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

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.

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

A collection of Ron-centric drabbles

"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.

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.

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

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

(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.

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."

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

"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.”

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…

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

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.

"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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Someone thinks about shadows.

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.

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

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...

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.

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

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?

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.

"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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

"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.

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

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.

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)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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!

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.

Millicent Bulstrode, in the Fifty Galleons universe.

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

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.

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?

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

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

" 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 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 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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

"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.

Tom Riddle. What do you really know about him? What was he like before he was Lord Voldemort? Was he shy? Was he well-liked? What drove him to become Lord Voldemort? Read and find out!

Thirty minutes can be forever or no time at all. Thirty minutes can be good, bad, painful or kind, but however you experience them, they cannot be undone. (H/D slash)

Is it possible for someone to do the right thing for the wrong reason? In a letter to his son, Draco Malfoy explains why he thinks it might be the case.

The wind is howling all around her, and Ginny doesn't knw how to deal with the mystery that is Blaise Zabini. One-shot. Based off a David Bowie song. Sort of a contemplation on the difference between pride and arrogance and how two teenagers fit into their lives at Hogwarts. Not originally intended to be shippy, but...

"Dying inside, never forgiven, branded forever... no one cares, no one knows, no one hears. I’m alone..." Who will listen to cries of the lost souls? Some things remain forever unsaid. Ch1-Draco’s POV after the events in the tower.

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.

Severus would have never thought a time would come when they, when he, would need Neville.

[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...

A little song- ficlet very loosely based on Norah Jones' "Seven Years." You'll get the idea if you've heard the song. **Pretty sad...**

Ginny, Luna, Bellatrix, and a dungeon. Genfic, dark.

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.

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.

The cruel repercussion of war to one who deserves it most. A look inside a madman's mind, and what becomes of them in the end.

"The dwarf sees farther than the giant, when he has the giant's shoulders to mount on." ~Samuel Coleridge, The Friend When you're the middle in a large family, it's easy to get lost in the shuffle. But what if all your siblings are special--and you're not good at anything?

Sequel to 'The Diary'. Death Eaters once made a promise to their master, the Dark Lord Voldemort, and now that promise could mean everything to the fractured lives of the Potter family and friends.

Harry Potter is three days away from his seventeenth birthday. He discovers how much that James and Lily really loved him.

We have all lost.

Waiting for Harry to return from a mission, Draco worries.

Sometimes, the choices others make for you greatly affect who you become. The story of a lovechild who never seemed to find his place.

Neville is keeping a secret from his classmates. When his DADA teacher covers the Unforgivable curses, he reflects on his parents and the journey that took them to where they are now. A lost moment from GoF.

After the attack on Hogwarts and Dumbledore's death, Tonks has finally shaken some sense into Remus. He's given into his feelings for her, but how much of him does she really have - and is it enough? Tonks realises that not only does she want more, now, she needs more. Is he ready?

A short ''personal narrative''... from someone you DO NOT suspect...

He might as well be a slave.

During Voldemort's first attempt at power, two old friends meet in Granada. But something isn't quite right.