Rating: 3rd-5th Years
Stories
Christmas Goodbyes by Sly Severus
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: Death is never easy.
Watching his father from heaven, Cedric Diggory doesn't know what to do. His father is miserable without him. With the holidays right around the corner, Cedric wants nothing more than to be home for Christmas.
Written for Winter Snows - Home for Christmas by Sly Severus of Slytherin.
The Best of Things by ladybracknell
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: As Christmas settles over Grimmauld Place, everyone adjusts to the idea of a less than ideal festive season, and finds a way to make the best of things. OoTP year.
Don't You Know by Mistletoe
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: Blaise felt a sharp jab in the center of his ribs, and did everything to conceal the wind that was just knocked from his chest. She spoke so casually about their relationship that it seemed it hadn’t been as serious as he had hoped when it had still been alive. He took a long pull from his drink, allowing the burn in his throat to stifle the ache in his chest, and finished the liquid.
“Why did you want to meet me, Astoria? You shouldn’t be seen with me.”
Draco/Astoria with hints of Blaise/Astoria
Swallow Your Pride by KASK
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: I'm not really sure how or when it happened. I'd say somewhere between when he saved my life (and didn't even mention it!) and our late-night conversation. Or maybe in third year, but I just repressed it. No matter when it happened, something clicked with James Potter, and I felt like a fool. Especially when I learned that he had a girlfriend. Hopefully with stories of a nude Petunia and my charm, he'll see the light.
This will be six chapters.
All Hallows' Eve by ladybracknell
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: It’s Halloween at number twelve, Grimmauld Place, and two friends sit down and observe an old All Hallows’ custom, helping to lay some ghosts to rest.
What Is To Happen by luinrina
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: Isla Black comes home and finds her brother dead. He died mysteriously, and no one knows who the murderer could be. Isla is forced to solve many riddles to find the person. But what was the motive? Why was Phineas Nigellus Black murdered?
Follow Isla on her quest, and be prepared for something one would not expect.
What Is To Happen ties into my chaptered story Shining Through Blackness but can be read alone.
I am luinrina of Hufflepuff, and this is my story for the seventh round of the Gauntlet.
Stained With Blood by Hermione_Rocks
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •
Summary: "The death of a human is never solely for one reason. We are all dying for various reasons, even we who are still presently alive. It is a build up of reasons, accumulating over time and eventually becoming too many, that kill us, not any one thing."
Over a decade after he vowed to never go back to Hogwarts, Salazar Slytherin returns to the school he helped to found. He had intended to only say a brief good-bye to his deceased friend, but his visit becomes prolonged as he becomes ensnared with solving how she died in the first place . . .
I am Hermione_Rocks of Slytherin, and this is my entry for the seventh round of the Gauntlet.
Note: the warnings of Character Death and Strong Profanity are just to be safe.
The Vigilant Warrior by Gonz
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary:
When times get rough, vigilance may be the only thing that you have left to fall back on.
As an Auror, Kingsley Shacklebolt has seen many horrors, but few compare to this. When he discovers the body of a trusted friend and colleague, Kingsley must unravel the mystery before it’s too late. Surrounded by deceit and losing all faith in a corrupt Ministry, Kingsley must move quickly in order to stop another murder from taking place; a murder that would destroy all he ever fought for.
Time is short as Kingsley rushes into a confrontation that will that challenge everything he ever believed in.
This is Gonz of Hufflepuff writing for the Gauntlet Round 7.Five Weeks by Equinox Chick
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: When Nymphadora Tonks arrived at the Ministry to save Harry and his friends, she was a young, fearless Auror. Five weeks later she’s a mess. Her once vibrant hair is a drab brown and she can barely smile. Has she lost her nerve? Is it guilt over Sirius’ death? Or is something else happening in her life that has ridden roughshod over her unusual powers?
I am Equinox Chick from Hufflepuff and this is my entry for Round 7 of The Gauntlet.
Special thanks to Cassie (ms leading) for beta'ing this for me.
Questioning the Freak and the Whale by Phenioxsong22
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: Lily has planned this meeting from the day she and James began dating. First, there would be the greetings between James and her parents. Then, dinner would come. This would be closely followed by a time to just chat and have her parents and boyfriend become acquainted with each other. Everything would be perfect. But this all changes after her sister’s insufferable boyfriend shows up, “Black” magic goes haywire, and her parents don’t return from ‘their honeymoon all over again’ until the next day. Couples battle it out, and it seems no one will make it out in one piece after three arm wrestling matches, a bounding black dog, and an angry exchange. This meeting is certainly not going as planned...
Chapter 7 Updated!!
Bright Moon, White Snow by Burning Star
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: Life goes on even in the darkest of winters, the coldest of Decembers. The snow is on the ground and a chill is in the air when a man makes one of the most important decisions of his life. If it were up to him alone, he'd have no trouble ruining it all... but is it really up to him alone?
The Journey to Understanding by coolh5000
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: Ron's world falls apart when he discovers the death of his wife, Hermione. Desperate to understand why it happened, he becomes determined to find the people responsible. However his hunt leads him to discover the darkness and suffering of those who the second war sought to suppress.
This is a round 7 Gauntlet entry by coolh5000 of Slytherin
Hogwarts Houses Divided by Inverarity
Rated: 3rd-5th Years • Summary:
Teddy Lupin's first year at Hogwarts. Canon-compliant. Nominated for a 2008 QSQ for best Post-Hogwarts story.
The war is over, and all is well, they say, but the wounds remain unhealed. Bitterness divides the Houses of Hogwarts. Can the first children born since the war's end begin a new era, or will the enmities of their parents be their permanent legacy?
Unlikely Bonds by Quick Quotes
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: The '21/'22 school year kicks off pretty much like any other. Gryffindor/Slytherin feuds abound, the Potions master is a total wackjob and the DaDA professor is shrouded in mystery. Throw in the Weasley/Potter family heirlooms, the Malfoy legacy, the MacFusty clan's dragons, some funky lollipops, boggarts, a dreadfully wretched idea of a school assignment, plus a broken vanishing cabinet... you're bound to forge some unlikely bonds.
A Christmas Miracle by Sly Severus
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: Andromeda spends her first Christmas with Teddy, which is also her first Christmas without her husband and daughter.
This is a Winter Snows entry by Sly Severus of Slytherin for a Reflecting Christmas.
Growing Pains by starscribe
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: It is the Marauders’ fifth year at Hogwarts, and friendships are being tested. Sirius has run away from his family and is struggling with the consequences. Severus desperately tries to hold on to Lily’s affection as James attempts to gain it. Then Sirius plays a dangerous prank on Severus, and everyone must decide where their loyalties lie…and how much friendship really means to them.
The Line Between What is Right and What is Easy by eternalangel
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: The year is 1945 and Albus Dumbledore has been asked by the Aurors to identify the body of a student of his who has died under suspicious circumstances, but this student was no ordinary student. Tom Riddle was extraordinary. As Albus begins to search for Riddle’s murderer, he begins to understand the true depth of Riddle’s involvement in the Dark Arts and why it was he was murdered. The murderer may be closer to Albus than even he suspects. Thanks to Butterbeer Drinker for being a wonderful guide and encouraging me to finish this gauntlet when I was about to quit!
I am eternalangel of Ravenclaw and this is my submission to the seventh round of the gauntlet.
Founders Four by sudreyjar
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: Hogwarts was founded by four witches and wizards, great friends, and said to be the greatest of their age. But how did they meet, and what started them on the road to greatness?
Discovery by SaraWinters
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: On a whim, Sirius joins Remus for a study session at the top of the Astronomy Tower. Under the stars, they discover a connection neither expected. Prequel to The Prank
Death, Betrayal and Revenge by mudbloodproud
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: Sirius Black and James Potter were best friends. When you got one, you got both, never apart, always together, closer than brothers.
What happens when one friend’s decision leads to the death of the other? What would the remaining friend do to avenge a pain so deep, a betrayal so horrid?
Sirius Black convinced James to make Peter their Secret Keeper. Now, James was dead and Peter missing. Sirius knew he had to find Peter to find out the truth. Had Peter betrayed the core foundation of friendship between the Marauders?
Sirius would find him and learn the truth…
I am mudbloodproud of Hufflepuff. This is my entry for the Gauntlet.