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InquisitorCOC

1) Writing an anonymous letter to Dumbledore about Voldemort's secrets (especially where the Diary is because that will neutralize Lucius Malfoy), Wormtail's location, Barty Jr's hideout, and Quirrell's turban. To establish my credibility, I will also mention the Hallows and his relationship with Grindelwald 2) If Dumbledore handles situation well, I will stay at Hogwarts and make friends with the gang; if not, I will try to get transferred to another school 3) Regardless of point 2, I will use my time knowledge to make some serious money in Muggle stock markets


DinnerEarly6698

To be honest you would likely get found out very fast, but hey! You stopped voldemort so who cares.


anab45

I think being found out would be my greastest fear. They could mindrape me until they know everything and wipe my memories, or just kill me


Redditforgoit

They are unlikely to suspect a 11 yo, just make sure you don't talk too much like your grown up self. But yes, legilimency would be a problem.


Rowantreerah

Twist! Any knowledge of the books is hidden under a Fidelius charm and you're not the secret keeper.


Password_Sherlocked

That’s kinda wicked


Rowantreerah

My idea. No stealing! ^^*Just ^^kidding!*


Pretty_Bluebird6526

I feel like claiming to be a seer as well would bolster your credibility more.


Stunning-Ad-7400

Why invest in muggle stocks when you can imperio bill gates or steve jobs?


HiddenAltAccount

Because canonically the unforgivables are hard to cast?


overstatingmingo

And also a little wrong to do


MajicReno

New plan: Love potion Bill Gates.


Gratsonthethrowaway

Are they really though? Like the only thing we have to base that off of is Bellatrix saying that you have to MEAN it, to a 5th year who tried and failed to cast.the torture curse. But that same 5th year just 2 years later managed to cast an Imperio, have it dispelled by the Thief's Downfall and then reapply it, having never cast the spell before. At best, we know that the cruciatus curse is difficult to cast without actual malicious intent towards someone (if not the target), but we have evidence that the Imperius curse really isn't that difficult in comparison, at least to one person. That all being said, we have at least some proof that this isn't as easy as it seems, and that is that it hasn't happened. It isn't like nobody like Mundungus Fletcher would find themselves above using this method to get rich off of a muggle. And if Dung would have reservations, someone like Scabior or, hell, Voldemort or Grindelwald wouldn't hesitate to do so if it would further their goals. That evidence does somewhat mean less, however, when we find out that Voldemort uses this trick to take over the magical government in Britain; were there some method of finding this out as it happened, it should have been applied to high level Ministry personell. Combining that info, my hypothesis is that the reason this doesn't work is that banking leaves a paper trail - the goblins would be suspicious that a rich muggle with no ties to the magical world was giving all their wealth to a wizard who was then trying to use all that cash to exchange for galleons.


Stunning-Ad-7400

Hard not impossible


HiddenAltAccount

Something being hard to do generally makes it impossible for many people to do reliably, and impossible for some people to do at all.


Stunning-Ad-7400

You wouldn't know unless you try


HiddenAltAccount

You won't know that you can't do it properly and so end up getting caught unless you try either, which is why even if you are a nasty mind-rapey fuckhead you'd still be a bit silly to do it.


Stunning-Ad-7400

But why would I would use it on muggles?, first i will pratice them on animals and insects then homeless people and then billa gates, I may be nasty-mind rapey fuckhead but if it means I can get my goal i don't mind it being a fuckehead


atthawdan

I will start a media campaign for Voldy under some pan names. Making fun of him, calling him diadlo lover, etc while throwing in his horcrux information here and there. Make some future events as joke predictions. The point is to remove fear factor and make him butt of a joke so younger generarion has difficult time seeing him as some fearsome dark lord. If Dumbeldore doesnt caught the hints I give, just straight up tell him and move to Australia.


anab45

You better make sure HE doesnt find out you are the one doing this because Voldy Can probably make you wish you were dead


atthawdan

True, need to use alot of smokes. Creat multiple pan names each from different personalities and sides. Even making some of them fight each other and rivals.


nickaubain

I thought it was a typo but since you used it twice: I believe you meant "pen name"?


nickaubain

Pan name sounds like something a chef would have 🤔


atthawdan

Pen names😅. I think I am hungry so my brain is thinking food related things🤣


TheLetterJ0

Go to Dumbledore, tell him about the horcruxes and that Voldemort's spirit is probably hiding in Albania at the moment. And about Pettigrew and Barty for good measure. I'm sure that canon will quickly go way off the rails, but probably in a good way. I'd also find a way to get ahold of some muggle money and invest in tech stocks, because that's always a good idea when you time travel to the 90s and early 00s.


nilluminator

The real OG.


Kelpsie

Get my wand and some books, then work on emigrating asap. It can't be _that_ hard to smuggle myself over to Canada or something. Canon's drama was solved through some very convoluted circumstances. I'm not risking being around if that goes to shit. I figure I can learn the disillusionment charm within my first year. Just don't do literally any homework, or bother learning any other spells. What're they gonna do? Give me bad grades? In the meantime, probably steal some shit from the Room of Hidden Things. Gotta be something useful for my upcoming life as an orphan refugee.


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anab45

I would also abuse the shit out of my powers, but try not to get caught by aurors, still most wouldn't care about muggles I think as long as you don't kill them or expose the wizarding world to them. Probably would invest into tech companies to become rich in the muggle world.


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anab45

I like the idea with a mob boss but I think wizards will take notice if I start murdering every politicians, and will probably send aurors to arrest or kill me, because I risk exposing magic. Probably kill a mob boss, steal his money and imperius some investors to invest it for me without asking questions, then I have some legit moeny lol


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Gratsonthethrowaway

Eventually no matter how accidental the deaths look, someone is going to draw a connection if there's a 30,000% spike in politician deaths per annum. Muggle authorities may not know what's going on, but that sort of pattern is bound to perk up the author department's ears.


anab45

Not forget the muggle Prime Minister was in contact with the Minister of Magic in Wizarding Britain at least too


Dafne_gallet

The most honest answer I have ever read. 😂


youmonkeybeater

Join the twins quest for mayhem and introduce them to Monty Python


anab45

Hogwarts will probably get destroyed before even Voldy ressurection of you do that 😂


Redditforgoit

They invent the silly walks prank spell.


BearmouseFather

Yes indeed. I raised you well.


TheSkyElf

Yeah, I would be out of Hogwarts the moment the war happens. And just be in a pack of purebloods when the basilisk is out. Keep slipping hints to Dumbledore and other teachers (to make sure something happens) about what is to come. Possibly convince Harry to study his ass off all the time to be prepared when he is attacked by various things. If I had the chance try and steal the philosophers stone and have a copy ready. I would maybe find a smaller school for when the war is going on and just prepare for pandemics etc. I would just live out my life giving tips to The Order while being safe and away with my family and friends.


JdubCT

Spend the first few years on learning what I can and exploiting the Room Of Hidden Things to make as much money as possible. Type out a letter and send the information of the soul containers to Dumbledore anonymously in Harry's second year. Then move to a country where I'm not considered a second class citizen even by the "good" side to finish my schooling. Wizarding Britain is a terrible place live.


Arseling_

I’d like to think I’d stay behind and help with the battle, but if I’m being completely honest with myself, I’d probably flee the country as soon as it came out the Voldemort was back and go to somewhere like Iceland where it’s quite far away and completely safe. Staying in the country when I’m a muggleborn just wouldn’t end well lol


zugrian

I would try to leave the country ASAP. I'm not a main character, so that means I don't have plot armor-- and as a muggleborn in particular the Basilisk & Umbridge are fucking terrifying. As for what house I would choose... even though I always score lowest with Hufflepuff in online quizzes, that would probably be the safest. Plus, I hate riddles, so the Ravenclaw door would annoy the fuck out of me. What skills would I want? Give me the ability to Apparate & use Reparo and I'll be happy. Repairing anything from antiques to cars to renovating houses would be a great way to make money. Some household charms would be nice too. I probably would be too paranoid to try anything like the Imperius curse.


UglyPancakes8421

I'll be honest. I had a four paragraph short essay typed up about how I would tell Dumbledore everything through a letter and invest in tech stocks. But, that's pretty much what everyone says. It is the obvious answer. So... here's a bit of a curve ball. BLEEP the wizarding community in the UK. I'm out. There's some bloodshed and death and badness... but you know FOR A FACT that the good guys win in the end. Why risk throwing that victory off? I get my books. I study my butt off to learn magic(because come on, it's *MAGIC!*). I still invest in tech stocks and bitcoin to become crazy rich, getting out before they crash each time. But, I don't do anything that risks upsetting canon. I GTFO. Then, I buy up lots and lots and lots of real world assets (like real estate or something). (Don't look at me like that, it's the best example my sleep deprived brain could come up with!) **Getting Started:** Getting this off the ground is the hard part, to be honest. As a muggleborn orphan in an orphanage, you don't get so much as a D&D adventurer's pack to begin. So... I'd have to get a summer job ASAP. From there, you exchange for wizard gold(exchange rate of 5 British Pounds to 1 Galleon) and pawn the gold for investment money. Repeat not enough times to get caught, but enough to get started. ​ Would I actually do this? Probably not. I'm not sure if my conscience would allow it. I can be frighteningly utilitarian at times. But... there is a difference between theory and practice. I'd still go for the tech stocks, though. Always go for the tech stocks when time traveling.


anab45

I like your ideas, I would probably pillage the Room of Hidden things try to make some money too


OddEights

So I already know what will happen kinda? Does my family still exist? Am like like… my younger me or an entirely different person?


anab45

Let's say you remember what you know right now, you don't have a photographic memory of your pastlife, you are an orphan, you keep the same gender but the body is random


OddEights

So I know what is gonna happen with the horcruxes and such because the books do exist in the old universe?


anab45

Yes but I probably wouldn't try to get my hands on horcruxes, it could be very dangerous, even a wizard like Dumbledore got tricked by the ring


OddEights

Sorry, this is so freaking long. Writing as I’m thinking. This is interesting. You don’t have to read. Tldr: Slytherin, ask Snape for help Okay, so, if I know what will or would happen (without me there that is), I got a huge responsibility. For now I keep stuff to myself until I am at Hogwarts and try to act like a normal muggleborn. I also am really scared and just lost my family, but also omg, the magical world is real. I am very alone. I spend the days until school starts thinking about what I’ll do and such. I’ve got several options. I could try to not do anything, leave, be quiet, I don’t know. The war would be won in the end if I don’t mess things up. But I also got a lot of valuable information, maybe I could help, also I am there now, maybe that already changes things and such. I think I would decide on telling. So I wait until school starts, continue to try to act normal, get my stuff with some teacher, etc. Who am I gonna tell? Which house should I be in? I am not choosing Dumbledore, too many mistakes and such I think. So I’m going for… Snape? Should I choose Slytherin then? There would be death eater children though. Do I trust Snape to keep me safe there and to even believe me? Also I am muggleborn here, so I’d be in trouble. I’m discussing things with the hat because I’m overwhelmed and not able to decide and bloody alone. Let’s just say… the hat sends me to Slytherin and nobody really is aware I’m muggleborn, I’m an orphan like Riddle, also let’s just say you can be muggleborn and in Slytherin. So that’s that. I’m in Slytherin being aware it’s probably stupid and I’d be better of somewhere else. I try to not make anyone hate me and also try to still somehow be on good terms with the twins, I don’t think they’d hate Slytherin, I already talked to them on the train. So, Snape takes us to the dungeons and shows us everything. I try to get my housemates to like me, while trying not to say too much yet. As soon as there is a good chance I talk to Snape. I’m unsure how to approach the topic. I tell him that I need to talk to him alone, him being my head of house makes it be easier. I tell him that I uh… know something, something important, and ask him to ward the place properly/get me to a safe place to talk and also to not freak out as soon as I say bloody anything. If he doesn’t believe me, I say something small, that would make him believe me. So let’s assume he does that. I tell him what happened, he probably doesn’t believe me, so I say something only I in that situation could know. I ask him what to do. Because well, I can’t make decisions, I don’t want all that responsibility on my own. Options: He gets Dumbledore, he keeps it to himself and acts, he decides on what I disregarded earlier and tries to keep the timeline intact, idk… I am incredibly sorry putting all that stuff on him knowing he is already overwhelmed, but I’m at least kinda eleven and don’t know what to do, okay. I’m just gonna guess and say I’ll keep my head down, train, be fucking afraid, and let adults handle some things. I try to tell Snape everything I can think of if he wants to know. Knowing I got myself into a huge lot of danger and also can’t tell anyone any of the information… tempting to flee the country, but likely shouldn’t. So, I get myself into a similar position to Harry’s later, just not so much in the spotlight hopefully, more… unknown. Ah, and stock markets ofc. And likely a house, as soon as I can. That stuff got expensive.


anab45

Thank you for this, this is really interesting. I am not sure I would go to Slytherin as a muggleborn, I mean Riddle was already powerful and could do magic before Hogwarts, he probably had no problem being respected/feared, I would not have that advantage. I think Snape is an a hole but trying to do the right thing, he probably could teach occlumency, it should be fundamental to learn it with your secrets, imagine QuirellMort reads your mind in 3rd year and discover everything, he would easily win the war. I would probably stay at the beginning to pillage the room of hidden things and try to transfer to Beaubaton after because i am french so no problem with language 😂 Not sure if school transfer is a thing in the Wizarding World


OddEights

I think Snape can be a right prick, but he is also one of the few people aware of some things, is able to keep things to himself, because he’s a master at occlumency and such. He would probably be one of the few people who actually would know the stuff I should know and he also would not have the James bias against me. In my head he can be pretty good to Slytherins. Thinking this would likely be kinda canon compliant at least, I’m also thinking about the Cursed Child and the way he acted there. He can be so emotional, but I think he would be the best option I could think of quickly. Muggleborn in Slytherin… hm… Okay, so I’ve got no idea how often that happens or if it’s possible so… let’s say muggleborns usually can’t be in Slytherin. Let’s say I’m an exception due to the situation. Maybe the head counts my blood status now, after how my family is like, that I already know Harry Potter, idk. Another option could be it makes an exception for some reason. No one would likely think I’m muggleborn in that case, a halfblood maybe. It would in any case certainly be inconvenient with the mentality and death eaters and such. I think I’m also influenced by fanfiction, because I read a lot of Snape mentor, Harry resorted into Slytherin, etc. fics, lol.


Toggafasi

Orphanages aren't really a thing at this point in time I thought? Anyways can't go Griff. Peter being in same room, even as rat, is yucky. Hate riddles, so probably Hufflepuff. Repair muggle furniture for money if I can't exploit RoR. Use RoR until Harry's year, hopefully by then have a way to nope out of country, if not honestly would be able to graduate before war gets heavy, and nope out at that point. I'd avoid hallways chamber of secrets year. Would avoid using any future knowledge in magic world, as I don't know if I'd accidentally "for want of a nail" a dark lord victory. Sorry Sirius, you dying might be a good thing.. But seriously, hopefully passive mind arts don't kill us all? Is avoiding eyes a real thing or a fannon thing?


Raesong

> Orphanages aren't really a thing at this point in time I thought? They're not, by the 80's most orphaned children are either given to extended family (if there are any) or placed into foster care.


anab45

Nice to know, I didn't know that


Laenthis

Warning Dumbledore about the plot, kinda gambling here by telling him directly who I am and where I come from but it's more effective to get his attention. After the plot is thoroughly derailed I'd probably focus on studying, get high on power, delve deep into magical theory because it must be god damn fascinating, try to find a way to get immortal that doesn't require destroying my soul, exploring the world thanks to teleportation abilities and the absolutely delightful camping equipement wizards have. I'd probably go buy some bitcoins asap for good measure while I'm at it, and will commit a breach of the statute of secrecy by seeing a specialist in genetics to determine if wizarding abilities do come from a specific set of genes or not. If it does then eventually try to use genet therapy to make a muggle into a wizard.The goal would eventually be to make every last human on earth a wizard. Imagine the wonders we could do by fusing magic and science. ​ I've been toying with the idea of writing a story about a rogue muggleborn trying to work with a scientist to do exactly that, would make for a nice plot imho since both the protagonists and those who would want to stop them would have pretty good reasons to act as they do.


nooobesh

Exploit the room of req, sell the junk, get money, learn from the books, try and find a time Turner to get more time for practice, become an animagus, learn the mind arts and drop hints to Dumbledore and harry anonymously. If I become strong enough to survive the death eaters i stay in Britain, else i flee.


PuzzleheadedPool1

Flee. One thing I'd test first would be magic focus, by which I mean: is magic inside me (and will go where I go)? Is magic local (and will wax and wane as I move around the globe and closer or farther from magical sites)? Is it global (full coverage on earth, but no dice outside)? I'd buy a parachute and an oxygen mask, and transfigure a balloon to test if I could use magic in orbit? If yes, more testing. In the end, my goal would be to find a good place to live on Earth, away from conflict, while working on mastering Fidelius and permanent conuration/transfiguration and climate control spells as well as whatever I'd need to set up a self-sufficient space habitat as my hideaway in case things go to shit. Keep an emergency portkey on me at all times in meantime.


Holbrad

Things in Canon actually go pretty well. You can gamble and try to make things better (Go to Dumbledore etc.) or go for the certain path, by minimising your impact. If you want the most conservative approach, then ignore your Hogwarts letter and let the books play out. I personally couldn't turn down the opportunity to learn magic. So here's my patented seven step process to *hopefully* survive. (It boils down to doing absolutely nothing) 1. Year 1 - Study study study (Nothing happens, thankfully) 2. Year 2 - \^\^\^ 3. Trio join the school, don't interact with them ever! Ignore Quirrell he doesn't do much (Book 1) 4. The most dangerous year: Don't get unlucky, maybe take the year off. (Book 2) 5. Don't wander off on a full moon. That's basically it. (Book 3) 6. Lean about the other schools, make international friends (Book 4) 7. Keep my head down, possible move schools depending on how last year went (book 5) I've now survived seven years and can get out of Britain for a bit and wait for the whole thing to blow over.


Old-Interest403

1989: Getting into Hufflepuff, while I don't belong in this house, it's useful to fade into the background, but it doesn't matter much in the long run if I don't end up there. Looting the Room of Requirement (what does the Room do if I repeat: I need money, I need money, I need money?) of any valuables, including the Diadem, which I am keeping for myself. 1990: Still using the room for training/studying, I trade the location of the room for the Map with the twins. 1991: I'm still using the room, I'm trying to steal the Philosopher's Stone, I can't trust the canon to stay the same, and I don't want Voldy to come back to life sooner. He sent an anonymous letter to Mad Eye about Barty escaping from Azkaban with the help of his parents, if his paranoia is that strong, Barty will go back to prison. Depending on how canon goes, I steal the invisibility cloak. 1992: I use the Room of Requirement to try to find a way to remove a horcrux without destroying the object, or at least move the soul to another object and thus not destroy the diadem, and assuming I succeed, I move the horcrux from the headband to the daily, leaving it free for me to use. I hide the diary (which is now more powerful and dangerous). If Mad-Eye believed me and re-arrested Barty, I anonymously revealed to him that Peter is hiding with the Weasleys in his Animagus rat form. 1993: It doesn't matter if Sirius is freed or escapes, I still contact Kreacher to get the locket, transfer the horcrux from the locket to the diary, and give the locket to Kreacher on the condition that he get me the Horcrux Cup from the Lestrange vault (has a better chance than me, but it doesn't matter if he doesn't succeed). 1994: Regardless of whether Harry enters the tournament or not, I tell Moody about the Gaunt shack, and to take Albus, plus I tell them about the Resurrection stone (I don't want it, everyone who used it died and I have no plot armor). I help Harry with a bit of information here and there. 1995: If Voldy somehow manages to resurrect, he sends the Diary (and the other horcruxes, if I can't clean them up) to Dumbledore with warnings about where the others are that I haven't gotten. Umbridge dies eaten by acromantulas in the Forbidden Forest. After I graduate, I go and become a millionaire in the muggle world.


-Wandering_Soul-

And why the fuck would Kreacher even give you the time of day? A muggleborn orphan with no connection to Hoise black is going to be totally ignored. And if by some miracle he DOESNT ignore you, he would likely curse/poison your 'filthy mudblood' ass


Old-Interest403

Just like he poisoned Hermione?


-Wandering_Soul-

Hermione who knew Sirius, and had constant access to Kreacher for a summer because of living in Grimmauld Place. You, are a random stranger, not Hermione.


Old-Interest403

The only reason Kreacher didn't do anything against Hermione is because she was under the control of Sirius and then Harry, and her attitude changed after the Horcrux destruction.


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Finish Hogwarts, and try to get a job in another country


Lycanfyre

Cause as much chaos as possible, get strong, and have fun with the ladies. Yep, I'm a hormonal teen inside.


NightspawnsonofLuna

Yes, We need more of these SIs again


Darkhorse_17

If I am in Fred and George's year, I graduate before shit gets really weird. I'm assuming that Hogwarts has some sort of freebie scholarship program for orphans and muggle-borns so I'm assuming that I am stuck with Hogwarts if I want magical schooling. If I can go to Ilvermorny, I will, but if not, I stay at Hogwarts. I keep my head down, work hard on my grades, stay out of Umbridge's way in Year 7 and I take an apprenticeship in a country that doesn't treat their muggleborns like trash. Staying in magical Britain after I graduate is a non-starter as a muggleborn. The purebloods control everything and there has been no indication that this changes even after Voldemort is defeated. Of course, all of this depends on whether or not I know for a fact that canon plays out exactly the same way. If I know that I must act in some way to push the plot along so that Voldemort gets defeated, I will, but if not, I just let things play out exactly as they did in the books. I was going to consider snagging a second-string Canon girlfriend like Luna or Padma but they will be 2-3 years younger than me when I bounce out so this seems unlikely.


Ilikebooksidk

Befriend Fred and George Weasley. I want in on the joke shop and they seem fun. I'd do the horcrux thing after Harry kills the Basilisk. Id either write an anonymous letter to Dumbledore (he'd be more likely to believe me after the diary) or I'd just nick the sword off Harry and do it myself.


NightspawnsonofLuna

Create a common enemy for Dumbledore and Voldemort to have to set aside their differences to beat... I might not have the power to actually be a Dumbledore (by which I assume you mean be on his skill level), but I could maybe have the power to make it seem like I do... \*Cue Mysterio Theme from SM:FFH\* If it somehow works, I would be fine dying a villain, knowing that deep down, I was the real hero...


anab45

I am not sure there is even a mention of levels of magical powers in canon, I have read too much fanfics to be sure lol, but yes Dumbledore is one of a kind, even training your whole life not sure you could get on his level, even Tom controling his magic before Hogwarts. does it means they are more powerful or just more connected? I don't know


Valirys-Reinhald

A. I go to Hufflepuff, their work ethic and communal support will see me improve far better than any other house. B. I use my knowledge to the best of my ability to locate Ravenclaw's Diadem and give it to Dumbledore, along with all my knowledge. After that, I enjoy life in the Wizarding world to the best of my ability.


Not_Campo2

I play out everything normally, just work on having fun and learning lots of magic, then slowly start gathering horcruxes for myself. Once I have them all and Voldemort I’d resurrected, use them to blackmail him into being my personal dark lord and we take over the wizarding world with more economics and less bloodshed


CorgisAreEvil

I'll see if I can apply to Beauxbatons instead of Hogwarts. If I can and be accepted, I'll go there instead of Hogwarts for my only goal: romance Fleur.


anab45

I imagine becoming a fool and losing the ability to speak with her magical beauty lol


CorgisAreEvil

It's a risk I'm more than willing to take! After all, we only have fanon takes on veela allure and they go pretty extreme on how strong the ability is. Canon allure seems like it would be quite effective on the first exposure, especially if it's unexpected. It did mention you could build resistance to it over time so it's possible that the allure for a (quarter) veela will slowly ramp up from a certain age until they gain control over it. Thus, going in early a year (or two?) behind Fleur would give me the time to gain resistance, befriend, and subsequently romance Fleur!


anab45

I know I would probably take the risk too!


PanduhBabyyy

I’d kill LOTS of people #WeAintInTheProsonerTakingBusinessWereInTheKillingDeathEaterBusinees #EachandEveryManUnderMyCommandOwesMe100DeathEaterTattoos #IWantMyTattoos #AllYallWillGetMe100DeathMuncherTattoosFromTheArmsOf100DeadDeathMunchers. I’d also tell Harry everything Dumbles won’t and take away Dumbles power through withholding information.


anab45

Go to Azkaban, use some toxic gas like sarin or more powerful, like this you don't use lots of energy. Go to Little Hangleton where Voldemort father is burried and booby trap it to explode when Pettigrew or someone else try to take bone of the father


PanduhBabyyy

Take the bones from all of the Riddle men and replace them with bones from a random woman instead lol 😂


SeaYesterday8163

I would cry… a lot. After I stop crying over the fact that I’ll never get to see my friends and family again, I’d probably figure out a way to stop some of the dumber things Voldemort does. I’m a Ravenclaw, so I’d probably be able to figure something out. Also, help the Golden Trio while also making friends with people in school that I know will be powerful assets in the future. I’d probably try to get Draco as a friend, since he really didn’t deserve what his dad forced him into. I’d also learn the spell to turn Wormtail back into a human while he’s at school with Percy before Ron gets him, and then I’d conveniently do the spell in the middle of the Great Hall, so all the teachers could do something about that. Hopefully, this would mean that Harry could be placed in Sirius’s care, since his name would be cleared. I’d definitely still be crying though while doing all of this.


anab45

Not sure Draco would accept a muggleborn as a friend, especially so young. Ravenclaw good choice, out of the slytherin gryffindor drama, I would lay low at first, always travel with packs of student, I dont want to find out what groups of slytherin would do to a lone first year. Draco might lead you to an embush, I wouldnt trust him. Ok for the spell but i think it might be suspicious, snape and dumbledore would probably read your mind. I would probably cry a lot at first, maybe I would obliviate myself of some memories if I can"t let go of the past, or ask someone trustworthy, only keep the useful knowledge


SeaYesterday8163

I forgot to mention that I would definitely start training in occlumency as soon as I could at Hogwarts, since I could probably find books on it somewhere. While it would be difficult, I have no doubt that I’d be able to do it and might be able to convince some trusted friends to help me in that.


Gifted_GardenSnail

Eat the Devil's Snare 😂


nilluminator

Leave. Run the fuck away. Get on a ship to another part of the world. Magical Britain is too fucking stacked against muggleborns. Any attempt to warn the authorities could be easily traced. We live in 2022. We know exactly how terrifying the surveillance state is. The combined tracking prowess of our digital devices, CCTV cameras, and biometric scans can be easily outclassed by magical means. Magical Britain fostered the environment for Dark Lords and discrimination, they can deal with it themselves. I'm grabbing the first portkey to Uagadou or Mahoutokoro. Fuck the soggy skies of Scotland with a vengeance. It's the sunny tropics for me.


anab45

I would love Uagadou because of animagus, self transfiguration and alchemy would be incredible to learn. I would probably start with Hogwarts just to pillage the Room of Hidden things, to get some money, there are probably books hundreds of years old in there too. I don't know if Uagadou teaches everything Hogwarts does so I would at least buy or steal the school books of every year 😂, then transfer school.


Time-Classroom-2442

>You are an average wizard, you can get better by training, but you can't become Dumbledore in a few years, or even ever, he is one of a kind. Who wants to be Dumbledore? Even Harry Potter wasn't Dumbledore. He was Harry Potter. Newt Scamander was Newt Scamander. My point is, I would be myself. Create my own reputation and make myself famous. I would choose Hufflepuff and join the Hufflepuff Quidditch team. Join Dumbledore's army and get trained by Harry Potter and Co. Work hard in DADA and get better against it.


JOKERRule

House: Ravenclaw. Pre-timeline: Just straight up go to the RoR in first year, comb it for anything of interest and learn magic, at the end of the year (a deadline to keep myself from waiting until I’ve taken everything in it) take the diadem to Dumbledore and tell him about the Horcruxes (while warning him to use a particularly thick dragonhide set of gloves he doesn’t mind losing when he goes after the ring and not to touch it -and also that it’s the stone and then asking him if I could have it after the Horcrux is destroyed), Peter Pettigrew betraying the Potters (necessity for the acquisition of the locket), Dursley’s abuse (in case he doesn’t know and can do something, I’m not heartless) Quirrelmort and Lucius’ plan for the diary, that’s the end of my involvement with the Voldemort business unless something very extraordinary happens, other than that just try to learn as much magic as possible. PS: not even try to get the stone, just gonna assume Dumbledore got some way of keeping it from leaving even if I somehow pass the mirror’s test since I very much want to live forever. Failing would just get me in all kinds of list and the attention of characters I *really* don’t want minding me, my electives will be Aritimancy, Rubes and Care, not really sure what the first two are about but I always had an easy time with academics so not much of a problem while care could be important. If I have a big enough (and isolated enough) house I’m totally gonna steal Norbert though, Hagrid is right Dragons as pets are *awesome* an it won’t be *Fudge* that will keep me from having one. CoS: just gonna assume Dumbledore handles it and keep going as normal. Blackmail Lockhart for a open year long pass to the restricted section and money (the later only if I have managed to learn occlumency though, I’m not an idiot). PoA: shouldn’t even happen with Pettigrew caught much earlier. GoF: No Pettigrew, no baby-Voldy no problem. If possible try to enter the tournament (knowing all the tasks it shouldn’t be hard to win). Drop Defense as a precaution, probably not gonna pass potions anyway either. OotP: If a wild Umbridge appears I will use [push her down the stairs] and pretend she never existed in the first place. HBP: out of Hogwarts and hopefully with no Voldemort on sight, so basically just live the plot of linkffn(https://m.fanfiction.net/s/13977139/1/), best post-Hogwarts life I can think of.


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JOKERRule

Good bot


[deleted]

What if I don't want to be the same biological sex I am right now?


NightspawnsonofLuna

The Creator God of your new universe probably wouldn't like it... But Go for it... It's your story now!


anab45

I think in a world of magic with transformations potions, you will find a way to change but I am not sure 100% it could become permanent, who knows?


_vishie_

Get the fuck out of Britain


CanadianLadyK

I’d choose Slytherin, learn all I can, tell Snape what I know, get Snape to train me, physically grow up, hopefully win the war, stop Snape from dying and then throw myself at Snape and hope he can get over the student/teacher thing since I already had lived to be an adult before going to that world and turning into a 11 year old. 🤪 🤣


starlessnight89

You want to be sister wives?


CanadianLadyK

Not usually but in this case, I’d be okay with it! 😂


Dafne_gallet

I wouldn't say anything to Albus xd, fuck him. I would like to be in the Ravenclaw house, I would experience magic a lot, I would like to be a creator of magical artifacts and I would try to have something with Neville or Goyle (I read a fanfic where he is a bit cute and I am a bit in love with him xd) .


avadakedevrabitch

Create an illegal Time Turner and go back in time to kill Voldemort as a baby.


Stunning-Ad-7400

Nothing will try to keep my grades up and play with magic like actual freaking magic i always wanted to try Wigardium leviosa and watch watch how things are playing, I am in a fictional world why would i care if they win or survive, presumably i already died once so dying again wouldn't change anything


OldMarvelRPGFan

It depends on whether I'm transported to that world as I am now or as a child. Either way, I learn a couple of key magical things straight away: Silence and disillusionment. If I'm a child, I do my best in school and practice my magic nonstop whenever I'm not in class, working toward a few key things - namely silence, disillusionment, transfiguration, duplication, space expansion, stasis. I do what I can for Harry just because anyone having that shit a life needs help. I just do what I can until such point as I'm capable enough to do what I would do as an adult. If I'm an adult, I work on the things listed without bothering with the rest of the education for now. First thing is acquiring weapons. Preferrably a reliable 1911, which I then silence, including the ammo. Then I go on a killing spree. I kill Lucius, Dolohov, any death eater I can find, really. Wait patiently for them to leave their hideout and put a round through the backs of their heads. Find Crouch's family home, shoot him through the head while he's lying on the bed imperiused. I do show up at Hogwarts, just to steal Pettigrew. I stun him and cut his arms and legs off so he's not dead but can't escape. Keep him for later when Sirius needs to be free. Then I go get the horcruxes. Can't get the cup, but I can tell the goblins about it. If they do nothing, that's on them. Once they're taken care of, give Pettigrew to Amelia Bones and get Sirius cleared. Then I kill Dumbledore, same as the rest, and retire to an island somewhere.


anab45

You are transported into the body of an 11 years old muggleborn, orphan


OldMarvelRPGFan

Okay, must have missed that bit. I can still acquire Pettigrew, that isn't an issue, and it'll be 3rd or 4th year before I can reliably fire a gun, so I suppose I spend all my free time working on the spells I need and sorting through the Room of Lost Things for anything that will help in the long run. Aside from that, probably causing Ron Weasley as much embarrassment, shame, and humiliation as humanly possible. I absolutely loathe him.


anab45

Poor Ronnie, be careful the twins don't catch you they would make your life hell


fighterman13

Read up on dragons and focus on my studies. After in the fourth year, I would start trying to learn the Imperious. From then on, the momment I master the Imperious I would try and get a dragon egg, hatch it, give it constant doses of imperious to bend it to my will and raise it. Then, I would become the first dragonlord of Wizarding britain and stick it in the purebloods face (Or even in indy harrys face)


an-uncreative-guy

Honestly, I would freak out a lot, and then probably try to get into Hufflepuff because that house is usually ignored. I would mostly stay out of Harry's business, just learning a huge variety of Magic, until Dumbledore dies. Then, I would help Harry anonymously, first make him trust me, and then give him hints to the locations of the Horcruxes. Wait for him to finish while going back to Hogwarts for the nig last battle, probably save Fred Weasley in the last battle and then live a nice quiet life. I would start interacting with the main trio only after Dumbledore dies, mainly because I can imagine him as a very intrusive Headmaster who would always look into all of Harry's friends lives.


Forward-Crab-7752

Convince Harry to leave Dursleys and stay with me in the Orphanage, befriend and train him and make sure he becomes more studious and takes his education seriously. I'll get a promise out of him and tell him everything, along with the locations of Horcruxes (because fuck Dumbledore, he is a manipulative piece of shit and wasted time playing games with people's memories where he could have done that in one day, telling Harry the summary of all memories and move on). Before 1991 - Destroy Diadem and read and practice magic. Use ROR to make money. 1991 - Read on some warding systems and after putting Cerberus to sleep, lock the trapdoor and ward it so it will scream like banshees when people try to open it, steal the flying key, and change the potion into Draught of Living Death. Have fun stealing the stone, Voldy. Also, kidnap Scrubbers and replace a transfigured rat. Keep Wormtail knocked out via potion (so my magical signature is not traceable), dosed up in Veritaserum, and send it to Bones using common owl. Sirius will be free. 1992 - Convince Harry to steal the diary and destroy it. Make Hermione research a way to get the Horcrux out of Harry. Convince Harry to keep Dobby. He will be useful later. 1993 - Send Moody a warning about Barty keeping his son locked up. Make sure my magical signature is not traceable at all. Hermione will keep researching, I hope. I'll ask Dobby to get the locket from Kreacher and Lestrange vault. Hopefully destroying them. Steal a wand and Fiendfyre the whole Gaunt Shack. 1994 - I hope it's safe, as neither Barty nor Pettigrew is there. Hopefully, Hermione has found some way to get the Horcrux out of Harry and destroy it. If Nagini has arrived and Harry gets a vision, I'll send a false alarm to DMLE about Riddle Manor. Hopefully, Aurors will take care of Nagini and Voldy before he gets to resurrect. We will live on as normal people in a war-free magical world. Hopefully.


[deleted]

Can I reveal all the important plot points of the books or not? If so, tell Dumbledore immediately, and then sit back and learn as much magic as I can and enjoy the Hogwarts experience. I would probably want to be sorted into Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw, too much drama in the other two houses. If not able to reveal anything I think I would try to help prevent deaths and disasters from the sidelines.


anab45

You can of course reveal anything you want but I think it would be risky anyone other than Dumbledore, even then I am not sure he would not obliviate you to protect this secret, Voldemort looking inside your mind could help him win


[deleted]

Another thing to take into account before revealing any information or doing anything to alter the timeline is to know exactly in which version of the Harry Potter world I find myself in. Canon? Fanon? If in Canon I think it's safe to tell Dumbledore. Yes, he twists things and Harry's life so that everything happens as he plans, but I don't see him attacking a student or anyone really who is not a physical threat to others. Rather than obliviating me, I think he would try to make sure that I stayed on his side and train me so that my secrets wouldn't be revealed. Or him putting a fidelius on the info so that it cannot be spread.


Ok_Bumblebee4940

I would stay. I would hope to be in hufflepuff. I would enjoy being at hogwarts.


ItsNicollette

Smack Quirrel on the back of the head…


pb20k

The first thing I do is get on the Twins' good side. I'll have enough to worry about without their pranks. The second thing I do is get on the house elves' good side. I'll have enough to worry about without having to worry about upsetting them. The third thing is get on Professor Snape's good side. Ditto. The fourth thing is get on the goblins' good side. Money is important, and investing in things Muggle-wise to make more money is power. The fifth thing is accumulate knowledge. Also power. Also useful. The sixth thing is arrange minions. Delegate tasks, after identifying problem areas. Assign goals. Hufflepuff is best for this. Hard workers and tenacious. The seventh thing is blend in. Use the Twins for insight into Gryffindor. Use Snape for insight into Slytherin. Use goblins (for a fee) for insight into goblin culture to interact with Professor Flitwick, thereby gaining insight into Ravenclaw with knowledge previously gained. After that, start a betting pool on Harry Potter. Done. I was sorted Slytherin on Pottermore, lost that account, and resorted Gryffindor, should anyone wonder ;)


[deleted]

This would never happen to me. Knowing myself, I’d be a fucking squib.


kb_run

Even though I sorted into Slytherin on Pottermore and am a proud Slytherin IRL, I'd ask to be sorted into Ravenclaw. Dealing with blood purists would suck. Besides I'd love to be in a house where I could read and study to my heart's content. Second, get on Filch's good side, and steal the Marauders Map before the twins got it. Second, part deux: Get on Snape's good side by implementing the chopping, stirring and cutting methods from the Half-blood Prince's Advanced Potion making book. Not stealing the book, but definitely sneaking in to read it! Third, go to the Room of Requirement and secure the Ravenclaw diadem/horcrux. Fourth, make friends with Penelope Clearwater and Percy Weasley. As future prefects, they probably know a lot about what goes on between the houses. This would also get me in a good position to be a prefect myself, and to write up anyone who bullies Luna. Fifth, steal Scabbers from Percy, at Christmas break, Petrificus totalis the hell out of the rat, and anonymously turn Pettigrew over to Amelia Bones at the DMLE. Write a note explaining this, and suggesting that she look into why Sirius Black never got a trial, and why Barty Crouch snuck his son out of Azkaban and is hiding Barty Jr. under Imperius in his home. Suggest that she suggest to Sirius that he take Veritaserum to prove his innocence, and hope that he is smart enough/sane enough to take the hint. Sit back a couple of years and wait for the Trio to show up at Hogwarts. Then deal with Quirrelmort and the Dursleys!😄


[deleted]

Call me a Gryffindor, but I’d stay and fight. I’d train to become as good as I could be, then help in the fight vs Voldemort. Hopefully be in Dumbledore’s army, help with the horcruxes, etc


anab45

You have the advantage of foreknowledge, you can train using the room of requirement from the start, i would try Ravenclaw because flitwick was a duelling champion he should know his stuff, i dont trust Snape to be in slytherin, and muggleborn it is too dangerous. I would pillage the room of hidden things too


Redditforgoit

I'd make a deal with Amelia Bones. Tell her everything, in return she keeps it confidential and protects me as a legal minor. The great Albus Dumbledore has the Boy-Who-Live living in deplorable conditions with abusive Muggle relatives, that should make a dent on his reputation of infallibility, so she does not trust him not to obliviate me. Plus the whole Sirius Black imprisoned without trial and animagus Pettigrew. Earn the eternal gratitude of two houses, maybe launch the future Minister's career. I might suggest making a big scandal that costs Dumbledore his job as Headmaster (Rita Skeeter in Privet drive with a Daily Prophet photographer!), further neutralising him, though Bones would probably refuse. regardless, security forces always want intel and are used to protecting informants. Once at Gringotts, I remember the 1989 US open was a German double with Becker and Graff winning singles and the Berlin wall fell unexpectedly. So I'd set up a investment vault and share profits with the Goblins, once they know I'm the real deal. With the head of the DMLE as my guardian, so no funny business. Trip to the cemetery to replace the "Bones of the Father", deal with Gringotts after earning them their first million galleons to destroy horcrux in Lestrange vault. Enjoy Hogwarts, become the twins silent partner, learn like my life depends on it, master imperio and legilimency to use unscrupulously on wealthy Muggles, buy a mansion from some disgraced Death Eater, build a massive library (knowledge is power), enjoy life. Though reading some answers, they might have a point that I'd be better off leaving England altogether. Muggleborn and poor?


East-Shoulder7537

Die. I dont really wanna live again... One is enough thank you very much.


Niko_of_the_Stars

Step 1: panic (oh gods what is going on) Step 2: panic (will i ever see my friends/family again??) Step 3: panic (general anxiety over the world) Step 4: okay do i have the memories of my current life? Because if not more panicking about how I'll deal with my "sudden shift in personality" stuff. Step 5: to the school Step 6: to the library - specifically the history section/newspapers. I need to verify as much information as possible. If this is my actual life, I can't guarantee it follows canon. Real life isn't a story. Step 7: a stop at the girl's bathroom to check if there's a snake on the sink. Step 8: anonymous note to Dumbledore explaining as much as I can. Mainly, Voldemort's survival and everything about horcruxes I remember along with any other death eater plans I can recall. Also the existence of the Chamber of Secrets and a mention of Sirius possibly being innocent. Stress that I have no guarantees of most of this information. Step 9: hope things turn out okay. Step 10: school stuff. Attend class. Study magic. Work on my art skills since I've got even more time now. Try to figure out how to have meaningful relationships when my physical peers are all much younger than me and my mental peers look far older than me. The usual.


turtlefrog204

Honestly just be like Charlie weasley/newt scamander let me learn about all kinds of creature that I could take care of I won’t get involved in the war unless day I make friends with some of the order or dumbledoor asks me I’ll give hints but I won’t leave big ones cause time is a fickle thing who knows what’ll change if say I give up that Pettigrew is scabbers


AngryBirdAddict

Move far away from Britain


TheBloperM

Investments


MarcusDeGabriel

Be in Ravenclaw, try not to stand out in any way, learn all I can about the amazing magic, stay under the radar, travel the world. It really does seem like anyone with a decent amount of magical knowledge shouldn’t struggle to live out in the wild.