Nobody was necessarily destined for evil. In young Albus Dumbledore's eyes, evil was but a label for a past of mistreatment and a future of poor decisions. But when he set his gaze on Tom Marvolo Riddle, he could've sworn something sinister lurked behind his ice blue eyes. It shifted into a darkness he had never encountered before. Dumbledore was rightfully cautious when approaching another girl from Wool's Orphanage. He swore to himself he wouldn't make the same mistake twice, but he later found out he needn't be worried at all. Unfortunately, he took a long time to realize this. Longer than he would care to admit. Lucille was brought to Wool's Orphanage with no last name, and that wasn't even the strangest part about her. She seemed to know things that nobody had told her, and she'd send a grown wizard fleeing in the opposite direction with an arch of her eyebrow. There was a similar power beyond her eyes, and it took a long time for people to understand whether it was light or dark. Her tale was one no other's could compare to. Not even the bravest of Gryffindors would hope to venture down the path of a twisted, little, huffily puffily girl. [Started Feb, 2017] ***for any new readers, I'm warning you now if you wanna read through for the first time without spoilers, stay out of the comments. Especially during year two which has a mystery element! You've been warned!***

Leah Derijker has a rule: don't believe in things you can't explain. It's a good rule. It's just that the ginger-haired man who keeps appearing in Regent's Park - the one her hand passes straight through - is making it very difficult to keep. Fred Weasley has been dead for almost a year. He doesn't know why he keeps coming back to the same London park, or why no one can see him. No one, that is, until her. She's a muggle. He's a ghost. Neither of them has any idea why they're connected - only that wherever she goes, he follows, and every time she leaves the park, the world goes dark. What starts as the most impossible friendship of her life slowly becomes something neither of them has a name for. And the more Leah is pulled into a world she never knew existed, the more one question refuses to leave her alone: what does it mean to fall for someone you can never touch?

Moony. Wormtail. Padfoot. Prongs. Their adventures were the stuff of Hogwarts legend. But there are untold stories, stories that only the four of them know. Come along and discover the true tale of the Marauders of Hogwarts... #Wattys2016

❝THOUGH THIS BE MADNESS, YET THERE IS METHOD IN IT.❞ A family taken from her in the war, her loved ones torn from her before their time, driven insane with grief and angry at the world - Erin Crowley is officially unstable, a longtime prisoner of MACUSA. But before her imprisonment, before she lost her beloved, and before she met Newt Scamander, she found solace in the crafting of potions and machines, and in inventing the cure to life's greatest fatality. Death. ( rated no. 6 in #fantasticbeastsandwheretofindthem ) a fantastic beasts and where to find them fanfiction; pre, during, and post fantastic beasts; kind of au? i own nothing.

Grindelwald's wizard gathering had left Theseus Scamander still reeling from his fiancée's loss, which led him to take a few months off to get his sanity back. But when the Auror finally has the courage to step back in his office after a few months away, he is faced with a big surprise, more specifically named Roo Lee. Annoyingly optimistic and exuberantly high in energy, Theseus wants nothing to do with his secretary despite her attempts to bring them closer. Little does he know that slowly, but surely, she manages to stick back all his broken pieces together. ------------------- UPDATED EVERY WEEK/HOPEFULLY. [a Theseus Scamander fanfiction] Ranked: #1 fantasticbeasts

"Whatever souls are made of, his and mine are the same." [HARRY POTTER] [MARAUDERS' ERA]

Alexandra Black grew up as Alec Lupin-Black - daughter of a werewolf who didn't have to claim her, and heir to a family she was never meant to know. When Remus takes the Defence post at Hogwarts, she transfers with him. She doesn't expect the Weasley twins. She doesn't expect Draco Malfoy becoming something closer than a cousin. And she doesn't expect Sirius Black - her father, a wanted man. Voldemort is rising. And Alec is learning the hardest truth her mother never got to teach her - That loving people in wartime is the bravest and most terrifying thing you can do.

This is the 2016 draft! For the 2026 fully rewritten version featuring more magic, more whimsy, and folklore/barbie movie vibes, check out Glass Midnight on my profile! Similar characters, different plot, same heart. Clara's problems can be summed up in two words: responsibility and family. After the loss of her mother, life for Clara was never the same. Although she loves her three siblings and tries to be the best sister and lady she can, the weight on her shoulders grows the more she learns and the more she has to know. When her father remarries to a secretive widow, Clara's responsibilities triple overnight. Through no fault of her own, Clara is thrown into an adventure she never counted on-- one of magic, tragedy, and romance. Through palace ballrooms, enchanted forests, and encounters with a handsome stranger she really shouldn't care for, Clara soon realizes that the only way to help her family and fix the problem is to do it herself. The only trouble is that she doesn't know how. A Cinderella Retelling. ----- Cover design made by solidarity_! First draft! *featured by Once Upon A Time as of 9/24/2015*