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The Secret Papers of Regulus Black
Vorona6 Reviews | 7.33/10 (6 Ratings, 0 Likes, 5 Favorites )
After a costly defeat of Lord Voldemort, Harry returns to number twelve, Grimmauld Place, where he discovers some disturbing information about Severus Snape's role in the first war with Voldemort.
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I came to the world of fan fiction, because I had a theory about Snape... and I decided I wanted to actually see it, to make it come alive. And thus was born The Secret Papers of Regulus Black.
That story has remained, in a way, a home base for me, and I have returned to it to write a sequel (currently in progress) and two prequels. The prequel I wrote first is still waiting to be edited. The other one, which happens earlier in the storyline, is Damage Control. Both of those were written early this spring.
After writing The Secret Papers of Regulus Black, I changed focus and began work on a highly self-indulgent work of plagiarism that will never see the light of day (and I do only work on it at night :) ), because despite the irresistable urge to work on it, I do respect the original author. This was my first Hermione/Snape, which naturally affected the next thing I started: the sequel to Papers, mentioned above. I got distracted at the Mugglenet forums, and wrote a challenge piece: The Labyrinth of Lost Souls. It won second place in the Gauntlet Challenge. At this point in time, it's only up there, since it was their challenge.
One of the things in the challege was a logic problem, and it sparked another idea, The Logic Problem. I also have a work in progress for the HG/SS exchange. It's not doing so well. The beginning is boring and is taking too long. I'm several chapters in, and we're still at the Weasleys'!
Finally, for NaNoWriMo, I wrote a 117,000 word work about what would happen if a Muggleborn rights group became as extreme as Voldemort's Death Eaters... only in favor of Muggle-borns instead of Purebloods. I'm currently working on editing it, after which, I will send it to my beta. All of my stories feature Snape as a main character (sometimes the only main character). I tried writing a Draco story, but it fell rather flat.
I am very interested in his (non-romantic) relationship with Dumbledore, and at some point, I will probably write something about why and how Snape joined and left the Death Eaters. It will in all likelihood feature more of Regulus Black than Lily Evans, and it will probably be connected to the Papers series.
Of course, that's not the next story I will work on. I have two stories about different possibilities for Year 7. One of them is very dark, and is set in a world where Voldemort has managed to take over the Ministry and Hogwarts. The other one supposes that Snape is supposed to still spy, and needs someone who can get Horcrux information to Harry without telling every member of the Order where Snape's true loyalties are. Both of those are Snape/Hermione stories.
Reviews for The Secret Papers of Regulus Black
I don't know how Harry can live with himself. Thanks for a great read. I also read the companion piece and loved it.
Response from Vorona (Author of The Secret Papers of Regulus Black)
Thanks! I'm really glad you liked it!
This story puts a spin on something I have always considered. Snape was doing as Dumbledore asked of him. Too much was placed on Harry’s perception of Snape and Snape’s hatred of Harry’s father. A hate manifested onto the object’s only child, the mirror image of that hate. I like how this story reflects a side Harry cannot accept, and that finding out now, he must – even if he is unwilling. It takes time to let go of such a hate. Good job.
Response from Vorona (Author of The Secret Papers of Regulus Black)
Thanks! That's really what I'm going for here... The scene in the cave is crucial, I think, to understanding what is going on between Snape and Dumbledore, and I think even if the theory behind this story is wrong, it's something Harry's going to have to deal with eventually.
But... those papers could get snape out of prison! where's clear-headed hermione when you need her?
Response from Vorona (Author of The Secret Papers of Regulus Black)
At the moment of this story -- she's in St. Mungo's...
But she features quite prominently in the sequel (still very much *in progress*.
Alas, it's not quite so easy as presenting the papers and getting him out. Unforgivables are still Unforgivable, after all.
I think Harry was in character; he is, after all, a very emotional person. I liked the way the story was written anyway. :) Except that somehow, I could not imagine either Regulus or Severus being that talkative (or saying too many words).
Response from Vorona (Author of The Secret Papers of Regulus Black)
Thank you. I'm glad you found Harry believable :)
If he got the truth out of snape why wont he defend him, stupid selfish Harry Pothead! This is why i dont like Harry, he is to emotional and acts like a child.
-KarlaMarie
Response from Vorona (Author of The Secret Papers of Regulus Black)
Thank you for your review! I do have a few comments, though:
This is such a common response to the story that I finally put up an author's note instead of trying to respond to each person separately, but essentially, I don't think Harry is being stupid or selfish, but rather that he has simply been pushed over the brink. First, he loses everyone he cares about (and at the point of this story, Ron and Hermione count as being "lost", since they are in comas and might never come out) in the conflict. J. K. Rowling has said that the Snape - Harry conflict is much more personal than the Harry - Voldemort one, and she has created this mostly through the way they both constantly blame each other for things that are either their own or someone else's fault.
They both do this.
So, he's lost everyone in a war that he feels (wrongly, of course) is mostly Snape's fault. Then, he learns, from Snape of all people, that he himself was partly to blame. It unhinges him. And when he regains his senses, there are too many obstacles and it's just not worth it (for one thing, I doubt he'd see himself as equally culpable anyway: it was Snape's potion AND Snape didn't warn Dumbledore about it, not to mention he still blames Snape for Sirius and his parents).
Thanks again for the review!
Anonymous
That was horribly sad.
But well written.
Author's Response: Thank you.