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.

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 Three in the Certain Dark Things Series.

Part Four of the Certain Dark Things Series.

Part five of the CERTAIN DARK THINGS series.

Part six of the CERTAIN DARK THINGS series.

The war is won, or so the people of Magical Britain believe. While witches and wizards across the country celebrate the Boy-Who-Lived's victory and life continues, nefarious forces stir unseen, and a silent coup soon threatens to upset everything the Order of the Phoenix has fought to save from Voldemort's grasp. ----------------------------------------------- From Graves Somewhere is a prequel to my series, Certain Dark Things, and as such contains some mild spoilers and runs according to CDT canon. The story takes place between 1980 - 1984 and follows the slow dissolution of peace following the supposed defeat of the Dark Lord.