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Four wizards learn about themselves, their Patronuses, and if they have what it takes in an uncertain world. Multiple pairings.

At their weekly day together Neville's grandfather contemplates his magicless grandson and considers the future.

Every Christmas, Albus Dumbledore has a date with his conscience.

Luna, after the War, reflects on the changes she and her friends have undergone.

After everything the Malfoys had endured in the years since the war, Draco would never again take anything for granted.

Harry has never liked to be touched. To him, touch represents fear and pain, punishment and anger. Can Ginny break through his defences and teach him the joy of touch? One-shot.

Regulus Black has seven days to die.

After Lupin and Snape rescue Ollivander from the Death Eaters, he must re-evaluate his life and the new chance he has been given.

Remus Lupin takes a walk and ponders tea, chocolate, and a certain someone.

Things are what they are supposed to be.

A Slytherin reflects on how her House works.

The blood in his mouth had a familiar taste, one that he had grown used to as years passed in that house, in that cupboard, alone and unloved.

"Do you wonder? Does it matter? Do you care? Sometimes, a candle is more than enough to light the way." An idle, nonsensical reflection of the one we all love to hate.

The summer before her seventh year leaves Lily's life in tatters, and it doesn't get any better once she's back at Hogwarts. So the last thing she needs is a more than tolerable head boy.

Somewhere on the north coast of Wales lies a little village, forsaken and miserable. When the wind is in from the sea, it carries with it terrible scream and a mist that chills the bone, and sometimes, sometimes you can see the ghost of lights flickering on the dead island of Abercasden.

Teddy Lupin was haunted by the sea. On the day he comes of age, he finds out the reason why. Written immediately after DH; inspired by the epilogue, but not directly based on it.

There are only a few people capable of telling centuries worth of historical knowledge. Fortune is one of them. Since the dawn of time, she has watched people make decisions regarding destinies and fate, and in all of her watching, Fortune has chosen her favourites. They are different, yet at the same time alike, and only one word can describe them all --- They are all brave.

Harry didn't know it, but Neville and Luna weren't the only ones who answered Hermione's summons the night Dumbledore died. This is Susan's story.

Lily's eleventh birthday, her worst ever... They day she was forced to choose between her sister and her magic within.

Sirius Black wondered if he’d ever been sane.

"Isn't it weird how joy can have you almost come apart just when things are at their most perfect?"

Hermione's first sign of magic.

What would the wand of one of the finest wandmakers be like?

Remus is passive aggressive. Minerva is irate. No smut whatsoever ensues, but some books are shelved.

Cedric Diggory's greatest desire is to be loved by his father.

What kind of relationship did Petunia have with Lily as a child? How did she really feel about her sister's son being left on her doorstep? This story explores Petunia's feelings on those two issues.

Hagrid has missed Christmas dinner, and Minerva is concerned. But Hagrid has some concerns of his own.

Hermione Granger is a sane, rational human being. Except for when she loses control. Gen, with a mention of Ron/Hermione. Oneshot.

A prisoner reflects as the moon rises.

He sets his bag down on the bed and lets himself, for just a minute, feel the most lost he's ever felt in his entire life. -- The summer following the war, Harry learns how to live a normal life.

Remus Lupin looks in the mirror and wonders when the life he once knew became the life he now lives, and whether living is still worth the effort. Set just before the events of Prisoner of Azkaban; contains implied (non-explicit) Remus/Sirius.

Take that, Voldemort, Charlie thought as he viciously stabbed a stray piece of tuna. Charlie receives a note from his father after the events of the Triwizard Tournament, and isn't quite sure how to handle the news. He reacts the only way he knows how... with tuna casserole.

They both had an innate fear that surrounded them, the fear of a life repressed by the outside world. They could both relate in their absolute terror, that deep aching fear of failure, of never reaching the sky. Never touching the extent of the world. Fear is expensive and Draco and Harry both paid enormous prices for their fear.

Ron discovers the truth about Harry and Draco's relationship.

A dull evening in a gloomy village pub in Sweden is interrupted by a very special girl.

One night will always be remembered in the world of Harry Potter. There was one night that started it all --- a Dark Lord was defeated, a friendship was broken, and a child was left an orphan, yet hailed as a hero at the same time. The night of All Hallow's Eve is recounted once again in this tale.

Some people get given everything. Others have to take what they want. Rita Skeeter has to make a choice.

Burning with zealous fire, she walks in time to the drum of her god, the drum that beats within her.

"Late at night, she thinks of her." - Molly and Bellatrix remember.

How Charlie fell in love with his job.

"Billy Stubbs's rabbit... well, Tom said he didn't do it and I don't see how he could have done, but even so, it didn't hang itself from the rafters, did it?" A look into the disagreement between Billy Stubbs and Tom Riddle. Mrs. Cole never knew the whole story.

Voldemort and his followers are lurking in the woods outside Hogwarts. The fight has paused for an hour as they await the arrival of the chosen one, the Boy who Lived. They have as good as won, the world is in their grasp. So why is nothing going according to plan?

Merlin, what a waste of time. If knowing the future were as easy as looking at leaves in a teacup... Eileen took the final sip, then held the cup in her left hand and swirled vigorously. Three times, clockwise, the way Professor Mopsus had taught them. She drained the dregs, put the cup back down on the saucer, and critically peered inside. It looked like...clumps of damp tea leaves.

'See, just because you don't say it to my face doesn't mean that I don't know what you said. Doesn't mean that I don't hear your voice echoing through my head. Scathing comments are enough to break any pretty girl's heart.' HGDM. One-shot: drama, hurt, judgement.

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

PoA era. Severus Snape takes a thoughtful stroll down Diagon Alley at the start of the Christmas holidays, but it soon turns into a quite a harrowing ordeal for our favourite Potions Master. Contains some rather dark humour. You have been warned!

Ron plays chess with Harry while contemplating ruthless choices and actions.

Millicent Bulstrode has never felt wanted. Vincent Crabbe has never felt powerful. Perhaps, at a party of Draco's, a different sort of magic could grant their wishes.

At the start of Voldemort’s first rise, Minerva McGonagall must come to terms with the reality of being a Hogwarts professor during war.

Five lessons in Lily Evans' short life.

Sirius is feeling lonely and wants Remus to come see him. Harry gives him something to think about while he waits. Set during OotP. Slightly AU. Implied SB/RL slash pairing. Contains some bad language.

After the War, Hermione fled the Wizarding World. One-shot from the POV of an un-named character she meets at university. Bittersweet, I think.

Learn more about Maxwell Bishop, the mysterious former Auror from Harry Potter and the Final Horcrux. It's almost a necessity to read Harry Potter and the Final Horcrux first, but it's a good story on its own, even if things may be a little confusing.

Remus keeps getting out of bed to play, so his parents have taken drastic action. Unfortunately, this only makes him feel worse. Rated for one word.

Short one-shot. Emotions, the future, and the hope of being accepted have effected this well know character. Her name is never mentioned so figure it out on your own. I'm guessing here, painting a picture of a character I've never seen painted before. A student at Hogwarts finds herself losing her knowlege and power as she begins to fear a future she cannot see. She showers her reality with deceit until she cannot find the truth amongst the lies.

Draco looks at his life and wonders if there is anything worthwile about it. Provides insight into his life and his thoughts about it. Little bit of Draco/Ginny, but not much. One-shot.

How did the Philosopher's Stone get into the vault at Gringotts? Sinister machinations and manipulations. Runner-up (by one vote) in the FA February 2007 Challenge.

How are you supposed to grow into a functioning adult when for years you rarely see the sky? Marcus struggles to identify himself either within or without circumscribed Slytherin traits. Oliver helps. This is a character study, a critique of the Hogwarts house system, and against all odds, a love story.

Harry returns to Diagon Alley and Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes to talk with Ron about the future.

On her sixth birthday, a young Seer learns that some gifts come with too high a price.

"'And Millicent Bulstrode's no pixie'" (COS 23) One Shot

In the end, Dumbledore was just meat, and now his pup is Fenrir's...

“Everyone has to die, Tom,” she breathed, unable to move any closer to him. “It’s part of being human.” -- Tom Riddle learns about life, death, power and those too weak to seek it.

There is always a time in your life when time stands still and every memory runs at the speed of light......basically a narration of the last battle.

As taken from "The Tales of Beedle the Bard"

She feeds the pigeons. A Post-war G/H fic.

Harry met Dumbledore and decided to turn back. But what of the others, who crossed that threshold? They each had a story, and someone to welcome them to their end. This includes many different short scenes.

Luna is captured, and questioned by Voldemort. People were normally mad after he had finished with them- not before. One-shot.

Neville and Harry talk about bravery one late night in Gryffindor Tower.

"Photographs and memories Christmas cards you sent to me All that I have are these To remember you..."

Snape wakes up after the Shrieking Shack to find himself in Azkaban. DH compliant. One-shot, gen. Written for and winner of harrypotter_las, challenge 3.

What was Sirius thinking as he escaped from Azkaban and made history? One-shot.

I always snatch the Snitch. I'm always a winner, golden and perfectly round and armed with wings, forever meant to fly, because I am

Remus listens to Tonks after the infirmary scene in HBP and wonders about the things she does not know and will not see. RL/SB if you squint really hard.

The First War is over; Remus must last beyond it. Day to day.

Dear Diary, I can say the words. I can write them over and over. I can speak to you and tell you everything I feel and everything I think but you will never, never write back. You stupid, useless pile of pages! You are empty. I once had a diary, and next to it, you are nothing. -- Ginny Weasley's thoughts on her true relationship with her Tom Riddle. Rated for dark subject matter.

Why did Sirius send Snape to the Whomping Willow? Here's one scenario. Rating for language and adult themes. Slash. WIP.

We all know that Hermione does not take the quick bout of Lavender/Ron well. But nobody knows how close to heart she actually does take it? A little reflective one-shot.

It was midday when he saw the young man on the road. A two-shot in which a teacher is found and a lesson is learned.

Hermione Granger's death. Totally canon-compliant, and a little sad. This was what I thought Hermione's death would be like after reading about Harry's "death" in Deathly Hallows.

Hannah and Neville hire Lee Jordan to help with the pub. Written for the Rarepair Shorts Number Game Ficathon 2009 on Life Journal.

What happens to a dream deferred?

How does one become a Quidditch Hero? Trace the inception of Oliver Wood's dreams of glory by meeting the person who inspired it all: his brother.

She knew he wasn’t ready, knew he was too young. Yet there was nothing more she could do to keep him from making such a choice. But when he’s given a suicide mission, she does what any mother would do. She makes her decision, and she does it for her son.

"Who's this, then?" Marvolo leered at Amycus, and the other, younger man next to him giggled. It was a funny kind of giggle, but what was even funnier was that the giggling man's eyes were pointing in two different directions. Amycus found this fascinating, until it seemed that one of the eyes was fixed on him; then he looked at the table again. -- A young Amycus Carrow meets Marvolo and Morfin Gaunt. Runner-up in FictionAlley's Lusty Month of May Challenge.

Hermione muses on Neville's similarities to Clark Kent.

"Are you awake?" the brunette whispered towards the lanky form in the cot. The boy rolled over and looked at her with a twinkle in his eyes. "No, I'm just pretending." He grinned, running a hand through his black hair as he sat up fully.

A week after the Battle of Hogwarts, the Harry Potter confronts Draco on an abandoned Quidditch pitch. Potter is always one of the Good Guys. Always the same.

Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs growing up through the eyes of an outsider.

Every moment centres around something different. Not every moment fits with the next. Character sketches and drabbles of Lily and James, each is about something.

This is the first of my Backdrop Series, a series focusing on several background characters. This is about Merope Gaunt, and is a short look at her dependance on others. She is crazy as all get out, but in her own special way.

A young man begins a new life, by killing his dreams.

It's harder to kill with Avada Kedavra than one might think.

Five moments where Ginny Weasley helps Harry and the others during their Horcrux search and in the final battle, without anyone realizing. Set during DH and based on canon events, these are a series of missing moments revealing Ginny's vital hidden role. Settings include the Burrow, Hogwarts, Aunt Muriel's house, and beyond.

Luna goes out to catch a Flyneer in the middle of the night. But gets side tracked thinking about her life, her mother and her friends (especially Harry) one-Shot.

Hermione Jane Granger was a perfectionist, and everyone knew it.

"He is a degenerate, Muriel. There's nothing else he can be called. He is simply bad news. And it breaks my heart that my old friend should find someone like that in his own family."

A little stream-of-consciousness meditation on Snape's part, on the vexed subject of Sirius Black and the Whomping Willow. What would it feel like, to confront two people who had tried to murder you, in the very place where you had so nearly died - in order to save three children who would despise you for doing so?