ASPHODEL,
a harry potter: marauders era fanfiction

written by thewhitehart

INTRODUCING...

NEPHELE GAUNT
portrayed by anya taylor joy

ravenclaw 16 chosen one black cat reluctant hero hidden past wallflower sacrificial lamb     woman scorned     recluce     the lost child     scapegoat     words of affirmation     acts of service

❝ IN WHAT WORLD IS ANY OF THIS FAIR? ❞

JAMES FLEAMONT POTTER
portrayed by aaron taylor johnson

16 gryffindor prongs loverboy     quidditch fiend quality time     physical touch

❝ I DON'T CARE WHO YOUR BLOODY DAD IS, IT'S NOT HIM I'M DATING, IS IT? ❞

SYBIL TRELAWNEY
portrayed by juno temple

ravenclaw the seer girl gone mad!

❝ TELL THEM TO STOP! ( ... ) THE VOICES MAKE THEM STOP! ❞

WITH...

tom hughes as tom riddle,
finlay macmillan as regulus black,
katie mcgrath as bellatrix lestrange
... and the rest of the characters as described

❝ i am not the girl i set out to be.
let me make my grief a commodity.
do what i can do survive.
there is candle wax
melting in my veins.
so i keep myself
standing in your flames.
burn, burn me alive. ❞

burn alive - the last dinner party

IN WHICH NEPHELE GAUNT'S LIFE IS RELATIVELY NORMAL, or at least as normal as it can be considering her father is the enemy of the better part of the Wizarding World.

Her life stays in this never ending cycle of mundaneness until, as she always does, Sybil Trelawney opens her damned mouth and decides it's the perfect time to spout out another one of her so-called prophecies.

'THE SNAKE WILL BE DEVOURED BY ITS OWN TAIL!'

❝ "angel," he calls me
does he know that i'm falling
from a precipice that i tripped off
long ago?
"you're so pure," he says.
does he know i'm forsaken?
the original sinner. ❞

the fruits - paris paloma

PLAYLISTS

NEPHELE GAUNT

I. burn alive, the last dinner party II. the fruits, paris paloma III. not strong enough, boygenius IV. just a girl, florence + the machine V. portrait of a dead girl, the last dinner party VI. what he wrote, laura marling VII. arsonists lullaby, hozier VIII. abbey, mitski IX. army dreamers, kate bush X. girl with one eye, florence + the machine XI. in the woods somewhere, hozier XII. wasting my young years, london grammar XIII. francis forever, mitski XIV. thérèse, maya hawke XV. i bet on losing dogs, mitski XVI. i know the end, pheobe bridgers XVII. back to the old house, the smiths XVIII. a house in nebraska, ethel cain XIX. margaret, lana del rey XX. gilded lily, cults XXI. last words of a shooting star, mitski XXII. step on me, the cardigans XXIII. how to disappear, lana del rey XXIV. liquid smooth, mitski XXV. first love/late spring, mitksi XXVI. king, florence + the machine XXVII. caesar on a tv screen, the last dinner party XXVIII. velvet ring, big theif XXIX. a burning hill, mitski XXX. labour, paris paloma

NEPHELE AND JAMES

I. on your side, the last dinner party II. ode to a conversation stuck in your throat, del water gap III. anyone else but you, the moldy peaches IV. would that i, hozier V. bleeding out, chance peña VI. ur so pretty, wasia project VII. francesca, hozier VIII. cosmic love, florence + the machine IX. glue song, beabadoobee X. work song, hozier XI. kingston, faye webster XII. meet me at our spot, the anxiety, willow XIII. first time, hozier XIV. i know you, faye webster XV. someone new, hozier XVI. first light, hozier XVII. say yes to heaven, lana del rey XVIII. who we are, hozier XIX. nothing matters, the last dinner party XX. lovers rock, tv girl XXI. from eden, hozier XXII. we'll never have sex, leith ross XXIII. apocalypse, cigarettes after sex XXIV. like real people do, hozier XXV. for the first time, mac demarco XXVI. never let me go, florence + the machone XXVII. dinner and diatribes, hozier XXVIII. meet me in the woods, lord huron XXIX. being in love, wet leg XXX. jackie and wilson, hozier

ASPHODEL

I. eat your young, hozier II. which witch, florence + the machine III. haunt you back, lucia & the best boys IV. shrike, hozier V. achilles come down, gang of youths VI. please be rude, gigi perez VII. spiracle, flower face VIII. kill of the night, gin wigmore IX. what the water gave me, florence + the machine X. gods & monsters , lana del rey XI. the moon will song, the crane wives XII. seven devils, florence +the machine XIII. me and the devil, soap&skin XIV. broken crown, mumford and son XV. yeti, paris paloma XVI. no light, no light, florence + the machine XVII. afraid, the neighbourhood XVIII. in cold light, vanbur XIX. inside out, duster XX. francis forever, mitksi XXI. leader of the landslide, the lumineers XXII. paris, texas, lana del rey XXIII. enjoy the silence, depeche mode XXIV. wicked game, chris isaak XXV. notre dame, paris paloma XXVI. o children, nick cave and the bad seeds XXVII. devils resting place, laura marling XXVIII. rivers and roads, the head and the heart XXIX. all things end, hozier XXX. as the world caves in, matt maltese

❝ always an angel,
never a god. ❞

not strong enough - boygenius

ACT ONE
SIXTH

CHAPTERS ONE THROUGH TWENTY FIVE

ACT TWO
SEVENTH YEAR

CHAPTERS TWENTY SIX THROUGH FIFTY

ACT THREE
POST HOGWARTS

CHAPTERS FIFTY ONE THROUGH ???

AUTHORS NOTE...

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CHOOSING TO READ ASPHODEL!!!

a few warnings before reading...
- bad and crude language
- mentions of disordered eating
- mentions of child abuse
- in depth descriptions of blood and gore
- mature scenes
- mature language
- mentions of self harm
- mentions of sexual assault (no scenes)
and anything else mentioned and depicted in the harry potter universe.
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- second largest text size
- times new roman
- any background
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this work will be cross-posted on AO3

word count...
to be determined

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HOPE YOU ENJOY READING!!!

started december 2023
published december 3rd 2024
completed tbd