Stories by Haugh Wards

A home for one-shot ideas that might be turned into possible stories. Enjoy!

Since childhood, Harry Potter has discovered a love for pranks. He adapts them into his daily routine, pranking those surrounding him whom annoy him. Then comes Hogwarts, a prankster's paradise.

In Fifth Year, an angry Harry demands that Professor Snape teach him the Mind Arts properly. The Professor acquiesces and shows Harry a book on the Mind Arts. Harry gets a little too proficient in the Mind Arts and utilises them to his full advantage against his enemies.

Tom Riddle grew up unloved and hated. Harry Potter grew up unloved and hated. Albus Dumbledore did not think about the comparisons between the two as he left Harry to his fate. In Albus' view it could not happen. There was no way Harry Potter, The-Boy-Who-Lived, could become a Dark Lord. Or is there?

Struggling with his feelings for Ginny, Harry confides his problems with the one person he trusts above all else, Luna Lovegood. She decides to help him in her own unique way. The following experiences gives him more than he ever dreamed of as he realises who he is in love with.

Harry remembers a time at Hogwarts during the war where he really needed someone. And that 'someone' who helped him was the person he was least expecting: Minerva McGonagall. Maggie Smith Tribute.

Before first year ends, Harry finds himself with a new close friend: Neville Longbottom. They look out for each other, fight for each other, and have laughter and fun with each other. They consider each other brothers, and nothing will dissuade them.

After breaking free at the conclusion of Chamber of Secrets, Tom Riddle discovers to his dismay that nothing about the future is what he had anticipated. He assumes a new identity, changes his age, and enrols at Hogwarts as a student with the sole intention of finding a partner with whom to collaborate and evolving into a new kind of Dark Lord.

Fifth Year Harry Potter is miserable. No one believes him about Lord Voldemort and he is labelled as an attention seeking glory hound. But then one day he is approached by Hufflepuff. He is believed by many of them who are outraged about how Cedric's death was addressed. New friends will be made. New paths shall be forged. In addition Harry will be forever welcomed to Hufflepuff.

In the course of carrying out cleaning tasks at Grimmauld Place, a locket was stumbled upon. Harry Potter, oblivious to its hidden dark powers, developed an affinity for it and decided to keep it. The locket's sway over him grows steadily, shaping his choices and propelling him into a vortex of darkness and loathing. With each new sunrise, its power over him becomes more profound.

Draco Malfoy accidentally invites Harry Potter home for Christmas. Harry decides to go as a joke. However the occasion will give him something he always dreamed of. Family.

Rubeus Hagrid was well loved by everyone he met. Everyone considered him a friendly large man. No one more so than Harry Potter. Robbie Coltrane Tribute

How would a prankster handle the situation? Prankster! Harry These are moments from the books that could have been handled in prankster-like way instead of the death defying way.

Voldemort, angry at Harry Potter's continual survival, has someone close to the boy killed. However, he wasn't expecting the consequence of an annoying, nagging ghost. Voldemort is not happy.

In his dreams Harry discovered Voldemort was going to attempt to get him into the TriWizard Tournament. In retaliation he tricked the Goblet of Fire to emit the names of the people who wanted him in the tournament. Four names came out, including Albus Dumbledore. Now the new Supreme Champion is forced into the tournament. See how he fares. Dumbledore!Bashing.

Harry wakes up on his day of his birthday to realise something. He does not like aging

Instead of using the Polyjuice Potion to find out about the Chamber, Hermione suggests Harry ask the Bloody Baron. Harry does, but finds out more about himself than he ever realised.

In Little Hangleton, Voldemort destroys memory blocks and the false intentions that were placed on Harry Potter by Albus Dumbledore. Harry's true potential resurfaces in himself and he joins the Dark Lord for a better cause. Dark!Harry, Manipulative!Dumbledore and Weasley!Bashing(not twins)

"DETENTION!" Through the eyes of Severus Snape, we see the evolving relationship between the two students he always has in detention. The two students that will forever be the death of him and disgust him. Secretly though, he does like them.

Halloween 1991: Instead of joining the Halloween feast at Hogwarts, First Year Harry Potter is going to visit his parents grave in Godric's Hollow for the first time. This decision changes a lot for Harry.

Harry reads the Daily Prophet to find an old nemesis has died. He receives contact from him in the form of a letter after his death. Robert Hardy Tribute.

Dumbledore doesn't get his way with leaving Harry at the Dursley's. Wizarding Child Services discovers the Potter Will and Harry is placed with the only eligible candidate that can take him in and raise him. Dolores Umbridge.

When Dolores Umbridge sent Dementors after Harry Potter she expected everything to go well. However when Harry can't find his wand during the attack, he tries something else on the Dementors, changing the future of the impending war. AU.

Set just after Harry arrived at Grimmauld Place. When he shouts at his friends Harry keeps hearing Dumbledore's name in the excuses. He decides to channel his rage on the one responsible for his miserable Summer of isolation. Not for Dumbledore lovers! OneShot!

After his second Occlumency lesson, Harry wonders if he could learn Occlumency another way. The twins of Hogwarts, Fred and George Weasley, share with him their greatest secret against Occlumency in order to help him overcome the difficulty.

It is Christmas 2071. The Potter Family spend Christmas Eve with the oldest generation, Harry and Luna Potter. A Christmas that won't be forgotten, as it will be for the final time. Fluff ahead with sadness.

While writing in Tom Riddle's Diary, Harry aggravates Tom. The diary tries to possess Harry, shaking loose the Horcrux in the scar. Harry combats the two souls and in the process, gains the memories of Lord Voldemort. ABANDONED.

When Dumbledore attempts to leave Harry at the Dursley's, the Potter Will activates, sending Harry to his rightful guardian, his godmother Alice Longbottom. She and Frank survive the Death Eater attack and decide to raise him. AU Harry grows up with loving family.

Harry thinks of a better way to get rid of Voldemort before the war begins openly. No bashing. A little bit of horror so rated M.

Just a little tribute for the most brilliant actor in stage and film. Alan Rickman 1946-2016. Title is a quote he said on IFC in 2008

Coming out of detention with Professor Umbridge, a darker Harry takes revenge on her. One-shot. Warnings are inside. New chapter added.

When Dudley puts seven year old Harry in to a brief coma, Harry's body falls asleep, waiting for Harry's soul to reclaim it to awaken. However, another soul residing in Harry's body wants to claim the body. Harry battles the soul and comes out, now armed with the memories of Tom Riddle. Dark!Harry, Manipulative!Dumbledore, Selective Weasley bashing. ABANDONED! BEING REWRITTEN!

Harry decides to find out if Sirius is at home when Voldemort tries to lure Harry to the Department of Mysteries. He finds out differently. AU!

"I read the Muggle newspapers, unlike most of my Ministry friends."-Dumbledore(GoF) Dumbledore visits a village to buy a Muggle newspaper, and discovers the disappearance of Frank Bryce from Little Hangleton. He decides to investigate. AU!

A Muggle Lawyer discovers an abused child in Privet Drive on Halloween 1988. Will the child escape?

When Severus Snape died, he feared punishment for his crimes. Instead he is allowed to go on and finds the one friend he made in his living life.

Rose Weasley is on a date with her boyfriend. He wonders where his name came from while watching the stars. They go home to find out and discovers disturbing truths.