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Harry escapes for one glorious morning from Privet Drive and runs errands alone.

Sirius is gone from Harry's life forever, taken as quickly as he was introduced. Neither can handle it any longer. Hear what they have to tell each other even though they are unsure if the other can hear...

While the world is in Mourning, Wizards gather to commemorate a great man. Speeches are made and a song is sung by Elton John himself. Tears are shed at the funeral of Sirius Black.

I laugh silently. It's so ironic that I finally stand on a stage with the career I've always dreamed of and sing a love song to you, of all people. I've tried to hate you, Sirius. God have I tried. I want to and I should; yet I cannot.

There is more than one hole in George Weasley, other than the one of the side of his head. Ever since Fred died he'd been different, so his often neglected fiancée Angelina suggests he adopts a child for two weeks to see how he would fare as a father. George does just that, and adopts Holley, who had also lost a twin. They both expected nothing of the experience, but soon learn truly what love is. And how to heal that hole in both their hearts.

It is the end of the war, and Draco has lived to see it, but is it possible that he wishes that he didn't?

Written for the hd_fqf on Livejournal, "During the war, Draco is fighting against the Order and for the DEs. In the battle, when he's about to get killed by an Auror, Harry saves him."

After a particularly violent fight with Draco, Hermione disappears. Naturally, Draco is the main suspect. But what if he's innocent? No one seems to buy that, and that worries Draco. But when Fudge tells Draco he could be looking at Azkaban, he panics and decides to go find Hermione himself. Following a dream of a memory, he sets off to find a girl he hates and to save himself. Will he get there in time?

Summary: The war is over just in time for graduation for all the seventh years. Hermione is one of the lucky ones to have survived. Of course, her friends weren't so lucky. It is during the party that Hermione finds herself lost in the music and for once letting herself see beyond looks and into a cold Slytherin's heart.

Under the influence of Voldemort, Draco and Blaise must gather ingredients for a dark potion under Dumbledore's nose and will go to any length to get what they want. Cho's trying to deal with her dying father and the Trio get caught up in the chaos. Betrayal, deceit and countless heartbreaks will ensue.

Ron Weasley during the 6th book.

Saying goodbye to his last best friend was difficult enough the first time. Having to let go a second time was going to be just about impossible.

In the wee hours of August 7th, Ginny writes to the ones she loves to tell them that she won't be coming back. Harry doesn't understand, until he reads between the lines.

Is this a dream?/If it is please don’t wake me from this high/I’ve become comfortably numb/Until you opened up my eyes She always loved being alone. Until a certain someone opened her eyes to love. OOC.

Yes...it's yet another Lie-Low-At-Lupin's fic. Yes...Sirius and Remus finally acknowledge that they have always loved one another. But no, it is neither fluffy nor happy; their reunion after so many years of separation is anything but, and the feelings they have both suppressed for so long are strong enough to destroy them.

Narcissa talks to angels. Darkfic. Drug abuse. Songfic, "She Talks to Angels," by the Black Crowes.

Seamus’ POV realising that he never really saw Harry. All he saw was the hero. Memories of a room mate. Can be companion to ‘Martyr’, one shot.

He has spent this whole time looking all around him, but never at the girl in the seat next to his own.

They fought united. For one cause. For one man. One man lost to the blood and death of war. They fought united.

As Harry is about to begin his sixth year, a group of first years discuss the famous Harry Potter. They wonder what this hero is like, but are they ready for their answer?

A distraught orphan contemplates murdering the man who betrayed his parents.

Kenneth Towler askes Fred Weasley to set him up on a date. The lucky female? Lavender Brown.

Harry feels compelled to address a letter to his deceased godfather. A small mystery follows. A quick fic that turns out to be a little sad.

I’m short. Extremely, undeniably short. Shorter than short. I’m guessing that you have probably never known someone as short as me. I mean, even my littlest students are taller than me! It is really very pathetic when you have to stand on a stack of textbooks to see over your desk. And to need to stand on seven whole Charms textbooks?

Old Man Fate works hard to keep things working in the world. It doesn't help that his assistant, Cupid, who makes couples fall in love, likes to take matters into his own hands. So what happens when he decides Harry and Draco should no longer hate?

Draco is sent on a mission that determines whether he will join Lord Voldemort's inner circle or not. Only one problem: It involves dealing with Muggles, to be more specific, the Dursleys. He approaches his first mission with gusto, only to find out that it's not what it seems, he'll have to dig deeper into the inner circle to find out secrets about the Boy Who Lived.

There are so many things Sirius should have done. Remus/Sirius in 1981.

So Harry Potter has played Hero one more time. This time everything he has known is suddenly shattered (including Hogwarts) with the exception of him and Draco Malfoy? What will 'they' do?... if there even is a 'they'

A look at Alice and Frank Longbottom's life together while they helped the Order fight Voldemort. Cameos from Baby Neville, Augusta, and Moody.

Harry has had to put up with a lot of loss in his life, there's always been someone to help him through. But when he loses that person, there's no one else left, especially when he feels he has some unfinished business... (Implied H/Hr.)

Four Valentine's Days, Marauders-style.

It was the end of the first war that Snape made a promise to those he held most dear but who have since passed.

How will Harry and Ron cope with their greatest loss, and deal with their new empty space inside them? She was their best friend....

Remus Lupin remembers his greatest love and greatest regret. During the first war against Voldemort, both sides took extreme measures to guarantee their safety and success. Here is one.

"Some may judge me to be dumb. Some may say that Herbology doesn't prepare them for what they will face on the battlefield. I agree. But it's not only Herbology I teach them. It's patience and an eye for details; trust in their abilities and love for their chosen professions. Not something that will help them during the fighting. Because that's what I'm best at, working behind the scenes, preparing the warriors for the time after the war." Professor Sprout muses about her place in the world.

On Harry Potter's fifteenth birthday, someone close to him bares her heart and her worst fears to her diary. An in-canon character examination of Hermione.

Dumbledore offers Remus the Defense Against the Dark Arts job at Hogwarts. Remus suffers some personal turmoil over accepting it.

"Zoë, want to play a game of chess?" Ron said, gesturing to the seat across from him. ``Ron has a conversation with his niece, Zoe, about life, Hogwarts and chess.

As Snape struggles to deal with the consequences of the Occulmency lessons, he meets a former classmate that has come to him as a last hope.

Ginny reflects on life after Harry...romantic, tragic, wistful...

As their lives fall to pieces around them, Helga Hufflepuff and Rowena Ravenclaw discover the spiteful trick fate has played on them. Each were led up to a forbidden destiny they cannot succumb to - lest they bring down the wrath of society. Founderfic, Helga/Rowena, Godric/Rowena, Helga/OC, Godric/OC. Femmeslash.

“Lumos.” A small beam of light reveals three feet of emptiness. Beyond is nothing but stifling, moist darkness. Accompany sixteen-year-old Severus into the tunnel where he goes through the single most terrifying experience of his entire life.

It has been thought that dreams hold great value in diving unknown knowledge. Some adhere to the belief that a dream is capable of foretelling events, be they tragic or wonderful. Others believe that a dream is strictly that — a dream. Helga has a dream that shakes her focus and one that could have unforeseen effects on a friendship and on a school. Will the Founders fall, or will Hogwarts truly become the school they have always envisioned?

Minerva McGonagall is suffering from the intense traumas of the death of a lover. The person in question is none other than Albus Dumbledore himself. She finds herself remembering happy times from her past with Albus which make her even more upset. Fury errupts within her against Albus' murderer, Severus Snape. Will Minerva live through this? Read to discover!

Someone finds Ginny in the prefects' bathroom, floating in the bath, with her wrists slit. This is a confession of their love and desire.

Snarls. Sniveling. Slap. Quiet murmurs, soft and scared. “Imperio!” A scream explodes at the base of his skull. Remus’s.

A not so innocent bystander tells what happened on the corner of Capulet and Montegue. *character death*

Snape's allergies to one of the ingredients in the Wolfsbane potion causes his problems to multiply.

A ritual transformation rips Remus's soul and heart apart as he longs for something he's not sure he ever had. Implied R/L, poetry.

Harry and Ginny's family gather to remember the past at Christmas time.

Draco has to leave, and Harry is bitter. Inspired by the song "Goodbye Love" from the musical "Rent". Lots of angsty goodness.

Ginny visits Harry's grave and remembers everything they shared. Romantic, angsty, AND it has a satisfying ending!

Remus helps a customer, then she helps Remus.

Voldemort is finally defeated. But Ron is starting to dwell on dreams and forget to live, as Hermione is gone. His mind is not the funny place it used to be, and painful thoughts are going through it.

My plan worked. Everything is in order now, no more chaos. Voldemort is dead, and I’m the Savior of the Wizarding World again. No more disorder, no more chaos. Finally, I get some peace. I have no enemies. Voldemort is dead now, and so is my family. but I’m not dead. I lived. There is no sadness in my life. No darkness. Only light. There is no more chaos.

When had a pledge of universal honesty become a practice of universal derision? A look at Severus as a teacher.

Years before Hogwarts, a prince by blood but not station and a clever Parselmouth have been succeeding nicely at a scheme everyone else thought too mad to try. So, Godric and Salazar are stuck in a cave with a sleeping dragon....

Escaping through the night, Sirius reflects on the events that have changed his life and promises that the future will be brighter, if only for Harry.

Every time Ginny felt the ache, she but down hard on the knuckles of her left had. The pain of it, mixed with the saltiness of her skin, usually brought her to her senses. He didn't want her. She was only Ginny Weasley.

How ironic. Some of our favorite characters have just gotten diaries. On the last day of term. First chapter, Harry, Ginny, and Hermione. Who's next?

As Lupin wanders through the Black house, he is overwhelmed by the memories it stirs. They won't leave him alone and he knows what the inevitable outcome must be.

Thirteen-year-old Harry Potter looks just like his father James, except that he has his mother’s eyes. A discussion with Harry in the Dark Arts classroom precipitates a series of memories that take Remus Lupin back in time to his encounters with Lily. But some treasures lay buried forever. Some ships never set sail.

Sirius Black remembers his life and the obstacles in it, but most of all, he remembers what made his life worth living at all.

Albus believed in the greater good. Tom believed in the right to survive. Aberforth believed that he could save them both.

"Only a true Gryffindor could have pulled that out of the hat." Why Godric Gryffindor put a sword in his hat and why Salazar Slytherin could not pull it out.

"Just remember: the most important part of a wedding is that, at the end of it, you're married. It doesn't matter what happens before that, as long as that's how it finishes up." ~Elsa Larson to daughter Karen on her wedding day

When Theodore Nott is being murdered, Vol... er, You-Know-Who still tries to catch and murder Harry, who very recently distrusts Hermione, when Draco sends love letters and Hermione forgets after an accident what has happened the last three weeks, it all boils down to the one and only question: Do I love him - or him - or not(t)?

On the other side of the veil, Sirius finds old friends, new guilt and finally, peace.

His eyes gleamed in happiness. His face shone and his lips seemed to be permanently curved upwards. Smiling had lately seemed foreign to him, but sitting across from the woman one loved made one do crazy things. Like wanting to cheat on one’s wife.

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.

A cute H/G fic...When Harry and Ginny are forced to hide away in order to be safe from Voldemort, a relationship grows... Will it last?

In her last year at Hogwarts, Ravenclaw Julie Fawcett lands a plum job as an intern at the Ministry of Magic, a position complicated by the power struggles that are developing as Voldemort returns. As she works to keep her integrity, reputation, and grades intact, she must also confront the reality of Life After Hogwarts. A look at the Order vs. Death Eaters conflict from a different perspective.

The first Death Eater is initiated by the young man that would become Voldemort. Set in 1944.

A story about friendship, about faith, and about what happens when everything between is blasted sky-high by Evil... Sirius and James and the bond they've shared since childhood, set to 3 Doors Down's Kryptonite.

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?

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.

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

'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.

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.

Crop-circles, henges, Buckingham Palace encased (only by a third) ``in a briar patch, and the whole of London painted red. The Apocalypse? No, no, ``something more sinister. Such as the dread Hogwarts Seventh Year Pranks.

After Hogwarts, Ginny and Harry are married and have a child. Ginny works at Madam Malkin's and Harry is an Auror. They have a good life...most of the time. Then, a chance encounter shows Ginny the life she could be living, and a tragedy sends her flying into the arms of another man - only he's not what she thinks he is.

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

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.

Based on a real story. One-shot deal. Hermione is coming to terms with life and it’s up and down. Will her friends be there for her?

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

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

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.

A Lily/James like no other. Elizabeth (Lilibet) is the second youngest in a family of Death Eaters and is starting Hogwarts this year. Lilibet is graceful, elegant and can speak twelve different languages, but will the Potter boys change her well-behaviour? (Slightly AU)

“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!”

Songfic: Based around the Nine Inch Nails' song of the same name, this is a dark, near-poetic look at Sirius Black's experience in Azkaban. Arguably part of the 'Alfdom'.

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.

The Potters and Peter are dead and Sirius is off to Azkaban. Where does this leave one Remus Lupin? sbxrl

In the moonlight reflected from the lake two shadows are cast. D/G

Connor’s new family isn’t quite as odd as his old one but it’s pretty darn close.

Divination- The Art of fortune telling. Well, there wouldn't be any Divination if there weren't any fortunes to be told, right? So who decides all these fortunes, who decides the life of our unexpected heroes? No, I'm not talking about a cookie. Join our dear friends Harry, Ron, Hermione, and other people who shouldn't have been there but have been dragged along anyway as they accidentally take a surprising and comical journey to find out.

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 two years since Harry died and Ginny is left raising their daughter alone. Life has moved on for the both of them, but Ginny sits and remembers what did happen those first few weeks after Harry's death, how her daughter saved her life at such a young age. Song-fic to LeeAnn Womak's "Stronger Than I Am"

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.

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.