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Harry reflects in the showers after Gryffindor loses badly in a Quidditch match, but shares his disappointment with someone he never expected. Harry/Cedric.

What the Hogwarts ghosts get up to while the students and professors ``are away.

"And in the mirror he read his truth and counted all the new-old ways he'd failed." Remus Lupin reflects on the many ways in which he fell short.

This is a last goodbye to my 'Subplot/Unplottable'-universe and therefore heavily AU: After serving Voldemort as a nameless fighter, Snape returns to Hogwarts.

Far away across the field/ The tolling of the iron bell/ Calls the faithful to their knees/ To hear the softly spoken magic spells.

Does killing an enemy kill part of you? Are good and evil opposites, or are the two sides really only a heartbeat apart?

Harry was crap at dancing. Ginny doesn't much care.

“Have some more,” she said. “Don’t tell the others, but I made those myself.” A story of Arthur Weasley and Molly Prewett during their years at Hogwarts.

Prequel to "Written on the Wind." Draco stumbles upon secrets, forgotten from long ago.

Years ago Severus Snape met the love of his life. But Vernon and Petunia Dursley aren't the only Muggles who hate magic. And prejudice can go both ways. Love hurts and the loss hurts even more.

As Harry’s hand reached out and grasped the glass doorknob, he knew one thing was for certain – this night would be bad. And tomorrow would be beyond imagining.

Harry's world was dark and bleak until Ginny came into his life. He thinks about the past, Ginny's sacrifice, and her part in the winning of the war. Post-Ootp

Ron and Hermione are fighting again and if there is any hope of peace in Gryffindor Tower, it's up to Ginny. Can she stop the fighting so she and the other fifth years can study in peace?

A collection of Ron-centric drabbles

Lockhart kept a diary during the events of Chamber of Secrets, and here it is.

Some may mourn the death of heros. Some may not- but Draco bitterly remembers the roads Harry Potter closed for him, and the fourth dimension that every hero hides from the public eye, only to be brought out in the face of the enemy: hatred.

What happens when a new teacher from Brazil comes to Hogwarts to teach? The new 'Professora' has a vigorous vitality and love for life, and a determination for a certain Potions Master to share in her happiness...

Draco is a very bad boy. Oh, he really is. But he luuuurves Pan-- Har-- stuff.

Have you ever thought of your life as a fairy tale? That ones beast falls in love with beauty and they lived happily ever after? I didn't either, until, well, a miracle happened...

(Slash; Sirius/Remus) Short, improv. Before, during, and post-Azkaban. Forever is never a promise, no matter how hard one wishes.

Some people suggest it was just selfishness on Snape's part to stop his Occlumency lessons with Harry, but perhaps Snape's reasons run far deeper. A Snape's POV response to the OotP chapter "Snape's Worst Memory."

Sirius explains to Remus exactly how he and Snape first got together--and how they split up. Companion piece to I Dream of You in Shadow.

Druscilla Morgan is sent out into the magical world after living a secluded life on an island with her grandmother… Strange things are happening, and she knows nothing about her past… and but she doesn’t know may indefinitely be her downfall…

The Final Battle takes place at Hogsmeade, during Harry's seventh year at Hogwarts. He defeats Voldemort, but loses his life to a Death Eater after fulfilling the Prophecy. But before dying, he has made an indelible mark in the heart of one whose love was as absolute as her faith. Can Luna survive without him to live for? And can someone take his place?

Myrtle is not all she seems...was her death really because she was Muggle-born? Or because of a forbidden love...?

Regulus' thoughts on his way to Hogwarts and during his Sorting.

Hermione tries to get Harry to stop isolating himself from his loved ones - after all, cutting himself off from them is only causing pain. One-shot, H/Hr.

Flora and Fauna are about to start their third year at Hogwarts. All goes well, until the Chamber of Secrets is opened.

Remus Lupin has seen life and he has seen death. But as he confronts the latest of his griefs, he must come to terms with the duty that has befallen him in the wake of tragedy.

It's another regular day at Hogwarts, but what will happen next is anything but ordinary for the five people who watch it happen helplessly. This is a story from Hermione.

Kristus Vesanus has never lived an ordinary life. He spends his days in fear and doubt, away from magic, even though that is the heritage he was born into.

There are a lot of secret activities going on in Hogwarts. Some are plotting death and destruction, while some are snogging some others. Some are patrolling without being of much use, while some are actually working for the welfare of the school. Some are lying awake in their dormitories while some are lying awake in Hogsmeade. Some are giggling mindlessly about mindless things, while some others are actually trying to sleep. Needless to say, very few people actually get the much required beauty sleep at Hogwarts. So there's lack of sleep, severe headaches and lots of impending doom in this sixth year story.

"Tom never left you, not completely. He’s just been… dormant all these years. Waiting for his chance. Hurting you in whatever way he could. Tom was a memory, right? A memory trapped in a diary. Now he’s a memory trapped in you, and he won’t let you forget.”

"She was all that he ever truly had, and then she was gone, away from his cruel words and cold stares. He never realized he needed her more than anything. Could he even have her back, hold her again and be complete again? Hope fluttered in him, and he wondered if he dared to acknowledge it."

"Harry, when are you getting here, mate? She's driving me nuts. I'm falling apart here. She's bossy and disapproving and I'm never good enough for her. But I really don't like fighting with her. She's smart and funny and when she looks at me with her big blue eyes, I start to feel something inside...it's wonderful and fluttery. And when I feel that, I don't want to let it go, like it's something hanging on a thin string about to break, and as long as I keep looking into those eyes, it'll stay." Ron took one surprised look at what he'd wrote and threw it in the nearest trash bin. R/Hr.

A sweet one-shot songfic about Harry and his restless three-month-old baby, Liz. Harry sees a women's talk show about babies; he decides to sing her 'Lullaby' by Creed. Implied H/L.

When the war is over there have been betrayals of the worst kind. The only thing Draco wants now is vengeance for the death of the girl he loved.

Symbiosis - n. A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.

While visiting the Burrow over Winter Break in an alternate version of Harry's fifth year, Harry and Cho visit Cedric Diggory's grave to pay their respects in the manner of Cho's ancestors.

A set of seven short stories depicting the relationship between Minerva McGonagall and Sirius Black.

HP/Discworld crossover. Death is unimpressed with Voldemort's quest for immortality, especially when it involves his property, but is determined to be patient nevertheless. Voldemort is unimpressed with Death's interference and is most decidedly not going to be patient. The ensuing confrontation can only be described as "...FUN".

The summer day had ended, yet not everyone had been granted sleep. He had wanted to be alone, and she had wanted a drink to defeat her insomnia. He remembered, and she watched. And both had wondered.

Snape has an unwelcome nighttime visitor.

Peter Pettigrew meets his first true love over a game of Gobstones.

His heart constricts along with her long tail and for a moment, just that minor second, Tom understands affections and perhaps the need to weep, bleed, and protect. This is all, of course, before he becomes another creature...free of the traditional views of love.

Harry Potter searches for the remaining Horcruxes, familiar faces aid him in his journey to stop the Dark Lord.

On and on does anybodt know what we are living for?

February 2007 Challenge Winner. Prompt: Professor Slughorn Spends Time in the Astronomy Tower with Seamus Finnegan.

Once hurt and alone, Peter finds himself in a seemingly perfect relationship only to discover that not everything is what it seems and a kind mask can hide a monster.

"What is your ambition, Miss Lestrange?" "Sir?" "To be worthy of your name, perhaps, or to redeem it in the eyes of men, or maybe to be so ordinary that you will be swept away in the tide of the unfulfilled desires of lesser hearts and beached by the lacklustre dreams around you." Contains references to self-harm. Also contains french poetry.

Just how many extra hours did Hermione log during her stressful third year? How did she survive her insane academic schedule? The answer: Well, she wouldn’t have survived had it not been for … close friends.

One night Mars is unusually bright. In the Forbidden Forest a centaur struggles with future and fate to follow his conscience.

The sequel to The First Piece of Silver. Peter Pettigrew meets Regulus Black at a party, Voldemort courts Dark creatures, and wheels are set in motion. Peter thinks he's doing the right thing. He's wrong.

The Founders were the beginning of everything; they started off so happy, so what went wrong? And why did Salazar really disappear?

Voldemort reflects on his childhood. Then his years at Hogwarts. And finally, his rise to power. Entrances made by Voldie and Bellatrix.

Crossover: Harry Potter/The Sentinel. While waiting for the release of Book Five, a certain detective gets caught up in a very strange, yet oddly familiar, universe.

Nymphadora Tonks receives a visitor in the hospital after the attack in the Ministry. All she can say is 'Oh'. Part one of a trilogy of one-shot R/T fics on the topic of healing and carers.

R for later chapters. In the year 2004, the next generation is born, and ready or not, they’ve got to finish where their parents left off.

'The inelegant rumble in my stomach causes my face to contort in concentration. Of all the times to get wind, why now?!' Professor Snape is standing up there blowing like a huge bag of hot air.

This is some general oddness about all the characters being odd and doing odd things. Why? Because I said so! And as the author I am allowed to say so.

Eleven years in an orphanage where you're looked down upon as the "weird kid" is enough to drive any middle-school aged preteen mad. The same case is that of Alaina White's. Alaina has found that she can't deal with the others at the orphanage anymore, and just in time. She is visited by someone claiming to be a witch to be given the information that she herself is a witch, and one that Hogwarts spent almost two years tracking down. She finally feels accepted somewhere, but she has no idea of what awaits her over her first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Draco dreams, and has to decide where his allegiances lie—with Harry, or Voldemort.

During his first Quidditch game at Hogwarts, Regulus must balance his loyalties - in true Slytherin fashion.

A year after Harry dies fighting Voldemort, his husband, Ron Weasley goes through Harry's old things. But what Ron finds changes his life forever.

Harry wants Draco. Draco knows Harry wants him. But will it work?

Extremely short ficlet on the frayed relationship of Ginny & Harry. Edited for Post DH effect.

A very young Severus Snape takes his first steps into the Dark Wizarding world.

The tragic event of March 11th of Harry's seventh year starts a vicious cycle of death and despair for several students and quickly spreads to the rest of the wizarding world. But even after the Final Battle, the war rages on. With people still dying and turning up missing there seems to be no end in sight. But Snape has a secret that may change all that, but at what cost? In the end is he a Killer, Hero, or just another Victim?

ALL the Weasleys have red hair. A very silly little ficlet. R/H

This is "Bella"--a cold, cruel, calculating shell of a woman. Where Trixie was warm, if a little indifferent and aloof, this stranger is hard and angry; the result of thirteen years in Azkaban and almost thirty with that brand on her arm...

Someone thinks about shadows.

It's the beginning of the end... and Sirius is already causing trouble! The often humorous trials and tribulations of the Marauders in their last year at Hogwarts, through their never-ending classes, raucous pranks, and numerous relationships. Established Sirius x Remus, James x Lily.

{The natural force of attraction exerted by a celestial body, such as Earth, upon objects at or near its surface, tending to draw them toward the center of the body.} She forgets all about hating him when he touches her like this. (D/G)

Even though Remus feels that he has been to enough funerals to not be affected by Sirius's death, a visit from Harry right before the funeral shows him he might be wrong.

Someone on WIKTT theorised that Snape had not gone back to Voldemort to spy, but instead to take care of the problem of the Dementors at Azkaban. That set this little plot bunny running around my head.

Christmas time at St. Mungo's - An Auror tries to reassemble his shattered mind, but some things are best left forgotten. PG-13 for language and impolite Longbottom/Lestrange interactions.

What was going through Snape's head as he died? What was he thinking about, and who?

This takes place right after we see Sirius leave Harry and Dumbledore at the end of Goblet of Fire. Sirius meets up with Remus to call together the Order of the Phoenix.

So how did Ginny really deal with things after the CoS incidents? Let me tell you... not that great!

Most of his unit have hit the deck, but he sees a man stand to fight. Before he can cry out there is a flash of green light. He would like to say the man falls as if in slow motion, but in truth it is as quick as if he were falling off a broomstick.

Sequel to My Life. "They destroyed the only people I ever loved and still they were surprised by my hatred."

Katie Bell never knew her father, but it never really bothered her. She had her mother, her grandfather, and her daydreams about Oliver Wood to occupy her time. But what happens when lies from her mother's past threaten to affect her future? (Takes place during OotP)

Ginny sneaks out to the Astronomy Tower where she meets Draco Malfoy. They tell each other a little bit about themselves, and end up... well, that would give everything away now wouldn’t it?

Oneshot. While searching for Voldemort's horcruxes together, Harry is almost killed due to a bad decision on Snape's part. Harry decides that a few changes are due... or Snape is not going to enjoy the consequences.

The Final Battle approaches and the question of whether Draco can be trusted to make the right decision is finally answered ... by Crookshanks.

Lord Voldemort has finally been defeated and with this, rejoicing is in order... or is it? Harry and Draco come to a final confrontation. Harry does the hardest thing he’s ever had to do (even including killing the Dark Lord). Emotions are nothing when it comes to the end.

"Why did you leave me with my empty soul? You knew you were the greatest thing that ever happened to me. Why did you leave anyways? What did I do to feel this pain? It’s... breaking me. My life hangs by a thread and don’t know what to do." The sequel to Numb As a Broken Soul.

Sometimes things seem different from another's perspective. Especially when that someone is brown and furry and looking down from a shelf.

The Dark Lord is on the rise, and one by one people lose hope as people and things are torn from them. It is dangerous to be a student at Hogwarts, but our Marauders are fearless and are determined to spread chaos, mischief, and mayhem with all the enthusiasm of a basketful of puppies. Primary on this list is, of course, tormenting those who support the Dark Lord... SLYTHERINS. ``Pure and utter Marauders madness, starting with Sirius' midnight mayhem and progressing to all-out warfare between the Slytherins and Gryffindors. Featuring Sirius' teddy bear and random prank devilry.

Poe's Annabelle Lee Potterfied. No big spoilers, unless you know nothing of Harry Potter and the wizarding world.

The only place Lucius Malfoy and Severus Snape can be together is in their scars. (WARNING: slash and self-mutilation.)

James folded his arms below his chest and met Remus's eyes firmly. "I was thinking about becoming an Animagus." "Why...er... would you want to do that?" Remus queried, trying and failing to sound casual. At this point, James leaned forward. He gave Remus an exasperated look and whispered, "Why do you think?" Then, he stood up and exited the common room without a backward glance. Remus wasn't dim. He was pretty sure what this meant. James knew.

Draco never realizes that he has lost something until after it's lost; after all, they never matter. Then, he loses Blaise, and Draco learns that some things are meant to be kept close to the heart.

A week before the full moon in December 1986 Remus Lupin is not drifting. Someone is leading him through the streets of Thessalonica.

Ginny is writing to Tom in the diary. What's happening to her. The story of The Chamber of Secrets from Ginny's point of view.

Millicent Bulstrode, in the Fifty Galleons universe.

Harry and Draco are stuck someplace squishy... somewhere...somehow...

Viktor Krum has always loved Hermione but she has never felt the same way for him. This is a Viktor perspective of Ron and Hermione's relationship to the words of Damien Rice's Cannonball.

A letter, a girl and a boy. Two schools, three words, four spells and five owls. A great friendship and the story of a young love that would change their lives forever. Set during “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”, this is an Artio/Jeremy romantic ficlet in the Lusitania Universe. And, more important than everything else, there is… an ocean to be crossed by ten wings.

Based on 'The Very Secret Diaries of the Fellowship'. Tom Riddle's Very Secret Diary the year he discovers the Chamber of Secrets and slowly falls in love with himself....