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Harry Potter turns seventeen, and to his big surprise, the Dursleys actually remembered! And there's more: they are celebrating it too! But there's something Harry doesn't know; there's a plot, inside his birthday cake.... Will Harry survive his seventeenth birthday?

At the end of their first year, Harry looks back and reflects on having a friend for the first time in his life

By chance Minerva McGonagall meets a six-year old Harry. Partly a child fic. Warnings: Abuse Dursleys, AU, partly OOC, Dumbledore bashing, De-aging, Pairings: SS/ de-aged MM, HP/GW

This is the letter Mylee writes to all the characters after she leaves Tarillyn's village.

Vivian Leroux has a cursed parentage, a sharp mind and a rather dull past. She's also Hogwart's newest student. Intrigue, mystery and deception are rife in this story set in Harry's seccond year, which also includes Snape's past, an improbable curse and a new girl who forms no romantic attatchments with either Harry, Draco or Ron.

The world is full of predators, choose your weapon carefully. If love is such a powerful weapon, why do knives sell so well?

Harry has lost the only father figure he has ever known, and now he is falling apart. Nobody can help him. He just wants it all taken away... Avril Lavigne song-fic

Have you ever wondered how MWPP came up with the idea for the Marauder's Map? And what's that got to do with the secret passage on the fourth floor?

The road to Hell is said to be easy. Draco has a few doubts and thoughts of his own on the night he is to be Marked.

Dean watches Luna with an artist's eye, and reflects on his obsession with drawing her.

Ginny has been rescued from the Chamber of Secrets. The battle is over, the villain is vanquished, the hero has conquered. Now Ginny must fight the battle against her memories, alone and in the dark. A short, reflective one shot about violation, control and recovery.

A hospital wing. I'll honour him. There will be a world created just for him, so he may live again. Two shattered souls. "Even if it's an illusion? Are you really prepared to live in an illusion?” A decision. Yes, I am. And the consequences.

Losing a friend once—in a manner of speaking—doesn’t make it any easier the second time around.

Harry considering his future during an evening in the Common Room.

Ever since they met, he couldn't stop thinking about her... (James-centered fic)

During the time of triumph for Voldemort, Tom Riddle, freed from his confines in the diary, finds himself bored and decides to entertain himself by taking Harry Potter's only child as his slave. But will things turn out to be what he expects? Or will the tides turn?

The Bones' deaths bring more angst to the Wizarding World, which has already suffered from many such deaths from Voldemort. A short one-shot on the thoughts of Minerva McGonagall and Albus Dumbledore during this time.

Remus Lupin was restricted as a small boy from magic, and from his own nature. Then he met the werewolf.

The rose blooms fresh, a vivid blotch of crimson on the pallid gray of rock in a cruel juxtaposition. Light Harry/Ginny, post-war.

It is Luna's job to tell the loved ones of those who've died fighting against Voldemort of the aforementioned deaths. When one particular casualty hits close to home, Luna reflects on friendship, love, motherhood and the price of peace.

"The heart bow'd down by weight of woe, To weakest hope will cling, To thought and impulse while they flow, That can no comfort bring, That can, that can no comfort bring, With those exciting scenes will blend, O'er pleasure's pathway thrown; But mem'ry is the only friend That grief can call its own." ~Alfred Bunn, Bohemian Girl````Four years after James and Lily's deaths, Remus Lupin has reached the end of his hope, dangling at the brink of despair. It takes a seemingly minor gift from a special child to bring hope back into his heart. Sweet, short one-shot.

A lone Ravenclaw discovers that the eccentric Headmaster cares for all of his students.

Sliding in just before OotP, a possible look at who Arabella Figg, and who the Marauders really were. Arabella wants to turn a few commonly held misconceptions on their head, and she wants almost-seventeen-year-old Harry to know what she saw, heard, and experienced.

His real name was Hakethenon Skhenatos, although his fellow students had long since given up trying to pronounce it , preferring instead to use his nickname ‘Snake Eyes’. His parents were apparently from some obscure eastern European country. His favourite hobby was dossing about, although those who knew him claimed that trading insults probably came higher. Snake Eyes was so intelligent that he had long since given up working. He had become Slytherin Prefect due to the fact that there would probably have been a riot if he hadn’t. He was gifted with an easy malice that led him to spend much of his time making devastatingly cynical comments about people. Snake Eyes was so cool it was unutterably painful...

It's 1976. Sirius Black has fallen in love with the perfect girl. She has an odd attachment to scarves—and she's got a really long name. A Mary-Sue parody fic. Gag-bags ahoy!

"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than a sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." -- Martin Luther King, Jr.

The only thing that was before was the smell and he only thing left was the smell. Everything else changed, that fateful night.

Remus Lupin misses the Marauders, he's the only one left. Depressed and angry, he broods on the fact that he'll always be alone. Songfic to Evanescence's My Immortal.

Harry and Draco have amnesia. Don't worry, this isn't one of those tear-jerkers. It's just...weird.

\'Missing scene\' from OotP, at Grimmauld Place over the Christmas holidays. Harry can\'t sleep, and can\'t work out why Hermione seems so annoyed with him.

SongFic based on Hermione reflecting on the events after the Department of Mysteries.``(Life by Our Lady Peace)

Remus is drawn to the Shrieking Shack the morning before he packs his things and leaves Hogwarts again.

What was Ron Weasley thinking during and after the chess match in SS?

Time does not heal all wounds. Time digs the wounds deeper into the heart, forcing the salt of pain to worsen everything until it breaks the soul. Time is murder in a new form.

Hogwarts is in for a great surprise....

Andromeda Black is sick and tired of dwelling eternally in her cousin's shadow. She devises a plan that will (maybe) earn her a piece of the spotlight (for once), cast her own shadow. Halfway there, though, she discovers a secret that could ruin the life of one of her cousin's dearest friends. How far will Rommy go to earn some fame?

Sirius has fallen into the veil and to his surprise he ends up in a world shrouded in mysteries and unknowns. His questions are answered - including questions that have never been answered in the living world before. Is this just a delusion or the truth? Is this the afterlife?

Two kids drawing a jagged line across a map. Like most stories this one has a beginning and an end.

Persephone Stranger is a top student, and yet, somewhat of a rebel. She likes everything that has to do with magic and her classes, except the fact that she hates History of Magic. Her most hated lesson is the Second Rise of Lord Voldemort. Maybe, if she lives through it, will she be able to change her mind and actually have any respect for Harry Potter?

Her lunch had always been connected with a number of little rituals. Tom Riddle x Ginny Weasley

Set nine years before 'A Tale of Two Twins'. Four year old Sirius Potter is on a family visit to his Uncle Ron and Auntie Hermione's house. Boredom sets in until his cousins, Henry and Jonathan, offer to take him somewhere really 'cool'.

What he found beyond the veil.

Jim Yoder, an Auror, sent to Italy to act as a spy but how does Voldemort fit into this situation?

Harry Potter uses an Unforgivable curse. The personal consequences are unexpected but may allow him to learn about his enemies.

Tyke’s mother has an unusual hobby – she breeds house-elves. But life isn’t always kind to those who are weak, something Tyke is about to find out.

Kindred spirits aren't always found in happy situations. Sometimes the worst is needed to open the door to someone else's understanding. Featuring Phineas Nigellus.

Draco couldn't believe that the Quidditch season had been cancelled. After all, there was nothing like Beater practice to release bottled up anger.

"Pain, glory, effort and balls - that's what my old man said Quidditch was all about." For Nathan Halbend, Quidditch was more than just a sport, but a way of life. When he finally graduated from school and was drafted into the American Quidditch League, he thought all his dreams had come true. But was he ready to compete with his own personal heroes as a starting chaser for a division team? Will he hold his own seventy-feet above the surface of the Las Vegas Veela Aquadome? Can Nathan fight his way to personal glory and replace his dreams of love, gaming and pain with the hardened reality of the AQL? Cameo appearance by Draco Malfoy. .

Harry mourns. Sirius is torn.``Post OotP.

Ravenclaw's sole remaining descendant decides that she can't take it any longer. It was the end. But also the begining.

My idea on what might happen at the end. I wrote this a while ago.

One day in early December, 1979, a young potions apprentice notices a purchase. The world is in the midst of a terrible, secretive war, and the customer's circumstances lead her to make an important decision. The consequences of her actions are life-altering for many...

A whirlwind tour through America for Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny. What happens when all four become famous...in the Muggle world?

Electrified amber. That's what he saw. The most wonderful mix of browns, golds, oranges and even a slight hint of violet blended together with flecks of black. Those innocent eyes that knew so much yet knew so little. Ginny Weasley was compassion personified and the expressiveness in her eyes proved it so... Draco Malfoy could do little to stop from loving her - except pretend to detest her.

A beautiful young woman walks the streets of the most despicable port of mankind.

The start of a new world, a new life and a new beginning. Harry is the last hope for wizardkind. Will he succeed?

On either side the great lake lie``Long lawn of grass so green and bright,``That clothe the soil and meet the sky;``And thro’ the lawn the drive runs by``To many-tower’d Hogwarts;``And up and down the students go,``Gazing where the waters flow``Round an island there below,``The island of Shalorts.

One day, somewhere within the last year of the war, Lily finds a photo that makes her remember the days when Petunia was her sister. A short examination of the relationship between the Evans sisters. Not sappy.

My version of the last chapter of Book 7. It's a bit sad. Hope you like it. (As you might notice, the last word is "scar") EPILOGUE COMING SOON.

Severus is angry with Harry and dwells on it alone.

Harry's POV on the day that he married Hermione.

Lavender Brown, warrior, reflects on life, death and family, the night before a battle.

The Weasley family enjoys a singular sort of Christmas. With Fred and George planning something, their father particularly amused by Christmas trees, and odd family traditions, Christmas-time at the Burrow is unlike any celebration you have ever known.

"Yes, I know it sounds like a ghost story, but that’s what it was. Supernatural, I tell you, sir. He was just different." An old woman remembers one orphan in particular.

Time is a concept. Everything is a concept. Time stops. Nothing works anymore. Everything hurts… There is no magic. AU

After Voldemort's downfall those who were found guilty for crimes under the Dark Lord were officially punished. Remus Lupin contemplates his life, his feelings, his losses... and his own punishment after what had happened.

The Order's chief strategist is accustomed to sacrifice. (Ginny/Hermione and implied Snape/Dumbledore. Warnings for sexual content, semi-gratuitous military tactics and character death.)

Everyone thinks Charlie has always loved dragons. Hear the truth, in his own words.

The story of the first Harry Potter book/movie, written in rhyme.

Someone gets an eyeful, and lives to tell the backstory behind this line from Mystery Stories: Neville? He\'d never be quite so bold, would he? And anyway, there were rumours floating around about him and Zacharias Smith and a particularly scandalous episode in Greenhouse Three.

James confronts Severus Snape after Sirius told Snape about the entrance to the Whomping Willow.

"There would have been a time when hearing voices would have had Remus Lupin checking into St. Mungos. That was a different time."

Ron, in his old age, reflects on certain events

“You cannot live without me.” Draco’s voice was little more than a whisper- emotionless; a statement, not a ``question.

A prologue to "Crimson Snow": details how Draco and Hermione fell in love, and why they eventually died. A story about the insignificance of life, the absurd nature of love, and about nothing at all.

In the aftermath of a war, some things always slip through the cracks in the pavement--including two witnesses to Sirius Black's infamous massacre. A Harry Potter/The X-Files crossover.

Lily was excellent at comforting, but she was horrible at being comforted.

Draco finally gets the chance to prove himself to his father and to Voldermort. He says he has wanted this, but does he really mean it? What happens when things become too much for him? Will Draco lose his cool and ruin the chance to save himself and his family? Rated for violence and child abuse.

Harry and the Dursleys are on vacation in New York City when Harry meets the girl of his dreams. When he tries to talk to her, he is ridiculed. Unfortunately, Dudley sees him, resulting in a fight and more *sigh* maid duties for Harry.

Harry reflects on his realationship with Draco, what happens during the war, and how they came to be. Short H/D one-shot, a bit angsty, songfic.

Never leaving. Always letting go. Sirius packs a suitcase.

The tables are turned on Harry - it's his turn to develop a crush on Ginny.

A letter, from Peter to Sirius, written just after James' death and Sirius' capture. Peter is trying to explain some things he have done, and is at the same time saying good bye to his younger self and his previous life.

Ron had never heard of a condom before, and Hermione swore up and down he needed at least one if wanted to get laid. And Ron definitely wanted that. Harry helps him out a bit.

An enlightening conversation between Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy. Set near the end of their last year at Hogwarts.

The mind is a powerful thing. It can convince you of anything, letting reality go and replacing it with fantasy. However, when that happens, is it what we truly need to become free?

A crazy story about a muggleborn and her obsession with Sirius. Sirius-ness ahead!

Even at a young age, Severus Snape didn't think much of self-pity. However, even he was not above the occasional bouts of it.

Harry is going off to save the world, as per norm. Only this time... he might not come back. So his friends take it upon themselves to write him letters of good luck, etc. Oh, dear. He really doesn't have very eloquent friends, does he?

While staying at Grimmauld Place, Bill and Ginny discuss the past, the present, and growing up.

The Hogwarts' trio has a mystery on their hands. The phoenix, Fawkes, is distressed, and the three students find out more than they bargain for. The mystery involves time in the Library and the Forbidden Forest (to Ron's joy!)

"If you squint hard enough, you can still see Harry – or at least a faded Harry, but with his still vibrant green eyes." Being insane is one thing. Coming out of insanity with a mixing of memories is another. Ron takes that confusing journey post-Final Battle and struggles to make sense of what is real and what is not. Insanity is rarely ever a clear picture.

One day you wake up to find your total life has been a lie. You loose all family and are sent to a school you have never been to before. Epona must gain friends at Hogwarts, but she also attracts the attention of two evils...

Ginny hasn't forgotten the circus her father once took her to, and when things with Draco fall apart, she decides to join.

How did Oliver get his obsession with Quidditch? How did he become the captain that worked his team to victory?

It's the Halloween Boogie, a dance only seventh-years are allowed to attend. So what happens when you throw the Marauders in there?

Harry/Hermione, but where does Draco come in... and who does Hermione love when she tells Dumbledore that "he" is dead? Voldemort striking his final blow, destroying the unlikely friendship...

Dumbledore's lingering contemplations as his former student, Lord Voldemort, casts the death spell and the regrets of a man to have his entire life lived for others.

August, 1977: Tom Riddle meets with Percival Malfoy and son Lucius in Diagon Alley preceding the younger man's seventh year. Enter to-be second year Slytherin Kiora Smith, a disgrace to the Slytherin house due to her lack of legitimate pureblood ancestry and residence in a muggle orphanage. Christmas, 1983: a seventh-year Kiora leaves Hogwarts to be forgotten, taking refuge in the elite nameless ranks of Tom Riddle's Unmarked Army. Halloween, 2003: Harry Potter defeats Lord Voldemort in the final stand. The entirety of the wizarding world celebrates. All is relatively peaceful until Halloween, 2007, when Tom Riddle loses control of his puppet and the unmarked army is turned over to the Order of the Phoenix by the new Dark Lord.

Cho is sitting at a cafe thinking about her past. It has been nine years since she graduated Hogwarts, five since Voldemort was destroyed. The world is Happy, but Cho's love died stopping Voldemort.