ONE-SHOT: After Arthur Weasley nearly dies at the Ministry, Harry wonders why Voldemort's snake isn't something more exotic...really, no self-respecting Parseltongue should limit himself to something as mundane as a regular snake. In which Harry makes use of what he learned in Care of Magical Creatures.

ONE-SHOT. After being entered into the Tri-Wizard Tournament against his will, Harry does some independent research on what precisely "magically binding" means...and comes up with a very different approach to the competition. As they say, the pen is mightier than the sword...but is the quill mightier than the wand?

Nearly six years after the Battle of Hogwarts, Harry Potter is once again pushed to the forefront of the struggle against evil...only this time, there's no prophecy foretelling the outcome, he has no idea who he's up against, and nobody is there to watch his back.

ONE-SHOT: Harry asks an obvious question during his first class with Professor Moody...and everything changes.

After the disastrous end of Harry's third year, Sirius and Remus scheme to lift Harry's spirits by sending him to the United States to learn to be an animagus. In the process, he ends up learning the truth about his infamous scar and how to fight his war. Word Count: 109,175, not counting Author's Notes.