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The Disappearances of Draco Malfoy
The night that Harry and Dumbledore return from the cave, the Death Eaters are delayed from reaching the top of the Astronomy Tower for one more minute. Draco Malfoy lowers his wand.
A Deathly Hallows rewrite in which Draco accepts Dumbledore's offer to fake his death and go into hiding with the Order of the Phoenix.
A Deathly Hallows rewrite in which Draco accepts Dumbledore's offer to fake his death and go into hiding with the Order of the Phoenix.
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First published June 18, 2021
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April 24, 2022
4.5 ⭐ In my mind, The Disappearances of Draco Malfoy is the official 7th book in the Harry Potter series.
Words: 296,116 | Chapters: 33
During that fateful night in the astronomy tower, what would have happened if Draco Malfoy made a different choice? What if he accepted Dumbledore's help?
This is that story.
Summary:
Moments before Death Eaters arrive at the astronomy tower, Dumbledore fakes Draco's death and sends him (and his parents) to Grimmauld Place.
No one is very receptive to the idea of having known Voldemort supporters at The Order of the Phoenix Headquarters, but they have nowhere else to go. If the Malfoys return to Voldemort, he will kill them for Draco's betrayal. So their only option is to stay with The Order until they devise a plan to flee the country.
After the location of Grimmauld Place is compromised, the Malfoys find themselves at the Burrow. The night of Bill and Fleur's wedding, Death Eaters attack after overtaking the Ministry. Draco is separated from his parents during the chaos and reluctantly finds himself hunting Horcruxes with the Golden Trio.
Deathly Hallows AU | Horcrux Hunting | Draco Redemption | Action | Adventure | YA Romance | Slow Burn | Enemies To Friends To Lovers
My Thoughts:
Call me crazy, but The Disappearances of Draco Malfoy is better than Deathly Hallows. I was so impressed that the writing had a similar tone and consistency to JK Rowling's, so this story seamlessly fits with the rest of the series. But honestly, this story is so much better. The plot is way more creative, the world-building is flawless, and the Draco redemption arc is everything I wanted/needed. I'm in awe that the author was somehow able to take Deathly Hallows and re-write it in a way that was new, engaging, and overall, better. Bravo! 👏
If you're worried about it being too similar to the original plot of Deathly Hallows . . . don't be. The storyline is COMPLETELY DIFFERENT while containing similar key elements surrounding Horcrux hunting. Here's just a couple of important differences (without any hardcore spoilers): they find Ravenclaw's diadem early and use its powers, The Order is more present in this story and plays a much larger role in helping Harry, and the Deluminator is actually given a useful function instead of being a stupid light that guides Ron back to the gang. There are also many riveting action scenes like the Ministry break-in, the Christmas Gala at Malfoy Manor, and the Battle of Azkaban!
Draco's redemption arc is everything. I always thought there was so much potential with his character, and this author took that potential and turned it into perfection.
Draco starts extremely closed off, prejudice, and unyielding. However, as he spends time with Hermione, he is confronted with the reality that maybe his parent's pureblood ideologies are rubbish, and muggles and muggle-borns are not actually a threat to the wizarding world.
Since the story is in Draco's POV, we see him struggle with these old beliefs, and we have front-row seats to his internal battle between his desire for self-preservation versus his desire to do the right thing.
Sorry to go on and on about Draco, but I love him in this fanfic!!! The author did an incredible job developing his character. He's so smart, perceptive, and brings a unique perspective during the Horcrux hunt. His observant nature also allows him to pick up on people's behaviors/emotions and manage them.
For example, when Draco is with the Golden Trio in the Slytherin common room and they're about to get caught by Death Eaters, Harry says something that causes Hermione to panic and loses focus on working on her escape plan, but Draco makes a snarky comment he knows will turn her panic into determination. Draco's ability to read people is a valuable trait that helps the Golden Trio and The Order multiple times throughout this story.
I LOVE Draco and Hermine's relationship. The development of their relationship is realistic and endearing. It's a very slow-burn, enemies-to-friends-to-lovers story that is appropriate for YA readers (15+). Their relationship is not the focus; more like a major side plot that's artfully woven into the main storyline.
Just FYI, there is zero spice in this story, but don't let that deter you from reading. As someone who loves smut, I can wholeheartedly say it is not needed to keep your attention.
Let me leave you with this quote from one of my favorite Dramione moments:
“If I still felt that I needed to forgive you,” Hermione said softly, “I’m not sure that I’d be able to. But it’s been a long time since I looked at you and saw someone to forgive.” She touched his jaw, his neck, his shoulder. “I-I see someone else now.”
Draco did look at her then, and Hermione saw his fear and exhaustion and splintered pride—but she also saw desire, and painful hope, and abject gratitude. It was the look of someone setting down a burden that weighed as much as a past life. It was the look of someone who, in confessing his shame, had finally taken the first, most painful step away from it.
She smiled and said, “I see you.”
Awwwww 🥺♥️
Ron's character development was surprising and incredible. In the original HP series, I never really liked Ron. I found him annoying, immature, and insecure. At the beginning of this fanfic, Ron has these traits and they cause him to leave the gang, similar to what happened in Deathly Hallows. But then, about two-thirds of the way through the story, Ron shows incredible growth and gets his own mini-redemption arc. I can now say that I absolutely LOVE Ron, and this story does him justice! This version of Ron is exactly who he is meant to be.
Overall, The Disappearances of Draco Malfoy is one of the most creative Harry Potter fanfics and definitely the best Deathly Hallows re-write. Trust me, you need to read this immediately!
*This isn't a fanfic I binged in one night or would reread a bunch just because it's so long and dense like the HP series. I only give 5 stars to books I would immediately reread, so that's why I gave it 4.5 stars. BUT this story deserves to be read by all Harry Potter fans, not just Dramione fans. So if you're looking for a captivating alternative Deathly Hallows story with a Draco redemption arc, please give this a shot!
Favorite Quotes
There was no hiding from the Dark Lord. No room for nuance or affection or protection. There was only truth, and death.
-----------------------------
"The old man trusted people because he thought he knew everything about everyone. He didn’t think anyone could possibly surprise him. He wasn’t being noble, Granger, he was being arrogant."
-----------------------------
"What good was it to die for the people you loved, if you forfeited living for them instead."
-----------------------------
Trust wasn’t security. It was its absence. A step into nothing, with the hope that something solid would rise to meet you.
-----------------------------
"They did these things because there was no world for them if they didn’t.”
-----------------------------
If he truly no longer believed what his family lived by, if he really was a blood traitor like his aunt, his old life was lost. . . In the new world, he would be able to care openly about Hermione, be friends with her openly, make her smile whenever he wanted, even have his thoughts of kissing her … he could want her, and it could be simple. Allowed.
He wanted the world that had her in it.
-----------------------------
He was both attentive and intuitive to a degree that made Hermione feel like she’d stepped into a spotlight for the first time in her life.
-----------------------------
They couldn’t fight like soldiers, and so they would die like children.
-----------------------------
"I’m not afraid of death. Are you?”
-----------------------------
My Current Dramione Fanfic Rankings
⭐ = Must-Reads
🌶️ = Best Smut
Novels (150,000+ words):
1. Manacled - SenLinYu ⭐
2. Remain Nameless - HeyJude19 ⭐🌶️
3. Cruel and Beautiful World - Lena Phoria
4. The Disappearances of Draco Malfoy - Speechwriter ⭐
5. Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love - thisisselfcare ⭐
6. Various Storms and Saints - ViridianAtNight
7. Isolation - Bex-Chan ⭐
8. Bring Him To His Knees - Musyc 🌶️
9. The Auction - LovesBitca8 ⭐
10. All You Want - SenLinYu 🌶️
11. Breath Mints / Battle Scars - Onyx_and_Elm 🌶️
12. The Right Thing To Do - LovesBitca8
13. Beginning and End - MightBeWriting
14. The Gloriana Set - ThebeMoon
15. Love In A Time Of The Zombie Apocalypse - RizzleWrites
16. All The Wrong Things - LovesBitca8
17. Hunted - Bex-Chan
18. The Fallout - EveryThursday (DNF)
Novellas (less than 150,000 words):
1. Hot For Teacher - MotherOfBulls ⭐🌶️
2. Apple Pies and Other Amends - ToEatAPeach ⭐
3. Thirteenth Night - Nelpher ⭐
4. Sex Ed - MrBenzedrine89 🌶️
5. Still Life - monsterleadmehome
6. A Second Look - RiverWriter
7. The Best Of Me - MrsRen
8. Silencio - AkashaTheKitty
9. Wait and Hope - MightBeWriting
10. Between Certifiable and Bliss - HeyJude19
11.Atonement - Lunamionny
12. Incomplete - Niffizzle
13. Love and Other Misfortunes - SenLinYu
14. An Indefinite Amount of Forever - MotherOfBulls (sequel)
15. Making Amends - slytherin_prince27
16. Proximate - In_Dreams
17. The List - AureliaBlack90
18. The Cherry Pit - rubykrishna (DNF)
19. The Erised Effect - Ada_P_Rix
Short Stories (less than 50,000 words):
1. Movements, Contrived and Improvised - HeyJude19 ⭐
2. Best Shot - AccioMjolnir ⭐
3. The Library of Alexandria - SenLinYu ⭐
4. The First Rule of Fight Club… - LadyKenz347
5. Until The Ink Runs Dry & Indelible Ink - AccioMjolnir
6. Break For Me - Ada_P_Rix 🌶️
7. Call It What You Want - HawthorneWhisperer
8. Under The Wings of The Shadow - AccioMjolnir
9. The Watergaw - smokybaltic
10. Amends - thelashjedi
11. Write For Me - Ada_P_Rix
12. Ties That Bind - TattoosAndHighHeeledShoes
12. Amateur Cartography - worksofstone
13. Blood Rights - uselessenglishmajor
14. Big Dick Energy - louiseob
15. Jammed - Ada_P_Rix
16. One and Done - PacificRimbaud
One Shots (less than 15,000 words):
1. Your Lonely Calls To Me - SenLinYu ⭐
2. The Unbearable Tedium of Romance - smokybaltic
3. For Her - dirtymudblood
4. Because You’ll Like it - BedtimeFantasies 🌶️
5. Stupid Games - SenLinYu 🌶️
6. A Patient Man - LadyKenz347
7. Between Pages - DarkoftheMoon
8. An Unlikely Companion & An Unlikely Family - happy_valley
9. Potions, Perfume, and Apples - ellywolf111
10. Les Pelerins - PacificRumbaud
11. Like A Dagger To The Heart - hxllowsandhorcruxes
12. Fantasy - krissyxkat 🌶️
13. Head over Dragonhide Thigh High Heels - rubykrishna
14. Coming Down - nikitajobson and raven_maiden
15. A Matter of Practicality - OlivieBlake
16. Mistletoe - CatmintandThyme
17. Elevator - its_banannaz
18. Preface - ephemeraltoxic
19. Red or Green - SenLinYu
20. Friends - poppyclocks
21. Familiar Faces, Worn Out Places - LovesBitca8
22. The Art of Seating Etiquette - inadaze22
23. Self-Preservation - SenLinYu
24. Height - SenLinYu
25. Minimal Risk - Galfoy
26. The Seduction - SenLinYu
27. Chasing For Keeps - In_Dreams
28. The Labyrinth - AccioMjolnir
29. Who Am I To You? - ViridianAtNight
30. Knee Socks - trix_of_bella
31. Quiver - Keii_sha
Words: 296,116 | Chapters: 33
During that fateful night in the astronomy tower, what would have happened if Draco Malfoy made a different choice? What if he accepted Dumbledore's help?
This is that story.
Summary:
Moments before Death Eaters arrive at the astronomy tower, Dumbledore fakes Draco's death and sends him (and his parents) to Grimmauld Place.
No one is very receptive to the idea of having known Voldemort supporters at The Order of the Phoenix Headquarters, but they have nowhere else to go. If the Malfoys return to Voldemort, he will kill them for Draco's betrayal. So their only option is to stay with The Order until they devise a plan to flee the country.
After the location of Grimmauld Place is compromised, the Malfoys find themselves at the Burrow. The night of Bill and Fleur's wedding, Death Eaters attack after overtaking the Ministry. Draco is separated from his parents during the chaos and reluctantly finds himself hunting Horcruxes with the Golden Trio.
Deathly Hallows AU | Horcrux Hunting | Draco Redemption | Action | Adventure | YA Romance | Slow Burn | Enemies To Friends To Lovers
My Thoughts:
Call me crazy, but The Disappearances of Draco Malfoy is better than Deathly Hallows. I was so impressed that the writing had a similar tone and consistency to JK Rowling's, so this story seamlessly fits with the rest of the series. But honestly, this story is so much better. The plot is way more creative, the world-building is flawless, and the Draco redemption arc is everything I wanted/needed. I'm in awe that the author was somehow able to take Deathly Hallows and re-write it in a way that was new, engaging, and overall, better. Bravo! 👏
If you're worried about it being too similar to the original plot of Deathly Hallows . . . don't be. The storyline is COMPLETELY DIFFERENT while containing similar key elements surrounding Horcrux hunting. Here's just a couple of important differences (without any hardcore spoilers): they find Ravenclaw's diadem early and use its powers, The Order is more present in this story and plays a much larger role in helping Harry, and the Deluminator is actually given a useful function instead of being a stupid light that guides Ron back to the gang. There are also many riveting action scenes like the Ministry break-in, the Christmas Gala at Malfoy Manor, and the Battle of Azkaban!
Draco's redemption arc is everything. I always thought there was so much potential with his character, and this author took that potential and turned it into perfection.
Draco starts extremely closed off, prejudice, and unyielding. However, as he spends time with Hermione, he is confronted with the reality that maybe his parent's pureblood ideologies are rubbish, and muggles and muggle-borns are not actually a threat to the wizarding world.
Since the story is in Draco's POV, we see him struggle with these old beliefs, and we have front-row seats to his internal battle between his desire for self-preservation versus his desire to do the right thing.
Sorry to go on and on about Draco, but I love him in this fanfic!!! The author did an incredible job developing his character. He's so smart, perceptive, and brings a unique perspective during the Horcrux hunt. His observant nature also allows him to pick up on people's behaviors/emotions and manage them.
For example, when Draco is with the Golden Trio in the Slytherin common room and they're about to get caught by Death Eaters, Harry says something that causes Hermione to panic and loses focus on working on her escape plan, but Draco makes a snarky comment he knows will turn her panic into determination. Draco's ability to read people is a valuable trait that helps the Golden Trio and The Order multiple times throughout this story.
I LOVE Draco and Hermine's relationship. The development of their relationship is realistic and endearing. It's a very slow-burn, enemies-to-friends-to-lovers story that is appropriate for YA readers (15+). Their relationship is not the focus; more like a major side plot that's artfully woven into the main storyline.
Just FYI, there is zero spice in this story, but don't let that deter you from reading. As someone who loves smut, I can wholeheartedly say it is not needed to keep your attention.
Let me leave you with this quote from one of my favorite Dramione moments:
“If I still felt that I needed to forgive you,” Hermione said softly, “I’m not sure that I’d be able to. But it’s been a long time since I looked at you and saw someone to forgive.” She touched his jaw, his neck, his shoulder. “I-I see someone else now.”
Draco did look at her then, and Hermione saw his fear and exhaustion and splintered pride—but she also saw desire, and painful hope, and abject gratitude. It was the look of someone setting down a burden that weighed as much as a past life. It was the look of someone who, in confessing his shame, had finally taken the first, most painful step away from it.
She smiled and said, “I see you.”
Awwwww 🥺♥️
Ron's character development was surprising and incredible. In the original HP series, I never really liked Ron. I found him annoying, immature, and insecure. At the beginning of this fanfic, Ron has these traits and they cause him to leave the gang, similar to what happened in Deathly Hallows. But then, about two-thirds of the way through the story, Ron shows incredible growth and gets his own mini-redemption arc. I can now say that I absolutely LOVE Ron, and this story does him justice! This version of Ron is exactly who he is meant to be.
Overall, The Disappearances of Draco Malfoy is one of the most creative Harry Potter fanfics and definitely the best Deathly Hallows re-write. Trust me, you need to read this immediately!
*This isn't a fanfic I binged in one night or would reread a bunch just because it's so long and dense like the HP series. I only give 5 stars to books I would immediately reread, so that's why I gave it 4.5 stars. BUT this story deserves to be read by all Harry Potter fans, not just Dramione fans. So if you're looking for a captivating alternative Deathly Hallows story with a Draco redemption arc, please give this a shot!
Favorite Quotes
There was no hiding from the Dark Lord. No room for nuance or affection or protection. There was only truth, and death.
-----------------------------
"The old man trusted people because he thought he knew everything about everyone. He didn’t think anyone could possibly surprise him. He wasn’t being noble, Granger, he was being arrogant."
-----------------------------
"What good was it to die for the people you loved, if you forfeited living for them instead."
-----------------------------
Trust wasn’t security. It was its absence. A step into nothing, with the hope that something solid would rise to meet you.
-----------------------------
"They did these things because there was no world for them if they didn’t.”
-----------------------------
If he truly no longer believed what his family lived by, if he really was a blood traitor like his aunt, his old life was lost. . . In the new world, he would be able to care openly about Hermione, be friends with her openly, make her smile whenever he wanted, even have his thoughts of kissing her … he could want her, and it could be simple. Allowed.
He wanted the world that had her in it.
-----------------------------
He was both attentive and intuitive to a degree that made Hermione feel like she’d stepped into a spotlight for the first time in her life.
-----------------------------
They couldn’t fight like soldiers, and so they would die like children.
-----------------------------
"I’m not afraid of death. Are you?”
-----------------------------
My Current Dramione Fanfic Rankings
⭐ = Must-Reads
🌶️ = Best Smut
Novels (150,000+ words):
1. Manacled - SenLinYu ⭐
2. Remain Nameless - HeyJude19 ⭐🌶️
3. Cruel and Beautiful World - Lena Phoria
4. The Disappearances of Draco Malfoy - Speechwriter ⭐
5. Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love - thisisselfcare ⭐
6. Various Storms and Saints - ViridianAtNight
7. Isolation - Bex-Chan ⭐
8. Bring Him To His Knees - Musyc 🌶️
9. The Auction - LovesBitca8 ⭐
10. All You Want - SenLinYu 🌶️
11. Breath Mints / Battle Scars - Onyx_and_Elm 🌶️
12. The Right Thing To Do - LovesBitca8
13. Beginning and End - MightBeWriting
14. The Gloriana Set - ThebeMoon
15. Love In A Time Of The Zombie Apocalypse - RizzleWrites
16. All The Wrong Things - LovesBitca8
17. Hunted - Bex-Chan
18. The Fallout - EveryThursday (DNF)
Novellas (less than 150,000 words):
1. Hot For Teacher - MotherOfBulls ⭐🌶️
2. Apple Pies and Other Amends - ToEatAPeach ⭐
3. Thirteenth Night - Nelpher ⭐
4. Sex Ed - MrBenzedrine89 🌶️
5. Still Life - monsterleadmehome
6. A Second Look - RiverWriter
7. The Best Of Me - MrsRen
8. Silencio - AkashaTheKitty
9. Wait and Hope - MightBeWriting
10. Between Certifiable and Bliss - HeyJude19
11.Atonement - Lunamionny
12. Incomplete - Niffizzle
13. Love and Other Misfortunes - SenLinYu
14. An Indefinite Amount of Forever - MotherOfBulls (sequel)
15. Making Amends - slytherin_prince27
16. Proximate - In_Dreams
17. The List - AureliaBlack90
18. The Cherry Pit - rubykrishna (DNF)
19. The Erised Effect - Ada_P_Rix
Short Stories (less than 50,000 words):
1. Movements, Contrived and Improvised - HeyJude19 ⭐
2. Best Shot - AccioMjolnir ⭐
3. The Library of Alexandria - SenLinYu ⭐
4. The First Rule of Fight Club… - LadyKenz347
5. Until The Ink Runs Dry & Indelible Ink - AccioMjolnir
6. Break For Me - Ada_P_Rix 🌶️
7. Call It What You Want - HawthorneWhisperer
8. Under The Wings of The Shadow - AccioMjolnir
9. The Watergaw - smokybaltic
10. Amends - thelashjedi
11. Write For Me - Ada_P_Rix
12. Ties That Bind - TattoosAndHighHeeledShoes
12. Amateur Cartography - worksofstone
13. Blood Rights - uselessenglishmajor
14. Big Dick Energy - louiseob
15. Jammed - Ada_P_Rix
16. One and Done - PacificRimbaud
One Shots (less than 15,000 words):
1. Your Lonely Calls To Me - SenLinYu ⭐
2. The Unbearable Tedium of Romance - smokybaltic
3. For Her - dirtymudblood
4. Because You’ll Like it - BedtimeFantasies 🌶️
5. Stupid Games - SenLinYu 🌶️
6. A Patient Man - LadyKenz347
7. Between Pages - DarkoftheMoon
8. An Unlikely Companion & An Unlikely Family - happy_valley
9. Potions, Perfume, and Apples - ellywolf111
10. Les Pelerins - PacificRumbaud
11. Like A Dagger To The Heart - hxllowsandhorcruxes
12. Fantasy - krissyxkat 🌶️
13. Head over Dragonhide Thigh High Heels - rubykrishna
14. Coming Down - nikitajobson and raven_maiden
15. A Matter of Practicality - OlivieBlake
16. Mistletoe - CatmintandThyme
17. Elevator - its_banannaz
18. Preface - ephemeraltoxic
19. Red or Green - SenLinYu
20. Friends - poppyclocks
21. Familiar Faces, Worn Out Places - LovesBitca8
22. The Art of Seating Etiquette - inadaze22
23. Self-Preservation - SenLinYu
24. Height - SenLinYu
25. Minimal Risk - Galfoy
26. The Seduction - SenLinYu
27. Chasing For Keeps - In_Dreams
28. The Labyrinth - AccioMjolnir
29. Who Am I To You? - ViridianAtNight
30. Knee Socks - trix_of_bella
31. Quiver - Keii_sha
March 2, 2025
2023
let's be fucking for real, HOW is this not canon?
from now on, this is my ending. this is the 7th book. the original ending is PALE in comparison. this is CHEF'S KISS from the first letter to the last.
292k words of pure perfection.
2025
I stand by what I said two years ago.
let's be fucking for real, HOW is this not canon?
from now on, this is my ending. this is the 7th book. the original ending is PALE in comparison. this is CHEF'S KISS from the first letter to the last.
292k words of pure perfection.
2025
I stand by what I said two years ago.
June 10, 2022
This fanfic is superior to all others.👏🏻 (channeling my inner Draco).
I'm a slut for everything dark, depraved and filthy but this was so good it make me giddy. It's been months and I can't stop thinking about it.
The writing was exceptional.
Their connection was so genuine, the build up slow and steady so when it finally, finally happened it was so satisfying.
I'm a slut for everything dark, depraved and filthy but this was so good it make me giddy. It's been months and I can't stop thinking about it.
The writing was exceptional.
"Slytherin was the murky fog of not having every answer innately. Slytherin was the long conflict before the resolution. Slytherin was Draco himself, and every day he decided what that meant."
Their connection was so genuine, the build up slow and steady so when it finally, finally happened it was so satisfying.
"To everything she did, he’d react: if she brushed her hand against his waist, he’d mirror it, tracing his thumb over her hip; if she smiled into a kiss, he’d cup the back of her neck and pull her closer. He noticed everything, he was studious, he was both attentive and intuitive to a degree that made Hermione feel like she’d stepped into a spotlight for the first time in her life."
January 27, 2025
‧₊˚✧final review✧˚₊‧
start on: 12.3.24
end on: 1.14.25
❝What good was it to die for the people you loved, if you forfeited living for them instead?❞
‧₊˚🖇️✩₊housekeeping˚🎧⊹♡
·˚ ༘₊·꒰➳: ̗̀➛ possible minor spoilers, any large spoilers are covered.
·˚ ༘₊·꒰➳: ̗̀➛my rating is 4.25 stars
·˚ ༘₊·꒰➳: ̗̀➛ minor cussing in this review <33 (depeding on what you consider 'minor')
🫧𓇼𓏲rest of review✩‧₊˚🎐
·˚ ༘₊· ͟͟͞͞꒰➳ genre: Harry Potter Fanfiction (specifically Dramione)
·˚ ༘₊· ͟͟͞͞꒰➳ what to expect + content warnings
➳ 3rd person past tense
➳ dual pov with some other interspersed povs
➳ Harry Potter 7th Year Rewrite
➳ Draco x Hermione fic
·˚ ༘₊· ͟͟͞͞꒰➳★★★★☆
·˚ ༘₊· ͟͟͞͞꒰➳ ᰔᩚ(1)/5 (spice rating)
·˚ ༘₊· ͟͟͞͞꒰➳ ❀❀(2)/5 (fluff rating)
「 ✦The Disappearances of Draco Malfoy ✦ 」
(noun) Audrey loves Dramione! (and evidently Brooklyn 99)
I Wanna Be Yours
↻ ◁ II ▷ ↺
1:35 ───ㅇ───── 3:47
❝Secrets I have held in my heart❞
☁️ . . . ⇢ ˗ˏˋ overall thoughts
╰┈➤ ❝He was the one who had said her name to bring her back to herself.❞
Seeing as this was my first Dramione fic ever, I went into it with 0 expectations (besides the fact that my good friend humna rated in 5 stars, of course). And I think that, if I had read it a little while back, I would have rated it 5 stars. However, I’ve just been getting more and more picky about my ratings, and if a book doesn’t hit I can’t consider it 5 stars anymore. But anyways, I did really enjoy this book (fic? what's the correct term?), there were just a few things off and something missing that pushed me to give it 4.25 stars instead of 5.
˚˖𓍢ִ໋🌷͙֒✧˚.🎀༘⋆ writing style
╰┈➤ ❝Every time it was tying on a blindfold. Every time it was talking into the dark.❞
I used to think that all fanfiction was just bad writing and smut. Now I can see that that is not the case. Speechwriter did such a good job. Their descriptions are sooo visceral and I could spend days just reading them over and over again, even if this were their only fic. The way they described Draco from Hermione’s eyes I- ohmygod it was literally to DIE for I’m so serious.
♡₊˚ 🦢・₊ ♪ ✧ plot
╰┈➤ ❝They did these things because there was no world for them if they didn’t.❞
As I mentioned earlier, and as mentioned in the official synopsis, this is a retelling of the 7th Harry Potter book in which Draco Malfoy joins the golden trio on their quest for horcruxes. And of course, you hit all the important points - the fall of the ministry, Ron leaving, etc. But every thing about how they find the horcruxes, where they station the order, where Ron goes…it’s all flipped right on its head. And honestly? I like the way this was done more than the original plot - which is sooo often not the case for rewrites.
On the other hand, a few things I wish had/n’t happened:
Draco’s reaction to. While that scene doesn’t explicitly happen in this version of the story, we do come pretty close, and honestly I’m kind of sad because Speechwriter had the opportunity to do something like that. But it's okay.
We traded Remus and Snape and Tonks for .
✧˖*°࿐ world building
╰┈➤ ❝The Ministry had changed.❞
If you enjoy reading about non-canon HP lore, this is the place to come (besides like, any Marauders fic ever lol). I can’t remember if the Scavenger’s Guild is mentioned in the Harry Potter series, but if it was, it doesn’t really matter, because Speechwriter either invented it or turned it into something it wasn’t in such a way that they might as well have invented it. And it’s not only that. The dang Slytherin lore? How they’d search for the diadem and drink Firewhiskey and have contests? UGHHHH y’all don’t understand how bad I wanna go to Hogwarts and be a slytherclaw 😭 I am not okay.
˖◛⁺⑅♡main romance♡⑅⁺◛˖
╰┈➤ ❝He wanted the world that had her in it.❞
I would do ANYTHING for Dramione. A N Y T H I N G. And their relationship is done SOOO well in this fic. The enemies to lovers but also academic rivals to lovers lowk is just 👌 like my roman fucking empire im so serious. The way we can watch their relationship grow throughout this story, and Draco apologizing to her i fucking CRIED this book made me feel things for these two I never saw coming as a young child and I want more content from Speechwriter about them 😭
Also I just have to mention it rq: THE BATHROOM SCENE HELPPP IM NOT OKAY
୭ 🧷 ✧ ˚. ᵎᵎ 🎀 friendships/other relationships
╰┈➤ ❝It is a time to find where our loyalties lie.❞
The Golden Trio:I think first we need to address the situation between the members of the golden trio. I love the golden trio, always have, always will. But it made me sad watching Ron draw away from them and then reentering and barely apologizing for the things he said.
Draco + Harry: I love how these two blossomed. I’ve always wondered what it would be like if Draco and Harry became friends, and while those ideas usually stemmed from what would happen if they became friends in 1st year, this was a very close 2nd pondering of mine.
➶-͙˚ ༘✶ characters
╰┈➤ ❝People aren’t only what they used to be.❞
Main Characters 「 ✦ Hermione Granger ✦ 」
╰┈➤ ❝I’m afraid,” she said, “you’ve underestimated the Mudblood Granger.❞
Miss Girl is THE girl. The academic weapon, the feminist, the elf rights advocate, the one every little girl looked up to, admired, loved, wanted to BE at 7 years old. Let me tell you right now, I was that little girl dreaming about going to Hogwarts, being the top of my class. There is a reason the academic weapon girlies of today’s world are who they are. And Hermione is it. She’s that reason.
I always wished we got content from her perspective in the original books. And I know I already said that I wish this was canon, but reading hermione’s chapters, listening to The Archer and reading that part post-diadem…I was a mess. A sobbing, snotty mess. And it’s because I saw myself in her. She is the best, most realistic mirror of myself that I have EVER found in literature, and her character and story hold my entire heart and soul.
·˚ ༘₊·꒰➳: ̗̀➛relatability?
[■■■■■■■■■■] 100%
·˚ ༘₊·꒰➳: ̗̀➛how much i liked them
10/10
Main Characters 「 ✦Draco Malfoy✦ 」
╰┈➤ ❝”I just wanted to … I don’t know.” [...] “Wanted to get out. Not participate. Not have to be thought about, or exist.❞
Draco the man that you AREEE. I don’t love him as much as I love Hermione (I probably won’t love a character as much as I lover Hermione ever, so this is nothing new), but I do love him, and it’s really honestly not fair of me to compare my love for the two because I love them both in very different ways. Hermione is the girl I see myself in, but Draco…he’s just…PERFECT. The LOMLLLLLL. He’s my husband. MINE. And he is relatable, in a similar way to how Hermione is. The way he changes over the course of the book, his personality, how he realizes he loves Hermione, all of it…its SOOO fucking perfect and I shit you not I could totally see this being canon.
·˚ ༘₊·꒰➳: ̗̀➛relatability?
[■■■■■■■□□□] 70%
·˚ ༘₊·꒰➳: ̗̀➛how much i liked them
10/10
Side Character「 ✦ Ron Weasley ✦ 」
╰┈➤ ❝Yeah. That’s what I do. I stand up for my friends, and my family, too.❞
Every Dramione fan knows that if you’re going to read a Dramione fic, you best be prepared for dipshit Ron. So, I’m going to be completely transparent: I have NEVER liked Ron. I think he just gets worse and worse as the series goes on (the canonical series) and not only that, but he was literally the worst possible person for Hermione to end up with. She needs someone who can mentally stimulate her, and we all know that that person ISN’T ronald weasley. So go die in a hole weaselbat, you’re the fucking worst. (although he does have a bit of a redemption in this fic)
⋆·˚ ༘ * 🔭 quotes
╰┈➤ ➸❝But she looked at him a moment longer, because she wanted to remember the sight.❞
➸❝The cause is our lives.❞
➸❝She wanted the kind of innate understanding that felt like breathing.❞
➸❝And after seven months of doing everything to avoid that fate, he’d cracked his secrecy open to protect her.❞
➸❝[...]all that time-he’d failed to see her at all. Now he didn’t want to blink, lest he miss a second.❞
➸❝She smiled and said, “I see you.❞
➸❝I don’t want to risk you.❞
➸❝You chose the right road, Draco,” his aunt whispered. “We both did. Even if it ends here.❞
➸❝She wanted him near, too.❞
➸❝Every time she looked at him he felt like a cat basking in sunlight.❞
➸❝[“...]I’m not afraid of death. Are you?❞
➸❝He knew what he was, and that should have been enough.❞
‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾ favorites
ˋ°•*⁀➷ favorite characters
·˚ ༘₊·꒰➳: ̗̀➛ Hermione, Draco, and NARCISSA
ˋ°•*⁀➷favorite scene
·˚ ༘₊·꒰➳: ̗̀➛ BATHROOM SCENE
ˋ°•*⁀➷favorite quotes
·˚ ༘₊·꒰➳: ̗̀➛ ALL OF THEM???
✩₊˚.⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧ final thoughts
So so so so so good if you like dramione please read it i beg of thee
⋆.ೃ࿔*:･ please comment or pm me if I missed anything, especially tropes!
♫₊˚.🎧 ✩｡ playlist
·˚ ༘₊·꒰➳: ̗̀➛ What Was I Made For? - Billie Eilish
·˚ ༘₊·꒰➳: ̗̀➛ So Damn Into You - Vlad Holiday
·˚ ༘₊·꒰➳: ̗̀➛ Angel of Small Death and the Codeine Scene - Hozier, Fiachra Kindle, Rory Doyle
↶*ೃ✧˚.❃ ↷ˊ- full playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1SQ...
ʚɞ˚ ༘♡ ⋆｡˚ Love y’all. Let’s go light it up and rattle some stars! Mwah ♡
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‧₊˚✧pre-read✧˚₊‧
buddy reading this with the sweetest girl almas. I'm sooo excited for this one, my first Draco fanfic!!
pre-pre-read
update: I found it! thanks to everyone who helped me do so!
someone tell me where to find this, PLEASE. I am on my knees begging you to tell me if this is on ao3
start on: 12.3.24
end on: 1.14.25
❝What good was it to die for the people you loved, if you forfeited living for them instead?❞
‧₊˚🖇️✩₊housekeeping˚🎧⊹♡
·˚ ༘₊·꒰➳: ̗̀➛ possible minor spoilers, any large spoilers are covered.
·˚ ༘₊·꒰➳: ̗̀➛my rating is 4.25 stars
·˚ ༘₊·꒰➳: ̗̀➛ minor cussing in this review <33 (depeding on what you consider 'minor')
🫧𓇼𓏲rest of review✩‧₊˚🎐
·˚ ༘₊· ͟͟͞͞꒰➳ genre: Harry Potter Fanfiction (specifically Dramione)
·˚ ༘₊· ͟͟͞͞꒰➳ what to expect + content warnings
➳ 3rd person past tense
➳ dual pov with some other interspersed povs
➳ Harry Potter 7th Year Rewrite
➳ Draco x Hermione fic
·˚ ༘₊· ͟͟͞͞꒰➳★★★★☆
·˚ ༘₊· ͟͟͞͞꒰➳ ᰔᩚ(1)/5 (spice rating)
·˚ ༘₊· ͟͟͞͞꒰➳ ❀❀(2)/5 (fluff rating)
「 ✦The Disappearances of Draco Malfoy ✦ 」
(noun) Audrey loves Dramione! (and evidently Brooklyn 99)
I Wanna Be Yours
↻ ◁ II ▷ ↺
1:35 ───ㅇ───── 3:47
❝Secrets I have held in my heart❞
☁️ . . . ⇢ ˗ˏˋ overall thoughts
╰┈➤ ❝He was the one who had said her name to bring her back to herself.❞
Seeing as this was my first Dramione fic ever, I went into it with 0 expectations (besides the fact that my good friend humna rated in 5 stars, of course). And I think that, if I had read it a little while back, I would have rated it 5 stars. However, I’ve just been getting more and more picky about my ratings, and if a book doesn’t hit I can’t consider it 5 stars anymore. But anyways, I did really enjoy this book (fic? what's the correct term?), there were just a few things off and something missing that pushed me to give it 4.25 stars instead of 5.
˚˖𓍢ִ໋🌷͙֒✧˚.🎀༘⋆ writing style
╰┈➤ ❝Every time it was tying on a blindfold. Every time it was talking into the dark.❞
I used to think that all fanfiction was just bad writing and smut. Now I can see that that is not the case. Speechwriter did such a good job. Their descriptions are sooo visceral and I could spend days just reading them over and over again, even if this were their only fic. The way they described Draco from Hermione’s eyes I- ohmygod it was literally to DIE for I’m so serious.
♡₊˚ 🦢・₊ ♪ ✧ plot
╰┈➤ ❝They did these things because there was no world for them if they didn’t.❞
As I mentioned earlier, and as mentioned in the official synopsis, this is a retelling of the 7th Harry Potter book in which Draco Malfoy joins the golden trio on their quest for horcruxes. And of course, you hit all the important points - the fall of the ministry, Ron leaving, etc. But every thing about how they find the horcruxes, where they station the order, where Ron goes…it’s all flipped right on its head. And honestly? I like the way this was done more than the original plot - which is sooo often not the case for rewrites.
On the other hand, a few things I wish had/n’t happened:
Draco’s reaction to. While that scene doesn’t explicitly happen in this version of the story, we do come pretty close, and honestly I’m kind of sad because Speechwriter had the opportunity to do something like that. But it's okay.
We traded Remus and Snape and Tonks for .
✧˖*°࿐ world building
╰┈➤ ❝The Ministry had changed.❞
If you enjoy reading about non-canon HP lore, this is the place to come (besides like, any Marauders fic ever lol). I can’t remember if the Scavenger’s Guild is mentioned in the Harry Potter series, but if it was, it doesn’t really matter, because Speechwriter either invented it or turned it into something it wasn’t in such a way that they might as well have invented it. And it’s not only that. The dang Slytherin lore? How they’d search for the diadem and drink Firewhiskey and have contests? UGHHHH y’all don’t understand how bad I wanna go to Hogwarts and be a slytherclaw 😭 I am not okay.
˖◛⁺⑅♡main romance♡⑅⁺◛˖
╰┈➤ ❝He wanted the world that had her in it.❞
I would do ANYTHING for Dramione. A N Y T H I N G. And their relationship is done SOOO well in this fic. The enemies to lovers but also academic rivals to lovers lowk is just 👌 like my roman fucking empire im so serious. The way we can watch their relationship grow throughout this story, and Draco apologizing to her i fucking CRIED this book made me feel things for these two I never saw coming as a young child and I want more content from Speechwriter about them 😭
Also I just have to mention it rq: THE BATHROOM SCENE HELPPP IM NOT OKAY
୭ 🧷 ✧ ˚. ᵎᵎ 🎀 friendships/other relationships
╰┈➤ ❝It is a time to find where our loyalties lie.❞
The Golden Trio:I think first we need to address the situation between the members of the golden trio. I love the golden trio, always have, always will. But it made me sad watching Ron draw away from them and then reentering and barely apologizing for the things he said.
Draco + Harry: I love how these two blossomed. I’ve always wondered what it would be like if Draco and Harry became friends, and while those ideas usually stemmed from what would happen if they became friends in 1st year, this was a very close 2nd pondering of mine.
➶-͙˚ ༘✶ characters
╰┈➤ ❝People aren’t only what they used to be.❞
Main Characters 「 ✦ Hermione Granger ✦ 」
╰┈➤ ❝I’m afraid,” she said, “you’ve underestimated the Mudblood Granger.❞
Miss Girl is THE girl. The academic weapon, the feminist, the elf rights advocate, the one every little girl looked up to, admired, loved, wanted to BE at 7 years old. Let me tell you right now, I was that little girl dreaming about going to Hogwarts, being the top of my class. There is a reason the academic weapon girlies of today’s world are who they are. And Hermione is it. She’s that reason.
I always wished we got content from her perspective in the original books. And I know I already said that I wish this was canon, but reading hermione’s chapters, listening to The Archer and reading that part post-diadem…I was a mess. A sobbing, snotty mess. And it’s because I saw myself in her. She is the best, most realistic mirror of myself that I have EVER found in literature, and her character and story hold my entire heart and soul.
·˚ ༘₊·꒰➳: ̗̀➛relatability?
[■■■■■■■■■■] 100%
·˚ ༘₊·꒰➳: ̗̀➛how much i liked them
10/10
Main Characters 「 ✦Draco Malfoy✦ 」
╰┈➤ ❝”I just wanted to … I don’t know.” [...] “Wanted to get out. Not participate. Not have to be thought about, or exist.❞
Draco the man that you AREEE. I don’t love him as much as I love Hermione (I probably won’t love a character as much as I lover Hermione ever, so this is nothing new), but I do love him, and it’s really honestly not fair of me to compare my love for the two because I love them both in very different ways. Hermione is the girl I see myself in, but Draco…he’s just…PERFECT. The LOMLLLLLL. He’s my husband. MINE. And he is relatable, in a similar way to how Hermione is. The way he changes over the course of the book, his personality, how he realizes he loves Hermione, all of it…its SOOO fucking perfect and I shit you not I could totally see this being canon.
·˚ ༘₊·꒰➳: ̗̀➛relatability?
[■■■■■■■□□□] 70%
·˚ ༘₊·꒰➳: ̗̀➛how much i liked them
10/10
Side Character「 ✦ Ron Weasley ✦ 」
╰┈➤ ❝Yeah. That’s what I do. I stand up for my friends, and my family, too.❞
Every Dramione fan knows that if you’re going to read a Dramione fic, you best be prepared for dipshit Ron. So, I’m going to be completely transparent: I have NEVER liked Ron. I think he just gets worse and worse as the series goes on (the canonical series) and not only that, but he was literally the worst possible person for Hermione to end up with. She needs someone who can mentally stimulate her, and we all know that that person ISN’T ronald weasley. So go die in a hole weaselbat, you’re the fucking worst. (although he does have a bit of a redemption in this fic)
⋆·˚ ༘ * 🔭 quotes
╰┈➤ ➸❝But she looked at him a moment longer, because she wanted to remember the sight.❞
➸❝The cause is our lives.❞
➸❝She wanted the kind of innate understanding that felt like breathing.❞
➸❝And after seven months of doing everything to avoid that fate, he’d cracked his secrecy open to protect her.❞
➸❝[...]all that time-he’d failed to see her at all. Now he didn’t want to blink, lest he miss a second.❞
➸❝She smiled and said, “I see you.❞
➸❝I don’t want to risk you.❞
➸❝You chose the right road, Draco,” his aunt whispered. “We both did. Even if it ends here.❞
➸❝She wanted him near, too.❞
➸❝Every time she looked at him he felt like a cat basking in sunlight.❞
➸❝[“...]I’m not afraid of death. Are you?❞
➸❝He knew what he was, and that should have been enough.❞
‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾ favorites
ˋ°•*⁀➷ favorite characters
·˚ ༘₊·꒰➳: ̗̀➛ Hermione, Draco, and NARCISSA
ˋ°•*⁀➷favorite scene
·˚ ༘₊·꒰➳: ̗̀➛ BATHROOM SCENE
ˋ°•*⁀➷favorite quotes
·˚ ༘₊·꒰➳: ̗̀➛ ALL OF THEM???
✩₊˚.⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧ final thoughts
So so so so so good if you like dramione please read it i beg of thee
⋆.ೃ࿔*:･ please comment or pm me if I missed anything, especially tropes!
♫₊˚.🎧 ✩｡ playlist
·˚ ༘₊·꒰➳: ̗̀➛ What Was I Made For? - Billie Eilish
·˚ ༘₊·꒰➳: ̗̀➛ So Damn Into You - Vlad Holiday
·˚ ༘₊·꒰➳: ̗̀➛ Angel of Small Death and the Codeine Scene - Hozier, Fiachra Kindle, Rory Doyle
↶*ೃ✧˚.❃ ↷ˊ- full playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1SQ...
ʚɞ˚ ༘♡ ⋆｡˚ Love y’all. Let’s go light it up and rattle some stars! Mwah ♡
ﮩ٨ـﮩﮩ٨ـ♡ﮩ٨ـﮩﮩ٨ـ
‧₊˚✧pre-read✧˚₊‧
buddy reading this with the sweetest girl almas. I'm sooo excited for this one, my first Draco fanfic!!
pre-pre-read
update: I found it! thanks to everyone who helped me do so!
someone tell me where to find this, PLEASE. I am on my knees begging you to tell me if this is on ao3
August 10, 2025
read on:
(03.01.25.)
❝ this draco malfoy, ephemeral thing, would slip back inside, into the dark sea behind his mask, and, like ice in water, he would disappear.❞
↪ ★★★★.5 adoring stars
hey siri, play i wanna be yours by arctic monkeys . . .
i. | overall thoughts.
the way i would love for this book to actually replace the 7th book of hp??? crazy. bcs the way the author wrote this fanfic really felt like it could easily be the 7th book. it lowk felt so so satisfying to read, both from the plot aspect and the character arcs. the canon parts were super nice asw!! the writing was done sooo well. Speechwriter literally wrote such phenomenal descriptions, especially the way draco described hermione 😭 insane.
this fanfic was literally SO much better than the actual 7th book of hp. i honestly preferred this storyline to the original lmao. i keep repeating the same things ahaha but yeah the plot was executed perfectly, i was so invested omg. THE LORE IN THIS.
and omg i still remember i was flying back home and was in transit in doha, and i literally abandoned my family while they were shopping, sat down in the quiet room, and read the ending of this fanfic because i was so damn curious, like i physically could not wait a minute longer to find out what happened. i was that obsessed lmao.my parents literally sent my brother looking for me after 10 mins bcs they got worried
ii. | the romance + characters.
dramione :: ABFIUDHOERGNWRJKNGFDSKBFSJODHFOWJFOWNDJGDSOGJROIWGHIJDVJKDFOIUESHOFHEOUFSDJKNJSDHFOEWJFOIEWJFJNDSIEOFJEWIOFHJDSKFNJSDHFPIWQEFOWERIUWETYIQWDNMXCNBGOWGJ. yeah those are literally my thoughts. the way we literally saw and felt their relationship slowly growing and developing is so 😭 and it was so funny how harry was casually third wheeling during the period when . special mention: the bathroom scene. (no u idiots it's not anything spicy) other than that, i loved seeing their characters grow individually and side-by-side, such a wholesome experience
ron :: i never liked this piece of shit. didnt like him in the og books, never liked him in the movies, and ill never like him in the fanfics. he's just . . . bad. and ill never understand how j. k. rowling thought it'd be oh so great to make him and hermione a couple 😭😭 anyways my hatred for him grew in this fanfic. go rot in a hole 🫶
harry + draco :: as individual characters, we got to see different sides of them and i loved that. but more than that, i adored how their friendship blossomed 🥹 it's something i've always dreamed of yk.
iii. | quotes.
MY FAV PART OF REVIEWSSSSS HERE WE GO
❝ it is real, though,❞ draco murmured to hermione. ❝ it’s over.❞
❝ no.❞ she lifted his hand to her mouth and pressed her lips to his knuckles, her eyes shut. ❝ it’s just about to start.❞
❝ but perhaps the worst were those whose bodies lay alone and unrecognised, with no one left to grieve them.❞
potter added, ❝ draco.❞
draco glanced back. ❝ thanks,❞ potter said.
draco considered. ❝ i’d say ‘anytime’, but let’s call this a one-off, shall we?❞ potter grinned, and draco smiled back as he slipped out into the hall.
❝ she knew he’d caught her at it, too. the noticing. sometimes she even thought she saw him noticing her, too.❞
❝ hermione couldn’t help but think that it was nice to have another friend. one who would look at a situation and take her side, not caring about annoying ron.❞
❝ i suppose you’d want us to call it draco malfoy day and celebrate it every year?❞
❝ oh, at a minimum,❞ draco said, leaning back in the armchair. ❝ fireworks, banners … make it an international occasion, potter.❞
xx
almas
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pre-review.
IN LOVE. AJDFSHIOFUIGIEFUOGFBHEJKGRYBHFEJNFRUIEFIFURSH 4.5 STARS
pre-read.
OMGG im so excited to read this along with my phenomenal draco obsessed friend audreyyy !! this is gonna be my second draco fanfic, and you bet i'm gonna make the most of itt
꒰🪡꒱ the disappearances of draco malfoy by speechwriter
❝ this draco malfoy, ephemeral thing, would slip back inside, into the dark sea behind his mask, and, like ice in water, he would disappear.❞
↪ ★★★★.5 adoring stars
hey siri, play i wanna be yours by arctic monkeys . . .
i. | overall thoughts.
the way i would love for this book to actually replace the 7th book of hp??? crazy. bcs the way the author wrote this fanfic really felt like it could easily be the 7th book. it lowk felt so so satisfying to read, both from the plot aspect and the character arcs. the canon parts were super nice asw!! the writing was done sooo well. Speechwriter literally wrote such phenomenal descriptions, especially the way draco described hermione 😭 insane.
this fanfic was literally SO much better than the actual 7th book of hp. i honestly preferred this storyline to the original lmao. i keep repeating the same things ahaha but yeah the plot was executed perfectly, i was so invested omg. THE LORE IN THIS.
and omg i still remember i was flying back home and was in transit in doha, and i literally abandoned my family while they were shopping, sat down in the quiet room, and read the ending of this fanfic because i was so damn curious, like i physically could not wait a minute longer to find out what happened. i was that obsessed lmao.
ii. | the romance + characters.
dramione :: ABFIUDHOERGNWRJKNGFDSKBFSJODHFOWJFOWNDJGDSOGJROIWGHIJDVJKDFOIUESHOFHEOUFSDJKNJSDHFOEWJFOIEWJFJNDSIEOFJEWIOFHJDSKFNJSDHFPIWQEFOWERIUWETYIQWDNMXCNBGOWGJ. yeah those are literally my thoughts. the way we literally saw and felt their relationship slowly growing and developing is so 😭 and it was so funny how harry was casually third wheeling during the period when . special mention: the bathroom scene. (no u idiots it's not anything spicy) other than that, i loved seeing their characters grow individually and side-by-side, such a wholesome experience
ron :: i never liked this piece of shit. didnt like him in the og books, never liked him in the movies, and ill never like him in the fanfics. he's just . . . bad. and ill never understand how j. k. rowling thought it'd be oh so great to make him and hermione a couple 😭😭 anyways my hatred for him grew in this fanfic. go rot in a hole 🫶
harry + draco :: as individual characters, we got to see different sides of them and i loved that. but more than that, i adored how their friendship blossomed 🥹 it's something i've always dreamed of yk.
iii. | quotes.
MY FAV PART OF REVIEWSSSSS HERE WE GO
❝ it is real, though,❞ draco murmured to hermione. ❝ it’s over.❞
❝ no.❞ she lifted his hand to her mouth and pressed her lips to his knuckles, her eyes shut. ❝ it’s just about to start.❞
❝ but perhaps the worst were those whose bodies lay alone and unrecognised, with no one left to grieve them.❞
potter added, ❝ draco.❞
draco glanced back. ❝ thanks,❞ potter said.
draco considered. ❝ i’d say ‘anytime’, but let’s call this a one-off, shall we?❞ potter grinned, and draco smiled back as he slipped out into the hall.
❝ she knew he’d caught her at it, too. the noticing. sometimes she even thought she saw him noticing her, too.❞
❝ hermione couldn’t help but think that it was nice to have another friend. one who would look at a situation and take her side, not caring about annoying ron.❞
❝ i suppose you’d want us to call it draco malfoy day and celebrate it every year?❞
❝ oh, at a minimum,❞ draco said, leaning back in the armchair. ❝ fireworks, banners … make it an international occasion, potter.❞
xx
almas
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pre-review.
IN LOVE. AJDFSHIOFUIGIEFUOGFBHEJKGRYBHFEJNFRUIEFIFURSH 4.5 STARS
pre-read.
OMGG im so excited to read this along with my phenomenal draco obsessed friend audreyyy !! this is gonna be my second draco fanfic, and you bet i'm gonna make the most of itt
August 8, 2022
For people who don’t think fan fiction is real literature, I dare you to read this. Go on. Do it. And then come crawling back to ask my forgiveness for your slander, because this is a BOOK. A MASTERPIECE. I’m actually getting emotional writing this.
Let’s dive in.
Obviously fanfiction is based off of a story that somebody else already created, which means the author doesn’t have to build up the characters from the very beginning in the same way the original authors do.
That being said, the characterization in this book is incredible. I actually felt like I was reading a real Harry Potter book, partly due to the style, but mostly due to the authenticity of the characterization.
(Also note: this is the BEST rewrite of Dumbledore I have ever read. A lot of fics make him way too manipulative and cold for my taste, this fic hits the nail on the head)
You read the blurb, so you know that in this edition of the deathly hallows rewrite, Draco accepted Dumbledore’s offer to go into hiding at the end of HBP. Thus begins a wild journey for Draco, Harry, Ron, and Hermione.
The main plot points of DH are followed in this rewrite, such as the search for Horcruxes, the battle of Hogwarts, the Deathly Hallows, and important character landmarks like the interactions between the trio and the wizarding world. So if you loved DH you definitely won’t be disappointed by the unique path this fic takes, as it charts a parallel course with the original.
The author takes the opportunity and time to deepen the world of magic in fun and interesting ways, you get detail and insight into how and why certain spells work and in what situations: Arithmancy plays a significant role, potions and charms and what the sentience of a Portrait really means. Rules of magic are explained and expanded, and I thoroughly enjoyed learning about the magic behind the Fidelius Charm!! So creative!! All while our characters are growing emotionally, magically, mentally into themselves.
I don’t think it’s spoiling anything to say that this is a Dramione fic, slow burn, and very emotionally based. The author invests a lot of time into Draco’s personal journey. The emotional depth of Draco as a character and how he comes to reject his former beliefs got me hook, line, and sinker. It was riveting, it was harrowing, it was truly a fantastic journey with a character that I already know and love: and watching him grow into the best version of himself was so inspiring. That is the real power of this fic; the dedication to the craft.
Then add in the witty interactions between our favorite Golden Trio + our fav sad emo Slytherin!? This fic had me roooollliiiiiinnggggg in the aisles. Ron, as always, brings some much needed comic relief, but Draco and Harry hold their own. It just gives me serotonin to read these scenarios playing out, and the humor was a good balance for all the deeper soul searching taking place inside Draco’s head.
As I already said, it legitimately felt like I was re-reading DH as it could have been, as written by JKR. The voice and the style of the author perfectly matched JKR’s tone, and it was weirdly jarring to remember this is a fanfic.
Another major theme I enjoyed: the author didn’t shy away from writing complex characters that have both good and evil in them. As Sirius taught us, the world isn’t split into good people and death eaters. We’ve all got light and dark inside of us. Many of these characters struggle with that exact dilemma. And it’s not white-washed out as some fics tend to do.
Honestly, I don’t think I can recommend this enough. It’s so well written, it’s so well mapped out, it’s intense, it’s interesting, it’s fun, it’s absorbing and magical in the best ways. Highly highly recommend.
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SPOILER ALERT:
random thoughts/comments below that contain spoiler info
- I dislike Ron and Pansy. I get it, they’re a good foil for Dramione, but it wasn’t the relationship I hoped for Ron. Pansy is a really weird choice, since we don’t really know that much about her. And the author wasn’t focused on them as much, which is fine, but it’s still weird and doesn’t make a lot of sense.
- The epilogue was disappointing. I was hoping for like a “17 years later” type of thing, but it was only 2 months? And it fell really flat for me. There was an opportunity here and it wasn’t taken advantage off. You could’ve written something great, instead you wrote that.
- Fred AND GEORGE DYING? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Literally kill Dobby if you have to. I don’t care. So rude. Killing my 2 fav characters.
- I’m not convinced by the whole Azkaban breakout—that part was waaaay too fanfic-y and didn’t feel like it fit in with the rest of the book
- The Percy rewrite here is goals. Absolute gold. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 fighting for the joke shop? 100% behind that literary decision.
- Snape and Remus should’ve died. Hot take.
- Too many people survived the battle of Hogwarts.
Let’s dive in.
Obviously fanfiction is based off of a story that somebody else already created, which means the author doesn’t have to build up the characters from the very beginning in the same way the original authors do.
That being said, the characterization in this book is incredible. I actually felt like I was reading a real Harry Potter book, partly due to the style, but mostly due to the authenticity of the characterization.
(Also note: this is the BEST rewrite of Dumbledore I have ever read. A lot of fics make him way too manipulative and cold for my taste, this fic hits the nail on the head)
You read the blurb, so you know that in this edition of the deathly hallows rewrite, Draco accepted Dumbledore’s offer to go into hiding at the end of HBP. Thus begins a wild journey for Draco, Harry, Ron, and Hermione.
The main plot points of DH are followed in this rewrite, such as the search for Horcruxes, the battle of Hogwarts, the Deathly Hallows, and important character landmarks like the interactions between the trio and the wizarding world. So if you loved DH you definitely won’t be disappointed by the unique path this fic takes, as it charts a parallel course with the original.
The author takes the opportunity and time to deepen the world of magic in fun and interesting ways, you get detail and insight into how and why certain spells work and in what situations: Arithmancy plays a significant role, potions and charms and what the sentience of a Portrait really means. Rules of magic are explained and expanded, and I thoroughly enjoyed learning about the magic behind the Fidelius Charm!! So creative!! All while our characters are growing emotionally, magically, mentally into themselves.
I don’t think it’s spoiling anything to say that this is a Dramione fic, slow burn, and very emotionally based. The author invests a lot of time into Draco’s personal journey. The emotional depth of Draco as a character and how he comes to reject his former beliefs got me hook, line, and sinker. It was riveting, it was harrowing, it was truly a fantastic journey with a character that I already know and love: and watching him grow into the best version of himself was so inspiring. That is the real power of this fic; the dedication to the craft.
Then add in the witty interactions between our favorite Golden Trio + our fav sad emo Slytherin!? This fic had me roooollliiiiiinnggggg in the aisles. Ron, as always, brings some much needed comic relief, but Draco and Harry hold their own. It just gives me serotonin to read these scenarios playing out, and the humor was a good balance for all the deeper soul searching taking place inside Draco’s head.
As I already said, it legitimately felt like I was re-reading DH as it could have been, as written by JKR. The voice and the style of the author perfectly matched JKR’s tone, and it was weirdly jarring to remember this is a fanfic.
Another major theme I enjoyed: the author didn’t shy away from writing complex characters that have both good and evil in them. As Sirius taught us, the world isn’t split into good people and death eaters. We’ve all got light and dark inside of us. Many of these characters struggle with that exact dilemma. And it’s not white-washed out as some fics tend to do.
Honestly, I don’t think I can recommend this enough. It’s so well written, it’s so well mapped out, it’s intense, it’s interesting, it’s fun, it’s absorbing and magical in the best ways. Highly highly recommend.
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SPOILER ALERT:
random thoughts/comments below that contain spoiler info
- I dislike Ron and Pansy. I get it, they’re a good foil for Dramione, but it wasn’t the relationship I hoped for Ron. Pansy is a really weird choice, since we don’t really know that much about her. And the author wasn’t focused on them as much, which is fine, but it’s still weird and doesn’t make a lot of sense.
- The epilogue was disappointing. I was hoping for like a “17 years later” type of thing, but it was only 2 months? And it fell really flat for me. There was an opportunity here and it wasn’t taken advantage off. You could’ve written something great, instead you wrote that.
- Fred AND GEORGE DYING? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Literally kill Dobby if you have to. I don’t care. So rude. Killing my 2 fav characters.
- I’m not convinced by the whole Azkaban breakout—that part was waaaay too fanfic-y and didn’t feel like it fit in with the rest of the book
- The Percy rewrite here is goals. Absolute gold. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 fighting for the joke shop? 100% behind that literary decision.
- Snape and Remus should’ve died. Hot take.
- Too many people survived the battle of Hogwarts.
June 6, 2025
˚˖𓍢ִ໋🍃✧
the disappearances of draco malfoy
by speechwriter˚.💚⋆
‧₊˚🖇️✩ ₊ overall thoughts :˚🎧⊹♡ this was so cute !! i adore this so so much like excuse me ?? can i just replace the seventh hp with this one ? because it was on-point. The author got the writing perfect, i thought it was actually J. K. Rowling, it was that similar. I loved the canon parts in here too, it was like i was reading hp all over again !! the plot was really nice as well, as well as the additional twists and turns on the canon things the Author had done <3
﹒⌗ 𝒟𝓻𝓪𝓬𝓸 𝓜𝓪𝓵𝒻𝓸𝔂﹒౨ৎ˚₊‧: he was so perfect in this. the redemption arc, the quiet gentle talks with hermione, his subdued reactions to important things, how he cared, how he helped, HELLO??? The way he treated hermione too was so nice and calming to read about. This was the perfect thing to read after finishing Manacled.
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pre-read: : 23/11/24
already know I'm going to love this one!
‧₊˚🖇️✩ ₊ overall thoughts :˚🎧⊹♡ this was so cute !! i adore this so so much like excuse me ?? can i just replace the seventh hp with this one ? because it was on-point. The author got the writing perfect, i thought it was actually J. K. Rowling, it was that similar. I loved the canon parts in here too, it was like i was reading hp all over again !! the plot was really nice as well, as well as the additional twists and turns on the canon things the Author had done <3
﹒⌗ 𝒟𝓻𝓪𝓬𝓸 𝓜𝓪𝓵𝒻𝓸𝔂﹒౨ৎ˚₊‧: he was so perfect in this. the redemption arc, the quiet gentle talks with hermione, his subdued reactions to important things, how he cared, how he helped, HELLO??? The way he treated hermione too was so nice and calming to read about. This was the perfect thing to read after finishing Manacled.
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pre-read: : 23/11/24
already know I'm going to love this one!
February 27, 2024
listen to this on Spotify as a chill/slow reread, since ETL echo put out that they will be removing their content off of the streaming service and be exclusively on AO3 😞 really good just as I remembered with the same critics. Probably drop it to 4 though.
4.75 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨
I am going to write this review for Irunia, because she asked so nicely ~
The Disappearances of Draco Malfoy is the final true Harry Potter book. It diverges from the Astronomy Tower scene where instead of killing Dumbledore, he takes protection. From there, things are similar to the Deathly Hallows, but only in spirit, as the actual events have changed.
Reading this was so refreshing since (1) I haven't read the OG Deathly Hallows in years, (2) the events were different, I did not know what to anticipate happening, (3) this was a hardcore redemption arc for Draco, and I am a sucker for those -you should have seen the way I cried over Zuko's.
I think that speechwriter did a great job with the rewrite and took all the potential that was waiting there for Draco and actually did something with it. This is very plot-driven, with Dramione overlapping as his metamorphosis from bigot to decent boy is also helped along by his developing friendship to an eventual romantic relationship with Hermione.
This story hasa shitton quite a bit of internal thoughts. I do not really care for a lot of it in contemporary books because like you need to write that out in a cohesive dialogue. But since this was about the changes inside of Draco , it actually seemed more appropriate, and I persevered.
Initially, Draco and his family are supposed to be smuggled out of Britain to hide out the war. But that gets blown to hell during the night of the ten potters (or whatever it was seven, right? it wasn't eight... anyways who cares iykyk.) Hermione accidentally gives away the safehouse and has to apparate the Malfoys elsewhere and everything, including Draco's loyalties, starts to unravel and transform.
With another thing happening, Draco is then further split off and is now on the run with the Golden Trio as they hunt down the horcruxes. This is where the slowest burns begin along side the rest of his transformation.
Things I really liked:
- The subtlety of Draco and how it meshed well with Harry and, more importantly, Hermione.
Draco is observant, and I love that in a king.🤴🏼He notices and accepts all of Mione's insecurities, and they begin to open up to one another.
Something that always bothered me about the Ron/Hermione thing, or really the trio in general, was that it always was so last minute that anyone realized something was wrong with her, or they were never listening to her. That isn't the case with Draco.
- Draco going into the Muggle London. Draco undergoes a re-education in Muggle/Wizard relations and realizes that most of the population doesn't even KNOW THEYRE REAL AND COULD CARE LESS ABOUT THEM. By this point, he's already in love with Hermione but doesn't know it, but it proves to further balance out his character.
- I even liked the story of Ron's disappearance better in this rewrite. Instead of him just aimlessly wandering around trying to find the group again, he actually has a story and development. Ron was my least favorite character in canon, and that has carried into fanfic, but his chapter is good and much better serving for his character.
- There are so many tantalizing Dramione developments that take place throughout this redemption arc. Sensitive, questioning, protective.🥹But I'll just leave you with one quote-
I didn't give this book a homerun because there are parts that are too close to monologuing for me from other characters (Draco stan forever-he doesn't count.) & I wanted a different type of epilogue. However, that's just me being greedy so womp womp.
This is certainly my top Dramione, doubt it could ever been taken off that shelf. I would just make the shelf bigger if necessary.
Current Favorites in this Dramione Spiral:
Manacled by SenLinYu 🥺🤕
✨The Disappearances of Draco Malfoy by speechwriter✨
Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love by isthisselfcare 💕🫶🏽
4.75 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨
I am going to write this review for Irunia, because she asked so nicely ~
The Disappearances of Draco Malfoy is the final true Harry Potter book. It diverges from the Astronomy Tower scene where instead of killing Dumbledore, he takes protection. From there, things are similar to the Deathly Hallows, but only in spirit, as the actual events have changed.
Reading this was so refreshing since (1) I haven't read the OG Deathly Hallows in years, (2) the events were different, I did not know what to anticipate happening, (3) this was a hardcore redemption arc for Draco, and I am a sucker for those -you should have seen the way I cried over Zuko's.
I think that speechwriter did a great job with the rewrite and took all the potential that was waiting there for Draco and actually did something with it. This is very plot-driven, with Dramione overlapping as his metamorphosis from bigot to decent boy is also helped along by his developing friendship to an eventual romantic relationship with Hermione.
This story has
Initially, Draco and his family are supposed to be smuggled out of Britain to hide out the war. But that gets blown to hell during the night of the ten potters (or whatever it was seven, right? it wasn't eight... anyways who cares iykyk.) Hermione accidentally gives away the safehouse and has to apparate the Malfoys elsewhere and everything, including Draco's loyalties, starts to unravel and transform.
"She was misremembering the order of events. He hadn’t Stunned Dolohov to save her, for Merlin’s sake—he’d done it because the man had reached for his Mark. He hadn’t even known that was her, since she’d been Polyjuiced at the time. So it wasn’t as if he’d thrown her a lifeline.
He shut the door to the bedroom a bit too hard. Later, on the edge of sleep, he would think of her hand thrust out to him and his family in the dingy light of the kitchen, and he would think, vaguely, feeling unsettled, that that was what a lifeline looked like."
With another thing happening, Draco is then further split off and is now on the run with the Golden Trio as they hunt down the horcruxes. This is where the slowest burns begin along side the rest of his transformation.
Things I really liked:
- The subtlety of Draco and how it meshed well with Harry and, more importantly, Hermione.
Draco is observant, and I love that in a king.🤴🏼He notices and accepts all of Mione's insecurities, and they begin to open up to one another.
He’d never told Pansy these things. And it wasn’t as if Pansy hadn’t asked. But he’d wanted Pansy to keep looking at him the way she always had, like he was something precious she aspired to cradle in her hands. Granger looked at him like she could lay him open with her eyes, like she wanted to. Even now, unsettled, there was flint in her gaze.
“You flinch sometimes,” she said. “When people go for their wands. Is that because …”
Pansy wouldn’t have said these things.
“Only twice,” Draco said, and then he stood and went to bed.
Something that always bothered me about the Ron/Hermione thing, or really the trio in general, was that it always was so last minute that anyone realized something was wrong with her, or they were never listening to her. That isn't the case with Draco.
Granger swallowed hard. She looked deeply disturbed. As she pushed a straggly lock of hair out of her face, she whispered, “I’m sorry”—not to him, but to herself.
Hearing that whisper, Draco felt a new, cold feeling. Not alarm, not unease, but real fear. What was it doing to her? What was it telling her?.
- Draco going into the Muggle London. Draco undergoes a re-education in Muggle/Wizard relations and realizes that most of the population doesn't even KNOW THEYRE REAL AND COULD CARE LESS ABOUT THEM. By this point, he's already in love with Hermione but doesn't know it, but it proves to further balance out his character.
- I even liked the story of Ron's disappearance better in this rewrite. Instead of him just aimlessly wandering around trying to find the group again, he actually has a story and development. Ron was my least favorite character in canon, and that has carried into fanfic, but his chapter is good and much better serving for his character.
- There are so many tantalizing Dramione developments that take place throughout this redemption arc. Sensitive, questioning, protective.🥹But I'll just leave you with one quote-
People were screaming, trying to get to the exit. Draco fought against the current. He shoved past people in fine dress robes, spilling expensive drinks everywhere, and then he was breaking into the small open area around Hermione and dropping to his knees beside her, in front of the hearth where the Dark Lord had ground him down into nothing—but she was safe. Wasn’t she?
I didn't give this book a homerun because there are parts that are too close to monologuing for me from other characters (Draco stan forever-he doesn't count.) & I wanted a different type of epilogue. However, that's just me being greedy so womp womp.
This is certainly my top Dramione, doubt it could ever been taken off that shelf. I would just make the shelf bigger if necessary.
Current Favorites in this Dramione Spiral:
Manacled by SenLinYu 🥺🤕
✨The Disappearances of Draco Malfoy by speechwriter✨
Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love by isthisselfcare 💕🫶🏽
Want to read
November 20, 2024wait HEAR ME OUT because I left my extreme harry potter obsession 3 years ago but this is actually so interesting and I'm getting nostalgia and though I'm dreading to admit it, I miss HP because it was such a huge piece of my childhood🙁
August 16, 2022
absolutely fucking god tier. stayed up till 6am reading it and cried like a bitch throughout. 1947394730483937/10, would do it again.
November 14, 2023
This is official book 7 to me now
Read
February 13, 2023if given only one topic to talk about for the rest of my life, i will undoubtedly choose the topic of the missed chance at giving draco malfoy a redemption story / second-chance in the entire hp series. i would use my last breath to talk about this, because i genuinely believe that as a character, draco was severely underdeveloped and not used to his full potential. after reading this, it only confirms everything i've believed for the past ten years.
i've been ruined. now that i've read this, i don't think i can ever re-read book 7 and feel the same way i did reading this.
speechwriter could have easily written hp7, but jkr could never have even come up with a draco redemption as good as this. this is everything we needed from the books and more. the banter, the characterization and transformation of draco, the logic of how everything played out in such a good pace, the way it just made more sense than book 7 did, and the way it just kept getting interesting, without a moment of stasis: absolutely freaking brilliant.
but oh my gods, the banter. the dialogue is so, so good, and this is by far the best draco characterization ever.
i repeat: do not read this unless you want to be ruined for hp7. once you read this, you literally cannot accept that the canon ever happened. this is now canon. this is how it ended. (and it's so, so much better).
"But that will do you no good, Potter. That means we duel on skill alone."
"You're forgetting something," said Harry, stopping in his tracks beside Draco; he had come full circle.
"Am I?" said Voldemort. "What might that be?"
"Me," said Draco.
i've been ruined. now that i've read this, i don't think i can ever re-read book 7 and feel the same way i did reading this.
"Kill me, then, if that's what you're planning to do," he said, as cold and scathing as ever he had been at Hogwarts speaking to somebody he considered beneath him. "But don't make me stand here and listen to you talk."
speechwriter could have easily written hp7, but jkr could never have even come up with a draco redemption as good as this. this is everything we needed from the books and more. the banter, the characterization and transformation of draco, the logic of how everything played out in such a good pace, the way it just made more sense than book 7 did, and the way it just kept getting interesting, without a moment of stasis: absolutely freaking brilliant.
"Potter," said Draco stiffly, "I know how to be polite."
"Oh, so you just chose not to be for six years, then."
"Yes. Obviously."
but oh my gods, the banter. the dialogue is so, so good, and this is by far the best draco characterization ever.
Draco just looked at Potter, feeling a mixture of resignation and amusement. Trust him to come out with this mere seconds after Draco had explicitly said the phrase "martyr complex."
i repeat: do not read this unless you want to be ruined for hp7. once you read this, you literally cannot accept that the canon ever happened. this is now canon. this is how it ended. (and it's so, so much better).
January 19, 2025
★★★★★ - 4.5 stars
(🎧)
i never thought i needed a dramione fanfic without smut this bad but apparently i did
(🎧)
i never thought i needed a dramione fanfic without smut this bad but apparently i did
June 7, 2024
Omg I’m finally FINISHED! Listen…there are few books worth being almost 300,000 words, and while this was a good book, this wasn’t one of them. My GOODNESS. I ended up skimming the last 20% of the book because I was just so tired of reading it! Anyway…this was a reimagining of the timeline of events after Draco tries to kill Dumbledore. In this story, Draco takes Dumbledore up on his offer to hide him, and goes on the run with The Golden Trio.
It’s not all kumbaya at first, or even for a long while. They’re on the run, searching for horacruxes, hiding from Voldemort, etc etc…Draco eventually goes through a transformation, and Hermione is there to catch him on the other side. Very light on the romance, this was creative and well written, albeit far too long and boring. 3.75 stars!
It’s not all kumbaya at first, or even for a long while. They’re on the run, searching for horacruxes, hiding from Voldemort, etc etc…Draco eventually goes through a transformation, and Hermione is there to catch him on the other side. Very light on the romance, this was creative and well written, albeit far too long and boring. 3.75 stars!
April 18, 2023
Tempted to replace this as canon in my own mind
November 7, 2023
the beginning was sooo good and then it started dragging
March 22, 2024
The Disappearances of Draco Malfoy is a 300k word (about 1000 pages) fanfic that is supposed to take place during the events of the Deathly Hallows (HP 7th Book). This is an alternative universe where Draco decides to accept Dumbledore's offer to go into hiding with The Order of the Phoenix and defect from the Death Eaters.
This was a great read, and I agree with other reviewers when they say this should be the 7th book instead of Deathly Hallows. Speechwriter does an excellent job of imitating J.K. Rowling's writing style. I really enjoyed Draco's POV and his sarcasm, it really added to the Golden Trio's dynamic. I do have to say out of all the HP fanfics I have read these characters were the closest to the ones in the series in terms of personalities.
There is a romance between Draco and Hermione, but it is a slow burn so it is believable when they do get together. The action scenes were great, the best I have read in a fanfic so far. I also appreciated Speechwriters way of re-sequencing the finding of the Horcruxes and Deathly Hallows. The Founder's items finally got descriptions that made sense, Slytherin's locket holding secrets, Helga Hufflepuff's cup giving friendship, Sword of Gryffindor shows up for the brave/courageous, and The Diadem allowing its wearer to enhance one's innate intelligence.
If they ever redo the movies someone needs to get JKR's permission to incorporate and develop Draco's character like Speechwriter did in this fic. Draco's redemption arc really added to the story along with his perspective on helping find the Horcruxes.
This was a great read, and I agree with other reviewers when they say this should be the 7th book instead of Deathly Hallows. Speechwriter does an excellent job of imitating J.K. Rowling's writing style. I really enjoyed Draco's POV and his sarcasm, it really added to the Golden Trio's dynamic. I do have to say out of all the HP fanfics I have read these characters were the closest to the ones in the series in terms of personalities.
There is a romance between Draco and Hermione, but it is a slow burn so it is believable when they do get together. The action scenes were great, the best I have read in a fanfic so far. I also appreciated Speechwriters way of re-sequencing the finding of the Horcruxes and Deathly Hallows. The Founder's items finally got descriptions that made sense, Slytherin's locket holding secrets, Helga Hufflepuff's cup giving friendship, Sword of Gryffindor shows up for the brave/courageous, and The Diadem allowing its wearer to enhance one's innate intelligence.
If they ever redo the movies someone needs to get JKR's permission to incorporate and develop Draco's character like Speechwriter did in this fic. Draco's redemption arc really added to the story along with his perspective on helping find the Horcruxes.
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Every time friendship turns out to indeed be magic, years are added to my life
Every time friendship turns out to indeed be magic, years are added to my life
October 4, 2023
This fic is a complete rewrite of Deathly Hallows that is triggered by Draco deciding to take Dumbledore up on his offer to go into hiding when he's about to kill him in the astronomy tower. Literally everyone in the dramione fandom has been saying this in the new unofficial canon. AND OMG it lived up to my expectations and surpassed them.
I knew going in that TDODM was going to be wayyy more plot heavy than my usual dramiones with a side dramione pairing BUT I REALLY REALLY LOVED IT. The author wrote it in a voice so similar to JKR's own writing style that I think this would really flow well even if read directly after half-blood prince. The plot was awesome, some parts from the original but a lot of it was redone and to be honest, TDODM was better than deathly hallows (although DH will always hold a special place in my heart since it's my favourite HP book)
Fear not, the dramione element was still given its time to shine. I was melting for the crumbs in the slowburn trail I was given and let me just say, the slowburn was IMMACULATE. When they first kissed, I actually lost it and ran around the house like a crazy person. The emotions and angst built up and made it beautiful.
After reading this, I am convinced more than ever of the potential that Draco's character has, JKR really missed that opportunity and that will forever remain a tragedy to me. But his character was so well done here, not rushed at all but realistically developed with a believable character arc that didn't diminish the facets of his character that we all know and love (such as the dry snarky humour and signature sneers).
Also appreciated Ron's character it was really well done and he got his own character arc which was sweet. Hermione as usual I loved. Also I am forever a Snape forgiver. LIKE YES I ADMIT HE DID TERRIBLE THINGS but he's such a well written character and one of the best characters ever and the controversy that goes on to this day just proves that tenfold. His unrequited love story HURTS when I think about it and I think I'll always have sympathy for him because AHHSJJAS COME ON LIKE "ALWAYS" 🔪🔪💔
Overall, I loved it and this is the only dramione fic I've read that I would recommend to non-dramione shippers and just to anyone who's a fan of HP because I would class this as a rewrite first and a dramione second. It's a solid read and it's obvious that the author put a lot of effort in making this flow and read like an original HP novel.
I knew going in that TDODM was going to be wayyy more plot heavy than my usual dramiones with a side dramione pairing BUT I REALLY REALLY LOVED IT. The author wrote it in a voice so similar to JKR's own writing style that I think this would really flow well even if read directly after half-blood prince. The plot was awesome, some parts from the original but a lot of it was redone and to be honest, TDODM was better than deathly hallows (although DH will always hold a special place in my heart since it's my favourite HP book)
Fear not, the dramione element was still given its time to shine. I was melting for the crumbs in the slowburn trail I was given and let me just say, the slowburn was IMMACULATE. When they first kissed, I actually lost it and ran around the house like a crazy person. The emotions and angst built up and made it beautiful.
He noticed everything, he was studious, he was both attentive and intuitive to a degree that made Hermione feel like she'd stepped into a spotlight for the first time in her life.
After reading this, I am convinced more than ever of the potential that Draco's character has, JKR really missed that opportunity and that will forever remain a tragedy to me. But his character was so well done here, not rushed at all but realistically developed with a believable character arc that didn't diminish the facets of his character that we all know and love (such as the dry snarky humour and signature sneers).
Also appreciated Ron's character it was really well done and he got his own character arc which was sweet. Hermione as usual I loved. Also I am forever a Snape forgiver. LIKE YES I ADMIT HE DID TERRIBLE THINGS but he's such a well written character and one of the best characters ever and the controversy that goes on to this day just proves that tenfold. His unrequited love story HURTS when I think about it and I think I'll always have sympathy for him because AHHSJJAS COME ON LIKE "ALWAYS" 🔪🔪💔
Overall, I loved it and this is the only dramione fic I've read that I would recommend to non-dramione shippers and just to anyone who's a fan of HP because I would class this as a rewrite first and a dramione second. It's a solid read and it's obvious that the author put a lot of effort in making this flow and read like an original HP novel.
January 17, 2023
5/5 ⭐️
Another awesome Dramione fanfiction 💚
The character development in this fanfiction >>>> deathly hollows 🤌🏼
She made me like Ron for the first time. Congrats on achieving the impossible 👏🏼
JKR did the Slytherins so dirty. I prefered this version of the 7th year so much! A lot of the side characters had so much unused potentials in the canon, but this fanfic does the job very well.
A 900+ pages book that felt like 300. I want more! 🥹
Another awesome Dramione fanfiction 💚
The character development in this fanfiction >>>> deathly hollows 🤌🏼
She made me like Ron for the first time. Congrats on achieving the impossible 👏🏼
JKR did the Slytherins so dirty. I prefered this version of the 7th year so much! A lot of the side characters had so much unused potentials in the canon, but this fanfic does the job very well.
A 900+ pages book that felt like 300. I want more! 🥹
September 17, 2023
The Deathly Hallows I wish we got 😭
June 22, 2021
Amazing! This is probably the best fic about Draco joining Horcux hunting I had ever read. I loved how canon ideas mixed to give different outcome. POV switched between Hermione and Draco quite equally (with other characters' POVs occasionally), but I think it was more Draco-centric because it was important to show how his views changed. I also liked writing, metaphors were brilliant, and dialogues sounded natural. Oh and I liked little side pairing too! Epilogue can be quite hard part sometimes, but it was done artfully too, so I enjoyed that fic from the start to the very end.
While loving certain tropes I'm a sucker for original ideas and The Disappearances provided them too. Here are few I had never encountered before:
While loving certain tropes I'm a sucker for original ideas and The Disappearances provided them too. Here are few I had never encountered before:
January 27, 2023
Pretty sure every time I reread Harry Potter now, I’ll read this instead of Deathly Hallows. This is the redemption Draco deserved, and this is the relationship Hermione deserved. Plus the horcrux hunt was made infinitely better with Draco’s constant snarky banter.
August 24, 2023
read this for patreon book club :’)
June 25, 2025
Vorrei tanto che questa ff fosse canon. Ma tanto TANTO. Una riscrittura de I Doni della Morte riuscita non bene, BENISSIMO 😭😭😭 lo stile è fedele ai libri originali ma la trama prende una direzione tutta sua, quindi non sai mai davvero cosa aspettarti — ed è proprio questo il bello 👀 di fatto sembra davvero un seguito ufficiale uscito dopo Il Principe Mezzosangue. La Dramione è importante ma non è una storia centrata sulla loro relazione, e c'è anche lo slow burn che raga è costruito benissimo!!!! Partendo da un Draco che odia ancora il trio e che a malapena considera Hermione, quindi niente “ti ho sempre amata in segreto”, anzi, ci si chiede davvero come sia possibile che arrivino a qualcosa. E proprio per questo funziona.
Il percorso di Draco è uno dei migliori mai letti. Non è che si innamora di Hermione e puff sparisce ogni pregiudizio. Il cambiamento è graduale, si vede come pensa, cosa lo porta a cambiare. Hermione è parte del processo, certo, ma non è la ragione. È lui che cambia, perché cresce.
In più ci sono scene d’azione pazzesche, costruite con la giusta tensione e ritmo. Le battaglie sono coinvolgenti, la caccia agli Horcrux è ben sviluppata, l’Ordine della Fenice fa davvero qualcosa, alleluia!!
Insomma, per me è un capolavoro. Tu, se stai cercando una Dramione credibile e non spicy (una volta tanto), raccontata tramite una storia che sembra parte dell’universo originale.. here it is.
Il percorso di Draco è uno dei migliori mai letti. Non è che si innamora di Hermione e puff sparisce ogni pregiudizio. Il cambiamento è graduale, si vede come pensa, cosa lo porta a cambiare. Hermione è parte del processo, certo, ma non è la ragione. È lui che cambia, perché cresce.
In più ci sono scene d’azione pazzesche, costruite con la giusta tensione e ritmo. Le battaglie sono coinvolgenti, la caccia agli Horcrux è ben sviluppata, l’Ordine della Fenice fa davvero qualcosa, alleluia!!
Insomma, per me è un capolavoro. Tu, se stai cercando una Dramione credibile e non spicy (una volta tanto), raccontata tramite una storia che sembra parte dell’universo originale.. here it is.
September 11, 2023
-end of 6th year Draco and his family took the deal that Dumbledore offered them
-Draco joins Hermione, Harry and Ron on the journey to destroy/find the Horcruxes
-slow burn, upper YA
-adventure
Why is this not the 7th book? Okay so I loveeeeeee LOVE Deathly Hallows (some of my favorite chapters ever are in that book) but there are moments in DODM that should be part of the original series because they just MAKE SENSE.
This is upper YA with some steamy moments (not really spice) but the build up to their relationship felt so natural and realistic, especially for two teens who disliked each other for 6 years in school. I loved the development of Harry and Draco’s friendship as well.
Another thing I enjoyed is seeing places that we didn’t get to see in DH, like Azkaban, a certain place in Diagon Alley and other parts of the ministry.
The suspense was incredible. I truly don’t think I took a breath during the last part of the Christmas party at Malfoy manor or outside Gringotts.
I teared up so many times. The Azkaban chapters wrecked me. Draco’s Patronus 😭😭The moments leading up to the end of the Battle or Hogwarts? 😭😭
Once again the side characters were 💯. Pansy is the gift that keeps on giving and even though Narcissa wasn’t amazing from the beginning she redeemed herself tenfold.
-Draco joins Hermione, Harry and Ron on the journey to destroy/find the Horcruxes
-slow burn, upper YA
-adventure
Why is this not the 7th book? Okay so I loveeeeeee LOVE Deathly Hallows (some of my favorite chapters ever are in that book) but there are moments in DODM that should be part of the original series because they just MAKE SENSE.
This is upper YA with some steamy moments (not really spice) but the build up to their relationship felt so natural and realistic, especially for two teens who disliked each other for 6 years in school. I loved the development of Harry and Draco’s friendship as well.
Another thing I enjoyed is seeing places that we didn’t get to see in DH, like Azkaban, a certain place in Diagon Alley and other parts of the ministry.
The suspense was incredible. I truly don’t think I took a breath during the last part of the Christmas party at Malfoy manor or outside Gringotts.
I teared up so many times. The Azkaban chapters wrecked me. Draco’s Patronus 😭😭The moments leading up to the end of the Battle or Hogwarts? 😭😭
Once again the side characters were 💯. Pansy is the gift that keeps on giving and even though Narcissa wasn’t amazing from the beginning she redeemed herself tenfold.
April 30, 2023
After I only stumbled on HP (or any other) fanfiction very recently, I'm still in awe of these authors. This is now the 6th I've read and definitely my favorite so far! Like the others, this author knows the original so well, that this story fluently tells an alternative adventure, while keeping true to all the main elements.
It is really well written and stays close to the original language. I found her metaphors often a perfect description of the emotional and physical sensation. I also loved the many details of the inner turmoils of Draco's and Hermione's POVs.
This could've very well been the true deathly hallows books, especially with the Draco redemption arc, that already trickled in the original and left me wanting for the flood. Of course with a very lovely (child approved) and realistic love story between him and Hermione.
Ron also got a great alternative story, that fit really nicely with his character, while still developing much needed depth and maturation, that made me finally even like him.
Thanks for sharing your ideas with the world!
It is really well written and stays close to the original language. I found her metaphors often a perfect description of the emotional and physical sensation. I also loved the many details of the inner turmoils of Draco's and Hermione's POVs.
This could've very well been the true deathly hallows books, especially with the Draco redemption arc, that already trickled in the original and left me wanting for the flood. Of course with a very lovely (child approved) and realistic love story between him and Hermione.
Ron also got a great alternative story, that fit really nicely with his character, while still developing much needed depth and maturation, that made me finally even like him.
Thanks for sharing your ideas with the world!
June 22, 2023
A retelling of Deathly Hallows told from Draco’s POV. That fateful night on the astronomy tower, Draco took Dumbledore up on his offer to come to the other side of the war. Wow. Draco’s POV and redemption were so well done I wish I could have the entire series from this POV.
All my friends were here, and I felt more involved not seeing things from Harry’s POV.
Siriusly (🤭) well written fanfic 👏🏼
All my friends were here, and I felt more involved not seeing things from Harry’s POV.
Siriusly (🤭) well written fanfic 👏🏼
August 25, 2021
Can this be the 7th book? Loved it! Great mix of new and canon.
March 19, 2022
Let's just say there are so many good things that I want to say but this book has rendered me speechless. Somebody publish this and make a movie on it already.
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