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These are stand alone stories that take place in the same alternate universe, one that is largely true to JK Rowling's Harry Potter books with a notable exception or two: Severus and Lavender survived the Battle of Hogwarts. The stories weren't written in chronological order (and aren't meant to be read in chronological order for that matter; seriously, it ruins a bunch of surprises), although the dates at which they occur have been included in case you just can't help yourself. 😉 They can be read on their own, any necessary non-canonical scene setting information from a previous story is provided. The most recent entries appear after the index on the journal's main page, where the index is 'stickied' to the top. ( Read more... )

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ADDITIONAL STAND ALONE ONE SHOTS PLANNED FOR THIS UNIVERSE.

Crossposts: https://christmasspirit.livejournal.com/1779.html

chapter 20, tormenting

Characters: Hermione Granger, Draco Malfoy, Neville Longbottom, Ginny Weasley, Hestia Carrow, Harper Hutchinson, Daphne Greengrass, Luna Lovegood, Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Theo Nott, Demelza Robbins, Jack Sloper, Zacharias Smith, Morag MacDougal, Ernie Macmillan, Justin Finch-Fletchley, Susan Bones, Hannah Abbott

18 September, 1998. Neville meets Ginny at his for dinner, and what promises to be a lovely evening, Hermione's dinner is a lot less appealing, to say nothing of unflattering, Draco finds himself unexpectedly pressed into action, with the rest of the Slytherins not far behind, the others at their table grapple with some unexpected news, Hestia's inner wolf has a chance to shine, Harry receives some unwanted attention he suspects he can blame Ron for, and Ron comes up with some new plans he finds rather more enjoyable than the original ones.

Originally Published: 2024-06-25 on LJ / DW
Words: 10.3 k
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences( Read more... )

Written with oodles of love for lostangelsoul3 and

erexen. E, sweetie, may you always have a troop with wands in hand to have your back in times of trouble. ❤️

chapter 19, teasing

Characters: Neville Longbottom, Ginny Weasley, Draco Malfoy, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Lavender Brown, Jack Sloper, Seamus Finnigan, Harper Hutchinson

18 September, 1998. Ginny and Neville make plans to eat together, Draco has a spot of fun with Potter, whether he sees it that way is another matter, Hermione's evening looks up at least briefly, and Lavender has an unexpected encounter.

Originally Published: 2024-06-20 on LJ / DW
Words: 7.75 k
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences( Read more... )

Written with oodles of love for lostangelsoul3 and

chapter 18, seething, part b

Characters: Harper Hutchinson, Daphne Greengrass, Ginny Weasley, Ella Wilkins, Draco Malfoy, Neville Longbottom, Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Pomona Sprout, Seamus Finnigan, Flora Carrow, Jack Sloper, Dhanesh Devi

18 September, 1998. Herbology is lively. Harry has a questionable idea, Ron has a terrible one. Ella flirts with a stroke, while Draco has a fit. Flora knows her stuff, Harper has a plan, and probably a crush; Ginny's very likely developing one, too. Neville has cause to mentally run through most of the curses he knows, magical and otherwise, none of which helps. Professor Sprout may not treat all her students equally, but several of them at least have a good laugh before dinner.

Originally Published: 2024-05-22 on LJ / DW
Words: 12.3 k
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences

The original version of this chapter exceeded livejournal's maximum post length. It's been split in two parts.

THIS CHAPTER IS A TWO-PARTER.
**SCROLL DOWN AND READ THE OTHER PART FIRST** (18a LJ / DW)
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Written with oodles of love for lostangelsoul3 and

chapter 18, seething, part a

Characters: Harper Hutchinson, Daphne Greengrass, Ginny Weasley, Ella Wilkins, Draco Malfoy, Neville Longbottom, Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Pomona Sprout, Seamus Finnigan, Flora Carrow, Jack Sloper, Dhanesh Devi

18 September, 1998. Herbology is lively. Harry has a questionable idea, Ron has a terrible one. Ella flirts with a stroke, while Draco has a fit. Flora knows her stuff, Harper has a plan, and probably a crush; Ginny's very likely developing one, too. Neville has cause to mentally run through most of the curses he knows, magical and otherwise, none of which helps. Professor Sprout may not treat all her students equally, but several of them at least have a good laugh before dinner.

Originally Published: 2024-05-22 on LJ / DW
Words: 12.3 k
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences

The original version of this chapter exceeded livejournal's maximum post length. It's been split in two parts.

THIS CHAPTER IS A TWO-PARTER. READ THIS PART FIRST.
( Read more... )

Written with oodles of love for lostangelsoul3 and

chapter 17, morning, too

Characters: Hermione Granger, Ginny Weasley, Hestia Carrow, Harry Potter / Draco Malfoy, Professor Flitwick, Parvati Patil, Pansy Parkinson, Ron Weasley, Seamus Finnigan, Lavender Brown, Theo Nott, Blaise Zabini, Valerie Vaisey, Flora Carrow, Sheldon Shafiq, Ernie Macmillan, Justin Finch-Fletchley, Susan Bones, Hannah Abbott, Edgar Martins

18 September, 1998. Ginny isn't having a good morning, Ron isn't enjoying his much either, while Hermione is annoying pretty much everyone, the siblings first and foremost. Hestia comes into her own, as 'Vati struggles with the green eyed monster. Pansy makes a change, capturing Harry's imagination. Draco gets an unwelcome surprise. Professor Flitwick struggles with his enormous N.E.W.T.s Charms class.

Originally Published: 2024-04-30 on LJ / DW
Words: 6.9 k
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences( Read more... )

Written with oodles of love for lostangelsoul3 and

erexen, and a belated happy birthday to erexen. ❤️🎁😘

chapter 16, slipping

Characters: Severus Snape, Minerva McGonagall, Rubeus Hagrid, the Bloody Baron, Ginny Weasley, Seamus Finnigan, Draco Malfoy, Pansy Parkinson, Harper Hutchinson, Hermione Granger, Harry Potter, Daphne Greengrass, Theo Nott

18 September, 1998. Severus has mostly kept to himself this term, not that all the extra work Minerva had assigned him probably wouldn't have seen to it anyway, but what choice he has in the matter has led him to self-isolate. So this morning is quite the departure, and a largely pleasant one at that. Meanwhile Hermione tries Pansy's nerves, but the Slytherins know how to amuse themselves. Minerva and Argus are having rotten mornings, and Ginny and Seamus think they are too, but are probably lacking somewhat in perspective. Misery, it would seem, is at least passingly fond of company, and the new Headmistress is in a position to do something about it.

Originally Published: 2024-02-17 on LJ / DW
Words: 9.8 k
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences( Read more... )

Written with oodles of love for lostangelsoul3 and

chapter 15, morning

Characters: Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Ginny Weasley, Lavender Brown, Fay Dunbar, Dhanesh Devi, Minerva McGonagall

18 September, 1998. Harry, Hermione, Ron and Ginny get ready to face another day in their final year at Hogwarts.

Originally Published: 2024-02-04 on LJ / DW
Words: 4.9 k
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences( Read more... )

Written with oodles of love for lostangelsoul3 and

chapter 14

Characters: Severus Snape, the Bloody Baron, portrait Phineas Nigellus Black, Minerva McGonagall, Harry Potter / Draco Malfoy, Pansy Parkinson, Daphne Greengrass, Ella Wilkins, Harper Hutchinson, Hunter Hutchinson, Hermione Granger

17 September, 1998. The Bloody Baron has some things to explain to Severus, who still has a lot of work to do. He isn't the only one, and Minerva, too, is casting the midnight Lumos. Phineas Nigellus lends both of them some company. Meanwhile the Slytherin Prefects and the Harry and Hermione return to their respective homes. Daphne Greengrass and Hunter Hutchinson have stayed up waiting.

Originally Published: 2024-01-19 on LJ / DW
Words: 8.5 k
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences( Read more... )

Written with oodles of love for lostangelsoul3 and

chapter 13, sorting

Characters: Harry Potter / Draco Malfoy, Hermione Granger, Pansy Parkinson, Harper Hutchinson, Ella Wilkins, Severus Snape, the Bloody Baron

17 September, 1998. Harry and Hermione follow the seventh and eighth year Slytherin Prefects on their rounds. Shockingly, it doesn't go as smoothly as Hermione had hoped. Severus has similar ideas about keeping his Prefects safe but rather more success in his undertakings.

Originally Published: 2024-01-05 on LJ / DW
Words: 6 k
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences( Read more... )

Written with oodles of love for lostangelsoul3 and

chapter 12, stalking

Characters: Harry Potter / Draco Malfoy, Hermione Granger, Pansy Parkinson, Ella Wilkins, Harper Hutchinson

17 September, 1998. A handful of Snakes and Moggies make their ways through the castle corridors late in the evening.

Originally Published: 2023-12-23 on LJ / DW
Words: 4.8 k
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences( Read more... )

Written with oodles of love for lostangelsoul3 and

chapter 11, sneaking

Characters: Severus Snape, portrait Phineas Nigellus Black, Hermione Granger, Harry Potter / Draco Malfoy, Minerva McGonagall

17 September, 1998. Severus and Phineas Nigellus try to come up with a better way to keep an eye on the Prefects, Minerva has had about enough of the students today, but unfortunately she still needs to keep an eye out as well, and Hermione needs to ask Harry for a favour.

Originally Published: 2023-09-01 on LJ / DW
Words: 6.5 k
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences( Read more... )

Written with oodles of love for lostangelsoul3 and

chapter 10, scheming

Characters: Harry Potter / Draco Malfoy, Hermione Granger, Blaise Zabini, Minerva McGonagall, Theo Nott, Pansy Parkinson, Daphne Greengrass, Harper Hutchinson, Lavender Brown, Parvati Patil, Fay Dunbar, Terry Boot, Luna Lovegood, Ernie Macmillan

15 - 17 September, 1998. Draco, Harry, and Hermione are adopting some unusual techniques to deal with one another. Mostly they just succeed in convincing the others they're odd.

Originally Published: 2023-07-29 on LJ / DW
Words: 6.45 k
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences( Read more... )

Written with oodles of love for lostangelsoul3 and

chapter 09 musing

Characters: Harry Potter / Draco Malfoy, Ginny Weasley, Neville Longbottom, Hermione Granger, Theo Nott, Pansy Parkinson, Daphne Greengrass, Harper Hutchinson

14 September, 1998. Ginny has news for Neville. Harry derives some pleasure from teasing Malfoy and spends some time thinking about Hermione.

Originally Published: 2023-08-07 on LJ / DW
Words: 6.8 k
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences( Read more... )

Written with oodles of love for lostangelsoul3. Sorry for the delay in getting this chapter out. Family descended upon us, and, so strangely, that isn't conducive to writing. 😆

chapter 08 fighting

Characters: Harry Potter / Draco Malfoy, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Dean Thomas, Ginny Weasley, the Fat Lady

14 September, 1998. Harry and Hermione teach each other a few things, as good friends do; Ginny and Ron, on the other hand, aren't likely to learn a bloody thing from one another. And Dean, for his part, is finding life in the tower... confronting.

Originally Published: 2023-07-09 on LJ / DW
Words: 4.6 k
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences( Read more... )

Written with oodles of love for lostangelsoul3.

Chapter 07, roaring

Characters: Ginny Weasley, Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Neville Longbottom, Seamus Finnigan, Lavender Brown, Hermione Granger

13 September, 1998. Neville and Ginny are able to cheer each other up. Harry, Ron and Ginny exchange information about the events of the last night, and a secret comes to light.

Originally Published: 2023-07-03 on LJ / DW
Words: 5.4 k
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences( Read more... )

Written with oodles of love for lostangelsoul3.

Chapter 06, hissing

Characters: Severus Snape, Harry Potter / Draco Malfoy, Hermione Granger, Minerva McGonagall, Neville Longbottom, Pansy Parkinson, Ella Wilkins, Harper Hutchinson, Daphne Greengrass, Ginny Weasley, Luna Lovegood

13 September, 1998. Severus' and Draco's days aren't going quite to plan.

Originally Published: 2023-07-01 on LJ / DW
Words: 6.9 k
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences( Read more... )

Written with oodles of love for lostangelsoul3.

chapter 05 avoidance

Characters: Harry Potter / Draco Malfoy, Hermione Granger, Minerva McGonagall, Phineas Nigellus Black, Severus Snape, the Fat Lady

13 September, 1998. Harry, Hermione, Phineas and Minerva aren't looking forward to any of the conversations they're likely to have. Some prove more avoidant than others.

Originally Published: 2023-06-23 on LJ / DW
Words: 7.8 k
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences( Read more... )

Written with oodles of love for lostangelsoul3.

chapter 04 observations

Characters: Harry Potter / Draco Malfoy, Hermione Granger, Minerva McGonagall, assorted ghosts, a smattering of portraits

Saturday 12 - Sunday 13 September, 1998. Exhausted by the events of the evening, or maybe it's Hermione's late night debate with the Headmistress, Harry tries to get some sleep in Professor McGonagall's office while the witches work out how best to protect the students. Fortunately others prove more willing to assist them.

Originally Published: 2023-06-03 on LJ / DW
Words: 5 k
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences( Read more... )

Written with oodles of love for

lostangelsoul3.

chapter 03 administration

Characters: Harry Potter / Draco Malfoy, Hermione Granger, Minerva McGonagall, the Fat Lady, Ron Weasley

12 September, 1998. Harry tells Hermione what happened. Naturally she doesn't feel they can leave things at that.

Originally Published: 2023-05-30 on LJ / DW
Words: 2.6 k
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences( Read more... )

Written with oodles of love for

lostangelsoul3.

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