History FanFic / OnTheWayToGreatness

* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Millicent, presumably.

[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4745329/1/On-the-Way-to-Greatness On the Way to Greatness]] is a ''Literature/{{Harry Potter}}'' fanfic by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1541187/mira_mirth mira mirth]], published in 2008 and [[DeadFic last updated in 2014]].

* NotSoDifferent: Aside from the usual parallels in canon, this Harry is much less reluctant to use the Dark Arts, to the point where some of the Death Eaters see him as this.

* TheDividual: Averted with Padma who is rarely ever seen with her twin, Parvati. {{Played Straight}} with Fred and George though.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Blaise's hopeless, and sometimes hilarious crush on Katie Bell. Also {{StalkerWithACrush}} depending on who you ask, Blaise is certainly not your ideal example of a {{Nice Guy}}.

* PowerTrio: Harry, Blaise Zabini and Millicent Bulstrode form this in Slytherin.

* BeeAfraid: Harry finds good use for ''Morsus apis'', a spell which produces an illusion of being attacked by invisible bees. He uses it on a dragon, after all.

->''" You could be great, you know, it’s all here in your head, and Slytherin will help you on your way to greatness…"''

Every year of Harry's schooling corresponds to the number of chapters dedicated to it. So Harry’s First Year at Hogwarts has one chapter, his Second Year has two chapters, and so on.

* AdultsAreUseless: Harry’s general opinion of both the Order and the Ministry. Unless he’s manipulating them for his own gain, of course, then he much prefers the Ministry (more power).

* AscendedExtra: Many characters which had little to do in canon now find themselves as main characters in this fanfic. For example, Harry’s main group of friends includes Zabini, Millicent Bulstrone, Terry Boot, Padma Patil despite all of them barely garnering five lines combined in the original story.

* BeeAfraid: Harry finds good use for ‘’Morsus apis’’, a spell which produces an illusion of being attacked by invisible bees. He uses it on a dragon, after all.

* BreakfastClub: Separate from the duelling club, a smaller group of Harry’s confidantes form. Most have their fair share of darkness in their life, if not already, then sure to come soon.

* BlackAndGrayMorality: Though the Death Eaters are slightly more sympathetic than in {{Canon}}, Harry does many more things that aren’t exactly legal. Like say, dark magic, or murdering people.

* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Invoked in the case of Voldemort and Dumbledore. Harry becomes somewhat sympathetic to the reasoning behind the Pureblood ideology. Of course, this does not mean that he won’t fight it down until his [[spoiler:second]] last breath, but he still bothers to at least try and understand why the Death Eaters do what they do.
-->'''Blaise''': I agree with what the Dark Lord is saying, on this score. And fuck you, Harry, if you try to pretend at this stage that you don’t.
-->'''Harry''': He wants to kill me. I don’t agree with that.
-->'''Blaise''':Neither do I, and isn’t that why I’m here?

* ChildrenForcedToKill: Harry can’t help being forced into so many kill-or-be-killed situations.

* ConsummateLiar: Harry, to… well everyone. His girlfriend, his best friends, the Ministry, the Order of the Phoenix, Dumbledore. He’s juggling a good number of personalities and secrets.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Averted with Neville, with Harry’s steady friendship he finds himself in a much better position (as far as abilities and self-esteem) than he was in the books. He even makes it into the Slug Club on his own merit.

* DarkIsNotEvil: Even though Harry is much darker than his canon counterpart, he is still, ultimately, a good guy trying to take Voldemort and the Death Eaters down, [[spoiler:and a bit of dark magic didn’t change that, even if it may have messed with Harry’s psyche.]]

* DoggedNiceGuy: Blaise’s hopeless, and sometimes hilarious crush on Katie Bell. Also {{StalkerWithACrush}} depending on who you ask, Blaise is certainly not your ideal example of a {{Nice Guy}}.

* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: Cedric, though it works rather well for him in the end, as [[spoiler: falling for Harry’s stumbling trick in the maze is what stops him from being killed in the graveyard.]]
* MasterActor: Harry juggles masks and personalities as part of him daily routine, it’s rather fascinating to compare his outward actions to his thoughts, because they are often the opposite of each other.
* TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife: Harry finds himself in the very uncomfortable position of having to lie to his girlfriend about what is really going on in his life, simply because she doesn’t have the security clearance to know. (It of course doesn’t help that the aunt of the girlfriend in question is [[spoiler: Head of the DMLE]].)

* ThePowerOfFriendship: Harry learns that it’s alright to rely on his (many and loyal) friends to help him, especially with his habit of piling himself with more work than he can handle.

* TeamSpirit: Harry’s group of friends all trying to figure out who put his name in the Goblet, a rag tag group of friends from all the houses working together towards a common goal – protecting their friend.
* TeenGenius: Harry is far more intelligent than he was in canon, even besting Hermione in some ways. His OWL results are testament to this, Straight O’s and three E’s.

* TrueCompanions: Nobody in Harry’s circle of friends thinks that he put his name in the Goblet of Fire, even though this Harry is known for being a little bit looser on the rules. (Unlike a certain other canon friend that we shall not mention.)

* UndyingLoyalty: The Weasley twins to Harry, to the point where they don’t even consider joining the Order unless Harry particularly wants them to. (Much to the Order’s dismay.)
-->'''Bill Weasley''': He’s got them on a leash. I don’t think that they’ll join the order unless Harry tells them to…
*YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: Oh, very much invoked with Umbridge, who approves of Harry’s distance from Dumbledore and his tendency to avoid provoking her.

* ThePowerOfFriendship: Harry learns that it’s alright to rely on his (many and loyal) friends to help him, especially with his habit of piling himself with more work than he can handle.
* PowerTrio: Harry, Blaise Zabini and Millicent Bulstrode form this in Slytherin.

[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4745329/1/On-the-Way-to-Greatness On the Way to Greatness]] is a ''Literature/{{Harry Potter}}'' fanfic by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1541187/mira_mirth mira mirth]], published in 2008 and still ongoing.

The basic story is simple: it is an {{Alternate Universe}} story based on {{For Want Of A Nail}} if Harry was sorted into Slytherin instead of Gryffindor. But it soon becomes far more complicated, as being in Slytherin changes more than just who Harry sits next to in classes.

[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4745329/1/On_the_Way_to_Greatness On the Way to Greatness]] is a ''Literature/{{Harry Potter}}'' fanfic by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1541187/mira_mirth mira mirth]], published in 2008 and still ongoing.

* AdultsAreUseless: Harry’s general opinion of both the Order and the Ministry. Unless he’s manipulating them for his own gain, of course, then he much prefers the Ministry, (more power).

*YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: Oh, very much invoked with Umbridge, who approves of Harry’s distance from Dumbledore and his tendency to avoid provoking her.

* Workaholic: Harry piles an awful lot of work on himself, and never really seems to find time to just procrastinate unless there is a crisis going on (not unlikely in this story) that puts all of his work on the backbench.

* Determinator: Harry, despite the awful, awful things he has to go through (and in some ways puts himself through), he just keeps on fighting.

* AdultsAreUseless: Harry’s general opinion of both the Order and the Ministry. Unless he’s manipulating them for his own gain, of course, then he much prefers the Ministry.
* AHouseDivided: Harry has a tendency to cause this in Slytherin, for all kinds of reasons. One thing is constant, Draco will always be on the side against Harry.

* AscendedExtra: Many characters which had little to do in canon now find themselves as main characters in this fanfic. For example, Harry’s main group of friends includes Zabini, Millicent Bulstrone, Terry Boot, Padma Patil despite all of them barely garnering five lines combined in the original story.

* BigBrotherInstinct: Cedric towards Harry, although there is little he can do to protect or control Harry.
* TheBeautifulElite: Blaise certainly seems to view himself as this, as do many other Slytherins.
* BlackShirt: Many Slytherins are this, with several joining up with Voldemort as soon as he returns. Notably, this is not everyone in Slytherin, unlike how it was painted in the original.
* CharacterDevelopment: Harry being sorted into Slytherin changes many things about him, many of which are already listed on this page. Mostly, its {{Canon}} Harry but darker.
* CombatPragmatist: Harry is never scared to bend the rules if it gives him an advantage, even to those he considers his friends. For example, [[spoiler:to Cedric in Goblet of Fire when he pretends to stumble so that Cedric, ever the gentlemen, would stop attacking and give Harry the perfect time to attack.]]
* ConflictingLoyalty: For Cedric between his responsibilities as Head Boy and his loyalty to Harry.

* DarkIsNotEvil: Even though Harry is much darker than his canon counterpart, he is still, ultimately, a good guy trying to take Voldemort and the Death Eaters down, [[spoiler:and a bit of dark magic didn’t change that, even if it may have messed with Harry’s psyche.]]

* Determinator: Harry, despite the awful, awful things he has to go through (and in some ways puts himself through), he just keeps on fighting.
* TheDividual: Averted with Padma who is rarely ever seen with her twin, Parvati. {{Played Straight}} with Fred and George though.
* FantasticRacism: From the vast majority of Slytherin towards all muggleborns, and to Harry for having a muggleborn mother. [[spoiler: At least before the parseltongue incident with Draco.]]

* AFriendInNeed: Cedric, [[spoiler:after he leaves Hogwarts]] becomes this to Harry, and finds it completely acceptable for Harry to turn up at his door in the middle of the night to drink and get things of his chest.

* IceQueen: Millicent (and Blaise too) definitely qualify as this, with their constant {{Deadpan Snarker}} antics, and general apathy.
* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: Cedric, though his it works for him in the end, as [[spoiler: falling for Harry’s stumbling trick in the maze is what stops him from being killed in the graveyard.]]
* NiceGuy: Cedric, to absolutely everyone.

* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Several notches towards cynicism from the get-go, and it just gets worse as the series progresses.
* ThePowerOfFriendship: Harry learns that it’s alright to rely on his (many and loyal) friends to help him, especially with his habit of piling himself with more work than he can handle.

* TeamSpirit: Harry’s group of friends all trying to figure out who put his name in the Goblet, a rag tag group of friends from all the houses working together towards a common goal – protecting their friend.
* TeenGenius: Harry is far more intelligent than he was in canon, even besting Hermione in some ways. His OWL results are testament to this, Straight O’s and three E’s.
* TookALevelInBadass: Harry, and in many ways the members of the Duelling Club under Harrys tuition.
* TrueCompanions: Nobody in Harry’s circle of friends thinks that he put his name in the Goblet of Fire, even though this Harry is known for being a little bit looser on the rules. (Unlike a certain other canon friend that we shall not mention.)
* Workaholic: Harry piles an awful lot of work on himself, and never really seems to find time to just procrastinate unless there is a crisis going on (not unlikely in this story) that puts all of his work on the backbench.
* UndyingLoyalty: The Weasley twins to Harry, to the point where they don’t even consider joining the Order unless Harry particularly wants them to.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Obviously darker than the books, as Harry being a Slytherin gives him a very cynical outlook.
* DeadpanSnarker: With our protagonist being sorted into the House that values cleverness, it should come as no surprise that he develops a tendency for this. Blaise and Millie apply as well.

* TheFriendsWhoNeverHang: Harry befirends Millicent and Blaise from his own house, but also have close ties with Cedric Diggory, a couple of Ravenclaws from his Arithmancy class, and a few Gryffindors (i.e. Hermione, Neville and the Weasly twins). He's pretty much the only connecting element that ties the groups from differing houses, and without him, the groups' interactions tend to be more hostile (especially between the Slytherins and Gryffindors).
* NotSoDifferent: Aside from the usual parallels in canon, this Harry is much less reluctant to use the Dark Arts, to the point where some of the Death Eaters see him as this.
* PowerTrio: Harry, Blaise Zabini and Millicent Bulstrode form this in Slytherin.

[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4745329/1/On_the_Way_to_Greatness On the Way to Greatness]] is an {{Alternate Universe}} ''Literature/{{Harry Potter}}'' fanfic by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1541187/mira_mirth mira mirth]] where Harry was sorted into Slytherin.

* AntiHero: Harry
* BadassBookworm: Harry especially, but also Hermione, Neville and Harry's Ravenclaw friends.

[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4745329/1/On_the_Way_to_Greatness On the Way to Greatness]] is an {{Alternate Universe}} {{Harry Potter}} fanfic by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1541187/mira_mirth mira mirth]] where Harry was sorted into Slytherin.

* BadassBookworm: Harry especially, but also Hermoine, Neville and Harry's Ravenclaw friends

* ForWantOfANail: the whole premise is that Harry got sorted into Sytherin

[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4745329/1/On_the_Way_to_Greatness On the Way to Greatness]] is an AU {{Harry Potter}} fanfic by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1541187/mira_mirth mira mirth]] where Harry was sorted into Slytherin.

[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4745329/1/On_the_Way_to_Greatness On the Way to Greatness]] is an AU Harry Potter fanfic by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1541187/mira_mirth mira mirth]] where Harry was sorted into Slytherin.

* BadassBookworm: Harry especially, but also Hermoine, Neville and Harry's Ravenclaw friends

* BadassBookworm: Harry

* AntiHero: Harry

[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4745329/1/On_the_Way_to_Greatness On the Way to Greatness]] is an AU Harry Potter fanfic by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1541187/mira_mirth mira mirth]] where Harry was sorted into Slytherin.