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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.

Harry reflects on his life and he realises that nothing is the way he has imagined it to be... Who is he really?

Dedicated to Sirius Black; a man of miracles. *Stifles a sob and tears* This is basically a poem with him talking to Remus in a dream. He wants to tell Remus how much he loved him, and begs Remus not to forget him, and to forgive him for leaving. If you love Sirius half as much as I do, this could make you cry. I would cry, but I haven’t cried in years, so I forgot how too. Do me a favor; if you cry for Sirius, make sure you cry for me too, okay. Thank you, it’s much appreciated.

Ron lies mortally wounded and alone during the last battle. Set in seventh year, no spoilers for current or future books. A one shot deathfic.

A mother's love for her son can sustain her, but not forever. A tragic event in one of Hogwarts' most enigmatic men, told from the perspetive of his mother.

A Death Eater has a flashback in his final moments; Evan Rosier is unredeemed to the very end, but what's his story? And what does murdered Order of the Phoenix member Dorcas Meadows have to do with it?

An abstract look at Hermione/Tom through Hermione's eyes as she compares their relationship to figures of classical literature.

Summer is fast fading away as the start of term approaches, and Hogwarts shows no signs of reopening. There are no school owls, no weary professors, no Hagrid in his hut - and no students descending on the castle. Everyone and everything is gone... except for, of course, the Whomping Willow.

They thought that you could save them, save them all. But they were wrong.

Petunia Dursley visits her sister's grave.

This is a song-fic set to the Callings "Surrender" from their Album Two. Draco has Ginny coming to him every night for more... and he's not paying for it. But is it breaking his heart more than it breaks hers?

The Kiss, in two weeks' time...

Harry dreams of what a normal day might have been like, if his parents had lived.

A look into the mind of Sirius on the night before the Fidelius Charm is cast. What would make him, a very talented and very proud wizard, decide to take the fate of the Potters out of his own hands and place it into the hands of someone else, even he is a fellow Marauder? Must be something drastic. I've never been real happy with the explanation given in the books. It seemed too easy, too neat. I always thought there must have been more to the tale. We know Sirius was a reckless man, not gifted with a calculating or subtle mind. I can't believe he made a decision of such enormity based solely on strategy. There had to be more. This is my crack at what may have transpired. It is a touch brutal and gorey, the R rating is not a light one.

Draco contemplates thunderstorms and hatred.

Set after "Prisoner of Azkaban", Sirius Black meets up with a mysterious woman who challenges his thoughts on the past and his ideas on what the future will hold. Romance, flying motorcycles, angst, and guilt. Can Sirius escape the ghosts that haunt him?

A flashback fic of Sirius and an OC looking back on their school days and how things once were, and how they've changed. Interesting writing technique.

The funeral of the one who died. In which closure is attained. It's a sweet little piece. *post Order of the Phoenix*

Song Fic set around Delta Goodrem's 'A Year Ago Today'. Though they are apart, Harry and Remus must learn to go on with life.

Sirius is alone much of the time at Grimmauld Place, what happens when Lupin stops by? Can they each keep their sanity in the face of war?

Colin Creevey is a typical teenage boy with a crush on the not-so-typical Ginny Weasley. He's looking in while she's looking out.

The green-eyed monster in Petunia Evans has emerged and is ready to lash out at her sister. A oneshot account of the untold grief and envy torturing a very misunderstood person.

The death of someone close often brings others closer together

After the events at the Ministry of Magic in OotP, Remus spends a night at Grimmauld Place. Mentions RL/SB.

Sirius keeps an old mirror. Sirius/Regulus.

"Never used an Unforgivable Curse before, have you boy? You need to mean them, Potter! You need to really want to cause pain - to enjoy it."

He's in a room, but he can't see the ceiling or the walls. He doesn't really want to get out and face the world. It's too late for that now. And then he gets an answer to the most terrible question he can ever ask... will he ever get out?

Draco and Snape wait.

"When he used to believe, life had been like that. And now, life was worse than just losing a Quidditch game because everything he believed in, so lovingly and hopefully, turned out to be the opposite. Mundane, bad and ugly. He wasn't even living his own life. His life was stolen." Sure, he was rich and handsome, came from a distinguished family and had more than a handful of talents, but that didn't stop the hatred or the jealousy or the anger. He would still be second-best, watching from the side-lines while he was the one they all praised, the one they all worshipped, the one they all loved so much. He was just not good enough in their eyes. It was always that way and would never change.

The war has ended. Two of the survivors mourn their lost ones. Who are the survivors?

Remus mourns after James and Lily die and after Sirius dies. Sunrises, Memories, Tears.

My first angst fic. Set post-war. The Boy-Who-Lived has defeated the Dark Lord... and himself. One-shot. Very angsty.

This weather, hot but breezy like the end of summer, always forces memories that I would much rather have forgotten to the front of my mind. But to forget the memories, I'd be forced to forget something I once loved.

Lupin could only watch as his friend once again tricked Snape into doing something humiliating in their last year in Hogwarts. But the incident ended in a kiss in the corridor and tale of unrequited love.

Brief looks into the minds of all four Marauders at various points after Hogwarts.

Draco Malfoy reflects after a dark time in his life.

Draco is off on a date with Pansy Parkinson. But why did he agree to it in the first place, and why does Harry seem so calm about it all when HE is supposed to be dating Draco...? D/H slashy goodness.

Severus Snape reflects on the events leading up to the murder of Dumbledore. Sometimes there aren't any happy endings. Angst. Songfic for the 'What Have I Done?' song from Andrew Lloyd Weber's musical, Les Miserables.

Remus and his tormented relationship with the moon, as inspired by Ponderosa's pic Helplessness. Mirror to Razorqueen's fic, Not Enough, written from Sirius' POV.

Isn't there any way of putting yourself back together? Yes, but it would be excruciatingly painful. Why? How do you do it? Remorse.

Songfic to Kim-Lian's Garden of Love. Cornelius Fudge contemplates on the happenings in OotP.