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[7:09pm - 12/26/2007]
[ mood | hungry ]

Title: Latent Maniacal Tendencies, or the Tale of Nackles the Christmas Werewolf
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Many, many OCs and Augustus Rookwood
Rating: PG-13 for general cruelty
Summary: It is December 24th, 1937, and Edwina Espis, daughter of millionaire arms dealers Clovis and Idunn Espis, is convinced she's worked out how Father Christmas delivers all of his presents in one night. As she's trying to convince her acquaintance Augustus of the truth, her werewolf uncle crashes the party. Things go downhill from there. 6159 words.
Author's Note: This is for [info]thinkatory for Christmas. It is a day late but hopefully not a dollar short. Further notes are after the fic, since large chunks of the fic are based on ideas that are neither mine nor JK Rowling's, but I will note here that Rookwood's characterization is a poor imitation of the one [info]thinkatory writes. Oh, and since she's usually my beta? Unbeta'd.

Edwina Espis knew she was clever, which was probably why she had no friends. )

Anal-Retentive Notes and Citations! )

[12:18am - 12/02/2007]
Title: Strictly Business
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Helga Hufflepuff/OMC.
Rating: PG for botanical violence.
Prompt: "tree," from [info]24xmas
Summary: Helga Lockhart, herbologist to the rich and famous, has a bit of a crush on her new business partner, Basil Hufflepuff. 500 words.

Author's Note: Beh, it's several minutes after midnight, so I suppose that means I should be turning into a pumpkin right about now. I was trying to finish up prompt 3 (for which I had hardly any plotbunnies) and I'm still not sure I can do this, but here goes nothing. I had just finished watching "Bridget Jones' Diary" and reading Interesting Times, and I think both kind of show. Also, this is sort of a follow-up to a longer fic, The Duelist's Dilemma.


'What do you make of it?' Helga asked, trying not to look too smug. )

[5:49pm - 09/30/2007]
Title: Between Here and Now and Forever, Chapter 5
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: The Founders, various OCs
Rating: PG
Summary: Salazar takes steps to prevent another incident like the one with Julian de Malfoie's Muggle father. Meanwhile, Rowena's tyrannical mother comes to visit. 3685 words.
Author's Note: [info]thinkatory is still my beta. Apologies for the especially long wait -- Murphy's Law kind of unloaded on me. It's really just best not to ask at this point.

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4

'One hundred and twelve Muggle soldiers,' said the goblin, 'complete with weapons.' )

[10:37pm - 09/03/2007]
Title: Between Here and Now and Forever, Chapter 4
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: The Founders, various OCs
Rating: PG
Summary: As the school year continues, Rowena's mother writes to warn of an impending visit. Meanwhile, one of the students may not have asked permission before showing up at Hogwarts. 3818 words.
Author's Note: [info]thinkatory continues to beta. Apologies for the terrible lateness; I felt the full force of Murphy's Law this first week of school. (Long story short: 1.) had no internet, 2.) lost my keys, 3.) plagued by small explosions in the refrigerator, 4.) partnered with Wesley Crusher in lab.)

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3

As September progressed students trickled in from all areas, though they didn't seem to be coming from as many of the larger families. )

[11:10pm - 08/21/2007]
Title: Between Here and Now and Forever, Chapter 3
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: The Founders, various OCs
Rating: PG
Summary: The very first day of school at Hogwarts. 3764 words.
Author's Note: Author's Note: Kitty's still the beta. Thanks for reading, and I'm sorry this is a bit late. I honestly have no excuse other than laziness. (School will be starting next week for me, though, so if updates are not quite weekly, I apologize. Chemistry trumps fanfiction.)

Chapter 1
Chapter 2

Godric paced around and around, the action seeming almost natural because the room itself was round. )

[8:06pm - 08/12/2007]
Title: Between Here and Now and Forever, Chapter 2
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: The Founders, various OCs
Rating: PG
Summary: Having shanghaied Godric into joining them, our intrepid heroes make the acquaintance of Lord Salazar Slytherin and his enthusiastic son Jasper. 3376 words.

Author's Note: [info]thinkatory is my beta. Still. All Deathly Hallows spoiler warnings still apply.

Chapter 1

Rowena turned around and looked down the busy cobbled street, sighing. )

[9:17pm - 08/04/2007]
Title: Between Here and Now and Forever, Chapter 1
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: The Founders, various OCs
Rating: PG
Summary: Rowena, Helga, and her husband, having decided to start a school of magic, set out to find a Transfiguration professor. 3925 words.

Author's Note: This fic has gone through many, many ridiculous revisions, probably not all of which were necessary. But they made me feel better. After Deathly Hallows, I revised it one more time, and resolve to continue on without making any major changes. Many thanks to my beta, [info]thinkatory, who puts up with my whining and pokes holes in my theories.

Oh, and there are slight spoilers for Deathly Hallows.

'Are you *quite* certain this is the way?' asked Helga, looking at her husband nervously. )

[12:52am - 04/27/2007]
Written in response to this comic; will probably be Jossed.

Doomed Tourist )

[1:18am - 03/06/2007]
[ mood | creative ]

This is a horrifically fluffy little Girl Genius fic -- my first fic in the fandom, yay! -- featuring Klaus and eight-year-old Gil. If you are a person who has not read Girl Genius, you should. It is, in fact, free. If you are a person who has read all of Girl Genius and sees a canon error, please inform me, as I have about a three-month gap in my knowledge, and haven't seen the Secret Blueprints.

And of course, it goes without saying that all things Girl Genius belong entirely to Studio Foglio.

Inspired by [info]thinkatory, who said I should write Klausfic, and my roommate Katie, who supplied the word "candy cane" as a prompt.

He Is So Bright


Klaus had thought that slaver wasps were the most terrifying menace he might have to face as an established benevolent dictator, but he was beginning to realize he'd been wrong. )

[12:35am - 03/06/2007]
[ mood | accomplished ]

Written for the "Materials" challenge at [info]hp100 and posted aaages ago. "Stone" and "Paper" as themes came to me early on, and afterwards it seemed sensible to change "Stone" to "Rock" and use Rock, Paper, Scissors as an overall theme.

Title: Rock
Word Count: 100
Characters: Rowena Ravenclaw, OCs.
Author's Notes: All of these drabbles stand alone. Yay. If I've got any research wrong (except for the pruning shears, I know that's wrong), do tell me, since there are some things in here where information's just not very available. Oh, and so people don't think I made them up myself; the Vegetable Lamb was a real fake plant! Really!

Eadwig had brought a large supply of red thread. )


Title: Paper
Word Count: 100
Characters: Godric Gryffindor, OC.

'It comes from *plants?*' )


Title: Scissors
Word Count: 100
Characters: Helga Hufflepuff

Vegetable lambs were, to Helga, the most useful plants in all Creation. )


Title: Draw
Word Count: 100
Characters: Salazar Slytherin, OC.

Salazar frowned at the parchment describing the potion. )

[5:54pm - 01/21/2007]
Written for, but again not actually posted for, the Companions challenge at [info]hp100. I think my grand Founders drabble projects are inevitably doomed to failure.

Title: Room and Board
Word Count: 100
Characters: Salazar Slytherin, Rowena Ravenclaw

'I've corresponded with your son about the school.' )


Title: I Don't Handle Lockouts
Word Count: 100
Characters: Rowena Ravenclaw, Godric Gryffindor

Rowena had a headache. )


Title: Independent Study
Word Count: 100
Characters: Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff

'You need to eat.' )


Title: Leaving School
Word Count: 100
Characters: Helga Hufflepuff, Salazar Slytherin

Helga bit her lip. )


Title: Art History
Word Count: 100
Characters: The Founders

Helga Hufflepuff, the first Headmistress of Hogwarts, has a portrait in the Headmaster's office. )

[5:40pm - 01/21/2007]
Miscellaneous drabbles. Written for the New challenge at [info]hp100. The Ministry, Bode, and Croaker, are all stolen from [info]leviosarpg, obviously, and the Neville of the last drabble is from my Wittering character, who is over at gibberellin on GJ.

Title: Herbology in September
Word Count: 100
Characters: The Founders

The school has only been open for five years, but the new students always arrive with their heads full of ridiculous stories. )


Title: The New Girl
Word Count: 100
Characters: Mary Sue, Harry Potter, Bode, Croaker
Author's Notes: Set sometime in that seemingly-interminable gap between the publication of GoF and OotP.

'HI, I'M ANESTACYA MOONFLOWER ESMERELDA SPIFFINGTON THE THIRD.' )


Title: Newbie
Word Count: 100
Characters: Percy Weasley, the Ministry

The first time Percy ate in the Ministry of Magic cafeteria, the only healthy green thing in his salad was a frog. )


Title: A Nice Flat. Really.
Word Count: 100
Characters: Neville Longbottom

The flat was dreadfully cramped. )

[5:34pm - 01/21/2007]
Written for the Balance challenge at [info]hp100. Millicent/Ron. Ish. More, there's Millicent, and there's Ron, and there's Millicent and Ron.

Title: A Separation of Forces
Word Count: 100
Characters: Ron, the Trio.
When the Ministry fell, the war started in earnest. )


Title: Half In, Half Out
Word Count: 100
Characters: Millicent, the Slytherins.

In first year, Millicent realized that being halfblood was a bad idea in Slytherin. )


Title: The Indignity of it All
Word Count: 100
Characters: Ron, Millicent.

'I'm not working with a Death Eater!' )


Title: Cheap Tricks
Word Count: 100
Characters: Ron, Millicent.

When she'd been Full-Body Bound, she had seen Weasley fighting as only the youngest of five brothers can. )

[5:32pm - 01/21/2007]
Written for the Companion challenge at [info]hp100. Actually posted. Yay. All Peter-centric.

Title: Secret-Keeper
Word Count: 100
Characters: James Potter, Peter Pettigrew; discussion of Sirius.

When James asked him to be their Secret-Keeper, Peter recalled Hogwarts. )



Title: Secrets Kept
Word Count: 100
Characters: Percy Weasley, Scabbers; discussion of Fred and George.

Percy wasn't one to whisper secrets to his pet. )



Title: Secret's Out
Word Count: 100
Characters: Dean Thomas, Ron; discussion of Scabbers/Wormtail.

'Hey, did you ever find Scabbers?' )



Title: Secreting Venom
Word Count: 100
Characters: Wormtail, Voldemort, and Nagini; mention of Sirius and Lupin.

It could always be worse, Peter supposed. )

[5:28pm - 01/21/2007]
Written for the Dream challenge at [info]hp100, but the challenge was updated before I could post.

Title: Necessity and Invention
Word Count: 100
Characters/Pairings: Helga Hufflepuff/OMC

Basil Hufflepuff had been good at asking inconvenient questions. )


Title: Revenge Fantasies
Word Count: 100
Characters: Helga Hufflepuff

Helga dreamt of monsters. )


Title: Subtext? Buttsex?
Word Count: 100
Characters: Rowena Ravenclaw; Aeneas/Patroclus
Author's Notes: Aeneas/Patroclus is what Rowena ships. I do not know why. My characters often baffle me.

The real world terrified Rowena. )


Title: Ghosts
Word Count: 100
Characters: Rowena Ravenclaw

Rowena didn't sleep well. )


Title: There's No I In Teamwork!
Word Count: 100
Characters: Salazar Slytherin

Since his father had been killed, Lord Slytherin had been trying to regain the Chiefdom of the Wizards' Council. )


Title: Politics, However...
Word Count: 100
Characters: Salazar Slytherin

From afar, Salazar's endless political war with Council Chief Ophelia Aeaeae was yet another ridiculous political impracticality. )


Title: Spontaneous Human Combustion and the Science of Transfiguration
Word Count: 100
Characters: Godric Gryffindor

Godric's usual method of learning transfiguration was trial and error. )


Title: Abject Terror
Word Count: 100
Characters: Godric Gryffindor

Godric had never actually known what he was doing. )

[6:17pm - 07/04/2006]
[ mood | creative ]

Written for [info]1sentence. Mostly-platonic rivalry/friendship. Something for everyone (a comedy tonight)! Somewhat spoilery for later parts of the TSE-verse, and the prompts are in semi-chronological rather than numerical order.

Fifty sentences about Godric and Rowena. )

[5:58pm - 06/06/2006]
[ mood | silly ]

Don't even try to make sense of this one.


Unspeakables, in the DoM, with headaches. )

[1:09am - 05/07/2006]
[ mood | creative ]

The Duelist's Dilemma )

[12:10am - 03/07/2006]
The second part of this. Yeah, finally.

(In other words, AU containing Axian, Ed, and Genoa. Because I promised myself I'd write something tonight.)

In Circles and Surveillance )

[12:52am - 02/15/2006]
[ mood | accomplished ]

Selections from 'Midnight's Embrace,' a Romance Novel )

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