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"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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Millicent Bulstrode, in the Fifty Galleons universe.

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

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.

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.

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?

"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.

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.

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.

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."

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

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

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)

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

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?

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.

What if all of the stories about the Founders were lies? Now hear the real story behind the Hogwarts Four!

In the aftermath of You-Know-Who's destruction, Draco Malfoy has adopted an almost hermetic existence, cutting himself off from both magical and Muggle worlds, as far as that's possible. But can he be left to brood in peace, when both old friends and an unknown Muggle girl seem intent on disturbing his solitude?

Salazar returns to Hogwarts, half-sane and raving about Dementors...

Something is wrong with Draco and it is up to Harry Potter and Ronald Weasley to find out what! Will Ron give Malfoy the kiss of death? Will Draco remove those ridiculous boxer shorts? Will Malcolm Baddock show Professor Sprout his exotic killer plant? Only time can tell...

Hermione has finally made it to Graduation Day but not without a few bumps along the way. As she prepares to leave she reflects on the past at Hogwarts. Warning:Character Death

A prophecy is a prophecy, but the law is the law. Harry Potter must obey both, though he doesn't have to like it. Post book seven, and the war is over.

Just a one-shot angsty, yet slightly fluffy look into Hermione's late night musings.

Draco Malfoy is asked by The Dark Lord to complete a task that has been annoying him for a while... hedges and read please ;)

" My hand reaches out and grabs the cup in front of me, and then I'm swirling through the air, faster, faster, until I only see black, and then I land on the ground, hard. I get up and run through the trees and the grass until there's no more grass, just cold, hard dirt under my bare feet. There's a skeleton in the tree, hidden by a black cloak, and I fall to my knees, my eyes tightly shut. Slowly, those masks appear, the long white ones that only hide half the face, yet I can't see the person underneath. Except for Draco. I see his face, haunting me, I feel the wand pointed at my back, I hear that voice say Avada Kedavra and Draco's staring at me, doing nothing, and then I hear a flash of green and then, then I wake up. "

Harry writes a letter to the godfather he lost and we see his deepest hurts and fears.

Every night, young Sirius Black would leave his bed and sneak out of the dormitory. One night, a lovesick Remus follows him and sees a peculiar sight. Based on the ancient Greek myth of Echo and Narcissus.

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....

This is a light story intended to intoduce a new magical beast. I have decided not to use the dragon in my original story as it is not strong enough to do battle in the way I want it to. There is also a brother who comes to his brother's romantic rescue. A little Ron/Hermione. A gentle, but fun story.

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.

There is danger in dwelling on past mistakes, as Dumbledore and Snape discover. Missing moment from PS/SS.

Written for Lar's challenge: write a fic about Harry Potter characters attending Wee Wizards camp. You get extra bonus points for mentioning camp-type activities, i.e., crafts and campfires. ``Pansy finds herself with an unlikely partner and is none too happy about it. Then again, neither is he.

"My favourite colour is pink. It’s not because Parvati likes it. Everyone thinks I do what Parvati does, because sometimes I do. But sometimes, I don’t..." - Life through the eyes of a girl that sees what others don't. LB/DT

As Christmas draws near, Harry and Ginny look forward to the birth of their first child. The pregnancy has gone well but Ginny is getting tired both of being prodded and poked by the medical profession as well as her increasing size. As Harry’s manager she also has an eye on England’s upcoming World Cup qualifier against Germany.

It was an accident. Hermione was not supposed to fall for Fred. Literally. F/Hr funny fluff.

Narcissa Malfoy reflects on a marriage that hasn’t gone quite as she planned. Songfic to Les Miserables On My Own. One-shot.

A short while after her wedding to Ted Tonks, Andromeda invites Narcissa out to lunch.

"The hardest part about taking care of a person dying inch-by-inch isn't the sleepless nights, the wrenched back from lifting once (or twenty times) too often, or the isolation. The hardest part is afterwards." Gregory Goyle/Millicent Bulstrode (GG/MB) (Sequel to 'Memory Like Old Lace')

When Harry returns from Privet Drive to spend the holidays at the Burrow, the mystery of Hermione's strange behavior is explained and the horrible truth comes out. Also, Harry must deal with his growing feelings for Luna.

How did Tonks’s parents meet and fall in love? What was their relationship with Sirius Black? And why ever did they name their daughter Nymphadora? These are just some of the questions I had about Tonks and her family. This fic is my attempt to answer them. Andromeda Black/Ted Tonks, a hint of NT/RL at the end.

Severus would have never thought a time would come when they, when he, would need Neville.

Tom Riddle. What do you really know about him? What was he like before he was Lord Voldemort? Was he shy? Was he well-liked? What drove him to become Lord Voldemort? Read and find out!

[One-shot] In the Muggle World, prisoners get one telephone call. In the Wizarding World, there's still one piece of parchment and a quill. [Implied Sirius x Remus] Sirius' letter is his plea for help; it's his calls of being innocent and his anger at the man who got him locked up in the first place. Set some time between being locked up in Azkaban and actually being caught, Sirius is angry and desperate, trying to cram as much as he's feeling down on the paper at once...

Mrs Black is snogging Caradoc Dearborn on his last Order mission. Written for Fiction Alley Park's Valentine's Day OTP challenge 2005.

"I suppose it's a sign of growing up when you realise that your parents can be wrong, isn't it?" An adult Luna Lovegood talks about her part in the war.

"Dying inside, never forgiven, branded forever... no one cares, no one knows, no one hears. I’m alone..." Who will listen to cries of the lost souls? Some things remain forever unsaid. Ch1-Draco’s POV after the events in the tower.

Thirty minutes can be forever or no time at all. Thirty minutes can be good, bad, painful or kind, but however you experience them, they cannot be undone. (H/D slash)

What if The-Boy-Who-Lived really wasn't the hero of the age? What if it really was his best friend, his biggest rival, and an exchange student? Jade travels with her quidditch team to Hogwarts for a tournament. Ron and Draco come to terms with their destiny. Don't worry Harry gets to play hero as well.

Sirius and Remus share an "innocent" kiss in the snow.

Is it possible for someone to do the right thing for the wrong reason? In a letter to his son, Draco Malfoy explains why he thinks it might be the case.

This is a tale of love and lies, mystery and deceit, loyalty and treachery, hate and corruption. No, wait! Wrong story... it's actually about... em... sock-puppets... and... Voldemort...and one big spell!

Excerpts from the diary of Draco Malfoy as he prepares to attend Hogwarts for the first year, and also his diary entry at the end of his first day there.

"The commission was the most dubious one Catwoman had ever accepted. To steal a mysterious stone that nobody has seen, which was hidden inside a castle that doesn’t want to be found..." Catwoman/Harry Potter crossover.

While on vacation with Sirius, Remus has to learn how to live in the moment for the dark days ahead.

It all started with a smirk, and a bow. Songfic of Mandy Moore's Cry. That stupid dance in fifth year. Oh, if I could undo it... And yet, I know I wouldn’t. His touch sent shivers through my whole body. He sneered at me coolly when I turned and asked for a dance. It was oddly comfortable in his arms. We danced for the rest of the night but he hardly said ten words. At the end of the last song he bowed, kissed my hand and swept out leaving me yet again shocked in the middle of the floor.

Harry Potter wants a certain blond co-worker, but Malfoy has no idea Harry's interested in him. Harry is desperate and will do anything to get Malfoy's attention. Tired of acting as Harry's stand-in therapist, Hermione gives Harry a journal for his birthday, in order to help him work out his feelings. What follows is a series of Harry’s ramblings and scribbles about his feelings and various failed attempts at courting one Draco Malfoy.

There will be early animagi. Not a Mary Sue. The Neo Marauders may make an appearance. Original Characters. Slightly AU. No Slash pairings yet. New creatures. New teachers. New Dangers.

As Halloween of 1981 draws near, the Potters must go into hiding, but first they must choose a Secret Keeper. Told from Sirius Black's point of view, this is a companion piece to Keeping Secrets.

When Ginny receives a Christmas present from her Mum, she sees that sometimes dropping a loop is the worst possible choice in knitting. (Hints at GW/DM.)

Where illusions are shattered! Where dreams are trodden in the dust! Where morons with an Imac type this s**t directly in with no revision. Watch for following pairings: Harry/Dumbledore, Padma/Dobby, Myrtle/life-size inflatable Aaron Carter doll in garter belt. Or maybe not, I don't know.

Voldemort attempts a spell, which backfires and robs him of his powers, forcing him to live a Muggle lifestyle, aided by his faithful servants, Bellatrix and Wormtail.

Ginny, Luna, Bellatrix, and a dungeon. Genfic, dark.

Sequel to I Still Remember in which Sirius has moved on. Very angsty.

Lily invites her boyfriend Severus to meet her family. Lily/Severus.

He always looks so exausted, so defeated, if only sleep would come. I remember that feeling. It’s about one of the only things that I can remember about my first year at Hogwarts. The odd thing is that I can remember that feeling clearly, as though it was upon me yesterday. You wish sleep would come to take you away from your thoughts, because there is so much, too much, to think about.

Remus Lupin was used to sneaking out of his dorms over the full moon, so good at it in fact, he was positive none of his friends would notice he'd gone, but as he sneaks back to the dorms just after the sun rise, he gets the shock of his life. “Where have you been, Remus?” James Potter, one of Remus's best friends, was never stupid, but now Remus must decide whether he wants to keep his secrets, or his best friends.

A little song- ficlet very loosely based on Norah Jones' "Seven Years." You'll get the idea if you've heard the song. **Pretty sad...**

The wind is howling all around her, and Ginny doesn't knw how to deal with the mystery that is Blaise Zabini. One-shot. Based off a David Bowie song. Sort of a contemplation on the difference between pride and arrogance and how two teenagers fit into their lives at Hogwarts. Not originally intended to be shippy, but...

Narcissa Malfoy and Gilderoy Lockhart and a tale of mirrors, lust, and vanity. Written as part of a "Blame Each Other" challenge by McTabby on LiveJournal. Started as a joke, ended as something much more.

When Harry is rescued from the Dursleys, deaf, mute, and barely alive, the others must help him cope with years of abuse and his new disabilities. As a strange bond awakens between he and his friends, they all come into powers that haven't been seen in millennia, while suffering from dreams about strange artifacts and a white phoenix named Life, who holds the secret to Voldemort's destruction, or his victory.

Sometimes, the choices others make for you greatly affect who you become. The story of a lovechild who never seemed to find his place.

Harry Potter is three days away from his seventeenth birthday. He discovers how much that James and Lily really loved him.

Just a little Lockhart story, subtitled They Think I've Lost My Mind.

A short ''personal narrative''... from someone you DO NOT suspect...

We have all lost.

And I who am here dissembled/ Proffer my deeds to oblivion, and my love/ To the posterity of the desert and the fruit of the gourd.

Harry/Cho. "It’s been years since he last saw her and he’s amazed by how different and how very much the same she is."