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Strange things are happening all around Harry. People he thought were dead are reappearing. People he thought were his friends may not be. The Truman Show, Hogwarts-style!

La Figlia Dei Morti, better known as The Daughter of the Dead, is an ancient terror, deep in sleep in the Italian mountains for a thousand years. Her name strikes cold hard fear into the heart of anyone who hears it. She has been awakened - Lord Voldemort has called her out of slumber - and she does not appreciate being woken ...

*sighs* “She’s perfect.”

“My mother died just after I was born, sir. They told me at the orphanage she lived just long enough to name me...” ~Tom Riddle, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Ever wonder how Bellatrix Lestrange came to be such a wicked witch? The thoughts that went on in her mind? She left behind a letter that tells all...

Wormtail, aided by a bottle of Firewhiskey, finally tells his tale.

"He had imagined it on Harry, knowing full well that the red would enhance the clear, glittering emerald green of Harry’s eyes." It's sometimes hard to see the obvious when you're oblivious. A one-shot fic centered around a red silk tie and green, green eyes.

Set three weeks after the ending of OoTP, some characters reflect on the death of one of their own. Song fic to "If Only Tears Could Bring You Back To Me" by the Midnight Sons as a tribute to Sirius.

Harry tries to rediscover his purpose following a battle with Voldemort, but thoughts of vengeance are all he seems to be able to hang on to. His life begins to slip away from him as he sinks into the future he has chosen for himself.

"...That's just how it is, you know?" He didn't want to be the bearer of bad news. But there it was, spilling like liquid mercury from his high class mouth. There was a strangely acidic aftertaste following the words, leaving his throat dry.' DM/HG, drama, remorse, understanding... worth a look.

Hermione and Severus go into the Muggle world for a bit of an outing.

Justin Finch-Fletchley, leader of the Anti-Obstructionist Party--which opposes Fudge's claims that Voldemort hasn't risen again--is the next favourite for Minister of Magic. But Harry knows of a threat against Justin's life. Can he save Justin?````Takes place before the events of "Brothers in Arms" on The Dark Arts.

“That beauty encased in one man . . . it drives you insane with lust. You avoid going to bed because you know you won’t get any sleep from thinking about him. Harry Potter can make an insomniac out of a heavy sleeper.” ``- Draco Malfoy, concerning Harry Potter.``Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy share a conversation about the only thing they have in common: their obsession with Harry Potter. [Subtle HG/DM]

Companion piece to "Only the Best". Harry's POV

Barty Crouch, Jr., has stripped off his guise for one moment to infiltrate Hogwarts for an ally, a friend of old "still struggling between the Jekyll and the Hyde." He has to decide whether he wants to pull him down with him, or whether just not being betrayed is enough.

Whatever Pansy wants, Pansy gets. But what does Pansy want? She's asking too much. Ginny, ignored as she is, can't take it anymore. After all, she only wished for a kiss.

Sequel to "The Long Day Is Over": What actually happened.

What happens when our famous Hero goes through puberty? Well, with the help of his best friends and a new love he is in for a wild ride!

Song fic, Harry’s POV, A morbid tale of regret, bitterness, loss, acceptance and love. It’s easy to love someone who doesn’t love you back.

They clash, in every sense, as they meet. Rich and poor, good and bad, sweet and sour, male and female. Pale skin and pink lips, freckles and wild, fiery tangles, sleek perfection and moon kissed hair.

Graduation is something more than just leaving school; it is often the end of much more than classes.

An Occlumency lesson forces Severus Snape to recall things he’d rather not: his hatred for James Potter, his decision to become a Death Eater, and the love he’d lost as a result. A Severus/Florence tale.

Hagrid's had enough of Malfoy's antics in Care of Magical Creatures.

"Draco Malfoy was my life. I will not betray him." Whilst awaiting her execution Pansy looks back on her life with Draco.

The year is 1976. Sirius discovers Muggle music and together with Remus, a new hobby... Be prepared for bad hair, bad behaviour and a very, very bad outfit.

Severus finally has the chance of a lifetime. He has a date to Hogsmeade with Lily Evans, the most popular girl in school. But, as always, Severus' day wouldn't be complete without something tragic.

My ideas for why Neville is the way he is. What brought on this onslaught? No clue. Anyway, Neville is attempting to do his homework for the upcoming Fifth Year when he writes out his thoughts instead of a potions paper.

"On the third day of what would go down as the coldest November on record, James and Lily Potter were buried in a small cemetary not far from Godric's Hollow..." Small scene from the Potters' funeral. Slight Remus/Minerva, appearances by Baby Harry and the Dursleys.

There are a lot of blanks and ambiguities as to what actually happened on that fateful night of Oct. 31 and the following day. This is the story of what really happened, from the point of view of one of those involved: Sirius Black.

H/D Angst. Inspired by John Lennon and his fans. You wouldn't know from the fic, but it might help to "see" the fic in your mind afterwards. Perhaps.

“Is this how we'll always be? Sitting together, reading together, ignoring the fact that the world hates us, together?” ````An in depth look at the relationship between the Slytherin prefects. Draco/Pansy

Ron's father has died, and now Ron has all but a world of suffering on his shoulders. Harry and Hermione are there to help him through the loss, in their own little ways.

When Ginny Weasley escaped from the clutches of Lord Voldemort's ghostly past Tom Riddle during her first year in Hogwarts, she was not the only one who was badly affected. There was also her father, Arthur Weasley. Written from Arthur's point-of-view.

No one had ever made Draco Malfoy feel. That is, until he meets Blaise Zabini, who scorches him. In response to Coil's Monthly Challenge for May 2003. Gift-fic for Rob-chan.

Neville's mother gives him a gum wrapper every time he visits. This is the story behind the action.

A Hr/Dr fic. They fell in love. They fell apart. Now he's a Death Eater and she's resigned to die because of him...

After reading "The Order of the Phoenix", we all hate her. But killing Sirius in the Department of Mysteries isn't the only crime Bellatrix Lestrange is guilty of, and Harry isn't the only one she robbed of a father figure.

When Petunia was growing up, she was always watching out for her little sister, Lily. She was the oldest, it was her job. But then everything changed. Now, on the day of the dementor attack on Privet Drive, Petunia reflects of her relationship with Lily, her angel sister.

Welcome to Severus Snape's... journal?

Anyways, you know when you get a clog in your sink and you don't know what to do? You run to your parents or the unclogging stuff under the sink. Well, imagine you didnt have either. What would you do then? Ron and Harry have a suggestion that you might want to think about.

Hannah Abbott reflects on her life. Very depressing. One shot.

Harry gets himself drunk at the yule ball. He does something very stupid, and this means a lot of problems, not only for Harry himself, but especially for a certain Slytherin...!

When Harry walked into the Great Hall at the start of his sixth year, his entire world turned upside-down.

Christina Owens thought she was a normal girl, or as normal a girl as you can be when you're a witch. Then, after thirteen years, she finds out that she's not that normal even according to wizarding standards. She is Peter Pettigrew's daughter. The traitor every wizard knows about is now also her father. Is it Christina's fate to be a traitor like him, or can she control her own fate and become who she wants to be?

Ron is cheating on Hermione. Hermione wants revenge. Who is helping her, and why?

A songfic dedicated to what happens in the ending of OotP. MAJOR SPOILER WARNING! Song is "When I'm Gone" by 3 doors down

A song that brought Lavender Brown to tears as she read one normal day.

Ginny Weasley needs help with her Charms essay, but finds herself distracted by paper wings.

On that fateful Halloween night in 1980, two heroes died and another was born. But what events transpired to make Voldemort's attack possible? Told through the eyes of the traitor...

"Even in death, only she could ever make me feel this lost and alone"- Listen to the story of a death eater as he tells about the biggest mistakes of his life. Songfic- "Gollum's song" by Emiliana Torrini

Dumbledore defeated the Dark wizard Grindelwald in 1945 -- everyone takes this to mean that Grindelwald was somehow behind World War II, but what if the truth were a little different?

A songfic to 'Drink With Me' from Les Miserables... a series of flashbacks from Remus Lupin's life.

Hermione was having the best day, all of her days have been great, lately. Ron and she are firmly in love, Harry and Ginny have just gotten togeather, and she is doing just brilliant at school. what could possibly bring her down from her Academically unduced high? Someone who knows her better than she almost knows herself, that's who.

Companion letter to "Dear Padfoot..." Harry writes a letter to his godfather, telling him about the aftermath. *OoTP spoilers*

Extremely AU. "Once you tell someone a secret, it's no longer a secret, now, is it?" First of a series.

When Harry Potter's life with the Dursleys becomes unbearable, others appear to watch over him. This story is a look at what it means to truly be a hero. This is a prequel to the Canon Works, and a sequel to The Love of a Mother.

Harry goes to the Department of Mysteries to rescue Sirius. Will he be able to bring his godfather back?

"Bit of a nasty shock for him when he found out." A seemingly harmless comment by Seamus about his childhood sparked off this story, which is about what the words "bit of a nasty shock" could really imply...

Not everybody's gone mad, just a large group. Unfortunately Harry is part of it. Could a pair of ?s be to blame?

Filius Flitwick's first experience on the Quidditch Pitch in the 1930s was certainly not what he expected. The same goes for Minerva McGonagall and Santiago Sinistra.

Much unhappiness has come into the world because of things left unsaid...``Harry ponders, Draco listens, and no one leaves happy.

Midnight Johnson is a wild eleven-year old orphan who lives with three sinister and strange vampires in an abandond house that she hates. When she learns that her and the youngest of the vampires are invited to become students at Hogwarts she is estatic! But are things really the way she thought it would be? "Four Stars!" Exclaims Jennifer Cangreeney, a constructive critisism reader.

Have you ever wondered what happened the Night of the Prophecy?

Hope springs eternal, that someday everything will be different, even those things we cannot change.

Flowers for his drowned Ophelia.

A bitter first year is about to be sorted. She has seen too much in her life. She has created barriers in her mind to bar more people from hurting her. She has mood swings.

What happened between the time Draco pilfered Harry's wand in Umbridge's office and it was returned to him by Ron in the Forbidden Forest? (Harry/Draco slash)

They are sisters. Sisters can make great friends and great enemies. Through all of the fights, they know they can rely on each other.

Harry and Ron have now left Hogwarts to become Aurors. They are set to catch as many dark wizards as they can. Harry and Ron get a job to do, but what if you kill the wrong wizard? Harry pays the extreme price.

Draco Malfoy sees spirits at night while by day, Harry Potter tries to love him.

Sequel to Never Backs Down: How to keep from Madam Pomfrey that Sirius is out cold, has a pair of underwear that isn't his in his hand, is soaking wet with a bump on his head, and dressed sloppily, while you're wearing his pink polka-dotted boxers. Kitta teaches.

A Muggle goes cycling, Dudley (aged four) nearly gets hit, and Harry (aged four) is very nice.

Harry Potter is just coming to terms with his past when a visit to Diagon Alley raises some very dire questions. Who is this “pretty maiden” that badly needs Harry’s guiding help and in what way is she connected to the startling dreams that haunt him at night? What is the riddle that Harry comes across trying to convey? Who is the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor and what is her secret? As the Defense Against the Dark Arts class gets smaller and smaller, Harry is forced to answer some questions that will truly prove once and for all if he is a hero. But first Harry must confront Voldemort, save a lost kingdom, follow his heart to find true love, and solve the riddle of the Rule of Jupiter.

"The old question arises again. What is a life worth? Potter's is an army. And some are not even worth the try." Betraying your friends is one thing. Selling their children is another. Severus Snape muses about 'his' Slytherins.

Again. He did it AGAIN. I can't stand when he does that. He cocks his head to the side, smirks, and then looks away. I should be thinking, "Why does he smirk at me like that?" I should be thinking, "Why does he hate muggle-borns like me?" But I'm not thinking that. I'm thinking, "Why does he look away?"

Cedric Diggory is dead and Voldemort is back. It is up to a Hufflepuff and two red-headed Gryffindors to boost morale throughout Hogwarts...

Hogwarts has turned into a giant love triangle! Harry discovers secret loves between his friends and enemies as well as discovering his own love. Christmas at Hogwarts is very different this year; from morning to night there are surprises left and right. Harry/Hermione, Ron/McGonagall, Neville/Snape, Draco/Goyle/Crabbe/Blaise, Cho/house-elf/giant squid.

Two men meet in a place where the worlds intersect, and realize they are more alike than they thought. But for Wesley Wyndham-Pryce and Remus Lupin, things are about to get very, very deadly.

Remus sits outside by the edge of the lake one afternoon, thinking about his lycanthropy and everything that goes on with it, and how he always has to lie to his friends. Then James, Sirius and Peter come, and they talk. It reassures Remus a bit, but he knows he's still not ready.

A quick sketch of my favorite Weasley. Percy thinks about his work and his choices.

Sometimes, the patterns that shape our lives control us.

Every century they are reborn by the dawn, live by the day, fall by the dusk, and die by the night. The four phases of true magick they represent and the power of it do they wield. They were once chosen to lead and were lost in the power. Now they are chosen again to prove themselves capable. They will remold the world and a new era will began. The Era of Rebirth. They are... Virginia, Last Queen of Avaloni Atlantis. Through her lust for power she destroyed her home. Aislinn, former High Priestess of Avery, Her wisdom bought her eternity. Patricia, founder of Daybreak, Through knowledge she became supreme. Everleare, Amazon Healer, Her touch is as a phoenix tear. Reborn in a new time and they shall reign again.

"He was almost there; he knew it. So close and yet so far at the same time. He knew the spell, he knew the incantations by heart; he knew he could do it. There was one thing he did not know, though, and it was the last stage. He still could not grab the shape he was to take..."

The original Marauders have finished their OWLs early.... What will happen? And what happens when some NEW marauders at Hogwarts finish their OWLs?

Hagrid reflects on what he has gone through, and the things he has endured to get to where he is.

A small twist of fate and Draco is faced with life changing choices. He can either succumb to his roots, or begin a whole new chapter of his life. This is his second decision.

It's Draco's seventh year, and feelings within him have changed towards a certain redhead, but is he ready to tell her? If he does, what will the consequences be? DM/GW, SF/DT (implied), HG/HP (implied), RW/PP (implied).

The thoughts-- and perhaps a few admissions-- of a not so flexable mother.

Post-Hogwarts. Azkaban is cruel to him, but the thought of one person keeps him sane. This is a lamentation of a nightmare, because nightmares are preferable to reality.

What would happen if the Sailor Senshi were to meet the Gryffindor Trio? Adventure and a new way to look at things, that's what. As the Senshi leave something behind in the Harry Potter universe, what will the effects be, later down in the time stream?

It wasn't supposed to happen like this. I had my whole life planned out, and this... this was definately not part of the plan. I didn't want this.... I hadn't counted on this. And yet, here it was.

Soon we will have the forever we deserve. *H/D slash*

Hermione didn't expect the bomb to blast the train apart. She didn't expect what happened on the seventh of July 2005. None of us did. Like many, she was scared and terrified. Like many, she survived. She was one of the lucky ones.

"Wednesday's child is full of woe." A Petunia fic.

Lupin made the mistake of believing what he'd been told once, with Sirius; he won't make the same mistake with Snape.

Ron and Hermione have a row in the rain. Some words are cold, but to them- the rain is on fire.

Dress robes, a ball, date ditching, Hermione dancing with Draco, Blaise is a girl, a misunderstanding, one 'I love you', and a kiss.

Draco was trapped by a responsibility he realised he did not want. Hermione was captured by the Death Eaters just to find that Draco was one of them. Harry was having a hard time pulling himself together. How was it possible for them to find happiness? DracoHermione.

The date is the 22nd April. In three days time, Hermione and Draco's lives will be changed forever.