Starrysummer

There are moments when everything makes sense and when nothing makes sense and when Sirius is sure this isn't what he was meant to be.

He closes his eyes and imagines for himself: his father. He's reading the Quidditch scores out loud and it will always be Holyhead 250, Puddlemere 110. And Lily Potter feeds her son porridge, blown cool between pressed-red lips, out of a tiny silver spoon that, though tarnished, glimmers softly in the torchlight in his mind. Harry goes to Godric's Hollow, looking for something.

Bellatrix is a simple farm girl in the summer sun, and she serves her Lord. The wind whistles tunes and dances on bare shoulders, the chains clamber against flesh and iron, and the blood drips, one-two, on the tiling.

Man creates his own world, of fences and gates, of space and place and time but it's all the same, all a way of measuring off what doesn't truly belong to him. Monster and demon and pet, we all need to eat the same, need to breathe in the same air and feel the same warm blanket of shelter draped around our shivering form.

Who he was and she was don't matter even if maybe they knew each other years ago in another world where people bothered with books and letters, where progress and knowledge weren't things to be torn down by dirty-blooded boys in labour camps who came home to tired-rented girls and another bottle of filthy-tasting sleep.

Severus reminds himself of what could have been. The message hits hard.

Severus would have never thought a time would come when they, when he, would need Neville.

Something strange is going on at Hogwarts. Something very strange, Harry knows. He thinks it has something to do with Voldemort, but every time he tries voicing his opinions to his friends, they prove quite counterproductive. Pairings include Harry/Snape, Draco/Ginny, Ron/Hermione, Harry/Draco, Harry/Hermione, Harry/Ron plus implied Harry/Ginny, Draco/Hermione, Ron/Draco, Remus/Sirius, Hermione/Snape and Remus/Tonks.

Power, hatred, lust, a common goal... in Bellatrix Black-Lestrange's world, nothing is about love. What may have once been leaves her only with an unrequited hatred, and a renewed quest for power.

Regulus finds that Hogwarts is not nearly so great as he'd been lead to believe. He spends most of his time alone and listless, until a chance encounter changes everything.

Seventh year, and the Head Boy and Girl have been chosen. As happy as they are with their appointment, Ernie and Hermione each find that managing time and friendships gets more difficult with age. Is there a way to make all their responsibilities and expectations work together and still leave time for friendships and love?

No matter who we grow up to become, we always remember our first day at school. Bella Black came to school sure of many things and unsure of others. The journey to Hogwarts, however, proves that things are not always as expected. Features an eleven-year-old Bella showing glimpses of what someday will be.