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And if These Birds Shall Sing

2013-05-16T19:36:10-08:00

Author: xThe Painted Lady
Harry Potter
English, Rated: T
Angst/General
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,737, Reviews: 2, Complete

...Maybe waking up would be easier. You tried to keep your hummingbirds in check, but it turns out you can't. Little girl I once knew, what made you fall from grace? / For the Andrea Gibson Appreciation Competition.

Whistle

2013-01-07T20:42:56-08:00

Author: xThe Painted Lady
Harry Potter
English, Rated: K+
Angst/General
Sirius B.
Chapters: 1, Words: 594, Reviews: 20, Complete

They whistle. And he's trudging through the snow and the frozen crystals are like needles on his skin. /Sirius, visiting his friends for the first time in years.

Carrickfergus

2012-11-12T11:00:05-08:00

Author: xThe Painted Lady
Harry Potter
English, Rated: K
Angst/General
Lily Luna P.
Chapters: 1, Words: 379, Reviews: 8, Complete

Lily doesn't care that her feet are painted red. They sound silently when they move about the room, spinning the story of a little girl lost, a broken beauty overshadowed by the sun. Lily knows her paint has chipped away and cannot be recovered. But she dances because she's lost in the music and in her mind she's not alone.

Under Lock and Key

2012-11-05T22:34:20-08:00

Author: xThe Painted Lady
Harry Potter
English, Rated: K
Family/General
Roxanne W.
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,318, Reviews: 12, Complete

You found your journal next. Your mother had bought it for you as a diary, but you called it a journal because diaries were where girls spilled the secrets they had of their crushes, their classes, their troubles, and you kept your life under lock and key there instead.

The Clock Stood Still

2012-10-26T08:28:35-08:00

Author: xThe Painted Lady
Harry Potter
English, Rated: K+
Drama/Angst
Sirius B.
Chapters: 1, Words: 536, Reviews: 21, Complete

Death was slow and taunting.

Through The Gates

2012-10-13T18:16:44-08:00

Author: xThe Painted Lady
Harry Potter
English, Rated: K
Angst/General
Sirius B.
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,332, Reviews: 20, Complete

His hand touched the frozen gate and he could hear the scratching of rust against metal as he walked through. He had escaped Azkaban but there was still something he needed to do.

Time Doesn't Last

2012-10-05T12:45:11-08:00

Author: xThe Painted Lady
Harry Potter
English, Rated: K+
Angst/Drama
Sirius B.
Chapters: 1, Words: 2,524, Reviews: 6, Complete

Waiting may not seem worth it at times, but maybe, sometimes it is.

They Would Heal

2012-09-17T14:18:24-08:00

Author: xThe Painted Lady
Harry Potter
English, Rated: K+
Romance/General
Ron W. & Hermione G.
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,392, Reviews: 6, Complete

The war had bruised them, but it had bruised them all. Ron spots Hermione with the shining light in her eyes he hadn't seen in so long and she confesses her joy to him.

The Wilting Flower

2012-08-31T11:40:16-08:00

Author: xThe Painted Lady
Harry Potter
English, Rated: K+
Angst/General
Rose W.
Chapters: 1, Words: 318, Reviews: 5, Complete

Albus Potter will never love Rose Weasley and she's well aware. Love is the bliss she so desperately wants but she knows she'll never get. All she wants is bliss and the evil side of love will never leave her alone. Drabble

A Midnight's Dream

2012-08-30T13:05:04-08:00

Author: xThe Painted Lady
Harry Potter
English, Rated: K
Poetry/Angst
Lily Luna P.
Chapters: 1, Words: 386, Reviews: 9, Complete

Lily Luna was a beautiful girl, but also a glass just waiting to shatter. Freeverse.

The Last Time

2012-05-11T11:32:14-08:00

Author: xThe Painted Lady
Harry Potter
English, Rated: K+
Family/Hurt/Comfort
Harry P. & Lily Evans P.
Chapters: 1, Words: 2,532, Reviews: 12, Complete

It's the night before Halloween 1981, and Lily Potter wakes up to her son's cries in the middle of the night. She attempts to calm him, thinking of nothing more but the love she has for her son, not knowing it would be the last time she would.

Shades of Red

2012-03-17T13:31:03-08:00

Author: xThe Painted Lady
Harry Potter
English, Rated: K
Friendship/Family
Molly W.
Chapters: 1, Words: 4,643, Reviews: 12, Complete

Molly Prewett rarely told of her seven years at Hogwarts. When she was rather different from what her children would probably think of her.

Promise Without Envy

2012-03-14T09:11:13-08:00

Author: xThe Painted Lady
Harry Potter
English, Rated: K
Family/Hurt/Comfort
Albus D. & Kendra D.
Chapters: 1, Words: 2,489, Reviews: 10, Complete

Albus didn't know the importance of being an older sibling, not until Ariana's cries rocked the silence he knew so well.

Useless Power

2012-03-10T20:24:36-08:00

Author: xThe Painted Lady
Harry Potter
English, Rated: K
Drama/Angst
Padma P.
Chapters: 1, Words: 344, Reviews: 12, Complete

Padma Patil was powerful at Charms. But until the time came where she really needed that power did she realize it.

Tiny Ticking

2012-02-25T09:02:40-08:00

Author: xThe Painted Lady
Harry Potter
English, Rated: K
Drama/Humor
Dobby & Kreacher
Chapters: 1, Words: 535, Reviews: 12, Complete

When Dobby is given a kitchen timer from Hermione, he attempts to use it to help the other house elves prepare the Start of Term Feast. Little did he know there was more to it than just turning it and waiting.