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Burden: A right or priviledge to which a person is entitled by birth. Burden: That which is borne with difficulty or obligation. We all have them. It's what we do with them that ultimately defines us.

Severus Snape recalls previous memories, best left to rest. But who can blame him for his thoughts about Hermione, and her 'betrayal'? His actions, drastic, yes, but to him necessary. SNAPE/HERMI, somewhat. Sev is NOT dead, don't worry.

In Ginny's Point of View. Short story of what went wrong in her life.

Lily Evans always thought she understood her place in the magical world. She had her ambitions, her friends, her teachers, and the "Persistant Git" - James Potter. Life wasn't perfect, but it made sense. That was until everything changed. Now, Lily has to choose: the expectations of her past or the new, great expectations of the future?

Ron and Hermione are getting married. Harry is the best man. But how can he be the best man for the job when all he can do is think about Hermione? Can Sirius and Ginny help Harry see that it's time to move on or will the marriage ultimately end their friendship?

A glimpse of the lives of Nymphadora Tonks and Remus Lupin, and the years of friendship between them. Begins one year after the Marauders' graduation and ends just after OotP. (One-shot)

In response to the constant needling he suffers from the resident females of Number 12 to offer insight and maturity in the darkest of times, Remus Lupin handles Harry's grieving in the most insightful and mature way he can: by taking him out and getting him utterly plastered. However, obscene alcoholic consumption and singing along to 'Surfer Rosa' in one's underwear is NOT coping with your mourning, as explained by one particularly mercurial young auror, and Remus Lupin is forced to confront the facts of life.

Harry's run away from Hogwarts and Hermione and Ron try to find him. Based on/songfic to Linkin Park's "Easier to Run."

It's Christmas time, and Ginny, Harry, Hermione and Ron are spending it at the Burrow. It has been a year since Harry and Ginny split up, and this is a bit of a fluffy story about their reunion.

This is just a brief vignette about Oliver later on in his life. It's a brief moment of realization, and not a particularly happy one at that.

Harry Potter is in his 6th year of Hogwarts and is beginning to develop "feelings" for one of his close friends. He thinks that he is the only person who knows about these feelings, but he's wrong. His enemy knows, and Lord Voldemort realizes the easiest way to defeat your enemy is through his heart.

In which Draco discovers that not only is he actually a girl, and not only is he Voldemort's daughter, but even worse, he is somewhat attracted to Harry Potter. Poor Draco. What's a boy, er, girl, to do? A parody of Bridget Jones's Diary.

Harry is starting his fifth year at Hogwarts, and things are immediately changing. Relationships are different than he ever expected, Voldemort is in power again, and there are some staff secrets that no one could have guessed.

Ginny lives a blissfully insane life, dancing beneath the blossoms of cherry trees. But what of her sister in law, who daily becomes quieter, so much like a dying tree? The sequel to Cherries and Stones.

Ginny can't forget what they had, and before she moves on, she has to know if he remembers.

After a reflective summer, Harry relocates for training with the two unlikeliest of instructors to prepare for the final battle.

As well as being old, rather evil, and having a personal hygiene problem, the Dark Lord was also somewhat of a chauvinist, and he assumed that if women tried to take charge of the country, it would fail drastically because the women would spend all their time gossiping and shopping. His plan was doomed to fail from the start, though. He hadn't counted on Hermione ``Granger.

Simply, this is Harry/Draco fluff. Nothing bad happens in it, Draco eats grapefruit, they snog on the Quidditch pitch and a good time is had by all. If you are looking for angsty!Harry or goth!Draco then steer really, really clear.

In Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter is offered a momentary chance to live with Sirius Black, and he wonders what the reaction of Dursley's will be when they meet Sirius, and recognize him as the televised criminal. Of course, Harry loses that chance, snatched away by a twist of fate. But what if the circumstances had been different, and what would Sirius have done for work? This story explores that possibility.

Harry seems to have shunned his friends and kept to himself. With Dobby's help, maybe Harry can step back from the abyss and finally have something good come into his life.

What really happened after the events Harry saw in Snape's Pensieve? How did Lily and James eventually end up together, whatever came of Remus and Sirius, and where did Peter go wrong? A story of an unexpected adventure with the Marauders, dragging Lily into the fray as they fend off grave dangers in this once in a lifetime journey - oh yeah, and snogging too! But what happens when a strange visitor appears with a message of warning for each of them, and how do they react? The final years at Hogwarts - Marauder style...

Harry's been having a very bad day all in hopes of surprising the woman he loves. Could her answer make all his bad luck worth while?

In which Hermione is infused ``with the Christmas Spirit, and Draco soaks some of it up. Includes silly songs, blushing, and serious library time.

Four Seasons is a tale chronicling the ups and downs in a lifelong romance. Set in 1998, 7th year Draco Malfoy and 6th year Ginny Weasley cross paths in the summer festival of Beltane in Hogsmeade. Years later, they meet again. This time, things get more complicated as they struggle to sort out tangled emotions.

When we were waiting for Book 5 to come out, we worried about whether Harry would get the Marauders' Map back. Then, we read Order of the Phoenix, and now we know that he got it back. But, we don't know how it was returned to him. This is one possible explanation.

My take on a missing scene from GoF: How exactly did Viktor ask Hermione to go to the Yule Ball with him? And why did she say yes?

When Hermione begins looking for a job, she is surprised to find more than just a paycheck on the other end. Romance and truths are established.

Everyone's left Hogwarts, even Ginny, and having got over Harry, she's found someone else, but who? Ron and Hermione have forgotten their differences, Harry's forced to get over his past, and Sirius finds something new...

Phineas Nigellus was the least popular headmaster Hogwarts ever had, in the words of his great-great-grandson, Sirius Black. But why does he think this? How did Phineas gain his terrible reputation? What did his children and their friends think? All is explained in this thrilling, spine-tingling, chilling adventure…

Spoilers for DH. An alternate ending to Snape's story line, picking up where DH left off. Short one-shot.

In which Hermione receives a shock, Harry and Draco play different and more interesting games than was previously thought, and Detention with the Potions Professor is a different sort of torture...

The night before her last Christmas at Hogwarts, Hermione's thoughts lead her to an unexpected conclusion. Very fluffy.

While Harry, Ron and Hermione are trying to find and destroy Voldemort's Horcruxes, Draco finds a new friend - and love at the Death Eaters' Camp. At the end the Order of the Phoenix and the Death Eaters face each other in a final battle.

After a rather strange meeting in the holidays, Hermione and Draco spend the time till school restarts together and get to know each other. But can the friendship resist the Hogwarts' clichés and gossips or will they forget about the summer they had when they go back to school and go back to their normal lives? Hermione never liked having secrets, but can she ever tell her friends about what happened? And there's one thing Draco and Hermione had no time to talk about before going back to school: Was it a friendship or a relationship they had and may still have? And should they keep in touch, there are still so many obstacles. Draco/Hermione, Hermione/Seamus, Harry/Ginny, Harry/Cho, Ron/Lavender.

And she’s back! Ginny is very out of character again, of course, but I’ve added a bit of Harry, Ron and Hermione to make it more Hogwartsy and her new friends feature as well. No Draco, I’m afraid, but there is a little romance. If you haven’t already, I suggest you read The Many Faces of Ginny Weasley before going any further with this story; it will make it all a lot clearer.

Why is Cornelius Fudge in the Leaky Cauldron, on the night Harry blows up his aunt? What is he thinking, as he looks out on drab grey Muggle London and looks back on his drab grey Magical career? When will there be any news: of Harry, of the aunt, of the fugitive Black whose escape does the Ministerial reputation no good at all?

Harry Potter's daughter is sorted into Slytherin!

Our lives are made up of memories and hopes. How much can we remember? What is true and what isn't? Risk is just part of the job... But just add love and fear and you are drowning... What are you drowning in? In yourself...

Albus Severus Potter and Scorpius Malfoy are both starting their first year at Hogwarts. Follow them as they start new friendships and deal with new rumours and old prejudices.

H/D slash, sequel to "With You". Draco, spoiled Malfoy that he is, wants something otherwise deemed IMPOSSIBLE TO GET. That is... Harry! How he does``this is less than morally right. Here he finally learns how he and Harry just``can't work out. Rather angsty.

"Harry could tell they had rehearsed this conversation..." --Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter Eleven

The problem with Muggle transportation is that it gives you too much time to think. (Ginny travels to Little Whinging, post-HBP)

Of Pensieves and books and boys and girls.

Pansy enlists Cho's help to exact revenge on Harry and Draco after she finds out about their secret relationship. The trouble is, they're flat out of ideas.

In the aftermath of Cedric Diggory's death, Harry is afloat in a sea of self-doubt and grief. But one night his escapism goes too far, and he is discovered by the most unlikely of allies. By firelight and silence, one of the strangest friendships in Hogwarts is born. *Eventual Argus/Harry Slash* Now, don't get squicked by the rare pairing--it's built up slowly and carefully. Featuring Contemplative!Harry and ManOfFewWords!Filch.

The trauma of war finally catches up with Severus Snape. Who can help him?

TRANSLATION. PreHBP. Harry Potter, The Boy-Who-Lived, the Boy expected to be the Savior of the Wizarding World, is now Filldeserp, Voldemort’s Heir and his right-hand man. All hopes of finishing this heartless war are on Neville Longbottom’s shoulders. Will he be able to defeat Voldemort and his protégé? Not Slash.

Based on Nikki Cleary's song, "The Game". Ginny and her friends are always competing. What happens when they decide to see who can get Draco to kiss them first?

"He was quickly ushered into the house, where all his friends and family were waiting for him. It was July 31st, 2005, and as such, was his twenty-fifth birthday. Mrs. Weasley had insisted in giving Harry a proper celebration, as the war had only ended a few months ago and there had been no time to celebrate before." Harry/Draco

#4 in the WarSong Series -- Harry considers the war so far, the darkness that has swallowed him, and the curse that seems to surround his love.

Harry leaves notes for Sev on his homework. "I just want you to know who I am." -- Iris. Preslash, written pre-OoTP

She came to him because she knew he understood. Sirius/Ginny, OOTP.

"You'll find out. Now listen carefully. The War has not begun, but our spies tell us that Potter is under heavy surveilance 24-7. So, what we are doing is you will go to Hogwarts, an orphan, since mother and father will be dead. Alright, and we have used magic to make that Mudblood Granger, who is one of Potter's best friends, think that you are a distant cousin, and that is what everyone else thinks, due to more magic." Selene Malicia's parents are Death Eaters. When a great plan to finally kill Harry Potter is put into place, she is forced into it. Forbidden not to defy any part of The Plan, she does so anyway, and meets Draco Malfoy, someone she will never forget.

James Potter is still in pursuit of Lily Evans’ heart in high hopes, but he is rather confused by her words from their previous year. His best friend, Sirius, isn’t helping either as he constantly messes up James’s chances. What’s a sixteen years old wizard to do? [L/J.]

I've done it! I'm revolutionizing Schnoogle! It's a songfic...but it's in Riddikulus! Intrigued yet? Darn. Read it anyway so you can say that you are part of the revolution! Viva la revolucion! Anyway...we know James and Sirius are up to something. Just not what it is. Want to know? Too bad. Mind your own business.

This family has found peace at last.

Harry and his friends are travelling home from Hogwarts on The Express, and an odd little voice decides to pop in and give Harry a visit. Harmless musings.

Harry Potter dreams of a mysterious pair of silver eyes one night, and soon finds that his whole world is speeding away from what he knows and into unknown realms!

Once the enemies became lovers but time, fate and destiny torn them apart. Draco destroyed Hermione when she needed him most. Years later, Hermione is shattered and nobody has heard from her since she left Hogwarts and is believed dead. Draco seems to have disappeared off the Earth. However, neither is dead and both have their reasons for having kept quiet in all the years. One day, they both resurface. Time, fate and destiny deliberately cross their paths. What happens when the two meet again, both changed, broken from the horrors they have endured? How Hermione will react when she sees her tormentor again? Will she go back to the place that has kept her from resurfacing, once again?

It was a time of terror, a time of panic and confusion. It was a time when death and pain ran rampant, and shadows sought to destroy the Light. It was a time when friends and family feared for themselves and for others. It was a time when Darkness threatened to overcome the Wizarding World. It was a time of death ... but also a time of life. It was the time of the First War.

Snape laid down his life and his pride to bring Sirius back through the veil. Especially his pride. Sirius-is-not-entirely-dense. Antagonism, denial, embarrassing confessions, and eventual sex. Second story in the Cicatrix series. Takes place immediately following "What He Wanted to Be."

In the final battle against Voldemort, what are two lovers to do when the world is ending around them? Remus and Sirius are faced with a difficult, bittersweet decision...

Cho Chang disappears just after her sixth year. Where is she? Will she find her way home? Discontinued.

When Ron and Draco are forced to serve detention together, each discovers that things aren't always as simple as they seem, people aren't always who you think they are, and Memory Charms can be tricky little buggers. Mild slash.

An angsty romance in which it takes a near-tragedy for Ron to admit his true feelings about Hermione, who is suffering from depression after dating Draco.

When Harry gets mad at Ron and Hermione and runs out to the lake to collect his thoughts, what memories could a simple mistletoe conjure up?

The invisibility cloak has had a bit of a bad life ever since he's been owned by Harry... here is his story!

“I am a Hufflepuff. I am hardworking. I am loyal. I am also awaiting trial for the murder of eight Aurors, five students and one Albus Dumbledore.”

In the aftermath of the fight with Voldemort, Harry tries to recover from dreams that never quite came to pass and nightmares that won't go away.

Harry searches fruitlessly for the perfect Christmas gift for his husband Severus.

Remus/Sirius obsessive fangirl humor.

Snape is summoned by Dumbledore for “urgent business”. Little does Snape know that a new terror is about to enter his life. A new terror by the name of Calidia. This upcoming school year at Hogwarts includes an encounter with the Giant Squid, a couple of love potions, disastrous detentions, and new hairstyles for everyone.

Neacie Ruck is a sixth year at Hogwarts who just happens to have a relationship with Severus Snape, too bad Severus needs to push her away to keep her safe from He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. Little does he know all the pushing he is doing is driving her right into the arms of the man he never wanted her near in the first place, Sirius Black.

A new, powerful memory-loss drug has been developed by Voldemort. He gives it to Lucius Malfoy, informing him of a plan to kidnap Hermione Granger - and to use the drug on her. The plan begins, with Hermione as a pawn, and Lucius as a king.

Harry fights himself over who he is, and finds confidence in an unlikely source. When the relationship blossoms, Harry finds he must fight to keep what he desperately needs. PLEASE NOTE: This fic ignores most of the events of the HBP. It is set in their final year at Hogwarts, HOWEVER Draco didn't try to kill Dumbledore, Snape didn't kill him. Please also note that Snape is very OOC in this fic.

~AU slash fic~ Whilst at school, Severus Snape is bitten by a vampire, and the only one to stand by him is a Gryffindor werewolf.

Sometimes the answer is to hold onto what love has given you. Sometimes the only course is to let go.

While sitting in his room at Number Four Privet Drive, Harry Potter finds a crucial clue that could help solve a mystery and give the Longbottoms back their sanity.

This is a compilation of four humorous cookies involving AD/MM, Snape, Harry and Ron.

Some songs are so powerful that they can give you the answer to the dilemmas of life... or at least, make you feel as if they had. And what would a Muggle think if he heard an (expurgated) version of Harry's life?

Harry Potter imagines he is not very good at kissing, because he is never able to remain in the moment. At the precise instant where his full powers of concentration are required, his mind pulls a 'Potter Hair' and runs wild, resisting all attempts to pin it down. ````The only difference between the inside and the outside of his head being that his brain always cartwheels, skips, somersaults to the same place. ````Post-OotP. One-shot. Harry/Ron SLASH.

Marivetta Hunter is the daughter of a Death Eater who thought that there was only a single path set before her. But in her seventh year she finds herself drawn into a silent war she wasn’t even aware was taking place. Forging an unlikely alliance with her Potions Professor, she must now choose between the path of a Death Eater and the path of a hero.

Excerpt: The final battle between Harry and Voldemort was so near, he could taste it. They’d finally destroyed the final Horcrux. Harry just sat here now, as if steeling himself for the battle. The silence was deafening. These are the reflections of seperate characters, including Ron, Ginny and Luna post HBP. They all have their path and they must take it, but however hectic their lives may be, there is always time to reflect, no matter what. When you look into the water what do you see staring back?

What do an insomniac Gryffindor, a middle-aged werewolf and an ex-Death Eater have in common? Not much, actually. That doesn't mean they can't help each other.

Parvati and Lavender's project on love divination gets a bit out of hand, and everybody finds out rather more than they wanted to. In Part I, Arithmancy and Divination, we watch the Gryffindors participate in an experiment.

A toponomastic and prosopographic approach to locating the Founders's origins

A young Sirius Black is awakened early in the morning by a terrible cry - a cry belonging to his friend, Remus Lupin. Confused and worried, Sirius rushes to his friend's side, only to discover the reason for Remus' horror. What began as a simple prank did not end that way...

Ron finally plucks up the courage to ask Hermione something important. Armed with his favorite candy, he butters her up, and hopes for a yes. One Shot.

"He had just watched his own father collapse under the bright blinding flash of the Killing Curse and done nothing. It had not hurt as much as he thought it would."

A short snippet, for a change. It's Hallowe'en, and the Fat Lady deplores the fact that so few kids nowadays keep up with the spirit of the All Hallows Eve - so she asks Nearly-Headless Nick to tell James, Sirius, Remus, Peter, and Lily a story. A ghost story, of course...

In the weeks after Draco kidnaps her, Harry proves to Ginny that he can heal a shattered heart, but there's more than just the past to worry about....

This is from the point of view of the Fat Lady -er, painting. Wouldn't you get offended if comments about your weight were made all day?

[AU: SLASH] A humorously Dark fic dealing with lies and betrayal as the basis for daily living. Hollywood star, Harry Potter and his manager, Remus Lupin must deal with the misery that is life. Drama, triangles, heartbreak galore. (BTW, not a Remus/Harry fic.)

What happens when Lupin finds a teenage werewolf in his backyard and adopts her? Well, send her to Hogwarts of course. But when our favorite trio becomes friends with this new student and finds out her secret will they do as Lupin's friends did and become animagi to help her?

It’s Harry’s sixth year, and another Professor Trelawney has come to Hogwarts to teach Defence Against the Dark Arts. Severus Snape confidently expects disaster. A Hogwarts/ Chalet School crossover.

Harry is drowning in grief until he meets someone from the U.S. This someone will be important to Harry. This someone is also a Sorcerer... In training.

Perfectionism is so overrated. Ginny's proved that. And yet she sits, not wanting or needing to live anymore. It's strange...but it makes sense. ``'In her mind, birth was just the beginning of death, so why not just die? All the obstacles in-between were all rubbish…preparing her for this…'``And so why not just end her life?

Severus surprises the whole staff of Hogwarts one day by revealing that he has a spouse and two children. Except that he no more has children, thanks to a careless wizard driving a Muggle car. Jessica and Rebecca are dead, but the hardest thing Severus has ever had to do is to convince Remus of the fact...

Sequel to the fic 'Melancholic'. Harry goes to Hermione for help, and learns about some unexpected horrors in the Weasley family. Part one of three.