He wakes, and then he awakens again. Ezio couldn't understand why he had thought that he was Altair...nor could he understand the words of the Assassin's around him, all bright blue in his eagle vision but utterly unknown to him. Will Ezio ever wake, from this dream that he is Desmond? Will Desmond ever wake, from his dream that he is Ezio?

Desmond tried to run away from his life; I ended up running into it. I thought it would be fine, then I ended up living it. Parts of it are amazing, filled with incredible feats. ...Then there's the insanity, the death, the pervading fear, the lack of control...and, of course, the end of the world. Why did I think this would be alright? /No Pairings

Harry, trapped with the Dursleys by Dumbledore over Christmas break, finds a snake out in the cold. After taking him in and naming him Riddle, Harry digs even deeper into his mind and into magic, encouraged by the aptly named 'snake.' Abusive Dursleys. M

Harry is thrown into the past, spelled to call himself Salazar Slytherin. He soon runs into Godric Gryffindor, and Rowan Claw. Can he handle the past and a new prophecy, or will he be lost to the evil as history declares? HP/RR SS/RR GG/HH pairings