#pair of kings hp au

[justsomeno1s]

LOBCORPxISAT AU ABNO IDEAS

Made it to Act 3! I now have more information to work with! Hooray!

Current Ideas for Siffrin, The King, and Loop as abnormalities under Read More due to length

ALSO IF YOU HAVE IDEAS/CRITISCMS, LMK PLEASE AND THANK YOU!!! I don't have any Unique Bonnie ideas yet, and I'm stumped, so I'm posting for feedback.

Siffrin

Sif is def an Abno. Formerly human, but lacking some humanity from being in containment so long. Prolly around HE or WAW.

Works best with Attachment, worst with Repression. (He's durable as anything from however many loops he's gone through- I don't think they'd take being forcefully repressed very well, either) Deals White damage in Unit.

Abilities wise, I think Sif would be pretty fun to play with, but also simple! They have a base counter of 3, and if their Counter hits 0, they breach and start attacking people. "WHO CARES?! THEY'RE NOT EVEN REAL!" kinda vibes. Resistant to Black and Red damage, Weak to White and Pale. He'd just tear through the facility until he's defeated, and if health gets to half, they'll start running away. If they aren't attacked for about a second, they'll heal themselves for 1/4 of max hp, and start dealing black and red damage at once. ofc, thats only if they get away.

For Mechanics, it's still basically the same idea as mentioned before; Every start of the day, when the ordeals are chosen, Siffrin chooses a genre of play, which dictates their likes and dislikes for the day. Add some interactions with Retrying Days, the time breaking abnos (I.E: Shelter from the 27th of March and Backwards Clock), and the other ISAT abnos, and there's something fun!

Comedy means they want Good Results, Tragedy means he wants Bad Results. Musicals are Insight, Slice of Life are Attachment, Dramas are Instinct. Nothing selected means they want Repression- Some suicidal ideation, in a way.

Equipment would obviously be based on Sif's things from ISAT: Weapon is a Temperance based Knife, curved and split at the tip, so it looks like a closed pair of scissors. Suit is a black suit with a short white cape and hood, maybe with off-white boots and gloves. (I can't think of any effects TT) For the gift, the Nugget gets a dark circle marking like the Healing Craft symbol, on their cheek, which turns a pale white when spent.

Idea: How about… a "get out of death free" type deal as a Ego Gift? Only once per Employee, a nugget can dodge death, in and out of Containment units. As a counter, it instantly drops their sanity to 0, and any other non-death effects still take place. (So, Counters dropping, breakouts, infections- that kind of deal. Might still be broken, but its fun to think about!)

The King

The King fits really well as an Aleph (idk if he's that powerful in ISAT, but still).

I think he'd be one of the abnos who change reaction based on level. Notable thoughts include: Lv 5 Insight is Bad, Lv 4 Insight is Good, Attachment works well but would be picky (From the offer to the party to be frozen).

Definitely still trying to freeze the world in time, producing tears, and showing visions of the future. For more interesting "gameplay", he could get the ability to create Sadnesses out of his Tears.

When his counter hits 0 and he breaches, he'd head to his department's Main Room, freezing anyone he comes in contact with. Upon reaching the destination, he'd begin to cry, spawning Tears and Sadnesses that spread away from him and begin attacking non-frozen Nuggets and Clerks. Being in the same room as him deals White damage over time. If defeated, the frozen Nuggets will return to normal, but the Tears and Sadnesses will continue to roam- The King is considered breaching until all of them are taken out, making them an end of day nightmare. So, essentially, a tanky Abno that can cause an Ordeal! Fun!!

Equipment: Weapon is a Shield and Mace combo, which lowers incoming damage taken when equipped (Deals Black, Reduces Pale). Suit is a deep blue, almost black set of armor with white strands that float off of it like hair in water (Weak to Black, neutral to all others). Ego gift gives the Nugget tears around their mouth and eyes.

Loop

Loop would be an abnormality, but I have no idea what level. The only idea I have so far is that their containment unit would also have the Favor Tree- The two could be fused in a way? Whether that makes Loop a dryad type deal or two separate entities in the same room, idk.

[I was think like parasite tree at first, but I like Loop being able to leave the Tree]

Maybe the Favor Tree grants wishes, and Loop tries to stop people from making them? Appearing inhuman, celestial, and ghost-like (maybe even scary) to ward people off. Or at least, that's the rumor. "The tree is fiercely protective of its leaves, calling upon a second form to punish those who take anything from it."

I really don't know enough yet to make them accurate to ISAT, so I'll just swing it to horror. Loop is a spirit that is given form by the favor tree specifically to "punish" (Kill brutally) anyone who takes things from the tree. Have them look human, but be able to pull people apart at the seams

In Unit, they deal white damage, definitely. If Loop were playing nice, their personality might only be a mild annoyance, but without that incentive, why not drive a few randos to madness for the hell of it?

Outside the unit... idrk " If high level, Pale. If low level, Black.

I feel like they'd get more aggro if the Nugget working on them had equipment/gifts from the other ISAT Abnos. A bit like Snow Queen, but not insta death. (Could include Loop's gifts too. "I gave you that in good faith, and you use it against me? Well, I guess I'll take it back!"

Would need high-ish Temperance or Prudence to avoid dropping their counter. Probably likes... insight. From the chats with Sif, and the Nugget knowing not to take anything (Thank you, Red Eyes)

Ego Equip would be a Staff with White, Star-like leaves. Deals White damage and slows the enemy slightly. (If high level, maybe heals?) Outfit is a white suit with black arms. If I could, I'd give a mask or helmet to make the Nugget look more like Loop as part of the suit. (Resist Black, Endure Red, Weak to White- Pale Res affected by level, again) Gift? Def a helmet- Imagine a laurel made of stars, that trails down the side of your face and covers an eye. (Raise Temp, lower SP)

[lucigoo]

Weekly Round up: 11th November - 17th November

Whoop!! We are finally back on track. I wrote 31,765 words this week, it was a slog and half as I mixed up some date fests 🤦‍♀️. I uploaded 7 fics this week, but 3 are unrevelaed until the 29th!

But as always, first is the fic recs.

The Lesson of You - thecouchsofa - Harry Potter (Harry/Draco, kid fic)

Summary: Harry likes kids. That doesn't mean he's ready for a small boy to turn up on the doorstep of Grimmauld Place insisting that Harry is his father. That was weird enough, but the child identifying Draco Malfoy as his other parent was something Harry had no bloody idea how to handle.

Not All That Glitters (Is Good For Your Health) - comatosecombat - The Hobbit (Bilbo/Thorin)

Summary: In his attempt to distract Smaug from attacking Lake-town, Bilbo accidentally destroys the One Ring of Power, saves the day and brings peace on Middle-Earth.

When it comes to him and Thorin, that resolves absolutely nothing.

The Herd of Durin - DomesticGoddess - The Hobbit (Bilbo/Thorin, Centaur Au, as we know in the Bagginshield fandom, Domestic Godessess' fics are phenominal, this is my fav of ALL their work!)

Summary: Thorin's herd is the last of the Durin Tribe. Between dwindling food supplies, a mare shortage, and an increasing human population, Thorin has his hands full trying to keep his herd alive. Thorin knows, despite his best efforts, its only a matter of time before the Khuzd centaurs face extinction. At least, he though he did. Everything changes when he discovers a strange  a strange little pony centaur who smells like a mare, but looks like a stallion.

Take me as I am - phiaura - The Witcher (TV) (Geralt/Jaskier, AWAU)

Summary: Thus, a deal was struck, a treaty agreed upon. Rivia would not take military action against any allied kingdom and in turn, the kingdoms would provide the king of Rivia with a consort. So far, that last bit was the part of the treaty that had gone to shit. As far as Jaskier had understood, up to now the White Wolf had turned down all the proffered brides. If a consort was not approved, the treaty would be null and void.

Where Jaskier is the last chance of fulfilling the requirements of a treaty between the warlord of Rivia, and the allied kingdoms. Will it prove to be his rescue or his doom?

i've loved you in a million different ways - dotty456 - Harry Potter - (Sirius/Remus, This is one of my favourite longer fics. I have read it so many times and stil I adore it)

Summary: An everybody lives fanfic that follows the Marauders from before their first year to the end of Hogwarts - may include mentions of their children/marriages and future stuff because I can. Dumbledore is a douchebag, Voldemort doesn't exist and the Black cousins join together before the elder Blacks start burning that damn family tree

Green-Handed - lotus0kid - The Hobbit (Bilbo/Thorin)

Summary: Post-BotFA, while Thorin, Fili, and Kili are slowly recovering from their wounds, Bilbo finds himself subject to a condition that hobbits might experience at a few very particular times in their lives, under very particular circumstances, none of which apply to him. Very confused (and somewhat embarrassed) he decides to keep it a secret during this delicate time in the mountain. This goes about as well as you might expect.

I hope you all have a wonderful week and find something to read that brings you joy <3

As I am also doing a basterdised Nano, I am using the month to finish as many of my Wips as possibel, of course, I also write new ones baseu I cant help myself lol.

Of the 63 wips I started with, i have finished 9 of them and so im feeling pretty proud tbh.

I have also worked on

Ghost Ship Of Witchers and Songbirds King of Azkaban

Feel free to ask about any of hem.

Anyway, this weeks fics are:

Love and Laughter at the Burrow - Lucigoo89 - Harry Potter (Percy/Viktor, Weasley siblings) this was written for HP Rare Pairs Game Night flash fest, heres ths coolection.

Summary: Percy has brought his boyfriend, Viktor, to the Burrow for family game night.

Why he thought his siblings would have at least a small amount of decorum he doesnt know, he thinks as he watches Viktor get interrigated and the rest if his siblings cheat at snakes and ladders, because of course they do!

Spinning in Memory - Lucigoo89 - Harry Potter (Gen, Weasley fmaily, Harry, Hermione and grief) This one was written for the Remember Remember Flash fest comp and heres that collection. Warnings, this one deals with post war grief!

Summary: It has been 6 months since the Battle of Hogwarts. 6 months since George's twin, his best friend, was ripped away from him. And now its Bonfire night, a night both Fred and George had loved their entire lives.

Now there was just George and his broken family looking into the fire. Feeling the weight of the missing Weasley, of Geroge's now lost brother.

Give it to me - Lucigoo89 - Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling] (Sirius/Remus)

Summary: It's Remus 65th Birthday. He is alive and his husband, Sirius has a suprise for him, and it's not just him in his sexy little black dress.

The Warmth of His Hands - Lucigoo89 - The Hobbit (Billbo/Thorin) Written for @flashfictionfridayofficial's prompt #279 - warm hands. Warning for MCD.

Summary: Thorin's hands have always been warm, always been strong.

And now Bilbo's heart is breaking as he feels the warmth fade form them, as he feels his heart break as his loves heart stops.

Well thats it for this week, see you next Sunday <3

[seriouslysam8]

Comment

Hi!

This is gonna be long:)

I've seen that some people were discussing the jobs that jkr gave everyone. I LOVE Harry and Ron as an Auror duo. They're amazing. And i love when they work together cause it's so in character (Harry literally chose the same electives as Ron in canon cause he felt like Ron could help and Hermione would just nag him and studying with Ron is at least fun (also why i hate fics with Hermione as a teacher)). I could potentially agree with Ron and Harry having any job as long as they're doing it together.

I love Harry as a quidditch player. Maybe because one of the first fics i read ever was Harry/Ginny with them both being quidditch players and rivals. But i feel like Harry is more into flying than quidditch so i still like him being an auror more. I don't like Harry being a defense professor.

Ron is my favorite character ever so i wanted to talk about him more.

I ofc love Ron being an auror. But i also love Ron being a healer. First reason is that i just love medical AUs. Everyone in my family is a doctor and i've watched numerous tv shows and movies about doctors. But also this post https://www.tumblr.com/albi-bumblebee/766668087186620416 (Ron and Lily having same wands is the cutest thing ever). If everyone can make Lily a healer why can't Ron be one.

Here are some fics with Healer!Ron if you're interested:

The Best Medicine

https://archiveofourown.org/works/27360091/chapters/66855793

Ron/Hermione is the main pairing. But it also has Ron and Neville being a duo of healers which is nice. It was the first romione fic i've read in years and it left nice impression.

Strange Visitors From Another Century

https://archiveofourown.org/works/519887/chapters/918771

This one is long and not finished. It has Ron/Hermione in it so. You decide if you wanna read it. But it had nice character developments and i loved how author portrayed Ron.

Princes Of Maine

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Healer_Ron_Weasley/works/1325005

This one is Ron/Harry. It was actually the first Healer Ron fic i've read and it started my obsession.

Please Don't Flirt With The Healers

https://archiveofourown.org/works/32279761

Also Ron/Harry. Really short, sweet and funny. Just for the vibes i guess.

Heal Thyself

https://archiveofourown.org/works/54817

Also Ron/Harry. Hermione is dead:)

The Nurse's Apprentice

https://archiveofourown.org/works/29245335/chapters/71811441

This one is also not finished and Ron is not even close to being a healer. It just has nice idea. I hope the author continues it some day.

Golden Bullets

https://archiveofourown.org/works/18935341/chapters/44954569

This one is not about healer Ron. Just a recommendation of Hermione critical fic:)

Cause i also don't like her most of the time.

The author has other hp fics that you might like.

I know that some Ron fans hate him working with George (especially because the twins could be really cruel to Ron. Have you heard about the puffskein???). I love Ron (and Percy) helping George. I think they'd feel guilty about not dying instead of Fred. I don't think that it was Ron's dream job to work with George but i think that Ron wanted to help him and care for him and that it was more important. I also love it cause i can relate to that more. Some people have passions. Jobs they want to get. But a lot of people (myself included) don't have that dream job. They just want to do something they won't completely hate.

And i also love if Ron's job is connected to quidditch. (I support my king doing anything at this point. Stay-at-home dad is also good). Some people make him a quidditch player but tbh i've never seen the vision. But i love him being a sport's manager/coach/strategist. Especially if it's Chudley Cannons. (I love the idea that cannons had decent players and all they needed to succeed was Ron)

And Seer!Ron. This one is quite popular among Ron lovers. It can be quite interesting and fun. But i actually just like the idea of Ron being sensible to dark magic more interesting. He was the one most influenced by the locket (mostly because of his insecurities ofc). And he also was suspicious of the Mirror of erised and the diary. I'm sure there were other instances but i can't remember it rn tbh. I just like the idea of some people being more sensible to magic. (Bill and Artur also fit quite nicely in this theory i think. They work with cursed objects which can also imply sensibility to dark magic). Also works well with Auror!Ron i think. CescaLR actually has a fic with similar idea which is called For What It's Worth. https://archiveofourown.org/works/14907062/chapters/34527998

Also i strongly agree with all your unpopular opinions.

Now i just wanna share some opinions that just popped in my head while writing this monstrosity.

-It always made me mad that only girls were allowed to get close to the unicorns. As if they're more pure or something like that. Maybe i get something wrong,

-I'm irrationally mad at authors/artists changing canon appearances. I know that it doesn't matter as much. As an example adult Harry being an inch taller than Hermione. Or Ron having brown eyes (Ginny has brown eyes and Ron has blue) and being built like a bodybuilder even though he (and Percy and Arthur) are constantly described as very thin, lanky, gangly etc. Lily had DARK red hair. Sirius wasn't a 1.7 meter twink. Etc.

-I love Percy. He's my second favorite Weasley. He (and Sirius, Regulus and Snape) is what fans want Draco to be like.

-Ron was justified for being angry at Hermione in book 3. (She literally let her cat into boy's dormitory even though she was asked not to). But ofc Jkr always had to make Hermione right.

-Ron gets Harry better than Hermione does

-We don't talk enough about the effect diary had on Ginny

-Why is Remus considered smart and hot and cool nowadays. That's literally James and Sirius not Remus.

-James was the glue that held marauders together (Remus and Peter both liked James more than Sirius i think)

-Tonks is extremely underrated and is often said to be lesbian coded just cause she has short bright hair. (i'm literally Tonks irl in character and appearance and i'm straight)

Thanks for reading this monstrosity and sorry for any mistakes and rambling. English isn't my first language and i'm writing it at 1pm and also no one i know loves Ron so i'm desperate to talk about him. Also wanted to let you know that you make me ship Harry/Ginny again even though i wasn't a fan if this ship for like 7 years (and also made me ship Ron/Demelza) Thanks for doing Sirius, Harry, Ginny and Ron justice. Thank you for all your fics i love them all especially Selcouth! Also wanted to thank you for giving Ron normal girlfriends in Brumous. It always annoyed me that his relationship with Lavender was described as annoying as possible so Hermione would look better.

Wow, I adore all the Ron love. WEASLEY IS OUR KING!

Thanks for the recs and the headcanons!

I am glad to bring anyone on the Hinny train. They are simply the best couple.

Our boy Sirius needs some love too. He's being beaten down in the Marauders fandom and his personality is being given to either Remus and/or Regulus at this point.

I'm so glad you've enjoyed Selcouth and Brumous!

[lemonadecabaret]

New Test Muses

Rodolphus Lestrange 🍋 HP Canon 🍋 FC: Michael Fassbender

Bisexual. He/Him. Dominant. Will play him in any era or an au. I have not read C*ursed C*hild and have no intention of doing so. Is available to be paired alongside his brother Rabastan (Younger FC: Ruairi O'Connor, Older FC: Pablo Schreiber)

Athena 🍋 Greek Myth / Goddess of Wisdom & War 🍋 FC: Bruna Marquezine

Pansexual Aromantic. (Leans towards women, but can occasionally be swayed by a strong warrior type when it comes to men) They/Them. Switch but leans Dominant. Will play in myth, modern myth, au, etc.

Aphrodite 🍋 Greek Myth / Goddess of Love & Beauty 🍋 FC: Gabriella Wilde

Pansexual. She/Her. Switch. Can be used in myth, modern myth, au, etc.

Dionysus 🍋 Greek Myth / God of Wine & Ecstasy 🍋 FC: Avan Jogia

Pansexual. He/Him. Switch. Can be used in myth, modern myth, au, etc.

Zeus 🍋 Greek Myth / King of the Gods 🍋 FC: Lee Pace

Pansexual. He/Him. Dominant. Can be used in myth, modern myth, au, etc.

Hera 🍋 Greek Myth / Queen of the Gods 🍋 FC: Jennifer Connelly

Pansexual. She/Her. Switch but leans Dominant. Can be used in myth, modern myth, au, etc.

Circe 🍋 Greek Myth / Minor Goddess & Enchantress 🍋 FC: Sadie Soverall

Pansexual. She/Her. Switch but leans Dominant. Can be used in myth, modern myth, au, etc.

Ishtar 🍋 Mesopotamian Myth / Queen of the Heavens / Goddess of Sexual Love & War / Patron of Prostitutes 🍋 FC: Pinar Deniz

Pansexual. She/Her. Dominant. Can be used in myth, modern myth, au, etc.

[fureliselost]

Mikayla aesthetic for Everything You Do Is Magic.

[onceuponaswanqueen]

Reading stats for 2023 & favorite reads of the year - Fanfiction Editon

This is the first year I have tracked my fanfiction reading, which I started in June, which means it’s not one 100% but I think still pretty good due to the fact that I mostly read on ao3 and the history feature is great! This is because I discovered the fanfiction challenge! And I am looking forward to the 2023 challenge and follow it from the start. 

Some stats to start off:

I read 11,931,924 words! 422 different fics, 67 fandoms and 173 unique ships!

Read on for my favorite fics of the year, and more statistics about type of fics, most popular fics and fandom and other fun facts!

By number of fics read my most popular fandom was Harry Potter. I read 41 different Harry Potter fics last year, and my most popular pairing for that fandom was Harry/Ginny. 9 of the fics had Harry & Ginny as the main pairing. 

Second most read by according to number of fics was Glee, with 39 total fics, and Rachel/Quinn being my most popular pairing, with 21 fics where that was the main pairing as well as being a secondary pairing in another 4 fics. 

In third place we have Critical Role, which means that I do atleast have one fandom that is still producing new content that I consume (sorry HP but fantastic beast is not my canon!). I read 35 different Critical Role fics, mainly campaign one and two. My main pairing I read was essek/caleb, with 4 fics, as well as 4 fics without romantic pairings. 

Overall by most fics read, my most popular pairing was a tie between regina/emma (once upon a time) and rachel/quinn with 21 fics each!

If we look at by number of words read, my most popular fandom was Harry Potter with 1 836 237 words read. Second most, accord to words, was Glee, with 1 637 214 words. And in third place, we have The 100, with 1 046 514 words read. 

In terms of ships, quinn/rachel win out by a fairly large margin. Nearly 10 percent of all words read was quinn/rachel, with a total of 1 14 9513 words total read. Jess/Rory (Gilmore Girls) comes in second with 990 554 words read. In third place is Harry/Ginny with 736 903 words.  I also read 799 501 words of fics without a romantic pairing. 

Longest fic read was of queens, kings and pawns by chancecraz which is a star wars time travel fix it fic, which focuses on a post-the force awakens leia being sent back to the day she woke on the death star. 

When it comes to type of fic, i mostly read canon divergence, with 143 fics qualifying under this type. When it comes to number of words, the most popular type of fic was still canon divergence, but followed very closely by time travel fix its and modern aus.

23 percent of all fics were re-reads of old(er) favorites, aka fics that I had read prior to this year.

And now, my top ten fics I read last year, (in no particular order and also some of these are series because this is my list and i make the rules and sometimes its just two unconnected series because i wanted to)!

1.  of queens, kings and pawns by chancecraz

I went to sleep on the worst day of my life and woke to find myself in the past on the second worst day of my life. As experiences go, I don’t recommend it. (leia-centric, han/leia)

This fic is INCREDIBLE. The world building is spot on, the character voices are spot on, leia being a reluctant force user, and the darth vader of it all is so good. It’s a WIP and might never be finished, but still totally worth it. It’s a long one tho.

2. The Changeling + The Armistice Series by  Annerb

Ginny is sorted into Slytherin. It takes her seven years to figure out why. (ginny centric, hints of harry/ginny) 

+  The thing about war is that it never ends. Not really. The battlefields just change locations. Harry and Ginny after the war. (harry/ginny)

The redemption of slytherin, the power of female friendship and also this is just such an incredible character study for ginny. The sequels are also fantastic, and the way the ginny & harry relationship unfolds is worth it alone. 

3. lux et veritas and distilla trust by peterstank

He stops, so she does too, albeit with a bit less grace. Then he grabs the sleeve of her coat and gently tugs her toward a bench with a quiet, “C’mere,” and it’s stupid, it’s ridiculous, but it gives her goosebumps. “Sit down, it’s gonna snow.”

Rory’s breath catches in her throat. Absurdly, ridiculously, she thinks: oh no. Dares to ask, “How can you tell?” and sincerely hopes his answer is something sarcastic and obvious like I checked the forecast this morning, how else?

Instead: “I can smell it. Sit.”

or: the one where jess goes to yale

+

“You brought a book?”

“Like you didn’t.”

She concedes the point and digs a paperback out of her clutch—Austen’s Persuasion, a good choice. Jess displays his own masticated copy of Tobias Wolff’s Old School, which feels like a consistently fitting read when encased within the two-hundred year old hallowed halls of Chilton Preparatory. The book’s cover is hanging on by Scotch tape and a prayer, and half the pages are creased with undone dog ears.

“Man, we’re a couple of anti-social freaks,” Rory declares.

Jess grins. “Just call me Thomas Pynchon.”

or: the one where jess goes to chilton.

First of all, all of peterstanks jess/rory stuff is AMAZING. Like out of this world, maybe some of the best stuff I’ve ever read amazing. But I am super weak for these two AUs and how Jess’s character elvoves in these two very different circumstances. I change my mind about which of these two are my favorite every single time I reread any of them, and like if you ship Literati, these are a MUST. 

4. Quality Ingredients by HurricaneJane

Executive Chef Lexa "The Commander" Woods is working in her latest establishment in her home town of Portland, Maine. She is about to start conceptualizing her next restaurant and only has one rule for herself during the process: No more girls. When an accident at the restaurant lands her in Dr. Clarke Griffin's ER, she second guesses why she ever had that rule in the first place. Lexa's head bartender, Lincoln, is obsessed with a divey restaurant on the other side of town run by Octavia. It doesn't take long for the small town to get even smaller when Lexa starts running into Clarke everywhere. Maybe rules were meant to be broken. (Clarke/Lexa, side Lincoln/Octavia)

This is my all time favorite the 100 fic, and I honestly can’t really put my finger on why. It has pretty much zero angst, so much good food, the characters feels right even in this setting, and just this fic gives me so many happy feelings.

5. Take these broken wings (series) by celaenos

Begins in Season one and follows Quinn through her life should she have chosen to keep Beth, realize she is gay, and fall in love with Rachel Berry.

I read a lot of Faberry, like a lot, and this is one of two fics (the other one reccomended below) that I constantly return to. It has everything I want from my faberry fic, with the added benefit of quinn/sam friendship and an absolutely adorable beth. it’s a very interesting look at quinn and how keeping beth would have changed her experiences and choices in the show. just give it a try, you won’t regret it.

6. the art of boxes by possibilist 

'Quinn thinks of gardenias growing through her eyes, and she thinks thinks of her childhood jewelry box: open it slowly enough, and the ballerina would spin for what seemed like forever.' College!Faberry as promised. Follows canon up through s3

First of all, all of possibilists writing is gorgeous, and if you don’t hate reading seccond person pov stories, i also highly recommend all of her one shots in her series where quinn is diagnosed with bipolar disorder, which can be found on ffnet. But art of boxes if just so beautiful, written in third person, and is such a beautiful interpretation of a post-season 3 faberry. like quinn makes so much sense, their relationship develops so naturally, and quinn’s relationship with both her mom and franny in this one makes my heart sing. 

7. the leftover you by beatperfume

Isabelle Lightwood is having a rough start to her senior year. Her brothers have moved out, leaving her alone with her parents as their relationship falls apart. She’s questioning her commitment to ballet just as she’s supposed to be preparing her auditions for ballet academies. She doesn’t need beautiful and talented Clary Fray making her life even more complicated. (izzy/clary)

i’ve never read much shadowhunter fanfiction before, but this one just stole my heart completely. i am a sucker for ballet!aus, and this one is just so beautiful. izzy feels so right and her friendship then romance with clary is just everything. also has great izzy/alec feels. (trigger warning for eating disorders/disordered eating, abusive parents and drug abuse)

8. after laughter (series) by palaces_outofparagraphs

the girls in the years after the finale, dealing with the inevitable trauma after being stalked and tortured on and off for ten years. starts off at age 26, 3 years post-finale; will probably skip around. probably aria- and spencer-centric; a lot of spoby; absolutely no ezria.

this fic series is everything that i wanted the post time jump to be even if it’s set after the finale. it’s all about the girls (focusing on spencer) healing from their trauma and what that means for them, and how to exist in the world after all of it. and like it’s so good. my favorites are “half-empty girl” which deals with spencer & alison and is really really good and “aria.” in which aria realizes that stalking isn’t romance, and seducing a sixteen year old can never be a good thing. but the whole series is worth it. 

9. met you at the right time by bookglue

Rory Gilmore—single, unemployed, technically homeless, and pregnant—comes unstuck in time. Bouncing between significant and not-so-significant moments in her life, she tries to determine when and how her careful plans went wrong. With some help from an ex-boyfriend. (jess/rory)

I am a sucker for time travel fix its, but this is one of the more unique ones i have ever read, not as much fix it, but still in the same vein. mostly, it’s just really good and i don’t want to spoil anything because the journey is everything in this fic, so just read it please.

10. done with my graceless heart by prettypony

After seven year old Henry starts asking one too many questions, Regina realizes the only way forward is to find Emma Swan and break the curse over Storybrooke. The town’s clock will start, everyone will wake up, and perhaps they’ll be so grateful for her change of heart that they’ll decide not to execute her right away.

And if not, at least her son will have a mother. Even if it isn’t her.

[or: regina and henry go on a road trip to find henry's birth mom. true love ensues.] Season 1 AU - Canon Divergence (emma/regina)¨

this fic was so surprising and at the same time just made so much sense, because really how did henry make it to ten without realizing none of his friends aged? it’s really beautiful, it’s wonderful redemption story for regina, and the romance between emma and regina happens really naturally. just a wonderful fic. 

[utilitycaster]

about to go do things with my sister but before I reblog all I can while riding in a car until I acknowledge how carsick I am please enjoy the unedited (but for a few notes about fic/wizard tracker) doc I kept from approximately 6 am this morning (beginning of Trent Fight) until about half an hour ago because my other sister with whom I watched until midnight was behind me in her watch so I had NO ONE with whom to share my terrible shitpost thoughts

Uk’otoa in the pond is like...don’t threaten me with a good time

Fluffernutter?

Adele Dazeem’s Horrid Wilting, no less

YES YES THE OTHER WIZARDS ARE OUT

Veth you need to let Caleb/Astrid go like. Come on girl.

Well I got my Wulf answer…

YES PEOPLE WHO BROUGHT SWORDS TO A WIZARD FIGHT

Fjord now down to wizard HP levels

The dispels and the fluffernutter/collar series...impeccable. Every moment.

I can’t tell if this is rodeo or wrestling

Oh okay rodeo

Stone cold veth

Device? Activated. Collar? Adhered. Mouth? STOPPED. (trent ikithon is forcibly ejected from the narrative)

Take that object away he still sucks

Fjord: Violence is always the second answer. The first answer is respecting other people’s wishes. But violence fucking slaps.

All deep thoughts on Astrid and Wulf to be saved for like. Real meta and not this. That said...how fitting that Wulf is like, mostly just like “I would like to not be here”. I relate to this.

Can’t wait to get online and see all the memes of Astrid, Eadwulf, and Kingsley in the cars from that slightly problematic TV show from the Emo musician guy.

Forgot that Melora gives her greatest powers only to her most raw fucking servants.

“You do not, under any circumstances, gotta hand it to him”

Jester is now just providing Essek’s dress-up closet and like. Bless her.

BINGO (if Ludinus counts as a mention and if not whatever it’s the finale I do what I want sorry Gena)

I love Cad in max passive-aggressiveness mode and also just aggressiveness mode

Okay Kingsley and the whip is actually a good pairing, I’m into it.

Awww everyone hugging Cad…

Cad: I’m off the grid bitch!

Look what you’ve done for me. I have anxiety. (no but really, beautiful scene but also the image of Essek slipping out from a group hug by floating up will make me laugh for like. A month.)

EMPATHIZE

Trent being fed oatmeal by fey cats...effervescent

Let’s go to Nicodranas and party with old people!

Yussa experiences shame!

Yussa: Wizards love you. Fuck everyone else. Let’s party.

Oh my god i want to be drunk on a roof with my friends staring at the moon...Jester and Fjord you are RUINING ME

Can’t believe the cast made a Mallrats reference after last week when, no shade, NONE OF Y’ALL ACKNOWLEDGED IT

Jester’s strength is 100% for hugging, canon

Fuck you all I’m shipping Marius/Kingsley now and you can’t do anything about it

FOR I AM A PIRATE KING(SLEY) (you are! Hurrah for the pirate king!) (Pirates of Penzance AU? probably not)

SYPHILIS BANDITS

I love you Orly

Unrelated but has anyone else seen the Chris Fleming video about boston bros holding beer cans in their giant hands

YUDALA MY BELOVED

Okay real bingo, Ludinus has shown up and also knows which way the wind is blowing huh, fucking opportunist. And he’s not stupid...he knows that means “you’re next, bitch” from Caleb

GASLIGHTERS DELENDA EST

(making my way)

Immortal weasel fuck yeah

“There’s still so much of exandria to fuck with”

Where’s that bit about only children and Keyleth and “it’s definitely my fault that the dragon destroyed the city” because Fjord my guy

Love that Vandran is being beset by “shitty monkeys” like this is what you get for not talking about your feelings

Vandran, who dated Avantika: Jester is...a lot

“Be my Yeza”...top Exandrian pop single

If you talk super fast you can fit it all in a message because it’s only one word. It’s just science.

My worst trait is that like, on the one hand I would love to see certain tropes subverted, like, why not do the questionable science. But on the other it’s pretty much always the right idea not to and I love seeing people be like “I want this more than anything and also I cannot know if it will destroy me, I have something now that I can’t risk ruining”

[fangroyal]

Fic Rec Tag Meme

@sitp-recs, I’m terribly late, but this looked way too fun, so I had to join in. Fair warning, y’all, not everything here is Drarry, or even HP (I am a prolific rarepair shipper/multi-fandomer, and Dron is my OTP 😂), so I’ve added the fandoms and pairings below as well. All of these (and many more!) can also be found on my ficshelf! It was so hard to pick these as it was, I couldn’t help but point you in the right direction for all the ones I (sadly, unfortunately) had to cut from the list, lol.

Anyway, thank you so much for running this tag meme, @sitp-recs! It’s been amazing seeing everyone’s recs and discovering new fics! 🖤

• A fic you love without knowing the source material: He Was a Punk, Pete Did Tabletop Roleplay by @mscaptainwinchester Marvel | Peter/Wade | NC-17 | 7.5k

• A fic with a premise that shouldn’t work but it does: Anthony J. Crowley, Retired Demon and Airbnb Superhost by @theoldaquarian Good Omens | Hints of Aziraphale/Crowley | G | 3k All fics are valid and work!! That being said, I had no idea just how much I was going to fall in love with a fic about Crowley being an AirBnB host when I first opened it. 😂

• A fic you’ve reread several times: Department of Magical Creatures Case 62637 by @mscaptainwinchester (under RonsPigwidgeon at the time) HP | Draco/various, Ron/OMC, Ron/Draco | R | 121k How could I expected to only pick ONE?! 😂 I’ve reread everything you’re seeing here - I’ve reread nearly every fic I’ve ever recced at least once. But I couldn’t make a favorites list without this fic, so might as well put it here, haha!

• A fic you still remember many years later: Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble by Sushi HP | Severus/Severus | NC-17 | 8.9k I remembered it so well (and fondly) that after 12+ years, I went scouring the Wayback Machine to find it. And yes, the pairing is correct. Don’t look at me. If you’re still interested in reading after knowing that, hit me up, ‘cause it takes a bit of instruction to find it now.

• A comfort fic: You and I by @shiftylinguini HP | Scorpius/Albus S. | NC-17 | 32k

• A cathartic fic: The Conformity Conspiracy by shrink South Park | Michael/Pete (or Ethan/Dylan, as this was written before they had names in canon) | R | 71k I really struggled with this entry. I came to the realization that...I don’t know if I’ve ever actually felt catharsis from a piece of media before??? Well, I have with music, for sure, but not really with anything else. Anyway, I chose this fic for this slot because every time I read it, I’m transported back to being a goth teen. I can feel every word, every action, like I’m going through those years again with them...Which isn’t necessarily what cathartic means, but fuck it, it works for me, haha. ***As always whenever I rec this fic, I do just have to warn that it’s not properly tagged on AO3, and there is definitely some potentially triggering content in it. If you’re interested in reading and would like to know more (so you can be better prepared), feel free to DM me!***

• A fic you’d print and put on your bookshelf: In Flight, Two Boys by lobst_r HP | Marcus/Oliver | NC-17 | 29K Again, how I could possibly pick only one for this one?! I would print out ALL of these fics if I could, and many more! But this is such a beautiful fic, it definitely deserves a spot on the list, and what better spot for it than this? There’s actually a sequel currently posting as well! I haven’t gotten around to reading it yet, but I’m sure it’s just as amazing, if not more so.

• A fic you associate with a song: You Do Your Body Work, I Feel My Pulse Working Overtime by @veelawings HP | Draco/Harry | NC-17 | 1.6k I mean, it’s in the title. 😜 But also this is just a truly inspiring fic that I absolutely had to include! (I realized I somehow haven’t queued a rec post for it yet, and I will make sure to fix that soon!)

• A fic that inspires you: dirtynumbangelboy by @magpiefngrl HP | Draco/Harry | NC-17 | 39k

• A fic that brought you onboard a new ship: Lumos by birdsofshore HP | Draco/Harry | NC-17 | 41k Some people may be surprised to know that Drarry was, uh.......once my NOTP. Yes, really. 😂 You wouldn’t suspect that nowadays, would you??? LOL. It’s all because of this wonderful, beautiful fic. I saw it getting recced everywhere at the time and said fuck it, I’ll give the pairing another try - and I never looked back!

• A fic you wish could be a movie: Midnight in the City of a Hundred Spires by @shiftylinguini HP | Draco/Harry | NC-17 | 25k

• A fic that led to you making friends with the author: A Weasel in the Hamptons by @peachpety HP | Ron/Draco | NC-17 | 15k I don’t quite know if this counts, because I believe we’d already been speaking before this??? 😂 But of course, being that I’m the mod for Ron/Draco Fest, I knew who was writing for this prompt of mine, and thus we dispensed with the formalities in private, haha! It was a great experience, and I was so overjoyed to see the results in the end. So happy to have met you, love! 😘 Hope you’re well!

• Free Space: The Pizzaria: A Sordid Tale of Destiny, Evil and Garlic by Mad_Maudlin HP | Ron/Draco | PG-13 | 36k A Dron/crack!fic staple, honestly, and I just couldn’t make a favorites list without it!

• A fic you’ve gushed about irl: Runway by @candawrites HP | Ron/Draco | R | 15k

• A fic you associate with a place: Archipelago by Mad_Maudlin HP | Ron/Draco | NC-17 | 18k I just have a very distinct visual memory of reading this fic for the first time: sitting on the couch in my mom’s living room, the sun setting outside. (I was visiting for her bday, I believe???)  I think of that moment every time I see the title.

• A fic that made you gasp out loud: clutched your life and wished it kept by @glitteringvoids HP | Ron/Draco | R | 110K

• A fic you found at the right time: Howlr by @partialtopotter HP | Draco/Harry | NC-17 | 47k I got really sick in summer 2018. I know I’ve talked about it on here a million times at this point, so I won’t dwell. But I ended up finding and reading this fic the following March, and it reawakened my love of fic and fandom that had been lost over the previous months while I was dealing with everything. I hadn’t been reading or writing at all in all that time, and I ended up reading this whole thing in one sitting. I couldn’t put it down! It just made me feel so good, after a long time of not feeling anywhere near good.

• A fic that you would read fic of: In the Garden After Dark by @the-starryknight HP | Draco/Harry | R | 3.5k I just need more of this universe and Draco’s Illusion magic. 😍

• A fic that made you laugh out loud: Why Parvati Patil Must Die by hull1984 HP | Ron/Draco | PG-13 | 39k

• A fic with a line (or two) that you’ve memorized by heart: Hail to the King by Mad_Maudlin HP | Ron/Zacharias, Ron/Zacharias/Draco | NC-17 | 5k

• A fic that gave you butterflies: The Electric Fizzing Prick Pistols, or Whatever by whitmans_kiss HP | Sirius/Remus | PG-13 | 3.8k

• A fic that embodies something that you value in life: Luna Lovegood: Wank Coach for the Long-Since Deceased by yrfrndfrnkly HP | gen | PG-13 | 9.8k This was another difficult category to choose for. Not that I don’t think any fics I’ve read display good values! Of course they do! But I have this weird issue where I don’t, like...project? at all??? So sometimes it’s hard for me to recognize these things in what I read. But eventually I realized it had to be this fic, because I just love the carefree way Luna lives her life here, her job helping people (well, ghosts who could use some sexual release, specifically, but you know), and the wonderful friends she surrounds herself with.

• A favorite AU: Quibbler Unsolved by Leontina HP | Draco/Harry | PG-13 | 17k More of a fusion than an AU, but it’s just fantastic!

• A fic you stayed up too late to finish reading: Grounds for Divorce by @tepre HP | Draco/Harry | NC-17 | 122k

• A fic that made you feel seen: Taste the Rainbow by @maraudersaffair HP | Ginny/Pansy | PG-13 | 639

[theladygia]

TheLadyGia Soulmate Collection 2022 Updates

Posted Fic List

The Loveliest Crown of Thorns You Ever Did See Trope: Soulmate-Identifying Marks, Soulmate Flowers, Flower Language. Fandom: Harry Potter. Pairing: Harry Potter/Tom Riddle | Voldemort.

you look so perfect standing (sitting) there Trope: Shared Hair Colors. Fandom: Haikyuu!! Pairing: Hinata Shouyou/Kozume Kenma.

Helluva Way to Find You, Wasn't It Trope: Soulmates Revealed Via Orgasm. Fandom: Harry Potter. Pairing: Harry Potter/Sirius Black.

WIPs

siamo dei bellissimi sussurri Trope: Soulmate-Identifying Marks, marked with soulmate's initials. Fandom: Harry Potter. Pairing: Harry Potter/[REDACTED].

Untitled (for now) Trope: Soulmate Words (but with a twist). Fandom: ASOIAF/GoT. Pairing: Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth.

i wanna make you my problem Trope: Interacting magic reveals soulmates. Fandom: Harry Potter. Pairing: Harry Potter/Tom Riddle.

One Foot In, One Foot Up Their Asses (sequel to Stuck in the Middle With You) Trope: Soulmate-Identifying Marks, marked with soulmate's name. Fandom: Harry Potter. Pairing(s): Harry Potter/Tom Riddle | Voldemort, Harry Potter/[REDACTED].

As Far as the Eye Can See Trope: Color-Blindness, Soulmates see in shades of their soulmate's eye color until meeting each other's eyes. Fandom: ATLA. Pairing: Aang/Toph.

Prompts remain open! Below are a few guidelines for what kind of prompts I'm willing to consider:

Fandoms: I'm willing to try any fandom I've read/watched, but if I have no experience with a fandom then I won't try and pretend I understand those characters enough to write about them. Crossover prompts are allowed but not preferred.

Pairings: I'm open to pretty much anything, but I do have a preference for the main character in a fandom. Rare pairs are perfectly fine with me, as are age gaps, but fair-warning I won't be writing any romantic pairings with one of the characters significantly underage. If you want a character to be gender-bent, please state it. Otherwise, I assume you are asking for the character's canon gender.

Tropes: Soulmate AUs of any types are allowed. First words, marks, colored vision, shared senses, physical tethers, etc., all are welcome. Got a never-before-read idea? Hit me with it. I'm looking for new takes on my favorite trope.

Other Details: You can leave 1-2 more specific details, if you'd like. I'll consider those to be optional, but I'll try my best to include them!

Example Prompts:

1. Harry Potter/Millicent Bulstrode. Upon first touch, soulmates begin to hear their partner's thoughts, but only their thoughts about their soulmate. The dueling club in 2nd years sees Harry, not Hermione partnered with Millicent Bullstrode. 2. Hinata Shouyou/Sakusa Kiyoomi. Soulmate share sickness, starting from birth and ending when the pair first kiss. 3. Fem-Aang/Sokka: Soulmate marks. Aang's is hidden by his arrow tattoos, he doesn't see Sokka's mark until the night before the invasion. Suki somehow realizes before Sokka.

I make no guarantees that I'll fulfill your prompt if you send one in, but I'm hoping to try for a good number of them! Excited to see what you guys come up with :)

Sample list of fandoms I can write for: HP, PJO, HG, ASOIAF/GoT, Haikyuu!!, QZGS/The King's Avatar, ATLA, The Queen's Gambit, P&P, Sailor Moon, and many other smaller fandoms.

[ggukcangetit]

!coming soon! The Fourth Unforgivable | jjk fic (M)

title: The Fourth Unforgivable

pairing: jungkook x reader

genre/au: action, mystery, smut, angst, Harry Potter!AU, Lion King!AU

rating: 18+

warnings: tbd

word count: tbd

summary: Seven years is a long time. Enough to bring about many changes - new laws, dangerous associations, and the return of the one you had forced yourself to forget.

a/n: part of the Wish Upon A Star collab. this is my adaptation of The Lion King set in the HP!wizarding universe. let me know if you want to be tagged!

[wolfs-hunt1]

Soaring Love 1

Pairing: Severus Snape x reader

Word count: 1937

Warnings: none so far, sorry for any typo

A/N: For so long I’ve been wanting to write HP fanfic, but i’ve been puting it off. Well not anymore. I’m starting with this fandom that i love so much, so bare with me for a bit XD

A/N 2: AU Right after the marauder's era, when Severus started teaching, but more modern-ish times, he started teaching at 21, they're 25 in this (so everyone is overage and legal)

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As the new teacher at Hogwarts, you were invited to arrive a few weeks earlier so that you could get your bearings of the castle before it was filled with students.

And so that's what you did. You packed all your stuff from your small apartment, did an expansion spells in your bag, and a shrinking spell in all of your furniture, books, and clothes so they could all fit in it, and grabbed your broom, ready to fly to Hogwarts two weeks earlier.

You waited for the night, before flying away, less any muggle would notice, and once you were in the air, you flew as high as you could to get concealed by the low hanging clouds. The weather was relatively warm that you only needed a leather jacket to cut off the wind, and lights underneath you guided you until all you could see again was the inky darkness of the water.

You had been sent a letter from Dumbledor to be the new flying teacher, and you couldn't be more ecstatic about it. Flying was your passion, you could literally spend hours atop a broom just chilling and you would be happy about it. Aside from that, you would also be helping Madam Pomfrey at the hospital wing, just as an extra hand.

It took only a couple of hours to reach Hogsmead, and so you decided to stop for a butterbeer, or something a bit stronger before getting up to the castle. You walked inside and leaned your broom across the wall. You approached the bar and took a seat, being greeted by a smiling witch.

"Good night, dear, what will you have tonight?"

"I'll have butterbeer for starters, and maybe something to eat?"

"I'll get you some warm broth I got cooking, I don't remember seeing your face around?"

"I'm new, I'll be teaching up at the school, so I came a few days before the start of the term."

"Well, welcome to Hogsmeade, and I hope to see you more often, I'm Rosmerta. "

"(Y/L). Nice to meet you." she slid a mug of butterbeer your way and a bowl of steaming soup, followed by a shot glass of fire-whiskey, that you don't remember having ordered.

You confused face prompted a laugh from Rosmerta. "It's on the house, don't you worry." and she wandered off to tend to some of the tables. Well, you weren't about to waste it, so you picked up the glass, and doing a little toast to yourself you downed the contents of the glass feeling it burn your throat all the way down. A full warm stomach later and a couple more butterbeer and you were ready to climb the path up to the castle.

It was starting to be a bit late, around 11 pm, but you could still see some lights up on the castle, so at least there would be someone to point you in the right direction of your room. Getting to the great door, you knock, waiting for a bit untill the old wood cracks and opens ever so slowly, the light from the inside spiling in a straight beam on the cobblestone outside.

"Who is it?" an uninviting voice calls, before its owner sticks his head outside, and you can see the scowl the man is wearing.

"Hi. I'm (Y/N), the new teacher." this makes the man force a smile up to his lips instantly, and open more the door, bowing to you and inviting you in.

"I'm so sorry professor, we were not expecting you until the morning. I'm Filch, and this is Mrs. Norris." with this you notice the scruffy cat at his feet, looking very intently at you almost as if it was expecting you to do something incriminatory.

"I ended up traveling a few hours sooner, fewer muggles to see me fly on my broom. I hope it's not a problem, if the room isn't ready, I can go back to The Three Broomsticks and get a room there for the night…"

"No, no, not a problem at all, the elves will get it set up in a moment… you… didn't bring anything besides your broom?" he asks, searching for any luggage you might have been carrying.

"Oh don't worry, I have everything I need right here." you say, patting your bag. Filch visibly sags in releaved to hear this, obviously not wanting to haul heavy trunks up the stairs at this time of the night.

He takes you up some flights of stairs and then through some tapestries hiding secret doors, and then up some more stairs, this one smaller, making you have to walk behind him and not side by side. By the looks of it, you were in one of the towers of the castle, or at least you climbed enough stairs for it.

"Here it is, your room. Anything you need will be delivered by the elves, breakfast will be served tomorrow in the kitchen, since we're so few just yet, but if you need help finding it, just call for an elf, they will be more than happy to lead the way." Filch didn't even wait for you to thank him, he was already out the door and climbing down the stone steps.

You looked around the room, it was spacious, and had an archway in the middle, leading to an open bedroom, and a small door on the corner of it, that once opened revealed a small cozy bathroom. The entire space was completely empty besides a king-sized four-poster in the bedroom and a fireplace opposite it.

"Perfect." you whispered out loud. This way you could decorate the room to your liking with everything you had brought. You noticed the bed was freshly made, and a few more blankets were at the end of it. Despite being summer, you did notice the chill there was in the room, so you were thankful for the elf that left you an extra blanket.

you took off your jacket, and threw it onto the bed, making then your way to the bathroom to take a warm shower before turning in for the night. You acioed your toiletries out of your handbag and started to carefully lay them on the stone counter, just the basics for tonight. You could unpack all the rest tomorrow and over the next few weeks.

The shower wasn't anything too big, but it was spacious enough that you didn't hit your elbows on the walls. And despite the water being freezing when you turned it first, it was only a matter of seconds before the temperature evened out to allow a nice relaxing soak.

You didn't stay too long in the shower though, you were tired after all, and the couple of more fire-whiskeys Madame Rosmerta had goaded you to drink with her were making themselves felt. So you turned off the shower, toweled off, and got into your comfortable pair of pajamas, falling asleep a few minutes after getting the bed covers neatly around you.

It was barely any light outside when you wake up, groggily, a flash of pain shooting up your leg making you groan into the pillow uncomfortably. You pat your hand to the other side of the bed, trying to find your wand and once you feel your fingertips brushing over the wooden surface you grip it tightly, and call for your bag, making the small thing shoot from his place near the door into your hands.

You rummage the inside furiously trying to find a particular flask of the pain soothing potion or even of the balm for minor bruises you carried with you, the potion bottle appeared faster, and so you downed the contents of it as fast as you could, laying back down on the now cold pillow and waiting for it to take effect.

After some deep breaths you could feel the dull pain turning to a more manageable ache, and after a while more you didn't felt it at all, allowing you to get up and go get dressed, despite the early hours. You had attended Hogwarts a few years ago, but since your parents moved around so much, you only stayed for one year, having moved to another country right after. So getting acquainted with the castle was in order before all the students arrived.

You made the bed and grabbed your bag, you could unpack after exploring around a bit and having had breakfast. You pocketed your wand, and made your way to the door, having to squint at the little light streaming from the windows on the spiral staircase.

Your bedroom must have been on the sixth floor, or even seventh because of the number of twists and turns you had to climb down with the changing stairs working against you, but eventually you did reach the ground floor, near the doors to the great hall, that were closed at the moment. You dared a glance at your wristwatch and noticed that you had wasted more time trying to find your way down that you had wished to admit and was now 7:40, almost time for breakfast.

So now you had to find the kitchens so you could have breakfast with the rest of the faculty. Walking around and climbing down some stairs you found yourself in the lower parts of the castle, the dungeons, where a damp cold was rapidly creeping up to you and making you shiver and be thankful that you had brought your jacket down with you.

You did remember this part of the castle vividly since you spent so much time down here for potions and your common room. So the dark cold corridors weren't a problem to navigate, and the soft scent of sweet-smelling apple pie lead you right to a portrait of a fruit bowl, which was slightly opened and you could hear more noises coming from the inside.

You slowly walk over the portrait threshold and see right away some familiar faces, Dumbledore was talking to McGonagal, and you did notice that Flitwick was standing on the seat so he could reach the pastry plate in the middle of the wide table. Despite having only studied for a year at Hogwarts, their faces were some you wouldn't forget. That and the fact Dumbledore interview you for the position of flying professor. But there was a new face you didn't recognize.

He was draped in all black from head to toe, and his long hair reached the top of his shoulders, his long face was pulled into a half sneer, making his face wrinkle, but despite that, he still looked young.

"Ah, (Y/N), welcome. I hope you had a nice trip here?" Dumbledor asked with a soft and soothing voice.

"Good morning, everyone. Yes, I had a safe trip, flying over was no problem at all, and Mr. Filch took me in last night when I arrived."

"Well, we're not all here at school yet, but we can start with the introductions, although, I believe you are just one year younger than Severus here, so you two must have met already?" he's pointing to the dark-haired male, that was now looking pointedly at you, almost looking bored.

"I don't think I did, I'm (Y/N). Nice to meet you."

"Snape. Severus Snape." he doesn't look away from you, but you can feel that if he could he would be anywhere else than in this particular place. Guess this is going to be a complicated start of the year with him giving you suck a cold shouler right from the begining.

Part 2

[pateldevs]

Hello! I am a little new to your tumblr and love all the stuff you post particularly the wolfstar. I'm a pretty-solid-sorta-background-reader-but-sometimes-talker in the hp ao3 fanfic crew and have read a LOT of dramione and a variety of rare pairs BUT I have been wanting to read wolfstar for like a year and have just never gotten around to finding my jumping off point in that. Do you have an recs? Thanks in advance <3

hey!! first of all welcome and thank you so much for your kind words! (i’m also super honored that you’re looking for my opinion on wolfstar fics!!) tbh i tend to read like the same 5 fics over and over ~for comfort~ but here are some of my faves, putting them below the cut bc i did also include my thoughts and opinions:

if you like marauders-gen fic...

the lost generation — this is it folks. this is the holy grail of fics for me. it’s well-written, it expands way beyond canon, it has lots of regulus content, it develops all the marauders era characters so perfectly. mostly set during marauders era at hogwarts, canon-compliant, with lots of jily as well. it’s super long (it was started in 2013!!) and is still in progress so there is plenty to get through although i did fully get totally up to date (then 130 chapters) in like 2 days when i read it lol. really i can’t recommend this fic enough, i’ve read it like 6 or 7 times in its entirety and it gets me every time.

it never goes out — completed and canon-compliant, another amazing marauders-gen fic set during hogwarts years. if you like reading cultural backstory (e.g. remus being welsh and seeing him interacting with his home & culture during the holidays) then would highly highly recommend since this has a lot of personality & character beyond just “boarding school” kind of vibes. lots of jily, lots of dorlene, much more contemporary in language compared to TLG above (like imo you can tell it’s american influenced but i don’t mind at all), and very in-tune with the 70s time period. cw for themes of abuse, addiction, and self-harm but relevant chapters are always marked. again i’ve reread this like 3 or 4 times and it was also one of the first wolfstar fics i ever read so <3 the author is also super nice!!

holy things — pretty young fic (as in they haven’t gotten together yet) but again it’s canon-compliant, set during the marauders’ years at hogwarts. if you like thoroughly developed metas and hcs about the harry potter universe this is for you! cw for themes of abuse and violence but relevant chapters are marked. background jily and dorlene and bonus content with cho chang’s parents lol. 

sanctuary — ok i always leave and come back to this fic because it’s quite slow-moving and the author is VERY specific about everything. whenever i come back to it i’m just floored by the level of detail. slight au where remus thinks his lycanthropy can be passed through touch but still very much canon-compliant.

brave faces, everyone — THIS IS THE SEQUEL TO IT NEVER GOES OUT and it is fantastic, again same exact vibes as its prequel in terms of historical context/late 70s vibes and a lot of cultural backstory to everyone. LOTS of domestic wolfstar and jily, plenty of background dorlene. again, canon-compliant. cw for themes of addiction, but again the author is super sweet and always marks all the chapters concerned

if you like aus...

the last great american dynasty — ok i don’t read wolfstar aus much BUT i love this one because it’s politics and i love that vibe. also it’s set in the states. slightly young adult (post college), kind of rwrb vibes if you like that! still very young but chapters are super substantial <3

if you want some angst...

the last farewell — ok this is the king of angst fics, it’s set before book 7 where remus tries to grapple with his guilt over marrying tonks so if you like stuff that respects canon/fits with the canon universe/timeline and you don’t mind remadora but still want wolfstar, this is for you. cw for grief obvs

several ways to apologize — a post-whomping willow prank fic, personally i like this one a lot because it’s a refreshing change from the usual “remus is angry everyone is picking sides” kind of fic

it’s alright — this is more hurt/comfort than angst but if you love nightmare hurt/comfort fics this is for you!! i regularly return to this one because i like to ✨project✨ but it’s just such a lovely wholesome fic with a happy ending :’)

to perish by the power of fire — very long one-shot set during hogwarts years with a particular emphasis on remus’ pov and his relationship with his lycanthropy and sirius, plenty of angst but with a happy ending

if you like dadfoot and domestic wolfstar fics (where sirius and remus raise harry)...

hold on to this lullaby — canon-compliant, where sirius manages to get to godric’s hollow and the order shows up right after voldemort finds james and lily :( fast-paced writing but it’s sirius & remus raising harry!! which is super sweet and cute all the time :)

a store of happiness — ok this is another one of my comfort fics, canon-divergent/fix-it starting at the end of book 3 where sirius is exonerated and he and remus take care of harry :) i come back to it probably once a week, it’s so cute <3

[fureliselost]

Me: okay, how about we start this chapter with a little time skip, then I can give some context as we go. Gotta confuse my readers a bit, haha

Me: *as I write the last lines of said chapter realizing that what I skipped was about a chapter and I have to now write the missing parts instead of going forward* oH

[wolfstarlibrarian]

Thank you for this blog! Politely requesting a list of the best and hottest wolfstar smut. Not just porn though, how about some soft feelings too?

Thank you for the ask! The Librarian humbly submits the following fics as some options for smut with feelings. Thankfully this fandom is full of authors willing to fill this hole for us, so there will certainly be more to come. 

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Wolfstar Smut + Feelings

What Glows in the Dark by @remus-john-lupin Sirius’s fingers seem to know just what they’re doing as they trace the bright white lines that litter Remus’s skin; the scars that seem to glow phosphorescent in the flickering candlelight...

But Mostly You by @cruisinwritealong But mostly there should be Remus. Remus wrapped in his thread-bare robe and fuzzy slippers standing at the stove.

I miss the misery by @aryastark-valarmorghulis During the winter of 1980, Sirius wants answers, Remus wants love and they both get everything and nothing at all.

A Pair of Brown Eyes by @hp-shessocold Remus is about to turn 40.

Good Nights by @kittycargo Remus tried his best to make his voice stern. “I thought you were so tired.” “I was. And then I took a nap, and now I’m very, very awake.” Each ‘very’ was punctuated with another press of his hips.

Finally Found My Hallelujah -orphaned account Remus Lupin had always been good at sorting out dates and special occasions for people, which is why his best friend and Quidditch star, James Potter, talked him into wedding planning once they left Hogwarts. He lived a solitary, but happy life. That is, until King Slytherin, Sirius Black, strolls into his office and asks for help planning his arranged marriage. Remus Lupin is nothing if not a professional, but it's not easy when the groom-to-be was the man Remus had been fantasising about since fifth year.

Pas de Deux in the Upper West Side by @wilteddaisy Remus Lupin is a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet. A lead role comes up for grabs in the company's newest ballet and Remus is determined to have it. But only when Sirius Black — oozing talent, charisma and all the elements of a world-class distraction — joins the company does it hang in the balance.

Neighborly Conduct by bshiat

Sirius starts fooling around with his neighbor, and is unpleasantly surprised when he refuses to take things further. Sirius must find out the secret to why this man would refuse to go out with him.

"I'm Home..." by @lumosinlove

Modernwolfstar! au in which Sirius has been at war and surprises Remus by coming home early...

Happy reading! 

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can i have a list of all ur fluffy fics

Yes!

I assume you mean the one that were made for fluff and not the ones that are WIPs and will probably end up with a fluffy scene or two...

Well, I’m better at angst, but here we go!

1. Alone On The Ice (for itsevanffs)

Tom Riddle, a perfectionist figure skater, who can never get more than a silver medal.

Harry Potter, who started skating for fun, but is now a professional skater.

Two rivals. Two idiots. Two gays.

(Wow! A soft gay ice skating AU, where did this come from?)

Ahhh, a WIP to start us off. It shouldn’t be a WIP for long (fully plotted, lots of ideas, and I work on it every day) and a gift to a close friend. Chapters 4&5 are going to be angst because that’s who I am, but it’s light angst and nothing too bad.

2. catch me when i fall (and both our wings are burning)

Harry is an angel. They're one of the best angels, actually.

Tom is a demon. Ze's one of the best demons, actually.

Harry falls. Tom is there to catch them.

I’m not technically sure that this is fluff, but I’ve tagged it as fluff, so what can we do. It’s a short piece, 400 or so words, and have varied pronouns, as you can see.

3. Riddle Me This

Tom and Harry start a podcast together.

It goes about as well as you'd think.

(Unbeknownst to them, people start to ship the pair...)

This is more crack than fluff, but definitely fluffy in some places. My top fic, at the moment.

4. Good Things Are Worth Waiting For

Harry is angry at Tom. Tom has an apology to give.

+ bonus: proposal!

Light angst at the start, but very fluffy. (Might classify as hurt/comfort). Short fic.

5. Bluebells and Asters

Luna braids Ginny's hair. Ginny complains about boys. Softness (and a little kissing) ensues.

Written for the HP Fluff Fest, so definitely fluffy. 825 words, Linny.

6. The Cat That Stole My Husband (for TomarryHereWeWhoaAgain)

Harry has a cat. Tom wages a war. They're both adorable little idiots.

A birthday gift! They don’t like angst too much, so I wrote fluff. Short fic, 300-ish words.

7. Parenthood

Sirius and Molly discuss Harry.

A request from Wattpad, which actually turned out rather well, if a little dialogue heavy. Short fic. 500-ish words.

8. Before

The first in my Marauder's Era series. A glimpse into the lives of our protagonists before Hogwarts.

Oh look, a WIP. Intended to be a first of three marauder’s era fics, but I just sort of stopped updating. Should probably get around to that.

9. Uno

A game of Uno gets out of hand...

Ugh, I don’t like this fic. I Potterised a conversation I had and it sucks, but it exists, so I have to suck it up. Oh well.

10. Cocoa

Harry wants to break up with Draco.

Well well well, if it isn’t a Drarry fic. Short, established relationship.

...Do you want unpublished WIPs? I don’t know, maybe you do. Have unpublished WIPs.

1. Mafia AU

Surprisingly soft for the premise. Mafia!Tom kills the Dursleys, then finds Harry in the cupboard. Fluff ensues.

2. Traitorous angel/soft demon AU

Harry is a demon who is oddly soft, and Tom is an angel who doesn’t give a single fuck. They meet.

3. Eve/snake AU

Whoops, more religious AUs. In which Harry is bored of the Garden of Eden, and Tom offers him something far better.

4. Hades and Persephone AU

In which Harry breaks into the underworld, and its King is both shocked and fascinated.

5. Assassins Meet-Cute AU

Two deadly assassins, a coffee shop, and one terrified barista. (There really is no need to worry, Ron, they’re both dorks.)

6. Pirate AU

Two extreme dumbasses for rival pirate captains, some shenanigans, and there’s only one bed. (Also, they break each other out of jail.)

I hope this was what you wanted, and ily!

[israltale]

Croma’s Creation.

Cross couldn’t believe what happened recently. He knew of the multiverse. He knew of so many Timelines, but recently, a lot of Timelines were destroyed or just… disappeared? He noticed in his own Timeline the disappearance of his Comrades, the Bad Sanses, but also of the Light in his Soul. Dream had disappeared as well, did that mean this Timeline was the next to vanish? He needed to find out what was going on, so he went to the one Skeleton who could tell him. “INK!” Cross yelled as soon as he found the Protector of AUs. 

“Cross?! What brings you to me?” Ink asked, his Eye Lights changing, while he looked at the Monochrome skeleton.

“Ink where is everyone? Why did all of them suddenly disappear?”

Ink looked at him quizzically. “Oh?!? They didn’t tell you? They all went to this AU that suddenly appeared out of nowhere!” Ink said. 

Cross looked at him in disbelief. Nightmare and the others went there, without taking him with them? … Unlikely… They would have taken him with them, but if not, Dream would have, because he would never go alone after his Brother. “Take me there.” Cross demanded. 

Ink looked at him for a while. “Fine.” Ink lastly said and splattered Cross with Ink to open a path for him. As Cross fell he could hear Ink laugh insanely. Did Cross mistake something? He may not know for now, his Mission was to get his Friends back.

Cross woke up surrounded by a thick Forest, huge trees looming over him. “Where?” He jerked up to his feet, calling his sword to be on guard. There was no threat around him, only singing birds, some rabbits looking at him in wonder and nothing more. Cross looked up, the bright blue sky greeting him, the sun shining through the trees to lighten the clearing. He wondered where he was now, was this the new AU Ink had spoken of? Carefully and on guard, Cross went through the clearing. 

“WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU LOST HER?!?” Cross jumped into one of the Bushes nearby to hide away. In front of him was a man in a long dark purple coat, staring down at a soldier?

“I’m so sorry, Master Grima.” The soldier cowered in front of him. 

“Is it that difficult to catch a single Woman?” He hissed at the Soldier, kicking him to the Ground. “You know how much I want her beating Heart in my HAND and you IDIOTS can’t even do THAT!” 

Cross frowned in silent, this Man had no good intentions. Killing a Woman? How cruel can one be? “FIND HER!” He yelled at the soldier, the poor man hurried away. 

Cross needed to find the Woman and Protect her. He carefully made his way down to the Town he had seen in the Distance; it was hard to not see it because the whole town was glittering in the sun getting through to it. Then and there he hid in bushes or behind trees because the soldiers were patrolling and he was not from this AU. The Town he had seen was made of jewels and gems, crystals and other expensive stuff, but the People walking on the golden tiled street were more humble as rich, maybe it was just how the Houses were built there? The Monochrome Skeleton was amazed at the sight, a thick flora growing all around, Children playing happily with one another. People standing on the sides of the Street to talk to one another. It seemed almost harmonic. 

“Did you get lossssssst.” Someone hissed behind him. Cross jumped, calling his large knife. “Calm, Ssssstranger.” 

The Skeleton was amazed, before him was a Woman, but her lower half was that of a Snake. Something he didn’t see yet. “I’m sorry… I’m new here.” He finally said, very carefully lowering his Knife. 

“I can sssssssee that… Maybe our High-Priesssssst can help you.” The Snake Woman said, starting to move somewhere. Cross wasn’t sure if it would be safe to follow her, but then again, she wasn’t armed.

The woman brought him to a silent place, some gemstones growing out of the earth, before a crystal clear Lake came into view. It was far away from the Original town and it seemed it grew Night already, but the Lake seemed in bright Daylight, while everything else around them had turned dark.

“THERE SHE IS!” Cross was in alert immediately, Soldiers running away from them, but they chased someone. Cross blinked, they hunted after a young woman with very long red hair, she wore a white dress that faded into a dark purple. Cross growled, the Royal guard in him getting the upper Hand as he ran after them. 

“Ssssssttttooooooopppp!” He could hear the Females Voice, but nothing of it mattered anymore. A Woman was in need of Help and he would be ashamed till he dusts to not have done Anything. But the Soldiers lost the Woman in the deepest of the Forest. 

“Damn… she escaped again!” One of them grumbled. “Master Grima will not be amused…” The other whined. It seemed the Woman knew this Forest pretty well and wasn’t running away from them just Today. But Cross flared with determination. He would have a Talk with their Master. The Soldiers brought him to their Master, without them knowing, but Grima was not amused, like one of the had predicted. 

“What IMBECILES YOU ARE!” Grima shouted. “Why can’t you catch one damn Woman?” He hissed at them in sheer Rage. The two Soldiers cowered before him, begging for his Forgiveness, but it was in Vain. He would not forgive them. His rage unleashed. Cross starred as the Man grew a pair of leather skinned Wings, growling darkly at them, only to pierce through their armour with a long sharp Tail. The Skeleton watched in Shock as the two soldiers' skin was melting and only Bones remained, but not for long, before the remnants dust.

Grima inhaled sharply. “I will catch her myself… Ripping her Heart out will be the greatest pleasure for me.” He said darkly, this was enough for Cross. He summoned his red glowing Knife and charged at the Man before him. His determination burned deeply in his Soul. Grima turned, just in time to see the Knife coming down on him. The Man dodged just last second. “Who are you?” He growled.

“Doesn’t matter to a pile of dust!” Cross hissed and charged at him again. Grima growled, he had still enough Rage to fight this little Skeleton off easily. Or so the Man fought, because the Monster burned with Determination. Not giving up easily. 

“You dare to go against the King’s Advisor?”

Cross gave a dry laugh. “I don’t care who you are.” The skeleton was about to charge again, the fight already on for a while, as the King Advisor seemed to grow. Cross stepped back, the Man did grow and actually deform. No this was Bad! The monochrome Skeleton needed to stop him. Cross took a deep breath, taking all his remaining Determination and Magic for one last Attack. He needed to finish him off before he changed. So Cross jumped at him with all he had left. He could make use of the Seconds Grima needed to change into a huge six eyed Dragon, it was enough for Cross to slice right through his not hardened Chest Scales, hitting right through the sensitive heart. He saw the HP dropping rapidly, before Grima started to Dust. But it was too expensive. Cross couldn’t move anymore. He felt his own HP dropping, while he tried to urge his aching bones. He needed to find something to recover…

But he couldn’t move, no matter how hard he tried, no matter how much he wanted, his Bones didn’t obey him. Cross started to laugh dryly, seeming like this was his End, without finding out if his comrades and the Light of his Soul were here or not. He relaxed a bit, he would dust anyway so he could at least do it while thinking of the others…. But before his Body started to give out on him and his soul would shatter it reached out to something, throbbing with Power. Cross gasped, as his soul absorbed the Power source. His Bones in pain, while his soul burned with the struggle.

The sudden surge inside him made him gasp in pain, it felt like his bones were pulled apart, as if someone was ripping out limb after limb, while his Soul burned, the Power wanting to overthrow him. Whatever it was it tried to take over, something Cross could not let happen. Still it was such great Pain surging through his tired bones. Until finally his scream echoed, only for the calm Forest to hear. What happened after that, Cross can’t remember.

Footsteps echoed through the Forest, guided by the pained howls and the sorrowful gasping of someone in Pain. The Moon was up high in the Sky guiding the Path for the one wandering so late into the dark Forest. “This smell… Grima?” a skeleton clad in greenish grey clothing stepped into the remnants of a Battlefield. Dust laying there and another skeleton, wincing in Pain. “He is not from here.” He drew closer to the monochrome Skeleton, his green eye lights lit by the Crescent Moon’s pale light. “This Skeleton… I need to bring him to Arisa.” He whispered to the silent forest, the wind howling in answer to his Words, rustling the leaves.

He carefully lifted the one in Pain, noticing the burning bones and the fight of two kinds of Magic inside his battered Soul. It was alarming and made the other hurry through the Forest, deeper into the Darkness. Soft sounds of a Flute calling for him, getting louder the closer he reached the dark Castle. The Melody familiar to his green Soul and even bringing salvation for the pained on his Back. 

“Sir Cobra!” Someone called for him on the stairs of the dark glowing castle, there and then some soft blue hues. 

“Alure, inform the Infirmary.” The one calling for him was a small Skeleton with two purple Horns, a small purple Tail behind him. 

“Yes, Sir!” He said hastily before bolting off. 

“Another one?” A deep Voice asked. 

“Yes… I found him deep in the forest… Grima’s smell is all around him…” Cobra said, as someone peeled from the Darkness. A Skeleton covered in good. Six cyan coloured Horns on his Head, a pair of leathery bat like wings and four tails trailing behind him. “I will inform the Guardian.” The Goop covered Skeleton said. 

“Thanks, Narish.” Cobra answered before he went off to get Cross into the Infirmary.

“Dearest Guardian.” Narish walked up to a figure standing on one of the dark Balconies, looking out into the Forest.

“Narish, Co came back?”

Narish nodded. “Yes, with another Skeleton, i do not know what has occurred but he seemed in Pain.” The Person he went to turned around. 

“He brought him to the Infirmary.” It was the Woman Cross had tried to Save, but she did not know this. “I see, I will go down.” She said, walking up to Narish. He softly stroked over her Cheek. 

“He smelled Like Grima… so do be careful, even with Cobra and Alure there.” The Woman nodded softly.

“I will, Narish.” She went down to meet Cobra at the Infirmary. Alure running around to find things to ease the unknown monochrome Skeletons pain. “Co.” 

Cobra turned. “Arisa.” He said softly. 

“He is not from our AU.” She said softly, walking up to the plagued Skeleton. 

“No, I found him in the Forest… with a big Pile of Dust and Grima’s Smell.” Cobra reported Back, watching her sit beside the burning Skeleton. 

“Yes… Grima’s Magic is battling this one’s Soul.” She said softly. Alure stopped, staring up at her. 

“But Lady Millenia!” 

Millenia smiled softly. “I know.” She said, before she started to sing a soft Lullaby. Her voice sounding softly in the silent room helped the one fighting in pain. He calmed down, the burning of his bones finally easing up and he went to a soft slumber.

Cross woke up with an aching feeling to his soul, he felt stronger, but also not himself anymore. He had grown, that much he could feel already. 

“Oh!” A soft gasp was close to him, but Cross was not feeling well enough to jump up and get his Knife. His hazy eye lights finally adjusted, he was in a white room and it smelled like disinfectant and medicine. 

“Guardian! Guardian!” He heard the soft male Voice again, tilting his throbbing head to see a purple tail disappear through the Door.

“He woke up?” Cross was about to drift away again, only to jolt as he heard a female voice enter the room. 

“Yes, Guardian.” Cross moaned slightly, everything was still in Pain.

“Do not rush. You have gone through severe Pain and change.” He blinked, finally seeing a small skeleton with two purple horns, staring with purple eye lights worriedly at him. But his gaze was drawn to the Woman he had seen Running from the Soldiers. 

“Where….” 

She smiled a bit, sitting down in a chair. “This is the Vicinity of Chaos, deep inside IsralTale. You were found in the sleeping Forest, wracking with fever and Magic that was not your own.” She said calmly. 

“The Man… Gr….Grima…” Alure looked up to the Female in shock. 

“Stay Calm. Focus on recovering yourself with the new Magic coursing through your Soul. Once your Body is not in Pain anymore, we shall talk. Alure will Tend to your needs.” She said, the small Skeleton nodding. Cross wanted to thank her, but the emptiness of unconsciousness claimed him again.

It had taken a few weeks for Cross to recover. Now he was in the huge Throne Room, in front of the Leader named Narish and the Woman he had met before. Cobra was the one who had found him, or so Alure had told the curious Skeleton. 

“How are you feeling with the new acquired form?” Narish asked in a deep voice. Cross had noticed the changes, a large purple tail had grown and four purple horns on his Skull. His Canines had gotten longer as well and he was now 8’3”. Alure told Cross that he had turned into a Dragon Hybrid, still Skeleton but also with the abilities of a Dragon. “Are you willing to share with us, how it came to you entering Hybrid Life?” Narish asked.

Cross nodded. “My timeline lost my comrades and someone very dear to me, so I went to the creator Ink…. He had brought me here where i overheard a man yelling at a Soldier.” Narish nodded slowly. “A Snake Woman wanted to bring me to the High-Priest, who might have helped me get back to my AU, but all i saw was a Woman… This Woman ran from soldiers.” Alure looked up to Millenia. “I followed them till they lost sight of her and then followed them to their Master… Grima?” 

Cobra sighed. “So you fought with him?” Cobra asked.

Cross nodded. “I could beat him with the last of my Magic and Determination… but what happened then I have no clue… I know there was a throbbing Power my Soul clung to as I prepared to be dusted.”

Narish looked back to Millenia. “Your Soul absorbed what was left from Grima, battling with his soul over the Reign of your Body and Mind.” Millenia said. 

“Oh… so that is why… I am this now?”

She nodded softly. “Yes, as a Monster absorbing the Soul of a Dragon is a huge risk to not only enter Hybrid territory but also maybe losing yourself…”

Cross sighed softly. “I see… so… How should i go on now?” Cross asked, he was a bit confused. 

“Well, the Question is if you want to go with your old Name… Alure and Ii Put them aside after we changed into Hybrids. Starting a new life with it.”

Cross nodded. “Okay.” 

Millenia looked at him softly, like a Mother watching over her growing Child. “You are more than Welcome to build a home for yourself in the Vicinity of Chaos, a Place that welcomes all beings in between.” Narish agreed on that. “For the Time being this Castle shall be a Haven, until you are ready to move on.” 

Cross nodded. “Thank you… and i thought of a Name to start my new Life.” They all looked at him, curious for his Decision. “I will be known as Croma.” He still felt Sad for losing his Comrades and Dream… But it was unclear how the other AU’s would react to the Power a Hybrid hold. 

Cobra nodded. “I shall show you to your temporary Room then.” The Skeleton said, guiding Croma to his new Room. Because he didn’t Plan to leave the Castle. He would be a Royal guard for the Leader of Hybrids.