RedSioda's Lair

Hello there. :) This journal archives my Harry Potter fanfiction stories. JK Rowling is a generous writer to let us play with her characters and wander into the world she created. Everything is hers, and the rest is mine. ;)

While my mastery of English has quite improved in the last months (and you have to trust me on this), there are still stories that are not beta edited. They are indicated as such. Please feel free to look around and to comment if you wish, and to friend this journal if you find something you like. 

A couple of stories are locked for friends only because they deal with themes not suitable for young readers. If you want to access them, please tell me and I'll friend you back. However, I do not interact from this journal but for communities I participate in.

I like to explore the themes of the Potterverse revolving around friendship, love, change, loss, and family. Stories are mostly rated from G to R, and tend to (hopefully) follow book canon.

There are three ways to explore this fic journal. The links on the left column will help you to go through the stories by alphabetical order, by category or by character (main or secondary).

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Last update - July 6, 2009

I'm trying to go back to writing fanfic and original work after spending the last few months doubting of my ability of writing another word. This fic LJ should be updated at least a couple of times before the end of summer.

From the 'Top Five Things Meme.'
Requested by pili204 
Warning:  Unbeta'ed. Creative grammar. Sorry.
Rating - PG-13


Top 5 Reasons Why Bill Fell In Love With Fleur

( Top Five Reasons Why Bill Fell in Love with Fleur )

Everything shines (Teddy Lupin)

Rating: R, for sensual themes
Pairing: Teddy/Victoire
Word count: ~ 5500 words
Summary: Teddy Lupin waits for Victoire Weasley to come back from an internship, only to be faced with a proposition.

A/N Part 3 of the ‘Ten Seductions' series. Ladies and gentlemen, be warned. Fluff ahead.



( Everything Shines )

Déjà Vu
Rating: PG, with an extra dash of humour
Summary: Hermione has a curious habit that never fails to lead her children to look away from embarrassment.
Word count: ~ 1,500 words.

A short fic written in honour of spidergirl30's birthday.

( Déjà Vu )

Title: Things that can be taken away from you
Author/Artist: redsiodaslair
Recipient: shiiki, for the springtime_gen exchange
Character(s): Neville Longbottom, Luna Lovegood, Ginny and Ron Weasley, Minerva McGonagall
Rating: PG-13
Word-count/Media: ~ 6,500 words
Warnings (if any): Implied violence, dark themes and deaths.
Summary: For five warriors, considering moving away from Hogwarts after the battle also means leaving something of themselves behind, willingly or not.
Betas: Huge thanks to queenb23more. I owe a limb or two to magglenagall and aattilatehbun were sweet enough to give me feedback. I also corrected a canon error and a few things, aargh.

All remaining mistakes are mine.

( ”Things )

Now that stellar mod

star54kar has posted the reveals of the weasley_fest exchange, I can claim the maternity of the Bill genfic I wrote for romanesca08 - The Onyx Runes. Here is a slightly modified version of what I sent to the community. I had left in a couple of little awkward things.

I was also happy to receive a lovely epilogue-era fic from solstice_muse, in  which Arthur Weasley attempts to find the most representative picture of his family. The title is Bookends, and you can read it here. :)

The Onyx Runes
Title: The Onyx Runes
Author: redsiodaslair
For: romanesca08
Rating: G
Featured Character or Pairing(s): gen, Bill centered
Summary: A chronicle of the events leading to Bill Weasley’s abrupt change of career during the summer of 1995.
Warnings: None.
Word Count: 7,490 (oh dear)
Disclaimer: Ah, if I were JKR. But I’m not.
Author's notes: Dear romanesca08, you wanted a gen piece about change and newfound maturity. I sincerely hope you will enjoy this interpretation of your prompt as well as this look into Bill’s character. My beta-reader queenb23more deserves cookies and flowers – lots of them. Thank you, dearest. <3 All remaining mistakes are mine. Sahbee translates into my friend.

 

 

 

Oh well. I said I was writing this fast, and it seems I am. Here is a second seduction, rather different in tone than the first one. It is difficult to write about Charlie without creating characters around him. Thanks again toqueenb23more for her beta reading. All remaining mistakes are mine. Afinata and horinca are liquors served in Romania.

Title: The Thirsty Woman
Rating: R, for sensual themes
Characters: Charlie, OCs
Word count: 3,062
Summary: The third week, six young men dressed in white tees streaked with black, thick grey trousers, and heavy boots came in and sat themselves in the corner, and her uncle grabbed on her apron to pull her in the kitchen.

‘Do you hear me, Flavia?’ roared her uncle, his moustache trembling. ‘No flirting!’

I'm working on a little string of short fics that deal with desire and seduction with a Weasley, and I have no idea how this is going to turn into but, eh, I like to try stuff like that. Here is the first Weasley to be seduced...or is he the seducing one?

Wine Tasting
Rating: R, for sensual themes.
Characters: Fleur, Bill
Word count: 2 595
Warning: This is seriously fluffy romance.

queenb23more sacrified again a bit of her sanity by keeping my punctuation in line. Thank you. <3




 

Here is a story that has been in the works for a long time.

For dragon_animagus , I hope you will enjoy it, dearest. The last part of this story is what I should have written instead of what I did for 'Ready'.
The beta reading was done by dear queenb23more.

Familiar Rooms
Characters: Charlie (MC), Bill (MC), Ginny (SC)
Rating: PG-13
Summary: It was a deceptively normal room in a quirky house, complete with an imaginary and hotly debated frontier that dug a trench at the heart of it.

They lived in that room, and the room lived within them.

I can't believe I forgot to post this here. I fixed the wonky formatting, a couple of things that nagged me and a few typos. All remaining mistakes are mine.

exartemarte and pili204 tremendously helped me  on making this story happen, and they deserve all my thanks. dragon_animagus and queenb23more are the reasons why I'm still sane after writing this one, and I owe them.
Was first published on Checkmated on January 15th, 2008.


Title: Sepia
Rating: R
Characters: Hermione, Ron, Harry, Ginny, Rose, Hugo
Genre: drama
Summary:

Written for the Ron/Hermione Colorful Winter Quote!Fic Challenge

"You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings." -- Pearl S. Buck (color: sepia)

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There was a picture of Harry, Ron and herself on page four of The Daily Prophet. It had been only a few years since Harry defeated Voldemort, and the photograph seemed prematurely faded.

It had the distinctive colour of memories.

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All Blues
Characters: Harry, Luna  (Harry/Ginny)
Rating: Pg-13
Genre: Flangst – all the way.

Warning: Don't read if you think you could dislike me for breaking up Luna and Dean. ;) I'm mad enough to write Harry first person- who knew? Not beta read. I’m usually canon inclined ship-wise and happy with it, and the friendship between Harry and Luna has been quite intriguing to me since OotP. Post DH. I tried to write this on with a very simple narrative. Let me know what you think.

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Summary:

I knew I was falling into some sort of a trap when you pointed the sign that swayed over our heads. 

“I’d fancy a pint,” you said.

I had no idea you drank ale. You slipped your arm under mine, and you smiled at the door.

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This is not a Holiday fic, but material that I wrote in relation to spidergirl30's fic. I was exploring a path, and it led me to a major detour. The story  can be read by itself. This is mainly an experiment. That fic is not my best. Please note that the fic is not beta edited. I still don't know what I'll do with it - rework the story or include it in a larger piece.

Now, I decided to have Victoire calling her parents Papa and Maman, which are the equivalent of Daddy and Mummy in French. I cannot imagine that Fleur would not teach the language to her daughter, in some way or another. After all, JKR has confirmed that Bill and Fleur had children with unmistakable French sounding names.

Read to your own risk! This is the closest to next generation fic that I will ever attempt.

Title: Monster
Rating: PG
Characters: Victoire Weasley, Fleur Delacour, Bill Weasley, Teddy Lupin
Summary: Monsters do not have sparkling and teasing blue eyes.

Title: Merry Christmas, Charlie Weasley or The Recount of the Infamous Moments Leading to the Disgrace and Following Rehabilitation of William Arthur (Bill) Weasley on Christmas’ Eve, 2005
Rating: R, because Charlie and George cannot help it.
Characters: Bill Weasley, Fleur Delacour, Victoire Weasley, Charlie Weasley, Ron Weasley, George Weasley....well, you see the pattern. Spidergirl's OC Sophie.
Warnings: This fic leans strongly towards crack. Bill is OOC but he assured me last night that he does not care because he loves me. Fleur talks. A lot.
Summary: Plot, what plot? It all starts with a angst-filled owl. Bill does something incredibly stupid, and Victoire overdoes it as she expresses her love for Uncle Charlie. Hermione saves the day during a riotous Christmas Eve morning at The Burrow that I will admit to be loosely inspired from my first Christmas in my SO's family.

A/N: Spider asks for fluffy humour, and I write her something like this. I'm so sorry, dear. Charlie's approximate French is intended, because it cracks me up. The fic was not beta edited, but I was told it was very readable. :-)

Some of the fics that I have written are ready to be posted, so I decided to post two, maybe three of them before Christmas.

Title: Desheret
Rating: R
Characters: The ghost of an Egyptian witch, Bill, Charlie
Warnings: Erotic themes
Summary: The time has come. It has been a hundred or three hundred years I have waited for a son to take. This chamber will be reopened. I feel magic swirling near me… masculine, one of strangers.

A/N: I owe so much to dragon_animagus and queenb23more who helped me to make this ready for you. If you love the story, it is all because of them. If you don't like it, it is all because of me. :-) All remaining mistakes are mine. I hope you will enjoy it! Happy Holidays!

( Desheret ) 

I have been having a crappy month of December health-wise, and since I have not written much in the last  weeks, I am sorry to say I will not be able to respect the calendar that I established earlier this season.

I cannot bring myself to give out a story not worthy enough of the recipient. I'm sorry for the delay...they won't be Christmas fics but Happy New Year fics. Please be assured that they will be given out with as much gratefulness  for your support and friendship, though.

I'm so sorry to keep you waiting, but for now, here are the titles of the stories....

dragon_animagus: Smelly Socks (PG-13; Bill and Charlie)
magentabear: A Piece of Pie (PG-13; Bill, Charlie, Percy, George, Ron, Ginny; second person POV (!!!!!!))
malvernrob: Smart Boys  (R for language; Neville, Dean, Seamus, Ron, Harry and ....Luna)
msmoocow: Neville Longbottom Likes Girls (PG-13; Neville-centered; in the  MoC universe)
msquizzical - Desheret (R; Bill, Charlie, the ghost of an Egyptian witch)
punimpotter: Master Key (R; Ron, Molly, Hermione)
spidergirl - The Recount of the Infamous Moments Leading to the Disgrace and Following Rehabilitation of William Arthur (Bill) Weasley on Christmas’ Eve, 2005 (PG-13; many, many Weasleys, Spidergirl's OC Sophie)
queenb23more: Remembering and Forgetting (R; Ron (and Harry, Hannah Abbott, George and Hermione), second person POV)
sowritesauds: Triptych (PG-13; Teddy Lupin, Neville Longbottom)
shiiki: All the Arms We Need (PG-13; Neville, Ginny, Luna)
twy: The Long Lost Art of Making Love (R; Tonks/Lupin, Andromeda T.)
redonthefly, my quote fic on CM will be for you...I think the theme I chose (writing and memory) will be of some interest to you. Sepia (R; Hermione, Ron, Harry)

This piece is unbeta'ed. It needed to come out.  Sorry for the downer.

The Essence of Teaching
Genre: angst, drama 
Rating: PG-13
Words:
Characters: McGonagall-centric

Summary:

 

This story was written in honour of PureBloodMuggle’s birthday.

 

Many thanks to Pili204, for her encouragement and suggestions, and to queenb23 for her considerate and thoughtful help. Special thanks to Chicken Little for pointing discrepancies in the timeline. This story was posted on Checkmated.

I was deeply saddened to read about what happened to Jordan. I'm sorry to say I did not have a close relationship with her as some of you did, but I had the pleasure to exchange comments with her, and to appreciate the friendly and genuine person she was.

One day I joked in an entry about my desire to express my affection to the world for a certain Weasley, and five minutes later, she sent me this icon ^. I was touched by her generosity and her thoughtfulness. 

That is how I would like to remember her from our too short exchanges. 

To all of you who are grieving a friend, I would like to offer my most heartfelt condoleances.

I have been fortunate to meet people who have been supportive of my attempts to come back to writing.  Writing and gaining confidence in uploading those pieces of writing to websites and LJ have been quite liberating. I have gained experience, hopefully improved in some areas, realized on what I would like to work on and on all that is needed to be worked on. This means the world to me, and I lack the words to express how much it made a huge difference for me.

Last year on my personal LJ, I offered to give out a fic for Christmas for those would like to receive one. Ten fics were offered to my LJ friends as a heartfelt thanks for their friendship and support. It was one of the most fantastic experiences I lived in fandom so far.

I know that Christmas is very far away, but I am now opening the wish list until August 29, 2007. I'm not sure I can take more than 15 requests.

If you would like to get a story for Christmas, here is what Santa would like to know:

Characters: who would you like it to be the primary characters/secondary characters? Are there characters you would prefer not to read?

Gen or ship: would you like your story to be shippy in nature? I'll try to accomodate you.

Rating: Please indicate a rating or a range of ratings that would work for you. If you've read my stuff, you know that I'm worthless with graphic stuff.

POV: First person? Second person? Third person? A character in particular?

Genre: Crack? Angst? Drama? Romance (you courageous one)?

Elements you would like to read in: If there are things you would like to read specifically in that story, a word, a color - whatever suits your fancy - please mention it. 

Things would prefer not to read in: thanks for writing them down.

Other comments or notes: go ahead.

I'm offering this to all of you who sometimes come across this journal, regardless if we know each other well or not. It's my way of saying thank you for stopping by. 

A schedule will be put up soon so you know when your fic will be posted during December. 

If you are not familiar with my stories,  I would recommend for you to read one of them  that has one of your favorite characters in it, so you'll know if you like the style and the way the characters are depicted. 

*** Some of you had made requests during the month where I attempted to do a every day in June kind of thing and I got swamped with contracts. They will be honoured in September 2007.***