Four young boys take a trip into the Forbidden Forest, only to discover the monsters that rested within.

A vampire is a creature of the night, existing only to hunt, kill, and spread its foul disease. When a person is bitten they are no longer human: they are "something else," and they lose all that MAKES them human. That was what people said, anyway, and while Sanguini knew it wasn't true, he also knew that he wasn't exactly safe to be around. Oh, and Eldred was an idiot.

Lyall Lupin loved few people and hated many, but that didn't stop him from being afraid. Afraid of what Remus' transformations did to him, afraid of the full moon, afraid of the magical society's intolerance, and afraid of his son's tears. It is difficult to ease someone's fears when you are also terrified, but he liked to think managed okay.

The hidden war against You-Know-Who and the Order of the Phoenix trudges on, but even through those dark times love could be discovered.

There was a certain—expectation—that everyone who came from wizarding families felt. They were supposed to be in the House that their parents had come from, or the House that their brothers and sisters had been put into. "Do you think I'll be put into Gryffindor?" "I don't know." "Oh."

James Potter, as a child, was taught to protect those he cared about. Now, as an adult, he wants to protect those he loves, no matter what.

Unfortunately for Dudley, he seems to be missing something very important in his life. Snow is falling.

It will not be too long until Severus will be able to escape his dreaded home and leave for Hogwarts. Not too long at all. However, he still has to manage.

Everyone dies. Harry Potter is painfully aware of that. Just because he acknowledges that fact, however, does not mean that he wants it to be true . . . .