Rating:
R
House:
Schnoogle
Characters:
Harry Potter Lord Voldemort
Genres:
Action Romance
Era:
Multiple Eras
Spoilers:
Philosopher's Stone Chamber of Secrets Prizoner of Azkaban Goblet of Fire Order of the Phoenix Quidditch Through the Ages Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Stats:
Published: 12/26/2003
Updated: 08/25/2004
Words: 314,830
Chapters: 31
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Harry Potter and the Sword of the Hero

joe6991

Story Summary:
A thousand-year-old oath stands to be fulfilled. The war between Good and Evil has been raging on for a millennium. It has a chance to end, but has the hero of the side of good lost the will to live…``Harry Potter returns to the Dursleys care for the summer, but he finds the loss of Sirius hard to bear. He blames himself for his death. Voldemort doesn’t let him rest though, and soon Harry is flung back into his world. The war escalates, and more people die or join Voldemort. The fear of the Dark Lord reaches beyond the wizarding world and into the Muggle one. Both worlds will collide, as Harry will have to make the ultimate choice between what is right and what is easy. For in this war, some things are more important than life or death…

A thousand-year-old oath stands to be fulfilled. The war between Good and Evil has been raging on for a millennium. It has a chance to end, but has the hero of the side of good lost the will to live… Harry Potter returns to the Dursleys care for the summer, but he finds the loss of Sirius hard to bear. He blames himself for his death. Voldemort doesn’t let him rest though, and soon Harry is flung back into his world. The war escalates, and more people die or join Voldemort. The fear of the Dark Lord reaches beyond the wizarding world and into the Muggle one. Both worlds will collide, as Harry will have to make the ultimate choice between what is right and what is easy. For in this war, some things are more important than life or death…

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Chapter 01
12/29/2003

A thousand-year-old oath stands to be fulfilled. The war between Good and Evil has been raging on for a millennium. It has a chance to end, but has the hero of the side of good lost the will to live…?

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Chapter 02
12/31/2003

Fleeing the destruction of Privet Drive, Harry continues his flight north up the country to Hogwarts. But a mistake almost costs him everything as Voldemort learns he is alive. Harry knows he is on his own this time, no help is coming. If he want's to live, he must do it himself... but does he want to live....?

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Chapter 03
01/07/2004

After his rather death defying entrance to Hogwarts, Harry

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Chapter 04
01/09/2004

Harry returns to Hogwarts after the Dursleys funeral, but is barely given a few hours to mourn before Voldemort once again invades his troubled life. With the threat of the Dark Lord growing throughout the world, Harry is presented with a choice. One way or another lives a put in danger by his decision.

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Chapter 05
01/12/2004

As Harry struggles to come to terms with his grief, he finds himself pushing his friends away when he needs them the most. But could he tell them anything about the prophecy? Could he tell his friends he was either doomed to die or doomed to kill...? With his nightmares worsening, Harry discovers a secret buried within them... Firenze gives Harry a glimpse of his future, a future that is tied with his dreams. And through it all a mysterious stranger arrives at Hogwarts, with him comes change, but is Harry prepared for it....?

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Chapter 06
01/16/2004

The arrival of Ethan has brought change, in more ways than Harry yet suspects. His nightmares worsen and it forces Harry to reveal a some of his secrets to his friends. As Voldemort prepares for war, Harry does all he can on his end to train himself to be ready when the time comes. With a little help from Ethan, he begins learning some different magic. But with things heading down an all to familiar path, Harry hopes for his dreams to end....

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Chapter 07
01/21/2004

Harry continues his Apparation training with Ethan Rafe, though is everything as it seems. Ginny still seems to avoid him? But these thoughts are pushed out of his mind as the Hogsmeade weekend approaches.

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Chapter 08
01/29/2004

Harry continues his Apparation training, but is not making much progress. The anniversary of his parents death, Halloween, brings Harry to remember and realise one or two things. He will decide who he can rely on in the coming storm and who is not to be trusted. Friendship is what matters and Padma may be getting too close....

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Chapter 09
02/07/2004

What has become of Harry.... Does he live? What happened after he passed out, where is he now....?

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Chapter 10
02/16/2004

Harry has been angry before. He has been angry enough to use an unforgivable curse. But has his anger finally got the better of him...? And will it help him find and save Padma beore it's too late....

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Chapter 11
02/24/2004

One thing leads to another. All the paths we walk have an end... and some are littered witht the bodies of the innocent, of the guilty, and of the heroes. But it will have an end, maybe not a happy one, but an ending just the same.

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Chapter 12
02/29/2004

Hundreds dead and a feeling of utter defeat. the first battle of the war has been horrific, and most people struggle to keep it all together. Who will replace the Minster? Will the country carry on after the attack, or will it plunge into the darkness that the Dark Lord craves. Can Dumbledore and Harry convince their world not to give up...?

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Chapter 13
03/07/2004

It is those precious few times in life that make the whole thing worth it. Would you stick around if it was nothing but pain and suffering? Harry discovers life outside his painfilled world....

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Chapter 14
03/15/2004

It's the times spent not fighting that really count, and how the simple things in life can be more needed than the rest. Harry learns to enjoy himself after the events of the past few months.

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Chapter 15
03/21/2004

Christmas is a time of joy that most find relaxing. If something is so important to you, would you forsake that? The right choice isn't always the easy one, and would that choice affect the ones close to you in turn? Harry's Christmas is a merry one, but still not what he expects...?

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Chapter 16
03/23/2004

Good times are just that, but they're never meant to last. In a world of war one must never forget that the fight keeps you going, and the enemy is alway there. A good time can last, only when we are free of war.....

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Chapter 17
03/30/2004

Destruction, death, pain , anguish. A fight to the death with a creature of pure evil. Harry feels that's all his life holds, and in truth it almost does. If life is pain, why carry on with it? If the Veil is Death, then accept it!

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Chapter 18
04/05/2004

Harry has found his parents' graves, and sleep takes him into his nightmares. Can things get any worse? Will Harry Potter finally give up the fight? Or will he tell his friends of the prophecy, tell the world of the prophecy? A stranger comes from the outside world, to begin it all.

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Chapter 19
04/12/2004

He came from a nightmare, wrongly sent to prison. For what he fought through to protect Harry, Sirius didn't desevere to die! Harry, although he doesn't remember it, spoke to Sirius on the bridge between life and death. It appears the old Marauder, had one last surprise up his sleeve....

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Chapter 20
04/16/2004

Sirius has left Harry most of the Black family fortune. 24 million galleons of it in fact, but he also left him a letter and it is this that Harry values above all else.

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Chapter 21
04/25/2004

With Harry receiving some unsettling news, he finids a few answers to life's problems in the words of a thousand year old dead man. He begins to take charge with the DA and hopefully things will soon start to get better.

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Chapter 22
05/10/2004

The DA will become known, it will rise to become the protector of Hogwarts. If it's leader doesn't die first.... One trip to Hogsmeade with protection is safe enough, so everybody thinks. It will become the true beginning, and magic will forsake all.

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Chapter 23
05/17/2004

A fear much greater than that of Dementor's is coming. Harry felt it a moment before it happened and now the first real battle between Death Eater's and wizarding Britain is about to be fought. Only one side can win and no side will be without losses. What do you do when death is inevitable?

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Chapter 24
05/31/2004

Now that Harry has taken the lives of the guilty, will his own guilt consume him for it? How do you hold it all together when there is nothing between you and the embodiment of all evil? And when all that you value is thrown into harsh uncertainty, what choices would you make....? Dumbledore feels the strain of his age and questions his choices... In the game of chess you can never win if you realise that the pieces you so easily sacrifice, may have souls.

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Chapter 25
06/07/2004

As it has a way of doing, one event can change the course of a dark future. The event may be so infinitely small at the time that it has no bearing whatsoever for months or even years. Harry struggles with power and his recent transformation as visions of Voldemort's horror nearly break him.

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Chapter 26
06/17/2004

Love... one of the supreme happy feelings in life is the conviction that we are loved. But how do you know? What do you do? What if there was an impossible risk to it?

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Chapter 27
06/28/2004

A world reluctantly prepares for war, as darkness spreads like a cold blanket across the United Kingdom. Will Harry push aside his nightmares to do what is necessary, or will he fall with the brave?

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Chapter 28
07/08/2004

An undeniable fact for Harry is that the war has now come to his very doorstep. Voldemort's numbers grow with Dark wizards from across the globe, as the Army of Light base themselves on the road into Hogsmeade. Once the events that will lead to the end have been set in motion, nothing can stop the fight. Harry prepares as best anyone can, and prays to see the dawn.

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Chapter 29
07/30/2004

All the promises broken, all the lives ruined have led to a cold end. The greatest battle ever fought between light and dark for the past 17 years is about to be fought in and around the wizarding village of Hogsmeade. Harry struggles against inevitability, as the choices he has to make are impossible, and carry the weight of the world within them. Is a shattered victory worth having....?

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Chapter 30
08/25/2004

The battle is over, lives are changed forever, memories are forgotten, and the Hero is gone. A world struggles to reclaim what it lost to a demon of pure evil and hate, while their hero has been lost.

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