Part five of the CERTAIN DARK THINGS series.

Harriet returns to Hogwarts for her second year and finds that danger once more plagues the school's hallways. Something slithers in the dark, the walls whisper, and a nefarious plot threatens her best friend's life. Harriet, Hermione, and Elara will need every ounce of their cunning and ability if they hope to survive the Heir of Slytherin and his deadly plans.

Part Four of the Certain Dark Things Series.

They sought her out for conversation sometimes, cornering her in the garden or at the park, not that they ever had much to say. Really, Harriet thought snakes were rather dull. --------- Harriet Potter has always been odd. Between having a shadow that moves on its own and chatting with grass snakes, learning she's a witch really isn't the strangest thing to happen to the bespectacled girl with a lightning scar on her neck. Harriet attends her first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where she makes new friends, encounters a prickly Potions Master, learns about the Boy Who Lived, and meets the enigmatic Defense Against the Dark Arts instructor, Professor Tom Slytherin. --------- An AU retelling of the original series. More tags and warnings included in the author's note. Book One.

Part Three in the Certain Dark Things Series.