Chapter 148: Thickening Mist
5 September 1993, Hogwarts
It had been a few days since the disturbing defense lesson with Lupin and people were already giving him a wide berth. Harry assumed that with the insanity that had been happening in magical Britain, people started to forget about him a bit. After all, the past school year and the summer was filled with one sca...
2023-10-14 11:44:58 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 147: Lupine Behavior
2 September 1993, Hogwarts
As their first Arithmancy class ended, Harry grudgingly accepted the fact that Professor Vector knew what she was talking about. Their first lesson was simple and something that Harry knew by heart. It was a simple introduction about what the entire field was for, as well as some basic rules, or axioms that the...
2023-10-12 15:05:10 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 146: It’s Only Logical
2 September 1993, Hogwarts
Harry woke up the following day with a start, having dreamt of the burning of Hogsmeade once more. He really wished he could have pleasant dreams, instead of the constant misery, screaming, and flames.
Alas, even when he tried not to think about it, they were always there, in the back of his mind. And...
2023-10-10 10:47:52 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 145: Thrice Warned
1 September 1993, Hogwarts Express
There was a small pile of sweets when Harry returned to his compartment. The trolley lady must have visited his friends and Tracy, as usual, decided to pour a lot of her pocket money into sweets. That girl really was a glutton.
Harry watched in amusement as she and Blaise gorged themselves in the va...
2023-10-08 08:40:08 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 144: Survivor’s Guilt
1 September 1993, Hogwarts Express
Harry honestly didn’t know what to expect. His interactions in the past two years with the Longbottom scion indicated that the boy probably wanted to hex him or play some kind of stupid prank.
The entire thing was already complicated enough. Had his mother or Harry’s mother been alive, they...
2023-10-07 11:35:39 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 143: Long Way Home
1 September 1993, Hogwarts Express
Harry really should have expected the explosive hug that Daphne gave him the moment he entered the compartment. So, yeah, Harry found himself flung around by a blonde missile, who didn’t seem intent of letting him go anytime soon, “I missed you too, Daph.”
The snickering of his two other frien...
2023-10-05 10:38:32 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 142: House on Fire
1 September 1993, Black Manor
He was in a forest, with trees spanning endlessly all around him. He couldn’t see much since it was dark, with his surroundings only illuminated by the full moon shining in the sky. It was quiet, with only the faint sounds of ruffling leaves and crickets making him believe that he wasn’t deaf.
The tw...
2023-10-03 11:24:13 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 141: The Defense Conundrum
17 August 1993, Hog’s Head, Hogsmeade
Albus Dumbledore had a problem.
Well, he had hundreds of problems that started piling up ever since that damnable Diary found its way into Hogwarts. How was it possible that Lord Voldemort did the most damage to his ambition now than when he actually had a body? The irony there was unmi...
2023-10-01 08:39:18 +0000 UTC View PostI'm sorry, but I won't be able to post a new Enchanting Melodies chapter today. I'm really sick and can barely get up from bed let alone write anything. Hopefully, everything will be fine by tomorrow, and I'll try to add an extra chapter next week to make up for it.
Now, I'm going to take a nap and hope my head stops killing me when I wake up.
Thank you for being so supportive,
<... 2023-09-30 06:39:30 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 140: August Ponderations
29 July 1993, Ministry of Magic, London
The Longbottom matriarch paced in the garden in front of her family manor, her joints aching with each step. She wasn’t as young and spry as she used to be, but even that pain wouldn’t be enough to distract her from her current issues regarding her grandson.
She knew that something we...
2023-09-28 11:57:42 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 139: Mercenary
2 July 1993, Ministry of Magic, London
The rest of the hearing was pretty standard all things considered. Dumbledore lost any attempt at moral superiority with his stunt and Arcturus was most likely going to be declared a fit guardian. The judges had reconvened, but it was obvious what they were going to decide. In a way Dumbledore’s gambit ...
2023-09-26 11:03:23 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 138: Remuneration
2 July 1993, Ministry of Magic, London
Dumbledore was a master when it came to politics, when it came to talking people into doing thing that benefit him. He had mastered the art of subtly move the world, one person at a time, like chess pieces. He had the full view of the board, or at least he thought he did.
People often say that ch...
2023-09-24 08:52:52 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 137: Listen
2 July 1993, Ministry of Magic, London
Umbridge started the hearing, “This hearing is to investigate Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore’s claim that Arcturus Black is an unsuitable guardian to one Harry James Potter, which he reported in his role as the Headmaster in Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry, as is his right, according ...
2023-09-23 12:49:45 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 136: Earshot
2 July 1993, Ministry of Magic, London
Arcturus’ words were supposed to be comforting. They were supposed to be relaxing. And honestly, even if the ministry decided to send him back to the Dursleys, Harry would have been able to handle it. It was hard to force two unwilling participants into doing something.
The entire thing was spearhea...
2023-09-21 15:18:53 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 135: Echo
2 July 1993, Ministry of Magic, London
It was the day of Harry’s custody hearing, and he was pretty nervous. The way everyone was scrambling around like idiots didn’t help matters.
“Is the ministry always like this,” he asked.
“You mean completely chaotic?” the Black Patriarch replied with a snort.
At Harry’s nod he ...
2023-09-19 11:02:50 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 134: Code Red
18 June 1993, Ministry of Magic, London
To say that Cornelius Fudge was panicking would be an understatement. He had hoped that Lucius’ untimely demise would have been the last crisis he would have to face this summer. The entire year was undeniably a mess.
It started with the boy who lived impersonating scions of old families using Pol...
2023-09-17 12:11:39 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 133: Blood Feud
17 June 1993, Azkaban
Gawain Robards hated the Azkaban shifts. People really undersold how horrible this place was, and the fancy Auror that came to Hogwarts in his NEWT year to sell the prospect of being one definitely didn’t mention that it would be on the table.
Now, he understood that it was a small propaganda machine to get as ma...
2023-09-16 09:03:13 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 132: Lion’s Grief
9 June 1993, Longbottom Manor
Neville knew that he looked like a mess. He had barely gotten out of his bedroom ever since his summer vacation started, and even his grandmother was visibly starting to get worried. His family had given him time to mourn, but the boy who lived knew that they would confront him soon.
Usually, Neville of...
2023-09-14 08:46:43 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 131: Black Mirror
7 June 1993, Black Manor
Harry expected that being a ward of Arcturus Black would have changed things. Oddly enough, he didn’t feel any different. If he was perfectly honest, this wouldn’t have been his main choice. Harry would have rather remained alone, without any kind of adult supervision, practicing magic in Diagon Alley, and buyin...
2023-09-12 12:21:17 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 130: Platinum
4 June 1993, Malfoy Manor
Lucius Malfoy sat in his office, drinking some very old whiskey, and commiserated about the events of the previous year. Sometimes, he really regretted even getting involved with the politics of magical Britain. It was very gratifying at first, when he was actually free of doing what he wanted after the Dark Lord peris...
2023-09-10 06:17:06 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 129: New Beginnings
2 June 1993, Hogwarts
As Harry sat down in his compartment, ready to go home for the summer holidays, he started to ponder about the previous school year.
The past few months were pretty uneventful in his opinion, at least compared to the rest of the year. Yeah, after a sentient Horcrux of a teenaged Dark Lord, a Basilisk, a fucking...
2023-09-09 13:21:41 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 128: Slithering Denouement
15 April 1993, Hogwarts
Albus Dumbledore was, to put it mildly, feeling completely and utterly drained. His exhaustion ran bone-deep, a relentless weariness that easily ranked as one of the worst experiences of his long life. But this wasn't the kind of fatigue that a good night's sleep could remedy, as one might expect after a gru...
2023-09-07 08:35:30 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 127: Mosaic
2 April 1993, Hogwarts
Daphne must had fallen asleep somewhere in the library. It felt deeper than any sleep she ever felt before. As she slowly regained consciousness, her surroundings were still a blur, and her mind felt foggy, as if she had just emerged from a dream. Her eyelids felt heavy, and it took a moment for her vision to clear. She had...
2023-09-05 13:46:54 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 126: Shedding Skins
19 March 1993, Hogwarts
With a sad smile on his face, Harry turned and made his way to exist the infirmary. Of course, that’s when he felt a spell coming at him with his arcane hearing and ducked out of the way.
Of course, he couldn’t have a peaceful evening for once. It was Neville Longbottom who was pointing his w...
2023-09-03 11:38:22 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 125: Green Pastures
19 March 1993, Hogwarts
Harry pondered on his conversation with Dumbledore as he made his way to the Hospital Wing. He felt vindicated, in a way, to finally get a real win against the headmaster. What he had done was essentially give the man a choice between risking his newly regained position as headmaster or not investigating Harry’s ...
2023-09-02 11:49:56 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 124: Truth Hurts
19 March 1993, Hogwarts
In the heart of Hogwarts, where the towering spires and ivy-clad walls held centuries of enchantment and secrets, Albus Dumbledore sat in his office, and stifled the urge to blast the whole thing into oblivion. It was only the soothing whispers of the light that calmed him enough to objectively analyze his situation.<...
2023-08-31 12:42:29 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 378: Growing Strong
2 July 2018, Headmaster’s office, Hogwarts
(Rose Potter POV)
Rose Potter sat down at her office with a sigh. With the school year finally over, she could take a small breather from the horde of children who just wouldn’t leave her alone. She loved to teach, immensely so, but honestly, she had no idea that taking the job of Headm...
2023-08-30 11:45:50 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 123: Truth and Consequences
18 March 1993, Hogwarts
Neville woke up disoriented slightly. He didn’t remember how he had gotten to this place, which he realized in a few moments was the hospital wing in Hogwarts. It took a good minute for him to even remember the events that happened prior to him getting knocked out.
Potter, the Basilisk, Riddle, and ...
2023-08-29 07:21:00 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 122: Checkmate
16 March 1993, Hogwarts
The moment he pulled the trigger, time itself seemed to warp around the trajectory of the shot. The air crackled with energy as a beam of light, so swift it was almost imperceptible, lanced forward. A cascade of prismatic particles followed in its wake, a trail of transient beauty hinting at the multi-dimensional realit...
2023-08-27 10:25:30 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 121: Queen’s Gambit
16 March 1993, Hogwarts
Harry watched his opponent’s expressions turn from incredulous at the sight of the boy who lived succeeding at killing a beast that literally wiped out entire teams of professional beast hunters, to a slight look of awe at the power that fate had to make that happen.
Of course, that awe was very short-liv...
2023-08-26 10:22:50 +0000 UTC View Post