Top 20 Epic Magic Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Each fic is tagged with magic and falls in the over 100,000 words range.
Evitative
by Vichan
In the summer before his fifth year at Hogwarts, Harry is drawn to a room in Grimmauld Place. Like the Gryffindor he is, he enters the room without fear. The room is a library, and Harry is surprised to find that he’s eager to learn.Then he gets the bad news: he’s been accidentally expelled from Hog
Away Childish Things
by lettered
Harry gets de-aged. Malfoy has to help him.
The Songbird and the Sea
by maia_archives
In a world where dominance of the sea is an endless battle between pirates and mariners, Park Jimin is content living in his little village on a small, uninteresting island by the eastern mainland. He wants nothing to do with the bloodshed of good and evil, the heartless killing of both innocents an
Mental
by orphan_account
Harry has had quite enough of sharing his mind with someone else, thankyouverymuch. A miscast Legilimecy spell says otherwise.(Fic from 2010 FF archive being uploaded here.)AND FOR THE LAST FUCKING TIME, STOP REPOSTING THIS ON WATTPAD. I DO NOT WANT IT ON WATTPAD. YOU DO NOT HAVE PERMISSION TO POST
Don't Look Back
by Onyx_and_Elm
It’s the smell of it. Chemical. Bitter and sharp as a raw edge on metal. Just a hint of it as she passes him at breakfast — but enough to stop her dead, mid-step.There is Wolfsbane in his tea.
Change fate by being aggressively kind
by sircantus
“You do understand that you’re caring for the thing meant to bring destruction and chaos to our world, right?” The woman asks, Phil looking behind him fondly as Techno grabs at the ends of his wings. “He’s just a child.” Phil answers distractedly, humming as his wings get gently yanked at. “He’s the
Harry Potter and the Welcome to the World of Grey
by sobsicles
When Harry fails to keep his anger at bay and Voldemort possesses his mind, the events that follow lead him down a long road to realizing the world isn't as black and white as it seems. Chaos, hilarity, and tragedy ensue with a Dark Lord being honest all the time, a rival becoming something else, an
The Ordeal of Being Known
by louisfake
When Auror Potter is anonymously cursed with silence by being forced to hide his own voice inside his mind, there's unfortunately only one person in the country with the qualifications to fix it: Certified and Licensed Healer Legilimens, Draco Malfoy, specialist in Mind Curses and Afflictions. It's
It Might Just Come Back To Bite You
by Arobeebee
After Jungkook goes out of his way to help a sickly-looking stranger on a rainy night, the universe chooses to reward him in the most bizarre and unexpected way possible – with a nest of overprotective Vampire sugar-daddies.
Holly & Yew
by LovelyLotus
After a bout of accidental magic when Harry is six, Vernon goes too far. When Harry wakes up, he is gravely wounded and more than fifty years in the past in another world. After some shuffling, Harry ends up at Wool's. There, he meets Tom Riddle, his mysterious roommate, eventual best friend, and th
Draco Malfoy and the Wheel of Hecate
by starbrigid
Whatever Draco does in the past, it seems he is unable to change much for the better. But he hasn't given up trying, and in the year where Voldemort rises again, he will stop at nothing to ensure he prevents it, leading him down a dangerous path. Standing in his way is not only the force of evil and
Protected
by Anonymous
“I don’t care about anything like I care about you. Not even this kingdom. My place is with you.”--Dream is the Crown Prince and the future king. His sworn duty is to protect his kingdom from outside threats, especially from the scourge of magic. George is his best friend and, technically, his serva
Precious Mettle
by glitterandgilt
Jin loved his nest. He'd built it very carefully from the ground up. Spent centuries on selecting the individuals he wanted to spend the rest of his immortal life with. He was proud of his nest and protected it with a possessive love that rivaled a dragon's guard on their trove.Jin didn't get the ch
Candles and Shadows
by Sunny_Bih
Jungkook is a Jeon—the only witching family alive that carries Shadow Magic blood. Feared for their ominous powers, Jungkook grew up isolated from the rest of the witching community, so much so that they don't even know the youngest Jeon exists. Jungkook’s always felt like an outsider—even at his hu
Of the Northmost Winds and Skies
by xxiiyu
It's the first winter after Pitch's defeat. Jack is happy, he's not alone anymore, and his memories are gradually returning. But when a treasure hunt gone wrong puts Jack and Jamie in danger, flinging them through time and space, they find themselves on an island neither of them have heard of before
Swamp Magic
by GinForInk
Two witches lure Jungkook into their cabin in the woods.This fic has been translated into Turkish, French, and Russian.
The Prancing Stag (ASOIAF SI)
by Knight_Vigilant_Koren
A Renly Baratheon SI that tries to be truly realistic. As Lord Paramount of the Stormlands can I keep my head attached? Is going for the throne a good idea? And WTF am I going to do about the White Walkers?
Courtship in the Capital
by makenalei
The ruling family may change, but the capital city will always remain the same. Cloaked in a shroud of mystery and danger, the city has not changed much since Sansa's last journey here. Peace may reign throughout the kingdom but there are still those that threatened such peace. Sansa must learn to s
We Hope You Enjoy Your Time Playing Phantasm
by Stray_Anpanman
Welcome new player.You have been assigned the class of Knight. This class is a reflection of your personality and actions in your life.Your statistics and abilities depend on the class you have been allocated.You have been gifted 500 coins to spend as you wish as well as some items you may find usef
Thrower of the Dart
by Vathara
What might have happened instead of Artemis Fowl book 6, if it'd happened in the Marvel Universe. Megalomaniacs ahoy!
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About Magic
Spellwork, enchantments, and the impossible made systematic — whether the canon is already magical or the writer is introducing magic where none existed. Covers everything from intricate original magic systems to a single inexplicable curse driving the plot.
Magic is fanfiction's most flexible tool: it can externalize emotion, literalize metaphor, and give any pairing a curse that can only be broken one obvious way.
Common scenarios: A witch's familiar turning out to be a transformed human, or two characters bound by a spell that forces honesty between them.
About This List
This list of 20epic Magic fanfics spans 4,554,346 total words. Kudos range from 3,374 on the newest entries to 91,386 on the most established. 70% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Teen And Up Audiences (8 of 20 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Magic · Alternate Universe - Magic · Alternate Universe - Fantasy · Slow Burn · Action/Adventure.
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