In the Viper's Nest, Fourth Year

Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
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In the Viper's Nest, Fourth Year
Characters
Draco Malfoy, Hermione Granger, Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy, Neville Longbottom, Blaise Zabini, Theodore Nott, Pansy Parkinson, Gregory Goyle, Vincent Crabbe, Daphne Greengrass, Millicent Bulstrode, Tracey Davis (Harry Potter)
Tags
Canon-Typical Violence Character Death Bigotry & Prejudice Blood and Violence Draco Malfoy is Bad at Feelings Dark Magic POV Draco Malfoy Human Sacrifice Slytherin Hermione Granger Hogwarts Fourth Year Slytherins Being Slytherins POV Hermione Granger Pagan Festivals Slytherin Politics Alternate Hogwarts House Sorting Dark Magic Rituals (Harry Potter) Occlumency (Harry Potter) cursing-both the magical and the expletive Recreational Potions Use (Read: Drug Use)
Summary
Don your white robes, light your bonfires, and check your dungeon for prisoners. Welcome to Wiltshire, Summer 1994. The Malfoys are throwing the Midsummer celebration of the century, and Draco's life is a slow motion explosion set to burn more than just him.He's accumulated a symphony of sins, and now it's time for him to face the music.This is a year of tragedy. This is the year everyone loses. This is Fourth Year. This is the year the Dark Lord will rise.This was enemies to lovers. Now it's lovers to enemies. Because this is the year that Hermione learns the true cost of being a Slytherin, and it's a cost too great to bear.Welcome to In the Viper's Nest, Part Two
Note
Originally chapters 1-10 were posted in the same fic as In the Viper's Nest. As of 12/2024 I separated it into its own fic. This is the sequel, and it's still unfinished/on hiatus.

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