Shell Cottage, amid the war, 1998. A time of grief and loss, and Luna Lovegood plays in the streams with Freshwater Plimpies. Meanwhile, Dean Thomas' wounds are slowly healing.
"The Blacks are like that. We let our own flame consume our mind. We do great things, terrible things. And then we die." "That's not your fate, Dromeda."
Albus Dumbledore faces the conflict between Horcrux and Hallows long before Harry does. Slight Grindeldore. If you can't tolerate Dumbledore as a Machiavellian figure, avoid this. And many thanks to Cuba for beta-ing me.
The first conscious day Bill has after being bitten by Fenrir Greyback. The story behind Bill and Fleur's surprisingly carefree attitude towards his scars and his great appetite for bloody steaks.