Stories by JoeMerl

Ron tells the story of the Chudley Cannons' finest hour.

Hermione watches her son get his wand, which calls up unexpected and unpleasant memories.

A collection of short stories about Hugo Weasley. Newest chapter: Hugo gets his wand.

Albus is buying his first wand, James is a thirteen-year-old boy, and Ginny is a terrifying disciplinarian.

Zuko's scarring and its aftermath, from Mai's perspective. Two-shot.

Lucius tries to apply a lesson from his childhood.

Hugo spun toward him. "Al! Do you know which Hogwarts House Father Christmas was in?"

Wirt sends a holiday card and reignites a longstanding argument.

Harry picks up his oldest son from the train station, and thinks about their different experiences at Hogwarts. Done for the Writer's Month prompts "Warmth" and "Home for the summer."

Luna drags Harry outside on a snowy day. Not that he's complaining. Huna-ish, written for HP Shipuary.

"I am the Ghost of Christmas Past." Stan, who had pushed up his glasses in order to rub his eyes, froze. "No." "Take heed!" "NO. We are NOT doing this."

Decades after they last saw each other, Shermie writes to his brother.

AU. Yun doesn't kill anyone in the mining town. Fate rewards this restraint with a found family of Air Nomads. Newest chapter: The group arrives on Quidong Island and looks at a statue.

Harry reads his children "The Tale of the Three Brothers." They're not impressed. Done for the Writer's Month 2022 prompt "A Story Told Through Generations."

Tenzin should be working on his meditation. Instead, his father drags him to Ember Island to build sand palaces. Done for the Writer's Month 2022 prompt "Beach Episode."

Bill Cipher has been defeated, Weirdmageddon is over, and Stan is well on his way to regaining his memories. Now onto a harder problem: falling asleep after all that. Written for Forduary 2022.

"Um, hi. Is this Stanford Pines?" "Depends who's asking." The gruffness had definitely taken over at that point. "Well, uh, I'm Wirt. His nephew. Shermie's son?"

Rangi just wants Yun to stop goofing around. Yun just wants a day off, but he'll settle for messing with Rangi. A late entry for Avatar Sunken Ships Week.

Air Nomad culture is divided between those who settle down in the temples and those who wander across the Four Nations. Two boys compare their different lifestyles.

So, the Mist changed people's memories, but where exactly did Mrs. Kerr come from?

It's a cold winter morning, and Ron is determined to have Hermione skip work. One-shot, post-series, pointless romantic fluff.

At age four, Izuku and Kacchan engage in a classic childhood argument.

Sally Jackson brings her toddler son to the beach. Despite her best efforts, he winds up making a friend.

Written for Whumpay. A collection of short, introspective drabbles. Canon compliant.

After a nightmare, Wirt goes to check on his children. Written for March of the Monsters 2021. Based on the Wirt Pines Theory, aka, Wirt is Dipper and Mabel's father.

Percy met his future wife at the library. Of COURSE he met her at the library. Done for the Writer's Month prompt "Meet Cute."

Shinra has a talk with an actual superhero. Drabble for the Writer's Month prompt "Superheroes/Supervillains."

Dipper seeks Ford's advice about religion, of all things. One-shot, written for Forduary.

Teddy tries to deal with Harry and Ginny's stupid decision to have a baby, while Harry struggles to accept that he's already been a parent for the last six years. One-shot.

Toru asks Aizawa for a quick favor. One-shot, drabble.

At Kings Cross, Albus' father assured him that the Sorting Hat would take his choice into account. On the trip to Hogwarts, however, Al suddenly begins to question what his choice should be. A plot that everyone has already done before (including me!), but probably a bit different than you're expecting. One-shot, not "Cursed Child" compliant.

All was well...before somebody wrote a stupid play about Harry and his family. A one-shot for all of my fellow "Cursed Child" deniers.

For the 10 Pairings Challenge, a collection of one-shots about Luna Lovegood and ten different male characters. Currently up: Harry Potter, Neville Longbottom, Percy Weasley, Rabastan Lestrange, Remus Lupin, Theodore Nott and Blaise Zabini.

In which the other residents of Privet Drive are not as stupid as the Dursleys seem to think. One-shot.

Dipper never figured out how to communicate with Mabel during the events of "Sock Opera." One-shot, AU. Based on Bill's note in "Journal 3."

Written for the "Story in a Word" challenge, 100 short drabbles based on 100 strange words. All different characters and genres, updated daily. Newest story: Ron has some trouble watching toddler Hugo. COMPLETE!

After a prank accidentally sends Albus to the hospital, James tries to prove that he is not, in fact, the worst older brother ever. One-shot.

In his third year, Percy has a talk with a friend. The two have more in common than he realizes. One-shot.

Kingsley Shacklebolt appoints a new liaison between the Ministry and the Muggle Prime Minister. His choice isn't quite what the Prime Minister expected. One-shot.

A collection of stories about the "Total Drama" characters in a "Harry Potter" AU. Based on the Ask-Magical-Total-Drama blog on Tumblr. Newest story: At the beginning of first year, Noah doesn't really have any friends. Then he gets detention with two crazy girls.

In his never-ending effort to increase the drama around Wawanakwa School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Headmaster McLean is throwing a Christmas ball. Read along as his students get embroiled in love triangles, secrets, and fantastically dysfunctional relationships. Based on the Ask-Magical-Total-Drama blog on Tumblr, but can hopefully be read alone. COMPLETE.

Ginny is an idealist. Astoria is not. One-shot, set during "Deathly Hallows." Written for the Random Word Prompt Challenge and the Bechdel Test Competition.

Ron and Hugo play chess. One-shot, written for the Quote Competition.

Snape hated Wormtail. Drabble, one-sided Snape/Lily.

The births of his nieces and nephews force George to consider the name of his own future son. One-shot, not angst.

There are two sets of records about Colin Creevey's death, one Muggle, one magic. Unfortunately, neither answers the questions that are torturing his brother Dennis. One-shot. Done for the "What a Word!" Challenge.

At age seven, Ron gets tricked into making a rather stupid bet on a Quidditch game. Apparently these "Chudley Cannons" never actually win. One-shot.

In this week's "Daily Prophet" Sunday insert—the continuing controversy over Quodpot! Forget about national pride or safety; is the game actually entertaining? Quidditch correspondent Ginny Potter gives her two Knuts after taking her children to see a match. One-shot.

Seamus Finnigan has one tube of toothpaste, three semi-helpful friends and less than thirty minutes to complete his Muggle Studies assignment. He also has a distinct capacity for causing explosions. One-shot, done for the N.E.W.T.s Challenge.

Seven-year-old Albus Potter has a secret. A terrible secret that could make him an outcast from his parents and siblings forever. "But you just said it was no big deal!" "No, I said I didn't care. But if I was Aunt Ginny, I would care a LOT." A humorously dramatic one-shot.

Albus' father said the Sorting Hat took choices into account, but he certainly didn't ask to be put in Hufflepuff. Scorpius, meanwhile, is having problems with his fellow Gryffindors. Was Albus' father wrong? How will their families react? And will either of them manage to get into the House where they really belong—or at least figure out where, exactly, that is? COMPLETE.

Draco took on the Dark Mark for his father; he wasn't thinking about what effect it would have on him if serving the Dark Lord turned out to be a mistake. He certainly wasn't thinking about the effect it would have on his son more than a decade later. One-shot.

"Good morning. My name is Hermione Weasley, from the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures' House-Elf Services Office. Are you Asteria Malfoy?" Mostly canon compliant, set about eleven years after the series. One-shot.

They can barely speak around each other. Heck, they can barely BREATHE around each other. You know, if Hugo had been saner, he probably wouldn't have gone looking for friends in the Hogwarts Lake. A fluffy, somewhat strange Hugo/OC friendship fic with canon-compliant merpeople. COMPLETE.

Two months after Christmas, Ron confronts Percy about a missing present. Somehow this evolves into a fight more than twenty years in the making, with some unexpected confessions and bonding over past mistakes. One-shot. Can be read alone or as a companion to "Odd One Out" and "Five Times That the Weasleys Missed Percy."

...And One Time That They Didn't Have to Anymore. Because all of the Weasleys, unfortunately, can use anger to cover up their pain. Rated for cursing, slight sexual references and character death. Canon compliant. Complete.

Even by Weasley standards, Hugo has always been an odd child. Perhaps the strangest thing about him? His favorite uncle is Percy. One-shot.

Someone is watching over Korra in the moonlight, and offers some advice from her own experience. One-shot, written for Borra Week. Slightly AU near the end.

With Charlie's help, six-year-old Ron gets some payback after one of Fred and George's pranks. One-shot.

Ron is having a hard enough time with Auror training; the last thing he needs is Hermione hounding him about it. Ron/Hermione, one-shot, post-series. Rated for slight language. This was canon-compliant until Pottermore came along.

Toph sort of hates the moon. Whatever that is. One-shot, one-sided Toph/Sokka and past Sokka/Yue. Written for Tokka Week.

Written for Taang Week, one-shot. Toph ticks off Bumi, but Aang is willing to fight his old friend tooth and nail to get her out of trouble. Humor, light romance.

One-shot, no pairings. A random, unnamed Ravenclaw student tries to do his Potions assignment, but may have a bit of trouble understanding Professor Snape's rules. Maybe some sucking up will help? Done for a contest on Deviantart.

Angry gods. Weird shippings. Idiotic Ra'zac. Shades eating cheezeburgers. Come on, what more could you possibly want in an "Inheritance" fic? I mean, you know...besides character development or a plot? Chapter 28: "Screw You, Elves!"

Kreacher remembers his Mistress' life, from childhood until she became a screaming portrait on the wall of 12 Grimmauld Place. And he knows just who to blame for that, too. One-shot.

James S. Potter learns that Splinching is just one problem that underaged Apparation can cause. One-shot. Warning: This story is dumb.

During Thanksgiving dinner, Fred just can't shake the feeling that something's not quite right. Rated for things you shouldn't discuss at your family meal. Crackfic.

/Crackfic./ "Yeah, uh...we're kinda here to overthrow you, old buddy," Sokka said. "Yeah. Sorry," Aang added, giving an awkward smile and a little shrug.

There are lots of issues with Zuko joining the Avatar's "Gaang." Some are concerned with life and death, good and evil, trust and betrayal. Some, though, are just plain awkward. Set after "The Western Air Temple." No pairings.