A Cure for Lycanthropy or the Longbottoms
I've lately stumbled across a couple of fics where Harry (or someone else) manages to cure Remus Lupin of his lycanthropy and fics where the Longbottoms get healed from their Cruciatus-damage. While this list isn't very long as of yet, I hope that people will soon help me find some more. :)
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, Hiatus or One-shot) and in particular a mention of the cure (who made it, how does it work, etc.)
Thanks. :-) And thank you everyone who contributed to this list.
Fics are sorted alphabetically in each category, articles not-withstanding.
NR means Not read, NRC means Not read completely.
# Fics I particularly liked
## Fics I really can recommend
new Fics I added to this list recently
The cure itself is added in white writing (if it would be a spoiler otherwise), so you can read it by marking it with your mouse if you wish. (Provided I know it of course.)
Cure for lycanthropy
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.
WIP. (Unfortunately updates are rare lately.) PG.
Harry can assume pretty much any Animagus-shape. He uses his wolf-form to change Remus from a werewolf to a wolf-Animagus.
Changes by Akinaria.
Post HBP. The final battle reaks havoc on the wizards involved, but what happens when life has rebuilt a little?
Very original story, unfortunately contains one big logic-error (Harry manages to get Dumbledore back from the dead. Why can't he resurrect everyone else?) and all the characters are very OOC!
WIP. PG-13.
During the battle Snape got turned into a woman and is now working on a werewolf-cure. It's not quite complete but it stops the lycanthropy for five months out of six.
Changing Moon by Spydre. NR.
Snape/Remus. Severus Snape makes Remus Lupin an amazing offer that will change the werewolf’s life forever.
NC-17. Complete.
Crumbling Pedestal by Shivani grazhir. Or here #
Harry/Snape. When Voldemort tries to force Harry to duel in the graveyard at the conclusion of the Tri-Wizard Tournament, things take an entirely different direction as Fate steps in to meddle: Harry travels to the times of the Founders where he spends twenty something years, Salazar bonds with him as his brother, after which he returns with super powers and a changed name (Heru Slytherin).
Complete. PG-13.
Harry has a talent known as "spell weaving" whereby he is able to unravel the strands comprising the curse and to remove them.
Crumpets aren't my Style by Marz1. NR
Crossover (Stargate). General O'Neill is sent on a nice relaxing diplomatic mission in the U.K. Of course there's bound to be trouble when he runs into a murderous cult called the Death Eaters, who've somehow gotten their hands on alien technology.
PG-13. Complete.
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. First part tells the story till Hogwarts, Second story the first two years, Third story is currently WIP and tells year 3 and 4. Very original story!
PG-13. WIP.
Remus isn't actually cured completely but one of the OFCs has some kind of wild power that allows her to calm Remus in his wolfshape so that he keeps his mind, kind of as if he were drinking Wolfsbane.
The Longbottoms get cured as well.
Dumbledore's Army by BobMin. ##
Sequel Harry Potter and the Spiritus Crystalus.
Harry/Ginny, Ron/Hermione, Luna/Neville, Remus/Tonks. 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.
Complete. R.
Harry is a phoenix and at one time heals a dying Remus with his tears. Harry's love for Remus also heals his lycanthropy.
Growing Up Snape by teacherbev. ##
Sequel to Snape's Invisible Friend.
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. (Usually I abhor AU-stories but this one is outstanding.)
Complete. PG.
Sequel Shaun Snape, Age 8. (Another sequel is planned but not begun yet.)
Harry breaks a jar in Snape's laboratory and to hide his mishap replaces the salamander ash with ashes from Fawkes' burning day. Snape accidentally uses those ashes in Lupin's Wolfsbane potion with interesting effects: Lupin changes from a werewolf to a wolf-Animagus.
Harry Potter and the Dimensional Trunk by Ophichius. ##
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.
Complete. PG.
Harry has two Animagus-forms (a phoenix and a wolf/thestral/cobra-cross). He bites Lupin with his second form and then heals him with his phoenix-tears. The combination of the poison and the tears cures the lycanthropy. (accidental cure)
There is also a cure for the Cruciatus-damage.
Harry Potter and the Guardians of Power by teacherbev. #
Harry gets kidnapped by Voldemort and thinking "Merlin, save me" with all his power and magic behind it, manages to transport himself and Severus back in time to Merlin and the Founders. Severus as mentor to Harry.
Complete. PG-13.
With the help of Merlin and Salazar, a Potionsmaster, Severus and Harry manage to develope the Wolfsbane Potion further so it actually cures lycanthropy.
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.
PG-13. Complete.
Harry is a multiple Animagus, his most prominent form being a phoenix. He finds out that phoenix blood is most potent and uses it to deliberately cure Lupin.
Harry Potter and the Soul of the Hero by joe6991. NR
Sequel to Harry Potter and the Sword of the Hero and Harry Potter and the Defiance of the Hero.
A thousand-year-old oath stands to be fulfilled. The war between Good and Evil has been raging on for a millennium. It has a chance to end, but has the hero of the side of good lost the will to live…``Harry Potter returns to the Dursleys care for the summer, but he finds the loss of Sirius hard to bear. He blames himself for his death. Voldemort doesn’t let him rest though, and soon Harry is flung back into his world. The war escalates, and more people die or join Voldemort. The fear of the Dark Lord reaches beyond the wizarding world and into the Muggle one. Both worlds will collide, as Harry will have to make the ultimate choice between what is right and what is easy. For in this war, some things are more important than life or death…
R. Complete.
Harry makes the cure for lycanthropy and cures Remus.
Harry Potter and the War of Shades by quintaped. NR
Seventh year - The scar connection becomes wide open, giving both Harry and Voldemort ever more detailed views into each other's mind. Harry works on practicing the message he gained in Egypt but Voldemort launches the Second War to fill Harry with hatred and anger and to strip him of all who are loyal to him. Ever more desperately Harry trains himself and others to fight, but something is making all of his friends fight each other. Harry must find a way to stop the internal warfare or Voldemort will be able to launch an attack on Hogwarts that will destroy all who are capable of resisting him, including Harry. Through all this, Harry must learn for himself how he will finally vanquish Voldemort.
Sequel to Harry Potter and the Goblin Rebellion,
Sequel Harry Potter and the Curse of Ages.
Complete. PG-13.
Home is the Farthest Way by ReeraTheRed. NR
When Lupin is offered a werewolf cure, he dreams of no longer living in dread of hurting or killing an innocent person. But will things go smoothly? RLSS, romance but NOT SLASH.
Sequel to Practically Brothers and The Wounded.
PG-13. Complete.
I Dream of Harry by DementorDelta. NR
Harry/Snape. Severus Snape finds a magical object--or does a magical object find Severus Snape? AU.
NC-17. WIP.
Harry is a Genie and cures Remus with Djin-magic.
Never Alone, Never Again by Bored Beyond Belief. NR
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?
PG-13. Complete.
Accidental cure after Lupin gets caught in a spell Harry casts that consumes Dark Magic.
One-shot sequel Make a Joyful Noise.
Of Titans and Dreams by threelade. NR
Post-OotP. Sometimes finding a family can be scary business as Harry finds out. Harry gets adopted by titans.
WIP. R.
The Titans use magic to cure Remus and also give him the power to cure others.
(The Longbottoms might also get cured lateron.)
Redemption by krtshadow. NR
Harry Potter has spent six years in Azkaban. Now, Dumbledore, Black and Lupin are here to retrieve him, now certain of his innocence. Will they be too late to save Harry's sanity? And if so, what does this mean for the world? AU after year 4.
PG. Complete.
Snape makes up a potion that cures lycanthropy.
The Skeleton at the Feast by Portkey. NR
Remus/Tonks. The Lupins react to news that a cure for lycanthropy has been discovered.
Sequel to Simply Red.
PG-13. One-shot.
new Switching Sides by Hopeaakarme. NR
There's a cure for lycanthropy: Switching the werewolf's gender. Remus is ready to take this cure, but as he becomes Remia Lupin, HER romantical relationship with Sirius goes also through some changes...
Complete. PG-13.
The Time of Destiny by Abraxan. #
Harry/Ginny, Ron/Hermione. Seventh year. Fight against Voldemort, teenage-problems, plots to kill Harry and more.
Sequel to The Refiner's Fire, one-shot sequel A Very Harry Christmas, two other one-shot-sequels.
Complete. R.
A cure has been discovered and Remus Lupin is undergoing it.
Towards Tomorrow by SSHenry.
Harry/Ginny, Ron/Hermione. Post-OotP. Harry's back at the Dursley's and is hearing voices that have nothing to do with Voldemort. Hermione spent the Summer with Krum, but will that be enough to spur Ron into telling her how he really feels? And what secrets is Ginny hiding?
PG-13. Complete.
Prequels Summer of the Serpent and The Forgotten Girl. Ginny-centric, post-CoS.
Life Is But a Dream.
Sequels Today the Tempest, Facing Future: The Revenge of the Lime Green Bowler Hat and Facing Future 2: Underhill.
Ginny can Heal with her hands and in the second part she heals Remus.
Cure for the Longbottoms
new After the End by Arabella and Zsenya. NR
Harry/Ginny. Post-Hogwarts. It's the summer after seventh year, and Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, and the rest of the wizarding world must learn to live without fear.
Complete. PG-13.
new Clouds Have Silver Linings by 2InsanitiesIn1. NR
Harry/Ginny. Harry has a horrible summer, followed by training, children and a soul mate. Will our young hero be able to handle it all, even when he finds out he has family he never thought he'd ever see.
(This is a rewrite and currently WIP. The finished original story with its sequels can be found via author's profile.) PG-13.
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. First part tells the story till Hogwarts, Second story the first two years, Third story is currently WIP and tells year 3 and 4. Very original story!
PG-13. WIP.
Meghan, the daughter of Sirius and Aletha, is the Heir of Ravenclaw, Neville the Heir of Hufflepuff. Together with a potion started by Andromeda Tonks and completed by Aletha they manage to cure Neville's parents.
new A Gryffindor, Tried and True by Meercat. NR
Voldemort discovers Snape's role as a spy. Harry is dying. Severus Snape, Hermione Granger, and Neville Longbottom to the rescue.
PG-13. Complete.
They find a cure by accident.
Harry Potter and the Dimensional Trunk by Ophichius. ##
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.
Complete. PG.
Harry Potter and the Manipulator of Destiny by Wheezy1. #
Harry/Hermione, Neville/Luna. Post OotP. Harry finds that Dumbledore has been less than honest or helpful with him, takes control of his own life and finds the training he needs from others.
Complete. PG-13.
The founderettes can combine their power and cure several patients.
Harry Potter and the Orb of Slytherin by mcjazzman32. NR.
Post-HBP. The world hangs on the courage of one person: Harry Potter. In a struggle between two different kinds of magic, that of love and hate, Harry must find the will to overcome the Evil One.
PG-13. WIP.
new Resonance by GreenGecko darkirony. ##
Gen. After Harry defeats Voldemort in his Sixth Year, Snape adopts him.
Complete. PG-13.
Sequels Revolutions and Resolutions WIP.
There's a partial cure for the Longbottoms. Harry has a talent for healing and can drive part of the curse out.
Towards Tomorrow by SSHenry.
Harry/Ginny, Ron/Hermione. Post-OotP. Harry's back at the Dursley's and is hearing voices that have nothing to do with Voldemort. Hermione spent the Summer with Krum, but will that be enough to spur Ron into telling her how he really feels? And what secrets is Ginny hiding?
PG-13. Complete.
Prequels Summer of the Serpent and The Forgotten Girl. Ginny-centric, post-CoS.
Life Is But a Dream.
Sequels Today the Tempest, Facing Future: The Revenge of the Lime Green Bowler Hat and Facing Future 2: Underhill.
Ginny can Heal with her hands and in the second part she heals the Longbottoms.
Where in the World is Harry Potter? by nonjon.
Harry/Ginny, Harry/Hermione, Harry/Tonks. Harry Potter fulfilled the prophecy and has since disappeared. Or has he? Tonks and Hermione are the lead Order members continuously hoping to track him down. The question is: can they keep up with him?
Complete. R. Humor.
Sequels The Untitled Cheekquel Project and You Did What!.
Harry gives several people (Hermione, Neville and Snape) the clues they need to re-develope a potion that cures the Cruciatus-damage.
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