"What Would A Hero Do?" Newly crowned wizard and avid reader of fantasy fiction, eleven-year-old Harry Potter makes friends with the goblin standing outside Gringotts with unforeseen consequences. Armed with an unlikely posse -his insatiable curiosity- and a pocket full of questions, Curious!Harry embarks on his first year at Hogwarts. Merlin help us.

He is a runt, something no one seems to want. Will this little puppy ever find his new home?

With his life turned into a Game, Harry now has to raise a Phoenix, uncover the Founders' darkest secrets, deal with political manipulations and live through Hogwarts all while trying desperately to not swear too much.

(Revised, incomplete edition, salvaged from cyberspace: AU of OOTP) In a rash act of self-sacrifice, Harry saves a dying Muggle by magically transfering his cancer to himself. Now, going through his fifth year with a terrible secret, he begins to realize just what he's given up. Abused!Harry, H/G, R/Hr.

Abused!Harry fics usually cast uncle Vernon in the role of the main villain. But couldn't it have been Petunia just as well?