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A sinister visitor troubles Minister Cornelius Fudge. He has come to bring a warning - one which Fudge has no desire to hear...

Harry reflects on the events that lead him to his personal hell, and why he has given up hope.

"Why, dad, why? Why did you turn?" "Because a great Dark Lord once said to me, 'There is no good or evil, there is only power and those to weak to seek it.' I have power, more power than that Dark Lord ever had!" He pointed his wand at the sky and shouted, "MERIDO," a form shot into the sky and twisted into two basilisks tearing apart a phoenix. "Behold, the new Dark Mark!" he said in Parselmouth, and his son understood every word. The son pulled out his wand, tears streaming down his face, ready to kill the new Dark Lord, not ready to kill his dad. One Shot

The Archive of Ages depicts the events that led to the end of the wizarding world.

A love's brief history.

Post OotP AU. ONE SHOT. Harry Potter broke the law, went to Azkaban, escaped, joined Voldemort, and then destroyed the same Dark Lord. He didn't do it because it was the right thing. He did it for vengeance.

JKR mentions the Muggle raids in her books, but has yet to ever describe one. This fic is about an unsuspecting Muggle who has no idea of the wizarding world. Death Eaters (led by Lucius Malfoy) raid her quiet home. Will she meet the fate that so many unfortunate Muggles have, or will Lucius be merciful?

"He should have savored it, because the next day he was sent on a new mission guarding Pansy Parkinson. And now he was here." Mature themes within.

There wasn’t much left in Ron to give by the time he had to step into a dead man’s shoes.

Hufflepuffs aren't the only ones who can be loyal.

She's dying, lost girl on the dewy grass. He's watching, the ever indifferent observer.

Tom Riddle is the epitome of everything Merope Gaunt wants. Merope is everything that Tom scorns.

The world ends with merely the flutter of a veil. (A series of Drabbles relating to Sirius's death)

When Death Eaters were defeated by Harry Potter one year ago, Draco Malfoy expected he was about to go through rather difficult times, to say the least. As it turns out things are not going quite the way he would have thought...

Warrington gets in over his head when a love potion turns his life upside down. (oneshot)

A young Tom Riddle encounters the only son of Grindelwald. In the course of their short acquaintance, Tom learns several lessons about pain, torment and death.

It's 1979 and Bellatrix waits for Regulus.

Kyria Evangeline is lost. Harry, Ron and Hermione are off fighting Voldemort, her parents are dead and she's forbidden to do magic. Draco Malfoy is the Dark Lord's best man. He thinks "Rea" is a filthy halfbreed, capturing her as his slave until a mysterious letter arrives, changing everything...

Percy makes a decision that affects his life forever.

He was Harry Potter and he was tainted. Post War darkfic. Warning: character death.

Written for the Ron/Hermione Quote!Fic Challenge on Checkmated. "Love talked about can be easily turned aside, but love demonstrated is irresistible." -- W. Stanley Mooneyham. It's the final battle, and some people will do anything necessary to save the one that they love.

Pre-Azkaban; Remus has a work now. But it is an illegal one, because he's a werewolf; he works in "club", trades money for sex. The only way for him to earn money. He doesn't like doing it, but it's his only choice. Sirius notices and foils Remus; so Remus has no idea whatever to think of Sirius. He likes to ignore the fact that he's still in love with him. But Sirius only uses him. Or does he?

"Don't you get it, Tom? Love isn't fighting for immortality it is one of those that administer it!" Sometimes the dreams will show you the truth, sometimes dreams are only the truth we've accepted.

Death is only the beginning.

Can you keep a secret? I suppose it matters little if you can. I am a marked man and my days are numbered, so it's only a matter of time before they come for me.

A set of fairly long drabbles about the three Black sisters: Bellatrix, Andromeda, and Narcissa, on the topics of power, passion, and pain.

Tomorrow will be the massacre to end all wars. The dark era will end at the hand of the midnight queen. He who takes a chance will fall while the one who remains at home will thrive in obscurity while the other dies in mock glory.

One last desperate letter tells the story of how humility can find even the most corrupt of souls when death is the only way out. Things always look different in the end, but it goes to show that it's never too late to redeem yourself, to show compassion without prejudice, and to be merciful.

Someone is trapped in Azkaban... Someone is going insane... Someone doesn't know it.

Transference is a phenomenon in psychology characterized by unconscious redirection of feelings of one person to another. In a therapy context, transference refers to redirection of a client's feelings from a significant person to a therapist. Counter-transference is defined as redirection of a therapist's feelings toward a client, or more generally as a therapist's emotional entanglement with a client.- wikipedia Hermione's job bring her into a place with an ex Death Eater and must fast her darkest yearnings.

No one mentioned Theodore Nott anymore. No one liked to think about how he died.

They say we need help. That there is still hope for us. But I know that to be a lie. There is no hope for us. We did what we had to do and we did it for them. Isn't that enough?

This is yet another lost chapter of Verity Brown's A Merciless Affection. If you are in search of a likable fluffy-bunny Severus Snape, I advise you to hit the back button now for you shall not find him in this fic. What you will find is a very dark and troubled, yet painfully human Severus Snape searching for strength and redemption. There is also a very strong religious theme in this fic. If you can stand that, then read on and hopefully enjoy. As always, a very special and heartfelt thank you goes to Verity for allowing me to provide some insight to her version of Snape.

When Voldemort dies, Severus Snape is left to gather the ashes of Ginny Weasly, and try to put her back together.

Consequences shape everyones futures, as do the choices those we love make change ours. Can love override loyalty? Can hope delete fear? Can sisters turned worst enemies make amends? Can old flames be reignited? Can this 'Second Rising' be quelled? (Slight AU, character death later on)

AU Left on the Dursleys' doorstep, Harry is kidnapped by Moody and taken to a better home. However, misfortune follows him wherever he goes and he is soon at an orphanage, ostracized and alone...that is, until he's adopted by Nicholas Flamel.

A moment can change everything. And for one boy life is going to change forever. Transform. And things will never, ever be the same again.

Miraculously, the boy hesitated. Realizing what was at stake, Tom dropped the wand and fell to his knees. "Don't do it!" The next words came very hard. "Please, don't kill me." This story is about what might have happened if Harry had not stabbed Tom Riddle's diary.

Set as an Alternative version of the Half-Blood Prince, what if Snape had not been granted the DADA position? A darkfic, it follows the stories of Severus Snape and the mysterious new DADA teacher, Professor Baserette, revealed as the mistress of Lord Voldemort.

Bellatrix, in Azkaban, receives a visit from an old schoolfriend seeking answers. (Original Character)

The war has ended. Harry cannot let go so easily, however. He runs in futile circles searching for something to make his life meaningful again while his friends fall apart around him.

Because Sirius knows it's wrong, even if Blacks do tend to keep it in the family... SBRB, Limeish, Implied slash

Ever wonder how Bellatrix Lestrange came to be such a wicked witch? The thoughts that went on in her mind? She left behind a letter that tells all...

A clear AU, a look at the wizarding world with Regulus as a Gryffindor. We are shaped by the people around us, and we shape the people around us. In another universe, it's Regulus and Peter against the world. Dark, with a hint of slash.

Hermione is left devastated when the war is brought to her door. A look at how the brightest pupil in school deals with the ravages of the real world and how she overcomes the things that we never expect to have to overcome.

This is my take on what happens in the 'last battle' between Voldemort and Harry. After the fifth Horcrux is found and destroyed by Hermione, Ron, Harry and Ginny, there is one more left to be demolished and Voldemort will no longer be immortal. Will Harry be able to reach the last Horcrux in time in order to defeat Voldemort? Are his instincts leading him in the right direction or is it leading him into more danger than he expected? Read and find out! I promise you won't be disappointed.

The war is over.

What exactly can a single strand of hair reveal? First reading A Merciless Affection by Verity Brown is strongly recommended, otherwise the following may not make any sense to you. Verity should know that I just can't resist a challenge.

Harry and Remus write to Sirius after his death. Slightly AU? The two most important people in Sirius's life try to gain some closure that might not come. Story starts strange but a plot soon emerges.

His heart constricts along with her long tail and for a moment, just that minor second, Tom understands affections and perhaps the need to weep, bleed, and protect. This is all, of course, before he becomes another creature...free of the traditional views of love.

Ginny, Luna, Bellatrix, and a dungeon. Genfic, dark.

Confused? Enter this world of nightmares, dreams and despair...

Making love isn't the only way. Sirius Black/Severus Snape. Set during OotP. One-shot.

There is an attack on Hogwarts, and Bill Weasley is summoned by the Order to come in and aid in the fight. When he gets locked in a duel with Fenrir Greyback, what will be the outcome? (Missing Moment from Half Blood Prince).

"No deprivation is any trouble if you do not miss what you have lost." Lord Voldemort remembers an early victory.

A dystopic story set after Harry Potter wins the war and becomes Minister of Magic. He does his best and is completely oblvious to what is happening around him. Hermione goes missing and Ron finds her; that's when their troubles begin. Ron tries to understand what is happening, while others make plans to strike back and escape. They forgot to take Luna into account, however.

After undergoing an unexpected dark transformation, can Harry Potter resist corruption while he seeks vengeance and justice or will he end up unleashing an evil worse than Voldemort's unto the already afflicted magical world? A story of deception and the blinding quality of love. Vampires, OC, dark!Harry

Snape's mother takes a look back on her marriage to his father.

Regulus Black has seven days to die.

"I am become Death, destroyer of Worlds." -J. Robert Oppenheimer Dark times are ahead and it's not getting any better. It's kill or be killed, and with the Apocalypse rising and on Voldemort's side, the impending war is upon them, and Dumbledore is dead, Harry and his new accomplice Kisa Cordova-Snape aren't even sure they can get through this alive.

The mind of Draco Malfoy is a complicated thing.

A young girl wakes up, only to find this is just the beginning of her nightmare.

"That's what I remember, the white of the snow and how it darkened and melted red." The wizarding world claims to remember what happened during the war, but Ginny's memories are different.

Sirius is beginning to crack, but Remus is afraid of broken things.

A few months, or maybe years, after the end of the war, Lucius Malfoy lives in a haze of broken memories and loneliness. The Dark Lord and his viceroy now occupy the Malfoy house. By night Lucius walks through the remains of his life on his way to serve the Dark Lord, but by day he and the viceroy are slowly trying to restore what the Dark Lord took from him.

Regulus trembles, gripping his wand whiteknuckled. ... The sick feeling in his stomach is no more than just the heat affecting him, the sweat on his palms is the same. Warning: contains death and violence.

It's Harry's fifth year at Hogwarts, and he can't beieve how hellish his life is. Dumbledore, his long thought mentor, is starting to shun him- whenever they do end up talking, they argue... until Harry finally loses control.

A monster, held back by those around him, can't hurt too many, right? But what if the monsters were many... the victims, limitless... and those in control ready to set loose... The Hogwarts students captured by the Dark Side know they're being held for something big... but what? In three parts, plenty of darkness and angst, and lots of action!

Those close to Harry believe that although he represents the side of light, he carries a violent darkness within.

Thirteen years after the last Great Battle, Ron is forced to deal with his war experiences by writing a letter to each of his dead friends. Horrible memories accompany him... - The original story is completed, the translation done by me is WiP, updated on a regular basis

Her lunch had always been connected with a number of little rituals. Tom Riddle x Ginny Weasley

Bellatrix is a simple farm girl in the summer sun, and she serves her Lord. The wind whistles tunes and dances on bare shoulders, the chains clamber against flesh and iron, and the blood drips, one-two, on the tiling.

He had plans for them all, but underestimating one Terry Boot will get you killed. Story in the form of a series of long drabbles.

Following the life of one Damien Malfoy, son of Draco and Ginny Malfoy.

The Lestranges would do anything for Lord Voldemort. Anything at all. Bellatrix/Rodolphus, disturbing.

Hermione sighed softly as she thought of the dozens of other cemeteries they had visited in the past week. It seemed that the entombment of the revered war dead would never end. "And now it's Fred's turn," she thought with a cringe. Fred's funeral from Hermione's POV.

The final battle is over between Harry and Lord Voldemort, and nothing has gone as expected. When all hope seems to be lost, one last option makes itself known. But it's up to Harry whether or not any good can come out of it.

"It wasn't that Harry Potter didn't love his son...it was just that - well, there was no other way to say it - James' actions made him nervous..." After killing Voldemort, Harry was supposed to have a perfect life with Ginny and their model Gryffindor kids, right? Wrong. Harry's greatest threat isn't Voldemort now - it's his own flesh and blood.

In the books we get a brief look at the character of Fenrir Greyback, but we never get a glimpse into his mind. Maybe, after all, that is a good thing.

Song fic to 'Walk Away' By Christina Aguilera. Ginny has a problem, one that has sat within her and festered for years, one she wants to get rid of so desperately but can't...

Three years after the war with Lord Voldemort, the wizarding world is on the edge of extinction, teetering slightly over. Ronald Weasley drinks his nights away, finding purpose at the bottom of a bottle, until a silvery-blonde witch enters the pub and gives him new hope. Songfic.

The final battle between the Dark Lord and the Boy Who Lived falls on the night of the full moon, striking fear into the hearts of all present. Who shall win on this bloody night of judgment between good and evil? Honorable Mention in HarryPotterFanfiction.Com's 2007 Writer's Duel.

Perhaps you have come to tell me why my son is dead.

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.

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

The war is now over but George Weasley has to deal with the grief of losing his twin.

Hermione used to be happy. Now she can think of only one thing. WARNING: ANGST, CHAR. DEATH, RAPE.

Harry and Ginny marry, yet he dies in the Final Battle (no chance for wedding night). Five years go by and she meets a young man very much like Harry...almost too much so...and can't help wondering: had her lost husband been reincarnated?

"A fine line runs between almost everything in life. Sometimes we choose to cross that line, and other times we're pushed across it. And on occasion, that line is broken entirely, taking the choice out of anyone's hands. I didn't like any of the situations. If I chose to cross it myself, then that would mean that I was responsible for what I had done. If I had no choice in the matter, then at least I'd be able to blame someone else, and then, just maybe, no one would blame me. I had no such luck."

"I'm in a room, there's a man in the corner. His wheezy laugh fills my ears. won't someone save me?" She's been kidnapped and escaped. The authorities won't believe her. "There's not enough evidence." They tell her. Where have the days before the abduction gone? She's been held down, but wants to be held by the one who can save her.

Albus Dumbledore was firmly believed by many to be the only wizard that the Dark Lord Voldemort ever feared. What happens shortly after the headmaster's death? How dark can the Wizarding World possibly get? And is there some hope to be found, or is victory nothing but a distant and unreachable idea?

Man creates his own world, of fences and gates, of space and place and time but it's all the same, all a way of measuring off what doesn't truly belong to him. Monster and demon and pet, we all need to eat the same, need to breathe in the same air and feel the same warm blanket of shelter draped around our shivering form.

A young lady is held captive in a cave in the Forbidden Forest.

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

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.

Narcissa reflects on what happened the night that changed everything and dreams of what her son will become.

Draco Malfoy reflects after a dark time in his life.