Rating:
PG-13
House:
The Dark Arts
Genres:
Drama Mystery
Era:
Multiple Eras
Spoilers:
Philosopher's Stone Chamber of Secrets Prizoner of Azkaban Goblet of Fire
Stats:
Published: 08/14/2002
Updated: 08/12/2003
Words: 23,176
Chapters: 8
Hits: 2,507

The Past and Present Collide

PhoenixRoseOfHope

Story Summary:
On the Halloween night of her sixth year at Hogwarts, Mandy Brocklehurst finds herself wandering alone through the corridors and discovering Nearly Headless Nick's deathday party. There she meets Patrick, the ghost of a Ravenclaw student who died while still at Hogwarts over a hundred years ago. They become fast friends, and fall in love almost as quickly, but the more she comes to know him, the more she learns about his past...and that the very thing that killed him may be coming back with a vengeance.

Chapter 01
08/14/2002

On the Halloween night of her sixth year at Hogwarts, Mandy Brocklehurst finds herself wandering alone through the corridors and discovering Nearly Headless Nick's deathday party. There she meets Patrick, the ghost of a Ravenclaw student who died while still at Hogwarts over a hundred years ago. They become fast friends, and fall in love almost as quickly, but the more she comes to know him, the more she learns about his past...and that the very thing that killed him may be coming back with a vengeance.

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Chapter 02
08/16/2002

On the Halloween night of her sixth year at Hogwarts, Mandy Brocklehurst finds herself wandering alone through the corridors and discovering Nearly Headless Nick's deathday party. There she meets Patrick, the ghost of a Ravenclaw student who died while still at Hogwarts over a hundred years ago. They become fast friends, and fall in love almost as quickly, but the more she comes to know him, the more she learns about his past...and that the very thing that killed him may be coming back with a vengeance.

Words: 2,574
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Chapter 03
08/21/2002

On the Halloween night of her sixth year at Hogwarts, Mandy Brocklehurst finds herself wandering alone through the corridors and discovering Nearly Headless Nick's deathday party. There she meets Patrick, the ghost of a Ravenclaw student who died while still at Hogwarts over a hundred years ago. They become fast friends, and fall in love almost as quickly, but the more she comes to know him, the more she learns about his past...and that the very thing that killed him may be coming back with a vengeance.

Words: 2,999
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Chapter 04
08/28/2002

On the Halloween night of her sixth year at Hogwarts, Mandy Brocklehurst finds herself wandering alone through the corridors and discovering Nearly Headless Nick's deathday party. There she meets Patrick, the ghost of a Ravenclaw student who died while still at Hogwarts over a hundred years ago. They become fast friends, and fall in love almost as quickly, but the more she comes to know him, the more she learns about his past...and that the very thing that killed him may be coming back with a vengeance.

Words: 2,448
Hits: 255
Chapter 05
09/17/2002

On the Halloween night of her sixth year at Hogwarts, Mandy Brocklehurst finds herself wandering alone through the corridors and discovering Nearly Headless Nick's deathday party. There she meets Patrick, the ghost of a Ravenclaw student who died while still at Hogwarts over a hundred years ago. They become fast friends, and fall in love almost as quickly, but the more she comes to know him, the more she learns about his past...and that the very thing that killed him may be coming back with a vengeance.

Words: 3,633
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Chapter 06
10/10/2002

On the Halloween night of her sixth year at Hogwarts, Mandy Brocklehurst finds herself wandering alone through the corridors and discovering Nearly Headless Nick's deathday party. There she meets Patrick, the ghost of a Ravenclaw student who died while still at Hogwarts over a hundred years ago. They become fast friends, and fall in love almost as quickly, but the more she comes to know him, the more she learns about his past...and that the very thing that killed him may be coming back with a vengeance.

Words: 3,130
Hits: 293
Chapter 07
02/09/2003

On the Halloween night of her sixth year at Hogwarts, Mandy Brocklehurst finds herself wandering alone through the corridors and discovering Nearly Headless Nick's deathday party. There she meets Patrick, the ghost of a Ravenclaw student who died while still at Hogwarts over a hundred years ago. They become fast friends, and fall in love almost as quickly, but the more she comes to know him, the more she learns about his past...and that the very thing that killed him may be coming back with a vengeance.

Words: 2,805
Hits: 273
Chapter 08
08/12/2003

The power of rumours rears its ugly head as Mandy confronts another side to her relationship with Patrick she didn't expect, and struggles to keep her relationships with Adrian, Terry, and Padma afloat.

Words: 3,475
Hits: 287