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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8106168/1/Weres-Harry Weres Harry]]'' is a ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fanfic by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1077111/DobbyElfLord DobbyElfLord]]. Dark curses don't play nice -- not even with each other. When nine year-old Harry is bitten by a werewolf, the horcrux fights back. The result could only happen to Harry Potter.

Harry becomes what is later revealed to be a [[spoiler: Skin-Changer. Some Norse wizards had this ability and could pass it down to their children, before mages from Europe cursed them to be werewolves]]. Harry basically is now a werewolf Animagus and can transform whenever he wants, though his clothes normally don't disappear, like regular Animagi's do. What's more, the horcrux was killed trying to destroy the werewolf curse- it decided to leave him a couple things, like being a Parselmouth, but the horcrux is most definitely ''gone''. The [[OneHeroHoldTheWeaksauce changes to]] [[DeathGlare his body]] intimidates the Dursleys into leaving him alone, so Harry enters Hogwarts with a small group of friends as opposed to Ron, and after Halloween, Hermione like in canon.

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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8106168/1/Weres-Harry Weres Harry]]'' is a ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fanfic by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1077111/DobbyElfLord DobbyElfLord]]. Dark curses don't play nice -- not even with each other. When nine year-old nine-year-old Harry is bitten by a werewolf, the horcrux Horcrux fights back. The result could only happen to Harry Potter.

Harry becomes what is later revealed to be a [[spoiler: Skin-Changer. Some Norse wizards had this ability and could pass it down to their children, before mages from Europe cursed them to be werewolves]]. Harry basically is now a werewolf Animagus Animagus, and can transform whenever he wants, though his clothes normally don't disappear, like a regular Animagi's do. What's more, the horcrux Horcrux was killed trying to destroy the werewolf curse- curse -- it decided to leave him a couple things, like being a Parselmouth, but the horcrux Horcrux is most definitely ''gone''. The [[OneHeroHoldTheWeaksauce changes to]] [[DeathGlare his body]] intimidates intimidate the Dursleys into leaving him alone, so Harry enters Hogwarts with a small group of friends friends, as opposed to Ron, and after Halloween, Hermione like in canon.



* AllGuysWantCheerleaders: Sirius meets the veela Kalina (who he will eventually marry) at the Quidditch World Cup, where the later is among the veela delegation sent to support the Bulgarian team.

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* AllGuysWantCheerleaders: Sirius meets the veela Kalina (who he will eventually marry) at the Quidditch World Cup, where the later latter is among the veela delegation sent to support the Bulgarian team.



* TheFairFolk: Voldemort's resurrection spell gets the attention of the Unseelighe Fae, who have begun to hunt the students of Hogwarts. Also, Luna seems to be half-Fae. Among other things, she addresses the Leanansidhe as "Cousin", who in return, calls Luna "half-breed".

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* TheFairFolk: Voldemort's resurrection spell gets the attention of the Unseelighe Fae, who have begun to hunt the students of Hogwarts. Also, Luna seems to be half-Fae. Among other things, she addresses the Leanansidhe as "Cousin", who "cousin", who, in return, calls Luna "half-breed".
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* RationalFic: Actually {{Inverted}}. It is a running theme in the fic that the more magic is involved, the less logical sense anything makes.
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* ShapedLikeItself: Umbridge's anti-werewolf law defines a werewolf as someone who is detected by a werewolf-detection charm. This allows Harry (who is blatantly a werewolf by any legit standard, but is unusual for the setting) to engage in some LoopholeAbuse.

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* ShapedLikeItself: Umbridge's anti-werewolf law defines a werewolf as someone who is detected by a werewolf-detection charm. This allows Harry (who is blatantly a werewolf by any legit standard, but ''but is unusual for not detected by the setting) charm'') to engage in some LoopholeAbuse.
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* AlphaAndBetaWolves: Werewolf packs are led by an Alpha male and female. It's stated that being an Alpha is innate: a werewolf cannot become an Alpha simply by wanting to and any werewolf will instinctively recognize an Alpha as an Alpha upon meeting them. It's also implied that it is very difficult for non-Alpha werewolves to function unless they are in a pack under the leadership of an Alpha (Remus is stated to have gotten around this during the Marauder era by treating the Marauders as a kind of pseudo-pack, with James and Lily as Alphas).
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* ScienceCannotComprehendPhlebotinum: A rule of this setting and a running theme of this fic is that magic is fundamentally illogical and irrational. Wanded spells and the like can mostly be defined, but when the deep magic gets involved reason goes out the window.
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* ColdIron: The fae are vulnerable to natural iron (i.e. iron that hasn't been enchanted or conjured).

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[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8106168/1/Weres-Harry Weres Harry]] is a ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fanfic by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1077111/DobbyElfLord DobbyElfLord]]. Dark curses don't play nice- not even with each other. When nine year-old Harry is bitten by a werewolf, the horcrux fights back. The result could only happen to Harry Potter.

Harry becomes what is later revealed to be a [[spoiler: Skin-Changer. Some Norse wizards had this ability and could pass it down to their children- before mages from Europe cursed them to be werewolves]]. Harry basically is now a werewolf Animagus and can transform whenever he wants, though his clothes normally don't disappear, like regular Animagi's do. What's more, the horcrux was killed trying to destroy the werewolf curse- it decided to leave him a couple things, like being a Parselmouth, but the horcrux is most definitely ''gone''. The [[OneHeroHoldTheWeaksauce changes to]] [[DeathGlare his body]] intimidates the Dursleys into leaving him alone, so Harry enters Hogwarts with a small group of friends as opposed to Ron, and after Halloween, Hermione like in canon.

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[[https://www.''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8106168/1/Weres-Harry Weres Harry]] Harry]]'' is a ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fanfic by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1077111/DobbyElfLord DobbyElfLord]]. Dark curses don't play nice- nice -- not even with each other. When nine year-old Harry is bitten by a werewolf, the horcrux fights back. The result could only happen to Harry Potter.

Harry becomes what is later revealed to be a [[spoiler: Skin-Changer. Some Norse wizards had this ability and could pass it down to their children- children, before mages from Europe cursed them to be werewolves]]. Harry basically is now a werewolf Animagus and can transform whenever he wants, though his clothes normally don't disappear, like regular Animagi's do. What's more, the horcrux was killed trying to destroy the werewolf curse- it decided to leave him a couple things, like being a Parselmouth, but the horcrux is most definitely ''gone''. The [[OneHeroHoldTheWeaksauce changes to]] [[DeathGlare his body]] intimidates the Dursleys into leaving him alone, so Harry enters Hogwarts with a small group of friends as opposed to Ron, and after Halloween, Hermione like in canon.



* FantasticRacism: Virulent anti-werewolf and pro-pureblood racism, as in the source material.

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* FantasticRacism: FantasticRacism:
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Virulent anti-werewolf and pro-pureblood racism, racism is prevalent in wizarding society, as in the source material.



** ThePowerOfFriendship: Those who truly know and love Harry (as opposed to the Boy-Who-Lived) are resistant to this effect.



* ThePowerOfFriendship: Those who truly know and love Harry (as opposed to the Boy-Who-Lived) are resistant to the warped effects of Harry's aura.



* TotallyNotAWerewolf: It's repeatedly noted that whatever Harry is, it doesn't follow the same rules as the standard Potterverse werewolf. It's eventually theorized that he is a Skin-Changer, the original race from which werewolves were created.
** The trope takes its most literal form in the Ministry scene, where Harry points out that Umbridge's own law defines a werewolf as someone who glows red under a Werewolf Detection Charm. As Harry does not glow red under that particular charm, he is legally not a werewolf.
* YouNoTakeCandle: Dobby speaks this way in this fic, [[CharacterExaggeration though in canon he's only a]] ThirdPersonPerson.

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* TotallyNotAWerewolf: It's repeatedly noted that whatever Harry is, it doesn't follow the same rules as the standard Potterverse werewolf. It's eventually theorized that he is a Skin-Changer, the original race from which werewolves were created.
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created. The trope takes its most literal form in the Ministry scene, where Harry points out that Umbridge's own law defines a werewolf as someone who glows red under a Werewolf Detection Charm. As Harry does not glow red under that particular charm, he is legally not a werewolf.
* YouNoTakeCandle: Dobby speaks this way in this fic, [[CharacterExaggeration though in canon he's only a]] ThirdPersonPerson.ThirdPersonPerson.
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* OhCrap: The reactions of many, many people to Harry's wolf form.
** [[spoiler: Voldemort gets an especially good one shortly after his resurrection, when Harry goes full wolf, butchers several of his followers, and then turns his attention to ''him.'' He barely gets away, with a nearly torn out throat, (infused with basilisk venom for his trouble).]]
** The entire Wizengamot freaks out when Harry transforms in front of them, when he's had enough of their dodging the issue of Voldemort's return. Fortunately for them, he only did so to prove that he's in complete control of his transformation.
** Inverted with the werewolf packs, as Harry's unique case inspires mostly awe to them. Played straight for Fenrir Greyback though.
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* TotallyNotAWerewolf: It's repeatedly noted that whatever Harry is, it doesn't follow the same rules as the standard Potterverse werewolf. It's eventually theorized that he is a Skin-Changer, the original race from which werewolves were created.
** The trope takes its most literal form in the Ministry scene, where Harry points out that Umbridge's own law defines a werewolf as someone who glows red under a Werewolf Detection Charm. As Harry does not glow red under that particular charm, he is legally not a werewolf.
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* RationalFic: Actually {{Inverted}}. It is a running theme in the fic that the more magic is involved, the less logical sense anything makes.
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Harry becomes what is later revealed to be a [[spoiler: Skin-Changer. Some Norse wizards had this ability and could pass it down to their children- before mages from Europe cursed them to be werewolves]]. Harry basically is now a werewolf Animagus and can transform whenever he wants, though his clothes normally don't come along, like regular Animagi. What's more, the horcrux was killed trying to destroy the werewolf curse- it decided to leave him a couple things, like being a Parselmouth, but the horcrux is most definitely ''gone''. The [[OneHeroHoldTheWeaksauce changes to]] [[DeathGlare his body]]

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Harry becomes what is later revealed to be a [[spoiler: Skin-Changer. Some Norse wizards had this ability and could pass it down to their children- before mages from Europe cursed them to be werewolves]]. Harry basically is now a werewolf Animagus and can transform whenever he wants, though his clothes normally don't come along, disappear, like regular Animagi.Animagi's do. What's more, the horcrux was killed trying to destroy the werewolf curse- it decided to leave him a couple things, like being a Parselmouth, but the horcrux is most definitely ''gone''. The [[OneHeroHoldTheWeaksauce changes to]] [[DeathGlare his body]]
body]] intimidates the Dursleys into leaving him alone, so Harry enters Hogwarts with a small group of friends as opposed to Ron, and after Halloween, Hermione like in canon.

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* AdaptationExpansion: Since Harry is a werewolf, we find out a lot more about werewolf culture.



* EvilVsEvil: [[spoiler: The werewolf curse annihilates the Horcrux within Harry, but the Horcrux weakens the curse enough that Harry's own magic can overmaster it.]]
* TheFairFolk: Voldemort's resurrection spell gets the attention of the Unseelighe Fae, who have begun to hunt the students of Hogwarts. Also, Luna seems to have some connection to the Fae. Among other things, she addresses the Leanansidhe as "Cousin".

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* EvilVsEvil: [[spoiler: The werewolf curse annihilates the Horcrux within Harry, but the Horcrux weakens the curse enough that Harry's own magic can overmaster it.it. [[spoiler: "Curse" being the important word here.]]
* TheFairFolk: Voldemort's resurrection spell gets the attention of the Unseelighe Fae, who have begun to hunt the students of Hogwarts. Also, Luna seems to have some connection to the Fae. be half-Fae. Among other things, she addresses the Leanansidhe as "Cousin"."Cousin", who in return, calls Luna "half-breed".



* GogglesDoSomethingUnusual: Harry has to get special glasses to dampen the effect of his DeathGlare in order to keep from making everyone he meets wet themselves in terror.

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* GogglesDoSomethingUnusual: Harry has to get special put tinted costume lenses in his glasses to dampen the effect of his DeathGlare in order to keep from making scaring the daylights out of everyone he meets wet themselves in terror.meets.
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Harry becomes what is later revealed to be a [[spoiler: Skin-Changer. Some Norse wizards had this ability and could pass it down to their children- before mages from Europe cursed them to be werewolves]]. Harry basically is now a werewolf Animagus and can transform whenever he wants, though his clothes normally don't come along, like regular Animagi. What's more, the horcrux was killed trying to destroy the werewolf curse- it decided to leave him a couple things, like being a Parselmouth, but the horcrux is most definitely ''gone''. The [[OneHeroHoldTheWeaksauce changes to]] [[DeathGlare his body]]



* DeathGlare: Harry gets a doozy of one [[spoiler: from becoming a Skin-Changer]]. Notable in that it takes him a few years to learn how to control it, so for the first few years at Hogwarts he has to wear sunglasses all the time in order to keep everyone he meets from wetting themselves in sheer terror.

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* DeathGlare: Harry gets a doozy of one [[spoiler: from becoming a Skin-Changer]]. Notable in that it takes him a few years to learn how to control it, so for the first few years at Hogwarts he has to wear sunglasses all his glasses with tinted costume lenses so he doesn't scare the time in order to keep daylights out of everyone he meets from wetting themselves in sheer terror.meets.



** "Born" werewolves (werewolves born to other werewolves) also look down on "made" wolves (werewolves transformed by the bite). It's somewhat {{Justified}} however, as born wolves retain more of their minds through the change, even without wolfsbane.

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** "Born" werewolves (werewolves born to other werewolves) also look down on "made" wolves (werewolves transformed by the bite). It's somewhat {{Justified}} however, as born wolves retain each consecutive generation of werewolves retains more and more of their minds through the change, even without wolfsbane.
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* SuperBreedingProgram: [[spoiler: The Westen Pack has been experimenting with breeding werewolves to werewolves, trying to recreate the Skin-Changers. They haven't yet been able to get the transformation to occur at-will, but they have managed to create werewolves who retain most of the mind through the Change.]]

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* SuperBreedingProgram: [[spoiler: The Westen Pack has been experimenting with breeding werewolves to werewolves, trying to recreate the Skin-Changers. They haven't yet been able to get the transformation to occur at-will, but they have managed to create werewolves who retain most of the mind through the Change.]]]]
* YouNoTakeCandle: Dobby speaks this way in this fic, [[CharacterExaggeration though in canon he's only a]] ThirdPersonPerson.
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* ShapedLikeItself: Umbridge's anti-werewolf law defines a werewolf as someone who is detected by a werewolf-detection charm. This allows Harry (who is blatantly a werewolf by any legit standard, but is unusual for the setting) to engage in some LoopholeAbuse.
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* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: After Harry [[spoiler: sneaks off to visit the basilisk without telling anybody where he's going]], McGonagall gives him to Kalina to act as her pack mule and living dress-up doll for the weekend.

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* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: After Harry [[spoiler: sneaks [[spoiler:sneaks off to visit the basilisk without telling anybody where he's going]], McGonagall [=McGonagall=] gives him to Kalina to act as her pack mule and living dress-up doll for the weekend.
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* OneHeroHoldTheWeaksauce: Harry [[spoiler: can transform between his human and beast forms at-will, with full control in either state, and is not affected by silver.]]



* SlapSlapKiss: Harry and Remus come home to Kalina trying to set Sirius on fire for getting her pregnant again. Shortly thereafter, the noises coming from their bedroom indicate that Sirius is now demonstrating just how he managed that feat.

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* SlapSlapKiss: Harry and Remus come home to Kalina trying to set Sirius on fire for getting her pregnant again. Shortly thereafter, the noises coming from their bedroom indicate that Sirius is now demonstrating just how he managed that feat.feat.
* SuperBreedingProgram: [[spoiler: The Westen Pack has been experimenting with breeding werewolves to werewolves, trying to recreate the Skin-Changers. They haven't yet been able to get the transformation to occur at-will, but they have managed to create werewolves who retain most of the mind through the Change.]]
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* NoSell: Apparently, Parselmouths are immune to the gaze of a basilisk.
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* MilesToGoBeforeISleep: A scene from his POV reveals this story's version of Dumbledore to be an old and tired man, desperately attempting to do three jobs at once and unable to lay down any of his burdens because nobody else seems able to bear them.
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* AncientRome: The house of Black can trace its ancestry all the way back to ''Legatus'' Atrum, the commander of one of the legions that first took Britain for the Romans.
* ColdIron: The fae are vulnerable to natural iron (i.e. iron that hasn't been enchanted or conjured).
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* DeathGlare: Harry gets a doozy of one [[spoiler: from becoming a Skin-Changer]]. Notable in that it takes him a few years to learn how to control it, so for the first few years at Hogwarts he has to wear sunglasses all the time in order to keep everyone he meets from wetting themselves in sheer terror.


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* GogglesDoSomethingUnusual: Harry has to get special glasses to dampen the effect of his DeathGlare in order to keep from making everyone he meets wet themselves in terror.
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* FluffyTamer: Harry has secured the allegiance both of the literal Fluffy and Sangria the Basilisk.

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* Didn'tThinkThisThrough: Harry theorises that the mages who turned the Skin-Changers into werewolves were actually trying to totally sever the Skin-Changers from their alternate forms, but forgot to account for the effects of performing their ritual under a full moon.

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* Didn'tThinkThisThrough: DidntThinkThisThrough: Harry theorises that the mages who turned the Skin-Changers into werewolves were actually trying to totally sever the Skin-Changers from their alternate forms, but forgot to account for the effects of performing their ritual under a full moon.



* EvilVsEvil: [[spoiler: The werewolf curse annihilates the Horcrux within Harry, but the Horcrux weakens the curse enough that Harry's own magic can overmaster it.]]



* LineageComesFromTheFather: {{Inverted}}. Cassiopeia, like her mother, is a veela.



** The Skin-Changers (like Harry) can shift between forms at any time, with full control in both shapes. The bite is not infectious, with the gift instead being a hereditary talent. Harry is the only one currently known to exist.

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** The Skin-Changers (like Harry) [[spoiler: like Harry]] can shift between forms at any time, with full control in both shapes. The bite is not infectious, with the gift instead being a hereditary talent. [[spoiler: Harry is the only one currently known to exist.]]
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* Didn'tThinkThisThrough: Harry theorises that the mages who turned the Skin-Changers into werewolves were actually trying to totally sever the Skin-Changers from their alternate forms, but forgot to account for the effects of performing their ritual under a full moon.


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* FantasticRacism: Virulent anti-werewolf and pro-pureblood racism, as in the source material.
** "Born" werewolves (werewolves born to other werewolves) also look down on "made" wolves (werewolves transformed by the bite). It's somewhat {{Justified}} however, as born wolves retain more of their minds through the change, even without wolfsbane.


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* HatePlague: Voldemort's evil warped the magic in Lily's blood wards, causing them to generate an aura that makes people believe the worst of Harry.
** ThePowerOfFriendship: Those who truly know and love Harry (as opposed to the Boy-Who-Lived) are resistant to this effect.


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* LadykillerInLove: Since meeting Kalina, Sirius has not shown a single sign of straying.
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* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: After Harry [[spoiler: sneaks off to visit the basilisk without telling anybody where he's going]], McGonagall gives him to Kalina to act as her pack mule and living dress-up doll for the weekend.


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* GlamourFailure: Luna seems to recognize Harry in his alternate form, and doesn't seem to have any idea why she ''shouldn't'' be able to recognize him.


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* PoisonousPerson: After surviving a basilisk bite, Harry discovers that the Beast's claws are now coated with basilisk venom.
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* TheFairFolk: Voldemort's resurrection spell gets the attention of the Unseelighe Fae, who have begun to hunt the students of Hogwarts. Also, Luna seems to have some connection to the Fae. Among other things, she addresses the Leanansidhe as "Cousin".
* FamilyThemeNaming: Sirius continues his by naming his firstborn daughter "Cassiopeia".



** The werewolves were created when a ritual designed to cut off the Skin-Changers from their alternate forms went badly awry. Werewolves can change only under the full moon, have infectious bites, and some go berserk when transformed. "Born" werewolves (werewolves born to other werewolves) retain greater control through the change, to the point where a third-or-fourth generation "born" wolf retains his or her full human mind without the need for Wolfsbane.

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** The werewolves were created when a ritual designed to cut off the Skin-Changers from their alternate forms went badly awry. Werewolves can change only under the full moon, have infectious bites, and some go berserk when transformed. "Born" werewolves (werewolves born to other werewolves) retain greater control through the change, to the point where a third-or-fourth generation "born" wolf retains his or her full human mind without the need for Wolfsbane.Wolfsbane.
* PassThePopcorn: Cassie is described as doing a one-year-old's version of this while her mother chases her father around the house throwing fireballs.
* SlapSlapKiss: Harry and Remus come home to Kalina trying to set Sirius on fire for getting her pregnant again. Shortly thereafter, the noises coming from their bedroom indicate that Sirius is now demonstrating just how he managed that feat.
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[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8106168/1/Weres-Harry Weres Harry]] is a ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fanfic by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1077111/DobbyElfLord DobbyElfLord]]. Dark curses don't play nice- not even with each other. When nine year-old Harry is bitten by a werewolf, the horcrux fights back. The result could only happen to Harry Potter.

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* AllGuysWantCheerleaders: Sirius meets the veela Kalina (who he will eventually marry) at the Quidditch World Cup, where the later is among the veela delegation sent to support the Bulgarian team.
* ExactWords: When [[spoiler: Umbridge tries to arrest Harry for being an unregistered werewolf, Harry points out that Umbridge's own law defines a werewolf as someone who glows red under a Werewolf Detection Charm. Despite the fact that Harry would be considered a werewolf by almost any other definition, he does not glow red under that charm]].
* InSpiteOfANail: The series started life as a one-shot alternate ending for ''Prisoner Of Azkaban'', so when the author goes back to fill in the first two years, he had to stick at least close enough to canon that those scenes would make sense. After that, though, things really start to change.
* OneGenderRace: Veela are all female. Any daughter born to a veela-human pairing will be a veela, while any sons are ordinary (albeit handsome) humans.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Two different (but related) kinds of werewolf show up here.
** The Skin-Changers (like Harry) can shift between forms at any time, with full control in both shapes. The bite is not infectious, with the gift instead being a hereditary talent. Harry is the only one currently known to exist.
** The werewolves were created when a ritual designed to cut off the Skin-Changers from their alternate forms went badly awry. Werewolves can change only under the full moon, have infectious bites, and some go berserk when transformed. "Born" werewolves (werewolves born to other werewolves) retain greater control through the change, to the point where a third-or-fourth generation "born" wolf retains his or her full human mind without the need for Wolfsbane.

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