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AU Year Six: During summer following their fifth year, Harry, Ron, and Hermione have to deal with the after-effects of their encounter at the Department of Mysteries. Harry mourns Sirius' death and tries to bear the burden of the prophecy; Hermione has to face her parents; Ron has to cope with lasting effects from the attack of a brain. Inspired by Ron and to help Harry on his way Hermione initiates a process which forces the trio to become closer than ever. Eventually the prophecy presses down on all three. The story doesn't follow HBP but incorporates some of its ideas.

The story of James and Lily, even before Hogwarts. Read as they go from the summer before first year to marriage.

Growing up a Muggle, Val Bradley learns the truth that she is a witch, and leaves her American Muggle family behind to live with her aunt. She attends Hogwarts, and many adventures abound for the little witch.

The war is over, and the repercussions are a weight to bear. They weren't supposed to fall, it wasn't part of Fate's master plan, and in return for going against her rules, Fate is making it awfully hard for them to get along. And when that doesn't work, Fate slings ever growing darkness in their general direction.

Harry somehow trades places with Snape after Ron puts a faulty attraction spell on him--or does he? Involving Snape!Harry with a few well-known characters...and yes, at one point it gets ever so slightly slashy, so if that's not your thing, don't read on.

Ginny Weasley has been dating the boy of her dreams for almost a year now. But what happens when the Boy Who Lived gets too busy for his girlfriend? And what happens when she bumps into a certain blond Slytherin who is willing to listen to the torments of her troubled heart?

In Hermione's 7th year, Professor Lupin returns to the position of DADA teacher. In an attempt to get Hermione expelled and Lupin fired, someone casts a lust spell on them.````Hermione/Remus (don't like it, don't read it)

Hermione can’t decide who she wants... so she'll have them all. She dates Viktor Krum, finds herself enjoying pulling her best friends' heartstrings, and shock of shocks finds herself attracted to Draco Malfoy. Is she turning into the person 'that awful Skeeter woman' portrayed her as? H/V, H/R, H/H, H/D.

Severus wakes his sister after fourteen years in a coma. She has the key to defeating Voldemort. But she is also to play a special role in Harry's life. This is a Snapefiction, but it is also Sirius/OC and yet another take on the future of the HP world.

The Dark Lord has just been defeated by baby Harry Potter. All over the wizarding world, people are celebrating their new-found freedom. However, something might disrupt this moment of happiness. Lusitania Magical Academy of Sorcery and Magecraft is the target of the Aurors, the Dark School hides too many secrets on the Dark Arts. The Light side. Adventures with Dragons. Quidditch games. And, oh yes, Love.

When you sleep you are ascended into dreamland - whether it be a nightmare or not, you are at your weak point. Anything could happen around you and you wouldn’t know about it, nor will anyone know what is happening inside your mind. You’re buried too deeply within that dream portal, thriving for another adventure - may you forget or remember it forever. In dreams you’re drifting into another world and no one will notice you’re gone....

Draco/Harry. It's intense, it's passionate, but it's just sex. Or is it? Draco is despairing and Harry is blinkered. How are you mean to recognise love when it doesn't look or feel anything like you expected it to?

In seventh year, the Slytherin Head Boy and the Gryffindor Head Girl join forces. Who is the mysterious Gryffindor girl and what is it about her past that will leave Draco speechless? Read the fic to find out.

Hogwarts 1997/1998: After the last battle, the whole world seems a warzone. Every side is plotting revenge - and yes, there are more than two sides. However, certain students still have to mature a little more before they can face the final fight - and the same may be said for certain teachers. Sequel to 'Subplot' and 'Unplottable'; multi-POV, multi-ship; AU to OotP and everything that comes after.

It's the hardest thing to do - facing up to the past. Sometimes carrying the burden of pain for others is the best thing to do. Sometiems it's the only way. As Voldermort's return overshadows the wizarding community and fear sweeps threw the castle, Harry, Ron and Hermione face their fifth year, very much alone in a world that strains to keep order and hope alive.

Betrayal is an ugly thing, vengeance equally so. However, the two go hand in glove when Draco turns Judas on the trio after gaining their trust. A story about the price of vengeance.

Harry reflects on the war. He made it through, now he has to get used to a normal life. He gets a new job in a different country. Will he find peace, and possibly love? Written post-HBP

Draco Malfoy finds out something about Harry James Potter that changes his whole perception of The Boy Who Lived. Draco/Harry

Annie-Elizabeth Howard doesn’t take it all too kindly when her mother starts to date again, only about six months after the death of her father. So Annie and her best friend Patsy decide to scare every single guy away. They turn into regular Marauders against the threat of each new boyfriend. They don’t have much trouble; their beloved Harry Potter books give them plenty of ideas. But what happens when Annie’s mother brings home Sirus Blake? To put it simply: pure chaos. AU fic. Read at your own risk.

When a stranger with a sword on his belt and looks exactly like Harry shows up on the grounds of Hogwarts, the Trio and Dumbledore (and Parvati, who gets wrapped up in this) race to help him go back to his world. But with Voldemort on the rise, can they do it in time?

Possibly the world's first Penelope/Lockhart fic. A celebrity infatuation turns into something not quite so one-sided when placed in a classroom situation...

Blaise Zabini was drawing his Divination chart when a cat appeared from thin air. She turned out to be a Princess from another world, who was trapped in ours and wanted help...

Rose Brown lost her boyfriend Charlie when he graduated ten years ago. Ten years is a long time but Rose still misses him. Will that change when an unknown but familiar sixteen year-old redhead runs by her house? A RW/HG from a different POV. Also includes CW/RB, and hints at BW/NT, HP/GW, and PW/PC.

What if Hermione had never heard Ron call her 'a nightmare' in first year and she was never trapped with the troll? Would they ever become friends? A story about fate, and the fact that you can never avoid some friendships. AU, R/Hr.

After a fiasco of a wedding, Harry and Hermione leave the wizarding world. They do come back, but will it be easy? How can anything with Harry be easy? Engagements, remeetings and teaching, oh my!

Young Severus Snape has finished Hogwarts. He has a job and has joined the Death Eaters. But he is about to learn something which may change his life...

It all begins on a chilly November night in 1967. A wizard turns up dead in the London Underground, savagely murdered by unknown foes. Leading the investigation is Chief Auror Marcus Weisel and his partner, Alastor Moody. But the more they investigate, the deeper they are plunged into a world of mystery and intrigue. Deep in the heart of these Byzantine plots is a shadowy figure known only as Voldemort...

Silver comes to pay Draco a visit.

Happy Birthday, Tom Felton!

Ah, the famous adventures of James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter! Written just because I'd always wondered about that myself, and this answer--which I'm pretty sure I came up with on my own--amused me. Features Randy!James, NotAnIdiot!Peter, Studious!Sirius, and and a NotAMarySue!Original Character.

Hermione is in danger & the only way to save her is to change her whole life. The teachers (& Draco) create a new life & image for her to live by....without her knowledge. Suddenly Miss Granger disappears & a new girl is sorted into Slytherin...but is it really just make believe?

"We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction," Aesop Fables. After the stormy end to his fourth year, all Harry wants is calm. But mysterious dreams and an equally mysterious student foretell a tempest. Minister Fudge's decision to leave the dreaded Dementors at their post, the menacing prison Azkaban, may give Lord Voldemort the means of destruction he seeks. A brazen plan for recruiting the future faction of the Dark Forces may have already been set in motion. Gray clouds on the horizon speak of terrible events to come.

After only two weeks with the Durnsleys, Harry's finally back at Number Twelve Grimmauld Place. But with Sirius gone and Ron and Hermione's constant fighting, all he can think about is getting back to Hogwarts for his sixth year and escaping it all. But when he finds out Kenzie Townsen, a beautiful, soon-to-be fifth year Gryffindor with a past much like Harry's is scheduled to arrive at Gimmauld Place, Harry decides this summer is looking better already.

Neville Longbottom enjoys his quiet life with his Herbology research and a few good friends. He really doesn’t have room in his life for a houseguest, and he certainly doesn’t have time to be a suspect in a murder investigation. This story takes place six years after the end of “A Cord of Three Strands.” It is not necessary to have read the other story, but it would be helpful. This story was written before Half-Blood Prince, and therefore is only consistent with canon through Book Five. Rated R for adult situations.

Sirius comes up with a plan for doing a spell to get rid of Voldemort that he and James Potter discovered. Harry and pals must do it, but they need five people, even with Ginny it only makes four and DRACO MALFOY has to help. He and Harry get on okay when forced to, but there's still the spell...

Post OotP. Harry gets in a fatal car crash with the Dursleys and finds someone framed him for their alleged murders. In a provocative tale of flight, friendship, and fury, he must learn the will to survive and face destiny comes from mind, body, and soul. After all is said and done, with the unfailing support of those you love, you can never truly be alone. Told from Harry's point of view.

Spring, 1981: Voldemort is at the height of his power. The Potters are still alive. And on a dark and stormy night, Death Eater Severus Snape returns to Hogwarts. He comes to turn himself in and expects to be reviled, but he learns more than he bargained for. This bitter Slytherin also finds understanding from a most unexpected source. The time has come at last for Minerva McGonagall to do penance for the sins of her past. After forty years, she will pay for the mark upon her wrist.

After a quiet 5th year at Hogwarts, the students return to find a new challenge has been set up for them - The Defence Against the Dark Arts Mansion - a mansion on a part of the Hogwarts grounds, filled with Dark Arts creatures and curses. The students are to spend a week/weekend in the mansion, tackling the obstacles that have been put there to test them. Many problems come up that the students have to deal with. Lots of drama, mystery, tension and some romance make this an interesting adventure.

It's Harry and Hermione's fifth year at Hogwarts, but a new student is commanding a mission to make it their most memorable year as well.

Harry is about to begin his 6th year at Hogwarts, and Lord``Voldemort is wreaking havoc once more, killing Muggles and wizards``alike. However, it soon becomes apparent that these murders aren't just``random but in fact follow a precise pattern. As Harry and his friends``try to work out what the pattern means, it soon becomes clear that``Harry is yet again in the center of Lord Voldemort's plans...

Sequel to Miasma. When Harry is living with Remus and Sirius, Voldemort is slowly regaining his followers, including Severus Snape.

A series of short vignettes featuring some of our favorite (and not so favorite) minor characters.

[ COMPLETE; AU as of

Taking place after GoF, Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny discover something about themselves which leads to many adventures, lives lost and loves found. The weight of the wizarding world rests on four very young shoulders.

Someone 'up there' (think Heavenwards) decides to give Hogwarts a look-in and wackiness ensues. Harry and Ron are trying to deal with being in fifth year as best they can, when their quiet start to the year is disrupted in a very... fiery way and things look to get everso slightly barking as the story continues.

Hermione and Malfoy get caught by Professor McGonagall, dueling in the halls. Professor McGonagall is tired of the bickering and fights, so she takes them to Dumbledore who agrees to allow McGonagall give them a punishment neither of them will forget.

A modern fairytale. One werewolf, three animagi, a redhead, a potions prodigy, blue blood, foreshadowing, a dark lord coming into full power, love lost, and a future that eventually eclipses the past.

A fun place to chat away from Hogwarts, even with a court room for those not so fun moments...

The engagement party of her former best friend and lover is one that Ginny really didn't want to attend. Since she graduated from Hogwarts, Ginny's tried to lose herself in alcohol, faceless sexual encounters and a relationship with a man she could never love. Now the object of her affection is in the same room as her. The anger stemming from her school years explodes to a shocking confession.

Disney's Beauty and the Beast story told for the FictionAlley ship of the same name. Remus has been cursed to be a werewolf, and must find someone to love him by the time the last rose petal falls if he does not want to be a werewolf forever. Hermione is a girl wanting a new adventure instead of the same old routine, the same old people thinking she is odd. And then there's Draco, who wants Hermione to marry him, no matter what. Remus/Hermione, Draco/Hermione

An explosion in the Potions classroom leaves behind a raving Potions Master, a bloody Draco, and a certain redhead we all love having a moment of altruistic weakness. Since kindness makes our favourite white ferret suspicious and a bit snarky, Ginny decides to put some rather embarrassing information about Draco to good use. Ahh, nothing like one-upsmanship to kindle a little romance. D/G, of course, but it mentions various other pairings (teenagers plus hormones = ... c'mon, what do you expect?!).

Harry's fifth year turns out to be really odd indeed with dreams, Voldemort, and new powers. Includes Dumbledore being a jerk, Sirius being astonished, and Ginny being seductive. Enjoy!

Hermione comes back to Hogwarts for her last year with two big secrets... but will she be able to handle both of them at once and still maintain her perfection with school? Will she be able to cope with all of the changes that are going on in her life, like the loss of someone dear, or finding a little silver box, or having to go through the pain of possible insanity? Who is going to help her when her life could be at risk, and how will Hermione cope with everything? And what are these powers that Hermione is discovering?

Gryffindor common room in the autumn of sixth year: Peter is upset about a recent breakup with his girlfriend. James has been looking for an excuse to break out his illegally-procured bottle of firewhiskey. Remus tries to be the voice of reason. Sirius acts like... well, like Sirius.

Draco Malfoy is twenty years old, single and unemployed. When he’s forced to move out of the Manor and get a job, Draco signs up with the Ministry and creates his own hell. Misery loves company, and Draco Malfoy is inviting everyone in for a drink.

Told from Hermione's point of view, the trio's fifth year, full of loss, fears, love, hope, and confusion. Hermione pours out her heart, her worries, and her dreams.

Fifth year starts, but more than one boy feels that this year could be more of a challenge. Where is Voldemort?What is he planning? Harry discovers a new world, and power beyond his wildest dreams. New alliances and old grudges abound in Harry Potter and The Spirit of Death.

On Harry's 15th birthday someone shows up at the Dursley's house to take Harry away. They tell him that he is no longer safe at number 4 Privet Drive. Then when Harry returns to Hogwarts there is a new student in the fifth year. But is this new student really who they seem? And are Snape and Harry really as different as they think? Find out!

Unrequited love can do funny things to a witch... or to a wizard. Tonks and Merope weren\'t the only ones to have trouble with their powers- in 1976, James Potter had his own problems as well. Contains het, two paragraphs of slash, and reference to bodice ripper novels.

Harry Potter begins a seemingly normal (at Hogwarts) 5th year, complete with spectacular Quidditch matches, comic Arithmancy classes, and tangled romances. However, these events are overshadowed with the knowledge that Voldemort has now regained his lost powers and in the background, is busy gathering yet more forces to prepare for open war with the Ministry and Hogwarts. Harry's fears becomes true as terrifying hybrid beasts, either overtly or covertly, assault Hogwarts School.

Harry's fifth year at Hogwarts, a followup to where JKR had left us at GOF, as what I think would be or should be, well, at least in my head. Ventured into most of the hints that we got from JKR about OOTP, including a female DADA teacher and a bad death.

Sixth year, and Harry's back at Hogwarts, but how can it be like it was? NEWTs and even Quidditch pale into insignificance, with Sirius gone and the horizon dark with war. Familiar faces turn up in unexpected places, and then there's the small matter of Malfoy... Drama a-plenty, and maybe an apocalypse or two to come.

When Spike gets an invitation to teach Defence at Hogwarts and leaves for Hogwarts, Giles is left with the choice to continue lying to the Scoobies or to tell the truth as Angel advises him. Giles decides to tell the truth, and many old secrets resurface.``Voldemort is back, although the Death-Eaters are careful not to alarm the Wizarding World of their return until they’re strong enough.``Then there’s the other problem: comatose people are turning up in LA, Sunnydale and the ring of small cities around Sunnydale after Halloween – where, during the party at the Bronze, a new Big Bad makes its presence known.``Finally, to make matters even worse, the return of Angelus is hanging in the air.

A Foundersfic. The world has been split into two extremes of black and white. This is the story of the shades of grey in between.

"This is how it is - this is why you're not in the Order - you don't understand - there are things worth dying for!" The chilling tale of a boy who dared to defy the proud name of Black and how that boy came to be the man he was.

Hermione and Fred had a raging fire bloom between them years before, but when the spark lights again, will they be willing to kindle it?

There's going to be a ball at Hogwarts and everyone's excited... especially Cho. Is she really that sweet? Or does she have some scheme up her sleeve? Each chapter is written in the point of view of a different character.

How does a friendship begin? On 31 August 1993 Ginny Weasley does not want Hermione Granger as a friend. But by 1 September a great deal has changed.

A new girl at Hogwarts catches Harry's eye... but Malfoy has other ideas. Contains slash and some darker stuff....

So Draco is something special ... but did he really want it that way?````Warning, characters a little OOC!

Draco Malfoy, in his third year at Hogwarts, sets out to discover what shape his boggart shifts into. When he he does, he decides to make the most of it... and satisfy his craving for Harry. Slash

What happens when Snape has to teach a drama class? What happens when Ginny falls for a boy other than Harry? What happens when Hermione realizes her own feelings? Read and discover, or something.

Disaster lies in wait for the unsuspecting. Harry encounters a series of confusing events which lead him to one person: Draco Malfoy. Unfortunately, Draco is as befuddled as he is...featuring a cast of thousands who are all in the know, and two boys who most emphatically are not. (Slash warning.)

Dumbledore came up with a plan to help the seventh years prepare for marriage. Hermione thought this was going to be great, but when the sorting hat got to her name and shouted "SEVERUS SNAPE," she wasn't so sure.

Fourteen years ago, Mae Julie lost the love of her life, as well as her best friends. Now, she must face her past, as well as the daughter she left behind, and help protect her best friend's son, Harry Potter. Starts at the end of Harry's fourth year, with flashbacks from MWPP.

1980-Severus Snape is a Death Eater turned spy, Damara Sutherland is an Auror married to the enemy. Together they must play a game of cat and mouse to keep them both alive. Complicating matters is the attraction they feel toward each other amid the turmoil of a Ministry of Magic waging all-out war against Death Eaters, and a vengeful and jealous husband who would have his way--his very worst way--with his new wife, Damara.

A Serpentine Prophet is a gift of darkest magic. For every Prophet, there is a Charmer to whom he is bound. Being a Charmer is a rare and unusual gift- Salazar Slytherin was a Charmer- So was Voldemort. But what does that mean when Draco and Harry are found to be Charmers also? And what does it mean when a prophecy is revealed from the most reliable source- the words of a Serpentine Prophet and hands of a Diviner for the International Ministiry of Magic? The Prophets foresee a Majestic and war to end the Grey Age. The Final Age will dawn. But will it be an Age of Light or Dark? None are sure. Voldemort's powerful, evil, and unafraid- can our heroes battle this monster and fight their own demons? The fate of the known world depends on it.

A lonely warrior finds some unexpected holiday cheer.

Harry's in love!... Or is he? How can you tell when you're in love? (Includes Bryan Adams' hit song, "Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?")

What was the "matter" that made Dumbledore trust Snape? Why did Snape change sides? This story answers these and other questions.

Harry couldn't forget the look on Dumbledore's face before he died. When Snape proposes an alliance, Harry senses a trap. But with no idea how to destroy Voldemort, can Harry afford not to accept the help of the Dark Lord's most trusted servant?

Battles will be fought, villains will rise, pranks will be pulled, and some humor and romance will be flying around! This fic, starting at the end of the Marauders' fifth year, attempts to detail the start of the First War, focusing on the students whose lives were affected by it. Appearances by Marauders, Death Eaters, Aurors, Slytherins, Original Characters, and a "black-hooded messenger of death."

What was it that James Potter did to convince Lily Evans to marry him? And what exactly does it have to do with the Beatles? This one-shot, originally in the cookie jar, features a special appearance by Lily's sarcastic watch, and (of course!) the Marauders.

One stormy night in northern California, a haunted fifty-year-old Hermione Granger thinks back on the events of the past, and the fates of all the people she loved.

Harry is having troubles facing Cedric's death, but things start to happen that take his mind off those events. He visits The Burrow and finds himself falling for Ginny. Several things start to happen, little accidents and such. Then he learns of the Soul-Mate Ceremony. Could this be the way to defeat Voldemort?

Two years after the fall of Voldemort an unexpected house guest stumbles into Harry's life.

AU: Sirius becomes a father. Read about Sirius raising a teenage Harry Potter.

Draco thinks about Harry after he receives a notice to a wedding.

Severus is reinstated as Headmaster and calls his first staff meeting. A prophecy is made and Slytherin plotting is applied to ensure the future of Hogwarts.

Parvati stays up late one night, trying to fight away the grief she's feeling when someone comes along to help her find a way through it.

GWP Investigations’ newest case involves a global crime network, and their only clue leads Harry, Hermione, and Ron to mysterious postwar Venice. There, while Ron falls under the spell of beautiful, enigmatic Gabrielle Delacour, a raging storm forces Harry to acknowledge his love for Hermione before it’s too late. Meanwhile, Ginny Weasley, kidnapped by terrorists and held hostage on the French Riviera, is plunged into unimaginable horror - and possessed by an unthinkable love for her captor, Draco Malfoy. As time runs out, the lives of the six collide in a violent web of passion and intrigue that brings them from glittering Paris to Egyptian deserts, where it all explodes in a smashing climax by the sun-drenched banks of the Nile.

A series of short stories set in the "The Bargain" universe. Read "The Bargain" first, or nothing will make sense.

What did Dumbledore and Snape argue about in the the Forest in HBP? What really happened the night Dumbledore died? This story is one fan author's attempt to answer these questions, told from Snape's point of view.

Draco Malfoy is returning from the war, contemplating his life and how he got into this mess! AU fic. OOC!Draco. D/G. Just a bit of fluff.

Will the raven-haired, bespectacled young would-be wizard express his love towards the red-haired girl? Don’t run into conclusions.

It’s the day before the Christmas Masque and several enchanted mistletoe cause problems all around the castle! Harry and Draco get stuffed into a box together while Fred and George get their kicks watching. Hermione finds herself completely horrified with whom she is stuck with, while Ron is disgusted with whom he is trapped with. Ginny ends up in a box with the boy who has been crushing on her, and the twins end up getting boxed in together! The horror!

Morgan is a Malfoy: she has been a player her whole life. But when she and her cousin are reunited, they will cause only heartbreak.``Draco/Ginny Harry/Ginny

Harry, Ron and Hermione aren't expecting a normal 6th year at Hogwarts. Especially after Diana Snape, an American who has just lost her parents, comes to live with her uncle. Even though Diana is a Snape, she somehow becomes friends with Hogwart's favorite three. She even catchs the eye of Harry Potter. Now, all four have to invesigate a rare and powerful curse that is being put on some of the Hogwarts students. Believe me, a romance between Harry Potter and Snape's niece... is hilarious.

When Draco tries to become friends with Harry in their sixth year neither of them has any idea about how much their friendship will affect their lives. Plus: drinking, secrets, a Spring Ball, girls and, of course, Voldemort, who just can’t seem to leave Harry alone. (Blaise Zabini is a girl in this fic since I started writing it before it became clear that he is, in fact, a boy. The story is not A.U. in any other way.)