Rating: 1st-2nd Years
Stories
Early November Morning by BrokenPromise
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary:
On November 2nd, Petunia Dursley wakes up to a morning she hates to remember but will never forget.
This is BrokenPromise of Ravenclaw writing for the Great Hall Illustration for Inspiration Challenge 2012
Regrettably, I own neither the world nor the picture from which this fic is inspired. They belong to J K Rowling and Karaley Dargen respectively, and I hope that this is an adequate representation.
Character Death for Lily and James only.Many thanks to Megan/noblefate who betaed this for me so quickly and helpfully!
The Free Hippogriff by Skarlett
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary:
A young woman finds inspiration in the flight of a lone Hippogriff...
There Is No Honor by Sly Severus
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: Bellatrix and Narcissa argue before approaching Severus about Draco’s task.
The Truth Will Set You Free by noblefate
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: James flies for lots of reasons, but rarely does he take to the skies for the sheer freedom it brings. But after a disturbing lesson, there’s nowhere else he thinks to go but up.
This is noblefate of Ravenclaw writing for the Great Hall Illustration for Inspiration challenge.
If I Die Young by Nagini Riddle
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: Title borrowed from the song, If I Die Young, by the Band Perry
When the question is posed, Severus makes a promise he can't keep
Toads by CanisMajor
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: Sirius is on the run from Azkaban -- with a little help from the toads.
Enterprising Young Men by Equinox Chick
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •
Summary: Fred and George make their way through life with purpose and passion, fearing nothing.
This prose poem was written for the Random Song Challenge in Poetry Anyone? It came second!!!!!
Thank you Julia for setting such inspiring challenges.
Disclaimer: I'm not JK Rowling.
To my delight and surprise, this poem won the 2012 QSQ for Best Poetry. Thank youuu.
Waiting for Morning by Writ Encore
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: Elphinstone Urquart doesn't listen to sense, or rejection, because he's seeking an answer. One that sounds good to his ears.
Dedication: For Etsuko, my Japanese spirit. For Ruth, James’s Ruthie, who taught me to read. And, to the old man who just left us, James, who introduced me to Ernest Hemingway and said I belong with the girls in the Roaring Twenties. I walked the wrong road. And, lastly, to my friend, Akay (padfootpatronus), who has held my hand through all of it. I love you all and miss you all.
Iris albicans by Lost_Robin
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: James Potter was not the only child of two older parents, as everyone thought. He had a twin sister, who fell in love with his best friend. What if Harry had a cousin, two years younger than him? Follow the story of Iris Lily Potter as she takes on her first year at Hogwarts.
And I can not thank my lovely beta, BrokenPromise, enough.
The End of Days by Envy_I_May_Be
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: This one was inspired by Lily's Theme from the Deathly Hallows Part 2 soundtrack, which I have been listening to on repeat for days. It's about Petuina reflecting on her feelings about Lily after she learns of her death.
Draught of Living Death by Skarlett
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary:
So be left to linger in an everlasting sleep...
In which death is nonexistent, and life cannot be reached.
The Real Magic by goldensnidget92
Rated: 1st-2nd Years • Summary: This is a story about a love of books. It is a story about a boy and a girl united by this love.
Perhaps there's a reason why Hermione Granger values frienship so strongly. Perhaps there's a reason why Hogwarts: A History means so much to her. And perhaps there's more to her life before Hogwarts than we have been told.
This is her story.
This story was nominated for a Quicksilver Quill Award 2012: Best General Story!
A Death in the Family by GDPeg43
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: Lily Potter has been confined to her Godric's Hollow home for months now with little contact to the outside world, so it comes as a great surprise to her when she learns of her Muggle mother's death. Lily's strong urge to go to the funeral and say good-bye to her mother would mean putting herself and family in danger in multiple ways - and possibly seeing her estranged sister Petunia.
48 Hours of Power by Snidgetgirl
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: Lily Evans unknowingly purchases a not so normal quill. She has no idea what it does until it's too late! Watch as Lily creates a world of her own. Crazy students, hilarious situations and Professors in their underwear! Read on as the craziness continues!
Over 2000 reads!! Wohoo! Thanks everyone! (Pictures the little aliens from Pizza Planet in Toy Story) I am eternally grateful! :) I love all of your lovely reviews!
No Line On The Horizon by welshdevondragon
Rated: 1st-2nd Years • Summary: Ginny looks out of her dormitory window, and thinks of the line on the horizon, and the boy beyond.
Originally written for The Random Song Title Challenge at Poetry Anyone on the forums, where to my utter surprise, it came third place.
Hogwarts: A History by noblefate
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: History remembers the winners, but who remembers the losers? Everything in Hogwarts tells a story. At Hogwarts, Quidditch is as important as the classes; the Quidditch Cup lists the winning teams, but the bench in the changing room is a memorial to the losing teams.
This is noblefate of Ravenclaw writing for the Great Hall Illustration for Inspiration challenge.
This story won second place in the Great Hall Illustration for Inspiration challenge.
This story was nominated for a 2012 Quicksilver Quill award.
Letters Home by RavenclawHeadGirl
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: Lily Luna Potter's letters home during her first week at Hogwarts. Letters come from Harry and Ginny, Ron and Hermione, Bill and Fleur, and George Angelina and Roxanne.
The Question by Alice Mac
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary:
A voice said, Look me in the stars,
And tell me truly, men of earth,
If all the soul-and-body scars,
Were not too much to pay for birth - Robert Frost
Have you ever wondered if it's all worth it? The pain; the suffering; the torment; the misery; the loss? I do - everyday. Not my own - that of my son. My little boy. For me, that makes the question that much harder.
October by iLuna17
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: It was a cold October when hope was lost ...
Written for The Random Song Title Challenge in Poetry, Anyone over on the beta boards.
An Air that Kills by Sapphire at Dawn
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: Into my heart an air that kills*...
Nine-year-old Lily Evans's world is singularly un-complicated. That is until a certain trip to the playground with her sister. Could the sallow, stringy boy be right? Could she really be a witch?
*denotes a line taken from A.E Housman's poem of the same name.