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After lots of scrambling, cursing, screwing up, gnashing of teeth, babies kicking laptop screens, toddlers accidentally deleting huge blocks of text, desperate reading of Dreamwidth "how to's", and did I mention the swearing?, interhouse_fest is now officially operating on Dreamwidth! \o/

So please stop by and check it out, and please please please tell your friends! I have very few people in my circle on Dreamwidth so far and absolutely no communities, so please point people our way! The critical information posts are now available to read on DW, so you should be able to participate even if you're avoiding LJ these days! *tempts*

Also, if you know of any mutual friends from LJ with different names on DW, could you point me in the right direction? And if there are any amazing communities or fests or whatever that I should be following. I'd love to expand my circle and start operating more fully on this platform.

Maybe I should actually upload another icon, too! Ha! Until then, nose in book girl for every post ever!

But priorities-- it's bedtime! Yes, I know that it's only 8:40. And? :-P

We're totally pokey and behind this year, but please come check out Interhouse Fest 2017!



We're hosting it on LJ but hoping to get a Dreamwidth Mirroring comm up and running too. Please stop by and leave us ALL THE AMAZING PROMPTS! We could really use some fresh ideas and variety! Any and all combinations of characters from different Hogwarts Houses are fair game! Gen, Het, Slash, Femme, Threesomes, etc. Help us out!

And please tell your friends! We can't wait to see you there!

♥ Your friendly neighborhood Interhouse Mod

Hi! Welcome to my journal. This account is mainly for commenting, but it also has an archive of all my fan fiction (Harry Potter and Star Trek), all available publicly here and on Livejournal. I don't archive my personal journal here, but feel free to find me over at LJ, where I am also Katmarajade.

Author: katmarajade
Title: That All Too Familiar Smile
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1100
Pairing(s): Lee Jordan/Lily Luna Potter
Warnings: cross gen (47/18), a very foul-mouthed Lee, a lot of innuendo
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: Nightclub owner Lee Jordan thought he was over the young, fresh-faced, straight-out-of-Hogwarts type, but when she walks in he can't help himself. There's something all too familiar about her ...
Author's Notes: Written for hp_nextgen_fest. Many thanks to my brilliant beta, aigoos!

( So he's more than a little surprised to find himself watching the new girl. There's just something about her ... something familiar )

With one bonus fic in the mix, I posted 20 drabbles/ficlets in 19 days. Whew! I had so much fun you guys, and I hope that you enjoyed reading them as much as I enjoyed writing them. In case you missed one that might be your cuppa, here's the list:

Harry Potter
An Act of Rebellion: Eight Nights of Hope for tree00faery (Anthony Goldstein, Ravenclaws, PG)

Finding Crookshanks for wwmrsweasleydo (Ron, Harry, PG)

Holding On To Tradition for eloquent_toast (George/Luna, PG)

Someone to Help Ring in the New Year for bendleshnitz1 (Percy/Lavender, R)

The Festive Smell of Smoke in the Kitchen for ragdoll (Bill/Tonks, R)

Particular Brand of Customer Service for luvscharlie (Ron/Lavender, PG-13)

When Life Gives You Lemons, You Dance for secret_weapon (Padma/OMC, PG)

In the Early Morning Light for thimble_kiss (Zacharias/Millicent, PG-13)

Evergreen Entrapment for coffee_n_cocoa (Neville/Ginny, R)

Grown Up Miss Chang for shygryf (Oliver/Cho, PG-13)

Kissing Seamus for besamislabios (Dean/Seamus, PG-13)

The Beginning of an Explosively Brilliant Partnership for aigooism (George/Neville, PG-13)

A New Tradition: A Tale of Two Families for songquake (Dudley/Draco, PG)

Star Trek
A Kitchen Invitation for igrockspock (Sulu, Kirk, PG)

Dr McCoy and the Red Shirt of Doom for secretsolitaire (Sulu, McCoy, Red Shirt, PG)

No Such Thing as Coincidence in Command Track for echoinautumn (George/Winona, PG)

To Bring Home the Light for rubynye (Sulu/Chekov/Gaila, R)

Gift of Crumbs for oddmonster (Scotty/Chekov, R)

No Place Like Sickbay for the Holidays for mercaque (Sulu/Chekov, PG-13)

Sheets of a Different Color for secretsolitaire (Sulu/McCoy, R)

Title: An Act of Rebellion: Eight Nights of Hope
Author: katmarajade
Written for: tree00faery
Characters: Anthony Goldstein and a cast of fellow Ravenclaws
Rating: PG
Word Count: 909
Prompt: someone trying to sneak Hanukkah candles past the Carrows during DH.
Summary: During the Carrows' reign of terror, Anthony decides to bring his House together in a surprising way.
Notes: In 1997 the first night of Hanukkah actually fell on Christmas Eve, so I took the liberty of using the 1996 dates so that the festival fell during a time in which all these kids would still be at Hogwarts to celebrate it. And I went with the "Hanukkah" spelling, though I recognize there are several legitimate transliterations.

( It's not about Hanukkah, but it is, in a way, about faith. It's about hope. It's about needing something to believe in when the world gets dark and you find yourself losing your way. It's about light and miracles. It's a timely message.  )

Title: Dr. McCoy and the Red Shirt of Doom
Author: katmarajade
Written for: secretsolitaire
Characters: McCoy, Sulu, and a red shirt named Berken
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1000
Summary: There's a transporter glitch when beaming down to the planet and the uniform shirts get switched around. McCoy is NOT okay with it. Total unapologetic crack!fic.
Notes: Lovely secretsolitaire, you are so great about reading and commenting on my stuff and I appreciate it so much. Your holiday drabble came in decidedly drabbly at less than 300 words. I tried to expand it, but I found I really liked it just how it was. So to make up for that, because you're so awesome and deserve much for being so supportive, this one's for you! You get BONUS McCOY-CENTRIC CRACK!FIC! that has absolutely nothing to do with what you prompted or anything else

(  It was Thursday. McCoy had never gotten the hang of Thursdays. )

Title: Holding On To Tradition
Author: katmarajade
Written for: eloquent_toast
Pairing: George/Luna
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1082
Prompt: George being too devastated to go to boxing day or something and Luna just appearing at his flat above WWW and comforting him in her quietly eccentric but empathetic way.
Summary: It's not Christmas but Boxing Day that hits him hardest.
Notes: I've taken a few possible liberties with Boxing Day and May Day traditions …

( It's Boxing Day. It's Boxing Day and George is not at the Burrow. )

Title: Grown Up Miss Chang
Author: katmarajade
Written for: shygryf
Pairing: Oliver/Cho
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 444
Prompt: wintergreen
Summary: Oliver showed up to the league-wide, multi-team, pre-season boot camp with low expectations. Then he saw her.

( 'You've grown up, Miss Chang,' he teased. )

Title: Evergreen Entrapment
Author: katmarajade
Written for: coffee_n_cocoa
Pairing: Neville/Ginny
Rating: R
Word Count: 589
Prompt: evergreen wreaths
Summary: Ginny truly thought she was helping, using a few charms to expedite the process, get the orders finished, and possibly get her husband home early for Christmas Eve. Unfortunately, the magical fir trees did not take kindly to charms, no matter how well-intentioned.

(  That was how Neville and Ginny Longbottom found themselves stranded inside their own greenhouse, surrounded by a thick, unyielding (though nice-smelling) wall of evergreen on Christmas Eve. )