History Fanfic / ThePowerOfSeven

* HyperAwareness: As Hermione becomes more aware of her ability to 'see' magic, she realises that [[spoiler:she can actually see

* ShipTease: It is strongly implied that Neville Longbottom is in a relationship with Hannah Abbott (or at least attempting to start one), while it is more explicitly acknowledged that Ron is currently involved with Lavender Brown.

* {{Synchronization}}: Part of the bond created by the ritual allows Harry to share his magic with [[spoiler:Ginny (the first such bond-partner)]], and vice-versa, as well as being able to communicate with them telepathically.

* AmbiguouslyBi: None of the girls depicted so far have shown an interest in doing anything with each other without Harry, but there have been certain 'exceptional circumstances';
** Ginny finds that she enjoys watching Harry with other girls, to the point that she gets turned on while looking at Luna naked and picturing Harry’s reaction to her, and [[spoiler:makes sure that Hermione is watching when she and Harry are completing the first stage of the ritual]]. This becomes more explicit [[spoiler:when Ginny's link to Harry allows her to 'observe' Harry's first time with Hermione from Harry's perspective, inspiring Ginny to fantasize about a threesome with herself, Harry and Hermione, which becomes reality the following chapter even if she and Hermione don't do much with each other directly. Ginny eventually muses that while she hasn't explicitly 'inherited' Harry's attraction to girls, she derives emotional pleasure from helping Luna, and gets peripherally turned on by sharing Harry's reaction to looking Demelza naked]].
** Although Hermione [[spoiler:has been kissed by Ginny at least twice]], she does not appear to be independently aroused by the experience, and affirms to Luna that she isn't explicitly attracted to women on their own.

** Demelza is fully aware that Harry has sex with Ginny, and chapters 23-24 feature her [[spoiler:watching Harry have sex with Ginny and Katie]], but Demelza's thoughts were always focused on Harry's actions and reactions rather than being explicitly aroused by the other girls.

* CasualKink: A few of these, ranging from Ginny realising that she likes being watched and watching Harry with other witches to Demelza (after identifying Ginny's own kink) revealing that she has a certain submissive streak that she enjoys exploring with Harry.

** Ginny finds that she enjoys watching Harry with other girls, to the point that she gets turned on while looking at Luna naked and picturing Harry’s reaction to her, and [[spoiler:makes sure that Hermione is watching when she and Harry are completing the first stage of the ritual]]. This becomes more explicit [[spoiler:when Ginny's link to Harry allows her to 'observe' Harry's first time with Hermione from Harry's perspective, inspiring Ginny to fantasize about a threesome with herself, Harry and Hermione, which becomes reality the following chapter even if she and Hermione don't do much with each other directly]].
** Although Hermione [[spoiler:has been kissed by Ginny at least twice]], she does not appear to be independently aroused by the experience.
** Aside from Luna [[spoiler:engaging in the aforementioned mutual masturbation session with Ginny, she also asks that Ginny be present the first time she and Harry have sex, although there is no sign that Luna was especially aroused by Ginny's presence in the room]].

* ThePeepingTom: For the most part, the storyline focuses on a positive version of this, as Ginny realises that she actually gets turned on both seeing Harry with other witches and the knowledge that she’s being watched with him. However, a more typical version occurs in chapter 24 when [[spoiler:Ron unintentionally witnesses Harry in a foursome with Ginny, Katie and Demelza in the Quidditch changing rooms, although Ron is outside the room and disillusions himself so that nobody can see him]].

* SafeSaneAndConsensual: Important for Harry's dynamic with Demelza in particular, as she has a definite interest in tales of experienced men protecting/seducing lower-class women, prompting Harry to approach their dynamic in the manner of a team captain giving her guidance, to the point that Demelza refers to him as 'Captain' during their encounters and has even been told she has a safe word (although she's never used it to date).

* ArtisticLicenceBiology: Katie muses that wizards don't have to worry about normal STDs, and magical ones are apparently extremely rare.

* ThePeepingTom: A positive version of this, as Ginny realises that she actually gets turned on both seeing Harry with other witches and the knowledge that she’s being watched with him.

** While [[spoiler:Katie shows no explicit sexual interest in girls, she does encourage Harry to release all over Ginny as she masturbates him herself, and briefly fantasises about licking Ginny's abdomen clean of his release before she decides to just have sex with Harry directly]].

** While considering candidates for the ritual, Ginny immediately dismisses Cho Chang as a possibility despite her past relationship with Harry
** Hermione explicitly disregards Ron as a potential romantic partner as she becomes more invested in the plan to save Harry and acknowledges that she is attracted to him over Ron

* AmbiguouslyBi: None of the girls depicted so far have shown an interest in doing anything with each other without Harry, but Ginny in particular enjoys watching Harry with other girls, to the point that she gets turned on while looking at Luna naked and picturing Harry’s reaction to her, and [[spoiler:makes sure that Hermione is watching when she and Harry are completing the first stage of the ritual]]. This becomes more explicit [[spoiler:when Ginny's link to Harry allows her to 'observe' Harry's first time with Hermione from Harry's perspective, inspiring Ginny to fantasize about a threesome with herself, Harry and Hermione, which becomes reality the following chapter even if she and Hermione don't do much with each other directly]].
** While [[spoiler:Katie shows no explicit sexual interest in girls, she does encourage Harry to release all over Ginny, and briefly fantasises about licking Ginny's abdomen clean before she decides to just have sex with Harry directly]].

It has been stated that the final goal for the storyline will pair Harry with Ginny, Hermione, Luna, Demelza Robbins, Susan Bones, Katie Bell, and Fleur Delacour (as of October 2018, only Fleur is not definitively being considered as part of the potential ‘harem’, although the other six are in various stages of RelationshipUpgrade with Harry)

* AllWomenArePrudes: Subverted as so far Hermione is the only 'prude' of the group, at least at first; Ginny quickly becomes passionate once she learns that Harry might die if the ritual doesn’t work, Luna is very eager to kiss him after the possibility is presented, Demelza already had a collection of pornographic novels, and [[spoiler:Susan was willing and eager to go all the way with Harry once he explained the situation]], but Hermione actually tried to arrange a schedule for her and Harry to have their first kiss before being encouraged to just go for it
* AmbiguouslyBi: None of the girls depicted so far have shown an interest in doing anything with each other without Harry, but Ginny in particular enjoys watching Harry with other girls, to the point that she gets turned on while looking at Luna naked and picturing Harry’s reaction to her, and [[spoiler:makes sure that Hermione is watching when she and Harry are completing the first stage of the ritual]]. This becomes more explicit [[spoiler:when her link to Harry allows her to 'observe' Harry's first time with Hermione from Harry's perspective, inspiring Ginny to fantasize about a threesome with herself, Harry and Hermione, which becomes reality the following chapter even if she and Hermione don't do much with each other directly]].

* ClingyJealousGirl: Completely ignored; Cho Chang is rejected as part of the potential seven just because she and Harry had a bad past relationship, but Ginny soon realises that she actually gets turned on seeing Harry with other witches, Hermione understands that Harry loving her doesn't undermine his feelings for Ginny, and Luna, Demelza and Susan are each open to becoming involved with Harry when knowing he's with other women (and Demelza so far just assumes that Ginny and Harry are simply exploring Ginny's voyeuristic kink without knowing the necessity of the harem to save Harry's life).

* OpenSecret: To a degree; Dumbledore is completely unaware that Harry has already completed the first stage of the ritual and is actively seeking out other girls to bond with, whereas Susan all-but-explicitly states that [[spoiler:she knows that Harry is currently having sex with at least Ginny already even as he expresses interest in Katie's dating life and continues to flirt with Susan, a few chapters before she learns about the 'coven']].

* AdaptationalVillainy: In a sense; Dumbledore doesn’t want Harry to die, but he has convinced himself that the only way to stop Voldemort with the prophecy linking him to Harry is for Harry to let Voldemort kill him so that Dumbledore or another experienced wizard can kill Voldemort afterwards
* AllWomenArePrudes: Subverted as so far Hermione is the only 'prude' of the group; Ginny quickly becomes passionate once she learns that Harry might die if the ritual doesn’t work, Luna is very eager to kiss him after the possibility is presented, Demelza already had a collection of pornographic novels, and [[spoiler:Susan was willing and eager to go all the way with Harry once he explained the situation]], but Hermione actually tried to arrange a schedule for her and Harry to have their first kiss before being encouraged to just go for it
* AmbiguouslyBi: None of the girls depicted so far have shown an interest in doing anything with each other without Harry, but Ginny in particular enjoys watching Harry with other girls, to the point that she gets turned on while looking at Luna naked and picturing Harry’s reaction to her, and [[spoiler:makes sure that Hermione is watching when she and Harry are completing the first stage of the ritual]]. This becomes more explicit [[spoiler:when her link to Harry allows her to 'observe' Harry's first time with Hermione from Harry's perspective, inspiring Ginny to fantasize about a threesome with herself, Harry and Hermione, which becomes reality the following chapter]].
* AscendedExtra: Demelza Robbins, Susan Bones and Katie will go from peripheral acquaintances of Harry’s to part of his ‘harem’ (although the term 'coven' has also been used).

* BrokenPedestal: Hermione develops this view in particular when she realises that Dumbledore is actively discouraging her from pursing the only option she’s found that might legitimately negate the horcrux in Harry
* CasualKink: A few of these, ranging from Ginny realising that she likes being watched and watching Harry with other witches to Demelza (after identifying Ginny's own kink) revealing that she has a certain submissive streak, expressed as she refers to Harry as 'Captain' while their encounters are 'presented' in the manner of a Quidditch captain giving instruction to one of the team.
* TheChessmaster: Dumbledore's private reflections suggest that he has various plans to 'ensure' that Harry will die in the confrontation with Voldemort.

* ClingyJealousGirl: Completely ignored; Cho Chang is rejected as part of the potential seven just because she and Harry had a bad past relationship, but Ginny soon realises that she actually gets turned on seeing Harry with other witches, Hermione understands that Harry loving her doesn't undermine his feelings for Ginny, and Luna, Demelza and Susan are each open to becoming involved with Harry when knowing he's with other women (and Demelza so far just assumes that Ginny and Harry are just exploring Ginny's voyeuristic kink without knowing the necessity of the harem to save Harry's life).
* CoitusInterruptus: [[spoiler: Ron walks in on Harry and Hermione]].

* HaremSeeker: Harry, although this process is somewhat awkward for him, and justified as he needs the harem to save his life.

* ShipTease: It is strongly implied that Neville Longbottom is in a relationship with Hannah Abbott (or at least attempting to start one), while it is more explicitly acknowledged that Ron is currently involved with Lavender Brown

* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Susan in particular notes that she admires Harry for always trying to help others even before she realises that he’s explicitly looking at her as a potential romantic partner
* SpousalPrivilege: A wizarding example of this; with the declining rate of wizarding births, legally a wizard could take multiple wives in the name of preserving certain bloodlines. As a result, [[spoiler:Harry could take at least two wives as he is the last heir of the Potter and Black families (with Ginny calling 'Dibs' on the title of Harry's 'Potter' wife), and as Susan is the last living member of the Bones family, if Harry permitted she could keep her current name]].

** Demelza has a certain ‘kink’ for this kind of relationship that Harry uses while giving her flying lessons, as well as a subsequent post-training 'conversation'

* ContinuitySnarl: Aside from the obvious detail of Harry learning about his status as a horcrux over a year in advance, all evidence suggests that Dumbledore is not currently dying from the curse that was killing him at this point in ''Half-Blood Prince'' in canon (later confirmed by WordOfGod).

* SpousalPrivilege: A wizarding example of this; with the declining rate of wizarding births, legally a wizard could take multiple wives in the name of preserving certain bloodlines. As a result, [[spoiler:Harry could take at least two wives as he is the last heir of the Potter and Black families (with Ginny calling 'Dibs' on the title of Harry's 'Potter' wife), and as Susan is the last living member of the Bones family, if Harry permitted she could keep her current name).

* ClingyJealousGirl: Completely ignored; Cho Chang is rejected as part of the potential seven just because she and Harry had a bad past relationship, but Ginny soon realises that she actually gets turned on seeing Harry with other witches, Hermione understands that Harry loving her doesn't undermine his feelings for Ginny, and Luna and Demelza are each open to becoming involved with Harry when knowing he's with otherwomen.

* ContinuitySnarl: Aside from the obvious detail of Harry learning about his status as a horcrux a year in advance, all evidence suggests that Dumbledore is not currently dying from the curse that was killing him at this point in ''Half-Blood Prince'' in canon.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Various examples, ranging from Ginny teaching Luna how to do it by stripping down to ''show'' her what to do to [[spoiler:Harry seducing Demelza into a mutual session of it in the Quidditch changing rooms]].
* DemotedToExtra: Ron, as his current relationship with Lavender prompts Hermione to shift her romantic focus to Harry as part of her efforts to save his life

* HeroicSacrifice: Dumbledore apparently believes that this is all that Harry needs to do to defeat Voldemort, sacrificing himself out of the love he feels for others so that Voldemort can be killed
* IntimateOpenShirtScene: Discounting cases where Harry and the girls were stripping down in full knowledge that they'd have sex, the first true example of this occurs after [[spoiler:Harry explains the situation to Susan and they start removing each other's shirts, with Harry giving Susan the kind of genuine compliments she hadn't been expecting]].

* OpenSecret: To a degree; Dumbledore is completely unaware that Harry has already completed the first stage of the ritual and is already seeking out other girls to bond with, whereas Susan all-but-explicitly states that [[spoiler:she knows that Harry is currently having sex with at least Ginny already as he expresses interest in Katie's dating life and continues to flirt with Susan even before she learns about the 'coven']].

* RelationshipUpgrade: For Harry and Hermione in particular, although this can also be argued for Luna and Katie (he wasn’t especially close to or familiar with Demelza and Susan before he started pursuing them, and he’s dating Ginny when the storyline begins)

* {{Synchronization}}: Part of the bond created by the ritual allows Harry to share his magic with the girls, and vice-versa, as well as being able to communicate telepathically

* AllWomenArePrudes: Mainly for Hermione at first; Ginny quickly becomes passionate once she learns that Harry might die if the ritual doesn’t work, Luna is very eager to kiss him after the possibility is presented, and Demelza already had a collection of pornographic novels, but Hermione actually tries to arrange a schedule for her and Harry to have their first kiss before being encouraged to just go for it
* AmbiguouslyBi: None of the girls depicted so far have shown an interest in doing anything with each other without Harry, but Ginny in particular enjoys watching Harry with other girls, to the point that she gets turned on while looking at Luna naked and picturing Harry’s reaction to her, and [[spoiler:makes sure that Hermione is watching when she and Harry are completing the first stage of the ritual]]. This becomes more explicit [[spoiler:when her link to Harry allows her to 'observe' Harry's first time with Hermione from Harry's perspective, inspiring her to fantasize about a threesome with herself, Harry and Hermione, which becomes reality the following chapter]].
* AscendedExtra: Demelza Robbins, Susan Bones and Katie will go from peripheral acquaintances of Harry’s to part of his ‘harem’

* OpenSecret: To a degree; Dumbledore is completely unaware that Harry has already completed the first stage of the ritual and is already seeking out other girls to bond with, whereas Susan all-but-explicitly states that [[spoiler:she knows that Harry is currently having sex with at least Ginny and Hermione already as he expresses interest in Katie's dating life and continues to flirt with Susan]].

It has been stated that the final goal for the storyline will pair Harry with Ginny, Hermione, Luna, Demelza Robbins, Susan Bones, Katie Bell, and Fleur Delacour (as of September 2018, the latter two are not definitively being considered as part of the potential ‘harem’, although the other five are in various stages of RelationshipUpgrade with Harry)

* SexMagic: The ritual used to save Harry's life is an example of this.

* AbsoluteCleavage: Played with; Harry isn’t bothered by Ginny’s lack in this department, but he definitely notices Luna and Hermione’s attributes

* AmbiguouslyBi: None of the girls depicted so far have shown an interest in doing anything with each other without Harry, but Ginny in particular enjoys watching Harry with other girls, to the point that she gets turned on while looking at Luna naked and picturing Harry’s reaction to her, and [[spoiler:makes sure that Hermione is watching when she and Harry are completing the first stage of the ritual]]. This becomes more explicit [[spoiler:when her link to Harry allows her to 'observe' Harry's first time with Hermione from Harry's perspective, and she fantasizes about a threesome with herself, Harry and Hermione]].
* AscendedExtra: Demelza Robbins, Susan Bones and Katie Bell will go from peripheral acquaintances of Harry’s to part of his ‘harem’
* BirdsOfAFeather: Ginny muses at one point that she and Harry have a particularly fiery passion

* ChildhoodFriendRomance: For Harry and Hermione in particular
* ClingyJealousGirl: Completely ignored; Cho Chang is rejected as part of the potential seven just because she and Harry had a bad past relationship, but Ginny soon realises that she actually gets turned on seeing Harry with other witches

* ExactWords: Used in particular when Harry is talking with Susan to ‘feel out’ her interest in him; when she mentions a rumour that Ginny and Demelza are planning a threesome with him, Harry just says that’s crazy without denying it
* GoodCounterpart: Essentially the ritual that Hermione discovers is this to the ritual that creates a horcrux; where horcruxes require the user to splinter the soul through an act of hate, Hermione determines that this ritual, if successful, should allow Harry to share his soul with his partners through an act of love
* GoodWithNumbers: Hermione’s development of the ritual to save Harry is explicitly attributed to her skill with Arithmancy (she also notes that it’s easier for muggle-borns to make sense of arithmancy based on grade-school algebra)
* HaremSeeker: Harry, although this process is somewhat awkward for him, and justified as he needs the harem to save his life

* LivingEmotionalCrutch: All the girls become this for Harry, as he greatly depends on them to give him hope for the future
* LoveRevelationEpiphany: So far Hermione and Luna have had these to varying extents; Luna realises that she’s been attracted to Harry since she met him while Ginny [[spoiler:helps teach her how to masturbate]], while Hermione becomes aware that she’s subconsciously thought of Harry as attractive for years
* ThePeepingTom: A positive version of this, as Ginny realises that she actually gets turned on both seeing Harry with other witches and the knowledge that she’s being watched with him
* ThePowerOfLove: Explicitly identified as the reason Hermione believes that this ritual will negate the horcrux within Harry

** Demelza has a certain ‘kink’ for this kind of relationship that Harry uses while giving her flying lessons

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Harry shares some details of his childhood with Susan to establish the foundation for her as a potential partner. In addition, Ginny finds out about Harry's childhood and comforts him [[spiler:after they become bonded]].

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Harry shares some details of his childhood with Susan to establish the foundation for her as a potential partner

* AmbiguouslyBi: None of the girls depicted so far have shown an interest in doing anything with each other without Harry, but Ginny in particular enjoys watching Harry with other girls, to the point that she gets turned on while looking at Luna naked and picturing Harry’s reaction to her, and [[spoiler:makes sure that Hermione is watching when she and Harry are completing the first stage of the ritual]].

''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/14253384/chapters/32871009 The Power of Seven]]'' by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/VelvetInferno/pseuds/VelvetInferno VelvetInferno]] is an AU Harry Potter tale, starting in the latter half of''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'', where Harry learns that he is a horcrux while Dumbledore is still alive. Seeking a way to save her friend, Hermione discovers a ritual that could theoretically negate the horcrux in Harry’s head, but at the cost that Harry must use ritual sex magic to bond with seven witches. Already in a relationship with Ginny, Harry now finds himself seeking six other women to form such a bond with, all while various characters realise their own sexual kinks.