2 Halloween-related fics (No challenges)
Title: Today, I Walk Within
Characters: Neville Longbottom. Mention of Pomona Sprout.
Rating: G
Summary: Neville Longbottom hated venturing into the Forbidden Forest. But on All Hallow's Eve, he would make an exception.
Word Count: 200
Author's Notes: Originally written for hp_halloween's 2015 fest.
[Neville hated going into the Forbidden Forest]
Neville hated going into the Forbidden Forest. Not because it was dark and creepy - it was, but he could deal with that. He hated going into the forest because of the feelings it always provoked in him when he was there.
A sense of despair, of hopelessness, a feeling that it was never going to be okay again.
But he couldn’t let that stop him. Not today.
Professor Sprout had promised him it would work. She said it had never failed if you did it on All Hallow’s Eve. Neville believed her.
So he waited, heart thudding, hands slick with sweat, until the clock struck eleven, and then he took off, straight into the forest without a backward glance.
The directions were easy to follow. He found the clearing, bordered by the tallest trees he’d ever seen, without a single misstep.
And then he waited, until midnight, to say the words.
At first he thought it failed. At first there was nothing.
But then a shimmer, a shift in the light.
Neville choked down a sob at the sight that even death couldn’t change. The ghost moved closer, and Neville smiled.
“Hello, Gran,” he said. “Nice to see you again.”
Title: Three Halloweens
Pairing: Hermione/Pansy
Summary: Three years, three parties, three very different outcomes.
Rating: R
Length: 748
Warnings: Mild sexual content
Author's notes: Written as part of the 2015 Trick or Treat Ex fest.
There was barely an empty inch of space in the living room of Ginny’s London flat, thanks to the array of costumed people sipping firewhiskey and butterbeer.
200 words = 7pts
748 words = 25pts
Kristine | Puff | 32pts
Characters: Neville Longbottom. Mention of Pomona Sprout.
Rating: G
Summary: Neville Longbottom hated venturing into the Forbidden Forest. But on All Hallow's Eve, he would make an exception.
Word Count: 200
Author's Notes: Originally written for hp_halloween's 2015 fest.
[Neville hated going into the Forbidden Forest]
Neville hated going into the Forbidden Forest. Not because it was dark and creepy - it was, but he could deal with that. He hated going into the forest because of the feelings it always provoked in him when he was there.
A sense of despair, of hopelessness, a feeling that it was never going to be okay again.
But he couldn’t let that stop him. Not today.
Professor Sprout had promised him it would work. She said it had never failed if you did it on All Hallow’s Eve. Neville believed her.
So he waited, heart thudding, hands slick with sweat, until the clock struck eleven, and then he took off, straight into the forest without a backward glance.
The directions were easy to follow. He found the clearing, bordered by the tallest trees he’d ever seen, without a single misstep.
And then he waited, until midnight, to say the words.
At first he thought it failed. At first there was nothing.
But then a shimmer, a shift in the light.
Neville choked down a sob at the sight that even death couldn’t change. The ghost moved closer, and Neville smiled.
“Hello, Gran,” he said. “Nice to see you again.”
Title: Three Halloweens
Pairing: Hermione/Pansy
Summary: Three years, three parties, three very different outcomes.
Rating: R
Length: 748
Warnings: Mild sexual content
Author's notes: Written as part of the 2015 Trick or Treat Ex fest.
There was barely an empty inch of space in the living room of Ginny’s London flat, thanks to the array of costumed people sipping firewhiskey and butterbeer.
200 words = 7pts
748 words = 25pts
Kristine | Puff | 32pts