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Founder: Shadow Riser - Stories: 27 - Followers: 0 - id: 123180
An array of fics wherin the auther changes one event, person, or sentence, creating an AU, most Harry-centric. All with at least tolerable spelling, some slash, some mentor!fics, some wrong-boy-who-lived - come here for a collection of the best fanfics out there! |
The White Wave by
WhiteWave14 reviews
When a devastating curse wipes out most of the British Wizarding community, the Unspeakables come up with a solution: Harry is to be sent back in time to infiltrate the Death Eaters, find the creator of the White Wave and prevent it from ever existing. But Harry soon becomes tangled in a complicated web of lies, mixed loyalties and conniving Dark Lords. HPLV slash, Nondark Harry
Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 6 - Words: 35,267 - Reviews: 376 - Favs: 839 - Follows: 1,205 - Updated: 3/16/2014 - Published: 12/20/2013 - Harry P., Voldemort
Family Bonds by
xXDesertRoseXx reviews
When, after that fateful Halloween night, the wrong Potter twin is hailed the Boy Who Lived, how will Harry's life turn out? With a power he knows not, an ancient prophecy and one Severus Snape practically raising him, interesting at least is a given.
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Family/Adventure - Chapters: 76 - Words: 517,184 - Reviews: 8236 - Favs: 8,116 - Follows: 8,213 - Updated: 7/5/2014 - Published: 1/8/2012 - Harry P., Severus S.
The Sanctuary by
HuskyWalker reviews
After losing everything and on the run, Harry will do anything to keep Teddy safe, even if it means to travel back in time. He hadn't counted on their family growing, but Dark Lords, noisy old wizards, werewolves and much more keep uprooting his peace. Slash. EWE.
Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Family/Adventure - Chapters: 11 - Words: 113,506 - Reviews: 1636 - Favs: 5,447 - Follows: 6,631 - Updated: 6/9/2015 - Published: 7/27/2014 - [Harry P., Voldemort] Severus S., Teddy L.
Casting Moonshadows by
Moonsign reviews
Lonely and outcast by his classmates, Remus wishes on a moonshadow for a friend who understands him. To his amazement his wish is answered not once, but three times, by his former enemies, the Marauders. SBRL and some JPLE as well, of course.
Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 86 - Words: 393,500 - Reviews: 8737 - Favs: 5,630 - Follows: 5,181 - Updated: 9/19/2017 - Published: 2/5/2007 - Remus L., Sirius B.
Harry Potter and the Marauders of the Mind by
Moonsign reviews
Post-DH, Pre-Epilogue. The Wizarding world is slowly recovering, and Hogwarts is re-opened. Harry Potter struggles to become a good DADA teacher, but it’s hard when a large portion of his mind is commandeered by four familiar Marauders. Slash and het.
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Humor/Family - Chapters: 28 - Words: 151,840 - Reviews: 2136 - Favs: 2,698 - Follows: 2,987 - Updated: 1/8 - Published: 5/5/2008 - Harry P.
Promises Unbroken by
Robin4 reviews
Sirius Black remained the Secret Keeper and everything he feared came to pass. Ten years later, James and Lily live, Harry attends Hogwarts, and Voldemort remains…yet the world is different and nothing is as it seems. AU, updated for HBP.
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Drama/Adventure - Chapters: 41 - Words: 170,882 - Reviews: 3226 - Favs: 3,939 - Follows: 1,125 - Updated: 10/6/2003 - Published: 2/24/2003 - Sirius B., Remus L., James P., Severus S. - Complete
Boyfriend by
Molly Raesly reviews
Potter was going to say that he wasn't my boyfriend. I couldn't let him do that. For the love of Merlin, I could not let him do that. I had to stop him. He couldn't tell her the truth. So I did the only conceivable thing I could think of. I kissed him.
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 17 - Words: 136,472 - Reviews: 2647 - Favs: 5,935 - Follows: 1,448 - Updated: 12/29/2010 - Published: 11/30/2009 - Lily Evans P., James P. - Complete
Prince of the Dark Kingdom by
Mizuni-sama reviews
Ten years ago, Voldemort created his kingdom. Now a confused young wizard stumbles into it, and carves out a destiny. AU. Nondark Harry. MentorVoldemort. VII Ch.8 In which someone is dead, wounded, or kidnapped in every scene.
Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Drama/Adventure - Chapters: 147 - Words: 1,253,480 - Reviews: 11174 - Favs: 7,679 - Follows: 6,851 - Updated: 6/17/2014 - Published: 9/3/2007 - Harry P., Voldemort
Little Seer by
HuskyWalker reviews
Voldemort won the first war. Harry is happy to live as an unnoticed squib at Hogwarts. Unfortunately, visions and rebels don't allow that and Harry soon catch the attention of the dark lord.
Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Hurt/Comfort/Romance - Chapters: 38 - Words: 328,315 - Reviews: 2593 - Favs: 5,864 - Follows: 4,678 - Updated: 6/27/2014 - Published: 7/22/2012 - Harry P., Voldemort - Complete
Against the Moon by
Stoplight Delight reviews
The odds were stacked against him: a child from a blended home with no friends, no social skills to speak of, and a terrible secret. Yet slowly Remus Lupin began to discover there was a place for him in the world, if he could find the courage to claim it.
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Drama/Angst - Chapters: 134 - Words: 852,703 - Reviews: 4909 - Favs: 1,696 - Follows: 1,638 - Updated: 10/2/2017 - Published: 8/19/2011 - Sirius B., Remus L., James P., Peter P.
A Father's Sin by
Severitus reviews
Secrets, prophecies, animagi, and the Serpent‘s Children--a dark secret is revealed that will change Harry and Snape’s lives forever. But will it be for good, or for evil?
Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Angst/Horror - Chapters: 47 - Words: 173,409 - Reviews: 4061 - Favs: 2,820 - Follows: 1,477 - Updated: 7/9/2009 - Published: 1/18/2002 - Harry P., Severus S.
Blood Magic by
GatewayGirl reviews
Blood magic was supposed to keep Harry safe, but his relatives are expendable. Blood magic was supposed to keep Harry looking like his adoptive father, but it's wearing off. Blood is a bond, but so is the memory of hate -- or love.
Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Angst - Chapters: 65 - Words: 244,191 - Reviews: 2266 - Favs: 2,312 - Follows: 663 - Updated: 2/21/2004 - Published: 6/19/2003 - Severus S., Harry P.
In Blood Only by
E.M. Snape reviews
Snape is Harry's father. No one is happy to hear it. [R due to colorful language, dark themes, and nongraphic violence.]
Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Drama - Chapters: 45 - Words: 185,251 - Reviews: 3919 - Favs: 3,487 - Follows: 1,039 - Updated: 8/15/2006 - Published: 8/24/2004 - Harry P., Severus S. - Complete
Victory Day by
WhiteWave14 reviews
Harry grew up in a Rebel camp with Sirius after Voldemort's triumph over Wizarding Britain. Burdened by the Prophecy, he begins to doubt the Rebels' morals and slowly gets caught in his fascination for a certain Dark Lord. AU. Slow-paced slash, HPLV.
Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 54 - Words: 301,376 - Reviews: 1801 - Favs: 2,388 - Follows: 1,613 - Updated: 12/6/2013 - Published: 1/16/2013 - [Harry P., Voldemort] - Complete
Harry Potter and the Boy Who Lived by
The Santi reviews
Harry Potter loves, and is loved by, his parents, his godfather, and his brother. He isn’t mistreated, abused, or neglected. So why is he a Dark Wizard? NonBWL!Harry. Not your typical Harry’s brother is the Boy Who Lived story.
Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Adventure - Chapters: 12 - Words: 147,796 - Reviews: 4607 - Favs: 11,688 - Follows: 11,880 - Updated: 1/3/2015 - Published: 9/3/2009 - Harry P.
The Rise of a Dark Lord by
Little.Miss.Xanda reviews
Dumbledore was sure he had made the right choice. Ten years later Harry shows him just how wrong he was. With little regard for most, Harry makes a name for himself at Hogwarts, and shows everyone that he is far more than just the BWL. In doing that he attracts the attention of the Dark Lord, making Voldemort believe that the Boy-Who-Lived could be far more than an enemy.
Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 22 - Words: 239,985 - Reviews: 5026 - Favs: 11,654 - Follows: 12,201 - Updated: 4/14/2015 - Published: 6/8/2012 - Harry P., Tom R. Jr.
Fate's Favourite by
The Fictionist reviews
You always get the stories where Harry goes back into Tom Riddle's time, then either stays or gets sent back. End of, unless he tries to make Voldemort good. But what if things went differently? What if, just once, someone followed a time traveller back?
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Friendship/Drama - Chapters: 150 - Words: 315,333 - Reviews: 6166 - Favs: 4,517 - Follows: 2,142 - Updated: 7/5/2016 - Published: 2/7/2010 - Harry P., Tom R. Jr. - Complete
Butterfly Heart by
The Fictionist reviews
AU. Silence of the Lambs/Hannibal inspired. After recent events in his life, Hermione refers Harry to the renowned psychiatrist, Doctor T. Riddle. He is unlike anything Harry ever expected or imagined, and soon proves to be a great help against the very shadows and name that haunts his waking hours. If only it remained that simple.
Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Horror/Romance - Chapters: 40 - Words: 109,748 - Reviews: 1894 - Favs: 1,795 - Follows: 1,523 - Updated: 1/1/2017 - Published: 4/5/2013 - Harry P., Voldemort, Tom R. Jr. - Complete
Solace in Shadows by
The Fictionist reviews
When Harry is kidnapped by a seemingly sixteen year old Tom Riddle at the end of his second year, he's convinced that he would do absolutely anything to escape – but "anything" can be a dangerous conviction to have, and even heroes can grow tired of fighting without hope. Sometimes, survival means making a home in the dark… Warning: Deals with Stockholm Syndrome and dark themes.
Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Drama - Chapters: 66 - Words: 190,997 - Reviews: 4160 - Favs: 3,041 - Follows: 3,406 - Updated: 10/1/2016 - Published: 3/17/2012 - Harry P., Voldemort, Tom R. Jr.
Dancing with Deceit by
The Fictionist reviews
AU. In the wake of Grindelwald's defeat, a new Dark Lord is rising to power in England. New-Auror Harry Potter is on the case - but with growing links to a mysterious figure from his past, things are anything but simple. You get those stories where Tom Riddle grows up with Harry Potter, transforms for the good, and Voldemort never exists. This is not one of those stories.
Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 8 - Words: 21,275 - Reviews: 1045 - Favs: 1,272 - Follows: 1,610 - Updated: 7/30/2015 - Published: 1/24/2013 - Harry P., Tom R. Jr.
Ice Crux by
Hermione Prime reviews
The Boy-Who-Lived didn't exist. Voldemort attained the final victory. As a feared authoritarian figure, he rules the Wizarding World and Hogwarts in the shadows. And when a magically talented Harry Potter arrives at Hogwarts, he attracts the unwanted attention of the Dark Lord. Following a magnificent duel Harry is blackmailed into becoming his second apprentice.
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort/Adventure - Chapters: 24 - Words: 93,126 - Reviews: 912 - Favs: 1,293 - Follows: 929 - Updated: 2/23/2013 - Published: 11/2/2012 - Harry P., Voldemort - Complete
The Art of Hidden Personas by
whitedwarf reviews
HP/LV Harry grows up relying on only himself until his adoption, when he is taught the manners and politics of high pureblood circles. Masking his dark intelligence at Hogwarts & intending to escape notice, past secrets and Dark Lords force his hidden hand.
Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Romance/Adventure - Chapters: 30 - Words: 199,424 - Reviews: 5597 - Favs: 7,331 - Follows: 8,484 - Updated: 1/5/2016 - Published: 1/18/2010 - Harry P., Voldemort
Love's Loathing by
The Fictionist reviews
Lord Voldemort is the head of Magical Britain. Harry Potter is a rebel leader in charge of the last scraps of resistance against his regime. Things would be difficult enough even if they hadn't once been lovers.
Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 19 - Words: 57,242 - Reviews: 1025 - Favs: 1,263 - Follows: 1,310 - Updated: 2/4/2017 - Published: 9/8/2013 - Harry P., Voldemort, Tom R. Jr. - Complete
Death of Today by
Epic Solemnity reviews
COMPLETE LV/HP: Raised in a Muggle orphanage, Harry arrives at Hogwarts a bitter boy. Unusually intelligent, he's recruited by the Unspeakables and the Death Eaters at a young age. As he grows older, he constantly has to struggle to keep his footing around a manipulative and bored Dark Lord, who fancies mind games and intellectual entertainment.
Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Suspense/Adventure - Chapters: 71 - Words: 500,882 - Reviews: 8378 - Favs: 9,358 - Follows: 4,725 - Updated: 7/2/2018 - Published: 9/26/2009 - [Voldemort, Harry P.] Lily Evans P., Lucius M. - Complete
Dreams and Darkness Collide by
Epic Solemnity reviews
AUSLASH! Though he was raised without the expectation of saving the world, Harry still possesses a savior complex. Only, it's so dark and twistedly immoral, he created an alter ego to practice vigilantism. His second identity makes a name for himself and immediately ensnares Minister Riddle's complete and obsessive attention. A game of cat and mouse begins and morals are questioned
Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Crime/Horror - Chapters: 30 - Words: 215,747 - Reviews: 2450 - Favs: 3,527 - Follows: 3,887 - Updated: 8/14/2016 - Published: 5/16/2011 - [Harry P., Voldemort] Kingsley S.