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1. A Riddle for a Serpent by A_SimpleChair

   Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Movies)  

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

   22 Sep 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Merope Gaunt/Tom Riddle Sr. | Tom Marvolo Riddle's Father
   • Merope Gaunt & Tom Riddle | Voldemort
   • Merope Gaunt
   • Enemies to Lovers
   • Reincarnation
   • Time Travel
   • Fix-It of Sorts
   • Eventual Smut
   • Historical Fantasy
   • 1920s
   • no beta we die like leta lestrange
   • Parselmouths & Parseltongue (Harry Potter)
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • Wizarding World (Harry Potter)
   • Isekai and Transmigration
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Pregnancy
   • Motherhood
   • Merope Gaunt Lives
   • POV Merope Gaunt
   • Merope Gaunt Raises Tom Riddle
   • Morally Ambiguous Character

   Summary

   Merope Gaunt has ten pence to her name. She's got no wand, bad eyesight, an estranged husband, a baby due shortly, and approximately zero marketable qualifications.

   On the bright side, she also has Parseltongue, Salazar Slytherin’s locket, a half remembered life complete with mostly intact modern education, and a pathological inability to leave useful advantages lying around.

   Canon dictates she will die before the year is out.

   To her, that's just a logistics problem.

   Language:

   English

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   Chapters:

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