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In the Forest of Dean
A complete rewrite of Book Seven.
A darker, more dangerous, and more realistic outlook on war.
Mostly Hermione-centric.
Mostly follows canon, but provides a different look at how the relationships in HP could have formed had Hermione realized that she and Ron did not fit well together and that Harry, her best friend, was really what she was looking for the whole time. This is the story of what could have happened between Harry and Hermione in The Deathly Hallows after Ron leaves in a grittier war-torn world.
Features added subplots, alt POVs, and OC characters.
HHR is the main pairing, but this fic is about more than just their relationship. It is a fully developed story about the war following Hermione and her allies through the fight.
**This fic contains mature content, explicit language, and is dark in nature. PLEASE READ THE TAGS**
If you are looking for nothing but fluff, or a love story solely about HHR tackling everything alone without gaining a scratch, you will not find it here.
COMPLETE (but continuously editing)
A darker, more dangerous, and more realistic outlook on war.
Mostly Hermione-centric.
Mostly follows canon, but provides a different look at how the relationships in HP could have formed had Hermione realized that she and Ron did not fit well together and that Harry, her best friend, was really what she was looking for the whole time. This is the story of what could have happened between Harry and Hermione in The Deathly Hallows after Ron leaves in a grittier war-torn world.
Features added subplots, alt POVs, and OC characters.
HHR is the main pairing, but this fic is about more than just their relationship. It is a fully developed story about the war following Hermione and her allies through the fight.
**This fic contains mature content, explicit language, and is dark in nature. PLEASE READ THE TAGS**
If you are looking for nothing but fluff, or a love story solely about HHR tackling everything alone without gaining a scratch, you will not find it here.
COMPLETE (but continuously editing)
- GenresFan FictionRomance
3846 pages, ebook
Published January 1, 2019
28 people are currently reading
72 people want to read
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May 14, 2024
OMFG. I can't believe I'm done. I finished it. It is finally over. I'm so happy because it's taken me eight months to read this fanfic and now it's over. I loved it and hated it. It was so fucking perfect for me, what a part of me expected when I read the books and was so disappointed at reading that ending... So, this fanfic (along with others) gives me closure, and I'm so fucking happy at having read it.
May 2, 2023
Best Harmony I’ve ever read. Very gritty & more realistic version of war. Bamf Hermione & Harry, very morally grey but I absolutely loved it.
July 20, 2022
Had to recheck the completion status because it ends abruptly, it's complete.
October 18, 2025
God, this is probably the longest story I've ever read in my life so far... and it is a fanfiction. This would be seems so silly for others, but I really REALLY need this fanfiction to be the real Seventh book of Harry Potter. God, I wish there is movie for this so I could watch it over and over again like I did with the real movie. now I don't think I could read and watch the real ones now that I know of this story. Oh my, this alternative story is so so SOOOOOOOOO much better.
I genuinely impressed with all the magical work here - the potion the charms the dark magic the rune the history - everything. how did you write all that stuff? where is this knowledge of Harry Potter world from, is there a book of it? I would be even more impressed if half of it are your own ideas. it was so amazing.
I'm sure everyone with logical mind would agree that Dumbledore is a fucking ass, and I'm glad you brought Nasir here. It's certainly what Harry and Hermione needed. all those times on the tent like stupid, they really needed someone like Nasir.
everything is so brutal tho. the pain, the torture, the description of all of it... the dark thought, the anxiety. everything. how did you write all of that? the war. how you describe them. I wish I could do legilimency so I could see how your minds works to write all of this. and the patience to write around 3000++ pages? that's so inhumane. how did you do this?
one thing that I'm sad I didn't see here is to see how much Harry loves Hermione. like, Hermione suffered so greatly for her love for Harry, I really wish I could see Harry suffered in a way to protect Hermione or stuff like that. The only times I see him a bit suffering was when Nasir put that core of his wand to his arm. wished there are more of him suffering at least as much Hermione did.
but anyway - this is really the greatest alternative ending and story of book seventh. I keep wishing this is the real book, and I think my mind will keep telling me this is the real story instead the canon one. lol.
you are such a great human being. everything you've done for this story - thank you so much for this. thank you, thank you so much.
I genuinely impressed with all the magical work here - the potion the charms the dark magic the rune the history - everything. how did you write all that stuff? where is this knowledge of Harry Potter world from, is there a book of it? I would be even more impressed if half of it are your own ideas. it was so amazing.
I'm sure everyone with logical mind would agree that Dumbledore is a fucking ass, and I'm glad you brought Nasir here. It's certainly what Harry and Hermione needed. all those times on the tent like stupid, they really needed someone like Nasir.
everything is so brutal tho. the pain, the torture, the description of all of it... the dark thought, the anxiety. everything. how did you write all of that? the war. how you describe them. I wish I could do legilimency so I could see how your minds works to write all of this. and the patience to write around 3000++ pages? that's so inhumane. how did you do this?
one thing that I'm sad I didn't see here is to see how much Harry loves Hermione. like, Hermione suffered so greatly for her love for Harry, I really wish I could see Harry suffered in a way to protect Hermione or stuff like that. The only times I see him a bit suffering was when Nasir put that core of his wand to his arm. wished there are more of him suffering at least as much Hermione did.
but anyway - this is really the greatest alternative ending and story of book seventh. I keep wishing this is the real book, and I think my mind will keep telling me this is the real story instead the canon one. lol.
you are such a great human being. everything you've done for this story - thank you so much for this. thank you, thank you so much.
August 15, 2022
A well written and enjoyable story that’s just not for me. The Ginny interlude was by far my favorite part and a good dropping point for me.
-DNF Ch 7/87
-DNF Ch 7/87
June 10, 2024
I skipped to (some of) the epilogue after chapter 52.
May 24, 2025
Idees molt interessants de la màgia ben explicades i contextualitzades, moltes trames amb un sentit més clar que l’original. Potser una mica massa literal amb alguns capítols…
September 26, 2025
I absolutely love it.
August 5, 2024
Drags on too long, each arc could have been cut down drastically. Appreciate the grittiness of war, and some actual character growth in Ron.
Ending was very abrupt.
Ending was very abrupt.
November 23, 2025
I should stop rereading this... it's just so good, sometimes I'm like "uu remember that scene? I want to read that scene" and I end up reading the whole entire thing again, please someone just stop me idk
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