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"The life of spies is to know, not be known."— George Herbert.
"You know what must be done, Harry," Dumbledore said, his eyes dull.
"I do," Harry said. He looked over to his family. Mark was only a fourth year and Rose a first year. Was he ready to leave them behind for a life of suffering?
Then he saw his parents, standing before his grandfather's grave and rage filled him. The Dark Lord had to die, and if Harry could help in his defeat, he had to.
"Take me to Voldemort," he said to Snape. "I'm ready to be a spy."[2024: As the tags say, not abandoned; I've been sick for a pretty long time, which, combined with general IRL strain, made me stop writing. I'm fully recovered now and I've been saying for a while that this isn't abandoned, but admittedly, I think whenever I get around to writing again, I'll start this story over. My standards have gone up a lot since I wrote this.
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Curse of Blessing by lys_mara
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
25 Jul 2020
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The cycle of the Triforce is as endless as the object itself, written into the books of destiny a thousand times over. The bearers of the Gods' power are lauded as Heroes and Heroines, yet all they see is a curse.
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His eyes never left her cold, unseeing ones as he raised the knife to his own throat. His whispered apologies continued as he drew blood and even continued as his blood filled his throat.
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Courage From Nothing by lys_mara
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
06 Apr 2020
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Even as he struggles with the void in his memory, he presses onwards; clinging to the hope that there may be a light at the end of the long path he walks.
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Captured Memories by lys_mara
Fandoms: The Legend of Zelda & Related Fandoms, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
01 Apr 2020
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This is the story of Rhoam Bosphoramus. Of how a simple man who became a knight, then a prince, then the King, then a father, turned into the cold man remembered by his daughter.
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After the tragic death of Lyonel Strong in a fire at Harrenhal, King Viserys resolves to once again name Otto Hightower as the Hand of the King. That night, Viserys dreams of the dire future awaiting his family and the realm. The future he himself has inadvertently brought about.
Viserys decides to do everything he can to prevent that future and ensure that his daughter will one day ascend the throne unopposed.
Rhaenyra is not sure if she believes in the veracity of her father’s dream but, on the back foot against Alicent at court, the king’s newfound support is welcomed.
However, as Viserys’s obsession with clearing a path for Rhaenyra’s queenship grows, is it too late for Rhaenyra to reconcile with Alicent and mend the divide between their two families?
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11 Jan 2026
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A series of important conversations between Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen and Lord Lyman Beesbury.
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What if Rhaenyra had someone that was willing to help her grow into her role as heir of the Seven Kingdoms?
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09 Jan 2026
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through crystal waters and perfect oceans by taq
Fandoms: Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021)
27 Dec 2025
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Vi thinks about her job, thinks about her home, thinks about the laugh lines that show themselves when Caitlyn smiles, the softness of her stomach and the aches in her bones when it rains. She thinks about Six who is too old to run with Caitlyn on the trails, about how small he had been, how he'd chewed up at least one heirloom table leg. She thinks about the new recruits who think they don't know about the bet on whether Caitlyn will retire before her hair goes entirely white.
"No," she says as she grins. "No, I think I'd have married you again."
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06 Jan 2026
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Morgana figured out Morgause's trick early: a bangle, ostensibly there for protection, that would slowly change her emotions, her thoughts, even her memories, until she was as full of rage as her sister.
Removing that sort of magic, even for Merlin, was never going to be easy.
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05 Jan 2026
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In the end she is a little bit of a coward. She can rationalize it all she wants, can make the excuses about safety, about not wanting to disrupt the fragile peace, about removing unneeded components from the equation.
In the end she is a coward so she lets Ekko show Vi while she buries her nose into Council-related work, into papers and foundational documents for the Wardens.
In the end she sits at her desk as the sun sets and waits to see if Vi will return.
Caitlyn buys Vi something.
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05 Jan 2026