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    Harry runs into a stranger in the pouring rain and can’t in good conscience leave him out there looking for his cat on his own. Inviting him back to Grimmauld place does not end at all the way he anticipates, however.

    But as the saying goes, no good deed goes unpunished.

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    16 Jul 2026

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    Harry liked to think that if he were a man-eating tiger, not even Vernon would want anything to do with him because, after all, Vernon was a man and that is what man-eating tigers ate.

    From that day on, instead of wishing that his parents would appear magically at his front door and whisk him away, Harry wished instead that he could become a tiger. No one would hurt him then. They would be far too scared and Harry would finally, finally be safe.

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    During sixth year, Harry and his yearmates are gathered to participate in an inter-house multi-week project to take care of a little magical doll that would act just like a real baby in order to emulate a popular Muggle school activity of a similar nature. The students have to pair up and 'adopt' a baby together, promoting cooperation as well as responsibility. However, because of the uneven number of students, one of them has to be a single parent.

    Of course, Harry Potter ends up raising his doll alone.

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    15 Jul 2026

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    The very last thing that Voldemort expects to find one evening as he undresses for the long bath that soothes the cold ache of his bones is the scratch of black letters that adorn the top of his thigh. He has been returned to his body for less than a week and here he stands in the immaculate deep-sea themed bathroom of his guest suite in Malfoy Manor with the lies of his soulmate written on his skin.

    The absurdity of it makes him laugh.

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    A soulmate. A soulmate. One who planned a home for him, according to their previous words. One who wanted to keep him safe and protect him.

    Harry can’t imagine how they’ll manage it, considering the whole wizarding world is against him—including the Dark Lord himself—but he likes to dream about it. Maybe they’ll whisk him away from the train at the end of the year and he’ll not have to see the Dursleys ever again. Maybe they’ll take him out of Britain entirely. Surely Voldemort will leave him alone if he’s not even in the country, right?

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    [Another one of my WIPfics]

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    Lily and James always planned on having a large family and so, when they encounter a newly orphaned baby, they don't hesitate to take in the boy as their own son. A year later, Lily has her own firstborn, and several more children soon follow. Everything is boisterous and loving in the Potter household until disaster strikes, and James Potter passes away. Suddenly left on her own with five children under the age of ten, Lily has to figure out how she will take care of them.

    This is all old news to eleven-year-old Tom Riddle, who was sent to live with his recently discovered muggle grandparents when he was eight. He didn't think about his life with the Potters for years! He certainly didn't miss them at all!

    At least not until he enrolled in Hogwarts: a school of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As a brand new outcast of Slytherin, he wonders about his childhood friend and brother, Harry Potter, and where he is in life. Does he remember Tom? Is he excited to come to Hogwarts? Will he want to reconnect when he does?

    So he writes a letter and sends it out. What he gets in response, however, changes everything.

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