FIC: Nose to the Wind ~ Harry Potter ~ Harry/Voldemort ~ Teen ~ Ch 21/27

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: I realised, while working on this chapter, that, in the books, Bagman never actually explains what's going on with any of the tasks. Like, he sort of half-way fills in the champions when he pulls them aside before the tasks – in the tent when the champions pick their dragons for the first task, telling them after the first task that the egg will fill them in about the second task, and introducing them to the maze a month before the third task – but his explanations to the audience are...so utterly lacking. Like, we didn't hear his announcement for the first task, but the second task was just like 'our champions have an hour to collect what was taken from them', and the third task is just a rehash of the points everyone has. Like, how does anyone trust this man with commenting on shit? Was this just Jo/her editors' way of shortening the book? *grumbles and stalks off*

For ages at the start of this chapter, very little time has passed, so Harry remains 15. (Hermione is 16, Will is 14, and Chris turns 12 shortly after the first scene of this chapter.)

Cross-posted to Archive of Our Own and LiveJournal.

( Chapter Twenty-One – Truth Like a Blazing Fire )

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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