It was not entirely out of the ordinary, in the world Fleur came from, to open a door and find the door did not lead to where one expected it to. Or it hadn't been in certain places; Hogwarts had been rather terrible like that, always changing the placement of the staircases or throwing trick steps in inconvenient places, or so on. It had been one ( Read more... )

It had been two weeks since Bill had moved back to the main island and into a hut with his brother. It was only the presence of Charlie on the island, after so long without him, that had got Bill to agree to move in the first place. He wasn't regretting his choice, though, even if it was a bit odd getting used to sleeping in an actual bed in an ( Read more... )

The counter hung innocuously from the wall of his hut, numbers forever stuck between 79 and 78, collecting a thin layer of dust. All it was good for, anymore. He'd done everything he was supposed to, everything the islands asked of him, but when the counter stopped, so did he. He lived the normal, safe, boring life of a man without a destiny. A ( Read more... )

Sometimes your heart aches so badly and for so long that you don't even realize there's pain. It becomes a part of you, a part of every inhale and exhale, this sadness, until it grows so great that words cannot explain it. You never let it out and it will sit there, right on your chest, changing the sort of person you are entirely ( Read more... )

If you had been upstairs in the Compound or in the Hub at six in the evening of December 31, you might have thought your eyes were playing tricks on you, or that you'd once again been whisked off to some strange, new place. Within the blink of an eye, the rooms had changed, sparkling instantly with festive decorations, and it was all so ( Read more... )

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The Starks, Narnians, and their guests get together for an enormous Christmas dinner, complete with babies arguing over toys.

The day broke crisp and clear like so many days before it now. Lucy had dug through the backpack of camping supplies that Scout had left behind, taking the thermos and leaving the rest. Bundled up, she said her goodbyes for the day, not surprised that Shadow came with her as she trudged down the paths to the compound ( Read more... )

It was a cool Autumn day and Rilian thought it glorious. He was reminded of hunting parties in Narnia, of walking through forests full up of brightly coloured leaves. The Prince was not particularly homesick, having his father here with him, although there were times that he ached for Narnia and her beauty ( Read more... )

After almost a full nine months, Lyanna's surprisingly uncomplicated pregnancy (all past tragedies considered) comes to a happy, healthy climax in the presence of her family and friends. Late in the evening of the 22nd of November, just a day after Tabula Rasa Day, Ygraine Castus is born.

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