Sirius is not technically dead. Or that's what his old friend tells him. So here he is. 1978. Set to try and make things right. Hermione is Junior Undersecretary to the Minister in 2002. An item from the Department of Mysteries causes her to be thrown backwards in time. Ginny does not want to be here. She's getting married soon. Luna doesn't know what's going on. Eventual Sirimione
Regulus Black had never intended to live forever, but neither did he intend to die in a cave at the age of eighteen. And, if he lived, nor did he plan to be thrown straight into the middle of a new war, or to fall in love. Because Bellatrix Lestrange has taken up the Dark Lord's mantle, and somebody has to stop her. Originally for SMAR vol 3, winner of One We Wish Was Longer.
It was said that a witch born at the stroke of midnight would always be prone to ill fortune. In September 1940 Minerva McGonagall begins at Hogwarts. She does not know what soulmate is, let alone expect to find one in third-year Tom Riddle. Soulmates are not always what you wish them to be. A story of war, prejudice, love, and finding your way through the world.
Remus Lupin is a werewolf, and he's not intending to survive this war. Whatever Tonks says. She loves him, and he loves her, but werewolves cannot be trusted to fall in love. Can he survive his mission to the werewolf packs, and will he ultimately learn that even he deserves love?