Summary: Read the account of Hogwarts through Minerva McGonagall's eyes, her friends, teachers, loves, hates, the awfully tiring but enjoyable prefectorial duties and of course, the frightful opening of the Chamber of Secrets. Who would have thought that the gawky teenager depicted in her journal would emerge as a wise and magnificent successor to the greatest headmaster ever? Slight AU in some chapters.

Summary: Walburga Crabbe prepares to defend her werewolf grandson from any who would hurt him, even the rest of his family.

A companion piece to A Woman Scorned, detailing some moments in Alphard’s childhood through his Granny Crabbe’s eyes and his.

Summary: “Forbidden fruit is sweetest.”

The temptation is always strong when one discovers knowledge that they should not see. And not everyone denies the sweetest of all fruits … Some embrace it hungrily.

Summary: Circe lived an enchanted life on the isle of Aeaea. Here is the story of how she began transfiguring sailors into animals.

Summary:

When widowed Headmaster Phineas Nigellus commissions a private portrait, children and unexpected emotions complicate his elaborate plans for a simple seduction.

*A Victorian romance with a Christmas epilogue*

Summary: The year is 1758. Another five years have passed since the last Triwizard Tournament, and the excitement in Hogwarts is almost tangible. Like the rest of his schoolmates, sixth-year Hufflepuff Richard Cudney, a quiet boy with no enemies, has thought long and hard about what he'd do with his prize money, but when finally presented with the opportunity to participate in the prestigious event, he has second thoughts about the risks, his knowledge, and his abilities.

As he travels to Durmstrang for the tournament, he meets several friends, and enemies, all of whom watch his every move intently. Amidst the animosity cleverly hidden behind each face, even the faces he knew so well, could Richard find someone to embrace?

Title subject to change as I toy with the various themes in this story.

This is Marauder by Midnight from Gryffindor.

Summary: Have you ever wondered about the history of the Gaunts? Or about Sybill Trelawney's great-grandmother Cassandra? Or that, possibly, the two families were once interlinked? No, I thought not.

But they were.

And though the story has been lost in the mists of time, one Seer's voice can still be heard, for those who choose to listen, as she tells of the beginning of the evil, and a warning unheeded.

Summary: Silvanus Ollivander would do anything to protect his daughter. The only question is whether his best will be enough to save her.



Honourable Mention in the June 2007 One-Shot Challenge - The Best Patronus Ever.

Summary: All Tally wanted to do was join the Department of Magical Catastrophes. But in order to conjure the necessary Patronus, Tally has to remember her perfect moment, a moment that she has kept hidden from the world... until now.



Written for the June One-Shot Challenge by Just Tink of Hufflepuff. AU Warning for unusual nature of Patronus.

Summary: There are many hidden secrets deep within the Department of Mysteries, few of which we will ever know. Helga thought there might be a room for her to fulfill her darkest wish- revenge. Someone close to her heart was murdered, and she intends to find a way to punish the murderer.

I am beauty and brains of Gryffindor House.

Won second place in the fourth Gauntlet Challenge!