Stories
Delayed Arrival by Nagini Riddle
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: "The slightest words you've said
Have all gone to my head.
I hear angels sing in your voice." -Lightweight by Demi Lovato
Abraxas Malfoy pursues the brash, outspoken, Muggle-born beauty known as Helene. Will she ever consent to his overtures?
This is a prequel to Pearls Mean Tears, though this can stand alone.
This is Nagini Riddle of Gryffindor, writing for the TV challenge.
Pearls Mean Tears by Nagini Riddle
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: Now and then I think of all the times you screwed me over
But had me believing it was always something that I'd done
But I don't wanna live that way
Reading into every word you say -Somebody That I Used To Know by Gotye
Abraxas has a wake up call when his girlfriend becomes engaged to another man.
This is the prequel to The Purity of The Turf, although you do not have to read that story in order to understand this one.
This is Nagini Riddle of Gryffindor, writing for the TV challenge.
Ouroboros by Alice in Potterland
Rated: 6th-7th Years •Summary: Minerva McGonagall recounts her brief relationship with Tom Riddle, which began during their years at Hogwarts and ended with horrifying revelations.
Feathers for Figg by ProfPosky
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: He'd been called Mundungus for years; he knew what people thought of him -- he thought it of himself. Unable to face the Death Eaters flying at him, he Apparated away in a moment of panic, leaving Alastor Moody to his fate. No one has come looking for him since. He made sincere attempts a losing himself. And yet, there is one person he knows who wonders, cares, and remembers the name of his glory days, and does something about it.
Along the way, there may be some mild profanity, threatened violence and sexual situations, but nothing graphic.
This is ProfPosky of Gryffindor writing for the 2013 Great Hall Valentines Day Cotillion Challenge. I am no longer a mod.
The Crofter and The Snake by Oregonian
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: During the perilous school year of 1997-1998, when Muggleborns are on the run and students who were previously taught at home are forced to attend Hogwarts, Tracey Davis just wants to avoid trouble and manage to survive. Her goal is to stay out of harm's way, but in the final night of crisis her courage arises, and she finds so much more than that, from the least expected place in the British Isles.
This is Oregonian of Slytherin House, writing for the Third Annual Great Hall Cotillion. This story was awarded Second Place in the category of Chaptered Stories.
This story was nominated for a 2014 Quicksilver Quill Award, Best General Story.
A Story for Charlie by Darkness Enshrouds
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary:
A boy. A girl. A budding romance. If only things never got complicated...
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(Violence warning is for later chapters; I promise nothing graphic, it's just a caution)
Serenade by Equinox Chick
Rated: 6th-7th Years •Summary: Despite his initial qualms, Terry Boot allowed his friends to talk him into attending a masquerade party. The idea was to get to get to know someone without any preconceptions.
Which was all well and good, but the trouble was, Terry recognised one witch in the room immediately. And knowing what he did, she was someone he should not only avoid, but run screaming from.
But some devil takes hold, and soon he's buying her champagne.
This is Equinox Chick and this is my entry into the 2014 Great Hall Cotillion.
Disclaimer: I'm not JK Rowling. She displayed a particular dislike for my female protagonist, whereas I quite like her now.
A song by Dire Straits was the inspiration for much of this story. I am not Mark Knopfler, either.
Finally, I've written this story for Natalie (hestiajones) because of her Boot fetish. ♥ you.
Staring Back by Equinox Chick
Rated: 6th-7th Years •Summary: Charlie Weasley and Penelope Clearwater were a mismatch made under Romanian skies one starlit night. They'd made no promises, except one: to see if they could make it work.
But what neither of them had counted on were ghosts from the past threatening their future before it had started.
This follow up to Mirrors is for Julia (the opaleye) because not only did she suggest the original pairing, but it is her birthday (well it was, I'm a tad late)
I'm not JK Rowling. She has more money, grace and style.
Nesting by Padfoot11333
Rated: Professors •Summary: Little by little, Lucy Weasley forgets. It's just the small things at first. Then it's everything she learned in a desperate attempt to survive.
I am Padfoot11333 of Hufflepuff writing for the Great Hall Cotillion 2014.
Nominated for a 2014 QSQ - Best Dark/Angst.The Mirror Cracked by minnabird
Rated: 6th-7th Years •Summary: 2000. Voldemort and his Death Eaters have been in power for seventeen years, but the fight continues. In France, a strange man turns up on Fleur Delacour's doorstep and turns her life upside down. In a different world, what were the odds that Bill and Fleur would still end up fighting side by side?
Nominated for Best Alternate Universe Story and Best Canon Romance in the 2014 Quicksilver Quill Awards.
Unfaithful by Nagini Riddle
Rated: 6th-7th Years •Summary: Despite how much she loves Ron, Hermione finds herself in a situation that she cannot for the life of her manage to leave.
Hermione/Ernie
This is Nagini Riddle, writing her first entry for The 2014 Great Hall Cotillion.
Waiting For This Moment by dreamsnape
Rated: 6th-7th Years •Summary: As Narcissa goes to ask her old friend Severus to do her a great favor, she remembers a time many years ago when she had come to know him a bit more intimately...
Beloved Son by Oregonian
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: A chance meeting in a graveyard brings the two ends of the tragedy full circle, and ties them together in a knot of completion. Loss never fades, but the remaining pieces can make a new whole again. Rated AU for the assumption that Lily Potter's father was still living at the end of the second wizarding war.
This story won First Place in the Terrible Two-Shot Challenge.
This story was nominated for the 2014 Quicksilver Quill Awards: Best Non-Canon Romance and Best Alternate Universe.
Torn Apart by Soap
Rated: 6th-7th Years •Summary: When Sirius Black was taken to Azkaban, he left someone behind. After his escape, he and the woman he loved struggle to put their lives back together, with many complications along the way. See the events from GoF to HBP from another point of view. Sirius/Emmeline Vance.
Blush by Ithinkrabis2people
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: Confidence can be misleading.
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This is Alex/Ithinkrabis2people of Ravenclaw, and this is my one-shot for the final of ‘So this is Romance’ class over at the Mugglenet Fanfiction Beta Boards.
With a Slammed Door and a Loud Crack by 1000timesingoldenink
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: He does not speak of it afterward, and the few who are fool enough to ask once certainly never make that mistake again.
This is the buried memory of an evening close to a century ago.
A Palisade of Persuasion by Equinox Chick
Rated: 6th-7th Years •Summary: It was true that Daphne and Lee had met at a most inappropriate time, but they had found love, lust and the glimmerings of a life together.
But the power of persuasion should never be underestimated. When they meet again, years later, his indifference cuts to her core. Can the past ever truly be recaptured?
This story is a present for Julia (the opaleye) because she is amazingly talented and has inspired me in so many ways. It is also her brthday.
Disclaimer: I am not JK Rowling.
I am not Jane Austen.
I am not Sporty, Scary, Baby, Ginger or Posh.
Winner of the 2013 QSQ Best Chaptered Non-Canon Romance ~ I am gobsmacked and grateful to everyone especially JK Rowling, Jane Austen and the Spice Girls.
The Pretender by littlebird
Rated: Professors •
Summary: She feels the familiar pang of disappointment that they've never been better friends. But that doesn't mean she can't try one last time to put him at ease.
What War Takes by WeasleyMom
Rated: 6th-7th Years • Summary:
War takes things and keeps on taking them, and the things it takes don't come back to you. A story about Hannah Abbott and Terry Boot.This is WeasleyMom of Hufflepuff writing for the Romance Class final on the beta boards. I can't thank Kara enough for her incredible help and encouragement with this story. Her beta work was fabulous and I'm eternally grateful! Thanks also to my flist for chatting me through various issues as I wrote this. You lot know who you are. *hugs*
Thin Red Lines by Maple_and_PheonixFeather
Rated: Professors • Summary: She wasn't ready, he had always known that. She pushed herself too hard, too fast, and when it all began to get too much, Katie didn't know how to handle it.
And Oliver knew that he didn't have the power to help.