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Twin Travel Challenge (2008-3)
I wish to make a correction. Domino is the originator of this story idea. I apologize for my error.

It was the middle of August before the Trio’s fifth year at Hogwarts. As is the typical Sunday dinner at the Weasleys, all the family was there, including Harry and Hermione. The entire group was laughing very loudly as Gred & Forge explained an experiment gone wrong. It was the louder pop of an Apparition from the living room that silenced everybody. They all listened for a hint of who might have arrived, as they were not expecting any visitors. The only thing they could faintly make out were…children arguing. Very young children.

Everybody at the table who had a wand brought them out as Mr. Weasley, Charlie, Bill, and Harry carefully went to investigate. Fred & George slipped out the back door to circle around the house. It was Arthur that was seen first.

“Grandpa! James did it. I was just watching to see what would happen.”

“Well, Lily told me to. I didn’t think it was working.”

When Molly heard a child call her husband “Grandpa,” she forgot all about her safety and bolted passed all the men, and entered the living room. She saw the two kids and promptly fainted. By now everybody was in the living room staring at them. Molly was almost forgotten.

They both looked the same age, about six or seven. An adorable little boy, already identified as James, with messy, black hair, and twinkling brown eyes. The girl, Lily he called her, was a beautiful girl, with long, red hair, and bright, green eyes.

When the children saw Harry and Ginny come in, they ran to them. James went to Harry, calling him dad, like it wasn’t his fault. And Lily ran to Ginny calling her mum, wanting her to believe her version. Arthur finally went to help Molly.

The author’s challenge is to write a story to include:

1. The complete identity of the children based on their above comments.
2. A good explanation of the how and why the children arrived in the Weasley’s living room.
3. That the children are (exist) is not a problem. But their presence is.
4. What the problem is…is up to you. How it is remedied…is up to you.

Rules:

1. All general submission rules apply. Stories over 10,000 words are discouraged but not prohibited. R-rated stories are allowed but discouraged. Judges are not required to read stories over 10,000 words or any R-rated stories. We have at least one young judge who will not read R-rated stories.
2. All entries must be submitted under Twin Travel (2008-3) sub-category under SIYE Challenge and be submitted by midnight Monday, June 30, 2008
3. Multiple chapters are allowed as long as all the requirements are in the chapter(s) that are submitted by the deadline.
4. The categories for judging are Best Overall, Adventure, Time Travel, and Parenthood.

Bonus phrases for extra creativity are the following. Using any or all of them is not required. A good, creative story will always count much stronger than any bonus.

· “If it wasn’t for him/her, this…”
· “You definitely know what this means, don’t you?”
· “That can’t be true, I heard…”
· “So how can it be my fault?”
· “And you think I’m a spoiled git, wait till…”
· “Prove it!”

PS: This Challenge is based solely on a story idea by Domino. Thanks.

Sir Ollivander on 2008.06.01 - 12:43AM ()

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Yunchao came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.01 - 12:59AM to say:

Awesome idea for a challenge. Looking forward to what the authors come up with! Have fun!



DukeBrymin came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.01 - 01:33AM to say:

I'm curious as to whether there is a typo in the description. You wrote, in #3: ...But their presents are. Did you really mean that the children brought presents and that they are going to cause a problem? Or did you mean: ...But their presence is. ???? Thanks



Evie_S came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.01 - 03:33AM to say:

Yes, I was wondering that...did they bring stuff? Or is it just that they're not supposed to be there or whatever?



Alanius came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.01 - 07:25AM to say:

Great Challenge! If I had time, I would enter :/



Sir Ollivander came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.01 - 07:53AM to say:

DukeBrymin & Evie_S - they're not supposed to be there. A good question.



lilyevans_Jan30 came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.01 - 08:31AM to say:

Congrats to Zapatorf for coming up with a great challenge! But why aren't there bonus points for working a Minx into the story, Zap?



Spenser Hemmingway came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.01 - 10:52AM to say:

Another excellent challenge! I bet that no one knew that the Delorean Company also made brooms. My apologies to Huey Lewis and Doc Brown.

The magic of love is a fanciful thing!
Make a young wizard crazy; make a pretty witch sing.
Grip on your heart kids--tight as a glove.
More than enchantment--that's the magic of love!

Tougher than rock cakes, wild like some boar;
Harder to handle than a Flux Capacitor.
Make the Dark wizard shudder; make our hero stand tall.
Magic of love that'll help him save us all!

You don't need no cauldron, don't take no broom,
Don't need no Elder Wand to make your heart zoom!
Like some charm or a potion, and a hex sometimes;
Been know to bewitch your life...
That's the magic of love!

First time you feel it, it'll make the beast roar!
Next time you feel it, it'll make your heart soar!
But you'll be glad Harry when you finally learn
She's the real magic--makes your wizard blood burn!

You don't need no cauldron, don't take no broom,
Don't need no Elder Wand to make your heart zoom!
Like some spell or a potion, and a hex sometimes;
But it might just bewitch your life...
That's the magic of love!

They say that Weasley girl's so fair...
Big brown eyes and long red hair.
You know what to do Harry
When she puts the spell on you
(And with a little help from above),
You feel the magic of love!
You feel the magic of love!
Can you feel it?

You don't need no cauldron, don't take no broom,
Don't need no Elder Wand to make your heart zoom!
Like some spell or a potion, and a hex sometimes;
Yeah it'll surely bewitch your life!
That's the magic of love!


And we're off! Eric B.



Fearlessvenom1 came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.01 - 01:39PM to say:

this looks to be very promising, especially if harry and ginny are not together at the time hehehe Im way to adicted to this site, its not even funny anymore.



Zen came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.01 - 03:20PM to say:

So it was something to do with Ginny and Harry and their kids! Ha. Well, this certainly looks like an interesting challenge! I must start working on it. ^_^



Zen came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.01 - 04:20PM to say:

...right, sorry to be double-posting, but this is troubling me. Is Lily supposed to have green eyes? I thought she had brown ones. >.<



lilyevans_Jan30 came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.01 - 04:27PM to say:

Canon Lily has brown eyes. But check out the title of the challenge - I don't think you necessarily have to assume this Lily and James are the canon ones, and there is nothing that says you have to follow canon for your entry. (Gasp, did I, self proclaimed canon policewoman, just say that??)



Zen came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.01 - 04:32PM to say:

Lol. My friend suggested it was to make us canon-loving people insane. *is suspicious*



hgfan1111 came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.01 - 04:44PM to say:

Woo Hoo! Go Zap. An amazing idea for a challenge. Yeah...why no bonus points for the Minx reference, friend of mine? lol No bother, I'm sure lilyevans_Jan30 can fit it into her story. Can't you, Mel?!



pokecharm came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.01 - 06:17PM to say:

I assume we're throwing out that Harry left for school from Grimmauld Place before their fifth year and didn't go to the Burrow. Interesting challenge :)



Sir Ollivander came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.01 - 09:18PM to say:

pokecharm - Yes, let's assume. I didn't screen the original input for any discrepancies.



lilyevans_Jan30 came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.01 - 10:37PM to say:

hgfan1111, aka Queen Minx, aka Andi: Oh yes, there will be a Minx, don't you worry. But given that there is no humor category this time, and canon is going to need much disregarding, I may be out of my element. No matter - I can't resist a challenge.

-Lilyevans_Jan30 aka Esquire Minx aka Mel



SilverPhoenix came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.01 - 11:22PM to say:

Oh, goodness it sure has been a while. 8 months almost approximately since I stopped logging in. I saw this challenge up on the wall and was excited--I wanted to see the stories written for it! Then I realized it was posted only today. Well, I can't have that, now can I? If there's nothing for me to read, then I suppose I'll just have to write something myself...sigh...what a burden! :P



Spenser Hemmingway came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.02 - 09:27AM to say:

After all I've done to veer from canon, this will be a snap. I had to look up Minx; Minnie the Minx looks interesting. The Hillman Minx looks very much like a Ford Anglia...hmm? The dictionary defines it as a pert girl or wanton woman. Oh this is different--it's also an archaic spelling of mink; a member of the weasel family (Weasley?). The visit to the Burrow while they are supposed to be at Grimmauld Place is a valid question, but I'm sure that it will be as easy to explain as Lily's tattoo.



sanidad came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.02 - 01:48PM to say:

Actually, it's not impossible to come up with a story that would be compatible with canon... but it would probably be rather convoluted -- which might turn out to be fun, if possibly migraine-inducing.



Kezzabear came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.02 - 09:03PM to say:

I don't see how it could be canon at all. James and Lily Potter (jnr) in canon are not twins and Lily's eyes are the wrong colour ... who said it had to be canon? :D I think I may give this one a go - there's a plot bunny clinging to my leg ... it's not full formed so we'll see how we got but gosh it's got sharp teeth and is annoying me ...



lilyevans_Jan30 came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.02 - 09:14PM to say:

Yeah - I can't see keeping to canon either. Kezz - there is an infestation of those bunnies around here and nothing I do seems to be successful in getting rid of them except writing something. Hopefully it will get Harry and Ginny out of my head as well. I don't know, they hear about a challenge and just start talking and talking and talking . . .



quinn came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.03 - 07:58AM to say:

Nice challenge... I don't see how I can keep myself from coming out to play on this one. Kudos on the judging categories as well, especially "parenthood". I'm excited to see where this goes!



quinn came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.03 - 08:48AM to say:

Nice challenge... I don't see how I can keep myself from coming out to play on this one. Kudos on the judging categories as well, especially "parenthood". I'm excited to see where this goes!



jk_salmeier came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.03 - 05:28PM to say:

So if this challenge is not keeping with canon, then I'm assuming we can disregard the events of Harry's 4th year and beginning of his 5th year, (graveyard, Cedric getting AK'd, LV's rebirth, Harry emo and in ALL CAPS)? Eric B. that is the best Harry Potter filk I've read in a while. Now all you need to do is get someone who sounds like Huey Lewis to record it. Great Scott!!



Sir Ollivander came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.03 - 06:22PM to say:

I wish to make a correction. Domino is the originator of this story idea. I apologize for my error.



Kezzabear came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.04 - 03:48AM to say:

Why would you disregard the events of fourth year? This is before fifth year. I would have thought you should take into account up to and including GoF events. I mean I know they are at the Burrow and not Grimmauld Place but that's just a location thing why would it wipe out all the events? Mind you it does *sound* like ti should be the summer before sixth year. I think tbh that this has confused a number of people and I for one would be happy to hear a clarification - if there is one to be given?



Zapatorf came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.04 - 11:49AM to say:

Okay, that is a very big relief, Sir Ollivander. I thought to myself: was my idea completely turned around and made into something new? Glad to hear that this is not, in fact, my idea. (which explains why I couldn't figure it out.) No hard feelings, Mr. O, it was an honest mistake. Domino, congratulations on a great idea. Not sure if I'm going to write a fic this time around.... I'll think about it.



Zen came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.04 - 12:03PM to say:

*bounces* I found a way to make it canon! I'm so happy; I felt it would've been so wrong to write for this challenge if I didn't stick to canon. Hehe.



lilyevans_Jan30 came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.04 - 02:44PM to say:

Zen - Now that, I've got to see. Wait, wrong challenge. No matter - I'm looking forward to reading it! My own story is not particularly canon, nor is it particularly AU. It just . . . is.



Spenser Hemmingway came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.04 - 03:32PM to say:

Pats on the head to anyone who can also include a tap-dancing zebra, a Hungarian taffy salesman and the world's biggest Doctor Who fan (minus their glasses). What? No, I'm just being mischievous again. Christopher Lloyd is setting up a souvenir stand in the SIYE employee lunchroom. I need to go address that now. Excuse me...



sanidad came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.04 - 03:50PM to say:

Spenser Hemmingway: "employee"?!?! Alas, if only we really could get paid for all the time we spend at this site.



Spenser Hemmingway came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.04 - 04:30PM to say:

We are a no-frills site. The SIYE employee lunchroom is actually the back of the janitor closet where we keep a bag of peanuts. We occasionally have trouble with the cleaning ladies storing the toilet 'mints' there in the same area. Paid? No not everyone has contributed to the SIYE fundraiser--hint, hint...



Domino came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.05 - 02:30AM to say:

Thanks Zap, I've had this particular plot bunny floating around in my head for ages. I personally wanted it to be set at the end of GOF because of Sirius. I thought his reaction would interesting to read/ write. As to the location there are two reasons for the Burrow - 1. Grimmauld Place was only introduced in OotP, and 2. the main reason is that it kind of keeps with the most basic time travel concept i.e Same Where, Different WHEN, which works with the story premise. I can't wait to read the challenge entries...having judged a few of these challenges I find it fascinating how, with the same plotline, or premise how many different stories can be written that are so different from each other yet keeping with the challenge criteria.



SilverPhoenix came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.05 - 02:16PM to say:

Challenge answered! I hope it's good enough for you all. about 8,625 words total I believe--I was seriously concerned about going over the 10,000 word "limit". That was fun. I enjoyed that challenge, thanks for thinking of it Domino!



lilyevans_Jan30 came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.05 - 06:52PM to say:

Chapter one of my entry has been submitted - this one is a lot of fun!



sanidad came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.05 - 10:06PM to say:

Wow, less than a week and you guys have something posted?! I'm impressed, and jealous!



Sir Ollivander came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.05 - 11:27PM to say:

silverphoenix - the 10,000 words is not a limit but a suggestion. If we are fortunate to have 15 entries submitted and they are in the 10K to 15K word range, that's a lot of reading for the judges to do in two weeks. So it's recommended not to be too large.



lilyevans_Jan30 came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.06 - 04:08AM to say:

sanidad - I said I had something submitted, I didn't say it was good - LOL!



sanidad came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.06 - 10:46AM to say:

lilyevans_Jan30: Hmm... thinks back to stuff he's read by lilyevans_Jan30... A Kiss Before Dying... Faking It... Sorry, not buying it. Still jealous. :)



SilverPhoenix came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.06 - 12:39PM to say:

Hmm...my story isn't up yet, though it would appear that I submitted it before lilyevans_Jan30...I hope it didn't get lost in transit again--that has the annoying tendency to happen. It's called "Patience, Ginny Dear" so if it's not in that secret place where the Admins go to approve stories would somebody let me know so I can delete it and resubmit like I had to last time?



Sir Ollivander came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.06 - 03:47PM to say:

SilverPhoenix - both chapters are there. The archivists have a few ahead of it to check out first. You did beat her by 4.75 hours. But someone approved hers first. Galleons wins every time.



lilyevans_Jan30 came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.06 - 04:18PM to say:

Galleons and chocolate. And a couple of those packets of peanuts from the employee lunchroom Spenser is always talking about. Actually, the same thing has happened to me. Just depends on which admin picks up your story.



lilyevans_Jan30 came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.06 - 04:19PM to say:

Thanks sanidad!



SilverPhoenix came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.06 - 07:32PM to say:

Ok, gotcha. I was just checking--one time I submitted a challenge and it literally just disappeared. I had to delete it and re submit it. Just wanted to make sure that wasn't happening again! And, hmmm, now I need to find an admin to bribe! Haha.



jennyelf came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.07 - 11:08AM to say:

I am jealous as well that stories have been submitted already. I have the start of my story written, but alas I keep checking for updates on Learning to Fly. Darn those minxes for writing so well that you can't get their story out of your head to write your own. :) But I am writing in between updates!



Spenser Hemmingway came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.07 - 11:44AM to say:

jennyelf--you really should wait to read the others if you are working on your own. I've been tempted to peek myself, but I don't want to end up with any of theirs in mine,

SilverPhoenix--I'm sorry for any delays in validating. Archivists sometimes prefer to go over multiple chapters together in order to remain consistent. With the time involved with looking at two...three...four chapters in the pile there can sometimes be a bit of a delay. We do try to give Challenge entries priority because of the time deadline. Eric B.



jennyelf came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.07 - 01:07PM to say:

Oh I do not read any of the challenge stories (which was very hard with the Baby it's cold outside challenge) but I don't want them to influence mine. I have to read Learning to Fly, though. It is soooo good.



SilverPhoenix came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.07 - 02:05PM to say:

Oh it's no problem, I totally understand. I used to know an archivist on the site and she told me how it all works and such. It's no big deal--plus that story was rather large for two chapters anyway, it'd take a while to get through! I just was genuinely concerned that it might have disappeared off the face of the planet since that's happened before.



GinevraMollyPotter came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.07 - 02:29PM to say:

Great challange. The stories updated till now are hilarious. Looking forward to read more.



Kezzabear came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.08 - 01:33PM to say:

Woot! I did it, i did it!



Spenser Hemmingway came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.09 - 09:54AM to say:

Kezzabear--You did it? Wow! Usually our interrogations take longer to get a confession. I hope you didn't mind the bright light and good/beta/bad beta grilling.



Kezzabear came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.09 - 11:34AM to say:

Well um, see what happened was that I didn't wait for my beta and now she is hauling me over the coals and um ... well there will be more ... and um ... better stuff ... erm ... I learned my lesson - always wait for your beta kids. Always.



lilyevans_Jan30 came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.09 - 11:54AM to say:

Kezz - even without a beta, your story was great! But shame on you, naughty girl, you should know better, especially when you are messing with time!



Zen came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.09 - 01:42PM to say:

I can't believe I did it, but I did. Well, the first chapter, anyway. It's not exactly canon, but...*grins*



Kezzabear came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.09 - 09:35PM to say:

It *can't* be canon! I have already had someone tell me I messed up the kids' ages ... but the challenge says *twins* it was NEVER going to be canon! Messed with my head let me tell you I am very canon oriented lol. It was HARD!



sanidad came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.10 - 12:39AM to say:

I'm probably just stirring up trouble needlessly, but the challenge just says they looked the same age, that age being about 6 or 7. Couldn't we have one of them be a couple years younger than the other (ex. 6 & 8) and just have one be a little tall for their age?

I'm not trying to pick a fight, or anything. I'm just hoping I don't have to rewrite what I've started.




Kezzabear came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.10 - 05:32AM to say:

It's called Twin Travel Challenge. *shrugs* I didn't like Molly fainting but that's the challenge, to put that in .. so I did. If you don't put in the elements is it still eligible for the challenge? I assumed not and Molly fainted ... but it was a struggle. I can't see Molly fainting tbh. This is the woman that fought and killed Bellatrix Lestrange and didn't faint at the sight of her Boggart. I have trouble with her fainting at the sight of two little kids ...



lilyevans_Jan30 came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.10 - 06:55AM to say:

If I understand correctly, you can do whatever you want for a challenge, as long as you include the four listed requirements. The blurb at the beginning that describes the action is not "strictly" required. And while I think the assumption, from the title of the challenge, is that the two children are twins, nothing says they have to be, although I would probably try to come up with a plausible reason for them to be different ages. Creativity can count for a lot. As an example, I won the "Baby It's Cold Outside" challenge without writing about a literal snowstorm, even though the challenge implied that the reason Harry and Ginny were stuck somewhere was because of bad weather. I'd say to do what you want, Sanidad, and have fun!



Kezzabear came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.10 - 07:49AM to say:

*sigh* well if I had thought we could do that Molly wouldn't have fainted and I would have left their appearance and ages canon ... :( Never mind ... *Canon fetish twitches*



sanidad came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.10 - 09:25AM to say:

Hmm... it is called the Twin Travel Challenge, isn't it?... I mean who reads the title of the challenge anyway? :P

Yes, lilyevans_Jan30, some creativity could get around the "twin thing," but I think it's better to follow Kezzabear's lead on this point. (I also agree with her that Molly wouldn't faint.) All right... let's see... looks through what he's written... I'll only have to toss about 2000 words and can re-use the rest. Looks like a deadline submission. Wheee...




lilyevans_Jan30 came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.10 - 10:26AM to say:

I would tend to agree with you, sanidad, I just didn't want to encourage you to throw out what you had already written and start over. Wouldn't have been sporting of me, you know? I'm sure it's going to be great - looking forward to reading it!



Kezzabear came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.10 - 12:12PM to say:

Now I feel bad you threw it out ... :( I wasn't thinking of that I was just thinking "look it says twin ... doesn't that mean ..." Who knew a challenge would cause this angst! :P



sanidad came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.10 - 12:29PM to say:

Kezzabear: No worries and no angst. :) I was at a roadblock anyway, so it's probably just as well. Maybe taking it in a new direction will help... after I read the latest chapter of "Rebuilding Life," that is.



Perspicacity came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.10 - 07:58PM to say:

A couple have inquired, so I thought I'd answer here: Much as I'd like to throw my hat into the ring, I think I'll sit this one out. My preference would be to do a more edgy piece than this site generally accepts and the spirit of the challenge calls for. While such a story would appeal to my sense of aesthetics, it isn't likely to do well in the balloting (like my last piece, it'd be orthogonal to the type of story most are writing). There is such a thing as "too creative" when it comes to challenges. Best of luck to those who do compete.



herekittykitty came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.12 - 02:28AM to say:

Wow - this is such a great idea! Wish I had more time to feed those plot bunnies!



Sir Ollivander came out of the woodwork on 2008.06.13 - 07:31PM to say:

Twin Travel, Twins Traveling, Twin Travels...er...I know someone went somewhere.


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