hecticity:

Title: The Oak King
Author: ???
Gift For: pinch-hitters and other helpers! ♥
Pairing(s): Bellatrix/Tom Riddle (Voldemort)
Summary: Tom recruits Bellatrix
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Author's notes: So much thanks to ET who put up with everything from me and this fic, including bad email trouble and a last minute perfectionist delete-happy finger.

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( The Oak King rules from the winter solstice to the summer one... )

hecticity:

Title: From Woodhenge We Say Goodbye
Author: ???
Gift For: hecticity
Pairing(s): Draco/Morag, Harry/Luna, Neville/Ginny
Summary: The Malfoys say good-bye to Lucius in an old pure-blood tradition and find others who have lost loved ones over the year.
Rating: PG
Warnings: none
Author's notes: While not as long as I thought it was going to be, this fic insisted on being told this way. Also, the tradition within is in fact an old Muggle tradition for those who build Woodhenge and Stonehenge. I do hope you like this, hecticity.

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( From Woodhenge We Say Goodbye )

sappholococcus:

Title: Unsung
Author: ???
Gift for: riot_grrrl_ria
Pairing: Ginny/Luna
Rating: PG
Word Count: ~3200
Summary: Ginny is slipping through the cracks in her carefully constructed reality.
Warnings: not epilogue compliant in that Ginny is not with Harry.
Author's notes: First of all, thanks to my beta, who will be credited after the reveal. All characters belong to JKR, &tc; title and quoted lyrics (only a few lines: this is not a songfic) are Vanessa Carlton's. To my giftee: I'm sorry to have this in for you so late, but I hope you enjoy it.

About the traditions you requested and the way I used them: I included Buddhist meditation and moon symbolism, taking the interpretation of the tarot moon card: the Moon is all about visions and illusions, madness, genius and poetry. This is a card that has to do with sleep, and so with both dreams and nightmares. It is a scary card in that it warns that there might be hidden enemies, tricks and falsehoods. But it should also be remembered that this is a card of great creativity, of powerful magic, primal feelings and intuition (quoted from this page). However, drawing from my own experience with meditation, I used it as an almost customizable tradition, something that's different for everyone, and not necessarily needing to follow strict rules or techniques. They were... Luna- and Ginny-ified to fit the plot, is what I'm trying to say, essentially.

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( Unsung )

sappholococcus:

Title: Fire and Ice
Author: jairissa
Gift For: lesyeuxverts00
Pairing(s): Remus/Sirius
Summary: Books are boring enough as it is; sticking poetry in there should be considered cruel and unusual punishment.
Rating: PG
Warnings: Heavy quoting from the works of Robert Frost.
Author's notes: lesyeuxverts00, I tried to incorporate a decent amount of your kinks, although this story is told more sideways than backwards. I hope I have kept the fluff in check, especially considering the AU turn it took at the end. Eternal thanks to A, for beta-ing and everything else.

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( Fire and Ice )

sappholococcus:

Title: The Cleansing of Albion
Author: leianora
Gift for: darkladyvamp
Pairing: Severus/Harry
Rating: PG
Warnings, angst, but has a happy ending, I promise! Character death, some violence
Summary: When the war ends, not everyone wants the killing to stop.

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( The Cleansing of Albion )

sappholococcus:

Title:Coming home
Author: darkladyvamp
Gift For:rakina
Pairing(s):Severus Snape/Harry Potter
Summary: Severus comes back from 'the grave'
Rating: pg
Warnings: None
Author's notes: A sequel is already in the works. Thanks to my lovely beta!

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EDIT: the HTML snafu has been fixed. My apologies for not noticing it before posting (or even immediately after I posted).

( Coming Home )

sappholococcus:

This was meant as a gift to the late roseredqueen, a friend of mine. In her memory, I'm gifting it to the whole community - thanks very much to all of you for waiting when things weren't quite so organized around here. Happy Traditions!

Title: The Hogwarts Rule
Author: lesyeuxverts00
Gift For: all fest participants!
Pairing(s): Scorpius/Rose
Summary: Gryffindors believed that rules were meant to be broken.
Rating: PG
Warnings: Underage participants (under 18), but nothing more than a kiss. Epilogue-compliant (except for one conveniently-ignored character death).
Author's notes: Huge thanks to K, E and R for betaing this for me! roseredqueen, I wasn't able to use all of your kinks, but I do hope that this pleases you nonetheless.

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( The Hogwarts Rule )