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1. Harry Potter and the Burden of the Snake by RedCherryCake

   Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • F/M, M/M
   • Complete Work

   06 Sep 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter
   • Hermione Granger/Ron Weasley
   • Theodore Nott & Harry Potter
   • Harry Potter & Ron Weasley
   • Harry Potter & Tom Riddle
   • Harry Potter
   • Hermione Granger
   • Theodore Nott
   • Sirius Black
   • Remus Lupin
   • Severus Snape
   • Lucius Malfoy
   • Draco Malfoy
   • Ron Weasley
   • Neville Longbottom
   • Blaise Zabini
   • Tom Riddle
   • Rewrite
   • Angst
   • Harry actually has trauma from the Dursleys
   • Genz Harry
   • Slytherin Harry Potter
   • Hufflepuff Ron Weasley
   • Ravenclaw Hermione Granger
   • Powerful Harry Potter
   • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
   • mentally unstable harry
   • My First Fanfic
   • Please Don't Hate Me
   • Slow Burn
   • Toxic Draco Malfoy
   • Toxic Harry Potter
   • It will grow into a healthy relationship dw
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Character Study
   • Dark Magic
   • Mentor Severus Snape
   • Severus Snape Has a Heart
   • Abusive Dursley Family (Harry Potter)
   • Eventual Romance
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Mental Instability
   • Eventual Happy Ending
   • Enemies to Friends to Lovers
   • Good Friend Rubeus Hagrid
   • Rubeus Hagrid's Hut
   • Parental Rubeus Hagrid
   • Good Theodore Nott
   • Chaotic Theodore Nott
   • Book 1: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Good Slytherins
   • Protective Theodore Nott
   • Theodore Nott Needs a Hug
   • Hermione Granger & Theodore Nott Friendship
   • Golden Trio | Hermione Granger & Harry Potter & Ron Weasley Friendship
   • Good Friend Ron Weasley
   • Pining Draco Malfoy
   • Possessive Draco Malfoy
   • Harry Potter is a Horcrux
   • Harry Potter Needs a Hug
   • Young Tom Riddle
   • Manipulative Tom Riddle
   • Sane Tom Riddle
   • Alternate Universe
   • The Author Regrets Nothing
   • No Ron Weasley Bashing
   • Hermione Granger & Harry Potter Friendship
   • Author takes their own spin on magic
   • non-canon elements
   • Dragons
   • Good Draco Malfoy

   Summary

   “It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities,” - Albus Dumbledore

   What if Harry made the choice not to ask the sorting hat to put him in Gryffindor?

   The lines have been redrawn. His best friend Ron is in Hufflepuff, Hermione has joined Ravenclaw, and Harry is forced into co-inhabitance with Draco Malfoy and Theodore Nott.

   But trauma doesn't disappear just because the child now holds a wand. Haunted by the Dursleys, Harry turns to ancient magic to survive Hogwarts' depths, only to discover the cost of such power.

   Lightly based on SuperCarlinBrother’s “What if Harry was in Slytherin” video.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   80,203

   Chapters:

   21/21

   Comments:

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