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    Harry Potter is increasingly deeply embedded in the Death Eaters, and increasingly he cannot prevent that from affecting the rest of his life. With friendship, family, and his own safety on the line, he must make some of his hardest choices yet.

    At the same time, Neville Longbottom must decide between standing aside or taking action when he sees his closest friend fall away and into darkness. Whether anything is to be done at all may yet be out of his hands--but whether he accepts that is only up to him.

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    A clarification on the DD:DNE tag: I use it in the meaning originally intended, that is, that it contains the content tagged and may therefore be upsetting. No dark content will go untagged or un-warned-for, but readers should not open this particular bag, clearly labelled "murder, torture, grooming, trauma" and then be shocked that that stuff is in there. This content is not mitigated in the narrative; it is explicit.

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    Book Four of Ut Malis Melior. You must read the previous books for this one to make sense. TFM is complete; the series is a WIP. See series notes for more details.

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    07 Jun 2025

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    Harry’s 4th year at Hogwarts ended in tragedy. Now, as he faces a world darkened by Voldemort’s return, he must cling to those he loves more than ever. Struggling with his guilt, Harry resolves to work harder so that he can protect others from Cedric’s fate. Follow a more damaged Harry through a different fifth year at Hogwarts as he deals with an evil pink-clad professor, a mysterious connection to Voldemort, and the very real trauma of his past.

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    07 Apr 2025

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    Harry Potter. The Boy Who Lived. The Chosen One. But his time at Hogwarts is occupied by more than the worries of Voldemort--he is faced with love. Through the hardships of the Triwizard Tournament, Harry falls for someone he never would have expected to.
    But his life gets a lot more stressful when someone he always considered an enemy asks for an alliance. Now, Harry must juggle lies and secrets along with trauma and war, pulled in a million directions at once with no solace besides a certain redhead who only ever wanted to protect him.

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    Harry starts his first year at Hogwarts, determined to make friends and to prove himself, so the hat puts him in the house where that’s most likely to happen: Slytherin.

    It’s not mentioned in the story because it starts directly with the Sorting, but Harry never met Draco before the Welcoming Feast, so he didn’t automatically hate Slytherin just because of those encounters.
    To ensure they wouldn’t kill each other in the first two weeks of school, they needed a buffer, so I invented a new character and named him Merlin just to mess with people (he’s not actually Merlin, of course).
    Have fun with the new disaster trio.

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    07 Jan 2025

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    "We have decided that it would be in your greatest interest to stay with-" McGonagall looked towards Dumbledore hesitantly. “Professor Snape,” she said finally.

    In his fifth-year, Harry Potter learns that Professor Snape is to be his guardian, largely for his own protection as Voldemort rises to power once more. Against all odds, they eventually stumble past their rocky beginnings.

    Meanwhile, Draco Malfoy's life begins to unravel following his father's exposé as a Death Eater. As the two boys cross paths, Harry and Draco realize that their interests may be more aligned than they’d ever imagined.

    Falling under Snape's begrudgingly caring eye, can the pair set aside their rivalry and work together in secret?

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    06 Jan 2025