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WolfWinks

Below is a list of 75 prompts for Harry Potter fanfiction. Who can collect the most items on the list?

The rules

· - Starts on the 1st of August 2015 and finishes on the 1st of August 2016.

· - For a story to be counted it must be published and completed within this time frame (give or take a day to account for possible time difference issues.)

· - Each story must have at least one of the items on the list.

· - Multiple items on the list can be included in the one story unless specified otherwise.

· - When an item is used it must be pointed out. If the whole story is an item then mention it in the first chapter. If only a single chapter is an item point it out at the start of the chapter using the item number.

· - All chapters/one-shots must be above 1,000 words. Drabbles with not count.

· - All one-shots should be no longer than 10,000 words unless otherwise specified. This doesn't apply to chapters, they can be as long as you want.

· - All rules above will apply to every item on the list unless something is mentioned in the prompts.

· - Proper spelling and grammar. Mistakes are fine but I will not read a story that has text talk (you=u or know=no) or other major spelling and grammar issues.

The List

1. One-shot about Draco and Harry (friendship or slash) hurt/comfort genre

2. Multiple chapter story with Draco/Harry friendship only, Pansy bashing and two of the following pairings: Harry/Blaise, Harry/Daphne Greengrass, Harry/Luna, Harry/Fred, Harry/Ron, Draco/Ginny, Draco/Luna, Draco/Dean Thomas, Draco/Blaise or Draco/OC.

3. Harry Potter and sibling(s). Can be a multiple chapter or a one-shot any length above 1,000 words

4. Alternate reality: Harry Potter meets his parents

5. Next generation multiple chapter story. Over 20k words. Parings: Lily Potter/Scopious Malfoy or Scopious Malfoy/Rose Weasley and at least one more out of the following, Teddy Lupin/Victorie Weasley, Rose Weasley/James Potter, Lily Potter/Hugo Weasley, Rose Weasley/Albus Potter, Teddy Lupin/Rose Weasley. No Pairings other than these

6. Sirius Black/Severus Snape (friendship or slash) one-shot. Genre of Humour

7. When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do Walt Disney Midnight Patrol

8. All our dreams can come true if we have to courage to pursue them Walt Disney. Multiple chapter stories only

9. Time travel, 'Who's the new guy?' No different generation pairings

10. Use these words in a one-shot/ chapter with the genre of Romance: Obsession, Host, Over, Type, Courage, UFO and Teddy bear. If you choose to write a one-shot it can be any length over 1,000 words.

11. Pick a random word out of the dictionary and use it to write a one-shot. The word must be in the title. No other items on the scavenger hunt can be used in this story.

12. Write a non-magic story with Harry as the main character and all the following characters somehow involved: Severus Snape, Albus Dumbledore, Hermione Granger, Dean Thomas, Draco Malfoy, Luna Lovegood, The Dursleys, Theodore Nott, Tom Riddle/ Voldemort, Peter Pettigrew, Lily Potter

13. Multiple chapter story with Albus Dumbledore bashing and two of these six genres: Hurt/comfort, Humor, Romance, Drama, Friendship, Family

14. Lily Potter/James Potter

15. "Well you can't break an unbreakable vow"

"I'd worked that much out for myself, funnily enough" J.K Rowling Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Multiple chapter story, may use the time frame of this quote, the content of the quote or a what if scenario. Think outside the box.

16. "I'm going to keep going until I succeed - or die. Don't think I don't know how this might end. I've known for years" J.K Rowling Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

17. Write a death involving one or more of the following characters: Lily Potter, Severus Snape, James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew,

18. What if one of the Potters survived that night but had to leave their son and go into hiding until he became of age (that can be becoming an adult or when he can go to school, however you interpret it). What if, when they return, they cannot connect with their son? Multiple chapter story. May not use any of the other items on the list

19. Crossover: Bones, Glee, NCIS, Inuyasha, Ouran High School Host Club, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Fruit Basket, Criminal Minds. Harry Potter must be a main character. If you don't know any of the options PM me and I will suggest others.

20. James Potter is not the father

21. Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy one-shot

22. Dark Harry Potter

23. Write a Christmas themed one-shot/chapter

24. Ginny Weasley bashing, multiple chapters, Harry Potter main character

25. Use one of the three unforgivable curses to inspire a story The Madness of True Love

26. Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened Dr. Seuss

27. Toaster, Diamond Ring, Rose

28. Write a Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter slash story with Draco as the dominant, alternately write a Harry Potter/Ron Weasley Friendship story

29. Write sexuality confused Harry Potter

30. Write a multiple chapter story where an adult Harry Potter gets turned into a 10 year old, just in time for him to go with his youngest child to Hogwarts. No memory of the wizarding world intact. No romance.

31. De-aged Harry in his eighth year. Good slytherins.

32. Stranded on an island, would you bring your biggest enemy?

33. Mind-meld. Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy can suddenly speak to each others through their minds.

34. Creature inheritance

35. Harry Potter/Severus Snape slash. Alternatively Severus Snape adopts Harry Potter after finding out about his home life. Harry must be over 13 years old.

36. Harry Potter accidentally bonds himself with an unsuspecting Slytherin.

37. Harry Potter, protector of the judged after the war. How can he do that when he can't protect himself from his own deteriorating thoughts?

38. "Jump, you have nothing keeping you tied to this world" Voldemort finds a way to convince Harry that he is not needed. Who will save Harry? Will anyone even notice?

39. Resort the students. 8th year fanfic. Good slytherins

40. Draco Malfoy becomes the protector of the Man-Who-Conquered

41. Severus Snape has always been able to see the abused among his students, how did he miss this?

42. Twin BWL. The Potters die that night on Halloween and Albus Dumbledore decided to take the eldest twin and BWL away to train (This is NOT Harry). What happens to Harry Potter and what happens if the wrong boy was trained?

43. Bellatrix Lestrange. No romance

44. Slytherin Harry. No other items on the list can be included in this story

45. Muggle music is introduced to Hogwarts

46. Sirius Black knew he shouldn't. But when was he the one to listen to the voice of reason

47. James Potter knew women. Why then, was he so interested in the male form? If you don't like writing slash than be creative

48. Rules are meant to be broken

49. Potion mishap, what's happened now?

50. Lily Potter was not surprised often. That does not mean it never happens. When a boy who looks exactly like her eldest son, along with three other lookalikes, turns up in the middle of the great hall covered in blood, Lily Potter is not ashamed to admit she is surprised. Two Harry Potters. AU. Neville BWL. No Ginny

51. Use your hobby as inspiration for a story

52. Use your favourite sport as inspiration for a story

53. Modern technology is introduced into Hogwarts. This can be anything from a massaging chair to the internet.

54. Write a humorous story about fruit.

55. Neville and Harry form a bond. This can be slash or friendship but it must be a close bond. Hurt/comfort genre and it should be set after 5th year. You Won't Leave Me, Will You?

56. AU no magic. Harry Potter raised a soldier is suddenly thrown into his biggest battle yet, high school. Harry is older than 15 and younger than 20. He is strong physically but is emotionally, mentally and socially unstable.

57. Girls only. A one-shot with only the Hogwarts girls, can be any of the girls from Harry Potter as long as they are from the school, any generation, any age. The boys can be mentioned but cannot play any active role in the story. No other list items to be included.

58. Boys only. The same rules as no. 57 but for the male population of Hogwarts.

59. Blind Harry Potter.

60. Harry Potter is NOT the BWL. This can be a mistaken identity story or a story where Harry actually isn't the BWL. Harry Potter must still be one of the main characters!

61. "What I thought were faces..."

62. Twins! A story with the Weasley twins. It can be just a chapter in a story, a one-shot or a multiple chapter story with the twins as the main characters.

63. Golden trio no longer a trio.

64. The Maunderers are transported to Harry's 5th year.

65. Sirius Black is the main character and he lives up to his family's name. Dark story. It can include anyone else but it must feature Sirius.

66. Evil James Potter.

67. The future generation is transported to Harry's generation and a few surprises are brought with them. At least two future children.

68. Hermione Granger betrays the Golden Trio. Harry Potter/Ron Weasley, friendship or slash.

69. Daphne Greengrass plays an important role in the war, on either side.

70. "If it is a miracle, any sort of evidence will answer; but if it is a fact, proof is necessary." ~~ Mark Twain

71. Peanut m&m's

72. Multiple chapter story, hurt/comfort story, no Ginny (either she is evil or she has only minor roles). He had always wondered what friendship was. He watched his cousin collect the biggest and strongest of the class and intimidate them into submission. Was that friendship?

73. Manipulative/evil Dumbledore. Good Malfoy family. Main character must be Harry Potter and must be after 5th year.

74. Professor Umbridge gets her just desserts. Someone sees the scars on Harry's hand and believes revenge is required.

75. Whether you think you can, or think you can't, you're probably right. - Henry Ford. Harry Potter must be the main character and it must be a multiple chapter story or a one-shot above 15,000 words

That's it! Have heaps of fun and don't forget to mention when you tick one off and which one you tick off. I want to read them!


Stories

WolfWinks (me): #7, #25, #55

LovingYouAtFirstSight:

yamiyugi23: #1, #10, #68

Slytherin-Ice-Princess-804:

smilelaughread: #9, #25, #29

DobbyRocksSocks:

7/22/2015 . Edited 1/19/2016 #1
LovingYouAtFirstSight

I'm In.. This sounds awesome.

I am going to make this my master post. (If that is okay).

#1; #2; #3; #4; #5:#6; #7; #8; #9; #10; #11; #12; #13; #14; #15; #16; #17; #18; #19; #20; #21; #22; #23; #24; #25; #26; #27; #28; #29; #30; #31; #32; #33; #34; #35; #36; #37; #38; #39; #40; #41; #42; #43; #44; #45; #46; #47; #48; #49; #50; #51; #52; #53; #54; #55; #56; #57; #58; #59; #60; #61; #62; #63; #64; #65; #66; #67; #68; #69; #70; #71; #72; #73; #74; #75;

(I also hate text talk!!)

7/22/2015 . Edited 7/22/2015 #2
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I am in :) Looking forwards to the 1st of next month now.

7/22/2015 #3
SHSL-lightning-witch

I'm in

7/22/2015 #4
WolfWinks

Thats no problem =D I can't wait to read your stories!

7/22/2015 #5
smilelaughread

Who knows how much time I will have to do this in the next year, but I'm up for the challenge - your prompts sound great!

7/23/2015 #6
WolfWinks

Thankyou :) and just do as many as you have time for. I look forward to reading them.

7/24/2015 #7
smilelaughread

I've finished my first stories for this. Yay!

Tracker post:

9. First Spontaneous Time Travel

25. Crucio

29. Empty Closet

8/5/2015 . Edited 8/6/2015 #8
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For prompt 1 - Hidden Romance

For prompt 68 - Betrayed By A Friend

9/7/2015 . Edited 9/12/2015 #9
DobbyRocksSocks

I'm in. I can't believe I didn't see this before.

9/10/2015 #10
WolfWinks

I just want to remind everyone to post their stories here so I can find them, read them and review them. I'm pretty sure I have reviewed all the ones I know off so far, if I haven't let me know. I'm slowly (very slowly) working through mine, I hope you guys are too.

12/6/2015 #11
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For prompt 10 - Alien's Are Out There!

1/19/2016 #12
WolfWinks

yamiyugi23: Yay. I was starting to wonder if anyone was still continuing with this. I've read and reviewed your story, well done.

For anyone else out there who is still continuing this, please remember to post them here so I can review them. Thanks :)

1/19/2016 #13
Firediva0

This seems like a really cool challenge! :) Will you be re-hosting it after August 1st? 'Cause, if you do, I'd love to join. :)

7/26/2016 #14
WolfWinks

I was planning on reworking it, but it might not start until September depending on how much time I have to spare. I posted this before I participated in a challenge and now I realise just how silly that was :)

I'll post here when it's reworked if you would like.

7/27/2016 #15
Firediva0

That would be perfect, thank you. :)

7/27/2016 #16
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