The- space? For it certainly couldn’t be called a room, and there was no “outside” to speak of, so what other word for it was there?- was the perfect temperature. Everything was clean enough that no one would dare run white-gloved fingers along a surface, for fear of leaving the slightest trace of fluff. People didn’t look gleeful- no raucous ( Read more... )

Tibet was a lie ( Read more... )

Voldemort watched as his Death Eaters dealt with the opposition. This time the boy would have no defence against him. No phoenix, no Dumbledore, (he watched another stagger and fall) no werewolf... Just Harry ( Read more... )

Death wasn't what he'd expected. It was dark, but he wouldn't have thought it would be so warm. Time passed. It felt like a long period of time, but he couldn't be sure. All he knew was that he felt himself growing stronger.

And then the walls of his safe place began to contract, to squeezeHe was plunged head first into a strange new world, where ( Read more... )

Rincewind saw Draco tense as he heard footfalls behind him, and the boy swung around nervously. The new DADA professor smiled at his student ( Read more... )

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Mrs Norris chased the rat through the corridors of Hogwarts, avoiding the various suits of armour, trick steps and idiotic students with the ease of long practice. She darted forward ( Read more... )

Hermione sat on a cushion in the Room of Requirement and wiped her eyes. They hadn’t left the school yet, but she didn’t want to deal with the post-exam exuberance. The Room had provided her with cushions, hot chocolate, tissues, and the door had disappeared behind her. It would be back when she chose to leave ( Read more... )

He landed hard on tight-packed sand. The sky overhead was endless, far bigger than it had ever seemed before, and dusted lightly with twinkling stars ( Read more... )

He touched the surface of the water with gentle fingers, and ripples spread out to the edges of the pool, distorting the reflections of the candle flames. He concentrated ( Read more... )