Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
by corpse flower (something_rotten)
because all worlds are connected one way or another
Anthology containing:
Lemuria
He wrote his name in the air, using his wand to produce glowing letters, then changed it from ‘Tom Marvolo Riddle’ into ‘I am Lord Voldemort’.
This confirmed three things.
Firstly, that Tom was actually descended from the House of Gaunt and, by extension, Salazar Slytherin himself. She had suspected this ever since he had asked her about his father back in second year and then inquired about Marvolo (and then proceeded to steal her wand).
Secondly, Tom hated his name – which came as no surprise because it was so very Muggle – and wanted to change it into something… more.
And thirdly, Tom was, frankly speaking, delusional.
Naenia Proserpina Lémure was a pureblood, rich and a Necromancer.
Tom Marvolo Riddle was a halfblood at best, poor and always got what he wanted.
What Tom Marvolo Riddle wanted was respect. He wanted power. And he wanted immortality. When the chance to get all of that presented itself in one single person, there was no way he wouldn’t take it.
A story about the friendship between a stoic Necromancer and a power-hungry orphan.
Blue of Blood
Being a Slytherin wasn’t always easy. Balancing pureblood politics, house rivalries and inter-house friendships with ‘mudbloods and blood traitors’ often made for a rather eventful school life. Being related to the most infamous family of Necromancers in Britain and a close friend of the Boy Who Lived on top of that just called for disaster.
Lynea had hoped accepting her fate and serving Death would be the end of her struggles – dealing with the living was nuisance enough. So if the rest of the wizarding world could get over themselves and start behaving like responsible adults already, instead of blotching up even the simplest of tasks (and maybe stop being so bloody afraid of Death along the way, honestly, it was just a serial killer mutilating their victims) that would be much appreciated.
A Touch of Death
When a Dark Lord refuses to announce his return and the Ministry decides your headmaster is just a barmy old man telling lies, what do you do? And the Dark Lord was back, he had been over for tea, after all – Lynea would recognise that face anywhere.
Well, as long as he didn’t go around murdering people, she supposed it was fine. He wasn’t even attacking Harry, despite the two of them being prophesised to clash because ‘neither can live while the other survives’ or something like that. If the Dark Lord had decided to lie low, maybe they could actually focus on more imminent threats – like the pink toad that was going around torturing students or the Necromancer family from the continent that actually cursed people for fun. But who was Lynea to judge that?
Over a Cup of Tea
The Dark-Arts-and-their-Defence-Professor-slash-retired-Dark-Lord having tea with his oldest and only friend, a Necromancer.
Or in short: Tom and Naenia playing cards over tea.
Sticks & Bones
Harry Potter of number four, Privet Drive, had always known he was different.
He could move things without touching them, could make them float in the air and fly across the room. He could make objects invisible or burst out in flames. He could make them change their appearance. He could even light fire in his hands and it never burned him. He could also talk to snakes. They liked talking to him, but they never stayed long.
In short – Harry Potter had a Gift.
In which Harry is magically gifted and maybe just a bit darker and possibly a touch too indifferent.
This Harry gains a different friend on the train, is sorted into a different house and ends up as part of a different trio that is certainly not golden but not exactly silver, either.
A Murder of Crows
Tom looked at the twisted body at the bottom of the stairs for a moment, unable to comprehend what had just happened. His arms and legs were spread at odd angles and his neck twisted in a way that couldn’t be comfortable – or, well, wouldn’t have been comfortable, had Billy still been alive. He definitely wasn’t alive anymore. There was no way he was.
“They will never believe it was an accident,” Naenia said calmly.
Tom winced and cursed under his breath as he looked over at her. “We need to get rid of the evidence.”
Naenia mustered the body with a contemplative look on her face.
“Naenia?”
She turned to him. “I have an idea. Let’s reanimate his body.”
In which a young Tom Riddle meets a Necromancer at the orphanage and things do not turn out for the better, at all.
A Blessing and a Curse
An undead Necromancer decides to try her hand at the Defence Against the Dark Arts position at Hogwarts, School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. The Jinx is not happy, but not the most creative, either.
Or: How many times does a DADA professor have to die, before they give up and let the Jinx win? (The answer is: Too many. The Jinx never stood a chance)
The Mysterious Life of Tom Marvolo Riddle
When Tom is six years old, a woman visits the orphanage he has lived his entire life in to take a look at the children.
When Tom turns seven years of age, mother starts having him help around the mortuary.
Tom is eleven when the man in purple robes visits their home to personally deliver a letter to him.
Tom is thirteen and thinks his life is cursed.
Tom is sixteen years old when he kills someone for the first time. It is an accident.
Tom graduates at eighteen and realises for the first time that neither mother nor Maeri have aged a day since he first met them. They haven’t changed at all.
Tom gets adopted by a necromancer. He doesn’t think his life actually changed for the better.
Like Fading Memories
It began like this:
On the night of the 1st of November, little Harry Potter was placed on the doorstep of Mr and Mrs Dursley’s house at Number 4, Privet Drive. The next morning, a scream woke little Harry when Mrs Dursley opened the front door to put out the milk bottles and found him lying there, a letter tucked into his blankets.
Had this been an ordinary baby, the poor thing would have died of hypothermia. But Harry was not an ordinary baby, nor would he grow up into an ordinary child, no matter how much the Dursleys tried to beat the freakishness out of him. Little Harry grew up knowing he was a freak and that he had to keep his freakishness hidden. The easiest way to do so, he found, was to keep his head down and his emotions in check. The anger stopped soon enough. The constant fear he managed to keep close to his chest.
In which a small change in the Dursleys’ treatment of Harry brings about rather significant consequences.
ABANDONED WORK
Between Tomes and Tombs
One moment was all it took.
For once in his life, Harry takes notice. A simple observation is all it takes to find himself entangled with a peculiar pair of Slytherins that will turn his life upside down.
It Takes a Village
Harry had always known his parents were a special kind of weird.
After Lord Voldemort temporarily dies at the hand of the boy he went out to kill, an old acquaintance of his picks them both up and puts him back together. Little Harry finds himself with very strange parents indeed, but it’s fine. He doesn’t mind.
The Coffin House
There is a shop down Knockturn Alley called ‘The Coffin House’, owned by ‘Eddie & Lethe’. Below, another sign, old and worn, will indicate that it has been here ‘since 1504’. It does not matter which year it is, The Coffin House will always, without a doubt, remain exactly the same.
Behind the counter, the proprietor will welcome anyone who enters with the same smile they greet all customers with and the words, “Welcome. How may we be of assistance?”
Death Doesn't Play Dice
In what may very well be his last year at Hogwarts, Albus Dumbledore decides to hire an old friend as the latest Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor. This one, he is sure, won’t mind the jinx on the post. She might even thank him if it ends up killing her.
Or: Harry somehow finds himself apprenticed to an old necromancer.
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