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A terrible childhood experience might just change the look of life for Cho Chang. (Takes place during book 4)

Hermione didn't want to believe in fate. Didn't want to believe everything had all fallen into place, that as humans they were helpless against what had been decided for them. That Harry was helpless against his fate. No, she still wouldn't accept that.

This is from the point of view of Peter and Sirius on the night James and Lily are murdered.

It's been a year since the end of the War of Darkness, and the Rending of the Veil. Relations between the Muggle and Wizarding worlds are just beginning to calm, and slow progress is being made to restore the barrier between the worlds. Magic is at its weakest--and strangest--and a few old heroes are back to restore the balance.

After James and Lily are killed and Sirius narrowly escapes Azkaban, he and Remus take on the job of making Harry’s life with the Dursleys a little less miserable. Written for the Raising Harry Ficathon on Livejournal. Totally AU.

The eve of the final battle, Hermione reminisces over all the people who have been lost so far.

It is seventh year and another battle has been fought between the light and the dark.... Who are victors and who are losers?

At the final battle, a grief-stricken Snape looks back over his relationship with Lucius Malfoy.

A traitor reflects on his choices and actions after the final battle at Hogwarts.

Faolan Brone wants the same thing as any other five-year-old boy: a real home with a real family. There's only one small problem.

We all have an element that we are most at home with. Even to the day of our final rest.

Because of him, Sirius had died… Or had he? What exactly does the veil do? However, he most certainly would never see Sirius again, and Harry wasn’t about to let anything like that happen again.

It was hard to imagine a time and place where Hogwarts did not exist. Disarray was sweeping Britain. Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, Gryffindor, and Slytherin were determined to stop the horrors that were beginning to ensue.

Percy Weasley is doing what he must to protect what is left of his family, even if it means betraying Harry Potter

What happens when two people suddenly find each other in the midst of a whirlwind of chaos? The answer is Serendipity. Don't always believe what is right in front of your eyes.

"You know how you feel when you fly? Like everything in the world is right? And I know that you know pretty well what it feels like to be in the presence of a dementor. Well, Potter, imagine going from one extreme to the other randomly, never knowing if tomorrow you will wake up on cloud nine or more depressed than you have ever felt in your entire life." Severus Snape is so misunderstood, but if people only took the time to listen, they could see the man behind the madness.

Everyone has skeletons in their closet, and perhaps Professor Snape has a few more then most people. This is the story of Severus Snape and the past that haunts him.

An eerie, nagging feeling comes to light as her day progresses.

A murder he committed scarred his daughter, and now she's slowly drifting away from him. What is to happen of his family? Sonfic to "Hold On" by Limp Bizkit.

It's the seventh year at Hogwarts. Several students are missing, but there are others that will pick up the slack. Particularly in Slytherin.

Cedric Diggory's greatest desire is to be loved by his father.

Forever he painted his world in shades of grey, that color even more bleak and haunting that the sound of his beautiful, horrible music. Forever this grey surrounded him, so wretched, so despairing, and yet so wholly, horrifyingly, breathtakingly him. Draco was grey, in every sense of the word, from his mood, to his physicality, deep in his soul. The color could not be uprooted, so deeply was it entrenched in the muddy soil of his past life, thriving in the darkness that had, and maybe still now, consumed him, and growing to be a creeper so large and thorny that he was caged inside of it, perhaps inescapably.

After Ron and Hermione are captured by Death Eaters, Snape has to make some important decisions about the costs of war.

The Dark Lord has a rendezvous to meet... With whom?

Every head in the Slytherin common room turned when they heard the tell-tale crack of knuckle against bone. Draco stood before the entrance portal that led to the hall, a bloody fist clenched, arm shaking as he stared down at Blaise Zabini. The boy was on the floor, trying to hold back the blood dripping from his nose.

It was finally here. The Second War. The fight between good and evil. Harry thought he had been prepared for this, but the echoing words of his prophecy filled his mind. ...and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives... He let out an involuntary shudder, his heart beating in the back of his throat. Pre-HBP.

One night Tonks finds herself in a strange place and she's not alone.

After her first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Ginny Weasley is plagued by nightmares.

"Nobody else did this penance to the dead. It was the price he paid for living still. " Long after the war is over Harry still remembers them.

Her biggest fear is knowing that she wouldn't change a single thing. *femslash*

Lucius has been planning his Ministry take over for years. His plans never fail.

Remus and Sirius spend one last night together. R/S slash.

Tears, he was told, were signs of weakness. And that was not the path they wanted for him... Yet they never did know what path he wanted for himself. And finally now, they would learn about, from his letter to "no one in particular"

Hermione's been broken, and Ernie can't fix her.

Hermione is noticing that Harry slouches as he works on his Potions, and she watches. I guess it's another in my series of dark monologues.

The war is finally over, but at a terrible cost. Can Ginny Wealey do something about one of it's victims?

Just a little songfic to Evanescence's song "Haunted." Harry reflects on the day after The Last Battle.

In frightening war times, when you’re longing for comfort, you would never believe where you would find it... This is a story about a woman who decides that she has got to live carpe diem, even in war times! It’s a quite unexpected pairing ;-)

A night that comes and passes every year is back again, at a time when age has stolen them away. The past plays a part as time ticks.``"She seated herself between them, the fabric of each of their tight-fitting clothes touching. She gripped Ron's elbow and kissed Harry's cheek, as the quiet bells of the old Grandfather clock struck and the Witching Hour ticked into place."

A random dark fic where Voldemort talks to an unwilling follower. It's just a very dark fic in general, no specific subject really.

Harry saves Sev's life, but when Minerva asks Severus to postpone the Quidditch match for Harry's sake, it causes the two colleagues to put up a fight in front of the whole school. Who can bring them to reason, and who saves them from Poppy? Completely AU.

Sirius is acting strangely and Remus tries to pretend it isn't happening... until events force him to confront what's going on. Remus/Sirius.

Freedom and the journey to attain it bond together the most unlikely people. Mild slash.

"Don't throw up," said exactly the last voice she wanted to hear. "There isn't any water for you to drink and you'll wreck my shoes."

The burden of keeping Harry going falls to Ron... but how much must he sacrifice for his best friend?

Ron brought her orange juice.

Exams are over, but school isn't out yet. The Marauders decide to take adavantage of the free time and make this day one to remember

Most people have heard of the man in the moon. Many have wished for him to help them in their times of trouble. Few know of his pet, a calico cat that only shows herself once every fifteen years, just before a full moon. She has the true power to grant wishes. As the saying goes, "Be careful what you wish for, you might just get it." Harry's last week with his parents.

Remus Lupin was suspected of giving information to Voldemort by his best friends. He disappeared for days at a time with no explanation. Perhaps he just needed to get away from it all… People do crazy things… when they’re in love. A Songfic to The Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Modern Romance."

AU based on David Klass' book 'You Don't Know Me' No one knows Harry Potter. Who's the Lasasha Palulu? Only Harry knows. Why does no one know him? Only Harry knows.

Post OotP - Remus reflects upon the events in the Ministry and remembers a promise. Warning: Character Death(OotP)

"He wants to stay here with her, allowing the moonlit shadows to draw him into this lull where he can forget reality and time and just breathe." (fanon!Blaise/Hermione)

I guess this really is the ultimate. Thanks all the poetry we've been studying this year, a pretty grim reflection of the human race has been painted. In a way, this fic reflects the thoughts of what my class discussed and the purposes of people and the lives that they lead... kind of a narrative with pure speech interlinked **THIS IS SHORT**

Severus must learn to deal with Sirius' sudden absence, and in the process he discovers that his hate is both more and less than he'd thought it was.

"It was the first day of the summer holidays and Draco Malfoy sat in his room staring into his mirror." When Draco returns home after OotP he finds he has to make a choice and finally grow up.

"I really hated you, Granger," he guzzled after many moments, "but I’m glad you’re here." Everyone's lost in the Dark war.

Snowflakes land against his cheeks and melt there. He can feel them in his eyelashes and against his mouth like tears. Harry lies very still and hopes for nothing at all.

Draco had not quite believed his parents when they told him marriage was hard. It was not until his second marriage started to fall apart that he realized they might be right.

A cloaked man enters a chapel... Miles away, a boy wakes up... The death of a Malfoy.

Who is Maximus McKinnon, and why are there so many rumours about him? Is Blaise Zabini male or female? What's the deal with the boy Raven? For the answers to all these questions and more, read on...

Hermione feels that everyone has deserted her. Alone and in pain, what will she do? Major angst with a lot of blood and suicide as well as a slight bit of P/Hr. **Songfic to "Tourniquet" by Evanescence**

Several years after the end of war, Ginny has plans for the house at Grimmauld Place. There will be laughter within those walls once more.

"Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them." ~Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe. "The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity." ~Walt Whitman

When she was a child, Luna Lovegood loved hide-and-seek and the mystical, magical count that preceded the hunt. But life has a way of souring things one holds dearest, and when the end comes, all that remains is the count.

Finally driven by a collaborative chain of events involving several characters Malfoy goes insane and plots the death of his ‘love’ Harry Potter.

Excerpt: There were no more sounds, but a callous, terribly deep cackle ringing all throughout Bellatrix’s ears; the cackle was full of demented joy; full of total satisfaction as the darkness circled all around. ````Forever haunted by murdered spirits, Bellatrix is forced to face the demons of her dark and murderous past. All hell has been released in Bellatrix’s eyes, and she appears unable to escape the grim clutches of the demon spirits, hungrily awaiting for revenge.````Nothing appears to be able to save Bellatrix, not even her wand. Bellatrix Black Lestrange is forced to face the demented demon spirits, the consciousness of her crimes, and most of all, all the years she was Lost in Darkness.

In the midst of the war, Hermione has finally figured out her feelings about Ron...When a tragedy falls upon the Weasley family, can she tell him, or should she keep it quiet?

Lily goes undercover to get a certain Death Eater to join the Order...

After eavesdropping on Harry and Dumbledore, Dobby decides to punish to Kreacher.

A new start is offered to Aimee White when she begins life at Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry. But why is she still sleepwalking? And why is she reacting so badly to the DADA lesson subject matter? The worse is to come when she works out the horrifying truth. But her final worry is whether or not Professor Lupin has worked it out too...

She looked gorgeous when she was drenched in the rain. Her clothes would stick to her flawless body and her hair would drip with water and fall in thick strands. Her face would look pale and even though the rain was freezing, she looked warm. It was all he could do to stop himself from pulling her into his embrace.

As Sirius Black shudders and spies in the Forbidden Forest, he only has his thoughts to comfort--or enrage him. Spanning PoA, this songfic of the Eagles' "Desperado" chronicles Sirius's, and to a lesser degree, Remus's thoughts about the book's events.

Rodolphus hates to see his princess cry.

Snape is having a poetic, far-beyond-canon experience in a Muggle bar, and it's called: Music. SS/RL implied. One-shot.

“Who dreams, is awake. Who sleeps, has to count on nightmares....” - Luna

One day before Arthur Weasley’s birthday, his son Ron reflects on what his father truly deserves. Hinted R/Hr.

Molly's reaction to finding out she's pregnant with Ginny. Warning: non-graphic dub-con.

“- You can enter here only once, did they tell you that? – the old man’s voice was harsh and at the same time somehow enticing. Lucius stopped looking around. – You get to choose just once. – the little wizard eyed him from his position half in the shadows. The dashing Malfoy heir regarded him carefully, not really sure how to react to those words.”

What happens when unrequited love turns into deceitful desperation? A love once known to be pure deceases, replacing it with hate. What do you do? Escape to a world where vengeance is disguised in innocence. And where illusions take over one's life. A Ginny/Harry angsty fic. (No sunshine or daisies here...)

Firenze is faced with a difficult decision. In SS/PS he first swore to fight against evils, even if it meant siding with humans and against the stars. Can he hold true to that? What role do the stars play, and where can you turn to for help when you believe in the very thing you've sworn to defy?````(Involves soul searching, the Forbidden Forest, a lot of angst, a bit of violence and maybe a dash of hope!)````(semi sequel to my fic Fighting Mars, but that isn't needed for this to make sense)

Ron watches Hermione, posessively, even though she is not his, and she never will be now. Dramatic and angsty.

Barred from becoming an Auror because of his family name, a young man becomes an informant in the Death Eaters for the Ministry, to earn his right to become an Auror. When his idealistic views of the world is shattered; when Death Eaters become his friends, and Aurors are the crueler ones in an endless war, he start to question his loyalty to the Ministry.

Heather Revlis is a sixteen-year-old American girl who has received an invitation to Hogwarts. She is scared and unsure of herself, because she has never been away from home before. A home where she was a mother for four young siblings because her real mother fell ill when she was younger. Her mother was a great seer, who made a strange prediction about Heather before she was even born. Set in the world before Voldemort, while Dumbledore was still a teacher, Heather faces challenges even Rowling has never explored...

Inspired by and based on the short story "After Twenty Years" by O. Henry. Sirius wonders whether Remus will keep a promise.

Have you ever wondered just why the Hogwarts ghosts are ghosts? If you ever did, here's one theory on their deaths.

I remember now that I’ve always loved the wind-maybe it’s a part being a Seeker, but now I cherish it even more than ever, because the wind is my last reminder of what you were really like- your hugs, your being. Cho reminsces at someone's funeral.

Remus runs away after almost killing someone. It's Remus's fifth year. Snape and the Whomping Willow. Remus sees the future. Lliy and James's funeral.

Tom is evil; He kills, he destroys and he never has regrets. But what if he did? A short ficlet focussing on a couple that was never destined for happily ever after.

When one thing breaks, everything crashes to the floor in a cascade of tears. Draco Malfoy realizes the truth...and how much he truly had. [D/H slash]

The most brilliant events in history happen when least expected. Here is one of many in the Harry Potter Universe. Expect a twist before the end.

What kind of relationship did Petunia have with Lily as a child? How did she really feel about her sister's son being left on her doorstep? This story explores Petunia's feelings on those two issues.

Waking up to the dream, as the nightmare still keeps you awake. Death-eaters' sons have fates of their own.

The beginning of the end... "Don't worry about the world ending today. It's already tomorrow in Australia." Ron is dead. Life will never be the same. A very short little ficlet about the effects death have on those we love.

A fic that is centered mostly around Pansy Parkinson and her struggle to accept herself and her life. A very Slytherin focused fic, also a much different look at the pug nosed girl.

Boyish, Sweet, Nice, and Friendly: those four adjectives have ruled Neville's life for over sixteen years... making him who everyone thinks he is. But he's tired of being last place, being the loser. He wants out.

Sirius has nightmares one night. Remus is concerned. They talk, and a lot comes out about Azkaban. Angst, Remus/Sirius slash

He wanted to avoid ever falling to his knees and screaming for a moment of eternity because of who or what he had lost. He did not want to experience that again, to feel the sobs choking his breath, the tears blurring his vision, although he knew he would open his eyes to hell, anyway. He would close his eyes shut because there was no breath, no life, nothing worth seeing and no use keeping silent, trying to hold in the scream, because if he had lost another one then he had all the more reason to scream. He swore that if he lost, if he had to say goodbye to someone one more time, the next scream would last forever.

It's the Christmas hols, and Remus has to stay at school. But no matter what he thinks, he's not alone.

James has some news for the other Marauders that has Sirius a little uncomfortable.

They needed eachother more than anything. Draco needed to feel something and Fred needed to hurt someone. Second of the End of World oneshots. Fred/Draco.