Because being star crossed lovers can be painful. It's beautiful and romantic but there's also so much pain. What has caused the Black and Malfoy families to be so entwined? Could it, perhaps, be a curse?
Arcturus Black, Head of the Black Family, manages to free Sirius after only two years in prison. Free, though still believed to be a Death Eater by the public, Sirius raises Harry. As he deals with the aftermath of the war and Azkaban, Sirius begins re-evaluating his world view. He ran away from the pureblood world he was born into, believing it to be evil and wrong. But was it?
Cassiopeia Black changed the course of history by forcing the Dursleys to hand over the-boy-who-lived to her care. Harry Potter disappears, and The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black gets a new heir worthy to carry on the family legacy of madness. This is the story of how it all began…
Sirius Black is freed from Azkaban early. This, predictably, changes everything. - Largely AU, focusing on the interrelationships between the Black Family.
*Rewrite and Updated* Some behind-the-scenes maneuvering gets Harry questioning things early in his Hogwarts years. The type of guidance every muggle-raised should recieve reveals secrets about the House of Potter and pureblood beliefs. The Battle at the Ministry provides a strange twist of fate and a chance for Harry to get out of the War. *Canon-Divergence, partly epistolary*
[Early 1979] Tragedy strikes the Black family with the death of Orion Black. Pulled away from his studies at Hogwarts, Regulus is forced to process the sense of loss in the context of their family structure - and in the context of his blood traitor brother's unexpected appearance. Or, Sirius and Regulus see each other for the last time before Regulus disappears. Renascentia-verse.
Family and Blood Purity. Ideals espoused in the wizarding world like the gospel. Hermione Granger is brought up in the mundane but fully understands her heritage before she's sent to Hogwarts. There she will find family, friends and danger. Hermione must find a way to survive her first year and keep her family safe. She'll do all she can to save him. Manipulative Dumbledore.
Violet Potter had nothing left to live for. After the war, she didn't even know her own identity anymore. And so, Death gave her new one. Fem!Harry/TMR
Earth died, muggles and magicals had warred and damned themselves into oblivion. The only survivor was the less than sane Harry Potter. Eventually he stumbles upon the Veil of Death, on a whim he decides to walk through and soon awakens in his cupboard under the stairs as one Harriet Potter. The Marauders shall ride again, led by a not quite all there witch. (Black Family revival)
When Peter Pettigrew was found and Sirius Black came to trial, there were a number of people with vested interest in the outcome.
RA Black's son raised to be the Lord Black by the reclusive Corbeaux Family and by his Great-grandfather Arcturus Black. In 1994, as he starts Hogwarts as a 7th-year transfer student, he upends life for Harry Potter and the Triwizard Tournament. Expect Weasley bashing. Liam and HP will be overpowered to the levels of LV or APWBD. OC/OC but will end up as Daphne/OC/Fleur.
Join Potter and Black families in their nifty adventures as they turn their little protégés the most Gryffindor and Slytherin they could get.
"Your husband will be pleased," her sister said blandly, straightening her skirt and brushing off imagined lint. "Perhaps now he might have an heir." Lysandra shook her head, keeping her eyes trained on where her fingers were twisting together nervously. "I hope it's a girl."
AU!OC!Join Alvis Wells Joyce Gryffindor as he ascends to his Lordship and take the reins of the wizarding world and leads it to days of freedom and equality for all to have and cherish.He expertly waltzes through the Pureblood Politics,Hogwarts House Rivalries and the Issue of Voldemort to ensure that the wizarding world is ushered into a new era-an era of peace and tranquillity.!
AU: "If I were a fly on the wall in your house, what would I see?" - When Orion Black, the son of mass-murderer Sirius Black, stepped into a 'charmed' life as the Malfoy family's ward, he knocked over a line of dominoes. And, Viscaria Malfoy, the first child of Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy, just watched with a smile. OCs Warning.
James kicks out Lily when it becomes clear she's caring Sirius' child. Voldemort does the wrong thing in taking Bellatrix that fateful night and her fanatical love for the Dark Lord breaks beneath her loyalty to House Black. Bella takes little Cassiopeia and, together with the rest of her family, raises the Girl-Who-Lived into the ultimate Gray La
A Harry Potter who is betrayed by everyone fic. Draco Malfoy takes a trip to the past to right a wrong. This Harry is insanely powerful. Please read and review. Thank you.
What truly happened on the night when Sirius ran away? what caused it and what did his family do in the aftermatch?
Even though they lost the war, purebloods won in the end. Harry was sentenced to death for undermining the new world order. Death gave him one chance to make things right in the world. This is JKR's sandbox. I'm just playing in it. NOTE: I do not have the time to finish this story. I outlined the rest of the story as Ch 5 to give you closure. Story will be deleted around 1 Sept 16.
On that fateful night in '81, Sirius arrives first, gathers up Harry and takes up his god-fatherly duties, raising Harry with the help of Remus and a nudge from the ghosts of Lilly and James in secrecy before returning to the wizarding world for Harry's third year. Rated M for violence and language. No slash, no definite pairing yet.
Lucretia Black finally tells her father about her love for Ignatius Prewett. ONESHOT
Bertrand Riley is a young detective assigned as part of a team to tackle the case of Jack The Ripper. When a woman from one of the leading pureblood families pays Riley a visit, his line of enquiry takes a surprising and potentially dangerous turn in his effort to find the killer.
For the Hogwarts Scavenger Hunt. Unrelated drabbles about Black family members.
She sat up and said "Did it work?" Fawkes trilled saying "Yes it did only one itty bitty problem. Magic would not allow us to go back to the past like we intended, she was too angry to allow the people who abused her to gain from the changes that would occur with our going to the past...
A story of how Harry Potter is taken at Godric's Hollow and raised as the much needed heir of the Black family. AU, Slytherin Harry
1981- Voldemort has fallen, but the war is no where near over. Arcturus Black, barred from the Wizengamot when Voldemort rose from power, seeks to undermime the ministry by proving the innocence of his Grandson, Sirius. Charlus and Dorea Potter fight to get their grandson away from their daughter in law's sister. And the death-eaters are determined to regain what they have lost...
Harry makes a different choice when he's in Kings Cross. His soul gets sent back in time to be reborn. His original plans for this second chance turn out to be harder than anticipated. What will it do to him to have Bellatrix Lestrange for a mother and James Potter for a father? To have to choose between one parent over another and to walk the fine line between light and dark. AU.
Corinne just wanted to walk around the woods.
November 1981: Voldemort has been defeated, but Arcturus Black isn't celebrating. His grandson and heir has been carted off to Azkaban- Arcturus is determined to secure a trial. Not just because he thinks Sirius is innocent- but because he knows there's a second war coming- a war which will centre around Sirius' godson, Harry- and the nature of magic itself...Discontinued.
What would happen if Harry Potter had been born a girl? What would happen if that girl was not raised by Vernon and Petunia Dursley, but instead by a prominent Pureblood family? This is that story. Fem!Harry (Bridget); Vicious but not evil Bridget; Dumbledore & Selective Weasley Bashing. Pairings undecided. Probable eventual Fem!slash.