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Rumour of an Alchemist

  • Castellan

    The job title is 'Hogwarts caretaker', but for Severus Snape, the job involves so much more than that. Alternate universe. Supplemental material to 'Saint Potter'. Characters and situations that have diverged from canon. (Author Notes added, 17th June, 2013) ON HIATUS.

  • The Exigencies of War

    Alternate Universe. One-shot. James and Harry are dead, but Lily's former headmaster wants to ask something of her... Warning! Highly manipulative 'for the greater good' Albus Dumbledore. Warning! Tragedy. Rated 'M'.

  • Safe as Houses?

    One-shot. In an alternate universe with a 'Girl-Who-Lived' things took a sinister turn in the graveyard in Little Hangleton in 1995 at the end of the triwizard tournament. Sirius Black and some unlikely(?) allies try to pick up the pieces. WARNING! 'M' rated, Horror, hurt/comfort. Evil!Voldemort implied.

  • Acting Professionally

    A world-weary and shattered Professor Snape, in the wake of the events of Hallowe'en, 1981, wants nothing more than to try to get on with being the best teacher (by his lights) that he can. A series of short sketches of scenes in the headmaster's office. Alternate Universe. One-shot.

  • All Too Human Weakness

    During the confrontation in the Shrieking Shack in 1994, Peter Pettigrew insists he never betrayed the Potters, and events take a different turn from canon. Alternate Universe. One-shot posted for the Christmas holiday 2012. Some characters differ from their canon counterparts. Punctuation amended November, 2014.

  • Keeping it Simple

    Severus Snape has something to say about the plan Albus Dumbledore's portrait outlines for evacuating Harry Potter from Privet Drive in 1997... One-shot. Diverges from canon.

  • Sorting things out?

    It's 1998, and Tom Marvolo Riddle has apparently won, so the Sorting Hat decides to travel back in time and *try* to do something about that. Alternate Universe results. Manipulative! Sorting Hat. One-off piece. Humour/Tragedy, rated 'M' for occasional swear-words or strong language. (Punctuation corrections, 9th March, 2014)

  • Letter from a Son to his Mother

    Alternate universe. Harry Potter discovered he had to die in 1996, when Professor Snape abducted him to try and keep him alive. Harry escaped Professor Snape and decided to take matters into his own hands. Warning: Character death.

  • The Most Dangerous Subject of them all

    Maybe Professor Cuthbert Binns has a reason for putting classes to sleep... One-shot. Near drabble.

  • Lady Potter

    Something stirred in the graveyard of Godric's Hollow in early November, 1981... Alternate universe. Standalone piece posted for Hallowe'en.

  • Out of Sorts

    It's 1st September 1971 and the deputy headmistress has broken a promise to the Sorting Hat, with consequences for the forthcoming sorting... 'Seed-point' of an AU. Warning! Canon characters mercilessly judged and sorted into non-canon houses. (Punctuation mistakes cleaned up, 9th March, 2014)

  • Unplanned Sabbatical

    Alternate Universe. Albus Dumbledore wakes up to discover his wand appears to be missing and that something's happened to his bed... Slightly silly story. One-shot.

  • Alternate Scene in the Robes Shop

    How the scene in Madam Malkins on Harry's birthday in 1991 might have played out if the appearance of Hagrid at the window got Draco thinking... One-shot. Very minor tidying, March 2013.

  • How (de) Winter came to Hogwarts

    Alternate Universe. How Genevieve de Winter came to be at Hogwarts in September of 1991. Supplemental material for 'Saint Potter'. Characters and events which have diverged from canon.

  • Hour of the Malfoys

    Alternate Universe. Eighteen months before the end of the first Wizarding War, Lucius Malfoy gains considerably foreknowledge of how the future 'could' play out. The question is as to how to take advantage of it? One-shot. Punctuation amended November, 2014.

  • Reading the Future

    It's mid-October, 1981, and Alastor Moody has been assigned the task of interviewing Lily Potter about events leading up to a recent domestic incident. A set of seven books whose titles feature her son's name seem to have been involved... One-shot. Parody of 'Harry Potter characters reading the Rowling books' genre. Tragedy. Let me repeat, Tragedy.

  • Sorting Miss Potter

    Alternate Universe. Supplementary material to 'Saint Potter'. One-shot (and could be considered a 'teaser' piece). A glimpse into the thoughts of the Hogwarts Sorting Hat as it prepares to sort Sophie Theresa Potter on the 1st of September, 1991. Warning! Characters who have diverged from canon. Minor corrections, December 2013.

  • Voldemort Reborn

    It's September 1993, and Lord Voldemort arrives (back) at Hogwarts to be sorted, and reflects upon her life since being reborn. Alternate Universe. Short sketch, intended to be vaguely humorous. One-shot. (typing error correction, 5th September, 2014)

  • Official Inquiry

    Alternate Universe. Tragedy. A visitor to Privet Drive in September of 1991 has Petunia reflecting on her relationship with more 'freakish' relatives. (minor corrections, 18th March, 2015)

  • Talking to Snakes

    In an alternate universe where there was no wizarding war and his mother was a pure-blood witch, Harry James Potter discovers he is one of the not uncommon children able to talk to snakes, but why does that make his father so sad?