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"That led to the question someone, no doubt, would ask: Why did I commit all these dreadful acts of terrorism?" While weak, powerless, and in exile, Voldemort ponders the answer he would give to this question for the benefit of history -- and it is both more complicated and much simpler than one might think...

A one shot from Harry's point of view about the war around him and those he loves. (H/D)

In the aftermath of tragedy, Remus Lupin sought an escape. A man with nothing to lose and nothing to leave behind, but on a moonless night in a gypsy camp, he learns how to grieve—and finds out things he never saw in himself in the process.

At the end of "Phoenix", Lucius Malfoy is arrested as a Death Eater. What happens to Draco now that his father's identity is made public? Set within Azkaban itself.

Theodore Nott, in the Fifty Galleons universe.

Ginny is totally in love with Draco Malfoy. But what happens when they get together in the dungeons.

My vision of the last 30-45 min. of Lily and James Potter. She has questions, he answers--again, my vision. Songfic loosely based on the song Moonlight Shadow from the game Dance Dance Revolution.

Draco doesn't know what to choose.

An angsty Cho Chang monologue. On why she cries. Mentions tradition, angst, family, confusion, Cedric and Harry. A chance for Cho-fans to read an interpretation of what she went through, and Cho-haters to take a look from her point of view.

Severus starts regretting a past mistake.

Minerva McGonagall was not present in the Department of Mysteries. However, her understanding of the death is just as painful as everyone elses. Three parter, spoilers for OotP.

Harry's gone and he probably won't come back. He left everything to keep her safe. But he didn't think of the effect it would have in the one person he loves the most in the world. Now he's coming back for a little while to try and fix things.

Draco loves Harry. Harry doesn't know. Draco decides that for Harry's good they can never get together and takes it to the extreme to make sure that never happens. But what happens when something happens? (Not another Harry-comes-behind-Draco-before-he-jumps fic!) DM/HP slashy goodness!

Ravenclaws don't do revenge; it's not their thing, really. Ravenclaws don't like Death Metal; as everyone knows, Ravenclaw is a house inclined towards peace and love. Ravenclaws don't break rules, don't experiment with soft drugs, don't mess with gender roles, and don't believe that playing on other people's stupidity is really fair.``At least, that's what they want you to think...

On war and werewolves

"And in the mirror he read his truth and counted all the new-old ways he'd failed." Remus Lupin reflects on the many ways in which he fell short.

A collection of Ron-centric drabbles

This is a last goodbye to my 'Subplot/Unplottable'-universe and therefore heavily AU: After serving Voldemort as a nameless fighter, Snape returns to Hogwarts.

"My hands are stained." On Harry's first day at Hogwarts, Snape ponders damnation and redemption.

Years ago Severus Snape met the love of his life. But Vernon and Petunia Dursley aren't the only Muggles who hate magic. And prejudice can go both ways. Love hurts and the loss hurts even more.

Far away across the field/ The tolling of the iron bell/ Calls the faithful to their knees/ To hear the softly spoken magic spells.

As Harry’s hand reached out and grasped the glass doorknob, he knew one thing was for certain – this night would be bad. And tomorrow would be beyond imagining.

Harry Potter on estate life, and what it feels like to go back to Privet Drive after the fifth year...

Draco's task is to kill one Muggle. Will he succeed?

Harry and Hermione experience the pros and cons of memory charms.

Some may mourn the death of heros. Some may not- but Draco bitterly remembers the roads Harry Potter closed for him, and the fourth dimension that every hero hides from the public eye, only to be brought out in the face of the enemy: hatred.

Sky Monroe has always been alone. Alone with no memory of her past and no friends. Until one day, a stranger comes along and sends her off and her greatest adventure: A quest to find out the truth and a whole lot more including the presence of evil...

Does killing an enemy kill part of you? Are good and evil opposites, or are the two sides really only a heartbeat apart?

When the war is over there have been betrayals of the worst kind. The only thing Draco wants now is vengeance for the death of the girl he loved.

"Tom never left you, not completely. He’s just been… dormant all these years. Waiting for his chance. Hurting you in whatever way he could. Tom was a memory, right? A memory trapped in a diary. Now he’s a memory trapped in you, and he won’t let you forget.”

"She was all that he ever truly had, and then she was gone, away from his cruel words and cold stares. He never realized he needed her more than anything. Could he even have her back, hold her again and be complete again? Hope fluttered in him, and he wondered if he dared to acknowledge it."

Sirius explains to Remus exactly how he and Snape first got together--and how they split up. Companion piece to I Dream of You in Shadow.

(Slash; Sirius/Remus) Short, improv. Before, during, and post-Azkaban. Forever is never a promise, no matter how hard one wishes.

Snape has an unwelcome nighttime visitor.

Druscilla Morgan is sent out into the magical world after living a secluded life on an island with her grandmother… Strange things are happening, and she knows nothing about her past… and but she doesn’t know may indefinitely be her downfall…

His heart constricts along with her long tail and for a moment, just that minor second, Tom understands affections and perhaps the need to weep, bleed, and protect. This is all, of course, before he becomes another creature...free of the traditional views of love.

Some people suggest it was just selfishness on Snape's part to stop his Occlumency lessons with Harry, but perhaps Snape's reasons run far deeper. A Snape's POV response to the OotP chapter "Snape's Worst Memory."

Hermione tries to get Harry to stop isolating himself from his loved ones - after all, cutting himself off from them is only causing pain. One-shot, H/Hr.

Remus Lupin has seen life and he has seen death. But as he confronts the latest of his griefs, he must come to terms with the duty that has befallen him in the wake of tragedy.

There are a lot of secret activities going on in Hogwarts. Some are plotting death and destruction, while some are snogging some others. Some are patrolling without being of much use, while some are actually working for the welfare of the school. Some are lying awake in their dormitories while some are lying awake in Hogsmeade. Some are giggling mindlessly about mindless things, while some others are actually trying to sleep. Needless to say, very few people actually get the much required beauty sleep at Hogwarts. So there's lack of sleep, severe headaches and lots of impending doom in this sixth year story.

Kristus Vesanus has never lived an ordinary life. He spends his days in fear and doubt, away from magic, even though that is the heritage he was born into.

It's another regular day at Hogwarts, but what will happen next is anything but ordinary for the five people who watch it happen helplessly. This is a story from Hermione.

Regulus' thoughts on his way to Hogwarts and during his Sorting.

Flora and Fauna are about to start their third year at Hogwarts. All goes well, until the Chamber of Secrets is opened.

Nymphadora Tonks receives a visitor in the hospital after the attack in the Ministry. All she can say is 'Oh'. Part one of a trilogy of one-shot R/T fics on the topic of healing and carers.

R for later chapters. In the year 2004, the next generation is born, and ready or not, they’ve got to finish where their parents left off.

This is "Bella"--a cold, cruel, calculating shell of a woman. Where Trixie was warm, if a little indifferent and aloof, this stranger is hard and angry; the result of thirteen years in Azkaban and almost thirty with that brand on her arm...

During his first Quidditch game at Hogwarts, Regulus must balance his loyalties - in true Slytherin fashion.

Just how many extra hours did Hermione log during her stressful third year? How did she survive her insane academic schedule? The answer: Well, she wouldn’t have survived had it not been for … close friends.

Crossover: Harry Potter/The Sentinel. While waiting for the release of Book Five, a certain detective gets caught up in a very strange, yet oddly familiar, universe.

Someone thinks about shadows.

One night Mars is unusually bright. In the Forbidden Forest a centaur struggles with future and fate to follow his conscience.

The tragic event of March 11th of Harry's seventh year starts a vicious cycle of death and despair for several students and quickly spreads to the rest of the wizarding world. But even after the Final Battle, the war rages on. With people still dying and turning up missing there seems to be no end in sight. But Snape has a secret that may change all that, but at what cost? In the end is he a Killer, Hero, or just another Victim?

Voldemort reflects on his childhood. Then his years at Hogwarts. And finally, his rise to power. Entrances made by Voldie and Bellatrix.

On and on does anybodt know what we are living for?

Extremely short ficlet on the frayed relationship of Ginny & Harry. Edited for Post DH effect.

Once hurt and alone, Peter finds himself in a seemingly perfect relationship only to discover that not everything is what it seems and a kind mask can hide a monster.

A very young Severus Snape takes his first steps into the Dark Wizarding world.

"What is your ambition, Miss Lestrange?" "Sir?" "To be worthy of your name, perhaps, or to redeem it in the eyes of men, or maybe to be so ordinary that you will be swept away in the tide of the unfulfilled desires of lesser hearts and beached by the lacklustre dreams around you." Contains references to self-harm. Also contains french poetry.

The sequel to The First Piece of Silver. Peter Pettigrew meets Regulus Black at a party, Voldemort courts Dark creatures, and wheels are set in motion. Peter thinks he's doing the right thing. He's wrong.

A year after Harry dies fighting Voldemort, his husband, Ron Weasley goes through Harry's old things. But what Ron finds changes his life forever.

Draco dreams, and has to decide where his allegiances lie—with Harry, or Voldemort.

Even though Remus feels that he has been to enough funerals to not be affected by Sirius's death, a visit from Harry right before the funeral shows him he might be wrong.

Oneshot. While searching for Voldemort's horcruxes together, Harry is almost killed due to a bad decision on Snape's part. Harry decides that a few changes are due... or Snape is not going to enjoy the consequences.

Most of his unit have hit the deck, but he sees a man stand to fight. Before he can cry out there is a flash of green light. He would like to say the man falls as if in slow motion, but in truth it is as quick as if he were falling off a broomstick.

So how did Ginny really deal with things after the CoS incidents? Let me tell you... not that great!

A week before the full moon in December 1986 Remus Lupin is not drifting. Someone is leading him through the streets of Thessalonica.

Millicent Bulstrode, in the Fifty Galleons universe.

Poe's Annabelle Lee Potterfied. No big spoilers, unless you know nothing of Harry Potter and the wizarding world.

Sequel to My Life. "They destroyed the only people I ever loved and still they were surprised by my hatred."

What was going through Snape's head as he died? What was he thinking about, and who?

Sometimes things seem different from another's perspective. Especially when that someone is brown and furry and looking down from a shelf.

Christmas time at St. Mungo's - An Auror tries to reassemble his shattered mind, but some things are best left forgotten. PG-13 for language and impolite Longbottom/Lestrange interactions.

James folded his arms below his chest and met Remus's eyes firmly. "I was thinking about becoming an Animagus." "Why...er... would you want to do that?" Remus queried, trying and failing to sound casual. At this point, James leaned forward. He gave Remus an exasperated look and whispered, "Why do you think?" Then, he stood up and exited the common room without a backward glance. Remus wasn't dim. He was pretty sure what this meant. James knew.

"Why did you leave me with my empty soul? You knew you were the greatest thing that ever happened to me. Why did you leave anyways? What did I do to feel this pain? It’s... breaking me. My life hangs by a thread and don’t know what to do." The sequel to Numb As a Broken Soul.

Katie Bell never knew her father, but it never really bothered her. She had her mother, her grandfather, and her daydreams about Oliver Wood to occupy her time. But what happens when lies from her mother's past threaten to affect her future? (Takes place during OotP)

Draco never realizes that he has lost something until after it's lost; after all, they never matter. Then, he loses Blaise, and Draco learns that some things are meant to be kept close to the heart.

This takes place right after we see Sirius leave Harry and Dumbledore at the end of Goblet of Fire. Sirius meets up with Remus to call together the Order of the Phoenix.

Someone on WIKTT theorised that Snape had not gone back to Voldemort to spy, but instead to take care of the problem of the Dementors at Azkaban. That set this little plot bunny running around my head.

Ginny is writing to Tom in the diary. What's happening to her. The story of The Chamber of Secrets from Ginny's point of view.

Viktor Krum has always loved Hermione but she has never felt the same way for him. This is a Viktor perspective of Ron and Hermione's relationship to the words of Damien Rice's Cannonball.

Lord Voldemort has finally been defeated and with this, rejoicing is in order... or is it? Harry and Draco come to a final confrontation. Harry does the hardest thing he’s ever had to do (even including killing the Dark Lord). Emotions are nothing when it comes to the end.

Ginny sneaks out to the Astronomy Tower where she meets Draco Malfoy. They tell each other a little bit about themselves, and end up... well, that would give everything away now wouldn’t it?

The Final Battle approaches and the question of whether Draco can be trusted to make the right decision is finally answered ... by Crookshanks.

Harry writes a letter to the godfather he lost and we see his deepest hurts and fears.

A prophecy is a prophecy, but the law is the law. Harry Potter must obey both, though he doesn't have to like it. Post book seven, and the war is over.

What if all of the stories about the Founders were lies? Now hear the real story behind the Hogwarts Four!

In the aftermath of You-Know-Who's destruction, Draco Malfoy has adopted an almost hermetic existence, cutting himself off from both magical and Muggle worlds, as far as that's possible. But can he be left to brood in peace, when both old friends and an unknown Muggle girl seem intent on disturbing his solitude?

A short while after her wedding to Ted Tonks, Andromeda invites Narcissa out to lunch.

Hermione has finally made it to Graduation Day but not without a few bumps along the way. As she prepares to leave she reflects on the past at Hogwarts. Warning:Character Death

Just a one-shot angsty, yet slightly fluffy look into Hermione's late night musings.

There is danger in dwelling on past mistakes, as Dumbledore and Snape discover. Missing moment from PS/SS.

" My hand reaches out and grabs the cup in front of me, and then I'm swirling through the air, faster, faster, until I only see black, and then I land on the ground, hard. I get up and run through the trees and the grass until there's no more grass, just cold, hard dirt under my bare feet. There's a skeleton in the tree, hidden by a black cloak, and I fall to my knees, my eyes tightly shut. Slowly, those masks appear, the long white ones that only hide half the face, yet I can't see the person underneath. Except for Draco. I see his face, haunting me, I feel the wand pointed at my back, I hear that voice say Avada Kedavra and Draco's staring at me, doing nothing, and then I hear a flash of green and then, then I wake up. "

What if The-Boy-Who-Lived really wasn't the hero of the age? What if it really was his best friend, his biggest rival, and an exchange student? Jade travels with her quidditch team to Hogwarts for a tournament. Ron and Draco come to terms with their destiny. Don't worry Harry gets to play hero as well.

"I suppose it's a sign of growing up when you realise that your parents can be wrong, isn't it?" An adult Luna Lovegood talks about her part in the war.

Remus Lupin was used to sneaking out of his dorms over the full moon, so good at it in fact, he was positive none of his friends would notice he'd gone, but as he sneaks back to the dorms just after the sun rise, he gets the shock of his life. “Where have you been, Remus?” James Potter, one of Remus's best friends, was never stupid, but now Remus must decide whether he wants to keep his secrets, or his best friends.

There will be early animagi. Not a Mary Sue. The Neo Marauders may make an appearance. Original Characters. Slightly AU. No Slash pairings yet. New creatures. New teachers. New Dangers.

As Halloween of 1981 draws near, the Potters must go into hiding, but first they must choose a Secret Keeper. Told from Sirius Black's point of view, this is a companion piece to Keeping Secrets.

[One-shot] In the Muggle World, prisoners get one telephone call. In the Wizarding World, there's still one piece of parchment and a quill. [Implied Sirius x Remus] Sirius' letter is his plea for help; it's his calls of being innocent and his anger at the man who got him locked up in the first place. Set some time between being locked up in Azkaban and actually being caught, Sirius is angry and desperate, trying to cram as much as he's feeling down on the paper at once...

Excerpts from the diary of Draco Malfoy as he prepares to attend Hogwarts for the first year, and also his diary entry at the end of his first day there.