Summary: Theodore Nott has had quite his share of adventures, thank you very much. Bravery has never been a Slytherin value. But when he stumbles across a corpse, Theo begins an adventure that includes carnivorous plants, bizarre food items, a disturbingly amorous butcher, lots of blood and gore, plot twists galore, the rhyme I just made, and a little bit of the Grim Reaper thrown in just to spice things up.

I suggest you read at least one of the previous Theo Nott stories ("To Be Or Nott To Be" and "Oh No, Nott Again!") so that this will make more sense to you, but if you don't, that's your funeral. Oh, ha, ha, aren't I just chock-full of puns today?

I am Schmerg_The_Impaler of Hufflepuff House, and this is my submission to Gauntlet Number Seven!

Summary: Isla Black comes home and finds her brother dead. He died mysteriously, and no one knows who the murderer could be. Isla is forced to solve many riddles to find the person. But what was the motive? Why was Phineas Nigellus Black murdered?

Follow Isla on her quest, and be prepared for something one would not expect.

I am luinrina of Hufflepuff, and this is my story for the seventh round of the Gauntlet.

Summary:

When times get rough, vigilance may be the only thing that you have left to fall back on.

As an Auror, Kingsley Shacklebolt has seen many horrors, but few compare to this. When he discovers the body of a trusted friend and colleague, Kingsley must unravel the mystery before it’s too late. Surrounded by deceit and losing all faith in a corrupt Ministry, Kingsley must move quickly in order to stop another murder from taking place; a murder that would destroy all he ever fought for.

Time is short as Kingsley rushes into a confrontation that will that challenge everything he ever believed in.

Summary: Hermione Granger is one of the Ministry's top lawyers. She is hard-working and professional to the core - until she meets Cygnus, the mysterious vampire she is to defend in his trial for murder. It isn't long before she is faced with a baffling mystery and a terrible choice.

Summary: Sirius Black.

How many memories two such simple words could trigger. How much pain, and joy. How much disappointment.

How much conflict and fear

How many decisions and actions

Why him?


~*~


"Why her?” he asked. The name had felt familiar at first, though he hadn’t been able to place it then. He could now.

Only a smirk from the man answered Sirius's question, and with another snap of his fingers, the wizard disappeared.

Sirius, now left alone in the dark alleyway, glanced at the parchment for a third time, the name bringing forth memories long-since forgotten for the dark-haired Animagus.

Nymphadora Tonks.


A Gauntlet 6 submission by guiding ray of sunlight and megan_lupin of Gryffindor.

Summary: A murder.

That’s what Percy Weasley finds when he comes back to work after his sick leave. As quickly as the news reaches the Wizarding public, Percy and his family (and enemies) are thrust into the ordeal, promised great heaps of gold if they play a game.

The task? To find out whom the murderer is. Their guide? Only little scraps of paper, with various words that don’t seem to have a meaning. A task that seems so easy suddenly becomes more difficult...

But mystery becomes mayhem when chaos settles in. Will they find the murderer, or just all be killed instead?

All they know for sure was that Percy was never taking a day sick again.

~Based on the lovely book, The Westing Game, by the very talented Ellen Raskin.

Summary: George Weasley has woken up in the past, sent on a mission that could save the present.



I am Cwiddy from Hufflepuff House and this was written for Gauntlet 5.

Summary: Hermione moves into a new apartment and is shocked when she wakes up on her first day of living there. Who is this little girl? Why won't she talk? Hermione is determined to find out.

Summary: It was June Eleventh. A day Harry did not want to remember… the day of Albus Dumbledore’s death. They were at Platforms Nine and Ten, walking through the barrier onto Nine and three Quarters. Harry was dropping off his young wizards and soon witches. He'd received a letter of Hogwarts after this at home, a letter that would change his world completely. But, it was his decision.

Summary: The beauty of what isn't there... If Dumbledore had waited a little longer to relocate it, what might Hermione have seen in the Mirror of Erised? This nostalgic little "What-If?" takes place during Year One, and answers that question with a haunting twist.