1 – 20 of 47 Works in Parseltongue
Summary
After a bout of accidental magic when Harry is six, Vernon goes too far. When Harry wakes up, he is gravely wounded and more than fifty years in the past in another world. After some shuffling, Harry ends up at Wool's. There, he meets Tom Riddle, his mysterious roommate, eventual best friend, and the love of his life.
Inspired by a doctor he meets in the past, Harry is determined to go into medicine and protect other children like himself and Tom. Tom has his own dream of becoming Prime Minister. The boys quickly become inseparable and are determined to help each other down their paths to build a life together.
He wanted Harry. He had never coveted anyone this much.
Tom understood now that some part of him had never given up on having a… friend. Someone who understood him more than anyone else. Someone who would always take his side.
In a flash, he knew he would do anything to have Harry Faye’s loyalty.
Shelves: Harry Potter
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- archiveofourown.org
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- 320,785
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The Prince of Slytherin Anthology by TheSinister_Man
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter - Fandom
03 Feb 2026
Summary
Harry Potter was Sorted into Slytherin after a crappy childhood. His brother Jim is believed to be the Boy Who Lived. This will not be the story you expect; follow Harry through a changed world as he learns of a world that was hidden from him, battles prophecies kept from him, and finds a place in it all despite adversity.
Year Four (Harry Black and the Resurrection Game) is currently ongoing. No romantic pairings prior to Fourth Year. Basically good Dumbledore and Weasleys, with limited bashing (mainly of James). Eldritch magic, and occasional breaks from canon - always with a purpose.
Anthology containing:
Harry Potter and the Prince of Slytherin
Harry Potter was Sorted into Slytherin after a crappy childhood. His brother Jim is believed to be the BWL. Think you know this story? Think again. Year Three (Harry Potter and the Death Eater Menace) starts on 9/1/16. NO romantic pairings prior to Fourth Year. Basically good Dumbledore and Weasleys. Limited bashing (mainly of James).
Harry Potter and The Secret Enemy
Harry Potter returns to school after a first year filled with peril, brotherly battles and a changing world. Conflict follows from school to Privet Drive and back to school, where an altogether too mysterious man of fame and fortune is their new Defence teacher - and it only becomes worse when the Petrifications start.
Harry Potter and the Death Eater Menace
After surviving the Chamber of Secrets and discovering the truth about Gilderoy Lockhart, Harry Potter returns for his Third Year and his continued pursuit of the Prince's Throne. But Hogwarts and Wizarding Britain are thrown into chaos by the escape of not just Sirius Black, but most of Voldemort's Inner Circle from Azkaban Prison. Meanwhile, Harry's efforts to reconcile with his twin brother and his parents are threatened by the machinations of Peter Pettigrew while other enemies lurk in the shadows. How will Harry Potter over come the Death Eater Menace?
NOTE: This work was re-uploaded in July of 2021 after deletion due to an unintentional breach of TOS (since corrected). I apologize for any formatting errors.
Harry Black and the Resurrection Game (Act I: The Games of Summer)
It is the summer of 1994, and the newly renamed Harry Black seems to have the world at his feet. By his Third Year's ending, he has become wealthy, influential, and popular. And perhaps best of all, he has revenged himself on the parents who abandoned him as a baby. But beneath the surface, troubles lurk. Powerful supernatural forces continue to drive a wedge between Harry and his twin brother Jim (the Boy-Who-Lived) while prophecies swirl around both boys that threaten everything Harry and his friends have built. And against the backdrop of the Quidditch World Cup, Lord Voldemort and his Inner Circle set their most diabolical plans into motion.
Harry Black and the Resurrection Game (Act II: The Fall of Champions)
Still reeling from the violence of the Quidditch World Cup, Harry Black and his friends return to Hogwarts in time for the Triwizard Tournament, unaware that the machinations of Lord Voldemort and his followers will turn a simple academic tournament into a death trap. Meanwhile, Harry must deal with the responsibilities of becoming the new Prince of Slytherin, while the Potters face the explosive fallout from Rita Skeeter's expose.
Supplemental Readings
A collection of supplemental works related to the "Harry Potter and the Prince of Slytherin" series. Presented as mock text book excerpts and similar "non-fiction" formats.
Shelves: Harry Potter
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- archiveofourown.org
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- 1,435,300
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- In-Progress
Summary
Harry's sixth year ends with the Dark Lord's takeover. At some point, Harry wakes from unconsciousness. He is ordered back to school. Things get weirder: after a vicious attack, Voldemort saves his life. Which makes it clear: he is a Horcrux.
Should Harry stay, or join the rebels? Use his new power over Dark Marks, or resist the temptation? Should he fold or rage against the Dark Lord and his mentoring act? Aim for influence… or his own destruction?
~Gen, dystopian and plotty AU: mentorship between Harry and Voldemort, and between Harry and Snape - both at a snail’s pace. No main ships.
A/N July 23th: ch40 past the first part, flow is back in my writing and editing :)
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Voldemort spoke: "The Horcrux isn't really gone, is it?"Harry frowned. "What do you mean?"
Dumbledore turned to Harry, perplexed - dismayed even. Voldemort watched him with unholy glee. They had paused their duelling.
“You see?” the Dark Lord hissed. “He will always be mine.”
“Harry,” Albus said gently. “You just spoke Parseltongue.”
Shelves: Harry Potter
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- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 306,425
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- In-Progress
Summary
No one is everything you thought they'd be and everything hardly matters about anyone.
Or
Draco Malfoy never thought the Dark Lord might actually return someday and now that he has, there are only two choices. Instead of playing along like a good little boy, Draco turns spy on his father for Order protection and interrupts Harry's breakfast to tell him so.Shelves: Harry Potter
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 228,799
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- Completed
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Around the time most young children's do, Harry's hair goes from his father's dark locks to his mother's bright, most-likely-magical red hair. It changes everything about who Harry identifies with, who he wants to grow up to be, and who he thinks he is. Instead of having James Potter as his idol, Lily Potter turns out to be a much better influence.
So instead of seeing a scruffy, most-likely-a-muggleborn boy standing beside him in Madam Malkin's before their first year, Draco only has eyes for the scarlet haired, green-eyed creature who just walked into his life and instead of an enemy, he finds a reason to be better than he'd been raised to be. Not that Harry will ever notice, given he's trying to simply survive at Hogwarts.
And Severus might not make it to see these boys graduate when his heart kept giving out seeing his very-Slytherin godson repeat his own history and go chasing after a green-eyed, red-haired Gryffindor.
Turns out the Malfoys aren't that bad and Dumbledore definitely is. Remus is at his wit's end and Sirius gets a chance to actually live up to his title as Harry's dogfather. Tom Riddle is not prepared for any of this.
Shelves: Harry Potter
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 548,222
- Status:
- In-Progress
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17-year-old Tom Riddle wakes up in the middle of London the morning of Voldemort’s defeat. He has no idea what’s going on, or why he’s not in 1944.
He heads to Diagon Alley and sees hundreds of people celebrating in the streets how a “Harry Potter” triumphed - twice - over the greatest Dark Lord their world has ever seen.
Tom needs to find some answers. All paths seem to lead to Harry Potter. It's not long before the two of them run into each other.
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Featuring hijinks, healing, and (sort of) former enemies with benefits, set against a backdrop of rebuilding Hogwarts in the summer after the war.
Shelves: Harry Potter
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 91,535
- Status:
- In-Progress
Summary
Anthology containing:
Amethyst
A lonely eight year old Harry Potter learns he can talk to snakes, shaping future events in a way not many would have expected.
Emerald
Harry finally heads to Hogwarts with his serpent Jax and a determination to better his lot in life and maybe even make a couple friends along the way.
Pyrite
Harry and his snake's first summer away from the Dursleys and second year at Hogwarts. Featuring an awkward summer, an even more useless Defense professor than the one that had spent a year trying to murder him, a voice in the walls, a slew of petrified children, and a mysterious diary that seems oddly compelling.
Onyx
Harry and Jax’s second summer at Spinner’s End and third year at Hogwarts. One filled with new and exciting classes, a surprisingly competent Defense Professor, and a few revelations that nobody saw coming, least of all Harry himself.
Basalt
An interlude taking place at some point during the summer before Harry's fourth year. From the perspective of one Remus John Lupin as he tries his best to juggle watching over his hurting friend and spending time with his partner while he still has time and freedom to do so.
Bloodstone
Harry and Jax's third summer at Spinner's End and first as part of his new family. With fourth year comes a few surprises and an exasperated Harry that wishes for once that he could just have a regular school term. Or at least one that did not involve actual dragons, too many people trying to nose their way into his business, and the intrusion of far too numerous and unexpected emotions.
Azurite
The Dark Lord has risen. An unexpected ally returns to deliver troubling news. As Voldemort gathers power it is a nerve wracking summer for Harry and Jax as they are sequestered away from their home and Spinner's End. With fifth year also come O.W.L.s and a new Defense teacher that seems more interested in suppressing the truth than preparing them for the coming danger.
Aragonite
A synopsis of what would have come in this series.
Shelves: Harry Potter
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- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 634,437
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- In-Progress
Summary
What if Harry decides that all of the death from the war was pointless and does something about it? So, he gets ahold of a time turner and purposely travels back in time to stop Voldemort from rising with no intentions to return to his proper time. How does Harry's life and the future change because of this decision?
Shelves: Harry Potter
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 155,491
- Status:
- In-Progress
Summary
While all of these will make a bit more sense if you read them in order (chronological, although they definitely won't be posted that way), doing so isn't necessary! I don't think you'll miss anything plot-wise if you skip the one-shots you're not interested in, either.
At least five more works of various lengths planned, likely more will happen as time goes on. Edit as of March 2022: Harry Potter franchise is not sparking joy at the moment so! Who knows when updates will happen.
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Matchmaking with Minerva
She hummed noncommittally. “One date.”
“Great!” Minerva said with real and unnerving cheer. “I’ll plan everything. Don’t worry about a thing.”
(You don't need to read this to understand the rest of the series, and you don't need to read the rest of the series to understand this.)
Speaking with Serpents
In which Harry would like nothing more than to become a world-renowned herpetologist, and he won't let a little thing like the existence of magic get in his way. If that means attending a school called Hogwarts—and really, how is he supposed to frame that on his college applications—then so be it.
12 Grimmauld Place
One would think the dampness necessary to produce such stunning quantities of mold would preclude the dust, but no.
Sirius and Remus visit 12 Grimmauld Place.
Talking with Tonks
“What do you mean,” she said dangerously, “when you say ‘snowed in?’”
Because he’d known her since they were both very young, Charlie Weasley scratched his beard instead of paling, stuttering or otherwise apologizing for existing.
(Takes place a few years after the events of Speaking with Serpents. You don't have to read one to understand the other.)
Let Me Go On
Marcus can't sleep, so he thinks instead. Post-Hogwarts.
Shelves: Harry Potter
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- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 98,195
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- In-Progress
Summary
They sought her out for conversation sometimes, cornering her in the garden or at the park, not that they ever had much to say. Really, Harriet thought snakes were rather dull.
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Harriet Potter has always been odd. Between having a shadow that moves on its own and chatting with grass snakes, learning she's a witch really isn't the strangest thing to happen to the bespectacled girl with a lightning scar on her neck.
Harriet attends Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where she makes new friends, encounters a prickly Potions Master, learns about the Boy Who Lived, and meets the enigmatic Defense Against the Dark Arts instructor, Professor Tom Slytherin.
- Part 1 of Certain Dark Things
Shelves: Harry Potter
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 823,677
- Status:
- In-Progress
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The End Is The Beginning
Death was not what Harry thought it would be. An empty train and a being proclaiming himself to be the Death, telling him that, “sorry, no afterlife for you” certainly wasn't anywhere near his expectations.
And having his soul and magic crammed back into his four year old body, being told that he can never die… That was another painful kick to the groin.
But Harry is British, and the phrase “keep calm and carry on” is practically a part of him by now. He realises that this is a second chance at life. To actually live and do whatever the hell he wants without being someone else’s pawn. It is a new beginning, and things are going to be vastly different this time around.
Metamorphosis
Sequel to The End Is The Beginning!
After years of living and healing in his younger body, it is finally time for Harry to return to Hogwarts, the seat of Dumbledore's power. Like a caterpillar he has matured and is ready to break through his metaphorical cocoon and spread his wings. Plans are unfolding, plots are solidifying and the future will never be the same.
Shelves: Harry Potter
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- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 338,429
- Status:
- In-Progress
Summary
Draco expects his research trip to Crete to focus on the ecology of ward design, with perhaps some cheeky visits to the elusive sea serpents and the odd sleepy beach day. Instead, he encounters a Past he's spent over a decade trying to outrun, and a familiar scowl under glasses and a scar. Featuring just so much imagining being on a hot, sunny beach for your winter pleasure.
Shelves: Harry Potter
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 41,298
- Status:
- Completed
Summary
A series of fics where Harry Potter discovers that he is a stolen Malfoy child in second year, and everything changes from there.
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How Like Hatred
Harry has learned that speaking in Parseltongue makes some people hate him and others fear him. He had not learned that it would make Draco go straight to his parents and tell them that he has reason to suspect “Harry Potter” is actually his missing twin brother. As far as Harry is concerned, life would be a lot better if he was the Heir of Slytherin.
A Name Like Henry
Sequel to “How Like Hatred.” When Harry goes back to school after Christmas holidays as Henry Malfoy, he has to cope with friends, professors, and just about everyone else having an opinion on his new name and appearance. And that’s not to mention his smotheringly overprotective family.
A Godfather Like Him
Sequel to “How Like Hatred” and “A Name Like Henry.” Harry comes home for the summer, and it really is a relief to be at Malfoy Manor with his parents and brother—at first. But then he finds out a secret that they’ve been keeping from him, and gets the news that Sirius Black has broken out of Azkaban. Plus he has to go a Mind-Healer. Harry isn’t sure which one is worst, frankly.
A Year Like This
Harry goes back to Hogwarts for his third year, after a charged summer with his family. Sirius Black is still out there somewhere, the Ministry thinks it’s a good idea to send Dementors to the school, Dumbledore has things he wants to talk to Harry about, and Harry still doesn’t really know how to react to the notion that his father was once a Death Eater and his mother would literally kill to protect him. Also, Draco is a very, very annoying brother.
A Path Like Frost
Harry continues down the path that sees him being both a Gryffindor and a member of the Malfoy family, striving to find and hold an uneasy balance that changes constantly.
A Darkness Like Fire
Coming back from the graveyard isn’t simple. Harry struggles to recover as his family, both Malfoy and Black, gathers around him and begins the hunt for the Horcruxes.
Like Clouded Endless Stars
Sequel to “A Darkness Like Fire.” Harry returns for his fifth year at Hogwarts, still bearing the burden of having killed someone. The burdens waiting for him at the school may make that one seem small.
Blood Like Silver
The Malfoys have destroyed four Horcruxes, including the one in their son, and are beginning the fight against a resurrected Voldemort. Harry and Draco return to Hogwarts in a blaze of rumors. Meanwhile, others lay their own plans.
Shelves: Harry Potter
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 151,056
- Status:
- In-Progress
Summary
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The Boys of Crowhill
The note pinned to his collar read 'Harry J Potter - please accept'. The Dursleys had left him with nothing else but a pillow sack with half a sleeve of McVities biscuits, a mealy apple, and ten pounds.
The Seal of Solomon
The small black diary was a curious thing. The edges of the pages curled as if someone had thumbed them knowingly for years, but the yellowed pages were blank and untouched. Harry traced the faded gilt name embossed on the cover: TM Riddle.
The Labyrinth
The labyrinth stretched out as far as the horizon, vanishing in mist. Harry swallowed hard. It was time.
Tales From Crowhill
In Which The Path Taken Has Many Detours.
The Spellkey
The end is the beginning.
Shelves: Harry Potter
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 866,985
- Status:
- In-Progress
Summary
Just one conversation between two eleven year old boys goes slightly differently, and the world changes. Just how much will be different with Harry being sorted into Slytherin, and how much will stay the same?
Anthology containing:
Leo Inter Serpentes: First Year
Leo Inter Serpentes: Second Year
Leo Inter Serpentes: Third Year
Leo Inter Serpentes: Fourth Year
Leo Inter Serpentes: Fifth Year
Leo Inter Serpentes: Sixth YearShelves: Harry Potter
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 981,327
- Status:
- Completed
Like Lightning at Your Fingertips Anthology by potterwatch, artistically_licensed
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
05 Jul 2023
Summary
Anthology containing:
Like Lightning at Your Fingertips
The problem with living with another insomniac is, eventually, they find out you’re one, too. When Harry and Draco return for their eighth year, they think they’ll see very little of each other. Then McGonagall assigns them to room together. And the castle starts breaking. And there’s that thing with Potter’s magic.
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Shout out to this becoming one of the Most Popular Drarry Fics of 2019 and me having no idea. I am beyond floored by the support!! Y'all have been golden.And Embers at Your Lips
Harry Potter kissing Draco Malfoy goes like this:
1. It happens on accident.
2. It happens on purpose.
3. Sometimes he speaks Parseltongue.The sequel to Like Lightning at Your Fingertips: the kissing montage. And there’s that thing with Potter’s magic.
Shelves: Harry Potter
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 59,631
- Status:
- In-Progress
Summary
Voldemort’s influence lingers after his death in the form of Parseltongue passed on to the children of everyone with a Dark Mark—or, in Harry’s case, someone who once hosted a Horcrux. As Harry struggles to be a good single father to his son, James, he inevitably runs up against Draco Malfoy, who’s not only a Parselmouth now but attempting to create a whole ritual and school system to benefit himself, his friends, and his son, Scorpius. No matter how much some people don’t like that.
Shelves: Harry Potter
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 68,323
- Status:
- Completed
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After overhearing an alarming conversation between two aurors, Harry snuck down to the Ministry holding cells to see Draco. He found him beaten and broken, on the verge of death.
This isn't that story, not really, not exactly, this is what came later, after Harry never stopped managing to visit Draco, after all the awkward conversation, the yelling and fighting and the falling in love.
This is the story where they live.
Shelves: Harry Potter
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 228,746
- Status:
- In-Progress
Onto Greener Pastures and Brighter Skies by Syfris_Plath
Fandoms: Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings
03 Oct 2021
Summary
Harry Potter has done it: he has defeated the Dark Lord. Yet this victory has come at a great price: namely, the eradication of the entire human race. Wizards, muggles, and creatures alike perished and now Harry is alone left, cursed with the title of the Master of Death and an extended life. So, Harry does what any wizard with too much time and too little common sense would do: he goes "traveling".
Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings crossover.
Shelves: Harry Potter, Crossovers, Lord of the Rings
- Site:
- www.wattpad.com
- Words:
- 59,483
- Status:
- In-Progress
Summary
On Halloween 1981, Albus Dumbledore made a decision that would change the course of history, concealing Harry Potter’s survival at the hands of Lord Voldemort underneath a Fidelius Charm. But when Harry comes of age in the Muggle world, Dumbledore realises too late that the fate of the world may depend on a boy who has never held a wand.
An unlikely team assembles to teach him everything he needs to know before the charm runs out, but only one of them knows the truth behind the Dark Lord’s return to power. If it were anyone else, Draco would have no problem turning them over to the Death Eaters, but there’s something about this certain bespectacled idiot that has him questioning everything he’s ever known.
Will Draco seal the fate of the wizarding world by uncovering the Chosen One or will Harry save Draco from a fate of his own?
Shelves: Harry Potter
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 226,418
- Status:
- Completed