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1. The Beast in the Briars by slitherofsnakes

   Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

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

   18 Sep 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Blaise Zabini/Original Female Character(s)
   • Harry Potter/Ginny Weasley
   • Theodore Nott & Original Female Character(s)
   • juicy pairings to come
   • Draco Malfoy & Original Female Character(s)
   • Pansy Parkinson & Original Female Character(s)
   • Original Muggle Character(s)
   • Original Characters
   • Blaise Zabini
   • Hermione Granger
   • Draco Malfoy
   • Ron Weasley
   • Harry Potter
   • Theodore Nott
   • Vincent Crabbe
   • Gregory Goyle
   • Pansy Parkinson
   • Adrian Pucey
   • Neville Longbottom
   • Minerva McGonagall
   • Severus Snape
   • Fred Weasley
   • George Weasley
   • Lee Jordan (Harry Potter)
   • Dean Thomas
   • Daphne Greengrass
   • Tracey Davis (Harry Potter)
   • Millicent Bulstrode
   • Marcus Flint
   • Graham Montague
   • Muggle-born
   • rich arrogant muggle-born
   • honestly could be a pureblood with the way she acts
   • blaise eats his words
   • So does Draco
   • first slytherin to be hated by snape
   • she is a lady
   • Enemies to Lovers
   • Prejudice Against Muggle-borns
   • Muggle-born Slytherin Character
   • Morally Ambiguous Character
   • Slytherins Being Slytherins
   • Slytherin Politics
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Slytherin
   • Slytherin Pride
   • Torture
   • too prideful for her own good honestly
   • when I say torture I mean unethical potions experimentation
   • Animagus
   • Wizarding Politics (Harry Potter)
   • Wizarding Culture (Harry Potter)
   • Second Wizarding War with Voldemort (Harry Potter)
   • Enemies to Friends
   • Slow Burn
   • Slow Build
   • Slow Romance
   • Pining
   • Mutual Pining
   • Dubious Morality
   • Morally Grey Slytherins
   • Unreliable Narrator

   Summary

   At only eleven, Dorothea Montcrest is already following into the footsteps of her ruthless high-society mother and cold-blooded lawyer father. She is ready to step into Year 7 at Rosehip Academy for Girls, but one letter brought to her by a woman in strange garb upsets all her plans. If there is one thing Dorothea knows, it is adapting, and she is determined to simply shift her goals onto Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The purebloods of Slytherin aren’t ready for the fox in their midst.

   Note from the author : There are eight parts to this story. All chapters in a part are posted the same day, but there might be weeks between parts (I have to write them, and I am a veterinary student). Planned chapter count is around 80, but I make no guarantees.

   As of 11.08.2026 : The chapter count is no longer 80. It has gotten out of hand.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   80,062

   Chapters:

   25/100

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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