In the Witches Before Wizards series
, Luz Noceda accidentally makes contact with the spirit of a human witch named Lily, asking her to make sure that her son Harry Potter does not end up with the Dursleys. Thus begins the tale of the adopted son of Luz and Amity, especially once he gets a letter from Hogwarts...
This fanfic provides examples of:
- For Want Of A Nail: The story starts with, thanks to Lily's spirit, Luz swooping baby Harry away and her and Amity raising him as their own.
- Fusion Fic: The series combines the Earth of the Owl House with that of Harry Potter. Notably, Earth witches and wizards can cast spells with spell circles with training.
- Half-Human Hybrid: Seraphina is Vee's half-basilisk daughter, whose human side is an Earth witch.
- Happily Adopted: Harry is very happy with Luz and Amity raising him, much more so than he would have been at the Dursleys.
- Magic Misfire: The story is kickstarted when Luz attempts to use Oracle magic to contact her father's spirit as a surprise for her mom, only for Hooty's interruption to cause her to accidentally call forth Lily Potter's spirit instead.
- Power Misidentification: Seraphina's half-basilisk shapeshifting abilities simply make people assume that she's a Metamorphmagus.
