Penname: Roots in Water
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I am currently writing a new story centered around Pansy Parkinson after the defeat of Voldemort titled "Wilted Flowers". The 29th chapter has just been posted. Thank you for all the lovely reviews! I really appreciate them.

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1 : Wilted Flower by Roots in Water     Novel      Rating: Mature   Chapters: 29   Reviews: 102
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Nothing was the same for Pansy. Nothing ever would be.

Winner of Keckers 2012 "Best Drama" Award 
 

Genres: Drama, Horror/Dark, Angst   Warnings: Mild Language, Mild Violence, Scenes of a Sexual Nature, Contains Slash (Same-Sex Pairing), Substance Use or Abuse, Sensitive Topic/Issue/Theme   Era: Post-Hogwarts   Characters: Draco, Pansy, OC, OtherCanon   Pairings: Draco/Pansy, Other Pairing
Published: 2012.01.22   Latest Chapter: 2013.02.16 Updated: 2013.03.09 Status: WIP (93269 words)

2 : While You Were Sleeping by Roots in Water     Novella      Rating: Mature   Chapters: 6   Reviews: 21
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Time spent asleep is not time spent idly. And a forced sleep is no different.

(How Alastor Moody spent Harry's fourth year)

Second place in CherryBear's "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" challenge
 
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Genres: Drama, Horror/Dark, Action/Adventure   Warnings: Mild Language, Strong Violence, Sensitive Topic/Issue/Theme   Era: Hogwarts   Characters: Dumbledore, Moody
Published: 2012.08.29   Latest Chapter: 2012.11.29 Updated: 2012.11.29 Status: COMPLETED (18850 words)

3 : Task One Challenge: One of Those Moments by Roots in Water     One-shot      Rating: 15+   Chapters: 1   Reviews: 4
Susan thought that she really ought to have stayed in bed that morning.

Written for the first task of the 2012 House Cup
 

Genres: Drama, Humor, Action/Adventure   Warnings: Mild Language, Mild Violence, Sensitive Topic/Issue/Theme   Era: Post-Hogwarts   Characters: Luna, OtherCanon   Pairings: Other Pairing
Published: 2012.07.08   Latest Chapter: 2012.07.09 Updated: 2012.07.10 Status: COMPLETED (2754 words)

4 : Blood Red Snow White by Roots in Water     One-shot      Rating: 15+   Chapters: 1   Reviews: 4
This is the tale of a land, a land where the hero was defeated, where all was destroyed.

It is the tale of a land that waits for its saviour.

Second place in starryskies55's 'Borrowing Challenge'

August's "Featured Story" for Hufflepuff

Genres: Drama, Horror/Dark, Angst   Warnings: Mild Language, Strong Violence, Sensitive Topic/Issue/Theme   Era: Other   Characters: Voldemort
Published: 2012.06.17   Latest Chapter: 2012.06.20 Updated: 2012.06.20 Status: COMPLETED (2536 words)

5 : Too Late by Roots in Water     One-shot      Rating: 15+   Chapters: 1   Reviews: 8
Magic couldn’t bring the dead back to life and restore them to their former glory, an ability Severus wished most fervently that he possessed.

First place in GrangerDanger76's Snape Challenge

Runner-up in Keckers 2012 "Best Tear-jerker" Award
Genres: Drama, Horror/Dark, Angst   Warnings: Mild Violence, Scenes of a Mild Sexual Nature, Sensitive Topic/Issue/Theme   Era: Marauders   Characters: Snape, Lily   Pairings: James/Lily
Published: 2012.03.24   Latest Chapter: 2012.03.27 Updated: 2012.03.27 Status: COMPLETED (3895 words)

6 : Broken Memories by Roots in Water     One-shot      Rating: 15+   Chapters: 1   Reviews: 14
Today is the day Ginny comes home from the hospital. Today is the day he sees just how much time has forsaken her.
 
 

Genres: Drama, Romance   Warnings: Mild Language, Scenes of a Mild Sexual Nature, Sensitive Topic/Issue/Theme   Era: Other   Characters: Harry, Ginny, OtherCanon   Pairings: Harry/Ginny, Harry/OC
Published: 2011.07.22   Latest Chapter: 2012.02.22 Updated: 2012.02.22 Status: COMPLETED (5014 words)

7 : Fried Eggs by Roots in Water     Short story      Rating: 15+   Chapters: 3   Reviews: 21
 

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One altercation. Three different points of view.

There's always more than one side to a story...

Genres: Drama, General, Humor   Warnings: Mild Language, Strong Violence, Sensitive Topic/Issue/Theme   Era: Pre-Hogwarts   Characters: Tonks, OC, OtherCanon
Published: 2012.01.05   Latest Chapter: 2012.01.31 Updated: 2012.01.31 Status: COMPLETED (6488 words)

8 : Ugly Glory by Roots in Water     One-shot      Rating: 15+   Chapters: 1   Reviews: 11
 

Regulus Black is a selfish coward. And what do cowards do? They run.
 
 

Genres: Drama, Horror/Dark   Warnings: Mild Language, Strong Violence, Sensitive Topic/Issue/Theme   Era: Marauders   Characters: Regulus
Published: 2011.07.11   Latest Chapter: 2012.01.31 Updated: 2012.01.31 Status: COMPLETED (1926 words)

9 : The Darkest Woman by Roots in Water     One-shot      Rating: 15+   Chapters: 1   Reviews: 9
 

She waits, through wind and rain and snow, for him to come for her. And he will. She knows it.
 

Genres: Drama, General, Horror/Dark   Warnings: Mild Language, Mild Violence, Scenes of a Mild Sexual Nature, Sensitive Topic/Issue/Theme   Era: Hogwarts   Characters: Bellatrix
Published: 2011.08.28   Latest Chapter: 2012.01.20 Updated: 2012.01.20 Status: COMPLETED (896 words)

10 : My Last by Roots in Water     One-shot      Rating: 15+   Chapters: 1   Reviews: 6
She won him and they had a life together. Over eighty years later, the one who lost attends her funeral.
 
 

Genres: Drama, Romance   Warnings: Mild Language, Scenes of a Mild Sexual Nature, Sensitive Topic/Issue/Theme   Era: Hogwarts   Characters: Harry, Cho   Pairings: Cho/Cedric, Harry/Cho, Harry/Ginny
Published: 2011.08.13   Latest Chapter: 2012.01.13 Updated: 2012.01.13 Status: COMPLETED (977 words)

11 : Ribbons and Rabbits by Roots in Water     One-shot      Rating: 12+   Chapters: 1   Reviews: 4
He was her best friend. And he was a bunny.

For (kalie)'s Out of Your Comfort Zone Challenge

Genres: Fluff, General   Warnings: No Warnings   Era: Next Generation   Characters: Rose   Pairings: Ron/Hermione
Published: 2012.01.05   Latest Chapter: 2012.01.05 Updated: 2012.01.05 Status: COMPLETED (1770 words)

12 : Golden Chains by Roots in Water     Short story      Rating: 15+   Chapters: 2   Reviews: 8
 

When one part of your personality dominates, there's no escaping...

First place in Beeezie's "Seven Deadly Sins" challenge.
 
 
 
 

Genres: Drama, General, Horror/Dark   Warnings: Mild Language, Mild Violence, Substance Use or Abuse, Sensitive Topic/Issue/Theme   Era: Hogwarts   Characters: Blaise (M), OtherCanon
Published: 2011.12.01   Latest Chapter: 2011.12.24 Updated: 2011.12.24 Status: COMPLETED (4040 words)

13 : Selfish Courage by Roots in Water     One-shot      Rating: 15+   Chapters: 1   Reviews: 6
 

Horace Slughorn was a Potions Master, not a soldier. Why was he being forced to play double-duty?

First place in academica's "Hogwarts Defender" challenge.
 
 

Genres: Drama, Action/Adventure   Warnings: Mild Language, Strong Violence, Sensitive Topic/Issue/Theme   Era: Hogwarts   Characters: McGonagall, Slughorn, OtherCanon
Published: 2011.12.07   Latest Chapter: 2011.12.24 Updated: 2011.12.24 Status: COMPLETED (3116 words)

14 : Cracks in the Pavement by Roots in Water     Short story      Rating: 15+   Chapters: 6   Reviews: 34
 
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The Weasleys might be considered a perfect family.

But then again even the strongest of bonds can fall apart. 

Genres: Drama, Romance, Angst   Warnings: Mild Language, Mild Violence, Scenes of a Mild Sexual Nature, Substance Use or Abuse, Sensitive Topic/Issue/Theme   Era: Post-Hogwarts   Characters: Harry, Ron, Hermione, Arthur, Molly, Percy, George   Pairings: Arthur/Molly, Ron/Hermione, Other Pairing
Published: 2011.09.11   Latest Chapter: 2011.12.22 Updated: 2011.12.22 Status: COMPLETED (14524 words)

15 : Black or White by Roots in Water     One-shot      Rating: 15+   Chapters: 1   Reviews: 2
The only one he can truly relate to is dead but he still has something to say to him.


I'm not you.
 

Genres: Drama, General, Angst   Warnings: Mild Violence, Sensitive Topic/Issue/Theme   Era: Post-Hogwarts   Characters: Harry
Published: 2011.09.14   Latest Chapter: 2011.09.17 Updated: 2011.09.17 Status: COMPLETED (1316 words)

16 : Twist of Fate by Roots in Water     Novella      Rating: 12+   Chapters: 10   Reviews: 32



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Hagrid forgot to tell Harry where platform 9 3/4 was located. Some mistakes have big consequences...

 

Genres: General, AU, Young Adult   Warnings: Mild Language, Mild Violence, Sensitive Topic/Issue/Theme   Era: Hogwarts   Characters: Harry, Dumbledore, OC
Published: 2010.09.02   Latest Chapter: 2011.09.03 Updated: 2011.09.03 Status: WIP (24507 words)

17 : Capturing the Past by Roots in Water     One-shot      Rating: 12+   Chapters: 1   Reviews: 8
Colin Creevey was only a boy.
 
 Third place in Cleopatra's "Hooked Sentence" challenge.
 
 
 

Genres: Drama, General   Warnings: Mild Violence, Sensitive Topic/Issue/Theme   Era: Hogwarts   Characters: OtherCanon
Published: 2011.08.24   Latest Chapter: 2011.08.28 Updated: 2011.08.28 Status: COMPLETED (510 words)

18 : Without by Roots in Water     One-shot      Rating: 12+   Chapters: 1   Reviews: 9
Everyone has a history, the story of what has shaped and molded them into who they are now. Can you understand why Argus Filch is the way he is?


Written for huffleherbs' "The One-Character Challenge".
 
 
 

Genres: General, Angst   Warnings: Sensitive Topic/Issue/Theme   Era: Other   Characters: Filch
Published: 2011.07.10   Latest Chapter: 2011.08.22 Updated: 2011.08.22 Status: COMPLETED (633 words)

19 : This is Us by Roots in Water     One-shot      Rating: 15+   Chapters: 1   Reviews: 3
War is not fun. It is not easy. It's cruel and cold and insanely damaging.

How do you make your decisions in a war?


Written for raisha's Subject and Theme challenge.
 

Genres: Drama, General, Action/Adventure   Warnings: Mild Language, Strong Violence, Sensitive Topic/Issue/Theme   Era: Marauders   Characters: OC
Published: 2011.08.15   Latest Chapter: 2011.08.22 Updated: 2011.08.22 Status: COMPLETED (4739 words)

20 : Lines of Consequence by Roots in Water     One-shot      Rating: 15+   Chapters: 1   Reviews: 9
Vernon loved his father, so he hated Harry.
 
 

Genres: Drama   Warnings: Substance Use or Abuse, Sensitive Topic/Issue/Theme   Era: Other   Characters: OtherCanon
Published: 2011.05.23   Latest Chapter: 2011.07.19 Updated: 2011.07.19 Status: COMPLETED (2731 words)

21 : Knowing by Roots in Water     One-shot      Rating: 12+   Chapters: 1   Reviews: 8
I do not know why, but there is an ever present sense that I have forgotten something important. That if I was just able to brush the veil that separates it from me, I would remember. But I can’t remember.

Why can’t I remember?

               -Gilderoy Lockhart

Genres: Drama, General   Warnings: Mild Language   Era: Other   Characters: OtherCanon
Published: 2011.06.19   Latest Chapter: 2011.07.16 Updated: 2011.07.16 Status: COMPLETED (2252 words)

22 : Normal by Roots in Water     One-shot      Rating: 12+   Chapters: 1   Reviews: 5
Normal. We use it everyday, but never in the same way. What happens when you try to conform to two conflicting standards? 
 

Genres: General, Young Adult   Warnings: No Warnings   Era: Other   Characters: Harry
Published: 2011.03.02   Latest Chapter: 2011.05.27 Updated: 2011.05.27 Status: COMPLETED (2288 words)

23 : Family Pride by Roots in Water     One-shot      Rating: 12+   Chapters: 1   Reviews: 6
Sometimes, we are proudest of our children when they prove us wrong.
 

Genres: General, Young Adult   Warnings: Contains Spoilers   Era: Other   Characters: Draco
Published: 2011.05.10   Latest Chapter: 2011.05.13 Updated: 2011.05.13 Status: COMPLETED (1174 words)

24 : The Man by Roots in Water     One-shot      Rating: 12+   Chapters: 1   Reviews: 9
He was a hero. Now he's a nothing.
 

Genres: General, Angst, AU   Warnings: No Warnings   Era: Other   Characters: Harry
Published: 2011.01.26   Latest Chapter: 2011.02.11 Updated: 2011.02.11 Status: COMPLETED (675 words)

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