A Tale of Two Cousins is a Harry Potter canon divergence fanfic. In this story, Dudley Dursley is Boy Who Lived, and raised by James and Lily. The fic can be found here
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This verse provides examples of:
- Death by Adaptation: Vernon and Petunia are murdered by Voldemort.
- Decomposite Character: With Dudley being the Boy Who Lived, the scar appears on Dudley rather than Harry.
- For Want Of A Nail: Peter giving Voldemort the wrong address results in Dudley becoming Boy Who Lived.
- As a result of this, Sirius Black never goes to Azkaban.
- In Spite of a Nail: Harry still gets sorted into Gryffindor.
- Killed Mid-Sentence: Vernon gets hit with a nonverbal Killing Curse while saying "There's no such thing as mag-."
- Literary Allusion Title: The title is a reference to A Tale of Two Cities.
- Secret-Keeper: The point of divergence from canon is that James decides on Sirius as secret keeper rather than Peter.
