Best Mature Magic Fanfics
The 25 most-loved mature magic fanfics on AO3, ranked by kudos. 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.
Top 25 Mature Magic Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Every fic on this list is tagged with magic and rated Mature.
The Standard You Walk Past
by bafflinghaze
On returning to Hogwarts for their Eighth Year, Headmistress McGonagall decided to room Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter together. She may have hoped for a leading example of house unity; the other students fully expected insults and fights. But nothing happened.That was, until Harry sleepwalked into D
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
Every Step You Take
by Nokomis
Stiles accidentally ends up magically bound to Derek. It’s super.
The Truth Is You
by bigmamag
Arthur lies to a sorceress and gets slapped with a truth spell. Awkwardness ensues.
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.
Another Chance
by ProfessorMicroPenis
Harry leaves the white limbo of King's Cross to find himself in his childhood cupboard once again. Luckily for him, it seems he's brought Ron and Hermione back with him, and with his best friends at his side he can do anything.The Golden Trio take Hogwarts by storm, a bit more jaded and ruthless tha
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
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
Blade of the Sun
by BladeoftheSun
No summary provided.
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
Leave It Behind
by rymyanna
Dipper contracts Bill to get rid of his abusive mate, and Bill agrees on the condition that he gets to pilot the body. While playing the role of a mated pair, Dipper gets more involved in Bill's schemes, and with Bill, than he bargained for.
we're undone by each other
by dalgonas
In a world where magic and miracles were commonplace, and fate was laughed at, Tsukasa begins stepping out of the only place he's ever known, and into a realm less than welcoming for him.
The Reincarnated Spy Wants A Peaceful Family Life In Another World
by ruff_ethereal
WISE has failed. Ostania is burning. Agent Twilight is killed in the ensuing explosive, fiery demise of Berlint.But then, Twilight finds himself reborn in another world, one far stranger, more fantastical, and more overtly dangerous than the one he had originally come from.With newfound magical powe
Stoneheart
by demonsushi01
Prince Lance accompanies his cousin Princess Allura to finally meet her husband-to-be, King Shiro, in person. For the next few months they will be staying at Stoneheart Castle which King Shiro rules over. However, it will not be just a simple meet-and-greet like Lance is expecting. In fact, it will
𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲｜ᴛʜᴇ ᴠᴀᴍᴘɪʀᴇ ᴅɪᴀʀɪᴇꜱ
by NebulaVoyager
Sam never imagined his death; the thought never even brushed his mind. But fate had something extraordinary in store for him when it finally happened. He awoke, reborn not as himself but as a character he had once watched from the sidelines-a plain human in a world teeming with vampires, werewolves,
Celestial Traveler
by NovaSelene
The Celestial Grimoire and multiversal travel. Two powers that probably shouldn't have been given to a narcissistic, misanthropic teenager with massive trust issues.That said teenager would actually need everything the CYOA build she'd made at the end of their previous life had given her in order to
Of Smoke & Bone
by wishbonetea
In general, Neil Josten managed to keep his two lives in balance. To most, he was a nineteen year old art student with a part-time job in a mostly-normal coffee shop. On the other hand, he worked for his uncle, running errands in exchange for magical wishes. But when he’s paired with Andrew Minyard
the dawn before the rest of the world
by moonagedisasterr
When Regulus’ name was pulled out of the fire, Sirius cracked. When Remus’ name followed, he shattered.
Red Strand
by salgululu
Hidden in the forests of Lana, the Runa clan are thieves of secrets, and red-haired Choi Jongho is the most dangerous of them all. When his coming-of-age mission sends him to track down a missing agent who vanished investigating a royal conspiracy, Jongho must leave the shadows with his enigmatic pa
Petals in the Ice
by CalamityCain
An orphaned child of a duke and a witch grows to become a great beauty — and a prophesied threat to the Lion Throne. This boy-child, raised as a girl among jealous sisters, is sent to his death after being accused of seducing his stepbrother, the crown prince. He is saved by the deception of a valor
Second Beginnings and Different Endings
by allupinsmoke
Slow-burn SQ. Henry has moved out. The mansion is empty. Regina decides to open it up to foster kids and offer them what Emma never had growing up — a home. Callie Jacob is a hardened and traumatized teen. She knows she is beyond love. Her only goal is to get Jude into a safe home, after which she c
For the City
by Narvine
After a cataclysmic storm wiped out the shores of Klatch and now heads for Ankh-Morpork, the Patrician must find a way to protect his city. A strange wizard, brought in by Ridcully, is interested to help, but he soon reveals himself to be the sort of person neither Vetinari, nor Vimes want around.
Giant-Slayer: New World (Volume 2)
by NewMystery356
During the course of Beacon's first term, Team RWBY recruited a fifth, conquered homework, fought monsters, and even survived their final exams. With the second term upon them, follow the team of five as RWBBY grapples with new classes, new teachers, and new adventures as our young heroes gird thems
Summer Job
by Thais_Avila
Vacations are officially over for the Agents from the Teen Agents Division and the assignments for the Rooky Teen Agents, Junior Class C and Class B Teen Agents and Civilian assistants will officially begin. The next two months of summer break will be busy and exciting. But of course, Rachel, Lucy,
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About This List
This list of 25mature Magic fanfics spans 4,439,979 total words. Kudos range from 16 on the newest entries to 71,914 on the most established. 48% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Mature (25 of 25 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Magic · Alternate Universe - Magic · Romance · Alternate Universe - Fantasy · Blood and Violence.
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