TEMPORARY HIATUS

This is a note to all of my readers that I am taking a temporary break from fanfiction. Most of you know from my profile or author's notes in my fanfiction that I am a published author outside of the wonderful realm of fanfiction, and as such, I have obligations to write my original work. As it is the original work that pays and not the fanfiction, which is purely for fun, there are times when I need to put the fun on hold and get to work.

This is one such time. I am nearing the completion of my current novel, and also nearing the deadline. As such, I need to devote my time to my novel. This requires that I take a respite from fanfiction until I have the novel completed. Rest assured, it shall not be a long time. I predict three months at the most, though it is more likely to be only two.

I am aware that people often find it annoying when one of their watched authors stops updating, and for this, I apologize. I do hope you can understand, however, that for us to have these wonderful universes to delve into through fanfiction, those authors needed to write the books first. I am hoping that some day soon, my own novels will have a welcoming number of fanfictions here. We shall see.

I will be sad to lose any readers who do not wish to wait for my return, and I hope that I do not, but I am aware of the possibility. For those of you willing to wait, you have my thanks, and I hope to be back soon. Rest assured, those of you who read my Star Trek fics and The Search For Life and Death, those are my two most popular fanfictions, and I will be jumping right back into them once my break is finished.

Thank you all for reading this and I look forward to seeing you again soon!

~ Umbrae Calamitas

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- IN PROGRESS -

The Search For Life and Death
Category: Harry Potter
Summary: When Harry is rescued from the Dursleys, deaf, mute, and barely alive, the others must help him cope with years of abuse and his new disabilities. As a strange bond awakens between he and his friends, they all come into powers that haven't been seen in millennia, while suffering from dreams about strange artifacts and a white phoenix named Life, who holds the secret to Voldemort's destruction, or his victory. (Fifth year, AU)
Rating: T
Warning: Features child abuse, graphic violence, gore, mild to moderate language, dark themes, and gay romance.
Genre: Action/Adventure/Drama/Angst
Ship(s): Remus/Sirius, Harry/Ginny, Ron/Hermione, Severus/OC
Status: In progress. Updated monthly.

A Friend In Need
Category: Star Trek: 2009
Summary: Jim and Bones weren't friends immediately. In fact, Leonard McCoy didn't even like James T. Kirk. Here are five times Jim ended up in the hospital, one time Bones did, and how their friendship evolved over time.
Rating: T
Warning: Moderate language, medical situations
Genre: Friendship/Hurt/Comfort/Drama
Ship(s): None
Status: In progress.

The Courage to Love
Category: Star Trek: 2009
Summary: Bones is kidnapped by an alien who wants revenge against Starfleet. Jim has to use all his wits and courage to find his friend and stop a plan to destroy Starfleet, without knowing what the plan is.
Rating: T
Warning: Moderate language; Violence
Genre: Adventure/Friendship/Suspence/Drama
Ship(s): None
Status: In progress.

What the Eyes See
Category: Danny Phantom
Summary: The eyes see many things: what is, what may be, and often only that which they wish. A collaboration of one-shots as/after people learn Danny's secret. WIP
- 1. Danny's Hands (Family/Hurt/Comfort - PG for some thoughts): When Danny was a little boy, his father always played a game with him. When he learns that Danny is the Ghost Boy, he has to remind Danny that the game doesn’t stop just because some things change.
- 2. Acceptance(Angst - T for character death): Maddie will love her son, no matter what.
- 3. Red Hands (Angst - T for violence and character death): Pending submission: She found out what he was; that he was the source of all of her pain. She ended him, and now her hands were red.
- 4. A Mother's Love (Adventure/Hurt/Comfort - T for violence): Pending submission: When Maddie discovers that Danny Fenton and Danny Phantom are one in the same, he thinks that she can never love him, so he runs away into the Ghost Zone. But a mother will do anything for her son - even follow him into the depths of Hell.
Genre: Various - depends on chapter.
Rating: PG-T (ratings and warnings listed on chapter summary and in Author's Notes.
Status: In progress.

Love Will Find A Way
Category: Digimon
Summary: Gatomon would do anything to have Wizardmon back, but when her wishes land her in the arms of the enemy, can a newly-revived Wizardmon save Gatomon, save Kari, and defeat Myotismon again?
Rating: K+
Warning: Violence
Genre: Drama/Angst/Adventure/Romance
Ship(s): Gatomon/Wizardmon; Kari/TK
Status: On hold.

Light Summons
Category: YuGiOh!
Summary: ((Sequel to Dark Summons)) Joey has been turned into a dog by some unknown force, but he's not the only one. Soon, the others begin to follow, being trapped into random animal forms. Seto Kaiba, however, doesn't seem to be the cause of said phenomenon, as Mokuba has also been trapped in another form. An ancient promise of revenge whispers on the air, and all of the answers may lie in the new girl that has just come to Domino High, and seems to have taken a liking to Yami... or is it something else? Their pasts come back to haunt them, as three thousand year old lies are dispelled, and repressed memories are resurfaced.
Genre: Action/Adventure/Romance/Drama
Rating: T
Warning: Violence, gore, language, dark themes, gay romance
Ship(s): Ryou/Bakura, Yugi/Yami, Joey/Seto, Serenity/Tristan, OC/OC
Status: ON HOLD.

- Current Fandoms -

As these tend to change, at random, every few months, I have decided that I will post up here the top 3-5 fandoms my brain is currently wrapped around. They will likely be in order of most-obsessive to less-obsessive, and I will be including my favorite fics for those, as well. And any other information I deem appropriate. Which includes QUOTES!! I loves the quotes. Enjoy.

Star Trek: 2009

Favorite Characters:
- Bones
- Jim
- Spock
- Chekov
- Sulu

Favorite Pairings:
- Jim/Spock
- Sulu/Chekov
- Uhura/Bones
- Jim/Bones - friendship/brotherly (I will read a romantic pairing if the plot is drawing, but it's not my preference)

Favorite Fics:
- Christmas With the Family, by Lyricoloratura
- Sestina, by Lyricoloratura
- And All the King's Men, by Mijan
- Atlas, by Angel Baby1

Favorite Quotes:
- Yeah, he'd done a pretty good job in years past of making his and Bones' quarters at the Academy look like Christmas had staggered into the room and thrown up – it had driven Bones fucking crazy, but it had been fun in spite of that.
Hell, it had been fun because of that. - Christmas With the Family, by Lyricoloratura
- He could very much love these people, if they let him. - The Flavor of Laughter, by brytewolf
- "This man is a walking disaster!" McCoy informed the other two cadets in furious accusation. "He nearly got himself killed crossing the commons in fair weather armed with nothing but a cup of coffee while surrounded by med students! A flea vaccine could do the job! He doesn't need your help!" - Atlas, by Angel Baby1
- "And Lasha is like my baby. I need him to know that he is loved."
And that sort of melts McCoy - because damn, he knows just how much Jim wasn't loved as a child, and it might actually be the most adorable thing in the universe that Jim wants to make sure his kitten never feels the same way - unloved and invisible and neglected. How could he possibly grump about that? - Lasha, Precious Stone, by ArwendeImladris
- She's fairly certain that he's just about the most unprofessional captain that Starfleet has ever employed, a fact which is cemented in her mind the day after the Christmas party, when he stumbles into the bridge in just his undershorts and socks and asks blearily, "So that we're clear, did I vomit on Spock last night, or just near him?" - Home and the World, by dress without sleeves

Harry Potter

Favorite Characters:
- Sirius
- Remus
- McGonagall
- Fred
- Luna

Favorite Pairings:
- Sirius/Remus
- Harry/Ginny
- Harry/Hermione
- Ron/Hermione

Favorite Fics:
- Backwards With Purpose Part I: Always and Always, by Deadwoodpecker
- Harry Potter and the Nightmares of Futures Past, by S'TarKan
- Harry Potter: Dark Memories, by Blueowl
- Killing Hope Saving Sanity, by Enjie Yekcam
- Never Alone, Never Again, by Bored Beyond Belief

Favorite Quotes:
- “You do that, Prongsyboy.” I lean over and ruffle his hair for the hell of it. Experience says that he will now squawk like a bird, flap his arms at me, and run over to the mirror, in another hopeless attempt to fix that mop he calls his hair.
“Caw!” And there he goes. I manage to successfully avoid the flailing arms, allowing me to fully enjoy the spectacle that is putting Prongs in front of a mirror. I swear, he’s like a bleeding peacock. -Reason Why “Liking” Remus is wrong by Sirius Black, by RankEgg
- "Oh c'mon, with a teacher that looks like that, who wouldn't want to go?" he waggled his eyebrows.
"George!" Fred gasped mockingly, "How could you say that? Are you in love with another?"
Hermione face-palmed as Harry hid a smile behind his glass of juice. It was another morning with the twins.
Shooting his brother a comically wide-eyed look, George grabbed his twin's hand reverently. "Never! You know you're the only one for me!"
"Oh George!" Fred gushed, starry-eyed.
"Oh Fred!" George sighed.
"Hold me!"
The resident bookworm sighed exasperatedly as the twins glomped each other. "Honestly, where do they get it from?" Hermione said sideways to Ron. "Your parents are such nice, proper people." - History of Magic, by Lizeth
- Professor Snape’s lips twitched, and Harry looked at him intensely. Could it have been a smile? No wait, the world was still here. Hell still burned. - Dumbledore's Army, by Bobmin356

NCIS

Favorite Characters:
- Abby
- Tony
- Gibbs
- McGee
- Palmer

Favorite Pairings:
- Abby/McGee
- Tony/Ziva
- Gibbs/Tony - father/son only
- Tony/Kate - brother/sister only
- Gibbs/Abby - father/daughter only

Favorite Fics:
- Snow Day, by pdljmpr6
- Gunning for Gibbs, by Hawkeye4077
- Peruvian Steel, by Mahiri Chuma
- The Sweater, by Richefic
- Sibling Rivalry, by mokibobolink

Favorite Quotes:
- Gibbs took a drink of his coffee and settled back to contemplate the murder of several terrorists and possibly the Director of NCIS. - First Impressions, by ihearttony
- And so began one of the most boring mornings in the office Tony could remember. The only highlight being when Gibbs' cell phone randomly started playing a polyphonic ringtone of 'Jingle Bells' on repeat. After the third chorus, Gibbs had been so annoyed he crushed the phone with the butt of his gun, threw it on the floor and demanded that McGee reboot it for him. - Tony Hurts His Knee, by super em

YuGiOh!

Favorite Characters:
- Ryou
- Yami
- Yugi
- Joey
- Mokuba

Favorite Pairings:
- Ryou/Bakura
- Yami/Yugi
- Seto/Joey

Favorite Fics:
- Bond of Flame, by StandAlone
- Clutter, by Meredith T. Tasaki
- It's a Wonderful World, by fallen-angel-of-repression
- Wild Aces, by Zephyr-Sombra
- Yugi and Yami's Cosmic Journey, by Meredith T. Tasaki

Favorite Quotes:
- '"I am becoming," Yami announced cooly, "a 'hippie'."' -Yugi and Yami's Cosmic Journey, by Meredith T. Tasaki
- "Don't make me come in there, Yami, we've got better things to do."
"...I could take you." -Clutter, chapter two, by Meredith T. Tasaki

- UPCOMING FICS -

Harry Potter

The Prank
Summary: What if Sirius wasn't the one to tell Snape how to get into the Shrieking Shack? What if he simply took the blame to save one of his friends from a more severe punishment? What if everyone, however, believed he was the one who did it, and he was cast out of the Marauders due to one boy's cowardice? Would Remus be able to realize the truth in time enough to save his innocent friend - his dearest friend who was only alive this long thanks to the hope brought on by friendship? What happens when that hope is lost and Sirius hasn't nothing left to look forward to than the abuse of his family and the hatred of the people he once called friends? Can the others save him, before it's too late?
Genre: Angst/Drama/Romance
Rating: T
Warning: Violence, child abuse, language, and dark themes
Pairing(s): Remus/Sirius, James/Lily
Status: In planning process.

- QUOTES-

"And I haven't quite mastered being in two places at the same time." -Mom

"Maybe they ate him." -me
"Mmm... cannibalism." -Dustin

:Talking about politics: "I don't need it crammed up my ass and jammed down my throat." -Mom
"Yes, because then it doesn't have anywhere else to go." -Me

"They say that great wealth is a curse. Well, may God strike me and may I never recover." -Patrick Juola

“Is it not possible, nay probable, that my life is the product of my or someone else’s imagination?” – Bender, Futurama

"We'll be sailing through material." -Psychology professor
"I'll bring my life jacket for when I fall off the boat." -Me

"I think it's interesting that when you play a lesbian, people ask you if you're a lesbian, but if you play a serial killer, nobody asks if you're a serial killer." -Nora Dunn, actress

"No go, and let the fic procreate!" -Me

"Whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot little puppies." -Gene Hill

"I've seen a look in dogs' eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts." -John Steinbeck

"People who hate cats, will come back as mice in their next life." -Faith Resnick

"I used to look at my dog Smokey and think, 'If you were a little smarter you could tell me what you were thinking,' and he'd look at me like he was saying, 'If you were a little smarter, I wouldn't have to.'" -Fred Jungclaus

"May a Misguided Platypus lay its Eggs in your Jockey Shorts." -unknown

"Why does Sea World have a seafood restaurant? I'm halfway through my fishburger and I realize, Oh my God...I could be eating a slow learner." -Lynda Montgomery

"I once complained to my father that I didn't seem to be able to do things the same way other people did. Dad's advice? 'Margo, don't be a sheep. People hate sheep. They eat sheep.'" -Margo Kaufman

"Remember: the early bird gets the worm, but the early worm gets eaten." -unknown

"If I want to hear the pitter-patter of little feet, I'll put shoes on the cat." -unknown

"Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reasons." -Robertson Davies, (1913 - 1995) Canadian author

"My mind is a strange creature that breeds with weird thoughts and lays foul-smelling eggs in my imagination." - me

- FANFICTION QUOTES -

'Oh, I’m sorry Ganon! Was that Hydrobromic Acid I just poured in your eyes? Here, let me wipe it out with some sand paper.' -Confessions of a Teenage, Blonde Bombshell, by Aubuyn (LoZ)

'I escaped, heading in the direction of Victoria’s Secret, hoping to commit suicide by using some skimpy underwear as a noose.' -Confessions of a Teenage, Blonde Bombshell, by Aubuyn (LoZ)

'Or perhaps it was just pure stubbornness. Wow, hello, incarnation of Seto Kaiba.' -Dark Summons, chapter thirteen, by Umbrae Calamitas (YGO)

'James was rather an expert with denial, as he had demonstrated throughout the six years during which Lily had repeatedly told him that she wanted him to fall off a cliff and die, which, in James’s mind, had translated to, “I love you; marry me.”' -A Certain Kind of Madness, chapter three, by xxanglophilexx (HP)

'Bakura grinned (in such a manner that, miles away, Yami huggled Yugi closer, glancing suspiciously about in fear), kissing Ryou again, before tucking the chocolate-eyed youth into his embrace.' -Sick, by Ivydoll (YGO)

'"I am becoming," Yami announced cooly, "a 'hippie'."' -Yugi and Yami's Cosmic Journey, by Meredith T. Tasaki (YGO)

'"But... see! You're sadistic! You can't be a hippie! They believe in peace, and love, and mind-altering substances!" Yugi latched on to his new argument.
-- "I believe in that. And if only everyone else did, too, my life would be so much easier. Just think about it! Seto Kaiba, and Yami Bakura, and Yami Malik, and Shadi and Noah and Pegasus just imagine how much easier our lives would be if, instead of making silly, ill-thought-out plans to take over the world, they had just sat at home, loving their families, working for world peace, and altering their minds?"
-- Yugi was lost in the vision for a moment. "You have no idea what a mind-altering substance is, do you?"
-- "Their minds could use a little altering. Couldn't possibly do any harm."' -Yugi and Yami's Cosmic Journey, by Meredith T. Tasaki (YGO)

"Don't make me come in there, Yami, we've got better things to do."
-- "...I could take you." -Clutter, chapter two, by Meredith T. Tasaki (YGO)

'Off you hag! Off! Off! Off!' -Shakespeare is Evil, by Vamp468 (YGO)

Perhaps he could say, 'Excuse me boss, this is my stop', and leap from the plane. Was that reasonable? A part of him wished it was. - The Truth is in the Sodium Thiopental, by Mahiri Chuma

'Problem being that I don’t have any other options. He was fairly certain that Phantom wouldn’t respond to a seance.' -Phantom's Sketchbook, chapter five, by AkoyaMizuno (DP)

“That's our Prongs,” Sirius said far too cheerfully, thumping James on his thankfully dry back, as the other Marauders finally made their presence known. “Able to lodge his foot two feet down his throat in 30 seconds flat.” -Hold Me While I'm Here, by Nitte iz.

'Now. Name two other ingredients which should not be combined, and explain why: Fred Weasley.'
'Porridge and owl droppings,' came the prompt answer, 'because if it happens again my mum'll kill me.'... — R.J. Anderson

“Moi? Blather? I should hope not. And no, nothing about the red-haired, green-eyed, most beautiful goddess of Gryffindor tower right now, Wormy. Rather, I’d like to discuss a certain canine, if you get my drift.”
“You mean Sirius?”
“Not quite.”
“McGonagall?”
“No—that would be feline.”
“Snivellus?”
“No—that would be asinine. I meant Remus! I would like to talk about Remus.”
“Well you could have just said so. What about Remus?” -SOB, by yourmomismyheart

Gibbs took a drink of his coffee and settled back to contemplate the murder of several terrorists and possibly the Director of NCIS. - First Impressions, by ihearttony (NCIS)

“You do that, Prongsyboy.” I lean over and ruffle his hair for the hell of it. Experience says that he will now squawk like a bird, flap his arms at me, and run over to the mirror, in another hopeless attempt to fix that mop he calls his hair.
“Caw!” And there he goes. I manage to successfully avoid the flailing arms, allowing me to fully enjoy the spectacle that is putting Prongs in front of a mirror. I swear, he’s like a bleeding peacock. -Reason Why “Liking” Remus is wrong by Sirius Black, by RankEgg

“Tsk tsk, Remus, you’re letting the side down!” I joke. “Now that I’m off the dating radar, you should be filling the gap, sleeping with everything with a pulse, and the occasional thing without one.” -Reason Why “Liking” Remus is wrong by Sirius Black, by RankEgg

“I need you to set these two straight for me. You know, un-gay them with your bazookas.” -Reason Why “Liking” Remus is wrong by Sirius Black, by RankEgg

"Oh c'mon, with a teacher that looks like that, who wouldn't want to go?" he waggled his eyebrows.
"George!" Fred gasped mockingly, "How could you say that? Are you in love with another?"
Hermione face-palmed as Harry hid a smile behind his glass of juice. It was another morning with the twins.
Shooting his brother a comically wide-eyed look, George grabbed his twin's hand reverently. "Never! You know you're the only one for me!"
"Oh George!" Fred gushed, starry-eyed.
"Oh Fred!" George sighed.
"Hold me!"
The resident bookworm sighed exasperatedly as the twins glomped each other. "Honestly, where do they get it from?" Hermione said sideways to Ron. "Your parents are such nice, proper people." - History of Magic, by Lizeth

“‘Do not use albuterol inhaler near flame or source of heat. Inhaler may explode if exposed to high temperatures.’” I grinned. “Fire in the hole.” - Closed Break, by save changes to normal.

“Don’t say I never did anything for you, you crazy, crazy Spanish man!” - Closed Break, by save changes to normal

But no, he isn’t stalking her, and he isn’t spying on her, and he definitely isn’t collecting little tidbits she’d throw away and keeping them in some kind of misguided shrine to her. If he ever got that way, he’d hope someone would stop him. Violently if necessary. - Watching Over You, by Jai-kun

“Monty Python.” I confirmed.
“As your last words.” He sounded as though he was trying to wrap his mind around it.
“Well, I never got a chance to use that quote before now, and since I’m about to die, I figured what the hell.” - Famous Last Words, by IncandescentKitsune

Professor Snape’s lips twitched, and Harry looked at him intensely. Could it have been a smile? No wait, the world was still here. Hell still burned. - Dumbledore's Army, by Bobmin356

“Uncle Vernon. If you order me around in any way this summer. If you insult me, or my parents, or any of my friends even, I’ll take great pleasure in punishing you. I’ll transfigure you into a roll of TP just like this one here,” Harry pointed to the toilet tissue, “and I’ll spend the rest of the summer wiping my arse with you!” - Harry Potter and the Power of Time, by RossWrock.

Maybe he had died. He'd died and this was hell. Hell was being pampered by two NCIS Special Agents who wanted to stop at a pharmacy on the way to a crime scene so they could buy some Vick's salve in case Tony started coughing again. - I Can't Wait to See Their Faces, by Sequitur

"Then the traffic cops in DC must be blind. Or stupid. Maybe both."
"Nah, they're all scared of Gibbs." - Fridays, by super em

And so began one of the most boring mornings in the office Tony could remember. The only highlight being when Gibbs' cell phone randomly started playing a polyphonic ringtone of 'Jingle Bells' on repeat. After the third chorus, Gibbs had been so annoyed he crushed the phone with the butt of his gun, threw it on the floor and demanded that McGee reboot it for him. - Tony Hurts His Knee, by super em

It had been a very bad idea to ever get the plague in the first place, Tony decided. His sick leave had given Kate and McGee time to bond and form an alliance of freakishly protective instincts. - I Can't Wait to See Their Faces, by Sequitur

As always...

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