Living in the Moment

by Rendered Reversed

Tricked into possessing a seemingly unfarmable plot of land, Tom Riddle is forced to make things work and build up his new life from scratch in Mineral Town. He expected eventual success, a lot of hard work, and several painstaking seasons of the "outsider" reputation... but no one ever mentioned falling in love with a god. A life story told in 100 word snippets. TMR/HP SLASH

171. Chapter 171

Warnings: future SLASH (boy x boy), MAJOR NO-MAGIC!AU (Alternate Universe, specifically the Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town setting), possible OOC, life story

Pairings: TMR/HP, implied AD/GG, implied KS/NT (Kingsley x Tonks), onesided JP/LE

Standard disclaimer applies: I do not own Harry Potter or any brand you recognize in this story. J.K. Rowling is credited with the creation of these characters (I'm not fond of using OCs in my own fanfiction). I also do not own the Harvest Moon series by Natsume.

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"Only his faithful were not affected, of course," continued the winery owner. "But after the Great Storm, it hit Charlus hard. Without enough resources, he was unable to save his wife, Dorea, when she fell ill and died."

Tom didn't think it sounded like Harry at all. Harry, who was kind, who did not want to inflict needless pain or act upon his anger…

"He deserved it," Lucius whispered viciously. "He deserved it, for betraying our God so thoughtlessly."

"And what of it then?" asked Tom pressingly. "Why didn't the curse continue when everyone continued to forsake the Harvest God?"

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Posted in its full form on Ao3, except for the sequel and the eventual epilogue :). I'll be posting 5 of these per a day (I think?), but because it's long that might become 10 a day.