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Remus has trouble speaking his feelings but after Sirius' death it's dangerous for him to keep things bottled up. So he writes in his diary, all the thoughts and feelings he went through before, during and after the fatal fight at the Ministry. He feels bitter, angry and guilty. But gradually he'll get over Sirius', and be able to carry on his life again just like his friends would have wanted.

They are coming. As an army of Death Eaters led by Voldemort himself march on Hogwarts, the remnants of the school prepare for a last stand, pledging to win their freedom or die trying.

Ginny's thoughts as Tom leads her to the Chamber of Secrets.

Harry allows his time to slip away in recollection of a dark night, months ago. Voldemort has won, and all that is left is the crying.

"To be left alone, and face to face with my own crime, had been just retribution." ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. "A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise." ~Niccolo Machiavelli. "There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept." ~Gaelic proverb. [Contains HBP spoilers.]

Sometimes the ending isn't as good as it seems.

Draco is on the path to commit suicide. Can Lucius convince him otherwise?

The War is over, but Harry still has a score to settle.

Beyond the veil, Sirius Black learns that time can be a thing to appreciate and that sometimes perfection can truly be found. It won’t be long now, for Lily and James Potter to make his fears disappear and the things he’s waited for eternity to come true.

Can a life be summarized in a conversation? Can a soul be found in an afterthought, intentions in a passing glance? The war was won, but the price for victory was steep. It cost some people their lives, some their pride, some their position, some their soul. Five years after the war that shook everything the wizarding world took for granted, things have returned back to normal. Lives are being rebuilt, lost, and earned for the first time. Virginia Weasley knows this. She has moved on; she has let things go. But the man at the bar has not. Perhaps this is why he is so interesting to her. Perhaps the reasons run otherwise. In a broken world, nothing can be taken for granted. She always remembers, when it rains...

Continuation of 'Terrified'. Harry confronts Hermione, and she confronts him right back.

What if Luna Lovegood never met Harry and his friends on the train? A look at the world as Luna sees it, written as a suicide note.

3rd Year, Hogsmeade. Victoria (OC) tracks down an "old friend," determined to get some answers. (Sirius Black story.)

With apologies to George Lucas: "Who's the more foolish: the fool, or the fool who follows him?" Written for hd_worldcup 2008, Team Epilogue, Prompt "The Fool."

You are a young girl, whose life is riddled with misery. You are a young girl, who yearns for acceptance. You are a young girl named Myrtle. This is your last hour.

Lily wants to peform in front of thousands, but it's proving to be difficult. Sirius keeps dragging James off to punk-rock concerts. Voldemort has never loved a soul, until a certain Mudblood comes onto the scene. Phantom of the Opera cross-over.

The Weasleys take time out to look at life with one another to the time of that ill-fated day. Now, they need one another.

In a world rearranged by Voldemort, Luna Lovegood and Percy Weasley cling to tenuous hope.

Hermione is fed up with living; she loves her husband and her friends and family, but she hates living. Life is too much to cope for the Gryffindor and she takes the hard way out.

"I do not know why he turns to me. Surely he knows that I can do nothing to help him. We are both too far gone."``With the only woman he ever loved lying lifeless in his arms and his one-time enemy dying at his side, Draco Malfoy reflects. D/G, Draco's POV.

‘I never had a childhood of my own, so sometimes I just sit back and admire his.’ The Dark Lord watches over the one he’s marked.

Beatles songfic based on the song "A Day in the Life." One morning at Hogwarts, the student body makes a horrific discovery. Hope seems lost, chaos reigns, and the stage is set for the rule of Voldemort. How will they cope? Can evil be surpassed by the weaker good? And, most importantly, how will the world face the loss of a hero?

“Well done, Ha –“ But the Death Eater Hermione had just struck dumb made a sudden slashing movement with his wand from which flew a streak of what looked like purple flame. It passed right across Hermione’s chest; she have a tiny “oh!” as though of surprise and then crumpled onto the floor where she lay motionless. “HERMIONE!” What if Hermione HAD been killed that night at the Ministry of Magic? Would Harry have been able to go on? Here's what might have been if the unthinkable had happened....

Someone is trapped in Azkaban... Someone is going insane... Someone doesn't know it.

The War has been won, but there have been many casualties. One stands along and reflects on his true lost.

When I look at Harry I see so much, I see James and Lily, I see Dumbledore, I see Tonks, I see Remus and I even see a little bit of me. I see all that I could have given him and never did. I see all that Lily and James meant to give him and were never able to. I see someone worth fighting for.

The events after reading the Sunday Prophet article about Voldemort’s return in the hospital wing through Hermione’s eyes. Listen as she speaks of the shadow in Harry’s eyes and her own thoughts about the ... loss of Sirius and her fears of the war to come.

Megan Jones can be irritated by one person, and one person only. Since she first met Zach Smith, he's known what buttons to push and she's let him. But even a Quidditch boy has a heart.

A couple of weeks after Sirius's death, Lupin and Snape reflect.

One-shot, based on the poem by Stephen Crane. During the climax of the war, a day which could very well be her last, Ginny struggles with the concepts of helplessness and the fairness of war.

After speaking with Igor Karkaroff at the Yule Ball in "Goblet of Fire," Snape reflects upon his past. What choices did he make upon his path to becoming a Death Eater, and what choices were made for him? He was led into temptation, but broken and betrayed, he cannot deliver himself from bitterness. Time is supposed to heal all wounds, but there are some marks it can never erase. Even in the dark of winter, however, there is always hope of spring. Snape/Karkaroff slash.

Sirius Black's first infatuation matches him in recklessness and daring. But when Sirius and his friends uncover a dark secret, Sirius is forced to reconsider his loyalties and the games he plays.

I always wondered how Lupin reacted to Sirius' "Throwing Snape to the wolf" -so to speak. This is my interpretation. Oh, and I made the teeeeeny assumption that they're lovers, because I love my slashy boys!

The love between a mother and her child can be expressed in so many different ways. In Draco's case, his mother's words will remain with him, always.

I know the war is over. I know my wife is dead. Now what?

Both sides knew Severus Snape was a double agent. However, no one knew which side he was truly on...

Snape pays the ultimate price for the cause.``Warning: Character Death and implied slash. Can be considered AU.

You see it's good for nothing (good for nothing), a close look at something (so close). It's too much of not enough.

Draco is single. Hermione’s engaged. Her life was in danger and went undercover with Draco to protect her from becoming Voldemort’s pawn. Six months of living together sure changed both of their opinion of each other, but what would happen once the six months was over?

Here I am, once again watching you from the window of my office. It is amazing how you captivate me. Your intriguing smile, your laughter, and the way your chocolate eyes sparkle when you talk are all so amazing. I look out at you, and watch you, sunlight dancing upon your head, as you dip your bare feet into the cool, crisp water of the school Lake. You seem to have not a care in the world, but I know better.

Right now, I am so full of conflicting emotions that any attempts to capture them on parchment will never be enough. You-Know-Who is destroyed. James and Lily are dead. And they say that you’re the one who killed them...

What exactly happened between Ginny and Harry when they left the room? This is a companion piece to "Verge".

We do what we must to get by.

He never knows what the next rainfall will bring, but Harry still waits for the day when he can finally let go... let go of everything he fears

Someone thinks about choices.

Ah, yes. The ancient issue of blood purity that has caused so many troubles and so much strife. Told through the eyes of a pure-blood, a Mudblood, and a werewolf.

When Harry resumes his Occlumency lessons with Professor Snape in sixth year he finds out he is not the only one having to deal with the pain of war. Sometimes the most humane and human thing to do is comfort the one your with. Could be seen as HP/SS if you look hard enough.

Cuts can happen for all sorts of reasons. Sometimes they happen because we are careless, sometimes they are inflicted by others, and sometimes they happen because we need to kill the pain.

Harry takes out Sirius' mirror one last time.

What happens when a dream-come-true becomes a nightmare? And what do you do when you can't give up?

"Harry!" I scream and I quickly grab the boy before he goes right in after him. I'm saying words although they don't make much sense, all I can think is that I have to hold him. He hits me again and again in his struggle, beating against my chest as he tries to break free. It was instinct, I think. I certainly don't remember using any strength to hold him back - even though I remember him struggling so fiercely against me. Then again, I've always been strong. It's part of my nature. Remus spends a moment alone after Sirius' death.

"Harry Potter had asked special permission to Albus Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to leave the castle one evening. It had been a month since the school year had started, and Dumbledore had not been very surprised by his request. He had actually thought that Harry would come to him sooner."

Remus Lupin hates himself in the days after the death of the Potters. A study of self-loathing and healing.

He'd give her everything she wanted, he'd love her forever... But he could never share her.

Sirius, Peter, Remus and James get a mangled glimpse of the future, which, for two members of the group, has a lasting effect. Set in the MWPP era.

It's sad, gloomy, and uplifting. Thank Merlin for Voldemort!

Sequel to The End of Innocence. On the long flight to America, Harry is scared and in pain inside. In anguish, he tells his thoughts to the only person on the flight he can tell and not be overheard-his diary.

What if Ginny had been the one to warn Umbridge and the Inquisitorial Squad of Harry's use of the fire? What if she had been working for the Dark Lord all along? Dark, angsty D/G with a bit of V/G.

James never knew how Sirius felt, and Sirius made it a strict point not to let him know. But now, as Sirius watches James prepare to settle into a new life with Lily, he knows that he can’t keep his feelings inside anymore. So with one slow dance, and a quiet confession, his life changes, and not necessarily for the better.

In the war for good and for evil, there is always a critical battle. This battle has just been fought. These are the thoughts of a young man who has just gone through the battle, and his feelings about what has happened. A dark fic, so get ready for the angst and darkness! Rated for some abuse mentioned...but I'm not telling you who's having these thoughts until the end!

One special little boy takes his pain and invents a world of magic and mystery, but all dreams end. Everyone has to wake up sometime. One little girl is all it takes.

After Ron's death, Hermione loses her mind and wants to die. Will someone be able to help her?

When Lucius sets Draco an impossible deadline, he turns to the Gryffindors for help. But solving his dilemna has consequences he could never have forseen.

A young Severus Snape discovers the magical properties of a fig he finds in his mother’s garden while experimenting with chemistry. To his joy, he learns that magic exists and that his mother is magical. But he pays a heavy price for learning the truth.

James reflects on the past on how he lost Lily. He has a flash back of what happened to her and at the end, he decides that Harry (who is tuning 15) should know about how he really lost his mother.

A short ficlet that involves a very depressed Hermione and her thoughts as she watches a storm. Is based on the song "Wish that I Was There" by Hanson! A lot of Angst, but just a sprinkle of Romance.

I’m so tired of being here / Suppressed by all of my childish fears / And if you have to leave / I wish that you would just leave / Because your presence still lingers here / And it won’t leave me alone -- A depressed Ginny reflects on what happened when she picked up the diary of Tom Riddle. An angsty songfic to Evanescence's "My Immortal".

In the aftermath of Dumbledore's tragic death, while waiting for Bill and Fleur's wedding, Ron Weasley takes some time to reflect - upon how Dumbledore's death has affected his friends, what the future holds for, but mostly he broods about the one he personally holds responsible: Draco Malfoy.

H/D Angst. It's all a waiting game, and everyone's practising.

Young Remus Lupin meets his werewolf attacker in the Forbidden Forest while a seventh-year student at Hogwarts.

Eleven years after the Final Battle, Ron Weasley is still trying to come to terms with his grief.

A song fic to Good Charlotte's "Moving On". I'm not a huge GC fan, but when I heard this song, I couldn't help but think of HP. A little angsty, but with a fairly happy ending.

Years and years after graduation Draco sits down and thinks about how far he has come.

Draco Malfoy has been left alone in his compartment in the Hogwarts Express. In a rare moment, we see what he's like when there's no one around, and who he becomes when he lets go of his pride.

Set after Hogwarts, Ron thinks about someone, and how his opinions and feelings have changed about this person.

What are we without something to fight against? What is life if you have no purpose?

A girl sits in dismay and remembers...

The calm before the storm is ominous and foreboding. Rain can wash away tears and rivers can quench sorrow, but such memories never fade away. G/D

A series of songfics set after GOF and before OoTP. In the first chapter Cho Chang reflects on life since the death of her boyfriend Cedric Diggory and the lessons it has taught her, the friends she has made. (uses In The End by Linkin Park)

Yep. Another fifth year fic. Yep, another Dumbledore has a daughter. But hey, they quarrel, she hates him, he treats her like a child.... Some human relationships can't be done too often. There's always more to explore. A girl with a thorny personality, Dumbledore's eyes minus the twinkle, a chip on her shoulder roughly the size of the moon, and oh yeah, a crush she never grew out of. And has to act as the new DADA teacher. She can handle anything but her emotions and her father. An attempt to look at a less than perfect Dumbledore. And maybe a sideways glance at some of his less than brilliant ideas. (Even he has those, like practicing inappropriate charms on a woman in a foreign ministry...)

Physical changes don't always mean psychological ones, and to become infatuated with the wrong person can have a huge price.

Some things are meant to be forgotten. But new students never know that.

In the midst of the war, Gregory Goyle finds himself on a mission to find and protect his only friend.

In the wake of Sirius' death, Tonks tries to comfort a grieving Remus. One shot, set during OotP. RL/SB

The Wizarding World was slowly recovering and rejoicing the infant Potter boy's defeat of the Dark Lord - until Christmas, when things went very wrong for two unsuspecting Aurors and their young child.

They were complete opposites: Kira Wilson is perky, pink, and blond. She is a pop singer who loves springtime, shops at Abercrombie, and smells like roses. Regan Luthin is dark, tormented, and dangerous. She's in a rock band, has black hair, a lot of piercings, and a lot of problems. A mistake brought them together. And it will take the greatest sacrifice of them all to bring them apart.

One last romp in the pre-OotP playground. Harry and Malfoy learn the possibility of hope, and how difficult the path to it threatens to be. Pre-slash.

Draco is a bit insane, shall we say, and wants to murder Harry!

After the war, Harry is broken and Draco has never been much for fixing things. (Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy)

They all thought that she was like them. A normal, pureblooded Slytherin. But she's not. Millicent Bullstrode has her own secrets.

"Good morning," she murmured, but there was no answer.

After falling through the Veil, Sirius meets James for the first time in years. A new look into Peter's relationship with the other Marauders and Lily. Slight L/J and S/R

Summer at the Malfoys and Draco wants revenge! But on who?

What was the reason for Harry Potter’s sudden willingness to serve the Dark Lord, at a time when his aid was most crucial to the side of the Light? Slash - Harry/Severus

Four houses, one student. Four things that never happened to Remus Lupin.

Harrry gives his friends a chance to back out before the final battle, and Hermione takes the time to go home and reflect on what is truly in her heart.

They say we need help. That there is still hope for us. But I know that to be a lie. There is no hope for us. We did what we had to do and we did it for them. Isn't that enough?

Percy Weasley had been the perfect son, the perfect brother, the perfect student...until one day, his striving for perfection nearly became the instrument of his undoing. But then, watered by the pain of hard truths and the love of a father, the seeds of redemption are sown in the ashes of self-destruction.

What's gone is gone, right? Hermione and Draco reflect on their lost love. Post-Hogwarts. Songfic to Yellowcard's "Empty Apartment."

Severus Snape. Brilliant, handsome, dangerous, he joined the Death Eaters for the knowledge Voldemort offered, begining a spiral that devastated a promising carrer and shocked tht wizarding world. At the termination of the Goblet of Fire, he reflects. Loyalty does not mean beleif and action does not require faith. Think Snape likes Dumbledore? think again.