FIC: Nose to the Wind ~ Harry Potter ~ Harry/Voldemort ~ Teen ~ Ch 15/27

Title: Nose to the Wind
Series: Like a Ghost in My Town
Fandom: Harry Potter
Author: Batsutousai
Rating: Teen
Pairing: Harry Potter/Lord Voldemort, James Potter/Lily Potter
Warnings: AU, violence, universe hopping/rebirth, Dark!Harry, werewolf!Harry, underage relationship (ish)
Summary: While Harry had been content with his second chance, that didn't keep him from thinking what he could have done different, how many people could have survived if he hadn't been set on the very specific path he'd walked. Third time is the charm, though, right?

A/N: This chapter covers a large period of time because – as I think I mentioned a couple chapters ago? – a lot of what else I have planned requires Harry to be older. And, with so many of the magical people Harry knows going on to Hogwarts, most of the people he spends time with are muggles, which I've not made a point in exploring. (Mostly because I have done the whole 'half the cast is an OC' before and it's a pain in the arse to keep track of. For both me and you readers.)

It occurred to me that, as easy as immediate travel is for wizards and witches, we don't hear about any of them doing much travelling outside of the United Kingdom. Which, well, some of that is going to be because most of the people Harry spends time with in canon are either muggleborn or have limited funds, but you'd expect Draco and his lot to shove it in Ron's face if he was travelling every summer, just because it's one more thing the Weasleys can't afford. (Maybe British magicals just don't have a sense of wanderlust? *can't imagine*)
Anyway, I went ahead and put some restrictions on magical travel. It's already sort of fanon that apparation has a maximum distance someone can travel, which is based on the strength of the caster, and we always seem to be specifying international portkeys when someone's travelling outside the UK, so I limited floo travel across bodies of water, because that makes sense to me, that travelling by fire would have trouble without a land connection.

For ages at the start of this chapter, Harry is 12. (Hermione is 13, Will is 11, and Chris is 9.)

Cross-posted to Archive of Our Own and LiveJournal.

( Chapter Fifteen – Precious and Fragile Things )

Like a Ghost in My Town Series:
Stand Against the Moon Chapters:
Pro | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05
06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12
Nose to the Wind Chapters:
1 - Death Once Again || 2 - Bring Out All the Good Inside Me || 3 - Death and Living Reconciled
4 - Orphan Man || 5 - Using Gentle Words to Shelter Me || 6 - Living on Your Breath
7 - You Just Might Get it All || 8 - Never Want to Come Down || 9 - Only the Silence Remains
10 - Love is a Doing Word || 11 - Nothing Sacred || 12 - The Heart Yearns
13 - Mirrored in Your Stare || 14 - Camouflage Denial || 15 - Precious and Fragile Things
16 - Perfectly Reckless || 17 - Your Arms Feel Like Home || 18 - The Sun Will Set For You
19 - Your Love Has Always Been Enough || 20 - Keep Up This Charade || 21 - Truth Like a Blazing Fire
22 - Give Yourself a Try || 23 - Done Pleading Ignorance || 24 - Your Razorblade Caress of Love
25 - Summer's Scent Still Lingers || 26 - Burn Out the Stain || 27 - Final Masquerade

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