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    Celeste Malfoy has always done the right thing for her family. All she has ever strived to be is the perfect pureblood daughter; to follow her parents' wishes without complaint.

    Her arranged wedding to Regulus Black is approaching in less than a year, and Celeste's paranoia and uncertainty about the situation, and the ongoing war, finally begins to chip her perfect exterior.

    Now, she's doing things she would never in a million years otherwise do:

    Such as finding room in her cold, lonely heart for not only Regulus' estranged brother, Sirius Black, but Hogwarts' very own halfblood lycanthrope, Remus Lupin, too.

    She supposes she was never one to do things half heartedly.

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    03 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 83

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    “Victoria Banbridge, an intern at the Department of Mysteries. Just graduated from Hogwarts a year ago. Apparently interning at the DoM is enough to get instant admission to the Order.”

    “It makes her more qualified than we ever were the first time around,” Remus points out. “It’s notoriously difficult to get into the DoM. They don’t even take interns most years.”

    “Hmph," Sirius sniffs.

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    RL/OC, eventual RL/OC/SB. This is going to be something in between oneshots and a full chaptered fic, exploring the second Order (plus an OC) through the eyes of the "adults."

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    02 Jun 2026

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    “Malfoy, Diana!”

    That’s not my name. As Diana trudged her way to the stool amidst the whispers, she surveyed the excited faces and felt nothing but contempt for every student, staff member, ghost, and any other thinking entity that inhabited this wretched castle. How many of these Pureblood children had fathers, like her own, who took perverse pleasure in Muggles’ pain? How many Pureblood students felt the same way? How many of these Muggleborns had parents whose memories were modified, like Diana's mother? How many Muggleborns were cheerful only because the Ministry modified their memories?

    I hate magic, she thought bitterly as the Sorting Hat was placed gently on her head.

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    A routine spot of Muggle torture in 1980, as well as the memory charm that followed, leads to far-reaching consequences eleven years later that will drastically alter the course of both the Malfoy family and the entire Wizarding World.

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    31 May 2026

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    Almost three years after the borders of the Seven Kingdoms were closed during the Great Spring Sickness, King Daeron II Targaryen announces a grand nameday celebration in King’s Landing, summoning the noble houses from across the realm. For many of them, the purpose of the invite is clear, Prince Baelor Targaryen of Dragonstone, the heir without an heir of his own, must find a suitable wife to secure his line.

    House Tyrell is no exception. They bring their two beautiful, young, and unmarried daughters to the capital, hoping that one might charm the prince.

    Elorie knows exactly why she has been brought along. Her duty is to manage everything others overlook: the servants, the household, and her cousins’ every need so that the Tyrell girls may devote themselves entirely to winning the prince’s favor without the slightest distraction.

    Yet in a city as crowded and alive as King’s Landing, attention does not always fall where it is meant.

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    30 May 2026

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    Brown hair in uneven pigtails. Pale skin, almost too pale, a softness to her features that belonged to someone who had not yet learned the weight of the world. She was standing at the edge of Violet’s crib, staring down at her with an intensity that Violet couldn’t quite place. It was strange. People usually smiled when they looked at babies, cooed, and made a show of how precious they were. But this girl didn’t smile. She didn’t coo. She just stared.

    Violet blinked, her little lashes fluttering like a trapped bird. She didn’t know why, but something low in her stomach curled, a slow, insistent twist.
    The name the girl spoke was a word that felt as foreign as it was familiar.

    “Hi,” she said after a long pause, her voice hesitant but curious. “I’m Petunia.”

    Violet's heart beat louder, faster. Her mind recoiled, but there was no way to make sense of it. She didn’t know this child. She couldn’t place her, couldn’t name her, couldn’t even remember ever seeing her before—but the name Petunia... it didn’t belong here. It didn’t belong to this house, to this life, to this strange body.

    Yet it felt so familiar.

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