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Harry Potter and the Soul Gems by Shedoc (M)
Fandom: HARRY POTTER
Pairing: Remus/Snape; Fleur/Bill; Neville/Luna; numerous het and slash OC relationships.
Length: 66,436
Author on LJ: N/A
Author Website: Shedoc's FFN Profile
Why this must be read: Shedoc takes a simple premise -- what if the Ministry exiled Harry after he won the War for them -- and creates a delightful AU. While Shedoc plays fast and loose with canon (Harry looks for, finds and destroys the Horcruxes in his sixth year instead of his seventh; both Snape and Dumbledore survive) she also gives us a Harry who still can't keep out of trouble, even when he tries. The premise is simple: as soon as he is exiled, he is approached by the goblins to apprentice as a cursebreaker; he has inherent skills for the job, as well as those gained in finding and destroying the horcruxes. He, of course, becomes successful -- the younger Master Cursebreaker in history. With a rich cavalcade of OCs (names after characters from other fandoms but with no other similarities), Harry sets out to make history.
There is, of course, more to this fic than that. It is one of the few fics that makes mpreg logical or at least less farfetched than it usually appears, with a unique take on what the horcrux that resided in Harry for so long might make him susceptible to. There is a rich friendship and loyalty between Harry and Dobby, Winky, and Hagrid, all of whom follow Harry into exile. The war itself is hinted at as well as some of the aftereffects in Britain. The last chapter reunites Harry and Remus and sets up the sequel. The sequel brings in more of the Harry Potter characters and focuses on Harry's confrontation with the Ministry and his past. And of course, he gets his happy ending.
Extract from 'Harry Potter: The Man behind the Legend. An Unofficial Biography'
… Coming as it did a mere ten hours after his defeat of the self-styled Lord Voldemort, the British Ministry's declaration of exile is still seen by many as a crushing betrayal. Having sacrificed both family and love to the cause of ridding Britain of the ascending Dark Lord, Harry Potter found himself reeling on a street corner in France, deposited there by the Port Key the Ministry had used to part him from his homeland forever.
Little is known about those first grim hours, though it is believed that several magical races made contact with Mr Potter to offer their support and succour…
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Harry settled more comfortably on the floating carpet and waited patiently for the sun to rise. He had his journal balanced on his knee and the spell he used to orient himself, giving Muggle latitude and longitude as well as the Wizarding equivalent, was hovering in the air, waiting to be directed to a new location. He'd already marked in the main site, and all he needed now was the dawn to prove his theory right.
The last of the shadows lightened and then began to lift. Acting quickly, Harry sent his spell out to locate the four rounded shadows that shouldn't have been on the flat featureless terrain, sketching them in quickly on his map, and adding the location details as the spell bounced back. He added in the major landmarks, the sketched map taking shape under his sure eye. At Hogwarts, he'd never have listed sketching as one of his talents, but now… two years of near constant practice had improved his skills, as well as his handwriting.
Satisfied he'd recorded all the pertinent details, Harry cancelled the spell, and then used the magically altered Polaroid camera to take a few pictures. The sun was rapidly heating the air, which was to be expected in the desert. Dobby had insisted on Harry wearing a cloak in the cool night air, but Winky had laid a few charms on it that would prevent him from overheating once the sun was up. The loose cotton clothes he wore beneath, a marked changed from the usual Muggle clothes he'd worn growing up, had the same charm.
Harry Potter and the Soul Gems
And it's sequel:
Harry Potter and the City of Tents (Note: there are numerous pairings in this, including Harry/Ron, Ginny/Draco, Hermione/Charlie, Fred/Tonks, George/Angelina, Athur/Molly)
Pairing: Remus/Snape; Fleur/Bill; Neville/Luna; numerous het and slash OC relationships.
Length: 66,436
Author on LJ: N/A
Author Website: Shedoc's FFN Profile
Why this must be read: Shedoc takes a simple premise -- what if the Ministry exiled Harry after he won the War for them -- and creates a delightful AU. While Shedoc plays fast and loose with canon (Harry looks for, finds and destroys the Horcruxes in his sixth year instead of his seventh; both Snape and Dumbledore survive) she also gives us a Harry who still can't keep out of trouble, even when he tries. The premise is simple: as soon as he is exiled, he is approached by the goblins to apprentice as a cursebreaker; he has inherent skills for the job, as well as those gained in finding and destroying the horcruxes. He, of course, becomes successful -- the younger Master Cursebreaker in history. With a rich cavalcade of OCs (names after characters from other fandoms but with no other similarities), Harry sets out to make history.
There is, of course, more to this fic than that. It is one of the few fics that makes mpreg logical or at least less farfetched than it usually appears, with a unique take on what the horcrux that resided in Harry for so long might make him susceptible to. There is a rich friendship and loyalty between Harry and Dobby, Winky, and Hagrid, all of whom follow Harry into exile. The war itself is hinted at as well as some of the aftereffects in Britain. The last chapter reunites Harry and Remus and sets up the sequel. The sequel brings in more of the Harry Potter characters and focuses on Harry's confrontation with the Ministry and his past. And of course, he gets his happy ending.
Extract from 'Harry Potter: The Man behind the Legend. An Unofficial Biography'
… Coming as it did a mere ten hours after his defeat of the self-styled Lord Voldemort, the British Ministry's declaration of exile is still seen by many as a crushing betrayal. Having sacrificed both family and love to the cause of ridding Britain of the ascending Dark Lord, Harry Potter found himself reeling on a street corner in France, deposited there by the Port Key the Ministry had used to part him from his homeland forever.
Little is known about those first grim hours, though it is believed that several magical races made contact with Mr Potter to offer their support and succour…
0o0o0o0
Harry settled more comfortably on the floating carpet and waited patiently for the sun to rise. He had his journal balanced on his knee and the spell he used to orient himself, giving Muggle latitude and longitude as well as the Wizarding equivalent, was hovering in the air, waiting to be directed to a new location. He'd already marked in the main site, and all he needed now was the dawn to prove his theory right.
The last of the shadows lightened and then began to lift. Acting quickly, Harry sent his spell out to locate the four rounded shadows that shouldn't have been on the flat featureless terrain, sketching them in quickly on his map, and adding the location details as the spell bounced back. He added in the major landmarks, the sketched map taking shape under his sure eye. At Hogwarts, he'd never have listed sketching as one of his talents, but now… two years of near constant practice had improved his skills, as well as his handwriting.
Satisfied he'd recorded all the pertinent details, Harry cancelled the spell, and then used the magically altered Polaroid camera to take a few pictures. The sun was rapidly heating the air, which was to be expected in the desert. Dobby had insisted on Harry wearing a cloak in the cool night air, but Winky had laid a few charms on it that would prevent him from overheating once the sun was up. The loose cotton clothes he wore beneath, a marked changed from the usual Muggle clothes he'd worn growing up, had the same charm.
Harry Potter and the Soul Gems
And it's sequel:
Harry Potter and the City of Tents (Note: there are numerous pairings in this, including Harry/Ron, Ginny/Draco, Hermione/Charlie, Fred/Tonks, George/Angelina, Athur/Molly)