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A tragic strike staggers the teens during a storm-ridden August. An accident occurs after emotions escalate, causing Harry and Ginny to age a little more, a little faster.

Remade in dreams, Ginny becomes something new. Her skin is the canvas and his words transform her.

A meeting in the library can bring so much more than was ever meant to happen. How can two teenagers deal with their feelings that they never knew they had? Draco/Hermione one-shot. Songfic to "When Love and Hate Collide"

Regulus Black, some snippets from his too short life.

Draco Malfoy can have anything in the world that he wants, and he does, except for his father’s love.

Love is such a beautiful thing, and when it's gone, can cause so much pain. Through the workings of one special young woman, Minerva finds the strength to forgive, and move on from something that has crippled her for a long time.

They say Potter’s gone mad; they say Harry Potter lost his mind after he defeated Voldemort on that rainy April night. But Harry’s publicist and best friend, Ron Weasley, knows better. Ron knows that if anyone is insane, it is himself. Hermione’s death ruined him. She had been his friend. She had been his wife. And now, she was his beautiful tragedy.

After the events in the Department of Mystery, Harry is given permission to leave his family and go live in 12 Grimmauld Place. There, he finds a letter written to him, by none other than Sirius Black.

What happens after the war with Voldemort? What's happening in the wizarding world?

Sometimes it's hard to to distinguish what you want to do from what you need to do. A sequel to Bon Voyage.

Remus Lupin had always wanted to ask Dolores Umbridge why she hated half-breeds that much. But when he has the opportunity to know, he finds out he really didn't want to see the skeletons Dolores hid in her closet.

It was completely unexpected, completely unbelievable, and all Harry could do was laugh at the irony.

On Sirius, in wartime. Five very different careers.

The Golden Trio, as seen by an anonymous observer. They were always together - until one day, they weren't.

A fic about Harry's seventh year at Hogwarts. How does it end: with school, with love, or with Voldemort?

In a time of darkness and uncertainty, the Ministry of Magic is foolishly desperate for answers -- and answers, even if they aren't true. Enter Lucius Malfoy and Severus Snape, who know how to kill two birds with one stone: make themselves look good to Fudge AND help Voldemort get James Potter out of they way. Includes James-angst, Lily-worrying, some cuddles, some gory death, a bit of MWPP humor, and some subtle Snape-glorification.

They say it takes one to know one; if that were true, Sirius would be the foremost authority on diagnosing depression.

The lives of Bellatrix and Narcissa, dark sisters, and their cycle of love and abuse. Femmeslash. Blackcest. Good fun. :) Rated for violence and intensity.

In these harrowing times, the tolls of being Hogwarts School Nurse force Poppy Pomfrey to resort to unorthodox methods.

It's Ginny/Harry POV. The song is Harry's thoughts sort of and Ginny is the "I". It's just one of those cutesy fics with a kiss in the end.

How would Draco cope with Lucius's death if he and Harry were a couple at the time? A short fic about mourning and hope.

Harry thinks he knows what having a girlfriend will be like. Then the rains come, and everything changes; with too much rain to care about much of anything, Draco and Harry lose themselves in need.

Autumn is for dying. Or so he has always thought. As leaves fall, do you fall?

As Remus sits down to write an eulogy, his eye catches an old picture from the Marauders' days at Hogwarts and he sinks into memories. This is my interpretation of how Moony is feeling towards the loss. *OotP SPOILERS! DON'T READ UNLESS YOU'RE FINISHED!*

Lily is now the proud mother of a bubbly baby boy. She has just returned home from the hospital for the first time with him but something seems to be irking her. The man in the kitchen preparing her tea might not be her sons father. Who could Lily Evans have gotten caught up with? How did this happen? What if The-Boy-Who-Lived isn't really the son of James Potter?

A collection of memories from the Black children. They relive their worst and best moments in their lives.

He still hasn't let go. It's ok to grieve, it's natural to mourn, but it's gone too far, too long. Sequel to Dark Blue

Hermione sits and thinks for a while. It's Christmas, she's happy and everything is fine and fluffy. Well, almost...

'Padfoot,' he said. 'Your candle’s burned out long before your legend ever will.' A post-OoTP fic honouring Sirius' death. Inspired by Elton John's 'Candle in the Wind'.

Professor Remus Lupin and Harry Potter are brought together as Harry tries to conquer the dementors. In so doing, Harry and Lupin forge a friendship as Harry reexperiences the last moments of his parents’ life with Lupin’s assistance. This missing bit of story explains how Harry conquers the Patronus charm.

"I'm a Dursley now, not an Evans." Petunia goes through love, life, and death. A tracing of her evolution from her wedding day to the morning that Harry arrives on her doorstep. L/J, Vernon/Petunia, coarse language. Can be read with 'Enharmonic' or as a standalone.

“Why do you hate Harry so much?” she asked carefully. Draco held her gaze. His lips were tinged with blue, and he clutched his chest but he answered her nevertheless. “Because everyone knows how you feel about him,” he answered finally. “And he’s the only one moronic enough not to realise it.”

Lucius's resolve to hold onto his mind in Azkaban is failing. Only one thing can keep him sane.

Luna Lovegood sits, one night, in her empty dormitory, dragging a knife across her skin. All the hurt and the pain of the past fifteen years of her life is coming to her in a rush. She loved him, and she thought he loved her. But it wasn't so...he'd made love to another. He claimed love for another. And for Luna, this was the last straw. Will Harry be able to save Luna from herself?

Ginny doesn’t know who she is anymore. She wakes up and there is a new feeling, not unfamiliar, but so unexpected it robs her of breath and all she can do is lie on her back and blink slowly.

Draco mulls over the two worst words in the English language: if only.

Hermione bids goodbye to a loved one and a best friend.

'The blood of Black demands more blood.' Even after all these years, Andromeda takes her lessons to heart.

Two "heavy" characters from the Harry Potter world decide to seek a professional, muggle style. They discuss their concerns, problems, and anguish. It's a venting session. You find out some "dark" secrets. You can probably figure who these characters are from the beggining, but why not find out if it's a fun and interesting session.

"...But it's ok, cause Harry always forgives."

"I remember my sister, yes I do. I remember her long, red hair and her green eyes. I remember how she was popular and how she could be so excited about everything."

A married Draco and Ginny struggle with exile from their families and eventually infertility.````A story about the strength of love.

A month after the rebirth of Voldemort, Peter Pettigrew takes a moment to contemplate the meaning of life, loyalty, and strength--or at least of his new hand.

After the rough break-up with Harry, Ginny confides in someone to make her feel better.

Harry's PoV on a horrific event that happens in the heart of the Forbidden forest when he, Ron, and Hermione find their way there one night. . . .

If you have your life planned for you already, you have to grab your pleasures where you can, and not waste opportunities. You're going to have all your life for regrets. Femslash and het and a whole lot of angst.

Draco/Goyle. (Are you still there?) Set post-war and victory. When you're on the losing side, you don't expect the hero's treatment. Draco learns what it is to live when everything you once knew no longer exists -- and finds it just as he never imagined.

Ginny Weasley finds out that her boyfriend, Harry Potter, is harboring secrets from her. Tired of being ignored and being lied to, Ginny decides to take matters into her own hands and get revenge. When her heart hardens to all around her, especially the Trio, she fulfills the prophecy and becomes the Ice Queen... (slight h/g, d/g, h/hr)

Songfic. Draco wonders what happened to his relationship with Ginny...

Draco and Harry stand in an alleyway near Hogsmeade, contemplating the future of their relationship. Harry loves two people - but who will he choose? Harry/Draco. Draco's POV

Even when it comes to this, she still loves him.

H/D slash. Just a short fic where Harry watches as Draco plays the piano. Idealistic.

Sequel to "Other." A frustrated Madam Pomfrey reflects on being helpless in the face of the worst problems.

A vengeful witch, an ebony-haired victim, a familiar tale... but in the Dark, nothing is as it seems. Chaste but kinky Snape/Hermione, graphic and somewhat violent.

Written for angelofthenorth in McTabby's Blame Each Other Challenge. There's a set of twins, one magical, one a Squib. What happens when the Squib shows up at Hogwarts? Title and story also inspired by Katherine Paterson's Jacob Have I Loved.

Ginny's hurt and confused. After five years her feelings for Tom haven't faded away yet. Who will help her out of her anguish? Who will help her to keep on living?

Harry's first Christmas. James and Lily have an argument. Will they make up in time, or will Christmas--and their lives--be ruined?

Harry contemplates his position as his father's son, and wonders what he's supposed to do now.

Hogwart Students on Cedric's Death. Starts with Cho Chang. Everyone says their feelings of his death - no-holds-barred. People remember what it was like, their relationships twords him, and how they feel now.

Draco realizes his mistake a little too late for both Harry and himself. Can he save both of them too late?

The threat of Voldemort is increasing daily. The magic world calls for salvation, but who knows where to find it? Few, like Dumbledore, know where, but will an unexpected invocation of deep magic destroy all hope? warning, slash and much angst!

Ginny is stuck in a dungeon waiting for someone to rescue her. It isn't a prince on a white steed. It's a dragon.

The more things change, the more they stay the same. (Please note--very dark.)

Harry's been brought to stay at The Order's headquarters. He believes that finally he'll have a chance to talk to Sirius face to face but it's not as easy as he expected.

When Ron and Hermione are killed during Voldemort's defeat, Harry is lost. After months of wandering the school at night, Draco Malfoy finally confronts the hero. The result is neither anticipated nor desired by either boy. With Harry's first human interaction in months, however, things may simply run their course. Slash.

Harry has fallen so deep into a depression that he commits suicide. Unfortunately, he hasn't been allowed to cross over. Instead, his "guardian angel" has come down to show him what will happen to those he left behind. The "angel" gives him a second chance, but will what Harry sees change his mind about taking his life?

AU. Peter Pettigrew did not betray James; Sirius, who was Secret Keeper after him, also did not betray James. As ghosts, they have a different view of the world... Maybe, just maybe, it was James and Lily Potter who betrayed them.

In 1948, the village of Blackwater - a center of civilization in the wizarding world - was wrecked to ashes by the forces of Grindelwald, causing its inhabitants to question the existence of magic - wiping it out of the village. Thirty-six years later, Remus John Lupin, fresh out of psychology study in a muggle college, wanders into the lost village. Confronted by immense prejudice and self-denial, the ability to resolve the denial is in the hands of Remus, and in the questions of two children - a nine-year old orphan and an unwilling metamorphmagus.

James Potter has been living his life on an estate near Devon. How does he find Real Life?

Petunia Dursley deals with the aftermath of Marge's... blow-up. An alternative look at Harry's aunt and the deal she made with Dumbledore all those years ago.

Written in response to a challenge. NOT a songfic - just a few lyrics from The Rolling Stones song, Paint it, Black. This is the short story of a woman in mourning over the loss of a loved one. Quite dark with a vaguely twisted ending.

Peter listens as Sirius tries to convince James to make Peter the Secret Keeper. Then the night that the Potters were killed, Peter watched Sirius come to the wreckage of the their home. Finally, the confrontaion in the alley. All from Peter's point of view.

Harry has more than the usual amount of parents, but considering he is dealing with more than the usual amount of emotional pain right now, he really can't care. In between bouts of insanity he's depressed. Can anyone save him?

Harry contemplates the balance of his and Draco's relationship.

You know who I am. Or you think you do. I am just another dark wizard to you, am I not? You think I was some twisted mind easily deduced and simplified with Aristotle's textbook-like laws of the spirit. You could not be more pathetically and heart-wrenchingly wrong. Mine is a story of sorrow, of loss and of horror. I have set these words down in preparation for the time when I must kill Godric Gryffindor. Read it at your own risk.

We all know how Harry reacted after the death of Sirius. But how did others react? A look into the minds of Lupin, Dumbledore, Ron and Hermione and how Sirius' death affected each of their lives.

Tonks is struggling with the death of Sirius. Can she get through it alone or does she need Remus?

Lily and James are married, they're already in hiding with their infant son. They're starting to realise that being a young married couple, and young parents might not be so easy after all. And maybe love isn't enough.

A Harry/Draco post-war ficlet. Quote: "I beat you," Draco said with a maniacal grin settling comfortably onto his face quietly now, as blood loss really was a hassle and staying conscious definitely overrated.

What if there was more to 'the power he knows not' than Harry or the Headmaster knew? What if Harry's whole life was a test? How would the Wizarding World pass? What would be the consequences of the Wizarding World's neglect and betrayal?

Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks have been married for five years, but Remus still can't let go of Sirius. Nymphadora does her best to ease his pain in the only way she knows how. Nymphadora-Remus and Sirius-Remus.

"Remus Lupin watched rats."

Something horrific is happening to Ginny, but it is impossible to explain to anyone. Draco is swallowed up in the past, unable to stem the tide of change as a new age sweeps over the castle and the trio especially. As broken friendships, terrible secrets and impossible love triangles are revealed, Draco and Ginny struggle against their pasts and futures, and each other.

Song-fic for Good Charlotte's "My Bloody Valentine". Based four years after graduation, Draco finally breaks down after being denied Hermione's love. Madness aplenty.

For years, Neville Longbottom has managed to keep himself locked out of his own body. But the dreams and screams are always there, just waiting to engulf him and take him away forever.

A post-war finds Voldemort at the height of his power. Harry Potter has been seriously injured in a battle with Voldemort. He is slowly regaining strength, in hiding alongside his few remaining supporters. Outside the window of the hidden room, both the wizarding and muggle worlds are falling to pieces... Harry vows to stop Voldemort once and for all.

Remus had a disturbing childhood, which has negatively affected his life so far. Harry tries to help him overcome his emotional demons.

The Malfoys. Wealth, power, respect, good looks--the perfect family? Not by a long shot.

Severus Snape has always been hated and feared by most Hogwarts students due to his cold, uncaring, and cruel persona. And when he was younger, he was, in fact, a very cruel and nasty person, along with the majority of the Slytherins. But what happened in his past that changed him and made him choose to become a spy against Voldemort, when he had been an avid supporter of the Dark Arts?

One-shot. The war is over. Moony has asked the other members of the Order to leave Wormtail at his mercy. They finally meet in the Shrieking Shack for a final "good-bye" before only one Marauder is left.

“I wonder when you stopped caring about me?” Ginny asked. Hermione answered. For the both of these young women, it's a different blank page. Hr/G Femmeslashyness

Sirius--still getting in over his head on the side. He doesn't count on the changes a few years, a lot of makeup, and a potion or two have on Snape. aka: This is your Snape. This is your Snape on goth while ingesting dubious potions. Takes place two years after "Never Leave a Puppy Unattended." (SB/TR, SB/SS)

They have won, of course. Doesn't goodness always prevail? asks a quiet, polite voice, Hermione speaking to her in the back of her head. Of course goodness wins. They just fail to mention the price of victory. Warning for Major Character Death and Suicide

Years after Harry has defeated Voldemort, he finds himself on the same Quidditch team as Oliver Wood...again. As the games wage on, however, Harry realizes that he is playing against Oliver on a very different level. Hr/H, future OW/Hr

Oneshot, songfic. "Hate Me" by Blue October. During the Second War, Harry battles his demons, and tries to push everyone away, including the one he loves the most. She won't stay away, though, and Harry struggles between wanting to keep her safe, and not wanting to hurt her anymore. AU because of HBP.

What CoS did not tell us about Tom Riddle and his motivations.

Harry is sitting glumly in the attic of Number 12, Grimmauld Place, morose over Sirius' death. Could a significant visit from Lupin which leads them to a familiar place from the past change Harry's perspective?

An End and a Beginning. Harry has lost much in his journey but, perhaps, gained more. A short story after the end of the war and the beginning of the journey that follows.

Harry sends a letter of goodbye to his Godfather, Sirius Black.

A new school-year: after the escape of the infamous Sirius Black, Remus can't help but feel a certain unease about himself. How does this affect his interactions with Snape? How will he cope, knowing the crimes commited by Sirius?