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Author's Note: I am a comedic genius.
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Stacked with: Hogwarts (Post Term 16); Ministry (Pre-Open); MC4A (Summer Year 5)
Individual Challenges: Walking on Sunshine (Y); Red Dress; Red Lights; Ginger; Red Bull; Happy Harry; Red Wave; Happy Birthday (Y); Bi Rainbow; Rainbow Rainbow; Red & Green Heart; Lovebirds; Neurodivergent; Rian-Russo Inversion; Rian-Russo Inversion; Rian-Russo Inversion; Rian-Russo Inversion; Ethnic & Present; Ethnic & Present; Ethnic & Present; Bi Bi Bi; Lovely Triangle; Booger Breath; Ship Sails; Setting Sail; Hold the Mayo; Hold the Mayo; Zed Era; Old Shoes (Y); Short Jog; Bucket Listing; Two Cakes (Y); Eating Cake (Y); Green Ribbon; Greatest Gift
House: Slytherin
Ministry Challenges: Aug Bingo [D1](Draco/Harry)
Other Hogwarts Challenges: 365 [241](Chaos); 1000 Prompts Challenge [11](Jumping); Days of the Year [Jul 6/International Kissing Day](a special kiss); Romance Awareness Month [03/09](Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy/Blaise Zabini); International Cat Day [06]("Give me a clue!"); National Dog Day [01](Stubby); National Indoor Plants Week [10](Light/Dark Ship); Colors [02](Cornflower); Flowers [06]("I knew it!"); Crystals & Gemstones [03](Celebrity AU); Tarot Reading [02]("You are really trying my patience right now.");
Other MC4A Challenges: AU [1B](Chess Master); Ship (n/a)[SuBig (Lake/Pond; Lemonade); SuMed1 (Book Club)]; Chim [Gyv]("King" - Florence & the Machine; Life/Death; Crimson); Hunt [Su Con (Milkshake)]; TWT (GQ Harry Potter; Post-War Era)[Task#1 (Book)]; Garden [Yard Tools (Cucumber Sandwiches)]; Harvest [Items (Book; Lemonade); Settings (Duck Pond); Tropes (Jump Scare; Rivals to Lovers)]; Fire [x3](Hold the Mayo; Not Cookie Cutter; Brick);
Representation(s): Est. Draco Malfoy/Blaise Zabini; Genderqueer Harry Potter; Poly Ship Endgame; Potter Siblings; No Magic AU; Post-War Era; Chim Song Prompt
Primary & Secondary Bonus Challenges: Muck & Slime; Surprise!; Second Verse (Ladylike; Not a Lamp; Persistence Still; White Dress; Found Family; Nontraditional; Teat Juice; Spinning Plates; Unwanted Advice; Brooms Only; Car in a Tutu; Three's Company; Deadliest Catch; For the Vine; Lovely Coconuts); Chorus (Odd Feathers; Pocky Pockets; Wabi Sabi; Fizzy Lemonade; Machismo; Peddling Pots; Delicious Lie; Mouth of Babes; Tomorrow's Shade; Larger than Life; Unicorn); Demo 1 (Under the Bridge; Sweetest Burn; Fruit Fly); Demo 2 (Gingersnaps; Call Me Dantes)
Tertiary & Generic Bonus Challenges: T3 (Thimble); LiCK (Narcissus; Tansy; Yarrow); FR (Satisfaction; Evolution); O3 (Oust); Once (Moses Supposes; Santa Fe; Inchworm); TY (Ntaiv; Enfant)
Word Count: 1141 words
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Chess Burster
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There was very few residents of Godric's Hollow who did not know that during the warmer months, it was just better to avoid the little park around the duck pond. No matter that it was a lovely spot or that the geese that occupied the pond (despite it being called a duck pond) were actually not terribly aggressive. Oh, no, something far worse than territorial geese practically lived at that park during the warm months.
You see, the little park around the duck pond was next to the village's library. During the warmer months, the various clubs escaped the library like wild animals being let out of their cages. It also meant that the book club, which met every Wednesday afternoon just before tea time, suddenly clashed with the chess club.
And suddenly territorial geese were the least of anyone's problems.
The head of the chess club was Draco Malfoy, a blond man who was the sole heir to his wealthy family's fortune. He was a master player who had played all of the notable tournaments of Europe and most of the ones elsewhere in the world as well. He shared the duties of club master with an old school chum of his that had recently moved to the village, Blaise Zabini. The pair had caused quite the stir when Blaise had arrived, not to mention crushing the dreams of a good chunk of the residents. After all, it was fairly obvious that there was something more than simple friendship between the two.
And most of the townspeople had a betting pool going on when Draco Malfoy would finally get together with the head of the book club.
The head of the book club was Harry Potter, the oldest of Lily and James Potter's four children and by far the quietest. He had grown up in the village, leaving only long enough to gain his doctorate in Library Sciences before returning to start working at the village's library. Like his father, Harry had brown skin and dark hair, differing only in that his hair was an inky black instead of merely dark brown. Of the four siblings, only Harry and the youngest Rosemary had gotten Lily's emerald eyes. Rosemary had even gotten Lily's dark red hair.
Harry was great at getting the teenagers engaged in reading. Test scores of the local secondary school had risen significant since he had taken over the book club and reading programs. It was for that reason that even the most conservative old-timer of the village was willing to overlook Harry's odd presentation around his gender. Not that Godric's Hollow had a very large population of people who cared. It wasn't like they were English to think that it mattered if a man wore an actual skirt instead of a kilt.
Not to mention that Harry had the best taste in skirts and looked damn good in them besides.
One day, it all came to an explosive climax.
The book club had already been convened at the tables nearest the duck pond. Harry was wearing a particularly lovely crimson skirt with a darker red tank top. He had obviously provided the refreshments for the club, as the lemonade was in a cornflower blue pitcher with blackberry jammy dodgers and cucumber sandwiches served on a matching plate. The librarian was reading aloud from the book for the week when the chess club arrived.
Draco had wrangled a couple of the younger members to carry the crates holding the club's chess sets and refreshments. Blaise followed along behind the group, nonchalantly sipping on a chocolate and peanut butter milkshake. When Draco froze in the middle of a step at the expected sight, Blaise merely stepped around him and his stubby assistants (Blaise refused to acknowledge that they were actually children instead of just extremely short adults). He sat in an open seat at the end opposite of Harry, facing outwards.
"You are really trying my patience right now," Draco snapped out as he put his fists on his hips. All the members of both clubs were looking between the two leaders. Blaise took a moment to admire his partner with his anger-redden cheeks contrasting nicely with the emerald of his shirt. It didn't distract him from noticing how Harry rolled his eyes at Draco's bratty behavior.
"As if you aren't trying mine," Harry countered as he set his book down on the table. "What will it take to get it through to you that this table will be occupied? Just give me a clue!"
"You're the one who need to get a clue!"
"That's exactly what I just asked for, you berk!"
"What's the pool at currently?" Blaise stage-whispered to the blonde sitting nearest to him. Luna Lovegood did not even look up from her book when she announced an alarmingly high amount of pounds. Blaise nodded thoughtfully and took another sip of his milkshake. Then he pointed its straw at his boyfriend. "I think you should just tell him that you're attracted to him."
"I KNEW IT!" yelled Rosemary Potter, popping out of a nearby bush like a rabid squirrel intent on causing as much chaos as possible. In unison, Harry and Draco screamed in terror at the girl's sudden appearance. Draco even went as far as jumping into the air. He probably would have crashed to the ground or slammed into the table except that Harry caught him bridal style in his arms. Undeterred, the tiny redhead charged right up to the table. "I knew that it was unresolved sexual tension!"
"How do you even know that term?" Harry squawked, carefully setting Draco back onto his feet. "And why are you talking about sex at all? You're twelve!"
"I'm fourteen!"
"Like I was saying," Harry continued as if he wasn't aware that his little sister was glaring at him, "you're only eight years old—"
"Fourteen!"
"You're five," Harry self-corrected again, "and you shouldn't know anything about sex."
"I hate you," Rosemary announced. She crossed her arms in front of her chest. "You're a horrible sibling."
"I like you," Blaise said, pointing his straw at Rosemary. "You will be my favorite in-law once we get these two knuckleheads to finally kiss."
"Stop smoozing up to my sister," Harry ordered.
"I'm not a knucklehead," Draco declared at the same time.
"No, I shalln't," Blaise argued with a wink towards the youngest Potter, "and yes, you are. Now will you go ahead and kiss already? I want my own kiss, and I'm severely regretting agreeing to let you have the first one."
Luckily, everyone was distracted by the pair of rivals exchanging a kiss as passionate as any of their arguments. It meant no one noticed that Luna was texting the official group chat that Blaise and Rosemary had tied for winning the pot on the village-wide bet.