Majo Kon-ki The Marriage of Tanya the Witch
(The marriage chronicles of a witch)
Arc 1 - Philosophers Stone – part 7
May 1992, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
It was just like professor Snape warned her, Harry Potter is a natural troublemaker…
In the weeks following the match against Hufflepuff, Tanya noted that Harry and his two now inseparable friends have been regularly visiting the third-floor and if asked, they would deny it.
But this wasn't all that happened, Harry and Hermione were caught wandering around past mid-night and somehow even Longbottom was involved. Later, Hagrid would tell Tanya that they were up so late to smuggle a baby dragon out… They were smuggling a dragon! Fortunately, professor McGonagall didn't learn of this, or they would surely get something worse than a detention…
As a result, Griffindor lost a hundred and fifty point… It was not too much of loss, in good part thanks to Tanya earning so many point since the beginning of the year. But it was enough to drop Gryffindor down to second place, if only by a small margin.
Suddenly, Harry become a very unpopular person. The other students even forgot about Hermione and Nevile Longbottom involvement, it was just Harry Potter who took all the blame.
It come to the extreme that even his quidditch team asked Tanya to replace him. She reminded Wood that she played that silly game just one time only, and it was all for Harry.
Actually, the match served as a good opportunity to test mana detection. She wanted to see if it was possible to detect objects imbued with magic… and it was a success! She could see the bludgers even with her eyes closed! The snitch proved a challenge, she had to focus harder in its mana signature and still watch out for the bludgers. The match could have been decided in about a few minutes after the start, but she didn't want to show off too much skill, to avoid what ended happening anyway: People wanting her to replace Harry.
However, that is not where the problems ended… Harry, with Hermione, Longbottom and Malfoy got detention in the forbidden forest! Now let me get this straight… someone breaks curfew and has to risk his/her life as punishment? Who came with those ideas?! Of course the teachers would assure that since Hagrid was close, they were not in danger. But Tanya was learning that Murphy's law was also Harry Potter's. Hagrid took them to hunt someone who was killing unicorns… And of course, Harry managed to find the culprit and had to be saved by a passing centaur!
Tanya checked on Harry and that was when she finally noticed something… Since march, Harry and his friends were unusually quiet around her. For some reason they distrusted her. Ron was clearly afraid of her.
They didn't avoid or push her away… but Tanya could perceive small nuances when she was around… for example, they would change the subject if they were talking when she approached.
The only explanation was that they still though professor Snape was after Harry's life and now they think she is with him.
"It's not as bad as when we fought… but this is an outrage! I save his life, withstand all the hand grabbing thing, let he even kiss my forehead without punishing him, play that stupid game… And how did he thank me? By lying and hiding things from me! Grrrr… I really want to hurt him!"
If this situation don't change for the better, she may need to sacrifice her relationship with Snape… He has been useful for years, but Harry Potter was vital for her plans and the security of her world. She had to find a way to fix this before the end of the term.
The exams were finally over. As Tanya feared, she barely managed to pass the practical tests, as the spells involved hardly had any usefulness in a combat situation. But she wasn't worried, as her written exams would compensate for any failures she might have. Still, her biggest problem was that she spent too much time preparing for these exams and now she had about a week to make amends with Harry Potter.
Tanya wanted to question Hermione that same day about what she had done to make them distrust her.
Unfortunately, the exams proved to be too exhaustive for her and what she thought would be a quick nap, ended lasting almost all day… It was already night when Tanya awoke. She had decided to talk with Hermione in the next morning but noticed that her bed was empty.
"Hm? Is she in the common room?" Tanya was already having a bad feeling about this.
And there she found Neville Longbottom lying motionless on the floor. For a moment, she thought he was dead, but let a breath of relief when she noticed his eyes moving.
He was under a simple full body-bind curse so Tanya easily applied a counter-spell.
"Longbottom, what happened?"
"I-it was Hermione… and Ron… and Harry! I swear I tried to stop them!"
"Of course… 'troublemaker' Harry had to be involved…" Tanya facepalmed.
"Ahhh! Let me guess… they are going to the third-floor…"
Neville nodded.
"S-should we tell the teachers? They could die!"
"Just what… What is being kept there for them to do something like this?" It was a rhetorical question, but Neville didn't know that.
"Hmmmm… I heard they talking earlier today… I am not sure, but they said something about a stone."
"A stone?"
"Yeah… I think it is a magical stone that could… what was it…? Bring the dead back…?"
"A stone to bring the dead back? What a silly-"
It took her a moment to put all the pieces together…
"Wait, wait, WHAT? A stone that could bring the dead back… like a resurrection stone? Like THE resurrection stone?"
"Longbottom are you sure that is what you heard?!"
"I don't know… I heard about a stone and that it could bring the dead back…. or was something about eternal life? Sorry, I don't remember."
"First the invisibility cloak… Now the resurrection stone is here… and all this time… It was in the forbidden floor?!But Harry Potter is after it. So, he really is in the way to became the master of death…Shit! I need to act fast!"
"Longbottom! Listen, I am going after those three. They are in grave danger! I need you to do something for me."
"What I need to do?"
"Find professor Snape and tell him what happened here!"
"P-professor S-Snape?! Shouldn't I go after professor McGonagal-?"
"LONGBOTTOM! WE HAVE NO TIME TO LOSE! DO WHAT I SAID… NOW!" Tanya finished giving him her meanest glare.
Nevile just shrieked and then ran through the portrait hole.
"Now… To get myself another hallow…. And teach some sense to that boy!"
"… it's the only way… I've got to be taken." she heard Ron Weasley say.
"NO!" Followed be a double yell of Harry and Hermione.
"That's chess! You've got to make sacrifices-"
"What is going on here?" Tanya made herself be seen.
"T-Tanya?!"
"Harry… why are you here when you promised me you'd would never come back …?"
"W-well…"
"Do you want the stone that bad, Harry?"
"Y-you know about the stone?!"
"Longbottom just told me-"
"Stop pretending! We know all about you, Snape and even you-know-who!" Ron interrupted their argument.
"What? Now it's not just professor Snape but me and even Voldemort?" Tanya let a big sigh.
"Harry… Do you believe in this?"
"T-Tanya, I-I…"
"Stop seducing him!"
"Seducing?!"
"I know you are actually and adult man!"
"What-!"
"He knows?"
"W-why do you think that?"
"Please! You left clues all around the place! Your dislike for dresses, you are as moody as an old man, you are also smarter than Hermione… And she said you avoid changing in front of the other girls!"
Tanya was impressed. She'd never given too much for Ron Weasley but now… he just figured everything! Or almost everything…
"Just to make sure… Harry, you agree with him?"
"I don't care… Even if you are an old man… or Snape's daughter, I will still think of you as my family!"
"Wait…! I am whose daughter?! Know what? Forget it… What about you Hermione? You think that I am an old man and the professor's daughter… or son?"
"No, Ron is alone in his delusions…"
"You two traitors! But I know the truth! So… confess!"
"… Okay… I admit…"
Both Harry and Hermione widened their eyes.
"I am actually a middle aged Japanese salaryman send here by the whim of a poltergeist who believes himself to be god…"
"…" It took Ron a moment to reply as he was too shocked.
"S-see…? I told you so! I was right… for the first time in my life I was the only one right-"
"… if you show me proof."
"Huh?"
"Do you have any proof? Or at least a theory explaining how I was able to change both my true age and gender?"
"W-well…" Ron seemed caught off guard.
"Polyjuice… That's it! Polyjuice! You use polyjuice potion Snape made for you!"
"Do you even now how polyjuice works?"
Not wanting to miss an opportunity to show off her knowledge, Hermione cut in.
"I know! Ahem! Polyjuice is a potion that allows the drinker to assume the form of someone else as long as you have a piece of the target…"
"… and?"
"Er… It's one of the hardest potion to brew and its effects could last hours-"
"No. It usually takes one hour or less and even then, it's very unstable… small parts of the body can came back to normal after just a few minutes… to avoid this, it's necessary to drink almost all the time. At least one big sip every thirty minutes."
Tanya knew so much of this particular potion, because, a few years ago, she considered using it to regain her original body and identity. But she gave up after realizing how problematic would be to get a 'piece' from her other self on the other side of the world, not to say, the risk of altering history…
"I see… That proves everything… Should have noticed this myself!" Hermione quickly understood what Tanya mean.
"Huh? What are you talking about?"
"Ron… Tanya said herself… polyjuice can be unstable, she would need to keep drinking it and by now, someone would have already caught her…"
"She could just drink when no one is looking!"
"What about the nights? She can't drink when she is sleeping… We would have discovered 'him' the next morning…"
"She just awake at night and drink another dosage-"
"If I could wake at any time, It wouldn't be a problem waking in the mornings… And Hermione wouldn't have a chance to play with my hair…"
"Then you are using another way-"
"Also… one of the assignments of the sorting hat is to identify a possible threat to the students and the school. He may not talk about the minds he reads… but he would never let something like this pass."
Moreover, the hat never said that Tanya should not be in Hogwarts… He was just annoying persistent that she shouldn't go Hufflepuff.
"Well… It's not like I wish to cause any harm to this place and it's students… as long as they don't stand in my way, of course…"
"B-but-"
"Come on Ron… It's obvious that you were wrong… Now Tanya, please believe me… Snape is trying to get the stone! And he wants to give it to Voldemort!" Harry pleaded with her.
"… I can understand thinking I am professor's Snape' child, after all, I admit we have a good relationship. But why Voldemort?"
"Harry met him killing a unicorn-"
"WHAT?!"
Hermione understood too late her mistake.
"Voldemort is hiding in the forbidden forest?! Why didn't you say anything?"
"W-we were trying to protect you… Since you won't believe that Snape is guilty."
"Harry… professor Snape is innocent and I don't know if there is really someone after the stone. But I know it is a potential dangerous artifact and must be destroyed."
"You want to destroy it?"
"Yes."
"This is not a lie…I will destroy it when I get the wand and the cloak… For now, I will justhid it and say it was destroyed…"
Tanya then motioned to enter the board.
"Wait! You can't step in the board!"
As Hermione warned, both the white and black pieces turned in Tanya's way.
"We don't have time for that…" Tanya took her wand and made a single horizontal move.
Harry recognized the spell, it was the one she used against the troll, so he was not surprised as the upside part of all pieces fell as if a sword had cut their heads.
Ron and Hermione in return… yelled in surprise.
Tanya then stood in front of Harry. A blank expression in her face.
"T-Tanya I-"
"YOU IDIOT! After all I have done to you and you… you… lied to me! And you dare t say that you love me?! I REALLY, REALLY WANT TO…"
"… hurt you so bad! But I can't… you could end a cripple or not trusting me anymore!"
"Ah! I-I am sorry! Please forgive me!"
"I am going to ask only once… why do you want the stone?"
"Huh? I don't want it. I just don't want Voldemort or Snape to have it!"
"Voldemort… This is another person that Peverell warned has a chance of becoming the master of death…"
"… How do I know you are not lying again?"
"I-I… I will do anything, just forgive-"
"Of course I will forgive you!"
"Y-you will?"
"Aff…It's not like I have any choice!"
"But… no more lies and secrets… and don't let false rumors split us apart again, alright?"
Harry then, with tear in his eyes, hugged the girl.
"NO! Of course not! I will not believe in rumors that say you are Snape's daughter… or some old wizard…" at this Harry glared at Ron.
Ron looked down ashamed.
"… or whatever crazy stuff people say about us!" This time he glared at Hermione, but she just giggled and blushed.
"I really want that written and signed…"
"O-okay… You can release me now! We will talk later. Now… Let's go."
They went ahead, through the door. And found another troll, even bigger than the one from halloween but knocked unconscious.
"This proves that someone is after the stone." Tanya declared as a matter of fact.
"Crap! Does this means that there is more people after the hallows?"
"This must be professor Quirrell's obstacle." She heard Harry say.
"Hm? Wait! Did professor Quirrell bring this troll?"
"I think so. Each teacher made one of these obstacles. The devils snare, the keys, the chessmen… They were made by professors Sprout, Flitwick and McGonagall… Oh and Fluffy was left by Hagrid. So this one must be professor Quirrel's."
"Speaking of Fluffy… Tanya, how did you pass him?"
"The three-headed dog? Just knocked him out. I couldn't kill it since he is Hagrid's."
"J-just knocked him out?" Ron said appalled.
Tanya looked again at the troll. A deeply thoughtful expression in her face.
"Ah! It's Quirrell! He is the one after the stone."
"Professor Quirrell?" the three said sharing a look of disbelief.
"But how…? Why…?"
"We have no time to discuss this. Lets keep going."
"Told you so…" Harry heard Tanya say.
Harry and Tanya parted ways with Ron and Hermione asking the two to get help. And there in the last chamber, they found Quirrinus Quirrell…
Quirrell explained how he was the one to try to kill Harry, and Snape merely tried to save him. And all the supposed bullying Snape put Quirrell through, was he trying to protect the stone.
Not only Tanya was right about Snape innocence but she was also right about Quirrell being the culprit.
"I even fought with her because she insisted he was innocent… And he is!"
Harry was left speechless for a moment.
"And you knew? How? I mean… about Quirrell?"
"You said yourself… Quirrell fainted when he told about the troll… How could such a coward capture one even bigger? It could only mean he was faking."
"Quirrell! Let me ask this: Why do you want the stone? It can't bring the death back to live… It's just a misunderstanding. Voldemort could never-"
"DON'T YOU DARE SPEAK MY MASTER NAME YOU MUDBLOOD-" Quirrell jumped at Tanya, furious at her supposedly insolence.
And it seemed this was what Tanya was waiting for… As just like in the Hogwarts express, she cast a nonverbal and wandless spell that threw Quirrell so hard against the wall that he spat blood. He fell and didn't move anymore.
"Y-you killed him?!" Harry asked horrified.
"Maybe, but more important…" Tanya said as if this was a daily occurrence.
"Look what is here…"
Harry had already noticed the mirror of erised, but couldn't understand why it was there.
"If I am to guess… I think the stone is being held inside of it somehow…"
"… what should we do…?"
"Harry… Do you see anything different from when you looked before?"
Harry steeped in front of the mirror just like he did before and this time, instead of his parents, he saw himself winking at him and putting a red stone in his pocket.
"Hm?" Harry reached in his pocket and the stone was truly there.
He brought it out and showed Tanya.
"Look… it's here."
"What?! LET ME SEE IT!"
For a moment Harry doubted Tanya, she seemed very desperate to get the stone… Was she really trying to destroy it?
She looked at the stone in Harry's hand for just a second and then grimaced.
"Wait… Is that really the stone?"
"I think it is the philosopher's stone… This is what I got from looking at the mirror…"
"The 'philosopher's' stone? That is what this thing is…?"
"Yeah… What you thought it was?"
Tanya seemed upset, as if she was expecting something entirely different.
She then let a sight.
"It was too good to be true…"
"Tanya?"
"A-anyway… Whatever this is, the important thing is for Voldemort to not get-"
"But I will…"
Both Harry and Tanya turned to the source of the voice. It didn't look like Quirrell's.
"WAKE UP YOU FOOL! THEY HAVE THE STONE!"
At this voice, Quirrell opened his eyes and got up.
"T-the girl master… She is strong."
Both Tanya and Harry watched as Quirrell talked with a voice that seemed to came from himself, but not from his own mouth.
"Let me talk to them."
And what happened next put a frightened look even in the brave Tanya Degurechaff, as Voldemort presented himself as a face sticking out of the back of Quirrell's head.
"Surrender the stone… And I promise you two shall leave this room unharmed."
"You are… Voldemort…?"
The dark lord gave a brief explanation about how he became basically a phantom, not too different from the ghosts haunting Hogwarts. How he needed to parasite another body and drink blood of unicorn to sustain himself. And that would be over once he has the philosopher's stone.
He tried to convince them to give him the stone in trade of their safety, but Tanya didn't seem to buy it.
"Listen… I could grant everything your hearts desire..."
That's when a flash of light sparkled before Tanya.
"What is that?!"
"Sorry… But you can't read my mind…" Tanya said grinning.
"Master… I already tried this on the first day, remember?"
"… So, it wasn't your failure… She can block legilimency indeed… I am impressed! But what about him?" The dark lord motioned for Harry.
"I know what you are thinking Harry… I know what your heart truly desires… Look at the mirror."
"What…?"
Harry turned to the mirror and there they were, his parents smiling at him.
"In the end.. I still want to be with them…."
"I can give them back to you Harry… All you need to do is give me the stone."
"I-it's a lie… He can't bring the dead back to life… Right?" Harry asked Tanya.
"Honestly… I don't know. Perhaps… Who knows?"
"Then there is a chance-"
"Harry… Let's say that he can bring your parents back… Are you willing to pay the price?"
"…!"
"Are you willing to sacrifice your future for your past?"
"I-I…"
"I will say this again… I don't want to share you with a mirror or your dead parents."
Harry knew what Tanya meant…
"Look at the mirror once again and make your choice."
Just like last time, she was telling him to let go of his parents and look at his future… His future with her.
He wanted more time to look at them… be with them but… Voldemort couldn't win! Even if he could bring his parents back, the price would be everything else he had. Tanya, Ron, Hermione, Hagrid… he had to be strong for all of them.
"I am really sorry but… I need to accept the fact that we will never be together. Your time is long over and for mine to truly begin… I need to let you go…"
For a moment, a sad look crossed his parents face, but then it transformed in what he believed to be a proud smile.
"Mum… Dad… Goodbye…" Harry fought the urge to cry as the images of his parents started to fade to never be seem again.
And in it's place…
Tanya appeared and raised her hand towards him…
"I have everything I need right here…" He said taking her free hand.
"I still can tell who the wrong and right sort are for myself!" He completed, remembering the day at the Hogwarts express when he choose her over Malfoy.
"… and I see you in the mirror." He was happy when she smiled.
'…it's obvious that she fancies you.' Harry blushed for a moment remembering what Hermione told him, he turned his head to reconfirm what he saw, both him and Tanya holding hands in the mirror just like in the present moment.
But then, it changed, both children in the mirror grew very fast into adulthood, and were now embracing each other.
"Wha-"
Harry didn't have time to be too much flustered as children appeared around the two adults, they had a mix of the features of him and Tanya.
"A-are those our children?! D-does this mean that I-"
"STUPID BOY!"
Harry was brought back from his thoughts by Voldemort shout.
"QUIRRINUS, KILL THEM! THE MUDBLOOD FIRST!"
"Harry get behind me!"
Quirrell cast a powerful curse against Tanya. Harry was about to warn her when he saw her smirking.
Just like before with the legilimency spell, the curse hit her shield and was neutralized, Quirrell gasped when he saw that this spell didn't work either.
"My turn…" she shot a spell towards Quirrell.
The professor easily blocked her attack but it was a feint… before he could send a counter attack, a second curse hit him in the legs.
Harry watched in horror as Quirrell screamed with pain as both his legs were cut off.
The boy thought the fight was over, but Quirrell shot in the air, almost hitting the ceiling. He was flying without a broom, just like Tanya.
"I-it hurts master!"
"KILL THE BOY QUIRRINUS! NOW!"
"What?" Harry realized that during the fight he unconsciously moved away from Tanya.
"HARRY!"
Tanya was running towards Harry, just as Quirrell shot the killing curse at him.
Harry panicked and covered his head with his arms as if it could protect him. In the nick of time, Tanya jumped in front of him and he was saved by her shield.
"W-WHAT?!"
"Master she blocked the killing curse!"
Quirrell was panicking, it was supposed to be impossible to block this curse.
"T-that's impossible!" Even Voldemort seemed to be shaken. This was something not even him had done.
"You did it Tanya! Thank you for- Tanya?"
Tanya was still on the floor, she had not been hit but was struggling to get up.
"Tanya? What's wrong?"
"T-that curse didn't hit me but… I think it drained almost all my mana…" she said in a hoarse voice.
"Tanya-"
"LOOK… OUT…!"
It was too late as Quirrel descended and grabbed Harry by his neck.
"HARRY…!" Harry heard Tanya scream his name and forced herself to stand.
"Now… your mudblood girlfriend can't save you Potter." Quirrel said panting, obviously trying to bear the pain.
"No… She is no mudblood."
"M-master?!"
"I just saw in the boy's mind… She was the one who killed the troll… when they met, she was able to save a woman from death… at such young age, she is capable to understand magic like no one before. And finally… Look at what she did to you! So much power in such a small body… She has to be a pure-blood… Your strength, your mind, your power… I want it all for myself!"
"What…! He wants Tanya?!" Harry thought feeling pure despair.
"Girl! I am willing to let Potter go unharmed if you take his place!"
"NO! You… are… not… taking…her… from… MEEEEE!" Harry started to struggle and griped Quirrell hand with all his strength in the hope to free himself.
"Should I hurt the boy to show how serious we-"
Inexplicably, Harry somehow freed himself and fell.
He was confused as how he did it, but then became aware of Quirrel's severed hand still in his neck…
Quirrell just noticed this fact and screamed.
Harry took the hand from his neck and saw it quickly burn and turn to dust.
"H-how…?!"
Tanya didn't waste this opportunity, as Harry saw her cast a blob of what seemed to be web at Quirrell, trapping him in one of the walls.
"Harry! We must not let this chance pass…"
"What do you mean?"
"Do you know any curse?"
"Well.. just one but-"
"Then hurry! Cast against him…"
"But-"
"NOW!"
Harry then made the wand movement and shouted the incantation.
"Locomotor Mortis!"
The spell hit Quirrel straight but didn't do anything since he didn't have any more legs to bind together.
"Wha- What…What was that?!" Tanya asked outraged.
"The Leg Locking curse…"
"ARE YOU SERIOUS?!"
"Sorry… it's the only one I know."
"Then-"
Tanya didn't finish as Quirrell suddenly cast a fire spell at himself. He screamed as the fire scorched his flesh but also the web that bound him. He was half dead but free.
"Make your escape Quirrinus but don't forget the stone!"
At Voldemort words, both Tanya and Harry noticed that the stone fell on ground during the confusion of the battle. And before Harry could pick it up, Quirrell conjured it to himself.
"No!" Harry watched in despair the stone flying right to Quirrell remaining hand.
But Tanya took action and fired another spell. Harry was deeply impressed as her spell hit the stone in midair.
But instead of breaking, the stone started to glow and vibrate as if it was about to-
"I-IT'S GOING TO EXPLODE! GET AWAY!" Voldemort then screamed at Quirrell, a ting of fear in his voice.
"HARRY! GET DOWN!" Tanya screamed before pinning him down.
Just then, the philosopher's stone exploded… taking a large portion of the chamber.
Harry didn't know how much time he spend unconscious.
"W-what happened…?"
Then he realized that there was something, or rather someone on top of him.
"Ah! That's right! The stone exploded and Tanya- TANYA!"
Harry gently took her off himself and held her in his arms.
He wanted to carry her to help but it was hard to lift her or even stand up… he was feeling dizzy and was probably wounded.
"P-please… Talk to me!"
She was not waking up… and she was so pale, her skin was very pale to begin with, but now it seemed white as a sheet of paper! And he could not tell if she was breathing…
"… No…" Harry touched her cheek and felt how cold she was…
"No! No! NO! You can't be dead!"
As if to answer his cry, the headmaster emerged from a burst of flames holding a big red bird.
"Harry! Are you alright?"
"Professor Dumbledore… please help Tanya! Voldemort was here… it's all my fault… I think… I think she is-"
The last thing Harry saw was Albus Dumbledore running towards him as he, once again, lost consciousness.
AN: By the time I am writing this chapter, I was diagnosed with covid 19. The symptoms are light, but I am having some trouble concentrating because of the fever and headaches. So, I want to apologize any mistake in this chapter. If you guys see something too badly made, please send a message.
I hope you guys liked this small fight. I plan to have at least one by arc.
I am a little confused about the dates… The last match against Ravenclaw should be in the end of may… but in the first book Harry couldn't play because he was in the hospital for three days and then it was the end of term? From my research, the final exams should be after the final quidditch game… but in the book and the movie, this order seems to be reverse?
For the people that think that Harry is too useless, remember that Tanya is 'raising' him to be dependent of her. He will only get more reliable in year 3.
A small curiosity: Originally, Voldemort was the one who summoned Tanya to harry Potter's world in the earlier drafts of my story. In it, Voldemort would start looking at other worlds as a hobby. He would one day find the world from youjo senki and see Tanya devastating cities and fall in love with her. After the summoning, he would place a powerful love spell in her, but for some reason, it would make her fall in love with Harry because of the piece of Voldemort that Harry has in him. Also, in the end, Tanya was supposed to die after Harry destroys all the horcruxes. As I said, this was just an idea in the very early development of this story. I opted to use the deathly hallows, because 'death' was the closest of a god that appear in Harry Potter. I also thought that with the promise to send her home, Tanya would have a strong motivation.
Another idea that I abandoned: originally, Tanya was supposed to want to steal the philosopher's stone not because of the elixir but in order to create gold to 'sponsor' her search of the hallows. But I thought it would be funnier if she believed the stone was the resurrection stone since Tanya is always making misunderstandings in her story.
Next chapter, the conclusion of the first arc.
Reviews:
ra joligon: Thank you. Still don't know if I will do this special chapter as there would not have much point and it would have a few spoilers.
Alexc123: Thank you.
Ocansino: Thank you. But could you tell me which spoilers I left?
Lubber: Errr… Thank you?
Guest: Thank you. Sorry about the grammar issues but as I said before, english is not my first language and I don't have a beta reader. If someone could point the mistakes I will correct then in the future. Sorry… But no, none of these people will figure out Tanya identity. Actually, it was a good think you mentioned the centaurs… If I remember correctly, they can see the future by the position of the stars or something like that. Since Tanya is an irregularity, I wonder how they would treat her…
Mark: Sorry that you have complains. About child wanting to marry another, this was Snape over-reacting to Tanya with Harry, because this made him remember his own experience with Lily.
The results of Tanya's theories about magic will not reshape the world of magic so soon. She herself is counting that they will take at least a decade to put her theories to practical use. Also, her idea is to get attention, if many people know about her, it will increase the chances of her eventually meting someone that knows about the hallows.
About truth serum… I don't think that they would really go so far as do that to child that didn't really harm anyone, it's possible that the ministry wanted to use Veritaserum after the incident with the hit wizards, but both Snape and Dumbledore objected to this. They still keep a close eye on her. Also, it must be noted that this incident was a great embarrassment to the ministry and they wished to cover it as soon as possible. And both Snape and Dumbledore already tried to dive into her mind without success. And as I said, the sorting hat was the last test to see if she was any danger.
About a beta reader. I am still waiting for someone to offer to help, but so far I am doing it all alone. And I am jumping points that should not make too much difference in the story as a whole. I am not going to describe every little thing that people should already know by reading the books and watching the movies. For example, I am not going to rewrite the game where Harry caught the snitch the first time, if the scene is going to be the exactly same. Not to say, that I wish for this story to end someday. There is this amazing fanfic of Harry Potter that the author spend five years writing and he just started the chamber of secrets arc! I really doubt he will ever finish it… I am going to focus in the main characters and the main theme.
And so far… I am trying to keep the children as children, could you point a moment where they acted to adult like? And as I said, Snape is the only one worried about a future relationship between Harry and Tanya. And Tanya is exploring magic, but she is having problems because she can't use day-to-day magic as she was already trained to treat magic as a weapon. She wants to learn more curses and defensive spells but those are restricted.
To finish. Thank you for bringing your concerns and giving advice, I really appreciate that. I will try to bear everything you said in mind.