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1. Do not vote for yourself and do not ask others to vote for you.
2. If you entered the challenge, you are REQUIRED to vote.
3. Vote for one MOST, SECOND and THIRD favorite drabble. Votes for just Most Favorite or votes for multiple drabbles will NOT be counted!
4. Please vote for the NUMBER of the drabble, not the name of it. Just makes it easier :)
5. Remember the prompt when voting: flying
6. Voting will close Thursday at MIDNIGHT (EST)
Results will be posted Friday. Have fun!!!
1.
Author: swimnsail
Title: Love vs. Flying
Rating: G
Warnings: None!
Flying was similar in a lot of ways to relationships, he concluded.
That swooping feeling in the pit of his stomach when speeding through the air, was similar to that first meeting. Nerve-wracking, but exciting.
The rush of flying effortlessly through the air, was like discovering common interests.
The gut-wrenching sensation off falling off your broom was just like falling head over heels for that person.
But was it worth it?
Turning to look at Hermione, he felt the same but different swooping sensation as on his broom, nervous, exhilarated, scared, excited, free, joyous, alive.
It was definitely worth it.
2.
Author: riptey
Title: Paper Girl
Rating: K
Warnings: N/A
"Who's that?"
It was Hermione in front of a Christmas tree, and she would have had the most perfect smile that was ever on a human face except that Draco hated her. "Nobody," he said as he creased the photo down the middle. Two folds on each corner, then two more.
"Hey, don’t do that. She's a looker."
"If you're into that sort of thing.” Half again and fold the wings out.
"Set her up with me if you don't want her."
“You couldn’t handle her.”
Flare the tail, bend the nose, wing tips up, and he let her go.
3.
Author: amethyst18
Title: Don't Want to Wake
Rating:PG-13
Warnings: None
The wind whipped through her hair and across her face. It was a cool night, but with his strong arms wrapped around her, she felt none of the chill.
The velvet sky glittered with starlight, and the harvest moon was full and bright. He pulled her closer, the strands of his pale blond hair tickling her cheek.
“You see, my love,” he whispered in her ear. “I told you I wouldn’t let go.”
She woke with a start.
Beside her, her husband was sleeping soundly.
And at the sight of his red hair, a single tear rolled down her cheek.
4.
Author: ldymusyc
Title: Hearts
Rating: G
Warnings: None.
"Malfoy. It's cold. Why are we out at dawn? Why am I on your broom? I have my own." Hermione looked over her shoulder and glared at her boyfriend.
"Hush." Draco tightened his arms around her, turned the broom east. "I've something to show you."
Hermione slumped against his chest with a huff. Prat. Shame she loved him.
She drowsed until Draco shook the broom, waking her. "There, you whinger. Look."
Hermione glanced down and saw crop circles. Boring, normal, nondescript crop--
Hearts. Dozens.
With marry me? written in one.
He was blushing. She smiled, twisted around, and kissed him.
5.
Author: blackestfaery
Title: He Flew
Rating: G
Warnings: None
To Draco Malfoy, flying was everything. When his feet left the ground and the sky rushed down to meet him... well, there was nothing like it.
Until Granger kissed him.
It had been brief and done under duress (the mistletoe wouldn’t let them part until it happened), but the moment she grabbed the collar of his robes, pressed her lips to his, and shared a quick breath with him, he could’ve sworn the world dropped away.
When he opened his eyes, Granger was still there. They stared at each other, and he thought, just maybe, she’d left the ground too.
6.
Author: suprockstar
Title: Second Star to the Right
Rating: G
Warnings: None.
Hermione had always wanted to visit Neverland.
But that dream was pushed to the back of her mind as the years wore on, and soon that mere wish disappeared, because what was the point of holding onto childhood foolishness?
“Granger, have you ever wanted to fly?”
He said this with a smirk upon his lips, and she knew that he was up to something. She hated flying, absolutely despised it! But at that moment, everything just felt different.
“Always,”
Flying was the only way to reach that faraway star, and with Draco Malfoy, she never felt her dreams so close.
7.
Author: angel_in_tears
Title: I Hate FLYING
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Hermione squealed in shock as they dove downwards again, her arms squeezing tightly around Draco’s middle. They flew upwards again, quicker this time and Hermione screamed as she felt herself slipping backwards. Letting go of Draco she hit her hand against his back, demanding that he took her back down NOW.
Draco just laughed at her, and kept flying, left then right, up then down. It was a loop de loop that finally unsettled Hermione and she started to fall, until suddenly she was in Draco’s arms on the front of his broom and they were heading for the ground.
8.
Author: elektra30
Title: Green-Eyed Malfoy
Rating: PG
Warnings: Nil.
“That’s the fifth time tonight you’ve gone to check on him. Bloody Merlin-”
“Will you stop swearing? Honestly, Draco, if you’re going to whine-”
“Whine? Who’s the one making all that fuss over Scorpius? It’s as if you’re going back to Hogwarts all over again - textbooks, check, cauldron, check, no wait, textbooks once more... it’s been the same bloody cycle since two weeks ago-”
“But he’s starting his first year tomorrow, we need to ensure-”
“-has always been about Scorpius, Hogwarts... never even asking if I had-”
“Draco Malfoy, are you flying into a jealous rage because of your son?”
9.
Author: starduchess
Title: There's a Reason to Like Muggle Flying
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: snogging
Draco loved flying, the feel of wood in his hands, the rush of wind, the smell of ozone, the freedom, which is why he found himself cursing at this muggle contraption, no matter how comfy the seats.
On top of that, Hermione had promised he would be inducted into some special organization, but no one had greeted them yet.
"Why couldn't we just take an international portkey?" he whined.
"The journey's more important. Besides," smirked Hermione, "you wanted to join the mile-high club."
She began snogging and by the end of the trip she had reaffirmed his love of flying.
10.
Author: pokeystar
Title: Kiss Off
Rating: PG-13, for theme
Warnings: drug use, suicide (both implied)
Notes: Title and italicized lyrics taken from The Violent Femmes (song is title)
I take one one one cause you left me and
two two two for my family
He’d tried. He wasn’t good enough for her.
Father’s disappointment was an anvil crushing his back.
and
four four four for my headaches
No sleep. He couldn’t eat.
What was left to live for?
and
Seven seven for n-no tomorrow
Branded by evil. His path led off a cliff. Draco thought of bushy hair and slipped over the edge
and
nine nine nine for a lost god and
ten ten ten ten for everything everything everything everything
free as a bird from a cage.
11.
Author: kate0404
Title: Freeness of Flight
Rating: G
Warnings: N/A
It was a sensation like none she’d ever felt before. It started as a mere flutter, like sudden weightlessness, and then pure stomach churning fear... something she could and tried to ignore with effort.
It grew too quickly. Soon she had sprouted great, feathery wings where her arms once were. She could run, jump and never touch ground again!
But was it what she wanted?
She ached, cried and fought... then yielded, allowing the freeness of flight to piece her back together and make her whole.
“Hermione,” he whispered as air rushed by, “I love you.”
Draco made her fly.
12.
Author: strawberry_kait
Title: Hermione’s Snare
Rating: PG
Warnings: None; minor adult language?
Those damned impenetrable, russet-colored coils deliberately latch themselves around his person whenever they sleep together. And when she’s angry, they bristle worse than a frightened Kneazle. Hermione’s bushy head gives Devil’s Snare a run for its galleons. Dark, secret things lurk within what passes for her hair. He marvels that the blood could circulate to her brain under the weight.
But whenever he manages to get her on a broom, the snarling mass vanishes, weightlessly lifting up and spiraling out behind her, each strand desperate for independence. The scent of her secrets is intoxicating, captivating Draco with their soft whispers.
13.
Author: mangopie123
Title: First Time
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None
She couldn’t believe she asked him instead of Ron. Draco Malfoy of all people.
Nor did she expect that he would be gentle with her on the whole ordeal.
She’s nervous and he sensed her uneasiness. He rested his chin at her shoulder and whispered in a husky voice, “are you sure you want to this, Granger?”
She swallowed hard, “of course, Malfoy. I trust you.”
Their eyes met and she knew he was thankful that she trusted him.
“Malfoy, I haven’t-”
“Shh, love, I know. Don’t worry; I’ll make it feel good.”
Thus, began Hermione Granger’s first flying lesson.
14.
Author: ningloreth
Title: Mid-air collision
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Granger corners him after the match. “Your son,” she says, “is dangerous.”
“Scorpius,” he replies, coldly, “is a born Seeker. It’s your precious girl who’s the menace on the Quidditch pitch.”
They glare at each other-her, ferocious in her cardigan-and, Merlin, he thinks, she’s turning into her mother-in-law!
He thanks the gods that Astoria will never let herself go. His wife wouldn’t risk ruining her perfect figure...
Not even to give me a daughter.
He drags his gaze away from Granger’s womanly curves. “All right,” he concedes, softly, “I’ll tell the boy to be more careful in future.”
15.
Author: jadestrick
Title: Comfort
Rating: PG
Warnings: Nah.
He kicked off from the ground, soaring high. Up here, hidden among the clouds, he was free to be who he wanted, free to take comfort in something so simple as riding a broomstick. The tribulations that were grounded stayed behind him. For one fleeting moment, he felt true happiness begin the long journey through his veins to his heart. And as he veered left, he felt her arms tighten around his waist.
"Are you scared?" he yelled.
Her chin laid upon his shoulder and he heard her whisper above the howling wind.
"Not with you."
Happiness flooded his heart.
16.
Author: uniquepov
Title: Flying Lessons
Rating: G
Warnings: none
Hermione clutched the broom handle, hanging on for dear life. She was terrified of flying, but her inability to learn how to ride a broomstick was a personal failure she could no longer live with.
She would learn and she would conquer this irrational fear.
The broom bucked underneath her and she shrieked in terror, her eyes clenched tightly shut. Suddenly, she felt a strong hand steadying the broom handle and heard a voice speak calmly beside her.
“Easy, Granger. Relax.” She opened her eyes and met Draco Malfoy’s silvery gaze in surprise. “I won’t let you fall. I promise.”
17.
Author: zzzooe
Title: Like Amortentia.
Rating: G.
Warnings: Disregards some of HBP & DH.
The wind was blustery on the cool autumn day, the fiery leaves twisting violently in the air. Hermione was at the astronomy tower thinking - wondering how this had happened.
His smell still permeated her surroundings, like the Amortentia - freshly cut grass, new parchment, toothpaste and... Draco.
She should’ve noticed something was different - that something was up. How did the insufferable cruel Malfoy she knew transform overnight?
Could she trust him with her heart?
Her teeth tugged at the edge of her lip and her head sagged; defeated. She turned and he was there - kissing her.
And then she was flying.
18.
Author: reetinkerbell
Title: Courage
Rating: Pg
Warnings: None.
Hermione had always been courageous, though in her younger days, she'd been surprised at how much bravery and strength she possessed in the face of danger, despite her over-analytical mind that rationally understood the harm that could result from the escapades she became involved in.
She'd even mastered flying despite her object horror of heights, if only through sheer willpower and a thought focused on Sirius.
She wondered then, how someone as cowardly as Draco Malfoy, could demand of her more courage than ever before, in the simple act of giving her his heart and wishing for hers in return.
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Please read the voting rules:
1. Do not vote for yourself and do not ask others to vote for you.
2. If you entered the challenge, you are REQUIRED to vote.
3. Vote for one MOST, SECOND and THIRD favorite drabble. Votes for just Most Favorite or votes for multiple drabbles will NOT be counted!
4. Please vote for the NUMBER of the drabble, not the name of it. Just makes it easier :)
5. Remember the prompt when voting: flying
6. Voting will close Thursday at MIDNIGHT (EST)
Results will be posted Friday. Have fun!!!
1.
Author: swimnsail
Title: Love vs. Flying
Rating: G
Warnings: None!
Flying was similar in a lot of ways to relationships, he concluded.
That swooping feeling in the pit of his stomach when speeding through the air, was similar to that first meeting. Nerve-wracking, but exciting.
The rush of flying effortlessly through the air, was like discovering common interests.
The gut-wrenching sensation off falling off your broom was just like falling head over heels for that person.
But was it worth it?
Turning to look at Hermione, he felt the same but different swooping sensation as on his broom, nervous, exhilarated, scared, excited, free, joyous, alive.
It was definitely worth it.
2.
Author: riptey
Title: Paper Girl
Rating: K
Warnings: N/A
"Who's that?"
It was Hermione in front of a Christmas tree, and she would have had the most perfect smile that was ever on a human face except that Draco hated her. "Nobody," he said as he creased the photo down the middle. Two folds on each corner, then two more.
"Hey, don’t do that. She's a looker."
"If you're into that sort of thing.” Half again and fold the wings out.
"Set her up with me if you don't want her."
“You couldn’t handle her.”
Flare the tail, bend the nose, wing tips up, and he let her go.
3.
Author: amethyst18
Title: Don't Want to Wake
Rating:PG-13
Warnings: None
The wind whipped through her hair and across her face. It was a cool night, but with his strong arms wrapped around her, she felt none of the chill.
The velvet sky glittered with starlight, and the harvest moon was full and bright. He pulled her closer, the strands of his pale blond hair tickling her cheek.
“You see, my love,” he whispered in her ear. “I told you I wouldn’t let go.”
She woke with a start.
Beside her, her husband was sleeping soundly.
And at the sight of his red hair, a single tear rolled down her cheek.
4.
Author: ldymusyc
Title: Hearts
Rating: G
Warnings: None.
"Malfoy. It's cold. Why are we out at dawn? Why am I on your broom? I have my own." Hermione looked over her shoulder and glared at her boyfriend.
"Hush." Draco tightened his arms around her, turned the broom east. "I've something to show you."
Hermione slumped against his chest with a huff. Prat. Shame she loved him.
She drowsed until Draco shook the broom, waking her. "There, you whinger. Look."
Hermione glanced down and saw crop circles. Boring, normal, nondescript crop--
Hearts. Dozens.
With marry me? written in one.
He was blushing. She smiled, twisted around, and kissed him.
5.
Author: blackestfaery
Title: He Flew
Rating: G
Warnings: None
To Draco Malfoy, flying was everything. When his feet left the ground and the sky rushed down to meet him... well, there was nothing like it.
Until Granger kissed him.
It had been brief and done under duress (the mistletoe wouldn’t let them part until it happened), but the moment she grabbed the collar of his robes, pressed her lips to his, and shared a quick breath with him, he could’ve sworn the world dropped away.
When he opened his eyes, Granger was still there. They stared at each other, and he thought, just maybe, she’d left the ground too.
6.
Author: suprockstar
Title: Second Star to the Right
Rating: G
Warnings: None.
Hermione had always wanted to visit Neverland.
But that dream was pushed to the back of her mind as the years wore on, and soon that mere wish disappeared, because what was the point of holding onto childhood foolishness?
“Granger, have you ever wanted to fly?”
He said this with a smirk upon his lips, and she knew that he was up to something. She hated flying, absolutely despised it! But at that moment, everything just felt different.
“Always,”
Flying was the only way to reach that faraway star, and with Draco Malfoy, she never felt her dreams so close.
7.
Author: angel_in_tears
Title: I Hate FLYING
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Hermione squealed in shock as they dove downwards again, her arms squeezing tightly around Draco’s middle. They flew upwards again, quicker this time and Hermione screamed as she felt herself slipping backwards. Letting go of Draco she hit her hand against his back, demanding that he took her back down NOW.
Draco just laughed at her, and kept flying, left then right, up then down. It was a loop de loop that finally unsettled Hermione and she started to fall, until suddenly she was in Draco’s arms on the front of his broom and they were heading for the ground.
8.
Author: elektra30
Title: Green-Eyed Malfoy
Rating: PG
Warnings: Nil.
“That’s the fifth time tonight you’ve gone to check on him. Bloody Merlin-”
“Will you stop swearing? Honestly, Draco, if you’re going to whine-”
“Whine? Who’s the one making all that fuss over Scorpius? It’s as if you’re going back to Hogwarts all over again - textbooks, check, cauldron, check, no wait, textbooks once more... it’s been the same bloody cycle since two weeks ago-”
“But he’s starting his first year tomorrow, we need to ensure-”
“-has always been about Scorpius, Hogwarts... never even asking if I had-”
“Draco Malfoy, are you flying into a jealous rage because of your son?”
9.
Author: starduchess
Title: There's a Reason to Like Muggle Flying
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: snogging
Draco loved flying, the feel of wood in his hands, the rush of wind, the smell of ozone, the freedom, which is why he found himself cursing at this muggle contraption, no matter how comfy the seats.
On top of that, Hermione had promised he would be inducted into some special organization, but no one had greeted them yet.
"Why couldn't we just take an international portkey?" he whined.
"The journey's more important. Besides," smirked Hermione, "you wanted to join the mile-high club."
She began snogging and by the end of the trip she had reaffirmed his love of flying.
10.
Author: pokeystar
Title: Kiss Off
Rating: PG-13, for theme
Warnings: drug use, suicide (both implied)
Notes: Title and italicized lyrics taken from The Violent Femmes (song is title)
I take one one one cause you left me and
two two two for my family
He’d tried. He wasn’t good enough for her.
Father’s disappointment was an anvil crushing his back.
and
four four four for my headaches
No sleep. He couldn’t eat.
What was left to live for?
and
Seven seven for n-no tomorrow
Branded by evil. His path led off a cliff. Draco thought of bushy hair and slipped over the edge
and
nine nine nine for a lost god and
ten ten ten ten for everything everything everything everything
free as a bird from a cage.
11.
Author: kate0404
Title: Freeness of Flight
Rating: G
Warnings: N/A
It was a sensation like none she’d ever felt before. It started as a mere flutter, like sudden weightlessness, and then pure stomach churning fear... something she could and tried to ignore with effort.
It grew too quickly. Soon she had sprouted great, feathery wings where her arms once were. She could run, jump and never touch ground again!
But was it what she wanted?
She ached, cried and fought... then yielded, allowing the freeness of flight to piece her back together and make her whole.
“Hermione,” he whispered as air rushed by, “I love you.”
Draco made her fly.
12.
Author: strawberry_kait
Title: Hermione’s Snare
Rating: PG
Warnings: None; minor adult language?
Those damned impenetrable, russet-colored coils deliberately latch themselves around his person whenever they sleep together. And when she’s angry, they bristle worse than a frightened Kneazle. Hermione’s bushy head gives Devil’s Snare a run for its galleons. Dark, secret things lurk within what passes for her hair. He marvels that the blood could circulate to her brain under the weight.
But whenever he manages to get her on a broom, the snarling mass vanishes, weightlessly lifting up and spiraling out behind her, each strand desperate for independence. The scent of her secrets is intoxicating, captivating Draco with their soft whispers.
13.
Author: mangopie123
Title: First Time
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None
She couldn’t believe she asked him instead of Ron. Draco Malfoy of all people.
Nor did she expect that he would be gentle with her on the whole ordeal.
She’s nervous and he sensed her uneasiness. He rested his chin at her shoulder and whispered in a husky voice, “are you sure you want to this, Granger?”
She swallowed hard, “of course, Malfoy. I trust you.”
Their eyes met and she knew he was thankful that she trusted him.
“Malfoy, I haven’t-”
“Shh, love, I know. Don’t worry; I’ll make it feel good.”
Thus, began Hermione Granger’s first flying lesson.
14.
Author: ningloreth
Title: Mid-air collision
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Granger corners him after the match. “Your son,” she says, “is dangerous.”
“Scorpius,” he replies, coldly, “is a born Seeker. It’s your precious girl who’s the menace on the Quidditch pitch.”
They glare at each other-her, ferocious in her cardigan-and, Merlin, he thinks, she’s turning into her mother-in-law!
He thanks the gods that Astoria will never let herself go. His wife wouldn’t risk ruining her perfect figure...
Not even to give me a daughter.
He drags his gaze away from Granger’s womanly curves. “All right,” he concedes, softly, “I’ll tell the boy to be more careful in future.”
15.
Author: jadestrick
Title: Comfort
Rating: PG
Warnings: Nah.
He kicked off from the ground, soaring high. Up here, hidden among the clouds, he was free to be who he wanted, free to take comfort in something so simple as riding a broomstick. The tribulations that were grounded stayed behind him. For one fleeting moment, he felt true happiness begin the long journey through his veins to his heart. And as he veered left, he felt her arms tighten around his waist.
"Are you scared?" he yelled.
Her chin laid upon his shoulder and he heard her whisper above the howling wind.
"Not with you."
Happiness flooded his heart.
16.
Author: uniquepov
Title: Flying Lessons
Rating: G
Warnings: none
Hermione clutched the broom handle, hanging on for dear life. She was terrified of flying, but her inability to learn how to ride a broomstick was a personal failure she could no longer live with.
She would learn and she would conquer this irrational fear.
The broom bucked underneath her and she shrieked in terror, her eyes clenched tightly shut. Suddenly, she felt a strong hand steadying the broom handle and heard a voice speak calmly beside her.
“Easy, Granger. Relax.” She opened her eyes and met Draco Malfoy’s silvery gaze in surprise. “I won’t let you fall. I promise.”
17.
Author: zzzooe
Title: Like Amortentia.
Rating: G.
Warnings: Disregards some of HBP & DH.
The wind was blustery on the cool autumn day, the fiery leaves twisting violently in the air. Hermione was at the astronomy tower thinking - wondering how this had happened.
His smell still permeated her surroundings, like the Amortentia - freshly cut grass, new parchment, toothpaste and... Draco.
She should’ve noticed something was different - that something was up. How did the insufferable cruel Malfoy she knew transform overnight?
Could she trust him with her heart?
Her teeth tugged at the edge of her lip and her head sagged; defeated. She turned and he was there - kissing her.
And then she was flying.
18.
Author: reetinkerbell
Title: Courage
Rating: Pg
Warnings: None.
Hermione had always been courageous, though in her younger days, she'd been surprised at how much bravery and strength she possessed in the face of danger, despite her over-analytical mind that rationally understood the harm that could result from the escapades she became involved in.
She'd even mastered flying despite her object horror of heights, if only through sheer willpower and a thought focused on Sirius.
She wondered then, how someone as cowardly as Draco Malfoy, could demand of her more courage than ever before, in the simple act of giving her his heart and wishing for hers in return.
_____________________
Poll June 2010
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Please include this graphic in your next post :)
dmhgchallenge has 18 amazing drabbles this month.
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