Updated with Part 6A: The new chapter takes us on a journey into the past of the Lestrange family. All their lives, the Lestranges have been dedicated followers of their master, the Dark Lord. But on a fated night they see his fall from power…

Title: Amicus Draconis – 1st Cycle: Cycle of the Badger
Author: yamato__ishida
Disclaimer: Not mine, but JKR’s
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Harry, Ron, Hermione, Draco, Severus, Lucius, Narcissa, Marcus Flint, Walden Macnair, other Death Eaters, other Hogwarts students
Het Ships: Ron/Hermione, Lucius/Narcissa, Marcus/OC, and others
Slash Ships: Seamus/Dean, Lucius/Severus, and others
Warnings: character deaths, het, slash, angst, some violence
Summary: In the Trio’s seventh year, the wizarding world has lost its second war against the Dark Lord. The Death Eaters conquered Hogwarts, defeated the Order of the Phoenix and overthrew the Ministry of Magic. Forming a new government with Voldemort as the supreme ruler, they take control of Wizarding Europe, spreading terror and destruction everywhere. Harry and his friends are forced into hiding, but far from giving up hope they form their own secret rebellion. In four cycles, Amicus Draconis tells the story of a world shattered and rebuilt throughout three wizarding wars, of two masterminds moving people like figures on a chessboard, and a boy torn between his destiny and his one true love.

Starter Page & Episode List
Episode 1: Children of Magic
Episode 2: Encounter at Hogwarts
Episode 3: The Underwater Quidditch Game /Part A/ /Part B/
Episode 4: Offers and Offerings /Part A/ /Part B/
Episode 5: Owl SMS /Part A/ /Part B/ /Part C/
Episode 6: Blood Oracle I /Part A/

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Well well well. It has been one year, two months, and a week since the last update to, quite possibly, the most brilliant piece of fanfiction ever to grace the potterverse, and I've read a fair few. This post was written, wondering what in the world has happened to our favorite fic series/author? Inuiring minds want to know.

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Hello folks. Nick here, 18, from Long Island, New York, an electronics freak/audio nerd, an internet radio station owner, and one who has just read Slytherin rising, all the way through what's here thus far. I can honestly say, having read a fair few fanfics in my time, this series, especially SR3, has to be the best fanfic series I have thus far read. And as my good friend jdx_random would say, the author of this series needs to get in a bubble and update more, right, now. LOL, no pressure or anything.

Have fun, all.

We now have a mirror comm over at Insane Journal.

So far there is nothing on there, but I do plan to import all the SR spin-off fic, then cross-post all future entries of mine.

Those of you who have IJ accounts, feel free to join!

It has indeed been a while. I offer no pathetic excuses, merely that after HBP and OotP jossed the series, people seemed to be losing interest and I was feeling a loss of creativity. To be blunt, I wasn't really sure what the point of carrying on was when everything was going to be jossed anyway.

No more. Deathly Hallows is now out, and I need never worry about being jossed again. So I'm wanting to write once more, and to prove it, here's a New Chapter!

Besides, after reading Deathly Hallows, it has become abundantly clear that Slytherin needs redeeming more than ever. SR is go for relaunch, people.

Immediate plans are to get Year of the Cat finished, then work through the series so far and bring it into a more canon-compliant state. In particular, I want to bring the Blacks in properly, so I am thinking of making Narcissa and Melissa twins and the younger sisters of Bellatrix and Andromeda. Which makes Marlie/Sirius interesting and a bit incestuous, but sod it, this is the Blacks we're talking about. Cousin-marrying is what they do.

Fic exchange! Sign-up deadline is February 1. Approaching fast!

Assignments will be emailed by February 15, and the fiction will be due May 1: Beltane. The exchange will be limited to 93 participants. That will mean 3 fics per day through May if the exchange fills up.

Writers are encouraged to write fic of any length over 500 words, with any permutation of Harry, Draco, and Severus. So, gen fic about any 2 or 3 of them, or erotic fic about any 2 or 3 of them. You can use, or ignore, Beltane as a theme. It is intended to inspire the timetable, not necessarily the fiction. Although Beltane inspired fiction would be just delightful. :)

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It has been reported to me that ffnet is having technical issues and not displaying the chapter for some readers. It is also the case that FictionAlley is having problems, and that the chapter is not up there yet (it's still pending).

The chapter is up on the Yahoo Group, so members of that, or indeed anyone with a valid Yahoo ID who is willing to join, can read it there if they have not already seen it. But in order to make sure the rest of you have access to it, I'm reposting it here. It may need to be in two parts though. Here goes. *deep breath*

( Year of the Cat, chapter 30: The Gathering StormCollapse )

Chapter 30: The Gathering Storm

It's live, folks! The long delay is finally over, and I've finally got something written. Nice to see the muse has not entirely deserted me.

Summary: Freedom is within Sirius's grasp, and his allies are gathering... but so are his enemies, and Fate has a few nasty twists in store as circumstances conspire to set up a confrontation that's as likely to be as explosive as it is enlightening.

Hope you like it, and don't forget to review!