christmasspirit

Lavender Brown / Blaise Zabini, Hermione Granger / Severus Snape,
Background: Harry Potter / Draco Malfoy, Neville Longbottom / Ginny Weasley

Staff: Professor Minerva McGonagall, Professor Peek, Pomona Sprout, Rubeus Hagrid
Slytherins: Theo Nott, Gregory Goyle, Pansy Parkinson, Millicent 'Millie' Bulstrode, Flora Carrow
Gryffindors: Seamus Finnigan, Parvati "'Vati" Patil
Ravenclaws: Padma Patil

Mentioned briefly: Slytherins: Sheldon Shafiq, Gryffindors: Ron Weasley, Ritchie Coote, Ravenclaw: Edgar Martins


04 January, 1999. Lavender gets her books back, and one of Hermione's first discoveries as a member of staff is just how much teachers like to kvetch. Meanwhile, the new DADA Professor gets a bee in his bonnet.

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Originally Published: 2023-01-20 on LJ / DW
Words: 5.6 k
Rating: Mature( Read more... )

Lavender Brown / Blaise Zabini, Hermione Granger / Severus Snape, Background: Theo Nott / Hestia Carrow, Ron Weasley / Demelza Robins, Harry Potter / Draco Malfoy

Staff: Irma Pince, Slytherin: Flora Carrow, Gryffindors: Parvati Patil, Fay Dunbar, Ritchie Coote

Mentioned briefly: Staff: Professor Flitwick, Slytherins: Draco Malfoy, Hestia Carrow, Gryffindors: Georgina Smith, Jack Sloper, Demelza Robins, Other: Fenrir Greyback


04 January, 1999. Lavender's first day as Prefect isn't turning out as expected. Fortunately for her, Hermione's start to her apprenticeship is going better.

Written with oodles of love for mywitch and erexen.

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Originally Published: 2021-10-19 on LJ / DW
Words: 7.46 k
Rating: Mature( Read more... )

Hermione Granger / Severus Snape, Harry Potter / Draco Malfoy, Theo Nott / Hestia Carrow

Slytherins: Flora Carrow, Gryffindors: Ron Weasley, Seamus Finnigan, Dean Thomas

Mentioned briefly: Staff: Neville Longbottom, Professor McGonagall, Slytherins: Blaise Zabini, Roísín Rosier, Valerie Vaisey, Gryffindors: Jack Sloper, Ginny Weasley, Others: Sunny, Crookshanks


03 January, 1999. Well, they've survived their first meal now that the rest of the students have returned. Bring on the aftermath!


Written with oodles of love for mywitch and erexen.

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Originally Published: 2021-10-03 on LJ / DW
Words: 8.1 k
Rating: Mature

Warning: One of the characters is an intolerant bellend and uses offensive language in this chapter. There's also some latent misogyny on display in how another character's actions are viewed. As intolerance is a theme in this story (and frankly all too likely), realistically we need to go there. We won't dwell on the negative beyond trying to make some of those characters less of a caricature. Hate and intolerance really don't deserve voices. ❤️( Read more... )

01 - 02 January, 1999. Lavender and Blaise begin to settle into what might hopefully become a new routine.

Written with oodles of love for mywitch.

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Originally Published: 2021-05-12 on LJ / DW. It's been pre-dated in this journal for ease of use.
Words: 10.2 k
Rating: Mature

Characters: Lavender Brown (8G, no longer Ron's bit on the side or anywhere else), Blaise Zabini (8S), Theo Nott (8S, completely exhausted friend), Parvati "'Vati" Patil (8G, Lavender's best friend and roommate), Pansy Parkinson (8S, observant friend)

Mentioned: Professor McGonagall (Headmistress), Hestia Carrow (7S, Chaser, Lycanthrope attack survivor, Theo's somewhat rabid other half), Gregory Goyle (8S, gentle giant), Tracey Davis (8S, gifted Potions student), Harper Hutchinson (7S, gifted Potions student seriously in need of Knuts), Draco Malfoy (8S, Potter's), Harry Potter (8G, Draco's)( Read more... )

And that concludes "a couple of castle encounters" (or: how Blaisender began).
The next story in the christmas spirit AU series features Severus and Hermione. "happy christmas, severus 1 / 2" (LJ / DW)
The adventures of Blaise and Lavender (and many other familiar characters from this AU) continue in the story after that. "interconnected part 1" (LJ / DW)


The story is mirrored on Dreamwidth and LiveJournal.
Other works by gingerbred can be found on Dreamwidth and LiveJournal.
ADDITIONAL STAND ALONE ONE SHOTS PLANNED FOR THIS UNIVERSE.

01 January, 1999. Lavender and Blaise start the new year off with a bang. Or two. What better way is there?

Written with oodles of love for mywitch. ❤️

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Originally Published: 2021-04-22 on LJ / DW
Chapter: 4a
Words: 3.4 K
Rating: Mature

Characters: Lavender Brown (8G), Blaise Zabini (8S), the Bloody Baron (Slytherin's House Ghost), the Fat Friar (Hufflepuff's House Ghost), Mentioned: Professor Severus Snape (Potions Master, Head of Slytherin, and Deputy Headmaster), Professor Minerva McGonagall (Headmistress), Hermione Granger (Transfiguration Apprentice, Lavender's erstwhile roommate), Harry Potter (8G, the boy who lived to make Draco smile), Draco Malfoy (8S, nearly unrecognisable given all the smiling he's doing), Theo Nott (8S, dating Hestia Carrow), Hestia Carrow (7S, Chaser, victim of a werewolf assault), Edgar Martins (7R, Prefect), the DMLE (Department of Magical Law Enforcement, Ministerial Home of the Aurors), Rita Skeeter (Reporter for the Daily Prophet)

If you read the last chapter, skip to the part beneath the Slytherin scarf below, if not, no worries, all the crucial stuff is covered.

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. READ THIS PART FIRST.( Read more... )

The story is mirrored on Dreamwidth and LiveJournal.
Other works by gingerbred can be found on Dreamwidth and LiveJournal.
ADDITIONAL STAND ALONE ONE SHOTS PLANNED FOR THIS UNIVERSE.

31 December, 1998. Sadly yet another all too typical evening in the castle for Blaise. Lavender, on the other hand, is finally beginning to enjoy herself again.

Or: how other things began.

Let's face it, this is a full blown story now. Written with oodles of love for mywitch.

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Originally Published: 2021-03-05 on LJ / DW
Words: 9.7 k
Rating: Mature

Characters: Lavender Brown (8G), Blaise Zabini (8S), the Bloody Baron (Slytherin's House Ghost), Edgar Martins (7R, Prefect), misc 6th & 7th year Ravenclaws, Mentioned: Professor McGonagall (Headmistress), Hermione Granger (Transfiguration Apprentice, Lavender's erstwhile roommate), Neville Longbottom (Herbology Apprentice, Gryffindor Head of House), Parvati "'Vati" Patil (8G, Lavender's best friend and roommate), Fay Dunbar (8G, Lavender's roommate), Georgina Smith (8G, Lavender's roommate), Padma Patil (8R, Prefect, Lavender's friend), Seamus Finnigan (8G, long time friend of Lavender's), Dean Thomas (8G, Seamus' best friend), Hestia Carrow (7S, Chaser), Valerie 'Val' Vaisey (7S, Chaser) ( Read more... )

The story is mirrored on Dreamwidth and LiveJournal.
Other works by gingerbred can be found on Dreamwidth and LiveJournal.
ADDITIONAL STAND ALONE ONE SHOTS PLANNED FOR THIS UNIVERSE.