cherry_imposter
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Third-year: Sick and tired of Malfoy bating him about Sirius Black, Harry decides to go looking for answers in Slytherin. Which should have worked well considering it had worked the year before.
Of course, it didn't end well. And now a lion in snake's skin, and still with a mass murderer on the loose, there will be far more challenges for Harry to face than ever before.
(I'm alive, I'm just trapped in the throes of university.)
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A series of scraps that may bud future stories. Each chapter is a different story.
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you are a weapon, darling boy, but you live and you breathe by cherry_imposter
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
13 May 2023
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Harry is sorted into Slytherin and it does not lead him to greatness. The Wizarding World's expectant Golden Boy swims in the inate evil of Slytherins, sullying the memory of his parents.
They want who they expected. Harry will give them anything but. And spite proves to be a pretty good motivator.
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this is how it is, but this isn't how it's supposed to be by cherry_imposter
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
06 May 2023
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"If you want to kill Harry, you'll have to kill us too!" Ron was pale and swaying, yet his words were strong with will and strength. His grip on Harry's arm was even stronger.
"Lie down," Black said quietly. "You will damage that leg even more."
"Did you hear me?" Ron insisted, weak yet stubborn as anything. "You'll have to kill all three of us!"
A part of Harry that wasn't consumed by his own fury was agape in shock.
Later, Harry sits in his dorm and mulls it all over. He's had people die for him before, and despite the flicker of warmth at the fact Ron would die for him, he would never have that.
That wasn't how it was supposed to be, and it never would be.
Never.
Ron Weasley dies at the battle in the Ministry, and Harry spends the rest of his days grieving.
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lesser beings would call it fate by cherry_imposter
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
28 Aug 2021
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There is an itch in Severus Snape's withering heart, a tug in his stomach that constantly churns with guilt. It demands completion, satisfaction, appeasement.
It takes him first to Godric's Hollow, and a graveyard that's too loud, too full of the dead.
And then to Cokeworth, where the amount of life there is almost obscene.
And finally to a lonely playground in Surrey, where a black-haired boy with green eyes stands at his feet.
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Harry always knew that Severus was unlikely to choose him to be friends or lovers with. But having Malfoy brag at him about being Severus’s choice instead hurt.
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- Part 11 of Advent Fics 2014
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26 Oct 2026
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Near the end of Harry’s sixth year at Hogwarts, Dumbledore—aware that his time is running out—chooses honesty over secrecy. The consequences leave Harry and Snape entangled in dangerous magic and unwanted intimacy as the war closes in around them.
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26 Oct 2026
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Harry Potter has spent ten years believing he has no family beyond the Dursleys. Then, one morning, just before the Christmas holidays, he learns that he has an older sister. Her name is Helen, and she was born when their mother was still very young.
Harry even gets the chance to escape the Dursleys for a while and spend the holidays with his sister's adoptive family. Except... this family has its own problems, and Harry quickly learns another lesson: just because someone is loved doesn't mean they can't be treated very badly.
But will finding out who Helen's father is really solve everything? And can Severus Snape, who comes from a troubled family himself, move beyond his bitterness and resentment and grow up enough to be a father in more than just the biological sense?
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Intention is the foundation of all magic, and that includes the potions brewing.
For every potion that contained fairy wings, it was easy to notice a significant improvement in its efficacy if the wings were given willingly by the fairies. That was just a basic concept that every mediocre potion master knew already. How that same logic could be applied with other creatures, that was Severus’ discovery.
Unfortunately, there was no way to prove his theory, since it's impossible to talk to animals. But what if he tried anyway?
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The one where Severus Snape makes a deal with a boy who can talk to snakes.
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- Part 1 of The Half-Blood Snake
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Harry doesn't want to fall for a boy because the last time he did it ended in disaster.
Ron knows every boy in his school and he's not interested in any of them.
What happens when they meet?
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22 Oct 2026