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Music Drabbles

2009-12-14T10:09:06-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Harry Potter
Language: English, Rated: K+
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,883, Reviews: 0 Published: 12-14-09
Status: Complete

10 very short stories inspired by songs, and written in the time it takes for the songs to play. Everything from the Bloody Baron to Hermione's parents.

21st Century Warmup

2009-12-10T08:17:46-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Marching Band
Language: English, Rated: K+
Genres: Parody/Poetry
Chapters: 18, Words: 3,964, Reviews: 0 Updated: 12-10-09 Published: 9-15-09
Status: Complete

Four years after "Boulevard of Broken Reeds", the director has a new challenge; freshman band. Kristen has a solo. Joshua is the only oboe in ninth grade...and that means color guard. Parody of "21st Century Breakdown" by Green Day.

The Stars Look Very Different Today

2009-11-01T08:09:35-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Animorphs
Language: English, Rated: K
Genres: Angst/General
Pairing: Elfangor
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,212, Reviews: 2 Published: 11-1-09
Status: Complete

Tell them I died in battle. Let them remember me the way I used to be, okay? I don't want them to remember me like this.

The Skrit Na Chronicles

2009-10-27T19:19:36-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Animorphs
Language: English, Rated: K+
Genres: Sci-Fi/Adventure
Chapters: 8, Words: 9,036, Reviews: 19 Updated: 10-27-09 Published: 9-28-08
Status: In-Progress

From the humblest beginnings as a Skrit to a Na far from home. From the dangerous life of a mercenary to unity with an unimaginable entity. This is the journey of one creature in a big galaxy.

I'm Not On A Boat!

2009-09-08T14:55:02-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Tom Stoppard
Language: English, Rated: K+
Genres: Parody/Angst
Chapters: 1, Words: 445, Reviews: 1 Published: 9-8-09
Status: Complete

Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead: "You can't not be on a boat." "I've frequently not been on boats." "No, no, no...what you've been is not on boats." Parody of "I'm On A Boat."

Lipogram

2009-07-17T09:03:56-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Harry Potter
Language: English, Rated: K+
Genres: Angst/General
Pairing: Angelina J.
Chapters: 1, Words: 184, Reviews: 1 Published: 7-17-09
Status: Complete

Johnson, postwar. Just for an instant it's as if nothing is missing.

Chess

2009-07-15T10:58:37-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Animorphs
Language: English, Rated: K+
Genres: Drama/Romance
Pairing: Visser Three & Visser One
Chapters: 18, Words: 19,683, Reviews: 26 Updated: 7-15-09 Published: 2-11-07
Status: Complete

An adaptation of the musical, set in a alternate universe and featuring characters with names beginning with the letter E. Esplin and Essam strive for strategic leadership, as Edriss is caught in the middle. Finally complete!

Stars In Heaven Align

2009-06-07T10:47:29-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Harry Potter
Language: English, Rated: K+
Genres: Tragedy/General
Pairing: Regulus B.
Chapters: 13, Words: 2,213, Reviews: 7 Updated: 6-7-09 Published: 4-26-09
Status: Complete

What Regulus saw in the cave; twelve memories, each in 144 words, plus an epilogue.

Everyone In My AP Lit Class Is Dead

2009-06-06T15:05:36-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: X-overs
Language: English, Rated: K+
Genres: Parody/Humor
Chapters: 1, Words: 6,363, Reviews: 1 Published: 6-6-09
Status: Complete

From Kurtz to Okonkwo, Jocasta to Gertrude, Alfred Schweigen to J. Alfred Prufrock, death is just the beginning.

King Of The World

2009-04-24T18:00:26-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Harry Potter
Language: English, Rated: K+
Genres: Angst/General
Pairing: Ron W.
Chapters: 1, Words: 265, Reviews: 1 Published: 4-24-09
Status: Complete

Sometimes, you want to stay on the broom and soar above everything. Yet another attempt at being angsty and literary, mid-book 5.

All Star

2009-04-23T15:16:45-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Marching Band
Language: English, Rated: K+
Genres: Parody/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 569, Reviews: 1 Published: 4-23-09
Status: Complete

Inspired by a real lockdown drill. What to do during a school shooting in band class? DISCLAIMER: DON'T ACTUALLY DO ANY OF THIS! Sung to the tune of "All Star".

The Mistake

2009-04-10T09:30:31-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Animorphs
Language: English, Rated: T
Genres: Tragedy/General
Pairing: Ax
Chapters: 2, Words: 2,075, Reviews: 10 Updated: 4-10-09 Published: 3-27-09
Status: In-Progress

It could be the Yeerks' most manipulative scheme yet, and that can only mean one thing: Ax and the Animorphs have to stop it. But when they do, their cover is blown...

Speechless

2008-11-07T18:14:35-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Harry Potter
Language: English, Rated: K+
Genres: Angst/Tragedy
Pairing: Lee J.
Chapters: 1, Words: 534, Reviews: 3 Published: 11-7-08
Status: Complete

For the first time in my life, I'm utterly lost for words.

Five People Who Have It Worse Than You

2008-10-15T18:00:35-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Marching Band
Language: English, Rated: K
Genres: Humor/Angst
Chapters: 5, Words: 514, Reviews: 3 Published: 10-15-08
Status: Complete

Sure, you're stuck in the stands watching the football team en route to another 0-8 season. But it can always be worse. Five stories, each in a hundred words.

Zeitnot, and other stories

2008-08-08T13:48:19-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Animorphs
Language: English, Rated: K
Genres: Sci-Fi
Chapters: 2, Words: 1,393, Reviews: 1 Updated: 8-8-08 Published: 4-22-08
Status: In-Progress

Based on prompts given at the Animorphs Fanfic Lounge see Sinister Shadow's profile for link as we reread the series. Chapter 2: "Forgiveness Ceremony", based on book 8. "Zeitnot", based on The Ellimist Chronicles.

Harry Potter and the Ravenclaw Vandal

2008-07-20T12:15:20-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Harry Potter
Language: English, Rated: K+
Genres: Fantasy/Friendship
Chapters: 5, Words: 6,076, Reviews: 5 Updated: 7-20-08 Published: 8-29-07
Status: In-Progress

[Book 7 Spoilers] In the aftermath of the war against Voldemort, the same rules apply: nobody goes anywhere in the Ministry hierarchy without NEWTS. So for survivors of the war, this means only one thing: going back to school.

Chemistry

2008-07-08T14:03:41-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Wicked
Language: English, Rated: K
Genres: Humor
Chapters: 1, Words: 987, Reviews: 1 Published: 7-8-08
Status: Complete

You can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear. Pity nobody told the Shiz administration.

Quell

2008-07-02T08:23:52-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Wicked
Language: English, Rated: K
Genres: Poetry/Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 67, Reviews: 4 Published: 7-2-08
Status: Complete

It's a quell. Not much to summarize without giving it away. Uh, religious themes within.

The Ceremony of Innocence

2008-06-11T16:43:46-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Harry Potter
Language: English, Rated: K
Genres: Friendship/Angst
Pairing: Luna L. & Harry P.
Chapters: 1, Words: 404, Reviews: 3 Published: 6-11-08
Status: Complete

Ooh, look, a Blibbering Humdinger!

The Renewal

2008-06-03T04:39:22-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Animorphs
Language: English, Rated: K+
Genres: Sci-Fi/General
Pairing: Cassie
Chapters: 19, Words: 20,766, Reviews: 12 Updated: 6-3-08 Published: 1-26-07
Status: Complete

As Cassie grows increasingly frustrated with her postwar life, it is interrupted by a pair of dreamers. 'There is no lack of courage in this mind.'

Lucifer

2007-07-21T11:33:30-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Harry Potter
Language: English, Rated: K
Genres: Humor/Parody
Pairing: Amelia B.
Chapters: 1, Words: 602, Reviews: 3 Published: 7-21-07
Status: Complete

Amelia Bones' final case.

After the Match

2007-07-20T14:17:51-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Harry Potter
Language: English, Rated: K+
Genres: Poetry
Chapters: 9, Words: 1,067, Reviews: 20 Updated: 7-20-07 Published: 12-31-05
Status: Complete

Sonnets from perspectives of different characters after Hufflepuff beat Gryffindor Harry's first match in book 3.

Mindswept

2007-06-13T09:29:56-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Minesweeper
Language: English, Rated: T
Genres: Fantasy/Sci-Fi
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,090, Reviews: 5 Published: 6-13-07
Status: Complete

On his sixteenth birthday, another boy enters the inferno of the board only to be plunged into a far different game than that for which he was prepared.

Sacrifice

2007-05-19T16:02:35-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Numb3rs
Language: English, Rated: K
Genres: Poetry/Spiritual
Pairing: Charlie E.
Chapters: 1, Words: 116, Reviews: 4 Published: 5-19-07
Status: Complete

Charlie reflects on the events of the season 3 finale.

Oliver Wood's Sonnet Cycle

2007-05-05T10:27:42-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Harry Potter
Language: English, Rated: K
Genres: Poetry
Pairing: Oliver W.
Chapters: 3, Words: 351, Reviews: 5 Published: 5-5-07
Status: Complete

Oliver Wood reflects on his Quidditch team before beginning his final shot for the championship.

Valentine's Day

2007-02-14T09:22:11-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Orson Scott Card
Language: English, Rated: K
Genres: Humor/Parody
Chapters: 1, Words: 42, Reviews: 8 Published: 2-14-07
Status: Complete

Also known as Valentine's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Word count says it all.

Canonicus ex Latere

2007-01-12T14:21:14-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Monty Python
Language: English, Rated: K+
Genres: Humor/Spiritual
Chapters: 1, Words: 318, Reviews: 3 Published: 1-12-07
Status: Complete

[Challenge response] One of the monks from 'Holy Grail' puts an idea into action.

The Anati Chronicles

2007-01-01T09:43:39-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Animorphs
Language: English, Rated: T
Genres: General
Chapters: 4, Words: 11,170, Reviews: 3 Updated: 1-1-07 Published: 9-5-06
Status: Complete

Charles Darwin: 'It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but rather the one most responsive to change.' From Crayak's sadistic games to their own masochistic ones, the Anati, like shooting stars, break the mold.

Christmas Drabbles

2006-12-24T17:52:54-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Animorphs
Language: English, Rated: K
Genres: General/Family
Chapters: 1, Words: 705, Reviews: 3 Published: 12-24-06
Status: Complete

100 word glimpses into Christmases in the Animorphs' childhood, in rough chronological order.

The Invasion of Privacy

2006-12-02T11:53:03-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Orson Scott Card
Language: English, Rated: K
Genres: Humor/Parody
Chapters: 1, Words: 270, Reviews: 1 Published: 12-2-06
Status: Complete

[Ender's Game] Don't worry about the world ending today. It's already tomorrow in New Zealand.

Heartbreaking Genius

2006-10-24T17:36:26-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Harry Potter
Language: English, Rated: K+
Genres: General/Family
Pairing: Harry P. & Arabella F.
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,245, Reviews: 8 Published: 10-24-06
Status: Complete

[Challenge response] Harry was just in Privet Drive to spend a few last seconds in the Dursleys' house, but things won't go as planned as he discovers an incredible truth about his family.

Wizard of Oz parodies

2006-10-01T11:07:44-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Giver
Language: English, Rated: K
Genres: Parody
Chapters: 2, Words: 274, Reviews: 3 Updated: 10-1-06 Published: 9-19-06
Status: In-Progress

Hey, they both have that whole black and white to color deal, right?

Pygmalion's Checkmate

2006-09-11T15:13:49-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Harry Potter
Language: English, Rated: K
Genres: Romance/Fantasy
Pairing: Minerva M.
Chapters: 1, Words: 302, Reviews: 2 Published: 9-11-06
Status: Complete

Response to the Omnipairings challenge.

Challenge Responses

2006-09-09T08:37:18-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Animorphs
Language: English, Rated: K
Genres: General/General
Chapters: 3, Words: 2,425, Reviews: 3 Updated: 9-9-06 Published: 8-10-06
Status: In-Progress

Responses to various Animorphs challenges. Most recent update: The Deviser: 'Change one thing. Change everything'. Before that, Moron, response to Defiled Heart Challenge: a secret file on Edriss's computer.

Excelsior!

2006-09-01T09:16:13-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Harry Potter
Language: English, Rated: K+
Genres: Poetry/Parody
Chapters: 1, Words: 770, Reviews: 8 Published: 9-1-06
Status: Complete

Another retelling of the saga of Odo the hero. [Not a parody of the Longfellow poem, but it has the same name for a reason.]

The Pursuit

2006-08-16T15:43:23-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Animorphs
Language: English, Rated: T
Genres: Sci-Fi/Adventure
Pairing: Tobias
Chapters: 16, Words: 21,727, Reviews: 20 Updated: 8-16-06 Published: 6-3-06
Status: Complete

With allies and opponents old and new, Tobias continues the Animorphs' battles. 'The more things change, the more they stay the same.'

Mystical Guy

2006-07-28T09:12:26-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Myst/Riven
Language: English, Rated: K
Genres: Parody/Poetry
Chapters: 1, Words: 845, Reviews: 1 Published: 7-28-06
Status: Complete

A parodyfilk of American Pie, referencing the first two games.

Songs of the Species

2006-07-25T12:54:05-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Animorphs
Language: English, Rated: K+
Genres: Poetry/Parody
Chapters: 5, Words: 1,104, Reviews: 10 Updated: 7-25-06 Published: 3-1-06
Status: In-Progress

A collection of various songs gathered from different species. [Chapter 5: Efflit's take on Blowin' In The Wind.]

Final Choices

2006-06-19T06:14:48-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: X-overs
Language: English, Rated: T
Genres: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Chapters: 10, Words: 10,972, Reviews: 1 Updated: 6-19-06 Published: 6-18-06
Status: Complete

It's Light versus Dark in a chess game to decide the fate of the universe.

The Hypothetical

2006-06-15T04:47:45-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Animorphs
Language: English, Rated: K+
Genres: General
Pairing: Melissa & David
Chapters: 3, Words: 45,426, Reviews: 8 Updated: 6-15-06 Published: 1-8-06
Status: In-Progress

You stacked the deck! What if Melissa and David had been walking home from the construction site instead of Jake and Rachel? Copied from an RP at Sinister Shadow's forum.

Red Ivy

2006-05-31T15:11:19-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Animorphs
Language: English, Rated: K
Genres: Sci-Fi/Supernatural
Pairing: Ellimist & Crayak
Chapters: 22, Words: 10,613, Reviews: 11 Updated: 5-31-06 Published: 1-15-06
Status: Complete

Set mid54. The Ellimist and Crayak go to the seventh game of the World Series...in Wrigley Field.

The Debate

2006-05-27T13:31:53-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Animorphs
Language: English, Rated: K+
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,240, Reviews: 8 Published: 5-27-06
Status: Complete

Alternate Universe: As seniors in high school, Jake, Rachel, and Marco help Cassie prepare for the state championship.

The Blizzard

2006-05-09T15:21:54-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Animorphs
Language: English, Rated: K+
Genres: General/Family
Pairing: Rachel
Chapters: 32, Words: 15,644, Reviews: 59 Updated: 5-9-06 Published: 12-28-05
Status: Complete

It was supposed to be a holiday party for the Animorphs and their families. But when intergalactic enemies are having their say, is anything gonna go as planned? Make a wild guess. Set after 8 but before 10.

Dark Side of the Slope

2006-04-16T17:13:00-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: SkiFree
Language: English, Rated: K+
Genres: Angst/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 128, Reviews: 2 Published: 4-16-06
Status: Complete

Another fic with a word count that is a power of two.

The Exalted Chronicles

2006-04-11T13:15:47-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Animorphs
Language: English, Rated: K+
Genres: Humor
Chapters: 20, Words: 9,208, Reviews: 27 Updated: 4-11-06 Published: 1-1-06
Status: Complete

William Harston: 'Chess is not something that drives people mad chess is something that keeps mad people sane.' The voyage of Rruyshah, Exalted One of the Kelbrid, from the Kelbrid Tourism Wing to a Skrit Na spaceship, and beyond.

Perdiendo

2006-03-19T16:15:34-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Harry Potter
Language: Spanish, Rated: K
Genres: Angst/Fantasy
Pairing: Oliver W.
Chapters: 1, Words: 177, Reviews: 5 Published: 3-19-06
Status: Complete

Wood debe estar feliz cuando gana la Copa. Debe...

Third Hour

2006-02-27T17:22:43-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Marching Band
Language: English, Rated: K+
Genres: General
Chapters: 12, Words: 4,547, Reviews: 12 Updated: 2-27-06 Published: 2-23-06
Status: Complete

A group of enterprising seventh graders try to stand up for the various things they believe in, and wind up inverting the system while they're at it. I wrote this years ago, so it may not be great:see more inside.

Boulevard of Broken Reeds and other songs

2006-02-23T14:23:02-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Marching Band
Language: English, Rated: K+
Genres: Parody
Chapters: 21, Words: 2,822, Reviews: 32 Updated: 2-23-06 Published: 1-12-06
Status: Complete

Total ripoffs of Green Day's American Idiot album.

The Enemy of My Enemy

2006-02-19T16:24:32-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Animorphs
Language: English, Rated: K+
Genres: Sci-Fi/Tragedy
Pairing: Visser One & Elfangor
Chapters: 1, Words: 270, Reviews: 4 Published: 2-19-06
Status: Complete

Parallel story to The Invasion.

Secret Identities

2006-02-12T16:06:42-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Animorphs
Language: English, Rated: K+
Genres: General/Family
Chapters: 1, Words: 250, Reviews: 3 Published: 2-12-06
Status: Complete

Madra, after the war.

Beyond Defeat

2006-01-29T14:11:54-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Harry Potter
Language: English, Rated: K+
Genres: General/Romance
Pairing: Oliver W. & Cedric D.
Chapters: 5, Words: 1,421, Reviews: 13 Updated: 1-29-06 Published: 1-19-06
Status: Complete

Submission for imakeeper's contest. Wood and Cedric talk after the first match of book 3.

Luke's Legacy

2006-01-21T11:09:43-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Star Wars
Language: English, Rated: K
Genres: Sci-Fi/General
Pairing: C-3PO & R2-D2
Chapters: 1, Words: 266, Reviews: 4 Published: 1-21-06
Status: Complete

After Luke's death, R2D2 drags C3PO into an improbable scheme.

Closet Fan Sonnet

2006-01-02T07:26:41-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Animorphs
Language: English, Rated: K
Genres: Poetry/Romance
Pairing: Visser Three & Visser One
Chapters: 1, Words: 115, Reviews: 4 Published: 1-2-06
Status: Complete

Disclaimer: This does not mean that I was ever, am now, or will ever be a Closet Fan.

ObiWan's Choice

2005-12-31T11:31:49-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Star Wars
Language: English, Rated: K
Genres: Poetry
Pairing: Obi-Wan K. & Anakin S.
Chapters: 1, Words: 194, Reviews: 6 Published: 12-31-05
Status: Complete

How bad were AnakinVader's burns? Maybe worse than we knew...

The Redemption

2005-12-29T09:26:29-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Animorphs
Language: English, Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 6, Words: 3,438, Reviews: 8 Published: 12-29-05
Status: Complete

A continuation from book 54.

Sonnet Cycle

2005-12-28T11:45:31-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Animorphs
Language: English, Rated: T
Genres: Poetry/Angst
Chapters: 3, Words: 355, Reviews: 6 Updated: 12-28-05 Published: 12-27-05
Status: Complete

There are two men, we do not know their names. But what if they turned out to be the same? Hope this is correctly rated: please let me know if it should be K

Sonnet by Marco

2005-12-27T17:08:02-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Animorphs
Language: English, Rated: K
Genres: Poetry
Pairing: Marco & Rachel
Chapters: 1, Words: 113, Reviews: 7 Published: 12-27-05
Status: Complete

To Rachel.

The Salvation

2005-12-27T10:46:57-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Animorphs
Language: English, Rated: K
Genres: Tragedy
Pairing: David
Chapters: 1, Words: 318, Reviews: 4 Published: 12-27-05
Status: Complete

Saddler Rachel and Jake's cousin shares his perspective on the events of books 21 and 22.

Silorf

2005-12-27T10:40:27-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Animorphs
Language: English, Rated: K
Genres: General
Pairing: Jake & Ax
Chapters: 1, Words: 680, Reviews: 7 Published: 12-27-05
Status: Complete

An unexpected visitor shows up in Jake's room. Set mid54.

BuzzerBeater

2005-12-27T10:37:11-08:00

Author: Ember Nickel
Category: Animorphs
Language: English, Rated: K
Genres: General
Pairing: Jake & Cassie
Chapters: 1, Words: 622, Reviews: 3 Published: 12-27-05
Status: Complete

The NBA finals are different than we know them in the days of the war against The One. A few years post54.