"Succorbentis?" Malfoy asked quietly, his face immediately hidden by that insufferable mask. "You have Succorbentis?" Silence. "You know it's an incredibly rare disease, right? You know it's incurable, right?" Silence. "...No wonder you're in denial." Ron/Hermione/Gryff Bashing

Warnings Inside. Dumbledore ought to have known better than to leave an orphaned Harry Potter in the hands of the Dursleys. A twist of fate has the boy-who-lived living with criminals. Sly, cunning, street-smart, sorted into Slytherin where his housemates have been raised to hate him, will Harry survive? Or maybe it's the House of Snakes that doesn't stand a chance.

Twenty years ago Sookie disappeared without a trace, leaving her Louisiana and its supernatural world behind. But now she's back and has a lot of explaining to do. Can she pick up where she left off or are some wounds too deep for time to heal?

AH - Rich girl Sookie is kidnapped and held to ransom by the masked Eric Northman. But is Sookie the willing captive? Is she better off away from her rich but cheating husband Bill Compton? Will Sookie begin to fall for her captor?