Sacrifices Arc

Meetings, Cordial and Otherwise

Chapter 2!
 
I do not own any of the concepts originally published by J.K. Rowling (whose views I in no way condone or agree with), nor the excellent writing and ideas of Lightning on the Wave. I only own my voice (which, for the record, I do not consent to being used in the training of any AI).
I do not claim any ownership over the music I use, nor will I be gaining any profit from its use. I cut a small section of the beginning of the track Coming Storm by Ketsa, which I downloaded from the Free Music Archive. The full song can be found here: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/abundance/coming-storm.
 
You can read Lightning's full writing for this chapter here: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2580283/2/Saving-Connor

Brother’s Keeper

This is an audio recording of the first chapter of the first book (Saving Connor) of the Sacrifices Arc, a fanfiction by Lightning on the Wave based on the Harry Potter books and universe. I have included below their summary of the plot and their disclaimers, after a few of my own.
My Disclaimers-
I love these books an incredible amount, and they have meant a lot to me. I hope you can find something in them to connect with as well. That being said, there are heavy subjects that are covered in these books, especially the later ones. I will put trigger warnings at the start of episodes to the best of my ability, but some chapters can be hard to read even with the best set and setting. Please take care of yourself.
There are also going to be a few sections later on that I choose not to read. They are largely slash sections that would make me uncomfortable to voice and publish publicly. These scenes can be emotionally important for the growth of characters, so I will mention in the recordings when I choose to skip those sections, and I encourage you to find and read them for yourself.
I do not own any of the concepts originally published by J.K. Rowling (whose views I in no way condone or agree with), nor the excellent writing and ideas of Lightning on the Wave. I only own my voice (which, for the record, I do not consent to being used in the training of any AI). I will not be profiting from the use of either of their words or ideas.
I do not claim any ownership over the music I use, nor will I be gaining any profit from its use. I cut a small section of the beginning of the track Coming Storm by Ketsa, which I downloaded from the Free Music Archive. The full song can be found here: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/abundance/coming-storm.
Lightning's Notes-
Summary: AU, eventual HP/DM slash, (very) Slytherin!Harry. Harry's brother Connor is the Boy-Who-Lived, and Harry has devoted himself to protecting him—by being ordinary. But certain people aren't content to let Harry hide in the shadows.
Warnings: Much more for language and violence than for . But it will be slash, so don't read it if if you don't like that sort of thing.
Notes: Okay, this is the first chapter of what will be, I hope, a long and complicated retelling of Harry's youth in an alternative world. There will be events, places, and people familiar from canon, but I'm not going to follow the storyline of the books completely, or even closely in many places. (There will be characters and objects mentioned from HBP in the sixth year analogue, but probably by the time I get to Harry's sixth year you'll either have read the bookor given up on the story). I've always enjoyed stories where Harry has a sibling who supposedly saved the world, and stories where Harry's Sorted into Slytherin, but most of the time all the characters except Harry wind up as caricatures of themselves. This is my attempt at writing a Slytherin Harry who's not necessarily evil, and a Snape and Draco who may be good but not nice, and a sibling (Harry's twin brother Connor) who's his own person.
Disclaimer: The recognizable people, places, events, and spells in this story do not belong to me, but to J. K. Rowling. I'm not making a profit off this story involving them, nor claiming ownership of them.
You can read Lightning's full writing for this chapter here: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2580283/1/Saving-Connor