"Death: The Completion of the Essay" & "100 Years"

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Claim: Harry Potter - Hermione Granger
Title: Death: The Completion of the Essay
Author: Lanni Weasley
Characters: Hermione, Ron, Harry, Sirius, and others mentioned briefly
Prompt: 26. Death
Rating: PG
Length: Medium
Summary: The sequel to a ficlet called "You're Dead." Deals mainly with Hermione trying to figure out how to adjust, as well as comfort her friends, after Sirius's death. I know it must seem like a cop-out to use a story w/ "death" in the title for the death prompt, but I thought this story fit perfectly, with Hermione questioning things like fate, the afterlife, etc. I love the way it depicts as Hermione having a mental "plan" & "outline" on how life is supposed to go, just like a Transfiguration essay. With Sirius gone, she realizes this isn't true, and struggles with how to approach thing. A slight Heron tinge to it, although their relationship is centered around Hermione being unsure on how exactly to approach/comfort Ron after Sirius's death. A real sense of pain & loss in the writing: you can feel the kids growing up as the story progressses. Not neccessarily a tear-jerker, but have tissues handy just in case.

Death: The Completion of the Essay

Claim: Harry Potter - Hermione Granger
Title: 100 Years
Author: firesorceress1
Characters: Hermione/Draco
Prompt: 23. Time
Rating: PG-13
Length: Medium/Long
Summary: A Hermione/Draco fic that revovles around the song "100 Years" by Five for Fighting. As each year goes by, another unwritten letter to Hermione goes into Draco's sacred box. I don't know if I can put into words how beautifully this thing is written. Hermione & Draco don't get together in a conventional "Leather & Libraries" way, and the events that transpire between 6th year & Draco turning 100 are really poignant. A beautiful interpretation of the song, and one of my fav. L&L fics ever.

100 Years