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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.

Sirius is gone, and all that remains is to forgive oneself. Between saying goodbye and finding peace is a moment that hangs like a fly in amber, frozen, and reminds us that we're still here.

'He who offers to me with devotion only a leaf, or a flower, or a fruit, or even a little water, this I accept from that yearning soul, because with a pure heart it was offered with love.' - The Bhagavad Gita, 9:27. Arthur Weasley receives a visitor. A little alternative scene set during OotP, with references to incest and slash.

His werewolf mind fought to be let out, to be consumed by bloodlust but Remus gritted his teeth and wouldn't give in even as his mental barriers were ripped down. His transformation had become even more painful to bear... and as his skin bled, he trembled as a worse pain he was to relive from the werewolf's mind spread through him.

Hannah Abbott is a typical Hufflepuff, isn't she? She's safe, loyal and boring.

Summer after seventh year. Ron looks back on the final battle and tries to deal with the loss of loved ones. Songfic to "I'm Movin' On" by Rascal Flatts (contains some language).

Three years later, Ginny still remembers him.

Sirius sits and reflects after escaping Azkaban.

Continuation of "Love Conquers All," epilogue from Ron's point of view. Ron has fallen in love with Hermione's muggle cousin and is ready to propose to her. But he has a secret that he must reveal to her, one that will change their relationship entirely. How will she react? Will Ron finally get the girl of his dreams?

The last act of the war, Luna and Harry are trapped within Voldemort's cell. Harry is ready to give up. Luna teaches him that there is something much more. Prequel to Classic Stigma. NOT Luna/Harry, sorry.

Ginny is stolen from her very bed, and finds herself locked in a Tower. What is she thinking?

After the tumultuous events of Ginny's first year, she returns to Hogwarts a changed girl. Rejected by her housemates and misunderstood by her family, she seeks companionship and comfort in an unlikely friendship with our favorite Ravenclaw.

Destiny had nothing to do with it. Pansy/Ginny angst.

Set in the summer after GoF, Ginny pulls down an old photo album and takes a short stroll down Memory Lane. Featuring a special bro/sis relationship between Ron and Ginny.

Irrational, unreasonable and confused; Draco writes a letter to his incarcerated father. Though it is never to be sent, it helps to relieve some of the inner-turmoil he is feeling. First in the ‘Hidden Letters’ series.

"Where had the hate gone? The pain? The violence? How could this be better than that?"````Harry, Draco, the freezing cold, and both too dumb to realize the obvious in a well heated facility.

Ron, aided by bottle of butterbeer and the sight of Luna Lovegood's arse, lays some of his own demons to rest. H/H from a lovelorn redhead's point of view.

Harry Potter was thought to be lucky... but he was just the 'boy who lived'.

Severus Snape loses his temper, gets slashed, tries to ignore the voices in his head and keep Dumbledore firmly out – until he really needs help, that is. The night of Sirius Black’s escape from Hogwarts.

Luna Lovegood has a sister; Lana Lovegood, a Squib. This is the tale of how Lana is forgotten by her family and driven away from happiness.

He stood, going to the window, where a small stuffed bear sat on the bench below it. He reached out, picking it up, and sat down, the bear looking faintly ridiculous clutched in the arms of the Potions Master. He'd promised her he'd try, that he wouldn't give up. And now he once again fell into the life that he'd begun after she died. He spied for Albus so no one else would lose family. So no one else lost their sister.

Let's make our own little hell, unique to those who think they are so much greater that everyone else. Try it, it's fun.

The things they talk about in places only they know.

The hour is late. The pain is high. Hermione accepts, while Draco is taken by surprise. A happy ending--but at what cost?

Remus reflects on the memories he has of Sirius, and realizes who he really was. RL/SB slash.

Harry has lost the only father figure he has ever known, and now he is falling apart. Nobody can help him. He just wants it all taken away... Avril Lavigne song-fic

A hospital wing. I'll honour him. There will be a world created just for him, so he may live again. Two shattered souls. "Even if it's an illusion? Are you really prepared to live in an illusion?” A decision. Yes, I am. And the consequences.

Ginny has been rescued from the Chamber of Secrets. The battle is over, the villain is vanquished, the hero has conquered. Now Ginny must fight the battle against her memories, alone and in the dark. A short, reflective one shot about violation, control and recovery.

Dean watches Luna with an artist's eye, and reflects on his obsession with drawing her.

Losing a friend once—in a manner of speaking—doesn’t make it any easier the second time around.

This is the letter Mylee writes to all the characters after she leaves Tarillyn's village.

Remus Lupin was restricted as a small boy from magic, and from his own nature. Then he met the werewolf.

"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than a sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." -- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"The heart bow'd down by weight of woe, To weakest hope will cling, To thought and impulse while they flow, That can no comfort bring, That can, that can no comfort bring, With those exciting scenes will blend, O'er pleasure's pathway thrown; But mem'ry is the only friend That grief can call its own." ~Alfred Bunn, Bohemian Girl````Four years after James and Lily's deaths, Remus Lupin has reached the end of his hope, dangling at the brink of despair. It takes a seemingly minor gift from a special child to bring hope back into his heart. Sweet, short one-shot.

The only thing that was before was the smell and he only thing left was the smell. Everything else changed, that fateful night.

The rose blooms fresh, a vivid blotch of crimson on the pallid gray of rock in a cruel juxtaposition. Light Harry/Ginny, post-war.

The first great atrocity of the second war with Voldemort is reported in the Daily Prophet, causing shock through the wizarding world. “And with such a horrific blow to the side of good the only question is, what will Dumbledore do next?”

The Bones' deaths bring more angst to the Wizarding World, which has already suffered from many such deaths from Voldemort. A short one-shot on the thoughts of Minerva McGonagall and Albus Dumbledore during this time.

It is Luna's job to tell the loved ones of those who've died fighting against Voldemort of the aforementioned deaths. When one particular casualty hits close to home, Luna reflects on friendship, love, motherhood and the price of peace.

Remus is drawn to the Shrieking Shack the morning before he packs his things and leaves Hogwarts again.

SongFic based on Hermione reflecting on the events after the Department of Mysteries.``(Life by Our Lady Peace)

Harry and Draco have amnesia. Don't worry, this isn't one of those tear-jerkers. It's just...weird.

During the time of triumph for Voldemort, Tom Riddle, freed from his confines in the diary, finds himself bored and decides to entertain himself by taking Harry Potter's only child as his slave. But will things turn out to be what he expects? Or will the tides turn?

I have lived my whole life with Kolen and the rest of the vampire clan. We're constantly migrating; fleeing from sunlight and those dreaded, mortal humans who have for centuries been hunting down and slaughtering our kind. I was one of the few, lucky survivors. One day, Kolen came to me in and put me on a dangerous mission to recreate our clan. My name is Katrina Sillane, and this is the story of my fateful mission...

Harry Potter uses an Unforgivable curse. The personal consequences are unexpected but may allow him to learn about his enemies.

Time does not heal all wounds. Time digs the wounds deeper into the heart, forcing the salt of pain to worsen everything until it breaks the soul. Time is murder in a new form.

Kindred spirits aren't always found in happy situations. Sometimes the worst is needed to open the door to someone else's understanding. Featuring Phineas Nigellus.

Draco couldn't believe that the Quidditch season had been cancelled. After all, there was nothing like Beater practice to release bottled up anger.

What he found beyond the veil.

Harry faces a growing darkness within himself. Songfic to "Hold On" by Kansas.

One day in early December, 1979, a young potions apprentice notices a purchase. The world is in the midst of a terrible, secretive war, and the customer's circumstances lead her to make an important decision. The consequences of her actions are life-altering for many...

Harry mourns. Sirius is torn.``Post OotP.

Two kids drawing a jagged line across a map. Like most stories this one has a beginning and an end.

A moment in the life of Rowena Ravenclaw.

Thirteen years after the last Great Battle, Ron is forced to deal with his war experiences by writing a letter to each of his dead friends. Horrible memories accompany him... - The original story is completed, the translation done by me is WiP, updated on a regular basis

After Voldemort's downfall those who were found guilty for crimes under the Dark Lord were officially punished. Remus Lupin contemplates his life, his feelings, his losses... and his own punishment after what had happened.

Severus is angry with Harry and dwells on it alone.

My version of the last chapter of Book 7. It's a bit sad. Hope you like it. (As you might notice, the last word is "scar") EPILOGUE COMING SOON.

Lavender Brown, warrior, reflects on life, death and family, the night before a battle.

“You cannot live without me.” Draco’s voice was little more than a whisper- emotionless; a statement, not a ``question.

James confronts Severus Snape after Sirius told Snape about the entrance to the Whomping Willow.

"There would have been a time when hearing voices would have had Remus Lupin checking into St. Mungos. That was a different time."

The Order's chief strategist is accustomed to sacrifice. (Ginny/Hermione and implied Snape/Dumbledore. Warnings for sexual content, semi-gratuitous military tactics and character death.)

"Yes, I know it sounds like a ghost story, but that’s what it was. Supernatural, I tell you, sir. He was just different." An old woman remembers one orphan in particular.

Electrified amber. That's what he saw. The most wonderful mix of browns, golds, oranges and even a slight hint of violet blended together with flecks of black. Those innocent eyes that knew so much yet knew so little. Ginny Weasley was compassion personified and the expressiveness in her eyes proved it so... Draco Malfoy could do little to stop from loving her - except pretend to detest her.

Dumbledore's lingering contemplations as his former student, Lord Voldemort, casts the death spell and the regrets of a man to have his entire life lived for others.

August, 1977: Tom Riddle meets with Percival Malfoy and son Lucius in Diagon Alley preceding the younger man's seventh year. Enter to-be second year Slytherin Kiora Smith, a disgrace to the Slytherin house due to her lack of legitimate pureblood ancestry and residence in a muggle orphanage. Christmas, 1983: a seventh-year Kiora leaves Hogwarts to be forgotten, taking refuge in the elite nameless ranks of Tom Riddle's Unmarked Army. Halloween, 2003: Harry Potter defeats Lord Voldemort in the final stand. The entirety of the wizarding world celebrates. All is relatively peaceful until Halloween, 2007, when Tom Riddle loses control of his puppet and the unmarked army is turned over to the Order of the Phoenix by the new Dark Lord.

A letter, from Peter to Sirius, written just after James' death and Sirius' capture. Peter is trying to explain some things he have done, and is at the same time saying good bye to his younger self and his previous life.

Harry/Hermione, but where does Draco come in... and who does Hermione love when she tells Dumbledore that "he" is dead? Voldemort striking his final blow, destroying the unlikely friendship...

Even at a young age, Severus Snape didn't think much of self-pity. However, even he was not above the occasional bouts of it.

Harry reflects on his realationship with Draco, what happens during the war, and how they came to be. Short H/D one-shot, a bit angsty, songfic.

The tables are turned on Harry - it's his turn to develop a crush on Ginny.

"If you squint hard enough, you can still see Harry – or at least a faded Harry, but with his still vibrant green eyes." Being insane is one thing. Coming out of insanity with a mixing of memories is another. Ron takes that confusing journey post-Final Battle and struggles to make sense of what is real and what is not. Insanity is rarely ever a clear picture.

Draco finally gets the chance to prove himself to his father and to Voldermort. He says he has wanted this, but does he really mean it? What happens when things become too much for him? Will Draco lose his cool and ruin the chance to save himself and his family? Rated for violence and child abuse.

The mind is a powerful thing. It can convince you of anything, letting reality go and replacing it with fantasy. However, when that happens, is it what we truly need to become free?

An enlightening conversation between Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy. Set near the end of their last year at Hogwarts.

“I need to leave,” he whispers, but the words ring out clearly in the silent house and the girls’ eyes widen just slightly. One-shot

Cho is sitting at a cafe thinking about her past. It has been nine years since she graduated Hogwarts, five since Voldemort was destroyed. The world is Happy, but Cho's love died stopping Voldemort.

It's easy to live a life through photographs.

My depression will not be grieved. Zero. Cold. Ice. Death. Desperation. Solution. Praise. Pain. Panic. Murder. Acceptance. Acquiescence. Suicide. Thus is seen the awesome power of the Dark Lord Voldemort.

For the first time in her life, Minerva McGonagall had Seen. Buoyant after her first ever success in a Divination lesson, Minerva receives an unexpected owl. On an icy November night, Minerva finds herself betrayed by the promise of omens but discovers the certainty of the stars.