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Rumour of an Alchemist

  • Asking for Trouble

    Sirius Black wonders if it was such a good idea to have children after all, after he hears who his eldest son, Harry, has invited to his eleventh birthday party. Alternate Universe. One-shot. Minor corrections, March 2013.

  • In the Shadow of Three Bolts: Letters

    Alternate Universe. Some of the written exchanges which occured during the spring of 1991, concerning where pupils would be studying in the coming September. May not make so much sense to those not familiar with my 'Shadow of Three Bolts' alternate universe.

  • The Dark Lord's Right Hand 4

    One-Shot. It's February 1978 in an alternate universe and the extent of the damage a lieutenant Voldemort has infiltrated into Hogwarts is just starting to become clear to Albus Dumbledore... Warning! HORROR. Tragedy. Fallen!Marauder. 'M' rated.

  • Meeting Lily's Son

    One-shot. How Harry Potter's pre-Hogwarts experience in July of 1991 might have gone in an alternate universe where Professor Horace Slughorn wanted to personally deliver the Hogwarts letter of Lily's son. Slytherin!Slughorn.

  • Paradigm Shift

    One-shot, near-drabble. Tom Marvolo Riddle discovers something in a muggle library during one summer holiday in the 1940's that changes his plans for the future - the Witchcraft Act of 1735. Slightly expanded Author Notes (5th February 2013, UK time).

  • The Open Window

    Several days after Harry Potter's first birthday, tragedy strikes in August of 1981. One-shot which diverges from canon during the story. Warning! Character death! Warning! This story is identified as 'Tragedy'.

  • Unforgiveable (Harry)

    Warning! Parody and sillyness! 'UH' is a hardbitten chain-smoking super!harry who jumps dimensions to solve other realities' 'Voldemort problems' for them to amuse himself. Has he finally met his match? One-shot.

  • Figwood and giant flytrap spine

    Alternate universe where Voldemort simply inexplicably disappears on Hallowe'en 1981, as far as wizarding Britain knows, without going anywhere near the Potters or Longbottoms. Updates only occasional, but story not abandoned. Canon going out the window. Punctuation amended November, 2014. ON HIATUS.

  • In Pursuit of Princes

    Lucius Malfoy, a loyal servant of he Dark Lord, makes a report to Lord Voldemort, concerning recent events at Hogwarts. One-shot. Supplemental material to 'Alternate Scene by the Lake 4'. Author Notes expanded slightly, August 11, 2013.

  • Alternate Scene in the Robes Shop 2

    Draco Potter is the Boy-Who-Lived and is shopping in Diagon Alley for his school supplies before he starts at Hogwarts. Warning! Silly one-shot based in alternate universe with knock-on effects from non canon arranged marriage pairings. Minor spelling/typo corrections, mid-April 2013/December 2013.

  • Alternate Scene in a Railway Carriage Compartment

    Warning! Silly, fluffy, Alternate Universe, one-shot. It's September the first, 1991, and Hermione Granger is sitting alone in a compartment on her first trip to Hogwarts, trying to read, when people start to drop by...

  • Constant Vigilance!

    A fluffy, slightly silly, one-shot set in an alternate universe where Alastor Moody replaces Albus Dumbledore as Hogwarts headmaster as school winds down for the summer holidays in 1975. A couple of scenes of that, and then from the 1975-1976 Hogwarts school year. Warning! Characters not necessarily adherent to canon. Rated M, to be on safe side, for occasional pithy language.

  • Vault 21C

    Alternate Universe. It's 1976 and the goblins of Gringotts have held a large mysterious device in a vault for centuries, ever since Salazar Slytherin and his ally Tsar Berendey sent it to them. ON HIATUS.

  • Sorting Night

    One-shot. The reaction of an alternate universe's Severus Snape on the night in 1991 when one Harry James Potter is sorted into Slytherin. Rated 'M' for language in places.

  • The Flaw in the Plan 2

    Slightly silly (and sad in places) one-shot. An alternate universe where it turned out that Xenophilius Lovegood had something literally right. If only Harry had paid attention properly... Warning! Character death. Rated 'M' to be on the safe side.

  • Worthy to be Named

    The last hour or so of the Triwizard Tournament in an alternate universe where Fleur Delacour proves more resilient than her canon counterpart. One-shot. Rated 'M' just in case.

  • Luna Lovegood and the Chamber of Secrets

    Slightly silly one-shot. Alternate Universe. In a different reality, the events of the equivalent 1992-1993 Hogwarts school year play somewhat differently to canon. Revised to correct minor typing/punctuation errors, 20th April, 2014.

  • New Lessons

    Alternate Universe. Harry's thoughts on classes this school year in two of the subjects that he's taking, as Christmas 1995 approaches. Brief sketch. One-shot. Rated 'T'.

  • Harry Potter and the Girl with Silver-Blue Hair

    Alternate Universe. Rodolphus and Rabastan Lestrange were killed in the 1970's, and a girl with silver-blue hair ended up being born a generation earlier... A few rough sketches set in the summer and early autumn of 1991. One-shot. Rated 'T'.

  • Never Bring

    One-shot. Short sketch. Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort are facing one another in a duel in 1997. Alternate Universe; slightly silly. This piece is rated 'T'.