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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.)

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

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.

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

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!

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

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...

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?

'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.'

"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.

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

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.

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

"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."

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."

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...

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

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

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}

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...

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

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 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.

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.

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!

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

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

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)

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

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?...

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

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?

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

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.

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

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

"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.

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

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.

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.

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

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!

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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."

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Written for the HP_SS_Gen_Fest challenge 36: An emotionally damaged Harry flees to the Muggle world after years of fighting. The war is not over though so someone needs to bring him back. The only person available is Snape, who could care less about the mental well-being of his former student. Will this change though when he sees what the expectations of the wizarding world has done to the young wizard?

This is a story about the glamorous yet destructive lifestyles of the students of Slytherin house. Partying, narcotics and wild love affairs with a certain Potions master all go out of control as Death Eaters come into play. Filled with dark humor and a feisty story teller, we learn of the ways that eventually bring Slytherins further down the spiral. This story is nothing but a fan fiction guilty pleasure!

Later in the evening of June 24th 1995, Albus Dumbledore relives the fated night of the Tri-Wizard tournament, all the while pondering the choices of Severus Snape and the future of Hogwarts and the Wizarding world as he knows it.

A Hogwarts teacher is called by a student to look at a mysterious white light in the school library. The teacher goes to look at the light and gets transported to another world, wonderful and mysterious, where he finds a complicated case to investigate and some very good companions to lead the investigation...

What was Newt Scamander like at Hogwarts? A story about the engimatic author of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

When Luna Lovegood's daddy finds out that his little girl was in the thick of the fight with the Death Eaters at the Ministry, he gets... upset.

When Lily goes into labour, Sirius finds himself questioning whether he really wants a baby to come between himself and his best friend.

The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches...and so Harry Potter's infamous birth came to be. Yet he was not the only child to be marked by the Dark Lord that day, there was another and one who could become far more powerful then any wizard known in history. Given the Dark Mark at only twenty days of age, this child would be tutored in the Dark Arts by some of the greatest minds and begin the battle against the Order of the Phoenix, as well as any other who stood to defy the Dark Lord. For this was the Child of the Dark Prophecy.

Sible, a witch of Hogwarts, demands to be different but Harry won't let her be.

Scorches and claw marks left by the dragons may not be enough to heal the memories of a childhood loss.

Trelawney's first true prediction turns into a self-fulfilling prophecy.

A songfic about Harry and everyone's favorite Dark Lord, Voldy. It's set right at the beginning of fifth year. The song is (as the title of the fic says) is "Poem" by Taproot.

"And notice this, Harry: Voldemort chose, not the pureblood (which, according to his creed, is the only kind of wizard worth being or knowing) but the half-blood, like himself. He saw himself in you before he had ever seen you..." ``But Voldemort's creed would not be as it is now if it hadn't been for her...

Hermione Granger knows the manner of a hero's death. (OotP spoilers, no romance, no death. Only bad dreams.)

Three students from Durmstrang arrive at Hogwarts, and then something terrible happens to Ginny, and no one knows why...

On a warm April day, the Dark Lord Voldemort died and 15 year old Harry Potter became a murderer. With his life spinning out of control, he finds himself in despair. How can Lucius Malfoy save him from his downward spiral? And who is Ms. Dana Malfoy? AU fifth year fic.

Ginny Weasley's third year at Hogwarts wasn't merely spent on the sidelines as she watched the boy she loved risk his life time and time again for the Triwizard Tournament. Her third year was also filled with new friends, realizations, and even a first kiss. This is Ginny's side of Goblet of Fire.

It's his first day at Hogwarts, and Severus Snape has already managed to alienate every other person he's met, despite his best efforts at cracking jokes. All except one shy blond Slytherin boy called Nick Nickleback, that is. A Marauder-Era fic, although the Marauders do not star. Blood and Brothers details the first two years at Hogwarts for Severus Snape and Nick Nickleback. No slash (or any sort of romantic relationships, period. PG-13 for swearing and future blood and gore.)

Little Harry knows what he wants for his sixth birthday. This is a sad childhood fic. One-shot.

It's Draco Malfoy's sixth year at Hogwarts. He has always approved of his father being a Death Eater. If he changes his mind will he be able to survive the consequence?