Potions and Snitches

Prompts by moonterra

Summary: Author: moonfeather58

Main Characters: Harry Potter, Garrick Ollivander

Important Side Characters: Madame Pomfrey, Severus Snape

Plot: Abandoned after arriving at the Dursleys, Harry is raised by Ollivander. Apprenticed as a healer and wandmaker, Harry learns the meaning of family and battles a sickness that has ravaged his body since that fateful night on Halloween 1981. With a family at his back and a desire for knowledge, just how will the world face the apprentice chosen by magic herself to rule and bring balance back to the wizard world?

Pairings: Up to Writer, but Gen for the first two years of Harry's wizarding school years

Rules:

Must start in Pre-Hogwarts years (0-11) and go up through at least Year 5 if not longer
Ravenclaw or Hufflepuff Harry
Light or Gray Harry
Harry must inherit a talent from James and a talent from Lily
Studious and smart Harry though with a bit of fun
Severitus (ally, friend, mentor)
Harry has a different wand than canon
Harry has a muggle hobby and a wizarding hobby he likes to do in his spare time (besides Quidditch)
Harry must explore different career options, though mainly look into Healing and Wand Making due to his apprenticeships
Sometime after first year, Harry must go a foreign school (Ilvermorny, Castelobruxo, Koldovstoretz, Uagadou, Mahoutokoro or an OC school) for one school year. If 4th year, Harry must be selected to represent his host school.
Gen fic for first two years wizarding schooling
Harry explores the Peverell bloodline
Lily was a descendant of Mordred
Harry must be an apprentice & heir of Ollivander as well as an apprentice to Pomfrey
Harry has healing magic
Harry cannot take Divination as an elective
Killing curse must affect Harry in some way
Dark creatures and wizards/dark magic can easily corrupt Harry and physically and mentally harm him, causing him to be wary/fearful of anything dark, yes this includes Remus Lupin
Light and neutral creatures/muggle animals see Harry as their protector

Guidelines:

Crossovers
Super or OP Harry
Elemental Harry
Corporal Punishment
Harry explores other magical cultures/other ways of magic
Harry chooses to stay at the school he studies at for a year
Creature Fic! Bonus if Harry is something besides a vampire x werewolf hybrid or angel x demon hybrid
Betrothal contracts
James and/or Lily are alive but thought dead due to being in a coma
Severus has a child that is a friend, ally or love interest to Harry
Harry resurrects and becomes king of Camelot
Sirius escapes Azkaban before canon but he cannot get custody of Harry back
Business-minded Harry
WBWL (Wrong Boy Who Lived)
Familiars (no basilisks, dragons or phoenixes, no known dark creatures)
Potter family has living branches (ex. Charles Potter and Dorea Potter nee Black)
Neville and Harry best friends
Harry's patronus is different than in canon and matches his animagus form
Harry befriends Flich

Forbidden:

Dark Lord Harry
MOD (Master of Death) Harry
Auror Harry
Harry joining Voldemort or the Order of the Phoenix
After first year, Horcrux Harry
Horcrux Hunting
Ron being Harry's friend
Lazy Harry
Dark or Evil Harry
Gryffindor or Slytherin Harry
Harry/Ginny pairing
Durmstrang or Beauxbatons as the schools Harry studies at for his year abroad
Quidditch obsessed Harry
Harry being expected to defeat Voldemort, let the adults handle this
Conquest rights (no winning lordships by conquest)
No mpreg
Harry cannot be Sirius's heir
Harry as a reincarnation of Merlin, Morgana or the Founders
Cedric dying in the tournament

Anything else is up to the author. Note that Harry's Potter grandparents are not Charlus and Dorea, they are Fleamont and Euphemia.
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Sanguinem Domus by moonterra

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Summary: Harry has always dreamed of a family that would love him but knows his only relatives are the Dursleys or are they? James and Lily both had other siblings, Lily and Petunia's sibling is someone that even Petunia fears and doesn't trust, yet she doesn't want her nephew either. Sometime before Hogwarts to his third year, Harry runs away and goes missing. Naturally this sends Dumbledore/the Order/his friends (if having started Hogwarts) into a panic and they begin searching for their savior. Harry eventually comes across one of these estranged aunts or uncles and they take him in only to find out how their nephew has been treated and vow to protect him from any who would seek to harm one of their blood.

Requirements:

Potters must still have died Halloween 1981
Starts Pre-Hogwarts to 3rd Year (13)
James and Lily must have siblings that the Marauders don't talk about, somehow Severus knows of these siblings and becomes concerned enough to try to look for Harry
The new family member becomes Harry's permanent and legal guardian (magical & muggle), throwing a wrench into Dumbledore's plans
Dumbledore must protest Harry being with this aunt or uncle and their family as well as Sirius and Remus if it takes place third year
Harry must go to another school (one of the known wizarding schools) for at least 2 years
Harry must be helped in Muggle schooling in addition to his wizarding education
Must be Gen fic until his fifteenth birthday, then dating can happen
Severus, when he learns the truth, must feature prominently in the story somehow (he either transfers to the new school, takes Harry under his wing as a mentor/apprentice relationship, etc.)
Harry has cousins, more aunts and uncles through marriage
Harry having no more than two wives (one for Potter, one for Peverell)
Harry becomes better at his studies/Smart Harry
If taking place in Harry's 1st or 2nd years Harry must be affected somehow by the Basilisk and/or "killing" Quirrel
Gradual progression of magical power (Harry cannot become powerful overnight or because of an inheritance/horcrux being removed.)

Optional:

Harry's new school is represented in the Triwizard Tournament
Exploring other cultures; Muggle and Magical.
Sirius and Remus fighting to get custody of Harry which leads to kidnapping him
Harry gets a new wand & gets his eyesight fixed
Harry inherits a forgotten magic from the Peverell bloodline
Creature Inheritance (werewolves, vampires, veela, dragon, nekomata, kitsune, naga are forbidden)
Harry is an animagus (limited to 1 animal form)
Severus is an animagus and is injured when finding Harry, leading Harry to take care of the poor creature and giving Snape insight into Harry's change in life (both before at the Dursleys and now with his other family)
Harry has a sister (blood or half) that is a Maledictus
Snape and Harry have the same Muggle hobby or hobbies

Forbidden:

Harry being Snape's son or adopted by him
Heir to Black fortune, only Potter & Peverell
Harry being given custody to Sirius (Remus is out since he's a werewolf)
Harry being heir to the founders, Merlin/Morgana/Mordred/several other titles (Muggle or Magical)
OP/Godlike Harry
Slash
Harems
Conquest lordships
Ginny/Harry, Harry/Hermione, Harry/Daphne, Harry/Luna, Harry/Fleur, Harry/Tonks, Harry/Susan
mpreg
Soul Bonds
If Voldemort is resurrected, Harry's power being "love" that defeats Voldemort. It must be something else.
Potters coming back to life
Harry's Parseltongue being a result of Harry being a Horcrux
Snake Animagus/Snake Patronus
Multiple Animagus forms
Multiple Patronuses
Magical animagus, must be a mundane creature and reflects his personality

Bonus If:

You show how Harry's former professors at Hogwarts react to Harry living with these black sheep
Harry developing an intellectual rivalry with Hermione and someone at his new school
Harry does not easily accept the guardianship and acts rebellious like any normal teenager
Harry developing a Muggle hobby or two in his spare time
Harry's reactions to having a normal couple years and not having to worry about his fame for being the "BWL" because that only matters in the UK. Nobody else really cares.
Over-Protective family of Harry and Snape if he joins in with the family in keeping Harry's whereabouts a secret
Harry getting a Muggle pet
Harry getting a job in the Muggle world during his school years (could be how Snape or even Sirius & Remus find him)
Harry traveling the world, whether to visit family in different countries or just learning new forms of magic and how other people live
Harry has the horcrux/scar removed and fixed
The Horcrux affects Harry in some way (drains his magic, makes him prone to acting out/causing mischief, etc.)
Harry's patronus (if in 3rd year) changes from a stag to another animal
One of the wizarding schools Harry goes to is something aside from Ilvermorny, Beauxbatons or Durmstrang

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House of Cauldrons by moonterra

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Summary:

A master of his craft. A boy who finds peace in nature. A troublemaker who has the rules bent for him. Potions is a dangerous subject but there are those who simply do not appreciate such a subtle art of magic. The arts of Potions and Herbology both deal with plants so what if they were taught as one subject? Everyone knows Severus Snape hates that chubby Longbottom boy and the Potter whelp and the animosity of Potter and Snake spanning decades. Like father, like son after all. After all, Longbottom can’t make a potion to save his life regardless of what Pomona says and Potter didn’t inherit anything of Lily. Circumstances occur that lead to this very thing happening.

During Harry Potter’s Hogwarts life, sometime after first year, it is decided that Herbology and Potions are better off taught as one class which nobody is happy about. Not only that, to stem the issues of bullying, it is decided that students will be split up by house to foster an understanding of each other. Oh there’s no way this can go wrong is there? With Potter there always is.

Things I would like to see:

Neville, Harry and Snape bonding, after all either could have been the prophecy child. It could be over gardening or something else.
Why are Herbology and Potions being combined into one class? Is it something Dumbledore has been forced to do by the school governors? What year does it take place? I’d prefer something after at least 1st year but no later than 7th year (which may mean a au or divergent from canon in year 7 where Harry doesn’t go on the hunt).
Does healing or medicine play a role in this? After all, herbs are necessary in potions which are needed for healers. Maybe Neville wants to treat his parents through potions and bring them back?
With classes being mixed by house instead of just lions and badgers for Herbology or lions and snakes in potions, how does a combined class with students of all houses operate?
If Harry is separated from his friends for the class, then how does this affect his relationship with his peers, let alone those outside of Ron and Hermione? In fact, I’d prefer it this way but choice is to writer.
Without Hermione to help him, if she is not in the new class, how does Harry do in class? Is this combined class for one year or are there plans to continue it into next year?
Does this affect Harry’s adventures in any way? Perhaps Snape steps up, or more likely is forced, to mentor the spawn of his enemy and Longbottom by Dumbledore? If so, what does Augusta have to say about this? We know Neville grows up to be the next Herbology professor but what about Harry? Does he get better? Does he decide to become a potions master? If so, how does this affect his relationship with Ron and Hermione? I can see under Snape that Harry is forced to become more studious and devoted to his studies. Clique I know.
If occurring during or after 4th year, how does this affect Voldemort’s return, especially if a bond forms between the boys and their hated professor? Is Severus forced to bring the boys to Voldemort for their execution? Do Deathers kidnap both boys and Voldemort forces them to heal his minions with Snape as their only saving grace? Or are they kidnapped in the summer and Severus only finds out about it when summoned? Is a bond perhaps formed while the boys are kept trapped by a man who ruined both their lives? If so, how can they escape?

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Paradox by moonterra

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Summary:

Time is a dangerous thing to meddle with. Hermione Granger should have hidden her schedule and time turner more easily because it ends up in Harry’s hands after he decides to investigate how Hermione can take two classes at the same time multiple times a day. He finds Hermione’s time turner and after some investigation, discovers what it is. For whatever reason, he decides to take the time turner, leaving Hermione to panic about where it has gotten. Yet, after getting into a fight with Draco, something happens that throws both boys into the past, breaking the time turner in the fight. Unable to get back home, Snape eventually learns of this and learning it was Granger’s doing, is sent back by Dumbledore to retrieve Potter and Malfoy. Snape must chase them down and try to get all three of them back home, protecting and guiding them along the way. Do they get home or are they lost in time?

Requirements:

Takes place in 3rd year before Harry learns of Sirius Black being his godfather and betraying his parents and after Hermione gets her time turner in beginning of the year.
Why does Harry steal Hermione’s time turner?
I want to see how being thrown back in time affects Harry, Draco & Snape when they get back. Traveling in time is said to have consequences and these are never really discussed in any fandom.
No Marauders, Merlin/Camelot or Founders’ time periods. They can briefly explore these times but I’d like to see them going through different periods of history throughout the story; like the War of the Roses or Ww1 or the settlement of the colonies, etc.
How does Snape find out about the boys missing and why is he sent back in time to search for them?
Hermione/McGonagall getting in trouble for this incident, not because you have the Savior of the UK & a pureblood but because Hermione was careless (in the Ministry’s opinion) and McGonagall for sticking her neck out and not talking Hermione out of taking all electives as well as exploring why Hermione needs to be the best at everything. Maybe Hermione is expelled from Hogwarts and Minerva is put on leave or probation. According to the article on wizarding world, Hermione was the only student ever to bring a time turner into Hogwarts.
What happens in the present as Draco and Harry are trapped in time? How do they keep going backward with the time turner broken?
I’d prefer if they spent at least a month in real life in each historical period and getting back is not an easy fix. I want to see them struggle to find a solution. Bonus if their wands break and the boys at least cannot use magic with never having learned wandless magic. Just two boys with third year max education. How does Harry struggle with not having his friends to help him and Draco learning possibly that Muggles can be cruel but learning also that wizards are not anything special like Lucius always likely says.

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