Albus Dumbledore has prevented Harry from living. Now he's 11 and he won't allow it anymore. Although he's ignorant of the prophecy, it nevertheless guarantees that if Harry starts living, Voldemort must die. In canon everything that can go wrong, does go wrong. In this story things go right. Or: In this reality, Hagrid picked a different line in Gringotts, being helped by a gob...

Faced with the challenge of on the one hand wanting to protect Harry from the Dursleys, but on the other hand needing the Dursleys to think Harry doesn't enjoy visiting her, she teaches Harry to dissemble.

Harry Potter's most obvious trait was that he disliked his unearned fame by surviving thanks to his mother's protection. In this conversation with the sorting hat, Harry is slightly less intimidated, and discusses with the hat which house would fit best for him.

Remus Lupin shows up at King's Cross on 1 September 1991. A story mostly written mostly in letters between Harry and Remus. Follows the cannon plot closely.

The Dursleys beat something out of Harry, but it wasn't magic. Antihero Harry.

Post owls know where to find people, even if they don't have a human body, and try to hide in Albania. And Hedwig is a very smart owl.

"Chop off his head."

AU. A chance remark by the potions professor that the Liquid Luck potion doesn't generate luck, but balances concentrated luck for the one taking the potion with diffuse bad luck for everybody else sets Hermione on a frantic project to create a potion that balances the concentrated luck with concentrated bad luck for Voldemort and co..