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Hermione explains her History of Magic project.``Crossover with Discworld.

After the death of a friend, Remus Lupin looks back, before someone helps him look forward again. No slash, and slightly AU, as it replaces the last scenes of OotP.

Love, lust, punishment, betrayal, death. In all things, there’s symmetry.

Snape's mother takes a look back on her marriage to his father.

"The purpose of this letter – it’s silly, really – but the purpose of this letter is to be sure. It’s my husband, you see." -- JK Rowling receives a letter from Mrs Julia Black. It's probably a letter she shouldn't answer.

The seventh year begins, and the war has just begun. The Dark Lord continues to rise, and gain power, slipping spies amongst those that are doing what they can to fight against his power, his rising influence, causing each attempt by the Ministry to fail drastically. It seems that the protection of Hogwarts is not enough for the young boy who lived, Ron and Hermione are no longer neck and neck, Dumbledore can no longer fight as he used to, and Draco has become the miniature version of Severus Snape. With pooled forces, and the dramas of war, can good hold up against evil? Can those who fight for peace keep from crumbling and falling to their knees before those who want nothing more than bloodshed...?

A preview of what's to come in a new humorous Schnoogle novel...

The path to darkness bleeds. Tom Riddle's journey as he becomes Lord Voldemort.

Love, betrayal, anger and hate can drive a man to desperate measures. And further.

He had passed the stage of hating himself for what had happened to his godfather, Sirius Black. He was over blaming himself for the loss of fellow Triwizard Tournament contestant, Cedric Diggory. But the thoughts that he was in some way responsible never seemed to leave Harry Potter's nightmares. However, as Hermione Granger found herself digging deeper into her beloved books, she found the one thing that could possibly save the seventeen year old boy from hiding behind his mask of falsified happiness. The only problem is, they soon realize they must fulfill a prophecy they never saw coming.

A look into a moment in the life of Regulus. Don't remember who Regulus is? You'll remember if you start reading. Haven't read OotP? Slight spoilers, but nothing too major (this story has nothing to do with Harry and what happens to him in Book Five). A bit of Regulus/Lily. Poor boy.

It is Azkaban the day after Sirius Black has escaped. The Warden ponders where they might have gone wrong with Sirius Black

"I grew up in a haunted house. This isn't who I wanted to be. You can never outgrow anything, and how does that make you feel? I'll never stop being one of them. I grew up with ghosts in my childhood and vampires in the bed next to me, and I'm not afraid of monsters anymore. And I'm stuck in the past and I can't get out, and I know that they're like that, too. I can feel it in their blood." Andromeda reflects on her family.

"Remus Lupin, are you pouting?" "I'm a werewolf. Werewolves do not pout." "You love me, Remus Lupin, and what's more I love you too!" Her cheeks flushed and her eyes sparked emeralds. "Then why are you dating James?" Short and bittersweet. *RemusLily*

Sirius drinks Polyjuice Potion to get out of Grimmauld Place for a bit. Remus goes along. There may be some banter, possibly some memories, and quite certainly there's a fight.

How does Harry really feel about the Dursleys? We all think that he hates them, but is life ever that simple? Harry POV. Set in the future when Harry must protect his family from Death Eater attack.

A short vignette on how love can transcend the boundaries of war, death and even love.

What is the song of a wandering man? Is it some tune that he remembers fondly from a time gone by? Or has that tune become so bitter that he can no longer hear it? And so he walks alone... and in silence.

"As Luna awoke each day to a dream that never ended, forever chasing her ghosts, Ginny’s only came to her in the night, like snakes in the dark, her own spirits unbidden and unwanted." Ginny/Luna

Hermione thinks about how her life has been, the matters of family, friends, and the matters of her heart. Background of some parts of the story also come from "Reflections (3)", another of my stories

How do you live when you feel destined to die? Don't ask me. If I knew that, my life and death would be a lot easier.

Harry and Draco, happily married for three years, live in a London flat. Soon, however, Harry begins to see a new light - a light which tears him between his happily domestic life with Draco, and a new lover to whom he never suspected he'd be attracted. Slash.

Lighting the fire, she took the time to look at the pictures on top of the fireplace, something she had never found the time to do before, though she couldn’t think why. She could feel her eyes beginning to well up as she look down at a photograph that must have been taken years ago.

Parca the Goddess of Fate has transported Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy through her veil that is the thin line between this life and the dream life. Together they will have to work to solve whatever task she has set for them to return to the land they have left.

A series of occurences - instances - between Ron and Hermione at Hogwarts, remembered over and over and over again by Hermione.

He always liked nights best. One-Shot, Lucius Malfoy in Azkaban.

After Lupin and Snape rescue Ollivander from the Death Eaters, he must re-evaluate his life and the new chance he has been given.

Draco has some things he needs to get off his chest.

Hermione's given Harry some advice for how to deal with his emotions about Sirius's death.

Short little fiction piece. A study in the character of one Remus J. Lupin. What may have happened the morning following Sirius' death. Implied RL/SB.

"If this is death, he thought, it’s not quite as final as everyone thinks." As he falls through the Veil, Sirius watches the people he loves come to terms with what has happened.

Prelude to chapter \'Spinner\'s End\' in HBP. Bellatrix calls to \'comfort\' and calm Narcissa, and has exactly the opposite effect.

Harry Potter has gone into hiding, but finally decides that he must begin the hunt for the Horcruxes, but at what costs?

When the morning came, they buttoned on their cloaks and rode to their deaths.

Always being in love with the same person can lead to disasterous outcomes. Especially if you'll do wahtever it takes to be near your "love." DM/HG, contains rape.

Harry and Ginny spend their first afternoon together as husband and wife in their new home.

Harry's eighteenth birthday. Harry gets invited somewhere and then goes shopping... at a Muggle mall. What could he possibly find? [Revised version]

Roses are red, violets are blue, he sends his regards- to a witch that is true. Sometimes valentines are sent to the most unlikely people from the most unlikely sources. It's all very scandalous.

Harry knew they were up to something. Hermione would sneak off at all hours of the night, and Malfoy always sent those annoyingly "superior" looks to Ron. But what they were up to was much more than even he wanted to find out. (D/Hr, mild hint of H/G if you look real hard.)

Sirius struggles to grasp the meaning of death as he watches those he left behind grow up without him and the world he is no longer a part of change dramatically. Rated for mild language and adult themes.

How do you deal with a loss that is not just in your heart, but in the very heart of your home? ``Warning: Character Death

Moony. Wormtail. Padfoot. Prongs. Torn apart through lies, betrayal, veils, and death. Brought back together through fate. The Marauders, together again, for ever more.

An old friend from the Marauders' glory days comes across Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes and manages to discover what has been happening at her alma mater since the Ministry decided to interfere. Little does she know, the simple meeting will drag her back to the part of her life she's been trying to forget.

A lifetime ago, she made her choice. The dusty memories of golden summers and broken bonds. Presenting the Postmortem Observations of Andromeda Black-Tonks

The events of the astronomy tower, from Severus' perspective. Spoilers for HBP

Following the defeat of Voldemort, Hermione seeks peace and Harry has other demons to face.

What happens after life? After you don't have a further will to live? After you're so empty it hurts? Well, sometimes, you just have to learn the hard way. By experiencing it for yourself.

Remus finds something Sirius lost. He'd rather have Sirius. Character death, SB/RL.

An unidentified person muses at Harry Potter's funeral.

While Gavin Black suffers through his first weaving lesson, he and two siblings confront their parents about a few inconsistencies in the story of their courtship. From the "Interwoven" universe, and therefore AU.

"So here I am, hopelessly in love with Harry Potter whilst he hates me. No one can live a life without love. Not even Harry Potter. So I will slice open my veins, and let the romance bleed away. Goodbye Harry. I hope you cry actual tears at my funeral. I love you. Love Always, Percy" A letter from Percy to Harry.

Petunia tells about her past, telling about her envy of her sister in all things, and then, about her future.

Narcissa and Lily were lovers, until Voldemort murdered Lily.

"Everyone knew Argus Filch was horrible. Whenever Miles Bletchley opened his mouth to complain about their awful school caretaker, his peers were quick to nod and moan in agreement. But Miles felt that no one truly hated the caretaker the way he did. And Filch seemed to reserve extra special hatred for him." Miles Bletchley/Argus Filch slash. Written for the OTP Valentine's Day Challenge.

See why Luna is persecuted so much! See what the Ravenclaws do in their spare time! See what happens when Dumbledore tries to put his foot down! Lawsuits! Northern Ireland! Gratuitous bad language!

Every man tends a secret garden, and Neville Longbottom is no exception. He is a good boy, a diligent boy, and he does his best to tend it well in the moldering house of his grandmother, but every secret garden has a dark place where even the hands that tend it dare not venture.

Rows of gravestones mark the lives of friend gone. One man goes to the graveyard every year to visit them.

We've seen the Dark Lord at his worst. We have witnessed his most terrifying fury, and the unspeakable horrors that he is capable of. But do we really know all of his true characteristics? Read on as I chronicle a day in the life of Lord Voldemort, and you will learn many interesting facts about him that are not found in the books. But be warned- what you find may shock you.

"Nunc scio quit sit amor." A Dean/Ginny fic in which Ginny contemplates life with an artist.

"I am become Death, destroyer of Worlds." -J. Robert Oppenheimer Dark times are ahead and it's not getting any better. It's kill or be killed, and with the Apocalypse rising and on Voldemort's side, the impending war is upon them, and Dumbledore is dead, Harry and his new accomplice Kisa Cordova-Snape aren't even sure they can get through this alive.

Neville doesn't have much confidence in himself. He is in love with Luna, but he afraid to tell her.

Harry gives Draco shooting lessons now that Draco has switched sides. And when a surprise Order meeting pops up, we discover some new information on the Voldemort front. One shot.

Everyone has a limit, a point at which even the most opimistic person in world loses all hope. When suddenly they know there is no point anymore because it will all end badly. Yet some people still go on hoping after this because there is nothing else they can do when they are so removed from the wizarding world that it's all just stories in a newspaper. But they still feel the pain and even when there is no hope left they have to keep grieving and remember those who've died because it's all they can do.

Remus searches to save Sirius. Inspired by the quote: "Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it."``-Josephus Daniels

Albus Dumbledore is not who everyone thought he was. Aberforth Dumbledore doesn't understand English for a reason. The Ithryn Luin have completed their purpose in Middle Earth, and the fourth age is ended...

Music, magic, madness, and a morning in Azkaban.

Young and in love were Harry and Ginny. So happy, it was bliss. But unfortunately, Harry had a destiny to fulfill and he had to leave her...for ten long years. Ginny gets fed up with his absence and soon gives up on her heart. When it seems that all hope is lost, an old enemy returns from years of darkness to seek the light which he happens to find in a brokenhearted Ginny. Romance, angst, and confusion consumes Ginny's life until she is left to make a choice. Does her heart beat for Harry or for Draco? Only her heart holds the answer. But one thing's for certain...love will endure. P.G. 13 for language, adult situations, and violence.

Mad, Mad Passionate Love returns, bigger and more disgusting than before! With interhouse romances popping up everywhere, how can Hogwarts cope with the onslaught of such powerful passions? Lots of fanon stereotype fun, including Pathetic! Draco, Sexy! Snape, and Fiery! Ginny. "But I love you," Tom had said, tears streaming from his bright red eyes. He couldn't blame Albus… he wasn't nearly as handsome as he'd been the year before, when his eyes had still been a normal color and he had actually had a nose.

“Hello, Remus.”``I didn’t even have to look up from my parchment; I knew that voice so well. ``“Hello, Sirius.”

Percy works late. Arthur plays Father Christmas.

Harry would die for the stars. Draco knows better.

Draco and Harry are More Than Friends, Ron sulks, Hermione meddles, and everyone speaks in proverbs.

She never thought she'd end up here, with him.

Daniel Macmillan, at 14 years old, has just discovered that he's a wizard. As he adapts to the Salem Institute for Witches and Wizards, he finds out that this discovery is only the beginning--while Voldemort may be long gone, a new threat has emerged in the wizarding world, and Daniel is in the thick of it...

Bellatrix Lestrange's mind is beautiful in the most twisted of ways... Companion to Perfection.

James Potter returns home from a Quidditch match, only to discover that in his absence baby Harry has discovered a new-found eloquence. Just a random one-shot created for the L/J cookie jar.

He thought he had left behind his true home forever, until a familiar face teaches him otherwise. Maybe it hadn't been home at all. Closure. Post-OoTP.

In another world, Harry Potter was not just a wizard. In this other world, Ronald Weasley became a Knight. The only hope for their world's survival is love. Will their love be enough?

Draco thinks back to his last night with Harry. One-shot. Draco's POV.

Twin-centric one-shot set during Book 5, after the duo left Hogwarts Fred is being a twit. George is tired of it. They beat on each other. And a good time is had by all. Mentions of various other Weasleys, Hogwarts students and mild references to Fred/Angelina, George/Alicia and Angelina/Roger.

After an uncomfortable encounter in the Library, a young Severus finds himself wondering what exactly he feels for Lucius Malfoy, unaware that Lucius might actually be contemplating the same thing.

A dark secret from Ginny's past has prevented her from having an intimate relationship with everyone she's ever dated. Will Neville's patience and understanding give her what she needs to take back control of her life? An angsty N/G love story.

What happens when a 1970s game show classic collides with the Potterverse? Much mayhem, flying knickers and the inappropriate use of Magic Markers, for a start.

Remus gets a letter from a certain Rubeus Hagrid; an attempt to help a certain boy hero sets Lupin on a trip down memory lane. Very minor RL/JP slash.

"So you understand then the predicament in which we are mired." When Remus Lupin is captured, it could spell the end of the Order. The unlikely intervation of Severus Snape brings an unsettling salvation. RL/SB overtones. One-shot.

H/G fluff. Hermione and Harry join the Weasleys at the Burrow for Spring Break and the regular romance, fun, and clichéd happy endings ensue. Butter dishes, fluff, and fun for all.

Oh great, somebody call Oprah, a new series I'm writing, they're called letters to no one, Ginny is on the way. Lily is whining about how conceited, immature and handsome James is.

Remus is counting; first to one, then to four and then, finally, only to two.

"She shouldn't have died like that." "She shouldn't have died at all!" * Everything can change in seven years. Hermione's dead, and now Harry must confront everything he thought he left behind.

Shortly after Regulus's death, Sirius reminisces about his brother.

Harry began to pace up and down the small space. “My whole life’s been like something out of a bloody book! And this is just not the way the story ends. I’m supposed to be able to fight the evil, not just sit down in a cave and wait to die.” -- JK Rowling finds Harry so real, she felt almost like she was channeling him. Well... what if she was?

Remus doesn't quite know how he feels, but he knows what it's not. Implied R/S pre-slash.

Crysta finds a Time Turner lying around. On her way to bring it to Dumbledore's office, she pulls one of her famous gymnastics stumbles and rops it, shattering the poor thing. She gets sent back to the Marauders' time and is stuck there until she can get a new Time Turner. And she's not supposed to do anything to change the past. And she ends up changing it forever. (Sirius is alive and Harry's a seventh year.)

An enchanted journal exposes the secrets of Lily Evans' past, revealing that she was far more than simply the clever Muggleborn mother of Harry, wife of James and first love of Severus – she was also the conduit of an ancient pact sworn centuries before, whose task never truly ended upon her death. In this first installment of an epic series, Lily Evans discovers that not only is she a witch bound for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where she has to deal with discrimination against Muggleborns, a poltergeist with a grudge, and friendships that may or may not stand the test of time, but that she has also been targeted by a dark force seeking to destroy her – and everything else.

The mind of Draco Malfoy is a complicated thing.

It's the sixth year at Hogwarts for Remus Lupin and the other Marauders. An idea is born, a plan is generated, and action is taken at night.

Harry thinks about losing a father figure yet again. His reaction is anything but ordinary.

Sirius Black is a young wizard whose outlook on life has been tainted by his emotionally abusive family. He is fervent to continue school so he can escape his demanding parents and become his destiny...

Practice Room Number Three became synonymous with comfort, soft music, and sometimes a pair of protective arms enclosing anyone who needed reassurance. Just one rule – never a word was spoken within its boundaries.

"This house feeds off me like a cancer. Sometimes, late at nights, I think that the house is a sentient entity, an ugly creature that has absorbed my family’s beliefs over the centuries and is now the embodiment of all I tried to run away from at age sixteen [...]Now I feel that what Peter started that Halloween Eve, what the Dementors continued in Azkaban, this lethifold of a house will finish, and I’ll become some kind of empty shell that looks like Sirius Black, speaks like Sirius Black but it’s not, inside, where it counts, Sirius Black." WARNING (for those faint of heart who need it): angst, slash (SB/SS) and incoherency.