[prequel to the "badlands" series] •Searching for something that I can't reach• It was ironic that the girl named after a virgin goddess had lost her own in first year. Artemis Avery was known for one thing: sleeping around. The witty Slytherin girl had a bad reputation, and did nothing to save it. On the contrary, she slept around with anyone. But more than anything, she had a secret. One that threatened to shatter her life, and herself. When Regulus Black accidentally walks into Artemis Avery with his best friend one night, he doesn't think much of it. But when she storms off in the sobbing for no obvious reason, Regulus becomes curious. Artemis is more than curious; she finds herself plagued with a strange dream that shows herself and Regulus near a shadowy lake. The moment she wakes up, she finds a terrible pain, one that never ceases unless she is standing near Regulus. Driven by pain, Artemis allows herself to grow closer to the boy with dark eyes, and is alarmed at how quickly she grows to care for him. After a life of chasing ghosts, Artemis finally feels like she's found someone that won't disappear at dawn. But nothing can last forever.

Emmeline Vance was a big wisher. She was a hopeless romantic or as someone had once put it to her, a walking fairytale. She'd wish upon stars, on birthday candles, on dandelions, even on shiny coins. But the biggest concept she believed in was love. Her first true love, she believed, was Regulus Black. He was her first in pretty much every way. But then he disappeared and he took with him the person she was leaving her an empty void. Then came Sirius Black. He didn't make everything okay but he helped her fill in the void.

"We've all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That's who we really are." They say the darkness comes from outside. Me? I know that the darkness comes from inside you... Teresa May is furious when it's revealed she's in Slytherin, a house famous for it's dark witches and wizards. She isn't even a pure-blooded witch- her mother was muggle. So why is she in Slytherin? Determined to fight her new house, she's surprised when she meets Regulus Black, a pure-blood in Slytherin who isn't obsessed with blood purity and dark magic. But Teresa is soon to learn there is darkness inside everyone, even the ones she most trusts.... Awesome cover by @sighstiles

[COMPLETED] REIA LUPIN IS A SLYTHERIN. But her House does not define her. * Her name fell from his lips; the sweet, smooth sound carried away by the wind. But she did not turn to him. She stared, into the distance, her eyes stormy as she said, "The Dark Lord has Risen." And yet even with these grim words, he did not see fear. He saw Reia Hope Lupin. She stood against the horizon. And she did not bow down--not even to the world. The world...it seemed...bowed down to her. RANKINGS: #1 in regulusblack [1/07/2018] #1 in maraudersera [10/04/2019] #1 in golden trio [13/08/2019] #3 in jamespotter [1/07/2018] #14 in siriusblack [13/11/2018] * Disclaimer: The Harry Potter World belongs to J.K. Rowling.

Since the time she was a young girl, Éponine Rosier has learned the importance of marrying a respectable pureblood and not trusted to make the decision on her own, she finds herself arranged in a marriage with a boy she hardly knows. Throughout her childhood, she's had very limited interactions with the boy by the name of Regulus Black, despite being in the same year and the same House as him. Éponine is the type of person that enjoys the quiet company of herself, filling her time with reading or horseback riding on her family's land and Regulus has been known to never go out of his way to be social. Fearful that the marriage will later on result in nothing but failure, the parents of the teens decide to force the interaction between the two. Éponine finds herself at Twelve Grimmauld Place the summer before she is to start her fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, away from her family and home. Initially, their introduction is awkward, full of long bouts of silence and the avoidance of eye contact. They are nothing more than strangers. Yet, as time passes, words are exchanged, memories are created and shared. A love emerges between the two that was meant to be unbreakable. A love story meant for the books to be passed along for generations, however, it takes a tragic turn as the young lives are forced to face the darkness that wants to consume them whole. Cover @ -voidlegends