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Harry is beaten by the Dursleys to the brink of death. When he suddenly leaves without warning, Merlin only knows where he'll end up.

“When Remus came back to Number 12 Grimmauld Place, it was there. Their unfinished love. Silently bleeding, strange and nostalgic, not warm — tense…” Set during OotP, this is a story of change and the inability to change, of golden-toned nostalgia and a harsher reality. Remus/Sirius slash.

"This is how you kill someone, dear sister..." Harry gets a taste of what true power is when he realizes that Purity of Blood is more important than most know or want to believe. Harry-Padma Draco-Ginny

Murder can do strange things to a person, like drive them over the edge... but whether that is a bad thing or not depends on your perspective.

Harry's daughter, Ellie, has grown up fast and tells of her rough seventh year. Of her family's secrets and her worries. Of her love of the Weasleys. Of her mistakes. Mostly of her sister though. It was all about her sister.

"He wants to capture it - the feeling of it all - everything. The way everything felt all at once; forlornness of senses; of touch and sound and smell and sight." A R/S; slashy angst.

Garrett is a master thief. There is none better, and there never has been. Garrett's mission is simple. Break into Malfoy Manor; kill Lucius Malfoy; rescue his son, Draco, and Draco's girlfriend, Ginny Weasley. But some things can never be easy. D/G

Strange things are happening all around Harry. People he thought were dead are reappearing. People he thought were his friends may not be. The Truman Show, Hogwarts-style!

A guy can ruin a girl’s reputation with a few, well chosen words. Can it work the other way around? Circumstances force Hermione and Draco to call a temporary truce. However, Draco starts a rumour about Hermione that spreads like wildfire. It threatens her relationship with her boyfriend, Ron Weasley. This short story is set in November of the gang’s fifth year at Hogwarts. Cheer for Hermione as she turns the tables on Draco and forces him to redeem her. At the expense of his dignity. Harry and Ginny are also paired in this story.

La Figlia Dei Morti, better known as The Daughter of the Dead, is an ancient terror, deep in sleep in the Italian mountains for a thousand years. Her name strikes cold hard fear into the heart of anyone who hears it. She has been awakened - Lord Voldemort has called her out of slumber - and she does not appreciate being woken ...

"...That's just how it is, you know?" He didn't want to be the bearer of bad news. But there it was, spilling like liquid mercury from his high class mouth. There was a strangely acidic aftertaste following the words, leaving his throat dry.' DM/HG, drama, remorse, understanding... worth a look.

Companion piece to "Only the Best". Harry's POV

Justin Finch-Fletchley, leader of the Anti-Obstructionist Party--which opposes Fudge's claims that Voldemort hasn't risen again--is the next favourite for Minister of Magic. But Harry knows of a threat against Justin's life. Can he save Justin?````Takes place before the events of "Brothers in Arms" on The Dark Arts.

It's been a while since Ron has seen the sunlight, and he dearly misses it. He's been stuck in a dungeon for weeks now since the Final Battle ended. Harry is dead; Hermione is dead; he is the last of the Weasleys. His last request is to just fade away and Voldemort's feeling a bit moody...

Ever wonder how Bellatrix Lestrange came to be such a wicked witch? The thoughts that went on in her mind? She left behind a letter that tells all...

Lord Voldemort thinks he’s the most powerful wizard alive, but he gets his butt kicked by a bunch of kids on a regular basis. He also thinks he’s the son of a Muggle who abandoned his witch wife. Herewith one possible answer to the musical question: how deluded is this guy?

Barty Crouch, Jr., has stripped off his guise for one moment to infiltrate Hogwarts for an ally, a friend of old "still struggling between the Jekyll and the Hyde." He has to decide whether he wants to pull him down with him, or whether just not being betrayed is enough.

"It's been coming on for a while," said Percy ... "But I had to find a way out and it's not so easy at the Ministry, they're imprisoning traitors all the time." (DH, ch30). This is Percy's journey to that point.

For Colin, it had never stopped being an adventure.

Harry Potter realizes that he is dying. On a whim, he decides to tell the story of Voldemort's downfall and the sacrifices of the people who ment the most to him.

The war was more than anyone had expected. Ginny drinks Firewhisky. Draco can't stand the stuff. Ginny dies. Draco lives. And the war continues. One-shot.

Severus Snape reflects on a sudden and unexpected death, and what it means to him.

Whatever Pansy wants, Pansy gets. But what does Pansy want? She's asking too much. Ginny, ignored as she is, can't take it anymore. After all, she only wished for a kiss.

"He had imagined it on Harry, knowing full well that the red would enhance the clear, glittering emerald green of Harry’s eyes." It's sometimes hard to see the obvious when you're oblivious. A one-shot fic centered around a red silk tie and green, green eyes.

Set three weeks after the ending of OoTP, some characters reflect on the death of one of their own. Song fic to "If Only Tears Could Bring You Back To Me" by the Midnight Sons as a tribute to Sirius.

Wormtail, aided by a bottle of Firewhiskey, finally tells his tale.

“My mother died just after I was born, sir. They told me at the orphanage she lived just long enough to name me...” ~Tom Riddle, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Harry tries to rediscover his purpose following a battle with Voldemort, but thoughts of vengeance are all he seems to be able to hang on to. His life begins to slip away from him as he sinks into the future he has chosen for himself.

When Narcissa Malfoy catches her only son, Draco, kissing a fellow Slytherin his age, Blaize Zabini, she is appalled. Scolding him does nothing because he is not ashamed of his "queer" tendencies. Afraid as ever about the Malfoy honor, she and his father, Lucius, Draco soon learns, might have an intense plot to "make" him straight.

There are a lot of blanks and ambiguities as to what actually happened on that fateful night of Oct. 31 and the following day. This is the story of what really happened, from the point of view of one of those involved: Sirius Black.

With Lord Voldemort vanquished and the Death Eaters sent to rot in Azkaban, the world should be safe, but it's not. Mysterious deaths, impossible crimes, and tht's only the beginning. The darkest, most powerful witch to walk the earth has big plans for muggles and wizards alike. Now it's up to a new generation of Potter, and as she and her friends race to save existence they are plunged into the darkest days yet...

"On the third day of what would go down as the coldest November on record, James and Lily Potter were buried in a small cemetary not far from Godric's Hollow..." Small scene from the Potters' funeral. Slight Remus/Minerva, appearances by Baby Harry and the Dursleys.

"I must not only punish but punish with impunity." This story is loosely based on "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe. It is also a sequel/prequel to my earlier story "The Evil and the Damage Done." It is not intended as plagiarism, I merely played around with the theme and bits and pieces of the plot, and it is only partly similar to the Poe story. It has also become rather AU due to the developments in HBP. But if you still enjoy pure-blood Snape...

They clash, in every sense, as they meet. Rich and poor, good and bad, sweet and sour, male and female. Pale skin and pink lips, freckles and wild, fiery tangles, sleek perfection and moon kissed hair.

Graduation is something more than just leaving school; it is often the end of much more than classes.

A clear AU, a look at the wizarding world with Regulus as a Gryffindor. We are shaped by the people around us, and we shape the people around us. In another universe, it's Regulus and Peter against the world. Dark, with a hint of slash.

"Draco Malfoy was my life. I will not betray him." Whilst awaiting her execution Pansy looks back on her life with Draco.

Lupin thinks, in some way, Snape must be his to lose.

Egypt in December was light and dust and noise and everything different. Ron wasn’t really certain if he liked it or not, but it was as good a place as any to be. [Ron and Neville.]

Song fic, Harry’s POV, A morbid tale of regret, bitterness, loss, acceptance and love. It’s easy to love someone who doesn’t love you back.

"I have information as to the whereabouts of the missing wizard, Caradoc Dearborn. He is alive, but imprisoned, and may be in danger..." So reads the letter Frank Longbottom receives one day at the Ministry. Voldemort has met his doom. It is a time of newfound hope; the wizarding world is safe once again. Isn't it?

My ideas for why Neville is the way he is. What brought on this onslaught? No clue. Anyway, Neville is attempting to do his homework for the upcoming Fifth Year when he writes out his thoughts instead of a potions paper.

Harry's summer holidays are less bad than usual. Someone provides meals for him and heals him with potions. What can a black-white owl have to do with the matter? Will Harry find out in the end? Completely AU after 5th year, partly OOC, sick!Harry.

Christina Owens thought she was a normal girl, or as normal a girl as you can be when you're a witch. Then, after thirteen years, she finds out that she's not that normal even according to wizarding standards. She is Peter Pettigrew's daughter. The traitor every wizard knows about is now also her father. Is it Christina's fate to be a traitor like him, or can she control her own fate and become who she wants to be?

Ron is cheating on Hermione. Hermione wants revenge. Who is helping her, and why?

Neville's mother gives him a gum wrapper every time he visits. This is the story behind the action.

Harry gets himself drunk at the yule ball. He does something very stupid, and this means a lot of problems, not only for Harry himself, but especially for a certain Slytherin...!

Almost a year after the Battle of Hogwarts, George was surprised when his wife Annie told him Harry Potter at their door, asking to speak with him. Whatever it is Harry wants to tell him, it doesn't promise to be pleasant, judging by his old friend's level of discomfort. When will the Chosen One realize everything isn't his fault? A friend is about to explain it to him. A one-shot companion to George & Annie: an Unofficial Biography. No slash.

After reading "The Order of the Phoenix", we all hate her. But killing Sirius in the Department of Mysteries isn't the only crime Bellatrix Lestrange is guilty of, and Harry isn't the only one she robbed of a father figure.

Welcome to Severus Snape's... journal?

A Hr/Dr fic. They fell in love. They fell apart. Now he's a Death Eater and she's resigned to die because of him...

Hannah Abbott reflects on her life. Very depressing. One shot.

When Petunia was growing up, she was always watching out for her little sister, Lily. She was the oldest, it was her job. But then everything changed. Now, on the day of the dementor attack on Privet Drive, Petunia reflects of her relationship with Lily, her angel sister.

Ron's father has died, and now Ron has all but a world of suffering on his shoulders. Harry and Hermione are there to help him through the loss, in their own little ways.

When Ginny Weasley escaped from the clutches of Lord Voldemort's ghostly past Tom Riddle during her first year in Hogwarts, she was not the only one who was badly affected. There was also her father, Arthur Weasley. Written from Arthur's point-of-view.

A standalone, one-shot, but also a teaser for my epic WIP "For Thine Is The Power". Harry and Dumbledore look into the Mirror of Erised, and the result is a bit of a revelation. Ignores HBP, DH; part of an after-fifth-year AU.

H/D Angst. Inspired by John Lennon and his fans. You wouldn't know from the fic, but it might help to "see" the fic in your mind afterwards. Perhaps.

A bitter first year is about to be sorted. She has seen too much in her life. She has created barriers in her mind to bar more people from hurting her. She has mood swings.

Hope springs eternal, that someday everything will be different, even those things we cannot change.

They are sisters. Sisters can make great friends and great enemies. Through all of the fights, they know they can rely on each other.

"Even in death, only she could ever make me feel this lost and alone"- Listen to the story of a death eater as he tells about the biggest mistakes of his life. Songfic- "Gollum's song" by Emiliana Torrini

Midnight Johnson is a wild eleven-year old orphan who lives with three sinister and strange vampires in an abandond house that she hates. When she learns that her and the youngest of the vampires are invited to become students at Hogwarts she is estatic! But are things really the way she thought it would be? "Four Stars!" Exclaims Jennifer Cangreeney, a constructive critisism reader.

How does one go about justifying the long-term presence of a Muggle at Hogwarts, without turning the story into Mary Sue or Gary Stu? Hint A: Don't make the Muggle a student. Hint B: Accept that the Muggle leaves before school starts in book seven.

Have you ever wondered what happened the Night of the Prophecy?

Ginny Weasley needs help with her Charms essay, but finds herself distracted by paper wings.

Flowers for his drowned Ophelia.

A songfic to 'Drink With Me' from Les Miserables... a series of flashbacks from Remus Lupin's life.

Harry goes to the Department of Mysteries to rescue Sirius. Will he be able to bring his godfather back?

Companion letter to "Dear Padfoot..." Harry writes a letter to his godfather, telling him about the aftermath. *OoTP spoilers*

A songfic dedicated to what happens in the ending of OotP. MAJOR SPOILER WARNING! Song is "When I'm Gone" by 3 doors down

When Harry Potter's life with the Dursleys becomes unbearable, others appear to watch over him. This story is a look at what it means to truly be a hero. This is a prequel to the Canon Works, and a sequel to The Love of a Mother.

Harry and Ron have now left Hogwarts to become Aurors. They are set to catch as many dark wizards as they can. Harry and Ron get a job to do, but what if you kill the wrong wizard? Harry pays the extreme price.

Kingsley Shacklebolt had never expected his habit of solving the Daily Prophet crosswords to uncover a security leak. But when the Potterwatch passwords started to appear in them as answers to clues, he had little choice but to investigate who was behind it ...

On that fateful Halloween night in 1980, two heroes died and another was born. But what events transpired to make Voldemort's attack possible? Told through the eyes of the traitor...

What happened between the time Draco pilfered Harry's wand in Umbridge's office and it was returned to him by Ron in the Forbidden Forest? (Harry/Draco slash)

A song that brought Lavender Brown to tears as she read one normal day.

Dumbledore defeated the Dark wizard Grindelwald in 1945 -- everyone takes this to mean that Grindelwald was somehow behind World War II, but what if the truth were a little different?

Draco Malfoy sees spirits at night while by day, Harry Potter tries to love him.

Extremely AU. "Once you tell someone a secret, it's no longer a secret, now, is it?" First of a series.

"Bit of a nasty shock for him when he found out." A seemingly harmless comment by Seamus about his childhood sparked off this story, which is about what the words "bit of a nasty shock" could really imply...

Hagrid reflects on what he has gone through, and the things he has endured to get to where he is.

"He was almost there; he knew it. So close and yet so far at the same time. He knew the spell, he knew the incantations by heart; he knew he could do it. There was one thing he did not know, though, and it was the last stage. He still could not grab the shape he was to take..."

Lupin made the mistake of believing what he'd been told once, with Sirius; he won't make the same mistake with Snape.

"The old question arises again. What is a life worth? Potter's is an army. And some are not even worth the try." Betraying your friends is one thing. Selling their children is another. Severus Snape muses about 'his' Slytherins.

Soon we will have the forever we deserve. *H/D slash*

Harry Potter is just coming to terms with his past when a visit to Diagon Alley raises some very dire questions. Who is this “pretty maiden” that badly needs Harry’s guiding help and in what way is she connected to the startling dreams that haunt him at night? What is the riddle that Harry comes across trying to convey? Who is the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor and what is her secret? As the Defense Against the Dark Arts class gets smaller and smaller, Harry is forced to answer some questions that will truly prove once and for all if he is a hero. But first Harry must confront Voldemort, save a lost kingdom, follow his heart to find true love, and solve the riddle of the Rule of Jupiter.

Hermione didn't expect the bomb to blast the train apart. She didn't expect what happened on the seventh of July 2005. None of us did. Like many, she was scared and terrified. Like many, she survived. She was one of the lucky ones.

"Wednesday's child is full of woe." A Petunia fic.

Post-Hogwarts. Azkaban is cruel to him, but the thought of one person keeps him sane. This is a lamentation of a nightmare, because nightmares are preferable to reality.

What would happen if the Sailor Senshi were to meet the Gryffindor Trio? Adventure and a new way to look at things, that's what. As the Senshi leave something behind in the Harry Potter universe, what will the effects be, later down in the time stream?

Remus sits outside by the edge of the lake one afternoon, thinking about his lycanthropy and everything that goes on with it, and how he always has to lie to his friends. Then James, Sirius and Peter come, and they talk. It reassures Remus a bit, but he knows he's still not ready.

A quick sketch of my favorite Weasley. Percy thinks about his work and his choices.

A small twist of fate and Draco is faced with life changing choices. He can either succumb to his roots, or begin a whole new chapter of his life. This is his second decision.

It's Draco's seventh year, and feelings within him have changed towards a certain redhead, but is he ready to tell her? If he does, what will the consequences be? DM/GW, SF/DT (implied), HG/HP (implied), RW/PP (implied).

Two men meet in a place where the worlds intersect, and realize they are more alike than they thought. But for Wesley Wyndham-Pryce and Remus Lupin, things are about to get very, very deadly.

Sometimes, the patterns that shape our lives control us.

The thoughts-- and perhaps a few admissions-- of a not so flexable mother.

A Muggle goes cycling, Dudley (aged four) nearly gets hit, and Harry (aged four) is very nice.

Every century they are reborn by the dawn, live by the day, fall by the dusk, and die by the night. The four phases of true magick they represent and the power of it do they wield. They were once chosen to lead and were lost in the power. Now they are chosen again to prove themselves capable. They will remold the world and a new era will began. The Era of Rebirth. They are... Virginia, Last Queen of Avaloni Atlantis. Through her lust for power she destroyed her home. Aislinn, former High Priestess of Avery, Her wisdom bought her eternity. Patricia, founder of Daybreak, Through knowledge she became supreme. Everleare, Amazon Healer, Her touch is as a phoenix tear. Reborn in a new time and they shall reign again.