Harry Potter (Draco/Harry): A World Without a Savior

Harry Potter died,

Deep in the Forbidden Forest, after destroying the last Horcrux.

That stupid scarhead.

Was the burden of being the Chosen One really worth dying for so calmly?

If time could turn back and we could start over,

If our first meeting wasn't such a disaster,

If I reached out to you again

before the Sorting Ceremony for the new students at Hogwarts,

would you take my hand?

In a parallel world, Draco is reborn and grows up alongside Harry, learning how to love. The story is tentatively divided by timeline into the Hogwarts arc, the Beauxbatons arc, the Durmstrang arc, the international Triwizard Tournament arc (a new competition retaining the old name as a historical tribute, with a league of several schools and participants no longer limited to Europe's three magical schools; a few original characters may appear later), the North American field training arc (including Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry), and the post-graduation European war arc.

Changes to the setting include: the intelligent magical peoples are wizards, vampires, elves, fairies, werewolves, centaurs, merpeople, and others. The Dark Lord has not split his soul into Horcruxes. Instead, he has formed an alliance with wizards who believe in pure-blood supremacy and other powerful pure-blood magical peoples. This faction favors intermarriage and shared rule among pure-blood magical lineages, with a strict hierarchy based on blood. After Voldemort Gaunt ignited conflict between the different peoples, the magical world of mainland Europe is now divided and ruled by different factions according to their spheres of influence, with fighting raging over local territories. The legendary 1945 duel between the Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald and the White wizard Albus Dumbledore never took place. Grindelwald's main sphere of influence covers geographical regions corresponding to the Muggle countries of Germany, Poland, Austria, and others. Nurmengard Castle remains the center of power for the lands ruled by him and his followers, who believe in