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Remus Lupin had always wanted to ask Dolores Umbridge why she hated half-breeds that much. But when he has the opportunity to know, he finds out he really didn't want to see the skeletons Dolores hid in her closet.

Autumn is for dying. Or so he has always thought. As leaves fall, do you fall?

Hermione sits and thinks for a while. It's Christmas, she's happy and everything is fine and fluffy. Well, almost...

A collection of memories from the Black children. They relive their worst and best moments in their lives.

Harry thinks he knows what having a girlfriend will be like. Then the rains come, and everything changes; with too much rain to care about much of anything, Draco and Harry lose themselves in need.

Meet Mira, a girl with a dark past and a severely short temper. Enter Evan, a boy who is troubled by what his heart wants and needs, but can't reach. Pity Kasen, an outcast Slytherin with bad luck. They all are brought together by The Underground, a secret organization in which two bounty hunters created to make money at Hogwarts...and succeeded.

As Remus sits down to write an eulogy, his eye catches an old picture from the Marauders' days at Hogwarts and he sinks into memories. This is my interpretation of how Moony is feeling towards the loss. *OotP SPOILERS! DON'T READ UNLESS YOU'RE FINISHED!*

Snape is summoned for what he knows will be the last time.

Salazar Slytherin wanted to keep Muggle-borns out of Hogwarts and 1000 years later his heir opened the Chamber of Secrets. But there are many other stories to be told from those thousand years and this is one of them. In 1796, a time of opportunity, bigotry and change, an ambitious Slytherin sets his sights high. Watch out for politics, prejudice and interhouse rivalry as he uses any means available to achieve his ends.

Why are you doing this? Coda to HBP. No pairing. Complete.

'Padfoot,' he said. 'Your candle’s burned out long before your legend ever will.' A post-OoTP fic honouring Sirius' death. Inspired by Elton John's 'Candle in the Wind'.

At a festival in a wizarding vilage, a young boy, who grows into a man we all know and love, learns an important lesson.

He still hasn't let go. It's ok to grieve, it's natural to mourn, but it's gone too far, too long. Sequel to Dark Blue

Professor Remus Lupin and Harry Potter are brought together as Harry tries to conquer the dementors. In so doing, Harry and Lupin forge a friendship as Harry reexperiences the last moments of his parents’ life with Lupin’s assistance. This missing bit of story explains how Harry conquers the Patronus charm.

On the night of Lily and James Potters' deaths, Sirius says goodbye through a heartfelt letter.

Vivid dreams relating to his werewolf side come to haunt Remus J. Lupin at night, while day brings unexpected visitors from a local werewolf pack. They come demanding for Remus to take his rightful place as Suraj, the pack leader. Try as he might to turn down the offer, new developments occur that leave him little to no choice...

Lucius's resolve to hold onto his mind in Azkaban is failing. Only one thing can keep him sane.

Before the events of "And So Life Goes On..." (@schnoogle), Harry fell into a deep depression because the one person who understood him, who was there for him in his greatest time of need, and who loved him unconditionally was taken from him. Without Remus Lupin, Harry no longer has a reason to live until Severus Snape offers him one.

Both Harry and Ron have had a turn with The Mirror of Erised... but what about Hermione?

"I'm a Dursley now, not an Evans." Petunia goes through love, life, and death. A tracing of her evolution from her wedding day to the morning that Harry arrives on her doorstep. L/J, Vernon/Petunia, coarse language. Can be read with 'Enharmonic' or as a standalone.

Draco mulls over the two worst words in the English language: if only.

Luna Lovegood sits, one night, in her empty dormitory, dragging a knife across her skin. All the hurt and the pain of the past fifteen years of her life is coming to her in a rush. She loved him, and she thought he loved her. But it wasn't so...he'd made love to another. He claimed love for another. And for Luna, this was the last straw. Will Harry be able to save Luna from herself?

"I remember my sister, yes I do. I remember her long, red hair and her green eyes. I remember how she was popular and how she could be so excited about everything."

'The blood of Black demands more blood.' Even after all these years, Andromeda takes her lessons to heart.

Single Shot of a brief moment missing from The Deathly Hallows

Terry Pratchett told us that all libraries are one, and Gaiman told us about one particularly unique library. Hermione discovers a twenty-year-old experimental potion which allows her to access the Dreaming.

Hermione bids goodbye to a loved one and a best friend.

Lucius finds them in the hall that has become the testimony to Lord Voldemort's last stand...

So many gravestones, so many new gravestones.

People go to long lengths to hide things. Keeping secrets is a part of humanity even if secrets can keep people from living... "I wanted to be there for my son for everyday of my life. He'll hate me, you know, for leaving him."

"...But it's ok, cause Harry always forgives."

[ The Tightrope Fictionally Yours Challenge 2007/08 - Hanson/

If you have your life planned for you already, you have to grab your pleasures where you can, and not waste opportunities. You're going to have all your life for regrets. Femslash and het and a whole lot of angst.

Harry's dreams are plagued with the image of a beautiful young girl in white. Is there something else he doesn't know about his past?

Harry's PoV on a horrific event that happens in the heart of the Forbidden forest when he, Ron, and Hermione find their way there one night. . . .

A month after the rebirth of Voldemort, Peter Pettigrew takes a moment to contemplate the meaning of life, loyalty, and strength--or at least of his new hand.

After the rough break-up with Harry, Ginny confides in someone to make her feel better.

He wore a silver band on his thumb. It wasn't ornate or intricate in any way, which intrigued me to no end. It was simple, unblemished, unambiguous; everything he was not. D/Gish

Inspired by DH and REM's Everybody Hurts. Severus fixes his gaze on those green eyes and finds what it is to live. My tribute to my favourite and most loved character.

Nightmares created another sleepless night for Sirius Black, but who would have thought that the night would include the meeting of old friends, trying to decipher cryptic poems, and travelling to centuries in the past to supposedly complete an as-of-yet unknown task?

Draco and Harry stand in an alleyway near Hogsmeade, contemplating the future of their relationship. Harry loves two people - but who will he choose? Harry/Draco. Draco's POV

Even when it comes to this, she still loves him.

Harry finds Sirius asleep and dreaming when he returns from Diagon Alley. What Sirius is dreaming could change Harry's life forever, and his view of Severus Snape. Leaves you waiting for the next part!

Ron Weasley doesn't get this. This is Harry Potter territory. Hermione Granger territory.

The more things change, the more they stay the same. (Please note--very dark.)

Sirius and Remus look after Harry for Lily and James.

AU -- Harry and Snape have been childhood friends since birth. Harry’s cute, happy go lucky, and the only one in the world to make Severus show other feelings besides cold indifference. When Harry turns eleven his parents die in a car crash and he’s sent to his aunt and uncle’s to live all the way across England. Years later, Harry transfers to a new school in his last year, when his uncle makes a deal with another company and moves. Harry’s surprised to see his old friend Severus going to the all-boys’ boarding school he is now attending.

The threat of Voldemort is increasing daily. The magic world calls for salvation, but who knows where to find it? Few, like Dumbledore, know where, but will an unexpected invocation of deep magic destroy all hope? warning, slash and much angst!

H/D slash. Just a short fic where Harry watches as Draco plays the piano. Idealistic.

Draco realizes his mistake a little too late for both Harry and himself. Can he save both of them too late?

Sequel to "Other." A frustrated Madam Pomfrey reflects on being helpless in the face of the worst problems.

Harry contemplates his position as his father's son, and wonders what he's supposed to do now.

Written for angelofthenorth in McTabby's Blame Each Other Challenge. There's a set of twins, one magical, one a Squib. What happens when the Squib shows up at Hogwarts? Title and story also inspired by Katherine Paterson's Jacob Have I Loved.

A vengeful witch, an ebony-haired victim, a familiar tale... but in the Dark, nothing is as it seems. Chaste but kinky Snape/Hermione, graphic and somewhat violent.

Hogwart Students on Cedric's Death. Starts with Cho Chang. Everyone says their feelings of his death - no-holds-barred. People remember what it was like, their relationships twords him, and how they feel now.

Harry's first Christmas. James and Lily have an argument. Will they make up in time, or will Christmas--and their lives--be ruined?

Ginny Weasley finds out that her boyfriend, Harry Potter, is harboring secrets from her. Tired of being ignored and being lied to, Ginny decides to take matters into her own hands and get revenge. When her heart hardens to all around her, especially the Trio, she fulfills the prophecy and becomes the Ice Queen... (slight h/g, d/g, h/hr)

This ploy has been used so many times I'm surprised that it hasn't been used for cliché fics yet! Sirius is gone but something is pulling him back. Maybe a memory or perhaps a regret? Not slash, but you can interpret it anyway that you want! Remember that this is a one shot, it can be misleading!

Various scenes from "Half-Blood Prince" from Severus Snape's perspective.

When Ron and Hermione are killed during Voldemort's defeat, Harry is lost. After months of wandering the school at night, Draco Malfoy finally confronts the hero. The result is neither anticipated nor desired by either boy. With Harry's first human interaction in months, however, things may simply run their course. Slash.

Character study. Mrs. Lestrange awaits her trial. Let it never be said she wasn't dedicated.

Ginny Weasley and her brothers have a hectic life both at Hogwarts and outside in the wizarding world. Six vignettes follow Ginny's growth from the baby of the family to a maturing young woman and the way she interacts with her older brothers along the way.

Written in response to a challenge. NOT a songfic - just a few lyrics from The Rolling Stones song, Paint it, Black. This is the short story of a woman in mourning over the loss of a loved one. Quite dark with a vaguely twisted ending.

Petunia Dursley deals with the aftermath of Marge's... blow-up. An alternative look at Harry's aunt and the deal she made with Dumbledore all those years ago.

When a potion goes wrong, Hermione and Draco find themselves stranded alone in The Shadow Lands, hearing nothing but each other's thoughts. When those thoughts get a little private, will they be able to keep seeing each other in the same way?

James Potter has been living his life on an estate near Devon. How does he find Real Life?

Harry Potter believed he defeated Tom Riddle in the Chamber of Secrets, but unfortunately, some memories are harder to beat than others.

Harry's been brought to stay at The Order's headquarters. He believes that finally he'll have a chance to talk to Sirius face to face but it's not as easy as he expected.

We all know how Harry reacted after the death of Sirius. But how did others react? A look into the minds of Lupin, Dumbledore, Ron and Hermione and how Sirius' death affected each of their lives.

What if there was more to 'the power he knows not' than Harry or the Headmaster knew? What if Harry's whole life was a test? How would the Wizarding World pass? What would be the consequences of the Wizarding World's neglect and betrayal?

Just a short parody about the night Lily and James died using the song "I Will Always Love You"... I've been told its a little sad...

Hermione dreams of a boy with laughing blue eyes. But that boy is gone forever, and she is about to be wed to a boy with cold eyes. Cold, silver eyes. She gave her heart away a long time ago, and never got it back.

Harry contemplates the balance of his and Draco's relationship.

You know who I am. Or you think you do. I am just another dark wizard to you, am I not? You think I was some twisted mind easily deduced and simplified with Aristotle's textbook-like laws of the spirit. You could not be more pathetically and heart-wrenchingly wrong. Mine is a story of sorrow, of loss and of horror. I have set these words down in preparation for the time when I must kill Godric Gryffindor. Read it at your own risk.

In 1948, the village of Blackwater - a center of civilization in the wizarding world - was wrecked to ashes by the forces of Grindelwald, causing its inhabitants to question the existence of magic - wiping it out of the village. Thirty-six years later, Remus John Lupin, fresh out of psychology study in a muggle college, wanders into the lost village. Confronted by immense prejudice and self-denial, the ability to resolve the denial is in the hands of Remus, and in the questions of two children - a nine-year old orphan and an unwilling metamorphmagus.

Peter listens as Sirius tries to convince James to make Peter the Secret Keeper. Then the night that the Potters were killed, Peter watched Sirius come to the wreckage of the their home. Finally, the confrontaion in the alley. All from Peter's point of view.

Harry has more than the usual amount of parents, but considering he is dealing with more than the usual amount of emotional pain right now, he really can't care. In between bouts of insanity he's depressed. Can anyone save him?

Harry has fallen so deep into a depression that he commits suicide. Unfortunately, he hasn't been allowed to cross over. Instead, his "guardian angel" has come down to show him what will happen to those he left behind. The "angel" gives him a second chance, but will what Harry sees change his mind about taking his life?

AU. Peter Pettigrew did not betray James; Sirius, who was Secret Keeper after him, also did not betray James. As ghosts, they have a different view of the world... Maybe, just maybe, it was James and Lily Potter who betrayed them.

Song-fic for Good Charlotte's "My Bloody Valentine". Based four years after graduation, Draco finally breaks down after being denied Hermione's love. Madness aplenty.

For years, Neville Longbottom has managed to keep himself locked out of his own body. But the dreams and screams are always there, just waiting to engulf him and take him away forever.

Lucius Malfoy has never had a problem with the complete dedication required of him by the Dark Lord. The complication comes in when those who don't serve are required to give than they wish to.

A post-war finds Voldemort at the height of his power. Harry Potter has been seriously injured in a battle with Voldemort. He is slowly regaining strength, in hiding alongside his few remaining supporters. Outside the window of the hidden room, both the wizarding and muggle worlds are falling to pieces... Harry vows to stop Voldemort once and for all.

Poetry is not exactly the type of subject you'd expect to find Hogwarts--until Herbology is demolished and the school is in need of a substitute. Enter Avisa Fawcett, a crazy young witch with a mind of her own. Although she's not exactly what the students want, she is exactly what they need. AU

Barty Crouch Jr. made a mistake. Of course, his father was never there for him, so it wasn’t as if his father could have prevented this. Barty joined the Dark Lord, for Voldemort was the only person that seemed to care. As a Death Eater, he was sent on a mission . . . a mission that was doomed to fail.

Hermione's Graduation Day speech. What does she say?

Harry Potter is in... um, 6th year, or something, and ``lots of people are dying. Poor Harry.

"Remus Lupin watched rats."

Sleeplessness plagues the Malfoy household.

What would you do if your own father wanted you dead? Draco is alone and without friends. Who can he turn to for protection from death?

The Dark Lord indulges in a little fantasy of his... A non-dodgy one shot.

Remus had a disturbing childhood, which has negatively affected his life so far. Harry tries to help him overcome his emotional demons.

It's been over three months since the death of Harry's godfather, but for Harry the pain is still very fresh. He is distancing himself more and more from his friends and is very slowly becoming the one thing he truely loaths.

Easy money, so they called it. The reality is the money is fickle and it can't buy you respect. She may have lost her self-respect in the dingy club, but she may regain something more precious. Revenge. A chance meeting may allow her to strike the final blow to avenge her family. Remember, luck be a lady...

Harry is sitting glumly in the attic of Number 12, Grimmauld Place, morose over Sirius' death. Could a significant visit from Lupin which leads them to a familiar place from the past change Harry's perspective?

Draco is forced into hiding. Rule number one of hiding: hide where the enemy would least expect to find you. And where's the least expected place for Draco to hide? In Harry and Hermione's home - in Muggle London!

Harry sends a letter of goodbye to his Godfather, Sirius Black.

An End and a Beginning. Harry has lost much in his journey but, perhaps, gained more. A short story after the end of the war and the beginning of the journey that follows.

The Malfoys. Wealth, power, respect, good looks--the perfect family? Not by a long shot.

One-shot. The war is over. Moony has asked the other members of the Order to leave Wormtail at his mercy. They finally meet in the Shrieking Shack for a final "good-bye" before only one Marauder is left.