Part 1 of this list, sorted by importance
If you know of fics that aren't in my list yet, please tell me about them.
Don't just leave a link, though: leave a short summary, mention of pairings (if any), rating and a mention of Status (WIP/Complete/abandoned) and in particular a mention of who becomes an Animagus and what shape. And how much of an impact the Animagus-transformation has on the story. - As for abandoned fics, I'll only add them if they are really outstanding. Thanks. :-) And thank you everyone who contributed to this list.
Fics are sorted alphabetically, articles notwithstanding.
NR means Not read, NRC means Not read completely.
# Fics I particularly liked
## Fics I really can recommand
new Fic has been added recently.
6) Magical forms
Amulet of Time Series by Luna the Moonmonster. ##
After GoF Hermione gives Harry an ancient amulet for his birthday. When they evoke it, Harry, Hermione, Ron and Ginny end up in the time of the Founders. They need to spend a year each in the time of the Founders, Grindelwald-era and Marauders-time.
Harry is winged snow-leopard, Ron a thestral, Hermione a snowy owl and Ginny a pelican.
Four parts are complete, fifth part of the series is Abandoned WIP. PG-13
Betrayal of the Best Kind by draco664.
Harry/Cho. After GoF Harry gets framed for murder and thrown into Azkaban. When the world turns against him, leaving only one by his side, Harry finds out that life, love and truth are more complicated than they seem. Danger, suspense, heartbreak and treachery abound. Harry is a phoenix.
Complete. NC-17.
Sequel: Midnight Duel, Midnight Love.
Harry is betrayed once more. Can he take more heartbreak?
One-shot outtake: Burning Desire
Harry/Fawkes. This is an alternate to chapter 10 of Betrayal of the Best Kind. What if Harry had run away after the meeting with Cho and met up with Fawkes?
One-shot. PG-13.
Coming Around by Deirdre Riordan.
Harry/Draco. Harry's been gone for four years after a bit of a misunderstanding. Draco wants him back. Harry is a phoenix.
One-shot. PG.
Dangerverse by whydoyouneedtoknow. ##
Sirius/OFC, Remus/OFC, Harry/Ginny, Ron/Hermione, Luna/Draco, Neville/OFC, Charlie/Tonks. AU. A few months after Voldemort's first fall Remus (with the help of two OFCs) finds out where Harry lives and how the Dursleys treat him. They also find out that Pettigrew was the traitor and that Sirius is innocent. They steal Harry and break Sirius out of Azkaban. Basically Harry, Draco and Hermione grow up together with Remus, Sirius and their wives. Story consists of Main-story (with several sequels: first part tells the story till Hogwarts, second story the first two years, third story is currently WIP and tells year 3 and 4.), several one-shots (telling stories of Sirius and Aletha, romance-stories written by Sirius, etc.) and AU-stories (yes, AU to the AU. lol) Very original story!
In the second part Remus and the two OFCs become Animagi, in the third part the kids start to learn. Remus is a lion, Danger a wolf, Aletha a winged horse, Hermione a cat, Harry a wolf, Neville a demi-guise (monkey that can turn invisible), Luna an owl, Draco a fox, Ginny a lynx, Ron a hawk.
Interesting explanation as to why the Animagus-transformation is so hard: everyone needs to find their own spell.
PG-13. WIP.
Dark Phoenix by SofiaDragon. ##
Harry/Snape. After OotP Harry decides to run away from the Dursleys. As he is running, suddenly he finds himself flying: he had changed into a bird, a phoenix. Deciding that nobody would search for Harry Potter in Snape's dungeons, he stays with Snape over the summer.
WIP(?). PG.
Dumbledore's Army by BobMin. ##
Sequel: Harry Potter and the Spiritus Crystalus
AU sixth and seventh year. Harry sees two visions of Voldemort where he destroys Hogsmeade and Hogwarts and now dedicates all his energy to making sure it will not happen like this. He trains the DA as an army, has them develop new spells, etc. He himself is also outstandingly powerful. The story is very all-encompassing; while it's definitely Harry-centric, it shows a lot of characters and what happens to them. Dumbledore is a bit of an idiot at first (but gets better later) and Snape is quite reformed (partly from finding out the truth about the Dursleys, partly from his new marriage after getting found out as a spy). Dursley-abuse taken to extreme here and Harry gets adopted by the Weasleys. Pairing Harry/Ginny, Ron/Hermione, Luna/Neville, Tonks/Remus, Snape/OFC.
Harry is a phoenix, Luna is an owl.
Complete. NC-17.
Flight of Draco Malfoy by
Harry/Draco. The seventh years try their hand at the Animagus-transformation. Harry as a snidget.
One-shot. G.
Harry Potter and the Forgotten Shards by wargear. #
The Ministry Crew decides to become Animagi in honor of Padfoot; and if they do it, they do it right - they all become magical Animagi: Harry is a phoenix, Ron a griffin, Hermione a peryton (winged reindeer-predator), Neville a dragon, Luna a pegasus and Ginny a stormcrow.
G. WIP (??). Humor.
Harry Potter and the Psychic Serpent by Barb
H/Hr, H/G, R/Hr, D/G. In Harry’s fifth year he gets a snake with the Sight. Hermione's torn between Ron and Harry, who’s torn between her and Ginny, who's torn between him and Draco Malfoy, who's torn between her and loyalty to his father. Plus: a Prophecy, Animagus training, a Dueling Club, Snape's Pensieve, kilts, giants, house elf liberation and more!
Harry is a golden griffin. (This form allows him to cross long distances quickly.)
Sequels: Harry Potter and the Time of the Good Intentions: Sixth year. Harry Potter and the Triangle Prophecy: Seventh year. Prequel: The Lost Generation: Marauder-era.
R. Complete.
Harry Potter and the Runespoor Shield by Ms Spider. #
Harry/Ginny. Harry finds an old trunk his mother has left for him. How did she find the things in it, why did she think he'd need them? And how come Ginny's kitten looks just like the kitten Hagrid brought for his first birthday? And can Harry and Snape deal with their mutual animosity long enough to figure everything out? Harry is a phoenix.
Complete. PG-13.
Harry Potter and the Time Mage by MaxFic. #
Harry/Ginny. Harry Potter has finally found out what "the power the Dark Lord knows not" is: he is a Time Mage. But it's too late, he has lost the war. So he rewinds time, returning to a time to before he attended Hogwarts and hoping that this time around he'll do better.
Harry and Ginny are True Gryphons, the twins Siamese Cats, Ron a fox and Hermione an owl.
Complete. PG.
Hexcrossed Lovers by HPRoundRobin
Harry/Snape. Harry and Severus are caught in the cross fire of two hexes, causing them to be in each others company or they will suffer pain.
Harry is an Egyptian Temple Guardian Snake.
Complete. NC-17.
A Moment in Time by The Shadow Bandit. NR
Harry/Draco. Harry learns during his seventh year that his life can change forever in a single moment in time.
Harry is a phoenix.
Complete. R.
Never Alone, Never Again by Bored Beyond Belief
Harry's holiday reaches it's lowest point. Will Harry finally be able to have the kind of love everyone else seems to take for granted?
Harry is a phoenix.
PG. Complete.
Sequel Make a Joyful Noise.
One-shot. PG.
On the Wings of Magic by Bil. ##
AU sixth year, post OotP. Harry understands some hard truths, Minerva and Severus are drawn in. Not HBP compliant. Hero!Harry, Manipulative!Dumbledore.
Complete. PG-13.
(Dumbledore mostly well-meaning but Harry refuses to be a puppet.)
Harry is a winged serpent.
The Order of the Phoenix + Well of Shadows + WIP sequel The Shattering of Souls by Ruskbyte.
Harry/Ginny, Ron/Hermione. Harry's fifth year and he's just been chosen by the Order. Kinda strange, especially since the only living member in the Order is Harry! New powers, new friendships, new relationships and old enemies.
Harry is an Imperial Griffin. (plays a more important role during the second part of the trilogy). Ginny is a horse.
NC-17. (third part WIP, temporarily on hold)
Peorth by Bleudiablo. #
When Hagrid dropped Harry off after getting his supplies for first year, things went slightly different. Uncle Vernon takes away all his supplies (safe his wand), kills Hedwig and beats Harry, locking him into his cupboard. Harry flees and somehow manages to transform into an animal, a Panivco (some kind of winged cat). He happens across Snape and bonds to him.
WIP. PG. (Badly in need of a beta-reader unfortunately.)
Phoenix Intuition by Semprini. NRC
Sequel to Harry Potter and the Veil of Mystery and Harry Potter and the Ring of Reduction.
Five years ago Harry Potter has defeated Voldemort but now Evil stirs again. Harry becomes stuck in his phoenix-form and it's up to others to fight.
Both Harry and Luna are phoenixes.
Complete. NC-17.
Resonance by GreenGecko. ##
After Harry's defeat of Voldemort in his sixth year, Snape adopts him. Harry is some kind of griffin, Snape a king cobra with several more students as Animagi.
Complete. PG
WIP sequel: Revolution.
Snape's Invisible Friend by teacherbev. ##
AU: Harry rescues himself as a baby and chooses Snape as his protector, why no one knows because the toddler isn't telling and no one can see him but Snape. Snape adopts Harry who grows up at Hogwarts with Dumbledore as "grandfather" and McGonagall as "grandmother".
Complete. PG.
Sequels Growing up Snape and Shaun Snape, Age 8. (Another sequel is planned but not yet begun).
Harry is a phoenix.
A Stranger in an Unholy Land by serpant-sorcerer.
Days before his 6th year, Harry Potter is sucked into another universe by forces not of this world. Dazed and confused, Harry finds himself in a world where his parents are alive, where Voldemort has never fallen and he is Voldemort's key enforcer.
Harry is a phoenix.
WIP. NC-17.
Unlocking Harry Potter by sarini. ##
Harry/Charlie. Sixth + seventh year. Severitus. Harry is a phoenix, Charlie a hawk.
Complete. NC-17.
Sequels Finding the Key and Closing the Door.
Prequel (Marauder-era) Release the Wolves)
7) Multiple forms (one or more of the forms can also be magical)
The Awakening of a Magus by the-dreamer4. ##
After GoF, Harry suddenly starts to change, both his body and his magic become more powerful as he changes to a so-called Magus as outstandingly powerful wizards are called. Dumbledore and Snape as mentors, close relationship with several other adults. No real pairing though a hint of "friends with benefits" between Harry and Tonks. Harry's primary shape is an Imperial Dragon but he can assume pretty much any shape he wants.
WIP. PG.
Beastfriend by Katling
In the aftermath of the disaster at the Ministry, Hedwig and Fawkes try to find a way for Harry to succeed. Their solution - a sacrifice on the part of the animals of the magical world and a gain for Harry.
Ten different animals (some magical, some mundane) sacrifice their lives to give Harry gifts. He can then change into any of those ten animals and also has some of their gifts (such as understanding the speech of birds for instance) in human shape.
WIP. PG. (You need to be a member of her Yahoo Group to read the fic.)
A Bittersweet Potion series by Alchemia Dent
Harry/Snape. Harry gets the gift to turn into every animal he wishes. He slinks around the dungeons mostly in the shape of a cat.
WIP. NC-17.
Death Eater takes a Holiday by Lee Lee Potter. #
Harry/Snape, Ron/Hermione. Several members of the Hogwarts staff take a de-aging potion over the holidays when only a few students are at school. Young Severus and Harry fall in love. What will happen when Severus returns to his true age and remembers who Harry is?
Harry can turn into whatever form he thinks of.
WIP. NC-17.
The Founder's Heir by Renatus. ##
Harry gets sent back in time to the time of the Founders where he is trained and sent back to his own time with a task, the task to defeat Tom Riddle.
Because he is an Heir Harry has two forms: he is a dark brown Falcon, and a small leopard like animal and can also combine those forms or add the falcon-wings to his human body.
WIP. PG.
Harry Potter and the Dimensional Trunk by Ophiuchus. ##
Harry/Ginny, Ron/Hermione. Sixth year. When Ron and Ginny inherit two linked trunks, they gift one of them to Harry so they can easily visit each other.
Harry, Ron, Ginny and Hermione all become Animagi. Harry is both a phoenix and a thestral-like creature (a winged wolf with cobra-fangs), Ginny a falcon, Hermione a leopard and Ron a lion.
Complete. PG.
Harry Potter and the Daemon Sidhe by Katling
Harry/Ginny, Ron/Hermione. In the aftermath of the events of the Ministry, Harry is in dire need of help. That help arrives in the form of six mysterious people, along with his friends and even foes, who give him the strength and support he will need to defeat Voldemort. Written post-OotP but will take some factors of HBP into account.
He sort of becomes a King and has to select a Court (the Ministry Crew, Remus, Severus). He and members of his Court gain three animal forms which work a lot like Animagus-forms.
WIP. PG. (Second link leads to her Yahoo Group as she updates this with the new chapters more regularly than other sites.)
Harry Potter and Fate's Debt by Intromit. ##
Harry receives a letter from his future self "Get to know Ginny" just before he starts Hogwarts, resulting in a soulbonding with her the moment he first meets her at the station. Starts out pretty much as canon, slowly diverting more and more from it as it follows the books.
Their soulbond allows them to share their Animagus-shapes, thus both Harry and Ginny are both a phoenix and a panther.
WIP. PG.
Harry Potter and the Heir of the Four Founders by Mione5. NRC
It's Harry's fifth year and things aren't going well at the Dursley's or Hogwarts. New powers, a prophecy and Snape!
Complete. PG.
Sequel Harry Potter and the Curse of Count Krutormvik.
Harry is the Heir of all Four Founders and has basically unlimited Animagus-forms.
Harry Potter and the Secret Sanctuary by Farfumsane. ##
Harry/Susan, Harry/SallyAnn Perks, Harry/OFC, and (eventually) Harry/Ginny, Ron/Hermione. Harry and Co’s 6th year is filled with new powers, places, experiences and faces. HighPower!Harry.
WIP. PG-13.
Harry is a kneazle, a phoenix and a hippocampus.
Harry Potter and the Marcello School by Kjkit.
After another meeting with Voldemort shortly after Sirius' death, Harry accidentally apparates to the Marcello School, a hidden school training students to fight by any means. He learns wandless magic, Animagus-transformation, sword-fighting and how to manipulate the elements. Harry is a multiple Animagus, his most prominent form being a phoenix.
PG-13. Complete.
The Last Wish of Sirius Black by Katling
In the aftermath of the Ministry debacle, Harry is offered a priceless gift of training by the Founders of Hogwarts. Set post-OotP and pre-HBP but will take aspects of HBP into account.
WIP. PG-13. (Second link leads to her Yahoo Group as she updates it more regularly than other archiving sites.)
Harry is a stag, a grim and a werewolf.
Red Bolt of Lightning by A. S. Leif. #
Harry/OFC. Post-OotP. Harry has enough of Dumbledore's keeping secrets and runs away, hiding in the Mansion he inherited from Sirius.
Complete. PG-13.
Sequels Power the Dark Lord Knows Not, Challenging the Darkness and First Light Comes After the Darkest Night.
Harry is a phoenix, werewolf, cobra and panther.
The Refiner's Fire (+WIP sequel Time of Destiny, one-shot A Very Harry Christmas) by Abraxan. #
Sixth + seventh year fic. Harry and his friends have to deal not only with the normal problems of teenagers but a lot of little plots Voldemort throws at them, trying to kill Harry. Harry, after a very rare magical illness, is outstandingly powerful and thus has the capacity to become a multiple Animagus. His forms include stag, raven, phoenix, thestral, flying squirrel, frog, wolf, dog, cat, damselfly. Harry/Ginny, Ron/Hermione. Ron is a collie, Ginny a fox.
NC-17.
This Means War by
When her brothers ruin her relationship with Dean, Ginny swears revenge. She starts to date Harry who is the only one able to stand up to her brothers and whom she has long been in love with. Email at Hogwarts and humor.
Harry has a special relationship with his magic: as long as he doesn't know that something is impossible, he can still do it. To prove he is a true Gryffindor, McGonagall tells him that he has two Animagus-forms. Thus he learns to turn into both a wolf and a hawk.
WIP. PG-13.
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February 7 2006, 01:03:01 UTC 6 years ago
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February 8 2006, 08:47:56 UTC 6 years ago
Thanks again for the tip and the long email explaining it in more detail. It really helped.
If you have any other advice for me, I'll listen gladly. :)
February 10 2006, 14:34:34 UTC 6 years ago
For your info, Harry Potter and the Time Mage has Harry/Ginny.
Thanks for the list, yay!
February 10 2006, 16:10:21 UTC 6 years ago
And I'm glad to see that people are enjoying them. :)
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February 13 2006, 17:28:50 UTC 6 years ago
(PDF version / Audio version, still in progress)
Rating: R
Era: Harry's fifth year (written pre-OotP)
Pairings: H/Hr, H/G, R/Hr, D/G
Summary: In Harry’s fifth year he gets a snake with the Sight. Hermione's torn between Ron and Harry, who’s torn between her and Ginny, who's torn between him and Draco Malfoy, who's torn between her and loyalty to his father. Plus: a Prophecy, Animagus training, a Dueling Club, Snape's Penseive, kilts, giants, house elf liberation and more! (Completed Sept. 4, 2001)
Animagus info: Harry learns to become a golden griffin on the sly, but under McGonagall's tutelage; at the climax of the story (Chapter 28) this ability is particularly important.
DISCLAIMER: Despite the ship list, this is NOT a H/Hr and D/G fic series, so if that is what you're looking for you should look elsewhere.
Harry Potter and the Time of Good Intentions
(PDF version)
Rating: R
Era: Harry's sixth year (written pre-OotP)
Pairings: H/Hr, H/G, R/Hr, D/G
Summary: During his fifth year, Trelawney did a Tarot reading for Harry. She told him he would have to make a choice that could "change the world as we know it." At the beginning of his sixth year, Harry chooses, and the world does change. Does it change for the better? If he wants, can Harry change it back? Or is giving Harry exactly what he wants Voldemort's ultimate revenge?
(Completed March 7, 2002)
Animagus info: Harry's Animagus abilities are especially important in the latter half of the fic, allowing him to travel relatively quickly over long distances to accomplish a vital quest.
Harry Potter and the Triangle Prophecy
(PDF version)
Rating: R
Era: Harry's seventh year (started pre-OotP)
Pairings: H/Hr, H/G, R/Hr, D/G
Summary: In a time of uncertainty, the Muggle world has found a source of comfort and stability. Only Harry suspects that it isn't safe. Wizards are more concerned about themselves than Muggles since Voldemort's return, but are only Muggles at risk? Will anyone listen to Harry? He must decide whether to make a sacrifice that will change him--and the wizarding world-- forever.
(Completed January 4, 2004)
Animagus info: A combination of Harry's Animagus abilities and Parseltongue talent help him with some dragons; Hermione also trains to be an Animagus for Ron's sake.
The Lost Generation (1975-1982)
(PDF version)
Rating: R
Era: Bill's seven years in school; MWPP from fifth year on (started pre-OotP)
Pairings: James/Lily, Remus/Lily, Snape/Lily, James/OC, Remus/OMC, Bill/OFC
Summary: Bill Weasley begins his education at Hogwarts in 1975, in the middle of Voldemort's reign of terror. He never suspects that the Gryffindor prefects he looks up to, Lily Evans and James Potter, will eventually have a son who saves the wizarding world, nor that the Weasley family will eventually play an important role in the Dark Lord's fall. All he knows is that in a very scary wizarding world, Hogwarts is a safe haven where he has always longed to be--until, that is, there are whispers of vampires and werewolves, of Death Eaters and traitors, and a Seeress pronounces a Prophecy which will shake the wizarding world to its very foundations....
(Completed December 13, 2003)
Animagus info: As the story begins the three non-werewolf Marauders are just about ready to try the Animagus transfiguration during a full moon, after years of research and practice; in the latter part of the story Peter's Animagus form is particularly important.
February 14 2006, 08:19:34 UTC 6 years ago
Anonymous
February 16 2006, 18:00:16 UTC 6 years ago
For this one I don't have the name of the author, just a link (http://www.geocities.com/spikewannabe/w
These are my two cents worth, excuse my poor english,
katzelein69@yahoo.es
February 17 2006, 09:12:43 UTC 6 years ago
Added both of the stories to my other list as this part is only for magical/multiple forms.
Anonymous
March 12 2007, 17:20:46 UTC 5 years ago
To katzelein69@yahoo.es about your untitled fic
Your story is located at http://www.vividly.amiss.org/hp.html. It is called Elemental TapestryYou know, the one that was stated as http://www.geocities.com/spikewannabe/wr
July 9 2006, 12:13:36 UTC 5 years ago
Just thought I should mention that Katling's Beastfriend also fits into this list :) All the info for it's on you powerful Harry list.
July 9 2006, 12:18:03 UTC 5 years ago
I'll add Daemon Sidhe as well then. All members of Harry's Court (at least the ministry crew, can't quite remember about his advisors Remus and Severus) have three animal forms - though it's slightly different from Animagus as well.
Grrr. I hate my computer acting up. I can still access my yahoo mailbox if I go there via the German page - but can't access the usual main page.
July 9 2006, 12:22:49 UTC 5 years ago
Aww.
Well, if it suddenly stopped working, maybe it'll suddenly start again?
July 9 2006, 12:25:40 UTC 5 years ago
Btw, you haven't read Daemon Sidhe yet? It kind of fits your nobility-list, I guess. Those Daemon Sidhe select Harry as their King. Not sure how much value his title will have in the real world, though.
July 9 2006, 12:28:19 UTC 5 years ago
Oh, I've read and enjoyed it :) And it's on my nobility list. It's just been a while so I can't remember it as well as some of her other fics.
Anonymous
June 19 2007, 12:29:18 UTC 4 years ago
Magic of Merlin
Harry Potter and the Magic of Merlin by GeekUSA fits this list. It is located here. (http://www.siye.co.uk/siye/viewstory.php?sid=12027)Anonymous
August 5 2007, 14:13:40 UTC 4 years ago
have not yet compared, but...
somehow in my ramblings, have just stumbled upon a similar list, maybe you can collaborate with each other, or at least leave a link for those stories which don't fit your criteria but are in her list...************
Harry Potter Phoenix Stories
This is a list of all the fanfics I can find in which Harry is either a phoenix animagus or he acquires some phoenix traits.
http://kateydidnt.livejournal.com/1587.h
April 8 2008, 23:49:08 UTC 4 years ago
Anonymous
April 10 2009, 01:33:19 UTC 3 years ago
Pnather Harry, Master Lucius
I believe the name of this was "El Waz" or something to that effect. The name was a name that Panther Harry was given and it means wisdom or something. When Lucius found Harry (in panther form) he was hurt and Lucius brought him home and patched him up. Harry was afraid to turn back because he didn't want Lucius to find out who he was. Sadly, if this is the story you are looking for it has been taken off the internet. I have been looking for it myself and haven't found it yet :( I hope you have better luck. I remember liking the story a lot and I hope it is found.~Ambluly~
Anonymous
April 10 2009, 01:34:26 UTC 3 years ago
Panther Harry, Master Lucius
I believe the name of this was "El Waz" or something to that effect. The name was a name that Panther Harry was given and it means wisdom or something. When Lucius found Harry (in panther form) he was hurt and Lucius brought him home and patched him up. Harry was afraid to turn back because he didn't want Lucius to find out who he was. Sadly, if this is the story you are looking for it has been taken off the internet. I have been looking for it myself and haven't found it yet :( I hope you have better luck. I remember liking the story a lot and I hope it is found.~Ambluly~
June 24 2008, 01:48:57 UTC 3 years ago
summary: After his fifth year at Hogwarts, Harry is getting worse and worse. Fortunately for Harry, a certain Phoenix decides to do something about it.
pairing: gen-ish
status: abandoned
The animals were going to give Harry animagus forms, but it turns out that he already has one, and it's a unique form of animagus. It's a "shifter", where he can transform in any animal possible.
It might fit, it might not. Still a good read, though.
I love your lists, by the way. ^^