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In the days before Voldemort's attack on the Potters, Remus and Sirius struggle to protect their friends in their own ways. But Remus discovers that justice is as elusive to him as it was to Fenris...

Hermione tries to save Draco on a cold winter night.

Severus Snape is an intriguing man. One girl considers him, and realizes just how fake he really is. One-shot.

The war is over. Neville is all alone in the world. But will a certain wizard join his lonely life? Post-war. Post-Hogwarts.

The hated puppet must be broken to reveal the human being hiding within. 'There is nothing left.'

Years after Harry broke her heart, Hermione finds a photograph. The picture proves to be more powerful than a pensive. She says her final goodbye.

Due to certain circumstances, Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy fell in love with each other, but their happiness cannot last because Draco was never meant to be with Harry. Response to Alexa’s challenge. Harry/Draco, Draco/Blaise

Harry has some time to reflect on his course of actions and the path which he chose for himself. He didn't mean to hurt them, or let them down... did he?

In order to keep Harry safe, Draco gives himself to the world of darkness, taking Harry's place in a life worse than death.

Harry is beaten by the Dursleys to the brink of death. When he suddenly leaves without warning, Merlin only knows where he'll end up.

After the battle at the Ministry, Ron and Hermione are alone together in the hospital wing. Hermione is still unconscious, but Ron is awake and watching her....

It's seven years after Lily and James' deaths, and Remus Lupin is barely living. So he pays a short visit to Azkaban... One-shot fic.

"And it’s all because I still love you, and that no matter where I go or how hard I try, it won’t go away." `` ``Remus' POV, parallel to "Without You"

"He wants to capture it - the feeling of it all - everything. The way everything felt all at once; forlornness of senses; of touch and sound and smell and sight." A R/S; slashy angst.

Roger Davies meditates on his relationship with Blaise Zabini. M/m slash.

Justin Finch-Fletchley, leader of the Anti-Obstructionist Party--which opposes Fudge's claims that Voldemort hasn't risen again--is the next favourite for Minister of Magic. But Harry knows of a threat against Justin's life. Can he save Justin?````Takes place before the events of "Brothers in Arms" on The Dark Arts.

"He had imagined it on Harry, knowing full well that the red would enhance the clear, glittering emerald green of Harry’s eyes." It's sometimes hard to see the obvious when you're oblivious. A one-shot fic centered around a red silk tie and green, green eyes.

Wormtail, aided by a bottle of Firewhiskey, finally tells his tale.

Set three weeks after the ending of OoTP, some characters reflect on the death of one of their own. Song fic to "If Only Tears Could Bring You Back To Me" by the Midnight Sons as a tribute to Sirius.

Harry tries to rediscover his purpose following a battle with Voldemort, but thoughts of vengeance are all he seems to be able to hang on to. His life begins to slip away from him as he sinks into the future he has chosen for himself.

A guy can ruin a girl’s reputation with a few, well chosen words. Can it work the other way around? Circumstances force Hermione and Draco to call a temporary truce. However, Draco starts a rumour about Hermione that spreads like wildfire. It threatens her relationship with her boyfriend, Ron Weasley. This short story is set in November of the gang’s fifth year at Hogwarts. Cheer for Hermione as she turns the tables on Draco and forces him to redeem her. At the expense of his dignity. Harry and Ginny are also paired in this story.

For Colin, it had never stopped being an adventure.

The war was more than anyone had expected. Ginny drinks Firewhisky. Draco can't stand the stuff. Ginny dies. Draco lives. And the war continues. One-shot.

Whatever Pansy wants, Pansy gets. But what does Pansy want? She's asking too much. Ginny, ignored as she is, can't take it anymore. After all, she only wished for a kiss.

“That beauty encased in one man . . . it drives you insane with lust. You avoid going to bed because you know you won’t get any sleep from thinking about him. Harry Potter can make an insomniac out of a heavy sleeper.” ``- Draco Malfoy, concerning Harry Potter.``Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy share a conversation about the only thing they have in common: their obsession with Harry Potter. [Subtle HG/DM]

Companion piece to "Only the Best". Harry's POV

It's been a while since Ron has seen the sunlight, and he dearly misses it. He's been stuck in a dungeon for weeks now since the Final Battle ended. Harry is dead; Hermione is dead; he is the last of the Weasleys. His last request is to just fade away and Voldemort's feeling a bit moody...

Lord Voldemort thinks he’s the most powerful wizard alive, but he gets his butt kicked by a bunch of kids on a regular basis. He also thinks he’s the son of a Muggle who abandoned his witch wife. Herewith one possible answer to the musical question: how deluded is this guy?

“My mother died just after I was born, sir. They told me at the orphanage she lived just long enough to name me...” ~Tom Riddle, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

"Draco Malfoy was my life. I will not betray him." Whilst awaiting her execution Pansy looks back on her life with Draco.

He hated her for everything she was, for everything she wasn't, and most of all for only wanting him when she was too drunk to know better. Draco/Hermione, set in HBP, long oneshot, partial songfic-last portion contains slightly altered Something Corporate lyrics.

They clash, in every sense, as they meet. Rich and poor, good and bad, sweet and sour, male and female. Pale skin and pink lips, freckles and wild, fiery tangles, sleek perfection and moon kissed hair.

Graduation is something more than just leaving school; it is often the end of much more than classes.

Song fic, Harry’s POV, A morbid tale of regret, bitterness, loss, acceptance and love. It’s easy to love someone who doesn’t love you back.

An Occlumency lesson forces Severus Snape to recall things he’d rather not: his hatred for James Potter, his decision to become a Death Eater, and the love he’d lost as a result. A Severus/Florence tale.

Lupin thinks, in some way, Snape must be his to lose.

"On the third day of what would go down as the coldest November on record, James and Lily Potter were buried in a small cemetary not far from Godric's Hollow..." Small scene from the Potters' funeral. Slight Remus/Minerva, appearances by Baby Harry and the Dursleys.

My ideas for why Neville is the way he is. What brought on this onslaught? No clue. Anyway, Neville is attempting to do his homework for the upcoming Fifth Year when he writes out his thoughts instead of a potions paper.

Hannah Abbott reflects on her life. Very depressing. One shot.

A Hr/Dr fic. They fell in love. They fell apart. Now he's a Death Eater and she's resigned to die because of him...

Harry gets himself drunk at the yule ball. He does something very stupid, and this means a lot of problems, not only for Harry himself, but especially for a certain Slytherin...!

When Petunia was growing up, she was always watching out for her little sister, Lily. She was the oldest, it was her job. But then everything changed. Now, on the day of the dementor attack on Privet Drive, Petunia reflects of her relationship with Lily, her angel sister.

Neville's mother gives him a gum wrapper every time he visits. This is the story behind the action.

H/D Angst. Inspired by John Lennon and his fans. You wouldn't know from the fic, but it might help to "see" the fic in your mind afterwards. Perhaps.

“Is this how we'll always be? Sitting together, reading together, ignoring the fact that the world hates us, together?” ````An in depth look at the relationship between the Slytherin prefects. Draco/Pansy

A bitter first year is about to be sorted. She has seen too much in her life. She has created barriers in her mind to bar more people from hurting her. She has mood swings.

Hope springs eternal, that someday everything will be different, even those things we cannot change.

Flowers for his drowned Ophelia.

"Bit of a nasty shock for him when he found out." A seemingly harmless comment by Seamus about his childhood sparked off this story, which is about what the words "bit of a nasty shock" could really imply...

Draco Malfoy sees spirits at night while by day, Harry Potter tries to love him.

Harry and Ron have now left Hogwarts to become Aurors. They are set to catch as many dark wizards as they can. Harry and Ron get a job to do, but what if you kill the wrong wizard? Harry pays the extreme price.

Companion letter to "Dear Padfoot..." Harry writes a letter to his godfather, telling him about the aftermath. *OoTP spoilers*

A songfic to 'Drink With Me' from Les Miserables... a series of flashbacks from Remus Lupin's life.

A songfic dedicated to what happens in the ending of OotP. MAJOR SPOILER WARNING! Song is "When I'm Gone" by 3 doors down

Post-Hogwarts. Azkaban is cruel to him, but the thought of one person keeps him sane. This is a lamentation of a nightmare, because nightmares are preferable to reality.

Remus sits outside by the edge of the lake one afternoon, thinking about his lycanthropy and everything that goes on with it, and how he always has to lie to his friends. Then James, Sirius and Peter come, and they talk. It reassures Remus a bit, but he knows he's still not ready.

Hagrid reflects on what he has gone through, and the things he has endured to get to where he is.

"The old question arises again. What is a life worth? Potter's is an army. And some are not even worth the try." Betraying your friends is one thing. Selling their children is another. Severus Snape muses about 'his' Slytherins.

It wasn't supposed to happen like this. I had my whole life planned out, and this... this was definately not part of the plan. I didn't want this.... I hadn't counted on this. And yet, here it was.

Lupin made the mistake of believing what he'd been told once, with Sirius; he won't make the same mistake with Snape.

Soon we will have the forever we deserve. *H/D slash*

"Wednesday's child is full of woe." A Petunia fic.

Sometimes, the patterns that shape our lives control us.

"He was almost there; he knew it. So close and yet so far at the same time. He knew the spell, he knew the incantations by heart; he knew he could do it. There was one thing he did not know, though, and it was the last stage. He still could not grab the shape he was to take..."

Every century they are reborn by the dawn, live by the day, fall by the dusk, and die by the night. The four phases of true magick they represent and the power of it do they wield. They were once chosen to lead and were lost in the power. Now they are chosen again to prove themselves capable. They will remold the world and a new era will began. The Era of Rebirth. They are... Virginia, Last Queen of Avaloni Atlantis. Through her lust for power she destroyed her home. Aislinn, former High Priestess of Avery, Her wisdom bought her eternity. Patricia, founder of Daybreak, Through knowledge she became supreme. Everleare, Amazon Healer, Her touch is as a phoenix tear. Reborn in a new time and they shall reign again.

A small twist of fate and Draco is faced with life changing choices. He can either succumb to his roots, or begin a whole new chapter of his life. This is his second decision.

An H/D songfic from Harry's PoV, slightly angsty, implications of....things. The song is Everybody's Fool by EvaneScence

'His bones ached in the chill of the dungeon--he'd never noticed it before, this insidious, almost-comfortable chill, prickling like the breath of a Dementor.' Severus Snape remembers. Implied slash.

The date is the 22nd April. In three days time, Hermione and Draco's lives will be changed forever.

Minerva's POV of the night that Lily and James were killed. What if she'd gotten Harry instead of Hagrid? Slightly AU

Draco may be dying, but maybe things aren't as bad as they seem.

As Harry's birthdays fly by, we see a Harry distraught by the world around him and what he believes he's done to the world. He attempts to cope with his problems, but are they too much for him to handle? This is a rather ironic songfic on the words to the "Happy Birthday" song. Sadness comes along for a ride...

Hermione Granger once loved Draco Malfoy. Burdened and heartbroken by his absence, she reflects on happier times, and what brought her to such a low.

Tom Riddle has no memory of his mother. He knows only three things about her.

A Slytherin girl speaks up against Draco Malfoy, the hero of the House, with violent repercussions.

Peter never felt guilty about betraying Lily and James. He does, though, when he sees their memories in the graveyard. The graveyard scene out of GoF through Peter's eyes.

Harry and Ginny have had a long and happy marriage, until the moment came where the truth just wouldn't stay a secret any longer. With this secret came much sorrow and pain. You get to live that pain through the words of this tale. It's a tale of sinful endeavors and how it has affected the people involved.

A short attempt in the portrayal of deathbed mourning.

A rainy day in the Potter household, not unlike any other.

Sequel to 'Red as Blood' -``'“You don’t belong with them, Ginny,” her father said, whispering. It looked like he was in pain. Some of the blood, Draco thought, belongs probably to him. Or maybe he was just in pain over the fact that his beloved daughter wanted to kill them? Draco shook his head. It didn’t matter. Not to him. Only she mattered to him.'

Severus Snape is an intelligent man, a brilliant man. Nothing he has learned in a textbook, however, can prepare him to cope with his role in the death of Sirius Black. SS/AD. Slash. Companion to “Somnus Misellus."

Ron reaches his limit.

As a very pregnant Hermione cleans the Headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix, her mind wanders to places she does not want to visit.

Hermione finds herself alone after the Death Eaters ravage and maimed... except for one mysterious blond-haired boy.

Why I did it? Why did I turn? Why did I turn when I had the best friends anyone could ever have? When I had a bright future? One reason.

Draco has been acting very strangely, but one night with one girl may bring it all to an end. DM/LL.

Some times having the love of two men isn't easy. And sometimes you have to make a decision. S/L/J triangle.

Everything still smells like Sirius...

During his conversation with Harry after returning from the Ministry, Dumbledore thinks about his mistakes, his emotions, his failures, and Harry's ability to feel. In Harry’s deliverance from indifference and guilt, is Dumbledore's redemption...

Yet another take on the Whomping Willow incident.

Set in nineteenth century England, Harry, an overconfident young man of his early twenties, sets off on a mission to rid the world of the deadliest evil. His path starts and ends with Draco, an opulent Victorian aristocrat with a sadistic streak a mile long and an infinity wide. Harry and Draco accidentally learn what it's like to love and hate in the most complicated tangle of human emotion. Later, they suffer from the effects of such actions that, not only destroy themselves, disrupt the realms of time, space, society and sanity.

In Azkaban, a prisoner goes slowly insane, unable to remember who he is. He grasps at his forgotten identity and at memories he cannot understand as the Dementors feed on his frustrations.

During the first night of her final year at Hogwarts, Ginny reflects about the past.

Based on Christian Hans Anderson's The Little Mermaid (not the Disney version), in which Draco learns that sometimes, all you need is love. Slash, HP/DM, HP/BZ. Angst ahead.

The only casualty from Hogwarts in the battle against the Dark Lord goes unmourned by all but the one who loved him... the one who is willing to do anything to join him in eternal paradise. Angsty little oneshot.

She cried, never going to hold the hand of another guy. Too young for him he told her waiting for the love of her traveling soilder.

"Pig’s fluttering around like an idiot. And hooting. It’s really hard to pay attention." But his owl gives Ron the chance to reflect on the Ministry break-in. Who knew that a gift and its giver could be so alike? One-shot.

Lavender Brown-Weasley reflects on one afternoon. This is her reflection on an afternoon that changed all of their lives. Forever.

A reaction fic to the death in Order of the Phoenix. Harry looks back on his memories and wonders what's to come.