Everything about him was poisonous, his looks, his power and, most of all, his magic. And yet, she knew she would never want him to change, because, for her, he was perfect just the way he was, with this emotionless, dangerous, intoxicating way of doing magic. If you had asked her whether this was a love story she would have told you that she knew he wasn't capable of loving and he knew she wasn't going to try and change him. And yet, if you had asked her whether this was a love story she would have told you that the answer depends on what you expect. She knew that he couldn't love, she accepted that he didn't care, but she would die to make him understand.

Messrs Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs certainly feel quite accomplished after completing what they dub as the Marauder's Map. A map designed to show every classroom, hall, corridor, and even secret passageway of the Hogwarts Castle but also capable of identifying every person, ghost, and poltergeist roaming about. Or so they thought. It takes Elspeth Hayes casually strolling down the corridor one afternoon for the boys to realise that she's not showing up on the map and they want to figure out why. But Elspeth is not about to give away her secrets so easily, after all, a girl has to have her secrets to keep the boys on their toes.

During Riddle's reign to immortality, he is hit with a complication. Due to the loss of population caused from the last battle with Grindlewald, the ministry has come up with a way to repopulate. The sorting hat is to be put on each, student, and witch/wizard of age, and connect them with their soul mate. They are then to marry and have children. If they do not oblige their magic will be taken away from them. Would Tom Riddle be able to survive through this unnecessary obligation, or will he get his magic taken away? || This is my first Tom Riddle fanfiction, I hope you enjoy it.