Chapter 178: The Frozen Side
15 January 1993, Hogwarts
Harry raised an eyebrow as Neville Longbottom passed out in front of him, before being rushed by Hogwarts’ resident Mediwitch, Madam Pomphrey. It was concerning just how chaotic the boy’s emotions became the m...
2023-12-05 12:51:04 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 177: Race Against Destiny
15 January 1993, Hogwarts
Neville Longbottom stood in the freezing weather doing his best not to appear nervous; the warming charm he had applied to his tournament clothes barely able to stop him from shivering constantly. The boy who...
2023-12-03 08:10:27 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 176: Tasking Course
15 January 1993, Hogwarts
Harry sat with the rest of his year mates, looking unconcerned as he waited for the first task in the school tournament. Funnily enough, it seemed like this task helped unite students from all four houses, then any...
2023-12-02 12:23:16 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 175: Winter Charm
5 January 1993, Hogwarts
Albus Dumbledore fell on his seat with a loud sigh. Finally, after nine hours, the Wizengamot finally decided about that standardized cauldron’s thickness for their regulation to pass their bills. Sometime, the elde...
2023-11-30 10:52:53 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 174: Of Cheeky Emeralds
19 December 1993, Hogwarts
Tracy huffed as she dodged another animated rope and used a cutting charm cut through a swarm of others, “When I asked you to train us, Harry, I didn’t think it would involve this…”
Harry stifled...
2023-11-28 11:57:24 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 173: Of Evil and Death
15 December 1993, Nurmengard
Sirius Black woke with a start. He had another nightmare. It wasn’t really a surprise, and the nightmare was always the same: they were surrounded by countless Death Eaters and mercenaries, realizing that W...
2023-11-26 08:33:41 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 172: Chaotic Retribution
28 November 1993, Hogwarts
Harry sat in his common room, mindlessly reading his new translated tome. Alas, his sprit just wasn’t in it. He wasn’t even paying attention to the words on the page he had been looking at for the better ...
2023-11-25 12:33:40 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 171: Of Dystopian Declarations
27 November 1993, Hogwarts
Finding a translation spell for Ancient Greek was oddly difficult. Harry did not doubt that there would be such a spell in Greece, or at the disposal of Curse Breakers, and there was probably a spell in...
2023-11-23 10:50:15 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 170: Of Precious Findings
27 November 1993, Hogwarts
Harry had woken up late once more, something that was becoming a trend in the last few weeks. He had been up all night in the Forbidden Section of the library, trying to find any magic that manipulated diffe...
2023-11-21 11:34:25 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 169: Of Hounds and Wolves
15 November 1993, Hogwarts
In the end, Harry had to leave the man to actually go see Fluffy. He wasn’t lying when he said that he wanted to go see his good friend. And with that, Harry entered the forbidden forest once more. 2023-11-19 08:29:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 168: Of Uncomfortable Giants
15 November 1993, Hogwarts
Harry Potter woke up earlier than usual and decided to walk by the Black Lake to clear his head. He had gone down without even actively thinking about it, but he found himself treasuring his solitude afte...
2023-11-18 12:46:02 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 167: New Resolutions
5 November 1993, Hogwarts
Albus Dumbledore sat in his office and contemplated the happenings of the recent attack on Hogsmeade. It was perplexing issue, whose outcome was not one he would have expected. He knew that a few inmates had to ha...
2023-11-16 10:42:43 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 166: Fresh Perspective
1 November 1993, Hogwarts
Harry’s walk after his spat with his friends did help relax him. There was just so many things swimming around in his head that he needed to really stop and think about what he was doing. He didn’t want to g...
2023-11-14 14:54:51 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 165: Amends
1 November 1993, Hogwarts
Daphne watched as her best friend got up and left the Great Hall out of obvious frustration over their words and felt a mixture of guilt and shame. This wasn’t how she wanted things to go but even if they had done it bad...
2023-11-12 08:32:39 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 164: Dark Wings
1 November 1993, Hogwarts
Harry woke up from his bed and realized that it was later than his usual waking time. He was genuinely just exhausted by the time he had gotten to bed, and he would have loved to sleep in. Alas, it was Monday and they ...
2023-11-11 13:35:08 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 163: Reunion
31 October 1993, Hogsmeade
Sirius quickly got up with a snarl, “Moony. I’ve been meaning to give you a visit. How nice of you to spare me the effort.”
Harry decided not to involve himself as the two Marauders met for the first...
2023-11-09 10:40:55 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 162: Unmasked
31 October 1993, Hogsmeade
One thing was missing though. When Harry peered towards his downed opponent, he froze as he recognized their unmasked face looking back at him.
It was hard to describe what was beneath the killer’s mask...
2023-11-07 12:42:15 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 161: A Good Man Goes to War
31 October 1993, Hogsmeade
The Shrieking Shack, once rumored to be the most haunted dwelling in Britain, stood shrouded in the gathering dusk, its windows like blind eyes watching over the chaos that had engulfed Hogsmeade. The aged...
2023-11-05 09:23:58 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 160: Demons Run
31 October 1993, Hogsmeade
Augustus Rookwood stood a distance away from Hogsmeade, looking down at the bustling village. It felt strange to him how, despite the time that had passed since his days at Hogwarts, some things, like the crisp fall w...
2023-11-04 13:36:29 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 159: Rebellion
31 October 1993, Hogsmeade
It was the day of Samhain, the day he dreaded for over two months. The weather was rather good for a late October day, which contrasted starkly with the ominous knowledge that had been gnawing at Harry. He looked out a...
2023-11-02 10:20:35 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 158: Looming Death
15 October 1993, Britain
As he did every day, Augustus Rookwood woke up in pain, hating having to serve the madman who had saved his life and what a miserable life it was. He was one of the most reputed Unspeakables in the Department of Myst...
2023-10-31 12:36:54 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 157: Feral
29 September 1993, Hogwarts
And just like that a switch flipped. The man’s face turned cold, and he suddenly burst into laughter, “You know, I should have expected it. You’re her son after all.”
Harry expected Lupin to have tr...
2023-10-29 10:01:43 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 156: Bloody Confessions
29 September 1993, Hogwarts
“Welcome, welcome. As you probably noticed, today will be a practical class. We’re going to study a particular dark creature that’s been very commonly referenced in the news and riddled with both re...
2023-10-28 12:02:53 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 155: Symbolic Dread
29 September 1993, Hogwarts
Susan’s burning glare turned towards him, “You’re late.”
“I’m sorry. A black cat crossed my path, so I had to take the long way round, then I met this fascinating painting called Se...
2023-10-26 10:30:05 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 154: One Step At a Time
29 September 1993, Hogwarts
Harry ducked at he dodged a white beam of light from him opponent, only to be faced with some large vines coming out of the ground like some kind of tentacles. He used a magic circle to banish himself away ra...
2023-10-24 10:56:03 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 153: Of Intrusive Beavers
18 September 1993, Hogwarts
Susan Bones walked towards the Ancient Runes classroom, feeling a little more excited than she probably should have been, something that her best friend Hannah noticed immediately, “What are you so happy ...
2023-10-22 08:44:22 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 152: Strategic Division
17 September 1993, Hogwarts
Harry didn’t pay attention for the rest of the Divination lesson. It wasn’t as if he was going to learn anything new; Trelawney kept prattling about magical sensing and its use in tea leave reading, which...
2023-10-21 10:11:07 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 151: Scarlet Hound
17 September 1993, Hogwarts
It’s been over two weeks since term started, and Harry still had no partner for his Ancient Runes project. He was probably going to agree to the first person who asked him because he couldn’t be bothered askin...
2023-10-19 12:51:56 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 150: Spherical Mishap
11 September 1993, Hogwarts
Harry dodged a cutting curse that was coming at him and made a magic circle beneath his feet to send him flying, avoiding the sprouting vines growing where he once stood. With another magic circle, he made a lo...
2023-10-17 10:30:42 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 149: Clearing the Fog
5 September 1993, Hogwarts
As he expected, exactly five minutes before the start of the class, the trapdoor opened and a silverly ladder materialized out of nowhere in the middle of the crowd. It was such an impractical way to enter the c...
2023-10-15 09:13:10 +0000 UTC View Post