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What Sirius finds beyond the veil is not death but life and penance in an odd friendship to a boy from his past...

So what happened to Sirius Black after he stepped through the doorway and left Harry's world? Who does he meet there... and will he ever come back from The Land Beyond the magic?

Sometimes Neville Longbottom secretly hated the world.

Slightly AU. Harry gets a new identity. And a new job. A mysterious killer murders at the stroke of midnight, leaving almost no traces. Who can it be?

Every Friday I clean Mr. Harry Potter's flat. Every Friday I go home sad.

One-shot. Pansy watches dust settle, and thinks about light and darkness. Character death.

Young Severus Snape enters to Hogwarts for first time. How will his schooltime go? Warning of school teasing! Please read and review!

Bill and Fleur's wedding isn't the happiest day Ginny's ever had, but it's about to improve.

A tale of murder involving (girl!)Blaise Zabini, Pansy Parkinson and none other than Draco Malfoy. A post-Hogwarts songfic to "Rinse" by Vanessa Carlton.

It is the middle of the night, and every student, teacher and creature of Hogwarts is fast asleep. Only one young wizard is aware of the danger waiting to pounce on the school. And with that feeling in the pit of his stomach telling him he's probably going to die, Harry Potter isn't about to wake anyone up and drag them to his final confrontation with Voldemort.

Who would be brave, or stupid, enough to go into Azkaban and interview the Head Dementor? Unfortunately, the Daily Prophet doesn't give their reporter a choice. Read the article, and its ramifications...

A look inside the mind of an anonymous Death Eater. Read, if you will, though some may regret it.

Who knew that warring roommates could help your spellwork?

A dystopic story set after Harry Potter wins the war and becomes Minister of Magic. He does his best and is completely oblvious to what is happening around him. Hermione goes missing and Ron finds her; that's when their troubles begin. Ron tries to understand what is happening, while others make plans to strike back and escape. They forgot to take Luna into account, however.

After a talk with Harry and Ginny, Ron finds out exactly why trees are so important.

After undergoing an unexpected dark transformation, can Harry Potter resist corruption while he seeks vengeance and justice or will he end up unleashing an evil worse than Voldemort's unto the already afflicted magical world? A story of deception and the blinding quality of love. Vampires, OC, dark!Harry

A series of quiet epiphanies. Post-GoF, Sirius/Remus slash. "Even the sunlight's older here, faded and cooled with dawn; the floorboards feel odd under his human feet, and his skin is too thin, too sensitive. So long as a dog, and he's almost forgotten - this muted scent of dust, of Remus, of books lining the creaking shelves."

After his Lord's downfall, Lucius Malfoy isn't just shaken. When a certain Diary finds its way to his hands, we have a Lord Voldemort-starved Malfoy who thinks he has very little to lose and a projection of 16-year-old Tom Riddle. Diary Riddle wants to find out more about this man who had dazzled his future self. As he walks through the maze of Lucius, he finds himself becoming increasingly attached to the Malfoy and deeply in love with him. Also Lucius is affected by closeness he had never even dreamed of having with his (secretly) beloved Dark Lord. The pale reflex of what he could have had with Voldemort tortures him, but he finds himself incapable of putting the Diary away, like he had never been able to unravel himself from that love.

My name is Gilderoy Lockhart and I am perfect. I magnetically and magically attract the love of every sane human being, as well as that offer from that one wizard with a really good imagination but who unfortunately lives in Bangkok.

What is Hermione's response the summer after the Tri-wizard Tournament and Voldemort's return? It's a little more complex than "when in doubt, go to the library". This may lead into an AU, given sufficient response.

After an Order meeting towards the end of Harry‘s fifth year, Moody speaks with Dumbledore, yet cannot see what is tormenting his old friend. Moody is half-blind, yet acknowledges this, and even his eye cannot penetrate the barriers of the mind. [OotP Spoilers]

Nobody understands anymore

In the early hours of their anniversary, Remus Lupin reflects on his life with Severus. A moony, dreamy little piece. Strictly for those with a sweet tooth.

A hero's gone. Ginny Weasley isn't sure how to cope.

Severus Snape contemplates his home for a few quiet moments at the beginning of the summer before The Half-Blood Prince.

Neville Longbottom realises that his admiration for his third-year Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher isn't just hero-worship... it's love.

Drucila Weasley, cousin to Ronald and the others is coming to Hogwarts. Placed in Harry's sixth year. She comes from Durmstrang and she is absolutely disgusted by Harry Potter. All seems well on the train until they get a message that Hogwarts has collapsed. How did it happen? Where will they stay? What house will Dru be in? What will happen in the way of romance? (Drucila IS Ron's age and year)

Harry is being chased by Death Eaters, until he is cornered. What will happen in the end?

A companion of sorts to “Third Death”. D/G. Draco muses on the person that gave him a soul and the one who took it away.

Not all Muggle realms are strange. Philosopher’s Stone. Redux from our favourite Longbottom's perspective, with a twist.

It is like a game. Whichever arm bleeds the most gets the most points, but in the end they all win. She sometimes compares it to Quidditch. Sometimes it hurts, but you always feel satisfied in the end. This isn't rated R for language, just the whole idea. This is the story about a girl who is so depressed she will do whatever she can to end it...

This fic is an attempt to describe how the Dementors came about, and why they are naturally the servants of the Dark Lord.

There is a place, it exists for nearly all of us, that seems to serve solely as the physical manifestation of everything that reminds us that we are imperfect, uncomfortable, or simply don\'t belong. This place, for Sirius, is none other than the drawing room in Grimmauld Place. A Sirius Marauders-era fic.

After the death of her famous parents, Harry and Hermione's (seemingly) nameless and emotionally barren daughter must deal not only with the fact that she must live with the only surviving member of the Trio, but also with the fact that he had an affair with her mother.

Mistakes of the past become nightmares of the future. Snape views a memory in the Pensieve he would rather forget. Snape/Lily.

Remus and Sirius discover that Summoning Charms can have unexpected consequences. (R/S)

First-Year Bellatrix Black doubts herself; Rodolphus Lestrange "comforts" her.

A lonely man broods... has he chosen loneliness, or was it forced upon him by society?

Draco had always felt alone until he met her. Years later he still needed her even though she's gone forever. Draco mourns the loss of the only thing that ever mattered to him.

She will wake up, and it will finally occur to her that she can’t remember her own name. The cot will be foreign, the scratches will be upsetting, and she will cower in the corner until one of them comes... Then she will meet the shadows all over again.

After the battle in the Department of Mysteries, Ron and Ginny retreat into their home and each other. Until Luna arrives to rock their tiny world.

We know that the unicorns were the first victims of Voldemort's return to power. The innocents are always the first to die... But unicorns are intelligent creatures, and we never got to know how they felt, or what they thought...

'You start to wonder what happened to all of the others who fell from the edge, and why they’re not keeping you company. Why you’re not seeing the dry white bones floating by like the candles in Hogwarts.'

Epilogue to Nine Months in F Minor.``Hermione and Ron's relationship finally reaches the next level; Harry makes a confession; and Draco's punishment is finally realized. H/G, Hr/R Quite angsty.

Something good comes out of Malfoy’s favouritism - Goyle learns that he can do well. Non slash, in character, in canon, cheering fic!

Two friends sit reminiscing about the past and remembering better times. But the arrival of dire news causes arguments to erupt and choices to be made. Guilt is still felt, the past is remembered, but he won’t let it happen again.

Sirius Black wonders about a past with a Slytherin girl of high social standing, a girl married to Lucius Malfoy. That which is in the past does not haunt the future. Right? A Sirius/Narcissa fic with plenty of angst and a bit of romance.

Vinyl isn't just something to wear. Music, mayhem and Muggle love abound during the summer of Harry's fifth year. To be played at maximum volume...

Ginny changes

Mr. and Mrs. Sinclair are confused about their Floo bill. A Mr. S. Black has been using the fireplace, but the only other residents are the Jarvey and their large dog, Harold...

How serious can a boggart really be? It can be a simple fear of spiders or something more horrifying, like the fear of fear itself. Sirius has an all different fear: the fear of someone's disapproval. Semi-Sequel to The Boggart.

Even in the deepest friendships, we are ultimately alone.

The first of the Fabled Ones confronts her destiny. And learns that not all families leave a happy legacy. All with a little help from a Weasley and some talking paintings.

A potions accident leaves Snape as a cat until who-knows-when. Harry's already got his hands full when a prankster starts sabotaging the rebuilding of Hogwarts. But what if it's not just a prank?

Hermione will now know not to call Draco Irascible.

On a rainy, fateful night in October 1981, the world which was perfect crashed down before Sirius Black's very eyes... Songfic to the Ronan Keating song of the same name.

Hermione laments about her failed relationship with Draco, and about how happiness is overrated and sometimes the truth is not always best.

Snape's reaction to Sirius' death - and the repercussions.

As he is brutally told his brother fled the house, Regulus understands he has to make Sirius come back. He'd prefer not to think about their differences.

Percy Weasley reflects... upon the past, the present, and how his sister had changed throughout the years. Somewhat angsty one-shot about siblings growing apart.

In which the Marauders have a very deep, yet slightly comical talk about best friends and Peter is very itchy. Set in their seventh year and very foreboding.

Draco loves music, and plays the piano like no other. Harry just soars.

An investigation into the death of Regulus Black. Who``did it and how?

One dull autumn day in Ottery St. Catchpole, young Ginny Weasley plays a favourite game, but this time it produces some surprising results.

First sequel to "Somewhere in my Past". When Harry first opened his eyes that night, it was Draco he first thought of.

She could feel him stare at her constantly.

Alone. The word bounced around in his head, reverberating over and over. He’d always been alone, even in a crowded room. Had anyone else in history ever been so isolated as he?

Regret. Grief. Longing. What he kept from everyone. How it really feels to loose so much at sixteen.

I would be just too depressed. There would be rumors and speculation about things no one had the faintest idea about. Stories and slander I didn’t want to deal with. The Boy Who Lived didn’t want to deal with it anymore.

Hermione, an old woman on her death bed, remembers her best friends.

Draco reflects on his attitude toward Harry.

Was it always meant to be? Harry and Hermione in love? Mild Fluff.

Harry and Voldemort finally come face to face. What will happen? Will Harry be strong enough to face Voldemort? Or will all be lost?

Remus Lupin was part of the mischief-making band of the Marauders when he was in school. Now, twenty years later, he is once again meeting someone who good life can be. Remus/Tonks.

Harry has returned from his fifth year at Hogwarts and now everything that has happened has started to sink in. He also learns he must say goodbye to someone before he can move on.

"A man with a hazel wand came without sound/He changed me suddenly/I was looking another way..."

A sad fic about Draco; seen from Hermione's POV. Character death.

Fanfic comprised mostly of original characters! Malfoy and Snape and Slytherin-in-general oriented! ``It's about a character named Elise *who's based on me* and her trials through her 5th year at Hogwarts. Also, what she finds late one night, and how the item changes her forever....

Today is THE day. Pansy waits for Draco to propose. But what is this? Cold feet?

Hazel and Fairley have been best friends since preschool, when Hazel dumped paint all over Fairley's new sweater and``Fairley later got blue marker on Hazel's cheek. The summer after they turn eleven, they receive unexpected news. But it can't be real, can it?``Harry Potter's just a book...

It's Christmas Eve and Penelope Clearwater is about to make a decision that will change her whole life. Percy/Penelope. Set during Ootp.

A cliche line: every hero needs a dragon to be slain-- Harry got one.

Eugene knows everything. Creepy isn't it.``Hinted at past R/Hr``Definite H/Hr

Dedicated to all the members of the HMS Wolfstar. What do we do when memories are all we have? Can we ever move beyond the regret?

"It was a beautiful, lazy Sunday, and only the most studious of students were in the library. Most were seventh years. All were being heckled by Madam Pince." Blaise has a typical Sunday morning.

It's Peter Pettigrew's funeral, and someone's got a dubious confession to make.

Five different beginnings for Ron Weasley. Ron/Luna, Ron/Padma, Ron/Pansy, Ron/Cho, Ron-Draco.

Ever wondered about that scar above Dumbledore's left knee (the one that was a "perfect map of the London Underground")? Or why he said scars can be useful? Or why he likes chamber music? This story explores all those things, and also speculates about how Severus Snape spent the summer before Harry Potter started at Hogwarts. Two wizards meet a Muggle woman who learns something about magic, and about her own family.

Elliot Wood doesn't want to be known as Oliver's little sister, the Weasley twins' other friend, the smart girl, or the girl who dated Cedric. How far will she go to get out from under the shadow of everyone else?

A single spell can change the very essence of a thing evolution spent thousands of years creating. Magic makes all things fluid and subject to change- and Lisa Turpin learns that words can change lives just as instantaneously as magic, and that as one life falls apart, it may transform into another.

After Harry regains his memory, Ron must see things as they are. Sequel to Post Bellum.

HP/DM SLASH. Fairytales never come true, and life isn't like the movies.

"She laughed, pushing him away, and he was happy because she was laughing, even though he was withering away on the inside." Remus/Lily.

Adonis Rookwood was brought under mysterious circumstances to the Rookwood household, the most notorious and wealthy Wizarding clan in Britain, on the day of his birth. Katherine Reynold is a driven young witch who lost her mother to the hands of war. So what do these two have in common? Lord Voldemort. Their meeting was no coincidence, for there are no real coincidences. And as their seemingly different worlds clash, both begin to unravel Lord Voldemort's hidden past through cryptic objects, dangerous encounters, and tales from the most unlikely of people. Throughout their journey, not only do they learn of how Tom Riddle became the Dark Lord, but of themselves, and what it truly means to be human.

I watch the chapel fill, slowly. People I remember from school, that I had never been friends with. They aren't there for me, but I don't care. They are there for Blaise, for Hermione. For Snape. Oh, it's a laugh. Me, the person least liked - after Snape and Voldemort - at Hogwarts, and the chapel near the Manor is filled with people come to help bury me. More than can be said for some people more liked, more loved.

A quick songfic about the relationship between Dumbledore and McGonagall.

‘He was older than me by three years, so naturally he thought that he knew everything before I did.’ ````Regulus Black reflects on Sirius and their relationship earlier on in life.

Harry has lost his glasses. What does Draco have to do with it?

Four years of war, four years of loss and death and tragedy; but nothing could have prepared Harry for losing the one thing he fought so hard to gain.

Marcus Flint has insomnia and tends to think about a certain Gryffindor Quidditch Captain.