History FanFic / ChildOfGrace

* AbusiveParents: Abusive Relatives: Taken UpToEleven with the Dursleys. They ''lock her out of the house'' during a thunderstorm when she's six years old in the prologue alone. It's also mentioned that because of them, Holly is frightened of anyone touching her, is heavily black and blue under her clothes, and ''curtsies'' to all strangers because she has manners that the Dursleys "had all but beaten into her."

* CinderellaPlot: The fic takes the ones in canon for Harry and cranks them UpToEleven for Holly, basically making her a near-copy of Cinderella in the beginning, complete with a treasured locket of her parents that is her only keepsake to remember them by.

The result is [[MarySue Holly Potter]], who befriends Draco, Blaise, and Millicent, has powers that canon Harry does not possess (such as telepathy and blocking spells without a wand), and figures most plot twists out in the original books from the get-go, even though she goes all through the same adventures as Harry anyway.

* AlternateUniverseFic: What if Harry was a girl? And had super-powers? And everyone else was a lot dumber and/or an even bigger JerkAss then they are in cannon?

* DeadFic

* AlternateUniverseFic

* CinderellaCircumstances: The fic takes the ones in canon for Harry and cranks them UpToEleven for Holly, basically making her a near-copy of Cinderella in the beginning, complete with a treasured locket of her parents that is her only keepsake to remember them by.

** In particular, at the end of the fourth book, Holly comments that they'll even need to get along with Ron and Hermione, stating that betrayal is hard to forgive. Ron and Hermione had hardly been in the book, much less betrayed Holly. [[note]]This may be referencing their "betrayal" in the second book. See jarkassHasAPoint above for details. Even at face value though, this isn't technically a betrayal.[[/note]]

** In particular, at the end of the fourth book, Holly comments that they'll even need to get along with Ron and Hermione, stating that betrayal is hard to forgive. Ron and Hermione had hardly been in the book, much less betrayed Holly. [[note]]This may be referencing their "betrayal" in the second book. See jarkassHasAPoint above for details. Even at face value though, this isn't technically a betrayal.[[/note]]

* AlliteativeTitle: Some of the chapter titles:

* [[AbusiveParents Abusive Relatives:]] Taken UpToEleven with the Dursleys. They ''lock her out of the house'' during a thunderstorm when she's six years old in the prologue alone. It's also mentioned that because of them, Holly is frightened of anyone touching her, is heavily black and blue under her clothes, and ''curtsies'' to all strangers because she has manners that the Dursleys "had all but beaten into her."
* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Often done with chapter titles, such as "Diagonally Delightful," "Trains, Truces, and a Turning Point," "Halloween Havoc," "Talons, Tea Leaves, and Time Turners," and "Complicated Confrontation."

** The Slytherin's insist that they are slandered against, and that they never pick on muggle-born or blood-traitors. Then they go beat up some muggle-borns and a blood traitor.

* The Slytherin's insist that they are slandered against, and that they never pick on muggle-born or blood-traitors. Then they go beat up some muggle-borns and a blood traitor.

** In particular, at the end of the fourth book, Holly comments that they'll even need to get along with Ron and Hermione, stating that betrayal is hard to forgive. Ron and Hermione had hardly been in the book, much less betrayed Holly.

* TakeOurWordForIt: A rather unfortunate side effect of the fic's tendency to skip over the details of a lot of scenes.

* FlatCharacter: While a lot of characters are introduced as a result of Holly befriending different people than Harry did, they get very little characterization beyond being Holly's friend, as well as the occasional InfoDump.

The result is [[MarySue Holly Potter]], who befriends Draco, Blaise, and Millicent, has powers that canon Harry does not possess (such as mind-reading, telepathy, and blocking spells without a wand), and figures most plot twists out in the original books from the get-go, even though she goes all through the same adventures as Harry anyway.

* MugglesDoItBetter: Heavily subverted. In spite of spending most of her life living in the Muggle world, Holly promptly discards all customs and traditions she observed in favor of the Old Ways.

* HatesBeingTouched: Allegedly a result of the abuse she received from the Dursleys, but only seems to apply to characters the author doesn't like.

** See HatesBeingTouched above.