Harry Potter and the Greatest Show
by shadowscribe
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CHAPTERS
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RATING
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Summary
The last real thing Harry remembers is standing across from Voldemort and watching the killing curse fly at his face.Then he visited a fluffy white limbo that somewhat resembles King Cross Station and instead of choosing to move on or go back he does something else entirely.And wakes up in his cupboard on the morning of Dudley's eleventh birthday.Because that makes sense.(No. No it doesn't.)But Harry is going to roll with it anyway.
Reader Reviews
Chapter 1
Just nowGreat start!
paradisetrain
Just nowOoooooh this story has potential! Looking forwad to seeing where it goes :)
MaxSara
Just nowCan’t wait to read more! So good!
Chapter 1
Just nowThis is my favour Harry Potter!Kindness and hopeful .Think more and Don’t let anyone control you, Harry.
LordOfGifts
Just nowHoly crap I'm in love
merb14
Just nowWow nice idea I'm very curios were you're going with this premise :) How is Tom Riddle going to fit into this timeline? or is it actually as Voldemort?
Chapter 1
Just nowI love it! Really really love it pleeeeeaaaaseeee continue!!!
LadyKnightKatieofMasbolle
Just nowAbsolutely love it! I can't wait to read more!
Silent_voice
Just nowCan't wait for more, Love it!!!
katsheswims
Just nowWonderful start! Love the tone of the story/Harry's mind!
Xpher248
Just nowYaaaaaaaaaaas bitch. I like this idea. Plz finish to the end cuz nothing sucks more than waiting for one of ur fanfics you’ve marked for later to not have updated in YEARS.
EnterSomething42
Just nowOoh!!! This sounds awesome!! Can't wait for more
Siku_Hawthorn
Just nowAnd Harry says "No" to the plan for the Greater Good. That must have felt good. xD Wonderful beginning and absolutely love the Harry you've depicted. I hope to read the rest of the story too.Best of luck with writing.
Chapter 1
Just nowIt looks like a promising story! XD
Niennait
Just nowOntreasting
Chapter 1
Just nowyES to the yES this was fun. I enjoy a confused but determined Harry. :P It entertaining lol
Stillnight
Just now♥
VoidRealmer
Just nowDude I am so on board with this story I would follow it till the very end without hesitation. This is wonderful and I want Harry to royally RUIN Dumbledore's life.
Chapter 1
Just nowI was already looking for the "Next Chapter" button! Lol I'm interested to see where this goes!
Laemon
Just nowOya?Oya oya?OYA OYA OYA?ANOTHER TIME TRAVEL FIC/REINCARNATION(?) FIC WHERE HARRY IS DONE WITH EVERYONES SHIT?YOU HAVE MY ATTENTION, DEAREST AUTHOR.
wandmaker
Just nowThis is a great set-up!
lilyoftheval5
Just nowOooh, I like!Not saying making the decision was but now does come the hard part.
MrsHippyfreak
Just nowOh dear GOD!! This is going to be beautiful! Can hardly wait for more!!!
Maeglin_Yedi
Just nowGreat start!I love Harry thinking about what he wants for a change instead of what everyone expects from him.
harurisa
Just nowLove it!! I really love harry's train of thought.
Chapter 1
Just nowAll the yes!
Chapter 1
Just nowHARRY POTTER, A WONDERFUL AND GORGEOUS MAN (in a child's body). Hello, yes, so far I'm in love with what you have going. Since Harry is essentially seventeen in an eleven year old body, can he please, please, please have angsty birthdays where he's awake until midnight to wish himself "Happy 18th, you're supposed to be an adult" or some such. And also!! Can the hat sort him into Slytherin? Because it's already sorted him into Gryffindor, and he's already said that he wants friends that understand him... (please, oh my gods) I have so many things I want!!! And I'm sure that whatever you write will end up being absolutely amazing because this beginning was smashing, and I'm So Excited for whatever comes next! Thank you for writing! Good luck in your plot points, and may fortune smile upon you!!
RidZan
Just nowI want to read it to the end.I want this happy end!Wait for more
iamladyliberty
Just nowExcellent beginning --it is like a whole story in and of itself. Harry's resolve ==the actually power he knows not. He in this case being like the entire wizarding world, who has no idea what's coming for them. :) thanks for writing!
MagicShay (briarbale)
Just nowKick the world's ass, Harry.
CannibalNoir
Just nownice, its a wonderful start! hopefully it's not the usual sort him to Slytherin and it's a bunch of pureblood nonsense story, I'm curious to see what you do with it
Moonrose91
Just nowomg this is so amazing and YES!!!YES THE BOY WHO WAS ABANDONED AND ABUSED AND STILL SO KIND WOULD PICK UP THAT BABY AND WRAP THAT BABY UP AND CRADLE THAT BABY CLOSE BECAUSE!!!!...I'm done screaming in happiness now.
Chapter 1
Just nowshit, I'm all pumped up! I already knew I love this <3
Chapter 1
Just nowIt is awesome. Thank you for sharing. Tho, Harry Potter/???... PLEASE DON'T MAKE IT A LOVE TRIANGLE.
KeytoSuccess
Just nowuhhhhhhh hello??? please update this i am obsessed
blissful_delusions
Just nowYay this is so wonderful! I love how you are doing this, this is the best, yay, I'm so tired.PS: I love your name!
Blue72
Just nowYES! YES! YEEEEES!!!!!! I didn't know I have been waiting for such a story ♡♡♡♡♡♡I love it!!!!!!! Perfect!!! That he leaves with some money and then thinks for a bit before he decided and acts... that he wants to give Tom the chance he never had... yeeeees!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you!!!!!!♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡
Auri_eventide
Just nowInteresting start. I always hated in canon that he ignored the baby, although time travel is indeed not the response anyone'd expect. His desires for the future are both heartbreaking and completely typical. Yes, Harry, you want to save everyone, including the bloody dark lord. Fun times ahead.
Deeply_Disturbed
Just nowOh my god, if this is Tom/Harry end game, I'm sticking around for the long haul. I really love how you added that last bit where Harry just sits at a random park and thinks about shit. I don't entirely know why but I loved reading that part.
Claire_Dimlight
Just nowI'm feeling a bit betrayed atm. How come this story had not in my bookmark's list? I am sure I read it before and like it. Guess I just forgot.Anyway, great chapter as always :)
interrodang
Just nowthis is hitting all my favorite tropes, including a new favorite where Harry just fucking goes "peace" and just leaves the Dursley home. Kudos!
BlackCatMagic13
Just nowAlready one of the best time travel fics I've read.
FrancesBea
Just nowThis is a great opening chapter. I've read it before, but decided to refresh my memory before moving on to the new chapter 4.I guess that because the temporary body Voldemort had in book four was also described as a grotesque baby-like thing, and was simultaneously a homicidal S.O.B., the readers were supposed to be primed to accept the dismissal of a similar baby-like thing at the end, but it never really worked. I think partly because the seventh book ended in a ridiculous mess of poorly explained magic and religious symbolism, that it was never all that clear that what seemed to be happening was the truth, making it hard to be sure that it wasn't a baby.One small nit in this chapter: When you say, "They want to make his life into a one trick pony show? Fine.", that's a little of a mixed metaphor. You might have meant to say "a dog and pony show," an overly hyped spectacle designed to sway the masses for political or commercial reasons. A "one-trick pony" is someone who has only one talent that they overuse enough that they seem impressive and capable, but when faced with a circumstance in which their single skill doesn't apply, they turn out to be pretty useless. Even in canon, Harry is more than that, but it might be a good descriptor for Lockhart.
pipakaze
Just nowLove it. Absolutely the idea I was hoping to see, looking forward to seeing how evolves. Thanks for writing!
Chapter 1
Just nowoh ho ho ho this looks very very interesting! The description of limbo being fluffy like Dumbledore's beard was hilarious! Sufficiently surreal too
Hiken_no_Ace
Just nowYour story, right from the introductory notes itself had me in splits! I'm really loving the way this is shaping up! Please do continue updating!
laileiloilui
Just nowOh my, what a fantastic first chapter! Have to read the next one right away!
StonedCultist
Just nowHope you're still writing this, but oh my god. Oh my goddd this is beautiful. Marry me.
AlienoreMathilde
Just nowI love this already. Harry saying no to Dumbledore. Harry rescuing the mutilated remnant of Tom Riddle's soul in the shape of an abandoned baby. Harry telling off the Dursleys. Harry stealing Petunia's money and running away a month short of his eleventh birthday. All looks promising for an original story perhaps where Harry tries to rescue and save Tom Riddle, perhaps where he chooses Slytherin instead of Gryyfindor.
Lunar_Sanctum
Just nowsuch an awesome start. Im excited to see where this story takes us both :)





