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At times like this, in the dead of the night, when all that can be heard is his whimpering, his incomprehensible pleading, I wonder if what I do is right. I take him for all he's worth, his skills, his intelligence, his need for someone to notice his existence and I manipulate his weakness into what I need and take it all. Severus angsts, as Lucius reflects.

In February he will be a skeleton lying tangled on stone. Now he is an angel drifting like a white ghost, with a softness which fades quietly among harsh angles and geometry.

Draco picks out his gift. (Rating is for dark/disturbing thoughts.)

"I’m condemned to what seems like an eternity of life. And I truly believe that life is a tragedy."

Remus Lupin was just a child when the beast attacked and changed his life. Set roughly thirty years before the Harry Potter book main events. Remus is eight.

Tracey Davis decides it is time to end living a lie. The only problem is the reality she wishes for is seemingly impossible.

Have Professor Snape and Hermione finally found love in each other? Or will one of them ruin it all?

If you just keep looking, maybe you'll find what you need, and the books won't hurt you the way the outside world will.

A depressing fic written to the words of the beautiful song 'Ghost' by Indigo Girls. Draco finds a letter that Harry wrote to him, and can't help remembering....

Severus Snape had a son, Harry Potter had a daughter... Can the two put the past behind them and move on from their father's prejudices and find true love... Read to find out..

Not all students at Hogwarts are happy. Two of our favorite characters share their thoughts on life. NOT A PAIRING!! Song-fic.

As the war between Voldemort and the wizarding world rages on, Peter Pettigrew has finally shown his true colours. Not very long after declaring his support for Voldemort, he was captured and arrested. He now lies in Azkaban, awaiting his sentence to be carried out, and these are his deranged last thoughts.

This is a prequel to The Flames of Hell In Your Eyes. You have life. You work out your strategy. You do what you've been planning to. But at what price? You have life no more.

Now, years later, she still has echoes of him in her mind. Is it really him, or just a memory that refuses to leave her in peace? She doesn’t know, is rather afraid of the answer. She only knows that the whispers aren’t just confined to her dreams.

Someone remembers Bellatrix in a different light. One-shot.

This isn't your typical love story. He hurt her. He may not have meant to, but that doesn't change the fact that he did. Not everything is as it seems though, and everyone has their secrets and reasons. [R/Hr]

Set in the summer after Sirius' death. Perhaps slightly deranged from the tradgedy, Harry sees Sirius in himself, and in a sense, forgets James. HP/DT RL/SB

In their sixth year at Hogwarts, Hermione finds Harry alone by the fire, leading her to remember how it was before the second war and rethink her feelings about him.

This is what I think Draco Malfoy might have thought before he went to murder Dumbledore. I like Draco and I pity his because he was forced to kill for the Dark Lord. So read and perhaps you might forgive him for being a Malfoy.

This is a songfic to "Changes" by 3 Doors Down. An angsty fic about what Harry is feeling since the Dark Lord has risen again. PG-13 for suicidal attempt and language.

At first, the diary felt soothing. It felt good to hear the praises when no one else would notice her. It felt good, until she started to see past the lie.

Harry and Ron have been best friends for seven years... are they going to let a girl come between them? [set during their seventh year]

Padma Patil sits in the Astronomy Tower the same night of the Yule Ball. She reflects on what had happened and how badly he treated her. Songfic to Linkin Park's 'Easier to Run'. Companion Piece to Breaking the Habit.

Ever since they were children, Sirius and Sam have been the best of friends. Now, Sirius is falling for her, but he doesn't want anyone to no. Sam is a loser and he could make the whole school population jump with a snap of his finger. Now he has to decide between his reputation and Sam.

Draco lies dying on the battlefield. He thinks about his life choices and dying.

After being married to Nymphadora Tonks for ten years, Remus Lupin recognizes that the memory of Sirius Black is slowly driving his wife mad, and decides to help her in the only way he knows how. The companion piece of Guilty.

Sirius is gone and Remus is trying to move on, but is swamped with guilt. This is the letter he writes in an attempt to explain...

What if on that awful night when a friend betrayed and a baby was orphaned, two friends met in the shadows? What if Moony saw Padfoot that night? What if Padfoot sent Moony a sign, before going to seek his kill, Wormtail?

I didn't fit in with my family, and you needed someone who wouldn't shun you for feeling the same, especially about your father. Maybe I should have kicked you out. I don't know. If this was at school, I would have done it in a heartbeat. But this wasn't school... and being at home, surrounded by people who didn't understand ...dammit, I was lonely. (Sirius Black/Barty Crouch Jr, implied Sirius/Remus)

Some often wonder why she was always so sad. Myrtle has just learned that life always finds a way to surprise you. Sometimes, the only reason to go on is the hope that there is, in fact, more to come.

Tom Riddle shares his greatest triumph with his mother. Written for the hpworth1000 challenge community on LiveJournal.

Ron can't understand why his friends don't understand. Featuring lots of Weasley temper. Remus/Ron, post-DH AU. Written for rarepair_shorts on LJ. Prompt: just like everyone else.

Song-fic: A look into the lives of Severus Snape, Draco Malfoy and Ginny Weasley as well as some other players.

Remus muses about the year of Prisoner of Azkaban, and his past as a Marauder. Of course this adorable werewolf isn't so cheery on his off hours. Here are his thoughts on the world around him thus far.

One day something changed between Ginny and Draco. But it was all a lie.

"And anything to daring to say to you, will be said in this letter and burnt away, so you never realize I'm here..." (Pure Unrequited Fluff, BZ/HG. Inspired by Midnight Highway by Daphne Loves Derby.)

Harry is leaving in the dead of night to face Voldemort on his own in order to remove any chance of having to saying goodbye to those he loves. He finds it difficult, however, when he is confronted by the person he had hoped the most to avoid- Ginny Weasley.

nocturne,

Harry doesn't know where he is or why he's there. He knows he has to be somewhere, so he begins walking.

A mysterious girl slips away to the Astronomy Tower in the early morning hours. Read her muddled thoughts as she gets up close and personal with a Muggle razor blade. A song-fic to Linkin Park's "Somewhere I Belong".

A prequel to Ribbons in the Wind, this fic is set on the night that young Severus Snape lost the only person he ever let close to him. It is the beginning of his fall to the darkness.

Remus' faith is betrayed. (*slash*, Remus/Sirius)

Unhappiness abound in the girl's bathroom of the Slytherin dormitories. Starring Pansy Parkinson and Millicent Bulstrode.

Ginny's strong and completely over what Riddle did to her, right?

Lily admires a boy from afar, and she's finally going to tell him on his birthday. But another girl gets in the way, causing Lily to question whether or not she really likes him.

Would Moaning Myrtle truly have been better off if she had survived to adulthood? A brief and bleak look at Myrtle’s career in the Ministry of Magic.

The night before the funeral, Draco stands vigil over the coffin of his father.

Severus Snape is dead, brutally murdered and the only person who could have killed him is his lover, Hermione Granger. She found him dead and it has cost her sanity, for even she doesn't know if she killed him or not. Told from Hermione's POV, very dark.

There was a reason between Severus' hatred for James Potter, and eventually in his son. It, surprisingly, had nothing to do with Severus and Lily. It was all James' fault. Why did he have to go and marry that red-headed witch anyways? They had had something together!

Hermione just wants to know his secret, surely one little meeting can't do any harm?

He stared at the tombstone. It blended in amongst all the others; there was nothing special about it. Nothing to set it apart as the tombstone of the Boy Who Lived, who wasn’t so much alive anymore as he was dead and buried. First of the End Of World oneshots.

Ron isn't happy with himself, and he hates it. When tragedy befalls the Weasley family, it's up to a greiving werewolf to save Ron and give them both a final chance at happiness.

"He watched it bleed its color day by day and remembers that once, his world hadn't been so blank." The Dementors took many things from Sirius.

We all know what happened with Harry and company after Sirius fell in his battle with Bellatrix in the Death Chamber, but what did Sirius encounter beyond that mysterious veil? Here’s my take on it...

"His lycanthropy was a curse, not a part of him. If it was placed upon him, surely it could be taken off. I had to find a cure. I would devote my whole life to finding a cure if I had to." ``Lily desperately contemplates why Remus would end their relationship...

A little one-shot of how life is, from Pansy Parkinson's point of view, and the role sour oranges have in her life. Angst-ridden but nothing particularly explicit. Self-injury implied. Pansy/Draco.

"He hasn't gone after me. I don't think he needs to. The wolf will kill me one day. He's sure of it. He's very sure of it."

It had been alright in the end. Perhaps it was better this way, after all, with Ron and Hermione like sheer myths to him. Perhaps it was better to see his life with them as a fairy tale story that one day the reader had stopped reading. Perhaps it was better that though the first to die, the innocents would not be the last. Harry was prepared for this day, hour, very moment. Inspired by the song "We're Forgiven". H/Hr

Every night I felt your presence. Your cool breath on my neck, your soft whispers in my ear. And your touch. Fingertips grazing my skin, making me shudder in despair because I knew I couldn’t stop them. I always gave in to them.

Sonfic to Usher's "Confessions Part II." Draco cheats on Ginny and now he has to tell her. One-shot.

Do not stand at my grave and weep / I am not there, I do not sleep / Do not stand at my grave and cry / I am not there; I did not die.``The death of a rival marks the end of hate.

"There was a time when she was happy. It was a long time ago, but it was sweet. Brief, but sweet." Happiness is paid for dearly. The tormented soul of Ginny Weasley yearns for Raven, who was once known as Tom Riddle. She reflects on her history and contemplates her present. Small price? Maybe. If he's such a narcotic, then what happened to her? An addiction...can be quite deathly.

Beware, you who fight evil, lest you fall into darkness. Beware, you who invite the abyss into your heart. Ginny. Lucius. Harry. Guard your soul. (Warning: graphic torture)

What is this light that hurts my eyes? Is it the end, finally? No, obviously, no. It’s the day, the sun is risen, and another agony begins. Wake up, my sinner, wake up and smile.

Harry is dead...Harry is dead and it's all HIS fault...and now?``I'm going to KILL HIM.

"'…I hope you realize I can’t be there for you like he is…”````Those words keep ringing through my head over and over again. I know he couldn’t have been able to tell, but he’s crushed me with those very words. It isn’t just those words, though; I know it’s not. I remember his exact tone of voice. It was hollow, empty, and unfeeling—so different from the one he used before luring me into his lusty trap. Typical Slytherin…"````Harry contemplates the past night's events with extreme regret--and now he has to figure out a way to tell Ron. ````Slash. Harry/Draco, Harry/Ron.

Harry has seen blurs of color for a long time but now finally he can see them clearly. Along with the images, he feels something. What is it? Harry doesn’t even know. He hears sounds and on top of his growing unease, he know that something is very wrong....

Post OotP Songfic. Remus visits Sirius' grave on a weekly basis. Weeks after Sirius' death, Remus is still grieving.

Cho reveals to Harry a secret of Cedric's that affects all three of them.

For one to be pureblooded and to leave one's family for the sake of goodness is not an easy thing to do. One war for Isadora Roquelaure was difficult enough to live through, but now, what about the second, with the past repeating itself? To be Slytherin does not necessarily mean to devoid of goodness, and it can take a lifetime to prove it.

I know that Riddle is only using me by now... It’s like what Dad says those Muggle drugs are like, it’s addicting. I can’t stop, even though I want to. I’m addicted... Ginny reflects on the diary and life as the youngest Weasley

"I'm depressed," Ginny replied, frowning. "My life has no adventure, a lack of hot guys, and definitely not enough mansions in the middle of nowhere... and I've come to spread the moroseness." Ginny and Hermione are good friends, and they are here to share some girl-talk. Featuring Depressed!Ginny and Sarcastic!Hermione.

They are 'The Trio'. It's always been that way. So what happens when Voldemort takes Ron captive, and the other two have to consider the possibility of a life without him? One shot set in 6th year. Ron/Hermione with Harry/Hermione friendship.

"/In Flanders' fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below./" ~John McCrae, /In Flanders' Fields/

Every day is a struggle and her resolve is slowly being destroyed. Can she survive her own hell?

After the long, trying night Harry had at the Ministry -- and then with Dumbledore -- he lies in bed and thinks of everything that's happened so far and what it all means. (OotP spoilers)

'It was the noise that was missing. The voices of her family.' Ginny finds herself alone in her dormitory.

Betrayed and abandoned, Harry can only blame Fate for his untimely demise. Angst warning ahead. There is no plot, just a bit of complaint with introspection.

Sometimes, things we think are lost can be found in the darkest of places. Ginny muses on what she has lost, and in the end figures out what she has gained. G/T. One-shot fic.

Ginny is tired of being the good girl.

She knew the possibilities, but some possibilities were simply unthinkable. Unacceptable. (HHr, major character deaths)

Ginny Weasley reflects on her relationship with Ron, and why it's always been so hard.

"I've been there since the beginning. From the times when I sat there, faithfully upon his head, to times when I sat faithfully upon his shelf. I have seen horrors of which many have yet to dream of, let alone experience, although I have no eyes, as such. "

Ginny waits for the return of the trio. One-shot. H/G

Hermione finds herself back at Hogwarts for a seventh year, alone and with a mission.

Most believe our destinies are what we make them... but some believe theirs were set in stone long ago. (The events that led Bellatrix to live the life she has.)

Light, hurried footsteps grow swift across the scarred plains, barely marking the wet ground beneath. Quick, hasty breaths tore through the fragile body of a young girl, dressed in a simple white shift, her brilliant red hair flaming across her back. Deep red blood stained the white shift. The blood of her lover, brother, enemies, and friends... [During or near the end of 'the war.' Very dark, descriptive, and angsty. Ginny's POV]

One-shot. Regulus tries to mend the family which comes undone before him.

Huge OoTP spoiler. Harry misses Sirius. He pays him a visit beyond the veil.

Why is Petunia Dursley so... well... Dursleyish? Why does she hate the magical word, and prtend that she never even had a sister? Well, once she was a child, you see. And children have dreams... "Petunia wanted magic more than anything in the world, she dreamed of it and she ached for it, for the magic and for the brave, beautiful characters who wielded it in her books and her imagination."

Remus had once had it all. Then he had lost it. So he falls into the depths of the past. Perhaps they shouldn't have, but they did, and time does not stop for those who miss their rides. Recommended listening - Resting Here With Me by Dido. Slight slashy undertones that aren't even there if you don't look for them.

Andromeda has always been Regulus' favorite cousin.

"Jealousy is quiet at first. It sneaks like a whisp of smoke into a girl’s heart. It’s nothing too serious, she thinks, but later that smoke manifests itself into a flame and then into a blazing inferno that she can’t quite ever put out." Ginny Weasley has a revelation about her place in Harry Potter's life.

Remus wakes up with Sirius.````"In the morning he woke up and it wasn't real."

Remus grieves, and Harry forgives.``Rated only for brief language and angst.

Sirius struggles to keep his sanity in Azkaban, but one group of memories in particular wears away at him. Will he win, or will the Dementors break him?

Harry doesn't eat anymore. Harry barely speaks anymore. And Harry isn't himself anymore. [Multi-Chaptered -- HP/DM]

"Never again waking up to find someone who smiled at you and pulled you closer when you met their eyes." The days are bad, but the nights are hell; Ginny never understood how much loneliness would hurt.

Told to kill, Draco refuses. But his father has a trick up his sleeve and in the end, it really doesn't matter if he's commited the crime or not. He'll still be punished for it. (songfic)

Luna has a secret and is determined to get what she wants.