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"how terrible is it to love something that death can touch. oh, but how beautiful it is to know that death is dying to touch what you love."
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"Tell me the truth, Potter!" Umbridge screeched, "Tell me where Albus Dumbledore is!"
Harry’s head lolled forward as the curse lifted for a moment, his chest heaving as he struggled to breathe.
"Go… to… hell," he rasped, defiance burning in his emerald gaze.
Her face twisted in rage, and she raised her wand again.
"CRUCIO! "
The curse slammed into him again.
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Harry Potter dies. Harry Potter finds himself in the afterlife. Harry Potter finds himself facing Death in the face.
Death has his face.
Death tells Harry he wasn't meant to die, and gives Harry three propositions: go back to life, wait in limbo until battle or go back to the 1940s, and complete the impossible, with the help of his mother and father.
Death tells Harry everyone dies, but not everyone lives.
And Harry...
Harry finds himself with a mission.
Harry will make sure Tom Riddle gets to live his life, for once.
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- Part 1 of everyone dies, but not everyone lives
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25 Jul 2026
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'Mala fides': bad faith, purpose to deceive or defraud
- Merriam Webster dictionaryFor Harry Potter, the man-who-lived-twice, savior of the Wizarding World, and the ultimate golden boy, life was good. He had survived the war, had a job he loved, a good home, and wonderful friends; the future seemed bright.
But when he's asked to assist on a case involving Unspeakables, what he discovers deep in the bowels of the Department of Mysteries turns his world upside down.Betrayed and heartbroken, Harry does what he knows best; he jumps into the unknown like the good, little Gryffindor he is.
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“To me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal. You see, I could conceive death, but I could not conceive betrayal.”
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25 Jul 2026
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“Potter…why is a horcrux of the Dark Lord sitting in your living room in muggle Surrey?” Severus Snape slowly and calmly asked as if he was holding onto his last thread of sanity while waiting for the answer.
“Well, we met back in my second year at school, became friends since I didn’t know who his future self was, he tried to kill me, I killed him, and then he floated around the aether for a couple years,” Harry sighed. It was all so very complex.
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Everyone has had a summer from hell after what happened with the Triwizard Tournament. Literally everyone, even the part of Voldemort's soul that he thought he'd gotten rid of so very long ago. When Harry Potter's worst enemy asks for his help though...well, that pesky saving people thing just really gets in the way.
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25 Jul 2026
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It all happened so quickly. Harry was used to being unimportant and unnoticed, but then a terrible incident took away his life and gave him a new one. As it turned out, he was the Boy Who Lived, and the magical world had been looking for him. He was back just in time to begin his education at Hogwarts, a prestigious university.
But Harry had a secret. Every night, for as long as he could remember, he dreamed of the Riddles. Every night, he watched unnoticed while they conducted grand works of magic. He had been studying them his entire life, and now they could finally see him.
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- Part 1 of Sunspots
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25 Jul 2026
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across the stars (and into you) by A_Single_Cactus
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
02 Jul 2026
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"You should never offer your lightsaber to another person, my dear boy,” Dumbledore murmured seriously. “It is a representation of your life. Do not place your life in someone else’s hands.”
Harry gave his master a confused look. “But you've given me your lightsaber before.”
A cheerful twinkle entered Dumbledore’s eyes. “Ah, but I am always safe with you, my dear boy. I could never be worried or afraid while by your side.”
Harry then offered his lightsaber to Tom Riddle.
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A story in which Harry Potter raises Tom Riddle as his Padawan and son. Harry allows himself to grow attached to the boy, loving Tom as fiercely as he dared.
He never could've imagined that Tom would one day want him. He never could've predicted that Tom would fall to the dark side, becoming a Sith. Harry was utterly doomed.
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25 Jul 2026