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When Bellatrix and Neville meet for the last time

"Some may judge me to be dumb. Some may say that Herbology doesn't prepare them for what they will face on the battlefield. I agree. But it's not only Herbology I teach them. It's patience and an eye for details; trust in their abilities and love for their chosen professions. Not something that will help them during the fighting. Because that's what I'm best at, working behind the scenes, preparing the warriors for the time after the war." Professor Sprout muses about her place in the world.

On Harry Potter's fifteenth birthday, someone close to him bares her heart and her worst fears to her diary. An in-canon character examination of Hermione.

Remus Lupin remembers his greatest love and greatest regret. During the first war against Voldemort, both sides took extreme measures to guarantee their safety and success. Here is one.

Snarls. Sniveling. Slap. Quiet murmurs, soft and scared. “Imperio!” A scream explodes at the base of his skull. Remus’s.

In every life, things will be lost; time is one, innocence, another. There comes a time when one must decide whether to face their demons, or bow to them. The war was a cruel one, as if a war could be anything but cruel, and love does not always conquer all. Love can fail, and love can break a person in more ways than one can possibly imagine. Five years later, Virginia Weasley stands at the door. It bears the name of someone that she used to trust, obscured by the passage of time, pain, and the slow, cynical, whisper of betrayal. In every life, things will be lost. The choice is before her; if she does not enter it, her soul may well be one of them. A continuation of When it Rains.

It was the end of the first war that Snape made a promise to those he held most dear but who have since passed.

A sort of prologue to my fic "Forty Shades of Bewilderment". A ballad of sorts about Kelsey Potter, Harry Potter, Cedric Potter (or Cedric Diggory), Percy Weasley, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Ginny Weasley, Jenny Wren, and Jessica Potter. Each stanza ends with "long time ago".

It's Hermione's last year at Hogwarts and she had a decision to make- to either stay in the wizarding world or to return home to her family. Along the way, she has to discover who her true friends are, and realizes that the unexpected should always be expected.

Dumbledore offers Remus the Defense Against the Dark Arts job at Hogwarts. Remus suffers some personal turmoil over accepting it.

How will Harry and Ron cope with their greatest loss, and deal with their new empty space inside them? She was their best friend....

When Lucius is killed, Draco can't help but feel it's all his fault.

In which Severus and Remus are part of a story that no one knew. In which friendship makes many demands and even the good guys aren't entirely innocent.

When had a pledge of universal honesty become a practice of universal derision? A look at Severus as a teacher.

Draco has flashbacks about his past while considering the effects of the rain. Very mildly insinuated slash.

Ginny visits Harry's grave and remembers everything they shared. Romantic, angsty, AND it has a satisfying ending!

Someone makes a decision.

My plan worked. Everything is in order now, no more chaos. Voldemort is dead, and I’m the Savior of the Wizarding World again. No more disorder, no more chaos. Finally, I get some peace. I have no enemies. Voldemort is dead now, and so is my family. but I’m not dead. I lived. There is no sadness in my life. No darkness. Only light. There is no more chaos.

Escaping through the night, Sirius reflects on the events that have changed his life and promises that the future will be brighter, if only for Harry.

A ritual transformation rips Remus's soul and heart apart as he longs for something he's not sure he ever had. Implied R/L, poetry.

Draco has to leave, and Harry is bitter. Inspired by the song "Goodbye Love" from the musical "Rent". Lots of angsty goodness.

Thirteen-year-old Harry Potter looks just like his father James, except that he has his mother’s eyes. A discussion with Harry in the Dark Arts classroom precipitates a series of memories that take Remus Lupin back in time to his encounters with Lily. But some treasures lay buried forever. Some ships never set sail.

Harry and Ginny's family gather to remember the past at Christmas time.

A war over, a broken mirror, silver eyes and distanced laughter.

A songfic about Katie and Remus. Katie is standing on the edge of a cliff, and she's preparing to jump. Remus intervenes - who will get their way?

Years before Hogwarts, a prince by blood but not station and a clever Parselmouth have been succeeding nicely at a scheme everyone else thought too mad to try. So, Godric and Salazar are stuck in a cave with a sleeping dragon....

As Lupin wanders through the Black house, he is overwhelmed by the memories it stirs. They won't leave him alone and he knows what the inevitable outcome must be.

Every time Ginny felt the ache, she but down hard on the knuckles of her left had. The pain of it, mixed with the saltiness of her skin, usually brought her to her senses. He didn't want her. She was only Ginny Weasley.

Have you ever been so cold that you couldn’t feel a damn thing in your body? So cold that you couldn’t feel the things you placed your fingers upon? No, not shivering snow cold. Cold. Just cold. I have. Love is cold. Love is empty. Love is death. Death. I’m ready. Ready to leave. Going. Gone. [Draco Malfoy]

Draco arrives back at home for Christmas only to be reminded of why he wanted to leave so badly at the beginning of term...

In her last year at Hogwarts, Ravenclaw Julie Fawcett lands a plum job as an intern at the Ministry of Magic, a position complicated by the power struggles that are developing as Voldemort returns. As she works to keep her integrity, reputation, and grades intact, she must also confront the reality of Life After Hogwarts. A look at the Order vs. Death Eaters conflict from a different perspective.

Fred Weasley has had some rough patches in his life before, but none have left the scars that have been formed in the last few months.

What were Sirius Black's last thoughts before he fell through the veil... and he met someone whom he had not seen for a very long time.

Third of the 'Colours' Sequence. "Harry Potter, whether you knew him or not or liked him or not or cared at all or not was like a big creeping vine, the green tendrils reaching into your cracks and taking hold and spreading large green leaves that blocked out the sunlight until all you could see was him, a magnet for attention that Draco couldn’t stand."

A story about friendship, about faith, and about what happens when everything between is blasted sky-high by Evil... Sirius and James and the bond they've shared since childhood, set to 3 Doors Down's Kryptonite.

The first Death Eater is initiated by the young man that would become Voldemort. Set in 1944.

His eyes gleamed in happiness. His face shone and his lips seemed to be permanently curved upwards. Smiling had lately seemed foreign to him, but sitting across from the woman one loved made one do crazy things. Like wanting to cheat on one’s wife.

A cute H/G fic...When Harry and Ginny are forced to hide away in order to be safe from Voldemort, a relationship grows... Will it last?

Sometimes our ancestors' deeds dictate who we become, even generations later. And being the descendant of the 'Boy-who-lived' might come with a heavy price.

"Can a body, catch a body..." The thoughts of a young man unwilling to draw the line between reality and perception after the loss of a loved one.

Remus watches, Remus copes.

On the other side of the veil, Sirius finds old friends, new guilt and finally, peace.

"Only a true Gryffindor could have pulled that out of the hat." Why Godric Gryffindor put a sword in his hat and why Salazar Slytherin could not pull it out.

Someone asked for stories about "nice Slytherins", so I wrote this. Late one night, Harry meets someone unexpected. Not all that fluffy.

"To be or not to be - that is the question. Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune or to take arms against a sea of troubles and, by opposing, end them." Voldemort has come to Hogwarts. And Harry is forced to make the hardest decision of all...

Where *do* all the creatures banished during Transfiguration class go? What happens them while they're gone?

Albus believed in the greater good. Tom believed in the right to survive. Aberforth believed that he could save them both.

Out of all the days to come to Hogsmeade, he happened to - “Severus, please, come in.” Dumbledore’s calm voice shook him out of his thoughts.

"Just remember: the most important part of a wedding is that, at the end of it, you're married. It doesn't matter what happens before that, as long as that's how it finishes up." ~Elsa Larson to daughter Karen on her wedding day

An innocent, nine-year-old Draco Malfoy is one thing, but an innocent, nine-year-old Draco Malfoy associating with Muggles is quite another - especially when Lucius Malfoy knows about it. (One-shot)

Imagine waking up after a nightmare. “It wasn’t real,” you sigh with relief. But what if it was? (Short, one-shot)

Sirius Black remembers his life and the obstacles in it, but most of all, he remembers what made his life worth living at all.

"Why does Mum have to be so annoying?!" The worst thing a mother can hear. Molly Weasley is shocked to hear it from her own son.

They say that blood is thicker than water. Harry finds out how thin his can run when a seemingly random crime turns out to be much more. A quick one-shot.

I never wanted us to die, and it is for us that I weep so openly now. As an individual, with you gone from this world, I am ready to die. Everyone and everything has a time to go; to be no more. I guess this is that time for me. I uncork the vile and lift it, the cold of it stinging my fingertips mildly. Some vapory smoke escapes out of the top and rises to the ceiling. Harry’s dying lover thinks about the times they had together.

A new baby is said to bring blessings to a family; however, Teddy isn't feeling very blessed or happy about the situation.

Just a glimpse from Harry's point of view.

Harry is thinking about his depression in the most cynical of ways when Draco Malfoy comes across him in an empty classroom. WARNING contains slash (H/D) and self mutilation

Neville is about to take on the most frightening task: finding a date for the Yule Ball. He knows who he wants to ask, but is it really possible? Will he be rejected? Neville never thought anything could be so difficult...

"Every look you give me, every fleeting smile you send my way, holds something arcane and dangerous, something dripping with hatred and loathing, but masked with loyalty, and love." Ginny reflects on her failed relationship with Draco.

"She sat on the fire escape, overlooking the alley below where her shadow stretched out over trash bins, distorted." Remus and Tonks, given new assignments, face the inevitable.

It's Halloween, 1987, and Lupin finds himself wandering through the streets of London. As he tries to come to terms with the loss he suffered on this night in 1981, he runs into an old acquaintance for whom Halloween also holds painful significance.

'What a joke this all was, her life, what an utter and stupid twist of fate, pulled together just to amuse the gods. If anyone had told her twelve years ago that she would be married to a cold-hearted Death Eater, she would have laughed in their face.' Narcissa Malfoy reflects.

Neville ponders a box and angsts ... Based on the sweet wrapper that Neville's mother gives in in OotP and what they could imply. I like to call it a short insight into Neville's mind.

Ginny lies in the chamber, unconscious. She does not realize that a certain Green Eyes boy has come to save her.

She defined herself by her family, yet in their negligence, she found strength in herself. A Ginny Weasley story.

After Hogwarts, Ginny and Harry are married and have a child. Ginny works at Madam Malkin's and Harry is an Auror. They have a good life...most of the time. Then, a chance encounter shows Ginny the life she could be living, and a tragedy sends her flying into the arms of another man - only he's not what she thinks he is.

Harry has gone on his first mission as an Auror. In a series of letters, see what Ron, Hermione, more Weasleys, Malfoy and Co., and Loony Luna feel about Harry's sudden leave.

Excerpts from the lives of the Founders, originally conceived as backstory to be brought up in the Time's Riddle universe. From apprentice-years and fast friendships that get off on entirely the wrong foot to "Music, a magic beyond any we do here." May contain a plot.

Having the courage to let go is harder the holding on to a hopeless dream.

Connor’s new family isn’t quite as odd as his old one but it’s pretty darn close.

During Harry Potter's seventh year at Hogwarts, extreme changes erupt: A new Triwizard Tournament has been announced, and the Gryffindors encourage Harry to enter. Hogwarts also gets a new Defense teacher, Harry and pals prepare for the N.E.W.T.s exams, and a new student arrives, who becomes a bit of a challenge to Harry. Meanwhile, a huge war between Lord Voldemort and the Ministry is brewing up, and Harry must deal with an important death of a close friend, as well as strong, passionate feelings for a special someone in his life.

Songfic: Based around the Nine Inch Nails' song of the same name, this is a dark, near-poetic look at Sirius Black's experience in Azkaban. Arguably part of the 'Alfdom'.

Every second someone dies. War increases those numbers twofold. People lament, people fight, and people die. Monuments are built and memories of days past come alive again. And sometimes, no matter how much it hurts, remembering is all you can do.

A Lily/James like no other. Elizabeth (Lilibet) is the second youngest in a family of Death Eaters and is starting Hogwarts this year. Lilibet is graceful, elegant and can speak twelve different languages, but will the Potter boys change her well-behaviour? (Slightly AU)

Based on a real story. One-shot deal. Hermione is coming to terms with life and it’s up and down. Will her friends be there for her?

Harry loses Sirius because of his father.

By a chance encounter Buffy and Company learn of a whole new magical world they never knew existed and all the problems this world is having. Will the Scoobies help the wizarding world? Will the wizarding world want there help? What will happen when the Scoobies pasts are revealed? Can some things be forgiven? A/N- I know there are a lot of OC's, but these are all Buffy people. I only made up a couple characters. All other OC character are established in either the Buffy-verse and Harry Potter-verse.

He went into it with the idealistic fervor of a crusader—only to find himself no better than a sinner, and a coward. A Severus Snape vignette.

In which Harry evolves...into Dumbledore. "What is important is real, and what is powerful has yet to be defined."

Hermione's angsty last testament. A one shot from her POV. Shows her views on how people regard her, and her love that could never be. Rated for femmeslash, and suicide. HG/GW

Oneshot. When Severus possesses a bit of power, he's tempted to abuse it. One-sided Severus/Lily. Marauders Era.

Alone in the Forbidden Forest, the centaur Firenze observes the heavens and must make a choice. Will he betray the herd, or his own heart?

Other prophecies are abroad. Voldemort still plans to destroy the prophecy, bend it to his will. Harry Potter realises with the arrival of a transfer student that the Dark Lord affects all, not just England.

A monologue narrated by a man who finds footprints in the rain... Warning: Pure-Angst ficlet.

You're never too old for a heart-to-heart talk with your mum.

He threw at her face when she told him that she is in love with him. Now, after three years later in one hour the Dementors kissed is going to be performed on him, but what is she doing in his cell?

It's been two years since Harry died and Ginny is left raising their daughter alone. Life has moved on for the both of them, but Ginny sits and remembers what did happen those first few weeks after Harry's death, how her daughter saved her life at such a young age. Song-fic to LeeAnn Womak's "Stronger Than I Am"

People live and people die. Those who remain remember those who have gone before. Hermione has never told anyone at school about the summer before her third year, but she has not forgotten. One July afternoon during the summer after her fifth year, Hermione finds herself overcome by memories of the loss she never spoke about. Once again she relives the fifteen minutes she couldn’t escape.

But after the parades and parties had ended and normality restored, Harry threw away the presents and the letters of thanks, feeding them to the fire that burned within him. And he came to realize that nothing had changed. Harry and Draco gen, post-war.

One simple mistake ruined Sirius's world... Now can he stop Harry from making the same mistake?

A vivid description of the events on October 31, 1981 in Godric's Hollow.

Draco and Harry, alone in a dark alley after Hogwarts and the rise of Lord Voldemort, catch up and chat a bit. Of course, this isn't exactly teatime at Buckingham Palace, especially due to Voldemort's consolidation of power. Resistance falters, and it seems there's nothing left for the two.

Crabbe plans to brew an illegal potion. Will he get away with it, or will his nefarious plan fail?

When Lupin left to join the werewolves on his mission from Dumbledore, his life started spiralling slowly downwards. Because the danger of life in the pack isn't only the suspicion and brutality of other werewolves - it's what slumbers inside, waiting to take hold. The longing to be wild, and free. And once woken up, it won't be silenced again...

'What Carina Saw' is the story of Harry Potter through another Gryffindor student's eyes. Carina is one of the 'unmentioned' roomates of Hermione. She knows a great deal more about the Dark Arts than many of the other students at Hogwarts, but surely she can't be all bad. The sorting hat placed her in Gryffindor after all.

The war has been won, but at a price: Harry Potter, hero of the Wizarding World, was among the dead. The world is in mourning, but none more so than Draco Malfoy; sometimes it is harder to be the one left behind. A HD songfic. Warning: character death.

On New Year's Eve, Poppy Pomfrey mourns the loss of a friend.

The product of an overwrought 16 year old. A songfic to Wherever You Will Go by The Calling. Harry's last day on earth and how he copes with the fact that most of his friends are dead, or traitorous and how he copes with the knowledge that to defeat the Dark Lord he has to leave his wife and son behind.

They were more than friends, more than lovers. Then all of a sudden, they were torn apart.