The Lie I've Lived
The Lie I've Lived, a Harry Potter Alternate Universe Fic by jbern that picks up right at the end of Prisoner Of Azkaban. By blasting a couple hundred Dementors away, something inside Harry breaks loose: all of James Potter's memories. And Harry quickly finds himself wondering if he really is Harry with James' memories... or James living on in Harry's body.
From here we get an expanded Triwizard Tournament, one of the best takes on The Sorting Hat, and Harry or HJ to fans kicking ass and taking names. A sequel is supposedly in the works, but his first Fanfic, Turn Me Loose, and his original novel are taking precedence.
Tropes used in The Lie I've Lived include:
- Beta Couple: Penelope Clearwater and Oliver Wood
- Blood Magic: Harry uses his blood to temporarily seal Durmstrang's geist away.
- Harry's blood on an object weakens Voldemort's ability to use magic on it.
- Chivalrous Pervert: Harry
- Crucified Hero Shot: When Dumbledore's body is recovered.
- Dangerous Forbidden Technique: The Dykstra Shuffle, which involves switching body parts with someone else, and Harry does this with a badly burned left lung.
- Defrosting Ice Queen: Fleur. Before then, Harry and the Hat would often refer to her as a frigid/ice bitch.
- Disc One Final Boss: Igor Karkaroff, who kills Dumbledore from behind before being killed by Harry.
- Dungeon Bypass: Harry uses Fawkes' fire traveling ability to attack Death Eaters in their homes.
- Gender Equals Breed: Occurs when pureblood Veela have children with Muggles: the children are always Veela.
- Ghost Memory: Harry having James' memories.
- Grand Theft Me: Harry wonders at several points if he's really a formerly-amnesiac James surviving on in his own son's body.
- Great Big Book of Everything: The Potter Anybook.
- Honey Trap: Tracey and Millicent try this on Harry. It fails.
- Hot Springs Episode: Whenever Harry comes upon Fleur's grotto.
- I Love You Because I Can't Control You: Part of Fleur's initial attraction to Harry.
- Jerkass: Viktor Krum.
- Literal Surveillance Bug: The spyfly.
- Load-Bearing Boss: Durmstrang's geist serves this role for their ship.
- Mobile Suit Human: The golem that the Sorting Hat uses to get around.
- Painting the Fourth Wall: Because the story is told as HJ's thoughts, the Hat can interject at any time, usually at points where you forget that you're reading someone's thoughts.
- Psycho Supporter: Dobby serves as one for Harry
- Shout-Out: "Yeah, just call me 'Ambassador Potter', expert at foreign diplomacy and purveyor of international goodwill." A shoutout to his other work, Bungle in the Jungle.
- Side Bet: Usually between Harry and Fleur, but the others jump in sometimes.
- Sir Swearsalot: The Sorting Hat.
- Teen Genius: All the tournament champions are this in one way or another.
- Trickster Mentor: The Sorting Hat.
