Tapestry of Fate by The_Minx_17 (PG15)

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Fandom: HARRY POTTER
Pairing: Harry Potter / Severus Snape
Length: 23,000
Author on LJ: the_minx_17 (better to find her on IJ)
Author Website: none?
Why this must be read:

Time Travel. We all love it, right? Even JKR couldn't resist it (even if working out paradoxes is not, shall we say, her strongest point). HP fan writers are no exception.

This time travel story is one of several where Harry goes back in time to the Marauders' Era, but what I like best about this one is the deliberateness of Harry's decision to go back: he knows from the beginning that his goal is to rescue Snape from the awful hand he's dealt by fate. Over the course of the story, he'll learn that some things, true, are fixed and immutable, but he'll also see that sometimes the power of love (or a sense of fair play) can triumph. This is a Harry willing to give up every future happiness he might have been entitled to, his friends, his victory, on the mere chance that he can put things right for someone who's been, frankly, a bit unkind to him. And yet, he goes anyway. *That's* a Harry I like to see.

Tapestry of Fate