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This story was written as a gift for kellychambliss in the rarepair_shorts summer wishlist. She posted her fabulous Kittyhawk story Battle-Axe, but had not received a gift yet. So I went through her giftlist - a pure formality, because I was very, very busy writing and plotting for minerva_fest.

And a few hours later I had written several hundred words of Pomona/Poppy, who had no business at all interrupting my fest writing. Kelly, in short, is a wicked temptress, and she got this tale for her sins.

Title: For Her Sins
Pairing: Poppy Pomfrey / Pomona Sprout
Request: summer hols
Rating: PG 13
Word Count: 2500 (sorry!)
Summary: Poppy never wanted to do it - her friends made her. It's all their fault. Well, nearly all.
Author's Notes: Poor Poppy isn't the only one to suffer like this.

Many thanks to my two lovely betas, miss_morland and lash_larue, who did their utmost to keep me on the grammatical straight-and-narrow and whose suggestions were invaluable.

( For Her Sins )

A few weeks ago I noticed I had completely forgotten to cross-post this story. Since I like to keep everything together on my LJ, here it is.

The prompt was given by tetleythesecond for the fabulous minerva_fest: In Deathly Hallows, we see Minerva cast an Imperius, effortlessly and without a real need. I’d like to see that explored. How did she learn to cast Unforgivables as if they were simple cleaning charms? Why didn’t she have a moral problem doing it? This was exactly the story I had wanted to write for a long time. The agony started, of course, when I actually had to do it. Thanks to my wonderful beta, kellychambliss, I didn't jump off the Astronomy Tower in despair.

Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 7,370
Characters and/or Pairings: Minerva McGonagall, Griselda Marchbanks, Pomona Sprout. Mention of Minerva/Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank
Summary: Pomona knows that Minerva will come to regret her decision, but there’s nothing she can do about it. So she calls on Professor Marchbanks for help.
Warnings: none
Disclaimer: “Harry Potter” belongs to J.K. Rowling and her legal licencees. In the section describing events in the Ravenclaw Common Room, I’ve followed Deathly Hallows as closely as possible. This means that several phrases and descriptions are quoted from the original. No plagiarism is intended.

( Fighting the Good Fight )