A Lar by any other name

Here it is! Chapter the First of the Christmas Story (for links to the other chapters, please see the bottom of this document), now called Merry Things until I can think of something else or this grows on me so that I can't get rid of it.

(A word of caution... while the author does try to use spell check on the document, this story is posted unbetaed. Read at your own risk!)

Chapter One: Malltastic! ( ...or Where the Story Begins )

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Link to Chapter Two, Chapter Three, Chapter Four, Chapter Five, Chapter Six, Chapter Seven, Chapter Eight, Chapter Nine

Title: Corrupted Sight (a Allen Street/Mark of Sin 1 story)
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 2639
Prompt: purple prose from originalficfest but it kept going and took on a life of its own.

Author's Note: Unbetaed but I'd enjoy feedback on what works and what doesn't. And don't say you'd like to see more as that just scares my Muse. You'll get more... if she decides to give it to me. This will be open for a bit but will go back into hiding soon. If you'd like to see more of the Allen Street/Mark of Sin genre, please friend silver_tongued1 where the other stories are archived as they are being written.

And thanks to Dax for being online when I couldn't get past the walls that kept coming up to stop me.

( We don't always see what we're supposed to see... )

Title: Bit of Goo
Date/Challenge: 4 – aching with some nameless need at 30_hath
Character/Pairing: Fred and George
Rating: R (for situation and language)
Word Count: 722
Genre/Warnings: I decided to get creative.

( Summary: The last batch of potion seemed alright... if only they knew what it was supposed to do. )

Title: Centaurs
Character/Pairing: Tonks, Kingsley
Rating: PG
Word Count: 199
Prompt: 2 - I give you unlimited time at 30_hath and 19a: distraction at drabble_redux

( Summary: Tonks has something on her mind. )

Okay, this was going to be a lot dirtier than it ended up being. I don't seem to be able to write smut anymore. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing.

Title: Clotted Cream and Hexagons
Date/Challenge: May contest at 30_hath - Guilty Pleasures
Character/Pairing: Michael Corner/Susan Bones
Rating: R
Word Count: 902

( Summary: Tea time should always be this fun. )

Title: Getting Out the Emotions
Characters: Megan Jones, Harry Potter
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 545
Prompt: 4 - as shaken as we are at 7spells

Author's Note: This is a group of 7 stories set at a fictional Quidditch Summer Camp. The pairing is for _ashestobeauty_.

( Summary: It's been a long day. )

Title: Poltergeiztz
Characters: Megan Jones/Zacharias Smith (a cast of other Hufflepuffs)
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1835
CD & Song: JoJo - City Lights (for ficalbum)
It's summer / It's never too late / There's always more fascination / Just turn the page / And I won't be hesitating / Cause I can hardly wait / Do my dance, sway my hands / Hear my jam / You can count me in / I wish tonight will never end
I'm under the city lights / It's on, it's on tonight / My mood is right, it's on it's on tonight / Me and my girls (me and my girls) / Tonight it's our world (tonight it's our world) / I'm out tonight / Yea, I'm out tonight / Come on now

Author's Note: This is a continuation of "As the Badger Growls' (A Hufflepuff Soap Opera) but can technically be read alone in this "new" series at ficalbum.

( Summary: In the years after the war, everyone keeps tyring to put their lives back together. )

Title: A Magical Sight
Characters: Megan Jones, Harry Potter
Prompt: 3 - new every morning at 7spells
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1124
Author's Note: This is a group of 7 stories that are set at a fictional Quidditch Summer Camp. The pairing is for _ashestobeauty_.

( Megan's journey to be the best Keeper since Oliver Wood continues )

Title: Learning Secrets
Characters: Megan Jones, random OC girl (only mention of Zach Smith in this first part)
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1926
CD & Song: JoJo - Keep On Keepin' On (for ficalbum
Young girl sittin' on the steps of her duplex / Why you gotta choose to make my life so complete / Breathing to the beat of a slow, sad drum / Trouble leaves some moments for some fun / I can almost guarentee you / I'll get better today
Lookin' out the window to a rose grows in concrete / Dreamin' of the day when you'll be standing on your own freet / Hard to find the good in such a scene so bad / ... / Longin' for a day when you get your chance to shine / Don't worry, there'll come a time.

Author's Note: This is a continuation of "As the Badger Growls" but can be technically read alone in this "new" series I'm writing for ficalbum.

( Summary: In the years after the war, everyone keeps trying to put their lives back together. )

The Story of...
Chapter 3 - ...a Thinking Hufflepuff

Part One
Prompt: 56 - Poetry at potterverse100 (lyrics by doodlerific)
Word Count: 591
Rating: PG

( Summary: Megan and Susan start out doing schoolwork. Where they end up is anyone's guess. )