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"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...

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

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.

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.

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."

"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

Remus watches, Remus copes.

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

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

"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.

"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.

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.

'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.

"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.

"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.

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.

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.

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...

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

"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.

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.

Harry loses Sirius because of his father.

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?

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

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.

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

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)

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

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

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.

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

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.

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...

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.

'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.

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

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.

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

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?

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.

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?

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.

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

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"

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?

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

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.

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

While Severus recovers from an ambush, he and Remus confront each other over their past.

The Blacks are strong - together. Fate seems to be picking them off, one by one. How did Narcissa see her cousin, Sirius Black? Was he a cousin, an enemy, a criminal, a mad-man, a shame to the family? Narcissa's view on the crumbling Most Ancient and Noble House of Black

Do you remember in the First Year when Hagrid compiled a photo album for Harry? Well, Remus Lupin was one of the people he wrote to for pictures of Lily and James. This brings back a wealth of memories he has tried hard to forget....````Pre- OotP Marauder story.

Draco reminisced about the time he realized that he loved her, but she was already with someone else.

How much of the past can excuse the choices a person makes in the present? This is the story of a young boy...and the monster he became.

Draco Malfoy is in prison. Draco Malfoy is in prison, and he has a diary. A journal. A diary. Does it matter? Draco Malfoy is in prison, and he's beginning to think he's going mad. But maybe he's not, because if he was, wouldn't he think he was sane? Draco Malfoy is in prison, and he's got a book to write in. But what is there to write?

I think back to those days, the ones where I made the life changing decisions. And I play my favourite game, and wonder what if...?

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

Remembrances from within Azkaban.

Martha Green has rented out the studio behind her house to an old Mr. Riddle yet can not seem to figure him out. This is her view of his life. Post-Hogwarts.

This song-fic takes place during POA. The dementors are attacking Harry and Hermione. What was Harry thinking? Song is property of the Pat Mcgee band, from the album "Save Me."

Did you ever wonder what Sirius was thinking when he returned to his boyhood home? I did, and this is what I came up with.

While sitting in a chamber in Azkaban, Sirius Black tells the story of the Potters death.

What did Sirius Black do after he gave Hagrid his motorcycle? What was going through his head that night after seeing Lily and James dead on the ground? What did he do to track down Peter? What made him laugh like a maniac?

"She would march through the tangles in the rain and the snow, oblivious of the cold, of the damp, of the pain and blood, missing all the lost beauty and innocence..."

I would sketch people coming by or if I was lucky, the neighbors. My favorite subjects were the occupants of number four.

Remus spends some time in the company of old friends and remembers the good old days as he comes to terms with the present.

Some weeks after the events in the HBP, Remus Lupin is captured by Death Eaters. He wakes up after the full moon in an unknown cell, bruised and hurting, when his former lover comes to heal him. RL/SS

Just a couple of weeks after so-and-so's death, Harry is back living with the Dursleys, and thoughts of what have happened since his time at Hogwarts begin to sink in before he begins his sixth year.

Draco has been visiting Harry's grave since he died. He is sorry, so sorry that it wasn't he who died instead. ````Can Harry comfort him from beyond?

The terrifying and awful past of the Grey Lady of Ravenclaw as told to Ginny Weasley on Halloween.

After the war, Hermione visits Snape. He doesn't know who she is. Written for the Fandomcommerce exchange on LJ.

Snape is settled at Hogwarts, teaching Potions. The war is over and Lupin will never come back.

She screams. She rants. He listens and consoles. He gives, she takes. This is the way it has been for some time now. Enter Harry's world after the war, he is, oh, so alone, see who torments his dreams and nightmares.

Department of Mysteries. From detached thoughts, odd memories, and obscure facts, a strange picture is forming: a picture of something completely different... Can it be a key to that ‘kind of the heart of it all’ J.K.Rowling mentioned? Centres on Sirius' falling through the archway; though, is not truly about it.

Things arn't always what they seem, from a certain point of view. Alt. POV, GoF.

This is a background story of Bellatrix's Death-Eater initiation ceremony. It basically chronicles why Bellatrix turned out to the way she did and the various things she did in order to accomplish her goals.

Grasping the cold steel handle of the jagged blade, she inhaled deeply. “It…could all be over. It could all….be over.” She took a deep breath. That dagger looked so friendly right about now. It seemed to grin at her, daring her, taunting her, saying, “You know you can’t go through with this. You know you can’t go though with this.”```` But inside her head another voice spoke. Calm, cool and collected it said, “Ending your life won’t making anything better and you know it! So suck it up, get some pride and put that damn family heirloom in the china closet where it belongs!” Both voices belonged to her and her alone.

Regulus finds that Hogwarts is not nearly so great as he'd been lead to believe. He spends most of his time alone and listless, until a chance encounter changes everything.

Harry has returned to Hogwarts with more than a lot on his mind. To start with, he's just received a gift from Hermione, and that with the combined effects of last year draws them together. But will Harry realize his feeling for her before it's too late? Ron explains his distance the previous year, but how did he end up with so much money?

Minerva McGonagall watches the Sorting of 1971, and sees choices. AU.

Love is a funny thing. It contorts your world entirely. You become it’s prisoner and it rips out your heart, and claims it for it’s own. Then again, it makes things come to focus, heightens your senses, and comforts the soul. It changes you. And when you know that the person you love with all your soul doesn’t feel the same way, you are ruined completely. My name is Colin Creevey...

A severely injured Draco contemplates the choices he has made, while Ron watches on.

If this were a writing exercise, it would be called "write the end to a five-book series in under twenty pages."

Sirius faced me, placing his hand on my shoulder. “I’m leaving for a very long time. And I don’t plan on coming back to see that miserable old hag that calls herself our mother ever again.” The story of the day Sirius Black left number twelve Grimmauld Place through the eyes of Regulus Black. One shot.

When there is``Pain everywhere,``When hope had died``And virtue faded,``Will you brave the odds``Or will you stay and``Hide?``Will you know how not to``Lose,``Or will you fear the truth?``When hope has died``And virtue faded,``Will you know``How``Not to``Lose?

Hermione struggles with her mother's death.

What exactly can a single strand of hair reveal? First reading A Merciless Affection by Verity Brown is strongly recommended, otherwise the following may not make any sense to you. Verity should know that I just can't resist a challenge.

Inspired by the 1990 game "Alone in the Dark" and its soundtrack... A certain Slytherin sees to the fact of Lavender Brown and Seamus Finnigan taking a one-way trip to a haunted house... Will they make it out or be added to the long list of souls it already claimed?

What if you've spent most of your life fighting something, and you finally win? Ginny offers words of wisdom, and Harry discovers that there's more to life than Voldemort.

He watches them come in, he gives them their drinks, he takes their tips. They all seem to be perfectly normal, and he will never know they're not. POV piece, rated for drinking.