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La Ronde Corvi (The Raven Cycle)

Fri, 08 Nov 2019 04:41:51 GMT

LA RONDE CORVI

Summary:

“We can talk about something else,” Blue offered.

Then Ronan realized “something else” meant: something other than your nightmares.

Or: five ficlets in which each of the gang gets a chance to help one another through past and present traumas.

Characters: Ronan Lynch, Blue Sargent, Adam Parrish, Noah Czerny, Richard Gansey III

Words: 4,500

Read on AO3, or here below.

( La Ronde Corvi )

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The Snow Wolf, chapter 7: In the Snow Wolf’s Fortress

Wed, 21 Mar 2018 23:19:05 GMT

The Snow Wolf, chapter 6: North and North Again

Fri, 16 Mar 2018 18:27:10 GMT

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The Snow Wolf, chapter 5: Interlude: The Mirror

Sat, 10 Mar 2018 16:17:49 GMT

The Snow Wolf, chapter 4: The Merry Band of Norway

Tue, 06 Mar 2018 22:34:31 GMT

( Chapter 4: The Merry Band of Norway )

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The Snow Wolf, chapter 3: The Two Witches of the Shetland Islands

Sat, 03 Mar 2018 16:38:13 GMT

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The Snow Wolf, chapter 2: The Garden of Enchantments

Fri, 02 Mar 2018 18:51:48 GMT

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The Snow Wolf, chapter 1: To the North

Wed, 28 Feb 2018 21:22:27 GMT

THE SNOW WOLF

Summary:

While on his undercover mission to the werewolves, Remus disappears. Tonks sets out north, across countries and islands and frozen terrain, on a quest to find the man she loves and reclaim him from the clutches of a powerful magical beast. Along the way, Tonks meets many who help – or hinder – her quest, until at last she reaches the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard to face the dreaded Snow Wolf himself.

(A fairy tale fusion, bringing together the world of Harry Potter with the plot of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen. Or: in which I took a 19th century fairy tale that's surprisingly full of strong female characters, and added even more of them.)

Characters: Tonks, Remus, original characters/characters drawn to varying degrees from The Snow Queen, brief cameos from Dumbledore and Mad-Eye Moody

Words: 31,100 / Chapters: 7

Notes:

A fusion with The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen. (Snippets of inspiration also drawn from Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu, a modern-day retelling.) You don’t need to know The Snow Queen to read this – though if you do know the original, I hope you’ll enjoy the nods and parallels throughout!

This is an AU, but takes place during HBP and slots pretty much into the chronology of canon, as long as you subtract the bits when Harry crossed paths with Tonks or Remus during HBP – they’re on a different adventure here. (Also, ignore Pottermore; in my mind, Remus and Tonks had begun at least the tentative unfurling of a romance by the end of OotP.)

My greatest of thanks to gilpin25 for betareading in such detail and being so thoughtful in response to my many questions; also to huldrejenta and nerakrose for fielding questions about Norwegian geography and language, and Scandinavian names, respectively; and to brickspace friend E for betareading early sections. An early, partial version of this story posted at rt_morelove (over a year ago!) but a lot has changed and grown since then, so I invite anyone who’s interested to read along again!

Read here, or on AO3.

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( Chapter 1: To the North )

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If You’ve Got a Lantern Hold It High, chapter 4: The Most Amazing Place

Wed, 19 Jul 2017 02:38:20 GMT

( Chapter Four: The Most Amazing Place )
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If You’ve Got a Lantern Hold It High, chapter 3: A Day at Diagon Alley

Mon, 17 Jul 2017 20:55:30 GMT

( Chapter Three: A Day at Diagon Alley )

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If You’ve Got a Lantern Hold It High, chapter 2: A Stranger in the House

Sun, 16 Jul 2017 16:10:31 GMT

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If You’ve Got a Lantern Hold It High, chapter 1: A Visitor at Hogwarts

Sat, 15 Jul 2017 23:54:30 GMT

IF YOU'VE GOT A LANTERN HOLD IT HIGH

Summary: Three years after the war, a stranger arrives at Hogwarts with a letter addressed to Minerva McGonagall by the familiar hand of an old friend. Before the summer is through, the contents of the letter will bring together several lives that might otherwise never have touched.

Characters: Minerva McGonagall, Andromeda Black Tonks, original characters (Serena and Joy from "Raise Your Lantern High"), Teddy Lupin, briefly Hagrid, offscreen but alluded to often: Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks

Words: 12,900 / Chapters: 4

Notes:

Set a few years after “Raise Your Lantern High” (not a sequel, since that story is complete – more of a “bonus extra”!) but it also works as a standalone if you haven’t read that story.

“Raise Your Lantern High” followed Remus and Tonks throughout HBP; the two original characters in this story, Serena and her daughter Joy (also known by her werewolf name, River), are characters Remus got to know during his time living with a werewolf pack that year. I’ll include some more background at the bottom of chapter 1, if you’d like to know more, but again, I don’t think you’ll be confused if you just dive in!

(Note for those coming here from “Raise Your Lantern High”: the character was known as Joy in that story, because it was from Remus’ perspective and he thought in human names; here you’ll see her as River, because it’s from her own perspective. And yet I’ve used Serena’s human name here, because she’s among humans and thus using her human name …And yes, I do realise I made this complicated for myself when I created the construct of werewolf vs. human names!)

My great thanks to gilpin25 who provided such a thoughtful beta-read of this story. (And Brit-picking, too!) I appreciate it so much.

Read here, or on AO3.

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( Chapter One: A Visitor at Hogwarts )

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