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Sirius is unsatisfied with the government and some of its policies and decides he wants to protest. (Remus/Sirius)

The boy who looked back at him was familiar and yet so very different. He was not the boy who lived; there was a smile that went right to his eyes and no scar to remind him of the past.

Not really very summarise-able. Harry/Draco hate, hurt, lust, love. Sex. Angst.

"She felt as though she saw them now as through a glass, through some lens of unmeasured misery..." A post OotP look at how one character attempts to deal with life in the face of death and the intangible nature of faith. Slight Remus/Minerva.

Harry's never had evil thoughts, not without being inhabited by Voldemort. But now, when depression has hit him hard, he finds himself with disturbing thoughts all his own prowling in his mind. And as he spirals downward...he starts to lose his love for Ginny and his ability to feel anything besides numb...

Harry's thoughts and feelings on Sirius's passing one year prior.

Remus Lupin thinks about his life, his lost love, and going insane as he watches the snow fall. Implied Sirius/Remus. Song fic to Good Charlotte's song "Ghost of You".

When there's no where to go, nowhere to run, what else is there to do, just end all the fun.

"I wanted to destroy something beautiful." ("Fight Club") And he very nearly had the chance.

You can’t see tears in the rain. And for that sole reason, she waited and yearned for the rain to come. So that she could cry her sadness away. Hermione loved the rain.

If the past is a different country, could you do things differently there? Remus Lupin has visited it many times.

Young Severus Snape discovers that choosing a side can come with a steep price.

"So he ran away with his hair dyed brown and his eyes cast downward, and he folded the burnt edges of himself away slowly, like a waxing moon." Dealing with Remus' years between the original fall of Voldemort and Sirius' return. Remus' struggles with the deaths of his friends and betrayal of Sirius Black.

A three-part story about the Black sisters learning that they aren't really Blacks - they are the children of Albus Dumbledore and Minerva McGonagall. And Albus Dumbledore is not the man he appears to be. All three stories centre around a single event.

A Czech friend of Professor Blaise Zabini found an important manuscript and asked for Blaise's help. Blaise obliged, accompanied by his smart cat Macavity...

Remus loves everything and anything. Like Sirius often says, he's too good to the world. Unfortunately, those who are too good are often those who leave before their time.... After two years of undisturbed sleep, Remus's mind finally slips further. Sirius tries to come to terms with this, remembering that not as good a person as Remus can ever be forgotten completely. Faintly implied RL/SB.

Sirius caught a glimpse of the moon. Sirius/Remus

The last time before, and the first time since Azkaban. Mature RLSB slash.

A tale on the Bloody Baron - What is his connection to Peeves and the Grey Lady, and why is he covered in bloodstains? A tale of intrigue and regrets.

In canon, it is definite that Dean Thomas is a talented artist. But why? How did he become interested in art in the first place? This flashback to Dean's past tells that story.

A reflection on the war, and the hero that won it. The narrator is up to you. "So if I want one thing to be remebered about all of us, it is that we were only human."

Alone in his house, Draco drinks and takes women in an effort to forget the only girl he ever loved. But try as he might, he can' t seem to stop himself thinking about her.

Songfic to a Jewel song: Draco tells Harry how he felt before and after their relationship. If you don't like second-person view, or slash, or Angsty!Harry, this is not the story for you.

Harry muses on love and friendship.

Blaise Zabini goes to 'The Squinting Cat', the only pub where pets are required, sees many various creatures and notices something strange...

After Voldemort’s defeat, the magic world is mundane again. Hermione finds herself in a standstill in her life where even though she’s incredibly intelligent, there isn’t anything she’s interested in making a career out of. Attending a carnival with her flatmate, Ginny, she comes into a scary new power: She can see visions of people’s impending death when she touches them. Despite her disgust at the art of Divination, she is forced to come to terms with her new power, realizing it isn’t something she can just ignore. What Hermione sees in her visions will lead her to discover a new evil brewing in the magic world, one where only her insightful mind and another’s tenacity for sneaking around can save the day.

She had encountered some of the darkest and most arcane situations as she moved through the shadows of shadows. With Severus Snape, OC and Lucius Malfoy. Short story. Complete.

Neville pauses to remember his childhood friend, Greasy Johnson.

Stalking. Killing. Watching. Closer, closer. Stalking. Stalking. Writing. Stalking. Killing. Dying.

What is more important in the life of Rodolphus Lestrange? His devotion for the Dark Lord or his love for his wife?

The war is raging, Draco is contemplating what it has cost and is missing his fiancee.

"She cannot even afford to live in the most humble of hovels. She is reduced to this. Whoring herself, living in an attic and eating little." A woman lives alone in a hostile world, fighting for survival. This is the story of her fall from grace.

Godric Gryffindor has been called too daring for his own good, but even HE is starting to think that charging into a swamp in search of a wizard known only as "Serpent-Tongue" is not the brightest move.... Not connected to Moon and Stone or Stepbrothers.

By request this is a follow up story on the question Draco asked his wife in Love Bound in Green Velvet: Laura Dorsky's 7th year journal.

This is simply a poem told from Harry's point of view. He reflects on his life and the lives of his friends.

A mysterious book on a secondhand book stall turns out to be a history written by Professor Binns - but it is nothing like his lessons! Muggle readers will be startled to discover how little they know about what really happened to the Druids, what made the Romans so powerful and what it is about werewolves that makes so many people hate them.

A short vignettish-type fic focusing on Draco, and peripherally on a Draco/Ginny relationship. Draco vents frustrastion and things are broken.

Blaise stood Draco up. He needs a substitute. He finds one in a pile of photos Colin was looking at which was not meant for modeling purposes and insists that Colin persuade this person to model... Guess who? I won't tell you, it'll ruin the surprising twist in the story...

A smoky corner office. A pouting dame. Follow Neville as he tails Moaning Myrtle in her mysterious doings as a '20s-style detective. A short little ficlet.

First in a series of songfics from the score of Les Miserables. You don’t have to know the story to understand this one, but it might help to see the connections. Remus Lupin ponders the loss of his friends after the events in the Department of Mysteries. Some indiscriminate time period after OotP.

Sirius meets Shaula in a secured room before his sentence is passed for Azkaban. They are of a similar background, and both followed good and evil with equal valour. Yet how did they both end up here, in the same place?

In which Harry is dizzy, Draco is smiling, and life doesn't go the way it's supposed to.

A little piece with Draco's thoughts in his thirties. Of all the things he had and lost, losing HER was the most terrible blow of all.

Sirius Black has just escaped from the hell that is Azkaban and is on the run. In the strange, twilight world that exists between the Wizard and Muggle worlds, he learns some of the cruel realities of life here in the underworld. Striking up an uneasy friendship with a strange, deadly clair-sentient named Morgan, the two begin the long journey to Hogwarts. Stopping at an inn in the border village of Mangletorn in the Scottish Lowlands, Sirius is jarringly reminded of an episode from his and James Potter's past, and learns another cruel truth about himself.

Both Harry and Remus must decide how to reclaim their relationship in the aftermath of the War. (Harry/Remus; implied Remus/Voldemort non-con). Dark.

Mrs. Black's portrait is a staple in Grimmauld Place. Everyone who visits there is influenced by her in some way or another; the warning against ringing the doorbell, tiptoeing around the house so not to start her screaming, and so on. But who was Mrs. Black, really? And what is her story that she has to tell? Travel beyond the drapes that hide her from the world and you will find your answer.

I lived in a shadow. At school I lived in Potter’s shadow, and at home I lived in my father’s shadow. I didn’t want to live that way. Whatever my destiny was, I came to see that it didn’t belong in anyone’s shadow.

Sirius and Remus were not a particularly happy couple during the time of Voldemort's first rise. Suspicion ran rampant between the two, each certain that the other was the traitor. Finally, the two separated - temporarily. But 'temporary' can end up being a very long time indeed.

Stemming from a line that popped into my head one evening after an Armchair Chat, describing Draco lying in the snow, dying. A rather dark little piece on role-reversal.

"Everything down here in Britain seems to be done over a cup of tea. Everything: Order Meetings – though I don’t attend – afternoon snacks, talks with adults, homework, whatever. Everything. Indeed adults seem to love tea, it’s an unhealthy obsession. Don’t now why though. I can just picture Mrs. Weasley with her purple apron: 'Have a cup of tea, dear,' she says, 'everything’ll be all right.' Or Lupin, sipping his tea silently, alternatively either nose deep in a book, or staring into space, imperturbable. Tonks, even! Well – when she’s not breaking the tea pot. All of them. Dumbledore, McGonagall, Snape. All…" Yes! Another middle-of-the-night-tea-scene! Hermione centred *one shot* gen. fic; not really angsty.

What does one person change? Willow wishes that Kalli never came to Hogwarts. With one wish, her whole world crumbles.

Many years ago Sirius Black played a horrible trick on Severus Snape. Snape has always hated the marauders for this, but what if it wasn't Sirius' fault? A look at the events that transpired that fateful night through the eyes of the only one who knows the truth... SS/SB slash

A dangerous new weapon is introduced by the Dark wizards to destroy Muggles. But how could a weapon be disguised as such a harmless object?

You do notice that even though he’s not going to Hogsmeade, Draco clearly does have a destination. He is not merely wandering the grounds.” Draco is preoccupied (‘I never told anyone about what you did to me,’ Draco says…) and determined to take care of the problem himself. You are about to find out what “with the passion of a thousand suns” can mean…

An alternate view of Helga Hufflepuff.

Potter has a dream and tells Draco about it.

The Grey Lady, about whom we know little save that she was highly intelligent and no prospective lover could ever live up to her expectations, muses on a life’s lesson she learned too late.

Harry, being an idiot, somehow gets onto Platform 5 1/2 instead of 9 3/4 and winds up on The Panda Express. Fortune cookies, chopstick wars, and confusion of whether or not the eyes of the people are opened or closed. Stereotypes and free food for everyone!

Before James was chosen for the Prophecy, he wanted to be a Knight in Shining Armour. But, Damsels in Distress are hard to find in the Montana Mountains. Sometimes, you have to rescue what's there. This is a stand alone part of the Prophecy story. It takes place the year before the beginning of Prophecy.

A visit from Narcissa Malfoy draws Ron back into his past with her son.

This is a little piece, set after the end of the war against Voldemort. So, it's set after the seventh year. Harry's dead, and Draco reflects on his current miserable life. ``Warning: it's slash, and there's also character death!

The Potters were the only family Sirius ever cared about. Last night they were killed along with Voldemort and he is the only one who knows who was responsible. This is Sirius' version of the events that end with him going to prison and Peter getting away.

Lupin has a job to do concerning Snape; Snape has a job to do concerning Lupin. Sequel to "Subterfuges."

Ever wondered what happened to bring the Marauders together?

Remus reflects on how music has influenced in his life in both good and bad times, with particular emphasis on the phonograph seen in the film version of PoA.

A rather different view of Draco. Here Draco confronts how his father brought him up and realizes that he does not want to be what his father felt he should be. Based on the song "Numb" by Linkin Park.

You can't always get what you want.... Ron loves Harry, but Harry doesn't exactly feel the same.

After it is all over, a man remembers...

How do you say goodbye to a brother? And what happens after death? Do you really have to know?

Marauder-era fic. Sirius and Remus being the central couple, they are both pursuing other people in an attempt to hide from their feelings. Quite angsty, actually. SS/RL, RL/SB, SB/LE, LE/JP

In war, it is easy enough to shoot your enemy but when is it easier to kill a friend? Dean makes a choice when life is the hard part and death is a blessing and a journey only the strong can take.

Draco hates the rain. He's all alone, and he needs somebody to make him feel safe and warm. Deep down in the Slytherin dungeons he ponders on his and Harry's relationship, and the decisions he has just made. Is he really doing the right thing?

Tale of a girl who survived being at the hands of the Death Eaters in the Second Wizarding War and her aftermath. -Contains poem by bloodredsoul (who I love *huggles*) called Dark Stars- Warning: This is DARK, like all my other fics. Don't read if you can't handle it.

Coming back from a DE meeting, Severus Snape has some regrets about his life. Songfic set to Godsmack's Voodoo.

He stood there and watched her die. Snape/Lily, the night at Godric's Hollow.

Barty Crouch Jr. must have been feeding Alastor Moody, right? Tonight the gift is lemon cake and conversation. (BCJr/AM)

"The darkness drops again; but now I know that twenty centuries of stony sleep were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle, and what rough beast, its hour come round at last, slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?"``What lies on the other side of change?

Perfection has its price.

Peter Pettigrew is forced into a role he does not believe in. But how is one supposed to decide when the lives of your friends are weighed against thousands of innocents? There's a fate worse than death.

Draco wishes that he could turn back time... Draco/Harry

Forty-two women, three monkeys and Harry’s scar.

War is the great equalizer. Harry Potter employs any means to catch his enemy. Harry/Draco angst written for Contrelamontre's 'Air' challenge.

I miss him, you know. He always made me feel safe, loved, wanted, acknowledged. It’s kind of funny, only not. No one ever asked me what it was like. No one ever wanted to know just how willing I was. I suppose that was to be expected. They’d be horrified if it wasn’t all his fault.

A challenge... Insanity fills Hogwarts Castle on the first day back. Set in fifth year. Beans, brownies and giggles.

Part five of five in the 'Colours' sequence. "And Harry was white, Harry who had been out here since before breakfast; the sun was setting now and Ron and Hermione would be looking for him, but they wouldn’t find him because he had turned as white as the snow, and for the first time in quite a while Harry felt like he was almost clean. Not quite clean, no, and as soon as he stepped back into the school he would be filthy again, coated with the deaths of God-knew-how-many, but for now he was almost white again."

Hermione never thought growing up would be complicated.

Inspired by the song Perfect by Simple Plan. In the Malfoy family, a son is never good enough for his father. Why should this duo be any different?

Sirius has been in Azkaban for a decade now, and he is starting to grow impatient.

Tonks will learn that when the love of your life is crippled by insecurity, you have to be shaded with patience.

'With nothing left to him, this boy-lover-has-been must follow; in an instant, his love, his insecurity has turned him from a prince to a pauper, from a would-be savior to a slave.' Regulus visits Narcissa, seeking redemption.

Being Petrified and losing out on most of your first year at Hogwarts can be rather frustrating. When you lose a film full of perfect photos in the process it’s even worse. Can the new DADA teacher get Colin out of his apathy without offering him tea (or chocolate)?

"He wasn’t meant for this… for this dull, endless, lifeless existence." In the aftermath of war, Harry is barely existing in a haze of grey depression.

Narcissa reflects on her mistakes in a way.

Tom Riddle will always be connected with Ginny but maybe her obsession has gotten carried away.

Romance, high drama, bitter angst - this fic contains none of those. Quickly chronicles Draco's writing career from the age of ten to the age of seventeen. Watch him as he learns what a pronoun is and why it doesn't bite.

Why did Peter Pettigrew turn against his friends?

Harry's been having dreams and they aren't dreams that any normal person would have. What happens when you mess up on a spell once and you can't help but mess it up again? Continuation of "Oh, Dear Christ!"