Ruby

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 :)

Firstly, I sincerely believe the reason he chose Harry instead of Neville was because Harry was a fellow half blood (similar to Voldemort whereas Neville differed).

Then Harry grew up an orphan like Voldemort because he killed his parents. Harry grew up lonely, with the ability to talk to snakes, and a second war started during his teens. These are all things he shares in common with Voldemort, but are also things that are directly a result of Voldemort’s actions. They each understand each other in a way others can’t because of what he’s done and how he destroyed Harry’s life

House of Leaves! One of the most convoluted headache inducing books I’ve ever purchased and is quickly rocketing up into one of my favorites.

If you want a book that’ll drive you insane if you get a little too into it, then look no further! Do be warned that one of the two unreliable narrators (I’m not sure if the third narrator is unreliable yet) loves to interrupt and go on multi page long tangents which include drugs and sex, so be aware of that.

He’s a character with so much potential that remains stagnant and consistently inconsistent because of the writers. He’s not ALLOWED to grow and develop. When one writer give him a step forward, the next pushes him down the stair well.