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She will wake up, and it will finally occur to her that she can’t remember her own name. The cot will be foreign, the scratches will be upsetting, and she will cower in the corner until one of them comes... Then she will meet the shadows all over again.

Vinyl isn't just something to wear. Music, mayhem and Muggle love abound during the summer of Harry's fifth year. To be played at maximum volume...

Hermione, an old woman on her death bed, remembers her best friends.

She could feel him stare at her constantly.

Was it always meant to be? Harry and Hermione in love? Mild Fluff.

First sequel to "Somewhere in my Past". When Harry first opened his eyes that night, it was Draco he first thought of.

Alone. The word bounced around in his head, reverberating over and over. He’d always been alone, even in a crowded room. Had anyone else in history ever been so isolated as he?

On a rainy, fateful night in October 1981, the world which was perfect crashed down before Sirius Black's very eyes... Songfic to the Ronan Keating song of the same name.

Percy Weasley reflects... upon the past, the present, and how his sister had changed throughout the years. Somewhat angsty one-shot about siblings growing apart.

A cliche line: every hero needs a dragon to be slain-- Harry got one.

Snape's reaction to Sirius' death - and the repercussions.

As he is brutally told his brother fled the house, Regulus understands he has to make Sirius come back. He'd prefer not to think about their differences.

Hermione laments about her failed relationship with Draco, and about how happiness is overrated and sometimes the truth is not always best.

Remus Lupin was part of the mischief-making band of the Marauders when he was in school. Now, twenty years later, he is once again meeting someone who good life can be. Remus/Tonks.

It's Christmas Eve and Penelope Clearwater is about to make a decision that will change her whole life. Percy/Penelope. Set during Ootp.

"A man with a hazel wand came without sound/He changed me suddenly/I was looking another way..."

I would be just too depressed. There would be rumors and speculation about things no one had the faintest idea about. Stories and slander I didn’t want to deal with. The Boy Who Lived didn’t want to deal with it anymore.

Harry has returned from his fifth year at Hogwarts and now everything that has happened has started to sink in. He also learns he must say goodbye to someone before he can move on.

A sad fic about Draco; seen from Hermione's POV. Character death.

I watch the chapel fill, slowly. People I remember from school, that I had never been friends with. They aren't there for me, but I don't care. They are there for Blaise, for Hermione. For Snape. Oh, it's a laugh. Me, the person least liked - after Snape and Voldemort - at Hogwarts, and the chapel near the Manor is filled with people come to help bury me. More than can be said for some people more liked, more loved.

Four years of war, four years of loss and death and tragedy; but nothing could have prepared Harry for losing the one thing he fought so hard to gain.

HP/DM SLASH. Fairytales never come true, and life isn't like the movies.

Dedicated to all the members of the HMS Wolfstar. What do we do when memories are all we have? Can we ever move beyond the regret?

Elliot Wood doesn't want to be known as Oliver's little sister, the Weasley twins' other friend, the smart girl, or the girl who dated Cedric. How far will she go to get out from under the shadow of everyone else?

‘He was older than me by three years, so naturally he thought that he knew everything before I did.’ ````Regulus Black reflects on Sirius and their relationship earlier on in life.

Marcus Flint has insomnia and tends to think about a certain Gryffindor Quidditch Captain.

"Now I'm grinding my teeth because she is laughing, her smile wide and real. And it hurts. Because he is the one making her smile." RHrR; slight mention of one-sided slash.

He didn't own the beloved trinket he wore around his neck; he was merely holding it for a friend.

Harry finds Draco. Set after Dumbledore's death. Sequel to This World and Realities.

Luna, after the War, reflects on the changes she and her friends have undergone.

Ginny wonders if Draco Malfoy is really as bad as everyone says he is.

Post OotP, Remus/Sirius slash. Remus sighs, thinks, and falters. We ever seek the glittering ‘happily ever after’ of fairytales, but most stories has no cheery ending; if indeed an ending at all.

The deepest desire, the one craving written onto the surface of the very soul is never altruistic. It is what self is; the blueprint, the essence. Snape, Dumbledore, the Mirror of Erised, odd explanations, odd style, general oddness...

Harry Potter has defeated Voldemort at last. The long war had just ended, and Harry can finally rest. He has nothing more to fear, except his dreams.

"She sits in her cell and hears laughter ringing in her mind. She thinks it's just another voice in her head when she realizes that it's not—it's Ron Weasley. She smacks into a sad realization: She is the last one alive. But here, Hermione is never alone." This is the companion/sequel to my story Laugh Because You're Dying!

Every Christmas, Albus Dumbledore has a date with his conscience.

Sometimes surviving is worse than not making it back, it always is when you have the opportunity to walk away from it. D/Hr

It's Bellatrix's birthday. Her wedding day. Her turning point. Mentions of Bellatrix/Regulus, but nothing major.

Regulus Black is R.A.B. His descent into fear, madness, and death as he continues on with his hopeless mission. Regulus was just a lion from the stars sorted into a Slytherin snake, but in the end, none of that mattered.

After everything, Neville Longbottom is still an outsider. That's one of the few things about him that haven't changed. He's a different person than he was - and so is Luna Lovegood.

Draco Malfoy reveals in this diary entry about how he truly feels about Harry, Ron, Hermione, and his father's wanting for him to become a Death Eater after "The Goblet of Fire". Set to Christina Aguilara's "Reflection".

Prequel to "The Service." For the rest of her life, on the anniversary of his death, Angelina dreamed of her last day with her first love.

"When you save somebody's life you're forever going to be responsible for this life..." -- Severus is looking for trouble. James is looking for authority. Dumbledore is looking for a resolution. James' POV on life debts, innocent bystanders, father issues and what else strikes his fancy that fateful day when he is told that one of his friends must have betrayed him and Lily.

Songfic based on Chevelle's "The Red." Harry does the unthinkable. And Lucius Malfoy wants him to do it again. Not Slash. Partially Dark!Harry.

Ginny lives as a shadow of her true form. Living day to day, sullen and silent. Will she learn to feel again?

Mid-OotP. After the events in the Department of Mysteries, Harry's best friends come to an understanding of the past, the future, and each other. Minor R/Hr.

Luna Lovegood on truth, life and being yourself, no matter what people say or do. Short, but powerful.

Bellatrix reflects on her love for her cousin.

They do not know me; no one does. If they did, they would that their jealous looks and hateful stares do nothing to me in any way. I do not feel them. I hover somewhere between happiness and sadness in a state which I suppose one would call numbness. This state is rather pleasant on the whole, with no attachment to anything except you.

Harry encounters his parent's murderer, only this time it isn't Voldemort, and he has something to say.

Moody opens the door and sees Dumbledore for the first time in nearly five years -- since he left school, since the war started, since a lot of things, most of them bad, have come to pass. ~ An Auror and his former professor share quarters for the night. Slash.

This is the story Ivy told at Halloween in Blood Seduction. It explains a lot of her mistrust against humans and her relationship with Dumbledore. (Prequel to Blood Seduction.)

Post-OoP, Ginny reflects on Tom, Harry, desire, fear, and the nature of truth. At what point do illusion and reality meet? Downbeat and philosophical.

Ravenclaws are the smartest and wisest aren't they? Most able to handle delving into the forgotten and the forbidden - even if things go wrong, they have the skills to help themselves out of it. But what happens when they slip? ````Pushing the boundaries can have nasty side-effects. When extra-curricular activities go wrong and to sleep is to face hours of restless nightmares, Ravenclaw expertise can both solve and worsen the problem.````Late night in Ravenclaw dorm, four seniors try to kill the hours until daybreak. ````Set during Goblet of Fire.

“Pity the insane. They always believe themselves above all other creatures at the expense of their last shreds of humanity.”`` Dolohov's reflections during his second imprisonment to Azkaban - a morbid take on insanity: between the dark humor and sheer tragedy of a man stuck between hum-hums, clickety-clicks and his own bitter memories.

She was the only one he thought of, for his last moments. SSHG.

After the war, Draco is forced to stand trial for crimes against the Wizarding World. But why has all the evidence pointing to his innocence been tampered with? What will Harry do about it?

Harry often wonders what it would be like to fall. Maybe possibly mild H/D

Peter Pettigrew is not worthless scum or stupid or daft. He is a rat because rats are cunning and sneaky. He is not feeble.

Remus Lupin must deal with the death of a closer friend, and even harder... learn to move on.

'Remus has that nagging feeling of stupidity, like when you wake up from a nightmare and still can't tell what's reality and what's a dream.'

Where has the real world gone? This is only a facsimile, a nightmare. It has to be.``Contains very mild slash.

Petter Pettigrew has a son who has grown up believing that his father is a hero. Will he ever find out the truth? And, if he does, how will he react?

Some people have no idea what they want. Some people have an idea, but can't get what they want. And some people are unlucky enough to land a double dose. Hermione comes face to face with marrital bliss and infidelity, and having too much of what other people lack.

Alicia tries to deal with her newfound feelings about Katie, and the fact that she can never seem to say what she feels. Yes, femslash.

When you're forced to make a choice about the one you love, it can haunt you for the rest of your life. One night can't change destiny, no matter how much you want it to. RL/LE One-Shot. Lovey and Angsty and all that great stuff.

Songfic to Kelly Clarkson's "Beautfiul Disaster". H/Hr.

Two years after Hogwarts, Harry and Blaise share a lovers' spat, which ends up in an utterly unexpected way. HP/BZ

Harry has never liked to be touched. To him, touch represents fear and pain, punishment and anger. Can Ginny break through his defences and teach him the joy of touch? One-shot.

Faced with the unexpected, Ron rethinks his priorities; a war story.

I'm going under``Drowning in you``I'm falling forever``I've got to break through``I'm going under...````Sometimes the person you love most``Is the person you'd do anything to get away from...

One mistake. One wrong turn. Harry Potter was not supposed to die in the Chamber of Secrets. Ginny Weasley was not supposed to be left with only the wind to carry her.

Potter might have been destined to take on the Dark Lord, but it would be the choice of his heart that would kill him. For a choice will always destroy more than a destiny.

Arrogance was my downfall; now I chose to tell the truth of my death, and the death of my husband.````From the desk of the author of Black Lily and Black Aeon, comes this addition to the ending of Black Lily.

Love, lust, punishment, betrayal, death. In all things, there’s symmetry.

After the death of a friend, Remus Lupin looks back, before someone helps him look forward again. No slash, and slightly AU, as it replaces the last scenes of OotP.

And her voice is breaking, because her Harry is no longer hers. He is just Harry… just Harry. She leaves him standing alone as he was always meant to do, because no one else could ever shine that bright.

It's Graduation at Hogwarts. Percy is moving on. Penelope can't.

Wind can blow out a fire, but it can also make it flare.

Harry's Aunt notices Harry's behaviour after returning home from his fourth year at Hogwarts and decides to become a proper guardian for once.

No I would not sleep in this bed of lies``So toss me out and turn in``And there'll be no rest for these tired eyes``I'm marking it down to learning ``I am...``If you've ever been broken-hearted, or ever felt like you wouldn't love again, then read on.

"Barcelona, where the winds all blew, / The churches don't have windows, but the graveyards do. / Me and my shadow are wrestling again. / Look out stranger, there's a dark cloud moving in." First full moon after the Ministry break-in, and dear Moony is having a hard time living with himself. Reflections on lost friends and hopefully an insight into Remus's mind.

In her eyes he saw his soul. This is the story of the shattering of the last horcrux.

Enough had been thought, and said, and felt, and imagined. It was about time that something should be done. Written for the SiYE Open House Challenge.

How does Harry really feel about the Dursleys? We all think that he hates them, but is life ever that simple? Harry POV. Set in the future when Harry must protect his family from Death Eater attack.

Hermione thinks about how her life has been, the matters of family, friends, and the matters of her heart. Background of some parts of the story also come from "Reflections (3)", another of my stories

Set during CoS. Ginny stays in Hogwarts for Christmas while her parents go to Egypt to visit Bill. Amidst all that has happened in school, Ginny wonders whether Christmas has decided to abandon her during a time where she needs company most.

How do you live when you feel destined to die? Don't ask me. If I knew that, my life and death would be a lot easier.

“It’s over Malfoy. It’s finally over,” saying that, Harry fell down at Draco’s feet breathing heavily.

A lone figure stood in the field, next to the lake, the wind blowing her red hair all about. Silent tears were streaming down her face, mixing in with the rain as it fell. More thunder rumbled in the distance, but she was oblivious to all around her. GW/DM

"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings/ look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!". In the desert there is only one law, and this law is: sand. Ginny/Bill.

A short vignette on how love can transcend the boundaries of war, death and even love.

Lighting the fire, she took the time to look at the pictures on top of the fireplace, something she had never found the time to do before, though she couldn’t think why. She could feel her eyes beginning to well up as she look down at a photograph that must have been taken years ago.

What is the song of a wandering man? Is it some tune that he remembers fondly from a time gone by? Or has that tune become so bitter that he can no longer hear it? And so he walks alone... and in silence.

It is Azkaban the day after Sirius Black has escaped. The Warden ponders where they might have gone wrong with Sirius Black

"Remus Lupin, are you pouting?" "I'm a werewolf. Werewolves do not pout." "You love me, Remus Lupin, and what's more I love you too!" Her cheeks flushed and her eyes sparked emeralds. "Then why are you dating James?" Short and bittersweet. *RemusLily*

Love, betrayal, anger and hate can drive a man to desperate measures. And further.

What would happen if Harry Potter really hadn't died the night of his and Gypsy's wedding? Where did he go and will he ever get back? (sequel to Shards of Glass)

A different light on Ginny Weasley... and what does Harry Potter think of it all?

"I grew up in a haunted house. This isn't who I wanted to be. You can never outgrow anything, and how does that make you feel? I'll never stop being one of them. I grew up with ghosts in my childhood and vampires in the bed next to me, and I'm not afraid of monsters anymore. And I'm stuck in the past and I can't get out, and I know that they're like that, too. I can feel it in their blood." Andromeda reflects on her family.