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Title: Nose to the Wind
Series: Like a Ghost in My Town
Fandom: Harry Potter
Author: Batsutousai
Rating: Mature
Pairing: Harry Potter/Lord Voldemort, James Potter/Lily Potter
Warnings: AU, violence, universe hopping/rebirth, Dark!Harry, werewolf!Harry, underage relationship (ish)
Summary: While Harry had been content with his second chance, that didn't keep him from thinking what he could have done different, how many people could have survived if he hadn't been set on the very specific path he'd walked. Third time is the charm, though, right?

A/N: Here's the last chapter! Hopefully it doesn't let down too many expectations! ^^;
Related, all things must end and, imo, I'd rather have an ending to a fic, than be constantly wondering if I'll ever get another chapter. :P
(Too, I'll be honest, I'm looking forward to being able to sleep in without feeling guilty because people are waiting for a chapter. XP)

For ages at the start of this chapter, very little time has passed, so Harry remains 16. (Hermione is 17, Will is 15, and Chris is 12.)

Cross-posted to Archive of Our Own and LiveJournal.

( Chapter Twenty-Seven – Final Masquerade )

Like a Ghost in My Town Series:
Stand Against the Moon Chapters:
Pro | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05
06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12
Nose to the Wind Chapters:
1 - Death Once Again || 2 - Bring Out All the Good Inside Me || 3 - Death and Living Reconciled
4 - Orphan Man || 5 - Using Gentle Words to Shelter Me || 6 - Living on Your Breath
7 - You Just Might Get it All || 8 - Never Want to Come Down || 9 - Only the Silence Remains
10 - Love is a Doing Word || 11 - Nothing Sacred || 12 - The Heart Yearns
13 - Mirrored in Your Stare || 14 - Camouflage Denial || 15 - Precious and Fragile Things
16 - Perfectly Reckless || 17 - Your Arms Feel Like Home || 18 - The Sun Will Set For You
19 - Your Love Has Always Been Enough || 20 - Keep Up This Charade || 21 - Truth Like a Blazing Fire
22 - Give Yourself a Try || 23 - Done Pleading Ignorance || 24 - Your Razorblade Caress of Love
25 - Summer's Scent Still Lingers || 26 - Burn Out the Stain || ~~27 - Final Masquerade~~

Current Mood: sleepy
Current Location: my room ~ Mum's place
Current Music: The Runaways

A/N: This chapter picks up pretty much right where the last one ended. Even though I seriously considered just moving on to the following scene. You're welcome, I guess? XD

Fair warning, if you hadn't cottoned on previously, that our Russian dark lord is super homophobic, and that does feature in this chapter. He's also super anti-creature, so, you know, he's gross on multiple counts.
Also featuring in this chapter is Harry killing a few people, mostly in a very bloody and violent manner.

For ages at the start of this chapter, very little time has passed, so Harry remains 16. (Hermione is 17, Will is 15, and Chris is 12.)

Cross-posted to Archive of Our Own and LiveJournal.

( Chapter Twenty-Six – Burn Out the Stain )

Like a Ghost in My Town Series:
Stand Against the Moon Chapters:
Pro | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05
06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12
Nose to the Wind Chapters:
1 - Death Once Again || 2 - Bring Out All the Good Inside Me || 3 - Death and Living Reconciled
4 - Orphan Man || 5 - Using Gentle Words to Shelter Me || 6 - Living on Your Breath
7 - You Just Might Get it All || 8 - Never Want to Come Down || 9 - Only the Silence Remains
10 - Love is a Doing Word || 11 - Nothing Sacred || 12 - The Heart Yearns
13 - Mirrored in Your Stare || 14 - Camouflage Denial || 15 - Precious and Fragile Things
16 - Perfectly Reckless || 17 - Your Arms Feel Like Home || 18 - The Sun Will Set For You
19 - Your Love Has Always Been Enough || 20 - Keep Up This Charade || 21 - Truth Like a Blazing Fire
22 - Give Yourself a Try || 23 - Done Pleading Ignorance || 24 - Your Razorblade Caress of Love
25 - Summer's Scent Still Lingers || ~~26 - Burn Out the Stain~~ || 27 - Final Masquerade

Current Mood: sleepy
Current Location: my room ~ Mum's place

Title: Nose to the Wind
Series: Like a Ghost in My Town
Fandom: Harry Potter
Author: Batsutousai
Rating: Teen
Pairing: Harry Potter/Lord Voldemort, James Potter/Lily Potter
Warnings: AU, violence, universe hopping/rebirth, Dark!Harry, werewolf!Harry, underage relationship (ish)
Summary: While Harry had been content with his second chance, that didn't keep him from thinking what he could have done different, how many people could have survived if he hadn't been set on the very specific path he'd walked. Third time is the charm, though, right?

A/N: Haha, whoops. I guess it didn't occur to me to clarify that the kids Ford went around mind-raping are indeed okay. Severus manages to heal any damage, and most of them have no idea they were actually a victim. Presumably, the school brings in an official mind healer/someone to talk to, for those students who need it.

Casually slips in some Sirius/Remus. (Tbh, I can't remember whether or not I actually got them together in SAtM, but it had been a definite possibility. Either way, they're an item in this reality.)

For ages at the start of this chapter, very little time has passed, so Harry remains 16. (Hermione turned 17 last chapter, Will turned 15 last chapter, and Chris is 12.)

Cross-posted to Archive of Our Own and LiveJournal.

( Chapter Twenty-Five – Summer's Scent Still Lingers )

Like a Ghost in My Town Series:
Stand Against the Moon Chapters:
Pro | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05
06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12
Nose to the Wind Chapters:
1 - Death Once Again || 2 - Bring Out All the Good Inside Me || 3 - Death and Living Reconciled
4 - Orphan Man || 5 - Using Gentle Words to Shelter Me || 6 - Living on Your Breath
7 - You Just Might Get it All || 8 - Never Want to Come Down || 9 - Only the Silence Remains
10 - Love is a Doing Word || 11 - Nothing Sacred || 12 - The Heart Yearns
13 - Mirrored in Your Stare || 14 - Camouflage Denial || 15 - Precious and Fragile Things
16 - Perfectly Reckless || 17 - Your Arms Feel Like Home || 18 - The Sun Will Set For You
19 - Your Love Has Always Been Enough || 20 - Keep Up This Charade || 21 - Truth Like a Blazing Fire
22 - Give Yourself a Try || 23 - Done Pleading Ignorance || 24 - Your Razorblade Caress of Love
~~25 - Summer's Scent Still Lingers~~ || 26 - Burn Out the Stain || 27 - Final Masquerade

Current Mood: mischievous
Current Location: my room ~ Mum's place
Current Music: The End of the Dream ~ Evanescence

A/N: I struggled with this chapter a bit, because I didn't really have anything to happen (tbh, a war was supposed to start last chapter *side-eyes all the characters*) but once I actually started writing, things sort of...shaped themselves. Not sure whether or not I'm sorry.

For ages at the start of this chapter, very little time has passed, so Harry remains 16. (Hermione is 16, Will is 14, and Chris is 12.)

Cross-posted to Archive of Our Own and LiveJournal.

( Chapter Twenty-Four – Your Razorblade Caress of Love )

Like a Ghost in My Town Series:
Stand Against the Moon Chapters:
Pro | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05
06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12
Nose to the Wind Chapters:
1 - Death Once Again || 2 - Bring Out All the Good Inside Me || 3 - Death and Living Reconciled
4 - Orphan Man || 5 - Using Gentle Words to Shelter Me || 6 - Living on Your Breath
7 - You Just Might Get it All || 8 - Never Want to Come Down || 9 - Only the Silence Remains
10 - Love is a Doing Word || 11 - Nothing Sacred || 12 - The Heart Yearns
13 - Mirrored in Your Stare || 14 - Camouflage Denial || 15 - Precious and Fragile Things
16 - Perfectly Reckless || 17 - Your Arms Feel Like Home || 18 - The Sun Will Set For You
19 - Your Love Has Always Been Enough || 20 - Keep Up This Charade || 21 - Truth Like a Blazing Fire
22 - Give Yourself a Try || 23 - Done Pleading Ignorance || ~~24 - Your Razorblade Caress of Love~~
25 - Summer's Scent Still Lingers || 26 - Burn Out the Stain || 27 - Final Masquerade

Current Mood: groggy
Current Location: my room ~ Mum's place
Current Music: Million Miles an Hour ~ Nickelback

A/N: Be aware that there is kidnapping and the implied misuse of women in this chapter. And Harry kills some people again, but they absolutely deserved it.
For these reasons, the rating has gone up.

For ages at the start of this chapter, very little time has passed, but Harry did turn 16 last chapter. (Hermione is 16, Will is 14, and Chris is 12.)

Cross-posted to Archive of Our Own and LiveJournal.

( Chapter Twenty-Three – Done Pleading Ignorance )

Like a Ghost in My Town Series:
Stand Against the Moon Chapters:
Pro | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05
06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12
Nose to the Wind Chapters:
1 - Death Once Again || 2 - Bring Out All the Good Inside Me || 3 - Death and Living Reconciled
4 - Orphan Man || 5 - Using Gentle Words to Shelter Me || 6 - Living on Your Breath
7 - You Just Might Get it All || 8 - Never Want to Come Down || 9 - Only the Silence Remains
10 - Love is a Doing Word || 11 - Nothing Sacred || 12 - The Heart Yearns
13 - Mirrored in Your Stare || 14 - Camouflage Denial || 15 - Precious and Fragile Things
16 - Perfectly Reckless || 17 - Your Arms Feel Like Home || 18 - The Sun Will Set For You
19 - Your Love Has Always Been Enough || 20 - Keep Up This Charade || 21 - Truth Like a Blazing Fire
22 - Give Yourself a Try || ~~23 - Done Pleading Ignorance~~ || 24 - Your Razorblade Caress of Love
25 - Summer's Scent Still Lingers || 26 - Burn Out the Stain || 27 - Final Masquerade

Current Mood: amused
Current Location: my room ~ Mum's place

A/N: This chapter has a fair lot of telling instead of showing, whoops? Also, I'mma apologise in advance, but I tend to avoid actually showing quidditch games, due to my own general disinterest in sports. (Coupled with a general dislike of writing scenes which involve a lot of moving parts, such as battles and sports games.) So, while Harry will be playing quidditch in this fic, I won't be writing any of the games or practises he takes part in unless they're somehow important to the plot.
Sideways related: I've got a table of all of the players – mostly OCs, although a couple are pulled from the wikia – on the various teams. If people really want it, I can post a chart or something to tumblr with the players on the team Harry ends up joining. (Though, tbh, they aren't going to play a huge part in what's left of the story. ^^; )

For ages at the start of this chapter, very little time has passed, so Harry remains 15. (Hermione is 16, Will is 14, and Chris is 12.)

Cross-posted to Archive of Our Own and LiveJournal.

( Chapter Twenty-Two – Give Yourself a Try )

Like a Ghost in My Town Series:
Stand Against the Moon Chapters:
Pro | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05
06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12
Nose to the Wind Chapters:
1 - Death Once Again || 2 - Bring Out All the Good Inside Me || 3 - Death and Living Reconciled
4 - Orphan Man || 5 - Using Gentle Words to Shelter Me || 6 - Living on Your Breath
7 - You Just Might Get it All || 8 - Never Want to Come Down || 9 - Only the Silence Remains
10 - Love is a Doing Word || 11 - Nothing Sacred || 12 - The Heart Yearns
13 - Mirrored in Your Stare || 14 - Camouflage Denial || 15 - Precious and Fragile Things
16 - Perfectly Reckless || 17 - Your Arms Feel Like Home || 18 - The Sun Will Set For You
19 - Your Love Has Always Been Enough || 20 - Keep Up This Charade || 21 - Truth Like a Blazing Fire
~~22 - Give Yourself a Try~~ || 23 - Done Pleading Ignorance || 24 - Your Razorblade Caress of Love
25 - Summer's Scent Still Lingers || 26 - Burn Out the Stain || 27 - Final Masquerade

Current Mood: rushed
Current Location: my room ~ Mum's place

A/N: I realised, while working on this chapter, that, in the books, Bagman never actually explains what's going on with any of the tasks. Like, he sort of half-way fills in the champions when he pulls them aside before the tasks – in the tent when the champions pick their dragons for the first task, telling them after the first task that the egg will fill them in about the second task, and introducing them to the maze a month before the third task – but his explanations to the audience are...so utterly lacking. Like, we didn't hear his announcement for the first task, but the second task was just like 'our champions have an hour to collect what was taken from them', and the third task is just a rehash of the points everyone has. Like, how does anyone trust this man with commenting on shit? Was this just Jo/her editors' way of shortening the book? *grumbles and stalks off*

For ages at the start of this chapter, very little time has passed, so Harry remains 15. (Hermione is 16, Will is 14, and Chris turns 12 shortly after the first scene of this chapter.)

Cross-posted to Archive of Our Own and LiveJournal.

( Chapter Twenty-One – Truth Like a Blazing Fire )

Like a Ghost in My Town Series:
Stand Against the Moon Chapters:
Pro | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05
06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12
Nose to the Wind Chapters:
1 - Death Once Again || 2 - Bring Out All the Good Inside Me || 3 - Death and Living Reconciled
4 - Orphan Man || 5 - Using Gentle Words to Shelter Me || 6 - Living on Your Breath
7 - You Just Might Get it All || 8 - Never Want to Come Down || 9 - Only the Silence Remains
10 - Love is a Doing Word || 11 - Nothing Sacred || 12 - The Heart Yearns
13 - Mirrored in Your Stare || 14 - Camouflage Denial || 15 - Precious and Fragile Things
16 - Perfectly Reckless || 17 - Your Arms Feel Like Home || 18 - The Sun Will Set For You
19 - Your Love Has Always Been Enough || 20 - Keep Up This Charade || ~~21 - Truth Like a Blazing Fire~~
22 - Give Yourself a Try || 23 - Done Pleading Ignorance || 24 - Your Razorblade Caress of Love
25 - Summer's Scent Still Lingers || 26 - Burn Out the Stain || 27 - Final Masquerade

Current Mood: amused
Current Location: my room ~ Mum's place
Current Music: Gokukoku no Brynhildr

A/N: I swear to fuck, the second task was never supposed to turn into this much of a clusterfuck, but I can only attempt to rewrite a scene so many times before I give in to the combined insistence of my muse and the characters. Ugh.

For ages at the start of this chapter, very little time has passed, so Harry remains 15. (Hermione is 16, Will is 14, and Chris is 11.)

Cross-posted to Archive of Our Own and LiveJournal.

( Chapter Twenty – Keep Up This Charade )

Like a Ghost in My Town Series:
Stand Against the Moon Chapters:
Pro | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05
06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12
Nose to the Wind Chapters:
1 - Death Once Again || 2 - Bring Out All the Good Inside Me || 3 - Death and Living Reconciled
4 - Orphan Man || 5 - Using Gentle Words to Shelter Me || 6 - Living on Your Breath
7 - You Just Might Get it All || 8 - Never Want to Come Down || 9 - Only the Silence Remains
10 - Love is a Doing Word || 11 - Nothing Sacred || 12 - The Heart Yearns
13 - Mirrored in Your Stare || 14 - Camouflage Denial || 15 - Precious and Fragile Things
16 - Perfectly Reckless || 17 - Your Arms Feel Like Home || 18 - The Sun Will Set For You
19 - Your Love Has Always Been Enough || ~~20 - Keep Up This Charade~~ || 21 - Truth Like a Blazing Fire
22 - Give Yourself a Try || 23 - Done Pleading Ignorance || 24 - Your Razorblade Caress of Love
25 - Summer's Scent Still Lingers || 26 - Burn Out the Stain || 27 - Final Masquerade

Current Mood: sleepy
Current Location: my room ~ Mum's place

A/N: I had such a great time laughing at everyone wondering if Rita might be making some sort of trouble last chapter. Jo has us all so well trained. :')

While I was fighting with last chapter and this one, I got the urge to write a bonus scene. It's not something that will ever happen in the fic (for a multitude of reasons, the biggest being that, over the two years it took me to write this chapter, the endgame changed a lot), but it's meant more as a laugh. If you're interested in reading Lucius questioning why Voldemort would date a helpless squib, you can find it here on tumblr.

For ages at the start of this chapter, very little time has passed, so Harry remains 15. (Hermione is 16, Will is 14, and Chris is 11.)

Cross-posted to Archive of Our Own and LiveJournal.

( Chapter Nineteen – Your Love Has Always Been Enough )

Like a Ghost in My Town Series:
Stand Against the Moon Chapters:
Pro | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05
06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12
Nose to the Wind Chapters:
1 - Death Once Again || 2 - Bring Out All the Good Inside Me || 3 - Death and Living Reconciled
4 - Orphan Man || 5 - Using Gentle Words to Shelter Me || 6 - Living on Your Breath
7 - You Just Might Get it All || 8 - Never Want to Come Down || 9 - Only the Silence Remains
10 - Love is a Doing Word || 11 - Nothing Sacred || 12 - The Heart Yearns
13 - Mirrored in Your Stare || 14 - Camouflage Denial || 15 - Precious and Fragile Things
16 - Perfectly Reckless || 17 - Your Arms Feel Like Home || 18 - The Sun Will Set For You
~~19 - Your Love Has Always Been Enough~~ || 20 - Keep Up This Charade || 21 - Truth Like a Blazing Fire
22 - Give Yourself a Try || 23 - Done Pleading Ignorance || 24 - Your Razorblade Caress of Love
25 - Summer's Scent Still Lingers || 26 - Burn Out the Stain || 27 - Final Masquerade

Current Mood: sore
Current Location: my room ~ Mum's place

A/N: So, here's the thing, I was feeling rather a lot lazy while sorting out the TriWizard Tournament, so I didn't actually attempt to make up any new tasks, because that was effort. Sorry/not sorry.
There is, in a couple chapters, something like an explanation for why the tournament remained the same.

Since a couple of people asked about what the Potter brothers look like, I threw together something using an online dollmaker, which is here on tumblr.

I've had a few questions about how old Harry is during given chapters, so I'm going to start putting his age at the start of each chapter, and I'll go back and add it to the notes of previous chapters at...some point.
Harry is 15, currently. (Hermione's just turned 16, Will has recently turned 14, and Chris is 11.)

Cross-posted to Archive of Our Own and LiveJournal.

( Chapter Eighteen – The Sun Will Set For You )

Like a Ghost in My Town Series:
Stand Against the Moon Chapters:
Pro | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05
06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12
Nose to the Wind Chapters:
1 - Death Once Again || 2 - Bring Out All the Good Inside Me || 3 - Death and Living Reconciled
4 - Orphan Man || 5 - Using Gentle Words to Shelter Me || 6 - Living on Your Breath
7 - You Just Might Get it All || 8 - Never Want to Come Down || 9 - Only the Silence Remains
10 - Love is a Doing Word || 11 - Nothing Sacred || 12 - The Heart Yearns
13 - Mirrored in Your Stare || 14 - Camouflage Denial || 15 - Precious and Fragile Things
16 - Perfectly Reckless || 17 - Your Arms Feel Like Home || ~~18 - The Sun Will Set For You~~
19 - Your Love Has Always Been Enough || 20 - Keep Up This Charade || 21 - Truth Like a Blazing Fire
22 - Give Yourself a Try || 23 - Done Pleading Ignorance || 24 - Your Razorblade Caress of Love
25 - Summer's Scent Still Lingers || 26 - Burn Out the Stain || 27 - Final Masquerade

Current Mood: distracted
Current Location: my room ~ Mum's place
Current Music: Blood +

A/N: For those interested, the deleted scene from last chapter can be found here on tumblr.

I very much did not want to write the start of the fourth scene this chapter. I procrastinated for something like two weeks before finally sitting down and forcing myself to write it. And it's a complete crack fest, but it's what you're getting. With any luck, you'll at least get a giggle out of it?

For ages at the start of this chapter, very little time has passed, so Harry is still 15. (Hermione is 15, Will is 14, and Chris is 11.)

Cross-posted to Archive of Our Own and LiveJournal.

( Chapter Seventeen – Your Arms Feel Like Home )

Like a Ghost in My Town Series:
Stand Against the Moon Chapters:
Pro | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05
06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12
Nose to the Wind Chapters:
1 - Death Once Again || 2 - Bring Out All the Good Inside Me || 3 - Death and Living Reconciled
4 - Orphan Man || 5 - Using Gentle Words to Shelter Me || 6 - Living on Your Breath
7 - You Just Might Get it All || 8 - Never Want to Come Down || 9 - Only the Silence Remains
10 - Love is a Doing Word || 11 - Nothing Sacred || 12 - The Heart Yearns
13 - Mirrored in Your Stare || 14 - Camouflage Denial || 15 - Precious and Fragile Things
16 - Perfectly Reckless || ~~17 - Your Arms Feel Like Home~~ || 18 - The Sun Will Set For You
19 - Your Love Has Always Been Enough || 20 - Keep Up This Charade || 21 - Truth Like a Blazing Fire
22 - Give Yourself a Try || 23 - Done Pleading Ignorance || 24 - Your Razorblade Caress of Love
25 - Summer's Scent Still Lingers || 26 - Burn Out the Stain || 27 - Final Masquerade

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: my room ~ Mum's place

A/N: So, the last couple of scenes of this chapter originally went in a completely different direction. When I realised how completely out of hand it was getting, I cut a huge chunk. If people want, I can probably be talked into posting the cut section on tumblr – I saved it because it was kind of amazing, I thought – but I won't bother if people don't care. (It's not complete, mind you, because I stopped myself in the middle of a scene.)

For ages at the start of this chapter, Harry is 15. (Hermione is 15, Will is 13, and Chris is 11.)

Cross-posted to Archive of Our Own and LiveJournal.

( Chapter Sixteen – Perfectly Reckless )

Like a Ghost in My Town Series:
Stand Against the Moon Chapters:
Pro | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05
06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12
Nose to the Wind Chapters:
1 - Death Once Again || 2 - Bring Out All the Good Inside Me || 3 - Death and Living Reconciled
4 - Orphan Man || 5 - Using Gentle Words to Shelter Me || 6 - Living on Your Breath
7 - You Just Might Get it All || 8 - Never Want to Come Down || 9 - Only the Silence Remains
10 - Love is a Doing Word || 11 - Nothing Sacred || 12 - The Heart Yearns
13 - Mirrored in Your Stare || 14 - Camouflage Denial || 15 - Precious and Fragile Things
~~16 - Perfectly Reckless~~ || 17 - Your Arms Feel Like Home || 18 - The Sun Will Set For You
19 - Your Love Has Always Been Enough || 20 - Keep Up This Charade || 21 - Truth Like a Blazing Fire
22 - Give Yourself a Try || 23 - Done Pleading Ignorance || 24 - Your Razorblade Caress of Love
25 - Summer's Scent Still Lingers || 26 - Burn Out the Stain || 27 - Final Masquerade

Current Mood: sleepy
Current Location: my room ~ Mum's place

A/N: This chapter covers a large period of time because – as I think I mentioned a couple chapters ago? – a lot of what else I have planned requires Harry to be older. And, with so many of the magical people Harry knows going on to Hogwarts, most of the people he spends time with are muggles, which I've not made a point in exploring. (Mostly because I have done the whole 'half the cast is an OC' before and it's a pain in the arse to keep track of. For both me and you readers.)

It occurred to me that, as easy as immediate travel is for wizards and witches, we don't hear about any of them doing much travelling outside of the United Kingdom. Which, well, some of that is going to be because most of the people Harry spends time with in canon are either muggleborn or have limited funds, but you'd expect Draco and his lot to shove it in Ron's face if he was travelling every summer, just because it's one more thing the Weasleys can't afford. (Maybe British magicals just don't have a sense of wanderlust? *can't imagine*)
Anyway, I went ahead and put some restrictions on magical travel. It's already sort of fanon that apparation has a maximum distance someone can travel, which is based on the strength of the caster, and we always seem to be specifying international portkeys when someone's travelling outside the UK, so I limited floo travel across bodies of water, because that makes sense to me, that travelling by fire would have trouble without a land connection.

For ages at the start of this chapter, Harry is 12. (Hermione is 13, Will is 11, and Chris is 9.)

Cross-posted to Archive of Our Own and LiveJournal.

( Chapter Fifteen – Precious and Fragile Things )

Like a Ghost in My Town Series:
Stand Against the Moon Chapters:
Pro | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05
06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12
Nose to the Wind Chapters:
1 - Death Once Again || 2 - Bring Out All the Good Inside Me || 3 - Death and Living Reconciled
4 - Orphan Man || 5 - Using Gentle Words to Shelter Me || 6 - Living on Your Breath
7 - You Just Might Get it All || 8 - Never Want to Come Down || 9 - Only the Silence Remains
10 - Love is a Doing Word || 11 - Nothing Sacred || 12 - The Heart Yearns
13 - Mirrored in Your Stare || 14 - Camouflage Denial || ~~15 - Precious and Fragile Things~~
16 - Perfectly Reckless || 17 - Your Arms Feel Like Home || 18 - The Sun Will Set For You
19 - Your Love Has Always Been Enough || 20 - Keep Up This Charade || 21 - Truth Like a Blazing Fire
22 - Give Yourself a Try || 23 - Done Pleading Ignorance || 24 - Your Razorblade Caress of Love
25 - Summer's Scent Still Lingers || 26 - Burn Out the Stain || 27 - Final Masquerade

Current Mood: drained
Current Location: my room ~ Mum's place

A/N: To anyone with thoughts to cite canon at me, I have only this to say: I’ve been rewriting Jo's world for 14yrs now to suit my whims, and damned if I’m going to stop any time soon. (Especially in regard to ‘canon’ that’s only a couple years old, such as the Sacred 28.)

For ages at the start of this chapter, Harry is 12. (Hermione is 12, Will is 10, and Chris is 8.)

Cross-posted to Archive of Our Own and LiveJournal.

( Chapter Fourteen – Camouflage Denial )

Like a Ghost in My Town Series:
Stand Against the Moon Chapters:
Pro | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05
06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12
Nose to the Wind Chapters:
1 - Death Once Again || 2 - Bring Out All the Good Inside Me || 3 - Death and Living Reconciled
4 - Orphan Man || 5 - Using Gentle Words to Shelter Me || 6 - Living on Your Breath
7 - You Just Might Get it All || 8 - Never Want to Come Down || 9 - Only the Silence Remains
10 - Love is a Doing Word || 11 - Nothing Sacred || 12 - The Heart Yearns
13 - Mirrored in Your Stare || ~~14 - Camouflage Denial~~ || 15 - Precious and Fragile Things
16 - Perfectly Reckless || 17 - Your Arms Feel Like Home || 18 - The Sun Will Set For You
19 - Your Love Has Always Been Enough || 20 - Keep Up This Charade || 21 - Truth Like a Blazing Fire
22 - Give Yourself a Try || 23 - Done Pleading Ignorance || 24 - Your Razorblade Caress of Love
25 - Summer's Scent Still Lingers || 26 - Burn Out the Stain || 27 - Final Masquerade

Current Mood: annoyed
Current Location: my room ~ Mum's place
Current Music: End of the World ~ Dead By Sunrise

A/N: Why is it that every time I get young!Harry and Voldemort in a room together, it turns into a fucking comedy hour? >.>

For ages at the start of this chapter, Harry is 11. (Hermione is 12, Will is 10, and Chris is 7.)

Cross-posted to Archive of Our Own and LiveJournal.

( Chapter Thirteen – Mirrored in Your Stare )

Like a Ghost in My Town Series:
Stand Against the Moon Chapters:
Pro | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05
06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12
Nose to the Wind Chapters:
1 - Death Once Again || 2 - Bring Out All the Good Inside Me || 3 - Death and Living Reconciled
4 - Orphan Man || 5 - Using Gentle Words to Shelter Me || 6 - Living on Your Breath
7 - You Just Might Get it All || 8 - Never Want to Come Down || 9 - Only the Silence Remains
10 - Love is a Doing Word || 11 - Nothing Sacred || 12 - The Heart Yearns
~~13 - Mirrored in Your Stare~~ || 14 - Camouflage Denial || 15 - Precious and Fragile Things
16 - Perfectly Reckless || 17 - Your Arms Feel Like Home || 18 - The Sun Will Set For You
19 - Your Love Has Always Been Enough || 20 - Keep Up This Charade || 21 - Truth Like a Blazing Fire
22 - Give Yourself a Try || 23 - Done Pleading Ignorance || 24 - Your Razorblade Caress of Love
25 - Summer's Scent Still Lingers || 26 - Burn Out the Stain || 27 - Final Masquerade

Current Mood: amused
Current Location: my room ~ Mum's place
Current Music: Never Go Back ~ Evanescence

A/N: For ages at the start of this chapter, Harry is 11. (Will is 9 and Chris is 7.)

Cross-posted to Archive of Our Own and LiveJournal.

( Chapter Twelve – The Heart Yearns )

Like a Ghost in My Town Series:
Stand Against the Moon Chapters:
Pro | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05
06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12
Nose to the Wind Chapters:
1 - Death Once Again || 2 - Bring Out All the Good Inside Me || 3 - Death and Living Reconciled
4 - Orphan Man || 5 - Using Gentle Words to Shelter Me || 6 - Living on Your Breath
7 - You Just Might Get it All || 8 - Never Want to Come Down || 9 - Only the Silence Remains
10 - Love is a Doing Word || 11 - Nothing Sacred || ~~12 - The Heart Yearns~~
13 - Mirrored in Your Stare || 14 - Camouflage Denial || 15 - Precious and Fragile Things
16 - Perfectly Reckless || 17 - Your Arms Feel Like Home || 18 - The Sun Will Set For You
19 - Your Love Has Always Been Enough || 20 - Keep Up This Charade || 21 - Truth Like a Blazing Fire
22 - Give Yourself a Try || 23 - Done Pleading Ignorance || 24 - Your Razorblade Caress of Love
25 - Summer's Scent Still Lingers || 26 - Burn Out the Stain || 27 - Final Masquerade

Current Mood: exhausted
Current Location: my room ~ Mum's place

A/N: So I realised, whilst working on this chapter, that I'd only ever come up with the doorways into the Realm of Death and a ritual to age Harry back in SAtM, for death magic. And here I've been going around in this fic, having Harry say how terrible it is, and I...didn't actually know anything about it. So I spent a good two hours coming up with things that would make death magic as absolutely horrendous as Harry keeps suggesting. Not that we're likely to see a lot of it, because Harry may not have quite so many compunctions about killing people, but he's still Harry in a lot of ways.

For ages at the start of this chapter, Harry is 10. (Will is 9 and Chris is 6.)

Cross-posted to Archive of Our Own and LiveJournal.

( Chapter Eleven – Nothing Sacred )

Like a Ghost in My Town Series:
Stand Against the Moon Chapters:
Pro | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05
06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12
Nose to the Wind Chapters:
1 - Death Once Again || 2 - Bring Out All the Good Inside Me || 3 - Death and Living Reconciled
4 - Orphan Man || 5 - Using Gentle Words to Shelter Me || 6 - Living on Your Breath
7 - You Just Might Get it All || 8 - Never Want to Come Down || 9 - Only the Silence Remains
10 - Love is a Doing Word || ~~11 - Nothing Sacred~~ || 12 - The Heart Yearns
13 - Mirrored in Your Stare || 14 - Camouflage Denial || 15 - Precious and Fragile Things
16 - Perfectly Reckless || 17 - Your Arms Feel Like Home || 18 - The Sun Will Set For You
19 - Your Love Has Always Been Enough || 20 - Keep Up This Charade || 21 - Truth Like a Blazing Fire
22 - Give Yourself a Try || 23 - Done Pleading Ignorance || 24 - Your Razorblade Caress of Love
25 - Summer's Scent Still Lingers || 26 - Burn Out the Stain || 27 - Final Masquerade

Current Mood: rushed
Current Location: my room ~ Mum's place
Current Music: Time is Not on Our Side ~ The Vamps

A/N: Extra cheese, hold the whine.
I'm a little bit sorry.

For ages at the start of this chapter, Harry is 10. (Will is 8 and Chris is 6.)

Cross-posted to Archive of Our Own and LiveJournal.

( Chapter Ten – Love is a Doing Word )

Like a Ghost in My Town Series:
Stand Against the Moon Chapters:
Pro | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05
06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12
Nose to the Wind Chapters:
1 - Death Once Again || 2 - Bring Out All the Good Inside Me || 3 - Death and Living Reconciled
4 - Orphan Man || 5 - Using Gentle Words to Shelter Me || 6 - Living on Your Breath
7 - You Just Might Get it All || 8 - Never Want to Come Down || 9 - Only the Silence Remains
~~10 - Love is a Doing Word~~ || 11 - Nothing Sacred || 12 - The Heart Yearns
13 - Mirrored in Your Stare || 14 - Camouflage Denial || 15 - Precious and Fragile Things
16 - Perfectly Reckless || 17 - Your Arms Feel Like Home || 18 - The Sun Will Set For You
19 - Your Love Has Always Been Enough || 20 - Keep Up This Charade || 21 - Truth Like a Blazing Fire
22 - Give Yourself a Try || 23 - Done Pleading Ignorance || 24 - Your Razorblade Caress of Love
25 - Summer's Scent Still Lingers || 26 - Burn Out the Stain || 27 - Final Masquerade

Current Mood: rushed
Current Location: my room ~ Mum's place
Current Music: Violet Evergarden ep11

A/N: There is a bit of a time hop at the start of this chapter, because most of the stuff I have planned needs a little more time to pass.

I'm crying, just a little. For those confused about how/when Dumbledore died, that was back in chapter three. :') His death officially ended the war. (This is Voldemort we're talking about; he's not the type to leave his foe trapped in prison. *throws so much shade on the dead* XD)

For ages at the start of this chapter, Harry is turns 9 during the first paragraph. (Will is 7 and Chris is 5.)

Cross-posted to Archive of Our Own and LiveJournal.

( Chapter Nine – Only the Silence Remains )