Stories by SrA JDB

In the fall of 1995, Harry "accidentally" eats his famous Gryffindor tie for breakfast. When he comes up with a replacement, Fred and George have some ideas on how to enhance it. What happens next causes utter chaos in the Great Hall.

In November 1981, Harry Potter is sent to Surrey, British Columbia for his protection. Ten years later, he is accepted at Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Soon after term starts, Harry begins to experience frightening dreams and visions centered on a powerful rod of infernal origins. Can he destroy the Orb before a particularly dangerous rogue wizard obtains it?

Harry finds a weathered text for his NEWT-level Potions class, and discovers a trove of hand-written tips and tricks that effectively makes him the top student of the class. However, an unfamiliar student sees through the ruse and confronts him. Instead of exposing him, she teases him with occasional hints as to the identity of the book's original owner.

Harry Potter's newfound success in Advanced Potions is courtesy of an old textbook with all sorts of helpful hints written all over it. While he garners praise from Professor Slughorn, one of Harry's classmates realizes that Harry's prowess is smoke and mirrors. Instead of exposing him, she teases him with the identity of the original book's owner.

The Chamber of Secrets has been opened... and Gilderoy Lockhart, Professor of Defense, has been petrified! Professor Dumbledore and his senior-most faculty members scramble to find a replacement. Enter Othniel Bungus, a tall, brash shaman from Texas who disregards tradition and protocol. His unorthodox teaching methods are a hit with the kids, but causes a rift with the staff...

September 1st 1991. Hermione Granger is leaving for Hogwarts as a first year student. While on the train, she hopes to meet some children who can overlook her studious and slightly bossy nature. She comes across a compartment with a boy reading a science fiction novel. Intrigued, she starts a conversation with him and she soon finds they have similar interests.

A pair of second-year Slytherins torment a first-year Muggle-born Ravenclaw witch in between classes. Help comes from a most unexpected source... One-shot piece.

Anastasia Harrison has special gifts. Gifts that left unhoned, could present a danger to herself and others. A studious bookworm by nature, all she wants is to find her purpose in life, and when she learns that she’s a witch, there’s more to the title than waving wands and memorizing incantations.

Harry Potter was shocked to discover that he was the unprecedented fourth participant in the Triwizard Tournament. This controversial selection made Harry a pariah; not even his two closest friends believed him when he told them it wasn't his doing. Whom can he turn to for comfort, now that his friendship with Ron hangs by a thread, and Hermione completely severed ties with him?

Anastasia Harrison is an academically-gifted fifth grade student from South Bend, Indiana. One of her teachers sets her up with a pen pal with a similarly-precocious girl from Great Britain, and the two forge a budding friendship. What neither girl knows is that in addition to their academic prowess, they have supernatural gifts that can lead them to another world...

Ron asks Hermione for an impromptu piano lesson at Grimmauld Place, which is most unceremoniously interrupted by their nosy fellow Gryffindors downstairs…

Things have not gone as well as Harry had hoped at Hogwarts. Being mistreated by Snape, being the target of multiple expulsion attempts by Malfoy, and just being the Boy-Who-Lived... they're just too much for Harry to handle. After a particularly vitriolic tirade against the Potions Master, he tells Professor McGonagall of his unhappiness, and she has an interesting proposition.

Harry Potter has just finished his sixth year at Hogwarts. However, his two best friends have been murdered by Death Eaters, and after meeting with Daphne, Luna, and Neville, they must recruit an old friend that took the year off to study shamanism in Arizona… they need him to reform Dumbledore’s Army.

At the relatively tender age of twenty six, Dr. Jeanie Ingersoll has quickly become one of Australia's foremost experts in veterinary science. However, for fifteen years she has denied her magical nature, and her past is coming back to haunt her...

Harry is a wide-eyed first year on his way to Hogwarts... but in this AU, there is a very different Golden Trio. He befriends the sweet and sassy Daphne Greengrass, who desperately wants to blaze her own trail, and the kind-but-forgetful Neville Longbottom, who wants to prove that he's not a meek pushover. What adventures await this unlikely trio?

Harry moves with the Dursleys to Dubuque, Iowa, where he is the new student at Saint Gregory's. He befriends bookworm Grace Fisk and the athletic Melody Ingersoll, and while working on a class project at the local public library, they discover a treehouse that serves as a gateway to the world of Caliphee... where Grace and Harry learn that they have magical gifts...

Ten year old Harry Potter escapes the Dursleys, and by sheer dumb luck is found by an American farming family. He returns to Minnesota with them as their foster child, where it turns out that Harry isn't the only one on the farm with special gifts...

The Forbush twins, Melody and Mallorie, are Muggle-born firsties who are on the Hogwarts Express. They are very close to each other, but their relationship will be tested when they get sorted into separate houses... one Gryffindor, the the other Slytherin. Can Harry help them remain close?

A supremely talented second-year Gryffindor has ducked out early from the End of Term Feast for an impromptu jam session in the choir room. His very best friend in the whole world hears guitar chords emanating from an amplifier and she tries to find the source of the noise… Fluff piece

Harry is excited to finally leave Surrey. He befriends a fellow firstie, Lilah, a Muggle-born witch whose mother is a social worker. Lilah's gifts of compassion and attention to detail allow her to sense something amiss about Harry - she wants to help him deal with his traumatic past but she must gradually gain his trust.

This picks up from where Bookworms left off. Now that Draco has gone to Durmstrang, there's a truce between Gryffindor and Slytherin. Open friendships between students of the two houses are more commonplace. Harry is just... Harry, to his relief. Hermione and Kellen are BFFs... could they be more than friends at some point? And who'll have Tom Riddle's Diary this time?

February 2014. Harry and Ron decide to unwind after a long day’s work. Harry suggests taking in movie at the Muggle movie theater, as his cousin Dudley recommended the Wolf of Wall Street. Harry and Ron are stunned to discover one of the leading cast members isn’t really a Muggle at all… Quick one-off piece.

7 year old Harry Potter detests his life with the Dursleys. Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon concoct a plan to have Harry taken away by the state, by painting him as an incorrigible child. Harry gets taken away by a social worker, but he tells her things are not as they seem. She invites him to her home, where he meets their little girl about his age named Lilah - his first friend.

An exchange student from Ilvermorny invites Harry and Hermione to the family farm to experience a traditional Scandinavian-American Christmas. It's a very simple and gentle story where kids just get to be kids for a little while. Fairly short, three-part piece.

September 1st 1991. Hermione Granger is leaving for Hogwarts as a first year student. She not only hopes to find companionship, but a friend who's cultivated and intelligent like herself. She is in for a pleasant surprise when she finds a boy by himself reading a science fiction novel.

Harry Potter is ready to start his wizarding adventure. When he takes his seat on the Hogwarts Express, he meets two fellow wizarding students - the redheaded Ron Weasley, and the brainy Randolph Ingersoll. Randolph is from Connecticut, but could not attend Ilvermorny due to his special needs, so he instead is sent across the pond to Hogwarts who has the capacity to train him.

Draco Malfoy has returned to Hogwarts for his second Start of Term feast. Disappointed with how the Sorting Ceremony has gone so far, a blonde girl named Tallulah Fairchild suddenly catches his eye as she is summoned forth to have the Sorting Hat placed on her head. His condescending attitude and disappointment in how the evening has gone, suddenly morphs into intrigue...

The only magic in this one is what's on the Weasley family's tabletop! Harry and Ron have just started high school. Harry is overcome with guilt after he and Ron have incessantly pranked poor Hermione over the years. She has since moved on to a new school, but Harry has found another brainy girl and wants to start things off on the right foot. She has a surprise of her own...

Neville Longbottom has officially transferred to Ilvermorny, the North American school of witchcraft and wizardry. With his new friends encouraging him and pushing him to succeed, he's blossoming into a more confident and competent student. This is a continuation of the previous piece, A New Start For Neville.

Ten year old Harry Potter devises an escape plan to leave the Dursley's for good, and coincidentally he meets American tourist Mark Grimseth and his two sons, Kellen and Wyatt. Harry is intrigued by this family, particularly with their own ten year old son who has powers of premonition. They all devise a plan to return together to Minnesota, and start a new life together.

Neville Longbottom is shy and clumsy, but craves dignity and respect. He is getting neither at Hogwarts, so he owls Professor McGonagall for advice. The advice she gives surprises him.

Several years have passed since Hermione had finished Hogwarts. Twenty four and now single, she discovers that her old academic rival from Hogwarts had disappeared from the wizarding world and lives in London disguised as a Muggle. She would like to patch up their rocky relationship and convince him to come back to the world he belongs.

Kellen Grimseth received an in-person invitation to Ilvermorny on his eleventh birthday. After discovering that he has Asperger Syndrome, the deputy headmistress decides to contact her British counterpart, Professor McGonagall as Hogwarts has a better track record of teaching special-needs students. Can Kellen gain acceptance in Britain?

First year Harry Potter boards the Hogwarts Express. To his shock, he finds another young wizard with a similar background of abuse and neglect.

Kellen Grimseth is a brilliant wizard from Ilvermorny that transferred to Hogwarts as they better accommodate wizards with Asperger's. Kellen soon finds himself making new friends, especially the similarly bright Hermione Granger. His fear is rejection, her fear is being second-best. This creates some tension between them - can they get past this to deepen their friendship?

A Harry Potter/Warcraft crossover piece. Jaina Proudmoore falls asleep while studying one night, and wakes up in Diagon Alley the next morning. She quickly befriends the similarly studious Hermione Granger, who encourages her to go with her to Hogwarts to study magic together. Despite her homesickness, she gradually grows quite fond of her new world.

Harry Potter gets an unexpected Christmas gift during his first year at Hogwarts.

Our old friend from Tristram, Deckard Cain, has entered a mysterious portal from Sanctuary to the world of Hogwarts. Who opened the rift, and why? Perhaps his new friends will help him uncover some answers.

Hermione Granger was the resident brainiac at Hogwarts, until Kellen Grimseth transferred from Ilvermorny. An awkward but brilliant second year student with Asperger’s, the young wizard just wants to be accepted. Can Hermione and Kellen find some common ground?

Kellen Grimseth is a Norwegian-American student at Ilvermorny. However, Ilvermorny was not equipped to handle special-needs students, and he was recommended to transfer to Hogwarts. How can a boy with Asperger Syndrome cope with his new surroundings?

Harry has been practicing on his beat-up six stringer in solitude one afternoon, trying to find a way to express his feelings for Hermione. An unexpected source discovers him and gives him some very useful advice.

Angered over how Harry Potter was used as an expendable tool, Hermione writes a letter to Professor Dumbledore expressing her desire to leave Hogwarts and start a new life outside of the magical world. He agrees to let Professor McGonagall speak to Hermione to try and change her mind...

This is not actually a Harry Potter fanfic, but there is definitely some HP influence in it. It's an original work that's also inspired by The Wizard of Oz and Chronicles of Narnia. This is just an excerpt to gauge some thoughts/opinions. Technically it's the second chapter as the world of Caliphee is introduced first, but this is the introduction of "my Golden Trio". Enjoy!

Angered over the revelation that Harry Potter was little more than a tool with a specific purpose, Hermione Granger threatens to withdraw from Hogwarts and leave the magical world behind her. Can Professor McGonagall convince her otherwise? Note - there is some strong profanity in this, but it is not used excessively.

Professor Snape, Harry, and Hermione have been captured by the Death Eaters and are awaiting a public execution. Hermione reluctantly and painfully reveals her feelings for Harry.

Set three years after The Wonderful Wizard of Awesome, Antonidas has discovered that his old friend Kel'Thuzad has delved into the dark arts. He has reached out to Professor Dumbledore asking for the assistance of some of his most promising students in bringing Kel'Thuzad to justice.

A retelling of the first portions of Harry Potter: The Sorcerer's (Philosopher's) Stone, except here Harry has a much happier childhood with the Dursleys

The story of one-time Auror, Jeremy Arbuckle, and how he lost all of his ability to use magic after being forced to take an experimental potion called the Mugglemaker

Snape gets on to Harry and Ron for being late to Potions class one day.