#words of filius lunae

[4uru]

Snippet from rarepair matthew/kit fanfic:

"You have a sort of beauty only found in the marble statues in the museums. Soft and smooth, and far away. Forbidden to touch by the visitors, bound to be behind the red ribbons. The visitors can only dream of touching your skin.

At night, under the cover of the dark, an intruder passes the red ribbons. The moon shines upon your marble skin. The intruder circles you and touches your seams. Your hand to your forearm to your bicep. From your clavicle to your neck, to your jaw to the bow of your lips. He kisses your cold, stone-hard, smooth carved lips."

"Who are you then? The visitor? Or the intruder?"

"I'm whoever you want me to be."

[squibstress]

Catch and Release

Creator: roozette Rating: M/R Word Count: 5,560

Summary: Harry has a “tell,” when he needs affection. Ron never realized Severus had the same one.

Characters: Ginny Weasley, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Severus Snape

Pairing(s): Harry/Severus, Hermione/Ron

Why You Should Check It Out: Take a few minutes (and a hankie) and go read Catch and Release at snape_potter, written for this year's Snarry-a-thon. It's really about Ron more than Harry or Snape, and it's a beautiful story of love, friendship and growth that will warm your heart without turning your stomach. Trust me, you'll love it.

Penultimate Acts

Creator: pasi Rating: K+/PG Word Count: 11,442

Summary: Severus Snape, from nearly the end of Dumbledore's life to nearly the end of his own.

Characters: Albus Dumbledore, Amycus Carrow, Filius Flitwick, Ginny Weasley, Lily Luna Potter, Minerva McGonagall, Neville Longbottom, Poppy Pomfrey, Severus Snape

Pairing(s): Lily/Severus

Why You Should Check It Out: Author pasi perfectly captures the Horror of Being Severus in his own words, sometimes sardonic, sometimes unabashedly bitter, and in the words of various denizens of Hogwarts, living and dead. It's full of missing canon moments that put the reader smack dab into Severus' mind. You'll come away from this fic pitying Severus a bit more, and hating Dumbledore a lot more.

An Act of Love

Creator: MMADfan Rating: MA/NC-17 Word Count: 156,023

Summary: Severus Snape is hit by a stray spell, which has unanticipated and undesirable consequences. When he begins to feel some side-effects from the spell, Severus seeks the help of a colleague.

Characters: Albus Dumbledore, Draco Malfoy, Hermione Granger, Minerva McGonagall, Original Character, Poppy Pomfrey, Severus Snape

Pairing(s): Albus/Minerva, Minerva/Severus

Why You Should Check It Out:

This is a particularly well-done and unusual exponent of the "shag-or-die" fic. It's one of the stories in the author's epic "RAMverse" series. MMADfan creates a very detailed and believable (within the Potterverse, anyway) world for these characters, and she uses it to tremendous effect in exploring the relationsips between them. Severus, in this story, is deliberately out-of-character to some degree, but it works to highlight the utter horror of his situation. This story, like MMADfan's other work, contains some very creative and fascinating magic, and it works according to realistic laws of nature and magic—something to make this science nerd squee. She also writes sex in a way that manages to be very fluffy and very hot at the same time. (And the sex magic is quite nice, too.)

[absumoaevum]

Jury of Hearts (53,750 Words || WIP) by absumoaevum

Chapters: 9/?

Fandom: Harry Potter

Rating: Mature

Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Relationships: Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy

Characters: Hermione Granger, Draco Malfoy, Crookshanks (Harry Potter), Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Molly Weasley, Arthur Weasley, Ginny Weasley, Narcissa Black Malfoy, Lucius Malfoy, Eudoria Merrythought, Luna Lovegood, Patience Bright, Pomona Sprout, Minerva McGonagall, Horace Slughorn, Violetta Hitchens, Percy Weasley, Leta Brindlemore, Gertrude Meads, Filius Flitwick, Poppy Pomfrey, Eli Cresswell, Prescott Cadwallader, Jameson Terwilleger, Justin Finch-Fletchley, Ryan Oaklane, Rory Oaklane, Zacharias Smith

Additional Tags: Hogwarts Eighth Year, POV Draco Malfoy, POV Hermione Granger, POV Third Person Limited, Draco Malfoy Needs a Hug, Slow Burn, Angst and Feels, Hermione Granger's Parents Are Missing, Post-Second Wizarding War with Voldemort (Harry Potter), Eventual Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy, Bullying, Grief/Mourning, Implied/Referenced Character Death, Blood, Violence, Brooding, Implied/Referenced Self-Harm, Canon-Typical Violence

Summary:

With his family's trials on the horizon and nothing holding him to his home apart from his despondent mother and perpetually-drunk father, Draco Malfoy jumps at the opportunity to return to Hogwarts to repeat his final year. At Hogwarts, he can escape his wretched home life and perhaps even rehabilitate his reputation. Things are looking up. That is, until he gets to school and realizes that his entire House hates him. Now Draco must decide between his old life and something new.

New is the last thing Hermione Granger needs. All she wants is for her life to go back to the way it was before the war. When a hearing at the Ministry goes sideways, Hermione accepts Headmistress McGonagall's offer to return to Hogwarts, sure answers lie hidden in the school library that will help her find her missing parents. But Hogwarts is a very different place than she remembers, and Hermione must change as well if she has any hope of overcoming her past to reclaim her future.

Fates intertwine and loyalties are tested in this Post-War 8th-Year Slow Burn Dramione Drama/Suspense/Romance.

Updates Mondays.

[dhr-ao3]

Mother Magic's Blessed & Lord Death's Master

Mother Magic's Blessed & Lord Death's Master https://ift.tt/XvKiTRj by LittleSerpent21 Mother Magic was angry. Lord Death was livid. Someone dared mess with what was theirs. They had so few to cherish and this lowly human thought himself above them all. Fate may be stronger, but they were smarter. There would be nothing to stand in the way of them whilst they fixed what this despicable human tried to destroy. Now if only they could get their blessed on the right track, and Death's Master awakened; that would help greatly. And if they could do it before their older sister became aware, that'd be even better. Once things were righted, not even Fate could stop them. Words: 4148, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Underage Categories: F/M, M/M, Multi Characters: Harry Potter, Tom Riddle | Voldemort, Severus Snape, James Potter, Lily Evans Potter, Regulus Black, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Barty Crouch Jr., Hermione Granger, Draco Malfoy, Nagini (Harry Potter), Ron Weasley, Fred Weasley, George Weasley, Charlie Weasley, Bill Weasley, Arthur Weasley, Molly Weasley, Albus Dumbledore, Order of the Phoenix, Death Eater Characters, Minerva McGonagall, Filius Flitwick, Lady Magic, Lord Death, Fate - Character, Neville Longbottom, Slytherin Students, Luna Lovegood Relationships: Harry Potter/Tom Riddle, Harry Potter/Voldemort, James Potter/Lily Evans Potter/Severus Snape, Sirius Black/Remus Lupin, Regulus Black/Barty Crouch Jr., Bellatrix Black Lestrange/Rodolphus Lestrange, Lucius Malfoy/Narcissa Black Malfoy, Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy Additional Tags: Soul Bond, Past Hermione Granger/Ron Weasley, Ron Weasley Bashing, Molly Weasley Bashing, Ginny Weasley Bashing, Albus Dumbledore Bashing, Good Slytherins, Good Parent Severus Snape, Severitus | Severus Snape is Harry Potter's Parent, Depressed Harry Potter, Sane Tom Riddle, Hermione Granger & Harry Potter Friendship, Pureblood Hermione Granger, Neville Longbottom & Harry Potter Friendship, Good Friend Neville Longbottom, Luna Lovegood Being Luna Lovegood, Luna Lovegood & Harry Potter Friendship, Dark Harry Potter, Dark Hermione Granger, Dark Neville Longbottom, Dark Luna Lovegood, Draco Malfoy & Harry Potter Friendship, Protective Hermione Granger, Good Malfoy Family (Harry Potter), Abused Harry Potter, Implied/Referenced Torture, Tortured Harry Potter, Scars, Good Voldemort (Harry Potter), Possessive Tom Riddle, Smitten Tom Riddle, Inheritance, Creature Inheritance via AO3 works tagged 'Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy' https://ift.tt/fxJI8vn April 09, 2024 at 12:48AM

[oreh-kolpona]

I made this blog to celebrate/ appreciate Bengali culture. I am from Bangladesh. I am Queer and agender. (I am most comfortable with bangla pronouns. In English, just use my name.) I mostly plan on sharing my (and other ppls) Bengali culture inspired art, ramble about Tagore, talk about Bengali literature and movies. And other desi stuff. I will also post in bangla sometimes just for the fuck of it.

My other blogs are:

@4uru (main blog)

@4uru-draws (art blog)

@words-of-filius-lunae (mostly abandoned writing blog)

Original posts tag: auru'r bokbokani

[4uru-draws]

This is strictly an art blog and is basically a chronological archive of all my artworks posted on tumblr.

(Art tag: auru draws)

Main blog: @4uru

Writing blog: @words-of-filius-lunae

Cultural appreciation blog: @oreh-kolpona

[ao3feed-romione]

It Happens. (a Series of Random Period One Shots from Hogwarts)

It happens. (a series of random period one shots from Hogwarts) by RedRivalK

If muggle women get it, witches do too. periods are an inevitable grievance of anyone assigned female at birth. follow stories of stains, scares, firsts, and many more annoyances. recommend ideas as you please and I will do my best to answer them.

Words: 1383, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Thorne & Rowling

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/F, F/M, Gen

Characters: Hermione Granger, Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Ginny Weasley, Molly Weasley, Arthur Weasley, Lily Evans Potter, James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Marlene McKinnon, Dorcas Meadowes, Alice Longbottom, Frank Longbottom, Luna Lovegood, Cho Chang, Fleur Delacour, Lily Luna Potter, Rose Weasley, James Sirius Potter, Albus Severus Potter, Rubeus Hagrid, Bellatrix Black Lestrange, Andromeda Black Tonks, Narcissa Black Malfoy, Nymphadora Tonks, Original Female Character(s), Minerva McGonagall, Pomona Sprout, Severus Snape, Filius Flitwick, Bill Weasley, Sybill Trelawney, Pansy Parkinson, Draco Malfoy

Relationships: Arthur Weasley/Molly Weasley, Harry Potter/Ginny Weasley, Hermione Granger/Ron Weasley, James Potter/Lily Evans Potter

Additional Tags: Menstruation, Marauders Era, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Pre-Canon, Post-Canon, Harry Potter Next Generation, The Talk, Implied Sexual Content

Read Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/43890468

[ao3feed-scorbus]

Hide and Seek: A Series

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/MuRrt4W

by ArdenCallaway

Albus Potter is nothing like his father. He would be the first to tell you that. When he embarks on his journey to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, he is accompanied by little more than feelings of isolation and frustration. The cold-eyed stranger and dark rumor he encounters on the train certainly don’t help.

After an unforeseen sorting and a society grappling with a faceless threat of extinction, Albus is forced to rethink everything he knows about his family, his world, and himself. Embarking on a journey of self discovery with an unexpected alliance, he must define the things that truly matter and how far he’ll go to protect them.

(See notes below)

Words: 5141, Chapters: 2/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Thorne & Rowling

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: M/M

Characters: Albus Severus Potter, Scorpius Malfoy, Rose Weasley, Craig Bowker Jr., Polly Chapman, Teddy Lupin, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ginny Weasley, Ron Weasley, Merlin (Harry Potter), Delphi (Harry Potter), Theodore Nott, Sirius Black, Regulus Black, James Potter, James Sirius Potter, Remus Lupin, Lily Evans Potter, Lily Luna Potter, Hugo Weasley, Minerva McGonagall, Horace Slughorn, Neville Longbottom, Draco Malfoy, Astoria Greengrass, Greengrass Family (Harry Potter), Andromeda Black Tonks, Nymphadora Tonks, Molly Weasley, Arthur Weasley, Filius Flitwick, Rolanda Hooch, Moaning Myrtle, Rubeus Hagrid, Argus Filch

Relationships: Scorpius Malfoy/Albus Severus Potter, Scorpius Malfoy & Albus Severus Potter & Rose Weasley, Harry Potter/Ginny Weasley, Astoria Greengrass/Draco Malfoy, Hermione Granger/Ron Weasley, Sirius Black/Remus Lupin, Regulus Black/James Potter, James Potter/Lily Evans Potter, Polly Chapman & Albus Severus Potter, Karl Jenkins & Rose Weasley

Additional Tags: Slow Burn, Harry Potter Next Generation, Not Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Compliant, Canon Universe, Canonical Character Death, Canon Rewrite, Scorbus, For real it's a slow burn, Grant Chapman is in this, Angst, Fluff, IT'S GOING TO GET HEAVY

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/MuRrt4W

[pookha]

A Promise Ring Chapter 3

Wishing Stars and Charming Experiments

Harry and Luna go to the top of the Astronomy Tower to watch the Centarurid meteor showers and wish upon stars. Harry tells her that they won't be able to live together at Hogwarts unless they're married. Will they get engaged?

Later, Harry has a talk with Filius who wants Harry to take on more. Harry shows Filius some of his experiments.

Luna’s hand was warm and soft in Harry’s as they walked to the Astronomy Tower. They began the long trek up the stairs to the roof.

“We won’t get in trouble for being up there after hours?” Luna asked. Her voice was curious, but unconcerned.

Harry grinned; he looked his age for once instead of like someone who’d seen too much, too young.

“I got permission from Professor Sinistra. Our new status as…um…apprentices? comes with a few privileges as long as we don’t abuse them.”

Luna nodded. She’d been allowed in more of the Forbidden Forest than before, albeit with Hagrid.

“What are we going to do up there?” she asked.

“Well, I thought we’d sit and look at the stars and talk; Hermione tells me that the Centaurid meteor showers should peak tonight and I thought we could make some wishes on falling stars.”

“Not planning any snogging?” Luna squeezed his hand.

“Well…some,” Harry admitted, squeezing her hand back.

She dragged his hand to stop him. He turned to her curiously and she stood on tiptoes to kiss him. It was a sweet, gentle kiss and Harry started to pull away, but she pulled him closer and tangled hands in his hair. He bent and his lips slid down from hers to her neck. She gasped at the gentle bite and pulled him tighter. He kissed across her neck to the other side, just under her ear and she moaned lightly. She released his hair and he pulled back.

“Thought we’d get a head start,” she said and laughed. He laughed with her, took her hand again and they trekked the rest of the way up the stairs to the roof. A frigid breeze had stripped the roof mostly clear of snow, leaving only a small drift against the crenellations on the far edge. The telescopes had been taken down and put under charmed tarps to protect them against the wind and cold.

Harry let go of her hand and they both began digging in packs. He threw down a blanket and activated some charms on it with a few words. At the same time, Luna took their windbreak out of her pack and snapped it open. She put it behind the blanket which was now emitting visible heat shimmers. The windbreak snapped and jittered in the wind.

“Watch this,” Harry said. He pulled his wand, touched the windbreak and did a charm. It immediately stiffened and stopped snapping.

“Oh, that’s a nice one,” Luna said, admiring Harry’s Charm.

“It’s reversible, too, so when we go I can make it pliable again.”

They sat down together, hip to hip on the warm, charmed blanket then Harry took another blanket out, put it over them and activated the charms to warm it also.

Harry pulled two pillows out of his pack, placed them under the blanket and said, “We’ve got about an hour before we’ll really see any of the shooting stars.” 

He laid down on his back, head on a pillow. Luna turned and watched him, her eyes catching the reflection of the moon again. He was never going to get tired of seeing her eyes reflecting in the moonlight. She slid down next to him under the blanket and turned on her side to face him. He turned his head and they both got lost in kisses and caresses. When they surfaced, the moon had shifted subtly and Luna’s eyes were dark. She turned onto her back and snuggled closer into him.

“I…I was talking with Professor Flitwick about housing…” Harry trailed off.

“Yes?” Luna asked curiously.

“He said that we won’t be able to live together on Hogwarts grounds because we’re not married.”

“Oh.” Luna’s voice was small and Harry sighed.

“So the way I see it, we could live in Hogsmeade, but neither of us wants that?” It was a question. He felt Luna’s head shake next to his.

“We could get married before school starts next year.” Harry turned to face her and she turned on her side facing him.

“That sounds nice.” She said and kissed him. The kiss started to deepen, but he pulled back.

“You’re not worried about getting married so young? Or if I don’t get the Charms position?”

She smiled at him and kissed him again. This time when she pulled him deeper, he didn’t resist.

She slid her mouth to his ear and he felt her warm breath.

“No, not worried. Molly and Arthur got married young and they’re still together. My parents got married when Dad was 20 and Mum 18. I think; no, I know we’ll be okay. And I know you’ll get the Charms position, too. Professor Flitwick wouldn’t be spending so much time with you if he didn’t believe in you also.” She nipped his earlobe and then his neck under it, the first one gently, the second one not so gently.

He twisted his head until they were kissing again. Their hands moved under the blankets, then under clothing. Both of their breathing grew heavier. Harry pulled back first.

“We can’t go too far here,” he said regretfully.

Luna pulled back after one last, wet kiss.

“No, you’re right.” Her tone was light, but her voice was thick and heavy. Harry had heard that only the few times they’d made love before school had started back and knew it was hard for her to stop now.

“We’ll have time,” he said, and sat up.

He dug in his pack and pulled out a ring case. When he opened it, it held only a plain gold band. She sat up and he slid it on her finger next to the moonstone promise ring. It nested against it perfectly.

“Will you marry me?” he asked, his voice husking to match hers unconsciously.

“Yes,” she said simply. Her eyes filled with tears that didn’t fall until her lashes brushed his cheek as they kissed. They spilled down his cheeks and mingled with his tears that spilled down hers. When the kiss broke a lifetime later, she wiped his cheeks with the back of her hand and then her own.

“When?” she asked.

“June 21st, the Summer Solstice?” Harry asked.

Luna thought for a moment.

“That would be a good day, but it’s also right in the middle of N.E.W.Ts isn’t it?”

Harry shook his head.

“It’s the Saturday after they’re done and the start of the dead week with no classes.”

“Mmm, that would be nice then. It’ll give us a few weeks after school to go somewhere and enjoy ourselves before we have to come back in the summer to prepare for next year.” She snuggled in even closer.

“Where would you like to go?” he asked.

“We can decide later.” She saw a bright flash behind him. He saw her glance and turned just in time to catch the fading light of the shooting star.

“I wish happiness for us,” she whispered in his ear.

Another star brightened behind her.

“I wish peace for us and our children and our children’s children.” He closed his eyes as he said it.

“Children, plural?” she asked, her breath in his ear again.

“Two, three?” he said.

“Two or three sounds good,” she agreed. She licked his ear in a long lick from lobe to tip and he laughed then licked her cheek. They’d done this before and it always devolved into giggles and more serious kissing. It was no different this time. It was even harder to stop themselves this time, but they did, finally.

When Harry came into breakfast the next morning, the Great Hall grew quiet and he felt eyes following him as he crossed to sit beside Hermione. As soon as he sat, the hubbub increased in volume.

“What’s going on?” he whispered to Hermione.

She rolled her eyes at him.

“Your engagement is big news on the gossip train,” she whispered back.

“How?” he started before she interrupted.

“Padma was still awake when Luna came back and she saw Luna’s new ring. She messaged Parvati, and then it spread from there. Honestly, it would only have spread faster if Lavender were…” she stopped and sighed.

“...still alive,” Harry finished.

“Yeah, I never thought I’d miss her, but I do.”

Hermione suddenly faced him.

“It’s true?” she asked and he nodded.

She squealed in a very un-Hermione-like way and hugged him tight.

“Congratulations!” she said.

Her hug was the breaking of the dam and soon there was a ragged queue waiting to congratulate Harry. After Dennis Creevey shook his hand, he caught Professor Flitwick’s eye at the staff table and Filius winked at him. Harry smiled and winked back. There were only a few minutes left for breakfast, so Harry started shoveling food down and almost choked when Hermione told him it was like having Ron back. He’d just finished when the morning mail arrived and two different owls swooped down with letters for him. The first one was a thin envelope written in a looping cursive. The second was a larger envelope that was printed with careful, blocky letters. Hermione saw the return address on the first.

“Is Andromeda okay? Teddy?” she asked. Her face wrinkled with concern.

Harry slit it open with his wand and read the short letter.

“She’s fine and so is Teddy, but it’s hard for her to raise a baby on her own, especially having just lost her husband and daughter recently.” Harry sighed. He handed the letter to Hermione who read it quickly and smiled.

“Oh, this looks like it might be a good solution. Do you think Kreacher would want to go there? I can’t see him ever wanting to leave Grimmauld Place.” She handed the letter back to Harry.

Harry had opened the other letter and pulled out a thick sheaf of parchment. He read it carefully and then handed it to Hermione also. She scanned it and handed it back.

“I see. You’re selling Grimmauld Place,” she said. She started to say something then stopped; thinking before speaking again.

Harry caught the look.

“Don’t worry, I’m going to ask him what he wants. I hope he’ll want to go help Andromeda with Teddy, but if he wants to come to Hogwarts to work, either with the Hogwarts Elves or with Luna and me, then that’s fine, too. I don’t think he’ll want to be released or signed over to the new owners of Grimmauld Place, but I do want to respect his wishes.”

Hermione’s face darkened at ‘signed over,’ but she sighed resignedly.

“This is something I want to address when I get to the Ministry, but it’s more complicated than I thought at first.” She stirred around her leftover eggs with her fork.

“Yeah,” Harry agreed. “I wish I had a good solution for you, for the Elves.”

“I’ve got to go to class. See you later, Harry. Congratulations again; Luna’s good for you and I can tell you really love her and she loves you.” She kissed Harry on the cheek, rose and left.

Harry shook a few more hands and answered a few more congratulations, then left for his new small office. It was not much larger than a Hogwarts broom closet, but it was quite a bit larger than his old cupboard under the stairs at the Dursleys. He’d been given it a week ago, complete with a desk and a chair. Its small window looked out over the back of the castle. It was already cluttered with some notepads he was experimenting with, a small crystal ball and a piece of charcoal. He cast a Supersensory Charm on a clear marble that had been affixed to the  door, and the familiar vertigo came back as he could now see from a third eye located in the marble. He closed the door, crossed unsteadily to his desk and sat heavily. His hand trembled slightly as he put his wand to his temple. When he pulled it away, a strand of purplish-red vapor trailed behind it. Harry touched his wand to the crystal ball and the strand of vapor disappeared into it, formed a cloud, then cleared into a view of the hallway outside. A few straggling students late to class passed by. Harry closed his eyes until the dizziness stopped.

He wrote some notes down on one of the notepads and it immediately duplicated them with the Doubling Charm. He held both notepads up and examined them, but wasn’t able to see a difference.

He opened his desk drawer and pulled out a small  round mirror. He could see the kitchen of Grimmauld Place in it. He touched it and said, “Kreacher?”

It only took a few seconds for Kreacher to come into view.

“Master Harry” he said with a bow. He was spotless, as was the kitchen. Harry knew the rest of the house was getting that way, but the years of neglect had made it hard for Kreacher to keep up. He’d absolutely refused help and Harry could tell it was hurting Kreacher’s pride.

“Kreacher, I have some news for you and I think it’s going to upset you. I forbid you from hurting yourself and I ask that you let me finish completely, then I’m going to ask what you want to do.”

Kreacher’s eyes bugged out and he nodded.

“Luna and I have decided to take positions at Hogwarts after we get married in June. I won’t be able to give Grimmauld Place the attention it needs and I’m going to have to sell it.”

Kreacher made an upset squeak and raised his hands to his tufty ears to pull them, but then stopped.

“I have some options that I thought you might like, but I want to do right by you, too. I can offer your contract to the new buyers of the house, I can transfer your contract to Hogwarts if you want to work here, you can stay with us in our new cottage at Hogwarts, I can release you from your contract…”

Kreacher made a gulping sound, halfway between a sob and a hiccup.

“I’m sorry; I know it’s upsetting,” Harry said gently.

“Or I can sign you over to Andromeda Tonks. She needs help raising her grandson, my godson Teddy Lupin. I know you know she was born a Black and this way, you’re staying in the family, even if the Black line has died off.”

Now tears streamed from Kreacher’s eyes and he sobbed.

“Master is angry with me?” he wailed.

“No, Kreacher. I am very happy with you and that’s why I want to do whatever you want.” Harry sighed.

“I want to stay here with you and Mistress Luna and help with your children,” Kreacher said between sobs.

“I know, but I can’t live there and I don’t want Luna to live there; it has too many bad memories for me and bad associations and the monetary upkeep on it is ruinous if I’m not living there. I just can’t keep it, Kreacher. I’m sorry it affects you, too.”

“Master Harry is looking out for me?” Kreacher half-asked.

“I’m trying to,” Harry said, sympathetic tears in his eyes now, too.

“May Kreacher have a little time to think about this?”

“The estate agent will be there in a month to start the process, you can have all that time. You should visit Hogwarts and Andromeda and talk to the estate agent.”

Kreacher bowed.

“I will, Master Harry, and I will also make sure the house is presentable before then. May I be excused?”

Harry nodded and Kreacher Disapparated noisily. Harry sighed again and stowed the mirror in his desk.

He ripped off the top sheet of the notepad and copied it, then copied the copy until he’d copied it twenty times with the Doubling Charm. He held up the original next to the 20th copy and ran his hands over the errors it had introduced, most of them being slight variations in his handwriting. The crystal ball blinked, which grabbed his attention and he turned to it. It showed Professor Flitwick standing just outside the door, hand raised to knock. Harry waved his wand at the door and it opened. Professor Flitwick lowered his hand awkwardly.

“Come in, professor,” Harry said politely.

Professor Flitwick pointed at the marble.

“Supersensory Charm? Be careful, overuse can lead to migraine.”

Professor Flitwick entered and closed the door. Harry stood, copied his chair with the Doubling Charm and put it down on the other side of the desk. Professor Flitwick sat on it.

“I’ve tied it off to the crystal ball, so I don’t have to deal with the headache. It’s not perfect, but the sympathy of the clear marble to the crystal ball is pretty good.”

“May I?” Professor Flitwick gestured at the crystal ball.

Harry nodded.

Professor Flitwick leaned over and picked it up. He looked into it, then turned it this way and that. After a moment, he pulled out his wand and touched the crystal ball with it. The image grew more clear. He put it back on the desk on its stand.

“It had a slight flaw on the interior that didn’t match the marble, so that should help with the resolution.”

“Thank you, sir, uh Filius.” He smiled. It was going to take a while to get used to being on a first name basis with the professors.

“Experimenting with copying error?” Filius asked. He pointed at the two sheets next to each other.

“Yeah, I’m trying to see if it’s worse with a Muggle or machine-made product like these notepads, or if it’s worse with parchment, or if it makes no difference.”

He slid the sheets over to Filius, who looked them over carefully.

“And?” he asked.

“It’s too early to tell yet, but my initial observation is that it doesn’t seem to make a difference.”

Filius started to say something, but Harry pulled a book out of his desk drawer and held it out.

“I know that Cubberson said much the same thing, but that was nearly fifty years ago and Muggle manufacturing processes have changed a lot and I thought I should see before I tried to mass-produce these notepads for friends.”

“I was just about to suggest Cubberson’s research, but as you say, it’s fifty years old.” Filius ran his finger over the book's spine.

“This goes to what I came to talk to you about.” He leaned forward.

“Sir?” Harry asked nervously.

“You’ve been very diligent in learning more and it’s good to see some academic curiosity from you. I can tell you’re working very hard and I think it’s time you take on some teaching. For the rest of the year, you’re going to be teaching the second and third years on Tuesday and Wednesday, under my direction. I’ll be there to help, but mostly I’ll be there to observe. In the evening, when we have my philology talks, we’ll go over your approach. Sound good?”

Harry gulped audibly.

“Yes, sir, uh, Filius.”

“Excellent, I’ll see you tomorrow at one for the first class.” He took a folder out of his pocket that it definitely couldn’t fit in and slid it across the desk to Harry. Harry glanced at it and could see it was the lesson plan for the next few weeks.

Filius stood to go, but Harry asked, “Do you have five more minutes, Filius?”

Filius nodded and sat back down.

“I’ve been working on something else, too and I wanted to show you.”

Harry waved his wand at the window and it darkened, then he made a dim red witchlight float just over his desk. He shoved all the papers on the desk over and waved his wand at them. They straightened into a neat pile. He pulled a glossy sheet out of his desk drawer and sat it near the crystal ball which was still showing the scene in the hallway outside the office.

Harry drew his wand in a circle around the crystal ball twice anti-clockwise then once clockwise and the red streamer of the Supersensory Charm clung to his wand. He touched it to the glossy sheet which immediately started developing into a picture of the scene shown on the crystal ball. Harry held his wand to it for twenty seconds, then lifted it away and shook it vigorously. The picture moved in a loop, repeating the same twenty seconds over and over. After two minutes, Harry dismissed the red witchlight and lightened his window.

“I’m trying to figure out how to extend the time of these photos, so we can use the Supersensory Charm, tie it off to an object and have it be a record, but the photographic paper seems to have a limited capacity of about twenty seconds. Also, the potions needed to make it instant like this are fairly fiddly to make…and expensive.”

“Why do you want to do this?” Filius asked.

“I thought the castle could use some enhanced surveillance, especially outside entrances. Muggles have a thing called CCTV that can watch and record almost anything and I wanted to see what we could do here.”

Filius took the moving photo and stared at it before answering.

“And the right to privacy?” he asked.

“I was thinking it would only be used at entrances and common areas like the Great Hall, but that’s a question for the Board of Governors.”

“I don’t know how I feel, honestly,” Filius sighed.

“More surveillance and security seems like a good idea, especially with what happened last year, but sometimes the cost in invaded privacy exceeds the benefits in enhanced protection.”

“Yes, sir,” Harry said. “Should I stop this research, then?”

Filius slid the photo back and tapped it.

“No, it’s interesting and I may have some ideas about how to improve this. We’llt talk about it next time we meet in my office, okay?”

Filius stood and so did Harry.

“Thank you, Filius for the opportunity and believing in me.”

“You’re welcome, Harry and I’m looking forward to working even more with you.”

Filius left and Harry sat back down at his desk and continued working on his duplication experiment until it was time to go to class.

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Reading HP: Book 1 - Philosopher's Stone

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by Lorixjake

At the end of Harry Potter's third year at Hogwarts, a letter arrives with seven books. A group gather to read about both the past and the future, all while trying not to kill each other. Secrets are revealed, alliances are formed and pretty much everyone is angry with Albus Dumbledore.

Words: 10935, Chapters: 2/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery (Video Game)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/M, M/M

Characters: Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Ginny Weasley, Fred Weasley, George Weasley, Percy Weasley, Bill Weasley, Charlie Weasley, Nymphadora Tonks, Andromeda Black Tonks, Ted Tonks, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Narcissa Black Malfoy, Draco Malfoy, Severus Snape, Minerva McGonagall, Pomona Sprout, Filius Flitwick, Albus Dumbledore, Amelia Bones, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Emmeline Vance, Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody, Luna Lovegood, Neville Longbottom, Arthur Weasley, Molly Weasley

Relationships: Sirius Black/Remus Lupin, Sirius Black & Harry Potter, Draco Malfoy & Harry Potter, Harry Potter & Fred Weasley & George Weasley

Additional Tags: Characters Reading Harry Potter Books, Book 1: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Fluff and Angst, Family Fluff, Angst with a Happy Ending, Family Feels, Slow Burn, Manipulative Albus Dumbledore, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Family Bonding

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[4uru]

Dear friend,

You tell me about the universe and think that I am not enchanted by your passion.

Let me tell you, Darling , that you can speak to me about lightning and the clouds, the stars and the planets. And I will rever every word like it's gospel.

Tell me the universe's truth, because I'm scared of sharing mine with you.

I think you will hate me if you know. I think you will abandon me.

But please, friend, believe me when I say, I want to be your secret diary. Where you spill all your worries.

I will gladly be your mirror when you feel distorted and wrong, to show you what I see, surely then you will know how bright is your glow.

Dear friend, don't leave me. Please pick me over the god you pray to.

I cant ever tell you what I am. But I will always be here to hear what you are.

[squibstress]

HP Rec Fest - Day 24

Prompt: A holiday fic @hprecfest

A Christmas Fairytale with Sex and Goats

Pairing: Aberforth Dumbledore/Minerva McGonagall

Creator: dueltastic

Rating: M/R

Word Count: 13,500

Summary: In years to come, 1984 would be remembered as the Christmas with all that snow.

Why You Should Check It Out:

Dueltastic has both these prickly characters down to a T. This is a fabulous take on the "snowed-in" trope, which manages, somehow, to be completely in-character and sweetly romantic without being at all sappy. McGonagall is all practicality and no sentimentality, and Aberforth is amused and, despite his brusque demeanor, entirely enthralled.

Four Christmases Pomona Sprout Loved and One She Hated

Characters: Aberforth Dumbledore, Albus Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall, Pomona Sprout

Pairing: Aberforth Dumbledore/Pomona Sprout

Creator: kellychambliss

Rating: K+/PG

Word Count: 6,800

Summary: For Pomona Sprout, Christmas is always a wonderful time. Well, almost always.

Why You Should Check It Out:

This story is just right for the holidays, with its warm coziness, spiced up by a a little tang in the form of gruff Aberforth and tart Minerva adding to its pleasures.

I have a soft spot for Pomona, and this fic is a perfect example of why. Smart, competent, and caring is such a winning combination, and the odd couple of Aberforth and Pomona is just so right in the author's hands.

Filus Flitwick's Christmas

Characters: Aberforth Dumbledore, Albus Dumbledore, Argus Filch, Cornelius Fudge, Filius Flitwick, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Minerva McGonagall, Ron Weasley, Severus Snape

Creator: therealsnape

Rating: K+/PG

Word Count: 12,999

Summary: “Right,” said Kingsley Shacklebolt, as Minerva and he sat in her study, now fully cleared of the dinner things. “There’s the five of you, there’s the House Elves, there’s Argus Filch. And there’s one hell of a mess, with a spoiled painting. This wants clearing up."

Why You Should Check It Out:

A wonderful Hogwarts locked-room mystery with insightful characterizations and a bit of well-earned revenge. I especially love how the author has drawn a much-matured Ron, who is becoming quite a clever fellow!

The Rose That Lived

Characters: Aberforth Dumbledore, Augusta Longbottom, Filius Flitwick, Hannah Abbott, Irma Pince, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Luna Lovegood, Minerva McGonagall, Neville Longbottom, Original Character, Pomona Sprout, Poppy Pomfrey, Severus Snape

Pairings: Aberforth/Kingsley, Filius/Pomona, Hannah/Neville, Minerva/Severus

Creator: Milotzi

Rating: K+/PG

Word Count: 5,055

Summary: Augusta Longbottom wants to see her grandson properly appreciated. All else follows.

Why You Should Check It Out:

Fic as song cycle. This set of vignettes combines humor and wonderful obeservations of some of my favorite characters.

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Jury of Hearts (45,965 Words || WIP) by absumoaevum

Chapters: 7/?

Fandom: Harry Potter

Rating: Mature

Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Relationships: Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy

Characters: Hermione Granger, Draco Malfoy, Crookshanks (Harry Potter), Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Molly Weasley, Arthur Weasley, Ginny Weasley, Narcissa Black Malfoy, Lucius Malfoy, Eudoria Merrythought, Luna Lovegood, Patience Bright, Pomona Sprout, Minerva McGonagall, Horace Slughorn, Violetta Hitchens, Percy Weasley, Leta Brindlemore, Gertrude Meads, Filius Flitwick, Poppy Pomfrey, Eli Cresswell

Additional Tags: Hogwarts Eighth Year, POV Draco Malfoy, POV Hermione Granger, POV Third Person Limited, Draco Malfoy Needs a Hug, Slow Burn, Angst and Feels, Hermione Granger's Parents Are Missing, Post-Second Wizarding War with Voldemort (Harry Potter), Eventual Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy, Bullying, Grief/Mourning, Implied/Referenced Character Death, Blood, Violence, Brooding, Implied/Referenced Self-Harm, Canon-Typical Violence

Summary:

With his family's trials on the horizon and nothing holding him to his home apart from his despondent mother and perpetually-drunk father, Draco Malfoy jumps at the opportunity to return to Hogwarts to repeat his final year. At Hogwarts, he can escape his wretched home life and perhaps even rehabilitate his reputation. Things are looking up. That is, until he gets to school and realizes that his entire House hates him. Now Draco must decide between his old life and something new.

New is the last thing Hermione Granger needs. All she wants is for her life to go back to the way it was before the war. When a hearing at the Ministry goes sideways, Hermione accepts Headmistress McGonagall's offer to return to Hogwarts, sure answers lie hidden in the school library that will help her find her missing parents. But Hogwarts is a very different place than she remembers, and Hermione must change as well if she has any hope of overcoming her past to reclaim her future.

Fates intertwine and loyalties are tested in this Post-War 8th-Year Slow Burn Dramione Drama/Suspense/Romance.

Updates Mondays.

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In Your Pain

In Your Pain https://ift.tt/omiNfT2 by Littlebeea_Honey After the death of Harry Potter and the rise of Voldemort, Hermione Granger finds herself despairing at the increasing oppression of the wizarding and Muggle worlds. Captured during a resistance mission, she is sent to a concentration camp where muggle-borns are brutally massacred and abused. But after the Order organizes a mission to rescue Granger, Voldemort realizes that she is a dangerous witch, and she is sent to Malfoy Manor to serve as a slave to Draco Malfoy, who is now the most faithful and powerful Death Eater. Trapped in a cage, Hermione is confronted with the cruelty of the oppressive regime, but also with the presence of Draco, her old enemy from Hogwarts. As the days go by at Malfoy Manor, the two begin to grow closer, overcoming the differences and prejudices that separated them in the past. A growing tension arises between them, a forbidden attraction that defies all convictions and expectations. While fighting for different causes, Granger and Malfoy discover that they are involved in a clandestine romance, hidden from everyone. But the love between a Muggle-born and a Pureblood appears to be doomed to fail, setting them on a journey of discovery, revenge, sacrifice and redemption. Words: 1294, Chapters: 1/50, Language: English Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Categories: F/M Characters: Hermione Granger, Draco Malfoy, Tom Riddle | Voldemort, Narcissa Black Malfoy, Lucius Malfoy, Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Neville Longbottom, Ginny Weasley, Luna Lovegood, Dudley Dursley, Minerva McGonagall, Theodore Nott, Pansy Parkinson, Blaise Zabini, Parvati Patil, George Weasley, Fred Weasley, Molly Weasley, Arthur Weasley, Bill Weasley, Percy Weasley, Death Eater Characters, Lavender Brown, Albus Dumbledore, Filius Flitwick, Sirius Black, Sybill Trelawney, Horace Slughorn, Order of the Phoenix, Viktor Krum Relationships: Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy, Astoria Greengrass/Draco Malfoy, Hermione Granger/Ron Weasley, Harry Potter/Ginny Weasley, Lucius Malfoy/Narcissa Black Malfoy, Fleur Delacour/Bill Weasley Additional Tags: POV Draco Malfoy, Alternate Universe - Voldemort Wins, Harry Potter Dies, Death Eater Draco Malfoy, Death Eaters via AO3 works tagged 'Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy' https://ift.tt/hl46dts February 21, 2024 at 06:11AM

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Chrysalis

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/B748dfT by SnaddysPet - Magic - Mercy - Misery - Snape x Original of age female character This is the tale of Francesca Blackwood, an original character woven in the threads of magic. A sixth-year Ravenclaw scholar, she strives to escape the clutches of her abusive ex-paramour, Draco Malfoy, a dark servant of the shadows. Amidst the swirling currents of fate, an unlikely ally emerges in the form of the enigmatic Potions Master. Francesca stands at the crossroads, torn between embracing her newfound independence and delving into a profound bond with Snape, fraught with mystique and intensity. What magical journey will our bright young enchantress embark upon? The answer calls to us, urging us forward. Words: 3525, Chapters: 2/2, Language: English Fandoms: Professor Severus Snape - Fandom, Harry Potter - Fandom, Draco Malfoy - Fandom, Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Luna Lovegood - Fandom Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: F/F, F/M, Gen Characters: Severus Snape, Harry Potter, Draco Malfoy, Lucius Malfoy, Luna Lovegood, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Filius Flitwick, Albus Dumbledore Relationships: Severus Snape/Original Female Character(s), Harry Potter & Severus Snape, Draco Malfoy - Relationship, Astoria Greengrass/Draco Malfoy, Draco Malfoy/Original Female Character(s) Additional Tags: BDSM, S&M, Teacher-Student Relationship, Alternative Sexuality, Bondage, Control, mental health, Abusive Relationships, Physical Abuse, Mental Abuse, Toxic Draco Malfoy, Morally Grey Severus Snape, Oral Sex, intercourse, Hogwarts, Magic, Slytherin, Ravenclaw read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/B748dfT

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Missing Memories

Missing Memories by MadiaEvans

Words: 1131, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Characters: Harry Potter, Dudley Dursley, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Fred Weasley, Sirius Black, George Weasley, Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody, Remus Lupin, Nymphadora Tonks, Dolores Umbridge, Minerva McGonagall, Severus Snape, Pomona Sprout, Filius Flitwick, Voldemort, Albus Dumbledore, Ginny Weasley, Percy Weasley, Bill Weasley, Charlie Weasley, Molly Weasley, Arthur Weasley, Fleur Delacour, Mundungus Fletcher, Neville Longbottom

Relationships: Hermione Granger/Ron Weasley, Harry Potter/Ginny Weasley, Luna Lovegood/Fred Weasley, Fred Weasley & George Weasley, Hermione Granger & Harry Potter & Ron Weasley, Dudley Dursley & Harry Potter, Peeves & George Weasley & Fred Weasley, Remus Lupin/Nymphadora Tonks, Fleur Delacour/Bill Weasley

Additional Tags: Amnesia, Alternate Universe - Harry Potter Setting

Read Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/41830008