06/01/09
Hello! I'm Julia and when I'm not cavorting with elves in Middle Earth, I'm a moderator for this archive, among other things.
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The Weird Sisters - B-Sides and Rarities, Vol. 1 by minnabird, Hypatia, eternalangel, the opaleye, Nagini Riddle, Kinnu, Al Clark
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •
Summary: Welcome back to another rousing round of rambunctious rock!
However, a new act has edged into town and bumped ol’ Celestina off the stage for a two-night-only event. Rocking their way into the main event are the boys with the noise, the fellows with the cellos: The Weird Sisters!
Wrocking Wordsmiths out there have taken songs from many genres of rock (from light rock to metal, and everything in between) and give it a good Potter treatment to bring you songs that might make it on the Wizard Wireless Network’s rock station.
Exile Vilify by the opaleye
Rated: Professors •Summary: Nell wasn’t sure where she was, but she cursed silently that she’d managed to Apparate into a nest of these vile human beings. But most human beings were vile. If they weren’t then she wouldn’t be in this mess in the first place.
Don’t talk, never linger, stay invisible. On the run and alone, these are Nell Hawke's rules. As the threat of Voldemort reaches across Britain, all she wants is to keep her head down and attached to her neck. But when an unwelcome face from her past stumbles into her path, can the two Muggle-borns from opposing houses rally together to survive?
Look Up Now Into The Night by the opaleye
Rated: 1st-2nd Years • Summary: A song for the first Christmas after the Battle of Hogwarts.
Based on the traditional carol, Personent Hodie.
Glass over the Flame by the opaleye
Rated: 3rd-5th Years • Summary: Harry, Hermione, and the moments in between.
He doesn’t say that this is his last winter. He doesn’t say that this could be her last winter. Instead he feels his heart swell with the bruising grip of her hand and the sound of Ron’s snoring in the tent.
The Girl In Madam Malkin's by the opaleye
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: A man walks into Madam Malkin's and hands over some torn robes that need to be fixed.
Shangri-La by the opaleye
Rated: 3rd-5th Years • Summary: The first time she sees him, he is leaning against the brick wall outside Tesco, paper in one hand, cigarette in the other.
A familiar stranger walks into Petunia Dursley's life.
Celestina's Songbook: Summer Lovin' by minnabird, Equinox Chick, Karaley Dargen, the opaleye, hestiajones, rachelnotrach, The owl, Nagini Riddle
Rated: 3rd-5th Years • Summary:
Slide on in and kick off your shoes. Celestina’s Songbook is back! Here are the hits of the summer season, brought to you by the authors of MNFF.
Quiet In Our Town by the opaleye
Rated: 6th-7th Years • Summary:
The end of the world comes not from the hand of Lord Voldemort, but an incurable disease. When Britain falls, those that are left must keep on running.
And never stop.
Winner of the 2012 Quicksilver Quill Award for Best Alternate Universe!
Pieces of Her by the opaleye
Rated: Professors •Summary: When they meet on the Hogwarts Express, she never expects to make her first friend so soon, let alone lose her before dinner has been served.
Sometimes, there are lines that refuse to be crossed.
Maps by the opaleye
Rated: Professors • Summary:
Tell me, is the rose naked
Or is that her only dress?
-Pablo Neruda
Four vignettes exploring what it means to fight, to survive, to make love, and everything that comes after.
Ted/Andromeda, Neville/Hannah, Parvati/Daphne, and Scorpius/Hugo.
Joint winner of the 2012 Quicksilver Quill Award for Best General Fic.
Dumbledore's Army - Still Flying by Karaley Dargen, muggle girl marauder, minnabird, the opaleye
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: Life at Hogwarts is all but cheerful under the Carrows' reign. One of the changes that hurts the students worst, some even worse than torture, is the ban on Quidditch. Dumbledore's Army wouldn't be themselves, though, if they didn't find a way to bring some life back to the castle, even if it only lasts a couple of hours. But can even the best of matches wipe away mistrust and resentment?
This story was written by the Incaff Military Athletic Division for the 2011 Quidditch World Cup on the Beta Boards. It won, too! Our alternate was hestiajones.
Many thanks to the referees, who set this wonderfully inspiring prompt that gave us weeks of drabbling-frenzied fun. The prompt for this match was:
"One Last Match: When Harry was on his extended camping trip, I don’t think his thoughts extended much to Quidditch, but for those at Hogwarts it did. Under the new regime, however, the sport was banned. For the pupils at Hogwarts, this became a focal point of rebellion. They decide to play one last match, an inter-house match, in the spirit of Dumbledore’s Army. The two teams will not be from one house but a mixture."
Neither Can Live by the opaleye
Rated: 3rd-5th Years • Summary:
Two minds or one? It is hard to tell where one ends and the other begins.
Inch of Dust by the opaleye
Rated: 6th-7th Years •Summary: When George thinks of her, he thinks of Fred.
So, he tries not to think at all.
Nominated for a 2011 Quicksilver Quill Award in Best Dark/Angsty, Best Canon Romance, and Best Post Hogwarts.
The Lost Weeks by the opaleye
Rated: 1st-2nd Years • Summary: Hermione sits and thinks of the boy who left and why she did not follow.
Tied in first place for the 2011 Quicksilver Quill Award in Best Poetry.
The Two Left Behind by the opaleye
Rated: 1st-2nd Years • Summary: In the dead of winter, two friends continue their hunt for something they may never find.
Nominated for a 2011 Quicksilver Quill Award in Best General Story.
Three by the opaleye
Rated: 6th-7th Years •Summary: They move in a circle. She goes one way, he the other. It is a punishment neither deserves nor wants, and yet she holds the power to stop it.
Nominated for a 2011 Quicksilver Quill Award in Best Non-Canon Romance.
Waking by the opaleye
Rated: 3rd-5th Years • Summary:
He cannot bring himself to think the name. There is a glimpse of red. A laugh. A fumbled apology. A friendship.
How a death may change a life or two.
Winner of Best Non-Canon Romance in the Quick Silver Quill Awards 2010
Deal Or No Deal by the opaleye
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary: Hermione is struggling to keep S.P.E.W afloat after a nasty and public incident involving a house-elf, rolling pin and Muggle now recovering in St. Mungo's. George is slowly drowning in a sea of financial strain and grief over Fred's death. When the two of them join forces one Christmas, will they overcome their troubles and perhaps find solace in the unexpected? But can these two very different personalities reside in one place at one time?
Through The Veil by the opaleye
Rated: 3rd-5th Years •Summary:
It didn’t seem possible. He had been standing before her merely five minutes ago, but now he was gone. She stared up at the empty archway. He had mentioned voices, but there was no sound. Someone was holding her, pulling her arm, calling for her to run, but she couldn’t move. Where had he gone? Where had Sirius gone? Why weren’t they coming back?
Ginny thinks back to that fateful night in the Department of Mysteries—the night she lost Harry Potter.
Of Bludgers and Boils by the opaleye, bellatrix-black-lestrange, jubjub15, Rainy Day Parade
Rated: 1st-2nd Years •Summary: The first Quidditch World Cup final since the demise of Lord Voldemort has arrived. But who in their right mind would appoint Zacharias Smith as the commentator? And how is it possible for someone to be so rude? Poor Cho Chang would love to know.
This fic was written by the Slytherin team for the Jan/Feb QWC round over on the Beta Forums.