FINALLY FINISHED MY AU OF THE FIRST HARRY POTTER BOOK!!
If you’re interested in a fic where the horcrux in Harry gains sentience and raises Harry which DOESN’T feature dark!Harry, then this may be the fic for you. The tone is about as light as the first book in the series and I do my best to keep the energy of the story heavily resembling its canon counterpart.
Although the dynamic between Harry and the horcrux is a very central part to this au, I don’t ignore his relationships and dynamics with others. In canon I feel like a lot of his relationships aren’t fully fleshed out, so I dedicated a lot of time to creating more solid dynamics outside of Ron and Hermione. SPEAKING of Ron and Hermione, there is still plenty of time with them and the golden trio is a vital part of this au.
The idea of this au began with me thinking “the reasoning for how Harry survived the killing curse as a baby and became a horcrux doesn’t make much sense.” So, this all started with an idea of an alternate reason for how Harry survived that still fits with the lore and world building which doesn’t involve the “power of love.” When I get to writing the later arcs, the reason will be revealed, but there are some heavy hints throughout the story and especially in the prologue. So, a lot of central plot points of this fic bring about roughly the same result as canon, but have different reasons for existing (such as Harry and Voldemort not being able to touch in the beginning).
(As a quick side note, I also am not a fan of character bashing so you won’t be seeing any of that, and I fight for my life to keep the characters IN character.)
If any of this sounds appealing to you and you have the time to read a 100k word au of the first Harry Potter book, give it a shot :)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/56868682/chapters/144596791
















