The Darkness
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Childhood, but they're throwing rocks at you. by MagnusOpum
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
24 Nov 2023
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Don't test your limits, a hardened jaded world-weary Harry Potter would warn his younger self if he ever had the chance. Be content, he would caution a hungry little boy trapped in a cupboard. For it can get worse and some men are monsters - don't test your luck.
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Hurt or be hurt.
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They're blind
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The powers that be, you see
_This is the first instalment of the darkness series.
Podfic available by the amazing Hesitationmarx.
Podfic - Childhood, but they're throwing rocks as you.Series
- Part 1 of The Darkness
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There is a moment in every little boy’s life where he stares down the eye of the storm, the flashing headlights of an incoming train, and realises that he has two choices;
Stay and let the train hit
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Get out of the way
_This is the second instalment of the darkness series.
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- Part 2 of The Darkness
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The boy who says I love you, then disappears like smoke. The girl who goes looking for the troll. The old man with the hook nose who is dragging him into hell again.
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There is a moment in a boy’s life in which he stares down the barrel of a gun, turns it around and lets his finger warm the trigger.
Does mercy exist?
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If someone has skinned you alive, has drunk your screams and made you say "thank you", has fractured your soul - is it really murder, or is it pre-emptive self defense?
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Professor Quirrel is the least of his worries.
_This is the third instalment of the darkness series.
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- Part 3 of The Darkness
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Whose house is this?
Whose skin is he wearing?
Who is Harry Potter and who is the bug in the glass?
_This is the fourth instalment of the darkness series.
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- Part 4 of The Darkness
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The boy is nowhere to be seen. There are some things magic can't fix.
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The Chamber of Secrets has been opened. Draco Malfoy is after his revenge. The mind healer is trying to seize control.
It's: resistance or ruination. It's: resistance is ruination. It's: reopened scar tissue.
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How much blood can you wring from the stone before it breaks?
_This is the fifth instalment of the darkness series.
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- Part 5 of The Darkness
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Henry has a mind that is constantly aflutter with questions that he is not supposed to have. Don't ask questions. Don't be curious. Don't believe in magic. Henry is the curiosity that killed the cat, shelved for a time, and waiting to bloom.
There is a world out there for him to explore and an iceberg in his own mind to journey through, for better or for worse. Who is out there in the dark forest?
Who is the 'Harry Potter' that they whisper about?
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- Part 6 of The Darkness
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Moments in time, fleeting and fluid.
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How it feels when you're not the main character in your own life.
_This is the final instalment of the darkness series.
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- Part 7 of The Darkness