another tmrhp x isekai au
the novel “the rose of the crow’s nest” is making waves in the wizarding community. its a typical romance story that follows a lovely heroine as she faces the forces of evil and finds true love. honestly, if it were just that, it wouldn’t even be on harry’s radar. and yet, it is.
because the love interest is clearly based off of him.
harry is well aware of all the stories written about him defeating the dark lord as a baby. he’s even aware of some biographies written about him. but this is the first time someone’s written a full length romance novel about him.
to make matters worse, the story’s villain is clearly based off of voldemort, who invaded and destroyed the male lead’s kingdom, killing his entire family in the process.
to further rub salt into the wound, the author is the one and only romilda vane. who knew that beyond love potions, she’d have such a knack for fiction?
so this is the current predicament harry’s in. he could very well sue his ex-peer but this pretty much counts as fanfiction (self insert as it seems with the heroine’s shocking resemblance to vane…) and harry cannot do anything about that.
he could politely ask her to stop but seeing as she had the gall to do this at all makes harry think she won’t go down without a fight…
this weighed on harry’s mind for months. as more volumes of the series came out, the more he would hear from hermione (who started reading out of incredulous anger, starting getting genuinely invested; props to your writing skills romilda), the more harry didn’t know what to do.
it all boiled over at one of ginny’s games. at some point in the game, a bludger had went missing. since nobody knew where it went, it made the actual game rather dull to watch. because of this, harry got up to buy him, hermione, and ron some snacks (a chocolate frog for ron and a simple bottle of water for hermione).
the line was long and the whispers following harry were definitely unwelcome but unfortunately continued. while waiting, harry noticed an old woman walking through the crowd. his eyes narrowed when he noticed a pair of men following her closely behind, wands just peeking out of their sleeves.
harry’s hand twitched at the blatant display of suspiciousness. against his better judgment, he left the line and ran after them.
and thank god for his judgment because he was able to swiftly deal with the thieves.
turning to the old woman, he asked if she was alright, picking up her dropped purse, its contents sprawled across the floor.
“thank you very much dearie. aren’t you that famous harry potter boy?”
“yes ma’am, but please. call me harry. now, are you okay?”
“oh such a kind young man. no need to worry about me, i’m stronger than i look.”
at that, she smiled, showing an array of sharp teeth. harry startled, unease settling in his bones. looking at the woman closer, he spotted pointier ears, empty eyes, and an almost glowy light emanating from her.
before harry could reply, he heard commotion behind him. whipping his head around, he was face-first with that rogue bludger.
as it crashed through the lenses of his glasses, broke his nose, and flung his head back onto the concrete floor, harry felt light headed. the faint voices of people around him calling for help barely registered in his mind.
laying in a pool of his own blood, the voice of the woman rang loud in his skull.
“such a dull way for a boy like you to go.. let’s try this again, hmm?”
the last thing harry remembered before greeting darkness was that same sharp-toothed smile from before.