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Riddle steps forward once more, his expression blank, and moves his hand slowly towards Harry’s face. Harry has no choice but to allow it. His escape route is blocked by the Death Eater standing behind him, so he stands stock-still, squinting his eyes shut and bracing himself for the pain that always accompanies Voldemort’s touch.
It doesn’t come.
His scar lies dormant as Riddle tilts his chin upwards with one finger – not even a twinge, much less the searing agony that shot through it in the graveyard last year. His eyes shoot open in surprise, and he meets Riddle’s crimson gaze.
“It seems that you, little time traveller, are the other subject of my prophecy.”
Harry Potter does not come back from the Department of Mysteries at the end of his Fifth Year. Everything after (and more importantly, before) that goes very quickly off the rails.
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After an incident during the battle in the Department of Mysteries, Harry is transported back in time nearly sixteen years to the height of the first war with Voldemort. Still reeling from Sirius' death, and with his parents and younger self oblivious to the tragedy approaching their family, Harry must balance the weight of his newly-discovered destiny with the obligation he feels to save as many people as he can – even those he'd never considered it possible to save.
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Fascist ideology in the Harry Potter Fandom by Anonymous
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
15 Aug 2022
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A discussion of fascist and alt-right ideas in the Harry Potter fandom, and why I find them highly concerning.
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20 Apr 2026
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Death isn't good for the soul and dead things can't die twice.
Harry dies too many times to be fine. After the war he goes travelling; he and Tom Riddle always were too much alike for their own good.
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03 Dec 2025
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Wear Me Like A Locket Around Your Throat by VivyPotter
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
19 Oct 2019
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“This is Mr Riddle, one of our Slytherin prefects. I’m sure he’ll make you feel right at home. Mr Riddle, this is Harrison Peters. He’s just been sorted into Slytherin and will be joining you in sixth year,” Dumbledore announced jovially, though Tom could see that sliver of constant suspicion in his gaze that had never quite faded.
“Harry,” the boy hurried to correct. “Just Harry.”
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03 Dec 2025
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When Harry finds an injured Snape on his doorstep and must hide him from the Dursleys, he has no idea that this very, very bad day will be the start of something good.
Harry and Snape are thrown together by annoying relatives, a series of strange dreams, and Voldemort's latest hunt for Harry, but their greatest challenge may well be surviving each other. This will be a long summer unless the two can find a way to work together. A slow-burn enemy-to-mentor story.
Alternate 6th summer (and part of the school year): post-OotP; ignores HBP and DH. No slash, no romance. NOW COMPLETE!
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