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Quick note: I accidentally used the series summary as the work summary before. It's been corrected now — sorry about that!
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Harry Potter killed a basilisk.
Drove off dozen of Dementors.
Survived a tournament designed to break him.And still, he is sent out of the room when the adults begin to decide his future.
An old magical artifact offers him a possibility:
a life in which he is not merely a symbol — but a priority.When a long-forgotten guardianship is activated and political tensions begin to fracture Hogwarts, it isn’t only the balance of power that shifts. It’s Harry’s closest relationships.
Some friendships are built on habit.
Others on choice.And this time, when the doors close —
Harry stays.Series
- Part 1 of The Cost of Balance
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22 Jun 2026
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The problem with hearing Voldemort’s voice inside his head is not that Harry is terrified of him.
It’s that he’s starting to listen.
And Voldemort, patient as ever, has all the time in the world. Or, at least, until the end of the Tournament.
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Voldemort realises early on his connection to Harry and decides to use that to his advantage. Unfortunately, it takes Harry 3 years to notice and by that time the shift has already begun.
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22 Jun 2026
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Taking My Life Back by JaydenWhitehouse (KayNier2025)
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
27 Jun 2026
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Jokes on them because this was the last push. The straw that broke the camel's back. Harry closed his eyes. He was so tired of being shaped. Of being pushed forward into dangerous situations because someone else decided it was necessary. Of being told, implicitly and explicitly, that his wants and needs came second to what the world (a world that had abandoned him several times already) needed from him.
But what if he just… stopped? Stopped being their Golden Boy? Stopped pushing himself to meet their impossible expectations. Stopped being the Boy-Who-Lived? What if, for the first time in his life, he decided something for himself?
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21 Jun 2026
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Violent driven rain of bitter savoured blood by Corvinavira
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
14 Oct 2025
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"Are you the prince?" She questions.
"The prince?" He responds softly. One dark eyebrow lifting.
"The prince charming who's going to save me?" His face splits into a small smile. When he smiles, there's a small dimple in his right cheek. It makes her heart stutter to a stop. She wants to see it again, again, again… She asks it as a joke. No one is ever going to save her, not from this place—
"Yes." One word. Soft. Absolute. It's all he says, and it makes her blood buzz with electricity. That's all she needs. She places her small hand in his large one.
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17 Jun 2026
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Grindelwald's war wages across Europe, The Second World War destroys the Muggle landscape. Harry Potter is introduced to the idea of Soul Displacement and Tom Riddle meets his equal. The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black stands upon the precipice of change, and must learn if they will survive the fall.
She felt Tom Riddle’s magic rear its head, the burnt sugar and incense scent filling the space between them, filling her nostrils and swarming her head. She unfurled her own, watching his eyes narrow as she pushed his scent from her.
“I am not a beast to be tamed and displayed.”
Riddle leaned further in his lips brushing her ear. Her knees were shaking, her back pin straight. She felt her face warm and her core pooled with warmth but her magic - her magic sharpened like a blade. She would remove a limb if he touched her, she just knew she could.
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16 Jun 2026