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War rages in wizard Britain, yet Severus Snape has never been better off. As he rises in the Dark Lord’s inner circle, he seems ever closer to fulfilling his grand ambitions. But he is haunted by memories of his childhood friend Lily Evans, now married to his sworn enemy. As the stakes get higher, Severus must once more decide where his true loyalties lie. Either choice will mean betraying one of his friends – and the consequences could be fatal… [COMPLETE]

He would always remember ringing the doorbell and knowing that James would be grinning when he swung open the door.... A fic about the problem with Remus Lupin. (Rated for mild language.)

Gilderoy Lockhart has been stealing hearts and stealing stories for as long as we've known him. How did he get that way? This is the story of the Harry Potter series' sometimes loveable and usually bumbling peacock. From his childhood and years at Hogwarts to his first literary adventures. Let's see what makes the peacock tick.

Have you ever realized that all you know about Hermione is what she said about herself and what she did in front of others? And that the trio is much too lucky for it to be natural?

This has definitely been done enough, but this is my version of how WPP found out about M. Or maybe one of my versions is more correct...

There are seven Deadly Sins. Each one drives the sinner into evil and destruction, of themselves and of others. The Death Eaters are all guilty of Sins. Some are most guilty of one in particular, and this is what led them into the life they chose. Lust, Pride, Greed, Sloth, Wrath, Gluttony, Envy....The downfalls of the Death Eaters.

Cho goes on a trip to "visit her parents" - and Harry discovers she has really been in Hogsmeade, with quite a few other men! (Songfic)

Dean Thomas had always been able to see the future. He never did anything about these visions, however. Until the day he foresaw that Harry Potter was going to die.

...she sits, alone, strayed away from the herd...she wants to cry and tell someone that it wasn't fair, but complaining during these times would be selfish, and selfish is something she does not want to be....Post-HBP, Ginny sits, reflecting...

A day in the life of Arthur Weasley: the day the kids break into the Ministry to steal the locket Horcrux. Arthur has bravely maintained his integrity while working in what has become a fascist bureaucracy, and a sympathetic co-worker has noticed. Arthur tries to comfort the co-worker, but his lasting romance is with his wife.

Harry lies in a fallen graveyard, about to be killed by Voldemort. Happiness, sadness, longing and family all come together in this tale of a traitor. R/Hr G/H L/N

Remus finds the card near the bottom of Severus' bedside chest.

My family are a strange bunch. Father is an Unspeakable with a clock fetish. Mother is an Italian Opera singer who fences in her spare time. My brother is an excellent student who dabbles in the Dark Arts. My sister is a soppily romantic dancer who is always losing things. Uncle Tristan could talk the hind legs off a hippogriff and persuade it to go for a walk afterwards. As for me, well...

Three hundred years. Three Muggle Prime Ministers. The same difficult decision. Written for omniocular's September AU challenge, prompt 106: The Muggles actually know all about the wizarding world and are keeping tabs on them. The wizards have no idea and think themselves superior until war erupts.

Taking place in the trio's 7th, and last year, Harry finally realizes how important a certain girl is to him, but someone else has gotten to her first... On top of it all ... a deadly virus finds itself inside the person Harry feels he loves... What will happen? (H/G)

Being a painting isn't as bad as Neville had feared. Harry/Neville, Post-Hogwarts

A look at the thoughts of a troubled young Gryffindor.

"Were floods of tears to be unloosed In tribute to my grief, The doves of Noah ne'er had roost Nor found an olive-leaf." ~Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero), Epistles (IV, 5)

“I feel that if I try to go back I’m not going to be able to survive being invisible.” No one said that a life in hiding would be easy. Hermione Granger, of all people, should know that. After being in hiding for three months, Hermione gets a surprise visit, and gets entranced by the sweet melody he plays. HG/SS Rated R for possible later content.

'He felt dead inside. He was so tired of it all.' In an AU 1976, the attempted suicide of a boy at Hogwarts will haunt the lives around him and the very future itself...

Back in the ancient days of magic where there were no wands, only hand and thought magic, that was where the greatest battles were fought. It was unlike duels of this current day and age, it was pure magick battles. Merlin, one of the greatest wizards of history, must fight against the growing forces of darkness lead by the malevolent Morgana LeFaye. Can he and his allies suppress this evil?

Takes place approximately one year after "Born Under A Bad Sign", but reading "BUaBS" is not necessary. The threat of Voldemort is inescapable, and his presence takes its toll on everyone. Follow the lives of Draco Malfoy, Albus Dumbledore, and Lord Voldemort himself as the Dark Lord's shadow spreads itself again over the magical people of Great Britain. Will he seize ultimate power, or will fortune prevail once more? THIS CHAPTER: Prologue; opening scenes.

In which Lily tells James she's pregnant.

Sequel and conclusion to Kept Intact and The Last Words. Both Harry and Draco have secrets to keep...

Narcissa Malfoy wasn't one to share her emotions; instead she kept them inside. No one knew her secret thoughts, worries and fears about her son, Draco.

The second – and last part of “The Phoenix and the Owl”. Several years have passed and our heroes are a bit tired. We get a couple of retrospectives, the last battle--which has been fought and won--and a happy end. Not fully Hollywood-style, though.

Ginny finds herself married to Draco Malfoy who is now the most powerful wizard in the world. Things are changing rapidly for the worse and her life seems to be spinning out of control. The only who seems to understand her feelings of loss and seclusion is the one man she thought she hated the most.

He is a responsibility, nothing more.

Sometimes, young love can be ageless. Years have passed since Tonks last called "Wotcher!" at Bill across the Gryffindor Common Room, and those years have led them to different points in life -- different points on the globe, even. Still... there are people you never quite forget, people that leave a mark. People that still, after five or ten or fifteen years, can make you feel like seventeen and just in love. And home.

Lily Evans. We've got her pegged. Good girl, snob, ice queen, goody-two shoes, innocent, naive.... Where did we get this? One passage, in which she defends the unpopular kid. Fair? Not to her. In the end Lily was a savior, but what of the beginning? Lily was not what we've cracked her up to be. She was deep, dark, pessimistic, street-smart. She had seen more then anyone would ever wish to see in one lifetime. She was what would soon become a savior, yes. Yet, at first she was just a broken girl, lost and alone. A girl who wanted to be saved, without the pity involved. She wanted the hole she dug herself to begone. She wanted someone to care. Was that too much to ask?

As punishment for his misdeeds, Voldemort is buried alive in a steel coffin a mile beneath the ocean.

“I don’t like you!” the boy screamed at Charlie, tears flying out of his eyes. “When I’m b-b-bigger, after I go to H-Hogwarts, I’ll Avocado you!” Thirteen-year-old Nymphadora Tonks never knew she had a cousin. But when she and her friend Charlie find a seemingly innocent boy sniffling behind a display of Cleansweep brooms, her cousin Draco is revealed to her. But what is this Avocado he keeps on talking about? Perhaps Draco isn't as innocent as Nymphadora thought...

15 Style, a wizarding fashion magazine decides to have a photo shoot in the Gryffindor Common Room. When Harry meets Cheyenne, what will happen? Will Harry like her? And will she like him back? For even more Harry & company drama, visit Veins of Glass (http://z3.invisionfree.com/VeinsOfGlass/), an active RPG that brings the author loads of inspiration!

It was betrayal of the worst kind and he relished it. A sweet betrayal as told from a mad man's perspective.

In a darkened room two boys will make something new begin... A HarryxDraco dark ficlet. Prequel to Ashes

Remus is captured. Lucius has his own reasons for setting him free. Dark.

A tear drops, it falls and falls, until it splashes into the earth, mixing with the soil to form new hope, an opportunity for life to grow and flourish. A tear drops and within that tear lies hope for a new life, a new world, a new love. A tear drops and hope is born.

On the night that the unicorn is slain, Bane and Firenze each hope for a change in the other. Firenze/Bane.

After making plans to meet up with a friend, Luna Lovegood oversleeps, and when she arrives at their meeting place, unexpectedly saves her friend's older brother.

Harry's got a wee beastie crawling around inside his chest. But what if it isn't metaphorical?

In late February 1997, Dumbledore receives an unexpected visit...

Angelina got a terrible feeling in her gut and tears pricked at her eyes. Why? Why couldn't they leave us alone? It was no longer about Muggleborns and blood purity. It was about nothing at all, nothing but fear and destruction. Now they were destroying their own world, too! Angelina felt an utter hopelessness and would have collapsed right there under the complete madness of it all, but then she caught Fred's eye. In that moment, she was so filled with love that she felt capable of anything. Co-winner of the March, 2007 FA challenge.

Voldemort is climbing back into power quickly, and Wizard England is suffering a magical Blitz. Hogwarts is already saturated with magic-- what are the magical shockwaves going to do with it?

It's Hermione's wedding day, supposedly the happiest of her life...so why has she chosen today, of all days, to visit her parents' grave and dwell on her sadness? But a chance encounter will make her see things slightly differently...

The situation with Voldemort has died down, and now Ginny ‘Ice-Witch’ Weasley is working in the Ministry. Her task? To check up on the influential families of incarcerated Death-Eaters. First stop, Malfoy Manor, where Ginny may get more than she bargained for. A chaptered bit of fluffy D/G

The thought unnerved Severus more than the prospect of his surely imminent demise. Had he found nothing in this life worth living for?

Time keeps records of all things remembered and yet to happen.

Danger, excitement, rotting Bundimun secretion...just a typical day at the Pests Sub-Division

‘A seductive story based on “hex” appeal’…and who said food and magic wasn’t a way to a man’s heart? [Extended summary inside!]

Hermione doesn\'t want to lose him, and Harry doesn\'t want to lose her, but in a world full of war, some things are inevitable. Then again, some things aren\'t.

Some need more than words to tell their story. Gen -- Features Minerva McGonagall & Severus Snape.

As Lily watches her child sleep, innocently sucking his thumb, James arrives home with some alarming news. A one-shot, written to show the type of emotions James and Lily must have been experiencing during those tumultuous times with their newborn son.

Draco can't let himself love Ginny, for her own good, but Ginny can't live without Draco.

Cho's thoughts on Harry and Hermione. And Ron too. Can't forget him.

Re-posted sequel to What the Light Never Gave. James Evans has accepted the position of Defense professor. One teacher, however, is not fooled by his disguise. A previously unknown connection comes to light.

There was a time when Remus would have given anything to see Sirius Black dead.

Somewhere in the world, dawn is always breaking. Dark nights, old fears, and just a bit of hope. Severus and Minerva remember.

Did you ever wonder what the Order did after they found out about Sirius' death? A few days after the horrible events at the Ministry, six people were standing together at Twelve Grimmauld Place. Remus Lupin, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Albus Dumbledore, Arthur and Molly Weasley, and Nymphadora Tonks say goodbye with the guidance of Hermione's words. A short fic.

A short little drabble on the mystery of why Snape hates Harry so much.

"Why are you doing this?" "What’s the point?" "Are you crazy?" "You don’t know what you’re doing." "You don’t know him." I’ll prove them wrong. I always do.

Virginia Weasley took on a great responsibility at the age of fifteen. She spent years preparing for it, and will spend years paying for it. With two loves gone and a new one present, the shell she's become might just break. And the book she's constantly working on will consume those who read it. Not quite a traditional dark fic.

The story of Lily and James' last year of Hogwarts. Full of ups and downs throughout the year, alternate partners and challenges.

“Floating high above the stadium, the Golden Snitch caught sight of him…the Snitch was in love.” Silly but harmless fluff, a serious Missing Moment from GoF, or a parable of how love, however misplaced, is never truly wasted? You decide! Written for the 2005 FictionAlley Valentine’s Day “What’s Your OOTP?” challenge, in response to the randomly generated sentence: “The Golden Snitch has a massive crush on Bartemius Crouch”.

Audrey Vivica Serena Rose Sierra Blaire Trixton van der Mintly is the daughter of the Minister of Magic of America. People look at her in awe and comment on how perfect she is and what a wonderful life she has led. But these are the people who don't know Audrey. Audrey has just recovered from unthinkable horrors in her past that include a horrible disease and the death of her mother. When Audrey is accepted into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, she thinks she has finally gotten her life back on track, until unmentionable horrors decide to pay her a visit once again.

Lucius and Draco struggle to overcome the bonds of blood while finding just how close they tie.

Lucius wants Draco to be like him. But he's not. Story of sixth year, struggle of a son to deal with the sins of his father and finding one's self.

Always he had been there, to cry, and to bear witness. But time withers the ablest of bodies, the strongest of hearts, the noblest of spirits. Two centuries after the final battle, a solitary figure searches for solace in all that remains of his past: the shattered memories of yesteryears.

*Songfic* I guess I should've listened when you said you'd had enough. Why's love gotta be so tough?

“Might I ask you to escort Sibyll back upstairs, Professor McGonagall?” “Of course,” said McGonagall. “Up you get, Sibyll...” Sometimes, when it is darkest, what you need is not a friend, but a colleague. And sometimes, that colleague needs something too.

After a year, the memories that he tried to wash out from his head suddenly came back. (Slash, HP/DM)

Due to unrequited love, Ginny Weasley betrays all those whom she holds dear. Featuring Voldemort, Harry, Hermione, and Ron. WARNING: This fic is rather dark, unpleasant, nasty, and perhaps even vicious.

Harry's mind, after an accident, turns into Godric Gryffindor's. He remembers nothing about Harry or anything else. At first he thinks that Hermione is Rowena Ravenclaw, who was his fiancee. Why is Gryffindor back? And will they ever get Harry back?

Draco is asked to join the Death Eaters. He has to get close to a certain someone, but when the time comes to betray him, can he do it?(minor slash, D/H)

Tom's best friend tries desperatly to escape a destructive cycle and to convince Tom that somethings shouldn't be done.

Like a wayward house elf, Harry Potter turned up in the last place one would expect.

(completed) The Dark Lord’s reign has begun, and his Death Eaters are spreading terror. Evan Rosier had a rough childhood, but he did have friends. He went to Hogwarts, did well, and began to plan his future; perhaps in the Ministry as an Auror. His father, however, had a very different future planned and Evan was forced down the path that forever changed who he was.

Written in response to Vanityfair's Seasonal challenge. Harry. Draco. Four seasons, and many years.

Severus Snape is in trouble. His Dark Mark has begun to burn. He needs to return to Dumbledore, but he's run out of the potion which keeps his horrible guilt at bay. While on a search for ingriedents, he finds a woman who will test his resolve for the coming war.

A companion piece to "Summer of the Sixpack" in which the events of the summer are seen from different perspectives. It sets up the continuation of the storyline in subsequent fics. Lots of shippy goodness!

Starts out unusually, but continues. Includes Harry and the gang, ancient prophecy (obviously), a sqwakload of riddles, chocolate cake and tapioca. Mmm... tapioca.

Love is an incredibly complicated thing, an organism with its own schemes. Controlling it is like playing with fire. Merope decides to build her own pyre.

Dumbledore told Sirius to "lie low at Lupin's", so what do these two reunited buddies have to say to each other after twelve years?

One night, in the Room of Requirement, a frustrated Terry Boot receives a little peace of mind from a fellow Ravenclaw.

When Hermione finds herself in a losing war, she takes up the Time-Turner again to make whatever changes are possible -- and soon discovers the full weight of her burden, both for her and the people she can't bear to lose. (Hermione/Remus)

Prequel to my fic "Bonds of Pain." Draco spends his fourth year dealing with his growing dislike of his father's rules and methods. When forced into a decision, two young lives are changed forever...

James asks Sirius for a very important favor for him, Lily and James. One-Shot.

Well, it's not much - the title explains it all, really. It's from Hermione's POV, and it involves one take on the last battle with Voldie. Not much to say apart from that... WARNING: implication of slash - only implication

Draco writes a letter goodbye to Harry, also begging for a way out. Harry doesn't find it until it's too late.

Dean finds Neville terribly sick in the dorm one evening. On the way to seek help, Neville reveals the root of his illness.

A healer assigned to assist Snape in his efforts for the Order gives her side of the story.

A job, that's all Remus Lupin wants. A simple request, but nothing is ever simple at the Durmstrang Institute. Runs parallel to "Ticking of the Clock" and "Stacking the Deck."

Draco and Ginny have been together for close to half a year. What happens when Ginny doesn't return to her flat one night, and Ron decides enough is enough?````Drunk!Ginny is our star for tonight's program, featuring a minor cameo Remus Lupin

Dreams provide many answers and leave even more questions.

Harry has always like Cho. Does he deserve her? How will he act around her. Maybe she can find out. H/C

Harry Potter wants to forget the events from fourth year. Draco Malfoy wants nothing more than to beat his father at something. Both must embark on a quest that neither asked for. A journey that involves life altering events: hate and death, love and life. This time the rulebook has been thrown out the window, and all bets are off.

When the Dragon tempts Jack he is more than willing to follow, what he thought he could easily handle turns out to be more than he could chew when his boyfriend, Harry, gets suspicious.

Harry and Hermione must come to terms with a loss. Hermione comforts Harry when he thinks he's lost everything... and makes him realize that she will always be his.

When Little Harry Potter first shows signs of magic, Arthur Weasley is sent to watch over him. This is a comparison piece between the Dursley family and the Weasleys.

Both Harry and Hermione have been killed by Voldemort and Ron is a Death Eater. Ron's POV

Harry/Ginny flangst involving a married-with-child Charlie.