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When Narcissa Malfoy catches her only son, Draco, kissing a fellow Slytherin his age, Blaize Zabini, she is appalled. Scolding him does nothing because he is not ashamed of his "queer" tendencies. Afraid as ever about the Malfoy honor, she and his father, Lucius, Draco soon learns, might have an intense plot to "make" him straight.

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 ...

A guy can ruin a girl’s reputation with a few, well chosen words. Can it work the other way around? Circumstances force Hermione and Draco to call a temporary truce. However, Draco starts a rumour about Hermione that spreads like wildfire. It threatens her relationship with her boyfriend, Ron Weasley. This short story is set in November of the gang’s fifth year at Hogwarts. Cheer for Hermione as she turns the tables on Draco and forces him to redeem her. At the expense of his dignity. Harry and Ginny are also paired in this story.

"It's been coming on for a while," said Percy ... "But I had to find a way out and it's not so easy at the Ministry, they're imprisoning traitors all the time." (DH, ch30). This is Percy's journey to that point.

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.

It's been a while since Ron has seen the sunlight, and he dearly misses it. He's been stuck in a dungeon for weeks now since the Final Battle ended. Harry is dead; Hermione is dead; he is the last of the Weasleys. His last request is to just fade away and Voldemort's feeling a bit moody...

Severus Snape reflects on a sudden and unexpected death, and what it means to him.

“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

The war was more than anyone had expected. Ginny drinks Firewhisky. Draco can't stand the stuff. Ginny dies. Draco lives. And the war continues. One-shot.

Lord Voldemort thinks he’s the most powerful wizard alive, but he gets his butt kicked by a bunch of kids on a regular basis. He also thinks he’s the son of a Muggle who abandoned his witch wife. Herewith one possible answer to the musical question: how deluded is this guy?

Egypt in December was light and dust and noise and everything different. Ron wasn’t really certain if he liked it or not, but it was as good a place as any to be. [Ron and Neville.]

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

With Lord Voldemort vanquished and the Death Eaters sent to rot in Azkaban, the world should be safe, but it's not. Mysterious deaths, impossible crimes, and tht's only the beginning. The darkest, most powerful witch to walk the earth has big plans for muggles and wizards alike. Now it's up to a new generation of Potter, and as she and her friends race to save existence they are plunged into the darkest days yet...

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.

Lupin thinks, in some way, Snape must be his to lose.

A standalone, one-shot, but also a teaser for my epic WIP "For Thine Is The Power". Harry and Dumbledore look into the Mirror of Erised, and the result is a bit of a revelation. Ignores HBP, DH; part of an after-fifth-year AU.

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

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.

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?

Sirius Black loves girls. He is the guy who can't imagine his life without a girl in it. No matter who she is. He is also the guy who cannot imagine his life with a wife in it. No matter who she is. He is just not the marriage material.

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

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.

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

Dreams are meant to be altered, wishes are meant to change, and the future is not certain for anyone. We must open our minds, clear our hearts, and listen with our souls.

"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

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...

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

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)

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.

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.

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?

Flowers for his drowned Ophelia.

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

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.

"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...

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

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).

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.

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.

"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.

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

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.

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.

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

Tom Riddle has no memory of his mother. He knows only three things about her.

She always did smile too much.

How do you permanently defeat Dementors? A memory they bring Hermione shows her the way. Songfic to the Ode to Joy.

As Harry's birthdays fly by, we see a Harry distraught by the world around him and what he believes he's done to the world. He attempts to cope with his problems, but are they too much for him to handle? This is a rather ironic songfic on the words to the "Happy Birthday" song. Sadness comes along for a ride...

Events drastically turn when the pureblood squib finds her only weapon in the dangerous magical world: an unfinished prophecy. And so she must set out on a quest that Harry Potter's own life depends on.

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

'His bones ached in the chill of the dungeon--he'd never noticed it before, this insidious, almost-comfortable chill, prickling like the breath of a Dementor.' Severus Snape remembers. Implied slash.

Padma grows up, and Parvati wants.

Minerva's POV of the night that Lily and James were killed. What if she'd gotten Harry instead of Hagrid? Slightly AU

Why I did it? Why did I turn? Why did I turn when I had the best friends anyone could ever have? When I had a bright future? One reason.

Remus sits at the table, an unfinished chess game before him. He and Sirius had been playing the game before Sirius had died... He reflects back to the day the Potters died, and even back to just before they married. He remembers... Songfic to Faith Hill's You're Still Here.

If he touched her, he could not talk to her. If he loved her, he could not leave her. If he spoke to her, he could not listen. If he fought for her, he would never win... This one shot is an adaptation of a chapter of "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy. All Harry Potter characters and canon Potter Verse belong to JK Rowling and associates.

Hermione finds herself alone after the Death Eaters ravage and maimed... except for one mysterious blond-haired boy.

Draco/OC... He has broken her heart brutally.. read and see how she deals with it. OC PoV.

Helen Corana Levine is lost, abandoned, confused and hopeless. But a suicide attempt is interrupted by the most unlikely of people - and Helen finds herself in the most unlikely of places. What is this place called Hogsmeade? How is it that magic can really exist? It all seems impossible - until Helen meets a wolf in sheep's clothing: Remus Lupin, both her savior and her curse. But despite bad first impressions, Remus and Helen have a destiny to fulfill... amends must be made for terrible mistakes made centuries ago, and that have been too long forgotten under the pressure of time.

While Voldemort has not made any threats on Harry’s life since the TriWizard Tournament three years ago, now, three of Voldemort's most infamous followers are slowly causing chaos. The Dark Lord himself starts to prepare his successor to take his place, which wouldn't be such a shock... except that when his successor is revealed to be Harry Potter’s twin brother, everything everyone thought they knew is thrown out the window... Spies, double agents, polyjuice potions, snogging sessions, and more, are plentiful in the Trio’s last year. H/G later on... as well as a bunch of other couples.

Draco has been acting very strangely, but one night with one girl may bring it all to an end. DM/LL.

During his conversation with Harry after returning from the Ministry, Dumbledore thinks about his mistakes, his emotions, his failures, and Harry's ability to feel. In Harry’s deliverance from indifference and guilt, is Dumbledore's redemption...

Harry and Ginny have had a long and happy marriage, until the moment came where the truth just wouldn't stay a secret any longer. With this secret came much sorrow and pain. You get to live that pain through the words of this tale. It's a tale of sinful endeavors and how it has affected the people involved.

Peter never felt guilty about betraying Lily and James. He does, though, when he sees their memories in the graveyard. The graveyard scene out of GoF through Peter's eyes.

Remus is outed by an unexpected kiss, and Sirius reacts as many straight flatmates would. Accusations, high emotions, and the breaking of several small objects ensue. A co-authored fic, ten weeks in the writing.

Sequel to 'Red as Blood' -``'“You don’t belong with them, Ginny,” her father said, whispering. It looked like he was in pain. Some of the blood, Draco thought, belongs probably to him. Or maybe he was just in pain over the fact that his beloved daughter wanted to kill them? Draco shook his head. It didn’t matter. Not to him. Only she mattered to him.'

'Harry had a habit of keeping things he shouldn't.' That which does not kill us, makes us stronger.

A reaction fic to the death in Order of the Phoenix. Harry looks back on his memories and wonders what's to come.

Sirius watches Peter as he tries to convince James to use Peter as the Secret Keeper. The night the Potters die, Sirius vows for vengance. The confrontation in the alley, and being led away to Azkaban. All in Sirius' point of view.````A parrallel to The Sin We Share.

Ron looks back and tries to forget... until someone reminds him it's not forgetting that's good, it's remembering...

In Azkaban, a prisoner goes slowly insane, unable to remember who he is. He grasps at his forgotten identity and at memories he cannot understand as the Dementors feed on his frustrations.

The only casualty from Hogwarts in the battle against the Dark Lord goes unmourned by all but the one who loved him... the one who is willing to do anything to join him in eternal paradise. Angsty little oneshot.

She cried, never going to hold the hand of another guy. Too young for him he told her waiting for the love of her traveling soilder.

What is worse, to remember nothing or to remember everything? The war is over and Severus and Bellatrix are living their hell.

During his fifth year at Hogwarts, Ernie Macmillan wrestles with his conscience while dealing with an embarrassing nickname, a questionable Muggle artifact, and Hufflepuffs behaving badly.

Draco reflects on his last weeks at Hogwarts and makes unexpected friends of the Boy Who Lived.

Pansy hates that she's thought of as a whore. She just wants to be accepted by others. Especially the one she loves, Draco. One-shot fic. Pansy’s POV.

Neville tried standing up for himself and what he thought was right. All he got was a Full Body Bind from the people he thought were his friends.

Harry has a dream that seems so real that he doesn't want to let go.

Narcissa reflects on the past, on the days when her son was still innocent and her part in changing him.

Does a student make a Slytherin or does a Slytherin make a student? Thoughts of a Gryffindor, Ellen Mavericks, when her friend, Delia Pryde, that she had known for years had changed when they are separated by their houses.

Could it be any harder to say goodbye and without you``Could it be any harder to watch you go, to face what’s true``If only I had one more day``I ran. Ran to hide myself, feeling naked without him. Ran away from him before he could say ‘We could still be friends.’ Everyone says that and everyone knows it never does happen. I ran fast, hoping all these thoughts would just escape with the wind blowing past my ears. I would never feel them again.

Virginia creeper: native woody vine of the grape family, tall growing and popular as a wall covering in the temperate United States. It has blue-black berries and clings by disk-tipped tendrils, some branches hanging free in graceful festoons. The five-fingered leaves—brilliant yellow to red in the fall—are sometimes confused with the three-fingered poison ivy. ``````A boy fighting for the lives of all he knows and cares for--and a great many he doesn't. A girl trying to make her way in a new and unfamiliar world. An ancient magic binding them both. And above it all, a darkness surrounding the home they have grown to know and love, drawing ever closer, threatening not only them but all around them.

Remus takes Harry to Godric's Hollow, in memory of Sirius.

A fire doesn't always kill-sometimes it can even refine a person's destiny. Founders' era fic.

"She stared at her reflection in the mirror and tried to imagine the girl she’d been back then, or even before that. She couldn’t. It was like trying to imagine an imaginary friend she hadn’t pretended to see since she was six. As far as her mind was concerned, that girl no longer existed, and she hadn’t even been real. But that girl had existed. She knew it, because she had been that girl..."

[Draco/OC] If I could go back in time to change one thing, one thing out of everything I've ever done wrong, I would go back four years to the day I left the wizarding world... Same time frame as "To This Day". This time in Draco's Pov.

Severus Snape kept his personal life a secret to most people for almost twenty years. On a cold night in late December, his most guarded secrets are revealed to the Dark Lord and the Order of the Phoenix. To what end will the Order of the Phoenix protect Severus and his family from the Dark Lord, the other Death Eaters, and the Ministry of Magic.

He lies awake listening to the sound of rain drumming on the roof. He lies awake knowing that there is not much time left, a few hours if he’s lucky. But Draco Malfoy doesn’t give a damn. Contains character torture and death.

"It is funny how I was the one who knew all your secrets, who knew who you really were. Yet every one of them knew before I did. No one told me I had to find out for myself. And you of all people didn’t even tell me." Told from Ginny's POV.

Harry and Ginny quarrel because she wants to accompany him, Ron and Hermione on the quest for the Horcruxes and to fight Voldemort, but he wants her to stay behind, ostensibly for her own safety. It takes Ron's homespun wisdom to convince his friend that it would be logical to have all the help he can possibly muster in said quest...help which includes Ginny.

Shortly after the war, Auror trainee Harry Potter attempts to confiscate a stolen Time-Turner from Draco Malfoy, accidentally sending them ten years into the past. Meanwhile, nine-year-old Harry is alone at Privet Drive for the holiday - or so he thinks.

Oh, I knew—I knew from the very beginning that this was a terrible idea. That filthy Mudblood and I paired together made a terrible Head Boy and Head Girl. It was the one thing that we ever agreed upon. Did anyone listen, though? No, and look where it got us. Hermione Granger is lying dead in our common room. *Warning* Death fic.

Who will Harry turn to when he loses everything? (Harry/Lucius)

Everyone's got a story. Even Severus Snape. A one-shot Snape-centric fic.

Written for the ARWSLL Christmas Challenge, this little ficcy features the feature Mrs. Lestrange, some flashbacks, Kyra Montague, and realizations...

Severus Snape is haunted by a memory that he'd rather not remember in the most eccentric manner.

Mary Weasley finally gets all she wanted -- but soon realizes what she wanted all along was standing there, right in front of her.