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1. To Begin Again (I Promise I Won't Let Go) by Cress_The_Mess

   Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/F, F/M, Gen, M/M
   • Work in Progress

   09 Sep 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter
   • Minor Cedric Diggory/Harry Potter - Relationship
   • Sirius Black/Remus Lupin
   • Hermione Granger & Harry Potter & Ron Weasley
   • Ron Weasley/Blaise Zabini
   • Hermione Granger/Pansy Parkinson
   • Harry Potter
   • Hermione Granger
   • Ron Weasley
   • Draco Malfoy
   • Sirius Black
   • Albus Dumbledore
   • Luna Lovegood
   • Ginny Weasley
   • Fred Weasley
   • George Weasley
   • Severus Snape
   • Minerva McGonagall
   • Remus Lupin
   • Neville Longbottom
   • Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody
   • Dobby (Harry Potter)
   • Hedwig (Harry Potter)
   • Cedric Diggory
   • Tom Riddle | Voldemort
   • Peter Pettigrew
   • Dursley Family (Harry Potter)
   • basically everyone
   • I'm Bad at Tagging
   • Time Travel Fix-It
   • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
   • Abusive Dursley Family (Harry Potter)
   • Everybody Lives
   • Good Albus Dumbledore
   • Misguided Albus Dumbledore
   • Albus Dumbledore Being an Idiot
   • Oblivious Harry Potter
   • Smart Harry Potter
   • Magically Powerful Harry Potter
   • Harry Potter is the Heir to the House of Black
   • Harry Potter is the Heir to the House of Potter
   • Parselmouths & Parseltongue (Harry Potter)
   • Parselmouth Harry Potter
   • Good Friend Hermione Granger
   • Good Friend Ron Weasley
   • Bisexual Harry Potter
   • Mythical Beings & Creatures
   • Goblins
   • The Veil
   • The Deathly Hallows
   • Master of Death Harry Potter
   • Harry Potter Gets the Love He Deserves
   • Harry Potter is the Heir to the House of Peverell
   • Master of death lore
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Found Family
   • Part-Veela Draco Malfoy
   • Disordered Eating
   • Malnutrition
   • Scars
   • Harry Potter Is Surprisingly Chill About His Own Trauma But Also Not Handling It Well At The Same Time
   • Everybody Else Is NOT Chill About Harry Potter's Traumas
   • Draco Malfoy Falls First
   • Harry Potter Remains Oblivious (Not Forever But For A GOOd While)
   • Draco Malfoy Is Having A Crisis
   • Dobby Would Kill For Harry Potter
   • No Seriously Dobby Would Kill For Him Happily
   • So Would Sirius
   • In Fact He's Already Got People (Looking At You Dursleys) In Mind
   • In Fact Just Assume Everybody In Harry’s Immediate Circle Would Kill For Him
   • Violence
   • I Think Maybe That’s A Tag I Forgot
   • Let Me Know If I'm Missing Any Important Tags I'm Really Trying Not To But I Also Suck At This

   Summary

   An Au after the war, where Draco didn’t make it out of the Fiendfyre.
   A lot of people didn't make it.
   The Ministry has ordered a cleanup and is seizing the properties of Purebloods/known Death Eaters, including Malfoy Manor, Harry volunteers to inspect their property - even himself unsure as to why - and alas it becomes the tipping point, the final straw that breaks the camel's back, and Harry knows, with every fiber of his being, that something has to be done.
   Too much is too much.
   (Yes you guessed it, time travel fix-it, yay magic)

   Language:

   English

   Words:

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   Chapters:

   20/?

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