the tales of a wandering minstrel

title: the placement of freckles
author: snottygrrl
rating: G
prompt Set: 100.2
prompt: #5 freckles
word count: 132
summary: sometimes harry tries to remember the placement of freckles
warnings: spoilers for DH, mention of character death (not Harry's)
author's notes: my first 100quills fic. it's been a while since i've written much. hope this little piece works as it should.

( the placement of freckles -- DH SPOILERS )

title: the bane of existence
author: snottygrrl
rating: G
prompt Set: 100.2
prompt: #56 bane
word count: 180
summary: harry thinks back on Bane and looks to the future.
warnings: spoilers for DH
author's notes: written for 100quills fic. this fic didn't quite go where i expected it to. two definitions of the word are alluded to intentionally.

( the bane of existence -- DH SPOILERS )

comments are good karma [*dances for coins*]

my one big accomplishment was to finish a wee little ficlet i started for earth_magic's bday (why yes that was ages ago). ironically, since i began this before i got my 100quills table, and since none of the words fit into what i had written so far, you'll have to wait for my next ficlet/drabble thing for that. despite it's racy title, it's actually G-rated.


title: seahorses do it with friends
author: snottygrrl
rating: G
paring: h/d
spoilers: none explicitly, but vague SPOILERS for DH
length: ~ 480 words
summary: a new baby brings joy even to friends. hermione's and ron's POV's
warnings: past mpreg
disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
This author is not responsible for underage readers. Please observe the ratings, warnings, and age of legal consent for your country.
author's notes: this is two short pieces that kind of go together. it's a continuation of the seahorses do it verse originally written for earth_magic. this chunk is written as a horridly late bday present for her. turns out, the seahorse verse is actually fairly canon compliant even though it was started before the end of the HP series (er, that is except for the epilogue). hence i've tried to make this piece completely canon compliant (but ewe).




( seahorses do it with friends (G) - vague SPOILERS )

i'm still not sure this really works, but i hope it's okay. happy v. belated bday earth_magic. [*cuddles*]

[*squees*] right after i finished DH (and i do mean right after, i think it was around 4.30am) i requested a table from 100quills @ livejournal.

now i have a bright shiny 100 word table (yeah, i know) for harry, cause that allows me all kinds of scope. [*bounces*]

linked words go to respective fic. warning: most fic have DH SPOILERS

001.	pretend	002.	desire	003.	fog	004.	today	005.	freckles
006.	thrive	007.	sound	008.	ends	009.	home	010.	jealousy
011.	dance	012.	despair	013.	secret	014.	dishevelled	015.	plain
016.	sweet	017.	deafening	018.	exhaustion	019.	surrender	020.	fluid
021.	rage	022.	heartless	023.	silk	024.	box	025.	stable
026.	independence	027.	melody	028.	fire	029.	years	030.	bonds
031.	fever	032.	view	033.	snow	034.	old	035.	waste
036.	pretty	037.	mystery	038.	hush	039.	reminisce	040.	nothing
041.	questions	042.	friendship	043.	disguise	044.	window	045.	fade
046.	wish	047.	fortune	048.	tender	049.	vigil	050.	sister
051.	star	052.	completion	053.	fear	054.	ring	055.	sorrow
056.	bane	057.	laugh	058.	duty	059.	sorry	060.	desert
061.	time	062.	drive	063.	haunted	064.	seasons	065.	devotion
066.	flowers	067.	vision	068.	brother	069.	close	070.	misery
071.	lying	072.	nuance	073.	hope	074.	breathe	075.	solid
076.	food	077.	colourless	078.	touch	079.	blood	080.	candle
081.	hot	082.	vanish	083.	compassion	084.	soul	085.	twilight
086.	truth	087.	smooth	088.	cruel	089.	redemption	090.	vigilance
091.	foreshadow	092.	air	093.	search	094.	poison	095.	sunrise
096.	death	097.	hours	098.	kiss	099.	innocence	100.	sacrifice

( posting notes )

title: Without Reflection
author:snottygrrl
rating: NC-17
pairing(s): harry/draco
summary: Harry wakes up from the final battle a wee bit changed. Just when he thinks he's getting the hang of it, Draco shows up.
warning(s): vampireness, minor blood-play, light bondage, rimming, smut
disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
This author is not responsible for underage readers. Please observe the ratings, warnings, and age of legal consent for your country.
author's notes: written for hd_holidays@lj second wave for enchanted_jae who said, I like fluff, and I adore smut. I prefer bottom!Draco if you write sex. Humor makes me laugh, and I definitely would like a happy, or at least hopeful, ending. she also noted that she adores Quidditch player(s), Draco spying for the Order, Harry and/or Draco as Auror(s), creature!fics. I think I managed to get most of that in, with the exception of the Quidditch bit. And for some strange reason, Draco didn't get a chance to bottom. I had a bear of a time with this, hope it suits and Jae enjoys it. A huge thanks to my super speedy beta coffeejunkii (who doesn't even like vamp!fics) and to nqdonne and jamie2109 both for arranging the fest and their undying patience with my writer's block.
word count: ~4040

( by clicking on this link you assert you are of age to read NC-17 fiction - Harry wakes with a desperate hunger and unquenchable thirst. An abyss that yawns and gapes inside of him. )


comments are love ♥

this was originally a collaborated fic/art post on serpentinelion@lj for the secret and wishes fest. below is an incomplete version of said fic, for it is without naadi's wonderful drawings, which were instrumental in the writing of the fic. but i wanted a version here for archiving.

to see the fic with pictures, please read it at serpentinelion@lj


Title: Mr. Bunny Comes To Tea
Author: snottygrrl
Rating: G
Word count: ~3060
Summary: Post-war, Harry's invited to a tea party. Mr. Bunny shows up as well.
Warnings: cuteness overload and no actual smut, and this one doesn't even have the pretty pictures.
Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Prompt: #51. Animagi-fic, eıther Harry or Draco is an Anımagus, but only a mundane animal: cat, dog, or better yet, a goat, a sheep, a cow. No unhappy ending or heavy kink. Anything else is fıne. Asked for by painless_j, sorry, no farm animals this time.
Author's note: this version of the story is without the artwork, therefore rather incomplete, but i'm putting it here for archive purposes. the full collaboration is posted over at serpentinelion@lj. you can read it here. i was thrilled when naadi asked if I wanted to collaborate on this. Not so much thrilled when my life and the muses were less than cooperative. Never the less, a fic was written and given far better illustrations than it probably deserves. heaps of thanks to my inimitable betas coffeejunkii and naadi.


( Harry shaded his eyes against the spring sunshine )

to those of you that saw the drabble-set, this is virtually a repeat, so feel free to skip on by, or not if you're curious about the extra words that didn't make it into the 100-word maximum.


title: the apprentice
author: snottygrrl
rating: G
paring: draco-centric with a touch of h/d
spoilers: none explicitly
length: 1234 (okay if you take out the dividers and - it's really 1225, but i couldn't resist)
summary: draco malfoy would've never taken this apprenticeship, but draco black has little choice.
warnings: mention of previous character death, an inordinate amount of bonsai.
disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
This author is not responsible for underage readers. Please observe the ratings, warnings, and age of legal consent for your country.
author's notes: written for hp_tarot@lj, this is based on a series of 8 x 100-word drabbles that has been beefed up to meet the 1000 word minimum. though the hp_tarot prompt is eight of pentacles, each stanza actually has a basis on each of the pentacle cards leading up to eight (e.g. the first stanza has a basis on the one of pentacles, the fifth on the five of pentacles, etc). given a quick looksie by phenix_tears, coffeejunkii and earth_magic who brit picked as well.

( Draco has spent considerable time weighing his options. )

for those of you that read both, i'd be curious as to how you think the compare.

omg, i thought this thing would never actually be finished. 800 little words, you wouldn't think it would be so ornery.

title: the apprentice
author: snottygrrl
rating: G
paring: mostly just draco with a touch of h/d
spoilers: none explicitly
length: 800 words exactly
summary: draco malfoy would've never taken this apprenticeship, but draco black has little choice.
warnings: er, none really, except it's kind of rough
disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
This author is not responsible for underage readers. Please observe the ratings, warnings, and age of legal consent for your country.
author's notes: this is a series of 8 x 100-word drabbles. it was originally conceived for my entry for the hp_tarot@lj challenge, eight of pentacles. however reading the rules again i discovered there was an 1000 word minimum, so i plan on expanding these drabbles a tad into actual fic form.

( 8 x 100 word drabbles, the apprentice )

i'd be curious as to what you think.

title: seahorses do it with more ease
author: snottygrrl
rating: PG
paring: h/d
spoilers: none explicitly
length: 1000 words exactly
summary: nine months and then a baby is born
warnings: mpreg
disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
This author is not responsible for underage readers. Please observe the ratings, warnings, and age of legal consent for your country.
author's notes: this is a series of 10 x 100-word drabbles. it's a continuation of the seahorses do it verse originally written for earth_magic. i promised her i'd more aeons ago. also written as a special request by coffeejunkii, who asked me to write some mpreg for her pledge for hpqfac@lj.

( by clicking on this link you assert you are of age to read PG Rated fiction - 10 x 100 word drabbles, seahorses do it with more ease )

i'm hoping you guys like this one a wee bit better than yesterdays drabble. it's okay to let me know. [*grins*]

What Child is This?
author:snottygrrl
rating: R (for language and adult situations)
paring: harry/draco
spoilers: all books
summary: for eight years Harry's been hunting Malfoy. Now Tonks has found him living as a Muggle with his daughter.
warnings: references to past character death. Also, smut-wise it's pretty tame. The boys were more interested in plot than smut. Curse them.
disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
This author is not responsible for underage readers. Please observe the ratings, warnings, and age of legal consent for your country.
author's note: written for dacro for the hd_holidays @lj fic fest. This fic was amazingly easy and difficult to write at the same time. As soon as I got the assignment I had bunnies hopping rampant but getting them to stop hopping long enough to actually get on the paper proved to be rather trying. Not to mention the fact that they kept growing, and having babies and being very insistent. I can't tell you how much I appreciate advice from phenix_tears and lusiology (re: teaching small children) and my three talented betas thrihyrne, fran and flamewarrior, as well as the incredibly patient legomymalfoy. I tried to include as many of dacro wants as I could.

word count: ~9100

( by clicking on this link you assert you are of age to read R-rated fiction - We found him, Harry )

i contemplated actually turning the last piece into a longer ficlet thinger, but didn't want to mess with the established pattern, so you'll have to do with a drabble-set.

the last bit:
the first day | the second day | the third day | the fourth day | the fifth day | the sixth day | the seventh day | the eighth day | the ninth day | the tenth day | the eleventh day

( 3 x 100 word drabble-set, the twelfth day of christmas, draco, PG )

~~

this has been educational and entertaining to write.

the first day | the second day | the third day | the fourth day | the fifth day | the sixth day | the seventh day | the eighth day | the ninth day | the tenth day

( 2 x 100 word drabble-set, the eleventh day of christmas, draco, PG )

~~

[*flails*] god it's late.

best part of the day? reading but i have a penis, an h/d, nc-17 mpreg with a heap of heart. people who don't like mpreg, like it. people who like mpreg, adore it. it's sweet and snarky and oh so much fun. go read. really.

but first, the next bit:

the first day | the second day | the third day | the fourth day | the fifth day | the sixth day | the seventh day | the eighth day | the ninth day

( 100 word drabble, the tenth day of christmas, draco, PG )

~~

a big thank you to all of you that are so generous with your comments and time. you really are the best.

the first day | the second day | the third day | the fourth day | the fifth day | the sixth day | the seventh day | the eighth day

( 100 word drabble, the ninth day of christmas, draco, PG )

the first day | the second day | the third day | the fourth day | the fifth day | the sixth day | the seventh day

( 100 word drabble, the eighth day of christmas, draco, PG )

the first day | the second day | the third day | the fourth day | the fifth day | the sixth day

( 100 word drabble, the seventh day of christmas, draco, G )

~~

happy new years everyone.

here's the next bit:

the first day | the second day | the third day | the fourth day | the fifth day

( 100 word drabble, the sixth day of christmas, draco, G )

~~

[*shamelessly begs for comments*]

the first day | the second day | the third day | the fourth day

( 100 word drabble, the fifth day of christmas, draco, G )

i'd whinge about how this drabble series is not really doing what i want, but that would be just pathetic, so instead, here's:

the first day | the second day | the third day

( 100 word drabble, the fourth day of christmas, draco, G )

okay, because my own mum doubts me (attested to by this comment to yesterday's drabble But about this second day of Christmas thing... that would be Dec. 27... at least it would be on the Christian liturgical calendar. Right? Else how would Jan. 6 be the twelfth day?) i'm going to be forced to prove that i do know what i am talking about. mum is right, sorta. if you google twelve days of christmas you'll find several sites that will tell you about how part of the church considers christmas itself the first day of christmas and jan 5th the twelfth day, with epiphany being essentially the thirteenth day (or rather, not part of the twelve days since it is epiphany, it's own thing). other sections of the christian church feel that the first day of christmas doesn't start until sundown on the 25th (which is mighty jewish of them really) and thus boxing day would be the first day (until sundown when it would become the second day). however both sides believe that the night of jan 5th is twelfth night (yes, the famous twelfth night, or what you will). so, since i post around 11.30pm, i fit into both beliefs. [*is smug*]

hence i give you:

the first day | the second day

( 100 word drabble, the third day of christmas, draco, G )

since it is the second day of christmas (yes, really, trust me on this) i give you:

the first day of christmas

( 100 word drabble, the second day of christmas, draco, G )