Stories
Most Loyal, Most Faithful by Cszemis
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: “I don’t trust you, Snape, as you very well know!” Does Bella still have a reason to distrust Snape, even when he returns exalted for his actions in the lightning struck tower? And can Snape even trust himself?
The Avenger by _Ivy_
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: A dark fic centered around one boy and how he holds in his hands the fate of an entire crowd, an audience to one of the most terrible, yet amazing, shows even seen by Muggle kind.
Redeemed Secrets by Prophecies
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: What if he had made an irreversible mistake, the type of mistake that had taken lives? A mistake that had taken one life in particular, one he had hoped to take, one he had strived to take, one he had taken and could never give back..
Was it too late to minimize the damage? Too late to do what Dumbledore had asked of him? He didn’t know, but what he did know was that he couldn’t give up. Ever.
My Slytherin Pride by SpookyMulder
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: One last desperate letter tells the story of how humility can find even the most corrupt of souls when death is the only way out. Things always look different in the end, but it goes to show that it's never too late to redeem yourself, to show compassion without prejudice, and to be merciful.
The Gauntlet by Loralie
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: Narcissa has been having nightmares. But is that what they really are?
I am Loralie of Hufflepuff House
I Wonder... by RowenaMcKinnon
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: Companion fic to "I Will Always Love You". Based on the song "I Wonder" by Chris Isaak.
The Murder of Emmeline Vance by DailyProphetEditor
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: In the famous ‘Spinner’s End’ chapter, Snape makes one remark that I find even harder to explain away than the whole Murder-of-Dumbledore-complex – after all, we all know that he did it on Albus’s orders, right?
But what about Snape’s claim to Bellatrix? (HBP p. 35)
“The Dark Lord is satisfied with the information I have passed him on the Order. It led, as perhaps you have guessed, to the recent capture and murder of Emmeline Vance (…)”
Could he risk claiming that if it was not true? Is it true, and Snape IS evil after all? Or is Emmeline still alive? Here’s my take on what might have been before ‘Spinner’s End’ takes place...
Genesis by Wings of the Morning
Rated: Professors •Summary: The last eight days of Regulus Black's life. Dark, psychological, featuring extensive wordplay and a vague creation-story allegory that may or may not grant redemption.
(Somewhere in the back of his mind, he whispers that his brother would be proud of him.)
Hourglass Nominee.
To Make Pride by Charmed_S
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: Rubeus Hagrid was a wizard. A half-giant. And a decent man.
I tried, dad, I tried to make you proud
To Make Pride is a one-shot character exploration of Rubeus Hagrid, taking him through his best and worst memories, to shape the man he is today.
I did, dad. I made you proud
Remember by Caliente
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: A Prewett/Weasley family one-shot set during and after the first war. Before she was a Weasley, Molly was a Prewett with two brothers... brothers she loved... brothers she lost... brothers she remembers...
Monarch Butterfly by BloodRayne
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: Hermione mourns herself, along with those who fell...
Decisions by Hermione_Rocks
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: Severus Snape is on a mission for the Dark Lord. While trying to complete it, he runs into many obstacles, from the dangerous to the painful to the just plain obscure...
Originally entered for the fourth Gauntlet.
A Thirst To Prove Her Worth by Viv
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: Ginny Weasley has a mission to accomplish and nothing can stand in her way. But in the depths of the Departement of Mysteries, nothing is easy. Through obstacles and difficulties, can she hold on until the end?
This was written by Viv of Slytherin, for the Gauntlet challenge # 4.
Broken Petals by Ron x Hermione
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: Ron Weasley was whisked away from the Final Battle because Harry told him to leave. But Harry’s Portkey goes awry when Voldemort sends a jet of light, making Ron go to the Department of Mysteries: a place where he has never been, and will never go again.
Ron stumbles upon many obstacles, but his adventure has only just begun. Will Ron be able to get out before he perishes under the hand of nearly ten obstacles? Ten doors = Lots of trouble.
Total Blackness by tc015
Rated: 6th-7th Years •Summary: An entry for Gauntlet 4 by tc015 of Gryffindor
The biggest desicion of her life, and she regrets it. Now she must delve into herself to find out the solution.
Laughter by megan_lupin
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: “Laughter gave him comfort; it gave him security. It spread to others, and no one would think you were upset if you laughed. You laugh when you are happy, he thought. That is what everyone thinks ..."
Written for the “Spring Challenge: To Laugh or Cry” by megan_lupin of Gryffindor.
Nightmare of a Weasley by Eowyn89
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: Ron is thrown into a whirlwind of adventure in the Department of Mysteries. Will he be able to overcome some of the darkest forces known to man?
Eowyn89
Hufflepuff House
For the Gauntlet Challenge #4
Completed all prompts
All is Fair in Love by Colores
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •
Summary: Hermione stumbles across an eccentric wizard who claims he can alter the past through the timeless power that is love. She is sent back to a time of turmoil - the French Revolution - where she must prevent the execution of the wizard that would one day start the line of Lord Voldemort. But if Hermione cannot control her own love, she will be trapped in the past forever.
I am Colores of the Hufflepuff House and this is my entry for the fourth prompt, A Shift in Time. First place finish!
Not Again by megan_lupin
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: Two friends sit reminiscing about the past and remembering better times. But the arrival of dire news causes arguments to erupt and choices to be made. Guilt is still felt, the past is remembered, but he won’t let it happen again.
A Missing Moment from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and a submission for the “Spring Challenge: A Different Viewpoint” by megan_lupin of Gryffindor.
Lunar Eclipse by Gin_Drinka
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: “Death is just a shadow I’m hiding behind.”
The war is over and the world has moved on, because Hermione Granger can no longer.
“I wish you were still with me…I wish you’d never left my side…”
On one clear, moonless night, Ron gets his wish granted. But at a very high price…the world isn’t the same without her sacrifice.
Written by Gin_Drinka of Hufflepuff House for the What You Wish for Promp in the Spring Challenge.
A Runner-up in the Spring Challenge!