Nymphaea_Rubra
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A burned-out Tamil junior doctor from present-day Chennai falls through a broken footpath into the late Vedic period — still wearing her saffron saree.
Stranded by a holy river among barley fields, rituals, and a language just beyond her grasp, Aditi must survive without her phone, her hospital, or any way home. As she navigates wary villagers and the customs of an older world, she finds herself drawn into the lives of the people who save her, and into the possibility that her arrival was not an accident at all.
A slow-burn story of displacement, ritual, tenderness, and finding purpose where you least expect it.
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Devika Shankar: international agricultural consultant, classical vocalist, daughter of a retired Indian diplomat. Comfortable explaining drainage systems to wealthy landowners, less comfortable with the attention that follows when the Prince of Wales takes an interest in her work.
William: widower, father of three, functional but not whole. Didn't expect to find himself drawn to the brilliant, self-possessed consultant who treats him like a man instead of a prince.
What begins as a professional acquaintance becomes something neither planned for.
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Slow burn. Cultural integration. A South Indian family and the British Royal Family, learning to navigate each other. Takes its time getting where it's going.
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Hogwarts is alive, sentient, and able to speak. There is a world of difference between pets and familiars. Harry Potter uses the brain he was born with. The Wizarding world gets an object lesson in why you never underestimate (or worse, make an enemy of) a Black.
Harry Potter has a destiny far greater than he could possibly know. A destiny that will shake the Wizarding world to its foundations
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- Part 1 of Families and Familiars
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"Well, here we are." Sirius pushed open the door with a grand sweep of his arms. “Home sweet Hell.”
Sirius had bad memories of Grimmauld Place, tainted by his own less than stellar family. But for Harry, whose summers had previously involved being locked away either in a cupboard or Dudley's second room--with bars on the windows, no less--it was perfect.
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With Sirius free from Azkaban and taking up his role as Harry's guardian, Voldemort pursuing a political path to power rather than bloodshed, and a defense teacher that isn't actively trying to kill him for once, Harry has high hopes for his third year at Hogwarts. It'll be nice to sit back and be a kid for once.Only Harry's life is never so simple, and he soon finds himself facing a myriad of new challenges: school bullies and new family dynamics, horcruxes all but falling into his lap, his deja-vu brain giving him mixed signals, and hidden murmurs arising from old Death Eater circles that may pose a threat to him regardless of his tentative alliance with Voldemort. Things seem destined to never be easy, but if there's one thing Harry knows by now, it's that he won't have to do it alone.
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After they graduated Hogwarts, Neville and Harry decided (or rather, Professor McGonagall advised them) to get away from it all, and learn more about what they were good at.
In Neville's case, this meant a little island off the Bay of Plenty in New Zealand, home of the Moutohora Macaws, and Tamati Tinaku, Master of Herbology.
In Harry's case, this meant the Sheshanaga Snake Charming School, in Kalale, India.
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- Part 7 of Correspondence
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07 Jul 2025
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Age and Wisdom, or, Never Underestimate a Crone by seekeronthepath
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
29 Dec 2017
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Augusta Longbottom, Dowager Lady of the House of Longbottom, and Minerva McGonagall, Deputy Headmistress of Hogwarts, exchange letters as Neville (and Harry) make their way through Hogwarts.
After first year, they start interfering
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- Part 1 of Correspondence
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All our strength and all our sweetness by seekeronthepath
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
30 Nov 2025
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After Hallowe'en in 1981, Severus Snape went back in time to his fifth year at Hogwarts. This time around, he kept his head down, kept out of notice, and kept Lily's friendship. Now, he and Lily have graduated, and they're on their way to Norway to study at Dragehiet, a thousand year old dragon reserve and interdisciplinary academic institution. What will Severus do with his freedom?
Volume 2 of 3
Note: This work will NOT make sense unless you have read part 1 of the series.
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- Part 2 of Had we but world enough and time
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