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In his last year at Hogwarts, Remus Lupin gets to know Narcissa Black, but having a girlfriend who's already engaged to Lucius Malfoy can make a relationship complicated. (Pureblood dating etiquette and falling in love don't always mix well, and everyone knows it.)

Even Sirius Black can't escape from some things. Like how sad life is: "He watches the engine, charmed to emit iridescent silver smoke stars, kick in, then he watches the headlights get smaller and smaller as Hagrid, his godson, and his very favorite thing in the world, his breathtakingly illegal motorbike, disappear into the night sky."

In which Bellatrix is not beautiful, and Andromeda doesn't feel real.

Remus shuts down after Sirius is put in Azkaban. Slash, Remus/Sirius.

Harry, lost in his private world of grief after Sirius's death, finds understanding and consolation in the unexpectedly wise words of a Ravenclaw. H/L.

They told her Severus Snape was dead, but she refuses to believe that - and searches for him even as she herself is dying.

Remus wrote a letter to Lily Potter expressing his feelings about their former relationship. Unfortunately, the events at Godric's Hollow occurred before he had a chance to send it.

Remus at 12 Grimmauld Place. Post-OotP. "Wide, rough scars on the wooden floor, still matching the shape of Buckbeak's talons. Soft velvet, worn and folded in blue layers on top of the cupboard - old curtains, the ones Remus sees in Black family portraits. No scent of Sirius here - not even on the stiff shirts in that chest of drawers, too formal for Sirius' tastes, no doubt only donned at his mother's command."

So...Ginny Weasley killed herself and Tom Riddle is free of the confines of her head, he is walking, she is soaring, and he will not ever walk again...

In which Ashlin is jelloid, and Holly is worshipped by a leech with a flamenco skirt and a trout that gets eaten with a tomato and expensive red wine. In Swedenland.

Handsome, strong sixth-year Robbie Giordano would lose a battle of wits with a stuffed iguana (whatever that is), but for some reason he's in Ravenclaw. This is how he found out why. Fluffy one shot canonesque of Sirens! WARNING: Contains MAJOR Sirens spoilers.

It could have been over. The dark side could have been defeated for good.

A single scene, set a few weeks before James and Lily are killed: Remus and Sirius have been living as flatmates for quite sometime, but lately things are amiss. Voldemort is rising in power and Sirius has concerns over whether Remus is really trustworthy after all.

Professor Blaise Zabini's friend, Angus MacFusty, invites Blaise to stay with him, at his old ancestral home, a quaint old mansion in the Highlands. There Blaise solves a case of poisoning...

Gossip flies around the halls of the Ministry, and Hermione starts to think that Ron has a disturbing secret. Features a smidgen of H/D.

Draco and Ginny had a past both of them wanted to forget about. But when Draco loses his memory and is confined to a hospital Ginny works at, will things change? Will Ginny forgive and forget? Will they share a bond nothing can ever break? Find out.

The familiar love of home could not compare to the new world that waited for you at your doorstep. Yet a lifetime of choosing the unexplored versus the familiar could not prepare you for the time when the two began to blend. Rose/Scorpius/Lorcan. Oneshot.

A morning, post-OoTP. What's Harry doing? What's he thinking? What are the ramifications of the prophecy? Who's mad at him now?

Draco, you caused everyone plenty of problems. It makes me sick every minute that passes by. It's better for me to shoot you on sight. But you couldn't fight right now, so let's settle everything in a game of Roulette

She wants to have a normal life but he just won't let her. He is needs her too much to forget about her. Harry and Draco get put into this mess unwillingly. What happens when old habits are just too hard to break?

After a Flying Ford Anglia is tinkered with by a Weasley, taken out for a drive by The Boy Who Lived and spends some time in the Forbidden Forest, its consciousness can't remain unaffected. A story from the Ford Anglia's POV.

They were on their way to a party, but instead, four famous heroes find themselves ghostbusting.

n the aftermath of the Final Battle, in an attempt to mend things, broken pieces are gathered. Sometimes they cut. (Percy/Oliver)

Why did Sirius send Snape to the Whomping Willow? Here's one scenario. Rating for language and adult themes. Slash. WIP.

"When true friends meet in adverse hour; 'Tis like a sunbeam through a shower. A watery way an instant seen, The darkly closing clouds between." - Sir Walter Scott A Remus/Sirius ficlet.

Malfoy vows to revenge Hermione's death.

This story is on Fanfiction.net too... Just a oneshot on Harry's thoughts before his final battle with Voldemort.

Harry listens to Dudley's old "Disturbed" album and feels like the words are relating to him. He thinks back to Sirius and remembers how horrible it felt to lose someone. Angsty and depressing. Songfic.

Snape and Draco return to Spinner\'s End, where Snape is able to offer a little help, and a little hope. (Gen fic - *NOT* SS/DM)

Ginny wards against the dark in an unusual fashion. A one-shot in the same story arc as Initiate. D/G

Upon the chance encounter of a beautiful young werewolf, and the meeting of Remus Lupin, journalist Paul Osche makes a resolution to fight the ministry tooth and nail on the common beliefs and treatment of werewolves.

There is a poison more potent than hate, more dangerously subtle. It works on a personal level, coursing like fire through the veins and burning up the heart even as it freezes it. Once afflicted, one is never the same. It even has a life of its own, and when wronged, it exacts a terrible vengeance.

But by now, Ginny knows better.

His light shines in the darkness, and it will not be overcome. Rufus Scrimgeour-centric.

Ginny thinks she's seen the real Draco Malfoy and has decided she wants him for her own. But is he really worth it?

Draco likes to play pretend. Response to SBBO's 'Disorder a Day' Challenge.

Thinking about the man who ruined his life, a boy wonders how you can love and hate with your entire heart at the same time.

Voldemort was defeated, and the entire wizarding world rejoiced. No longer are they living in fear, and horizon is no longer dark; the future is looking hopeful and promising. And yet, not everyone is able to be optimistic -- unable to do naught but dwell on the devastation suffered, Ginny Weasley finds herself withdrawing from the world around her, distancing herself from everyone she knows in the belief that they can't and won't comprehend how she feels, not when prospects are finally starting to look so bright after so long. What will happen, though, when she finds that the last person she would ever suspect of empathy proves to be the only one who understands?

At the end of the war, Lucius waits for what is unavoidable.

After the defeat of Voldemort, Harry and Ginny were ready to start their new life together. Yet with the return of Tom Riddle, will Ginny still be able to find her happily ever after with Harry?

In December 1978 celebrating solstice according to Lily’s idea means waiting for the sunrise and more.

We all know that Hermione does not take the quick bout of Lavender/Ron well. But nobody knows how close to heart she actually does take it? A little reflective one-shot.

A year after the Battle for Hogwarts, Hermione remembers her dead.

Rookwood arranged his daughter to marry the Malfoys' son. Everything seemed to be going according to plan until she meets the boy who lived. HPOC DMOC

Remus loved Sirius, loved him with all of his heart. Unfortunately, Sirius never saw things the same way. Only now that Sirius is dead can Remus really pretend that Sirius loved him.

A game of truth or dare with a twist. Things are not as they seem. MWPP-era. (Peter/Sirius)

Since the events of the Chamber of Secrets, the Flying Ford Anglia has become the Feral Ford Anglia, and life in the Forbidden Forest has disillusioned this unique car. But love can blossom in the strangest of places - even if you happen to be a car. Flying Ford Anglia/Giant Squid - don't worry, it's entirely squick-free...still pretty weird though.

It is better the tales of our nights of burning passion, of wild, unearthly desire, are left to smolder in this glorious cacophony of flames, and rise in ethereal smoke to the sky... Sirius/Ginny one-shot

It was midday when he saw the young man on the road. A two-shot in which a teacher is found and a lesson is learned.

A wolf howls to find their pack, for a lone wolf is unlikely to survive for long. Remus Lupin walks through number Twelve Grimmauld Place and reflects.

Harry gives Sirius' eulogy at a small gathering of friends.

All you see is green. And suddenly you forget what hope is. - Harry are walking to the forbidden forest.

"She didn't want to die. Not yet, at any rate. And to die in such a way, where no one would know and most likely won't care, would be worse than dying in an accident, she thought. There'd be no fuss over her death. She was just another casualty of life, they'd say. Unimportant, unknown, and unloved." Presumably in 1994, a Ministry of Magic worker by the name of Bertha Jorkins went on a holiday to Albania to visit a relative. But she picked the wrong time and the wrong place - as always. Encountering more than just a couple of non-English-speaking locals and some very strong alcohol, Bertha also loses many things - the most important being her life. A sad, chilling account of sibling rivalry, loneliness, deceit and murder.

And they called me the smartest witch of our age. I who never realized the most basic of facts; humans beings, for all our charms, are mortal. We die. You died.

Lupin's thoughts as he remembers Lily and his relationship with her. He is a lonely, broken man, thinking that two of his friends are dead effectivey at the other's hand. Memory is what he lives for now.

At a celebratory Halloween ball, unlikely companions discover more in common than just the battle scars...

Sirius Black is trapped. Trapped inside a house he despises and a life in which he is confined and helpless. His Godson is at Hogwarts, suffering under the tyranny of Dolores Umbridge, but his cry for help is unanswerable without giving away Sirius's position. Alone at night, and no closer to an answer, Sirius retires to bed, the words of Harry's letter revolving in his head. Sleep brings no respite from his worry, but perhaps dreams hide an answer somewhere in their depths...

Before the end, there's always a beginning. H/D

A fluffy post-HBP ficlet. Remus/Tonks, with some mention of Remus/Sirius. Remus is haunted by memories of the past, but Tonks is there to lead him home.

The great war is over and the golden trio have now become two. Hermione sits beside the lake trying to forget the death of the one that had become her boyfriend, however, she finds herself staring into a deep red orb trying to remember what she had forgotten about HIM.

A brief look into one night of the post-Hogwarts lives of Remus Lupin and Sirius Black. Stress, mundane burdens, moonlight, important things like love, and those unfortunate things you just have to do to keep food on the table. SLASH.

The Blacks and the Weasleys will once again be reunited. Ginny will have her freedom, all from pain and blood. One-shot. ``WARNING: contains non-descriptive femmeslash, character death

Nemesis: (1) A rival that cannot be beaten or overcome, (2) The Ancient Greek Goddess of Divine Retribution. Draco's pondering on his and Harry's relationship, and his questions based upon that. Is it really only a rivalry, or something deeper than that? Is Harry really just his enemy? His conclusions made on these questions, and his feelings about the illustrious Boy Who Lived.

What happens when she is the only one left in the castle? Will she fall into darkness or will she wait for her friends to help her? For her, the line between good and evil was never clear, and now she decided that it doesn't exist. Desperate times call for desperate measures, and she's just about as desperate as she could get.

A Slytherin student has found a potion which helped him create a Hold to destroy his dark feelings. He tells Harry Potter the story of his life, his love for Malfoy, and his self destruction.``Do not expect cuteness and pink flowers. Please do not commit suicide as soon as you're done reading.

Ginny survived the war only to see that there is nothing left that she holds dear.

Susan/Lavender femme slash. Susan saves Lavender from herself, but will she always be there? Self-mutilation warning.

A rather sad songfic of H/Hr, from Hermione's point of view whilst watching Harry die. (I told you it was sad).

Harry never understood why he was the way he was. Questions filled the thoughts of a fifteen-year-old Hogwarts student who happened to be the savior of the magical world.

The first half sits slumped. Mouth agape, eyes drooping. Trying everything in their power to stay awake. Those who aren’t half asleep are plotting a mysterious death of their teacher or how to get out of the class. They sit and tap their fingertips together, plotting, praying he chokes on his food or falls to his death. Or sneaking out of this cold place. Wasn’t Hell supposed to be hot? A blaze? A humongous fire pit? It is underground, though. That and the teacher are the only thing that make it qualified for anything close to Hell. Sometimes they like to think of him with horns sprouting out of his head. His train of his robes a tail. His wand a miniature pitch-fork. Strutting through his cave, around stalagmites.

A character exploration of Peeves and why he is the character/force of destruction that we all know and love.

To his horror, Knight Bus driver Ernie Prang is 'invited' to become an informer for the Ministry at the beginning of the second war. As the months pass, Ernie finds that he is forced to decide which roads are the most dangerous ...

Blaise Zabini, a teacher at Hogwarts, going to Edinburgh for the summer holidays, gets an errand from his fellow teacher and friend, Firenze. In Edinbugh he goes to an apothecary's to fulfill Firenze's errand, but his purchase gets mixed up with a mysterious flask....

Jasper Fforde's literary detective, Thursday Next, is called in to deal with a problem at Hogwarts concerning a certain Potions Master ...

If these walls could talk they'd tell you to shut the heck up. Set in the Pandora's Box universe.

(The Trilogy of the Serpent – Part III) - Like a Phoenix, a new society emerges out of the ashes of Voldemort’s defeat, after justice and revenge have run their parallel courses. An ancient wound will be healed, together with so many fresh ones. Hogwarts never felt so empty, and yet was never so full of new residents and unexpected promises, even to the disenchanted eyes of Professor Severus Snape, ghost.

What was Peter Pettigrew thinking as he planned the murders of some of his best friends? Why did he become a Death Eater? How long did he hate the other Marauders? Or was he just scared? Find out the importance of friendship... and what the lack of it can do to a person.

Nearly Headless Nick finds a solution to being rejected from the Headless Hunt.

The events in the Department of Mysteries, at the end of Harry’s fifth year, leave Albus Dumbledore with the broken pieces of the past year. Before he starts cleaning up he has a conversation with his reluctant Potion Master about hate and consequences. But they are not alone in the shadow a third person is watching and wondering why Albus trust him and why Snape chose Voldemort.

Harry is having a rough time, and Ron is there. Not slash unless you wish for it to be.

Narcissa has a night to remember.

Ron Weasley is tired of living in his famous best friend's shadow. So here is his chance to tell his version of events, through those years at Hogwarts, in Ron Weasley (and Harry Potter) and the Philosopher's Stone ... with an appearance by Hermione Granger.

Mummy's gleaming secret like beads of milk, pretty maids all in a row...

Remus Lupin had a secret. A secret which no one shall ever know the truth about. (One-shot, MWPP,Remus/Lily)

In the midst of the Wizarding War Draco Malfoy finds himself completely alone. Panicking, he turns to Harry Potter who rather unwillingly saves his life. Draco Malfoy is thrown into the dungeons- a Prisoner of War. Years later when the War is over, the world no longer has a place for Draco, his existence has been forgotten. Harry and Hermione give him a chance of a new life. So with the new identity of Magnitude Halfpenny he begins to learn to forget the life he lived for nearly eighteen years until his new world is turned upside down by the very people who created it... (Not OC)

"Why? Why keep on living? You answer those questions for me because I really cannot. Yes, you. Both sides seem so alike now. This is the only truth—my only truth—and others do not see it, much less make it retreat. They are blind—blind with a slight blaze of glory from me. I’m me, and no one person can know what I am feeling. Yes, people can help me, but no one can save me, only myself." A slight gaze into Harry's mind two years post OotP.

Where Azkaban is like death to a Malfoy, and throwing rocks at a Giant Squid is a perfect way of dealing with it. Unfortunately, a Potter does -not- think so, and when you try and prevent a Malfoy from standing upon his dignity, you are helpless.

They'd have you believe war is romantic, with soldiers ready to lay down their lives for Queen and Country, and love found in even the darkest of times. But for those caught up in battle--those who watch their lives and loves break before them--it means picking up the pieces, rebuilding what you can and learning to move forward again.

The end of the war has come at last. Voldemort has been defeated, but at a terrible cost. The evening after the final battle, Ginny stands outside of the Burrow and thinks about what she's lost, and Harry, and the plans they made for after the war. What will she do now that life must go on? *song-fic*

Things that are broken can be mended but the cracks will always remain. What will the pressures of war have on the relationship between Remus and Sirius?

R for some violence to animals. In Hogwarts, during MWPP time, there are secret meetings in the dungeons for upcoming Death Eater trainees. James wants to make the Order and nothing is quite what it seems.

There’s no time for resentment, no time for sorrow… life is destroyed by those who don’t deserve it and love is taken away from those who cherish it. We’ve wasted so much time. We had a second chance. It was taken away from us. Now I’m just waiting for a third chance. - An alternating POV fic recounting events from Halloween '81 to PoA. (R/S)

Life is full of tests.

The first thing it knew was the hunger. Life from a Dementor's point of view.

Shaking, she reached out towards his fading figure, her fingers spread, as if to pull in a dream that would never be realized. Merope/Tom, Merope/Marvolo, rated R for incest and implied sexual abuse.

A rare glimpse into the past of Argus Filch.

Cho Chang is very deeply affected by the death of Cedric Diggory, and this story isn't really a novel, just a view into Cho's distraught state of mind after Cedric's death.

Only months before Draco's upcoming initiation to the Dark Side, an unexpected situation in a dark alleyway causes distortion in his plans. Draco is forced to rethink his options of how he is to get through the war on the winning side. Because only one thing is for certain: he will live to see the end of it.

Blaise wants to show Susan that not all kids are like their parents.

Albus Dumbledore takes an interest in whom 17-year-old Severus Snape spends his time with. Gen. One-shot. Written for the As Summer Ends challenge on first_order (LJ).