There should be updates for both Howl and Music While Drowning soon!!! I've been inspired by a few kind reviews lately and started working on my fics again. I hope to have a MWD update soon and a Howl update not long after.

I need a beta!! Preferably someone good at guilt trips and motivating procrastinating slackers... that would be helpful.

Thanks to all that have left reviews, put me on alert and added my fic to their C2's!! The response has been encouraging for me with this first bit of writing!

Branwen777's Challenge

It would be a darker/Harry fic and of course slash as well.

It must take place in Harry's sixth or seventh year.

Sirius is dead but can be brought back if you want, but he must be on Harry's side along with Remus, other light character's are your own choice.

Voldemort must have a son who's possibly Harry's age or a bit older and is best friends with Draco, and no one but the deatheaters and their children know about him, at least in the beginning.

Dumbledore is the evil guy, although he can't be blatantly evil, more like a manipulative bipolar sort of evil.

Voldemort's cause must be shown in a favorable light, you can change it up however you like, meaning Dumbledore could have manipulated the truth somehow for Harry and the public. Dumbledore must be the real reason Harry's parents are dead, and Bellatrix must not have meant for Sirius to be knocked behind the veil, and the Longbottom's as well must have been covered up by Dumbledore. So basically Dumbledore's taken advantage and manipulated everything in his favor.Harry has never been given the choice to choose sides.

Dumbledore is controlling Harry through means of a spell or potion, or a combination of the two, which must be reapplied regularly, giving Harry free thought but not control, sort of like the Imperious but stronger since Harry can throw the Imperious off. Harry must eventually start becoming immune to the spells or potions controlling him and begins trying to seek help in brief moments when he has control.

Severus must be spying for Voldemort and doesn't know Harry is being forced to serve Dumbledore. In fact no one but Dumbledore and a select few order members must know about it.

Preferably most of the story should be from Voldemort, his son, his deatheaters, and their children's points of view as they observe Harry, although there can be other points of view added in, but of course everyone else's view of the dark has been manipulated by Dumbledore.

While observing through other people and hearing about Harry over the years Voldemort's son must fall in love with him, even though he thinks Harry is against them and has never actually met Harry. Voldemort notices his sons infatuation and so do the other deatheaters. Therefore he stops his attacks on Harry in order to try and recruit him instead.

Draco and the other Slytherin's must try to become Harry's friends at some point. Then because of their observations of Harry's actions in moments he breaks free of the spells or potions the Dark must find out that Harry is being controlled and trained to be a weapon by Dumbledore against his will.

The Dark lords son will already be in love with Harry, but Harry can't instantly fall for him. I like a bit of a chase in there. : ) Besides Harry should be really paranoid about trusting either side.

Severus can become a sort of mentor for Harry.

The mood of the story would be rather dark on Harry's part at least because of what Dumbledore has done to him... torture, depression, abuse, angst, drama... whatever you want