Harry and Draco World Cup

Title: When in Doubt
Team: AU
Artist: pennswoods
Prompt: 11. When in doubt, apparate.
Medium: Ink.
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Very heavily implied smexing, NSFW!!!
Summary: If only apparition were allowed inside Hogwarts...
Artist's Note: Rumors of a certain character's demise have been greatly exaggerated.

( When in Doubt... )

Title: Secret Heritage
Team: AU
Artist: stellamoon
Prompt: 16. Is that a wand in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
Medium: Graphite pencil and Photoshop.
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None.
Summary: Draco has a secret.
Artist's Note: In her new role as an art beta, marguerite_26 was invaluable in the creation of this entry! She has all the best ideas and was incredibly generous in helping me with this. So, thank you so much, Maggie!!!

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( Secret Heritage )

Title: Saving the Lives of the Living
Team: EWE
Author: ashe_frost
Prompt: 15. He who can, does. He who can't, teaches the Dark Arts.
Wordcount: 5374
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Slight voyeurism.
Summary: When the wards start failing at Hogwarts, workaholic Harry takes a holiday to help.
Author's Note: Special thanks to my great team and my super amazing last minute beta.

( Saving the Lives of the Living )

Title: In Summer Grass
Team: AU
Author: maja_li
Prompt: 15. He who can, does. He who can't, teaches the Dark Arts.
Wordcount: ~6700
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Character death, angst.
Summary: The people Harry loved had a funny way of dying—so why should it be so strange that he fall in love with a dead man?
Author's Note: THANK YOU to my brilliant, wonderful, patient betas joanwilder and scarlet_malfoy, who soothed my flailing and let me work on this right down to the wire, even though they had their own stuff to worry about. *squishes and adores you both to pieces* Additional note: certain sections of the AU are direct block quotes from the Harry Potter books. A list with specific credits is included as a footnote at the end.

( In Summer Grass )

Title: Edgar, the Niffler - a HP/DM story
Team: EWE
Artist: leochi
Prompt: 17. Happier than a niffler in a Gringott's vault.
Medium: Watercolours scanned into Powerpoint - Slideshow made on iPhoto and exported as a Quicktime film.
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None.
Summary: Harry lives peacefully in the country with his sheep and his pet niffler, Edgar - but one day a well-known blond turns up and Edgar is delighted...
Artist's Note: Music: The Finer Things interpreted by Dolores Keane

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( Edgar, the Niffler - a HP/DM story )

Title: Paths We Take
Team: AU
Artist: sugareey
Prompt: 17. Happier than a niffler in a Gringott's vault.
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None.
Summary: Everything depends on our choices. And from there, we will know where to go.
Artist's Note: It's been a long couple of months, trying to work on this while I can. I thank my teammates for being awesome and supportive about all my ideas and for giving me advice when I needed it. I also have to give kudos to my lovely boyfriend for looking at my art and giving me suggestions. And basically for being my crutch when I thought I was going to pull my hair out or breakdown. Hopefully, all the effort has paid off. Enjoy!

Lyrics are from various songs by Muse.



( Paths We Take )

Title: Read My Mind
Team: EWE
Author: smirking_muse
Prompt: 21. A butterbeer a day keeps the mediwizard away.
Wordcount: ~7,100
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None.
Summary: Harry wakes up one morning with a new voice in his head that opens his heart to some of his own.
Author's Note: A billion thanks to Hilary for being my sounding board, to xovrall and Lindsey for their betas and additional help, and to tmkline for her support and commentary - I couldn't have done this without them!

( Read My Mind )

Title: Allergies Are A Pain In The Bladder
Team: Epilogue
Author: betelin_notecor
Prompt: 21. A butterbeer a day keeps the mediwizard away.
Wordcount: ~8,250
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Mpreg, crack.
Summary: Lucius always said not to drink butterbeer. "It isn't a fitting drink for a Malfoy!" Too bad all it took was some alcohol and a dash of Harry Potter for Draco to forget everything his father ever taught him. The consequences were stranger than Draco could have dreamed.
Author's Note: Thank you to snarkyscorp for betaing, the epilogue team for being awesome, and all my friends for cheering me on. =D

( Allergies Are A Pain In The Bladder )

Title: The Familiar Familiar
Team: EWE
Author: dripping_cherry
Prompt: 3. A poisonous toadstool never changes its spots.
Wordcount: ~7,000
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None.
Summary: In which Draco learns that not all seers are frauds, and not all former enemies are as insufferable as they once seemed.
Author's Note: A huge thanks to chibitoaster for helping me with the plot and holding my hand throughout the writing process, katelinmr for the read-through and advice, drgalleon for the beta, and aoifene for coming up with a title. I couldn't have done it without you. Go Team EWE!

( The Familiar Familiar )

Title: All That's (Not) Forgiven
Team: Epilogue
Author: maraudersaffair
Prompt: 3. A poisonous toadstool never changes its spots.
Wordcount: 7,750
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Mentions of heterosexual sex (Ginny/Harry)
Summary: While training to be an Auror, Harry must assist the Malfoys in rebuilding the Manor.
Author's Note: A great thanks to my beta, marauderswolf, and my fabulous team for their support.

( All That's (Not) Forgiven )

Title: Drunk and Disorderly
Team: EWE
Author: rockerchica826
Prompt: 14. Drunk as a house elf.
Wordcount: 5,329
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Insinuation, kissing.
Summary: Hermione finally passes a law to free all House Elves.

( Drunk and Disorderly )

Title: Draco Malfoy in 'Drunk as a house elf'
Team: AU
Artist: camenaluscinia
Prompt: 14. Drunk as a house elf.
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Naked butt.
Summary: A certain Gryffindor plays a prank on Draco Malfoy with help from Dobby the house elf.

( Draco Malfoy in 'Drunk as a house elf' )

Title: Parallels
Team: Epilogue
Author: curia_regis
Prompt: 1. "I'll never lay a wand on..."
Wordcount: ~2300
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Probable child abuse.
Summary: Harry's worst nightmare is losing his family.
Author's Note: Thank you to emerald_dragon8 for the awesomely quick beta. A special thanks to everybody in Team Epilogue for their support. And last but not least, ♥ to the mods for their brilliant hard work.

( Parallels )

Title: Changeling
Team: Epilogue
Author: lomonaaeren
Prompt: 13. Magic is 1% inspiration and 99% incantation.
Wordcount: ~22,700
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Profanity, angst, dark magic, flirting and kissing.
Summary: In the wake of an unexpected revelation about Scorpius's heritage, Draco's relationship to his son, and, oddly enough, his relationship to Harry Potter, turned out to be in need of a severe reworking.
Author's Note: Thanks to my beta, Linda, and my very helpful teammates!

( Changeling )

Title: Gamble Everything For Love
Team: AU
Author: incognito
Prompt: 13. Magic is 1% inspiration and 99% incantation.
Wordcount: ~10,500
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Implied underage.
Summary: When charged with the task of killing Dumbledore, Draco Malfoy is desperate enough to search for any way out. After stumbling upon information about parallel universes, he decides that if he goes to a world where he's friends with Harry Potter, then he will be safe. What he doesn't consider is what will happen once he arrives.
Author's Note: Many thanks to my awesome and lovely beta, joanwilder. So much love to the amazing and supportive members of Team AU — you guys are the best. Title shamelessly swiped from a Ben Lee song of the same name.

( Gamble Everything For Love )

Title: Our Story To Tell
Team: EWE!
Author: supergreak
Prompt: 18. "This one time, at Hogwarts..."
Wordcount: 3,613
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Some foul language, innuendo, past violence, fluff.
Summary: Every Hogwarts graduate knows that a good story always starts with "This one time, at Hogwarts..."
Author's Note: Thanks to abusing_sarcasm for beta reading!

( Our Story To Tell )

Title: In For A Knut, In For A Galleon
Team: EWE
Author: abusing_sarcasm
Prompt: 2. "Time is Galleons, little bro, time is Galleons."
Wordcount: ~6,200
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Mostly just silliness and innuendo with a splash of boys kissing. Oh, and some spanking.
Summary: Draco's in a race against the clock and all Harry wants to do is distract him.
Author's Note: HUGE thanks to all my teammates, particularly supergreak, chibitoaster, and my co-captain aoifene. Love to my non-team betas, aki_hoshi and bryoneybrynn, without whom I would be lost. Go team EWE!

( In For A Knut, In For A Galleon )

Title: Scars That Never Felt A Wound
Team: EWE
Author: ebilgatoloco
Prompt: 8. Episkey heals all wounds.
Wordcount: 5282
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Strong obscenities, some violence, sort of dark!Harry
Summary: "As wounded men may limp through life, so our war minds may not regain the balance of their thoughts for decades." – Frank Moore Colby
Author's Note: Thanks to my lovely plot beta, hermionejean7 who helped me bounce ideas around; my grammar beta red_gold42, whom I couldn't have possibly made the deadline without, and was on call during the last three days before the due date; and my characterization consultant/cheerleader, doglover4_life, who read all of my rough drafts and then some. I also want to disclaim to the ownership of the lyrics used/paraphrased from Linkin Park's "Somewhere I Belong." I had a great time battling the plot bunny and the muse, but I hope you enjoy it.

( Scars That Never Felt A Wound )

Title: Et Lux in Tenebris lucet
Team: EWE
Artist: mayflo
Prompt: 7. Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words with a wand can definitely harm me.
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Violence
Summary: In the darkest hour, there's still light that shines through...
Artist's Note: The process of making this work was like giving birth. In the end, everything was worth it. All the gratitude goes to my team captains aoifene and especially abusing_sarcasm who was also my beta, and jamie2109 for betaing as well. You were a great moral support during the most critical hours. Thank you. And thanks for the Worldcup Mods for putting all this together and giving me green light for my submission.

Song credit - The Last Song by X Japan, piano version.

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( Et Lux in Tenebris lucet )

Title: Cruel Language
Team: AU
Artist: nk_aoede
Prompt: 7. Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words with a wand can definitely harm me.
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Blood.
Summary: Sometimes you don't notice something until it's too late to do anything about it.
Artist's Note: A million thanks to my team, specially joanwilder, maja_li and sugareey, for the support and suggestions! You guys rock.

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( Cruel Language )