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    It was inevitable, really, that such a thing would fall into Harry's focus eventually.


    "He dropped a delightful little admission about his interest in becoming an animagus."

    Remus says it plainly, quick and frank. Sirius stares back blankly in reply, his mouth gone slack with shock.

    "Shit."

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    01 Feb 2026

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    In a world where avoiding your soulmate leads to madness, Harry Potter spends his fifth year barely holding onto his sanity as Umbridge tightens her grip on Hogwarts.

    The words etched into his skin promise a soulmate still out there—one who wants him dead.

    With his other half impossibly far away, Harry’s mind begins to fracture. Sanity hangs by a thread.

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    20 Jan 2026

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    For a single moment in the middle of being burned alive by dragonfire, the heat so intense it feels freezing and the pain so vast it’s the size of the sky, Harry is relieved.

    He won’t have to wonder what it’s like anymore.

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    14 Jan 2026

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    What I wanted to write was a quick one-shot that explored the idea of Harry being the biological son of Voldemort, only Voldemort doesn't know he has a son and is also as evil as ever. Meanwhile, Harry is just a charismatic kid with a snake and ridiculously powerful magic.

    It turned into a series rewrite.

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    06 Dec 2025

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    After the Christmas argument about Harry's Firebolt, Hermione decides that she's not putting up with the boys' sulking anymore, and she's going to do something about it. What happens next is a testament to the strong bonds forged through people actually talking to each other, the desperation involved in keeping your best friend alive and in one piece, and the desire to build a better, safer world for him to live in, no matter what the objections from the adults.

    In other words, the risk in manipulating things to create child-soldiers is that they will decide that you, too, are also something to protect themselves against.

    Revised, Edited, and Rewritten: After a lot of feedback about how the writing got better as this fic went on, I've been taking a break, not just to have the burn-out breakdown from IRL work, but also to rewrite some of the earlier chapters (mostly 1-5) hoping to improve on what was already there, and add things I wish I'd thought of the first time.
    Updated So Far: Chapters 1, 2, and 3 - an additional chapter inserted after Chapter 3 - and 4 (which is now Chapter 5, I guess)

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    30 Nov 2025