Mystery/Suspense
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Pang of Contrition
by silverdoe
5.0/10 (14 Ratings, 0 Likes, 3 Favorites )Honorable Mention for the Potter Place Anything Goes Challenge. Lucius begins his first day in servitude to a new master.
2,561 Words, Started 05/05/2008, Completed 05/05/2008
Legacy
by Sadie Beryl
9.77/10 (13 Ratings, 0 Likes, 3 Favorites )He barely knew who he was anymore; the world had forgotten about him but he had to hold on... Then she came for him. Someone had remembered him, but who was she and why did she bother?
11,379 Words, Started 05/20/2007, Completed 07/01/2007
Love in the Heart of Darkness
6.92/10 (13 Ratings, 0 Likes, 8 Favorites )Severus Snape is not a nice man (a good man, but not a nice one), but even he can fall in love . . .
7,135 Words, Started 05/21/2007, Updated 05/29/2007
Grow, Change, Die
8.46/10 (13 Ratings, 0 Likes, 1 Favorite )When an unknown killer targets the Malfoy family, Hermione attracts Lucius’ attention when she saves Scorpius’ life.
147 Words, Started 12/02/2012, Completed 12/04/2012
Of Friends and Flowers
by Fanny T
7.46/10 (13 Ratings, 0 Likes, 4 Favorites )Two years ago the war ended, which is not to say the battles ended. Neville, having chosen to aid his country by using the best skills he possesses, is working at St. Mungo’s Hospital as a Healer and Herbologist, managing the hospital garden and doubling somewhat unexpectedly as potion brewer. He lives a happy and contented life among work mates who see him neither as a clumsy boy nor a freedom fighter, but a gentle and pleasant young man and a trusty friend.
However, the arrival of an old school mate is about to turn his world on its head.
13,693 Words, Started 01/13/2009, Completed 05/27/2009
Black and Blue
by pokeystar
6.15/10 (13 Ratings, 0 Likes, 3 Favorites )There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
5,590 Words, Started 01/30/2009, Completed 01/30/2009
Black Roses Red
by severina
7.46/10 (13 Ratings, 0 Likes, 0 Favorites )Harry loses control of Kreacher and the Ambulans Stereotypicus settles over 12 Grimmauld Place. Ominous Dark signs, indeed, but nothing Snape and Hermione can't solve with a little help from Moody and Polyxena, the vigilant couple who make their second appearance.
11,677 Words, Started 08/18/2006, Updated 07/23/2007
I Know What You Do In The Dungeons
by buttercup
8.23/10 (13 Ratings, 0 Likes, 15 Favorites )A student's jealous obsession with Hermione Granger leads to attempted murder, a mysterious death, and may reveal a secret that would destroy Hermione and Severus.
Winner: Multifaceted Award for Best Original Character
3,553 Words, Started 02/07/2007, Updated 02/09/2007
Canapes on Thursdays: Round Deux
by pokeystar
6.0/10 (13 Ratings, 0 Likes, 0 Favorites )A second series of small bites featuring Pansy Parkinson and Harry Potter.
3,495 Words, Started 04/16/2010, Completed 12/03/2010
This Mortal Coil
by Terra
5.38/10 (13 Ratings, 0 Likes, 1 Favorite )I should've known then that all roads led to you. No, I’m not talking about fate or some romantic bullshit.
Draco is drunk in a pub with a confession to make and a story to tell. Hermione listens.
24,234 Words, Started 04/14/2010, Completed 04/25/2010
A is for
7.33/10 (12 Ratings, 0 Likes, 15 Favorites )An alphabet of a different kind. Hermione receives an unexpected bequest, and decides she needs help disposing of it - but there is only one person fit for the job. A 26x100-word drabble series.
2,688 Words, Started 02/02/2010, Completed 02/02/2010
The Werewolf's Bride
5.83/10 (12 Ratings, 0 Likes, 13 Favorites )Remus and Ariadne Lupin have the same problems as any other newlyweds – work, money, in-laws, communication – and, of course, werewolves. Will her idealism collapse under the pressure of his lycanthropy? Or will her approach take him by surprise yet?
Part III of The Moon-Cursers. Now updated to be DH-compatible.
89,292 Words, Started 06/13/2007, Completed 10/05/2007
Archaeologist
5.5/10 (12 Ratings, 0 Likes, 17 Favorites )During the war, Hermione makes a deal with the devil and finds herself haunted by hidden meanings. Written for the Summer 2007 HG/SS Exchange.
8,723 Words, Started 08/15/2007, Completed 08/15/2007
Nerves
5.0/10 (12 Ratings, 0 Likes, 2 Favorites )He wanted the night to go just right.
207 Words, Started 04/26/2009, Completed 04/26/2009
Tale As Old As Time
by articcat621
9.92/10 (12 Ratings, 0 Likes, 5 Favorites )This is their story, of the girl who tamed the beast within.
6,348 Words, Started 08/04/2014, Updated 02/23/2015
The Fifty Move Rule
by Mendota
6.25/10 (12 Ratings, 0 Likes, 14 Favorites )She had never known exactly which side of the chessboard he had really played. But now, in the midst of war, he would give her fifty moves to the truth.
11,416 Words, Started 11/05/2006, Updated 11/29/2006
Sevvie-Doo, Where Are You?
by christev
7.5/10 (12 Ratings, 0 Likes, 4 Favorites )Yoinks! Severus decides to solve a mystery.
815 Words, Started 06/07/2009, Completed 06/07/2009
Hearing Voices
4.17/10 (12 Ratings, 0 Likes, 3 Favorites )They were hearing voices on their wedding night.
425 Words, Started 05/10/2009, Completed 05/10/2009
I Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You
by livvy6
5.36/10 (11 Ratings, 0 Likes, 19 Favorites )A frightened first year arrives at Hogwarts and is immediately confronted with the haunts of her Potions master. Inspired by Damien Rice's "The Blower's Daughter," and Susan Kay's "Phantom."
6,705 Words, Started 10/21/2007, Completed 10/21/2007
The Pop-up Book
5.45/10 (11 Ratings, 0 Likes, 4 Favorites )Severus warned her--she just failed to listen.
3,300 Words, Started 02/25/2009, Completed 02/25/2009
Return to the Shrieking Shack
by Celisnebula
6.27/10 (11 Ratings, 0 Likes, 11 Favorites )A missing scene between the end of chapter 36 "Flaw in the Plan" of Deathly Hallows and the Epilogue.
561 Words, Started 07/24/2007, Completed 07/24/2007
Instructing the Professor
by Lady Strange
9.09/10 (11 Ratings, 0 Likes, 7 Favorites )Ever wondered who inspired Severus's decision to teach? Ever wondered how this was done? This is my version of what happened. Response to the WIKTT 'Snape's Teaching Methods' Challenge.
20,196 Words, Started 05/19/2005, Completed 05/20/2005
Tainted Blood
by chivalric
7.18/10 (11 Ratings, 0 Likes, 3 Favorites )Gabriel and Dr. Tennant meet under unusual circumstances.
4,099 Words, Started 06/07/2010, Updated 06/07/2010
Llansteffan House
by Celisnebula
8.64/10 (11 Ratings, 0 Likes, 7 Favorites )Hermione receives a letter – one that leads to the unexpected.
13,784 Words, Started 09/05/2010, Completed 09/15/2010