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Founder: Southern Hearts - Stories: 93 - Followers: 6 - id: 74684
An archive for the what ifs, the alternate paths and the different settings. Long, well-written, well thought out AUs with good characterisation and interesting plots, from Westerns to gender swops, re-imaginings of the canon to different worlds entirely.

Something Like Rebirth by Argenteus Draco reviews
An AU in which Anakin cannot be trusted by the Council, Padme rises higher than she ever intended to in politics, and Obi-Wan's death on Utapau changes the course of Galactic history.
Star Wars - Rated: K+ - English - Adventure/Friendship - Chapters: 25 - Words: 48,364 - Reviews: 204 - Favs: 93 - Follows: 136 - Updated: 11/1/2009 - Published: 10/23/2007 - Anakin Skywalker, Luke S.
In Plain Sight by Mina1 reviews
What if, in an AU where ANH never had the chance to happen, Leia learnt the truth about her heritage and decided to confront Vader and Luke with it herself? Luke, Leia, Vader. One-shot.
Star Wars - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 8,077 - Reviews: 97 - Favs: 707 - Follows: 122 - Published: 3/30/2009 - Leia O., Luke S. - Complete
Feet on the Ground by Corana reviews
AU. Luke Skywalker has grown up his father's apprentice, and can't imagine anything but serving the Emperor. But after one mission, Luke's illusions begin to shatter, and he and his father begin to plan for the future: their future. LV, LM
Star Wars - Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 8 - Words: 43,937 - Reviews: 103 - Favs: 296 - Follows: 97 - Updated: 6/15/2006 - Published: 12/10/2005 - Luke S., Darth Vader - Complete
Force Bond 4: Jedi by KittandChips reviews
AU. Fourth in a series where Luke has been raised by Vader on Coruscant. Luke is caught between his loyalty and love for the man who raised him, and his desire not to become a Sith.
Star Wars - Rated: K+ - English - Adventure/Drama - Chapters: 14 - Words: 75,975 - Reviews: 434 - Favs: 641 - Follows: 104 - Updated: 1/6/2003 - Published: 10/29/2002 - Darth Vader, Luke S. - Complete
Force Bond 3: Son by KittandChips reviews
Third in the series of an AU where Luke is raised by Vader on Coruscant. Luke is getting older and struggling to come to terms with what awaits in the future.
Star Wars - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Adventure - Chapters: 15 - Words: 133,715 - Reviews: 265 - Favs: 623 - Follows: 120 - Updated: 11/22/2005 - Published: 1/22/2002 - Darth Vader, Luke S. - Complete
Force Bond 2: Threat by KittandChips reviews
Luke finds himself moving in with a moody, secluded Sith Lord who is also his newly found father. Vader has his own set of challenges to overcome, as he struggles to come to terms with his fatherhood.
Star Wars - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Adventure - Chapters: 15 - Words: 79,739 - Reviews: 212 - Favs: 735 - Follows: 134 - Updated: 11/16/2004 - Published: 8/31/2001 - Darth Vader, Luke S. - Complete
Force Bond 1: Orphan by KittandChips reviews
AU After Owen and Beru are killed by a mysterious stranger, young Luke ends up as an orphan on Coruscant. It's a race against time as Obi-Wan struggles to find Luke before Vader realizes the boy is his son.
Star Wars - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Adventure - Chapters: 13 - Words: 49,831 - Reviews: 248 - Favs: 1,063 - Follows: 222 - Updated: 11/16/2004 - Published: 7/9/2001 - Darth Vader, Luke S. - Complete
A Semi-Unwilling Accomplice in Sort Of Everything by VelvetyNightSky reviews
AU. In which Luke Skywalker, an almost-fifteen year old slightly amnesiac galaxy-feared thief, ends up becoming a Jedi. How, he's still not sure. However, Luke does know that Master Anakin is a little weird, Princess Leia Organa is annoying as ever, and Supreme Chancellor Amidala is even freakier than Master Anakin. Oh, and there's that old Emperor guy still trying to kill him...
Star Wars - Rated: T - English - Humor/Adventure - Chapters: 10 - Words: 30,852 - Reviews: 126 - Favs: 231 - Follows: 288 - Updated: 7/20/2014 - Published: 12/22/2013 - Luke S., Anakin Skywalker, Leia O., Padmé Amidala
Consequences by Treenahasthaal reviews
A Father/son AU. What if Luke hadn't made it off the Death Star immediately following Kenobi's death?
Star Wars - Rated: T - English - Angst/Drama - Chapters: 18 - Words: 53,932 - Reviews: 780 - Favs: 985 - Follows: 1,257 - Updated: 8/30/2015 - Published: 5/2/2006 - Luke S., Darth Vader, E. Palpatine, Boba Fett
Welcome to the club by Malicean reviews
Still reeling from the revelations at Bespin – and not exactly reassured by Obi-wan's rationalizations and Yoda's last words and subsequent disappearing act – Luke had entered the coordinates for his first jump away from Dagobah more or less blindly. He had promptly come this close to splattering his X-wing all over the SSD Executor's colossal armored underbelly.
Star Wars - Rated: T - English - Family/Drama - Chapters: 60 - Words: 132,221 - Reviews: 1430 - Favs: 1,574 - Follows: 1,901 - Updated: 3/3 - Published: 3/9/2014 - Luke S., Darth Vader, F. Piett, General Veers
Truth Breeds Lies by DizzyDG reviews
When Ned Stark returns to Riverrun after Robert's Rebellion he presents Catelyn with two babies. He also presents her with a truth that will change everything. AU. Rated M.
Game of Thrones - Rated: M - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 80 - Words: 358,641 - Reviews: 1530 - Favs: 2,064 - Follows: 1,351 - Updated: 8/9/2015 - Published: 9/16/2014 - Daenerys T., Jon S., Eddard S., Robb S. - Complete
Frozen Fire by rainonmonday reviews
Eddard Stark offered her a deal. Safe return to the Seven Kingdoms but in exchange she would need to marry his son, to keep her under watch instead of killing her like Robert wanted. She accepted because she believed she could work on her plans from within. She could turn the Young Wolf in her ally. But she wasn't expecting Robb Stark not to be like the men she knew.
Game of Thrones - Rated: T - English - Romance/Adventure - Chapters: 51 - Words: 133,849 - Reviews: 1637 - Favs: 3,416 - Follows: 3,736 - Updated: 11/26/2017 - Published: 6/9/2013 - [Daenerys T., Robb S.]
Robb Stark, A Wolf King by Samwell Stark reviews
Part 2 of 'A Time for Wolves' series. Robb has returned to King's Landing to begin establishing his governance as the one true King of Westeros, and to prepare his country for the Long Night, that he knows is approaching. These preparations will take him to Essos and beyond to find Daenerys Targaryen. Amongst the chaos, Robb still finds happiness with his Queen, Margaery Tyrell.
Game of Thrones - Rated: M - English - Fantasy/Romance - Chapters: 40 - Words: 177,784 - Reviews: 1057 - Favs: 1,863 - Follows: 2,161 - Updated: 5/27 - Published: 6/19/2015 - [Robb S., Margaery T.] Daenerys T., Jon S.
Robb Stark, First of His Name by Samwell Stark reviews
Part 1 of the 'A Time for Wolves' series. In a world where Robb Stark parleyed with Renly Baratheon instead of his mother. He meets a beautiful flower of Highgarden and is met with a series of events that drastically changes his destiny from what it was meant to be. Robb Stark is a more avid player of the Game of Thrones, thanks in a large part to Margaery Tyrell's influence.
Game of Thrones - Rated: M - English - Fantasy/Romance - Chapters: 36 - Words: 68,310 - Reviews: 402 - Favs: 1,658 - Follows: 803 - Updated: 6/19/2015 - Published: 6/11/2015 - [Margaery T., Robb S.] Jon S. - Complete
Lady Stark by Jpena reviews
"I don't understand father?" She said with a puzzled brow. "Baratheon is to marry one of the Tully girls." Cersei felt such anger toward her father. "What am I to make of this father?" "You are to marry Eddard Stark, Lord of Winterfell."
Game of Thrones - Rated: M - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 94 - Words: 277,911 - Reviews: 2592 - Favs: 4,121 - Follows: 3,806 - Updated: 3/10/2018 - Published: 6/8/2014 - Eddard S., Cersei L. - Complete
Parallel axis of Sawada Tsunayoshi by Fantasy-Magician reviews
Memory of him as Vongola Decimo is a curse and blessing for Tsuna. He is set to choose his own path, far away from mafia world with his friends. Beside, he has his twin chosen for that throne. Reborn is not sure what to think of Iemitsu's older son. There's something hidden beneath those amber eyes of the charismatic president of Namimori Gakuen. M for violence only
Katekyo Hitman Reborn! - Rated: T - English - Family/Friendship - Chapters: 13 - Words: 174,281 - Reviews: 1894 - Favs: 4,997 - Follows: 4,989 - Updated: 12/26/2016 - Published: 2/25/2012 - Tsuna/Tsunayoshi S., Vongola 10th Generation, Reborn
More Than No Good by KuraiArcoiris reviews
Reborn had never disagreed with any of the ninth's decisions, but when the Vongola boss sent him to Japan to train Sawada Tamaki, the hitman started to think that the ninth had chosen the wrong twin…
Katekyo Hitman Reborn! - Rated: T - English - Drama/Friendship - Chapters: 59 - Words: 304,794 - Reviews: 3572 - Favs: 4,944 - Follows: 4,448 - Updated: 6/22/2015 - Published: 2/2/2012 - Tsuna/Tsunayoshi S., Reborn
Fallen by Confusedknight reviews
Kicked out of Page training, Kel becomes entangled in a bitter struggle for the suffering people of Scanra. Four years later she returns to Tortall, a stranger to those who once knew her, a stranger who has not forgotten the promises she made...
Protector of the Small Quartet - Rated: T - English - Adventure - Chapters: 83 - Words: 424,488 - Reviews: 12023 - Favs: 2,681 - Follows: 1,981 - Updated: 8/31/2013 - Published: 12/3/2006 - Keladry, Nealan, Raoul, Domitan - Complete
The Choice by reens reviews
Before leading the Viking warriors on a blind mission to Helheim's Gate, Stoick takes desperate measures to secure his son's future. Forcing Hiccup into marriage might be just the thing. Cover image courtesy of IvanGriscenko on deviantart.
How to Train Your Dragon - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Friendship - Chapters: 30 - Words: 52,995 - Reviews: 663 - Favs: 2,738 - Follows: 898 - Updated: 10/7/2012 - Published: 9/19/2012 - Hiccup, Astrid - Complete
Becoming Lífþrasir by Midoriko-sama reviews
People often wondered what kept Hiccup going during those early years. When that single, most-treasured thing is taken from him, there is little left to keep him on Berk. The day Stoick returns, and the day before the best recruit is finally chosen, Hiccup leaves Berk; little knowing that he would one day return under ... strange circumstances. H/A, R/F, rated for violence.
How to Train Your Dragon - Rated: T - English - Family/Adventure - Chapters: 23 - Words: 121,591 - Reviews: 1056 - Favs: 4,153 - Follows: 1,631 - Updated: 8/14/2014 - Published: 1/24/2014 - [Hiccup, Astrid] Stoick - Complete
Wild Hearts by CuriosityRedux reviews
She finds him in the woods with an injured Night Fury. Feral and mysterious, the boy named Hiccup claims to be able to end the war that's raged between dragons and Vikings for centuries. Berk's been ravaged for years. She has no choice but to believe him. But that doesn't mean she has to trust him. Or fall for him.
How to Train Your Dragon - Rated: M - English - Adventure/Romance - Chapters: 30 - Words: 141,765 - Reviews: 1654 - Favs: 2,870 - Follows: 3,324 - Updated: 5/11/2017 - Published: 6/6/2014 - Astrid, Hiccup, Toothless
The Awakening by Nagareboshi Star reviews
And on that fateful night, as the four-winged reptilian beast abducted his beloved wife, Stoick realised, he had taken his son too. In which Hiccup faces his destiny; it just took him a little longer to find. AU
How to Train Your Dragon - Rated: M - English - Adventure/Romance - Chapters: 14 - Words: 63,726 - Reviews: 250 - Favs: 502 - Follows: 735 - Updated: 2/4/2017 - Published: 11/18/2014 - [Hiccup, Astrid] Toothless
Leið by The Antic Repartee reviews
Astrid and Hiccup's "romantic flight" comes to an abrupt end when the Red Death follows them out of the nest. Following an unexpected and desperate fight, Astrid finds herself stranded on an island, injured, with a crippled and comatose Hooligan heir and his overprotective Night Fury. She's going to get them home—all three of them—or die trying.
How to Train Your Dragon - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Drama - Chapters: 12 - Words: 100,309 - Reviews: 377 - Favs: 633 - Follows: 513 - Updated: 4/7 - Published: 2/5/2015 - Astrid, Hiccup, Toothless - Complete
Persephone by sunflowerb reviews
She was meant to be the price for peace; her life in exchange for the Dragon Master's mercy. Her captor wasn't supposed to be a ghost from her past, and she wasn't supposed to become his ally...or his lover. And when news spreads of a blonde-haired girl at the Dragon Master's side, there will be repercussions for dragons and Vikings alike. AU. hiccstrid. multichap
How to Train Your Dragon - Rated: M - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 43 - Words: 238,787 - Reviews: 3558 - Favs: 5,454 - Follows: 5,366 - Updated: 7/29/2018 - Published: 10/6/2014 - [Astrid, Hiccup] Stoick, Toothless - Complete
White Oaks by funkytoes reviews
The turn of the century, Astrid moves into an old estate dating back to the Revolutionary War. At first she's uninterested in the rumors the estate is haunted by the family who built it, but when she starts experiencing things, whispers in the shadows, glimpses in mirrors, she starts to question the invalidity of these claims. [AU, ghosts and Hiccstrid]
How to Train Your Dragon - Rated: T - English - Romance/Supernatural - Chapters: 11 - Words: 38,293 - Reviews: 278 - Favs: 201 - Follows: 196 - Updated: 2/15/2016 - Published: 11/1/2015 - Astrid, Hiccup, Toothless, Eret - Complete
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