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A lone Ravenclaw discovers that the eccentric Headmaster cares for all of his students.

Time does not heal all wounds. Time digs the wounds deeper into the heart, forcing the salt of pain to worsen everything until it breaks the soul. Time is murder in a new form.

"Yes, I know it sounds like a ghost story, but that’s what it was. Supernatural, I tell you, sir. He was just different." An old woman remembers one orphan in particular.

Dumbledore's lingering contemplations as his former student, Lord Voldemort, casts the death spell and the regrets of a man to have his entire life lived for others.

She watched him turn his back. She watched him walk away. Into the unknown. Into danger. Away from her.

When the curse on the position of DADA teacher claims another victim and as the war with old Voldy escalates, Dumbledore decides that he needs to bring new blood to the faculty. A Coven of five American witches steps up to meet the challenge. After the farce in the DoM, Harry, who is getting more powerful by the day, needs training if he is going to face the Dark Lord and live. When new information is revealed, ties are formed, it becomes clear that Harry just may have found the power that the dark lord knows not. Ignores HBP and DH.

Don't believe everything you read. But then again . . . (companion piece to 'Elijah's Cup').

"It’s a tractor," Harry said matter of factly as they drew closer. "If this is the idea then why don’t we just chew some corn and run after Voldemort saying 'Oh-arrr.'" In which Harry, Ron and Dumbledore are thrown into a field. Randomness ensues.

Snape confesses to Dumbledore that he is a Death Eater.

Harry's been having bad dreams about a screaming book.

Part of the 'One Wise Woman' world. Albus Dumbledore can't sleep one night; he must get a bit of assistance from a familiar object to defeat his insomnia.

"At night he sees Him falling, over and over again, even though he wasn’t in the right place to see it at all, on the other side of the towertop, but then Harry has always had a better imagination than he would have liked." Spoilers for HBP.

Quidditch, girlfriends, meddling inexpertly with the Dark Arts – Lucius Malfoy seems to get stranger by the day. Sixth-year Severus Snape is confronted not only with the changing nature of his social circle, but also with choosing sides.

Lily goes undercover to get a certain Death Eater to join the Order...

Firenze is faced with a difficult decision. In SS/PS he first swore to fight against evils, even if it meant siding with humans and against the stars. Can he hold true to that? What role do the stars play, and where can you turn to for help when you believe in the very thing you've sworn to defy?````(Involves soul searching, the Forbidden Forest, a lot of angst, a bit of violence and maybe a dash of hope!)````(semi sequel to my fic Fighting Mars, but that isn't needed for this to make sense)

The exact moment of Snape's disillusionment with being a Death Eater, eventually leading to his defection. Warning: dark.

Remus finds a a little bit of hope unexpectedly.

Aberforth Dumbledore may not have asked for Elphias Doge to come into his life, but family ties are family ties, official or not. Albus/Elphias, focus on the relationship between Aberforth and Elphias.

Find out what happens in the real Harry Potter world, what would happen if Harry had to teach someone to be a wizard, and why Dumbledore really likes cardboard so much! (Okay, that last one is a ``lie.)

The two who know Hogwarts and its students best discuss the 1000-year-old rivalry between red and green that plagues the halls of Hogwarts.

The war is over. See who fell, and who fell for whom.

After a little adventure with his Pensieve, Albus invites Minerva for a heated game of chess. Who will win?

Throughout their years at Hogwarts the Marauders have always lived their lives in the same way, making the same choices and decisions over and over without change. Lily has always pushed James away in fear that if she lets her guard down he will let her down. Aurora is positive she's not in love with Remus and won't hear any different because she is ultimately afraid of what will happen if she faces her emotions. Raine is afraid to speak. Peter has always hid in the shadows of his three best mates. Well, this year they all decided that it is time for change. This is the year they never expected to come.

Dumbledore sits, surrounded by many, and contimplates the meaning of Fate. And yet a fear is growing inside him...````He fears the very worst. Has Fate come to take away the Boy-Who-Lived?

In a conversation taking place shortly after the events described in Tom Riddle's diary, Albus Dumbledore, Transfigurations professor, learns that a headmaster must put the school first, but at what cost? Dumbledore must convince Headmaster Dippet to save a student from an undeserved fate while preserving the reputation of the school.

Albus Dumbledore agrees to interview an applicant for the divination job. A kiss and a prophecy prevail.

Ginevra Weasley returns home after several years of self-seclusion from the Magical world. Former Headmaster Dumledore is dealing with death issues and Luna Lovegood is being… herself.

Chapter 1 of the Allura saga. Tom Riddle was a fifth-year student at the age of sixteen at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry that fateful year. His past and present catches up to him, and finds something he didn't know existed...

"I will return to Hogwarts in order to prepare it for the Dark Lord's imminent return. And when he comes to take the school, I will gladly give him what he deserves, and rid those unworthy of being in his presence."``Draco swears his revenge on Potter and his gang, as well as Dumbledore, who dares to try and understand him, and Snape, who betrayed the Death Eaters.

Follow up to There is a single candle on the table. James and Lily decide on a Secret Keeper at late at night.

Someone is playing pranks on the teachers and students of Hogwarts.

This is the Matrix...a world created and destroyed by the same people. Aurors and Death Eaters protect against reality, but how far does the rabbit hole go? A unique parody of Harry Potter and the Matrix series.

This is what I think Draco Malfoy might have thought before he went to murder Dumbledore. I like Draco and I pity his because he was forced to kill for the Dark Lord. So read and perhaps you might forgive him for being a Malfoy.

Is the Giant Squid merely a docile mollusk, or is there something more to this tentacled mystery of the depths? The fate of the world rests in Dobby's hands, and Dumbledore is at his cleverest.

Many pilots during the Second World War claimed they owed their lives to gremlins – small creatures living in and taking care of their planes’ engines. These unseen and unheard great heroes saved nobody knows how many lives of their Masters. Here is a true story of one such “gremlin”, whose mission followed in the steps of the most famous Hogwarts Headmaster...

Ron plays chess with Harry while contemplating ruthless choices and actions.

Gregory Goyle makes a midnight visit to the Gryffindor tower, only he bumps into Dumbledore on the way. Non slash, sweet story. Goyle/Gryffindor girl of your choice

March 2007 FA Potions Challenge: Perenelle Flamel gave pumpkin juice to Hedwig.

One Christmas Eve, after a particularly unpleasant Occlumency lesson, Severus is visited by a ghost. Lily is furious over how he has treated her son—and determined to make Severus see just how much Harry needs him. Loosely based on "A Christmas Carol".

Loss isn’t any easier to take the second time around. Left behind once more, Remus Lupin makes a midnight visit to the Department of Mysteries in an attempt to cope with the death of his closest friend. Is a fall through the black veil the only answer? Or will the unexpected appearance of a friend help him find the solace that he seeks? And just who is the mysterious lady in the photograph? Is she destined to be part of his future?

Sibyll Trelawney is a daughter and granddaughter of Seers, yet her Sight has never been clear.

Fifteen years after he thought he'd left it behind him forever, Remus Lupin is back at Hogwarts. It is all much as he'd left it in 1978, with one notable exception: where once he'd roamed the corridors of the castle alongside Sirius Black, now he hunts him down. And try as he might, he just can't stop thinking about the events that led up to this change.

This is a story about a Death Eater child who doesn't want to follow her parents path. Snape will adopt her later. But first she tells about her life before the adoption and her friends Draco Malfoy, Millicent Bulstrode, Pansy Parkinson and Ginny Weasley.

Harry watched from the back of the courtroom as Draco Malfoy was convicted for the murder of Ronald Weasley.

The makings of a long fic chronicling the respective journey's of Albus and Aberforth as they take very different paths after their sister's attack.

Severus Snape has chosen to change the side to which he’s been loyal to for the past three years. Set in 1980, this songfic describes the Severus’ feelings as he explains to Dumbledore why he wasn’t to change and watch as their bond grows into friendship within mere minutes. Songfic to Vanessa Carlton’s “Twilight”.

"When Salazar tells me I am the Messiah come forth a second time, I incline to agree and so he asks whether he might please cut off my wings." - Myrtle’s death triggers a small transformation in Hogwarts’ finest mental wreck.

Snape reflects on how long it has taken him to learn what Roosevelt said so well: "There is nothing to fear but fear itself." Dumbledore's death is a high price to pay for this lesson.

How did the Philosopher's Stone get into the vault at Gringotts? Sinister machinations and manipulations. Runner-up (by one vote) in the FA February 2007 Challenge.

A three-part story about the Black sisters learning that they aren't really Blacks - they are the children of Albus Dumbledore and Minerva McGonagall. And Albus Dumbledore is not the man he appears to be. All three stories centre around a single event.

Harry Potter was unjustifiably tried in August for underage magic, but after successfully appealing, he rightfully returned to Hogwarts for his fifth year. Now, an unbelievable three months later, Harry is wrongly on CRIMINAL trial for a murder charge which could land him an Azkaban life sentence. Ultimately, Harry must defeat this unrighteous injustice before it steals his life away! Thus, with Umbridge as the fierce prosecutor, Dumbledore as his passionate defender, and Bones as the fair-minded judge, A GRANDIOSE SHOWDOWN TRANSPIRES!!!

Albus Dumbledore once said, "Ah, music. A magic beyond all we do here." Three very different men are unable to move forward in their own situations. Perhaps the magic of a simple melody can be powerful enough to help them. One-shot.

"Was he... right?" she asked faintly. "When he said he couldn't have made me do those things if I didn't want to?" Albus waited for her to look up at him. When she did, he held her gaze. "Only you can answer that, Ginny...."

Harry struggles the year after winning the Triwizard Tournament. All his waking and sleeping moments are spent worrying about the Terror that is Lord Voldemort; but what if there was another Horror... behind the veil?

Snape can't fix Dumbledore's hand, nor many of the other consequences of Voldemort's actions.

Harry met Dumbledore and decided to turn back. But what of the others, who crossed that threshold? They each had a story, and someone to welcome them to their end. This includes many different short scenes.

Harry's final year ar Hogwarts, the year he will surely have to face Voldemort for one final time, is fast approaching. This short fic shows a certain person's thoughts as he thinks back over the past few years; watching Harry grow up and, for the first time in many years, he acknowledges to himself the final, fatal event that he knows will come.

What happens when you make not just one Unbreakable Vow... but two. A short vignette on Severus Snape from the end of HBP.

Dumbledore had grown accustomed to hearing news of former pupils being captured and sent to Azkaban, but being Flooed and informed that his own brother had been arrested for performing improper charms on a goat was an entirely different matter.

Draco Malfoy, a boy of sixteen, is forced to leave behind all aspects of his childhood as he faces what Voldemort has in store for him after he has failed in his task. In his final moments before he is taken to see Voldemort, Draco is plunged headlong into a journey of self-discovery that culminates in an understanding of those things that make life worth living. Warning: Character Death.

Third part of my ficlet poetry series. His paradise is a place where nothing from the everyday world can haunt him... until, one night, the red eyes of Voldemort invade where he thought no one could. Those red eyes contain every thread and fiber of hatred and evil in their world, and he swears that the children at Hogwarts will become more than just students... they will learn to fight for their world, and fight for their own survival.

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.

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.

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).

The origin of Harry Potter, told as it could have been.

In retrospect, Harry should've known that Umbridge's field trip to the ancient springs of Jusenkyo would end badly for everyone. Having fallen into the Springs of the Drowned Emo and Drowned Emu, Harry supposes he's luckier than, say, Snape (Spring of the Drowned Unicorn) or Zacharias Smith (Spring of the Drowned Flea Circus), but there are more problems in the upcoming year than just the curses: Voldemort takes advantage of his own cursed form to infiltrate Hogwarts as Luna's new pet bunny. And there's really no way to explain Lucius Malfoy, the benevolent Buddhist monk. (AU OotP; Ranma 1/2 crossover)

Headmaster Dumbledore fears the Potions Master's ability to draw conclusions (CoS missing moment with events of DH in mind).

Albus returns victorious from facing Grindelwald, but the other wizard's words still haunt him. Written for Grey Mist's challenge in the Genficathon: Dumbledore confronts a Boggart, set prior to the start of the series.

Super short, POA missing scene, one shot. Dumbledore and Sirius in the North Tower when Dumbledore discovers the truth about the Fidelius Charm; sort of a companion piece to "Last of the Blacks". Sirius seems to be a thing with me recently.

Ever wonder what made Dumbledore really trust Snape? For Snape, the decision was simple and easy, and it involved Sirius Black.

The cop-out ending to Dreamwalk Blue, in which I try to give everyone but the plot a decent send-off.

After the events of "Goblet of Fire", Albus Dumbledore goes to meet an old friend in Hyde Park. HP/Spooks crossover.

AU re-write of the Harry Potter series. What if Voldemort had a daughter? What if she was adopted by Severus Snape? As she gets older and attends Hogwarts, how will she keep her true parentage secret?

"I have made of myself a weapon, forged in the Dark Arts, consecrated to the Greater Good, and if I can only live with myself by knowing that I have done what I must, then that shall have to be enough."

When Harry looks into his eyes they are just like always, but there is something missing. He is reminded of a dream, but can't remember what it was, and quickly looks away.

Nestled within the woods lies a long forgotten village that lives in old history. Its myths and tales still ring true to those who have not forgotten how to listen.

Could one lost love really have been the only thing that turned Severus into the angry, cruel, and sneering Potions Master that Harry met his first year? Starting in 1970 and continuing through the 80s, this story paints the lovely and often harrowing picture of Severus' life before he met Harry Potter. You’ll meet Severus’s most loyal companion, Marcella Lynch, from the beautiful beginning of their relationship first year, to the tragic end well after the wizarding world thought they were rid of the Dark Lord forever. This story is not an AU; it will work out to fit canon.

Voldemort has started a diversity campaign to pull the wool over the eyes of Wizarding public. Draco does his part by starting a Gay Straight Alliance at Hogwarts. So Harry decides to seduce Draco to discover the secret plans of the Dark Side. This should all go as planned, unless Harry gets too romantic and catches feelings for Draco… H/D

What would happen if two Jedi Padawans suddenly ended up at Hogwarts? How did they get there and how would they be able to cope with it? And most importantly could they get back? Harry Potter and Star Wars Jedi Apprentice crossover.

War comes everywhere. Even to Hogwarts. Young Toby Collier feels the pull of duty to his compatriots more than the pull of magic, but during the First World War, the first fully mechanised war, duty is dangerous.

With Albus Dumbledore as his new guardian, Gabriel Lenoir comes to Hogwarts with a heavy heart and a dark secret. Severus Snape has never expected to fall in love with a student, especially not a fifteen-year-old with the ability to speak with the dead. All they had to do was wait two years. In two years they wouldn't have to hide anymore. But the door is open, and who knows what might come in.

In which Minerva reflects that the only entity, living or otherwise, that understands her is the Castle of Hogwarts.

Based off of Carrie Underwood's song Just A Dream but not really a songfic. Dumbledore sent him on that mission. She just wished it could've been her instead. In the dead silence of their house, one word escaped her lips, "James."

Before Ariana and Nurmengard, before the wand and the war, there were two boys who loved lemon-drops.

The year is 2007. After months of early campaigning, the United States is about to kick off the primary season for the 2008 presidential election. With the Iowa caucuses less than three weeks away, two late-entry candidates are about to turn the election on its head: Lord Voldemort and Albus Dumbledore. In this alternative history, the most intense elections in American history gets even wilder, as the evil Lord Voldemort attempts to extend his reign of terror to U.S. The country's only hope lies with a handful of top government officials, some of whom share the greatest secret ever kept from the media and the public. Featuring dozens of famous political and media figures, this story will have you laughing, crying, and lamenting for 2008!

Set after the tragic affairs of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Harry begins his final quest to stop Voldemort with help from Hermione, Ron, and a few beings from beyond this realm.

Harry goes on a trip to Diagon Alley that will forever change his life. He draws the line on just how much Dumbledore influences him, and he distances himself from Ron and Hermione. HarryOC

Marauder’s Moments is a series of one shots that span the time after the Marauders graduate from Hogwarts until the day Lily and James are killed. They can be read as one long story or as individual one shots. This story is the tale of the Marauders' last day. The story includes some romantic James and Lily moments, skinny dipping and secrets. Enjoy!

Do you ever wish we were more than who we are?

Severus Snape once spied for the Order of the Phoenix because he had nothing to lose. Following the Dark Lord’s resurrection, he finds himself once more walking a knife edge, this time to protect everything he has gained. "Sequel to The Dream of One Night"

The Headmaster rediscovers an old love, and the boys have found a new love.