Welcome to one of my ONC projects for 2024.
What fandom am I writing for?
Harry Potter
What prompt am I using?
I am using prompt six, "Your life as you know it has ended. Somewhere in Limbo you're met with the message: 'Something went wrong. Please try again.'"
How am I using this prompt?
In canon, Regulus Black's life as he knows it ends when he drowns in an Infiri-infested lake in a dark cave; in turn, his older brother Sirius Black's life as he knows it ends when he falls through the veil in the Ministry of Magic. From there, the two brothers wake to the reality of having mentally time-traveled to the summer before Regulus starts at Hogwarts with a lingering memory of limbo and the message of trying again, getting the chance to try again.
However, they're not getting simply one life to try again; they've four interchanging lives revolving around Regulus being sorted into a different one of the four houses of Hogwarts, with there being lingering impressions of the other three lives on top of that lingering memory of limbo and the message of trying again.
A major influence on this story is the various Anime I've seen where something goes wrong. A character gets a second chance to try again, but I wanted to change things up by not utilizing a "Groundhog Day" Loop or the Reset Button trope; instead, I'm going with the One Character, Multiple Lives trope going the Alternate Universes route with the addition of a second character living multiple lives alongside them.
Word Count
- Chapter 1 - 196
- Chapter 2 - 1,437
- Chapter 3 - 2,159 - The 2k milestone is towards the end of the second chapter.
- Chapter 4 - 3,086
- Chapter 5 - 3,895
- Chapter 6 - 4,951
- Chapter 7 - 5,584
- Chapter 8 - 6,971
- Chapter 9 - 7,540
- Chapter 10 - 8,643 - The 8 milestone mark is around the midway point of the tenth chapter.
- Chapter 11 - 9,288
- Chapter 12 - 9,955
- Chapter 13 - 11,039
- Chapter 14 - 11,712
- Chapter 15 - 12,821
- Chapter 16 - 13,719
- Chapter 17 - 14,898
- Chapter 18 - 15,681
- Chapter 19 - 16,592
- Chapter 20 - 17,317
- Chapter 21 - 18,022
- Chapter 22 - 18,761
- Chapter 23 - 19,229
- Chapter 24 - 20,349 - The 20k milestone mark is towards the end of chapter twenty-four.
- Chapter 25 - 20,847
- Chapter 26 - 21,567
- Chapter 27 - 21,894
- Chapter 28 - 22,409
- Chapter 29 - 23,461
- Chapter 30 - 24,816 FIN!
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The Four Interchanging Lives of Regulus Black (Harry Potter Fanfic)
FanfictionRegulus died in a dark lake. Sirius died falling through the veil. The brothers both awake with lingering memories of limbo's message of trying again as well as the multiple lives they're meant to proceed through simultaneously. Disclaimer - I don't...
