MOD's NOTE: Related (and longer) thread here ~gal-texter

Title: The Draco Trilogy
Author: Cassandra Claire
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Action/Adventure/Angst/Drama/romance... You name it this series has it
Length: Looooooooong, book 1 and 2 are complete the third and final book is still in progress
Other Ships: Yes, a lot.
MOD'S NOTE: Harry/Hermione, Draco/Hermione, Founders, Draco/Fleur, one-sided and brief Ron/Hermione, Ginny/other, Sirius/?, etc.
Some cross-generation pairings, but they don't violate our ban's intent. I can't elaborate without giving the plots away. ~gal-texter
Location(URL): schnoogle
Contains spoilers for books #:1-4, Draco Veritas may have spoilers for OOTP
Warnings: Highly addictive.
Summary:

Part 1: Draco Dormiens by Cassandra Claire
[complete] When an accident in Potions class turns Harry into Draco and Draco into Harry, each is trapped playing the part of the other. Romance, mistaken identities, Really Cunning Plans, evil bake sales, a love triangle, and snogs galore.
MOD'S NOTE: No D/G scenes here, IIRC. ~gal-texter

Part 2: Draco Sinister by Cassandra Claire
[complete] When Hermione is kidnapped, Harry and Draco must team up to rescue her from a thousand-year-old evil that threatens the entire wizarding world. Cursed demon swords, love potions, time travel, dementors, flying dragons, Draco wears leather, and everybody dies at least once. Except when they don't.

Part 3: Draco Veritas by Cassandra Claire
The sequel to Draco Sinister, featuring winter at Hogwarts, snogging, Quidditch, mysterious things and Rhysenn Malfoy.
MOD'S NOTE: Warning: 1 (or a few more?) M/M kissing scene. I'm not sure if there are many D/G scenes here. ~gal-texter


All rec's shall be in the template.

[edit]Thank you Aurora North for telling me about my template mistake.. I'm so horrible for not reading the post-note. :x

From what I've read of this series, it's the 2nd part, Draco Sinister, that has the most D/G scenes. So yeah, this thread is aptly named.

H/H are also a couple for much of the series. I'm guessing this isn't in the H/H Recs forum for the following reasons:

1) most HP fanfic readers have already heard of this, anyway,
2) H/H play supporting roles to Draco (who's the lead character, hence the series' title.)
3) H/H pairing may change *gasps*. Writer's prerogative.

#2 is the only reason I don't read this series much. No offense meant to Draco fans. It's just that I'd rather spend my limited free time reading H/H-centric fics.

But the Draco Trilogy has witty lines and imaginative plotlines. Cassie Claire is obviously a talented writer. Not that my opinion matters

This and the three posts had originally come from another thread, which is linked in the following quote's snapback.
- gal-texter Jun 2008





I've read that one! I can't remember where but I remember reading it. The thing about that one was Harry was dead. Haha, I know it sounds weird but Harry was dead and it's kind of a turn off thing for me once Harry dies because then I get really tough on how the author would write the characters deal with his death and how, especially, his arch-nemesis and true love would.

Dead? He isn't dead.

Isn't Harry dead? I thought that was it...Harry was dead and in his will that he wrote with Dumbledore about something something, he left the house with Hermione and Ron because he wanted them to get together or something but Ron was over his crush and was out almost all the time. Ron never wanted to talk about Harry's death so Draco was always over to comfort Hermione because she was alone in mourning Harry's death.

....right? haha, I think we're probably thinking of different fics, then.

Oh yes. Very different fic. Draco Veritas is the third in a series of three. It's preceded by Draco Dormiens and Draco Sinister. All three were written by Cassandra Claire. The main premise, from which the trilogy stemmed, was that something went wrong in Potions class and Harry and Draco were stuck being each other. Draco had to put up with being Harry while Harry (in Draco's form) lay in the infirmary, unconscious. Draco gets a taste of life with Gryffindors, true friends and Hermione's friendship. The best thing about this fic is that NO ONE goes out of character. Draco stays his acidic, sarcastic, almost-repulsive self. So yeah, Draco does fall for Hermione, and Hermione actually finds herself considering him, because (1) He helped her save Harry; and (2) Harry already told her he only sees her as a friend (which was, to say the least, totally untrue.). By the time Hermione and Harry fall for one another, Draco is just totally gone on Hermione. Still, he stays completely in character through it all, even when he begins to warm on Ginny.

Okay, I've gone a bit now, but let's just say I'm emphasizing my love for the Harry-Hermione-Draco triangle.

For anybody who is interested.. the 16th chapter has been added.. and according to it there is only one chapter left of this great story

MOD NOTE: this and the next 4 posts had originally formed a separate thread.
~gal-texter / Pen May2008

I don't want to read the entire series because I can't stomach Draco/Hermione. I could possibly handle a little as long as there was some D/G parts. So for the people who like this story and love to re-read stories, if it's possible could you copy/paste the D/G parts so that I can read them. I'd like to read every D/G part, so if you don't have anything to do I'd appreciate it.

I just don't want to read the whole series! Thanks! ~Aya

Honestly? I can't even remember where most of them are anymore The most recent chapters of Draco Veritas have some great D/G moments, though.

Yeah. I wouldn't call this fic a Draco+Ginny story at all. It's more of a Draco+Hermione+Harry fic... I mean, without the sessy threes*mes.

Draco+Ginny definitely has golden moments of tension, and towards the end, you can really see them falling for one another, but I still wouldn't classify this as a D+G.

The Draco/Ginny parts don't really start until the second story in the series, but I am absolutely convinced that when it's finished it'll be Harry/Hermione and Draco/Ginny - might be wishful thinking on my part, though...

I've only read Draco Sinister, but eventually I shall read the first and third.

You're right, the second one (Draco sinister) has some awesome D/G moments!!

MOD NOTE: this and the next 12 posts had originally formed a separate thread.
~gal-texter / Pen Jun2008

Okay, I didn't know where to put this, so sorry if its in the wrong section, but I keep seeing the name "Cassie Claire" all over this site....um....who the heck is she and where can I find her stuff????

Cassandra Claire, the author of the famous Draco Trilogy

She is also a fixture in Harry Potter fandom, particularly in the early stages of H+G vs. H+Hr vs. R+Hr. She was on the side of H+Hr, was the Queenbee of "elite" shippers, and she wrote fanfiction like a pro. I think she was one of the founders of Schnoogle, too, but I'm not sure. I have to check back on fandom history. She was in the thick of the fandom wars when it escalated to real-life legal drama, and she seemed to have played a big role in the shutting down of a strongly H+G website once upon a time. Hehe. She's practically a legend.

The Draco Trilogy is an amazing piece of work. I don't know how many Hermione+Harry fics she wrote (or how many Hermione+Draco ones... or Harry+Draco ones), but I think lately, she's turned to writing slash for various fandoms.

well that answers who she is, do i just go to 'schnoogle.com' and try to find her there? i'm excited! I want to read them!

Well that's not really anything to be proud of, particularly if it's the site I'm thinking of.

Yes, her fics are in Schnoogle under Cassandra Claire. Draco Dormiens is the first, followed by Draco Sinister and Draco Veritas.

[personal opinion]I don't see her fics as any better than anyone else's. She just happened to be one of the first fic writers to gain a following. I get especially annoyed at how she lifts her dialogue wholesale from TV shows and movies, making every single character wise-cracking cool instead of an individual. I stopped reading somewhere in the middle of DV.[/personal opinion]

I don't know if she's proud about it, but given the drama surrounding it at the time, it seemed the best solution for everyone.

Let's try this again.

Draco Trilogy (click me)

I think at one time her fics were ground breaking but not so much now. I remember reading the first one Draco Dormiens and loving it. But I never could get through the second one, Draco Sinister. I ended up just skipping a good deal of it. I tried to read the third one but I just kind of wondered off to other fanfics and left it behind. There is alot of angst in her fics and after while you kind of get tried of who is going to end up with who. But it is still a good read if you have time to read it.

But I do agree with puck-nc about the movie and tv show quotes. Way too many quotes from Buffy if you ask me.

HA!! I'm with you there. Maybe it was because there was just so darn much DRACO in those fics. I enjoyed what I read, but kind of lost interest during Draco Dormiens and didn't even finish that one. Now I don't think I've got the time to bother

I just started reading the first one Cassie has written, it's pretty good, but I much prefer JazzyGeorgie's fics. of course I'm going to read all of them and tell you what else I think once I'm done. Thanks to all of you for ignoring my ignorance and helping me out! heh heh.

I've just got done reading an unbiased ten-chaptered account of this event, and the website in question was not to blame, and whilst Cassie Claire had seemingly played a big part in it, she wasn't the instigator, so...

Off topic a bit, but the account was absolutely fascinating, a really well detailed and documented look at the darker side of the HP fandom lol. I won't put the link because there's a fair bit of swearing, but if you want the link PM me.

And back on discussion, I've never read Cassie Claire's fics myself. I've known about them for ages but they've never appealed to me.

It did seem unbiased, and it *was* a facinating read, but I have to wonder who this Chronicler is. Maybe it's another sock-puppet of "Mdm."

Anyway, as for Cassie Claire's story, it's not for everyone, for one reason or another. I happened to enjoy it, though.

These links are dead!! I cannot handle this. I was halfway through Draco veritas and now my link is dead. *screams in frustration*

The author deleted all of the Draco Trilogy from all the sites it was at previously. The only option now is to download the PDF versions of DT from this site: http://www.heidi8.com/dt/

I'm not sure for how long people can download the trilogy from there...hopefully for a while. Otherwise, I guess you have to contact Cassandra Claire.

I hope that helped.

The Draco series were deleted from FF. net because, apparently, they're plagios. I'm not saying here if it's true or not, I 'm just telling what I heard. Claire, for the same reason, was bannished from FF. net.

You can see more about this in this link:
Cassandra Claire_ Wikki

or just go to Google and search Cassandra Claire...

Oh well, and about the stories...I liked them. It was my first HP fic...

^FFnet deletes anything that is HH/r and Super well written. That's what happened to Bob & Alyx (Bobmin).

I mean Cassie said she got Ideas from several places and creditted all of them.

That's ridiculous. She always noted when she used other people's stuff. Stupid people!!!

Lol, well I'm gonna download it then, Argh, I can't believe that they did this!

Those stories were freakin awesome.

Mmm, I've seen several things online that shows how she DID NOT give credit in many places where credit was due. She supposedly point blank copied word for word from different places. Borrowing ideas is one thing, borrowing word for word is another.

MOD NOTES: this and the next 15 posts originally formed a fic hunt thread. Orig topic title: Desperately need Draco Veritas last chapter
~gal-texter / Pen May2008



Hey guys it's been so long since i've been to the HP fandom world, busy with uni and then moving to south korea for my new job. When did Cassandra Claire delete her fanfics??? argh!!! I came back to read the last chapter ch17 and it's gone!!

Please please please someone send me the last chapter or at least tell me the ending!!

my email hk_fishball@hotmail.om

thanks a million,

remember to send it to me!! i'm cryin here

Going to my motherland...here is a going away present if you haven't received it yet.

Actually... You Would be happier if You don’t read it but the link is here:
http://www.heidi8.com/dt/

Actually, I think they're taken down.

Miss Mady

http://thegraybook.livejournal.com/

Here's her LJ, they might be on there.

Everywhere else, they were deleted (for good reason). Sorry, not a fan of hers... *cough* hack *cough*

Funny enough, on the front of her LJ, she comments on how a critic likened her writing (in her new book) to a famous author (can't remember his name right now) and she (Cassandra) mentioned how she loved him when she was a teenager... weird... hope she didn't plagiarize his work too...

im confused, did she or he steal this story or somthing is that why its no longer online?

She wrote the Draco Trilogy but apparently quite a few sections were taken from other people's stories without due credit being given. This eventually caused a bit of a scandal in the fanfiction world. Later on, she published her own book and apparently parts there were taken from one of the Draco stories ...
I think this is why she removed her stories from the site.

thx guys. finally finished it =)

I know that Cassie has been saying that she would take it offline, I think it is because of her book, and that her publisher wanted her to.

Actually, her stories were removed, and not by her. Her FF stories were heavily plagiarized and were taken down from every site where they were hosted.

I'll link you to a good summary, albeit long, about the whole debacle.

*edit*

Ah, here it is:

http://www.journalfen.net/community/bad_penny/8985.html

Very... illuminating.

Actually, I thought she took the DD series off of FA herself.

...Didn't she?

Miss Mady

Not according to that LJ post.

Wow, I knew Cassie's stuff was taken removed, but I never really heard the whole story.

'Illuminating' is definately a good word choice there. What happened is...disappointing on so many levels. To know that I read those fics and actually enjoyed them. I'm glad they're gone.

Thanks for the link:)

much love, jae

I think she took it off of FA herself and the LJ post was referencing FFN.

That's what I thought.

To the best of my knowledge, FF removed her stories because of the plagiarism charges and she herself removed the stories from FA. For quite a while after the removal of her stories from FA, the Draco stories were available as pdf downloads - with simply beautiful illustrations - from http://www.heidi8.com/dt/ . However, recently this site, too, was in essence closed (downloads are no longer available). I would hazard a guess that following the charges of derivation and plagiarism leveled against her 'real' book (there are passages that apparently are taken verbatim from the Draco series), the stories were officially removed.

so, I am REALLY confused.

I recently heard about this fic, and I've been trying to find it, but everywhere I look, it seems to be...gone.

Can anyone tell me where to find it?

If I cannot be found online, I'd appreciate it if somebody e-mailed it to me.

digitelanimefan@hotmail.com

I don't want to post the links since the author doesn't want these online. I sent as a PM.

I've been looking for these EVERYWHERE! Can you PM me the link as well? I'll give you cookies!