Kill Your Darlings 2022 - Anon Master list, prompts, & stats 💜💀💚
First of all, a huge thanks to everyone who participated — prompters, writers, artists, beta readers, and cheerleaders. Without you, this fest would not have been possible.
Now, onto the fun stuff.
The entirety of the master list with each their prompt will be found below the cut.
💀Stats 💀
We had 55 claimants.
65% (36 out of 55) of claimants submitted a fanwork, 24% dropped their claim (before or after the deadline), and 10% left us on read (jk, 5% were never heard from again after confirming their claim, and 5% asked for an extension and were never heard from again).
24% of claimants asked for an extension.
10 out of 36 (28%) of claimants who submitted a work were self-prompted.
💜Fic stats
As of writing this, our fest works have received:
-1170 Kudos
-208 Bookmarks
-16,000 Hits (that's right, I caught it right on time)
💚Our collection has:
-36 works, including 3 art pieces, 1 art + fic piece, 1 podfic, 1 poem, 30 fics.
-A total of 210,068 words
-34 different writers, artists, podficcer.
-Shortest piece (excluding art): 221 words
-Longest piece: 24,218 words
💜Character stats:
-6 Drarry, 3 Snarry, 2 Dramione, 2 Jily, 2 Drastoria, 1 polyship (Fleur/Hermione/Bill)
-15 M/M, 14 Gen, 8 F/M, 1 Other, 1 Multi
-Most recurring characters: Harry Potter (18), Draco Malfoy (12), Hermione Granger (9)
-Total deaths: 56
-Most deaths: Harry Potter (11), Severus Snape (4), Ginny Weasley (4)
-Notable rare pairs: Colin Creevey/Harry Potter, Pansy Parkinson/George Weasley, Moaning Myrtle/Tom Riddle, Fleur Delacour/Hermione Granger/Bill Weasley
Isn't that exciting?!
Okay, I'm done being a nerd for now. If you haven't yet read through our fics, please do yourself a favour, grab some tissues, and settle in for a fantastic ride.
Author reveals will be mid-day Saturday Oct 15!!
💀Day 1 💀
Title: Five GravesCharacters/pairing: Harry Potter & TriWizard Champions (gen)
Rating: M
Word count/length: 3734
Warnings: MCD, Child Death
Summary: “The Departments of International Magical Co-operation and Magical Games and Sports have worked hard to ensure that during this revival of the Triwizard Tournament, no Champion will find himself or herself in mortal danger.”
Chapters: 1
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Prompt: Self-Prompt - The Tri-Wizard Tournament was supposed to be safe. It wasn't.
💀Day 2 💀
Title: I Guess I went Gentle (Into That Good Night)Characters/pairing: Pansy Parkinson/George Weasley, Draco Malfoy/Pansy Parkinson
Rating: T
Word count: 3547
Warnings: chronic illness, memory loss, suicide, dead dove: do not eat
Summary: When Pansy is cursed to die a slow and painful death, George and Draco help her to end her pain through assisted suicide.
Chapters: 1
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Prompt: 41 - When Character A is cursed to die a slow death, and the spell is irreversible and is causing them great pain, their lover Character B assists their suicide.
💀Day 3 💀
Title: favourite crimeCharacters/pairing: Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy
Rating: Explicit
Word count/length: 6851 words
Warnings: Major Character Death
Summary: The sparkling, ornate, probably even diamond and maybe emerald she thought, chandelier dazzled across the recently cleaned marble drawing-room flooring, no marks or scuffs showing the damage, hurt and betrayal that had been forcefully pushed throughout the corridors of the Malfoy Manor because of this Second Wizarding War. Upon spotting the second chandelier dazzling and glistening near the first really confirmed how fucking fancy this particular room in Malfoy Manor was. Hermione knew that drawing-rooms were nice but had never been in one like this before, though thinking about it truly, Hermione hadn’t ever even been in a Manor before today. Hermione supposed that there was always a first for everything. Even if she was about to die today. Hermione Granger was his favourite crime and yet, Draco Malfoy would never be enough.
Chapters: 1/1
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Prompt: 4 - What if the chandelier in The Drawing Room never dropped and Bellatrix was able to follow through with her plans of torture…
💀Day 4 💀
Title: the curious case of theodore nottCharacters/pairing: Theodore Nott
Rating: G
Word count/length: NA
Warnings: Murder-Suicide
Summary: an enchanted portrait that grows old… until when?
Chapters: NA
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Prompt: 48 - Portrait of Dorian Gray style-story. This could work really well as art. A has an enchanted portrait that grows old and foul. They stay young and beautiful forever, until one day, when the portrait is destroyed. The enchantment is broken.
💀 Day 5 💀
Title: wrapped up in youCharacters/pairing: Hermione Granger/Ron Weasley
Rating: T
Word count/length: 6084
Warnings: Grief, illness
Summary: At 32, Hermione is dying of a terminal illness. Ron nurses her, comforts her, and cares for the kids while he tries to grapple with the immensity of his grief.
Chapters: 1
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Prompt: Self-Prompt - Told in small notes from Ron’s pov, this fic centres on Ron’s grief as Hermione deals with the last stages of her terminal illness. His worries about their children. His attempts to make life more pleasant and comfortable for her. His reminiscing about their past. The core idea is death with dignity, hermione has a death plan that she selected herself and Ron is helping her act it out. About 2/3 through the fic Hermione dies and Ron has to say his goodbyes and cope with the aftermath with the help of his extensive support system.
💀Day 6 💀
Title: I’ll take a quiet lifeCharacters/pairing: Harry Potter/Severus Snape
Rating: E
Word count/length: 5007
Warnings: Dubious consent, pseudo-incest, anal sex, major character death
Summary: Severus dies but Harry, who has just come to understand what they mean to each other, is master of death.
Chapters: 1
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Prompt: Self-Prompt - Inspired by Wandavision, Snape dies as canon, in the Shrieking shack, just as Harry discovers he loves him. Post-battle, he uses his master of death powers to bring Severus back and to imagine a perfect life for him, only cracks keep appearing until he finally comes to terms with having to let him go.
💀Day 7 💀
Title: As The Tide PullsCharacters/pairing: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter
Rating: E
Word count/length: 24 232
Warnings: MCD
Summary: People are always awed by how powerful Harry Potter is. Little do they know it comes with a price.
When Harry steps through the doors to Draco Malfoy’s shop Magical Mends they don’t know that both their lives will change forever. Despite the history between them they manage to find something within each other and they start building a life together. Just as their life settles down, Harry starts to show symptoms that turn out to be more than just stress and a diagnosis reveals that there is something wrong with his magic.
Chapters: 7/7
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Prompt: 85 - People are always awed by how powerful Harry Potter is. Little do they know it comes with a price. Harry slowly starts to show symptoms. A diagnosis reveals that he has too much power, his magic is slowly eating him up from the inside. Progressing faster and faster as time goes on. He and his spouse try to find a cure.
💀Day 8 💀
Title: We’re safe hereCharacters/pairing: James Potter/Lily Evans Potter
Rating: M
Word count/length: 4050
Warnings: MCD
Summary: On Halloween 1981, James spends a quiet day with his family in Godric’s Hollow.
Chapters: 1/1
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Prompt: 133 - It was a perfectly normal day, except for the fact that it was the last day of their life.
💀Day 9 💀
Title: InnocenceCharacters/pairing: Theodore, his mom, his dad, Draco
Rating: M
Word count/length: 2701
Warnings: MCD.
Summary: Theodore Nott can see Thestrals. He has faced death early in life. It takes him years to tell someone, why.
Chapters: 1
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Prompt: 12 - Theodore Nott can see Thestrals: the long-awaited backstory.
💀 Day 10 💀
Title: Turning tidesCharacters/pairing: Sirius Black & Severus Snape
Rating: M
Word count/length: 3560
Warnings: MCD, Grafic Depictions of Violence
Summary: When Sirius Black is caught, Severus is worried. He is the secret keeper of his beloved Lily. If he spills the information, she will die. But Black has a plan and he is desperate enough to help with it.
Chapters: 1
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Prompt: Self-Prompt - Dark Magic is about sacrifice. Sometimes for good reason. Sirius Black has learned Black Magic, but knowing the price never used it, until he found good reason for that sacrifice.
💀Day 11 💀
Title: [Podfic] The End Of Our WorldPairing: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter.
Rating: T - Teen And Up Audiences
Length: 3 minutes, and 39 seconds.
Warnings: None.
Summary:LupusMundi’s original summary:
When Draco had first envisioned his death, he figured he would die in the war. He could get caught in the crossfire, and he would die fighting for something he wasn’t even sure he ever truly believed in.
When Draco had envisioned his death, the thought hadn’t crossed his mind that one day he would be unlucky enough to be caught in a robbery.
Chapters: One
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Prompt: Self-Prompt - A podfic of the fic "The End Of Our World" by LupusMundi
💀 Day 12 💀
Title: Be Still, My BelovedPairing: Harry Potter/Voldemort
Rating: Explicit
Word count: 2k
Warnings: Major Character Death, Rape/Non-con, Graphic Depictions of Violence, Underage (Harry is 14), Paralysis, Gagging, Restraints, Asphyxiation, Rough Sex, Anal Trauma, Necrophilia
Summary: Voldemort loves no one and nothing but himself—but a part of his soul resides within Harry Potter, so he can’t help his attraction. He’s determined to enjoy himself before he gets rid of the boy once and for all.
Chapters: 1/1
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Prompt: 7 - Voldemort loves no one and nothing but himself — but a part of his soul resides within Harry Potter, so he can't help his attraction. He's determined to enjoy himself before he gets rid of the boy once and for all.
💀Day 13 💀
Title: chamber of my bloody mindCharacters/pairing: Harry Potter/Tom Riddle
Rating: E
Word count/length: 9170
Warnings: MCD, Suicide, Blood, Psychological Torture, Psychological Game, Drowning, Toxic Relationship, Tom is a Manipulative Bastard
Summary: Voldemort won the war. Harry Potter is held captive as one of Voldemort’s most valuable prisoners—he remains the last Horcrux, the key to the Dark Lord’s immortality. The prison he’s trapped in, isn’t, by any means, an ordinary one: it’s both a physical and a mental box. So, how does one escape such an intricate trap? Why—simply by dying.
Chapters: 1
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Prompt: 128 - Voldemort wins AU, where Harry is the last horcrux and kept alive for that reason. At first Harry wants to survive, but eventually, after much desperate scheming to manage it, kills himself both because he can’t handle the world he lives in anymore and to make Voldemort mortal again.
💀Day 14 💀
Title: a long way back to the light Characters/Pairing: Colin Creevey/Harry Potter
Rating: M
Word count/length: 3809
Warnings: major character death; more tags in notes (contains spoilers)
Summary: Colin Creevey should have died seven years, three months, and four days ago. Actually, Colin Creevey did die seven years, three months, and four days ago. It just didn’t stick.
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Prompt: 138 - Colin knows he's been living on borrowed time. Ever since he was only petrified by the basilisk's stare. That's why he takes even more photographs, now. They're for when he doesn't escape death a second time.
💀Day 15 💀
Title: Forget Me NotCharacters/pairing: Remus Lupin & Gilderoy Lockhart
Rating: M
Word count/length: 5295
Warnings: Major character death, murder, strangulation
Summary: “My copy of Wanderings with Werewolves is important to me,” Remus said earnestly. “I found it when I was struggling with my life, and it helped me find a direction. I’m very thankful that I happened upon it when I did.”
Chapters: 1
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Prompt: 8 - Gilderoy Lockhart’s victims band together to plan the ultimate revenge
💀Day 16 💀
Title: a life debt aggrievedCharacters/pairing: Severus Snape, James Potter
Rating: E
Word count/length: 2452
Warnings: Self-Harm, Character Death, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Bullying
Summary: Sectumsempra. For enemies.
James Potter got a hold of Severus Snape’s copy of Advanced Potion-Making long before it wound up inside the Potions classroom’s cabinet. He wanted to try a curious little spell on Snivellus.
Chapters: 1
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Prompt: Self-Prompt - The wrong Potter got Severus Snape's Advanced Potion-Making copy. James Potter wanted to try the Sectumsempra curse on Severus for laughs, not knowing what kind of curse it was. With no one to stop the curse on time, Severus dies a slow death.
💀Day 17 💀
Title: but tonight your hand is steadyCharacters/pairing: Lily-centric, James Potter/Lily Evans Potter
Rating: T
Word count/length: 1872
Warnings: MCD
Summary: Five times Lily walked away and one time she stayed. Canon compliant.
Chapters: 1/1
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Prompt: Self-Prompt - five times lily walked away and one time she stayed (with the last one being the "Stand aside, silly girl!" MCD scene with voldemort)
💀Day 18 💀
Title: Regret, A Family LostCharacters/pairing: Percy Weasley. Weasley Family
Rating: G
Word count/length: NA.
Warnings: Death of a whole family?
Summary: Percy grieves the death of his family as he doesn’t know they are watching him.
Chapters: NA
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Prompt: 158 - Percy grieves the death of his brother/s/sister/parent/s.
💀 Day 19 💀
Title: Breakfast, interruptedCharacters/pairing: Lucius Malfoy/Narcissa Black Malfoy, Astoria Greengrass/Draco Malfoy, Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy
Rating: T
Word count/length: 5229
Warnings: Major Character death
Summary: All Lucius Malfoy wants is to have a proper, pureblood heir and to eat his breakfast in peace. Is that really too much to ask?
Chapters: 1
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Prompt: 78 - Only the Malfoys know the real cause of Astoria's death.
💀 Day 20 💀
Title: when it's cold i'd like to dieCharacters/pairing: Narcissa Malfoy & Draco Malfoy
Rating: M
Word count/length: 2469
Warnings: MCD, Blood and Violence
Summary: Draco has failed. Someone must be punished.
Chapters: 1
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Prompt: 72 - It's not enough for Voldemort to have given the Malfoys the mere fear that one of them may die. After Dumbledore is killed, before Lucius is freed from Azkaban, either Draco or Narcissa is made to watch the other die.
💀Day 21 💀
Title: Snake Eyes
Characters/pairing: Tom Riddle/Myrtle Warren
Rating: M
Word count/length: 1414 words
Warnings: MCD, dubious consent, manipulative relationship
Summary: There’s a single moment, between yellow eyes and nothingness, where she remembers. [Or - What if Myrtle wasn’t a random victim of Tom Riddle? What if he was someone she knew, even someone she loved?]
Chapters: 1
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Prompt: 172 - Before she stumbles upon the Basilisk, Myrtle makes the acquaintance of a charming Slytherin, Tom Riddle.
💀Day 22 💀
Title: can't hear itCharacters/pairing: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter
Rating: M
Word count/length: 3.5k
Warnings: Major Character Death, Suicide
Summary: Not long, I don’t think. Not nearly long enough.
They say it isn’t fatal.
PTSD.
But loving me is.
And you aren’t going to succumb.
I won’t let you
Chapters: 10
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Prompt: 50 - A diary of the last few weeks as A succumbs of a fatal disease. What do A and B do? How does B help them? What are they thinking? This can have some uplifting elements but still be quite sad.
💀Day 23 💀
Title: Scenes of a MemoryCharacters/pairing: Gen; Harry Potter, Ginny Weasley, and Ron Weasley
Rating: G
Word count/length: 302
Warnings: MCD
Summary: Three looks at what could have been in the Chamber of Secrets in 1992.
Chapters: 1
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Prompt: 23 - rewrite any near-death encounter in canon (troll gets Hermione, cursed bludger kills Harry, Lupin eats everybody, etc) to make it MCD
💀Day 24 💀
Title: Devour The One You LoveCharacters/pairing: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter, Tom Riddle
Rating: E
Word count/length: 23k
Warnings: Arson, Angst, Grief, References to the Wizarding War, References to Childhood Trauma, References to Torture, References to Canonical Deaths / Murders, Nightmares, Blood, Injury, Gore, Bruises, Wounds, Self-harm, Panic Attacks, Non-sexual hair pulling, Death Threat, Imprisonment, Hidden Identity, Impostering, Non-con possession, Non-consensual blood drawing, Manipulation, Psychological Abuse, Dubcon due to hidden identity, Fear of death, Cannibalism, Self-Sacrifice, Human Sacrifice, Murder, Major Character Death, Dead dove: do not eat, Porn, Drunk Sex, Betrayal, Revenge
Summary: A ghost of the past — a love story bleeds into the palm of his hands. A voice echoes from the cupboard under the stairs as figures appear in the mirror. It’s been seven years since the war. Darkness comes back in different forms, wearing the skin of the one that you love.
Chapters: 1
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Prompt: 88 - Devour the one you love.
💀Day 25 💀
Title: Lovers’ FlightCharacters/pairing: Harry Potter/Severus Snape
Rating: T+
Word count/length: 221 words
Warnings: MCD, implied underage
Summary: A Snarry adaptation of Goethe’s “Der Erlkönig”
Chapters: 1
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Prompt: Self-Prompt - This will be a Snarry Adaptation of Goethe's "Der Erlkönig" (The Elf King, although the quality of translations varies). I don't really know what else to explain about this, but Harry will die at the end :D
💀Day 26 💀
Title: For Whom the Burial Held?Characters/pairing: Harry Potter & Draco Malfoy, side pairing Harry Potter/Ginny Weasley
Rating: M
Word count/length: 6761
Warnings: MCD, mention of rape & violence
Summary: Today is June 5th. Your birthday. I’ve decided to give you a gift.
Today is June 5th. The day I say goodbye to you and the past.Chapters: 1
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Prompt: 75 - Draco's failure at killing Dumbledore landed him in Voldemort's furious side. He was reduced into a plaything and a way to ensure his parents' obedience. In the aftermath of war, Harry and friends managed to locate Draco, now a shell of his former shelf. Harry has to face the dilemma of having to kill Draco as an act of mercy for the tortured boy.
💀Day 27 💀
Title: The Last DeathCharacters/pairing: Gen: no pairing. Characters are Fabian and Gideon Prewett, Molly Weasley, George Weasley, Prewett Family
Rating: Mature
Word count/length: 17,457
Warnings: MCD, Graphic Depictions of violence
Summary: someone once said that we die three deaths. The first is when the body ceases to function. The second is when the body is consigned to the grave. The third is that moment, sometime in the future, when your name is spoken for the last time.
Molly Weasley (nee: Prewett) has mourned her younger brothers for a lifetime but she is not ready to say the final goodbye.
Chapters: 6/6
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Prompt: 157 - A look into how Molly Weasley’s brothers died.
💀Day 28 💀
Title: Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)Characters/pairing: Regulus Black/Sirius Black
Rating: T
Word count/length: 1800
Warnings: MCD, Incest
Summary: A suicide pact was made between two brothers.
Chapters: 1
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Prompt: 131 - A suicide pact.
💀Day 29 💀
Title: Mates and MurderCharacters/pairing: Fleur Delacour/Hermione Granger/Bill Weasley
Rating: M
Word count/length: 1509
Warnings: Major Character Death
Summary: Fleur and Hermione are getting ready for dinner when something unexpected happens. Bill comes home to the shock of his life.
Chapters: 1
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Prompt: Self-Prompt - Mating bond goes wrong, Hermione is mates with both Fleur and Bill. They've been a triad for a bit of time. During some sexy time between Fleur and Hermione, Fleur's veela half takes over and fatally injuring Hermione. As Hermione lies dieing of her wounds in the bed, Fleur is crying, Bill comes home to find Hermione dead and Fleur covered in blood. A rage fills Bill and he kills Fleur then himself not wanting to be without his mates.
💀Day 30 💀
Title: When Will You Destroy Another?Characters/pairing: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter
Rating: E
Word count: 12072
Warnings: major character death, blood and gore, body horror, dubious consent
Summary: Enter Draco Malfoy, single father and hotel owner. It’s tough, but it’s honest work– really, scout’s honor. But when his ex, Harry Potter, walks into the hotel with a successful relationship in tow, what’s Draco to do? Leave him the fuck alone? Not a chance in Hell.Chapters: 5
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Prompt: Self-Prompt - A cracky retelling of the adam and eve story. Harry walks into Draco's hotel with a failing marriage in tow, and what's Draco to do? Leave him and his family alone? Not A Chance In Hell, and he knows what's That's like.
💀Day 31 💀
Title: A Death in the Shrieking ShackCharacters/pairing: Harry Potter/Severus Snape
Rating: T
Word count/length: N/A
Warnings: Major Character Death
Summary: Severus dies in Harry’s arms.
Chapters: 1
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Prompt: 60 - Severus dies at Nagini's attack. Among other things, a broken Harry Potter collects their memories together from the man's mind
💀Day 32 💀
Title: Turning the pages of my life (Wait until the reaper takes my life)Characters/pairing: Amelia Bones & Edgar Bones, Bellatrix Lestrange, Voldemort (Harry Potter), Death Eater Characters
Rating: General Audiences
Word count/length: Art + 260 words drabble companion
Warnings: Main Character Death
Summary: In the wake of Lord Voldemort’s return, Amelia Bones pays a visit to her brother.
Chapters: 1
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Prompt: 20 - Amelia Bones: Head Auror, fearless, ruthless, best solo duellist since Grindelwald himself. She hadn’t always been this way. She hadn’t always been alone.
💀Day 33 💀
Title: Nine Hundred and TwelveCharacters/pairing: George Weasley & Percy Weasley, George Weasley & Fred Weasley
Rating: TWord count/length: 5k
Warnings: Grief/loss, canonical character death, acceptance
Summary: After long nights, impossible exams, and years of studying, my application to join the honourable ranks of those Wixen known only as Unspeakables has been accepted.
Dad could not be more proud. Mum bleeding cried at the ceremony. My siblings congratulated me for finally doing something other than grieving Fred. They all said this would be good for me, that this would be a fresh start.
They don’t know I did it all for you.
All for you, Fred.
Chapters: 1
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Prompt: 19 - George finds a time turner and will do anything to bring Fred back. He'll have to learn the hard way that what's passed has passed, and that time is not as malleable as it seems.
💀Day 34 💀
Title: Sartre Versus the StoicsCharacters/pairing: Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy minor Hermione Granger/Ron Weasley
Rating: Mature
Word count/length: 19K
Warnings: MCD, Depression, Suicide, Mourning
Summary: When Harry Potter kills himself after the war, his friends and family are left to pick up the pieces he left behind
Chapters: 1
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Prompt: 94 -After the Second Wizardry War, Harry Potter commits suicide, and the whole world mourns, especially those closest to him.
💀Day 35 💀
Title: And yet it endsCharacters/pairing: Hermione Granger/Severus Snape
Rating: E
Word count/length: 4293
Warnings: Major Character Death, panic attack, depression, blood, pregnancy, self-harm
Summary: “During the war, while the battle was raging on outside, on his dying breath, Severus Snape takes one last vow, and makes a deal that would further forever seal his fate. After all, what’s the worst thing that could happen?”
Chapters: 1/1
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Prompt: 46 - Character A sells their soul to the devil, and they are given ten years of health, wealth and happiness. Then the devil comes for their due.
💀Day 36 💀
Title: The Coffin BuilderCharacters/pairing: Tom Riddle | Voldemort/Ginny Weasley
Rating: E
Word count/length: 19,890
Warnings: Major Character Death, Underage
Summary: Tom Riddle was a parasite. He had nested himself within her — not just her body but her soul as well. And yet, she couldn’t cut him out like rot.
Chapters: 1
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Prompt: 53 - Ginny has had part of Voldemort’s soul living inside her since COS and becomes a spy/assassin for Voldemort in DH
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