History Fanfic / HarryPotterAndTheAshesOfChaos

* AdaptationalBadass: This version of Gilderoy Lockhart isn't a fraud, and has actually done all the things he's written about in his books.

* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Vernon, Petunia and Marge Dursley all die within a few days of each other. Vernon gets killed by Grace Weitts out of revenge for his mistreatment of Harry. Petunia gets strangled by Marge Dursley, who was put under the Imperius Curse by Peter Pettigrew. Marge kills herself after murdering Petunia under the instructions of Pettigrew.]]

** The Dursley family where both mentally and physically abusive to Harry, treating him as little more then a slave, and even beating him to the point of him needing to be hospitilised. [[spoiler:Sort of subverted since both Vernon and Petunia had a compulsion spell cast on them by Peter Pettigrew to hate Harry back when he was first sent to them as a baby.]]

** Gender-flipped in this case with Grace Weitts. Through her stoic exterior, she really does care about her little sister, Charlotte. Since there is an unwritten rule amongst the Slytherins for older students not to interfere with the drama of the younger students, Grace gives Harry private lessons in both active occlumency and combat magic in exchange for looking out for Charlotte. She also acts this way towards Daphne Greengrass too, who she sees as a second little sister, by keeping an eye on her from a distance, and giving her political advice.

* BigBrotherInstinct: Gender-flipped in this case with Grace Weitts. Through her stoic exterior, she really does care about her little sister, Charlotte. Since there is an unwritten rule amongst the Slytherins for older students not to interfere with the drama of the younger students, Grace gives Harry private lessons in both active occlumency and combat magic in exchange for looking out for Charlotte. She also acts this way towards Daphne Greengrass too, who she sees as a second little sister, by keeping an eye on her from a distance, and giving her political advice.
* After Ginny gets sorted into Slytherin, Percy makes sure to meet up with her privately on a regular basis to make sure she is okay, and also to offer advice on how to fit in with the other Slytherins.

* ADeathInTheLimelight: [[spoiler:In Book 2 Chapter 13 we get a POV from the minor character, John Doe: an up and coming reporter for the Daily Prophet. This POV goes over his entire backstory, from how his parents died shortly after his birth, to him being send to live at an orphanage, to him attending Hogwarts, and finally him getting a job at the Daily Prophet. The chapter then ends with him being murdered on his way back to his apartment.]]

* AnimalEspionage: Harry buys a large number of snakes at Knockturn Alley, then releases them all over Hogwarts castle to act as his spies.

* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Vernon and Petunia Dursley die in the span of a few days from each other. The former gets killed by Grace Weitts out of revenge for his mistreatment of Harry, and the latter gets strangled by Marge Dursley (who is under the Imperius Curse by Peter Pettigrew).]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:In the last chapter of Book 1: ''"The Forsaken’s Ascension"'', Harry and Charlus work together to stop Voldemort from getting the Philosopher's Stone, and manage to vanquish her once more. Harry also manages to get straight Os in all his classes, and even got three O+s, which has only ever been done once before by someone in their 1st year at Hogwarts . . . . but due to Harry hesitating when Voldemort asks him to join her, him and Charlus are once more at odds with each other. Not to mention Harry is also forced to go back to the Dursleys instead of going to live with his father and brother like what was originally planned. This, according to Dumbledore, is because if Harry stops living with the Dursleys then the protection wards around their house will deactivate, which Dumbledore doesn't want to happen in case Voldemort ever truly returns in the future and Charlus needs somewhere to safely hide away.]]

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* SparedByTheAdaptation: James Potter: Lord of The Ancient and Most Noble House of Potter, and the father of Harry and Charlus. When attacking Godric's Hollow, Voldemort knocks James out rather then killing him like in canon.

** Not only did Harry get treated as little more than a slave by the Dursleys, but they where also both mentally and physically abusive to him. He even ended up in the hospital once after one of his uncle Vernon's beatings.

* Blackmail: Lucius Malfoy sets Rita Skeeter up for [[spoiler:murdering John Doe: her rival reporter at the Daily Prophet]], along with showing her proof of both her affair with [[spoiler:Barnabas Cuffe]], which resulted in a child, and also [[spoiler:the murder of Barnabas' wife.]] He then uses this information to blackmail her into writing articles of his choosing.

** Mr. Bellona, Charlus' magic tutor, [[spoiler:is actually Evan Rosier: a Death Eater, and member of Lady Voldemort's inner circle.]]

* SecretIdentity: Amelia Hurst, the Defense Against The Dark Arts professor during Harry's first year at Hogwarts, is actually [[spoiler:an unnamed American witch being possessed by Voldemort.]]

* Book 1 - ''"The Forsaken’s Ascension"''
* Book 2 - ''"The Sacrificial Slytherin"''

* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Emily Riddle (Voldemort), and Harry Potter are parselmouths.

* OriginalCharacter: Charlus Potter: Harry's younger twin brother, and ''The-Boy-Who-Lived''.

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