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Delve into an unofficial 8th book as Harry and Hermione return for their seventh year. Harry struggles with the aftermath of the Battle of Hogwarts, death of loved ones, and maintaining relationships. Failing classes and avoiding friends, he questions his decision to be an Auror and his future place in the Wizarding world. A sullen Draco rallies and returns to Hogwarts, putting on a brave face for the redemption of his family. Ron is fumbling at the ministry while Hermione practically teaches Transfiguration in light of a suitable teacher. But Harry’s most challenging task is not playing frenemies with Malfoy like it’s to win the House Cup, it’s grasping for confusing closure when a door is just opening.
This ‘8th year’ Hogwarts book takes place directly after Deathly Hallows and hits all the normal points of school: feasts, school life, Hagrid, Hogsmeade, Weasley chaos, Christmas, Rita Skeeter scandals, exams, the House Cup, and culminates in resolving an end of year mystery. Mostly cannon compliant minus the obvious. Relationship simmers, twists, and erupts. Book becomes quite explicit. Snape remains Snapishly Snape.
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- Part 1 of Enigma Tower
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Bookmarked by redcedar
21 Jul 2026
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I love this snape. He’s pretty awful. Also Harry is messed up in a way I understand.
some spoilers:
Going to put my summary here.
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Aurora Sinistra spends most of her time watching the stars. She's no centaur, but she's better than Trelawney. In the summer of 1991, she has a plan redeem the reputation of Slytherin House, and maybe some of the people inside it. Recruiting Severus Snape to help her over a game of chess, the two teachers undertake a gambit of their own that leads the Boy-Who-Lived and the Brightest Witch of Her Age into Slytherin House and friendships with Draco Malfoy.
However, there is something strange going on at the school. Can the three figure out what it is that Professor Quirrell is up to and stop it? How will the changes in House and friendships effect Harry's relationship with Dumbledore and the headmaster's plans?
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- Part 1 of The Emerald Glass
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- English
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- 75,915
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- 21/21
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Bookmarked by redcedar
18 Jul 2026
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Book one but incomplete book two.
That said, book one can stand alone. It’s sad that it ends because the characters are really fun and interesting.
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After a strange dream on Christmas night, Harry Potter awakes to find his world strangely altered.
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- Part 1 of Nick in Time
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- English
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Bookmarked by redcedar
30 Jun 2026
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This is a super cute de-aging fic. Severus is prickly at first but as a kid he comes around.
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Harry discovers a secret in his Potions text and a friend in the Half-Blood Prince.
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Bookmarked by redcedar
25 Jun 2026
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A good version of the Harry and Snape meet through the potions book. The cannon parts are left out and you see only the scenes with Snape.
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People refuse to believe Voldemort’s back, even though Harry seems to be living proof of it, with Cedric’s death, and his loss of hearing. Why won’t anyone believe him, though?
Draco doesn’t buy it - and he’s trying to catch him in the act to make a fool of Harry. Breaking his things, shouting his name, learning sign language to make fun of him - you name it. But suddenly, Draco's put in a position where he needs to learn sign language. And when the bloody Chosen One is the only one who knows it, you have to take what you can get.
Despite their differences, they both have one thing in common now.
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Harry doesn't care about Snape beyond having to sit detentions with the man despite being of age. He doesn't. He asks him out for a drink just to get out of detention. So what if it's... nice? So what if they become friends? So what if Snape *is* lonely?
It's not Harry's problem - at least not until he realises he's accidentally befriended the man, and just how much he cares for Snape.
Well, shit.
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When Draco Malfoy is sent numerous threats warning of what exactly will happen to him if he returns to Hogwarts, he is assigned a young, handsome Auror as his bodyguard.
Harry hates him. He hates how close he stands to Malfoy, how highly he thinks of himself, how he insists on holding Malfoy’s shoulder every time they walk into a room.
Really, Harry thinks. He’s the one who defeated the evilest of the evil. He could do a far better job of protecting him than a self-absorbed, shiny-haired prick like that.
And you know what? He just might.
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Sequel to Harry Potter and the Dark Enigmas.
Harry’s relationship with Severus Snape is almost perfect with all the sarcasm, quips, adventurous sex, and surface level arguments he could want. What’s not perfect is Harry’s work life. The Aurors have discovered a secret: Dark Wizards around the world gather for one night a year to showcase inventions, share valuable secrets, and swap sacred ingredients—a mysterious hidden black market called The Serpent Road. With Auror numbers down, it would be suicide to infiltrate it… but they intend to try.
Before he enters the lion’s den, Harry has another milestone to attend: Dudley’s wedding. If Harry has to see Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon again, revenge is a dish best served Snape.
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- Part 2 of Enigma Tower
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Days Between the Stations by lonibal
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Thorne & Rowling
11 May 2026
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Voldemort is dead, and somehow Harry is still alive.
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- Part 1 of The Chronomancer
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Bookmarked by redcedar
06 Mar 2026
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Wow. This is really good and also hard to read. I am not particularly sensitive to difficult topics, but I can only read this in small chunks. It’s intense and raw.
However, I keep coming back to it. Haven’t caught up to its current state (ch 306).
On 128.
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It's Courting Day: seventh- and eighth-year students get the chance to declare their intentions to formally woo each other. The only way for Harry to avoid being a matrimonial target is to put in a declaration of his own. Surely if he picks someone who would never in a million years accept his suit, he'll escape unscathed...
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Bookmarked by redcedar
14 Feb 2026
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Cute and sweet. Harry courts sev for convenience then falls for him as they spend time together. Sev is headmaster.
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After his name came out of the Goblet of Fire, Harry woke to a disturbing reality. The wizarding world only saw him as an expendable pawn, his carefree attitude towards studying left him struggling to survive, and he had never truly appreciated the one, constant companion at his side—Hermione Granger. It was high time for change. Gradual Grey!HHR.
Illustrations for each chapter by Arishatistic.
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Bookmarked by redcedar
30 Jan 2026
Bookmarker's Notes
Really enjoyed this. Super messed up Snape. Unfinished. Last read at ch 15 of part 3
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Harry Potter and the Streak of Insanity by ElHope333
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
01 May 2025
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When his name comes out of the goblet of fire, Harry decides he's sick of the adults not stepping in and leaving him to survive in dangerous situations, so he finds a rather unconventional way of getting revenge. How will the Hogwarts staff (and students) cope with a completely insane Boy Who lived? Also, Ron never gets mad about Harry's name coming out of the goblet cause we stan a supportive Ron. The four champions all have a nice bond as well.
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His house liked Draco Malfoy more than him.
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- Part 3 of Harry Potter works
- Part 11 of Astolat Sampler
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- English
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- 23,111
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Bookmarked by redcedar
26 Dec 2025
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Magical
I don't really get why everyone acts like Harry is so dumb for not knowing how to deal with the house. Or out of line for being mad at it. He was raised by muggles. Maybe that's the point though - we see it like he does.
I love the way Malfoy is portrayed here.
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the one where the house traps them and they use magic to make the house nice and they fall in love while trapped there. Harry "goes courting" at the end and it's cute.
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Seven months into Severus Snape's term as Headmaster, he finally perfects a potion that could change the war for the better… or destroy everything Dumbledore set in motion before his death.
Dumbledore is dead, and his plans seem to be falling apart before Severus' eyes. Harry Potter and his friends are no closer to finding and destroying the Horcruxes, and Voldemort's hold over the wizarding world is growing. Severus Snape desperately creates a potion that can send him back five years into the past. Hopefully, with more time, he can find the Horcruxes, find a way to save Harry from the Horcrux inside him and maybe even save some of his other students along the way.
Or he could fail and doom them all.
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Please see series notes for a more complete synopsis and an update on the rating.
TW for the series: As of Chapter 86 in December 2023, the rating for this fic has been updated to M from T. For the last half of this story, there have been more and more fight scenes and deaths, and I have felt like I have been toeing the line, so finally increased the rating. All problematic scenes have TW at the start of the chapter so the reader can skip scenes if they wish.Series
- Part 1 of Second Chance Universe
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Bookmarked by redcedar
25 Dec 2025
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On ch 89.
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Snape makes a potion to go back in time. He gets Harry and starts to prepare him. Dumbledore can't understand why Snape isn't doing what he wants. Snape is still Headmaster because the castle remembers backwards. Snape and Harry start to kill of the horcruxes early.
Snape is like super crazy smart and invents amazing new potions. That bit is kind of over the top. He make a potion to cure lycanthropy. He can get rid of unbreakable vows and the dark mark. He recruits other famous potions people to help him make a horcrux removal potion.
The werewolves have their own school though the young ones go to Hogwarts.
Dumbledore tries to get Draco to spy and it activates Snapes unbreakable vow from the future. Dumbledore is removed as co-headmaster and professor for endangering a student. He places bugs so he is still tracking what's going on and trying to meddle.
Snape is headmaster and Heather is keeper of the keys and everyone has to swear to protect the students. There are goblins protecting Harry, Neville, Neville's grandma and Hermione because Augusta Longbottom asked for sanctuary until Snape was safe.
They make the horcrux removal potion and remove the horcrux. Harry is left unable to speak English (can speak parseltongue) and Snape is a snake anamagus.
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we were in screaming colour by librain for holydot
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
01 Dec 2022
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It was disconcerting at first, trying to lay down to sleep and knowing he did the same mere feet away from her in a room directly mirroring hers, separated by a wall that by all accounts (of logic and reason and science) should not exist.
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Cassiopeia Black may prefer research to family politics, but she refuses to allow her family name to be ruined after the events of fall 1981. With the help of a routine obsessed house elf, Cassiopeia sets out to spin the Black family's largest PR nightmare in 100 years with a lot of old magic, some luck, and her Squib brother's family... the Grangers.
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- 227,064
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Bookmarked by redcedar
20 Oct 2025
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Wow! this story is great!
Fun characters and very entertaining. It’s WIP at ch72 but leaves off in a decent place. It’s almost like it’s the end of one story and there’s space for a sequel.
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Cassiopeia is into her science and lives with her house elf who takes care of the details of life. But she is actually a bamf who takes care of business when she has to. She gets the Malfoys under control and gets Sirius free and he takes custody of Harry. The story ends just when we find out something evil is in Harry’s scar.
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Despite all odds, Severus Snape survived the war. He is not happy about and of course fate would have some stupidity or other add to his unhappiness. What he didn't know is that what he thought was a burden would slowly turn out to be a light at the end of the very dark tunnel he thinks he is in. If only he could be a light for her as well.
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Bookmarked by redcedar
16 Aug 2025
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This gets super sexy with good sex scenes- though there is plot. Plot is surprisingly robust and good. Weasley bashing and he is an ass. Friend Minerva. All other characters take a backseat.
The romance is slow and then all at once.
Hermione is a bit too pathetic and then she is too happy to be housewife-like. but honestly, after what she went through she’s probably traumatized and that changes people.
So not my favorite Hermione characterization but it does end up making the whole thing pretty damn hot.
I’d argue that Ron is too much of a jerk to be real, but then I’ve seen people do some crazy stuff. It just doesn’t feel quite right for him. But these are small gripes for an overall good story.
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At the end of fifth year, Harry falls into a mirror and is forever changed by the experience.
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Bookmarked by redcedar
14 Aug 2025
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Love this. Harry is aged by a mirror but still in his 16 year old body. No angst. Snape not totally damaged. Good sex scenes. Ron and Hermione handled well. No bashing.
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Dumbledore's Lost Boys by pir8fancier for myheartinhiding
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
02 Jul 2012
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This story spans the spring of 1976 through the summer of 1997.
Bookmarked by redcedar
23 May 2025
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I love this story so much. The characters feel so real. It’s not happy but there are moments of happiness.
It’s a story that makes you feel things.
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Snape and Lupin have a summer fling. The one with the church. They are doing a class project together and go to Cokeworth. They go to a church. They see Snape’s mom.
There is a sexy scene in a tree which is actually pretty hot.
This is also the fic where Snape tries to kill himself in a church.
There is a time skip they see each other near the end of the war. In the church again. It’s not a Romance because there isn’t a happily ever after. They part ways. It’s implied they don’t see each other again.