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Severus reminds himself of what could have been. The message hits hard.

Takes place in the summer after SS. Sort of character study/summary

Harry and Draco are both too stubborn and risk loosing everything.

"It must be the atmosphere. Azkaban, with the sound of waves breaking against the rock cliffs in faithful succession. The name itself sounds broken and clumsily repaired. And it is home, they tell themselves. It is life. They hush the part about imprisonment. Azkaban, an island nation."

"Oh do you care, I still feel for you..." So, do you really care? Can you understand her reasons? (T/G)

A Lily and James story full of teenage heartache and confusion. Will Lily continue to be invisible at Hogwarts or will James be able to break through her cool exterior? Join the characters as they enter their 6th and penultimate year at the school of witchcraft and wizardry.

The plight of most of the Slytherins during Chamber of Secrets. Edited to be HBP-compliant, with the narrator changed.

Quote: You don't cry. You don't cry because you can't. You didn't kill him. Why would you kill him? He's got a half-smile on his face and you can't cry because he's happy. That would be sick, to cry.

In the summer after OotP, Harry is again at 12 Grimmauld Place. He feels sorry for himself, as usual, but with the, er, 'help' of a certain werewolf, he gets over it.

What seems like an error in Potions leads Snape to sing and dance like a disco queen... everybody laughs, but there is more to the situation than meets the eye. The only thing is, will the only person aware of the truth do the right thing, or will they be scared and frightened, and possibly be responsible for Snape's death?

Sirius tells Harry about the day he was born.

Hello there. Let me introduce myself. My full and Christian name is Deirdre Eudoxia Marbelle. Let me start out by saying that this is my story and I have kept it to myself for years. And years can rack up on you when you are an immortal. And you, reader, do not know anything about me. However if you have heard of me, you know me as the Vampire who befriended Draco Malfoy and used her charms to destroy much of the common wizarding world, to demolish all that was of Voldemort’s supporters. You should also know me as the one who, despite also being the one who killed much of the Death Eaters, threw the Order of the Phoenix into a frenzy, and by God destroyed it and all of their followers.

Mudbloods and Muggle-lovers first:. Lord Voldemort keeps a long-time promise to his followers, and Hermione -- along with every other Muggle-born and Squib in the Wizarding World -- is swept up in the current.

Your name is Remus Lupin. Today is the happy day, and your heart is broken.

Ubquitous and nondescript Ginny Weasley writes, writes, and writes ceaselessly and yet her words vanish into thin air.

Same words unspoken, same dream lost. A bitter story of what might have been...H/D slash.

One-shot fic about Cho and suicide.

Behind locked doors, things get muddled. Madness and reality intertwine, and monotony becomes standard. They say that insanity is either there or it isn't, but maybe it has levels, just like everything else.

Was Sirius Black as crazy as we all think he was in Azkaban? What was he thinking of the day before he escaped? Who was he thinking of?

Draco writes an essay on his home life.

A sixth year Maurader fic, revolving around events before the willow incident and after. Contains Lily/Severus and Remus/Severus (slash..) Tells of the facades which we hide behind when we're in fear of being open to hurt, and what happens when the walls tumble down.

At the end of sixth year, Draco had some troubles, the only person that noticed, cared and did something about it was Harry. Angsty. A little fluffy, but not bad, and a short little ficlet. This is one of my first fics ever! *sniff*

Written PreHBP. “Don’t do anything rash,” Draco tried again. Without taking his eyes of the knife Potter whispered, “Give me a reason Draco. Just a single one.”

Remus saw Harry’s pain. He saw it from the moment the boy, or rather, man, walked through the door. He wished he could do something to dull the anguish in Harry’s eyes. But that seemed difficult while he was still dealing with his own hurt.

Set from Hermione's POV. This story is set in the few seconds after Ron explains to Hermione what a Mudblood is when Draco calls her one after the Quidditch argument in the second book.

What does the all-powerful Half Blood Prince think of Harry Potter? His unbiased (ahem!) opinions may surprise you ...

"You sit in the darkness. It’s late. In the perfect houses across the road small squares of yellow light are a rare sight. The polished windows, marked by the brief passage of indistinct grey forms, fade into the characteristic black holes puncturing the neat arrangement of bricks. Privet Drive is empty. You’ve seen it before. In your mind you can map out every door, every flowerbed, even the infinite arrangement of light reverberations on the cement, the geometry of every wall." A dark fic full of dark thoughts. Warning, contains references to self-harm! What say ye? Hard-core angst? Nonsense...

One January night in 1981, six year-old Percy Weasley writes a story about a dark and stormy night and the "bad wizards". He has questions about the war that neither of his parents are sure how to answer.

The wizarding world had been attacked. Trinity Snape's children, husband, and the survivors from the Final Battle were killed. Trinity, in a fit of rage and dispair, had demolished the troop of attackers. But, can the savior of the Wizarding world stand being alone? Trinity Snape takes a walk down memory lane.

It's the summer after fifth year, and the last place Harry wants to be is Grimmauld Place. So of course, that's exactly where he is, still wrestling with his guilt and anger. Is there anything that can bring him peace? Harry opens his bureau and finds something unexpected.

A story of Snape, a candle, and a life. That's all there is to say, really.

“Want one, Potter?” you snarl, fists balled in his shirt and holding him up against the corridor wall. He brings his face close to yours, and I feel your shock. “I don’t need one,” he replies in a low voice. “I’ve got you.” You leap back as though you’ve been stung. Your cheekbones are scarlet now, and a halo of crackling energy surrounds you. “You wish,” you snap back. You could think of better, I know you could, but you don’t. I don’t. I can’t think of anything but you standing up for me. Or did you? Were you just standing up for yourself? Would it matter? I can already feel the blinkers around your eyes. You and he are the only people in this whole universe now, all else eclipsed by how you feel when he’s near you.

Harry sits in the Gryffindor common room on a stormy night. He is remembering back to about a month ago, when a terrible accident affected all of Hogwarts.

Harry is alone in the world, alcohol his only savior. But when he begins to lose himself, is there any retribution? A companion piece to Soul Searching

"But at the ends of the earth, will the deep end be any different than the shallow if we are there for the same purpose?" Someone thinks about a certain death and his great promise to Harry after the funeral.

His story begins too many times to count; in fact, it is always beginning, just as surely as time is always existent. But he does not own the story, for time is too great for one to reign, and Harry Potter is too powerful for anyone, even his son, to possess. And besides, fate is untamable, and choices are to the decider. But even if the story isn’t his, he is the story’s. And there are no endings, but only beginnings for Mark Evans; for Mark Potter.

The end has come, fraught with betrayal, but things are not as bad as they seem at first. Songfic to Avril Lavigne's 'Happy Ending'. Warning: character death!

Harry/Ron(/Hermione). It's supposed to get easier.

Can Draco bring love back into Danielle's life? Especially when THAT time comes around every year in February?

It is Cho's sixteenth birthday and she is celebrating with her friends. Yet something deep and painful comes back to haunt her when she opens a particular gift that may seem plain and simple on the outside...

Voldemort's rant on human emotions. Kinda scary.

Gore. Death. Mass Murder. Demons. Hell on Earth. Voldemort's pleasure.

She kept Voldemort alive through his darkest days, intertwining their fates forever. But it is a connection far from pure love. See how Nagini entered Tom Riddle's life, and why she chose to shed her skin for another. The memories unwind through the serpent's eye, born from a human soul.

Sometimes guilt eats you up and makes you reveal things you don’t want to. Sometimes what causes the guilt is so bad the reprocussions for you are enormous. What if you were taken by the enemy in a war for your beliefs? And what if you let the enemy comfort and protect you? What sort of person would you be? A traitor? Explories Ginny’s feelings in a post-Hogwarts G/D darkfic.

A dark exploration of Ginny. Songfic to "Precious Things" by Tori Amos. H/D slash undertones.

Ginny writes a letter of questions about a love she had never expected. Post-OoTP.

After a heart-breaking letter from Ron, Harry reflects on what life has thrown at him.

Once so happy and joyful, now mind etched deep with guilt, Ron reminisces about things too difficult to find an answer to. Post-war.

After becoming privvy to Harry's prophecy while being kidnapped, Ron is forced to make a terrible decision.

Hermione is a healer, unable to heal even herself. The only thing that alleviates the pain is naming things. Objects, concepts. But she doesn't know how to put a name to her feelings.

"I sat by the piano, picking out notes to a melody Mummy used to play years ago. The melody of a song that she used to sing to, dance to." Luna still feels sad when she thinks about her mother.

The final battle is over, and Ginny Weasley is looking for someone on the battlefield; looking for him. But when she finds him, she realises she is going to have to say the hardest word of all - Goodbye. HP/GW songfic to James Blunt's 'Goodbye My Lover'.

It is a long journey towards being Sirius Black again; Remus watches it happen.

Remus takes a walk to the marauders' childhood hideaway, remembering. One-shot, songfic to "Somewhere Only We Know".

"We're marked, you and I, by Voldemort." Can allegiances be formed out of old misunderstandings?

Songfic to Broken by Evanescence... Lily/Lucius... In order to protect her love, she had to walk away with her unborn child, a child Lucius has no clue about. Seventeen years later, after the day of that tragic event, Lucius finally knows. His reaction and his role in the ending of Voldemort.

Ginny decided long ago that she wouldn't wish for anything from Harry. So why is she standing here waiting for him in the freezing cold?

Ginny Weasley is sick of being forgotten and ignored, so she tries to kill herself. Dumbledore finds her just in time, and sends her home where she discovers more about the mysterious threads she can see. Draco Malfoy becomes involved later on.

Since his wife Penelope's death, Percy has lived in an echoing mansion with only his daughter and the butler for company. The arrival of a governess changes everything. Percy/ Ginny, Percy/ OFC.

Lord Voldemort is in agonising pain. Will his 'faithful' Death Eaters stay faithful?

We could escape when Hogwarts burnt down in the last days of the war and Harry was killed. We did survive when the shadow covered the land and civilization was destroyed. Now, after twenty years, we are still hiding and waiting for signs that will speak of a brighter future, signs of confidence and hope. We know that we are not alone. Not everyone has died. Many of our former friends are scattered all over the land, and they are waiting for us. Finally it's time to leave. A message has come, sending us to the ruins of Hogwarts. We will follow the path that leads into the unknown North. Maybe we will live, maybe we will die - one thing is sure: our fate is the fate of the Land.

Songfic to Green Day's Boulevard of Broken Dreams. Harry's POV.

fragile (adj.) 1. easily broken or damaged, 2. weak and uncertain; easily destroyed or spoilt, 3. delicate and often beautiful. Example: A fragile alliance / relationship. ``A series of three scenes, exploring the frail beauty of budding friendship, love, and how easily it all shatters. H/G

His tattered robes hung loosely about his shoulders as ribbons of blood streamed down his exposed chest. Black hair matted against his neck. A coarse beard irritated his pale skin, though he refused to complain. There were much worse matters to resolve. Wiping a bead of sweat from his brow, he gripped his wand even harder. Glittering stones of onyx darted back and forth across the battlefield, assessing the situation.

Draco has been abused by his father for as long as he can remember. The marks are usually gone by the time he has to go back to school. But not this time. He couldn't leave soon enough, & now he has to find out how to keep his home life a secret. Most people don't think twice about it (this IS Draco Malfoy), but one red-headed girl can't stomp on her curiosity. She has to know.... The relationship that blossoms drags Draco out of his ongoing deep depression, & puts Ginny at the forefront of her family's conversations - & not in a good way. But how long can this relationship last? How long will everyone let it? Soon, Draco will have to choose between his love for his mother, & his new-found-love, for he fears he won't be able to have both.

Such imagination seems to help the feeling slide.

Life's just not worth living anymore... (Features BloodRedSoul's poem, Artificial. WARNING! Contains suicidal mentionings and self-inflicted abuse. Read at your own risk...)

"Harry sobbed into the old man's shoulder. Remus was all he had left, the last link to his parents’ memory, the last link to Sirius. Harry couldn't lose Remus."

Penelope Clearwater. Nothing special. She has been dating Percy for over a year, and something just isn't right...from his side. He doesn't seem to love her anymore, no matter how hard she tries. He treats her like a beckon call and a doormat. Maybe because she isn't pretty? Just 'Plain Penelope?' Perhaps. But Marcus Flint has a way of showing how amazing she truly is. How faithful can Penelope stay with Percy with her eyes wide shut?

He would never be alone, never be lonely... Pain and Darkness would never leave him - he would never be betrayed again...

Ginny Weasley looks back on her first year. A huge battle is going to take place soon, and she feels that she is all alone in the world.... (T/G, hints of H/Hr)

The Death Eaters are in the school. . . the students are dying. . . and Hogwarts is falling. A couple has one last talk in the library before the end. Argus/Irma

It's Harry's fifth year at Hogwarts, and he can't beieve how hellish his life is. Dumbledore, his long thought mentor, is starting to shun him- whenever they do end up talking, they argue... until Harry finally loses control.

Draco remembers. Harry forgets. And the world keeps turning. One-shot H/D slash.

Harry is deeply depressed and feels lost since the death of Sirius. He receives an important message from Sirius in his dreams.

A liberal twist on the romance of Cho Chang and Cedric Diggory. Secrets, kisses, and whispers all over.

Regulus Black intends to try out for the Slytherin Quidditch team in his second year. He does it, however, for reasons that might not be the best. No matter what, certain Gryffindors will do anything to see that he fails. Written for the Regulus Black Group Cookie Challenge.

No longer do I know heart-break, no longer do I know suffering, no longer the pain nor tears. I know only nothingness, the all consuming darkness.

About two of the characters dying. The title is kinda bad but hopefully the story is better. Rating is just to be safe.

To return, after the war, the scars and all the loss, is to remember. A few of our favorites subconsciously meet in the courtyard, post-war, and reflect, reminisce, and sing Kenny Chesney.

“I should have stayed and helped. I should have gone back. I shouldn’t have gone in the first place. I should never have gotten mixed up in this. Draco, what have we done? What are we doing? There’s not a goddamn good reason for any of it. Why do we do this to ourselves?”

Leaving Hogwarts behind for the last time, Hermione reflects on the death of a great man, and comes to a realization.

On the day of Lily and James Potter's demise, one person seeks Dumbledore and forgiveness.

I was disappointed with some of the luke-warm-ness of the death in OOTP. Searching deeper into and between the words in canon, this popped out...

Harry is alone on a windy cold beach at dusk. He hates himself. Why had everything gotten so complicated? He wished he didn't feel so much; wished he didn't feel at all. ``Someone comes along, infact the most unlikely person. Can they save each other?

Deep down inside I'm never okay. I cry of pain everyday. Deep inside, my heart begins to ache. Each day as my body slowly breaks. A Parvati One-shot.

After Harry defeats Voldemort, he makes one mistake; a mistake that will come back to haunt him.

Wrong turns in this maze called "life" invariably lead to brick walls. H/D.

Scorned by the wizarding world; betrayed by those she thought she could trust. Even the most terrifying of events can somehow work out for the best. Ginny Weasley finds this out the hard way.

A look into Ron and his feelings for Hermione and Harry. How does the world see Ron, and how does he see himself? Sometimes it is best to remember that everything is not so simple as it seems. Slight slash implications.

A few brief glimpses into James and Lily's last days.

All through her life she wanted things she couldn't get. But now she wants to be with someone she loves but can't...because she just...can't.

Harry, Ron and Hermione were best friends. Everyone knew that. So when something horrible happens to one of them, it means something horrible happens to all of them. It seemed logical that they would find comfort in each other. But logic is hardly useful when you just want to cry yourself to sleep.

"The lover is annilated by the beloved." Ginny has many feelings for Harry and as her love for him swells from her point-of-view the poetic writing flows and shifts like the waters of the ocean. Calm and cool, then dark, furious, then joyful and triumphant, Ginny's difficulties with love leave her only wanting more. One-Shot.

Padma doesn't believe in Japanese mythology. That's too bad, really...

Hermione reflects on her marriage with Ron and her affair with Harry, and what ensued. Snippets of "Deadwood" by Garbage is used.

AU ficlet- One stormy night, Liliana Evans, daughter of a prominent pureblood Slytherin family, realizes that there's nothing left to live for. James Potter is looking for a way out of his family's constant planning of his future. What will they find in each other?

Remus escapes into his lycanthropy to cope with James and Lily's death, Sirius being sent to Azkaban and Peter's disappearance.

A glimpse of how it looks to Ginny Weasley when she collapses from the inside. A story of the consequences of falling for the darkest love in the world and how when you leave him he doesn't always leave you.