La Fée Verte

In the pureblood society that Phineas Nigellus inhabits, love, marriage and politics are invariably linked together. For a start there’s the pureblood politics that come into play, such as negotiating a dowry that isn’t a personal insult and working your way round the inter-family relations to ensure there won’t be any duels at the wedding. Then there’s the problem of actually finding a decent woman to marry and whether you’ll even like her in ten years' time, let alone love her. Whoever said that marriage was easy was a lying madman. Unless, of course, you find the right woman. Even so the chances of that are slim if all women are like your cousin and mother. Welcome to the world of Love, Marriage and Politics in the 1800s.

As children we play Dress Up to turn ourselves into fairies, princesses, cowboys and a whole host of things to pretend that we are something that we are not. It’s a simple way to provide an escape from reality. And as we grow older that ability never quite leaves us, the want to pretend. Bellatrix plays Dress Up. She pretends to be another woman from a different time and a different age, to be the other woman who has the very thing that Bellatrix desires the most.

Behind every seemingly perfect couple there are much darker roots. Molly and Arthur Weasley are no exception. Behind the whitewashed front perfected over the years lies the grimy truth of when Molly met Arthur and the lies they have fed to preserve the almost saintly image they hold. An AU version of the Weasley couple.

There are Aurors and Unspeakables, the shining examples to the wizarding world, the protectors against the Dark Arts and the horrors they inspire. Rightly so they are praised and rewarded, however what gifts and praises are given to the Auror Operatives, the invisible fighters who have not been called on wider duty since 1979? The Death Eater Nott was there the last time they were called, and wonders why he can't take his eyes off the young female Operative with the split lip?