Nothing is ever as it seems...After the Battle of Hogwarts, Hermione goes to Australia to find her parents. After she realizes she cannot restore their memories, she goes to Sirius for comfort. However, after a misunderstanding, they are torn apart. What will it take to get them back together?…
Fifteen-year-old Sarah Salisbury seems to have everything - two divorced parents who are both happily remarried to the right people, four stepsiblings, a younger brother, two childhood best friends...and an unrequited crush on her stepbrother.Seventeen-year-old Mason Dyfnallt has a good life - his parents are on amicable terms despite his divorce, his younger sister no longer drives him crazy, his stepbrother is pretty cool for just being thirteen, and then there's his stepsister, Sarah, who he just can't seem to get out of his head.When their parents are gone for the night, plus their siblings, will Sarah and Mason have the courage to take the next step, even if it's just once, at the risk of being caught and ruining their family forever?…
Claire Elizabeth "Clairy-Beth" Brianna MacQuarrie is the oldest daughter and first child of Beatrice "Tris" Fraser MacQuarrie (herself the twin sister of Brianna Fraser Mackenzie) and Gordon MacQuarrie. Born in Boston in July, 1978, alongside her twin brother, James "Jim" Roger Fraser MacQuarrie, they relocate to Scotland in 1983 so as their mother and aunt can restore their ancestral family home, Lallybroch.However, their mother is frequently cold and distant towards them, and will never speak of their father. Can Clairy-Beth and Jim find a way to get their mother to talk, and, perhaps, figure out why they, plus their cousins, Jem and Mandy, hear buzzing in their dreams?…
With Harry Potter kidnapped as a child and adopted into a Pureblood Swiss family, the Wizarding World believes he is lost forever.In summer of 1996, Albus Dumbledore tries on Marvolo Gaunt's Ring, and is slowly dying. His last request of Severus? Find the boy, who has finally been located.Severus journeys to Switzerland, Fawkes in tow, to find the boy, and meet his destiny.…
Bella Swan likes her routine - classes, reading too many novels, and writing in her spare time. She harbors secrets - what teenager doesn't? - and just wants to escape from her mundane lifestyle, for a moment or two.Edward Cullen is a rich kid - always getting what he wants, when he wants it. He can't put his finger on why Isabella Swan has piqued his interest, however, and is determined to find out.…
Hermione Granger is happy, really. She is twenty-seven, Deputy Minister of Magic underneath Kingsley Shacklebolt, is a loving godmother, a wonderful daughter, and a proud cat owner of a new Kneazle, Sharma. Although not involved in any romantic entanglements, she is perfectly happy, right? Right?Well, likely not. After Astoria Greengrass-Malfoy sends over a missive from the Department of Mysteries, Hermione begins to doubt her supposed happiness and everything she knew about the Wizarding World.…
When Miss Hermione Granger, sole heiress to Viscount and Viscountess Granger, begins her Wizarding Season, she is a star in her own right, due to graduating first in her class from The Circe Academy. A lover of books, and her cat, Crookshanks, Hermione believes she is prepared for anything.Lord Severus Snape, Marquess of Spinner's End, has been in the world of the Wizarding Season for years, and never thought to settle down. When he meets Hermione, who is being accosted by Lord Cormac McLaggen, heir to the Earldom of McLaggen, he realizes that, perhaps, not bonding right away was the most intelligent idea of them all.…
Hermione is a magical researcher who publishes her findings under a pseudonym. When she gets to the subject of potions, she decides to alter the love potion ingredients and goes to Severus with her findings. However, when they realize that the potions smell like the other, sparks immediately begin to fly.…
Prequel to The Wolf WithinHarry presents as an Omega at age thirteen. Severus knows that they are mates, but says nothing, not wanting to take the opportunity away from Harry to choose. After the Battle of the Astronomy Tower, Voldemort is killed by Harry, and Harry travels to St. Lucia after taking his NEWTs to get away from Britain. There, he encounters Severus, and the pair form a bond which will last a lifetime.…
Post-war.Draco Malfoy has no one - with his father imprisoned for life in Azkaban, and his mother in France permanently, he is utterly alone. Save for Severus Snape, and for Harry Potter showing mercy towards him, as well as his fortune and house, he is alone in this world.Draco is forced into bonding with a Light Wizard to ensure he will not reoffend. He reluctantly selects Remus Lupin, and, although he is saddened that the man will never be able to find his true soulmate, he is determined to make the best of it.…
April 16, 1746 - The Battle of Culloden is not merely limited to the Muggle World, and the Scottish wizards fight for independence, but are unsuccessful. There are many casualties, leaving several young witches and wizards without mothers and fathers.September 1, 1746 - Hogwarts Castle is again opened for young witches and wizards to learn how to be proper within the Wizarding World, with many tutors on hand to educate them in history, Transfiguration, charms, Defense Against the Dark Arts, Herbology, and potions. Albus Dumbledore soon announces a Christmas ball, and all is well.December 1, 1749 - Dumbledore bans Christmas balls from Hogwarts castle, because he is tired of wasting Galleons on dancing shoes.December 12, 1749 - Harry, Ron, and Draco devise a plan to still have Christmas balls, which is where our story begins...…
When Bella Swan realizes that her father's childhood best friend, Edward Cullen, died as a teenager, she discovers to figure out why the young man, with the face of a god, with a wonderful family, would ever do such a thing.…
Demelza Bridgerton, fourth child of the Bridgerton family and the twin sister of Daphne Bridgerton, is the black sheep of her family. Sent to Paris at the age of ten due to her singing ability, she is made to come home by eldest brother, Anthony, so that she can have the season alongside Daphne and attract a suitable husband.Edward Radclyffe, Marquess of Hereford, is anything any woman could ever want - kind, handsome, intelligent, charismatic, selfless. He, alongside Simon Basset, were best friends with Anthony Bridgerton while at Oxford. Because of this, when Edward asks Anthony if he can recommend him a wife, Anthony promptly volunteers Demelza, who loathes everything to do with the season.Agreeing to the match and marrying soon thereafter, Demelza must realize that she has agreed to marry a stranger and wonders, if, perhaps, she will be able to one day fall in love with her new husband whom she does not know.…
In the wake of the final battle with Voldemort (in June 1996 in this story) Harry strives to be "just Harry", as he always wanted. Now adopted by the Weasleys, the whole world is at his feet, and he's not quite sure he likes it that way.Severus Snape, now free from his Unbreakable Vow against Dumbledore and Deputy Headmaster at Hogwarts, is looking forward to his new life. However, once he realizes who his mate is, Minerva throws a wrench into the plans.…
Beatrice "Tris" Raymond has had everything she could ever wanted in life, save one thing - the identity of her biological family. Longing to fully realize where she comes from, Tris begins the journey of a lifetime.…
Rosetta "Setta" Lily Potter is Harry Potter's twin sister, a hidden twin, and just as famous and essential to the prophecy as her twin brother is. With her mother's hair and her father's eyes, she is a beautiful young girl to behold. However, with the prophecy looming just one step behind both her and her brother, and the one love she wants but cannot have, will both Setta and Harry survive the war intact?…
Ginny Weasley has settled for Dean Thomas, not chosen him. It is not because she still has feelings for Harry - she loves Harry, but as a brother, and she wishes that everyone would get with the program and understand that. As for the rest, she has made Prefect for the second year in a row, and is now a Chaser on the Gryffindor Quidditch Team. Everything's going brilliantly, right?Wrong.Draco Malfoy is the bane of Ginny's existence. All she wants to do is hex him at every turn, and he wants to do the same. However, those fire and ice looks he gives her effect her in a way she never thought possible. But Draco Malfoy is a Death Eater, and Ginny Weasley is considered a Blood Traitor. Can they set aside their differences and make their feelings for one another a reality?…
Post-war. Twenty-one-year-old Harry Potter has been given custody of Teddy Lupin after the unexpected death of Andromeda Tonks. Having quit the Aurors, Harry focuses all his energy on his son, having adopted Teddy once being clearance to do so. When Teddy becomes afflicted with Spattergroit, what is the new father to do?Severus Snape, having survived the attack by Nagini during the Battle of Hogwarts, has opened a potions shop in Diagon Alley, devoting himself to producing high-quality potions, as well as independent research. When he hears about Teddy's affliction, he agrees to help, due to Teddy's Metamorphmagus abilities, as typical remedies will be rendered ineffective.…
During the Battle of the Astronomy Power, Severus Snape broke free from his bond from Voldemort, and joined the Order of the Phoenix to help Harry Potter defeat the Dark Lord once and for all. Hermione and Ron came together in the tragedy, but could never make their relationship work.Seventh-year. Hermione is in love with a dead man. Ron is focused on Quidditch and joining the Auror Department after graduation. Harry is sneaking around with Severus. Dumbledore agrees with newly-elected Minister of Magic, Kingsley Shacklebolt, that the Death Eaters still on the lose must be dealt with but, in the meantime, the Golden Trio must be kept safe. Which is why the Pureblood Regime must be reenacted, to ensure the protection of Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger.…
Leia Beckett is the oldest daughter of Lincoln and Edythe Beckett. When she is sixteen, she falls for her foster brother, Owen Torrance, and the feelings are mutual. In their first year of college, when Leia comes up pregnant, they decide to keep the baby, and to achieve their dreams of becoming an attorney and a children's oncologist and to make their lives the way they want to. However, love and devotion go hand and hand, so what's to happen when Leia and Owen realize that life as they know it is not what they truly want after all?…