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Choices were made in the past that can never be forgiven. A lifetime of loneliness and regret forms barriers between him and the world. Friends once lost will be regained even if only as memories surfacing in the mind. A lack of oxygen forces three characters to face the past and attempt to find a way to move on. Post-OotP

Many people conceal things for certain reasons, and some, if revealed, can have horrible results. But for Athena Demeter, the thing that she keeps secret could well bring catastrophic results and the downfall of the wizarding world.

Myrtle thinks about her life, death ... and Harry Potter.

In which there is a different sort of Death Eater centric plot, two muggles find themselves completely powerless against Wizarding law, and Hermione makes a desperate decision whose consequences everyone must face. "I made the best choice that I could under the circumstances, and now that I need you to support me, you can't do that?!"

A group of Death Eaters meet in a bar a year after Voldemort's fall, and form a plot that could change all their fortunes. But is there a traitor among them?

She sits up until the late hours of the night praying and waiting for Daddy to come back home. It’s been fourteen years and still she waits and waits and prays and prays for him to come back to her and Mommy. Maybe then Mommy wouldn’t be so sad all the time. Maybe then she wouldn’t be sitting alone at the table eating dinner while Mommy had to work three jobs just to pay for the small two-roomed apartment. Maybe then she’d have a family.

Post-final battle. A wounded Harry wanders away from the fresh battlefield, searching for help. For someone, anyone...

... if the time should come when you have to make a choice between what is right and what is easy, remember... the power of one... Neville Longbottom was just like his Uncle Peter, nothing special, until he too was faced with a choice...

Harry is alive because one person made the ultimate sacrifice.

Draco Malfoy thinks about his future, the coming war, and mainly, his feelings about Harry Potter. Dark, angsty.

"I realize now that I have done something worse than attacking him outright. What I have done is unforgivable." Harry tries to get back at Draco, but finds out more about him than he wants to. Much unhappiness ensues

Sometimes we remember things, even when we don't.

What if Voldemort hadn't really thought through the implications of the spell to create his body? Suppose the vessel and the contents were too much at odds? Not exactly AU, but possible alternate progression.

After learning of the death of a loved one, Hermione Granger is devastated. Yet, she forces herself to move on with her life, keeping her mother and friends in mind. On the other side of the world, Draco Malfoy returns hom from a party, only to find an unexpected parcel at his doorstep, which, if accepted, will change his life forever.

Every time the thunder would roll, she felt it in the marrow of her bones, as if nature understood the deep agony she held inside of her and it was being reverberated throughout the environment as well. Nature would wail with the wind, bellow with the thunder, weep with the rain, and showcase rage with the lightning.

What's the story behind Cho Chang? Her mother reveals the history, ancient and magical, of China, Cho's heritage, and the clear beads, soft and beautiful, that make her who she is. For anyone who liked the Joy Luck Club, a beautiful story of a woman who faced hardship and unbearable sacrifice for her daughter.

Ficlet detailing a night in the life of Draco Malfoy, during which a Very Strange Occurrence has profound effects on our favourite Slytherin.

Draco was terrified. He sat in a dusty parlor, waiting to hear the consequences of failing the Dark Lord. He never expected it would be what awaited him in the firelight of Voldemort's chamber.

He put her up on that pillar and she had to get down, and graveyards always have perpetually bad weather.

Like grains of sand we were, but together we can be strong, like glass we can win!

Percy Weasly must undo the wrongs he made before it is too late!

A bit of insight into Harry's state of mind after the war. AU.

Things begin surfacing for Ginny at night. When no one is around. What happens when a new power arises, calling himself the Dark Lords heir? And how will Ginny play into all this?

Remus Lupin gets infatuated with a cello, befriends some Muggles, and remembers a boy he loved and thought he knew... set a few years before PoA. The slash is understated, but it's there, I promise!

The third part of my Perfection Trilogy, where Hermione is finally brought to justice and admits her crimes.

For Sirius, the consequences of leaving home collide after a game of Quidditch.

Ginny needs help but she won't admit it. Harry tried to be the savior... again. And Draco just HAS to be in here!

"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."

AU fic... Prequel to Daddy's Girl. Sirius Black has a son named Ash. Sirius Black does not want his only son dating a Snape heiress. Will she be able to earn Sirius’ trust or will she die in an attempt to win Sirius?

One thing that Freya has known since the Christmas holidays of her first year is that not all important memories are nice. But what kind of memories can a fifteen-year-old girl really have to hide? Can she keep all of her secrets to herself?

Remus Lupin laments after Sirius Black's death.

In February he will be a skeleton lying tangled on stone. Now he is an angel drifting like a white ghost, with a softness which fades quietly among harsh angles and geometry.

Pansy is forced to love that one she despises. One-shot. P/D

Going out with your friends on Halloween should be fun, shouldn't it? It turns out to be a night of surprises for Alex ...

What was Hermione thinking when she was asked to the ball? What if Krum and Neville weren't the only ones to "spot her as a girl"? A missing scene fic from Hermione's 4th year. Very slight Hr/R. Companion piece to A Spark of Gryffindor Courage.

It was cold and dark that day, but it was not wet. The rain didn’t start until it was all over – it was there to wash the battlefield clean. The two sides faced each other across the march. Endless rows of hooded, cloaked figures were lined up against our ragtag ranks. All faded into the fog.

If you just keep looking, maybe you'll find what you need, and the books won't hurt you the way the outside world will.

Voldemort has returned. He wreaks havoc on the Wizarding World. When Harry loses the Dursleys, who he actually started to love, and starts to be estranged from Ron and Hermione, where will he go?

Draco picks out his gift. (Rating is for dark/disturbing thoughts.)

Tracey Davis decides it is time to end living a lie. The only problem is the reality she wishes for is seemingly impossible.

Ginny interacts with Tom Riddle through his diary, then meets him in the Chamber of Secrets.

This is a prequel to The Flames of Hell In Your Eyes. You have life. You work out your strategy. You do what you've been planning to. But at what price? You have life no more.

This isn't your typical love story. He hurt her. He may not have meant to, but that doesn't change the fact that he did. Not everything is as it seems though, and everyone has their secrets and reasons. [R/Hr]

Albus Dumbledore has always wanted to protect those within his care. There are times, however, when you cannot protect everyone. Takes place after OotP, though no specific spoilers. Second in the Les Miserables series.

In their sixth year at Hogwarts, Hermione finds Harry alone by the fire, leading her to remember how it was before the second war and rethink her feelings about him.

Cedric is gone. It is the summer holidays and Cho is dealing with her grief through dancing.

A typical day in the lives of Mr and Mrs H J Potter suddenly becomes far from typical when Harry makes a chance discovery.

Severus Snape was dedicated to Lily Potter and loved her his entire life, but she was not the first person he had ever loved with obsessive devotion. This story is an accompaniment to Deathly Hallows (and the other books, as well) but fills in some gaps. Details of Snape's last days, surprising information about his life, and why it had to end that way.

This is a songfic to "Changes" by 3 Doors Down. An angsty fic about what Harry is feeling since the Dark Lord has risen again. PG-13 for suicidal attempt and language.

For most of the fighters, the Second Battle of Hogwarts was the end. When Lavender Brown wakes up in St. Mungo's, she realises that for her, it's only the beginning.

Song-fic: A look into the lives of Severus Snape, Draco Malfoy and Ginny Weasley as well as some other players.

Oliver Wood attends Dumbledore's funeral, and is helped with his grief by a surprising source.

Shea, a powerful witch with the special ability to communicate with animals is the main character. In this section, she is kidnapped... but her captor isn't exactly willing to do it.

Hidden behind high walls, Borgin waits.``Slash, Borgin/OC.

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.

A mysterious girl slips away to the Astronomy Tower in the early morning hours. Read her muddled thoughts as she gets up close and personal with a Muggle razor blade. A song-fic to Linkin Park's "Somewhere I Belong".

There are some scars that never fade, some wounds that never heal. Tom Riddle's presence lingered in Ginny's mind, like an incurable disease. As Ginny clings to what's left of her sanity, she waits for Harry to save her, like he did before. But Harry's been branded by the Dark Lord as well, and he's not the hero that Ginny believes him to be.

This is a songfic telling about the last days of Draco's wife Laura. He pleads with her, begs her but she goes and Draco goes after her, has an issue with his father. He runs to ... and....`` This goes with "Love bound in Green Velvet: Laura Dorsky's 7th year journal."

What if on that awful night when a friend betrayed and a baby was orphaned, two friends met in the shadows? What if Moony saw Padfoot that night? What if Padfoot sent Moony a sign, before going to seek his kill, Wormtail?

'Potions have always been Narcissa's favorite means of magic; but she does not question that, in the end, when the deed is accomplished or failed, the moon will drink her dry.' Pastfic. Malfoys.

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.

Once more featuring a very carefully written original character. It seems that making the decision to renounce the Death Eaters is a difficult one, and when the decision is made for you, the outcome usually doesn't bode well.

I did it. I finally fought the War with my friends by my side and we won. I defeated the Dark Lord. But look at the cost. The way it all ended, just so one man could die. The aftermath.

Philip Shoskey is an ordinary man trying to overcome the loss of the love of his life, Terry Rosier. However, after a surprise meeting with a man long thought dead, some of Terry's secrets are exposed, and hold roots that will change Harry's life forever. (Despite how this summary sounds, the OC's are really, really minor characters in the plot. James, Harry, Remus, Tonks, Dumbledore and Snape really are the main characters.)

The first part of my "Perfection Trilogy" offers a little insight on Hermione from early childhood to her last year at Hogwarts. Her thirst for power, hate for her parents' muggle origins and desire for perfection push her into the trap of darkness.

Unhappiness abound in the girl's bathroom of the Slytherin dormitories. Starring Pansy Parkinson and Millicent Bulstrode.

Viktor Krum has just moved into the most expensive block of Muggle real estate in London, and Hermione Granger wants to find out why. Viktor/Hermione, oneshot.

Remus' faith is betrayed. (*slash*, Remus/Sirius)

Many pilots during the Second World War claimed they owed their lives to gremlins – small creatures living in and taking care of their planes’ engines. These unseen and unheard great heroes saved nobody knows how many lives of their Masters. Here is a true story of one such “gremlin”, whose mission followed in the steps of the most famous Hogwarts Headmaster...

Harry Potter has just graduated. The Ministry have another card up their sleeve to turn the wizarding world upside down: training all the young men into Muggle-army style camps to prepare them for any war that might start in the future.

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.

Dragons' Heartstrings is a fan fic in soap opera form, based on Harry's life after Hogwarts. Packed with Gred and Forge style humor, random jokes, and satire, Dragons' Heartstrings pokes fun at the dramatic quality of soap operas as well as the far-fetched ideas of some other Harry Potter fan fictions.

The night before the funeral, Draco stands vigil over the coffin of his father.

The fire was dancing in front of her eyes, projecting its sparkling light over everything in the room. Through the window, she was able to see the raindrops spattering the landscape. Her eyes filled with tears as she stared ahead of her, though she was not really seeing.

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

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

"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."

Gregory Goyle makes a midnight visit to the Gryffindor tower, only he bumps into Dumbledore on the way. Non slash, sweet story. Goyle/Gryffindor girl of your choice

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.

"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.

Hermione meets a remarkable boy named Charles during the summer holidays. He claims to have The Sight. At first, she doesn't believe him, but then strange things begin happening... Set between Hermione's third and fourth year at Hogwarts.

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.

I hate you so much for leaving that day. For flying off into open sky without even a look back. Leaving me crying my heart – no, my soul – out to Ron because he was the only one who could keep me still. (H/Hr - sequel to Leaving Forever)

Brett Mordonius was a son of a proud and ancient wizarding family, with a long history at Hogwarts and great deeds in the magical world. Why would he turn his back on his heiritage and pursue a dangerous life amongst Muggles as a mercenary?

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.

'It was the noise that was missing. The voices of her family.' Ginny finds herself alone in her dormitory.

Ginny waits for the return of the trio. One-shot. H/G

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.)

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."

A strange, undeniable, connection, the devious acts of the loosing side, and the unending curiosity of the wizarding population are what if left behind for Harry Potter. As the dust of the final battle settles life is far from simple. Luckily for Harry his connection with a certain fiery redhead is as unending as the relentless embers of an unquenchable fire.

At the end of the day, all anyone wants is to be loved. And many people have that. Many people lose it, too. But not all at once, not like Harry has. What would you do if all that mattered was gone? If there was no one?

Lucius has always been charming and witty, and even silver looked good on him. After a night of cuddling with a hippogriff who wanders onto the Malfoy property, he finds out that there is more to life than hourly manicures. It is up to Lucius to find his way to his hippogriff again, with the help of Voldemort, Draco, and some very dead Italian designers.

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?

The tale of Peter Pettigrew's betrayal and escape from certain death.

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".

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

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?

The war, death, and the aftermath.