Hermione was supposed to be with Ron, not Harry. Sadly, in the final battle, Ron died. Battling guilt and grief in the aftermath of a triumphant war, Harry and Hermione learn to live again, together. H/Hr eventually, though never a fully happily-ever-after. (The Shire should be saved, but not for the hero himself.) 5,6,7 disregarded, sort of; Epilogue disregarded, definitely.

Dido's final message to Aeneas is sent through her sister, Anna, whom Dido describes as "the one woman Aeneas trusts." What if there was more to Anna and Aeneas' conversation than we see in the Aeneid itself? What if Dido's sister was Aeneas' one chance at a fate not dictated by the gods? Written while I was in Latin class, so I tried when possible to make it sound like the Latin.

Set in the future, when all of Western civilization has been lost to us ... except fanfiction. It is up to the scholars to piece together the "past" from the fragments they can find... Who was this Harry Potter, really? Did he even exist?