annafugazzi | hd_worldcup: "It's just like magic!"

::pointing up:: Possibly my favourite line from Chamber of Secrets (the movie), even beating out "If Hagrid ever gets back from Azkaban, I'm gonna kill him!"

Anyway, here's the fifth set of fics at

hd_worldcup! The prompt is The Magician.

At Childhood's End - Team Fanon
Wordcount: ~38K
Rating: PG
Summary: When Harry comes across a fallen branch of an elder tree and accidentally bonds with it, his life changes beyond his wildest imaginings.
Author's Note: Magician: Immanent, spiritual, and Mercurial transmutation from potential to kinetic, focusing on maturation, (limitless) power, self-confidence, initiative, determination, communication, new beginnings; coming of age. Link.
Betas: A, L
Potter's Interference - Team EWE
Wordcount: ~8500
Rating: PG
Warnings: foul language, does that need a warning?
Summary: In the years after the war, Draco Malfoy has built a successful business that skirts the edge of legality by becoming adept at figurative sleight-of-hand. Enter Harry Potter, moral upright citizen still chasing after Draco, still suspicious of his every move. When their lives intersect in an unexpected way, will Draco be able to smooth-talk his way out of trouble?
Author's Note: Thanks to my betas, who worked so hard. Readers: may you find The Magician as interesting as I did. The link above will tell you all you need to know.
(That link is http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/learn/meanings/magician.shtml, BTW).
Blind Leading the Blind - Team Epilogue
Wordcount: 25,249
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: clubbing, drinking, frottage, toys, desk sex, accidental voyeurism.
Summary: Harry catches wise to a series of blind items in the Daily Prophet's gossip pages that sound suspiciously like him. Except no one knows that he's gay, do they?
Author's Note: Interpretation used can be found here, see page 42-44. Thanks to my entire team for being wonderfully supportive, especially those of you who were always up for a group chat and editing session.
The Magician's Gifts - Team Canon
Wordcount: 32,854
Rating: R
Warnings: Het! OMG het!
Summary: Harry's crisis is only the beginning of his journey.
Author's Note: Tarot card interpretations for each story section selected, paraphrased and adapted most gratefully from here and here. Thank you profusely to my betas C and F. DH compliant, pre-epilogue.