Morning all,
I'm running late again as I got sidetracked watching a film and almost forgot I was supposed to be posting today.
This week things are about to take a downward turn for poor Hermione, who still isn't over the death of her parents and still hasn't been allowed to leave Malfoy Manor. New perils and new allegiances await.
Please note that this chapter features a non-graphic non-consensual interlude and the aftermath so you may wish to avoid if this sort of thing bothers you.
I am pleased to see that several people are reading and reacting to this story. I am always grateful for your thoughts and comments.
The next chapter is going to be slightly delayed as I will be at Leakycon next weekend, celebrating with other Harry Potter fans the epilogue of the Deathly Hallows and all other things Potter - my excitement at meeting the Potter Puppet Pals and the wonderful ladies behind Snapecast (all Snape, all the time!) my all-time favourite HP podcast is almost overwhelming and I really can't wait to be there.
As such, I am unlikely to have access to a computer and, therefore, will not be able to post until I return home on Monday but I will endeavour to have the chapter posted as soon as possible after my return.
Until next time, keep safe and keep the faith!
Dx
Sunday, 27 August 2017
Sunday, 20 August 2017
Family - Part One - Chapter Two
Good morning everyone,
I am slightly sulking at the moment as I was supposed to be going to the Harry Potter Supper Club being held every Friday and Saturday night throughout August and September at the Library Club in Covent Garden.
Unfortunately, car trouble meant I was unable to get there and we don't yet know whether we can be transferred to another week (I hope so or that's £150 down the drain). Sadly, my car is also going to cost me money to fix so it's been an extremely expensive evening for absolutely no reward.
Anyway, enough about my frustrating life and onto the story.
Lucius is taking Hermione back to her new home at Malfoy Manor, but is Narcissa going to be as accepting of her as he told Cornelius Fudge she would be?
I am slightly sulking at the moment as I was supposed to be going to the Harry Potter Supper Club being held every Friday and Saturday night throughout August and September at the Library Club in Covent Garden.
Unfortunately, car trouble meant I was unable to get there and we don't yet know whether we can be transferred to another week (I hope so or that's £150 down the drain). Sadly, my car is also going to cost me money to fix so it's been an extremely expensive evening for absolutely no reward.
Anyway, enough about my frustrating life and onto the story.
Lucius is taking Hermione back to her new home at Malfoy Manor, but is Narcissa going to be as accepting of her as he told Cornelius Fudge she would be?
I really hope you're enjoying the story so far and would be grateful for comments, kudos and reviews.
Have a good week, and I'll see you next weekend for the next chapter of Family.
Keep safe, keep the faith,
Dx
Sunday, 13 August 2017
Family - Part One - Chapter One
Evening all,
It's relatively early for me, which is good as I'm not feeling great and really need to go to bed shortly.
As promised before my holiday, this week sees the start of a major new story called Family. It includes a chapter I once posted on both FF.Net and Lumos under the title ‘The Children’ (now removed). It was a snippet of a much larger idea for a story I hadn’t yet written and wasn’t sure if I ever would. I have changed the chapter considerably, but it now forms part of this story; this is just a warning in case you read the original and get a sense of deja vu.
It starts in the school holidays between Half-Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows and follows Hermione as she adjusts to life with a new family after Death Eaters kill her parents. But who is the mysterious person who saved her life and promised to look after her?
‘Don’t worry, my sweet, I’ll look after you.’ These words should have been a comfort to Hermione, grieving after the murder of her parents by Death Eaters. Instead, they signalled the start of a terror far worse.
WARNING: This story involves non-consensual behaviour and the consequences of such acts including self-harm, suicidal behaviour and alcoholism. Please do not read if this is likely to be a trigger or if you find such descriptions disturbing. Dx
I have taken a chance and posted this on FF.Net because although it deals with disturbing subject matter it isn't particularly graphic; most of the really nasty scenes are left to the imagination. I, therefore, believe that this sits under the site's 'M' rating, which I think means you can read it if you're over sixteen.
I very much hope you enjoy the story and would love to receive reviews, kudos and comments.
I'll see you next week for chapter two; by which time I hope I'm feeling significantly recovered.
Dx
It's relatively early for me, which is good as I'm not feeling great and really need to go to bed shortly.
As promised before my holiday, this week sees the start of a major new story called Family. It includes a chapter I once posted on both FF.Net and Lumos under the title ‘The Children’ (now removed). It was a snippet of a much larger idea for a story I hadn’t yet written and wasn’t sure if I ever would. I have changed the chapter considerably, but it now forms part of this story; this is just a warning in case you read the original and get a sense of deja vu.
It starts in the school holidays between Half-Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows and follows Hermione as she adjusts to life with a new family after Death Eaters kill her parents. But who is the mysterious person who saved her life and promised to look after her?
‘Don’t worry, my sweet, I’ll look after you.’ These words should have been a comfort to Hermione, grieving after the murder of her parents by Death Eaters. Instead, they signalled the start of a terror far worse.
WARNING: This story involves non-consensual behaviour and the consequences of such acts including self-harm, suicidal behaviour and alcoholism. Please do not read if this is likely to be a trigger or if you find such descriptions disturbing. Dx
I have taken a chance and posted this on FF.Net because although it deals with disturbing subject matter it isn't particularly graphic; most of the really nasty scenes are left to the imagination. I, therefore, believe that this sits under the site's 'M' rating, which I think means you can read it if you're over sixteen.
I very much hope you enjoy the story and would love to receive reviews, kudos and comments.
I'll see you next week for chapter two; by which time I hope I'm feeling significantly recovered.
Dx
Monday, 7 August 2017
Swimming (One Shot)
Helloooo!
I am back from my lovely and relaxing (mainly) holiday, feeling fully refreshed and raring to go. Obviously, this is only likely to last a couple of days until I get back into the swing of working (and the horrible early mornings and long travel times) by which time I'll have completely forgotten I even had a holiday and I'll be dying for another one (which, as luck would have it, will be Leakycon at the end of August - so not long to wait.)
Anyway, I went off on holiday with the best of intentions and several stories that I wanted to get finished, or at least move on significantly. Sadly, I have to report that I failed miserably in that task.
I did, however, write a couple of short stories, based on holidays. The first is a non-HP story (I know, shock, horror!) and was written for a competition I saw online, which had to include a beach somewhere in it. Unfortunately, I failed as it was also supposed to be no more than 1,000 words long and I couldn't get it below 1,200 however hard I tried, and the story I really wanted to write was nearer 2,000. I may give it to my fabulous beta, Mamacita, and see if she can suggest where I can lose 200 words (that's going to be a mega challenge, I can tell you).
The second story is HP-related (hurrah!) and is a saucy bit of fluff called Swimming, featuring Hermione and Severus, with a supporting cast of Malfoys and the Granger parents, all sharing a nice little holiday (not together, obviously) in a small, partially wizarding seaside village in Crete.
It's rated 'M' as there's a bit of nudity, but it's not too scandalous.
Check it out and if you like it please leave a review or some kudos as it would make me happy.
As a boring bit of trivia, I can tell you that the photo I used on FanFiction.Net is actually a photo of the sea I was writing about in the story, and yes, that is two people swimming.
Until next time.
Dx
I am back from my lovely and relaxing (mainly) holiday, feeling fully refreshed and raring to go. Obviously, this is only likely to last a couple of days until I get back into the swing of working (and the horrible early mornings and long travel times) by which time I'll have completely forgotten I even had a holiday and I'll be dying for another one (which, as luck would have it, will be Leakycon at the end of August - so not long to wait.)
Anyway, I went off on holiday with the best of intentions and several stories that I wanted to get finished, or at least move on significantly. Sadly, I have to report that I failed miserably in that task.
I did, however, write a couple of short stories, based on holidays. The first is a non-HP story (I know, shock, horror!) and was written for a competition I saw online, which had to include a beach somewhere in it. Unfortunately, I failed as it was also supposed to be no more than 1,000 words long and I couldn't get it below 1,200 however hard I tried, and the story I really wanted to write was nearer 2,000. I may give it to my fabulous beta, Mamacita, and see if she can suggest where I can lose 200 words (that's going to be a mega challenge, I can tell you).
The second story is HP-related (hurrah!) and is a saucy bit of fluff called Swimming, featuring Hermione and Severus, with a supporting cast of Malfoys and the Granger parents, all sharing a nice little holiday (not together, obviously) in a small, partially wizarding seaside village in Crete.
It's rated 'M' as there's a bit of nudity, but it's not too scandalous.
Check it out and if you like it please leave a review or some kudos as it would make me happy.
As a boring bit of trivia, I can tell you that the photo I used on FanFiction.Net is actually a photo of the sea I was writing about in the story, and yes, that is two people swimming.
Until next time.
Dx
Tuesday, 18 July 2017
Polyjuice (the Epilogue again)
Evening everyone,
As you know I've been slowly adding all my stories published elsewhere to my AO3 account so they're all in the same place for easy reading.
As I've almost finished, I have finally managed to get round to putting up Polyjuice, which was one of the first stories I ever posted to AFF.Org back in 2008.
The epilogue of the story is a series of newspaper articles which I am currently unable to post in the format I'd like (probably because I'm an idiot that can't work out how to post pictures on AO3) so over there the articles are just in the usual text version. However, below I've posted them in the way I actually visualised them. They have been updated from the original version that appeared in my old blog to use the 'real' Daily Prophet logo as designed by Mina Lima in the Harry Potter films.
Dx
Sunday, 16 July 2017
Legend of the Wolf - Chapter Ten and Epilogue
Morning all,
I'm running extremely late today due to all sorts of stupid reasons, so I'll keep it short as I really should be in bed.
We've finally made it to the end of the story and Hermione's life with the werewolves is coming to a close. A sad ending possibly, but there's new life and hope too.
I really hope you've enjoyed reading this story. I certainly enjoyed writing it, particularly as it was a pairing that was completely new to me.
As always reviews or comments would be gratefully received.
I'll be back in a few weeks after my holiday hopefully all refreshed and raring to go, with new stories to tell.
Dx
I'm running extremely late today due to all sorts of stupid reasons, so I'll keep it short as I really should be in bed.
We've finally made it to the end of the story and Hermione's life with the werewolves is coming to a close. A sad ending possibly, but there's new life and hope too.
I really hope you've enjoyed reading this story. I certainly enjoyed writing it, particularly as it was a pairing that was completely new to me.
As always reviews or comments would be gratefully received.
I'll be back in a few weeks after my holiday hopefully all refreshed and raring to go, with new stories to tell.
Dx
Sunday, 9 July 2017
Legend of the Wolf - Chapter Nine
Morning everyone,
So we're almost at the end of Legend of the Wolf, as I'm sure you'll have realised with last week's unfortunate event (this is how Kermode and Mayo used to refer to the death of Albus Dumbledore in the Half-Blood Prince film).
This week, Hermione and her friends are trying to get over their grief at their respective losses in the Battle of Hogwarts - but it's going to prove much harder for some. And has the enchantment been removed from Hermione at last?
As always I'm keen to hear what you think of the story so far so kudos, comments or reviews are always welcome. I received a lovely review last week which had me bouncing around feeling good about myself all week, so thank you to the person that posted it. Good reviews (even those that are constructively critical) really do make a difference.
Next week I'll be posting both the final chapter and the epilogue. Part of the reason for this is that the epilogue is relatively short, so I feel a bit bad making people wait a week for it, but also because I'm off on holiday again the Monday after - back off to sunny Spain for a couple of weeks of swimming, writing and drinking (not necessarily in that order nor all at the same time, probably) and if my internet connection is dodgy it means you wouldn't get to find out what happens until I get back at the beginning of August, which I know would be really frustrating (as a reader of fanfic myself, I really hate WIPs that are delayed).
I am hoping that being away will inspire me to do a bit of writing as I've not been very good at it recently, and maybe get at least one of my outstanding stories finished so I can start working on getting it edited and work on rewrites.
I've almost finished uploading all my stories to the A03 archive now, with only a couple left to publish, including one of my first ever stories, Polyjuice. It has taken a bit of work to get it up as there are a lot of chapters, but I'm hoping to publish it before I leave for my holiday.
Those who read the story originally (it was first posted in 2008) will remember that the epilogue involves a whole series of newspaper articles. At the time it was published I linked to my (old) blog, where I had produced a more realistic version of the articles as AFF wouldn't allow me to post pictures, but looking at AO3 it appears the opportunity to add pictures exists - I haven't yet tried it so I don't know for sure - but if it doesn't work I am intending to re-post an updated version on here so people don't have to try and find my old blog.
When I get back I have a large story that I'm hoping to start posting, assuming all goes well, which will take up most of the rest of the year. It's a Lucius/Hermione story and is quite nasty so it will be hosted on AFF & AO3, (so over 18s only I'm afraid).
I do have a few other things in the pipeline but we'll get to those nearer the time; if they work out as I'm hoping.
Anyway, I think I've said enough for one week. Enjoy the latest chapter of my story, enjoy anything else you're reading (I'd just like to recommend the YA book The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas as it's one of the best things I've read this year), and I'll see you next week for the end of the story.
Take care
Dx
So we're almost at the end of Legend of the Wolf, as I'm sure you'll have realised with last week's unfortunate event (this is how Kermode and Mayo used to refer to the death of Albus Dumbledore in the Half-Blood Prince film).
This week, Hermione and her friends are trying to get over their grief at their respective losses in the Battle of Hogwarts - but it's going to prove much harder for some. And has the enchantment been removed from Hermione at last?
As always I'm keen to hear what you think of the story so far so kudos, comments or reviews are always welcome. I received a lovely review last week which had me bouncing around feeling good about myself all week, so thank you to the person that posted it. Good reviews (even those that are constructively critical) really do make a difference.
I am hoping that being away will inspire me to do a bit of writing as I've not been very good at it recently, and maybe get at least one of my outstanding stories finished so I can start working on getting it edited and work on rewrites.
I've almost finished uploading all my stories to the A03 archive now, with only a couple left to publish, including one of my first ever stories, Polyjuice. It has taken a bit of work to get it up as there are a lot of chapters, but I'm hoping to publish it before I leave for my holiday.
Those who read the story originally (it was first posted in 2008) will remember that the epilogue involves a whole series of newspaper articles. At the time it was published I linked to my (old) blog, where I had produced a more realistic version of the articles as AFF wouldn't allow me to post pictures, but looking at AO3 it appears the opportunity to add pictures exists - I haven't yet tried it so I don't know for sure - but if it doesn't work I am intending to re-post an updated version on here so people don't have to try and find my old blog.
When I get back I have a large story that I'm hoping to start posting, assuming all goes well, which will take up most of the rest of the year. It's a Lucius/Hermione story and is quite nasty so it will be hosted on AFF & AO3, (so over 18s only I'm afraid).
I do have a few other things in the pipeline but we'll get to those nearer the time; if they work out as I'm hoping.
Anyway, I think I've said enough for one week. Enjoy the latest chapter of my story, enjoy anything else you're reading (I'd just like to recommend the YA book The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas as it's one of the best things I've read this year), and I'll see you next week for the end of the story.
Take care
Dx
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