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They said the war was over. They lied.
For Hermione Granger, peace means tackling the impossible: the 'rehabilitation' of Bellatrix Black, miraculously alive and suspiciously afflicted with selective memory loss. This isn't the broken fanatic of prophecy, but a creature of biting sarcasm and chilling lucidity, who weaves her insanity into every barbed comment.
Hermione is tasked with teaching Bellatrix what she 'forgot', but finds herself caught in a perverse re-education of her own. As Bellatrix's true nature—a blend of dangerous wit and unpredictable madness—unfurls, Hermione battles the siren call of a mind as brilliant as it is twisted.
This isn't about recovery; it's about a fascinating, perilous descent into a connection she never imagined, where the only lesson learned is how deeply one can burn.
"I never burned for the Dark Lord the way I burned for you.”
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Christmas, wine, and ghosts by dustenigmas
Fandoms: His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman, His Dark Materials (TV)
28 Dec 2022
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Lyra reached out to touch her mother's hand, she wanted to feel that this was beyond a hallucination. Nothing made sense. She woke up in a room that wasn't hers with a dead person."Are you real?" Lyra had to ask as she held her mother's hand to her face. It felt like a dream and a very bad dream at that.
"What kind of question is that, Lyra? Again that?" Marisa looked at her worriedly, as if that was expected.
"You're dead."
"I'm afraid we're going to have to consult with Dr. Cooper again, she'll know what to do in this case again. I'm not dead, Lyra. I'm right here." Marisa used her sweetest tone, the same tone she used when she needed to convince Lyra of something.
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Surviving the abyss by dustenigmas
Fandoms: His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman, His Dark Materials (TV)
27 Dec 2022
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"ASRIEL" Marisa shouted with her hand outstretched.She could expect no less, he was Asriel above all else. She knew that he had sacrificed himself so that she and Lyra could live, perhaps he had thought that the girl would be alone too and that she couldn't lose both her parents. Deep down, she knew he was the one who wanted to be remembered for all eternity, remembered for the ultimate sacrifice for the sake of everyone and a daughter who never called. Asriel sacrificed himself for himself and for believing he would change the world.
[...]An alternative ending for episode 3x07.
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Some habits are difficult to change by dustenigmas
Fandoms: His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman, His Dark Materials (TV)
27 Dec 2022
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[...] "What are you doing here?" Lyra asked, taking Marisa by surprise - or at least she pretended surprise. Mother and daughter knew they were good at faking emotions, they had perfected this practice even more in recent years; they never knew when something was really true.
Marisa didn't look away from the flames for a while, aware of Lyra's impatient and questioning gaze.
"Lighting a candle." Marisa's soft, nonchalant voice was purposeful, her tool for treating exceptional events as casual. [...]
An alternative ending for The Amber Spyglass
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(Un)expected meeting by dustenigmas
Fandoms: His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman, His Dark Materials (TV)
23 Oct 2021
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Mary and Lyra can meet while still in Will's Oxford, at this meeting Mary confesses that she has met Lyra's mother.
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What Marisa could have been by dustenigmas
Fandom His Dark Materials, His Dark Materials (TV), His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
28 Mar 2021
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A collection of one-shots of what Marisa's life might have been like if she had had the chance to go to another world, away from The Magisterium.
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Hermione is locked up for something she didn't do, but so are some other Witches at Azkaban. She has to learn to live among these other Witches and decide for herself who she can and can't trust. Problems arise daily with her Cellmate but Hermione is too focused on getting out to notice that these problems are a form of protection from a Witch she had been taught to hate.
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"It wasn’t supposed to be a bond. It was supposed to be a brand."
When Bellatrix Lestrange carved that hateful word into Hermione Granger’s arm, a single moment of uncontrolled magic fused their souls instead of merely spilling blood. Now, the Dark Lord’s most loyal servant is haunted by the heartbeat of a 'Mudblood', and Hermione is anchored to the very woman who shattered her.
This accidental and agonizing Soul-Bond changes the course of the war, forcing a predator to guard her prey. As the distance between them screams with physical agony, Bellatrix fights the instinctual urge to protect what she was meant to destroy, while Hermione struggles to keep her sanity while feeling the dark, chaotic impulses of a madwoman.
Neither wants it. Both loathe it. There is no redemption here, and no sudden love—only a relentless, terrifying connection in a dangerous game of shadows. In a world of black and white, they are bled together in a shade of red that neither can escape, and Bellatrix must hide her greatest weakness from the one man who would kill them both for it.
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02 Jul 2026
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Hermione Granger had been waiting for her big break and it had finally arrived. Landing the lead role in Luna Lovegood’s new movie was a dream come true but acting opposite her crush was something else entirely. Bellatrix Black was everything Hermione had always wanted and now she could have her. On film at least, but could it be something more?
(I do not own any of the characters or the universe it is set in. Those belong to JK. No money is made from this story. I do NOT give permission to publish or distribute this story on other platforms or to translate it.)
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04 Jun 2026
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There's a simple rule to being gay. Never fall for a straight girl. Hermione may be a veteran gay, but she's about to break that one rule.
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30 May 2026
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Hermione’s life takes a sharp turn when an alpha drags her into the shadows of the Department of Mysteries, intending to claim her.
Yet what for Bellatrix starts as a hunt meant to satisfy a whim quickly turns into a game of obsession, denial (and an increasingly inconvenient amount of longing) that begins to creep under her skin. Bellatrix’s plans don’t go exactly as intended, as she discovers that claiming an omega is far easier than getting her out of your head.
Hermione loses herself each day in a forbidden game of desire and surrender, snarled in the alpha’s fingers, one that seems destined to break her heart. Each night however she finds herself tangled in vivid dreams of a young witch she has never met—yet who feels undeniably similar, like a smoother, sweeter reflection, of the alpha haunting her waking thoughts.
With war at their doorstep and outside forces determined to tear them apart, neither of them is ready for what the bond will lead them to do.
AKA The Bellamione omegaverse AU no one asked for!
IMPORTANT UPDATE: Yep, I changed the summary! Chapter 1 has also been rewritten and updated, so there’s a new and improved version up now.
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19 Apr 2026