Marie Vulffe

Blackmailed by his father into receiving the Dark Mark, one young man finds that there is much more to the world than he ever realized. Death, darkness, desolation…it is all very, very real. What do you do when you have nothing left to turn to but your own devices…and find yourself lacking? Suddenly alone, and scarred far deeper than anyone would ever realize; he had nothing left. Not even himself.````But what would you do, if someone’s hand were suddenly offered? If that someone's were a Weasley's, he would have spat on it.````But if that someone was Virginia Weasley…he might just reconsider.````Because it isn't every day that the object of your obsessions is willing to walk through the fire with you.

Fear gives way to pride - pride to rashness - and rashness to regret. Some things are better left unspoken; some dreams are better left undreamt. When learned the hard way, only time can bring it back to a shadow of what once was beautiful... and sometimes, we also learn, the price to pay for catharsis and redemption is far too high.