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1. Not Your Matyr by WinTaria

   Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • F/M, M/M
   • Work in Progress

   24 Apr 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter
   • Harry Potter & Severus Snape
   • Sirius Black & Harry Potter
   • Draco Malfoy & Harry Potter
   • Harry Potter & Slytherin Students
   • Harry Potter
   • Draco Malfoy
   • Severus Snape
   • Theodore Nott
   • Blaise Zabini
   • Pansy Parkinson
   • Hermione Granger
   • Ron Weasley
   • Sirius Black
   • Albus Dumbledore
   • Dolores Umbridge
   • Tom Riddle | Voldemort
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Slytherin Harry Potter
   • Protective Severus Snape
   • Severus Snape Acting as Harry Potter's Parental Figure
   • Severus Snape is Harry Potter's Guardian
   • draco malfoy redemtion
   • Protective Draco Malfoy
   • Slow Burn
   • Hurt Harry Potter
   • Harry Potter Needs a Hug
   • Found Family
   • Slytherin House Loyality
   • House Politics
   • Manipulative Albus Dumbledore
   • Canon Rewrite
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Trauma Recovery
   • Mirror of Possibilities
   • Protective Slytherins
   • Dark Magic as Neutral
   • Morally Grey Characters
   • Golden Trio Break Up (Harry Potter)
   • Ron Weasley Bashing
   • Hermione Granger Sort of Bashing
   • How Do I Tag
   • Is that enough?
   • welp
   • Mentor Severus Snape
   • Morally Ambiguous Albus Dumbledore
   • thats it i think

   Summary

   Quick note: I accidentally used the series summary as the work summary before. It's been corrected now — sorry about that!

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   Harry Potter killed a basilisk.
   Drove off dozen of Dementors.
   Survived a tournament designed to break him.

   And still, he is sent out of the room when the adults begin to decide his future.

   An old magical artifact offers him a possibility:
   a life in which he is not merely a symbol — but a priority.

   When a long-forgotten guardianship is activated and political tensions begin to fracture Hogwarts, it isn’t only the balance of power that shifts. It’s Harry’s closest relationships.

   Some friendships are built on habit.
   Others on choice.

   And this time, when the doors close —
   Harry stays.

   Series

   • Part 1 of The Cost of Balance

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   17,357

   Chapters:

   5/30

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