The Tell-Tale Owl by romaine24

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Title: The Tell-Tale Owl
Author: romaine24
Rating: NC 17
Word Count: 23,000
Summary: Teddy meant well. He just wanted to give Harry the same thing he always wanted...parents. Unspeakable Teddy Lupin comes across a scroll with the Potter seal on it. The only problem is that he found it in a birdcage resting on a cloud high up in the sky.
Warning(s): Epilogue compliant, elements of Magical AU


This is a very engrossing story. From the moment you start reading and realise what happened, to what is happening, to what's going to happen, it's going to keep you on the edge of your seat.

On one hand we have Harry's life, as it would be if his parents wouldn't have died when he was a child, and on the other, well, it's his life as we know it. And how these two parallels universes come together.
It has some beautiful descriptions of Harry's life with his parents, and the ending is really lovely.

After Hours at the Ministry of Magic by birdsofshore

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Title: After Hours at the Ministry of Magic
Author: birdsofshore
Rating: NC 17
Word Count: 11,500
Summary: It isn't precisely how Harry planned to spend Christmas Eve: trapped in a lift with his ex-boyfriend, somewhere between the third and the fourth floors of the Ministry of Magic.


This is such a gorgeous story. Harry and Draco trapped on a lift after they broke up. It has them working through their communication problems, remembering how they got together and their fall out, and some delicious smut. Seriously, what else can you ask?


This fic is from the mini_fest, as I am [very] slowly but surely catching up with it.