HP Beholder

Recipient: florahart
Author: femmequixotic
Title: The Migratory Habits of Seekers & Other Birds of Prey
Rating: NC-17
Pairings: Harry/Viktor
Word Count: ~16,200
Warnings: Semi-epilogue compliant
Summary: One choice, one mad, desperate choice and everything I loved was gone. I'd known it would be the moment I said yes.
Author's Notes: v Many thanks to my three betas, C, J and B. And huge thanks to bethbethbeth for her infinite patience. :) Flora, for the opportunity to write this, I owe you one.

( The Migratory Habits of Seekers & Other Birds of Prey )

Recipient: lee_west / westwardlee
Author/Artist: rafflesiakerrii
Title: In a quiet moment, I'll teach you
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: Rosmerta/Viktor Krum
Word Count: 1211
Warnings:.
Summary: Durmstrang students are allowed to go to Hogsmeade after the Tri-wizard champions are announced. They visit the local pub where Viktor receives a few lessons from Madam Rosmerta that might not be useful in the tournament, but that certainly guarantee a good time.
Author's/Artist's Notes: I really loved the prompt I got from lee_west - and this was what spontaneously came into my head. I don't normally ship 'experienced woman with inexperienced boy' but here it seemed so right, and I really really enjoyed writing from a different perspective than I normally do. Hope you like it, lee_west!!

( In a quiet moment, I'll teach you )

Recipient: lyras
Author/Artist: naughtysnail / bluemoon02
Title: He Knew He Was Right
Rating: PG
Pairings: Aberforth Dumbledore/Minerva McGonagall, background mentions of Albus/Grindelwald
Word Count: ~3500
Warnings: None
Summary: Aberforth resents that, through his life, he has always had to share his women with his brother.
Author's/Artist's Notes: Huge thanks for the hard work and patience of my beta, B. Lyras requested character study, angsty with a glimmer of a happy ending, and people re-building themselves. I'm not sure I managed exactly happy, but hopefully satisfying. I really hope you enjoy!

( He Knew He Was Right )

Recipient: flourish
Author: miramiraficfic
Title: Lady of Sorrows
Rating: PG
Pairings: The Grey Lady/Sir Cadogan
Word Count: 5274
Warnings: Mild violence and an ending of the non-"happily ever after" variety
Summary: A budding romance between a ghost and a portrait could be a tale out of a storybook. But does Helena Ravenclaw's "fairy godfather" have good intentions, or something more sinister in mind?
Author's Notes: flourish asked for a complicated, non-fluffy relationship where magic was an integral part of the story. I hope this suits. (Also, I hope Cadogan's frequent use of "my lady" doesn't come across as smooshy; I certainly didn't intend it to. Please imagine him saying it in the most respectful fashion possible.) Thanks to my beta and the fest organizer for their help and patience.

( Lady of Sorrows )

Recipient: tripperfunster
Artist: venturous
Title: Nice Wandwork, Young Man
Rating: NC-17
Pairings: Minerva/Severus
Media: Pastel and a bit of PS
Warnings: teacher/student explicit penetrative het smex
Summary: Severus found he could enhance his education with extensive private tutoring in Transformations
Artist's Notes: Dearest Tripper. ..a challenge to make arts for you, one of my fanart heroes? Yikes! Minerva insisted that she enjoy the many gifts of young Severus. I hope you have as much fun as she does. Inspired by the drawings of Louis Jaugey,

( The Question and The Answer )

Recipient: odogoddess
Author/Artist: purplefluffycat
Title: Dark-Eyed Wanderer
Rating: NC-17 (although most of the story rates lower)
Pairings: Severus Snape/Filius Flitwick, mentions of Severus Snape/Lily Evans (unrequited) and Severus Snape/Lucius Malfoy
Word Count: ~13,800
Warnings: Canon character death, discussion of grief.
Summary: After the first war, Severus is reprieved by law, but not by himself. It takes a special person to make him embrace life once more. Death, however, always waits.
Author's/Artist's Notes: This story took a long time to crystallize, largely because Filius is not a character I had ever before really considered. Thank you for a prompt that took me outside my 'comfort zone,' odogoddess. I feel the better for it, and I hope the result is satisfactory :-)

( Dark-Eyed Wanderer )

Recipient: anguis_1
Author/Artist: cardigrl
Title:Daring to Love
Rating:PG
Pairings:Millicent Bulstrode/Vincent Crabbe
Word Count:4325
Warnings:AU in that Vincent is alive, UST, Frequent Snape References
Summary:Learning to live is hard. Daring to love is even harder. A post-Hogwarts short story featuring hurt/comfort as Millicent, Vincent and Greg struggle to make a life for themselves on their own terms.
Author's/Artist's Notes:Thanks to my wonderful beta who made this a much better fic than it otherwise would have been. I really hope you like this, anguis_1. I'm sorry for the lack of smut, but they are cautious people, these characters. And I hope you don't mind the liberal Snape references. I picture Millie especially as someone who learned to internalize things and be cautious in what she says. And Millie had a lot of thinking to do. So we see some past events through a Millie filter instead of canon's Harry filter.

( Daring to Love )

Recipient: miraielle
Author/Artist: flourish
Title: "Carrying Old Delicious Burdens"
Rating: G
Pairings: Minerva McGonagall/Kingsley Shacklebolt
Word Count: 2,654 words
Warnings: Entirely canon compliant, although you can ignore the epilogue. Otherwise, none!
Summary: After the Battle of Hogwarts, McGonagall makes a new start.
Author's/Artist's Notes: Thank-you to P, my fantastic beta-reader, and to everyone involved in the Beholder challenge!

( Carrying Old Delicious Burdens )

Recipient: littleblackbow / chibitoaster
Author/Artist: trickofthedark
Title: Fruiting Bodies
Rating: NWS
Pairings: Firenze/Trelawney, Hooch/Slughorn, Krum/assorted.
Word Count: 2130
Warnings: Weddings.
Summary: Love is in the air. Also, spores.

( Fruiting Bodies )

Recipient: cardigrl
Author/Artist: alwaysasnapefan
Title: Finding a Niche
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: Severus Snape/Minerva McGonagall
Word Count: 7,903
Warnings: Character death.
Summary: Severus Snape isn't the wizarding world's most welcoming person. When he joins the staff at Hogwarts, things quickly take a turn for the worse. It takes a little strategy and a little luck, but they put Professor Snape in his place, and a relationship forms.
Author's/Artist's Notes: When I reread your likes, I realized Severus would be good to do, and decided I'd pair him with a woman from your list I love him paired with. I've never tried these two together before, and I hope I did them justice. I tried not to leave any of your favorite staff members out. Also, I gave Minerva the keys instead of the chess pieces for protecting the stone. In my opinion, the chess pieces had an Engorgement Charm (Flitwick's department), and the keys were clearly transfigured. It's the only way that makes sense, and if that isn't the way J.K.R. intended it, I guess that makes this a very slight Alternate Reality.

( Finding a Niche )

Today is a posting holiday here in hp_beholder land! This will give everybody a chance to catch up with the great art and fiction from the first ten days of the Exchange.

ART

"Interrogating Rookwood" (Rufus Scrimgeour/Augustus Rookwood. G.) for eeyore9990.

"The Years in Her Life and the Life in Her Years" (Minerva McGonagall/Alastar Moody. PG-13) for vivien529.

ART and FIC

"For the Sake of Argument" (Severus Snape/Minerva McGonagall. PG) for atdelphi.

FIC

"Frozen" (Poppy Pomfrey/Severus Snape. PG-13.) for shadowycat.

"A Murmur" (Minerva McGonagall / Sybil Trelawney. NC-17) for alwaysasnapefan.

"There Are Days I Wish I Lived in a Romance Novel (But This Isn't One of Them" (Neville Longbottom / Millicent Bulstrode. PG-13) for kaycee.

"To Die A Man" (Rufus Scrimgeour/Minerva McGonagall, Rufus Scrimgeour/Emmeline Vance. PG-13) for injustice_worth.

"Jigsaw Pieces" (Severus Snape/Filius Flitwick. R) for purplefluffycat.

"Road to Darkness" (Fenrir Greyback/Luna Lovegood. R) for carrot / vikingcarrot.

"By the Light of the Moon" (Phineas Nigellus Black/Albus Dumbledore, Severus Snape/Minerva McGonagall. NC-17) for venturous / venturous1.

"The Good One, The Mad One, The Bad One" (Neville Longbottom/Madam Rosmerta. NC-17) for naughtysnail.

"Sixteen" (Minerva McGonagall/Sybill Trelawney. PG-13) for istalksnape.

"A Sort of Fairy Tale" (Severus Snape/Millicent Bulstrode. PG) for cat_goddess.

"Grownup Stories" (Eileen Prince/Tobias Snape, Severus Snape/???. PG-13) for chazpure.

"Breaking the Chains" (Fenrir Greyback/various. R) for curia_regis.

"Beautiful" (Arthur Weasley/Molly Prewett Weasley. PG-13) for rafflesiakerrii.

"Secret Admirer" (Irma Pince/Filius Flitwick. G) for hayseed / hayseed_42.

"Persuasion" (Barty Crouch Jr./Rabastan Lestrange. NC-17) for arcadian_dream.

"Apart" (Draco Malfoy/Rita Skeeter. NC-17) for ldymusyc.

See you on Monday when regular posting resumes!

Tags: admin

Recipient: ldymusyc
Author/Artist: featherxquill
Title: Apart
Rating: NC-17
Pairings: Draco Malfoy/Rita Skeeter
Word Count: 15,418
Summary: After the war, Draco doesn't know who he is apart from the mark on his arm. Rita is unlike anyone he's ever known and her difference aids him in discovery.
Author's Notes: Many thanks to my beta, and also to our wonderful Mod for her patience with my Epic Deadline Fail when this fic grew a mind of its own. Hope you like it, ldymusyc!

( Apart )

Recipient: arcadian_dream
Author: lee_west / westwardlee
Title: Persuasion
Rating: NC-17
Pairings: Barty Crouch Jr./Rabastan Lestrange
Word Count: ~3,300
Warnings: Dark, with torture. There are wee kisses between young boys, but nothing explicit until they are eighteen and older.
Summary: Barty Sr. had high expectations for his only son, a boy with extraordinary intellect and high morals: a career in the Ministry, a happy marriage to a nice witch, a few children with the same rectitude and intelligence. Fate had other plans.
Author's Notes: Many thanks to my beta. arcadian_dream, thanks for listing the two boys; I've always been intrigued about Barty Jr.'s motives in joining the Death Eaters, and I really enjoyed writing this tale.

( Persuasion )

Recipient: hayseed / hayseed_42
Author: vivien529
Title: Secret Admirer
Rating: G
Pairings: Irma Pince/Filius Flitwick
Word Count: 2,218
Warnings: Cuteness ahoy!
Summary: Irma Pince wishes to be a different person - older, prettier, more confident. Her secret admirer likes her just the way she is.
Author's Notes: I hope you enjoy! (...Thanks to L, my patient beta for her help)

( Secret Admirer )

Recipient: atdelphi
Author/Artist: shadowycat
Title: For the Sake of Argument
Rating: PG
Pairing: McGonagall/Snape
Word Count: 7025
Warnings: None
Summary: In the months since the Battle of Hogwarts, Minerva McGonagall has tried to go on with her life despite losing so many people she cared for. Before beginning a new school term, she decides to take her usual holiday by the sea to gather her strength, but someone else has different plans for her and things do not go as she expects.
Author's/Artist's Notes: My thanks to atdelphi for giving me a chance to write this pairing again. I hope you enjoy your gift! Also, many thanks to the people who gave me their time and thoughts on the story and its artwork! I appreciate your help more than I can say. And finally, many, many thanks to the moderator of this wonderful fest! It's definitely become one of my favorites.

( For the Sake of Argument )

Recipient: rafflesiakerrii
Author: iamisaac
Title: Beautiful
Rating: PG13
Pairings: Arthur/Molly
Word Count: ~2300
Warnings: none
Summary: From the moment he saw her, Arthur knew there was something special about Molly Prewett.
Author's Notes: Many, many thanks to my beta, who did a fabulous (and shamefully necessary) job of making sure I knew what I was writing about.

( Beautiful )

Recipient: curia_regis
Author: miss_morland
Title: Breaking the Chains
Rating: R
Pairings: Fenrir Greyback/various
Word Count: 1227
Warnings: Darkfic, non-con, child abuse, mentions of incest, killings, and cannibalism (of sorts).
Summary: Another month over, another full moon approaching.
Author's/Artist's Notes: I scared myself writing this, something which happens very rarely... Many thanks to my lovely beta reader, who knows how much I appreciate her help!

( Breaking the Chains )

Recipient: chazpure
Author: hayseed42
Title: Grownup Stories
Rating: Somewhere between a PG-13 and an R, but mostly for language and suggestion of physical abuse
Pairings: Eileen/Tobias, Severus/??
Word Count: 5268, according to the ol' word processor count
Warnings: Suggestion of child abuse?
Summary: A mother tells her son what she wishes was a fairy tale.
Author's Notes: I... uh... kind of feel the need to apologize for this, because I get the feeling the requester was asking for something a little sexier, but I had to kind of go with this idea because, well, you'll see. Hopefully the fact that I was encouraged to love any Snape-plot-bunnies I might have makes it okay.

( Grownup Stories )

Recipient: cat_goddess
Author: kaycee
Title: A Sort Of Fairytale
Rating: PG
Pairings: Severus Snape/Millicent Bulstrode (background Dudley Dursley/Ginny Weasley)
Word Count: 7,795
Warnings: EWE. AU-ish. A bit of snark (Millicent isn't exactly a 'people person').
Summary: Millicent is perfectly happy acting as a spy for the Order, but when Headmaster Snape, the object of her hidden affections, suddenly vanishes without a trace, she decides to go searching for him, not caring whether he wants to be found or not.
Author's Notes: I hope you'll enjoy the story, cat_goddess. I had a lot of fun writing it.

( A Sort Of Fairytale )

Recipient: istalksnape
Author: arcadian_dream
Title: Sixteen
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: Minerva McGonagall/Sybill Trelawney
Word Count: 1584
Warnings: angst, femmeslash, hurt/comfort, implied sex, and a substantial age difference between the characters (I’ve estimated that Minerva is approximately 25 years older than Sybill – at least, that’s how it works here).
Summary: Minerva breathes deeply and, for a moment, she wonders how it is that she has come to be here. Again.
Author's Notes: istalksnape: thank you for a wonderful set of prompts, and affording me the opportunity to write Minerva. I really hope you like what I’ve done with it all. Many thanks also to T, for giving this the once-over.

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