Mystery/Suspense
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Animated Night
by Anastasia
11 Ratings, 0 Likes, 27 Favorites )Surrounded by the falling shards of her world as it is shattered from without and within, Hermione, torn between death and darkness, is forced to consider a third, unthinkable option.
5,950 Words, Started 11/04/2006, Completed 11/04/2006
Herovillainy 5
11 Ratings, 0 Likes, 7 Favorites )Yet another collection of 100-word drabbles in challenges foisted on me by my friend, Herovillain...
981 Words, Started 09/24/2006, Completed 09/24/2006
Seas of Green
by psykiapa
11 Ratings, 0 Likes, 16 Favorites )"No one's been re-sorted in ages," Ron had told him, dismissing the subject blithely. With the onslaught of the second war on Voldemort, there is a sea of change about to sweep the Wizarding world. In this time of building chaos and confusion, Hogwarts is told to re-instate their policy on re-sorting their students. When Harry is forced into Slytherin House, he is left with more questions than he needs and answers no one can give him.
26,065 Words, Started 07/18/2006, Updated 08/22/2006
A Confusion of Corpses
by Owlbait
11 Ratings, 0 Likes, 0 Favorites )Magical forensics expert and private investigator Hermione Granger is hired to solve the mystery of a most unexpected corpse. Skilled and resourceful, Hermione produces results. Unfortunately, the results are more mystery and serious jeopardy for someone who only wanted to be left alone.
6,750 Words, Started 05/10/2012, Updated 05/12/2012
The Perils of Watching the Paint Dry Whilst Stranded Without a Wand With Rain. Rain and Rain and Rain. And More Rain
by TeaOli
11 Ratings, 0 Likes, 7 Favorites )Stuck without their wands, watching paint dry, during a seemingly endless rain, what can a witch and wizard do?
6,998 Words, Started 03/16/2013, Completed 04/04/2013
Sanctuary
10 Ratings, 0 Likes, 23 Favorites )Deep in an unknown corridoor of the Hogwarts dungeons. Hermione has a dark secret and is about to be found out by the one and only potions master.
* I was intending this to be a multi-chapter story, but I have decided to leave it as a one shot cliff hanger. If I get my muse back I shall continue. *
563 Words, Started 01/22/2007, Completed 01/22/2007
The Greater Good
by KingPig
10 Ratings, 0 Likes, 6 Favorites )A daring collection of interviews taken with those in Wizarding Britain is finally released, after the MoM has throughly inspected each article for falsities.
1,788 Words, Started 04/29/2008, Updated 04/29/2008
Wait For It
10 Ratings, 0 Likes, 11 Favorites )For the grangersnape100 'natural hate' challenge. Someone is very unhappy with Snape and makes plans accordingly.
104 Words, Started 10/28/2007, Completed 10/28/2007
Loving the Enemy
by Muggline
10 Ratings, 0 Likes, 8 Favorites )Lily Evans wants to out-prank the Marauders in their seventh year at Hogwarts...
20,450 Words, Started 07/18/2008, Updated 08/02/2009
Question of Identity
by dracontia
10 Ratings, 0 Likes, 6 Favorites )No one can really tell twins apart.
704 Words, Started 04/05/2008, Completed 04/05/2008
Pigeons & Crumbs
by Jenwryn
9 Ratings, 0 Likes, 16 Favorites )Five years have passed since the Battle of Hogwarts, and Hermione is oddly adrift in the world. Which is when Malfoy turns up. This is a quiet one-shot, perhaps a bit melancholic.
1,947 Words, Started 11/28/2007, Completed 11/28/2007
Best for Last
by Savva
9 Ratings, 0 Likes, 8 Favorites )A chance encounter that led to a crush, passion, hurt and finally hope.
8,632 Words, Started 01/08/2015, Completed 01/08/2015
Sacrifice
by Crazed88
9 Ratings, 0 Likes, 10 Favorites )In response to a challenge set on Ashwinder -Hermione is about to get married when a certain Potions master realizes she should marry him instead. He has forty-eight hours to stop the wedding and get her to marry him.
7,379 Words, Started 04/18/2007, Completed 04/18/2007
Magic in Your Veins
by nata
9 Ratings, 0 Likes, 1 Favorite )Posh magical babies are in a lot of trouble, and parents intend to "kill" the messenger. Hermione orders Severus to investigate. Written for astopperindeath in the 2010 Summer SS/HG Exchange round.
11,469 Words, Started 01/08/2011, Completed 07/21/2011
In Aster Stars
by Meladara
9 Ratings, 0 Likes, 1 Favorite )Emotionally lost in the post-war world, Hermione finds that she must puzzle out a confusing world of dreams, nightmares, and strange events.
7,293 Words, Started 05/15/2013, Updated 05/15/2013
Charlotte's Angels
9 Ratings, 0 Likes, 6 Favorites )You remember the TV show Charlie's Angels... right? We bet your memories of it would be fonder if it had starred three handsome, young, wizards... whose boss, Charlotte, has a knack for finding them assignments that require tight/minimal clothing...
6,906 Words, Started 07/11/2009, Updated 02/06/2013
Herovillainy 2
9 Ratings, 0 Likes, 9 Favorites )More 100-word challenges that I have met and mastered, thanks to Herovillain. Some pairings are not SS/HG, though the majority of them are...and some are indirectly SS/HG.
1,766 Words, Started 03/04/2006, Completed 03/04/2006
An Un-Familiar Tail
by TeaOli
9 Ratings, 0 Likes, 2 Favorites )A loyal Hogwarts house-elf works for the greater good.
849 Words, Started 08/10/2013, Completed 08/10/2013
Red Riding What?
9 Ratings, 0 Likes, 10 Favorites )100-words of what-did-you-just-say?
127 Words, Started 02/08/2006, Completed 02/08/2006
Amicus Draconis: 1st Cycle - Cycle of the Badger
by Yamato
8 Ratings, 0 Likes, 12 Favorites )In the Trio?s seventh year, the wizarding world has lost its second war against the Dark Lord. The Death Eaters conquered Hogwarts, defeated the Order of the Phoenix and overthrew the Ministry of Magic. Forming a new government with Voldemort as the supreme ruler, they take control of Wizarding Europe, spreading terror and destruction everywhere. Harry and his friends are forced into hiding, but far from giving up hope they form their own secret rebellion trying to save as many people as possible. In four cycles, Amicus Draconis tells the story of a world shattered and rebuilt throughout three wizarding wars, of two masterminds moving people like figures on a chessboard, and a boy torn between his destiny and his one true love.
78,608 Words, Started 12/15/2005, Updated 09/01/2010
Much in Common
8 Ratings, 0 Likes, 3 Favorites )100 words of Lucius' opinion...
137 Words, Started 02/09/2006, Completed 02/09/2006
Thinning Significance
8 Ratings, 0 Likes, 0 Favorites )What is Hermione looking for? 100 word response to GrangerSnape100's Grey Night Shirt challenge.
117 Words, Started 12/03/2008, Completed 12/03/2008
Fred and George Save A Friend
by beaweasley2
8 Ratings, 0 Likes, 11 Favorites )It is well known that Fred and George are pranksters and practical jokers. However, when a pretty girl they knew from school shows up with a dark secret and a load of trouble, these two know just what to do and how to handle it.
25,868 Words, Started 11/23/2006, Completed 04/15/2007
Cleaning House
by blue artemis
8 Ratings, 0 Likes, 2 Favorites )Something has caused the men of Wizarding Britain to lose themselves. What is it?
850 Words, Started 05/09/2010, Completed 05/09/2010
Just another story
by Memory
8 Ratings, 0 Likes, 1 Favorite )Her eyes glared in the half-obscurity; then a sigh of defeat followed. “You are right. So, why did you decide to accept this task?”
1,204 Words, Started 06/02/2010, Completed 06/02/2010