25,000 words of fic posted! It's been fun, everyone. Perhaps it's because we tackled some new characters and themes, but we didn't have a single correct guess as who wrote what! [ETA: Correction: kellychambliss correctly guessed squibstress as the author of "Sweep." Apologies to Kelly! And congratulations on guesing the author--this one had several of us stumped. /ETA] We ( Read more... )

That's a wrap! With today's post, we've come to an end of the Deathly Hallows Challenge. Reveals will occur on Monday. Right now, you have the weekend to catch up reading and make some guesses as to which of our authors wrote which ficlet. (You can leave guesses in screened comments to this post, and I'll report on the results on Monday. If any ( Read more... )

Title: Touchy, Feely
Characters and/or pairings: Lord Voldemort, Mundungus Fletcher, Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy
Word count: 2500
Rating: PG-13
Highlight for Warnings: *dark humor, violence, CAPSLOCK!Voldemort*
Summary and/or prompt: Lord Voldemort’s social skills leave something to be desired.

( These are your best and brightest, these lackluster minions? )

Title: A Choice
Characters and/or pairings: Severus Snape
Word count: 1,454
Rating: PG-13
Highlight for Warnings: *Canon character death*
Summary and/or prompt: Snape’s thoughts as he looks at Harry for the final time.

( If Severus had a choice between saving the world and saving himself, he would choose himself. Every time. )

Title: Firing the First Shot
Character: Thicknesse
Word count: 552
Rated: PG
Highlight for Warnings: *angsty, a little violence*
Summary: I thought it was fascinating that in the film one of the DEs suggests to Voldemort that they delay the attack on Hogwarts right before it starts. Why? Well, I realized that that DE was Pius Thicknesse, so here is ( Read more... )

Title: The Promise of Heaven
Characters and/or pairings: The Gringott’s Dragon
Word count: 6362
Rating: G
Highlight for Warnings: *Mentions of past animal abuse, Cantankerous Great Aunties, Original Characters*
Prompt: Where did the dragon go?
Author's notes: This story is a crossover with Cornelia Funke’s Dragon Rider. If you are unfamiliar ( Read more... )

Title: Reckoning
Characters: Minerva McGonagall, OCs
Word Count: 2700
Rating: PG
Highlight for Warnings: *None*
Summary: A month after the Battle of Hogwarts, they come for her.
Author's Notes: Inspired by the DH2 film scene in which McGonagall sends the Slytherin students to the dungeons. Thank you to my super-perceptive, super-fast beta.

( A month after the Battle of Hogwarts, they come for her--three cloaked and masked figures lying in wait along the Hogsmeade road. )

Folks, we're a little more than halfway through posting for our challenge, so let's take a break to allow you to catch up. Here are the entries posted to date:

Round One

I Will, Severus/Lily, Harry, PG (on DW)
Severus Snape’s thoughts as he looks into Harry’s eyes.

Between a Rock and a Hard Place, assorted Slytherins, PG-13 (on DW)
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Title: I Will
Characters: Snape/Lily, Harry
Word Count: 1593
Rating: PG
Warning: Character death
Prompt/Summary: Severus Snape’s thoughts as he looks into Harry’s eyes.

( Look at me. )

Title: Between A Rock And A Hard Place
Characters and/or pairings: Assorted Slytherins.
Word count: ~1,700
Rating: PG13
Highlight for Warnings: *None*
Summary and/or prompt: Rehabilitating the “take the Slytherins to the dungeons” line.

( ”Between a Rock and a Hard Place )