Not Broken by lucca4
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary:
It’s Christmas 1998, but Susan Bones doesn’t feel like celebrating. The loss of both her best friend and her favorite aunt have created wounds that might never heal. But with the help from a most unlikely person, she may be able mend what has broken, and gain a little Christmas spirit as well.
This story is for Gen/Sagen for the Gryffindor Christmas Craziness Secret Swap! Have a wonderful Christmas, Gen!
Counting the Ways by ToBeOrNotToBeAGryffindor
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary:
For over four years, Dean Thomas had been sending his polite regrets to his mum, begging off of coming home for Christmas. But when he sensed discord in the most recent letter from his Muggle family, he decided that he needed to stop making excuses and start counting his blessings.
What he found when he got there, however, proved to be more than just a simple family gathering.
This story was nominated for a 2011 Quicksilver Quill Award: Best Post-Hogwarts Story
Slytherin's Weasley by Tariel
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: Dominique Weasley is sorted into Slytherin, breaking the longest lasting Weasley tradition in living memory: not being sorted into Slytherin. Dominique is sly and street-wise with a healthy thirst for knowledge. Her first year at Hogwarts is destined for adventure: Dominique may be a Slytherin, but she is also a Weasley, with the inherited knack for breaking rules, usually without getting caught.
Christmas in Oz by abovelevel
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary:
Hermione deals with the past and learns to move forward during the unforgettable Christmas of 1999 in Australia.
Written for the 'Of Christmases' Past, Present and Future Challenge' in the Great Hall on the Forums, Prompt #3. Thanks!
Thanks also to my very helpful beta-reader, Bookworm!
Dead Wands, Wand Shops and Magical Phrasebooks by Sainyn Swiftfoot
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary:
Marty Pyttin's wand is broken. It does not work as well as it used to. It does not please him any more. He takes it down to Ollivander's-- who, unfortunately, is dead, decased, ceased to be, and has left his rather incapable assistant, Ollivander Jr. in charge of Britain's best wand shop.
A mash-up, mix-up and rip-up, er, off of the legendary Monty Python sketches Hungarian Phrasebook, Cheese Shop and Dead Parrot, set in the wizarding world. Irrevocably silly.
Girl by ringobeatlesfan4
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary:
It never would’ve started like that if James hadn’t insisted on his annual Christmas party. It didn’t matter that his parents had celebrated their anniversary in Ireland earlier that year so that they‘d be in town for Christmas, because there were other venues for a party: in particular, my house. My parents’ house, actually. But of course it didn’t stop there; Hugo was home for the holidays that year, his seventh year of school, which meant that his best friend would be visiting.
If only his best friend wasn’t the boy I’ve tried so desperately to avoid for two years.
This is a Christmas present for the lovely Sarah/Let_It_Be of Gryffindor for the Gryffindor 2010 Christmas Craziness Secret Swap. Merry Christmas, everyone (:
Doubt by lucca4
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •
Summary:
In the midst of the war, the Marauders and Lily have joined the Order, resolute in their decision to fight for justice. But times are hard, and soon, even the strongest of loyalties begin to wear thin.
This is lucca4 of Gryffindor writing for the final in the MWPP class on the Beta Boards.
Nominated for a 2011 QSQ - Best Marauder era Story
Pink and Grey by Cinderella Angelina
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: With Valentine's Day approaching, James and Lily are both wondering if he's going to get her anything. But some choice words by Snape put other things on their minds.
This is Cinderella Angelina of Hufflepuff writing for the final in the MWPP class on the Beta Boards.
The Priceless Orb by Immunity
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: After the Dark Lord's victory, Hermione is given a chance to live under one condition- to marry Draco Malfoy and continue the dwindling bloodline. Refusing to succumb to her destiny, Hermione devises a plan to escape and reunite with Ron before the wedding. Will she be able to successfully carry out her plan with the wedding a week away without Draco Malfoy knowing? Or will she unexpectedly fall in love with him?
Mother's Girl, Father's Girl by abovelevel
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary:
Andromeda Black was never as sweet or quiet as her little sister, nor as clever and bold as her older sister. Andromeda was never anything in particular. She certainly never imagined that she would someday betray her family.
Andromeda is just herself. And for Ted, that's enough.
Character Exploration Fic.
Letters of Loyalty by mahogany_wand
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: Regulus Black was loved by his family. The perfect son, and what an honor it was for him to fulfill The Dark Lord's request! But Regulus also loved his family, so how far would he go to uphold their honor? And when will their honor go too far?
Tragic Glory by Daughter of the Light
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: They were virtually apart for most of their lives, both in word and in deed. She was headstrong, he was arrogant. She was kind, and he was courageous. But when Lily and James needed each other the most, they were together.
Set during their seventh year at Hogwarts, as Voldemort steadily rose to power before the First War.
Ghost of Christmas by Kerichi
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary:
Andromeda survived the war, but she feels like a ghost.
An Unusual Romance by FawkesToTheRescue
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: Late one night, Hermione notices something outside that gets her thinking . . . what will happen now? A sort of parody of a Dramione romance. Thanks to my fantabulous beta Natalie/hestiajones (the beta who won the QSQ award!) You did a great job, even though I'm such a bad writer. This is a Christmas present for August for the 2010 Gryffindor Christmas Swap! Hope you like it August! My writing is bad, but hey, it's the thought that counts! You deserve better than this fail of a story . . .
Another Chance by Gmariam
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: Lily Evans is working at St. Mungo’s on Christmas Day when an unexpected patient arrives and changes her holiday plans.
This is Gmariam of Ravenclaw writing for the Great Hall Christmas Challenge, Prompt One.
And I Step Forward by hogwartsbookworm
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: “Do you trust me, Alice?”
After all this strange talk of magic, and wizards, and schools I’ve never heard of, and invisible worlds? I bite my lip. I want, so badly, to say that I trust him. It would have been true up until last night.
I look him in the eyes. I almost think I can see his soul there.
I nod.
Still holding my hand, he steps forward. I close my eyes and allow him to tug me along.
A Muggle bride's thoughts about her Wizarding groom and the journey that has brought them to this day.
Mere Wisps of Light by Equinox Chick
Rated: 6th-7th Years •Summary: It is Christmas Eve 1998, and the Magical World is shakily celebrating the first Christmas since Voldemort’s defeat.
For one, though, there is no reason to celebrate. Draco Malfoy sits alone in his room refusing to join his parents as they try to regain their social standing.
He does not want to see another Christmas, but he reckons without a redoubtable figure from his past.
My name is Equinox Chick from Hufflepuff, and this story has been written for prompt four of the Great Hall Christmas Challenge over at the MNFF Beta Boards.
Thank you to Natalie for a quick beta job on this – anything to get her away from Rabelais, I guess.
Disclaimer: I am not JK Rowling. Her lawyers agree, so please don’t confuse us.
Catharsis by ToBeOrNotToBeAGryffindor
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary:
A war had raged; everyone had felt alone and afraid at some point. And when it was over, most people went back to business as usual, but two of those haunted souls found respite from the most unlikely of sources.
After all, who doesn't need a little bit of catharsis?
Heat of the Moment by ToBeOrNotToBeAGryffindor
Rated: Professors • Summary:
A night of paperwork, coffee, and burning the midnight oil... it wasn't an unfamiliar occurrence. But add in a minor slip-up and a mistaken potion, and events were sure to take an interesting turn.
This story was nominated for a 2011 Quicksilver Quill Award: Best Non-Canon Romance
A Black Family Christmas by Gmariam
Rated: 3rd-5th Years • Summary:
Sirius Black spends his last Christmas at Grimmauld Place.
This is Gmariam of Ravenclaw writing for the Great Hall Christmas Challenge, Prompt One.