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Can one live with the horror of what they've done? Can they live with their betrayal? A short tale about a woman who failed to bring back one man she grew close to during the war, and her self-hatred.

Snape decides that Harry and Draco have horsed around with petty revenge games long enough; they need to learn to identify real priorities and real dangers – or else. They decide … various things. A sequel to Victory Parade and Wedding Party. Still no romantic fluff.

"Tomorrow. Just another wasted day. A day without comfort, hope and freedom. A day filled with pain. A day in the life of a shadow." - The wizarding world is a few months away from The Final Battle. Ron, Hermoine, Harry, Ginny and Draco have become mere shadows of their former selves. When events take a surprising turn, will they survive?

After the war, a destitute Ginevra finds that marrying Lucius Malfoy is her only chance to survive.

Harry and Draco have the perfect ending.

It's year 6 for Harry, and someone in the staff has decided there needs to be a Christmas Dance. (Done in response to a challenge on LJ)

Strange dreams and not-quite-by-chance meetings set Harry and Draco on edge as they begin to realize that there's something very strange going on with them. Contains slash (Draco/Boy!Blaise), war paint, the two things Malfoy doesn't like to advertise, the possible reason for all the secret-spilling at that dinner with Grace, and Harry's remarkably Bludger-like punch. Sequel to A Meal with the Viper.

"I feel like... like I’m standing on the edge of a sunset, fighting to snag the edge of light as it slips past my fingers and below the horizon. I can’t hold on to that last bit of familiarity, as the darkness takes over, but I’ll try with all my heart, until it fades and I have to face the night." A Slytherin ponders the life of the Boy Who Lived.

"Sometimes a master needs his slave just as much as a slave needs her master." t/g with some d/g, darkfic.

A songfic to Michelle Branch's "I'd Rather Be in Love." Takes place after Draco and Ginny get married.

Lucius Malfoy tries to talk his way out of prison and regain his place in society. Can this smooth-talking Slytherin really convince them to accept someone with such a questionable past? One-shot.

The night before the Final Battle can prove to be as life-altering as the battle itself.

Being married was never going to be a cake-walk for Tonks and Lupin, but the battle after Bill and Fleur's wedding proves to them that it might be worse than they thought. A bit of what happens in the wedding day battle after Harry, Ron, and Hermione Disapparate and as the Lupins struggle forward in their marriage.

Everybody loves Ginny... but who does Ginny love?

Tom and Ginny story. Set during CoS. Ginny's pov. She misses Tom. Now she's got him. But for how long will she want to keep him? Read, please. This can be a one part story or can continue.

A month has passed since the death of Lord Voldemort. A chance meeting on the street forces Remus Lupin to confront questions he cannot answer.

I want to be there when Harry kills Voldemort. I want to be there to hold Harry after, and I want to tell him that he avenged his parents, and that Harry can do whatever he wants now, because Harry defeated Voldemort. -- Sirius Black.

You always hurt the ones you love. (H/D)

Almost eight years have passed since school ended. Harry and Draco continue to fight evil wherever it goes. A peek into Harry and Hermione's future life.

'I scare myself sometimes. I catch myself thinking all sorts of crazy things… but it’s so tempting to just forget… to pretend…' he says, and you nod unhappily in agreement. But pretending won't solve anything, it only makes the hurt worse when you finally face it.

The final battle has come and gone, and only one man walks away. How will a letter from beyond the grave affect the survivor?

When Harry Potter is convicted for several brutal murders and imprisoned in Azkaban, the magical world unknowingly forges a weapon that will destroy not only its enemy, but its creator.

One Christmas Eve, Lucius Malfoy takes stock of his crumbling life. Scenes of humiliation and cheap sex punctuate his remembrances.

"Everything suddenly seemed much clearer now."

The Head Girl and the Potions Master have been having a secret affair. One night she goes to see him...and learns the truth about their relationship. Very angsty.

Here it is! The sequel to Who Said We Were Going to Be Snogging! Here, Pansy goes around trying to figure out her feelings for Ernie, while being cahorted by stubborn Draco. A sweet song fic to "I Won't Say I'm in Love" from the Disney movie Hercules!

Draco works endlessly for three days to catch something rather precious to him on the Quidditch field, but if he doesn't hurry, he's going to miss his chance. Pre-slash D/H.

Harry Potter is nothing but a name in a history book anymore, Draco Malfoy is nothing but his legacy and, when their ten year class reunion comes around, the two old enemies find that they have nothing but reputations...and everything in common.

Jenny liked to sit in the garden and play with gnomes…and to remember. GW/HP

I still see your face, staring up at me, eyes wide and dying. I still see your pale hand, stretching out to me, silently begging me to save you. Pleading for one more chance at life. Your eyes, not accusatory, but pitying. Pitying me. When you were the one dying. I still hear your last words, like a curse on me. ``WARNING: Slash, suicide, murder, and loads and loads of angst.

“You can’t, can you? And you’re more articulate than I am. It’s just a feeling, Moony. One of those feelings that you can’t explain, but it’s there. Like love, Moony, like love. You can’t describe that either. That’s what the tapestry feels like. But I also got this gnawing feeling from it…like anguish or something.”

"Regulus can't bring himself to let go of the horcrux. It masquerades as a heavy locket, and its engraving presses against his palm as his fingers tense around the metal, his skin accepting the imprint of its patterns." Regulus meets Sirius for the last time.

What becomes of a hero when the lights go down and the dragon is slain? Harry PoV.

There are few things worth killing for. One of them is immortality.

A lone wizard watches an ordinary Muggle home, pondering the inevitable path that led him to this point.

Hermione Granger is depressed. Her life seems to have hit a mental road block. She can't find love anywhere. But what will she do? A songfic to Paint it Black.

Harry gets zapped to the "real world." How does it go? What would you do if you had a second chance? What would you change?

Meet Slytherin 'keeper Bletchley - not the most typical of Quidditch players, or the best of students. Her take on a year filled with her persistent feelings for others, ambitious hope and the desire to play in a certain Quidditch match.

Who ever thought a little game of tag could go so wrong...?

Towards the end of Ginny's fifth year, she has the usual career counselling session with Professor McGonagall, and she realizes that she has no idea what she wants to do with her life. Being Ginny, she figures out a way to find out - the Mirror of Erised. But what she sees in it isn't anything she would have expected. Can she live with knowing her deepest desire, and what should she do about it, now that she knows it?

When two lovers face each other at the final battle, what will be said and done? A HarryxDraco Dark Ficlet.

In the quiet of the infirmary, to ears that could not hear his words, Severus Snape remembers. SS/RL

It's happening. Again. But I won't wait on him. Not this time. I have work to do. I won’t be his slave anymore.

Based on Severitus. Everyone has skeletons in their closets, but in Harry's case, these skeletons can turn out to be sword-wielding undeads. Which was why Snape tried so hard to keep them under rugs. And what does the Mirror of Erised have to do with all these?

We’ve all seen numerous versions of evil Harry. But what if Voldemort never became who he was today in canon? What if something else happened?

When there is no hope left, when the world you knew is gone forever, when everything around you is dead or dying, there is only one thing that remains to be done - the writing of the epitaph. An epitaph for what once was. An epitaph written in the ashes of the old world...

When a baby beluga falls out of the sky, it drastically changes Hogsmeade and the lives of Harry and Hermione. Nothing will ever be the same again.

Every time Harry sees Ginny after their breakup, his life tends to get even worse. But with each turn, Harry learns way more about life than he expected. But the most important thing he must learn is what's been standing right in front of him for a long time.

She would never be anyone else's. She was his.

Draco Malfoy loves his wife, but there is a lie between them that is tearing him apart. Sequel to Not Enough.

Hermione and Harry run a safe house where those running from Voldemort can hide and be reinvented. Voldemort is now in power, and he sends Draco, who desperately wants revenge on the couple, to infiltrate and betray them. Even though they thought they left their past behind them, it all comes suddenly tumbling out...

It's six months after the deaths of the Potters, and Remus Lupin is alone once again. He comes across an Irish town called Arann where the townspeople are plagued by the Dark Creatures living in the surrounding forests. Remus soon finds himself caught up in the midst of everything when he begins his stay at the Castle Arann, a castle with more secrets than anyone could ever imagine. Will he help the townspeople, or let them fend for themselves as they have been doing? And will he ever learn to love and forgive again?

This story is a Romeo and Juliet version of Harry Potter.

After the end of his fifth year, Harry has gone through some changes. He feels betrayed and used by the Order. He's angry and furious for what happened. Ron and Hermione are not going to find the usual Harry on the first of September. The Order is worried, and so are Harry's friends. His reactions seem so strange and unexpected to his "friends", but are they? But Harry is not the only one facing wild mood swings. Draco is obsessed by a legend, and starts to roam the castle at late hours. Draco will be very scared by the "new" Harry... and something very weird, very very twisted is going to take place at Hogwarts. No one will be safe, not even Voldemort, or his Death Eaters.

How could he possibly convince this beautiful woman, who he doesn’t deserve, to stay with him? He is everything she isn’t. She has compassion, while he only has bitterness and regret. He savors the finer things that life has to offer, but she cherishes small joys and happiness. He revels in his fame and power, which she views as nothing more than another part of life. He is a man who cannot fathom what love is, whereas she is a creature made to give and receive it. (D/G)

Harry, Hermione, and their baby are in danger and fleeing.

In mourning and alone, one person comes to Narcissa's side one snowy morning, telling her what she wants to hear in her time of grieving. . .

Post Hogwarts by about eight years. All of the events of Harry's life are becoming too much for him. How does he deal with them and Voldemort lurking around the corner? Chapter one is an internal battle of will in the Burrow.

Remus Lupin's life ended November 1st, 1981. The consequences of our actions, and the people who pay. Mild slash.

A fight between Harry and Hermione leaves Hermione alone for awhile, writing in her diary and recollecting her thoughts over a bottle of Merlot wine.

Harry and Ginny wish to go to a club on New Year's Eve, but Mrs. Weasley isn't too pleased about their choice of club. And when Mrs. Weasley doesn't like something, what does she do?

Ginny ponders about her relationship with Harry...

1941-1981. A splitting of perfection.

One-shot dealing with how Minerva and Albus met.

My name is Tom Marvalo Riddle, and this is my story, of treachery, defeat, angst, how love kills, secrets, depression, and rising above it all, emerging at the top, no longer the weakest, but the strongest, bent on revenge. A dangerous ally if you ask me.

What if Harry had lived at the Dursleys' with his twin? Would his fifth year be any different and will romance bloom for certain couples? ``Will Voldemort finally be defeated?

Every day a battle takes place within you between good and evil. The phoenix and the serpent are fighting inside, each struggling to be the one that emerges triumphant, clutching your soul. Welcome to my world.

Gabrielle Delacour grew up with an easy life of riches and splendor, but turning to the Dark isn't as easy as she thought. Shades of evil linger in even the darkest of corners....

When Ron and Hermione invite Harry and Ginny to Translyvania, Harry knows that something is wrong. What is Hermione hiding?

One ran. One pursued. And one tried to understand. There was one night. There were three men. There was one emotion.

What’s worse, to be traitor to your family because you can’t see the truth, or traitor to the Ministry because they’re acting like politicians everywhere? The question presented to Percy, and one he eventually learns the answer to. Mild P/O slash.

“Lies are easier to believe than the truth. They can’t hurt you unless you decide to let them. The truth doesn’t even wait for you to decide."

The all-knowing Dumbledore has assigned Ginny the task of carrying Harry through his grief. As the two form a closer bond, their relationship becomes a tool in Draco's quest to fulfill his dark heritage. A canon version of the complex relationship between Ginny and Draco, that takes itself seriously, but not TOO seriously to exempt lighter moments and a bit of philosophy.

Lily Evans is the most popular girl in school. She’s top of her year, smart, beautiful and uncommonly kind to everyone. But what her friends at Hogwarts don’t know is that Lily leads a double life. Something lurks beneath her dazzling smile and within the emerald depths of her eyes. That something threatens to tear her apart emotionally and physically. It is the reason she never returns home for Christmas, the reason she dreads the summer holidays, the reason she is terrified of her own mother.

Hermione receives a gift from Draco and it proves to be fatal. Now the students of Hogwarts must deal with the loss of one of their own.

Harry has a talk with the portrait of a certain headmaster

There are some people in this world whom life just never seems to work out for; you know the ones I’m talking about? I knew a boy like that once. He was my son, before he became a caricature of himself, a soulless man unrecognizable to me. ````A tragic story of a familar mother and a man who was once just a lost little boy.

Hermione Granger is your everyday healer. She mends stomach aches to fractured bones to broken hearts. There's just one that she hasn't been able to fix.

Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny must fight to save Hogwarts from an ancient evil doing the Dark Lord's bidding. But when that evil and the Dark Lord's Death Eaters destroy Hogwarts, where will the students find a safe haven? How can this evil be destroyed? Only Harry’s seventh year will tell, when the infamous prophecy comes true. Rated for mild language and possible character death.

Hermione is married to Draco Malfoy. On the outside everything seems perfect, but inside the home, her world is a wreck. When she runs, will there be someone from her past to help her? Hermione/Ron Hermione/Draco

Penelope Clearwater is disappointed with the quality of romantic advice offered to modern witches.

Draco addresses the ultimate conflict: love versus loyalty. He has made his promises, and he never breaks his promises... (Songfic to "Easy as Life" from Aida. H/D)

Three things didn't happen to Percy Weasley on February 29th in 1988, 1992 and 1996. This short fic and character study examines how Percy might have differed if only they had.

Even in the wilds, there is room for kindness.

In one night, Dudley's life has changed forever. As he leaves everything he knows behind, he tries desperately to remember what happened. But all that's left is a gaping hole.

A look at life with the Black family when Sirius was a young boy. Sirius and Bellatrix are good friends until they start to grow up and have different viewpoints on life.

He stares at his hands a lot these days. Most people don't notice it 'cos they're too busy patting him on the back and congratulating him for finally killing Voldemort, saving the wizarding world, and all that. But I notice it. I notice it and then I stare at his hands, too. (Harry/Ron pre-slash)

Takes place between CoS and PoA. A bridging of the gap between the books; Sirius' reflection in Azkaban on his time as a marauder at Hogwarts.

Draco risks everything to be with Harry in his last moments and discovers the key to ending the war.

When Vicky witnesses the death of her uncle, her world is turned upside down. She turns to the only person who can help her, Draco Malfoy. The two teenagers are thrown together in a whirlwind of chaos, lies, deceit and feelings that will take them from awkward teens to grown adults. Will Vicky realise what her feelings for Draco really are? Will Draco act on the feelings he has for her? But by the time he does, will it be too late?

What's happening to Remus? What about James? And- wait, is it just a dream? Or is it a vision... a vision of what will be...

Everyone has trouble dealing with their emotions, and everyone searches for the best way to cope. Sometimes you just can't help anyone. Harry is looking for a way to cope, aren't you?

Instead of violence, there is thought; mutilation can be both physical and mental; sometimes there are no gods, only actors on stilts. Harry/Remus light slash.

Draco's been using her, and Ginny can't take it. She pushes him away, and yet can't get him out of her head. A D/G fic set to the song "Pretty Girl" by Sugarcult.

Harry Potter always tries to do what he believes is right, but the road that leads into Hell is often paved with good intentions. Now, just when all seems lost, Harry finally discovers that some of his most important decisions were never really his to make in the first place. Post-HBP (spoilers) One-shot

Adara is a headstrong 5th year Slyhterin. She doesn't conform, not to anybody, but will this ultimately cost her her best friend?

Harry returns home to Hermione after a night out fighting the forces of darkness, in the middle of a long, hard war. This is their thoughts on that night.

Two months after Voldemort's death: Harry and Snape have to confront each other, themselves and a boggart. SSRL implied. Redemption intended. One-shot.

Ginny spends the night in the hospital wing after the battle at the ministry of magic. Her thoughts. (Missing Moment --- H/G Angst.)

From Molly Weasley's point of view comes a happy memory with a sad ending. Molly remembers happier times when she is faced with a horrible truth. The Weasley nine... has been reduced to eight.