MetaFic

The first day of Harry's second school year started rather badly, and the rest of the term was looking glum, too. He was beginning to think it might have been better if the train ride had never happened. The unusual sorting only confirmed his feelings. The only highlights were his two new friends, an old black diary and a young redheaded girl.

A drabble sparked by the opening phrase. Set not long after the end of DH.

Not beta so all mistakes are mine.

This fic is set in Harry’s seventh year and plays fast and loose with canon. It’s seriously AU so if I have Amelia Bones as both Minister of Magic and Susan’s mum, then it’s not a typo. I’ve never written a school-based fic, so this has been a chance to play around with some of the things that others have had fun around with for years.

Most Chapters are PG-13 but two warrant an R rating.

Alternative "Happily Ever After" ending to Lost Children.

If two people are deliberately created to be together, how will the challenges in a world of magic and Dark Lords be dealt with? What would it mean for two people to truly become one? A re-imagination of first year.

As Harry sinks deeper into despair and isolation, who will pull him back from the brink?

The other end of my story, "Saved." What happens to the man known as Tom Riddle when the Dark Lord known as Voldemort is no more?

Sometimes, the person you need finds you.

Shared ordeals inevitably bring people together, even if they hardly know each other at all.

What does it take for the phoenix to rise from the ashes?