The Lost Horcrux

by Th3Alchemist

Harry Potter is thought dead, killed at the Battle of Hogwarts. Hermione suffers the horrors of a forced marriage, to a Ron seduced by the lure of power. Trapped in this dystopian nightmare, Hermione's last fading hope is to somehow ask Harry to rescue her on his Deathday. Finally, after 5 years away, a hideously scarred - but beautifully alive - Harry returns to grant her wish.

1. Authors Note

Author Note Dec 2021: Welcome to The Lost Horcrux - The Author's Cut!

Happy New Year guys, and welcome to the 2021 upgrade of The Lost Horcrux!

Despite the divisive nature of this fic, I still feel it is one of my best works, but my recent Welsh translation flagged up many areas in which it could be tidied up, rewritten and improved, so I have embarked on a mammoth re-work project for this story.

To start with, I have decided to return the story to English with a new and improved structure and some pretty new cover art. My thanks to the highly-talented Sima from the Harmony FB page, who came up with the initial design when I was still a member there. Some of the chapters of the original story were stupidly long, so I am chopping them up into smaller chunks to improve readability. To date, the first 9 original chapters have been extended into 20! ... which should give you an idea of their ridiculous size! But the story will benefit from tighter focus, less density per chapter, and I can already see improvements myself. For anyone who read the original, you might find some newness in the updates, but overall the story will essentially be the same. Any significant deviations from the initial plot will be more for expansion rather than major alteration. That said, there will be new character arcs, exploration of a few side plots and general structural improvements overall.

The net result will be a much stronger and satisfying story I believe.

Now, if you are new to the story, please, PLEASE heed the disclaimers on each chapter. They are there for good reason and I will offer no apology for content if you continue beyond this point and take offence, as many have done in the past. This story has some VERY DARK moments and themes so please, PLEASE avoid if you are easily triggered, squeamish around sex talk or of an otherwise delicate nature. If any of these apply to you, this story is not one you should read and you should click the close icon right now. This is my darkest work by a million miles, but I try not to repeat the same style over and over in my stories. I have some very light and fluffy fics in my portfolio as a contrast to this, so feel free to check those out if this is too heavy for you.

So, with that all said, lets get into The Lost Horcrux 2.0!