Rating: 3rd-5th Years
Stories
Seven Thousand Sunsets by FullofLife
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •
Summary: When a fatal disease spreads like wildfire around the Wizarding World, it is up to Rose Weasley to find a cure - with the help of no other than Severus Snape. But working with a man she's fallen in love with is much harder than it sounds.
First Place in the Gauntlet's Sixth Run!
Love Like Wildflowers by the squid girl
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: Fifteen year old Emma Lovett hates Regulus Black. He's an arrogant jerk with an ego the size of Asia. Or at least, he was. When Emma starts her fifth year at Hogwarts, Regulus' behavior seems to have changed a bit. She begins to think that Regulus might not be so bad. Of course, no one but her diary ever needs to know what she thinks.
A Bloody Deal by guiding ray of sunlight, megan_lupin
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: Sirius Black.
How many memories two such simple words could trigger. How much pain, and joy. How much disappointment.
How much conflict and fear
How many decisions and actions
Why him?
~*~
"Why her?” he asked. The name had felt familiar at first, though he hadn’t been able to place it then. He could now.
Only a smirk from the man answered Sirius's question, and with another snap of his fingers, the wizard disappeared.
Sirius, now left alone in the dark alleyway, glanced at the parchment for a third time, the name bringing forth memories long-since forgotten for the dark-haired Animagus.
Nymphadora Tonks.
A Gauntlet 6 submission by guiding ray of sunlight and megan_lupin of Gryffindor.
For Love Or Money by Cwiddy, Cheshlin
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks are both going through hard times. Money problems plague them both. When each are given a secret mission, they find their needs for money and secrecy work against their true desires. What will each decided?
An Unbreakable Silence by thechocolatefrog
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: Hermione living in London, happily married, when an old friend shows up on her doorstep in the middle of the night. He's drunk and she hasn't seen him in months, so Hermione demands an explanation. But her visitor doesn't get the reaction he was hoping for...
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.)
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.
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]
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.
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.
With Roses in My Hand by annie
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: When you're dreaming with a broken heart, the giving up is the hardest part.
You and Me, Anytime, Anywhere by MarauderWannabe
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: A blast from the future sends Ginny and Harry into a conflict that might change things between them.
A short H/G one-shot originally written for the Twin Travel Challenge over one SIYE, but it takes place after HBP which is against the rules.
Rated PG-13 for language, just to be safe.
Hogwarts: A Beginning by Faile
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary:
When I was newly sewn,
There lived four wizards of renown,
Whose names are still well known:
Gryffindor, strong and bold; Hufflepuff, just and patient; Slytherin, shrewd and cunning; and Ravenclaw, fair and wise. This much we know about the Hogwarts Four, whose endeavours have changed our lives so much. But the only one who knew them speaks only in song, and his job is to sort the new students--nothing more.
But deep within the library of Hogwarts, lies a book oft forgotten. Old and tattered, but with the words still shining bright, the ancient leather cover bears a name we all know well:
Rowena Ravenclaw
This is an adopted plot--original plot inspiration from girllikeme. Thanks for sharing!
Tightly Constructed Chinese Puzzle Boxes by LilykinsLove
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: The Chinese witches and wizards have always been underestimated by the Europeans. Searching for world power and glory, they begin warfare against Europe.
Apologise by night_patronus
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary:
He loves her, but they are over. She loves him, but hates him, too. Neither is willing to take the step needed to get back to each other. Then, one ring changes it all. Can she forgive him in time to save him from himself?
*ONE-SHOT*
Warning: I tried an open ending. Rated for use of expletives...