Year One
James Potter and the Dice of Death
A Harry Potter Fan Fiction by Regulus Black
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Disclaimer: Harry Potter and all other respective characters and such are not property of Regulus Black. Only this fan fiction belongs to Regulus Black. I will not bother to post a disclaimer with each chapter, this is the only time I will say it. Harry Potter is the property and brilliant creation of J.K. Rowling.
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A Word From the Author
As many of you know, the fifth installment of J.K. Rowling's hit fantasy novel series, the 870-page Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, was released to the public on June 21, 2003. This book has revealed so much of the history of James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew, that I finally have the information I need to do what I have been planning to do for some time now—write a series of fan fiction that follows James Potter's adventures at Hogwarts.
The series will be comprised of seven novel-length fan fictions. Like the Harry Potter series, it will be told in the third person, yet always through James's perspective on things. Several points to the story that thus far are passed off as irrelevant (yet may still come into play in future Harry Potter books) will be a large part of this series. One example is Sirius's brother, Regulus Black. The story centers on the rise of Lord Voldemort, as many would expect.
However, this and the second-year books will be nearly devoid of Voldemort or his rise to power. They center mainly on James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter, how they first met, became friends, and part of how Lupin's three faithful friends became illegal Animagi. (though they take three years to do so, as stated by Lupin in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban). This particular book, James Potter and the Dice of Death, has little connection to Voldemort. However, many events that take place therein have a significant impact on future installments. I won't spoil it now, so you'll just have to wait and see. It basically centers on James and his pals and how they first met, how they discovered the fact that Remus Lupin was a werewolf, and their first adventure, and how James Potter and Severus Snape first began to hold a grudge against each other.
Now, the chapters themselves are each going to be somewhere around 20 pages long. On a slow day maybe 15. I want to make my fan fiction a quality story to the point where I can call it on par with J.K. Rowling's works. As such, writing the chapters will take time. Not only will I be writing, but revising, and also correcting. I may not be able to update more than once every month and a half.
Update:
I recently requested a beta reader, and Remus Weasley was kind enough to volunteer. So expect the first chapter up within the next few weeks (hopefully). I've put up a table of contents to list of all the chapters that will be in this book (subject to change). The number next to the chapter heading is the page on which that chapter would begin if this were printed out (unposted chapters have '?' next to them).
By the way, could SOMEONE please explain why centered text never works for me? Everything else does...
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Contents:
Chapter One
The Letter - ?
Chapter TwoThe Train That Leaves At Eleven - ?
Chapter ThreeThe Brothers Black - ?
Chapter FourThe Sorting - ?
Chapter FiveSevrus Snape - ?
Chapter SixFlying Lessons - ?
Chapter SevenThe Quidditch Tryouts - ?
Chapter EightMidnight Excursion - ?
Chapter NineGryffindor Versus Slytherin - ?
Chapter TenA Hogwarts Detention - ?
Chapter ElevenThe Willow and the Werewolf - ?
Chapter TwelveThe Quidditch Final - ?
Chapter ThirteenThe Marauders - ?
Chapter FourteenCryptic Warning - ?
Chapter FifteenThe Dice of Death - ?
Chapter SixteenThe Train That Arrives At Noon - ?