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"The truth, it is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution." -- Albus Dumbledore to Harry Potter
When he first visits Gringotts, Harry is given a letter left for him by his mother before her death. The contents will challenge his sense of self and teach him the value of Secrets.This is a Work In Progress. It is not finished. It may never be finished. Read at your own risk.
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Ch 45
A Beautiful and Terrible Thing by FalconLux
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After dying during an Auror operation while drunk, Harry Potter wakes up in his fifteen-year-old body in fifth year. With the future burned into his memory, Harry starts making different choices - and paying attention to the people he once misunderstood. As the war shifts, so do loyalties, and Harry learns that survival depends on seeing the truth, not believing the legend.
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After two years of murder attempts and terrible summers, ominous letters from the Ministry and adults who act like they care but never actually do anything, Harry decides to grab the basilisk by the horns. In the few weeks he has before school begins, Harry learns more about himself, his family, and his role in the magical world. When third year starts, he just hopes he's ready.
[A canon retelling starting in PoA through DH, with a Harry that's just a bit more perceptive, a Sirius with changed priorities, and a caring Theo]
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- Part 1 of There Is Hope For Us
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Each story will be tagged according to the content within that story.
I can't add tags to the series directly and placeholders are against TOS, so I can't tag what I am planning until I get to those stories.
Harry Potter reacts much differently to the Dementor attack on his cousin and it causes a cascade of changes in the lives of everyone he knows. He takes advantage of some old traditions to escape the predetermined path he has been set on.
“Somehow you found me a more acceptable confidant,” Snape said, in a tone that implied that Harry’s brain might be faulty.
“This would probably upset anyone I said it to, but you’re about the only person actively trying to keep me from being in mortal danger in the first place. Plenty of people will help me once I’m neck deep in it, but they’d still encourage me to walk into the mess."
“That is the faintest praise I have ever received,” Severus said, but Harry had a feeling he meant he was touched.- Words:
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