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"I’ve lost him to that awful world where you can only see what’s in front of you. Not what’s around you. Not what you left behind."

Hermione\\\'s view of an attack on Hogwarts, starting when she finds herself trapped, alone on a rooftop with Voldemort himself.

No one wakes up one day to decide who they are; fate decides that, and for Severus Snape, fate has been cruel. Find out what makes Severus's mind work the way it works and why he can no longer love... The first in a trilogy.

The Weasley family always seemed to be perfect - happy, smiling, the picture of family togetherness. Well what if we were only seeing what they wanted us to see? A short one-shot in which Ron Weasley looks at a family portrait and reflects on life with the Weasleys. Not your usual take on one of Canon's favorite families. Be warned...

A new life, a new beginning for Cho Chang. Torn between memories of a dead love and duty to her family and school, the young and naive teen jumps at a chance to escape the magical world, but soon finds that the luxury of forgetting the past comes with a price that may be too heavy to pay. She can tell you her story, one of betrayal and abuse, lost dreams and time, she can tell you what it was like to drink from the cup of the damned, she can tell you what it was like to stand against the world. Do you want to know?

Ginny Weasley is on the edge. Tom Riddle never left her mind and there are repercussions... As well as discoveries. One-shot, T/G

This is the story of young Severus Snape's very first train ride to Hogwarts. Barely able to escape from his brutal father, Severus is now faced with a different sort of cruelty. How will he handle the situation?

Nymphadora Tonks is poisoned with a metamorphmagus freezing potion, and Alastor Moody has to administer the antidote before she becomes permanently petrified and dies.

Harry is taking the loss of Sirius in his own way, but surprises are in store for him.

It's been three years since the first battles. Harry and Severus are ensconced in a war neither wants to be a part of.

In the midst of war and death, Harry has never been so angry with himself and the world. He takes his anger out on Draco.

Padma could remember St. Ives: Pansy never had seven wives, and there was nothing in empty lives. [Padma/Pansy femslash]

Harry is back at Privet Drive alone with his grief over the loss of his godfather. Stewing day and night in his sorrow, Harry is ready to give up... (Post OotP)

Even the strong ones cry. When no one is around the tears fall. For everyone that have been lost. Is there even something left to fight for?

“I laughed at the incredible irony of it all, how I was paired up with a best friend who would never see me as anything more, even after all we had gone through.”

Rolanda Hooch has always had peaceful, pleasant recurring dreams about her heritage. One night, however, her dream quickly becomes a nightmare...

The war is over. Voldemort has triumphed. He has taken over Hogwarts, making it his new headquarters. The survivors from the Light side are being put to work and tortured. But, somehow he takes an interest in Ginny, and she escapes punishment. But will she be seduced by the darkness? Rated R for darkness.

Narcissa wants to believe that her boy is not as bad as he seems, she really does - an experiment in how far a mother's love can``reach.

A missing scene from OotP between Sirius and Remus. Arguments, angst, and not-so-subtle dramatic irony.

Draco muses on his love towards someone.

Oh Bella, what have you done?

One fateful night he lost everything he had; his dreams of a forever-after with the woman he loved all his life was shattered and he was left clinging on to a dream that would never come true...

Harry Potter's fifth year... seen a lot of these? Maybe. But not one like this!

A chance meeting one night helps Ron to release his feelings for Hermione and her feelings for him. Rated for some language.

Seventh year does not end with happiness. A narrative of one who survived.

Malfoy and Snape share a last conversation.

Draco's Defence Against the Dark Arts class learns about Boggarts, and what Draco truly fears. The prequel to "A Step Back From Perdition". Dedicated to After Dark Angel.

If I had to pick one thing that symbolised my life, it would be a tunnel...

It's only a matter of time...[H/G]

It started in seventh year. Two months into term, possibly sooner... Come and see what happens when Snape tries to take rvenge on Harry for something and find out who regrets what. Some romance fluff.

Sirius is having a hard time facing the facts. (Post OotP)

“Draco, the caterpillar thought its world was over. And then it changed into a butterfly.” An aged Draco Malfoy reminisces on the words his love had once told him, and the story of their relationship.

A shadow crossed the moonlight. No hope, no love, nothing but emptiness filled his heart. His love was dead...and it was all his fault. Draco/Harry.

Harry reflects after his final duel, forever.

Harry and Luna's married life is busy. Harry works for the ministry, and Luna for the Quibbler. But when former Minister of Magic, Cornelius Fudge, is found dead, Harry must make sacrifices to find the murderer; even if those sacrifices mean losing the ones he loves most.

(FEMSLASH: Narcissa/Lily) Narcissa bows her head for one last prayer before dying. At judgement, she reunites with her lost love.

The Trio reflects.

“Love is simply a game of manipulation,” he said slowly, enjoying the stream of words pouring from his lips. “Love is simply the game of manipulation in which, with you, love, I have become a very good dissembler.”````Ginny reflects on Tom, but is a memory really enough?

Valentine's Day fic. Why do you suppose Snape just doesn't go out and find someone to love?

A short story describing Percy's internal reactions to the events in Goblet of Fire. What is he supposed to do now that Voldemort has returned and the Ministry he works for is trying to cover it up?

Draco's thoughts on accepting the one he loves the most is presumed dead. Inspired by Tim McGraw's

A grieving Remus Lupin contemplates Sirius's life and tries to come to terms with his death.

Songfic based on The Smiths' song Asleep. H/D slash, deathfic.

True love was something Draco never expected, but now that he's got it he knows it's something he must treasure. But she is ripped away from him so quickly that he's left to pick up the pieces.

Harry feels like he's alone with only one person, who can't always be there for him. Harry's POV

During the summer before her sixth year, Lily Evans created a book that resembled that of a muggle diary but one with a twist. Look into her thoughts and discover what her life was like at Hogwarts, why her feelings changed about a certain Potter and how the war with the dark side affected her.

Remus thinks about the death in OotP. SPOILERS!

Severus Snape, now in the twilight of his life, sits near a headstone, reflecting bitterly on his life. A ghost from his past pays him a visit and offers him one more chance to dance.````This was a contest entry I wrote for The Potions Master's Muse.

Snape watches Harry sleep and thinks about the way things are and how unfair it is to Harry. A song fic to Blue Oyster Cult's "When The War Comes".

One day, Remus Lupin died. Harry/Remus slash.

Gryffindor and Slytherin are neck-and-neck all year for the House Cup. Finally, Gryffindor secures it by one single point. But why is Ginny Weasley so unhappy?

Molly Weasley arrives at 12 Grimmauld Place shortly after the events of GoF. My attempt to explain why she acted like she did throughout OotP.

'Her classmates couldn't be more correct: Lavender Brown is a daft cow with no common sense and nought a spare thought in her head.' [SS/HG]

Regulus Black gets Sorted. He will learn some things that will affect the rest of his time at Hogwarts. Sirius, Bellatrix, and Severus all make an appearance. Written for the Regulus Black Group Cookie Challenge.

"I learned, I learned, I learned elsewhere, From muses unhired by you, dear mother." -Sylvia Plath, The Disquieting Muses. A series exploring Sirius's relationship with his family, what they did to him and what he did to them, from many points of view. Who is leaving? Who got left?

Sequel to 'Choices'. Draco still can't believe Hermione left him. Hermione can't believe that he won't change his selfish ways for her. After all, how could she love a man who loved power more? Draco doesn't want to change. He finds a solution to both their problems... permanently.

In the spring of 1996, Remus Lupin composes and delivers his first love letter.

Pansy is drawn to Hermione. Hermione isn't sure. Pansy is quite certain that it's dreadfully wrong, but she keeps watching. It isn't exactly perfect, but that is not what they want. Starring Pansy, Hermione, and Draco's colour-coded charts!

The story of how Bellatrix Lestrange and nine other Death Eaters escaped from Azkaban during The Order of the Phoenix. Who needs a mole when you can have a rat?

Ron was the only one who truly understood Ginny and stayed by her side, so when he leaves Hogwarts, Ginny loses control of her Darker side. She becomes a notorious Death Eaters and the new Mrs. Draco Malfoy. Set on vengeance and power, Ginny's mission is to kill the Weasleys; kill Hermione for taking Ron away from her; and convince Ron that he belongs on the Dark side because both of them have the Darkness in their eyes unlike everyone else.

Even before he murdered his father and his grandparents, Tom Riddle had split his soul in more ways than one. For murder is not the only event that will break the heart.

In many ways one would consider Harry Potter victorious. He had conquered the dark Lord Voldemort and managed to live. He had put many of his Death Eaters in Azkaban. He drove away the greatly feared Dementors. He saved the world from a dark fate. However, Harry Potter did not see himself as some victorious hero. Blood stained his hands -- blood that would never wash away.

He heard someone approaching. He turned, smiling. He knew who it was. When he saw the outstretched arm pointed at him. holding a wand that had brought an untimely fate to so many wizards and witches, his smile faded.``"Draco."``"Harry."````Harry thought he'd finished the Dark Wizard reign of fear. He didn't know his lover was destined to continue it.

Lily makes a difficult choice that changes her life -- and death -- forever.

Post OotP...Harry begins to cope with the devastating loss.

You build your own Azkaban, and you let yourself out.

Snape knows better. Features: Occlumency, Pensieves, inevitable madness, and memories. SS/HP, in a very roundabout way.

Set a few months after HBP. The war is gaining momentum; Harry, Ron and Hermione are in training. On a standard reconnaissance mission, Harry stumbles upon one Death Eater that didn't quite make the cut. H/D.

Harry finds out about Draco's illness. What does he do about it? This is the sequel to 'I Had a Bad Day'.

This was written for greyangel through McTabby's Blame Each Other Challenge. Snape/Pomfrey. "A late night visit to the dungeons, untold secrets... He has to heal her... in more ways than one."

Ginny is persistent with Harry about her feelings when she finds out he may be leaving soon to fight Voldemort. And Harry surprises her and himself with his response. But then Harry and Ginny have to cope with Harry's perfect goodbye.... maybe forever.

One shot. Some years after the war, Draco, traumatised and alone, reaches out desperately for human contact.

"My name is Harry Potter. I have lived through war and fear, pain and grief. I have seen my best friends die in front of my eyes." Harry had nothing left in the world, save a desire to kill Voldemort. His thoughts before the battle.

It's New Years Eve, and Dean Thomas is alone, quite unwillingingly, by choice. Dean realizes a way to deal with the demons and dreams that haunt him, now that he's the last man standing. A post-Hogwarts fic that isn't horribly depressing.

Maybe it's love after all.

Lavender accompanies fiance Neville on one of his monthly visits to his parents at St. Mungo's.

Narcissa reflects on her life.

On a quiet day in Malfoy Manor, Narcissa watches Draco and remembers days spent in the company of the two men she has most strongly loved.

In the dark days before Halloween 1981, Sirius and Remus have allowed suspicion and mistrust to come between them.

No one understood. They all knew she had tried to help him in his battle and that she was devastated from his passing. It seemed ironic that the disease she despised so much would also take her life. Still, no one knew of her pain. No one knew of her guilt.

Harry's thoughts during his stay at the Dursleys' before sixth year!

This is my first song fic. It's about Harry and Hermione breaking up after a long relationship.

When a surprisingly strong-witted friend of Rowena Ravenclaw comes to visit her in the Hogwarts castle, she begins to brew up some unknown emotions: love, hatred, and disgust among the four friends. Her arrival means death and lust.

When Harry Potter was ten, he could see his life stretching out before him in a long, empty line.

Hermione Granger, pride of the Auror Department, is given the task to scry out the latest aspiring Dark Lord, who seems to be a very real threat, as he is hailed to be as powerful as the late Lord Voldemort...

Can you keep a secret? I suppose it matters little if you can. I am a marked man and my days are numbered, so it's only a matter of time before they come for me.

Forgetting is easy. It's the memories that are hard. Remus reflects on his life and his memories after Sirius' death.

Everyone's lives are put in jeopardy when a secret revealed causes identity confusion and a tangle of assassins after the Boy-Who-Lived. When the hunter becomes the hunted, who can put things right? A tale of love, family, lies and blackmail.

Things had always been simple for Riley Lestrange--that was, of course, until her world started crashing down around her. She was supposed to get betrothed, completely support the Dark Lord, and somehow manage to stay calm in the midst of a sudden. When she runs into Sirius Black, a former best friend and a current hated Gryffindor, she finds that things can change, if only she has the courage. But when it all comes down to it, will she choose the life she’s always known, or the life that could risk everything?

...they feared what they did not know, and Tom's introverted personality caused others to fear him even more. To them, he was a mystery- the less of himself he revealed to others, the less they were sure of. Tom contemplates the way things are and the way things are to become. Set in his third year.

He touched him... he touched him there, and he doesn't know what to do, and the Devil will come and steal his eyes for it, because he reacted. He reacted, and he has been shamed, and now he is light-forsaken, doomed to return back to that room and let the demon touch him, hurt him, bleed him. Graham Pritchard is being abused, and he doesn't know what to do- until he finds safety and hope in the most unlikely of people. Companion piece to The Love of a Brother.

Ginny's reflects on the hollowness and hopelessness of the forces of light after Harry's death.

Ginny loves Harry. Harry doesn't believe he can love her the way she loves him. He rejects her. She is heart broken, and feels very overwhelmed by all that is happening. However, she still believes in love at first sight.

Draco’s favorite champagne, Harry’s favorite glass. Is the flute half empty or half full? SLASH. HP/DM.

All past tenses? She felt blood drain from her face. " It's not true, is it? " she asked. She would not believe it. *If love isn't there to stay, then it isn't yours to keep. *

Lily Evans is everything to James Potter. He changed everything that defined him to make her happy. And yet, for all he has tried, he still can't get her to see that he is no longer the same arrogant jerk that he used to be.

In the end, Severus Snape always makes the right decision, no matter what he really wants.

One-shot. Ginny talks about Tom and Harry. Pure bittersweet angst...

Severus Snape just can't stay away from Lily Evans' wedding to James Potter--no matter how much wants to.

"He knows who I like. Well, I'd say that I don't like the person. I love the person. I know the feelings I have are stronger than just fancying…funny, isn't it. How my feelings about love can be so strong, yet in every other way, I'm weak." Mild Sirius/Remus.