Titles
Stories
Requiem by Indigoenigma
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: For Sirius, Lily’s wedding is more of a funeral. A funeral for his dreams, that is.
A companion piece to For Him, though it can stand on its own.
Second Chances by GryffindorGoddess
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: Severus, Lily and James have been reincarnated ... born again into this life as Severn, Lillian and Jamie. The unresolved passions in their previous lives has drawn them together once more. Will Severn win Lillian this time or will Fate play out the same way again? (Rated 3rd-5th years but could change later in the story.)
The Sorting Hat Epic by GryffindorGoddess
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: It’s a new year and the Sorting Hat has been much very bored. Now it’s time to show off what a year’s worth of free time will do as the Sorting Ceremony is about to begin!
Second Place Winner of the Summer Challenges: Extra Credit
Unheeded Warnings by Faile
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: Once again, the Sorting Hat raises its voice in warning to the students of Hogwarts of imminent danger.
This was written by Rushia of Ravenclaw.
Long Lost Lupine Laugh by luinrina
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: It’s August, and the new school term approaches. Dumbledore is forced to look for another teacher for Defence Against the Dark Arts, and his choice falls on Remus Lupin. However, since the man keeps a dark secret, he is afraid for it to ever come out.
Will Remus accept the offer to teach at Hogwarts? And if yes, how is he going to prepare himself?
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I am luinrina of Hufflepuff, and this is my submission to the Educational Decree prompt of the Summer Challenge.
Looking Into Lily's Eyes by mudbloodproud
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: Severus Snape has taught Potions at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for the past ten years. Never has he approached the start of the school year with less enthusiasm.
This is the year he has to face his past. This is the year he will be face to face not only with his worst enemy, but his one true love in the form of an eleven year old boy.
This is the year Harry Potter comes to Hogwarts.
I am mudbloodproud of Hufflepuff and this is my submission to the Educational Decree prompt of the Summer Challenge.
A Lesson In Public Speaking by star_sailor
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: There are far too many things on Professor Septima Vector's mind. Most of them are numbers. But there are also worries: worries about the recent events after last year, when the Chamber of Secrets was opened, worries of imminent danger around any given corner, putting Professor Vector's nerves on end, and of course, worries of embarrassing herself.
This is star_sailor of Ravenclaw's entry for The Summer Challenge: Educational Decree.
Albania by Lola-Louisa
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: Lord Voldemort enters the Albanian Forest in search of Rowena Ravenclaw's Diadem. Unfortunately, getting the Diadem isn't as easy as he'd planned...
I am Lola-Louisa of Ravenclaw. Winner of Horcruxes Challenge... SQUEE!
Without Reason by Ravenclaw_Soprano, LilyGinnyWrites92
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: Lily and Severus are each given a dangerous mission. Can they complete it, or will their emotions take over?
Gauntlet Round 6 Submission by Ravenclaw_Soprano and th_poet14 (LilyGinnyWrites92) of Ravenclaw.
Watching Him Remember by megan_lupin
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: The summer day had ended, yet not everyone had been granted sleep. He had wanted to be alone, and she had wanted a drink to defeat her insomnia. He remembered, and she watched. And both had wondered.
[Companion story to Come Back To Me]
Sometimes Sorry Isn't Enough by BertieBotsBeans741
Rated: 6th-7th Years •Summary:
Is sorry ever really enough? Can it seal old wounds? Put the pieces back together? In the end, is it really worth it?
Written for the Dumbledore’s Hat fic exchange.
‘Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?’ ~ Abraham Lincoln
For Kelly.
When We Were Giants by Hansolohpfrk
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: "You can be your own best friend, but you can also be your own liability."
Blaise Zabini's life has been shaped by the choices he's made and the people around him. He has always thought and made choices for himself, no matter what he may have looked like from the outside. Then Lisa Turpin showed up. Will she shape his life like everyone else, or will he continue down his chosen path?
Written for Phily/xhayleexblackx's Character Exploration Class
A Pale Shade of Night by methylethyldeth
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: The Dark Lord's quest for immortality has led him to the extremes of Dark magic, but how he plans to finally achieve his goal is shrouded in mystery. Essential to his plans are human souls for experimentation, provided to him during the first war by a contracted soul hunter, Arcana. Now the Dark Lord is back, and the reluctant soul hunter has finally heeded his persistent calls to return.
A dark Alternate Universe (AU) story full of fae, vampires, demons, and our favorite Dark witches and wizards. Disregards much of HBP.
Of Life and Death by Crystallic Rain
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: Helena Ravenclaw knew of everything that her books could teach her—everything except life and death. Second Place in the Mugglenet Interactive Ghosts in the Light contest.
Alexandra Quick and the Thorn Circle by Inverarity
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •
Summary:
Winner of the 2008 Quick Silver Quills Award for Best General Story.
The first book in the Alexandra Quick series.
The war against Voldemort never reached America, but all is not well there. When 11-year-old Alexandra Quick learns she is a witch, she is plunged into a world of prejudices, intrigue, and danger. Who wants Alexandra dead, and why?
This story is canon-compliant with the Harry Potter universe, but the characters and settings are all original. I've put a lot of work into envisioning a world as detailed as the original series; I hope you enjoy it.
Hogwarts Chronicles: the Philosopher's Stone by Faile, BrennaShade
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: What would have happened to Harry if James had not been home the night Voldemort visited Godric's Hollow? If he had the chance to grow up with his father in a wizarding community, knowing what he represented and with people to turn to who are older than he is? Harry turns eleven years old and gets a letter from Hogwarts he fully expected to receive.
The first chapter has been significantly edited, with the help of a new beta.
When Love Prevails by BertieBotsBeans741, PadfootnPeeves
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: When love prevails, no evil can divide it or poison the purest of feelings. Nor can it destroy the utmost defiance.
This is BertieBotsBeans741 and PadfootnPeeves writing for the Gauntlet: Round 6.
Tendrils of Mist by MissyQuill, Elmindreda
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: "Just as well you never expected life to be fair, or you would have been in for one heck of a disappointment."
What good can possibly come out of meetings that could not be reasonably expected, guests that are less than welcome, and coincidences that are considerably less likely than a rational mind could estimate?.. Severus will have to find an answer to this question - and many more.
A Gauntlet entry written by MissyQuill and Elmindreda of Gryffindor. Awarded third place!
With lots of gratitude to Hannah, our wonderful guide! (On whose nerves we have been collectively getting throughout the whole duration of the Gauntlet...)
A Second Prophecy by wilbur
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: Harry hears another prophecy from an unexpected source and its contents will change the course of the war whether he wants it to or not.
Alone Together by prideisvanity
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: alone - adjective separate, apart, or isolated from others;
I'm surrounded by people, yet I'm completely and utterly alone.