So this wraps up the first year of hp_yule_balls, and we can honestly say that it went better than we could have ever imagined. We received exactly 100 pieces of wonderful pieces of fic and art and felt like the luckiest girls in the world that we got to squee over them first. You're all amazing!

We have lots of people to thank, particularly our pinch hitters, who stepped up at the last minute to help us out. Thank you to redsnake05, furiosity, bookofjude, curia_regis, gryffindor_j, gm_weasley, miss_morland, tristesses, venturous1, and summerstorm. We couldn't have done any of this without you.

Thank you also to all of our original participants, who supported us just by signing up. There are some of you to whom we owe a huge debt of gratitude for your incredible patience and understanding. We appreciate you all more than we can say! ♥

And now we'll stop yammering on before we get weepy, and get on with the reveals already. Please check your links and make sure that everything is all right – that we spelled your username correctly, that we have the right link and pairing and title, etc. If you notice any problems, with yours or someone else's please comment and let us know. We'll fix it as soon as possible.

Also, we will not go back and fill in beta names unless you specifically ask us to (and if you would like us to, just leave us a comment; we don't mind). We will definitely not change anything in the body of the fic itself unless you send us chocolate and/or tell us how beautiful we are. (Please send any of these requests, along with the flattery, via email at yuleballsmod@gmail.com.)

( The 2008 Master List )

Also, pleasepleaseplease go comment on the fic or art that was created for you! It doesn't matter that it's not anonymous anymore; it's better late than never! We are resisting the urge to ban all non-gift-commenters for life, and are settling on pleading with you instead. Be kind and spread some belated holiday cheer to the people who worked so hard. ♥

Thank you all for such a wonderful year! We'll see you again in August! :*

Love, Midnight and Trubble

That's it! All fic and art have been posted! If you do not see the gift you submitted to us, or if you do not see that your gift has been posted,

1) scroll back and check once more, just to be sure.
2) email us at yuleballsmod@gmail.com and let us know.

As we said before, we will be posting the reveals sometime on January 2nd, probably in the evening (EST). Until then, catch up on everything you've missed, especially if you haven't taken a look at the gift that was posted for you. They're probably waiting with bated breath to see if you liked it, so don't be cruel by keeping them waiting!

Have fun catching up, and drop us a line if you have any concerns. We'll see you on Friday!

Love, Midnight and Trubble

Author: gryffindor_j
Recipient: loony4lupin
Title: The Fall
Rating: NC-17
Pairing(s): Teddy/James
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended. All characters engaging in sexual activity are 16 years or older.
Summary: "You may go now. I don't want to see you back in detention again." James mutely picked up his bag, heeding Teddy's instructions. "Walk back to Gryffindor Tower, no stopping anywhere. I want to imagine you with come dripping down your legs."
Warnings: None, other than the rating indicates.
Word Count:~29,900
Author's Notes: Thank you so much to everyone who helped me so much. You all know who you are and I adore all of you. loony4lupin, I kept a list of your preferred kinks and ticked them off as I used them, so hopefully you will find many of them here.

Happy holidays, loony4lupin!

(This link takes you to part one of four.)

Author: shes_gone
Recipient: jadzialove
Title: 59 Days
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Harry/Ron
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended. All characters engaging in sexual activity are 16 years or older.
Summary: It's been fifty-nine days, and they're still not talking about it.
Word Count: 4,500
Author's Notes: Merry Yule Balls, jadzialove! I do hope you enjoy this. I took your first-time request rather excruciatingly literally, I'm afraid. :) Many thanks to my betas and to the mods – all of whom are far better to me than I deserve. ♥.


Happy holidays, jadzialove!

Artist: rosivan
Recipient: gm_weasley
Title: Kiss Under the Mistletoe
Rating: R
Pairing(s): Remus/Sirius
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended. All characters engaging in sexual activity are 16 years or older.
Medium: Photoshop
Warnings: Bits, mistletoe, NWS
Artist's Notes: Remus should know better than to think mistletoe will prompt Sirius to chaste kisses. ;D


Happy holidays, gm_weasley!

Today's final posts will be a bit delayed, due to some RL scheduling issues. We will post the final three gifts this evening by midnight EST.

Sorry for the inconvenience. We'll see you in a few hours!

Author: bookofjude
Recipient: certifieddork
Title: Christmas in Cornwall
Rating: NC17
Pairing(s): Harry/Viktor, Ron/Viktor, Harry/Ron, Harry/Viktor/Ron, Ron/Hermione (mentioned), Harry/Ginny (mentioned), Harry/Charlie (suggested), Viktor/OMC (mentioned), other canon pairings.
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended. All characters engaging in sexual activity are 16 years or older.
Summary: Harry groaned. Why did everyone seem to think that he was the one taking it up the arse?
Warnings: Highlight to read: Wanking, anal, oral, rimming, canon pairings (mentioned), infidelity (Harry/Ron, Ron/Viktor)
Word Count: ~12,500
Author's Notes: This rather turned out to be a monster, but I hope that you, certifieddork, enjoy it! I think I've ticked most of the kinks that you requested. I'm sorry that I'm unable to do a passable imitation of Viktor's accent (Fleur gives me enough trouble), so unfortunately it will need to be imagined. Extended notes and clarification to follow the story. Thank you to K and D for the beta and suggestions.

Happy holidays, certifieddork!

(This link takes you to part one of two.)

Author: trubbleclef
Recipient: westwardlee
Title: Gaucho
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Percy/Oliver
Disclaimer: Oh, if only they were mine! I'd get a pool and make Harry wear obscenely small trunks, and Percy would be my attorney who I secretly shag...in fact I'd secretly shag all of them. At once. Sweet Merlin, why can't this be real?!?!
Summary: Oliver has run off to be a cowboy in the Argentine. Percy must get him to come back to England. Must!
Warnings: Centaurs, oral, caffeine. You get the picture.
Word Count: ~2700
Author's Notes: westwardlee, I can't tell you what a joy it was to write this for you. I admit I was a bit intimidated; but then, who wouldn't be? However, I am proud to say that I did not flinch. I met the challenge head on, and I hope that this makes you smile a little.


Happy holidays, westwardlee!

Author: summerstorm
Recipient: snoringolder
Title: and it's tied together with a smile (that you're coming undone)
Rating: NC-17
Pairing(s): Ginny/Luna
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended. All characters engaging in sexual activity are 16 years or older.
Summary: Luna Lovegood is looking for Clawed Frogpies in the Holyhead Harpies goalposts. (Not a euphemism.)
Warnings: EWE, references to het.
Word Count: ~5300.
Author's Notes: Title from Taylor Swift’s song. Thanks muchly to my beta.


Happy holidays, snoringolder!

Author: gryffindor_j
Recipient: cacklesthewitch
Title: Curious
Rating: R
Pairing(s): James/Regulus, with mentions of a side pairing.
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended. All characters engaging in sexual activity are 16 years or older.
Summary: A chance meeting with Regulus in the Prefects' Bathroom helps James fulfill his curiosity.
Warnings: None, other than the rating indicates.
Word Count: ~2300
Author's Notes: Thanks to the mods for all of their help and to cacklesthewitch for giving me a chance to write such a delicious pairing.

Happy holidays, cacklesthewitch!

Artist: kath_ballantyne
Recipient: Qurinas
Title: Beautiful Collision
Rating: NC-17
Pairing(s): Ginny Weasley/Pansy Parkinson
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended. All characters engaging in sexual activity are 16 years or older.
Medium: Photoshop, tablet
Warnings: Naked females, sexual situations, school uniform
Artist's Notes: Qurinas, I hope this works for you. This is the first femslash I've drawn in years so I hope I got everything in the right place *g* A huge thanks to the mods and to R for looking this over.

Happy holidays, qurinas!

Author: chibitoaster
Recipient: venturous1
Title: An Order of Potions With a Side Order of WTF (or The Last Time Hermione Ever Volunteered her Services to the Order of the Phoenix Without Being Asked)
Rating: NC-17
Pairing(s): Harry/Sirius/Snape/Remus, Harry/Draco (implied)
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended. All characters engaging in sexual activity are 16 years or older. And I just hope I'm not struck by lightning for what I'm doing with them.
Summary: Hermione really is too clever for her own good. It's too bad Sirius' luck runs eternal.
Warnings: 4-some, potions accidents, explicit, explicit sex
Word count: ~3600
Author's Note: Thanks to my emergency beta(s)!! You know who you are. I hope you like this, Venturous, I wanted to write something that would make you smile since it really sounded as if you needed one.

Happy holidays, venturous1!

Hi, everyone!

This is just a little note about the posting schedule. We've got a few more fics and art to post, so we'll be wrapping up at noon on Tuesday, December 30th. Then we'll give everyone a few days to catch up on their reading and viewing, and we'll have the reveals on Friday, January 2nd, as planned.

Please email us at yuleballsmod@gmail.com if you have any questions or concerns.

Author: furiosity
Recipient: nathaniel_hp
Title: Remedial Herbology
Rating: NC-17
Pairing(s): Neville Longbottom/Theodore Nott
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended. All characters engaging in sexual activity are 16 years or older.
Summary: As punishments go, cleaning out greenhouse two isn't much of one. Having Theodore Nott there to supervise is a different story.
Warnings: None.
Word Count: 3000 words
Author's Notes: Happy holidays, nathaniel_hp! I really hope you like this. Also, my beta is awesome.

Happy holidays, nathaniel_hp!

Author: derryere
Recipient: heathen_arcade
Title: My Old Ways
Rating: NC-17
Pairing(s): Harry/Draco
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended. All characters engaging in sexual activity are 16 years or older. Also, Nick Hornby's How To Be Good has inspired so much of this it needs to be credited/praised to a sickening degree.
Summary: In trying to become a better person, Harry seeks the help of a certain professional.
Warnings: *deep breath* plot-induced OOCness, AU for serious muggle lifestyle, language, boysex, hetsex, crack, feelings, flangst, canon-pairings, first-person, a lot of words, and the weird. Loads of weird.
Word Count: 54K
Author's Notes: Hellooo, heathen_arcade! One of your prompts mentioned 'an awkward moment escaping an orgy gone wrong', and that's where I started. Originally. Where I ended up is—Well, the orgy somehow disappeared while the awkward and the things going wrong stayed put. Despite the lack of that main element, I hope very, very, very very very much that you might still enjoy some of it :) I'd like to thank the mods for giving me more time than anyone should get, and my beta, J, who did this at a superhuman speed. Any remaining mistakes are the product of own stoopid.

The link takes you to part 1 of 6.

Happy holidays, heathen_ursidae!

Author: redsnake05
Recipient: rosivan
Title: Fire and Water (a dream of forever)
Rating: R
Pairing: Salazar Slytherin/Godric Gryffindor
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended. All characters engaging in sexual activity are 16 years or older.
Summary: Making magic together is the headiest form of partnership. Godric and Salazar know what they have, what they want, where they're going.
Warnings: Badly translated Latin (rough translations at the end)
Word Count: 1700
Author's Notes: rosivan, I hope you enjoy this as much as I enjoyed writing it for you. I took your pairing and kind of ran with it, and I hope I hit enough of your kinks to make this something that pleases you. This is set, obviously, before Salazar's split with the other founders. Uh, and my sincerest apologies to anyone who reads Latin. I'm sure I have mangled the phrases terribly, but none of the languages I do know were right for the story. Many thanks to my darling beta reader.


Happy holidays, rosivan!

Author: madeyemax
Recipient: aniay
Title: Somewhere In Between
Rating: NC-17
Pairing(s): Snape/Harry, implied Sirius/Harry, mention of Snape/Lily, Snape/James and James/Sirius in fantasy only.
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended. All characters engaging in sexual activity are 16 years or older.
Summary: Harry feels he and Severus have unfinished business.
Warnings: Post-war AU, language, references to het
Word Count: 4,797
Author's Notes: Hope you enjoy this, aniay! Thank you to F, my beta. And thanks to tailoredshirt and trubbleclef for running the fest!


Happy holidays, aniay!

Author: redsnake05
Recipient: The Community
Title: Not Quite
Rating: R
Pairing(s): James/Sirius unrequited, James/Lily unrequited and implied, Lily/Mary McDonald
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended. All characters engaging in sexual activity are 16 years or older.
Summary: James and Sirius see something they didn't expect to see when they sneak into the Prefect's Bathroom. That leads to something Sirius thought he'd never get, and James is so oblivious.
Warnings: None
Word Count: 1,727
Author's Notes: It's a little angsty, but I hope you like it! Thanks to my beta reader, S!!

Happy holidays, Yule Balls Community!

Author: marseverlasting
Recipient: The Community
Title: Almost Crimes
Rating: NC-17
Pairing(s): Charlie/Draco, Charlie/OMC, Charlie/Fleur
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended. All characters engaging in sexual activity are 16 years or older.
Summary: The war is over and Charlie is left languishing in Romania. Like every good veteran he's haunted by the things he's left behind, the people whose shapes are filled with the ruddy flesh of escapism. Just as the spiral reaches its end, Charlie stumbles on a half-familiar face from home. A story with too much vodka.
Warnings: mild D/s, spanking, rimming, orgasm denial, power play, racial slurs, lots of swearing, heavy alcohol use, dark themes, the palest whiff of incest, self-pity.
Word Count: 28,035
Author's Notes: I really hope you like this fic. I was really walking on thin ice with this one. For reference's sake, major inspiration came from Chabon's The Yiddish Policeman's Union and Sondheim's Company. A million and a half thanks to T for guiding me through this one when I thought it would eat me whole. You are a very good muse, it must be said.

The link takes you to part one of three.

Happy holidays, Yule Balls Community!

Author: gm_weasley
Recipient: derryere
Title: Wild Sphinx Chase
Rating: R
Pairing: Harry/Ron
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters herein are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No copyright infringement is intended. All characters engaging in sexual activity are 16 years or older.
Summary: In which Harry and Ron meet a sphinx and shag in a tent.
Warnings: EWE, established relationship, frotting, camping
Word Count: 4500
Author's Notes: Thanks to M for beta-reading.

Happy holidays, derryere!