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    A fire sweeping through a forest is devastation unmatched. It's also new ground for new growth. When a fever swept Shen Qingqiu's memories clear, it left room for new possibilities.

    Or, in other words, Meng Mo looks around Shen Qingqiu's brain and goes; you live like this?

    He regrets it immensely.

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    After the end of the Triwizard Tournament, Harry is alone and struggling to find a way to hang on to his sanity when an unexpected boon walks into his house and kidnaps him to Gringotts. The Most Noble House of Nott is attacked and Theodore is left with nothing but ashes, a single gemstone, and the burning fire of something bigger than himself lodged forever in his soul. Lucius Malfoy suffers a momentary lapse in sanity and raises his wand against the Dark Lord. The lines between light and dark, good and evil, blur together and disappear entirely. All the while, Harry goes searching for who "Just Harry" is and keeps coming back to a dark-eyed Slytherin he never thought he'd call his friend...

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    31 Dec 2025

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    After the Christmas argument about Harry's Firebolt, Hermione decides that she's not putting up with the boys' sulking anymore, and she's going to do something about it. What happens next is a testament to the strong bonds forged through people actually talking to each other, the desperation involved in keeping your best friend alive and in one piece, and the desire to build a better, safer world for him to live in, no matter what the objections from the adults.

    In other words, the risk in manipulating things to create child-soldiers is that they will decide that you, too, are also something to protect themselves against.

    Revised, Edited, and Rewritten: After a lot of feedback about how the writing got better as this fic went on, I've been taking a break, not just to have the burn-out breakdown from IRL work, but also to rewrite some of the earlier chapters (mostly 1-5) hoping to improve on what was already there, and add things I wish I'd thought of the first time.
    Updated So Far: Chapters 1, 2, and 3 - an additional chapter inserted after Chapter 3 - and 4 (which is now Chapter 5, I guess)

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    30 Dec 2025

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    “I think the only reason I never lost my mind is that I knew I was innocent. That wasn’t a happy thought, so the Dementors couldn’t suck it out of me… but it kept me sane and knowing who I am…”
    Sirius Black doesn’t exactly have much in his life right now to be happy about, but that’s alright – that only means that it’s real, and no one can take it away from him.
    In which Sirius is probably not alright, but he’s all Harry’s got, and Harry doesn’t have time to wait for Sirius to wallow. The only thing he can do is keep going and do the best he can.

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    After the disastrous escape from the Dursleys before his second year, Harry is reluctant to return to Privet Drive for the break between his second and third years. Luckily, Harry has recently discovered a hidden chamber that few have access to, and made friends with a house elf who owes him a favor or two.

    Hiding in the Chamber of Secrets for the summer with only Dobby, a dead basilisk, a mangey-looking dog he finds, and a portrait that is weirdly interested in mentoring him might be a recipe for disaster, but could also be the best summer Harry's ever had (not that there's much competition really).

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    24 Dec 2025