History Fanfic / Returning

* [[spoiler: AWolfInSheepsClothing: Martin Samuels.]]

* [[spoiler: PlotTriggeringDeath: Unbeknownst to the main cast, the death of Merva and Cassian’s mother.]]

* [[spoiler: PosthumousCharacter: Lyra’s dad.]]

* [[spoiler: TitleDrop: ''"They are returning. When the first house of Slytherin burns, they will find the weapon they seek."'']]

* MismatchedEyes: Professor Kirtle has these, of the heterochromia variety. They are noted for giving her a slightly manic look.

* MixedAncestry: Elin, the daughter of a British Indian Muggle father and a Scottish Chinese witch. Sisters Genevieve and Aimée are French-English. Fred Lee Weasley is half black, half white.

* BigBrotherBully: Downplayed with James Sirius. He’s not above teasing Al and telling tales to frighten him, but they seem to genuinely care about each other overall.
* BlackAndNerdy: Ravenclaw prefect Katherine Tredwell.

* AcademicAlphaBitch: Isobel and Rose [[spoiler: at first]]. Edgar Young seems to be a male version of this.

** To LordOfTheRings — there's a student with the surname Mirkwood, and TheHobbit book is mentioned.

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** To TheFlash — The red-haired Ravenclaw prefect is called Jay West, a combination of Jay Garrick and Wally West, and plays Seeker, a position requiring quick reflexes and speed.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: [[spoiler: Scorpius is deeply aviophobic, to the point where he passes out from fear in midair. He’s also at a school where Flying Lessons are mandatory.]]

* AmbiguouslyBrown: Played with, but mostly averted. Several characters are described as having brown skin without a specific ethnicity, but their surnames or relatives usually give clues. Professor Shafiq is implied by his surname to be of Middle Eastern origin, though he's also Very British. Elin Haksar can be assumed to be of Indian origin from her surname, although the early reveal that she is [[spoiler:Cho Chang's daughter]] clarifies that she's half-Indian, half-Chinese.

** To {{QI}} — Gryffindor Davy Andrews and Ravenclaw Steve Fry are described similarly to younger versions of Alan Davies and Stephen Fry, respectively.

** To PotterPuppetPals — the contents of Scorpius's pockets are "nine Sickles and a Dungbomb."

-->'''Lyra:''' ''[to Rose]'' Yeah, Scorpius's family is pureblood. But you know who gives me a hard time about being Muggleborn? About not knowing how magical things work? Isobel and Rupert and ''you!''..."So don't you dare go throwing 'he's a pureblood' around like it makes you better than him! He's not a Death Eater and ''you're not a hero!"''

-->'''Lyra:''' ''[to Rose]'' Yeah, Scorpius's family is pureblood. But you know who gives me a hard time about being Muggleborn? About not knowing how magical things work? Isobel and Rupert and ''you!''

''Returning'' is an in-progress Harry Potter Next Gen Fic by troper [=GlassCatOwl=]. It starts pretty much the moment the Epilogue left off, only from the perspectives of Scorpius Malfoy and Rose Weasley. An incident with Rose’s cat gets the two of them off to a bad start, only made worse by the fact they’re sorted into the same house. The fic covers their first year at Hogwarts, which turns out to be rather eventful — much to their headmistress’s displeasure.

* GoodParents: Scorpius, Rose, and Lyra all have them.

* TheClan: The Weasleys.

* MultilayerFaçade: [[spoiler: Martin Samuels: Initial façade - kindly healer-in-training; underneath - sadistic healer-in-training who skipped the Hippocratic Oath; reality - Deep Cover Agent manipulating a vulnerable student.]]

[[spoiler: * TitleDrop: ''"They are returning. When the first house of Slytherin burns, they will find the weapon they seek."'']]

* {{Necromancer}}: Rose suspects one is on the loose after the incident at Hallowe'en.

* DeadGuyJunior: As in canon, Albus Severus Potter and his older brother James Sirius Potter, along with George's son Fred. Their cousin Molly is named after their grandmother, but her namesake is still alive.

* Forged Message: Isobel sends an insulting one pretending to be Scorpius. [[spoiler: Rose doesn’t believe it for a minute.]]

* [[FormerFriendOfAlphaBitch Former Friend of the Academic Alpha Bitch]]: Albus starts to feel like this after Rose is sorted into Ravenclaw.

* FriendToAllLivingThings: Scorpius, partially due to his mother Astoria being deeply interested in Magizoology, is very fond and protective of magical creatures.

''Returning'' is an in-progress Harry Potter Next Gen Fic by troper [=GlassCatOwl=]. It starts pretty much the moment the Epilogue left off, only from the perspectives of Scorpius Malfoy and Rose Weasley. An incident with Rose’s cat gets the two of them off to a bad start, only made worse by the fact they’re sorted into the same house. The fic covers their first year at Hogwarts, which turns out to be rather eventful — much to their headmistress’s displeasure.

* FrenchJerk: Genevieve. Her younger sister Aimée can be unkind but is usually fairly nice.