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(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 355: Snake in the Grass

Chapter 355: Snake in the Grass

4 April 1995, Little Hangleton

Lord Voldemort sat in one of the few remaining safe houses he had left, a hidden bunker in Little Hangleton with a small emergency stash. He remembered feeling a bit silly at the thought of ever needing it. After all, he had never expected to be in this position. He had enough followers to host him in their manors, underneath their century-old wards in case he was injured. In the worst case, Riddle Man...

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 354: Angel’s Despair

Chapter 354: Angel’s Despair

2 April 1995, Ministry of Magic, London

The last few months in Eddie Carmichael’s life were nothing more than tortuous, even that was an understatement. It made him wonder how things could ever go so wrong. Just months prior, he was in Durmstrang, spectating the European Tournament alongside his school’s delegation.

He knew that he had little to no chance of being selected in any of the main events. He’d always been secon...

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 353: Plain Sight

Chapter 353: Plain Sight

2 April 1995, Ministry of Magic

Harry’s meeting with Arcturus was as fruitful as he had hoped. The man was quick to provide the general whereabouts of his great-granddaughter when Harry assured him that he had no intention of harming her. Apart from Voldemort’s brief interruption, everything had gone relatively smoothly. By the time Harry explained the situation, the Black Patriarch was laughing strangely. He already knew about the Hor...

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 352: The Nature of Duality

Chapter 352: The Nature of Duality

29 March 1995, Black Manor

Harry couldn’t help but curse his luck. No, there had to be more to it. Fate itself must have been against him for everything to turn out so badly. He probably should have come the day before, but he was busy spending some quality time with Daphne and making sure that Longbottom wouldn’t tell anyone of his survival.

In a burst of pure luck, the boy who lived decided to keep his mouth shut abou...

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 351: The Black Sanction

Chapter 351: The Black Sanction

29 March 1995, Black Manor

Arcturus Black sat in his office, drinking a very old bottle of Firewhiskey, and reminisced at the remains of his legacy. He couldn’t help but wonder why everything had to go to shit without so much of a head’s up. His entire legacy was now made up of Narcissa and her brat of a son, and Andromeda’s estranged family which wanted nothing to do with the Black legacy.

He had observed the remnants o...

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 350: The Long Way Round

Chapter 350: The Long Way Round

28 March 1995, Greengrass Manor

“Probably, but hopefully it won’t be in a very long time.”

Then a soft voice spoke up, “Umm, Daph, Harry, what was that about?” Oh, yeah, Astoria was there. He forgot about that. That was bound to be very awkward to explain.

Harry watched as Daphne gently let Astoria know a few snippets of what they experienced in the last few years. The younger girl’s poker f...

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 349: Red and Green

Chapter 349: Red and Green

28 March 1995, Greengrass Manor

To say that Harry was tense would have been an understatement. The moment he heard her voice, everything just came back. He was back in Durmstrang, holding back a corrosive magical release that would have wiped out the entire school and its surrounding land, while Lily Evans declined to help, choosing her own hide over her son, refusing to sacrifice herself for him.

There was nothing wrong with that ...

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 348: The Emerald Pond

Chapter 348: The Emerald Pond

28 March 1995, Greengrass Manor

It took Daphne embarrassingly long to realize that she wasn’t dreaming. It was a pretty recurrent one, where she imagined that Harry was still there, that he would just appear from thin air, twirl her around, and kiss her. It was too good to be true, but she always felt mournful when she woke up and faced reality once more.

However, there were a few imperfections that didn’t occur in her dream...

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 347: Fated Reunion

Chapter 347: Fated Reunion

28 March 1995, Hogwarts

Harry Potter disappeared from Hogwarts feeling conflicted. For some reason, the entire country had gone to shit in the few months he wasn’t around. Voldemort returning wasn’t something he expected, but he had prepared himself for it. The option was always there, especially as the Horcrux in Neville’s scar was still intact. The good news was that Voldemort's return wasn't without some severe losses on his sid...

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 346: The Hero’s Bane

Chapter 346: The Hero’s Bane

28 March 1995, Hogwarts

The last few months of Neville Longbottom’s life had been pretty horrible. Ever since Voldemort came back, everything changed. It wasn’t that he hadn’t thought about it before—he just never really accepted it. Ever since that fateful day in his first year when he learned that his parents’ murderer was still alive, he knew this day would eventually come. His mother’s protection had killed Quirrell, ...

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 345: Finding Home

Chapter 345: Finding Home

28 March 1995, Durmstrang

In a blink of an eye, he found himself in a familiar series of mountains, surrounded by snow. He was in Durmstrang. He could feel it, the sense of belonging, the familiarity of the world. He was back home.

Harry lied there in the snow for what felt like hours, just relishing how it soothed his burning magical circuits. The journey alone was gruelling, but it had been worth it. The slow deterioratio...

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 344: The Land Between

Chapter 344: The Land Between

Unknown place, Unknown Time

With a final surge, Harry was pulled through the shimmering rift, vanishing into the swirling storm of colours beyond, leaving behind a prison devoid of dementors, the chained corpse of a Dark Lord impaled in the heart with a black spear, and corpses all over the maximum-security wing.

It was impossible to describe his journey home. Reality itself was unravelling around Harry, slipping throug...

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 343: An Interesting Life

Chapter 343: An Interesting Life

5 May 1997, Hogwarts (Earth 2)

Harry watched as the sun set before his eyes. He was at the exact place he and Sirius hung out the morning after Voldemort died. He liked so sit there and remember that for as much as life could suck sometimes, it could have easily been worse. If Harry hadn’t trusted a boy he had just met, then Voldemort could have been out there, alive, threatening people, killing innocents, and going after Harry a...

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 342: The Morning That Follows

Chapter 342: The Morning That Follows

1 November 1995, Hogwarts (Earth 2)

He didn’t have time to process the magnitude of Harrold’s message—not fully. Save Dumbledore or not. The more logical choice was to save the man, and yet something niggled in his head. Of course, that was when Dumbledore sent a Patronus to everyone to gather for an order meeting.

Sirius spent a bit more time than he expected in the Order meeting room, waiting for the oth...

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 341: A New Dawn

Chapter 341: A New Dawn

1 November 1995, Hogwarts (Earth 2)

Sirius Black paced in his dog form, right next to Harry’s bed. To say that the previous day was nerve-wracking would be an understatement and a half. Seeing his godson being hit by that familiar sickly green light was horrifying, even if it was under controlled conditions. It was weaker than Voldemort’s usual spell.

Hell, it was weaker than any killing curse he had ever seen. It glowed just a bi...

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 340: No Place Like Home

Chapter 340: No Place Like Home

31 October 1995, Azkaban (Earth 2)

Suddenly, the killing curse started to fizzle slightly, its energy slowly being sapped out and swallowed by a dark sphere of some sort. The moment the killing curse was swallowed up, Voldemort felt a burning pain all over his body and everything went black.

He watched as the Dark Lord fell unconscious, meaning that the killing curse had struck Harry’s counterpart. It was a very tri...

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 339: The Deadly Foe

Chapter 339: The Deadly Foe

31 October 1995, Azkaban (Earth 2)

“Oh, Tom. I’m disappointed. Don’t you recognize me?”

The man removed his hood and revealed a familiar face with a very familiar scar, “Potter!”

“In the flesh. Now, Lord Voldemort, what did you say about beating Death again?”

Lord Voldemort wouldn’t admit it but the casual way that Potter was holding himself, the magical prowess he exhibited...

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 338: Cornering a Snake

Chapter 338: Cornering a Snake

31 October 1995, Azkaban (Earth 2)

Lord Voldemort had no idea why he was feeling nervous. He hid it, of course, from his followers. It wouldn’t do for them to doubt their mission. However, there was something wrong. He could feel it in his bones. He would never admit it, but Lucius’ confession to the Diary’s destruction, just after the reported Gringotts robbery, had unsettled him to the state of his Horcruxes.

He didn’...

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 337: Conflicting Doubles

Chapter 337: Conflicting Doubles

29 October 1995, London (Earth 2)

In front of him was an almost exact version of himself staring back at him impatiently. However, what drew Harry the most was the distinct lack of scar on the boy’s forehead. He couldn’t help but exclaim, “What the fuck?”

Harrold seemed annoyed for a fraction of a second before sighing, “Look, Sirius, why don’t you clue him in? I need to finish up my preparations.”

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 336: The Last Round

Chapter 336: The Last Round

29 October 1995, Hogwarts (Earth 2)

In Harry Potter’s humble opinion, things had changed too much in just a few weeks. Umbridge was arrested for robbing Gringotts of all things, Grindelwald had apparently escaped Nurmengard, and Albus Dumbledore hadn’t been in the Great Hall ever since his fated enemy’s escape. Most people thought that he was out searching for Grindelwald, trying to defeat him before the Dark Lord raised another a...

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 335: Of Favours Owed

Chapter 335: Of Favours Owed

25 October 1995, Wiltshire (Earth 2)

The manor loomed ahead, an opulent testament to wealth and power, its gleaming white walls bathed in the golden light of the afternoon sun. The sprawling estate stretched before him like a small French palace, with perfectly manicured gardens and ornate wrought-iron gates that framed the grand entrance. Towers rose from each corner, their elegant spires piercing the sky, while tall windows glistened...

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 334: Disturbing the Pond

Chapter 334: Disturbing the Pond

23rd October 1995, Hogwarts (Earth 2)

The world was going to shit. At least that was what Severus Snape was thinking as he brewed a bubbling potion in his office. It was a variation of the Wiggenweld potion that should be far more potent and heal very major wounds, even limiting certain magical effects from spreading, like a jinx or a curse. It would have probably been worth its weight in gold if he sold it to Saint Mungo’s. Heal...

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 333: The Dangers of Grief

Chapter 333: The Dangers of Grief

23rd October 1995, Grimmauld Place (Earth 2)

Gellert Grindelwald was dead.

Albus Dumbledore knew that the moment it happened. He could feel the oaths between them being nullified, the foolish promises that they made in their youth that they never broke. In a small dark corner of his mind, Albus relished his new freedom. He had gotten so used to the invisible shackles that bound him that he had forgotten what it was like to l...

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 332: The Falling Darkness

Chapter 332: The Falling Darkness

21st October 1995, Nurmengard (Earth 2)

A thunderstorm raged outside Nurmengard, the sound of rain hammering against the ancient stone walls, muffled but relentless. Occasional flashes of lightning illuminated the darkened sky, casting brief, jagged shadows through the narrow, barred windows of the fortress.

The low rumble of thunder echoed through the corridors, mingling with the constant drip of water seeping through crack...

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 331: The Opening Move

Chapter 331: The Opening Move

20th October 1995, Hogwarts (Earth 2)

The room was dimly lit, the flickering candlelight casting long shadows that danced eerily across the walls. Harry found himself standing in the centre of a grand, yet cold, drawing room. The air was thick with a sense of power and malevolence, making every breath feel heavy and deliberate. He loved it. He revelled in it, even if he didn’t know why it was so. Harry's eyes darted around, his sens...

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 330: The Soaring Raven

Chapter 330: The Soaring Raven

18th October 1995, London (Earth 2)

Sirius Black stood, flabbergasted, as he watched the alternate version of his godson suddenly burst into a flock of black birds – ravens his mind supplied – which all flew around him for a good minute, before turning back to the strange yet familiar face that met him.

Harrold Smith – he preferred calling him that to avoid being confused in his head – didn’t act like he ever expected...

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 329: Dark Words

Chapter 329: Dark Words

5th October 1995, Hogwarts (Earth 2)

Albus Dumbledore had many faults, he would be the first one to admit that, but one of the things he disliked the most was when his plans were interrupted. Lately, he had spent most of his time trying to figure out what Voldemort had planned next and how to counter it effectively.

Truth be told, Lord Voldemort was a pretty simple creature. He was a sadistic man who fancied himself to be a Dark Lord....

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 328: Dark Wings

Chapter 328: Dark Wings

5th October 1995, Hogwarts (Earth 2)

If someone had said to Severus Snape that he would end up having to follow a student around in the castle, he would have either assumed they were drunk, or he would have called them a dunderhead before giving them a week’s worth of detention. Unfortunately for him, he was ordered by Albus Dumbledore to follow the Smith boy all day, analysing his movements. Him, Severus Snape, the youngest potion master...

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 327: The Defiance Consortium

Chapter 327: The Defiance Consortium

1st October 1995, Hogwarts (Earth 2)

The announcement of Dolores Umbridge’s appointment as High Inquisitor of Hogwarts had come out of nowhere. Hermione Granger had assumed, after reading Percy’s letter, that whatever he was alluding to would have been subtle, that she would have had to go through the newspaper very carefully over the following few days to see if they could notice anything.

She didn’t really have to...

(Enchanting Melodies) Chapter 326: Illuminating the Path

Chapter 326: Illuminating the Path

30th September 1995, Hogwarts (Earth 2)

Albus Dumbledore paced around in his office, feeling unsettled. He felt the familiar weight of his long, silver beard as it swayed with each step, a comforting presence even as his thoughts churned. His eyes swept over the room, taking in the odd assortment of objects and books that had become like old friends over the years. The silver instruments on the shelves puffed out little clouds of...