Fanfiction: living on landmines, by gyzym
title
living on landmines
author
gyzym
status
Complete || 10000+
rated
R || war, dark au
summary
Alternate Universe || Gen; Marauder era with background Dumbledore/Grindlewald || It is the most important lesson you will ever learn, and the one no one particularly wishes to teach you, so I will say it again: magic is intent.
heather says
It's been awhile since I've read anything in the Harry Potter fandom. However, this came along. The basis of this story is based off of a prompt where Ariana never died, and Dumbledore stayed with Grindlewald. Basically, a re-envisioning of HP canon set in Marauders era where the world is at war, and Grindlewald is quite a bit more successful with Dumbledore by his side. This is actually the second in a three-arc set, the first one being here. It's a truly fascinating read, because of how things have changed in this could-have-been world. My favorite part of this is Tom Riddle, because in this world, he is no Dark Lord. The madness never took over, and instead he's a professor- a fantastic one at that. So give this a try, lovelies, because it will leave you enraptured. An excerpt-
"Expecto Patronum," had given him no end of trouble in school, had required a level of soul-searching that had been genuinely distressing at the time; for a while, he'd thought he had no memories happy enough to produce one of the wispy creatures his classmates were creating. He'd managed it eventually, though, and like all who have to work through pain to get to joy, his Patronus was stronger for it. Now, all he has to do is think of Minerva's fingers brushing against his throat, and a thick silver snake slips free of his wandtip and curls around his shoulders.
"Last year," Tom says, as the snake hisses a cheerful hello to the room, "Albus Dumbledore and Gellert Grindlewald destroyed a capital city with two of these. Just two--Dumbledore's phoenix, of course, you will remember from his time as Minister, and Grindlewald's wolverine has, I would imagine, already begun to appear in Muggle urban legends. The rose up and slew anyone who walked in their path, growing as they consumed the happiness of those that fell. And they did that, students, they did that because that is what their masters wanted them to do."