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Updated with Part 6A: The new chapter takes us on a journey into the past of the Lestrange family. All their lives, the Lestranges have been dedicated followers of their master, the Dark Lord. But on a fated night they see his fall from power…

Title: Amicus Draconis – 1st Cycle: Cycle of the Badger
Author: yamato__ishida
Disclaimer: Not mine, but JKR’s
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Harry, Ron, Hermione, Draco, Severus, Lucius, Narcissa, Marcus Flint, Walden Macnair, other Death Eaters, other Hogwarts students
Het Ships: Ron/Hermione, Lucius/Narcissa, Marcus/OC, and others
Slash Ships: Seamus/Dean, Lucius/Severus, and others
Warnings: character deaths, het, slash, angst, some violence
Summary: In the Trio’s seventh year, the wizarding world has lost its second war against the Dark Lord. The Death Eaters conquered Hogwarts, defeated the Order of the Phoenix and overthrew the Ministry of Magic. Forming a new government with Voldemort as the supreme ruler, they take control of Wizarding Europe, spreading terror and destruction everywhere. Harry and his friends are forced into hiding, but far from giving up hope they form their own secret rebellion. In four cycles, Amicus Draconis tells the story of a world shattered and rebuilt throughout three wizarding wars, of two masterminds moving people like figures on a chessboard, and a boy torn between his destiny and his one true love.

Starter Page & Episode List
Episode 1: Children of Magic
Episode 2: Encounter at Hogwarts
Episode 3: The Underwater Quidditch Game /Part A/ /Part B/
Episode 4: Offers and Offerings /Part A/ /Part B/
Episode 5: Owl SMS /Part A/ /Part B/ /Part C/
Episode 6: Blood Oracle I /Part A/

Title: The Art of Seduction
Rating: R
Pairing(s): Lucius/Narcissa
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: Lucius was Narcissa's pawn from the very beginning, but she was only playing the game out of love.
Warnings: First time sex.
Word Count: ~5700
Author's Notes: Written for themadmermaid, using the prompts "manipulation, seduction, tension". Although it actually turned into more of a character study than anything else. My thanks to my beta dark_adrenalynn and to the mods of hp_springsmut for being patient with me. :)

"Well," Lucius said, a mischievous gleam in his eye. "At least we’ll never be bored."

title: Semper Fi (Always Faithful)
author: willfully
giftee: slytherati at hpdesmutathon
pairing: Voldemort/Bellatrix, Bellatrix/Rodolphus
rating: NC-17
word count: ~1520
summary: His disappearance had been the ultimate test of his followers' loyalty, and many had fallen short. Not she, though. Bellatrix would always be faithful to him.
warnings/chosen kinks: powerplay, mentions of torture, forced submission (without bloodplay or bondage, as requested), Unforgivables, hate sex
author's note: Thanks very much to my beta, dark_adrenalynn; any remaining mistakes are mine alone.

title: Decadent Dulosis
author: willfully
recipient: sweetcarolanne at hpdesmutathon
pairing: Bellatrix/Gabrielle
rating: NC-17
summary: If it was the cruelty and darkness in Voldemort that excited Bellatrix, it was the purity and beauty in Gabrielle that excited her even more.
warnings: femmeslash, consensual D/s, knifeplay/bloodplay, twisted romance.
author's note: Thanks to my beta, jairissa. I have never written this pairing before -- nor thought that I would enjoy it quite so much.

Updated with Part 5c: In the conclusion of the chapter we’ll finally get to the bottom of the Death Eaters’ power play. Who hired Adrian Pucey to kill Marcus Flint’s girlfriend and for what reason? And in the end, who will gain the profit from this devious little endeavour?

Title: Amicus Draconis – 1st Cycle: Cycle of the Badger
Author: yamato__ishida
Disclaimer: Not mine, but JKR’s
Rating: PG-13
Characters: The Trio, The Malfoys, many Hogwarts students, and Death Eaters
Ships Ron/Hermione, Harry/?, Marcus/OC, and others
Warnings: character deaths, het, slash, angst, some violence
Summary: In the Trio’s seventh year, the wizarding world has lost its second war against the Dark Lord. The Death Eaters conquered Hogwarts, defeated the Order of the Phoenix and overthrew the Ministry of Magic. Forming a new government with Voldemort as the supreme ruler, they take control of Wizarding Europe, spreading terror and destruction everywhere. Harry and his friends are forced into hiding, but far from giving up hope they form their own secret rebellion. In four cycles, Amicus Draconis tells the story of a world shattered and rebuilt throughout three wizarding wars, of two masterminds moving people like figures on a chessboard, and a boy torn between his destiny and his one true love.

Starter Page & Episode List
Episode 1: Children of Magic
Episode 2: Encounter at Hogwarts
Episode 3: The Underwater Quidditch Game /Part A/ /Part B/
Episode 4: Offers and Offerings /Part A/ /Part B/
Episode 5: Owl SMS /Part A/ /Part B/ /Part C/

Updated with Part 5b: Bridget, a young Muggle, lost her best friend to a Death Eater attack that was originally intended for her. Now she’s thrown headfirst into the wizarding world, having to deal with strange witches waving wands about, Nightmares (literal ones), more Death Eaters attacking her and a boyfriend who isn’t who he pretends to be. Will he do his best to save her, or is he the one who wanted her dead in the first place?

Title: Amicus Draconis
Author: yamato__ishida
Disclaimer: Not mine, but JKR’s
Rating: PG-13
Ships Ron/Hermione, Marcus/OC, Harry/?, and others
Warnings: character deaths, het, slash, angst, some violence
Summary: In the Trio’s seventh year, the wizarding world has lost its second war against the Dark Lord. The Death Eaters conquered Hogwarts, defeated the Order of the Phoenix and overthrew the Ministry of Magic. Forming a new government with Voldemort as the supreme ruler, they take control of Wizarding Europe, spreading terror and destruction everywhere. Harry and his friends are forced into hiding, but far from giving up hope they form their own secret rebellion. In four cycles, Amicus Draconis tells the story of a world shattered and rebuilt throughout three wizarding wars, of two masterminds moving people like figures on a chessboard, and a boy torn between his destiny and his one true love.

Starter Page & Episode List
Episode 1: Children of Magic
Episode 2: Encounter at Hogwarts
Episode 3: The Underwater Quidditch Game /Part A/ /Part B/
Episode 4: Offers and Offerings /Part A/ /Part B/
Episode 5: Owl SMS /Part A/ /Part B/

title: against the dying of the light
author: willfully
rating: R
pairing: Harry/Draco
word count: 1052
summary: "Sorry," Potter said, not sounding sorry at all. "You're not getting rid of me that easily."
warnings: AU, angst
author's note: thanks to insomnia_geek for the plot bunny, and to my lovely beta k8nkane for looking this over for me. ♥


PART I
PART II
PART III

title: Portrait of a Death Eater as a Young Man
author: willfully
rating: G
pairing: Draco/Morag
prompt set: 50.4
prompt: #10, Writing.
word count: ~2000
summary: an essay by Morag MacDougal, written in stream of consciousness.
warnings: EWE, fluff, very obvious inferiority complex
author's note: just a little something that occurred to me one day, as I was attempting to get inside Morag's head. I used some of the ideas from the Augury Malfoys, and it made me a little nostalgic typing it up.
thanks/acknowledgements: to dark_adrenalynn for making sure Morag was in character, and my lovely beta k8nkane for correcting my mistakes. Any remaining mistakes are my own.

Portrait of a Death Eater as a Young Man

title: against the dying of the light
author: willfully
rating: R
pairing: Harry/Draco
summary: Draco wasn't alone, at least for the moment. And after Potter left -- after Potter left he'd be alone again, and he'd have to hide far better than he had before, now that someone had a notion of where he was. He wasn't sure he had the strength to bury himself that deeply.
warnings: AU, angst
author's note: thanks to insomnia_geek for the plot bunny. ♥

PART I
PART II

title: against the dying of the light
author: willfully
rating: R
pairing: Harry/Draco
word count: ~1500
summary: The end had to be coming soon. Draco could feel it like burning red eyes on his back and burning into his mind, like his parents rolling over in their graves. He was safe for the moment, but not for long.
warnings: this chapter: AU, angst, character death (not Harry or Draco)
author's note: insomnia_geek should not be allowed to give me plot bunnies. SERIOUSLY.

PART I