1943: Grindelwald's forces threaten Europe and family loyalty is everything for Constance Malfoy and Aurelius Snape, who tread a narrow path between the Light and Dark. Chapter 19: Bloodlust. All AU after HBP & DH.

1: Ginny has plans for Bonfire Night, and ropes Hermione in to help. Professors Snape and McGonagall form an unlikely alliance in order to get as far away from the madness as they can. HGGW, SSMM, LLOFC

Diamonds do not break. They endure. And so will she." The thoughts of Bellatrix Lestrange in Azkaban, just prior to the ending of GoF.

Millicent Bulstrode has been, and always will be, Pansy Parkinson's best friend. Pansy cries, Millicent angsts, Draco smirks and isn't even in it. (ff)

Ginny's thoughts and extracts from her new diary, post-GoF. Finally updated: Portrait of the Weasley as a young Moth. Virginia has literary longings...Percy has sex. Molly has a heart attack. (We can but dream.)

A companion piece to The Serpentine Chain: October 1943 - Octavius Malfoy considers the colour white, his lover, death and the 16 year old Heir of Slytherin.