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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.

Why the stately Ms. Emmeline Vance would want to belong to the Order of the Phoenix is a complete mystery to the Marauders and their friends. What could have happened to make Emmeline long to Catch a Death Eater? A painful subject, concerning the charming Tom Riddle, and the first time the Chamber was opened.... Poor Myrtle.

The war is over and The-Boy-Who-Lived has survived, but is in a critical state at St. Mungo's. Draco waits and takes his time to look back on his involvement. Draco's POV and told primarily through flashbacks.

Ginny Weasley lies silently on the ground in the Chamber of Secrets, the conduit for Tom Riddle’s resurrection. An instrument, a medium, a tool. How can a young girl, sensitive and impressionable, not be affected by that?

Cornelius Fudge, Minister of Magic, has to cope with the return of the most evil wizard of the modern age. A look inside his mind as he weighs the options, and asks the age old question: "Why me?"

A poignant look into Hermione's life following the worst tragedy of her life. What happens when the love of her life is taken from her? Will she have the strength to go on or will she drown in her grief?

During her fourth year, Ginny mourns for the one that never again will be.

They seemed like a fantasy, a dream. Their friendship seemed so far away, so unrealistic. Guilty, Peter thought, all this because I am guilty.

One Christmas Eve, after a particularly unpleasant Occlumency lesson, Severus is visited by a ghost. Lily is furious over how he has treated her son—and determined to make Severus see just how much Harry needs him. Loosely based on "A Christmas Carol".

Just when Harry thinks life cannot be more painful without his friend, he suffers yet another loss. In this one-shot story, Harry is determined to find hope and strength in a time where all seems lost.

A girl can only take so much, and Ginny has already been through a lot. But when she loses someone that she loves, after losing so much, her world dies around her, leaving her with nothing left to live for.

One night at Grimmauld Place, before they are to embark on the war against Voldemort, Harry finds himself contemplating a flood of thoughts on his best friends' relationship.

Sirius Black sits on the windowsill of the Gryffindor boy's dormitory, the day after his family disowns him, his life and heart changed forever. One-shot, complete, slight AU to true historical happenings of the Marauders.

A glimpse into Tom Riddle's childhood at what may have been a turning point.

Danielle can't find the strength to leave the man she loves. SB/OC

Variation on my fic "To Sir, With Love". An one-shot story of love and regret set around the events of September 11, 2001. Rated R for sensitive subject matter. Snape, Lupin and OC. Focus is Snape.

The final showdown is over and Voldemort has fallen at the cost of many lives. The victory is bittersweet and Draco Malfoy is there by Harry Potter's side to witness the demolition of a happily ever after ending.

What happens when Remus begins getting owls after Sirius is thrown in Azkaban? Rated for harsh language and themes. Dark and angsty.

Remus Lupin was left with so many questions after Sirius was taken to Azkaban. His main question is why their relationship had begun to fall apart. SB/RL one-shot.

"You didn’t love him, you didn’t ever fool yourself into thinking you loved him. You didn’t even really like him, but you needed him."

"There's a spring in my stride, there's a twinkle in my dying eyes." Remus Lupin agonises over his life, love and anger as he bids good-bye to Sirius.

What does one think on the day that they are finally “released” from the clutches of the dementors? How does one find a way to carry on when all has been taken away? The moment during OotP when Voldemort’s truly loyal supporters are finally broken free. PG.

Ginny’s last thoughts. She can finally do what feels right – it’s not like it matters anymore.

Harry has destroyed Riddle's diary, but Ginny cannot help but write one last cathartic letter to Tom that she knows will never reach him. She laments the loss of her innocence, and looks pessimistically to her future.

What was going through the minds of the three remaining Marauders as they faced each other in the Shrieking Shack in PoA? My take on it.

Memories haunt Remus Lupin; memories he has suppressed for seventeen years. As his new wife moves in, Remus remembers a time many years before, a time where things were very different, and the world, and his emotions, were turned upside-down...

I can’t believe I’ve lost him. I just can’t.... Preparing to leave, to spend the remainder of the summer before his final year at Hogwarts somewhere else, Harry takes a few moments to speak to the only one he can tell anything without feeling ashamed: his diary. A sort of companion piece to The End of Innocence and The Beginning of the End, but not a sequel.

Ginny deals with loss; copes unwell and deals with her inner demons as she says goodbye to someone close.

She remembered those things that any sane woman would forget.

Songfic to Linkin Park's Runaway. Again, try guessing who's POV it is told from.

There are many paths to the same destruction, and many ways ruin a life. A young witch looks to her mentor for guidance and finds he is more than willing to provide it, despite the costs. Will she fight the ties that bind her to him, or will her desires lead to her own corruption?

Cho Chang loves flying. (Enter the labyrinth.) [Cho/Cedric]

Neville has been visiting his parents for as long as he can remember. How is this visit different?

Draco relives his memories of the past few years leading up to Voldemort's demise.

Hermione can't stop looking for Harry. Some things have become luxuries and she'll do what she has to, with or without Ron.

Post Last Battle--What happens when the last thing you had to hold on to disappears, and all you are left with are the memories of past horrors and griefs? Ron's thoughts as all he had left to live for falls apart.

After the Final Battle of the Second War, evil is defeated but Hermione is left alone. Fear of Flying follows Hermione's emotional discord after losing her friends, faith and the will to live.

Draco is haunted by his past mistakes - literally. He attempts to make everything right, and at the same time, find some peace.

Will Harry be able to see what he has before it is too late?

Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs mete out justice as they see fit. From Snape's perspective, set one autumn night after his jealous, contemptuous, spiteful nature has driven him to do something stupid yet again.

Ravenclaw Julie Fawcett reminisces on her last year at Hogwarts, and the particular difficulties she, as a Muggle-born, faced. Hogwarts is more rigid and seperatist than most know, and as the school year goes by, she is almost unconsciously involved in a struggle to incorporate two very different worlds.