously. But as the Girl-Who-Lived, Lily's role to play is the most important of all, and come hell or high water play it she will, regardless of how awful Wizard Lenin seems to think she is at her job.

Inspired by Silver Queen's "Dreaming of Sunshine." Ripples turn into waves and crash upon the shores of what is and what could be, and I was just someone else who got pulled under. I didn't realize that even a drowning person makes waves of their own. A SI OC story.

The Crucible dumps Shepard on Gaia. The first human Spectre becomes the first female SOLDIER, and their first Sniper. Her uncanny ability to bring reason to unreasonable situations will alter the fate of the entire planet, but especially that of her three First Class friends. FF7 / ME3

Or in which Alluka isn't really Alluka but dont tell her new parents that - they already have enough reasons to want her dead as it is. SI-as-Alluka Zoldyck. AU. Alluka-is-Killua's-twin.

Her new father was the Shoten shop keeper from that one anime with the swords. Shimei could only wonder what woman was crazy enough to get it on with Mr. Hat n' Clogs? Because really, Kisuke Urahara was NOT father material. SI-as-Urahara's-daughter.

Jackie Carson, a mild-mannered hairstylist, finds herself in a dangerous world after a weekend camping trip goes awry. Bradas Sarayn, a dark elf on the run, finds himself stuck in Skyrim and facing the possibility that he might be more than an ordinary man. Time travel, realm-jumping and more!

Because sometimes a tale is too tall not to tell. Even if no one will ever believe her, this isn't Riskua's first shot at life. It is her first time as the 'big sister' of the nuisance that is Monkey D. Luffy however. Self Insert. (slow burn on the pairing)

When Kagome discovers she can travel through the Bone Eater's Well five years before canon dictates, Not-Quite-Keiko finds herself taking an unexpected trip to the Feudal Era—and not by choice. But if she doesn't keep Kagome out of trouble, who will? There she meets familiar faces, but do they belong to friend or foe? [A "Lucky Child" side story.] [New prologue/first chapter]

After refusing to accept devastating losses in the war against Voldemort, Hermione goes back in time to change it all. A different sort of time travel - Hermione/Grindelwald

When a Yu Yu Hakusho fan dies and is reincarnated in Keiko's body, she's faced with a difficult decision: Should she stay true to her former self, or should she follow Keiko's script? Not-Quite-Keiko must choose between honoring the anime or forging a destiny of her own making—but can she afford to be herself when one wrong move could rewrite history? [SI!Keiko, updates biweekly]

Amelia Babineaux died in a sea of wine, as a daughter of Dionysus she lived again. [SI, Self-Insert/OC-Insert]

Sayu Yagami is such a pretty name, meant for a very pretty little girl - not a dead twenty-three year old who'd somehow managed to hijack her body (but one must learn to adapt). Not your typical reincarnation story, or maybe it is.

When Goku and Krillin are sent to find Roshi a 'Pichi Pichi girl', a woman falling through the sky interferes with the destiny that had previously been laid out for them. When Sakura's strength wavers at a critical moment, she falls through dimensions and the destiny she worked so hard for vanishes into dreams. AU: If Goku and Krillin brought Sakura Haruno home instead of Launch.

Lucien cracks a condescending grin, feels her eyes staring up at him intensely as her fingers curl themselves around his wrist and give a futile push trying to free herself. "You should see mine," he says accompanied by a deep resounding chuckle that fills what little space remains between them.

Ignoring the rebirth, I had a peaceful life. School, dyslexia, step-family, ADHD, and camp. Even when Percy Jackson entered Camp Half-Blood, nothing particularly exciting came into my life, but of course, I probably jinxed myself. Self-Insert OC. Eventual romance.

Life as a ninja. It starts with confusion and terror and doesn't get any better from there. OC Self-insert. No pairings.

Her classmates at Meiou may think that she's a fidgety weirdo, but she knows that nobody is stranger than Shuuichi Minamino. Be it chance or fate what made them meet at the local hospital, Makoto's uneventful life would never be the same again after that day. [Slight Kurama/OC.]

The Master of Death is a dangerous title; many would claim to hold a position greater than Death. Harry is pulled to Middle-earth by the Witch King of Angmar in an attempt to bring Morgoth back to Arda. A year later Angmar falls and Harry is freed. What will he do with the eternity granted to him? Story begins 1000 years before LotR. Eventual major canon divergence.

Harry Potter wakes in 1943, with golden scars littering his skin, and a headache. Who knew what time turner explosions could do? He decides to stay undercover until he can figure out a way to get out of this whole mess. Unfortunately, Harry was never very good at following plans. Tom Riddle didn't anticipate an interesting new arrival... but he can work with this. TMR/HP

The One True Ring, on his perilous odyssey back to Mordor, becomes acquainted with Eleanor Lily Potter and slowly begins to question the meaning of his own existence. side fic to "Lily and the Art of Being Sisyphus"

Perhaps this was divine mistake or entertainment for the gods and it might have been a little entertaining for Gin Freecs if she wasn't the one being played around. Because if there's one thing this cruel world teaches, it's self-preservation. Unfortunately, she just can't seem to get her head around it. (OC - Twin sister of Gon) (Rated M for profanities, death and Hisoka)

Only a year after Lily's participation in the fourth holy grail war in Fuyuki Japan, in the summer of 1997 Lily, Wizard Lenin, and Gilgamesh are summoned to an alternate dimension in Romania to battle in a holy war for the fate of the greater grail and consequently the freedom and hope of all mankind. Sequel to "The Demiurge"

"Children of Misfortune" is a "Lucky Child" companion series. Includes side stories, deleted scenes, alternate POV retellings, omakes and oneshots that didn't make it into the main storyline. Contains spoilers; read at your own risk. LATEST: Yusuke lashes out. Kurama offers counsel. Set during LC Dark Tournament; potential spoilers through chapter 87 of LC.

It was a chance of a lifetime, but was she up to it? Taking up the role of fairy godmother, Kagome sets out to defeat Voldemort to fulfill Harry's wish – during the Marauder's time at Hogwarts. It was her second chance – to live and to love. Could one person really change so much? Eventual Sirius/Kagome; James/Lily

"They're staring at us." "Probably because we both look like we just crawled out of a graveyard backwards." I said dryly, leaning heavily on my bow. He laughed where he sat next to me on the steps. "Ah yes, that could well be it." — Nothing in my life has ever gone according to plan. I don't know why I thought it would now. [Sequel to Lapsus Memoriae. Full description inside.]

"... The last glimpse of sunset, a green flash shoots up into the sky... Some say—" "It signals when a soul comes back to this world from the dead." —POTC quote. The Higher Entities end up letting three souls have a second chance at life. One flash of green light the colour of death. Three souls return to the Living. History is rewritten. And Fate laughs. Warnings inside. AU-ish.

Whether it's real or not, Amy McManus finds herself in Thedas and severely limited by aphasia and suspicion. It's hard to warn people about the coming doom when you can't talk properly, and it's even worse when they might think you're the enemy. At the best, she's thought of as odd or addled, and at the worst she knows too much and could be dangerous. What's a modern girl to do?

What use is knowledge of the future when she can't bring herself to care? She owed this world nothing - this story would continue without her. Death took a chance, gambled on the wrong soul, and now she has to pay for it. No one ever said the Wizarding World would be all fun and games. Semi-Realistic SI/OC

Harry prayed for a family that would love him exactly once in his childhood; he thought his prayer went unanswered. After the death of the Dark Lord and several weeks of cryptic dreams, he discovers the truth and is presented with a choice over fourteen years in the making. His soul will heal in time; his destiny is his own to write. Elfling!Harry [Discontinued]

Zack is a puppy, Reno is a cockroach, Cloud is a chocobo, Sephiroth is human, Genesis is a drama queen, Angeal just wants to take a nap and Rill is the secretary who has to clean up after all of them. Just to add to her troubles, Jenova is stirring... Begins just prior to Crisis Core and will cover that entire game. Part 1 of 2.

[The page is covered with a cartoon drawing of a dragon with sharp teeth, a round belly, and large eyes. The dragon has its tongue out, hissing, with it's tiny wings outstretched threateningly. In barely eligible handwriting, the caption reads 'fuck off'.] Excerpts from the private journal of Mihren; companion to The Hero of Ferelden, The Champion of Kirkwall, and the Inquisitor.

Life in the world of One Piece…isn't so great as one would think. Of course, I'm in no position to talk, considering how lucky I've been. Though, if there's one thing I've learned the hard way since my first life, it's that luck eventually runs out. SI OC [Cover Art: kurobook]

She's just a woman who's gone through her entire life with a plan to guide her, but when she suddenly finds herself as the main character of a series where unpredictability is the norm, she gladly rips apart the one thing that has suffocated her for years and thinks, "To hell with it." SI!OC-as-Fem!Luffy and Different!DF. Ratings may change over time.

Harry is the girl who wanders in and out of time. Tom knows nothing about her, and despite the fact she has whisked him away from the orphanage to live with her, he's starting to think he never really will either. Regardless, he is determined to never let her go, not even in the face of time, space, or dark lords. timetravel

Not going to school would have been way too much effort, and besides, Harry had promised that since last year was a bit boring, he was going to not try to avoid everything this year..

The first time Ace met Gol D. Roger, world's worst father, he was offered a chance go back in time and protect the lovable, rubber-brained idiot he'd died for. Not thinking twice, Ace accepted, ready to kick ass, right wrongs and protect his family. A growing attraction to a messy-haired, dark-eyed little girl that's supposed to be his brother was not in the plan… fem!Luffy, AceLu

Elizabeth Riddle knows too much about things that prove to be both out of time and mostly useless as her twin brother searches for the castle where eternity dwells and the revolution which must open its doors. AU SI insert.

The year is 1943. The Chamber lies unopened and Grindlewald roams unchecked. Neither Tom Riddle nor Albus Dumbledore is satisfied with the situation. Luckily when Hogwarts is attacked they'll both have other things to worry about.

With Lucifer in the cage and the Apocalypse averted everyone thought life was going back to normal but Life and Death are rarely that convenient and no one is content with with their share any more. !A sequel to Illusions of Grandeur! Mild spoilers and swearing, not canoncentric

Harry was never the only person with a penchant for tripping into the most absurd of situations. Reincarnated!Hermione. Somewhat darker than the usual take on Naruto. Political machinations. Character progression. Strong friendship, no romance.

When a humble wanderer whose only goal is to see the world gets caught in the crossfire between forces they never wanted to deal with, what are they to do? Keep your head low and try to get through it as painlessly as possible, she supposes. Which is also why she supposes she ends up doing the exact opposite.

In which Tom is the DADA professor at Hogwarts, secretly recruiting followers for his future army, and Harry is the worst Divination professor ever, accidentally messing up Tom's plans. Drabble series. Eventual TMRxHP.

Newt/Harry, Timetravel Shenanigans, Canon Divergent. His plan was to avoid changing the timeline. He knew he wouldn't be able to resist if the opportunity presented itself. So he fled to Africa, where opportunity found him instead.

Michi Kuroki would give anything to close her territory, to cut off her link to the Loom of Life, a tapestry of brilliant emotion and feeling and connection that colors every soul she meets. So when she encounters the beguiling Shuichi Minamino and his muted Loom, she's captivated. But like so much else since her territory thrust her into the occult, is he not what he seems?

This isn't the first time she's been reborn into the body of an infant, but it's definitely the most interesting. (T for any swearing) (Sirius/OC) (I don't own Harry Potter and I never will).

The first Devil Fruit Monkey D. Lucillia finds is an electric blue peach covered in swirly white zeroes and ones. Now there's a glowing box above her head calling her the Gamer and she can't swim anymore. All Lucy knows is that her INT status is depressingly low… fem!Luffy, AceLu, different DF!Luffy, Gamer!Luffy, Zoan!Luffy

Upon entering the world of Death Note Anna Jones considers her survival and the prices she is willing to pay.

A single drop in the ocean and a tidal wave is born. Lily's life is pure chaos from the moment she wakes up and finds herself reincarnated into the world of One Piece. And with none other than Monkey D. Luffy as her twin brother it's not bound to get any easier anytime soon. OC Self-insert.

Converting elf fans to dwarf fans one chapter at a time.

In which Shikamaru falls in love but doesn't know what he's supposed to do about it. / Shikamaru x OC / All because the writer was semi-inspired by a Cash Cash song which this story is titled after.

Once again, Kei's infamous luck spurs a brand new adventure. Only this time, there's no foreknowledge, a giant grumpy turtle monster not where he's supposed to be, and an ocean full of possibilities and danger in the same breath. She just knows she has to find some way to get home to Konoha. And what is all this business about pirates, anyway? (A Catch Your Breath side-story.)

Sequel to A Blighted Beginning. Across the sea, a country proclaimed her as the Hero of Ferelden. The girl from our world was no hero—she simply moved onto the next life. Now follower to the soon to be Champion of Kirkwall, the little sparrow will not be overcome by the mighty hawk's shadow.

Her name is Emma Fletcher and that's all she knows. Helped by a creature with horns and then dumped into a city of people who need some serious hygiene pointers, Emma tries to fit into a world that feels wrong and find out who she is. Along the way, she may make some very unlikely friends, in the form of a dashing man named Hawke and his mismatched company. (T rating may change)

Taking place right after Korra saves Kuvira from destruction by her own spirit energy cannon. Not only was the result another Spirit Portal opening in the heart of Republic City, but a gateway has torn through reality itself. The World of Benders has been opened to the universe of Fallout 4. Can Korra find her way through a world ravaged by atomic fire? (Adopted from Worldwalker14)

Camille goes grocery shopping on a Tuesday and ends up with an adventure she could do very well without. ( OC. / world-drop. )

Recondite – dealing with very profound, difficult or abstruse subject matter. In the mind of a 24 year old professional chess player, apparent death and reincarnation into a world of ninja certainly falls under the category of "recondite". Semi SI / OC insert

As if being reborn into One Piece isn't bad enough, of course she ends up thirty years before the actual story begins. Forget trying to survive everything the world can throw at her, before any of that, she has to survive childhood as a member of the Monkey family. Self Insert

It was crucial, Tommy had said, that they arrived in the Third Age. The Third Age was the best age, that sweet spot in the timeline where they could do the most good without destroying the future. Tommy was dead though, and Lucy was lost: deposited unto the care of one hapless Glorfindel. Noldor were not to be trifled with, she learned belatedly. Doom was never far behind them. AU

Voldemort is dead. The Wizarding World is at peace. Five years in and Magnolia Potter could say that there was very little at this point that could surprise her. It isn't until she awakes to the massive, swirling hole in the sky that she seriously starts to reconsider her stance. Fem!Harry

For once, Cloud has his life sorted out. Going from delivery boy to travelling healer in the post-Meteor world, he finally has peace. When Denzel travels back through time, he has to leave it all behind to help his son in the world he thought he escaped. But taking Hojo's job? That was an accident. Mostly.

Gabriel has a goddaughter and what he learns about her during his time with her, inpresses him. But what will happen when she is drawen deaper in to her worlds chaos and what is he willing to do to keep her safe. And why are his brothers so intrested in her in the first place. First Part of Righteous Man, Devil Boy and Divine Magic

Because there's a time to shout "screw the plot!" and a time to step back and ask "wait, where's the plot?" Or: How I'm the dumb schmuck who got apparently invalid foreknowledge. SI/OC AU

Harry is dead and the world has moved on. But then, so has she. A different world, a different life. And no need to be the "Hero". -As if Death would ever make it so easy.- FemHarry

I hoisted Gaara up off of the ground impatiently and knelt down to his eye level "Next time someone picks on you, don't get emotional and lash out at them, come and get me and I'll handle it for you, got it?" I asked. He sniffled a bit, then grabbed my sleeve in a death grip and nodded silently. I ruffled his hair "Good, now let's get outta here before Yashamaru throws a hissy fit"

When someone dies and is reborn, especially reborn into a fictional world, one would assume that their first reaction would be to change the world around them to their liking. I'm here to tell you that what I did was, in fact, the exact opposite. I'm the girl who went out of her way to change absolutely nothing. Why? Because fate chose wrong. I'm not a hero. SI

There's something in the Shinra computer system that doesn't belong to the time. Accidentally sent back into the past as an artificial intelligence, the ghost in the machine is not happy, but what can be done but make good of a bad situation? (Time-travel!Cloud)

Issue #3.5: A series of one-shots and scenes for Dr. Banner, the incredible Hulk, and Bridgette Smith, the scenes that would most likely not work with their current story line. Our favorite temperamental scientist and glitched super soldier together in a series of protons and electrons. Will contain spoilers from The Girl Who Can't Be Moved/The Ricochet/Faux Pas.

And here Harry had thought being the Master of Death was just a frivolous title.

"Who is she? That, my dear hobbit, is a question with many answers," Gandalf chortled, pipe in hand and eyes twinkling merrily, "Perhaps some, I will never know." OP OC-insert. Drabbles.

Funny thing about being reborn in the Naruto world... SI/OC insert. Crack treated seriously and realistically.

A wise man once said death is but the next great adventure. Cassie never thought he'd meant it quite so literally. No romance.

There are certain codes one must follow when inducted into the brotherhood. Traditions long since forsaken with the death of the previous listener, yet the Dovahkiin has still managed to break them all anyway. Hinted, Lucien x Dovahkiin. Spoilers.