13 May | Fic: catch a falling star Prompt: “Stardust”, 2007, Matthew VaughnProm

13 May | Fic:

catch a falling star

Prompt: “Stardust”, 2007, Matthew Vaughn
Prompted by:alrespirar
Author:Anonymous
Word Count: 27,747 words
Rating:Explicit
Warnings: mild gore, violence

Notes: a million thanks to my beta and to all the other lovely folks who helped me finish this fic! you know who you are :)

Summary: A star falls. A hidden evil stirs. And beyond the wards of The Wall, three friends embark on a quest in a twice-magic land. Their mission? Retrieve the fallen star and win a date with the lovely Cho Chang.
But nothing across the Wall is what it seems. And for Harry Potter, finding the star is only the beginning.
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Harry was off his broom in an instant, lost in a fantasy of bestowing Cho with a glittering rock the size of his fist. Its beauty would pale beside Cho’s soft smile.
‘I knew it would be you, Harry,’ she’d whisper, her hair falling in a gentle curtain as she leaned in to—
“Were you trying to kill me with that glorified tree branch, or are you as blind as those hideous glasses suggest?”