| SnorkackCatcher |
Author has written 38 stories for Harry Potter, and Torchwood. Hi there. I'm Maurice, known as SnorkackCatcher on various Harry Potter sites. A computer programmer by trade, HP fanfic writing is among my hobbies. Oh yes, concerning that HP fanfic -- here's a complete list of my fics including the ones that aren't on FFN (all oneshots except for one novel-length "Tonks's First Case" mystery story, with a fairly broad range of subjects and characters). | |||||||
1. Where My Thought's Escaping reviewsCho had enjoyed visiting Guangzhou. She wasn't sure she wanted to live there. But when her parents moved the family due to the war, she found herself trying to build a new life in China, and struggling to reconcile it with unfinished business in Britain.Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 20,964 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 6-1-09 - Cho C. & Michael C. - Complete2. A Law of the Medes and Persians » reviewsHarry's hopes of a little time for reflection after the Battle of Hogwarts are dashed by unexpected threats to his godson and to Kingsley's position as Minister, and once again, he and his friends find themselves in a courtroom taking on an old enemy ...Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 4 - Words: 32,271 - Reviews: 18 - Updated: 1-18-09 - Published: 11-19-08 - Harry P. & Dolores U.3. Solving the Clues reviewsKingsley Shacklebolt had never expected his habit of solving Daily Prophet crosswords to uncover a security leak. But when Potterwatch passwords started to appear in them as answers to clues, he had little choice but to investigate who was behind it ...Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Mystery/Suspense - Chapters: 1 - Words: 9,194 - Reviews: 19 - Published: 8-11-08 - Kingsley S. & Lee J. - Complete4. Repercussions reviewsSeverus Snape has bad hygiene - to Sirius Black. who pointedly tells him so. Severus Snape has dirty blood - to Regulus Black, who unwittingly tells him so. One telling leads to the other - and both have surprising repercussions once they all start schoolHarry Potter - Rated: T - English - Angst/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 8,077 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 4-30-08 - Severus S. & Regulus B. - Complete5. In The Bleak Midwinter reviewsHermione Granger had grown to dread the winter. The season seemed almost to have a grudge against her. And so as she and Ron flew from summer in Britain to winter in Australia to search for her parents, she had both old and new issues to resolve.Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 9,758 - Reviews: 14 - Published: 3-20-08 - Hermione G. & Ron W. - Complete6. The Sleeper Awakes reviewsIt's been coming on for a while," said Percy ... "But I had to find a way out and it's not so easy at the Ministry, they're imprisoning traitors all the time." DH, ch30 . This is Percy's journey to that point.Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 10,606 - Reviews: 50 - Published: 1-12-08 - Percy W. & Dolores U. - Complete7. Catching Wild Geese reviewsA peeved Torchwood team return to base to find out exactly why Jack sent them on what seemed like a wild-goose chase. Crossover with Doctor Who, various eras.Torchwood - Rated: M - English - Humor/Mystery - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,400 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 1-10-08 - Complete8. The Four Laws of Golpalott reviewsA Ravenclaw student explains to his housemate why the Potions textbook contains no mention of Golpalott's Fourth Law.Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,741 - Reviews: 12 - Published: 1-4-08 - OC - Complete9. To Dwell in Dreams reviewsThere is danger in dwelling on past mistakes ... Missing moment from the first book with Dumbledore, Snape, and the Mirror of Erised, written postDH.Harry Potter - Rated: K - English - Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,161 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 1-4-08 - Albus D. & Severus S. - Complete10. A Measure of Danger reviewsI suppose it's a sign of growing up when you realise that your parents can be wrong, isn't it? An adult Luna Lovegood talks about her part in the war.Harry Potter - Rated: K - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,424 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 1-4-08 - Luna L. - Complete11. The Dark Side of the Moon reviewsRemus Lupin has a ... particular interest in Luna Lovegood. But purely paternal, of course! Naturally.Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Angst/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 10,149 - Reviews: 21 - Published: 12-27-07 - Remus L. & Luna L. - Complete12. Nymphadora Tonks and the Liquor of Jacmel » reviewsNewly qualified Auror Nymphadora Tonks puts her Metamorphmagus talents to good use on her first case when investigating the trade in a highly dangerous potion, while dealing with the complications caused by her very Black family history ...Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Mystery/Adventure - Chapters: 29 - Words: 286,277 - Reviews: 56 - Updated: 7-18-07 - Published: 3-11-07 - N. Tonks & Kingsley S. - Complete13. Twenty Shipping Drabbles reviewsTwenty unrelated drabbles about some rather rare pairings. Characters not named as a challenge, list given at the end!Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,425 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 7-18-07 - Complete14. Desperate Measures reviewsThe Trio resort to kidnapping. And they rope Neville in to help. But sometimes desperate times call for desperate measures, which may be understandable when the reasons are known ...Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,709 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 7-18-07 - Harry P. & Neville L. - Complete15. Unmarked reviewsParticipation in the game of power has left Lucius Malfoy with many marks. Marcus Flint has none, and Lucius finds this appealing. But there are many complications in the course of their six year relationship.Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 14,530 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 7-18-07 - Lucius M. & Marcus F. - Complete16. The Open Sea and the Sky reviewsThe first ever Atlantic broom crossing [was] by Jocunda Sykes in 1935 [Kennilworthy Whisp, Quidditch Through The Ages]. Jocunda tells the story in her own words.Harry Potter - Rated: K - English - Adventure/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,738 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 6-1-07 - Horace S. - Complete17. That's What Friends Are For reviewsCho runs into an old friend and comes to an understanding.Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,344 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 1-3-07 - Cho C. & Roger D. - Complete18. Battles with Basilisks reviewsAU. Harry and Ron visit the office of the Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor to tell him where the Chamber of Secrets is. Everything Gilderoy Lockhart writes about himself is actually true.Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 6,241 - Reviews: 21 - Published: 12-28-06 - Gilderoy L. & Harry P. - Complete19. Preventive Medicine reviewsTwo students visit Madam Pomfrey with an embarrassing problem. The cure may possibly be worse than the disease.Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,318 - Reviews: 14 - Published: 11-17-06 - Poppy P. & Severus S. - Complete20. Blood Lines reviewsOn the Recent War, the Purity of Blood, and the Historical Context: text of keynote speech by Griselda Marchbanks to the Ministerial Conference on the Development of Magical Society in the New Millennium, March 2000.Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,265 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 9-8-06 - Complete21. Twenty Sibling Drabbles reviewsTwenty unrelated drabbles about people related by their parentage. Characters not named as a challenge, list given at the end!Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,418 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 8-29-06 - Complete22. Dangerous Driving reviewsTo his horror, Knight Bus driver Ernie Prang is invited to become a Ministry informer at the beginning of the second war. As the months pass, Ernie finds he has to decide which roads are the most dangerous.Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 12,252 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 8-29-06 - Complete23. Change For Me reviewsRemus has an unusual request for Tonks regarding his old love. She doesn't really know how to react to it.Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,261 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 8-24-06 - N. Tonks & Remus L. - Complete24. The Wolf Covers Its Tracks reviewsTen years after the end of the war, everyone thinks Fenrir Greyback is dead. Everyone except Remus Lupin, that is. When Remus follows his maker's trail to the Canadian wilderness, their confrontation reopens many old wounds.Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Suspense - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,463 - Reviews: 11 - Published: 6-7-06 - Remus L. & Fenrir G. - Complete25. The Hunter reviewsLuna Lovegood goes in search of Crumple Horned Snorkacks.Harry Potter - Rated: K - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 935 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 6-7-06 - Luna L. - Complete26. You Tell Her reviewsAs the Trio begin their quest, Hermione has an uneasy feeling Harry and Ron aren't telling her something important. As it happens, she's absolutely right. But some things aren't that easy to tell even to your best friend ...Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Suspense/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 8,922 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 6-7-06 - Hermione G. & Harry P. - Complete27. Sleeping With The Enemy reviewsHermione, Ron, and Lavender triangulation, set during HBP.Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,199 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 6-7-06 - Hermione G. & Lavender B. - Complete28. Not Given Up Yet reviewsHalfblood Slytherin Millicent Bulstrode reflects on her time at Hogwarts, the years of wasted effort she put in trying to be accepted by the popular students of her House, and what she intends to do about it.Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,450 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 6-7-06 - Millicent B. & Dolores U. - Complete29. Indistinguishable reviewsSuccessful young entrepreneurs Fred and George Weasley, whose products sometimes seem almost magical, are interviewed by the Sunday Times Magazine.Harry Potter - Rated: K - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,941 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 6-7-06 - George W. - Complete30. Honour Amongst Thieves reviewsMundungus Fletcher provides expert help on Muggle security measures for a theft of the Crown Jewels. Unfortunately, with Dung there's no guarantee things will go smoothly ...Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Humor/Adventure - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,479 - Reviews: 24 - Published: 6-7-06 - Mundungus F. & Kingsley S. - Complete31. Whatever Gets You Through the Night reviewsSo how do you cope with losing Sirius Black again? Remus Lupin tries different ways. Because whatever gets you through the night is all right.Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Angst/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,454 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 6-7-06 - Remus L. & Hestia J. - Complete32. Something's Happened reviewsThe Prime Minister of Muggles receives a visit from Rufus Scrimgeour in the wake of Dumbledore's murder.Harry Potter - Rated: K - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 682 - Reviews: 13 - Published: 6-7-06 - Rufus S. - Complete33. Second Thoughts reviewsA student tries the Sorting Hat on again, and finds it in the mood to chat about the Founders, the factors it really considers when making decisions, and students whose Sorting it has or hasn't had second thoughts about ...Harry Potter - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,196 - Reviews: 13 - Published: 6-7-06 - Ron W. & Percy W. - Complete34. Conspiracy Theory reviewsIn 1972, a British Auror hears strange case histories about Muggle politics from his American counterpart over a drink or six. The truth is out there, or something ...Harry Potter - Rated: K - English - Humor/Mystery - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,694 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 6-7-06 - Complete35. Can’t I Like Girls Too? reviewsTonks tries an experiment while talking to Remus at 12GP. Features various Order members past and present, onstage and off ... [Refers to slash, which may offend some people. Refers to het, which may offend some other people.]Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,260 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 12-3-05 - Remus L. & N. Tonks - Complete36. A Really Bad Idea reviewsHarry. Ginny. Hermione. Love potions? Moments missing from your copy of book 6. Because some things are just a really bad idea. Special guest appearances by the Half Blood Prince and Horace Slughorn.Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Humor/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,481 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 12-3-05 - Harry P. & Ginny W. - Complete37. Different Paths reviewsMadam Pomfrey visits the Restricted Section of the Hogwarts library and is reminded forcefully of her own schooldays.Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 878 - Reviews: 12 - Published: 8-12-05 - Poppy P. - Complete38. Toujours Pur reviewsMrs Black sits in her private box at the Quidditch stadium, and reflects on the importance of Black family values, her sons Sirius and Regulus, and the new star Chaser of the Kenmare Kestrels ... Set five years after the end of the first warHarry Potter - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,832 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 8-12-05 - Sirius B. & Regulus B. - Complete