Summary:

“Hogwarts was the first and best home he had known. He and Voldemort and Snape, the abandoned boys, had all found home here.”

- Deathly Hallows

 

Tom, Severus and Harry died that day on May 2nd 1998. All three end up having the same grim reaper who explains that much of their life has been orchestrated by the headmaster Albus Dumbledore so that he can claim the Merlin Peverell seat - for the ‘greater good,’ of course. Merlin Peverell had extraordinary magic and the ability to wield dark, neutral and light magic with ease as such had a special role in the wixenaught. He had three sons and divided his estate between the three magic types. The three brothers also created the invisibility cloak (light magic, Harry,) the elder wand (neutral magic, Severus) and the resurrection stone (dark magic, Tom.) Only when the three brothers sit on the Merlin seat will balance be restored to magical Britain. Unfortunately, Albus Dumbledore decided to use his position as headmaster to drive harsh divides between the types of magic and has allowed the orphanage or abandonment of the three boys so that no magic can live whilst only one survives. Lady magic places the three boys in a purgatory classroom where they learn from her grandniece Deþ (death) about their family history and intertwined fates. Then, Tom, Severus and Harry need to decide when they're going back and what they're going to do about the problems they've uncovered. 

 

Notes

 

Regarding the timeline, Deþ can either:

•  (1) send them back to May 2nd 1998 to reshape the magical world
• (2) send each back to their own birth time to reshape their world as they grow up with new knowledge

 

Regarding relationships

• No romantic/sexual pairings between any or all of the three
• Any ‘relationship’ for them to be considered (very distant) cousins or (pseudo-) brothers or grand/parent/child.
• Nothing beyond PG-13 and no relationship age gap greater than: (=half age + 7 years)
• Relationships do not need to be as cannon 
• Abuse of Tom/Severus/Harry by their guardians really doesn’t need to be exaggerated – it’s bad enough as it is in cannon.

 

 

Regarding Cannon Plot Issues 

• Why is there a civil WAR if all children go through the same school where teachers could use this time to promote conversation as opposed to cursing/violence? It’s almost as if someone wants all these problems … 

Regarding Plot variances

 

End Goals

 

'There is no good or evil, only power and those who use it’ – adapted Philosopher’s Stone 

 

• The Boys and the wider wizarding world learn about Dumbledore’s machinations
• In this world, Severus can Speak the Ancient and Noble Language of Serpents (*insert preening Snake*) 
• Tom has his soul, body and magic ‘put back together’ and as such is capable of rational thought (happens in the ‘purgatory room’)
• End goal is for them to be politically diverse but otherwise work well together aka no torture or murder (looking at you, Tom.)
• End goal is for them to diversify the student population and types of classes offered at Hogwarts
• Generally improving the culture of tolerance at Hogwarts and thus the whole magical Britian
• A ‘scientific’ explanation for the difference in dark, neutral and light magic 

 

Little Things 

 

• There may be another ‘prophecy’ regarding the three boys who will seek to challenge Dumbledore which drives his actions
• If (timeline (2)) Severus doesn't become a teacher, and admits in the purgatory chamber how bad he was at teaching 
• I’d love to see a magical primary school so that muggleborns are brought into the magical world sooner, and a boarding highschool for squibs & non-magical muggleborn siblings so they’re not left out
• I'd love to see muggleborns finding they're related to long-lost squib ancestors - hence the inclusion of non-magical muggleborn siblings 
• Neville may have been the one to kill the Dark Lord Tom Marvolo Riddle after Harry dies
• Their afterlife purgatory room may appear as Hogwarts
• Tom may change his last name to Gaunt, Severus may change his last name to Prince
• They may all be descended from Slytherin but may claim one of the others: Tom - Hufflepuff, Severus - Ravenclaw and Harry - Gryffindor
• Harry may get a pet snake (his ability to Speak is directly from Slytherin – not the horcrux)
• Lots of sneaky snarky Slytherin talk from Severus 
• (Especially (timeline (1)) Pureblood culture should be more similar to Pagan/Wiccan culture  
• The only titles Harry may claim (timeline (1)): Potter, Black, Gryffindor, plus 1/3 of the Merlin seat.
• I’ve always perceived Severus’ love for Lily more like a sister rather than romantic
• If (timeline (1)) Winky and Kreature may have an elfling to call her Dobbie 
• If (timeline (2)) Petunia may have a magical child to call him Aster Black, which is both means flower & star (w/ one of the Black brothers) 
• If (timeline (2)) Severus may have a child to call her Asphodel Eileen Snape with her namesake Lily Evans/Potter becoming her godmother, 

 

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Summary: As it says in the title. Lily was able to protect her parents during the war (or they just weren't dead when she died). So they are available to take Harry on when Lily and James die. Either Dumbledore leaves Harry with them or Petunia gives them Harry after he's left on her doorstep - your choice. The Evans raise him in Cokeworth, having never moved away. Snape is still there during the holidays. Added complexity - if left with Petunia, maybe Dumbledore doesn't know they are alive.
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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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There is truth to the "voodoo dolls" [I know the term is problematic] cliche in the wizarding world. It is actually real / applicable, and only Snape knew about that (cue Prince Family Secrets, etc.)

It's the reason why Voldemort only came back many years later, with no nose and not so powerful, while Harry's survival is, in large part, because Snape keeps pouring some low-level luck potion and health potions over Harry's doll.

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Out of necessity, Severus has become a genius at creating potent magically enhanced soups potions from kitchen waste (fruit or veggie peels, animal bones, scraps of herbs etc.). 

When he finds out about Harry's abuse, and is being actively stopped from intervening, he does the only thing he can think of: he makes Harry copy all the recipes in detention, and makes him read "foraging the forest" and "what is safe to eat"-type survival books. 

Maybe part of the teachings is also a [magical method, i.e. potion or spell] that can make most things consumable by removing the toxins from it as long as it hasn't totally fallen to decay. 

It's the reason why the trio didn't starve to death on the run, and they were not reported to have gotten sick. 

It also comes back to Severus by saving his life through one of those "potions", and/or through the detoxifying spell which Harry uses on him in desperation.

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