And this is a way it could have happened, because fate is a river, not written on stone. A little boy met a stranger and escaped his unhappy home, toward the cracks in the world where magic crept through...
And branch apart, following wind and road; cross again, and sometimes run side by side. Harry roams. Fenrir ambles. AU.
The Killing Curse didn't leave Harry unaffected that night. Ten years later at Hogwarts saw a fledgling Gryffindor make a friend, and a savior who needed saving find a future... and the world changed.
First year: "Celebrities," Harry said. "Fame makes them mad. I take it the wizarding world doesn't really have them, then?" Draco and Ron exchanged glances. "No, not really." AU, assorted oneshots and snippets.
Harry is looking for a mate, Malfoy is threatening castration, Ron is oblivious, Hermione is taking over, and someone unexpected is coming to Hogwarts... Year five, not slash.
Harry Potter was Sorted into Slytherin. Then Harry Potter was Sorted into Gryffindor. A series of vignettes from Luna's perspective on the changes that result.
During the First Rise the Order of the Phoenix met in a secured room on the upper floor of the Hog's Head tavern. One night, someone walked in on them. AU. Time travel.