A case that doesn't make sense leads Harry to Azkaban in hopes of help. He had not expected to find Voldemort in the condition that he did though. Voldemort is desperate for a way out of prison which leads to a situation neither of them wanted or were prepared for and they both struggle to adjust. At the same time, a dark new threat grows in the shadows. Slave Tom Riddle/Voldemort

War changes people, forces them to become the monsters from their nightmares that they are hunting. Light and darkness bleeds together leaving behind a dark, mattered grey. Harry is told revenge is said to solve nothing, but why then does it taste so sweet?

One, black paw was delicately placed on the table as the cat came sliding out of the carrier, looking like a black panther. And if looks could kill, Harry thought, then Dumbledore would be six feet under. "Uhm," Harry said staring at the large, black cat in the middle of the table. "Why does it have red eyes?"

A planed meeting goes everything but as planed. A Dark Lord in the wrong place at the wrong time. A spy who sees an opportunity. A Headmaster who might have found a way to bring the Dark Lord to heel once and for all. And Harry stuck with a possession he didn t want.

A job that takes longer than expected, stranding the team in a new city over the Christmas Holiday. A creative try to make a Christmas Eve bearable, and the hunt for a Christmas Tree.