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Even joyous occasions can be dark. **WARNINGS** Slash mentioned of the Harry/Ron variety and character deaths occur in this story.

Early in their marriage, Lucius withholds things from Narcissa.

Sirius goes to see his first –and last- concert with the Hobgoblin’s. An argument takes place, with a disastrous result for poor Stubby Boardman.

Hermione writes a letter to Viktor lamenting the lack of intellectual stimulus. Shades of HG/VK.

Harry Potter is starting his sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witch Craft and Wizardry. There is a new girl joining Harry’s year: but who is she? Lord Voldemort is planning to release something just as dark and evil as him self. And just how exactly, is Snape involved in all of this? But the real question is: will Harry be able to save this new girls life? - before it’s too late...

Black and Lupin have escaped from the Potions Master’s clutches. Vengeance and an Order of Merlin have been snatched away from him by none other than Albus Dumbledore. How on earth can an embittered Severus continue to work with his Headmaster? An insight into a frustrated wizard’s mind, bridging PoA and GoF.

Neville exacts revenge for his parents' fate.

In the years after the fnal battle, all Ron Weasley has left to do is sit alone and wisper "I was there."

That Tom’s chess pieces talk to him isn’t so usual. It's what they have to say that makes them so special.

"He should have savored it, because the next day he was sent on a new mission guarding Pansy Parkinson. And now he was here." Mature themes within.

The Weasley family went to Egypt in the summer before Harry's school year. Ginny went too. But she still had not recovered from what had happened. It was her fault. But she did not have nightmares.

Ginny skips dinner one night & finds herself alone with Draco. After it's all over, Ginny knows that things are never going to be quite the same.

He got so tired of it sometimes. So tired of being who he was. So tired of having the weight of the world thrust on his shoulders time and again. He wanted for everyone to let him do his job and then he wanted to disappear. He was damn tired of being the Boy-Who-Lived.

After the events of Order of the Phoenix, Sirius has a chat with Harry from the spot above where he watches.

Justin remembers Cedric at his funeral. How one boy's life and death influenced another's.

Emily Nott is 16, and has an arranged marriage to Caelum Malfoy. But when she escapes, becomes who she wants to be and meets up with a young Hogwarts graduate by the name of Albus Dumbledore will her dream of becoming an educated witch come true or will her father catch up with her and force her into marriage?

The war against the dark side is over, and people have suffered greatly. Loved ones are gone forever, and now Harry and the Weasleys must pick up the pieces of their lives. Now, today, Harry is best man to the wedding of his two best friends. But can he let them go through with it, when he is in love with one of them? Harry POV. Angst, implied slash, and a few surprises.

After fighting with the King of the Dementors, and having to have a meeting with Fudge to get certain privileges, Harry returns to Hogwarts, trying to be as happy as he can. But not only is there an obsessed writer who could give Rita Skeeter a run for her money, but there's something that lurks in the corners, something cold...something that Harry has three times escaped from.... Harry must also uncover the clues to his past, and the other student that Voldemort has a prophecy to...

Draco's destiny in the summer and autumn after he failed to kill Dumbledore. He gets a new task and fails again. Severus Snape, the man who has stolen Draco's glory, takes up the task to further Draco's development as a Death Eater. They undergo a hard development before they eventually come to an agreement. This stand-alone story is also a prequel to 'Three Options for Ginny'.

Maybe if there were no moon he wouldn’t have to deal with this bullshit. Short piece about a young Remus.

The moon was just there, standing as a guardian of the heavens and the protector of the immortals. As a reward for his protection, the fates had bestowed the face upon him of a handsome beau. Over the years however, the moon began to realize how harsh and cruel his own paramour was. As he looked down over the earth and saw what humanity had done to his Eden, his face became deeply anguish; forever rueful of the day he lost his beautiful, luscious sights. From that point on, in more ways then one, the moon became a dreaded enemy, especially to those who were magically bound to it.

Harry arrives back at Hogwarts once again, but this time the war to end all wars has begun. Voldemort has gathered a small army and has set in motion plans that have the potential of killing all. Harry must use the two gifts that Dumbledore's army possess: unity and courage. They must stop the plans of Lord Voldemort before all is lost.

Have you ever wondered about Dumbledore and his history? A short ficlet on the headmaster...

"Her hands are folded primly in her lap, the way their mom had taught her. It has been this way for weeks now. She sits in silence, smiling for no apparent reason. Hermione begs him to talk to Dumbledore. But he makes up a new excuse each time she asks. He knows what will happen. He refuses to let her be put in some hospital. She will come back to him. She has to. He loves her far too much for her not to." Ginny is slipping away, and her loved ones are paying the toll. *songfic*

Luna experiences her first ride on the Hogwarts Express, observing her future classmates along the way.

It's the Hallowe'en of Uric "the Oddball" Beaufolle's third-year at Hogwarts. Old magic stirs, the castle comes alive and Uric meets a lady with a certain fondness for badgers.

What really happened the night "You-Know-Who" returned? A short fic from James point of view about his little boy and how he never got to see him grow up to become the "Boy-Who-Lived".

This is the final chapter of a much longer story that I haven't written yet. It takes place after Snape's death.

A Moon for the Misbegotten: A Gothic Tale in Three Parts "A blood moon is the last full moon to rise before the fall of winter; it is also a symbol of darkness, devotion, and death." -The Dark Arts Compendium, Third Edition Companion Story to Ill Met By Moonlight

Insanity breaks out in Hogwarts following the Weasley twins' departure from Umbridge's regime, and Blaise Zabini reflects on the role his House has to play in the school's new atmosphere.

It's Draco's sixth year at Hogwarts, and his summer is horrible ever since his father got sent away to Azkaban, and his mother being sent to St. Mungo's after something bad happens. Draco remains alone at his mansion, and nobody is willing to take him in at their homes temporarily. Draco goes back to school and is faced with something bad, another student at Hogwarts. He gets extremely jealous of him, and the student has a dark secret. With murder, and mystery, ``Draco's life slowly starts to fall apart.

Ron is attacked during the night...

A quick tale of voyeurism, S&M, Plumpton Passes, and steel-toed boots. You have been warned.

In the battle of the sexes, only loyalty will win the day. A Parvati fic.

Add together one ladies' man, one Quidditch player, one extremely caring individual and one soon to be traitor. Mix them together with one imaginative idiot, one fiery red head, one scarily intelligent Ravenclaw and one blonde artist. Make sure to stir counterclockwise until trouble occurs and you are dealing with one of the best loved 'gangs' in Hogwarts' History. In Things Aren't Always Black and White we follow the story of four boys, the marauders, and four equally troublesome girls. We see them deal with their first encounters of love, sorrow, heartache and Death Eaters. How will these eight soon to be order members cope with the ordeals that life throws at them?

Harry and Sirius decorate for the first Christmas together.

"Everything has a beginning and an end." The end of the Great War enables one to learn the truth of this statement.

The world Hermione thought she lived in is gone, ruined by the one man she thought could save it. Post-war.

Harry and Hermione's eldest daughter is about to start Hogwarts. But Lily Potter doesn't want to go there under the shadow of her parents. She wants to be her own person. What can she do? And will her secret be revealed?

Harry's wife is reflecting on what happened to him and how Harry lived and became as good as dead.

"A germ of an idea takes hold in the back of his mind, so wild and unprecedented that he wonders if Dumbledore slipped something into his morning coffee."

Fillius Flitwick muses over his oddest student, Luna Lovegood, and life at Hogwarts in general.

Bellatrix tapped her long fingernails on the arm of her chair like heartbeats. (Lucius Malfoy, Bellatrix Lestrange gen)

"All I will ever need, will always be right here. And I will always be there for him, too." - Written by a twin about the twins.

"You're not here. You don't need to be. You've somehow wormed yourself into my birthday anyway." DM/HP slash

For certain third years, Hogwarts is not all it's cracked up to be.

A series of vignettes about Voldemort on his rise to power... Chapter 1 - Learning Patience: Tom Riddle sits in a pub watching a girl on the other side of the room...

The last Marauder finds an item belonging to an old friend that forces him to remember the past.

It is a long while after Hogwarts has ended. Ginny Weasley is happily married to Harry Potter, with two children. Until a tragedy happens and all Ginny wants to know is "Will you remember?" [Song Fic]

Scene written for Underwater Light by Maya. After the club scene in UL17, Draco lies awake and ponders his actions. C\'mon, haven\'t you been wondering what Draco\'s been thinking all this time? (Not that it\'s exactly what Maya would have written, but it\'s a start.) Also based on the song \

It is a terrible lesson to learn, but sometimes, healing can't begin unless you can admit the ones you love aren't coming back.

Hermione and Harry get into some wild adventures on their way to the Burrow, by Floo Powder! And while all these adventures are happening, Hermione has to decide upon Harry or Ron to date, and if she doesn't, she may be killed!

'Fate has us divided. There is good or evil.' When the Flower and the Stag return, hope rises in the hearts of the Light. But when a new evil is resurrected, will Harry be willing to sacrifice everything, including himself?

Petunia Evans. "And so it was, Lily went off to school and Petunia stayed. No letter ever arrived for her."

She'd made the biggest mistake of her life marrying him. He'd now taken over her life. She'd become nothing. Merely a shadow of her former 'self.

Ginny reflects on her three loves: One that never was, one that was never to be, and one that filled the other two's void.

A dark mysterious man stood in the shadows waiting for his prey. Who is it? What the answer is shocks the wizarding world and causes chaos to it.

Draco has changed. He is no longer the man Harry loved.

Severus Snape took the ‘dark mark’ and became a Death Eater on a night during his eighteenth year. It was a moment he ended up regretting. This is the story of that event, describing the process of initiation into Lord Voldemort’s inner circle, but also the story of the frustrations of a lifetime for the enigmatic Snape. This is a missing moment from Snapes life that explains it all.``Includes violence (rating – R)

Draco Malfoy has a few thoughts and decides to take revenge.

'No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue, I could not foresee this thing happening to you'. Eat Pie.

Harry's defeated the Dark Lord, but he feels his weakened self. He knows he won't last for long. Draco, on the other hand, speeds his way to Harry, hoping that he makes it on time before the both of them lose time. Will Draco make it? (Slash counter part of 'Heaven')

What happens if you faint in front of the Dark Lord? What happens Draco can't say his favourite childhood phrase? What happens in our favourite blonde's mind?

"I left my dreams at a hollowed out stone Abandoned my friends, left all alone..." DHr, Oneshot

We all know of the Boy Who Lived, but there are two people who viewed him as a tad more special than that. He was their love. He was their love that lived. A one-shot detailing James Potter's sentimental ramblings from another realm.

"...At least you'll miss me when I'm dead."

Days in the summer holidays means Petunia having to deal with her scumbag nephew. Just because she's stuck with him in her family though, doesn't mean she has to like it. One Shot.

It seems routine enough for the Ministry. A basic raid at the Malfoy mansion. But a routine raid goes horribly wrong when Mr. Malfoy holds his two children, fifteen-year-old Draco and eleven-year-old Amber, hostage to prevent the Ministry from coming in. When he literally lets go of Draco, the Ministry breaks down the door and comes in anyway. By the time Mr. Malfoy is through with this force, fourteen of the original fifteen wizards lie dead on the floor, and the final wizard is seriously wounded. Draco must commit a desperate act if he is to save that last wizard, as well as his sister and himself. From Draco's point of view.

Seventh year at Hogwarts... Harry has found an interesting companion, a mysterious locket and a growing evil inside of him... Chaos, misery and even death...

She was trapped in her own doings. She had chosen to fall in love with the wrong person. And now she will be in Hell's grasp forever... In other words, she's deep inside the world of early Death Eaters, and can't get out. For Lily lovers, not really violent.

Direct sequel of The Order, the story of 'Heiress' takes place in the summer before Harry's sixth year. Harry's waiting for the Weasleys to join him at Sirius' house when a girl stops by, a pretty girl with black hair just like Sirius's, a girl to whom Kreacher happens to listen... Who is she? And where was she all along?

Narcissa Malfoy, nee Black, reflects on her life and her sisters' lives. She contemplates the role she took, to uphold the proud Black family name. ``"And me. Pretty Narcissa. I was the deceptive one."``A deeper investigation into the life of the Black sisters.

I shrugged and pulled the hood to conceal my face. I started to walk away but I risked one last look at her lovely face. The face forever imprinted in my memory. Her face was radiant as she stroked Potter, which elicited a lot more cheers from the well-wishers.

It is year six at Hogwarts. Sirius's death still weighs heavily on Harry's heart. Dumbledore has enlisted help from the American Order of the Dragon, a group which used Muggle science and magic to destroy the dark wizard Asmodeus. One will be the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher while the other member will be the one who defeated Asmodeus. He is a student Harry's age who also happens to be half dragon.

Draco's POV. Draco Malfoy had a long time to prepare for his future. Everything, of course, had already been planned since his birth and all he needed to do now was to say “yes” at all the appropriate times and curse “Mudbloods” at every opportunity and maybe even add in some shameless sniveling, all done with great dignity and noble breeding, naturally. Reader: if you're comfortable with the notion of murder, don't read this. While it may not be graphic in detail, this one-shot contains dark material. It's not really slashy but I suppose it could be interpreted as such.

Our heroine gets terrible news that brings her closer to Harry--but in a way neither of them would have chosen.

The day after his Defence Against the Dark Arts exam and the rather... humiliating incidents thereafter, Severus Snape seeks out Lily Evans in the library.

Harry/Draco slash. Draco goes to Harry for help, both dance around for a while and neither ends up where they started or expected.

Hufflepuffs aren't the only ones who can be loyal.

Remus Lupin is gravely injured and not expected to survive. As he lies in the hospital wing of Hogwarts, lingering between life and death, Ginny Weasley stays by his side. Are these the final hours of the school's most beloved werewolf? Mild Ginny/Remus.

There wasn’t much left in Ron to give by the time he had to step into a dead man’s shoes.

Harry and Draco shag on Tuesdays. Based on Margaret Atwood's short story 'Happy Endings' this is a disjointed metafiction one shot. It's H/D... sort of.

Just one day before Voldemort’s downfall, he chose an heir- a wise decision, indeed. But what if the heir’s intended family did not raise him? Harry… has a brother, and it’s not someone he’d have befriended in another world. Alternative Universe.

Draco has a secret he's been keeping from Ginny for the entire nine years of their marriage, and it's posing a huge threat to his family. What will happen when she finds out, and how real does the threat become then?

A Muggle church echoes with the strains of an old hymn, an exhortation for the faithful to come on bended knee. Across the moor in his lonely citadel, Harry Potter muses on the nature of faith.

Lucy does something she never thought she would do....

It is the spring of 1980, and Remus Lupin is forced to live somewhere he once swore he'd never set foot or paw. He discovers something there that will change his life forever.

The Potters are forced to visit Malfoy Manor during the summer before James's seventh year. Lucius teaches James a lesson. Not slash, one shot. In response to Lady Silver's Malfoy Manor Challenge.

Memories are what keeps a person alive. And memories can become dreams. But what if dreams become nightmares? An encounter with Godric takes a toll on Salazar as he realizes this, which turns out to be the most painful experience of his life. Godric/Salazar. SLASH

Sirius, Remus, Peter, and Severus reflect on the decisions of their life during PoA. (Yeah, I know, like THIS hasn't been done before)

"I always thought that Neville was, well, a bit of a loser...Hope is a flower which blooms when you have nothing left. " This bittersweet one-shot is about Neville, the War, and hope.

Sirius can't think of anywhere else in the world to go except to James. Implied slash.

Regulus Black, some snippets from his too short life.

Love is such a beautiful thing, and when it's gone, can cause so much pain. Through the workings of one special young woman, Minerva finds the strength to forgive, and move on from something that has crippled her for a long time.

They say Potter’s gone mad; they say Harry Potter lost his mind after he defeated Voldemort on that rainy April night. But Harry’s publicist and best friend, Ron Weasley, knows better. Ron knows that if anyone is insane, it is himself. Hermione’s death ruined him. She had been his friend. She had been his wife. And now, she was his beautiful tragedy.

Remade in dreams, Ginny becomes something new. Her skin is the canvas and his words transform her.

Lupin comes to one morning after a harrowing night, but he cannot remember what happened.

The blue line changed everything. Hermione character piece.

One morning, at about three or four, possibly five a.m., just as the dawn was approaching, a castle stood somewhere unplottable in the Scottish highlands. A particular tower in this castle housed several boys and girls, all of whom, for once, were fast asleep, tucked up in their maroon and golden bedspreads, enjoying a peaceful respite from the toils of life in the wizarding world, the school and social life and whatever else plagued teenage minds. The whole thing was rather too monotonous for a Hogwarts castle. Dreadfully uninteresting, in fact. So much so, that you could actually hear the workings of fate breathe an audible sigh of relief when five mysterious people fell through the fireplace and landed in a heap on the rug.

Draco Malfoy can have anything in the world that he wants, and he does, except for his father’s love.