Rating: 1st-2nd Years
Stories
The Marauders and the Rise of Darkness by Theophilos
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: Remus Lupin, James Potter, Sirius Black, and Peter Pettigrew have always looked forward to their first year at Hogwarts, but life at school isn't quite what they expected. Can Remus keep his dark secret safe from his disquietingly observant friends? Can Sirius reject his family's traditions and survive their wrath? Is Peter a competent wizard, and can he prove it to demanding professors? And how will James ever keep his unlikely group of friends together in the face of tattletale girls, scheming Slytherins, and the growing rumours about the rise of a new Dark wizard?
The Cherry Tree by Gemma Hawk
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: Rose and Scorpius both really like cherries.
Askew by Equinox Chick
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: Some people's lives are always ordered, but some people's lives are always askew.
A poem about a Potterverse character written for the Sharp Challenge.
Survivor's Hymn by ToBeOrNotToBeAGryffindor
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: After the last spell flashes and the day is won, hope can be found in the subtlest ticking of the clock, the softest note, the tiniest slant of light.
Thus ended the Battle of Hogwarts and began for those left to carry on.
This poem has been nominated for a 2012 Quicksilver Quill Award: Best Poetry.
A Lunar Chart by hestiajones
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: Remus Lupin as rendered in terms of a meagre lunar chart.Written for The Sharp Challenge at Poetry Anyone (?).
There's A Light That Never Goes Out by Alice Mac
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •
Summary: To die by your side, well the pleasure; the privilege is mine - The Smiths
War is not a place for children. But then, is it a place for anyone?
Colin Creevey may be a child and not the most threatening weapon the Light has to offer. But he has weapons of his own; bravery; heart; loyalty; spirit, enthusiasm; love - he has them all in abundance and doesn't know if they're enough but it doesn't matter.
Because he needs this - to be a part of something. To help take back what was taken from them. And if he doesn't make it, he leaves them without regret. Because he was right where he needed to be; next to the people he needed to be with.
This story has been nominated for a 2012 Quicksilver Quill Award in the category Best General Story
Chocolate Frog Cards by panda_patronus
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: Hermione never gave much thouhgt about Chocolate Frog Cards, but she always has loved one in particular. When the man on the card surprises her, she finds that now they have more meaning to her than ever. A short little R/H fic.
Not A Date by Gmariam
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: James Potter is alone on his birthday, waiting for his friends to get out of detention. He runs into Lily Evans on the Astronomy Tower and talks her into celebrating with him…even if it's not really a date.
Several months later, they meet again, but things turn out a bit differently this time...
The Execution of Amelia Bones by hestiajones
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: That night, he came to end her trial. Disclaimer: I am not J.K.Rowling.
Swear it to the Night by ToBeOrNotToBeAGryffindor
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary:
As Ron arrived at Shell Cottage, he soon came to realise that the things that drove him away were not nearly as important as that which made him want to go back.
Reveries & Butterflies by lucca4
Rated: 1st-2nd Years • Summary:
Sometimes, there is little else to hold onto except dreams and moments.
Because sometimes, when all else is lost, they are all we have left.
I owe infinite thanks to Alex/welshdevondragon, who took the time to beta and primp this story and is also just a wonderful person.
Winner of the 2012 Quicksilver Quill Award - Best General Story, along with Julia/theopaleye's fabulous fic Maps
Discovery by Gmariam
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: A loose sonnet about two people coming together at Hogwarts one night.
And no, they are not James Potter and Lily Evans. Shocking, I know.
Written for Carole/EquinoxChick because she's so awe…inspiring. Happy Birthday, my dear!
Battlefields by Sapphire at Dawn
Rated: 1st-2nd Years • Summary: Summary: Christmas 1976. Lily Evans is standing in the shadow of a war that for the first time is affecting her Christmas spirit. A reprieve from the gloom comes in the form of a Muggle boy from her hometown, someone who the war cannot touch and is unaffected by the fear it causes. However, dark times lie ahead, and Lily begins to realise that there are some things she just cannot escape, however hard she tries.
This came joint first in the December Great Hall Challenge! Thank you to the judges!
Also nominated for Best Marauder Story in the QSQs! Thank you!
Save Me by alex13
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: In dark times, what makes Harry carry on when things seem inevitable? A poem from Harry‘s POV.
And Death Did Come by phoenix_song197
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: Three brothers sought to escape death. But Death did come. One way or another, Death always comes.
In the Deeps by minnabird
Rated: 1st-2nd Years • Summary: Buried beneath the floors of the Ministry lies the Department of Mysteries, engaged in its 'unspeakable' activities.
One man discovers the truth of this descriptor, to his horror.
This poem was inspired by the song 'Severus and Lily' from the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II soundtrack.
Nominated for Best Poem in the 2012 Quicksilver Quill Awards
I Am Prince by Eleanor Lupin
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: Eileen Prince, now known as Irma Pince, has never loved anyone since her son was born 37 years ago. She harbours more regrets and heartache than any one person should ever have to bear.
Argus Filch has no family to speak of, is relatively friendless and alone. Stuck between two worlds.
Neither of them trust, and why should they? They have never known anything but pain and betrayal.
But could things that tear so many couples apart bring this odd one together?
This is Eleanor Lupin writing for the Great Hall Cotillion!
The Lady Doth Protest Too Much by Acacia Carter
Rated: 1st-2nd Years • Summary: Really, must I endure the nauseating burden of owing the tinned twit a favour?
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Written, hurriedly and frantically, for the Inaugural Great Hall Cotillion by Acacia Carter of Hufflepuff.
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As always, the Harry Potter world and everything in it is property of JKR.
Of Babbling and Balls by Acacia Carter
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: When he sees her, Colin's heart starts to race. And now he's got her all to himself for an evening - or at least he did.
This is Acacia Carter of Hufflepuff writing (again) for the Inaugural Great Hall Cotillion of 2012.
If Only You Knew by hestiajones
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: Their greatest gain was the existence of hope; their biggest loss was the pain of ignorance.This is hestiajones ... yeah. Her millionth entry for the GH Cotillion Challenge. Thanks, Kara, for the pairing! And I'm not J.K.Rowling.