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Harry finds an alternative, and infinitely more fun, use for Dumbeldore's Pensieve...

Harry's sixth year is approaching fast. The summer had given him nothing but trouble with friends, enemies and grades. School hasn't even started but life for Harry Potter is still as exciting as ever. There is not a doubt in anybody's mind that the new year would hold mysteries to be solved, horrors to be faced, questions to be answered, and answers to be questioned. The prophecy planted the seed of chaos in this sixteen year old boy; a boy who's name has thrown him into the claws of destiny's vicious game. Well, the game is about to start.

Harry and James have a connection across time. But they wake up one morning in each other's bodies. How will James ever get Lily's attention? How will Harry defeat Voldemort? Harry realises the depth of his feelings for Ginny as he faces the chance of never seeing her again.

Sometimes sweet, a little painful, and many times beautiful. That's really what a snapshot is. This one spans years of hatred which end up in love. This one is the story of Lily Evans and James Potter.

Is Snape evil? I don't think so. Apart from it being an awful letdown, it would also mean that JKR is a sloppy writer. Is Snape good? Well, he has just cast an Unforgivable Curse, and we all know what that does to your soul, so far from me to go and claim he's all sweet and nice and so misunderstood. But maybe he needn't be either of those. Here is my theory for Snape's behaviour in HBP, in a long (but hopefully not dry) essay with plenty of canon reference :-).

Gandalf the White writes to Dumbledore about "copyright infringement," Dumbledore talks about his Dancing Trophy, and Gandalf becomes obsessed with Professor Flitwick.

Harry and the Weasleys are going to MOM for some reason but don't know why other than it has to do with Mr. Weasley. When Harry gets there he is both shocked, amazed and happy about what is going on until he finds out that the Ministry is trying to humiliate him... what will happen?

Young Severus Snape can't complain about leading a boring life at Hogwarts. There are mortal enemies to bring down, the Dark Arts to discover, his parents' heritage to figure out and a certain redheaded Muggle-born to avoid at all costs, all under the watchful eyes of his guardian, Alastor Moody, who is having a demanding time himself with an ex-classmate of his intent on conquering the world...

Dumbledore's last lesson for Harry and Hermione: there is evil and suffering and there is death, but there is also Love that is stronger than all of these things.

Hermione's ban on Rita Skeeter is about to expire, and she has a plan to give the reporter a very special scoop. What kind of stories will Rita chase now? And will it backfire on Hermione?

Spoof. An unfortunate Potions experiment makes Snape live through his many fanfiction incarnations. Dumbledore and Hermione watch.

The summer insects hummed and made a living sound of the heat. It was Harry Potter day. How wonderful. Voldemort was dead, and all the world celebrated a baby. Severus Snape makes his ignominious return to Hogwarts to be - of all things - a teacher. But matters couldn't get any worse, could they?

Friends and loved ones are remembered both sides of the ethereal plane. This piece is set immediately after the end of Deathly Hallows so it contains a certain degree of spoiler information. This fic was written a decade ago. As such, the grammar and punctuation may not be up to my current standard. However, there are no current plans to rework my older fics.

A red-haired man sits with a group of kids telling them about a man he once knew who changed the world.

The first of a small trilogy that deals with the horrible, wonderful, intense night that Snape gave up his title as Death Eater. It is a look into the inner workings of Snape's mind and character and how his relationship with Dumbledore came to be. This is dark. Very dark.

1970's-Voldemort's rise to power and the disappearance of one Morganne Lestrange. 1990's-Voldemort's second rise where a woman content in her Muggle life is pulled back to the wizarding world to become a key player whether she likes it or not. When the choices given to Morganne from both sides are not choices, but orders, she is left wondering which is the greater evil: serving the man who manipulated her brother, or the man who hides behind smiles and twinkling blue eyes while the world falls down around his ears. There is a thin line between good and evil, love and lust, manipulation and being manipulated, and Morganne must make her decisions while walking it, with the likes of a Malfoy and Snape making it harder at every turn. Post OotP.

What would happen if J. K. Rowling watched the Star Wars trilogy one too many times before sitting down to write the final Harry Potter books? Set entirely in the Harry Potter universe and does not include any Star Wars characters.

The power of the choices we make. Harry is given the opportunity to see how one small thing has the power to determine the course of more than one life. A gift from Dumbledore transports him to a different time and place where destiny hinges on a trivial detail.

It’s been ten years since Ron left Hogwart’s behind and now he has returned to face his demons and Severus Snape. What does he think he know and what does he find out in the dungeons of Hogwarts when he returns?

Albus Dumbledore tries to convince Severus Snape to join the rest of the school at the Christmas feast. Severus doesn't want to go, because he thinks he isn't welcome.

Hermione is in an abusive relationship with her boyfriend, Ron. What happens when Ginny tries to help her best friend out? Hermione/Sirius and Ginny/Remus

Sirius had to give up his daughter at the early age of seventeen, he was said to be too young for the young mother and himself to handle. Their daughter than was forced to live a horrible life in an orphanage until she was adopted, by Draco Malfoy's family.

After the end of the second war Dumbledore rescues a captured Snape from the dungeons of Lord Voldemort and the long road to recovery begins.

The seventh year students never thought that the time would come where they would have to say good-bye to the Hogwarts castle. When it does happen, the students all go their own ways, and all is as expected for a while. Quiet, calm, dull. But, some unfortunate events rock their world and their forced into a situation and they couldn't have forseen. With some growing up, and a little bit of help, these young adults will learn to live.

'Professor' Rosmerta holds a history class all her own on a cold February day in the Three Broomsticks with Ron, Harry, and Hermione in attendance.

Albus Dumbledore has not seen or spoken to his daughter in fourteen years. She comes to Hogwarts to make amends, but can he accept the person she has become? Severus Snape, still a spy, is caught in the middle when Voldemort kidnaps two young boys and discovers the headmaster's secret. Contains AD/MM, SS/OC

Sequel to Realization. Voldemort's reign has begun! What is he up to at Hogwarts School, and what does Hagrid have to do with it?

What happens when Dumbledore gets sick of Harry taking too long to kill Voldie? He turns hippie. Not only that. DARK hippie. Yes, you heard it right. He's going to use Harry to kill Voldie and become the new baddie himself. And he's transformed all of the staff into peace-loving fools. Oh, the horror!

Snape must make a decision after he confesses his role as a Death Eater to Dumbledore.

After Harry comes back to Hogwarts, from St. Mungos, a few surprises await him. Including a Pensieve, a dead Professor, and a couple.

The year is 1980. Two small baby boys that will change the wizarding world forever have very recently been born, but they are of no consequence to the wizards and Muggles at the moment as they struggle to live from day to day. The wizarding world is under an age of tyranny and terror. Lord Voldemort gets stronger by the minute, his legions growing. The only safe place is Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry – and even that may not be as safe as everyone hopes and believes. Will Lord Voldemort finally reign? Will the world as they know it come to an end? Will student turn on student, friend on friend? Read and find out what really happened that fateful, final year.

Severus Snape reflects on why he betrayed his first love. He doesn't notice at first, but a certain student hold the same grace as Lily. He then notices and takes an interest. She takes interest too. Something happens between them and serious consequences occur.

Written as an answer to the Potions and Snitches Abused Harry challenge and Severitus's challenge. Secrets are sometimes meant to be shared, and sharing those secrets can sometimes change lives.

Have you ever wondered about the history of the faculty of Hogwarts? I sure have, and this is my explanation for the behavior of two of them.

A quiet sixth year at Hogwarts is coming to an end, and unusual weather patterns promise to put pay to what would otherwise be an idyllic summer. During an impromptu Quidditch match, Harry and Draco collide, in the first of a series of events that twist and turn until up is down, back is front, and the distant war is suddenly looming straight ahead.

A crossover with "Sister Princess" and including the concepts from "Mahou Sensei Negima." An AU where there is a separate magical power beyond the Ministry -- and right from that night at Godric's Hollow, Harry and his sister Rose are drawn into it.

Five times everything might have changed.

A lengthy conversation between Albus Dumbledore and Igor Karkaroff that, regrettably, never took place.

Severus Snape confesses he is a Death Eater to Dumbledore. A parody :)

Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts for his sixth year. He longs for Sirius to come back, but knows that it's too late. He soon realizes that some things are not what they seem. He finds that he has feelings for Ginny Weasley, that Hermione has been hiding something from him and Ron, and most important of all: he discovers something in the Forbidden Forest that will change all of their lives forever.

Two old men of great power meet for the first time. What they have to discuss may change the wizarding world for ever.

A sixth year fic which concentrates on the wizarding world at war, and the Boy Who Lived, who is mourning the death of his godfather. After Voldemort revealed himself in the Ministry, he further reveals what he has been doing lying low for an year... On a lighter side, how do Ginny and Hermione, who have hopelessly fallen in love with the two most thickheaded boys make themselves be noticed?

The events following the attack in the Department of Mysteries from Minerva McGonagall's point of view. Chronicles from her return to Hogwarts to the end of term. Featuring Albus Dumbledore with cameos by Harry Potter, Severus Snape, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, and Poppy Pomfrey. Minor appearances by Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle.

Takes place immediately after The Prophecy and goes through to Harry’s seventh year. As Dumbledore watches Harry leave, he realizes how alike they are. Memories of the defeat of Grindelwald and painful revelations with the other Potters resurface. Bits of AD/MM, J/L, and H/Hr.

Placed during Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Umbridge is everywhere. Minerva and Albus find love, but can it last with Umbridge lurking around? For anyone who hates Umbridge! MM/AD.

This is a trilogy. All take place after HBP. Part one deals with Draco; part two is centered on Harry; part three will focus on Snape and then all. All your questions will be answered. Is Dumbledore truly dead Why is Draco so ill? What happened to him? Has Harry found anymore Horcuxes?

The Muggle world and Wizarding world are separate, but not as much as many would think. At different periods in history, the Muggle world has had large influence over its Magical counterpart, influencing social standards and prejudices. One of these periods was the 1930s and 1940s. During this time, Muggles were fighting World War 2, while many witches and wizards were battling the dark wizard Grindelwald. Esther Rothberg is a young witch caught between these two worlds. All she wants to do is live.

Draco gets out of Voldemort's clutches alive. Now he has to make sure life might be worth living.

When you have the whole Wizarding and Muggle World after you, it's not a good thing. Especially when you like keeping to yourself.````For Veria, that's how it is. Her life just plain stinks, and so she's decided to leave her Muggle home and tough it out.````But what she doesn't know is what's waiting for her. Voldemort and Harry have been sharing dreams about her for the worse, and both the good and bad sides are keeping an eye out for her.````So, how's she going to keep to herself?``````Note-She may seem psychotic at firsat, but she gets more normal (for her) as the fic goes on.

Draco Malfoy has joined Dumbledore and the other members of the Order to help fight Lord Voldemort. Dumbledore decides to send Draco into hiding for a while to keep him safe. Who will Draco stay with and how will they survive Voldemort, let alone each other?

Sirius is dead and Harry is in a deep state of adolescent depression. He is an angry teen and has begun to reject all he ever believed in.

Severus Snape returns from an unsuccessful meeting with Voldemort.

The one person who she always thought would be there is now gone. Can she keep her school safe and her sanity intact?

London, 1918: between Flamel, Alchemy, and working for Ministry Intelligence Albus Dumbledore has never had time to fall in love and stay in love. What happens when he runs into a shy Muggle girl, and why won't his fascination end?

What would you do if you wanted to encapsulate a life? A tale of Minerva McGonagall, from her days at Hogwarts and onward, spanning years, friendships, and quite a few surprises.

Severus Snape ponders Albus Dumbledore's attitude towards The Boy Who Lived. A companion story to my fic "Here be Monsters."

Tierney Broadren is a typical Hogwarts student. Except for the fact that his father is the Head Obliviator at the Ministry of Magic. Adrocca rules his corner of the Ministry with a firm hand. His clipped accent strikes fear in his staff. It also scares his only son from time to time. Maybe Tierney could understand his father better if he could talk to his mother. But his mother died when he was an infant. And his father never mentions her. Then one Xmas night the father begins to talk.

Minerva McGonagall is part of the Greatest Generation. In 1939, she lives on the brink of two wars, that of the Muggle World War and the Great War of Grindelwald. As a child, Minerva fought to survive in Great Depression, and now, in her 6th year at Hogwarts, she must fight the darkest wizard ever known. Brave, loud and loyal, she must wrestle with Tom Riddle, endure the two 'most noble' houses in the wizarding world, analyze her feelings for a significantly older professor and mature in the most tumultuous time in history. This is the era that produced the great heroes and villians that would change the magical world forever.

Ever wonder what would happen if you mixed the Andrew Llyod Webber musical 'Cats' with J.K. Rowling's 'Harry Potter' series? Well, here's the answer: Cats... Harry Potter Style. You'll see the characters as you've never seen them before... in full cat costume, including wig, makeup, and unitard while singing, dancing, jumping, twirling, spinning, and falling all over the stage. Set in the beautiful location of the Hogwarts School junkyard, this fic will truly be one you'll never forget.

Ever wonder what goes on in Albus Dumbledore's mind? Here is a look inside the headmaster's thoughts during a particularly tense episode that takes place in Harry's fifth year. We discover the depths of Dumbledore's feelings, and we realize what he meant when he told Harry that he was watched closer than he could possibly imagine.

Once again, Albus Dumbledore takes the fall for the Wizarding World.

It's Valentine's Day at Hogwarts and the students aren't the only ones feeling the love. One-shot. OoTP spoilers.

Every day sailors off the coast of the British Isles listen to the Shipping Forecast on the radio, and oddly enough, sometimes so does Albus Dumbledore. He listens to be reminded of those he failed; those who died and those he doomed to Azkaban. He remembers Tom, Sirius, and above Bellatrix who he pushed into the dark, into that desolate and awful place three hundred miles out in the cold sea.

Albus Dumbledore knows that Love is the monster within. But in the summer after Harry's fifth year, hate and the monsters without threaten to destroy all that is beautiful.

The first in a two part series introduces you to Ryanna Taylor. With Dumbledore's assistance, Ryanna becomes a first year student at Hogwarts. She befriends second year students Lily and the Marauders. They discover that Ryanna has a secret. Can they help her keep her secret from other houses or will they fight for their fellow Gryffindor to help her be accepted into Hogwarts despite her uncommon attributes?

Dumbledore is now a 15-year-old boy, who attends Hogwarts along with Harry and others. What has caused this transformation? Will he turn back? With Voldemort on the rise, how will the Professors cope without the Headmaster and bear the additional burden of protecting him?

How would you feel to be thrown back in Time, thirty years before your present Time, and thirteen before your birth? And meeting people who are dead in your Time? And all because of your schoolwork, too. Well, it happens to Meg Snape-Tymour, and she never even wished for an adventure like the ones her best friend, Hermione Granger, had all the time. ``A Marauder fic. Very AU in some parts, and has an alive Sirius, to all Sirius lovers out there, so beware!

Dumbledore will do whatever is necessary to ensure Voldemort's defeat.

Professor Thomas P. Erwin, of Sharadine School of Witchcraft for Girls, hates Harry Potter. The mere mention of Harry Potter's name by a student or colleague can send him into a tirade, but no one can figure out why, except that he might be a devoted follower of Lord Voldemort...

Summer before sixth year. Harry has a few interesting discussions over the summer break before heading back to Hogwarts, discussions that will shape the fate of the entire world. Chapter 1: Albus Dumbledore decides to pay Harry a long overdue visit at Privet Drive.

Hermione\'s world is thrown into chaos. She is trapped, while Harry tries desperately to save her. However, he may not be her hero in the end. Trials and failures in love can strengthen the heart. Sometimes the most unlikely people do the most unimaginable things.

Happens after Order of the Phoenix. Dumbledore asks a group of mercenary monster hunters to do some work dealing with the possibly that Voldemort might be recruiting and charming monsters to work for him. The group, the Quatre, get a lot more than they bargained for.

Remus Lupin and the Mirror of Erised. (Not quite as frightful as it sounds.)

Two young girls come to Hogwarts from a background that is both unmagical and uncool. They will face snobbery, ignorance, and sometimes just plain evil. They will find themselves alone and depressed - until they turn to each other... until they make terrible choices... Until they have to show both all the good and all the bad that is in them.

Poppy has the wizard flu and Severus and Minerva are taking care of her. But will someone realize that Severus is in need of help himself?

A wizard's death is always a terrible thing. When the wizard is someone who would have proved vitally important in later events, all hell breaks loose.

SLASH Snarry. Short ficlet. Snape found a way of knowing when the Headmaster is about. Secure in this knowledge, he feels comfortable enough to rendezvous with his lover in the middle of the night.

So you thought that only students pass notes? Certainly not true. Here three teachers discuss the purpose of notes, their pupils\' love loves and other such nonsense. It\'s a whole bunch of silliness, really!

A collection of limericks featuring various students, teachers, Death Eaters and others.

Severus Snape is on the run; he decides, however, that it is time he tells the story of how he got to where he is, running from a crime he was ordered to commit.

Therian Falio is a muggle.````Or so he thought.````One day, an owl flies though his open window, and he learns that he was once a great and powerful wizard, but he was cast out and his powers negated, Dumbledore fearing his powers would become too great and endanger the entire wizarding community.````Seven years later, the situation is different. An immense threat has arisen, a threat greater than Voldemort, a threat so great that not even the entire wizarding community conjoined to combat it, would defeat. Therian must rise now, struggling to awaken his latent power, and save the entire wizarding community.````However, this time, his victory bears a heavy price - one Therian may not want to pay.

McGonagall finds an unexpected headline in the 30 July 1993 Daily Prophet.

In a quiet moment amidst the chaos of the Chamber of Secrets crisis, a haunted McGonagall says a prayer over the body of Hermione Granger. (SPOILER: CoS)

A disturbing dream wakes Remus Lupin in the dead of night, and he just cannot stop thinking about the girl he saw there - but just who IS she? As this story of Remus Lupin infolds, perhaps we'll find out? And perhaps we'll discover a lot more besides...

Are heroes corruptible? Harry returns to Hogwarts after Voldemort's return. He suffers horrible nightmares, but when one turns particularly savage, he discovers on his map something curious at night, and something deadly on a perfect Sunday.

Albus Dumbledore sits his NEWTs.

Dumbledore is honest with Harry, but too late for a young Prefect named Lupin.

The last conversation between Albus and Minerva ... ever.

When you put him away you should have made damn should you'd never need him again. Now it may be too late, for he has gone To The Place Where The Saviours Go and no one there wants to help. Not even your golden child.

What if, all the world's a stage, and the characters of HP fan fiction are actors? This is the story of what happened between 'gigs', when characters meet in the Great Hall to share their complaints about how they're portrayed. Dumbledore has been rooted out of retirement after 'dying', James has doubts about Harry's paternity, Remus rants, and Voldemort does a Gilderoy. In short, mayhem ensues. These are not Jo's sterling characters. This group of players has been forced to enact some of the most atrocious parts in fan fiction-dom, and they're all primed and ready for the casting grouch.

Albus pays a visit to Minerva during "Order of the Phoenix". AD/MM

The second Transformation. Dumbledore did not manage to keep Snape out of Azkaban.

Who was the spy lurking in the Three Broomsticks to overhear the prophecy told to Dumbledore? How did she get there and how did she join Voldemore?

Harry has a dream about the Mirror of Erised and what he sees there prompts him to act on his growing attraction to Ginny. Sixth-year fic. Set shortly before events of HBP.

What did Arabella Figg experience the night Dementors came to Little Whinging? Join her on her search to discover this and what it means.

This is just a quick "what if" list I came up with one very dead day at work. Come on, you know you love "what if" scenarios! Ninja Master Dumbledore makes a rare appearance.

Harry finds himself stuck in his cupboard again, but finds a way to contact the wizarding world. In this first chapter, a basis is set for the rest of the story, which involves lots of pain for Snape (but I love him anyway) and maybe some touches of romances, if my hormones get jacked up enough... Please read!!

Albus Dumbledore receives an appeal he cannot ignore from a Resistance leader on the Continent.

He was one small boy, sent to live with an aunt who would come to hate his very existence. He was one small boy, taken from the ashes of a ruined home in order that he might rise again. He was one small boy, marked as evil's equal.

Severus Snape spends a quiet evening reflecting on his life, and on the choices that have carried him to his terrible position as a spy. He reflects on all the secrets that he must keep from everyone around him - he remembers his secret life. It was a life of pain, of ambition, of forbidden love, of terrible loss, and of aching loneliness. And he reflects on the one friend who helped carry him through it all. But the evening will not stay quiet for long - that very night he will be forced to make his most terrible choice of all. A post-HBP story.