48 Results in the "Forging The Flame" category
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The ground was frozen. Harry stood in the third row of students, between Ron and Hermione, and tried not to feel anything. It didn’t work. Three hundred people packed the hill overlooking the Black Lake, and every one of them was bleeding emotion into the November air. Grief came in waves. Heavy from the Durmstrang delegation, sharp and brittle from the Hogwarts students who weren’t sure what they were supposed to feel. Curiosity from the younger years, guilt from the older ones who remembered…
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241.7 K • Ongoing
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Harry pushed open the classroom door with his elbow, arms full of Honeydukes loot. “Truce offering,” he announced, stepping inside. She was already at the worktable, sleeves rolled and wand balanced between two fingers as she stirred their latest trial base. Her school robes hung open over her blouse and skirt, her tie barely done up and loose at the collar. Her legs were tucked under the stool, socks folded neat at the ankle, and Harry looked for a second longer than he meant to before dragging…
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241.7 K • Ongoing
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Harry double-checked the small trunk sitting by the foot of his bed. Most of his things were already packed,books, robes, and a few school supplies,but he couldn’t shake the feeling he was forgetting something. His hand hovered over the pile of neatly folded socks before deciding he’d packed enough. The mirror Sirius had given him lay atop the clothes, gleaming faintly in the morning sunlight. Harry paused, picking it up and turning it over in his hands. He stared at his reflection for a moment,…
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241.7 K • Ongoing
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Harry stepped out of Gringotts and exhaled hard, almost like something had finally let go inside him. That meeting had squeezed him tight without him even noticing. Now it was over. He had seven names on his list. First up was Daphne. Buying her a gift felt more complicated than the others. Ron was easy. Hermione too, once he figured it out. Sirius would be tough, but in a different way. Harry stepped into Astrith’s Atelier, the door clicking shut behind him. Calista looked up from her desk, eyes…
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241.7 K • Ongoing
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Harry sat at the Gryffindor table, picking at his toast while Ron shoveled eggs onto his plate. The usual morning buzz of the Great Hall surrounded them, but Harry’s thoughts were elsewhere. “I’m serious, Ron,” Harry said, breaking the silence. “I’m thinking about dropping Divination.” Ron didn’t look up from his plate. ‘You said that yesterday,’ he said around a mouthful of food. “Yeah, and I mean it.’ Harry pushed his plate away. ‘What’s the point in staying? All we…
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241.7 K • Ongoing
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