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The winter of Harry's Sixth year is not just about Christmas and Valentines Day. Harry and his friends undergo a ritual, and Valentine's Day hides a plot hatched by Draco Malfoy.

A little past midnight, the troublesome trio break into Number 12, Grimmauld Place in hopes of finding something that will aid them in the fight against Voldemort. When they come upon a spell that promises to return a Black to them, Harry won't hear objections from his friends. But what happens when the wrong Black is returned?

Severus Snape discovers the existence of a magically gifted young woman who somehow never received an invitation to study at Hogwarts. But as the final confrontation with Voldemort approaches, will Snape be able to protect her from the dark forces that surround her...including himself? Set between OotP and HBP, HBP-compliant.

Anna's year at Hogwarts is ending, in a most peculiar way; Secret keepers, hiding places, changes of attitude and loyalty. Who is in jeopardy? Who will die? New lives, old memories, shifting priorities and deadly miscalculations are coming to light in the bright summer sunshine. Will Harry, Neville, Hermione, Ron, Draco and the rest survive the next year? Will Hogwarts, itself, still be standing? When they return, are they walking into a trap ... to their deaths? Will everything they've learned from Anna be enough to save them and the school? And who will save Anna?

It's Harry Potter's sixth school year and the world is under the impending menace of Lord Voldemort and his pitiless Death Eaters. A new teacher arrives at Hogwarts. Will it be another candidate for the DADA post? New friendships and love affairs spring up under Albus Dumbledore's benevolent gaze. A private Yule Ball. More bloody writing on the wall and a Muggle-born involved. Snape's life is in great danger. The Second War begins. Who will be the winner?

WIP, Post-HBP, The final battle arrived more quickly than anyone expected. Voldemort’s miscalculation granted Harry a victory, but one deeply tainted by loss. Piecing together his shattered Soul, Harry must finish school and step into a society where he wields incredible power, wealth, and responsibility.

AU. When fifteen-year-olds Harry Potter and Hermione Granger meet at Stonewall High, neither of them expects to discover that they both received a letter four years ago from a magical school called Hogwarts. They begin to search for answers about their powers, and not a moment too soon...

When Umbridge subjects Harry to the Cruciatus, Snape intervenes, veering not only his own life off its intended course, but Harry’s and Sirius’ as well, spawning tragedy and devastation in its wake. First story in the Unforgiveables trilogy. In response to the OOTP: Crucio Challenge by royalnavigator on Potions and Snitches. Rated for violence and character deaths.

What she perceives as a terrible mistake at the Department of Mysteries, is followed by a poor choice a few days later. Tonks's life is spinning out of control. Who will be the one to save her? Or can she find the strength to save herself? ***HBP Spoilers***

"Want to give it a go, Granger?" he challenged. "Finally your chance for a little tête � tête with me, wand to wand, no bloody bodyguards to save your day, what do you say?" Hermione comes of age, learning about loyalty, love and lust...just not all from the same person!

Hermione is in a ruthless game of Truth or Dare, but games are just for fun, right? She's about to discover that that is truly wrong.

This is an extended ending to Snakes and Lions. It finishes out the school year in more depth. To read, substitute these nine chapters for the last chapter of the original.

Draco is a sadistic monster that likes to hurt women. What would have to happen for him to REALLY change his ways?

Hermione, Ron and Harry are in their final year at Hogwarts. Hermione is depressed over a recent break up with Harry and turns to Ron for comfort.

Hermione Granger is preparing herself to start her sixth year at Hogwarts. But it isn't as normal as it looks. Fleur Delacour gets transferred to Hogwarts and they become close friends. Mysterious feelings start to bloom towards her best friend Harry. But is it love? And what about Fleur's unexpected transfer? Is it just an innocent transfer or does it have anything to do with Voldemort? A key wand, an unexpected crush on the Gryffindor Quidditch captain, and a new friendship takes over Fleur's life as Hermione's is filled with feelings that have not been uncloaked.``This fan fiction is Alternate Universe. ``H/Hr O/F

Set in the Sixth Year of our heroes' adventures at Hogwarts. Draco Malfoy transferred to Durmstrang during their fifth year. So what's he doing back at Hogwarts? Voldemort has gone underground and Harry dreams of violence, blood and death. Draco decides it's time to find his freedom, and the two boys find they have more in common than they ever suspected.

Revolving around Harry Potter’s sixth year at Hogwarts. As he inherits Sirius's Diary, he discovers new dark secrets about his past, about his parents and godfather. He travels to a different world, where he will have to overcome new challenges and face up to the enemy he was prophesied to kill....

Almost six years after he first looked into the Mirror of Erised, Harry's still wishing for a family, still wishing that his parents hadn't died on that night in October. He's about to get his wish. But it won't be what he was expecting, and things aren't quite what they seem...

Ron Weasley is starting his sixth year at Hogwarts, and he has a lot to deal with. His best friend is depressed after the loss of his god father, the war against Voldermort has begun, he's trying to pass his N.E.W.T. level classes, and he's trying to figure out his feelings for his best friend, Hermione Granger.

Draco Malfoy, tired of waiting for Harry Potter to notice his feelings, hires Colin Creevey to take pictures of Harry for his private collection.

A dazzling satire of modern human relations among young magic people? An ironic insight into life with the impending danger of Lord Voldemort? Or the self-centred moaning of a neurotic, single sixteen-year-old? Meet Keira Matthews: Ravenclaw sixth year. Lord Voldemort? Nothing! Keira has bigger problems; problems like all the other Ravenclaw girls being smarter and/or prettier than she is, Elodie "Smellodie" Rivers still going out with Justin Finch-Fletchley (claw claw) and Terry Boot being the most irritating bloke on the planet. Add on failing subjects, undone essays and many, many dodgy charms and...well, you get the idea. Rated PG-13 for language.

Ron and Hermione are beginning to have confused feelings about each other. They are being increasingly awkward around each other and having more arguments than ever. Will they ever admit their feelings to each other...let alone to themselves? Maybe, but it won't be right away...and it won't be easy...unless something happens to make them see just how perfect they are for each other.

Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter are trapped and alone in painful destinies when they connect unknowingly through a radio show in the summer before fifth year. Bonding over the deadly weight on top both their shoulders, the boys unite on a desperate romantic but angst-filled road that sends them looking for comic relief and a reason to live. Soon enough the two realize some love isn't gay or straight...some love just is. But will it be enough once the unlikely pair learn that in order to survive, they may just have to save the whole world from Lord Voldemort!?

Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Draco are starting their sixth year at Hogwarts. It is a battle between good and evil, love and hate. But who is good and who is evil? Who to love and who to hate? Can anybody be trusted? Beware, not everyone is who you think they are. Secrets are about to be unveiled in a dramatic tale of forbidden romance.

Life is not treating Harry Potter lightly. However, he and his lover Remus dare to hope for better even in the middle of War. Only they aren't the only ones having problems -- just what's been eating Snape after Kingsley Shacklebolt was captured by Death Eaters? SLASH & MPREG.

Two young boys, one last fight, two little pills called Ecstasy and one long detention. -COMPLETE- (revised)

When a potion goes horribly wrong, Professor Snape is transformed and seemingly trapped in his fifteen-year-old body. Much to his disgust he finds himself enrolled into Harry Potter's fifth year, forced to hide his true identity. Girls, drama and teenage angst do not bode well with Severus. [Complete, written pre-OotP]

Regardless of what others may think of him, Severus Snape is a brave man. However, a Dark secret in his past makes him fearful of what could happen if he gives into the feelings he is developing for his apprentice, Avrille. What he doesn't know is that her love might just save his life. ~2008 HPFF Dobby Finalist, 2 GluttonyFiction Pure Indulgence Awards~

As Harry enters his 6th year at Hogwarts, Voldemort's lengthening shadow stretches across the wizarding world & Harry is tormented by the knowledge that he alone can end this reign of terror. Worse, his mysterious mental link to Voldemort is stronger than ever & threatens to overwhelm him. Only Snape can teach him to control the nightmarish visions, but can Harry & Snape learn to trust one another, or will an old grudge that refuses to die destroy the wizarding world's sole hope of defeating the Dark Lord? --Enemy Within & its sequel, Chained Souls are AU versions of Harry's 6th & 7th years. If you were disappointed in Deathly Hallows, or even if you weren't, I hope you'll find these a worthy alternate vision of how things might have been.

A sixth year fic, no AU. A new teacher comes to the school, which leads to some problems. Snape hates her, and she doesn't really like anyone, except herself, maybe. Hermione starts a newspaper, with proceeds to SPEW, but what's her secret? Harry discovers too much, much too fast, and nearly explodes, but instead decides revenge can be very sweet, especially against Snape... And Ron is deeply disappointed with Dumbledore, who requires him to continue Divination, even if he nearly failed the OWL, and swore he'd never listen to another tea leaf. Other little bits and pieces that fall lovingly into place (or bitterly, if you're Draco), and this first chapter sets Harry up for a difficult (but plausible) sixth year.

Dumbledore is putting on a play about the four Hogwarts Founders. Does anyone get the parts they want? Of course not! Mayhem ensues, complete with comedy, romance, insanity, tragedy, Slut!Draco, Harry/Ginny spats, Macho!Ron with a twist, Smart!Goyle, and some very irate parents. Oh, and some nude wrestling, too. Cue the curtain! Slightly AU

What if Harry's difficulty with Occlumency stemmed from the fact that Voldemort had put a spell on all of Great Britain, forcing everyone to sing about his or her feelings, rather than being able to keep them a secret? [Parody of "Once More with Feeling" AKA Buffy the Musical; slightly but not completely AU version of OotP.]

"Don't hate yourself for being attracted to me," Harry tells Draco in a dim corridor one Hogwarts morning. Things go downhill from there. A slightly different Harry/Draco romance. (parody/dark humour: if you have a problem with the concept of black humour, avoid this like the plague)

Sequel to Harry Potter and the Six Founders - Voldemort is dead. Harry and his friends will find themselves pitted against a new, very insidious enemy, challenging the legendary friendship holding them together. Meanwhile at Hogwarts a new trio will take over the Marauders' mantle.

At the start of seventh year, Head Boy and Girl Blaise Zabini and Hermione Granger are assigned quarters together. As the year goes on, they discover an age-old mystery and the War becomes close to home.

The Potions Master is about to meet a bitch of unexpected dimensions.

As simple a story as could ever be, although things might not go so smooth as could be expected. At long length, Ginny realizes that Harry is really doing nothing for her, and that a certain curly-honey head is far more enticing. Thing is, when you're in love with your best friend, how exactly do you get the guts to tell her?

Immediately after the events of HBP Harry begins the long road to the final battle, filled with self doubt, accompanied by friends, helped by the Order, encountering traps, a wedding, and new romance along the way.

The seventh-year sequel to The Greatest Power, this fic follows Harry through what would have been his seventh year at Hogwarts. He is now so inbedded in the war effort and his own personal quest to stop the most evil wizard of the age that he is unable to return to school, but Hogwarts will always be his home...won't it? Can a stronger and more powerful Harry find the tools he needs to fulfill his destiny? Standing tall and never alone, he might just be ready to pull it off...danger lurks around every corner, however, and nothing is sacred to the Dark Lord.

The Dark Lord has conquered death, but Dumbledore's plan may yet gain a bloodless victory. Joined by a pair of unlikely bodyguards, an aging Auror and a brash Duomancer, Harry must leave behind everything--his friends, his school, even the girl he loves--to find the one thing that may defeat Voldemort. But can even the Boy Who Lived succeed if the journey should take him to the darkest part of his heart?

Ginny starts a new club, Midnight Madness. All of the Gryffindors join. Interesting secrets are revealed and new relationships are made.

Voldemort has risen to power once again. As Harry comes of age and prepares to enter his seventh year at Hogwarts, he must discover the secret of how the Dark wizard cheated death and find a way to defeat this evil once and for all. Along the way, he will have to contend with Death Eaters, shadowy Ministry officials and suspicions that threaten to tear his own allies apart. And he will need to delve farther than ever before into the mysteries of the mind where victory can only be won by freeing the chained souls. ----- Note: This is the sequel to "Harry Potter and the Enemy Within" and that novel must be read before this one.

It's Harry's sixth year at Hogwarts and all hell has broken loose. Hermione's been sent away, new students are coming to Hogwarts from all corners of the globe, adolescent hormones are raging, Voldemort and his loyal Death Eaters are baying for blood -- and that's just during the first week of term. The greatest threat, however, as Harry confronts both the ordinary and the extraordinary problems in his life, may very well come from within. AU; begun prior to [I]HBP[/I].

It is Harry Potter’s funeral, one of the most highly publicized events in the wizarding world. These are the reactions of those Harry wrote the will to, each having their own remembrances of the Boy-Who-Lived.

Eighteen years have passed since Veronica was at Hogwarts. The Memory Charm is failing and Veronica is beginning to remember the times of fun and horror at the school. As a teacher she knows how to make class fun. She learned a lot while away including how to fight. Will she be able to teach Harry all she has learned or will she have to bring others in to help

This story was started prior to HBP. It's not HBP compliant, but still a yummy read. Fifteen years ago Severus was a young professor at Hogwarts and he did the unthinkable. The return of Callista Hawkins forces Severus to confront the choices of his past and his fears of the future. Past and present are beautifully interwoven in this SS/OFC romance. Contains a superb balance of romance, action, humor and angst. Round Four Multi-faceted Award Nominee for Identity--Best OC.

Ron and Hermione bring an unconscious Harry to St. Mungo's, where a long night stretches out before them...

What if there were more to Remus Lupin's bite than a badly timed stroll in the woods? Past and present collide when a feral comes to town...

It’s not a happy Valentine’s Day for Draco. Then again, he might get a chance to do it over… Draco/Harry. Slash.

Seventh-year, continuation of Red Tide Rising. This fic continues with the story, with important contributions from smaller characters like Luna, Tonks, Charlie, twins, Neville, Morag and Blaise (girl). Also, OCs continue to develop. This first chapter is simply excellent, and I know you'll agree if you read it. Please review.

At first glance, 16-year-old Ginny Weasley seems almost perfect. She has good grades, great friends, a starting position on the house team, and a blossoming romance. She's also got more homework than she can handle, uncountable half-truthes to juggle, and malicious old problems that refuse to rest easy, making her life a volatile accident waiting to happen. And, even better, the spark that could set it all off is controlled by none other than her old worst enemy.

Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks within his bending sickle's compass come. Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, but bears it out, even to the edge of doom.

Ladies and gentlemen, by the order of George Weasley, it is Pass the Snog Day! Sheer insanity ensues as a cursed snog is passed around Hogwarts. Who will snog Who?

Love is messy. Draco Malfoy and Ginny Weasley know this. So what could be a better idea than a loveless relationship? After all, they're young, hormonal, and have amazing chemistry between the sheets. Nobody needs to know. Or course, enemies-with-benefits is a situation easily complicated. Sex is the easy part, but what happens when feelings get involved? Fate is waiting on the sidelines to throw their secret world together into turmoil to prove that love isn't the only thing that can keep you up at night. A darkly humorous un-romance of two teens from different sides of the wizarding world who only wanted to make love...not fall into it.

I hate you, Hermione. I hate your hair, your friends, and everything about you. But the thing I hate most is how much I love you.

Harry is just starting to get over Sirius' death, but what happens when Hermione's father is killed by a Death Eater and she comes to live with him? Will things heat up? What about Ron and his feelings for Hermione? Anger, jealousy, maybe even revenge. There's secrets being kept, special classes, and a huge leak in the Order that is spoiling plans and giving Voldemort the upper hand. What can Harry and hopefully his best friends do to stop this?

One simple question: "Harry, what do you think about when you kiss Ginny?" That's when all the trouble started, and thanks to Luna Lovegood, Harry Potter's world is turned upside-down.

Hermione's heart is aching and the only one who can make it stop is the one person who wants to hurt her. A romance with a difference, it's not exactly something you tell your mum about if you experience it! Rated R for language and some things which are coming up later on, wink wink!

It was just something that they had to do. To find out for themselves if it was really worth it. But sometimes things don't always turn out the way you want.

All that Tonks does is write one innocent letter, and all Remus does is reply. But one thing inevitably leads to another, and the letters don't stay innocent for very long. [Fluffy R/T romance, set in the spring of 1996.]

Amid the turmoil of events that shaped their lives, two friends began to realise that their feelings went deeper than that. But while one was happy to accept the chance of a little romance, the other was reluctant to take what he was offered ... Having read lots of versions of how Remus and Tonks ended up getting together, I decided it was about time for mine. This is a collection of moments of wondering, self-doubt and romance, leading up to the revelation in HBP that opened all our eyes ... and a little way beyond.

A photo captured by Colin Creevey's camera leads to a series of unexpected events.

Late for Quidditch training, Draco doesn't think to pause before he enters the change rooms. It's an encounter that changes his perception of what he wants right now.

HBP AU. Harry wants Ginny. But there's something he doesn't know... and the secret isn't kind to him. Seventh year, Horcrux hunting, battle, and romance. Character death in later chapters. Diverges after Ginny's breakup with Dean, but before the final Quidditch match.

A horrifying experience has been pushed aside, and people try to get on with their normal lives. But that experience soon turns into distant memories. Distant memories soon turn into haunting nightmares. When nightmares turn into reality, what can a certain group of Hogwarts students do to keep a certain redhead from slipping away? D/G story you've never quite seen before. Contains trips to the library, snogging, unexpected romance, and dreaming Gryffindors.

What would have happened if Harry and Ginny had battled each other at the end of Order of the Phoenix? A magical duel in front of the whole school teaches them that punishments can linger even into the summer holidays. As they live with the consequences of their rash acts, they question assumptions they've made about themselves, their pain and each other.

An inebriated Ginny Weasley breaks down and writes a rambling letter to the one she cares for most.

[complete] Luke Navarra has been hired to teach music at Hogwarts... but he's a Muggle. Will he survive Slytherin House? Wendy, his partner, stays behind as Luke heads off to Scotland, but soon learns that she's made a bad decision when the Death Eaters learn of her existence. Snape has his prejudices challenged, Hermione learns that talent comes in many forms, and Harry finds, if not an outlet for, at least a distraction from, his anger and grief.

It's seventh year, Dumbledore's dead, and Hermione's Head Girl. What will happen when she returns to Hogwarts to witness wreck and ruin? What will happen when she realizes that both Draco and Blaise have changed greatly?

AU version of book six. Becoming a vampire for his 16th is not Harry's idea of a birthday present. On top of the abuse he suffers at the hands of his relatives, Harry snaps and runs. He's found by Draco Malfoy - another vampire - who takes him (unwillingly) under his wing. But as feelings start to grow between the two of them so does the war and they are swept up into events that are far bigger than them. (Rated R for rape, child abuse, gore, torture, self-harm, split-personality disorder, language, angst and slash.)

Draco needs it, Ginny can give it... but Lucius requires it. Draco/Ginny, no HBP.

The Golden Trio return to Hogwarts for their last and final year at Hogwarts. Harry and Hermione become closer than ever before and their friendship slowly evolves into something more. The bonds of friendship they hold are strengthened and the waters of love are tested. And, what the heck is going on between Ron and Luna?!? H/Hr & R/L Rated R just incase for later chapters ;]

"In Nomine Amoris" is Latin for "In the Name of Love." Harry Potter embarks on his fateful journey after a certain wedding, and receives some unexpected help from an old mentor. Debts will be repaid, revenge will transpire, emotions will run high, cowards will find courage: all in the name of love. Rated PG-13 for a combination of references, violence, and emotional content. Pairings, though mostly unimportant to the plot of this fan fiction, are in line with canon: HPGW and RWHG.

All Hermione wanted was her book. No one gets in the way of Hermione and her books. Apart from it seems, Blaise Zabini. HG/Male!Blaise

The summer after his fifth year, Harry Potter returns to Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place, where he is officially inducted into the Order of the Phoenix and placed under the tutelage of Severus Snape. What seems to be an insufferable arrangement soon provides Harry with a better understanding of his Potions professor and the secrets he hides. Meanwhile, a grieving Remus Lupin discovers a means of communicating with the deceased Sirius Black. But will Remus' inability to let Sirius go interfere with his duties to the Order? (slash: SS/HP, SB/RL)

Every night a professor relaxes, thinks, and smokes. Sometimes, a colleague joins him. This night, it is Severus Snape.

Last Year. Last Chance. Last Battle. Last Dance. It's time for Harry to say goodbye to Hogwarts. Harry comes of age and enters his last year at Hogwarts. A new Slytherin transfer student is causing a stir, and something's wrong with Draco Malfoy. Snape's in a good mood, Hermione's worried, and Ginny's Quidditch Captain. Before the summer ends there is a death, a rescue, and an engagement. Looks like the makings of another uneventful year at Hogwarts...canon through OotP, alternate 7th year. COMPLETE.

At Ginny's sixteenth birthday party, she asks Harry for a present he hadn't planned on giving her. (Warning: HBP Spoilers)

Ginny can't help falling for the Slytherin bad boy. But will they really live happily ever after?

Hermione returns to Grimmauld Place, looking for answers. She does not expect to find Severus Snape. SS/HG; SS/LE; post-HBP.

A story of the love that was. Love that started as a bond as sweet and innocent as a newborn infant, but slowly transformed to an undying passion that was torn apart by the War.

Chapter #1. On Harry's 17th birthday, Lupin arrives to take him away from the Dursleys once and for all, but when Death Eaters attack, Lupin may be forced to sacrifice himself so Harry can escape.

Dumbledore forms a Poets' society and invites a strange array of people, but nobody knows why! And then he gets a twinkle in his eye that can only mean one thing: A Plan of Imminent Doom! Oh no! *slash*

It\'s the summer before seventh year for our trio and things are proceeding to get worse. Hermione has a secret problem, Harry is being attacked by Death Eaters, and Ron is oblivious to the most awkward moments. Warning: OOC!Hermione

Laocoon's Children is an alternate-universe fic based on the events of an earlier fic, Stealing Harry. In Stealing Harry, Sirius was never imprisoned in Azkaban and abducted Harry from the Dursleys when he was eight years old. Laocoon's Children takes up the story during Harry's first year at Hogwarts, where he made fast friends with Neville Longbottom, Padma Patil, and Draco Malfoy. Harry's gang also reunited for their second year, where they faced a basilisk, a homicidal diary, and Draco's mother's betrayal. In year three, Harry must face many new problems: protecting Draco from his father, dealing with their new Dark Arts professor, and standing firm against the aura of fear that is pervading the wizarding world.

Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny find out what it means to grow up against the backdrop of the second wizarding war. Relationships grow, lessons are learned, and Hermione discovers that book smarts aren't everything in this tale set before and during Harry's sixth year.

Harry James Potter comes back from Hogwarts School of Wizardry and Witchcraft after his abysmal fifth year, as Albus Dumbledore had asked him to do. There, he mourns about the loss of his godfather, Sirius, but someone he did not expect to see will help him... HPxGW, RWxHG

Third in the Lily's Charm series. As he makes the choices that define his life, Harry learns exactly what it means to be Severus' son.

Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny find themselves transported to a remote space station in the year 2260. If they can convince the people and aliens in this universe ruled by technology that they aren't crazy, our heroes might be called upon to help in the war against an alien race known as the Shadows. Crossover with the Babylon 5 television series.

After his momentus defeat of the Dark Lord, Harry returns to Hogwarts for his final year. Many others have also returned, but their intentions may not be what they appear to be.

It all starts the day after Harry's fourth year ends, when what looks like a meteor crashes near Hogwarts. Upon investigating, the staff finds a mysterious woman with extraordinary abilities, but has no idea who or what she is. When Harry returns for his fifth year, though, the stranger seeks him out, believing that somehow, he is the key to her past.... and future. However, soon the two of them discover a deadly new menace, one that can wipe out all life on Earth and in the galaxy if left unchecked. But what is its connection to the mystery woman? And will Harry Potter be able to help her put an end to it before it's too late? Crossover with a classic video game franchise; if you want to find out what it is, read on!

“Imperius… Werewolves…You-Know-Who…” The last words of a dying man force Remus Lupin into a dangerous investigation at the infamous Feral Institute. Sequel to Oblivious; pre-reading would useful but it isn’t vital.

During Harry's sixth year, Remus Lupin volunteers for a dangerous mission: infiltrating Fenrir Greyback's Lyceum. But is it possible to run with monsters without becoming one?

Vignettes from October of Harry's Sixth year. Harry and Susan are dating, which makes Hermione curious and Ginny a tad jealous. Chapter 1 of 2. See Hermione find the story behind the story and what happens when Malfoy assaults Susan.

(Major HBP spoilers) Year six at Hogwarts left Harry more confused, more in pain, more determined than ever before. What secrets are still waiting to be revealed? How will the events of far and recent past lead him to make the decisions necessary so that he, and the wizarding world, can have a future?

Harry is back in Privet Drive just a few days after the happenings in the DoM and he is struggling to cope with his loss and the immense burden placed on him. He suddenly finds it very hard to go on - To find a reason to live. Will his task break his spirit? After all he is just a sixteen year old... He knows that he must fight. Knows that he has to win at all costs. But he knows that if he even is to have a slim chance of defeating Voldemort he will need to make some hard decisions. Decisions that would hurt him and those close to him. But will Harry be able to take the hard road back when he finally realizes that his decisions only made him weaker? That they took away his only reason to live. His only reason to fight.

Snape gets a Christmas gift that has many unexpected side effects.

Sequel to Free Will and Fate. Harry and Neville share the harsh reality of being the Boy Who Lived, Hogwarts politics and experience the uncertainty of relationships in the face of pending death.

Sirius persuades a reluctant Tonks to take an even more reluctant Remus out on his birthday. Will there be a spark of something other than mutual annoyance between them?