TEAM DRAGON ENTRY: Meri Oddities "Escaping The Paradox" Title: Escaping the Paradox Author:meri_oddities Team: Dragon Genre(s): Alternate Universe (*Hover/Click for Games Definition of Alternate Universe*) and Romance Prompt(s): Learning to Dance Rating/Warnings/Kinks: NC-17; *Adult content* Word Count: 35,706 Summary: After Harry is thrown back in time to 1971, he has several choices to make. A/N: For a specific scene in Snape's 5th year, a lot of the dialogue is taken directly (or paraphrased) from The Order of the Phoenix, Chapter Twenty-Eight: Snape's Worst Memory. The description of Tom Riddle when Harry first meets him is taken directly from The Half-Blood Prince, Chapter Twenty: Lord Voldemort's Request.