Harry potter the boy who survives
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Harry Potter the boy who survives by Sparklingwatermelo
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
28 Oct 2024
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The sound of hammering fists on the door of his cupboard pulls Harry from the edges of sleep, and the piercing shrieks his aunt is directing through the grate makes him wish he had the ability to fall into an eternal slumber. “Boy! Get out here and help me make breakfast!” It never fails to surprise him how much Petunia sounds like a bird, those green and blue budgies you find in a pet shop, so sharp and shrill he fears for his eardrums. “I won’t ask Twice, boy! If you’re not out here in thirty seconds I’ll fetch Vernon!”
Harry breathes out a sigh. Petunia is one thing… Vernon is something else entirely. Threats to do with his uncle are not something to be taken lightly, the last thing Harry wants is to start his day with a black eye or broken ribs. So, he sits up on his rickety cot, careful to avoid whacking his head on the ceiling of the cupboard, and calls back as politely as he can, keeping all traces of annoyance or anger safely tucked away from his words and tone. “Coming aunt Petunia! Sorry Aunt Petunia.”
Or Harry lives with the Dursleys, finds a magical snake, and goes to Hogwarts. But this is not the Harry Potter Dumbledore expected...
Harry sorts into Slytherin
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- Part 1 of Harry potter the boy who survives
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The Chamber of Salazar Slytherin by Sparklingwatermelo
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
02 Jul 2025
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Harry looks up at the ceiling of his new room, it feels… wrong. The sheer size of the bedroom that was now supposed to be his, looming threateningly around him. It feels more like a cage than the cupboard, with the iron bars on the window and the cat flap and bolts on the door.
The room is completely bare apart from a small single bed and an old wardrobe.
He misses his cupboard. That’s not a sentence he ever thought would cross his mind - but it’s true nonetheless.
He had grown accustomed to it over the years, the tight space had become kind of like a pocket of safety. It’s where they threw him in the aftermath, it’s where he recovers. It gave him the comforting illusion of safety (much like a rabbit would feel hidden away in a burrow believing it is protected even though a predator prowls above ready to dig them out).
This room gives him none of that. It’s big enough so Vernon can come in and terrorise him as much as he pleases and it’s easier than ever for them to simply lock him in here, forget about him, and let him slowly rot away.
It was supposed to be an improvement.
He feels more trapped than ever before.
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- Part 2 of Harry potter the boy who survives