A Goblet of Fire year prequel to Shifts and Shades
Table of Contents
The events of Deathly Hallows, while they don't really contradict anything in Stray, have taken a bit of the heart out of it, and it's on hold until I get my groove back. :)
Table of contents Chapter One: Home
[Live Journal Entries with commentary: Single section]
Summary: Sirius's dreams take him back to his childhood at Grimmauld Place, spent with his brother, Regulus.
Chapter Two: Fugitive In Paradise
[Live Journal Entries with commentary: Part 1 ; Part 2 ; Part 3]
Summary: While in hiding in the tropics, Sirius recovers his strength and begins to hear rumors about strange happenings.
Chapter Three: The End of the Holiday
[Live Journal Entries with commentary: Part 1 ; Part 2]
Summary: Rumors and letters drive Sirius back to Britain.
Chapter Four: Auror Borealis
[Live Journal Entries with commentary:Part 1 ; Part 2 ; Part 3]
Summary: Sirius returns to Remus's place, only to find that Remus has become close to Sirius's own cousin, Nymphadora Tonks, who happens to be the Auror who nearly caught him in the tropics.
Chapter Five: Interlude (1): Bonfire Night
[Live Journal Entries with commentary:Part 1 ; Part 2]
Summary: The people around Sirius reflect on their situations on Bonfire Night.
Chapter Six: A Marauder Day Trip
[Live Journal Entries with commentary:Part 1 ; Part 2 ; Part 3]
Summary: Remus and Sirius, needing to find a Floo connection, decide to stop in--in disguise--on Remus's neighbors.
Chapter Seven: Paying Calls
[Live Journal Entries with commentary:Part 1 ; Part 2 ; Part 3]
Summary: Sirius prepares to call Harry in the Gryffindor Common Room at Hogwarts.
Chapter Eight: A Tale of Two Shapeshifters
[Live Journal Entries with commentary:Part 1 ; Part 2 ; Part 3]
Summary: Tonks lets on just what her mysterious hobby has been--researching just how one might go about becoming an Animagus--and inquires after Remus's friendly dog.
Chapter Nine: The First Task
[Live Journal Entries with commentary:Part 1 ; Part 2 ; Part 3]
Summary: Sirius, Remus, and Tonks listen to Harry's first task, and try to deal with their own awkward ethical situation.