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This is written from Harry's pov. It's rather depressing (if I do say so myself) and includes mature themes so sover your eyes kiddies. This is more like a random stream of consciousness than an actual story. I suppose it could be considered a pwp. Reviews are always appreciated. Enjoy!

When it's time to walk away, Draco makes a startling confession to Harry, who has no idea how to react.

Harry Potter is in yet another detention during his seventh year with Severus Snape. But this time he has something on his mind, and he and Snape have a conversation that's much needed on both sides.

"I guess I formed my picture of myself during the war. In those years, I was living on a knife�s edge and every day I survived, every mission I came back from alive, added to my vision of myself as a strong woman. An Auror. A Metamorphmagus of no mean abilities. A woman with whom it would be wisest not trifle. Tough. Able to take it and give as good as she got. Yes, that was the way I saw myself. On the whole, I believe it was true. But it is hard to live with an image like that."

Harry has just returned to Hogwarts to start his 6th year. But this year is destined to be his most difficult yet, and things may never be the same again...

Ariana had the perfect life. Hawai'i had the beach, the cute surfer guys, and of course... the safety. But one night flips it all upside down, and Ari's life is changed forever...

The final battle... his last stand... our last hope... humanity's last gift... love's last attempt...

In this alternate universe, Voldemort killed Harry Potter as a baby, yet was still defeated about ten years later. This is not the end of him however. This is the story of the spaniard Javier Lizardi, his friends, and Voldemort's last attempt for power.

It's Romeo and Juliet, Harry Potter style. Two Wizarding Families, alike in fame yet not at all in dignity, weeks after the defeat of the Dark Lord, where our story begins. From ancient battles over blood lines surface new tensions, where those who were once honest now give into the bloodshed...

"All fairy tales start with Once Upon a Time, and once upon a time, I was happy." A monologue telling of dreams, broken hearts, and revenge.

Remus won't sleep, because Remus keeps the Night Watch. He hopes no one will notice the dark bags under his eyes, because then they will begin to worry, and this isn't about Remus.

After the war that led to the defeat of Voldemort, the young Healer-Auror retreats to a small hamlet, unable to bear seeing the scars, visible and invisible, of injuries her friends had afflicted. Yet Hermione Granger's presence awakens something, someone, that begins to haunt her dreams... guilt renders her unable to surrender her heart, and justice sends her searching for an answer to the questions that emerge. Will she be strong enough to act on what she knows to make the final decision?

Tom is trying to return, and Ginny's up to something. But who's the oblivious one this time around? And even if he does succeed, Tom will have a question to face- What do you do when your place in the world is taken, and you're no more that a carbon copy of someone else? Mean while the war is raging, and the wizarding world is split apart as individuals decide where their loyalties lie, and discover themselves.``TR/GW. Angst, sex, violence. Not for the faint of heart.

After Voldemort kills the Potters & disappears, Wormtail arrives at the Potter's house before anyone else & takes Harry away on a small motorbike, intent on "dealing" w/ Harry in his own way. He runs the bike into a pothole & smashes it into a tree, rendering it basically useless. People in the nearby houses hear the noise, and start coming to see what happened. Wormtail panics & quickly Apparates away, leaving young Harry crying by the tree. He lives a horrible life in the orphanage, & is rescued by Snape at age 8. Sirius is made to take the strongest Veritaserum in existence, found innocent, and set free. Now that he's free, he wants to adopt Harry. But what happens when Snape forms a liking to the small boy and wants to adopt him as well?

In the vacuum of your own mind, no one can hear you scream. Chamber of Secrets, a rather disturbing vignette.

‘…From this day to the ending of the world, /But we in it shall be remembered; /We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;’

The night began as any other, us, in the sitting room of 12 Grimmauld Place, drowning our respective sorrows in deep glasses of blood-red wine. The world is too, too hard for people like he and I.

There were five of you, the heirs to all that was Black. You were to become the next generation of power-wizards. Born into privilege and taught to wield power, people noticed when you entered a room. Your clothes were impeccable, your language flawless. Your friends were handpicked. Your house at Hogwarts and life afterward predestined. What went wrong? How did you all fall apart?

Harry has returned to Grimmauld Place and to his friends. However, he is greeted by a fiendish new character whom everyone seems to believe is trustworthy. But can Harry trust her?

Hermione goes to her best friends funeral. Dumbledore gives the eulogy.

After the war, Harry and most of the realm's other soldiers become expatriates while the Ministry cleans up the remains of the Dark in Britain. When Temporary Ambassador Potter has to escort war hero Draco Malfoy to Manchester, will sparks fly? Or is Malfoy up to something decent for once?

A Pansy Parkinson story. Sometimes people step out of their groups and become individuals. And sometimes a single voice will vanish forever inside the masses. It all comes down to the choices we make at the turning points of our lives.

Ginevra Weasley, youngest of the Weasley clan, has more secrets and perils than one could have ever imagined. Her taunting memories come back to haunt her and she doesn't quite know how to keep them at bay.

Ginny and Luna are on a mission to the past when they make an accidental discovery that changes... everything.She looked around. "I wish they had let us Apparate closer to the hospital."``"Professor Snape didn't want us to be heard," Luna said.``"Yeah," sighed Ginny, "no one heard us pop in to that automobile-smashing place, that's for certain. I've never heard a noise like that since Fred and George both got Howlers from Mum at once."``Luna gave her usual complacent smile, and then stopped dead in her tracks. ``"Luna, what...?"``"It's my mother," Luna said, pointing.

Little is known about Hermione Granger’s life before Hogwarts... but perhaps this is all we really wanted to know. Who ever said that Hermione was always an only child – or a happy one?

One is broken - a Malfoy and the son of two condemned Death Eaters, living as a hermit in a huge empty house. The other is a ghost who is bound to the wrong place. These are scenes from their life together. (Sirius/Draco; some strange Harry/Snape in the background.)

It's Harry's sixth year at Hogwarts, but it's a dark time now that Voldemort's return is common knowledge. This year also sees many more revelations for the Boy Who Lived, and also he has another dangerous mission to complete, which could make or break the survival of the magical community...

"Odd that something so inconsequential should make the hair at his nape stand on end, but there was something about it..."

Harry, Ron and Hermione get in trouble doing their Defence homework. Featuring also Professors Ash (DADA) and Snape (Potions).

When the first wizards left the earth, some say they disappeared into silent limbo. There, they say, is where the wizards await for their people's call. Upon the path of their return, it is said that only good shall prevail, and, as legend goes, the Shakti would be the key to all magic. However, upon the rebirth of this power, it was distorted; the dark seed was planted and the Death Eaters were born.

As Harry returns to Hogwarts for his sixth year, he is confronted by romance, betrayal, news of a possible war, and the return of his worst enemy. Harry will have to overcome his fears, the hatred of his nemesis, and much more!

You were never jealous of any of them. Peter's perspective on Sirius' and Remus' relationship. Improv. Slash.

"Your kind? You've been spending too much time up in those mountains." A sketch of Remus Lupin, which hopefully offers some insight into his loyalties and where they truly lie.

In the last moments of James Potter's life, he recalls the beauty of his wife, the potential of his son... and the irony of his death.

'Sometimes when I see the bare arms of trees in the evening I think of men who have died without love, of desolation and space between branch and branch.'

Harry finds a package left on his desk for his eyes only. Does this mean it's time to reveal the secret he's kept for nineteen years? An extension to JKR's epilogue that provides an alternate ending for a certain Potions Master.

Sometimes in times of War they only have each other. HG/BZ.

The daughter of Bellatrix Lestrange reflects upon her family and the death of a relative she never even knew...

"If someone is so powerful you can't beat him, make sure to be his most loyal partner. That's what my father told me, that's what he did. That's what I did. But I did not only become his loyal partner, I became his servant. His slave. He beat me."

Can betrayal be the ultimate act of love? Harry asks Hermione's help but she might not give it.

Harry Potter was sent to Azkaban for the murder of Albus Dumbledore. In the dark depths of his mind while bordering insanity, he regains his mind and slowly makes his way back to sanity. After nearly two years in Azkaban, he manages to escape. He gradually makes a life for himself once again as an auror. However, Harry is inevitably sent to Hogwarts once again where he has to confront old demons and new powers. All the while, Voldemort's grip on the Wizarding World strengthens...

Harry & Hermione accompany Arthur Weasley and Sirius Black to Number twelve, Grimmauld Place, in order to study it as an example of an innately haunted house…under Kreacher’s disapproving eye. But when it seems that the house is ‘getting to’ Harry, is it on account of Voldemort’s efforts to manipulate The Boy Who Lived, or is Harry genuinely going mad?

Revenge is an expensive luxury, one that requires a certain expertise and flair. For the best results, hire a professional to make sure that special person gets exactly what they deserve. The fifth in the Durmstrang Chronicles.

After Remus's world fell apart, he had to slowly put the pieces back together.

"Admirable men do not kill their fathers."

H/HR fic with R/L and D/G. All face the terrors of real life.

A short vignette about eleven-year-old Snape. Rated PG-13 for discussion of suicide and extreme angstiness.

In an abandoned cottage hides Harry Potter, hero of the wizarding world. He looks out of lifeless eyes as his memories play over and over again in his head like a record stuck on repeat. ````A certain blond Slytherin finds him, and tries to mend his wounds...

There's a new student at Hogwarts, which is unheard of. Hermione notices that she's actually pretty different from everyone else, but it's not because she's Canadian.

Ron Weasley hated Voldemort. Draco Malfoy embraced him. Kaitlyn Lowell made the mistake of coming in between the two, and now, over a decade later, it is up to Ana Lowell to make up for her mother’s mistakes. Fresh out of a life of slavery, Ana’s troubles are just beginning. One dream holds the key to a dark secret, and her quest to find the remaining traces of her family begins, but time is running out, and the Dark Lord is getting closer...{Squeal to Children of Fate}

On August 25, 1969, one week before they leave for Hogwarts, Lily, James, Snape, Sirius, Peter, and Remus are anxious, nervous, impatient and above all, excited. A series of short sketches in two parts.

The art of being Percy. Percy/Oliver

A short second part to the trilogy of "That Was Just A Dream".

Remus Lupin, who has just arrived at Hogwarts to teach DADA, thinks about Severus Snape -- the Severus Snape he once knew and the man he sees now. Witness Lupin's thoughts!

A thrilling tale of Harry's further adventures into the unknown after his fourth year. Voldemort is prominent once again in the wizarding world, and Harry must learn to deal with the tough times ahead.

Every man has a breaking point. Harry Potter vowed never to kill again but finds his threshold is much lower when it involves his family.

A bittersweet end to a star-crossed relationship...

Ginny Weasley had always been affected by her experiences during her first year at Hogwarts. Though outwardly she had not shown it, she had always been haunted. Nightmares plagued her sleep, and she rarely dreamt of anything other than her experience with Tom Riddle, in the Chamber of Secrets. Her dreams, though, had jut been memories – sure, they were twisted, and often more frightening than the even itself had been, but they were based off of fact. One dream though – or nightmare, rather – sets off a series of horrifying events, all centered on one, terrifying being. Tom Riddle. The angel of her nightmares.

"To stand together, always, no matter how few of us remained, that was what we swore." Severus and Minerva, together at the end.

Ron spends time in the hospital wing immediately following his time at the Department of Mysteries, willing Hermione to awake from an irreversible coma. Is she the only solution to his nightmares? (R/Hr)

Not all of our greatest fears haunt us in the presence of the Dementor...

Draco does what he can for Harry. [AU, SLASH H/D]

Draco plans to confront his father after the destruction of Voldemort, but another Death Eater seeks revenge; will this resentful enemy forestall Draco’s own reprisals?

Tonks finds herself in the final battle, and learns that sometimes words are not enough.

Harry's after saving them all but has died in the process. Now Dudley's at his funeral... will things ever be different?

Tom Riddle comes to Harry one night at Privet Drive and offers him another life: the chance to know his parents and get Sirius back. What will be the dire consequences of his accepting such an offer and playing with fate? When he wakes up in a world that he cannot understand in a life that he knows nothing about with friends that have all drastically changed, will he chose to return to his past life of loss and tragedy or continue on with the love of the new people around him? However changed they may be?...

Harry's at Grimmauld Place, alone for the summer with Remus, Snape, and Molly. The poor boy has been brooding and depresed for weeks and Remus decides it's high time that the BoyWhoLived got a day off, with or without approval from the old man at Hogwarts.

Sirius, alone in the drawing room at Number Twelve, Grimmauld Palce, feels the need to do something reckless.

The war may have ended, but the suffering only began when the prophecy was fulfilled.

Harry's left Hermione, but she doesn't know why. Her little daughter is having a hard time coming to grips with it, too. Read to see what happens!

Harry Potter sleeps. One dark man watches over him, and contemplates the path Harry's life must take -- as well as his plans for the boy.

Hermione gets an unexpected insight into the meaning of Christmas from Luna Lovegood while spending the holidays at the Burrow.

Post-Voldemort, the Ministry auctions off the Death Eaters. Katie Bell purchases Marcus Flint in order to get revenge for Oliver's death, but she encounters an unexpected problem.

One ruby amid the emeralds``Like a drop of blood``On grass.``One gilded lily amid``The solid silver``Glass.``One age-old lineage``Shattered.``Toujours Pur,``Toujours Pur.``One ruby amid the emeralds``Like a drop of blood``On grass.

Chorale: A hymn of the Lutheran church, usually written for four voice harmony. Many chorales were written by J. S. Bach, which serve as a basis for the rules of partwriting. The melody is usually in the top voice, with supporting harmony in the lower voices. Allegro: 1. A fast tempo marking between Allegretto and Vivace. 2. A composition in fast tempo, especially the first and last movements of a sonata, symphony, etc. Two siblings, as different as day and night, light and dark... Gryffindor and Slytherin... chorale and allegro.

"And if you need somewhere to rest / Somewhere to lay your head / You’ll know where to find me / Stay, stay, stay with me" Comfort sought in the wee hours of the morning and a script that neither has the ability to rewrite. Post-Hogwarts Harry/Draco slash.

What was protecting Harry that night in Godric's Hollow? And how does that tie in with the new DADA teacher? A story of how a near death experience changes Harry's life...forever.

After the death of Cedric Harry can't seem to stop blaming himself. Taking an old muggle habbit to use he finds solitude in a forgotten bathroom... Until someone finds him.

"And run they do. Oh, they may like to play at idealistic revolutionists, but deep inside they’re a bunch of cowardly mudbloods. Mudbloods. That’s what brought us here. That’s what brought her here. Granger. Bushy haired, buck toothed, muggle born Granger who isn't bushy haired or buck toothed anymore. Just muggle born. Just a mudblood." -- Everything Draco's ever known changes when he walks in on a group of mudblood thirsty Slytherins torturing Hermione. Rated R for some graphic stuff.

Fifteen years old and braving a new Dark Age, Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts... only to find that the one place he felt safe, is the place he is most vulnerable. Learn that magic makes the wizard, that Kneazles make great pets, and that friends can hurt you more than enemies ever could. Harry loses one of his own, and the Marauders reunite for one last adventure. Whoever said, "All's fair in love and war" was lying through their teeth.

Tucked away in the sodden Welsh Mountains, Sirius thinks about things. A missing-moment ficlet where Sirius is on his way to Lupin's after the events of Goblet of Fire.

Sequel to "Smoke." Draco's POV on the same twisted triangle, and what better guide than self-denial?

Guilt-ridden, Sirius paces his narrow Azkaban cell, and around him a river of memories and regrets flows.

Cho Chang has just gotten back to Hogwarts after spending her sixth year in an exchange program in Academia de Esperanza, Santiago, Chile.  If she was sophisticated before, now she is even more so, with a touch of South America in her dress, a bit of the exotic in her accent.  Can Draco resist?  I think not.

A difficult good-bye turns into a confessional for a boy that has never before spoken of his past to anyone. A response to the Gen Ficathon.

Sirius is on the run, of course. So he stops in a mild looking village. Or is it?

Harry's having his worst summer at Privet Drive when he gets a letter from Dumbledore requesting his household. He will have a wizarding visitor over the summer, which is a good thing, because he'll need help when Voldemort unleashes his master plan!

“Grandmother, there’s someone at the door.” An ageing Hermione recalls her youth.

Sirius Black has only been in Azkaban a few short months, when already the grief and pain he feels is almost too much to bear. He decides to write one last letter to the only person he has left. This is only the first chapter of seven about Remus and Sirius, and how they cope with the pain caused by the events on October 31, the night that Lily and James died.

During the trios Fifth year at Hogwarts, Hermione's cousin is forced to join them because of a supposed accident involving both of her parents. After strange things begin to happen at Hogwarts, and an ancient prophecy is revealed, students are forced to realize that Hermione's cousin may be not be just the new girl, but the very tool that could be used to unleash the apocalypse by Voldemort himself.

Severus Snape's lust would never be satisfied with one woman, he wants them all. But the best candidate for that role is being less than cooperative.

Rosie Finnigan, a first year Hogwarts student, makes friends with the mysterious woman who shows her photos from her childhood. Rosie helps the woman come to terms with her painful past. ``"When Professor Longbottom had heard them saying that during Herbology, he had told them he knew her when she was a girl and she wasn't mad. Just very, very, sad."

Hermione's feelings are hurt as Harry unknowingly hurts her in the most unexpected way.

Draco's heart is as Slythern as Draco himself - it doesn't play by the rules and acts like it's a stone. Unfortunately for Draco, it's not. Stones don't bleed. H/D, one-shot.

Hufflepuff isn't generally a house that stands out. But as Hannah Abbott discovers, they may have something which nobody else does.

A poignant twist on the standard Diagon Alley scenario. While Hagrid is busy with others, Snape is sent to pick up a child, much to his chagrin and ill temper. However, after a curious scene on a crowded street, he comes to rethink his initial impression of her.

The name of Mary Sue has gone down in Hogwarts legend for a person provided with certain extremely unamiable personal features. But who was the original Mary Sue? And why is she remembered? Be warned: there is a distinct shortage of laughs in this story.

Ever wondered what Hermione's life was like before she came to Hogwarts? Find out all in this series of diary extracts.

A quasi self-insertion occurs early in this fic, but don't let it dissuade you. This story is about how envy affects love and hate; it occurs in an AU where Voldemort is victorious. If I've achieved what I wanted to, by the end you'll have sympathy and understanding for both Gryffindor and Slytherin.

Evil, I have seen true evil; the eyes that shine in the darkness, the cold, icy hand that brings death. I have seen true evil, and ran the paths it gave me, back to nowhere, back to here.