A Goblet of Fire year prequel to Shifts and Shades
Table of Contents
As it's been two years since I set this aside, I'm reposting and taking the opportunity to repair any canonical problems, as well as continuing once I pass the re-post of Chapter 9. The older posts, you can find here, if you'd like.
Table of contents Chapter One: Home
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Summary: Sirius's dreams take him back to his childhood at Grimmauld Place, spent with his brother, Regulus.
Chapter Two: Fugitive in Paradise
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Summary: On the run in Brazil, Sirius is frustrated by a lack of action--until two Aurors nearly catch him.
Chapter Three: The End of the Holiday
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Summary: After a narrow escape, Sirius receives two letters that send him on a wild trip back to Britain... where he finds Remus entertaining one of the Aurors who nearly caught him.
Chapter Four: Auror Borealis
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Summary: Sirius is reintroduced to his cousin, Nymphadora Tonks, while Remus tries to protect her from a professional conflict of interest. Meanwhile, they learn about the mishap in choosing Triwizard champions.
Chapter Five: Interlude (1): Bonfire Night
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Summary: The other characters contemplate the events of the story on Bonfire Night..
Chapter Six: A Marauder Day Trip
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Summary: Remus and Sirius take a trip to the next island, hoping to find a way to communicate with Harry.
Chapter Seven: Paying Calls
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Summary: While Remus's neighbors, the Brodies, are away, Remus and Sirius break into their house so Sirius can use the Floo to call Harry. They think they've gotten away cleanly... until they get home.
Chapter Eight: A Tale of Two Shapeshifters
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Summary: Tonks lets Remus and his "dog" in on her new hobby--researching the Animagus spell. This has led her to the conclusion that Remus has been deceiving her. He is forced to tell her the full truth (except for confirming her suspicions about the dog), and she swears that she'll get a new trial for Sirius. She has no luck.
Chapter Nine: The First Task
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Summary: Tonks, becoming used to the presence of the suspicious dog, brings a radio so they can listen to the broadcast of Harry's first task. After it, the Hogboon Remus is meant to be expelling attacks, forcing Sirius to reveal his identity while he helps fight it.
Chapter Ten: On A Stormy Day
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Summary: Sirius finds himself involved with the Brodies when the girls require a rescue at sea.
Chapter Eleven: The Silver Button
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Summary: When Sirius returns the girls' boat, he finds a silver button with a capital letter "C" on it, which the Brodies don't recognize. Both he and Remus are troubled by it.
Chapter Twelve: Mixed Messages
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Summary: Dumbledore visits Remus and Sirius, asking Sirius to come to Hogsmeade.
Chapter Thirteen: Eating In
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Summary: While Remus and Sirius are in Hogsmeade Christmas shopping, they run into Dora, who invites them over for lunch, and Sirius and Dora reach a point of disagreement.
Chapter Fourteen: Security
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Summary: Bored, Sirius is glad to go with Dumbledore to see the Hogsmeade cave where he'll be staying... and ends up at Hogwarts itself, where he dreams of Barty Crouch and Regulus.
Chapter Fifteen: Christmas in the Dark
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Summary: Remus and Sirius stage a "Yule Ball" for Dora's benefit, and are surprised by extra guests when the Brodies arrive. They all enjoy themselves, until the Dark Mark goes up over the Brodies' home.
Chapter Sixteen: By the Light of the Dark Mark
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Summary: Remus, Sirius, and Dora--along with Kingsley Shacklebolt--help the Brodies to temporary safety. Fearing that there's a mole in the department, Kingsley suggests moving them someplace unexpected. Sirius has a dilly of a plan: Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place.
Chapter Seventeen: Interlude (2): Hogmanay
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Summary: On New Year's Eve, the people around Sirius reflect on the past and look to the future.
Chapter Eighteen: Relocation
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Summary: As the Brodies settle into 12GP, Sirius makes his move to Hogsmeade.
Chapter Nineteen: Decoys
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Summary: Dora and Sirius try (and fail) to capture the Death Eater who was threatening Sirius. The Death Eater steals photos of the Brodie girls.
Chapter Twenty: News from the Inside
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Summary: As Sirius and Fiona drift into a different sort of relationship, news arrives from Hogwarts in the form of two letters.
Chapter Twenty-One: The Restricted Section
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Summary: Sirius and Remus break into the archives to try and piece together the post-war history that Sirius missed and Remus ignored.
