christmasspirit

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.

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

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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 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.

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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.

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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 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.

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

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Written with oodles of love for lostangelsoul3 and erexen.

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.

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

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Written with oodles of love for lostangelsoul3 and erexen.

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.

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

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Written with oodles of love for lostangelsoul3.

1st September, 1998. Harry, Ron and Hermione return for their eighth year. They aren't the only ones. Obviously.

Or: how things got started.

Another of my 'Drabble' fails 😉, written with oodles of love for lostangelsoul3. Happy Birthday, sweetie! 🎂🥳🎉🎁 (But please finish studying first. 😘)

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Originally Published: 2020-05-29 on LJ / DW
Words: 3.6k, one shot, complete
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences

Characters: Harry Potter 8G, Draco Malfoy 8S, Hermione Granger 8G, Ron Weasley 8G, Minerva McGonagall (Headmistress), Zacharias Smith 7H, Ginny Weasley 7G, Harper Hutchinson 7S, Susan Bones 8H, Daphne Greengrass 8S, Luna Lovegood 7R, Mentioned: Theo Nott 8S, Pansy Parkinson 8S, Terry Boot 8R, Morag MacDougal 8R, Ernie Macmillan 8H, Justin Finch-Fletchley 8H, Hannah Abbott 7H( Read more... )

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