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A Mother's Place by Chthonia
08/05/2005"It seems to be common knowledge that I persuaded Lucius not to send Draco to Durmstrang. Actually, that's not quite true - Draco was always going to attend Hogwarts. All I did was remind Lucius of that." Let Narcissa tell you how.
Oh, Mistress by A Daily Grace
04/20/2007Lucius Malfoy, wizard of despair-broken spirit and love-weakened flesh.
Hermione Granger: Recovery and Resolve by DrT
03/14/2007As Hermione recovers at home from the events at the Department of Mysteries, she first has to inform her parents about the dangers of the magical world, and then has time to think about her future.
Ache No More by Sky Samuelle
08/19/2007Sometimes Lily still felt herself reaching out for Severus. A series of vignettes showing how soulmates come in all the shapes and sizes.
Theory of Flirtation by Girl Who Writes
01/31/2006... And that if they both had to be proverbial broom wrecks of people, they could at least do it together.
Shades of Black by ForeverSirius77
09/14/2008Sirius Black: A son, a brother; a friend, a Marauder; a prisoner, a fugitive, a godfather. Sirius played many roles, most veiled with tragedy or loss. But even in dark night skies, there are stars that shine bright. [A short story collection about Padfoot.]
Namesake by chattypandagurl
07/29/2007[ONE SHOT] Sometimes Ted Lupin wonders if their choice to die had eclipsed their love for him. But a conversation with his godfather, who too had faced the same doubts, enables him to be grateful without regret.
Harry's Favourite Colours by Veronica L
02/11/2006Harry never liked rainbows.
In Your Eyes by Grimm Sister
09/09/2007"Remus sometimes says how frightening it is that all it takes is one bad week to utterly destroy your world, but I think that he knows better than that. He knows that the events of that week had been in the works for years, had their beginning as far back as our fourth year. It's not even surprising that everything came to a head at once. The events of that week could never have happened one by one. Our lives were too tightly intertwined for isolated tragedies, much less deaths. We couldn't have stopped it then. We were already too different from the way than we looked through the eyes of those that we loved best. What happened was inescapable."
Her seventeenth birthday by Fabio P. Barbieri
06/12/2007After the murder of Albus Dumbledore, an awful silence had settled upon magical Britain. Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger had apparently vanished from the face of the Earth; and as if in response, the killings had stopped. Nobody could doubt the meaning of this. The Dark Lord had thrown all his resources into the pursuit of his three enemies. And yet the house of Weasley decided to throw a party.
Bitter and Sweet and Something Else by Cinnamon Wolf
04/03/2006Sirius Black muses on the twists his life has taken, the love he could never help, the times of school and the times beyond... but mostly Remus Lupin, and the mystery thereof. POV fic. A little fun, a little intense, a little of everything. R/S slash, but I promise it's good for everyone. I'll let you figure out when it's set...
Stupid Little Love Story by taboo
02/09/2006Hermione sits alone at night, thinking about what's happening to her world and telling herself a story...a story about a girl who loved a boy.
The Amazing Bust of Nymphadora Tonks by thistlerose
05/06/2005Tonks has always had control over her body's changes. Then, suddenly, she doesn't.
Chocolate and Toffee by Elf Flame
12/12/2005Seamus wants them both.
Hedwig's Tale by Abraxan
12/17/2006Hedwig tells her version of a few Harry stories as well as some stories of her own.
A Rose for the Dead by Veronica L
01/30/2006Harry Potter loves beautiful things. With magic, anything is possible.
Hymne a la Beaute by rowenathefunkyfreak
06/09/2006One-shot. Remus contemplates his suspicions about Sirius, and tries to prompt himself to act on them. Remus/Sirius.
A Day in the Life... by arulupinaustin
03/28/2007A series of ficlets, detailing days in the lives of our favorite HP characters: Harry, Remus, Severus, Hermione, and so on. Read to find out more!
In Their Shoes by sparklystuff
04/09/2006“Shoes tell a lot about a person,” Tonks said, hopping on one foot. "Where they’ve been; where they’re going.” Remus needs to learn that new relationships are like new shoes: everyone deserves them, and they just take a little getting used to. RL/NT oneshot.
All witches and wizards display pre-training talent in the magical field. Harry made strange things happen all the time - finding himself on the school roof, setting the snake loose.... Even wizards who have grown up in the wizarding world experience such happenstances. Grab your helmets, ladies and gentlemen, because here come the Weasley twins!
Patience and Scotch by Emmy Award
07/10/2006Tonks plays Patience in the evening. Set during OotP.
Rivalries by pie_is_good
08/13/2007Draco Malfoy chose to raise his son differently.
Of Shadows and Swans by Lady Ravenclaw
09/04/2006Snape attends Lucius and Narcissa's wedding and meditates on interhouse relations. Narcissa recieves a gift and Lucius has a secret.
Amortentia by Bekkio
12/21/2005Hermione identifies the source of the third scent she smelled coming from the Amortentia love potion during Potions lessons. Written for the 2005 rwhgfqf on LiveJournal.
Tom Takes Advice by Seaspray
05/23/2006Tom Riddle's careers advice session.
Confessions of an Executioner by Magic Words
04/10/2006The Second Wizarding War is over at long last. But the cost has been high, both in lives lost and in futures forever altered. One survivor struggles to come to terms with the decisions he made in those troubled times.
Every Black has a Black Side by Veronica L
02/14/2006Sirius sits in Azkaban, thinking too much for his own good.
A Patronus for James by SwissMiss
01/31/2008James II can't wait to see what his Patronus is... and it had better be something cool! One-shot.
A Place on the Train by Seaspray
01/07/2006Dumbledore is dead, Hogwarts may be closing and Ginny Weasley is going home for the summer. But first she needs to decide where she's going to sit. It isn't the simple decision she'd imagined it to be. ONE SHOT.
The Five Stages of Mourning by Veronica L
06/01/2006Draco Malfoy is not here.
Discovering just who Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs are brings up even more questions for Fred -- and when fate takes another of them away, it's time to go back to the source for some answers.
Happy New Year by SarcasticMyth
06/24/2008As long as he can remember, Teddy Lupin has felt like an outsider. But Victoire Weasley thinks that they are more alike than he realizes...
Another Weasley by Beagirl
06/18/2007"Weasley, Percy," McGonagall's voice called out... "Another Weasley?" The hat said those inevitable words. Percy let out a breath he didn't even know he held. He knew what was coming next: "I know just what to do with you." But instead, the hat's next words caused a shiver to run up Percy's spine.
Fifty Ways by quietcharm
01/28/200650 beginnings, middles, and ends for Cho and Cedric.
Innocent Eyes by AineRose
12/22/2003Petunia Dursley holds a neighbourhood barbeque in her back garden and gets more than she bargained for. Can Petunia change in just one day? Will she let herself?
A Greater Part of the Way by Leporella
02/18/2006The war is over; Harry and Draco are together. Yet is surviving a war all that is required for living happily ever after?
At over one hundred years old, Minerva McGonagall faces two important choices: where to go, and how to get there.
and all our days remembered by Abaddon
12/09/2005There is a moment where Cedric could have fled. But he doesn't. [Set near the end of GoF, gen, PG.]
Good Enough for Gryffindor by dreamer_marie
09/29/2006After a day out with the children, Arthur winds down by the fireplace. Until he hears a strange noise from upstairs...
Karma by PhoenixStAr
07/30/2007Post-Deathly Hallows SPOILERS! George and Percy deal with losing Fred. George snaps, Percy grieves.
Courgette Stew by PumpkinPasty
09/20/2006Arthur Weasley has watched his daughter grow over the years, seen her fall in love with Harry Potter, and Harry fall in love with her. All through this, Molly has always been his constant, ready to serve up two steaming bowls of courgette stew.
A Walk Down Slytherin Lane by Lindwen
05/26/2006Lucius has watched his son change over the years as Draco struggled between what was expected of him and what was right. One-shot
Then He Would Be Happy At Last by Riibu
03/10/2003Tom Riddle and Minerva McGonagall, as Hogwarts students, explore their deepest desires.
A Woman, but no Angel by Jubilee
06/19/2006"I'm fine. We're fine." The Potters at the brink of the abyss.
To Be Loved by madilayn
03/23/2006A Prequel to "Just a Boy and his Dog". Christmas at Grimmauld Place, and Remus and Harry discuss just what it means to be loved by Sirius Black
A Path Once Chosen by MaireadInish
12/27/2005Vignette - Severus reflects on the choices he's made and how they've affected his life and the family he could have had. Sevitus.
Professor Vindictus Viridian Edits a Book by Overhill
10/14/2006It was the first magic book Harry wanted, one that Hagrid had to drag him away from. What was so special about it? One-shot.
Censorship by Hijja
04/27/2004'Hermione is an accomplished liar - she's not proud of it, but it's a necessity. If she wants to remain a witch, she has to be a liar.'
The Inescapable Cell by Chthonia
09/13/2007Knowing his death is approaching, Albus Dumbledore visits Lucius Malfoy in Azkaban. Will Lucius understand what Albus is offering, as they come face to face for the last time?
And Everything Nice by thistlerose
05/12/2004Little girls are made of more than sugar and spice.
Banishing the Ghost by Casira
03/25/2006Wherein Remus discovers some of the specters of Grimmauld Place, and of Sirius' childhood past.
Beautiful Forever by Veronica L
07/15/2006It wasn't anything like wanting to rule the world. She just wanted to be thinner.
A Once and Future Queen by Niuserre
06/25/2006They were to press the war home to its real lords - until they themselves were ready to refrain from warfare, being confronted with its reality.
By Prophecy Bound by Lady Pensieve
02/11/2006Here is the reason why Severus Snape is so completely trusted by Dumbledore. To find out the truth, we must go back to that night in Godric's Hollow.
To Serve In Hell by Hijja
01/07/2003After Voldemort's resurrection, Lucius Malfoy battles his memories of Voldemort, the Imperius Curse, becoming a Death Eater... and Harry Potter.
Reverto ut Obscurum by Lady Whitehart
05/17/2006The Dark Mark burns and a man's fate is sealed. Severus Snape prepared to return to the Dark Lord.
Losing My Religion by Mizzie
04/20/2007The first year was the hardest, and it didn't get much better from there. Ron never understands why it's so special when I get a letter from my parents. He doesn't realize that in the past six years they've only sent me twelve: five on Christmas, four before exams and three when I was petrified. That's right: they didn't send me anything my entire first year, and that wasn't my fault...really. Hermione reflects on how her religion affected her life in the Wizarding World.
Such a Charming Girl by dreamer_marie
07/26/2006When the baker of Godric's Hollow gets a new customer, he is so intrigued by her that tries to discover her secrets.
The More Things Change by Fourth Rose
05/20/2006"To be honest, Lucius, I was admiring the irony of you and me sitting here and celebrating together. Who would have thought we'd ever find ourselves in a position to show our faces in public again?"
An exploration of Ron and Hermione's relationship. Set during book 7. One-shot.
A Sketch of Character by Tess_E_Pooh
07/12/2008Originally written as a Christmas fic, this actually took on a life of its own, exploring post-DH relationships between Harry and his family, Harry's children and their classmates, and Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter. It's also a projection of what the future looks like in Potter-verse. Some romance, some humor - a little bit of everything.
Wedding Cake by Original Dessie
05/14/2005Lily Evans is seventeen years old, and she's never been in love. She's a bit worried about that, but resorting to Muggle superstitions? That's a bit drastic, isn't it?
11 Things About Bellatrix Black by Black Aliss
01/11/2008Written for the Omniocular AU Challenge: 68. Arthur Weasley married Bellatrix Black instead of Molly. Sometimes at night she sits up after the kids are in bed, when Arthur is still at work and wonders if life could have been different.
Into the Depths of Dumbledore by Karmatic
12/07/2005A deeply analytical essay on the most powerful wizard in the world, written Pre-HBP.
Phoenix Tear by AineRose
03/21/2004Albus Dumbledore had never been gladder to reach the sanctuary of his office. ``Although the world was celebrating wildly, although stars and fireworks exploded outside his office, although students whooped and cheered in the corridors, he had never felt worse in his life.``The defeat of Voldemort was, indeed, a reason for celebration. Unfortunately, the people who most deserved to be celebrating couldn’t...
Outside Looking In by NoScrubs12345
05/02/2007Petunia Dursley has hated her sister and anything to do with magic for the better part of ten years. On Lily’s wedding day, Petunia puts aside her feelings and grudgingly takes her place as maid-of-honour. What should be a happy day for Petunia turns to one of self-loathing when she discovers though two groomsmen there are more important things than magic to be jealous of. RLSB from Petunia's POV.
Thoughts from a Desk by Weresony
10/15/2004Young Tom Riddle has some disturbing thoughts.
A short essay exploring Snape's motivations and destiny within the HP universe.
Waiting for the Bus by Chthonia
09/19/2004Why is Cornelius Fudge in the Leaky Cauldron, on the night Harry blows up his aunt? What is he thinking, as he looks out on drab grey Muggle London and looks back on his drab grey Magical career? When will there be any news: of Harry, of the aunt, of the fugitive Black whose escape does the Ministerial reputation no good at all?
On the Ride Away by Araxie Esme Rosz
05/02/2006Harry and his friends are travelling home from Hogwarts on The Express, and an odd little voice decides to pop in and give Harry a visit. Harmless musings.
A Sofa in the Park by dreamer_marie
01/14/2006Power was about turning 2+2 into 5 for real. It was about rearranging matter to suit your will. No Muggle was ever going to understand that.
An Insider's View by CCCC
05/11/2006A series of one-shots from inside the minds of various characters. The first one is very dark but other's are humourous and more general. With all my character studies, I hope that I make you take a second look at a character you'd normally dismiss, and maybe change your opinions of them.
Whatever Gets You Through the Night by SnorkackCatcher
10/17/2004"One more thing I've learned about pain. It makes you innumerate. You lose the ability to count your blessings. All you can do is wait for it to go away. Get yourself through the day. That's doable. I have things to do, people to see. Then go home -- and get yourself through the night." So how do you cope with losing Sirius Black -- again? In the aftermath of the Department of Mysteries battle, Remus Lupin tries different ways. Because whatever gets you through the night is all right. [Not R/S, by the way.]
For Padma's Sake by HermioneDancr
11/26/2006Once, Parvati and Padma shared everything: pain and tears, happiness and laughter. But time has changed them, and now -- as Parvati sits with her sister at the dining table -- she cannot share. She must be strong. For Padma's sake. One-shot.
Similarities (or: Colder Than They See) by Nighteyes-De-Dracul
05/15/2007One Harry Potter has grown up in more ways than one, and the fleeing Severus Snape, who was never cowed even by Voldemort, finds himself in that dull grey horror when he is captured. Warnings: Semi-pre-slash. SSHP, though not exactly. Moderate to high swearing and violence.
Being Hermione Granger by Madwyn
07/04/2007A day in Hermione's life, between 4th and 5th years. Can she maintain a normal life with her non-wizarding parents, and stay involved in the battle against Voldemort? She's not so sure anymore...
The Hunting Hawk by Arithiel
04/23/2006After Dumbledore’s death, Harry spends the summer at The Burrow. A letter from Sirius, describing a magical spell to transform into an Animagus, is handed to him by Remus. Sirius writes:"What I can give you is the same knowledge we had when we were at Hogwarts. By 'we' I mean Mooney, Padfoot, Prongs and that other creature I cannot bring myself to name…When I was living as a fugitive, my life would have been unbearable without being able to transform into 'Snuffles', as you three call me when I am Padfoot." The animal one transforms into isn’t chosen: it is already there waiting to be uncovered by this magical spell. In the days that follow, Harry needs all his animal’s strengths to combat the evil infiltrating The Burrow.
In The Bleak Midwinter by SnorkackCatcher
04/07/2008Hermione Granger had grown to dread the winter. The season seemed almost to have a grudge against her. And so as she and Ron flew from summer in Britain to winter in Australia to search for her parents, she had both old and new issues to resolve.
Quick Quotes Quill by Casidhe Wether
12/14/2005My own, my precious, my quill, through thick and thin. Rita Skeeter remembers getting her first Quick Quotes Quill. Who was the poisonous pen's first victim? Can you tell me? No, but I can show you.
The Apprentice by Easleyweasley
01/28/2006Three months after leaving Hogwarts, everyone gathers for a re-union. Dean has had an eventful three months - and he has a secret to keep to himself.
Narcissa has built her life the way she wanted, but her priorities are about to change. DH SPOILERS.
Mark Him as His Equal by Fourth Rose
05/16/2007"He saw himself in you before he had ever seen you, and in marking you with that scar, he did not kill you, as he intended, but gave you powers, and a future." (OotP, ch. 37)
tinker tailor soldier spy by Nyias
08/04/2005Each Marauder has his own talent.
After Noon by Daphne23
07/31/2006During one long summer day at the Burrow, Ginny considers Harry, Tom, Percy and diabolical tables as she tries to decide whether or not to insist on coming Horcrux-hunting; Luna makes a surprising contribution. Essentially gen, though slight H/G-ness.
The Price of Perfection by HermioneDancr
04/15/2007My Mother is a Fish by Acacia Dion
05/29/2006Molly Weasley is dead. Her children remain. What more's to be said Except words of pain?
She Was the Glue by Agape
06/12/2007A look at what life is like for the trio minus Hermione. One-shot.
The Secret Language of Cats by thistlerose
01/07/2005Six-year-old Remus Lupin meets his great-grandmother for the first time, and learns that wandering is in his blood.
Innocentia Disperitum by Aurora
09/18/2007Poor Mum, she'd been so sure she'd finally get a girl instead, there were the twins. Bill reflects on his younger brothers.
A Light at the End of the Road by Naycit
08/31/2006As Harry wanders in the dark, he finally hears the words he needs to hear from the only ones he'll listen. Although fate is cruel with him, although his task seems so difficult, he has a light to follow... a hope. And that hope is the sole thing that will help him survive. ONE-SHOT.
Flying and Dying with George by Grimm Sister
08/27/2007They didn't die together. Fred wasn't prepared to handle that. This fact is so shocking that he hesitates in limbo. The Weasley twins were different people, but they always acted together. They were separate bodies and minds, but they always pooled their efforts. It is hard to make a life and death decision without George. It is harder than he would have thought to think what George would have done.
A State Where Everything's Passing by Jawy
08/13/2007The gleam of her teeth, the pink of her dress against her skin, the dirt in her hair ... all of it mirrors that life that he'd always associated with this house and this land. There is permanence to this moment, and suddenly Blaise knows.
In Walls of Stone by Pirate Perian
07/18/2004They think you betrayed two of your dearest friends. They think you killed thirteen innocent people with a single curse. They sentenced you to a fate worse than death. You try to tell them that you're innocent, but who listens to a madman?
The Right to Choose by Hijja
12/03/2005There is more to the identity of pure-blooded wizardry than the excesses of the Dark Lord and his Death Eaters. But the obligations that come with old blood are not always less painful...
No One There to Hear by Grim Star
02/02/2006Ever noticed we never see Remus cry throughout the books? Not one tear? This is a quick exploration of the inside of Remus' head. Momentary mention of RL/NT. One-Shot.
Another Malfoy, Another--? by Ravenpuff
06/16/2008It's Lucia Malfoy's turn to put on the Sorting Hat. Malfoys have always been Slytherins--so why is the Hat's decision taking so long?
I'll Take the Lot by Lorelei Lynn
10/12/2007Hogwarts had four founders, but Helga was the one with the dream. And more importantly, she had the persistence to make it happen.