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

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 which Ginny is nuts, Draco is terrified, Ron is hiding from someone, and the teacher goes into shock. Just another day in Wizarding primary school.

Draco finds himself alone on Christmas and desperately craving for forgiveness. Then he stumbles upon an old friend. How will she react when he asks for what he wants?

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.

'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.

"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.

Kingsley Shacklebolt is used to spending Christmas alone. But an unexpected visit from a friend makes for a holiday that Kingsley won't soon forget.

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.

Remus contemplates his non-existent relationship with Sirius. Sirius makes a move. Set in MWPP era. Sirius/Remus slash.

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.

Young Severus Snape retreates to his little niche in the universe. He reminisces about things in his life and experiences some much needed calm.

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

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.

It's been four years since the chess game and the cracks between the Founding Four are starting to show. The sequel to "Tension".

“You would look far more dangerous had you not dipped your hair into your breakfast, Padfoot,” said Remus, propping himself on his elbows. ``Sirius slowly brought his hand to his head, and touched the ends, the sticky bits clinging to his hand. He let out a howl, and met Remus’s eyes, horrified. ``“My HAIR!”

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.

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.

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

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.

While on a mission for the Order, Ginny Weasley is captured by an unknown nemesis. She is taken to the Velamentum, an order shrouded in mystery. A proposition is given to her. She accepts, and her world is turned upside down. Concepts she firmly believed in are challenged. Friends become enemies, enemies become allies. Trust is non-existent, danger abounds. And in the midst of this, Ginevra Weasley manages to fall in love. But does she love a friend? Or a dangerous enemy?

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...

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?

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

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.

Harry Ron and Hermione are up to everything this year. Getting in trouble is normal for them but not in this much trouble. Four surprises await the Trio and some of them may not come quietly.

Remembrances from within Azkaban.

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

Harry is quite fed up with how J.K. Rowling writes his life story. The only solution can be to fire her, but when he starts writing his memoirs, he finds it isn't easy to tell his story from his own eyes... Especially when he lets his friends edit it... (Co-author: Marrietta Malfoy.)

Mrs Norris is a singularly improbable name for a cat. Unless one happens to be a Jane Austen fan...

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.

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.

What's a poor Ravenclaw to do when he falls for the most oblivious girl in school?

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

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.

Once upon a time, young Jack Hagrid set out to win his fortune from the Giant Under the Hill. He didn't expect to fall for the giant's daughter along the way. Or to have to kill an evil wizard, steal a magic sword, and find a hidden heart. Luckily, he has a talent for befriending magical creatures. . .

After Sirius dies, Harry becomes distant with everybody. Except somebody. 'But I must admit, I'll miss them. I'll miss Her- Hermione's bossy attitude, and Ron's stubbornness. I'll miss their constant flirtatious fighting. I'll even miss fighting with Malfoy or any other Slytherin. But most of all, I'll miss her.' Ginny has a hard time with Harry, but everything with them is fine. It seems like right now, she's the only person he'll talk to. ' "I want to talk to him," I had whispered to nobody in particular. Ron looked up at me and smiled sadly. "He won't listen to you, Ginny," Ron whispered. "He won't listen to anybody." I don't believe him for I have talked to Harry before when he refused to talk to anybody.'

The last person you would expect in Azkaban muses. Based on Oscar Wilde's poem of the same name.

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?

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.

Zacharias Smith liked people who were straight talkers and gave straight answers. And Luna Lovegood was, and did, neither. So why the attraction? Set in the Golden Trio's sixth year, but written prior to HBP.

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

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.

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

Draco and Ginny meet up in a chilly courtyard and Ginny swoons... over his scarf. G/D

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

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?

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?

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.

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.

"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..."

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.

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.

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

It had all pretty much gone downhill since he'd graduated from Hogwarts. Who would really want to spend their life with a poor old werewolf? It didn't matter anymore... nothing did... there was nothing that would change. Remus/Lily. Songfic to 'Paradise'

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

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.

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.

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.

"He can’t come back, Harry." I was choking on the words even as I said them. Not wanting to believe them any more than Harry, and hating them for being true. But I had to say them. “He can’t come back because he’s dead.”

This is my interpretation of what occurs on the other side of the veiled archway in the Ministry of Magic: Department of Mysteries. OotP Spoilers

Have you ever wondered if Ron has any other family that live in America? Well here is his cousin fourteen year old Gia Weasly who has a life that most witches and wizards would dream of. She was attending Salem's Institute of Magic and Witchcraft for young witches and wizards. She was beautiful, popular, top of her class and the best chaser on her school team. But what will a certain cousin and his two friends and Lord Voldemort have in part of this story? In this story you will learn that when disaster strikes, you will be surprised about how well you are connected with those who have gone through the same situations and how wonderful friendships and family really are.

It's time for the Hogwarts Talent Show for a new year. Acts include 'Return of the Dead' and 'Harry and the Prefects'. A must-read for slash fans! H/G, H/D. Character death!

Whatever Remus may tell himself, he has always belonged to Sirius. A study of love that surpasses romance.

Hermione learns the concequences of wandering around 12 Grimmauld Place. Implied Regulus/Hermione.

Draco returns to the Manor to find it quiet - which is so different from when his father was present. What does Potter have to do with it?

Percy heads home for Christmas... The house was dark, and appeared as if none had been there for months upon end. Dust was gathered on the window pane, and the weeds had overgrown the already overgrown garden.

When Draco Joined the side of good no one wanted to know him, especially Potter inc. But when they finally started to warm to him, one particular member warmed a little too much. Feeling neglected, Draco has turned back to the side of evil and Harry has gone to get him back, but is he too late?

This fic is my interpretation of what led up to Umbridge's decision to send the Dementors to Little Whinging in the summer before Harry's fifth year at Hogwarts.

Sirius hasn't been himself since reaching Grimmauld Place. Remus decides to do something about it. Hilarity ensues.

Minerva McGonagall has led an amazing life and had several amazing loves. This story is told in her journals of who and how she loved and then lost those loves. Of how, she saw red blood stream from all her loves.

“Was it not enough Albus? Was our service to this world not enough for you?” She shrieked. “You have betrayed me Dumbledore and you have betrayed that boy…you have betrayed those who were most loyal to you, curse you!” Minerva McGonagall's voice shook.

Mrs. Granger takes her daughter for tea the weekend after she returns home from her fifth year of school. Hermione finally lets her parents know what's really going on in the wizarding world.

Hermione receives a letter asking her to volunteer for war. She reluctantly agrees even though she is terrified that she'll never see her family, friends or love again. One-shot. Hermione/Draco.

It’s the irony of it all that just really gets me. The irony of the book of life, written by someone long dead; the irony of writing about something beautiful, when there is ugliness all around; the irony of writing about sight, when you are blind. The irony of writing about love, when you can love no more, oh, that’s the greatest of them all, that it is. R/Hr

Parody of songfics and weird pairings. Set to "My Beloved Monster" by the Eels. It's weird and disturbing, just to warn you.

"Patta cake, patta cake, baker’s man, bake me a squib as fast as you can. Pat it and prick it and mark it with V..."

The Weasley family, Harry and Hemione gather to celebrate Hermione's birthday.

Remus thinks about letters from his past and writes one of his own to Sirius.

It doesn't matter if it's real or not, because either way, she believes it, and then the possibility is there. Neville/Luna.

One-shot, intended as a supplement to OotP, a "missing scene" if you will. Years after their affair, Bellatrix finally exacts her revenge on Remus in the Department of Mysteries.

Timeframe - post-Hogwarts; pairings - Hagrid/OC, implied R/Hr; Hagrid and Catherine are trying to adopt a child. Wait...Hagrid, a father?

Minerva McGonagall reflects on her life, both past and present, and wonders if anyone still cares enough to keep the wizarding world safe. And she wonders if anyone still cares about her. What little joy she has left in her life rides on a thin string, and she struggles everyday to keep that string from breaking.

"Tragic romance is no new thing to the world...The story is so old, no one can remember exactly how it started. But these two, they have decided to write another chapter." Not all love stories have a happy ending... NOT a song fic. D/Hr.

"There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven." ~Ecclesiastes 3:1

Harry is missing, Hermione is worried, Draco is being insufferable and Ron’s got a theory.... It’s just another day at Hogwarts.

Draco, for no discernible reason, has decided to walk to San Francisco. Yes, we're pretty sure he's crazy. Harry joins him, thus proving himself doubly insane. Much bickering, hitch hiking, and general slashiness to ensue.

A take on Percy's point of view during the events of Christmas in the Half-Blood Prince.

Hermione has all the answers except for this one. Who does she like better Draco or Ron? Hermione is confused which is new for her, lights explode, tea is drunk, Ron sings, and Draco makes snide remarks, but not necessarily in that order. All in all a fun, light read.

Hermione and Ron are meant to be together, but will they forever miss their chances to be together? Ron already has, and seems to have given up forever (see my fic A House That Might Have Been). Will Hermione have the courage to voice her feelings for a second time, or will she marry Krum? Sweet companion piece to A House That Might Have Been.

How do I explain? ``How do I put words to something with no words?``How do I make you understand? ``How do I show you war? ``How can I ever show you death?

Nearly Headless Nick is a ghost because he was afraid of death - how about the others? What do the Hogwarts ghosts think about death, their own in particular? Is there any hope for them?

After the final battle at Hogwarts, Neville reflects on the events of the past and begins to lose himself... until someone unexpected is able to pull him back. Short and sweet.

Sirius Black put up with his family for sixteen years. But one day he ran away. It was freedom, it was liberation, but in a way it hurt. Because some things are painful, even to a sixteen-year-old boy.

Harry's annual escape from Privet Drive is a bit more harrowing than usual.

A year after the defeat of Lord Voldemort, Harry has retreated so far into himself that even his surviving friends can't seem to reach him. Will Ginny get there in time, or is it already too late?

Seven years after the final battle, Snape considers a few personal demons.

She would never do that. She couldn’t. After all, it was him.