Here are some of my recommandations for The Worst Witch (2017) fanfiction. These delightful stories from very talented authors, on the Archive of Our Own website, are a must read.

I have divided my recommandations into these categories:

No Focus on Romantic Relationships

MumBroom (Julie Hubble and Hecate Hardbroom)

StarBroom (Dimity Drill and Hecate Hardbroom)

Hackle (Hecate Hardbroom and Ada Cackle)

Hicsqueak (Hecate Hardbroom and Pippa Pentangle)

1. No Focus on Romantic Relationships

It's snowing and I'm really cold inside (help me warm up, please) Link : https://archiveofourown.org/works/60739327 Author: Rawthg

The Family We Choose Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/60140695 Author: Hovercraft79

Would you help me, Miss Hardbroom ? (What Mildred wanted to ask, but didn't know how to) Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/60521164 Author : Rawthg

2. MumBroom

All Roads Lead to Home Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/48068998 Author: Hovercraft79

A Nanny’s Intuition Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/31291448 Author: heathtrash

I've just one wish on this Christmas Eve Link : https://archiveofourown.org/works/22051534 Author: heathtrash

3. StarBroom

Valentine’s Day Villainy Link : https://archiveofourown.org/works/58725958 Author: gaysandcrime

Heart Attack Link : https://archiveofourown.org/works/41546748 Author: StarfleetWitch

Favors Link : https://archiveofourown.org/works/13891548 Author: legendarylezbian

4. Hackle

A Good Deputy Link : https://archiveofourown.org/works/22936219 Author: cassiopeiasara

no need to wake me from this dream Link : https://archiveofourown.org/works/13238703 Author: eudaemonia

all she needs Link : https://archiveofourown.org/works/27416221 Author: walkthegale

Roses and Thorns Link : https://archiveofourown.org/works/13589322 Author: Meridel

An Abominable Affair Link : https://archiveofourown.org/works/58005637 Author: gaysandcrime

This Kiss (or, 5 times Ada Cackle got to kiss Hecate Hardbroom) Link : https://archiveofourown.org/works/49556281 Author: Hovercraft79

All The Magic It is a series of works Link : https://archiveofourown.org/series/1776937 Author: Hovercraft79

5. Hicsqueak

An Uncertain Spring Link : https://archiveofourown.org/works/24332524 Author: Hovercraft79

A fun day at Cackle's (that might be a learning opportunity for everyone, though Hecate will never admit it) Link : https://archiveofourown.org/works/60430396 Author: Rawthg

although i wasn't losing my mind (it was a chorus so sublime) Link : https://archiveofourown.org/works/13833921 Author: littlelamplight

as subject to time's love Link : https://archiveofourown.org/works/13152819 Author: hihoplastic

when the heart of this flower imagines the snow Link : https://archiveofourown.org/works/14807462 Author: hihoplastic

https://www.tumblr.com/citrusy-fangirl/821358491663056896/five-sentence-prompts?source=share

"Leave me a prompt and a ship and I will write a five-sentence ficlet off it."

Here is a possible idea:

Ship -> Mumbroom : Julie Hubble/Hecate Hardbroom

Prompt -> 39. discovering common interests

You got it! Or sort of! 10 sentences is almost like 5, in the sense that it is a... multiple of 5? It's a ficlet, anyway, look, I dunno.

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“You know, that's actually rather good.”

Hecate yelps and tries to push the sheet of parchment she's been drawing on underneath a nearby pile of tests, but it's too late; Julie, stepping up softly behind her, has already seen it. “I mean it,” Julie says, using one fingertip to guide the page out into full view again. “The sense of depth and texture you've managed to put across with the shading is beautiful, and you've a lovely sense of color. You don't actually hate art, do you?”

Hecate sputters, “I – it – this is merely an illustration of the anatomy of the common cattail, to be used in a study of the ingredients utilized in a hiccuping potion. I assure you there is no intention beyond a simple educational –”

“No worries, Miss H,” Julie says, and tips her a broad wink. “I won't tell.”

now can finally talk about this fic i did for the gift exchange now that the creators are no longer secret 👀👀👀

mumbroom enemies to lovers!!!

After an unfortunately timed emergency in their flat, Julie and Mildred have to find somewhere else to spend Christmas. Hecate, their unwilling host, has to confront her conflicting feelings about Julie Hubble head-on while attempting to keep both Hubbles out of trouble.

HAND ON HEART i never set out to write a full-on novella-length fic for this gift exchange. RECEIPT BELOW.

1-2k? TRY 21k, past heathcliff. the concept just couldn't really fit into a shorter length fic so uhhh i basically kept writing until the plot resolved into a nice ending??? i had actually planned to do another in-story day, but i felt like leaving it a bit open-ended was acceptable, considering that there's so much of it already and like, it actually takes time to read a fic like this (less time than to write it oh my STARS.)

if you have any time at all over the festive period to read, i would love to hear what you thought of this! comments are the best gifts ever 💖

Hecate Hardbroom was a distant person who closed off her heart for fear being hurt by others She had enough heartbreak to last a lifetime Indigo moon.. Pippa Pentangle.. Her father.. And Julie Hubble.

Indigo was her first real taste of true failure and it led to her downfall in relationships. Pippa followed soon after in her way to prove she could be a good witch and not a disgrace as her father and mother liked to call her. So when she met Julie Hubble and her heart stutterd at the sight of the curly blonde she was fearful. Not only was Julie an ordinary but far worse she was the mother of a pupil. The mother of one Mildred Hubble. Yet she could not get the fiery blonde out of her mind.

Shortly after their parents' night Hecate felt something she hadn’t felt in so long. In Julie's verbal lashing she felt oddly..intrigued. She couldn’t help but stare mouth agape as the beautiful blonde gave her a run for her money. She quickly regained control and composed her behavior but each reasoning was met with a rebuttal, using the witches code of all things. The witch’s code which the darker haired witch held so dear.

Now weeks later all she could recall was the blondes satisfied smirk at chastising her

Miss Hardbroom had tried her hardest to rid that image from her mind and slowly it was working

So the following term when she was told Miss Hubble would be replacing Miss Mould and teaching art, here at the academy. She tried her hardest to ensure that wouldn’t happen. It was bad enough after the freeze and halloween festivities she had made a fool of herself. 

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After speaking to Mildred about her new found witching status she had vanished from the dining hall towards her private chambers. By the time it was time for her to do her nightly rounds she had found Julie Hubble ascending the stairs and Hecate whose magic was still recovering from the freeze finally gave out as she fell to her knees. Miss Hubble, pleasant as always, rushed over to help her; she scolded her once more for good measure and helped her back into her private quarters and put her to bed. Hecate too tired to protest slept as soon as her head hit her pillow barely managing to change into her nightgown and that too had earned her another telling off to stop exhausting herself by the blonde. She could only smile as she slept to dreams of her. 3 days later when she awoke she was met with the same blonde and once more she was met with another telling off

“Oh good you’re awake, would you like some tea?” Hecate shook her head, her embarrassment of Julie having seen her in such a state slowly creeping up on her “Are you alright?” Her question was met with another nod from the still in bed witch “Oh good, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA THE FRIGHT YOU GAVE ME! 3 days! You’ve been asleep for 3 days, I left you to sleep and when I went to go see if Miss Cackle could transfer me home, she was asleep too! As was Millie and everyone else! I certainly wasn goin to walk down the bloody mountain at night, so I slept on your couch, hope you don’t mind, but to my surprise neither you, nor Miss Cackle or Millie or the other girls who had been frozen were awake the following day. Dimity and Ms Bat were the ones to figure out what happened. The ice had drained you magic and while it was restored when the founding stone was relit, your bodies all went through so much, your magic took a toll.” “The students!” Hecate found herself finding her voice with worry for the school “They’re ok, their magic so new was able to recover faster, Millie woke first but the others who weren’t affected are doing good. Dimity called in Miss Pentangle to help cover your courses” “Ada?”

“She’s ok too, still sleeping last I checked” With her questions answered Hecete felt her nerves subside only to come back full speed at the realization she is still in her nightgown, in bed, hair a mess Julie having sensed her discomfort offered to go check on Miss Cackle leaving Miss Hardbroom to collect herself and her thoughts

‘She’d stayed’ it was all she could think about, after knowing Mildred was ok and knowing she wasn’t in any danger Julie Hubble still stayed and had been checking on her. By the look of her couch in the sitting area she’d also been sleeping here. Her heart stuttered at the thought of the beautiful blonde sleeping in her living quarters She shook herself of those thoughts and made to dress and cleaned herself to relieve Pippa of her duties.

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With the new term having started a couple weeks ago Hecate still did not accept Miss Hubble as the art teacher, even going as far to make her sit at a different table. She’d been told off later on for that one, away from the ears of the children and Hecate would be lying if that hadn’t fueled some dreams for her. She quickly thought better, knowing she would never feel the same and her heart ached at the fact.

Slowly though her desire to have Julie out of this school faded and instead she began looking forward to seeing her. She began to notice things, the way her smile was always wide and charming. The way her hair in the sunlight made it look like she was glowing. Miss Hubble, having noticed Miss Hardbroom had mellowed down had begun to direct her pleasantness to her and Hecate found it hard to snap when she was graced with that smile. She did however miss that fiery glint. Which is why she found herself outside the art room gathering her courage to annoy the blonde.

“Blimey must you always slam the doors you scared the hell out of me” Julie exclaimed having jumped causing the paintbrush she was holding to strike through the canvas she was currently sitting in front of “I did not slam the door, I merely…closed it with authority” The dark haired witch remarked with a slight twitch in her lips, however falling as she noticed Julie's painting of…her, now ruined The blonde sees her eye sullen at what her closing the door had done “There’s no worries, there’s no mistakes in art, simply..happy accidents” she reassured “How…quaint, is that supposed to resemble me?” “Oh” the blonde blushes looking down at her lap, “Yea sorry, I guess you’ve been my muse lately” Upon seeing the smaller woman blush she couldn’t help herself she reached her hand out to raise the others head and pushed a curl behind her ear to see her face more clearly She wasn’t sure what went through her mind but months of torment led her to kissing the blonde and to her great surprise she was kissing back, however her fear quickly took president and she pulled away abruptly “I- I Im so, ehm, I apologize, that was wildly inappropriate of me” and in a flick of her wrist she was gone to seclude herself in her room, already planning on avoiding dinner