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since: 05-22-06, id: 1051127, Profile edited: 06-11-08
Author has written 46 stories for Harry Potter, Titanic, and Wind On Fire.

Quick Note: June 11th 2008

To anyone who is reading Righting Wrongs. There will be approximately a month's gap between the update I posted yesterday, because on Monday (the 16th) I will be in the Dominican Republic for a fortnight, and therefore won't be able to update anything until around the 7th July (as I have a hectic schedule and about a million birthdays when I come home!)


My real name is Danielle, I'm a 19 year old girl from England, and that's about as much as I'm willing to say here! Ever since I can remember I have loved books and dreamed of writing them. I can't remember a time I've not had plots in my head or written little stories, so I write on here for practice, as well as writing ordinary fiction in my spare time.

My favourite authors are Jodi Picoult and Dorothy Koomson, although I will read just about anything, and these are the two writers I most aspire to be like. I am absurdly addicted to Harry Potter, to the extent that I refused to speak to anyone the day Deathly Hallows was released and avoided the internet so that no one could ruin the ending until I'd read it myself. Therefore, the vast majority of my stories are from the Harry Potterverse, partly because its what I know best in regards to established works, although I do have one or two exceptions (ie Saviour which is Titanic, and Redemption which is Wind on Fire) and partly because there are so many plausible stories that can be written on it.

I'll accept anyone's writing challenges, as I'm always looking for something new to sink my teeth into, and I'm happy to beta for anything anyone wants help with, simply because I know how unbelievably frustrating it can be to have this idea in your head and not be able to convey it in the way you'd like. Currently I beta for Ella Bridi, but I'm happy to help anyone else.

When I write and review, I will always try to follow my Seven Golden Rules below:

1) I will always review honestly and as kindly as possible. However, this does not mean that if I spot an error in punctuation that I will not point it out to you. I take my writing seriously, and I always appreciate it when someone spots a mistake I have made so I can correct it. Therefore, if you get offended by my correcting you, I simply won't read or review your stories anymore, because it irritates me to read poorly-written work and why should I waste my time when you clearly aren't willing to spend yours getting it right?

2) I will not leave it too long between updates. I haven't exactly left it ages during Righting Wrongs (fastest update so far has been around twenty-two hours) but even so, I know how unbelievably frustrating it is waiting for the next chapter to a story that feels like it's never going to arrive.

3) I will stick to canon as far as possible, and if I do warp it for the sake of a story, I will always fully explain every action and difference rather than expecting the reader to accept, "It's an AU therefore nothing needs explaining!". I hate when fics do this, just as I hate random "Let's send everyone back in time for no reason and then randomly cross-over with Buffy/LOTR/Star Wars etc just because I think it would be cool!" fics. If there is a decent storyline behind it, fair enough; if not, don't bother, and neither will I.

4) I will always leave a proper review. This is because I cannot stand it when people leave three-word reviews, or say simply, "I like it. Update." or "It's good." Perhaps it's the perfectionist in me, perhaps I'm just egotistical, but I aspire to write professionally, and I simply cannot improve if I don't know where I'm going wrong and what I'm getting just right. So tell me. Just as I will always tell you in my reviews. I work hard on my stories and I always try to be creative and get it as perfect as I possibly can before I post it, so I always appreciate it when people review, and I always try to reply to their reviews as far as possible, to say thank you.

5) I will never, ever, favourite an author or a story, or add either to alert, unless I have first reviewed their work, because I find it unbelievably frustrating when people do it to me. My logic behind this is simple; if you liked the story enough to want to read more, or to favourite it, and especially if you like my style enough to add me to your alert list, then surely you like it enough to tell me what it is you liked? This again is related to point #4. The whole point of this site, surely, is to help people improve, not just gain online popularity?

6) Possibly my biggest irritation of all and therefore my most solemn promise. I will NEVER EVER EVER use ANY of the following 'nicknames' for any of the characters I write as:

- "Mione" This is my worst. Hermione is never once called anything other than 'Hermione', "Miss Granger", or mangled variations of Viktor Krum's invention in canon. I can't stand this shortening, and therefore avoid fics that use it, just as I will never use it.
- "Lils" Again, both Lily Potters will only ever be called "Lily" in my fics, with the elder being called "Evans" and the younger being called various endearments such as "squirt". Never "Lils".
- "Ronald" Yes, Ron's real name is Ronald, and yes, he does get called it sometimes. But only by Hermione when she's being patronising or annoyed at him, and not randomly by every other character, as some fics do. Therefore, Ron will only be called "Ronald" when Hermione is bickering with him.

I can't think of any more just now but these are the worst three offenders as far as I am concerned.

7) I will stay as in-character as possible. There is nothing more irritating than reading a fic where someone has mangled a character, simply to suit their 'plot', particularly when it's your favourite character. So I hate stories that show Hermione as this suddenly gorgeous, sexy vixen with superhuman levels of confidence and who is no longer a bookworm, or Draco as The Ultimate Sex God Who Everyone Secretly Fancies Especially Harry, or random incest stories between the Weasleys (yes, I have found one, and it wasn't even Ginny/Weasley Brother, it was Charlie/Ron). The worst culprit I ever found was one where Ron was sexually abusing Hermione who found solace in the arms of Draco, which was so ridiculously OOC I couldn't even read past the summary.

Of course, I do bend this rule myself occasionally, but never to the above extents. And although I don't believe that thing like Remus/Sirius slash are canon whatsoever, I have found several stories that were well-written enough that I could enjoy them. Non-canon plots are fine; just don't change the character's personality!


Updates and New Pieces

I'd like to thank everyone who has been reviewing Righting Wrongs, the response has been brilliant and completely unexpected. I hope you all continue to enjoy my story, especially as it's shaping up to be a VERY long one!

My latest oneshot is a HP piece called Lifting The Veil, which is a Luna Lovegood piece from her perspective, talking about life after her mother's death and how her father tried to make things easier for her. It's kind of an explanation for why she is the way that she is, and was one of those plots that just bit and wouldn't let go until I'd written it.

For anyone awaiting the next chapter of Falling, I promise it's coming soon, but I keep getting little plots in my head for oneshots which simply have to be written before they vanish, but because I'm very anal about my writing I have the chapter mapped out in my little notebook, and it's just waiting to be written, so not long now!


Anyway, that's enough about me, so I'll finish this by saying: Read my stories! And when you've read them, tell me what you thought!




1. Righting Wrongs » reviews
Between the final chapter of DH & the epilogue there are 19 lost years. Lives and relationships have changed, but not been explained. This is my explanation - starting with the search for the Grangers. RR. Chapter 18 now up. Rated T just to be safe.
Harry Potter - Fiction Rated: T - English - Romance/Family - Chapters: 18 - Words: 65,576 - Reviews: 298 - Updated: 7-10-08 - Published: 4-1-08
2. Lifting the Veil reviews
I wasn’t the only one who could see the Thestrals right from the beginning." When Mrs Lovegood died she changed the lives of her husband and daughter in more ways than one. Oneshot, RR.
Complete - Harry Potter - Fiction Rated: K - English - Hurt/Comfort/Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,045 - Reviews: 7 - Updated: 5-19-08 - Published: 5-19-08
3. Worth All The Fat Ankles in the World reviews
-"Whoever said that pregnancy is a normal stage in a woman’s life was clearly either a man or an idiot."- Hermione reminisces about her pregnancy with Rose. Oneshot. RR.
Complete - Harry Potter - Fiction Rated: K - English - Family/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,172 - Reviews: 20 - Updated: 4-24-08 - Published: 4-24-08
4. Falling » reviews
Her eyes are as soft as clouds and make him forget how to talk. Viktor Krum's relationship with Hermione Granger was by no means straightforward. Mostly Viktor/Hermione but very eventually Ron/Hermione. Chapter 18 now up.
Harry Potter - Fiction Rated: K - English - General/Romance - Chapters: 18 - Words: 27,855 - Reviews: 105 - Updated: 4-24-08 - Published: 9-21-07
5. Gorillas Don't Tickle reviews
When Rose Weasley is bored, her father is compelled to play with her. And she always comes up with the BEST games. Silly little drabbley oneshot told from Ron's perspective, and inspired by Ella Bridi. Kind of funny. RR
Complete - Harry Potter - Fiction Rated: K - English - Family/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 968 - Reviews: 11 - Updated: 4-14-08 - Published: 4-14-08
6. Buried Memories reviews
What happens when you lose a part of yourself so huge that what is left is simply the imprint of a person? Oneshot, post DH, George Weasley reflecting on his relationship with Fred.
Complete - Harry Potter - Fiction Rated: K - English - Hurt/Comfort/Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,226 - Reviews: 9 - Updated: 3-31-08 - Published: 3-31-08
7. The Runaway reviews
The day my little sister was born, I ran away from home. It's not always easy being part of a large family. Oneshot - Charlie Weasley's POV the day Ginny was born. RR.
Complete - Harry Potter - Fiction Rated: K - English - General/Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,502 - Reviews: 12 - Updated: 3-28-08 - Published: 3-28-08
8. Irresponsibility reviews
-"The first time Rose fell over, I laughed." - Ron reminiscing about his daughter's first steps. Oneshot, practically drabble.
Complete - Harry Potter - Fiction Rated: K - English - Family/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 644 - Reviews: 18 - Updated: 3-20-08 - Published: 3-20-08
9. Idiocy, or How Hugo Weasley Got His Name reviews
This is my explanation for why, out of all the pretty names in the world, JKR chose HUGO for the youngest Weasley child, and a kind of unofficial oneshot sequel to 'Making Weasleys'. Kind of funny. Post DH, pre-epilogue. RR!
Complete - Harry Potter - Fiction Rated: K - English - Humor/Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,900 - Reviews: 17 - Updated: 3-16-08 - Published: 3-16-08
10. Making Weasleys reviews
Somewhere between the last two chapters of Deathly Hallows, Ron married Hermione and had children. This is my version of how it all happened. RWHG, post DH. RR
Complete - Harry Potter - Fiction Rated: K - English - General/Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,790 - Reviews: 14 - Updated: 3-12-08 - Published: 3-12-08
11. Fangs and Thanks reviews
What exactly happened when Ron and Hermione disappeared in Deathly Hallows to destroy the Horcrux? Missing moment DH, RR.
Complete - Harry Potter - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,386 - Reviews: 7 - Updated: 3-12-08 - Published: 3-12-08
12. I'm Not Missing You reviews
I don't miss you, just who you used to be. Bellatrix Lestrange was imprisoned for a horrific crime, but what happened before then? What was she like when she was just Bella Black?
Complete - Harry Potter - Fiction Rated: K - English - General/Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,215 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 3-10-08 - Published: 3-10-08
13. Dudley's Worst Memory reviews
In the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter is attacked by Dementors, but he is not the only person targeted. His cousin is too, except that we never quite hear what exactly he was forced to recall. Perhaps this is it. Oneshot. RR
Complete - Harry Potter - Fiction Rated: K - English - General/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,888 - Reviews: 8 - Updated: 1-21-08 - Published: 1-21-08
14. Catching The Moon reviews
Sometimes you don't need to speak. And sometimes the perfect words are right there. Oneshot HG post DH.
Complete - Harry Potter - Fiction Rated: K - English - Romance/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,295 - Reviews: 7 - Updated: 11-16-07 - Published: 11-16-07
15. The Trials of James Potter » reviews
You can't always get what you want....unless you're willing to make certain sacrifices, that is....
Harry Potter - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 7 - Words: 10,868 - Reviews: 32 - Updated: 11-6-07 - Published: 7-25-06
16. The Hardest Word reviews
Sometimes, 'sorry' isn't the hardest word. Sometimes, 'goodbye' is. Post DH, oneshot, Fred's funeral. Renamed from 'Bye'
Complete - Harry Potter - Fiction Rated: K - English - Hurt/Comfort/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,143 - Reviews: 14 - Updated: 11-6-07 - Published: 11-6-07
17. It Was Only A Kiss reviews
It started out with a kiss how did it end up like this? Ron's POV of his feelings for Hermione. Oneshot. Inspired by a song, but is NOT a songfic.
Complete - Harry Potter - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 510 - Reviews: 9 - Updated: 9-17-07 - Published: 9-17-07
18. The Inner Workings Of A Kiss reviews
Sometimes, first kisses aren't perfect... an alternative persentation of Ron and Lavender's kiss in HBP. I have updated and rewritten some of this.
Complete - Harry Potter - Fiction Rated: K - English - General/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 893 - Reviews: 11 - Updated: 7-16-07 - Published: 7-16-07
19. Sleep reviews
Everyone has a different idea of paradise. Sirius Black was no different.
Complete - Harry Potter - Fiction Rated: K - English - General/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,191 - Reviews: 5 - Updated: 7-10-07 - Published: 7-10-07
20. Five Seconds reviews
A lot can happen in five seconds. You can fall in love. Your heart can break.
Complete - Harry Potter - Fiction Rated: K - English - Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 381 - Reviews: 16 - Updated: 6-20-07 - Published: 6-20-07
21. Because She's Lily reviews
The first time someone asked me why I love you, I didn't know what to say. Oneshot. JamesLily because they're perfect
Complete - Harry Potter - Fiction Rated: K - English - General/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,175 - Reviews: 23 - Updated: 4-16-07 - Published: 4-16-07
22. Cedric reviews
In life I was something of an innocent. I believed in purity. Honesty. I tried to see the good in everyone. In death, I am no longer an innocent.
Complete - Harry Potter - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 845 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 3-31-07 - Published: 3-31-07
23. Sweet Blame reviews
A little add on to Sweet Madness, spoken from Draco's POV.
Complete - Harry Potter - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,032 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 3-29-07 - Published: 3-29-07
24. Shining reviews
In my dreams, she is shining. Oneshot.
Complete - Harry Potter - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 459 - Reviews: 6 - Updated: 3-23-07 - Published: 3-23-07
25. Beauty reviews
They say every bride is beautiful on her wedding day. Lily Evans was not.
Complete - Harry Potter - Fiction Rated: K - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 479 - Reviews: 14 - Updated: 2-23-07 - Published: 2-23-07
26. Scent reviews
Someone doesn't have to die for them to be lost. Someone doesn't have to be lost to be a victim. OotP, Neville Longbottom.
Harry Potter - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 922 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 2-1-07 - Published: 2-1-07
27. The Dead Held No Terror reviews
I am not afraid of ghosts. [Sirius Black's reflections on the demise of Lily and James]
Complete - Harry Potter - Fiction Rated: K - English - General/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 527 - Reviews: 6 - Updated: 1-29-07 - Published: 1-29-07
28. Dementia reviews
Harry Potter's last kiss was to be even more memorable than his first.
Complete - Harry Potter - Fiction Rated: K - English - Tragedy/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 476 - Reviews: 5 - Updated: 12-15-06 - Published: 12-15-06
29. Sweet Madness » reviews
What do you do when everything you've ever believed in is forced into question? Draco Malfoy is about to find out....and learn the true power of obsessive love along the way. DMHG.
Complete - Harry Potter - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 20 - Words: 30,874 - Reviews: 94 - Updated: 10-28-06 - Published: 6-16-06
30. Redemption reviews
Rufy Blesh betrayed his entire people and sent some to their deaths. He pays the ultimate price for his crime, entirely of his own volition. This is his POV.
Complete - Wind On Fire - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,304 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 10-27-06 - Published: 10-27-06
31. Saviour reviews
Rose's POV the night she met Jack.
Complete - Titanic - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,095 - Reviews: 11 - Updated: 10-27-06 - Published: 10-27-06
32. It's The Littlest Things reviews
Oneshot by Hermione talking about and to Ron as he dates Lavender. [Bit AUish, as I've had to warp HBP events a teensy bit, though nothing major.]
Complete - Harry Potter - Fiction Rated: K - English - Romance/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 607 - Reviews: 8 - Updated: 10-19-06 - Published: 10-19-06
33. True Colours reviews
Songfic of Eva Cassidy's True Colours. A message of comfort between lovers. Oneshot.
Complete - Harry Potter - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 730 - Reviews: 6 - Updated: 10-18-06 - Published: 10-18-06
34. Shadow reviews
Just because someone is dead does not mean they are forgotten. And sometimes, in the dead of night, ghosts come back to haunt us.....Sirius's nightmares in Azkaban.
Complete - Harry Potter - Fiction Rated: K - English - Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 805 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 10-3-06 - Published: 10-3-06
35. Wolf Eyes reviews
I am his. And he is mine.' An interlude in an abandoned corridor. HrD obviously oneshot. Rated T to be safe.
Complete - Harry Potter - Fiction Rated: T - English - Romance/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 923 - Reviews: 6 - Updated: 9-30-06 - Published: 9-30-06
36. Nightmare reviews
He alone can see the truth. He alone watched it disappear. And with it went all hope of his redemption. He is in a nightmare.' That night in Godric's Hollow, from Sirius POV.
Complete - Harry Potter - Fiction Rated: K - English - General/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 856 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 9-12-06 - Published: 9-12-06
37. Ghost reviews
The day Myrtle died should have been a release. Instead, it was a day which determined one girl's future. Oneshot. Myrtle's POV of her very last day.
Complete - Harry Potter - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 766 - Reviews: 7 - Updated: 9-4-06 - Published: 9-4-06
38. Eternity reviews
Olive Hornby has been torturing herself for forty long years over the death of a classmate. But she is not her only tormenter...This is Olive's side of the story, as told in her final breaths.
Complete - Harry Potter - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 917 - Reviews: 10 - Updated: 9-4-06 - Published: 9-4-06
39. Heron In The Water reviews
The creation of WonWon from Lavender's POV with a sprinkling of Parvati in the form of notes passed between Lavender and Parvati. Bit silly.
Complete - Harry Potter - Fiction Rated: K - English - General/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,644 - Reviews: 6 - Updated: 8-17-06 - Published: 8-17-06
40. Silence reviews
The aftermath of that night at Godric's Hollow.
Complete - Harry Potter - Fiction Rated: K - English - Tragedy/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 537 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 8-10-06 - Published: 8-10-06
41. False Intentions reviews
Ever wondered why we saw almost every kiss between almost every couple in the Potterverse, but Cho Chang’s kiss with Harry was offpage and their relationship completely fizzled? Perhaps this is why....OotP missing moment, a bit silly, a bit funny.
Complete - Harry Potter - Fiction Rated: K - English - Humor/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,391 - Reviews: 18 - Updated: 8-4-06 - Published: 8-4-06
42. Walking On Air reviews
Hermione's perspective of her relationship with Ron. Oneshot.
Complete - Harry Potter - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,435 - Reviews: 6 - Updated: 7-24-06 - Published: 7-24-06
43. First Kiss reviews
They say you always remember your first kiss. Sirius Black just wanted to forget.
Complete - Harry Potter - Fiction Rated: K - English - General/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 572 - Reviews: 22 - Updated: 7-21-06 - Published: 7-21-06
44. Masking The Truth reviews
You can get away with all manner of things when no one knows its you. LilyJames.
Complete - Harry Potter - Fiction Rated: K - English - General/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,639 - Reviews: 9 - Updated: 7-17-06 - Published: 7-17-06
45. Unrequited Love reviews
He knew it was love. He'd known it for a long time. He loved Lily Evans and there was nothing he could do about it.........
Complete - Harry Potter - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 972 - Reviews: 6 - Updated: 6-24-06 - Published: 6-24-06
46. Too Close For Comfort reviews
Whoever said paradise is safe? My first ever fanfic, RHr
Complete - Harry Potter - Fiction Rated: K - English - General/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,186 - Reviews: 8 - Updated: 6-2-06 - Published: 6-2-06
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