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1. When Death Fails by Lily_for_real

   Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   16 Apr 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Harry Potter/Tom Riddle
   • Harry Potter
   • Tom Riddle | Voldemort
   • Tom Riddle's Gang
   • Time Travel
   • Meant to be crack but somehow evolved
   • Depiction of violence (duels)
   • Enemies to... less enemies?
   • Mind Games
   • Timeline What Timeline
   • No Romance
   • (yet)
   • Morally Grey Characters
   • Unhelpful Dumbledore
   • No Bashing
   • Obsessed Tom Riddle
   • Slytherin Harry Potter
   • Unhinged Harry Potter
   • (at first)
   • Crack Treated Seriously

   Summary

   To Harry, the Battle of Hogwarts ended the moment he discovered what he truly was: a Horcrux.
   He must be killed by Voldemort in order to defeat him, and somehow, he's always known it. He is ready.
   He faces Voldemort in the hope that his friends will finally have a chance to triumph.

   But the afterlife… is not what he expected.
   Where are his parents? Where is Sirius?
   And who is this boy who resembles Tom Riddle far too closely?

   If Fate wants to toy with him once again, this time Harry is ready to play back.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

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