With all the crappy stuff Harry goes through at Hogwarts, the smart money would be on him transferring to a different, better school early in his career. Here’s one way it might have happened. No planned pairings.

When Severus Snape finds a certain brat-who-lived out after curfew the year after Voldemort's return, it starts a chain of events that he wouldn't have imagined in his wildest dreams. Or nightmares.

After the Events of his fifth year Harry is angry. Fed up with Dumbledore's lies, half truth and deceits, he will no longer allow anyone to dictate his life. He trains very hard and along the way makes some startling discoveries. He discovers who he is.

Suppose the Marauders torture hadn't driven Snape to Voldemort and he had been the better man. What would the future have looked like? Warning: may now contain DH spoilers.

Completed - Harry finally understand the Power the dark lord knows not but now it is too late to use. Taking one final chance to succeed, Harry risks everything to secure a future. HarryGinny RonHermione

Harry receives a letter regarding his inheritance after Sirius' death, changing the course of history for everyone in the wizarding world. powerful!Harry. Manipulative!Dumbledore. HHR.

WIP. Harry makes a different choice in King's Cross and is given the double edged gift of a second chance. Time Travel AU, DH canon.

Harry aged 5 is shunned by his family when his little sister is thought to be the girlwholived. his life is miserable! this all changes when he recieves a letter from Craven Irvin! adventures, family feuds, etc, own story! chapter 14 is up!

Harry and Ginny are not all they seem to be and a new prophecy guides them forward. Voldemort threatens to destroy the balance of the world and salvation can only com from, 'these two bonded...' (HarryGinny, AU, Posted once again)

Starting minutes after HBP ended, follow along as Harry begins his journey to collect the Horcruxes and fulfull his destiny... HHR...

Time Travel A 30 year old Harry succeeded in fulfilling the prophecy, but there's nothing left to live for. Harry executes a risky scheme, that will have him fighting against fate itself. GreyHarry Independent Powerful Harry Slight Dumbledore Bashing

A seventh-year saga that begins one hour after Dumbledore's funeral. Harry gets some unexpected and unexpectedly useful help from the Muggle World...so much that wonders whether the power he knows not is actually the British monarchy! HHr, RWLL

A week after Sirius falls through the veil, Harry receives a gift, which might hold the answers he's been looking for.

Nine years after Harry Potter disappears from the Wizarding World, Hermione thinks she found a clue to his location. She travels halfway around the world, but is unprepared for what she finds. Story has been abandoned for a long time, but officially as of 9/22/2016. Rated M for language

An objection is raised to Albus Dumbledore's placement of Harry Potter in a Muggle household. The Wizengamot makes a startling decision that will change the course of history...

The heir to the throne is stolen as a baby, but no trace of the prince was ever found. Years passed, and the king gradually lost hope. Then one day...

When vampires come calling at 4 Privet Drive, what fate is in store for Harry Potter? post OotP, vampires, Padfoot, and other fun stuff!

Harry has had enough of being everyone elses pawn...and so have his friends. Its time they took their futures into their own hands. Post OotP Sixth Year fic, not quite HBP compliant. WARNING not particularly fastpaced, yet! :

Abandoned. Harry's life changes when he's asked to join the Unspeakables. Forget Hogwarts! Follow Harry as he takes his destiny into his own hands with the help of the secret organization. What is Voldemort planning... and what's this about the Quibbler?

After the events of the DOM, Harry starts to slowly reevaluate his life and with truths revealed and a new perspective, he gets at the heart of the matter and sets of on his own path to becoming the man he was destined to become. HarryMany, DarkIndependen

Discontinued, new vs. is A LIFE, REWRITTEN. A week after being sent to the Dursley's, Harry is left at an orphanage. Albus is left no choice but to fetch the child and raise him at Hogwarts under the Fidelius Charm...

AU What if someone else found Harry first on that fateful night? This is a story of one possibility. Harry grows up in a village in Japan and becomes ninja. Based on all seven books. HarryHermione ship. Enjoy!

PostOOTP. Dumbledore promised to stop hiding things from Harry, has he? And what secrets may be hidden from them both? Join Harry as he discovers that defeating Voldemort may be only the beginning. Rated M for future chapters.