Stories by ashenwoldwriter

In 1916 Hogwarts, Melania Macmillan sees a mud-soaked, reckless Arcturus Black and decides he is either a future disaster or a future legend. Either way, she intends to secure her place beside him. A glimpse at the beginning of one of the wizarding world's most formidable marriages. [Blood and Ink Universe][One-Shot]

In the summer after the Tri-Wizard Tournament, a bored act of curiosity accidentally and irrevocably reactivates a forgotten peerage thought lost after the First Muggle Great War. What began as curiosity soon becomes obligation, with at least one House, a title, and twelve families who still think oaths outrank choice. Power isn't a choice—it's a signature.