Draco realizes that his greatest challenge is right under his nose.Category: Completed Short Stories
Cute. A lovely bit of light-hearted D/G. :) Draco being a dad is always fun to read.
The wizard dating scene is utterly boring. Tired of the same old stuff, Ginny Weasley turns to the Internet, specifically online dating services. Whom does she find?Category: Works in Progress
I fervently hope that this story has not been abandoned. I love reading it. I am very much looking forward to Draco showing Ginny how he can really dance. Lol and I can't wait to see what Ginny's reaction will be when she loses the bet and has to face the consequences *grins*.
Could you please update some of this story soon? Even if it's short, it would be great to have some more of this fic to read.
One-shot written for Costanza as part of a fic-a-thon I held. After Hogwarts, Draco and Ginny meet again at a formal event...Category: Completed Short Stories
Very hot. The abrupt ending was just right, I think, for the tone of the story. I like that neither of them backed down. Hehe, Ginny's slapping of Draco and Smith were fun to read. She's definitely not a woman to be crossed.
No one knew what caused the dragons to start to sicken and die, but they did. Those who cared for them were the damaged, the broken, those who had nothing left for which to brave the world.Category: Works in Progress
And then the Wilder came.
What a wonderful start to the story. The idea of the Dragons dying for an unknown reason is a very unique one and I can definitely see why characters such as Snape, Draco and Ginny would be drawn to remain at such a camp. The addition of the Wilder is an intriguing one. His vulnerability is something that clearly calls out to Ginny's mothering nature. (And to mine as well, to be honest! He just calls out to be gathered up in a hug, methinks. :))
I like how in the first chapter, the third person narrative explored the possibilities of there being more going on between Draco and Ginny in that tent of hers but that the truth is not as it seems. I hope that I can see that change somewhat during the course of this story. *g*
I hope that you will decide to continue with this fic, as it would be a great shame to leave a brilliant start like this without an ending.
When Malfoy Manor is targeted by Death Eaters, Draco and his mother are forced to stay with the Weasley's for the summer. Tensions are high, nerves are on edge. Strange things keep happening. What happens when they just can't take it anymore? Post HBP.Category: Works in Progress
Although McGonagall seems rather out of character, the rest of the plot looks promising. Hehehe, Draco and Narcissa at the Burrow.
Harry Potter was mad. No, Harry Potter was furious. Harry Potter was so sodding angry that he was thinking about himself in the third person.
Lol.
Love cannot always be announced from the rooftops and rejoiced in.Category: Completed Short Stories
I'm speechless.. I don't know how I could describe how moving this short story was. My breath caught in my throat at the end. You write angst so masterfully that I can't begrudge you the less than pleasant ending to this fic. *sighs* I'll certainly come back to read this time and time again.
Ficlet in which Ginny wonders when Draco will cease to call her "Weasley."Category: Completed Short Stories
Ginny's giddiness has transferred to me, it seems. :)
Aww, so much fluff. Especially with the, *sighs*, too-good-to-be-true fairy ring.
I like how the last line brings the ficlet full-circle, with Draco trying to 'best' Ginny by stating that he's happier than her.
Two and a half years after his failure to kill Albus Dumbledore, Draco has long been accepted back into the ranks of the Death Eaters. He is still obsessively searching for the rebel Ginny Weasley, but he hides that secret well. When she is found one snowy December night, he smuggles her onto the Death Eaters? train with him. And he begins to learn that nothing will ever be the same again?Category: Works in Progress
Ooh, a very dramatic cliffie to end the chapter with. I can't wait to see what happens next.
I am in total awe of how you've managed to intertwine the complex history explored in DH with your plot for this story. It's amazing. It's like you never quite know where one thread ends and another begins.
Eagerly awaiting more to the story. :) (Btw, it's great having such fast updates!)
Lol, hm, I've always had a fondness for emeralds, to be honest. Although the deep colour would go quite well with tanzanite also, I think. ;)
Lol! A crumple-horned Snorkack is a brilliant way to introduce Luna, methinks. :D
It seems realistic that Luna has some faerie blood in her.
The part of Mel Gibson was played by a fried haddock, too.
Lol! This is cracking me up. I really don't know how you come up with these things. *g*
I really like Alistair and Andrew. They're nothing like I, and I suspect Draco, imagined them to be.
There's this flippant quote that came to mind whilst reading that part - "Be nice to your enemies, nothing annoys them as much!"
I'm wondering how Luna knew that Ginny would fall in love with Draco at the hospital tents. Looking forward to another fun-filled chapter. I hope Luna will be around for a while, since she's lots of fun. :)
Aw, poor Draco. Poor Ron, too. It must take an immense amount of belief in doing right to be able to let go of his sister like that. You did an amazing job of making his anguish palpable. Hermione's anxiety was also clearly felt. It's interesting how Draco seemed almost influenced by Voldemort's increasing rage and unleashed it on Hermione, the only one there he felt he could attack freely.
It was so moving having Narcissa finally recognise her son, just when he needs her the most. Was it the sight of him crying that made him recognisable to her?
I can't wait til the next chapter. :)
Shite! Can’t I even keep up the noble self-sacrifice bit for five minutes running?
Lol. There's the Draco we all know and love. *g*
Voldemort and rumpy-pumpy, now there’s a thought
LOL! Terrible, terrible images! I can see why you said you had lots of fun with this chapter.
like water colours moving through wind chimes
I love your abstract descriptions.. It's truly a gift, I think, to write in such a way and give a supernatural and mysterious aura to the story.
If you want to get down there now, then you’re going to have to go much more slowly.
Hehe, I must be really getting into the story if this sort of logic doesn't make me bat an eye anymore. This is great though, since it seems just like Delerium to talk in such a way.
"You want her in the way that people really want to live when they say they just want to die.” Wow, that's lovely.
"[A]nd the sound was like a plate of words that rhyme with “orange” thrown from the top of a ten-story building into a vat of cotton candy." It made me smile - I really don't know how you can come up with these seemingly random phrases that fit so well with the story.. it's brilliant.
I don't want to quote the *whole* chapter, but I started snickering when Draco read the writing on the grey bag.
"I’m madness, but… I sometimes argue for the other side.” Her speech just before this was lovely. Believing in Delerium existing would make the world seem much less unforgiving, I think.
Looking forward to the next chapter. Hmm, I wonder what price Ron wouldn't be willing to pay for Ginny?
Hehe, the bean-shidh playing computer games. On the approach of our time of passing, may the bean-shidh be busy with a nintendo or other similarly addictive form of entertainment. :)
*shakes head* Ginny and Draco are way too similar in ignoring the truth of their feelings.
Hopefully they'll be able to sort things out before long.
It was like watching an old pensieve memory over and over. She could watch, but she could do nothing.Category: Completed Short Stories
Oh wow. An absolutely wonderful story. I have noticed that you tend to mention Shakespeare in your fics, even if just in passing. The star-crossed lovers line being such a notable example.
The way that Ginny clung to Draco in desperation and with an unwillingness to accept his death was extremely well expressed, but the magnitude of how much it took from her wasn't fully felt until the last section, where she is living a shell of a life with Harry. Wonderful. Very angsty, but that's how I love most fics. :)
Draco/Ginny - Inspired by 'Merry Christmas (I Don't Wanna Fight Tonight)' by The Ramones, and 'I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus'.Category: Completed Short Stories
Ginny learns just what romance really is from the most unlikely of sources - Draco Malfoy. [oneshot]Category: Completed Short Stories
I also nearly gagged when hearing Harry's declarations of love. Seemed far too eloquent for Harry's usually fumbling, awkward reaction to girls.
But the Draco/Ginny part was very hot. And you managed to do it without compromising either character; Draco doesn't confess his love for Ginny or anything of the sort, but gives several rather believable alternatives as to what his motives were. And Ginny, well, she finally learns what true romance is, and from our favourite Slytherin, too.
It was an enjoyable read, for sure. :)
“So let me get this straight – you sic your crazy owl on me and have me dragged away from my mates so I can cater to your completely irrational female emotional crisis? Explain to me at what point you thought this was a good idea.”Category: Completed Short Stories
Aw, that was sweet. A lovely bit of fluff to cheer up my day.
I could tell you that I regretted it. Regretted every moment I spent in his arms. I could tell you that I regretted it. That there was no nostalgia. I could tell you I was naïve, that he manipulated me. I could tell you I never wanted him. Never sought him out. I could tell you I regretted it, wished it never happened. That I never let him near me but that would be a lie.Category: Completed Short Stories
The repetition in Ginny's monologue is very effective. It brings to our attention what she believes to be very important to be made clear. "..and anything but never everything. Never everything."
The meandering, twisting, turning path of the narrative almost makes us feel Ginny's anxiety and feverish insistence to get out her story on her terms. It really propels the story right up to the second-to-last paragraph, after which the abrupt last sentence changes the tone abruptly and very effectively. It's like Ginny has made a conscious effort to stop her countless excuses and rationalisations in the face of the possibility of happiness with Draco.
Very well written.
Author's Response: Thankyou very much. I’m glad you liked it. I greatly appreciate your review. ^_^
"He wondered what had happened. Who was dead, who was hurt, and who survived? From both sides.Category: Completed Short Stories
Tomorrow, he thought, as he looked down at her battle-ravaged face. It begins tomorrow."
A short ficlet based on a drabble I wrote a long time ago. After the final battle, Ginny seeks comfort and Draco is there for her.
"She was broken. Existing in pieces that each bled from the separation."
Wonderful.
or, The Tumultuous Courtship of Draco Malfoy and Ginny Weasley: A Parody.Category: Completed Short Stories
Heh, I think you've managed to include almost every random plot twist that I've read on this site. :D
Ginny Weasley and Draco Malfoy are stuck together at the Order Headquarters. Will they find friendship? Something more? DGCategory: Works in Progress
I can't believe that this story has been abandoned! I hope that there is some chance that you will pick up where you left off and continue the story. I remember reading this fic ages ago and this time, yet again, I immensely enjoyed the journey. Both Ginny and Draco are so in character - the Twins, Hermione, Mrs Weasley, Tonks, Mr Weasley in his cameo at the kitchen table giving Ginny some sweets, all of them are very much in character and a joy to read.
The daydreams are very hot; the tension between the two when they're alone, likewise. It's such a horrible cliffie to be left on, as well!
As requested, here's a line I particularly liked - it's Ginny's inner Slytherin appearing, methinks (the good kind, not the caused-by-Voldemort kind ;)).
~"Is that what I should have said? Oh, bugger, and there I wasted all that time defending you," she said, trying to sound casual, as she examined her dressed finger.~
It's lines like this that set apart your writing from many others'. The subtlety in their actions are written well. A part in an earlier chapter where Draco's face closed off when he heard Mrs Weasley comforting Ginny - that was a brilliant way of showing that he remembered Ginny's earlier words and finally understood that she wasn't trying to pity or demean him.
Will there not be any continuation of 'Clocks' at all? If not, then a short summary of how the story was going to pan out would be very welcome.
Thanks!
I'm re-reading this story for the umpteenth time; I really like the part where Draco realises that Ginny was trying to comfort him, not pity him, upon seeing Ginny and her mother. It's really a scene that sticks in my memory. :)
You try not to shake as two of the men point their wands straight at you. You know that your prefect life has come to an end.Category: Completed Short Stories
I'm sobbing away at this. *dabs eyes* It's so heartfelt.
The second person narrative made it all the more poignant. My heart broke for the two children, the boy especially. The realism in the characters is astounding; Draco and Ginny and their children especially. This is going to be added to my favourites list, for sure.
*scampers along to find some fluff to lighten up my mood*
Draco Malfoy watched his wife twirling around the room with her brother, Bill, a dazzling smile plastered on her thin face. Her laughter rang out and he couldn’t help the smile that overtook his face. She was so beautiful. So beautiful and so unequivocally his. He could hear her breathing was still slightly ragged from her impromptu dance with Bill. He frowned. She was getting weaker.Category: Long and Completed
I can't stop crying. What a heart-wrenching story. I could go on for hours about how touching this was to read, but it's past 3am and I really need to catch up on sleep. But I will say that I found Draco's character and his actions to be especially realistic. His outburst at Ginny's grave particularly hit a chord in me. I suppose that's why I'm sobbing away as I write this; the echoes of real life within the characters' actions.
When reading the last paragraph of Ginny's collection of letters, I was struck by a sort of deja vu, uncertain of where I had read those words, right up until the A/N at the end. I hadn't realised how moving The Calling's lyrics were until now. It fits in beautifully, seamlessly, into the narrative.
Thank you for sharing such a moving story.
Author's Response: *hands over tissue* Thankyou very much for your kind and thoughtful review. It is greatly appreciated. I originally wrote this as a short songfic but it just sort of grew into what’s posted so I’m glad you liked WYWG. Thankyou very much for reading and happy sleeping.
(DH spoilers!) Some speculated that Fred and George were training her to take over someday, that she was their protégé and the heiress of Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes. The only one Fred and George would see as worthy to take over, people said. ( 7th year, Rated Naughty just in case.)Category: Works in Progress
I'm eagerly anticipating reading how Ginny's going to stir up trouble while in hiding. *grins*
I love the Draco in this story; this chapter especially shows how eager he is to make Ginny feel comforable and relaxed in his home. It's sweet to see how he falls back on sarcastic banter when he feels he's done his share of being 'nice'.
You've expressed Ginny's tension at her new situation very well (particularly when she first wakes up and methodically searches the house for any sign of life).
I sincerely hope that the gap between this and the next chapter will be much shorter than the previous one. This is one of my favourite stories on FIA. :)