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Title: knowledge in pursuit
Fandom: Chrestomanci Chronicles
Length: 1798 words
Prompt: I'd like to see more adventures of Milli and Christopher when they were young, but really anything that involves Milli in a big role is good with me!. Written for Rosencrantz for fic_corner.
Pairing: Millie gen
Other: n/a

Excerpt: Millie leaves Series Ten, and her childhood, behind. The Goddess doesn't really believe that she might die until she sees Bethi lying there on the pillow, so still.

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Title: keep a secret without help
Fandom: Chrestomanci Chronicles
Length: 701 words
Prompt: for minutia_r, Julia/Janet
Pairing: Julia/Janet from Cat's POV
Other: n/a

Excerpt: "Just don't tell my parents, will you, Cat?" Julia said anxiously, hands twisted in her skirt. Janet's hand was on the small of Julia's back, now, and somehow it seemed more intimate a gesture than the kissing had been.

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Title: steal my breath
Fandom: Chrestomanci Chronicles
Length: 153 words
Prompt: first kisses meme: Christopher/Millie
Pairing: Christopher/Millie
Other: n/a

Excerpt: It could barely be called a kiss, especially since Millie shoved his face away immediately after.

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Title: mirrors into windows
Fandom: Emelan/Chrestomanci
Length: 545 words
Prompt: Emelan/Chrestomanci for spellcoats
Pairing: Chrestomanci and the teachers gen
Other: Set right after Sandry's Book.

Excerpt: I just thought you might consider it," the man said in calm, cultured tones. Lark was a little impressed. Most people shied away from Rosethorn's barbed glares.

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Title: Best, Janet
Fandom: Chrestomanci Chronicles
Length: 1017 words
Prompt: Yuletide treat for lostspook
Pairing: Janet gen; Cat/Marianne
Other: n/a

Excerpt: In contrast to Janet's scholarship, the courtship between Cat Chant and Marianne Pinhoe was a slow, uncertain thing, and Janet thought it could be nothing else. After all, the post office had limitations and only delivered once a day, and Janet had other things to do besides coaxing Cat into reacting to girls like a normal person.

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Title: Patiently Waiting for Our Wits
Fandom: Chronicles of Chrestomanci/xxxHOLiC
Length: 1271 words
Prompt: From self: I have a sudden brilliant desire to write Chrestomanci/xH fic because Yuuko would dislike grown-up Christopher so very much, and he and Clow would probably get along fabulously.
Pairing: Yuuko and Christopher gen; Clow/Yuuko implied
Other: Set slightly before Charmed Life and some time between Clow's death and Watanuki's employment. Title from a quotation by Eden Phillpotts.

Excerpt: There was a magician in her garden, and he hadn't come through the door. He was just there, adjusting his cuffs and looking around with vague interest.

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Title: Settling In
Day/Theme: Oct 23 // the replacement
Series: The Chronicles of Chrestomanci by Diana Wynne Jones
Character/Pairing: Christopher gen; Christopher/Millie
Rating: G

Excerpt: It didn't sink in to Christopher that Gabriel was really truly done, not right away. He'd stood in the office and listened as DeWitt had grumped on about a retirement in the country, a modest living, his years of service, but he hadn't really been listening. It was a long habit of his. He put his vague look on and hoped that it sufficed.

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