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2023-09-30 15:19:36 +0000 UTC
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After ending his first attempt at teaching students about the nature of magic, it was finally time for the practical portion that he had talked about in the very beginning. Harry raised his wand, and gave it a small flick, and like an invisible curtain that had just dropped, the entire room shimmered, revealing twenty duelling courts, each of them barely more than fifteen feet in length. The class looked at him in surprise and awe.
He smirked. Maintaining an illusion for that long was d...
2023-09-30 15:10:51 +0000 UTC
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We added over 2500 words of new content to Chapter 16, and shifted some of Chap 16's content to Chap 17, to make the entire thing more cohesive and enjoyable to read. One might think that it is unnecessary to keep editing, but we settle for nothing but the absolute best quality of writing.
The BlackStaff And NightMarE are known for that.
So, we're reposting the current Chapter 16, followed by Chapter 17. Please read them accordingly. We are absolutely sure you will enjoy it a heck...
2023-09-30 15:06:05 +0000 UTC
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This was by far, one of the weirdest feelings in his entire existence, decided Harry as he looked at himself in the mirror. He was looking at the jet black professor robes, not very much different from his usual uniform except the utter lack of House stripes. His hair still looked just as unruly as it always did, though Fleur preferred to call it his ‘after-shagged’ hairstyle, not something he could really boast in front of students, half of whom were going to be older than him. Nothing i...
2023-09-25 20:57:32 +0000 UTC
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“Honestly, Potter,” claimed Lee Jordan. “You’re such a disappointment.”
“Agreed,” said Fred, sneering. “Really not expected of you.”
“Where did we go wrong?” mourned George, palming his face.
“Dumbledore did say it was because of the curse,” said Hermione. “So it’s an interim position.”
“Yeah,” said Ginny, her tone as wet as the Sahara. “Incredible are the effects of age on a man’s judgement.”
Harry rolled his eyes, and a...
2023-09-20 14:03:45 +0000 UTC
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Hermione Granger sat on the Gryffindor table, silently eating her dinner. It was apparently an important event as Dumbledore had requested everyone’s presence at the Great Hall. All four houses were in full attendance, as were the staff. Even Professor Trelawney, who only joined the High table on rare occasions, and Professor Burbage, who usually preferred eating in her office, were present, sitting next to Professor Grubbly-Plank. Hermione noticed that Newton Scamander, the revered magizoo...
2023-09-15 14:11:24 +0000 UTC
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“What do you think this is about?”
Harry gave Fleur a half-shrug, as they approached the stone gargoyle. He had received a sudden missive from Dumbledore to visit him in his office. That wasn’t surprising, given the number of missives he had gotten from the Headmaster over the years, a number that had drastically risen ever since the start of term. What really surprised him however, was the request to bring Fleur with him.
“Dumbledore’s mind works in weird and byzantine ...
2023-09-10 16:11:18 +0000 UTC
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Apologies for the delay. Took some time to get some stuff sorted out. Anyway, you will still get the promised six updates for the month. We were planning to release this yesterday to be honest, but it took a little longer to get it all done.
Update Schedule for this month - 6th. 10th. 15th. 20th. 25th. 30th. I'll stick to this schedule for future months too, only make it 5th instead of 6th. Feels... neater.
That's all folks!
2023-09-06 15:31:38 +0000 UTC
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“Bloody buggering hell!” Daphne groaned, bent on all fours, her entire body shaking. She shivered, took deep breaths, and let her head hang down limp between her shoulders. “Fucking hell! That hurt, Harry!”
“Sorry….” Harry began.
“Don’t apologise, ‘Arry,” said Delacour, the sadistic bitch that she was. “What else can you expect from a leetle girl?”
Daphne glared at her, and turned to her fiance. “She’s right. It’s not — Ughh! It’s...
2023-09-06 15:29:39 +0000 UTC
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As commented upon by multiple readers here, Chapter 9 had some glaring OOC moments for Harry Potter as well as reactions from Sirius/Daphne/Fleur/Others that did not fit the theme of the last several chapters. So we went ahead and heavily edited it to make it more cohesive.
Please check it out.
2023-08-28 14:13:21 +0000 UTC
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“This is so exhausting!” muttered Daphne, as she pored through the pages of Moste Potente Potions, making notes on for her potions essay. Harry had missed the last potions class, and somewhere in her worry for her fiance and the hundred and eleven things zooming in her head, she had buggered up her invigorating potion. She was lucky that Professor Snape had only punished her with a thirteen inches on the properties of moonstone and their role in invigorating draughts, to be due next class...
2023-08-28 14:11:06 +0000 UTC
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“Ever since that night at the cemetery, I’ve been having… dreams. I’m… I’m not sure if I can call them dreams, because they’re too lucid. In them, I’m in a cold place, like an icy mountain. I think. And I meet Ignotus.”
“Who iz this man?” Fleur asked.
“Ignotus Peverell,” said Harry. “Grandfather of Iolanthe Peverell. She married Hardwin Potter, and is my family’s connection to the Peverell legacy. He’s the previous Peverell Vessel, and the entity yo...
2023-08-23 13:26:41 +0000 UTC
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It’s all a blur. Unreal. He crouches down, looking at the murky, silvery waters, seeing his reflection in them. But it isn’t him that is looking back — its eyes are black, like gaping black holes, an unwavering emptiness that would swallow him if he lets it. The hand comes out, grips him and pulls him into the pool.
Pool? Underwater? Ocean? He cannot tell.
These waters. The Unconscious. The Anima. They are as much a part of him as he is part of them. Th...
2023-08-18 14:57:09 +0000 UTC
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Albus Dumbledore didn’t believe in God. Most wizards didn’t. After all, magic was akin to a force that behaved in certain ways. Like a mechanic, or an engineer, you could make them work for you if you knew how, without needing a god or a goddess or whatever to get involved. But more important than that, it was the fact that Faith was all about letting go and trusting someone else.
And wizards, by nature, weren’t terribly predisposed to surrendering control, not when you had that m...
2023-08-13 14:02:19 +0000 UTC
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The world is grayscale. Except for the prey.
They are bathed in red. Fear, coldness, anticipation, resentment, horror — he recognizes a plethora of emotions. How? It doesn’t matter. All it matters is that these strange creatures with bony limbs and tattered shadowy cloaks that surround him. It reminds him of something… no, of someone, seeing someone on the other bank of shiny waters — a brilliant white light, antlers.
But who?
“ —EX...
2023-08-08 13:58:08 +0000 UTC
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Crap. This place is a mess.
Ignotus had told him how Death had ravaged this place. It explained the rotten structures, the desolate buildings and the blackened Hogwarts. It didn’t at all explain why the forbidden forest had grown to at least twice its size, and sprawled all the way into the Hogwarts grounds and the Quidditch pitch. If Death had killed every single thing in here, surely plants were no exception.
Death-affected or not, it was terribly eerie, walking throu...
2023-08-03 18:58:32 +0000 UTC
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A cold and rusty wind stirred momentarily as Harry appeared with a pop. His gaze wandered over his new surroundings and his face betrayed a flicker of distaste and disappointment. After all the metaphorical description McGonagall had pounded him with, he had expected something bright and rich and surreal. After all, this was the world of spirits.
Instead what he found was a soggy mess.
A burst, desolate, decrepit, soggy mess.
Shattered ruins marred the hillside, looking utte...
2023-07-26 16:50:31 +0000 UTC
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By the time Harry walked into McGonagall’s office, it was close to sunset. He had been surprised when the professor had asked him to drop in at an exact time, but the woman hadn’t explained why, just telling him that they were going to make a significant jump in his journey into self-transfiguration. She had looked practically giddy, if he might say so. McGonagall had always been the sanest and most composed of the teaching staff, so he imagined there was a method to her madness.
Th...
2023-07-21 17:21:40 +0000 UTC
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Harry took a momentary pause. Taking on powerful wizards was one thing. Taking on ones who had done their homework and who knew who you were and exactly what you have done was something else entirely. Rattled, a hundred questions flashed through his head right that moment, yet his mouth didn’t move, his mind rushing into overdrive as he considered all potential outcomes of this one event. Nicholas Flamel was Albus Dumbledore’s friend, and if he let the old man know about him holding the w...
2023-07-16 17:55:10 +0000 UTC
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A group of curse-breakers, school governors and staff, and visiting delegates walked into a girl’s lavatory. It sounded like the beginning of a joke, but Harry Potter was not amused.
Possibly because the joke was on him.
“Harry!” sang Myrtle, appearing out of her toilet with a splash. “You came back!”
Years of being in public scrutiny allowed him to ignore the looks he was getting. He was certain that several people in the group would be putting h...
2023-07-11 16:14:57 +0000 UTC
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CONTROVERSIAL CLAUSE 159 REPEALED!
OWL SYLLABI REVERTED TO ORIGINAL FORMAT, CLAIMS CARROW!
EDUCATIONAL DECREE NUMBER 22 TO REMAIN IN EFFECT!
Harry sat on his chair, idly sipping his orange juice, watching the madness unfurl all across Hogwarts as the effects of his latest stunt took root in wizarding Britain. Six months ago, had someone told him that he’d actually be reading the Daily Prophet ent...
2023-07-06 16:37:33 +0000 UTC
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“Sixty-seven points, Dolores! Sixty-seven! At this rate I might as well just resign tomorrow itself!”
Cornelius sagged down on his chair, his restless hands barely managing to stay on the table before him. Ever since the blasted night of the Triwizard, things had been on a downward spiral for him. Death of over half of Lucius’s faction, an absolute PR nightmare in front of a global audience and if that wasn’t enough, Potter’s well-crafted fear-mongering attempt about ...
2023-07-01 18:08:13 +0000 UTC
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Dolores Umbridge strolled into the classroom, a wide smile across her face.
Her plan had worked. She had finally been able to accomplish what her dear Minister sent her for. She had finally been able to secure a position to openly confront the bane of Cornelius’s existence — that damned Harry Potter.
Honestly, even she was surprised at how easy it had been. After the way that damned lying, attention-seeking brat had taken her own words and made an open mockery in fron...
2023-06-27 17:47:50 +0000 UTC
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Daphne exhaled as she stood in front of Harry’s room. Normally, just being there was enough to get her palpitating in exhilaration at the opportunity to spend a little alone time with her fiance. As much as she hated to admit it, Daphne had become the one thing she had always feared and despised — a love-struck fool.
And the worst part? She couldn’t even blame anyone for it.
However, this time, it was different. Daphne took a step back and sighed in silent consternation. For...
2023-06-22 17:23:07 +0000 UTC
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Meanwhile inside the Eagle’s Nest…
“How do you reckon he did that?” asked Terry Boot.
Michael Corner looked at his best friend Anthony Goldstien as the two of them shrugged at each other. After the events of the DADA class, the Ravenclaw nest had been in turmoil, especially in the light of the duel.
Sue Li, who was widely regarded as the best duelist in the entire House since third year, sat absolutely silent. Over the last few years, she had been th...
2023-06-17 18:09:09 +0000 UTC
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“FURNUNCULUS! STUPEFY! TARANTALLEGRA!”
Daphne watched as Harry casually sidestepped each of the curses as soon as they were spoken. To her, and the entire class, it was like he had anticipated where the beams of light would strike before they had been fired, which was amazing. He was just casually walking between steps, as if filled with absolute certainty that none of the spells would even touch him.
And they didn’t.
As if to counter his reflexes, Malfoy yell...
2023-06-12 15:44:33 +0000 UTC
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The Defence Against The Dark Arts class was in session. Which, in Daphne-speak, meant that Umbridge was sitting upon her chair, busy sipping tea, while the rest of the class was sitting quietly and mindlessly droning over whatever new crap Slinkhard had to say about the subject. Tracey looked like she was about to burst a nerve, while Millie looked as bored as ever. Crabbe and Goyle were doodling over their books, while Malfoy was throwing dirty looks at the Gryffindor table.
And ...
2023-06-07 18:26:20 +0000 UTC
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Harry stood in the shower, soaking up the heat, letting the water course all over him. He had bruised himself a little below the wrist, and in his left calf, probably during his attempt to save Daphne and also direct the Thunderbolt The scar would probably take a little longer to heal, but that was fine. The purplish red to angry pink. His wrist wasn’t giving him much trouble, but he’d have to remember to take it slow for the remainder of the day. The Harry Potter before the summer would ...
2023-06-02 14:47:38 +0000 UTC
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Harry peered through the trap door leading to the changing room. The crowd outside was cheering and roaring with expectation. It was the first match of the season and Gryffindor was facing Slytherin. The weather was fine, with no storm clouds and dementors around, which promised an awesome game.
And he’d be facing Daphne who’d be chasing for the other team.
Speaking of Daphne, the girl had been true to her word and made him suffer through the entirety of her howler collections...
2023-05-28 16:34:24 +0000 UTC
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It was time for his first class with Professors Babbling and Vector.
Over the last month, Harry had been to Babbling’s office three times a week, for two hours right before supper. He had always thought that Filius Flitwick was the most exuberant character in all of Hogwarts’s staff, but Bathsheda Babbling had him beat in pure enthusiasm. Over the month, she had ran him through a personalised crash course on runecraft. That he had the cursory knowledge of Elder Futhark helped, but l...
2023-05-21 16:24:30 +0000 UTC
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