After what can only be called an obscenely long gestational period, it's finally here. It only took two years of simmering for me to come up with a crappy first draft chapter that was - get this - 6 pages long, scrap it as useless, resurrect it from the pile of rejects and use it as a springboard to flesh out a complete chapter. And it all just went from there.
Chapters will probably be posted anywhere between a month to two months apart. I'm really getting picky with things and making sure everything is as seamless as possible, detail-wise. Keep in mind, I'm only human.
Title: Abstain Ye Not
Feedback: furor dot scribiendi @ gmail dot com
Pairing: HP/LM
Rating: R
Disclaimer: If I owned Harry Potter, do you think I would be worried about my mounting student debt? I don’t own them and I’m certainly not making any money from this so, obviously, I mean no copyright infringement.
Summary: It's been a long ten years but the war's over. Harry, much changed, is a bit unsure of what to do next. That is until some new information comes to light and Harry finds himself going far from England to finish something he thought he'd done. The only problem is that things get a little complicated in the process.
Category: Drama/Action/Adventure/Romance
Warnings: Language/Violence/OMC/BDSM
Notes: This is a post HBP fic, with selected canonical information from DH. Now, a bit of an explanation of what a Dark Hunter is as they feature predominantly in this fic.
Dark Hunters are essentially the Wizarding equivalent of bounty hunters. They specifically hunt down Dark witches and wizards. Dark Hunters tends to roam globally rather than locally, due to the ease of travel as allowed by Flooing, illegal Portkeys and such. As such, there is an extraordinary amount of co-operation between magical governments in regards to Dark Hunters and allowing them to apprehend wanted witches and wizards at large. The only stipulation is that the wanted Dark witch or wizard in be handed back over to their home country for prosecution. Since there is no formalised training, almost anyone can become a Dark Hunter. Those that failed Auror/magical law enforcement testing, or for other reasons, opt to become Dark Hunters. However, the profession does tend to have a unusually high mortality rate, due to witches and wizards getting into something they can't handle. Most Dark Hunters tends to be exceptionally skilled in DADA, Charms (offensive, defensive and healing) and Duelling. While Dark Hunters are technically employed by their respective country ministry, they aren't bound by as many rules as Aurors/official magical law enforcement. While there is no formal association, there is a generally agreed upon ranking that determines how successful a Dark Hunter is.
Master (150 + captures)
Teacher (90-150 captures)
Journeyman (25-90 captures)
Apprentice (10-25 captures)
Rookie (just started-10 captures)
What generally happens is that if someone survives long enough to reach Apprentice level, is that someone at the Teacher level takes them under their wing briefly. There is a camaraderie amongst Dark Hunters and they tend to look out for their own. Information is passed along to one another, and sometimes, Dark Hunters will work together in packs if a job has enough money for them to split to make a decent profit.
( I'm glad you decided to say something. Just do me one favour: don't say what they want to hear. Say what they need to hear. )
contemplative
geeky
frustrated
wicked
