Warnings: Violence
Stories
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.
Alexandra Quick and the Thorn Circle by Inverarity
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •
Summary:
Winner of the 2008 Quick Silver Quills Award for Best General Story.
The first book in the Alexandra Quick series.
The war against Voldemort never reached America, but all is not well there. When 11-year-old Alexandra Quick learns she is a witch, she is plunged into a world of prejudices, intrigue, and danger. Who wants Alexandra dead, and why?
This story is canon-compliant with the Harry Potter universe, but the characters and settings are all original. I've put a lot of work into envisioning a world as detailed as the original series; I hope you enjoy it.
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...)
Don't Apologise by cassie123
Rated: 6th-7th Years •Summary:
Andromeda Black wants desperately to take control of her life, but she has never been given the motivation to do so... until now.
‘You won’t have to marry him,’ Ted said surely. ‘Not after this, I can’t let it happen. If it comes down to it, I’ll marry you before he gets the chance.’
Note: the non-consensual sex warning is for a minor part and the act is prevented.
Marie-Antoinette by Tinn Tam
Rated: 6th-7th Years •Summary: Runner-up for the QuickSilver Quills Award, categ. Best Alternate Universe
“No matter the time or place, people should never call their child Marie-Antoinette. There is no happiness in this world for a girl called Marie-Antoinette.”
1983. In a world where Voldemort has won the First War, where hope has fled from an Earth moaning under the Dark Lord's iron hand, marriages are broken and others are arranged in order to preserve the sacred purity of blood. James Potter loses his wife; now they have to find another for him.
Seventh Sense by roisin_dubh
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: A blind Muggle girl shows up at Hogwarts after a run-in with Death Eaters, looking for a solution to her mess and a place to recuperate.
I do not own any of Dante's work, nor do I want to. The former also holds true for Jeff Smith; sadly, the latter does not. I wish I owned his ideas. As it is, I just messed around with them. Please approach this fic with a very open mind; while nothing is particularly controversial, some of the concepts are very, very abstract and possibly arbitrary.
Psycho by WannabeOfAWriter
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: Behind every wicked man is an even wickder woman. Bellatrix character description.
Blame by megan_lupin
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: One ran. One pursued. And one tried to understand. There was one night; there were three men; there was one emotion.
The Banebrewer by Grace has Victory
Rated: 6th-7th Years •Summary: Wolfsbane Potion is illegal, but the illicit brewing continues. Ariadne Lupin can preserve the human mind of a werewolf, but can she reverse the mindset of a whole civilisation?
Part IV of The Moon-Cursers.
Silent Lucidity by PsychoBabel
Rated: 6th-7th Years •Summary: Five years ago, a certain Death Eater went to his fate in silence, deemed to be insane by his demeanor. Now, through his own detached nature, he has done the impossible: escaping from Azkaban right under the nose of the Ministry. Dragging him back, and getting the truth out of him, is going to take a few Aurors, the help of an old enemy, one very strange Muggle, and...Luna Lovegood?
Rodolphus Lestrange is free, and he must be captured, if it's the last thing they do.
I am... by Maximum Potter
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: This is tribute to the four famous pranksters of Hogwarts. This is a one-shot that has their final moments in life. They all are different, yet all the same. They were united but still divided until they found each other once more in death. They were brothers, they were friends, they are the Marauders of Gryffindor. I present to you: Masters Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs in their final performance...
A Different Road III: Friend or Foe by black_ink
Rated: 6th-7th Years •Summary: [Year 3: 10 of N/A] Its Harry’s third year as a Slytherin; the infamous prisoner Sirius Black is on the loose after twelve years…and, of course, after Harry. So, to keep him safe, Dumbledore is having Harry spend the summer with the last person he would ever want to temporarily live with. Things only get worse as, at Hogwarts, Black keeps trying to break into the castle and friendships will end. At the end of the year, Black won’t end up on the run nor will he end up a free man, and Pettigrew won’t escape on his own, but with some unexpected help, making the ending of Harry’s third year a can’t-miss…
How will Harry’s years at Hogwarts turn out, now that he's a Slytherin? Will he turn to the Dark Arts and be a follower of Voldemort? Or will he kill Voldemort, or die trying, after he learns of the prophecy? Will Harry's choices lead him down a different road? Follow and you will see...
“Questions are a burden to others; answers a prison for oneself.”
--The Labor Exchange
What Makes Her by KneazleWeazl
Rated: 6th-7th Years •Summary: In a world that is post-Voldemort, Hermione searches for herself when her sense of identity is completely shattered. Not only literally questioning who she is, but figuratively, Hermione embarks on a journey that may well kill her.
*Definitely compliant through HBP, not so much DH.
The Third War - Rewritten by dumbledorefluertwins
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: The third war looms. As Harry's two eldest children start Hogwarts for the very first time, chilling Death Eater threats are sent to Headmistress McGonagall, and unknowingly, the Potter children stumble into a terrifying set of events which could mean that everything Harry worked for in the last war is erased in a matter of minutes...
Rewritten from the original to incorporate various Deathly Hallows spoilers, this story has been updated to include more plot twists and cliff hangers than ever before.
This is for the Xtreme Makeover Fanfic Edition Challenge by apollo13 of Slytherin House.
Thoughts in the Abyss by megan_lupin
Rated: 6th-7th Years •Summary: It was a time of terror, a time of panic and confusion. It was a time when death and pain ran rampant, and shadows sought to destroy the Light. It was a time when friends and family feared for themselves and for others. It was a time when Darkness threatened to overcome the Wizarding World. It was a time of death ... but also a time of life. It was the time of the First War.
[Sequel to Part IV: Recognition of the Sirius short story collection, Shades of Black.]
The Pensieve and the Horcrux by BoingBoing
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: A man is trapped inside a Pensieve, with no way out. He cannot die, either, seeing as he has a Horcrux outside of the Pensieve. Meanwhile, he is forced to relive the memories of the person who threw him in in the first place.
Of That Which Matters Most by rard
Rated: 6th-7th Years •Summary: As war rages around them, Remus and Tonks are pulled along with the tide. New, prejudical laws are passed, and the couple must take drastic action in order to stay together. When the climactic battle arrives, Tonks must make an impossible, heartbreaking choice. Follow the couple through the timeframe of Deathly Hallows. DH spoilers abound!
As the outline has expanded, the originally intended three chapters of this story have turned into twelve chapters of R/T goodness. :-)
Chapter 6 has been sumitted!
Blood on the Moon by Charmed_S
Rated: 6th-7th Years •Summary: A different perspective to the usual Marauder story. Friendship, violence, love... Look at the known story from Remus's pont of view.