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"All her growth was the conveying of a corpse of hope."
(From 'The Rainbow', D.H. Lawrence)This is a story about coming into one's own, a meditation on the twilight of girlhood and the violence of crash-landing into womanhood. Follow Hermione as she navigates through the quagmire: Saving the world, getting top grades, falling in love, lust, and a whole lot of trouble, and comes out of it hopefully (at least) partially sane.
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- Part 1 of Here We Go Round The Prickly Pear
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12 Jun 2026
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Sixteen years post-war, Draco Malfoy has reinvented himself: Head Auror of the French Ministry, internationally respected, hero-adjacent, and absolutely not still a security risk (depending on who you ask). So when Harry Potter lures him back to Britain with the promise of power, prestige and MILD public outrage, Draco's only question is: how bad could it possibly be?
Hermione Granger-Weasley is the Ministry's golden girl: war hero, legal prodigy, and the woman most likely to stabilise the government before her second cup of coffee. With Shacklebolt stepping down ahead of the November elections and two dangerously mediocre men circling the job like vultures, Hermione is the obvious - and reluctantly willing - successor. Backed by a few loyal allies, a lot of policy and a marriage that looks respectable (if you squint), she doesn't have time for distractions. Especially not in the form of Draco Malfoy: smug, silver-tongued, and recently hired into her orbit like a bad decision in expensive tailoring. Unfortunately he's infuriatingly competent. And even more unfortunately - he agrees with her.
OR how did Hermione Granger become Minister for Magic and how the fuck did Malfoy get roped into this deluded shit show.
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05 Jun 2026
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Left by his fiancée a month before the ceremony, Draco never got his dream wedding, so agreeing to assist Granger with her own wedding planning to distract himself from his broken engagement seems like a great idea—though Draco probably shouldn't fall in love with the bride-to-be. Based very (very) loosely on The Wedding Singer.
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30 May 2026
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Pride and Muggle Prejudice: The Wizards of Oxfordshire by bloomsatnight35
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
16 Sep 2025
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Draco Malfoy found himself in a most peculiar situation stood up by his parents at King’s Cross Station. Determined to make it home, Draco blindly stumbles into muggle London in search of the entrance to Diagon Alley where he might find proper magical aid without attracting attention to his most embarrassing situation. Lost in a puzzling world, Draco then manages to stumble upon a most unexpected classmate whose mother insists he stay the night. During his peculiar stay in Hermione's muggle home, he’ll come to realize purebloods might not be as well educated as they claim, battling against his pride and muggle prejudice the more secrets he uncovers from his peculiar enemy.
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23 May 2026
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Bellatrix's torture of Hermione uncovers a long-kept secret. The young witch learns her true origins in a story that shows the beginning and end of the Wizarding wars as Hermione learns about her biological father and the blood magic he dabbled in that will control her future.
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15 May 2026