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A man. A woman. A bar. Lots of alcohol. It's amazing the conversations that happen in the middle of a war.

Could you consider Harry/Cho/Hermione a love triangle? Not really, at least not in the reality we know of. What if Hermione wasn't an innocent part of what happened between Harry and Cho? What if Cho had been right? What if Hermione wasn't the girl we know at all? Very A/R

One can find that no matter how much you love someone, they are not always yours.

"He knows who I like. Well, I'd say that I don't like the person. I love the person. I know the feelings I have are stronger than just fancying…funny, isn't it. How my feelings about love can be so strong, yet in every other way, I'm weak." Mild Sirius/Remus.

Sirius has been an important part of Remus's since the moment that they met. And since they day he has taught Remus many new things. Remus remembers these lessons.

Harry deals with the death of Cedric in his own way.

In every war, both sides think they are right. What would it take for Lucius to convince Narcissa that joining Lord Voldemort is the right choice?

"McGonagall won't last long, she's only filling in..." Following Minerva McGonagall through Chamber of Secrets as she struggles to protect the students in Albus Dumbledore's absence.

Suppose you were allowed to go to Hogwarts...but you couldn't interfere, and you had just a glance?

Katora is just about to make the hardest choice of her life, well second hardest. See what happens to Katora as she just tries to make a living.

Inspired by the lyrics of Sun and Moon from the musical Miss Saigon, the fic focuses on the thoughts of two people torn apart by belief. What will happen? What had happened?

Sometimes it takes a big change to let you see past the silly little squabbles of life. Oliver Wood and Marcus Flint reflect at Cedric Diggory’s gravesite.

Why exactly Ron let Ginny name his owl.

One-shot. “We'll have to go back,” she says, looking mournfully at the castle as he silently closes the book. “We can't stay out here forever.” ``Draco/Hermione ficlet, featuring much angst and reflection.

From the birth of a Death Eater, to the death of Harry Potter. This is the ultra-condensed history of Severus Snape.

Harry finds a strange note as he's getting ready for the train ride to his sixth year. Could it have something to do with Sirius?

A young Ginny agonizes about losing Ron to Hogwarts and new best friends, feeling empty and ugly. A sweet fic reflecting the unique relationship between Ron and Ginny.

In his dreams, Harry mutters Sirius's name. Harry-centric post-OotP ficlet about grief, guilt, loss and love.

Voldemort won, Ron and Hermione are helping look for a book to destroy him.

Harry, Draco, and a midnight scuffle in the Astronomy Tower.

"I was alone. All alone. And my father deserted me. I couldn't believe it." A songfic to the song Perfect by Simple Plan.

Before Harry Potter was born, Lord Voldemort had another obsession: his experiments. They were to be the ultimate Death Eaters; they were bestial in their ferocity, and stronger and faster than any human. They were his children - before they rebelled. Thought to be exterminated by Voldemort's rage at being betrayed, the last of these warriors will change the wizarding world in a huge way.

Ron walks down a corridor filled with portraits that he himself painted, until he reaches the final and most important painting of all.

Sequel to "More than Lovers." ````Remus and Sirius had once been more than friends but now that title is what is ripping them apart. Can James help Remus see what needs to be done and help them save their friendship or is he asking too much?

This story has an interesting twist. You don't know quite who is talking until the very end.

Pansy kisses her and everything changes.

This is a short fic were Sirius does some thinking about his relationship with Harry and another prophecy is made, this time about Sirius.

The first of October brings with it the first killing frost, and although it has largely melted in the sunny areas of the glades by mid-morning, its white hoar lace still persists in the shadows. Remus crunches through the detritus on the forest floor, stirring up the moist earthy smells of decay under his worn boots, in search of the essentials: food mainly. Nuts perhaps. Hope in a basket. Whatever he can find.

As Harry faces up to his problems -- grief, betrayal, and the knowledge he must kill or be killed -- he decides he must fight. Knowing Harry can no longer fully trust him, Dumbledore finds Harry a tutor and protector. Working with his friends, Harry decides the only way he can win is to make Dumbledore's Army more than just a name. Starts as H/L R/Hr N/G.

This is a follow on from "Places of Silence". This is the second installment in what could become a series about the last weeks at Hogwarts for Draco & Hermione. ``This installment is much darker and much sadder. I think it is alluding to what will finally be the end of the great romance.

After Harry saves Malfoy's life, Harry helps him see the truth.

Mrs. Figg invites Harry to tea and gives him an unexpected message from Dumbledore - seems like he knew all along what Severus Snape might have to do... and what part could Harry's mother have played in all this?

Grief Crazed Father Strikes Minster of Magic!``See latest issue of Daily Prophet for details as the story unfolds.

Blood relatives matter, but so does the family you choose.

It's the night before the fateful murder of Lily and James Potter (and the attempted murder of Harry Potter). Exactly what are Peter Pettigrew and the Malfoys up to?

Harry knows where to find Luna when she doesn't want to be found. (Prequel to The Locked Room series: Better Days, Camera Obscura, etc. Harry's seventh year.)

What happens when Draco finds Ginny in bed with his enemy?

"Ten years after the war and England’s ley lines are still snapping, and you can’t do magic unless you want to blast your fingers off." Finding your way back with a map that leads you to different places than it did yesterday. Believing in the way things are supposed to be and watching the world change underneath your feet. Padma/Hermione

Harry is back at Privet Drive for the summer, where he has nothing or no one to occupy him except for his thoughts and memories. How will he deal with what happend at the Ministry? ~summer after fifth year-fic based on 'A Rush Of Blood To The Head' by Coldplay~

"You did not ask Harry Potter about the war..." Four years after the defeat of Voldemort, a simple radio announcement and wartime secrets long kept buried may change Harry's life forever...(song lyrics by Ani Difranco)

Maybe he wasn't always evil. Maybe he wasn't always scary, and maybe, just maybe, there's a tale of a child, so lost and lonely, who doesn't know what to do. Maybe there's a boy out there, who's father left him so long ago. This is the story of the man we all fear, through the eyes of the very same man.

In the War Against the Dark Arts, the Aurors dealt out death, restrained only by their consciences. Some families practiced the Dark Arts as a matter of course - a look at one and it's intersection with a faction of Aurors.

Death. We all know Harry has been affected by it. His parents, Cedric, Sirius. Who next?

Lucius remembered Molly from school...

Wizards aren't the only ones who are prejudiced against muggle-borns, some muggles are too. One family knows this far too well.

Sirius is suspicious, Remus is worried, Peter is a traitor, and James is about to die. Takes place roughly between 1978 and 1982, although there are some scenes a bit earlier or later.

Years later, after learning of certain events in fifth year, Hermione decides to take matters into her own hands.

How does one begin a journey back to a place where only nightmares reside? Hermione Granger returns to the Wizarding World after the war to those she loved and memories she lost.

In this version of the Final Battle, Ron sacrifices himself to save Harry, prompting the latter to go on a heavy "guilt trip"; it takes the entire remainder of the Weasley family as well as Hermione (among others) to assure him that it was Ron's choice to do what he did because he loved Harry and that no one blames him for what happened --so it's time he stopped blaming himself.

Snape/Pince. The books have ears. What do they hear? Warning: deathfic.

The last moments in the life of Harry Potter.

Part three of a five part series. What if Lupin hadn't turned into a werewolf that fateful night? What if Peter had been handed over to the dementors? What if Sirius had been vindicated while he was still alive? Find out here.

What *did* happen to Ron and Harry? Hermione stands in the cemetery and recalls it all. Sequel to "Goodbye's the Saddest Word".

Harry Potter is back in Privet Drive after a terrible year at school. Everything's just like it always been. Harry's not allowed to send Hedwig with a letter and Dudley's got something very fishy going on...

Here's a thought for every man who tries to understand What is in his hands. ``He walks along the path towards the castle-prison with his hands shoved in his pockets, head down. ``He shivers as he approaches; the last time he was here, he was an inmate, but he’d been proven innocent three years before and hadn’t thought then he’d ever come back.

Remus Lupin had relied completely on Sirius Black; he who turned a curse into a gift and accepted him for who he was, not what he was. Then he was gone. Gone in the second it took for a veil to flutter innocently and whisper unheard words. This is what it feels like when a werewolf cries.

They never really saw each other. They might've talked and looked at each other practically every day since they were eleven, but they never really *saw* each other. Until he died, and both experienced the ultimate sorrow; the ultimate loss. They saw each other for who and what they really were. And they loved each other even more for it. A one-shot H/G fic.

A vignette about Draco Malfoy, his past, and his own particular way of loving someone, set as closely to pre-HBP canon as possible.

Draco has a plan, and it has led him to a place he never imagined he would venture. But if there is one thing he has learnt over the past two years, it is the price of hesitation.

One last desperate letter tells the story of how humility can find even the most corrupt of souls when death is the only way out. Things always look different in the end, but it goes to show that it's never too late to redeem yourself, to show compassion without prejudice, and to be merciful.

They are coming. As an army of Death Eaters led by Voldemort himself march on Hogwarts, the remnants of the school prepare for a last stand, pledging to win their freedom or die trying.

The Malfoy code of conduct, murder, deciet, extracurricular studies and Wizard’s Chess, the Pureblood Way.

What if Luna Lovegood never met Harry and his friends on the train? A look at the world as Luna sees it, written as a suicide note.

This is a story about the birth of Tom Riddle and the death of his evil father. It goes into much more detail than the book.

One-shot, inspired by the scene in HBP where Harry says he'd like to visit his parents' graves. A post-war Harry, Ron and Hermione fic with a twist. R/Hr.

After all, Remus had transformed last night, and he hadn’t become the harmless wolf he normally turned into. He had actually become quite vicious. He had thrown Sirius down the hill, for God’s sake. What would have happened if he had done something to Harry, Ron, or Hermione? Come to think of it, he thought as he stepped into his office, he nearly had. As he began packing his things, he recalled last night, though he could only remember bits and pieces of what happened after he transformed.

They came together through that which kept them apart. Theirs was a love to outlast all things. Lily/James

Daniel's birthday causes a Muggle invasion on Hogwarts that rearranges a few still standing prejudices.

Harry died -- probably -- killing Voldemort. His friends, and others, speak at his memorial service.

'Once upon a time, there was a horrible boy who was not very intelligent. But he had a cousin who was a nonconformist. One day, the boy met a smart girl, and suddenly, he began to understand that he wasn't all alone in the world.' A different kind of DM/HG. Set during summer before their 6th year

This story defies being summarized for the time being...just read it. You'll like it, just try it.

Lily wants to peform in front of thousands, but it's proving to be difficult. Sirius keeps dragging James off to punk-rock concerts. Voldemort has never loved a soul, until a certain Mudblood comes onto the scene. Phantom of the Opera cross-over.

Funerals are a time for remembrance. Severus Snape, who has always hated James Potter and his gang, recollects memories of his own at the funeral of James and Lily Potter.

The Weasleys take time out to look at life with one another to the time of that ill-fated day. Now, they need one another.

Percy broke with his family. It seemed so easy. But was it?

Chapter 8.5 of Amalin's wonderful story Two Lost Souls.

Blaise and the incredible world of Draco Malfoy's ego, metaphors and celestial bodies. Boy!Blaise/Draco

3rd Year, Hogsmeade. Victoria (OC) tracks down an "old friend," determined to get some answers. (Sirius Black story.)

Arthur Weasley watches the woman he married and thinks about the life they have shared.

"I have stood for many centuries now, keeping a silent vigil over those within my walls. I have seen many students come and go. I remember each one."````Hogwarts is alive... and she watches over her students.

While still alive they did divide / Their favorites from the throng / Yet how to pick the worthy ones / When they were dead and gone? / 'Twas Gryffindor who found the way, / He whipped me off his head / The founders put some brains in me / So I could choose instead!

Percy Weasley used to like the colour red. He loved it, even. No more.

"I do not know why he turns to me. Surely he knows that I can do nothing to help him. We are both too far gone."``With the only woman he ever loved lying lifeless in his arms and his one-time enemy dying at his side, Draco Malfoy reflects. D/G, Draco's POV.

“Well done, Ha –“ But the Death Eater Hermione had just struck dumb made a sudden slashing movement with his wand from which flew a streak of what looked like purple flame. It passed right across Hermione’s chest; she have a tiny “oh!” as though of surprise and then crumpled onto the floor where she lay motionless. “HERMIONE!” What if Hermione HAD been killed that night at the Ministry of Magic? Would Harry have been able to go on? Here's what might have been if the unthinkable had happened....

Beatles songfic based on the song "A Day in the Life." One morning at Hogwarts, the student body makes a horrific discovery. Hope seems lost, chaos reigns, and the stage is set for the rule of Voldemort. How will they cope? Can evil be surpassed by the weaker good? And, most importantly, how will the world face the loss of a hero?

Remus and Tonks in their final moments before the end. RL/NT missing scene.

It's teatime at the Longbottoms'. Neville's gluttonous Uncle Algie and two his grand-nieces are eating many tempting sweets and exchanging Ministry gossip. Only poor Neville does not get even a small piece of his favourite apple pie. Why?

When I look at Harry I see so much, I see James and Lily, I see Dumbledore, I see Tonks, I see Remus and I even see a little bit of me. I see all that I could have given him and never did. I see all that Lily and James meant to give him and were never able to. I see someone worth fighting for.

"She had loved the stars for as long as she could remember. When she had been only three years old, her father had taken her out one night and shown her the Milky Way. 'Millions of stars,' he had said. 'Millions and millions, whirling in a cosmic dance. And we are a part of it.'" This started out as a story about Professor Sinistra, but then of course Severus Snape showed up, as he has a tendency to do in my stories...

After speaking with Igor Karkaroff at the Yule Ball in "Goblet of Fire," Snape reflects upon his past. What choices did he make upon his path to becoming a Death Eater, and what choices were made for him? He was led into temptation, but broken and betrayed, he cannot deliver himself from bitterness. Time is supposed to heal all wounds, but there are some marks it can never erase. Even in the dark of winter, however, there is always hope of spring. Snape/Karkaroff slash.

During the dark days of the late 1970s Severus Snape infiltrates the Death Eaters. Do the ends justify the means? Murder, seduction, and personal problems. You didn't think it would be easy, did you?

Dreams do not come easily. They cost us always, sometimes dearly. And the things that matter most to us are always priceless. It is impossible to put a tangible value on them. After the "final battle," Hermione is forced to accept what the victory cost them... in this case, one very special life. One shot.

A couple of weeks after Sirius's death, Lupin and Snape reflect.

In his fifth year at Hogwarts, Regulus Black attends a career interview.

There are three new students at Hogwarts. Apparently, they are there because they have nowhere else to live. Their magical skill is so great, the three have passed up the skills of even Dumbledore, yet are only old enough to be in their fifth year. What everyone doesn't know, is that these three are in the league with the dark lord, Voldemort, and are only there to try and take over Hogwarts. Throughout the year, the three come to know emotions they never knew before, such as true happiness, joy, and love, which makes their time at Hogwarts quite...interesting.

The events after reading the Sunday Prophet article about Voldemort’s return in the hospital wing through Hermione’s eyes. Listen as she speaks of the shadow in Harry’s eyes and her own thoughts about the ... loss of Sirius and her fears of the war to come.

Welcome to Dionysia, California. A town as far removed from Hogwarts as you could imagine. Meet Leila Shahin, a young woman beset with wayward younger siblings, a crazy aunt, and more family secrets than she ever could have guessed. How does our favorite werewolf end up in the picture? It's a smaller world than you think.

Draco is single. Hermione’s engaged. Her life was in danger and went undercover with Draco to protect her from becoming Voldemort’s pawn. Six months of living together sure changed both of their opinion of each other, but what would happen once the six months was over?

Regulus loses his brother, though not the way he'd first thought...