To Be Human
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“And what did you say your name was?” He asked softly.
“I’m Harry Potter.” The recognition Harry had been waiting for leapt into Sirius’ eyes. Though, not one of jubilation, one of horror.
“What?” He breathed. “That’s not possible.”
This fic will be a dimension-hop story where Harry discovers a parent's love for the first time, healing from his past, and some wild plot reveals/Horcrux hunting mania. Takes place right when Bill/Fleur wedding is crashed.
ATTN: this is an action/adventure fic there will be little to no romance…you have been warned****************************
The title is inspired by that scene at the end of Order of the Phoenix after [SPOILER ALERT] Sirius dies:"Harry, suffering like this proves you are still a man! This pain is part of being human-"
"THEN-I-DON'T-WANT-TO-BE-HUMAN... I'VE HAD ENOUGH, I'VE SEEN ENOUGH, I WANT OUT, I WANT IT TO END, I DON'T CARE ANYMORE-"
"You do care," said Dumbledore. "You care so much you feel as though you will bleed to death with the pain of it."
[Order of the Phoenix/pg 824/J.K. Rowling]*2026 rollout: updates on the first Tuesday of the month
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- Part 1 of To Be Human
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What if Dumbledore dismissed Trelawney before she could speak the prophecy? What if someone else heard it all instead?
My take on a world where Dumbledore was unaware of the danger the Potters were in at the end of the First Wizarding War. Where the prophecy spoke of a Harry from a different world. Where Trelawney went job hunting a year later than in canon.
See how these changes have a rippling effect on the Harry Potter world we know and love, and meet new, old, and previously unalived characters that will shape this story, told in five one-shots.
(I highly recommend reading Part 1 of To Be Human first which is mostly told from Harry’s POV)
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- Part 2 of To Be Human
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A brief history of how Regulus Black met Bathilda Bagshot in a time he was in desperate need of a heating charm:
She opened her eyes and looked up at the soft flakes of snow falling around them. “Do you feel it?” She asked, turning back to him. “The peace in the stillness?”
_____The second installment of one-shot(s) from the To Be Human universe.
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- Part 3 of To Be Human
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"The man's killed people before..."
“Who’d he kill?” asked Harry.
“People,” she said.
Harry narrowed his eyes, “people who?”
Mari glanced away and picked a piece of bark off the tree. “I don’t know, he fights bad guys all the time, it’s hard to keep track. They keep all those details hush-hush anyways, don’t they?”
-To Be Human Ch 11 (Familiarity Breeds Contempt, Part 2)
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The story of a terrified man who did what he could to protect the people he loves. This is the fourth part of character one-shots in the To Be Human universe. Read on to shift one more piece of the puzzle into place!Series
- Part 4 of To Be Human
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Sirius crouched down and peered into the boy’s face, ignoring Mari’s spluttered protests. His brows were pinched, even in sleep. A slight downturn of the lips gave off the impression of someone who would not take kindly to waking up bound to a chair...
There was something about him, Sirius decided. Something not entirely foreign, not entirely unwelcome despite the nervous energy radiating between Marigold and himself.
Yet, the young man broke into the Potters’ ancestral home for some reason and Sirius would not allow any strange, lukewarm emotions to lure him to a place that could put his goddaughter at risk.
Not again.
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- Part 5 of To Be Human