DutchSlytherpuff
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He knew he could have stopped it, as he had promised himself he would, so long ago. He knew he should have. But the house had taught him well.
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September, 1961: The streets of London are increasingly unsafe as civil unrest grows and people everywhere are faced with a choice between what is right, and what is easy – but none of this seems to trouble Walburga and Orion Black, Heads to the Noble and Most Ancient House of Black. They’re more concerned with getting a decent night’s sleep, something they haven’t been able to get ever since they got Sirius. Now their second son, Regulus, has been born, they can just about say goodbye to their former lives forever.
Chapter one was originally the prologue of Black Beginnings, but I decided to expand on it because I have a lot more to say about this family during the early 60s. There is no real "plot", it's just Walburga and Orion trying to figure out how to do the whole parenting thing when they haven't even really figured out how to do the whole married people thing yet. Basically, domestic fluff with a Black family twist!
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- Part 10 of Bound by Blood
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Orion Black’s first Christmas at Hogwarts doesn’t quite go as planned, but then again, he never really had any plans to begin with.
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Walburga’s Sorting.
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Walburga Black’s seventh birthday, as referenced in Black Beginnings.
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If any question why we died, Tell them, because our fathers lied. — COMMON FORM by Rudyard Kipling, from his Epitaphs of the War 🜲 🜲 🜲 The world is split into good and bad, pure and impure, worthy and worthless – at least, this is the world as Regulus Arcturus Black has always been taught to see it, and as he has always believed to be true. He has never questioned it, nor has he, as a Black, ever needed to; he is at the top of society, the good, the pure, the worthy. Yet something gnaws at him all the same, so when Lord Voldemort offers him a purpose, and a way to matter beyond his family name, he accepts without hesitation, throwing himself wholly into his service.
But the Dark Lord isn’t as benevolent as he leads his potential recruits to believe, and his complete disregard for boundaries and humanity leaves cracks in Regulus’ faith. By the time he discovers the secret of Voldemort’s immortality, he finally understands what he has devoted himself to – and that the only way out may well be through his own death.
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They say the world is round, and yet I often think it square, So many little hurts we get From corners here and there. But one great truth in life I've found, While journeying to the West- The only folks who really wound Are those we love the best. The man you thoroughly despise Can rouse your wrath, 'tis true; Annoyance in your heart will rise At things mere strangers do; But those are only passing ills; This rule all lives will prove; The rankling wound which aches and thrills Is dealt by hands we love. The choicest garb, the sweetest grace, Are oft to strangers shown; The careless mien, the frowning face, Are given to our own. We flatter those we scarcely know, We please the fleeting guest, And deal full many a thoughtless blow To those who love us best. Love does not grow on every tree, Nor true hearts yearly bloom. Alas for those who only see This cut across a tomb! But, soon or late, the fact grows plain To all through sorrow's test: The only folks who give us pain Are those we love the best. — Life's Scars by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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A collection of unrelated stories about related characters. In other words: family drama galore.
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While you weren't here I cried every night. A million tears fell, Still my heart wasn't right. While you weren't here I did what I could, Hoping against hope My decisions were good. While you weren't here I gained some in age. Things just went on And life turned a page. While you weren't here I just tried to go on, Knowing what didn't kill me Would only make me strong. While you weren't here A whole lot got changed. My life became different, My world rearranged. While you weren't here I had to learn to be alone, To stand on my two feet, To make my own home. So that's where I am now, At this stage of my life, Still scared and alone, Still coping with strife. And oh how I wish that Things could be different, That I could go back To a time in the past, To a time before You weren't here. — While You Weren't Here by Janet Michael
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People lose each other every day, in several ways. This is a collection of stories about that loss – through death, by choice, or otherwise.
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Now, God be thanked who has matched us with his hour, And caught our youth, and wakened us from sleeping! With hand made sure, clear eye, and sharpened power, To turn, as swimmers into cleanness leaping, Glad from a world grown old and cold and weary; Leave the sick hearts that honor could not move, And half-men, and their dirty songs and dreary, And all the little emptiness of love! Oh! we, who have known shame, we have found release there, Where there’s no ill, no grief, but sleep has mending, Naught broken save this body, lost but breath; Nothing to shake the laughing heart’s long peace there, But only agony, and that has ending; And the worst friend and enemy is but Death. — Peace by Rupert Brooke***
This is a collection of stories about youngsters who got themselves involved with Voldemort's wars – both "good" and "evil", Death Eater, Order member, and Ministry workers alike, focusing especially on cases of indoctrination and/or peer pressure as reasons these young people lost it all.
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After the war perhaps I'll sit again Out on the terrace where I sat with you, And see the changeless sky and hills beat blue And live an afternoon of summer through. I shall remember then, and sad at heart For the lost day of happiness we knew, Wish only that some other man were you And spoke my name as once you used to do. — After the War by May Wedderburn Cannan
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After the war, a lot needs to happen before they can move on.
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When Dean Thomas saw Andromeda Tonks, he knew her, even though she didn’t know him.
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Have you ever wondered if there was a reason Petunia parented Dudley the way she did? She had a very good reason for spoiling him so – Petunia Dursley was determined to do nothing but the best for her son.
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Gideon Drake and the Fire Within by TEZofAllTrades
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
26 Dec 2021
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A brand-new story set in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter 🧙 Find out how the magical world and fan-favourite characters have changed since Lord Voldemort's defeat, in this modern-day tale of magic, family and friendship.
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As a baby, Gideon was found at the centre of a mysterious magical accident, and the Ministry of Magic took drastic action. Ten years later, Gideon is finally leaving his Muggle primary school and looking forward to attending Hogwarts with other magical children. However, when his acceptance letter doesn't arrive, Gideon's life begins to unravel, and so do the secrets surrounding his past... When faced with the shocking truth, can Gideon withstand the looming darkness? Or will it consume him?I͏N͏F͏O͏R͏M͏A͏T͏I͏O͏N͏
Genre: Fantasy/Mystery. Word count: ~160K. Started: 01/06/20. Completed: 27/05/21. Edited: 19/1/2023. Written in British-Style English. The main versions are available on RoyalRoad & Wattpad, where artwork and other content is included (Username: TEZofAllTrades).Bookmarked by DutchSlytherpuff
30 Oct 2024
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Slytherin House is a hard place to be in the run-up to the Second War. Any student has to worry about classes, careers, juggling the wishes of teachers and parents; a Slytherin gets the rest of the school's judgement, the internal politics of prejudice and choosing sides. How do the decent but cunning, the moral but ambitious, walk the thin green line?
A collection of shorts covering the school years of a group of Slytherins in the year above Harry
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- Part 1 of Latet Series
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It's been two years; two years of grief, of pain, of hardship, and Rose thought it was all, finally, over. But the end is only just beginning.
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- Part 3 of The Stygian Trilogy
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30 Oct 2024