Because Tom Riddle and Lily Potter were brilliant. Harry James Potter wakes up on his eighth birthday knowing terrible, great love. Ravenclaw Harry, soul-merging.

Harry has the ability to learn the history of any object he touches, whether he wants to or not.

Successful campaigns cannot be fought when its leaders have different goals. Book Two of the What A Difference A Father Makes series.

He was a genius, the most gifted mind since Nicholas Flammel. Unfortunately Harry Potter is also not exactly 'all there'. He is rude, unmotivated and doesn't give a crap who knows it. Can Hogwarts change this, or will he get bored of magic too. After all, 'if everything comes easy, everything is boring'.

AU. Harry always knew to get out before it hits the fan. After Voldemort's resurrection, he grabs Sirius and leaves Britain for the bigger world on a vacation he wanted all his life. His ability to outrun destiny and Harry Potter brand luck is up to debate, though. Artificier!Harry, world exploration, magical races, no bashing. Abandon all cliches, ye who enter here.

Rose Potter, a Metamorphmagus, has grown up as a girl for most of her life, and firmly believes she is a girl. How will she cope at Hogwarts, when everyone believes she is Harry Potter, a boy? Full Summary and more inside. Rose/Hermione/Susan (Friendship, slight budding fem-slash romance for now) Girl!Metamorphmagus!Harry ABANDONED.

"... and while the Basilisk venom simmers, add a dash of Soul. Gently stir in the phoenix tears and garnish with some Mother's Sacrifice. Your freak of magic is now ready to be served". AU GoF packed with dark truths,betrayal, and new hopes. The world has no idea what was awoken deep under those stone halls...

A gift from Sirius at end of Year 3 causes Harry to learn about darkness of Marauders and more importantly of his parents. Follow a genetically gifted Harry as he struggles with Academics, Love, Lust, Dark Wizards and his ever growing addiction to Dark Arts. Reasonably Strong Dark Arts Harry! Alive Sirius! Minor Humour! Rated M because I am a pervert.

Harry didn't need his aunt and uncle to tell him he was a freak. He had known since the first time he had met other boys... and girls. trans!harry.

Harry's encounter with Voldemort in the end of the first book didn't end like we thought. Riddle didn't pass an opportunity to screw with the boy's brain. In the end, that small difference ended up changing Harry into someone who would become so much more than merely "Dark Lord's equal"...

Harry Potter is not standing up in his crib when the Killing Curse strikes him, and the cursed scar has far more terrible consequences. But some souls will not be broken by horrible circumstance. Some people won't let the world drag them down. Strong men rise from such beginnings, and powerful gifts can be gained in terrible curses. (HP/HG, Scientist!Harry)

The Mind is a fragile thing, it can withstand the torment that is life and keep dreaming for a better tomorrow but even the strongest of minds break. Harry finds out just how much support he has, his French Love, his God-Father and his family, his friends, but they cannot save him from his darker side. The Snake eats its tail. Gray-Split Harry, Some OOC and Good Bella and Dumbles.

After dying during the First Task, Harry finds someone to be treating his life like a Video game. Given the option to go back, he does, but now everything is different and he's not sure if he'd going insane. What is a HUD and why are there bars and symbols in his vision? Videogame!Fic

Why is it when you're drunk you come up with the greatest ideas! Well they aren't really great, especially when your father and his best friend, forget they did this and it comes back to bite you squarely in the ass. Thanks James, thanks Sirius. Marriage is a beautiful thing, when you are aware of it. But what happens when you're 15? HP/NM/AB Response to a whitetigerwolf challenge

In the summer prior to fifth year, Andromeda Tonks finds out her daughter Nymphadora has set her sights on Remus Lupin. She's not happy with this, and tricks Tonks into going for Harry Potter instead. What starts out as a way to "get back" at her parents, turns into an uncommon romance... Canon until the start of Book 5 'Order of the Phoenix', mild lemons. / No updates, on hold.

A small difference in the Chamber of Secrets, thrusts Harry and Ginny onto a different path. What happens now that they are living amid the flames?

They had a plan, formulated from before they were even born. That plan died. From its ashes rises a Harry Potter no longer willing, or able, to let others fight his battles for him. Outgunned, outclassed, outmatched, nonetheless Harry will take up the sword to change not only Britain, but the world.

There is a reason why everyone wants a piece of Harry Potter; the twelve-year-old is considered a prodigy by the Wizarding World, after all. But Harry has chosen his side. The Headmaster and Minister of Magic can try as they might - Harry is a dark wizard. Now...if only he could get in touch with the elusive, recently resurrected Voldemort. Sequel to Enveloped in the Darkness.

The second war with Voldemort never really ended, and there were no winners, certainly not Harry Potter who has lost everything. What will Harry do when a ritual from Voldemort sends him to another world? How will he manage in this new world in which he never existed, especially as he sees familiar events unfolding? Harry/Multi eventually.

Raised in magic by a loving family, trained by one of the best Aurors the DMLE has ever seen for a war always on the horizon and the world has a very different Boy-Who-Lived on their hands. Book One of the What A Difference A Father Makes series.

As per the Hat's decision, Harry gets Sorted into Slytherin upon his arrival in Hogwarts—and suddenly, the future isn't what it used to be.

Harry was left at an orphanage after his parents met their demise. There, he finds nothing but suffering until he rejoins the Wizarding World. Dumbledore may hope for Harry to be a kind soul, but he's made mistakes. And what he gets is a future Death Eater. Harry is Dark, Harry is ruthless, and he is siding with Voldemort.

[HIATUS!]Deliciously Dark. Evil too. Bellatrix finds baby Harry left with the muggles & discovers his unusual accidental magical trait, one that she finds... Very Appealing. She decides to keep and groom him to be their next Dark Lord, and enlists the aid of Narcissa. Harry/Bellatrix, quasi-harem for a reason but H/B/N overall. M for a reason. THESE CHARACTERS ARE EVIL

Hard times lead to hard choices. What's more important? Freedom, or fate? Love, or death? Harry Potter stands on the edge of a precipice, and he is not sure if the right move is to turn and fight, or fall.

The Triwizard is expanded to include duelling and quidditch tournaments. While the magical world prepares for the most exciting tournament in history,Voldemort is nearing resurrection and Harry Potter finds himself in the middle of it all. A thrilling tale of veelas, dragons, quidditch, friendship and a love that beats all. Harry and two veelas. Smart, trained Harry. HP/FD/OFC