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'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.

The true story of the life of Regulus Black. The one you've never heard.

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.

After his father's arrest, Draco's world becomes less certain. Draco-centric, slight Draco/Pansy, allusions to Draco/Harry pre-slash.

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.

Kreacher cannot believe his eyes... The youngest of the Malfoys, here, at Kreacher's Master's House? But how dreadful he looks, so pale and thin! Why has Master brought him here? Kreacher must find out...

Narcissa Malfoy could adapt to any situation. She could morph into the types of personalities that the people around her possessed. She never really knew who she actually was. Now that Lucius is in Azkaban, she is left to look after the house and her son by herself. Can she adapt to this?

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.

Hermione feels alone without her old love, Ron. It takes a break down to make her see that she already has everything she needs.

A brief autobiography of Filch's cat, Mrs. Norris.

He used to know her; once upon a time. But the Ginny he knew is gone, and now he's talking with someone completely different. She remembers, though.

Nothing will blossom in the City of Light or the Kingdom of Heaven, but in darker, quieter places. Sequel to "Undergrowth."

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.

Near the beginning of his sixth year, Harry catches Crookshanks swearing in Parseltongue. Investigation leads to a long talk about Sirius, Slytherins, the prophecy, hunting, history, and house-elves. Absolutely nothing to do with the Time's Riddle series.

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.

The forgotten gods of Egypt require a task of 29-year old Chudley Cannons seeker Harry Potter. The weight of the world is upon his shoulders, and he finds himself the Savior once again.

Megan Jones is a young woman trying to make her way in the world hampered by the very things that haunt many a young woman in her late teens. There are crushes and romantic entanglements to sort through, an unhappy family life, the thirst to prove herself and the obligatory identity crisis. Oh yes, and there's the bit about her secretly joining the Dark Side....

Have you ever felt lonely because there was romance blossoming all around you but you had no part in it and were scared to tell the one you loved how you truely felt? Lilly Evans feels all that in this fic while James Potter is depressed. The one who is causing the depression is the only one who can bring him out of it and bring him under the safety of their umbrella.

She remembered those things that any sane woman would forget.

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.

Hermione can't stop looking for Harry. Some things have become luxuries and she'll do what she has to, with or without Ron.

Draco relives his memories of the past few years leading up to Voldemort's demise.

A missing moment from Half-Blood Prince. What happened after Snape and Draco left Hogwarts?

They call them 'freak accidents', and they are. They are all the more horrible because the person who dies woke up that morning. Told from the POV of an OC, post-war.

Colin has been friends with Jessica Nott since their first year, but she has a few things to tell him about her future. The finally finished follow-up to "Thinking".

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.

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?

Ginny Weasley is confused. Draco Malfoy is confused. Harry Potter is confused and Hermione Granger is confused. Who loves whom and why? Who is with whom and who wants to be with whom? Ginny is confused; who is it that she wants to be with? She's always had a schoolgirl crush on Harry, but is that really all it is? And what about the other man? Hermione feels indefinite about her love interest and does not know what to do. Ginny discovers a dark secret by means of her past. Can they cope?

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

Lord Voledmort is recruiting werewolves as 'soldiers' for the upcoming war. He now has his sights on Remus. Will Remus change over? Or will Lily, James, Sirius and Emma Gibson lose their best friend forever?

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

Harry and Ginny have started a family and they are happy and in love. Everything is going great..right? Not if history happens to repeat itself.

Peter and Alice are on an Order mission, but will the memory of their night together ruin it all?

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.

I’ve vowed to myself, thousands upon millions of times, that I will catch that damned winged golden ball before you. And every time, I don’t.

Paige Simmons became Draco Malfoy's best friend ever since she transferred to Hogwarts. Ten years later, Voldemort had been defeated and Draco had died. For the first time ever, Paige realizes her feelings for him and decides to do a dark spell to bring him back to life. With dark spells come terrible consequences. Will she succeed at winning his heart?

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

What do you do when one of your best friends goes missing? With the war approaching, things are beginning to happen and how can the Marauders find Remus in time? Also, who will Gillian Ross realize she loves? Remus or Sam?

Sirius reflects on loss and betrayal in Azkaban.

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

Draco contemplates thunderstorms and hatred.

This was actually a paper for my Creative Writing class. It's from ``the points of view of four different characters thinking about the ``Potters' deaths. The points of view skip around a bit, ranging from ``the night of the Potters' deaths to the day after the end of the ``Triwizard tournament. It's based on Avril Levigne's

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.

A summer storm reminds Hermione of a night in her childhood that at one time brought her comfort. Now, after the events of sixth year, she is searching for that comfort again and finally finds it by sharing the secret of that long ago night.

Kalli seems to have the perfect past, but what happens when the secret of her family, and her past comes out? Who will it hurt? How can Harry handle the truth about his love?

Ginny is dating Harry. Harry is graduating. Why is Ginny getting drunk with Draco Malfoy? Very fluffy and ends happily ever after. D/G, with later mentions of R/Hr.

Bellatrix's immersion in Darkness, detailed in more than a few of her crimes. A 10x100 drabble series inspired by the Ten Commandments.

What will happen when Severus wants to break up with Hermione? Can she live with it?

Sirius has spent ten years of his life locked up for crimes he did not committed. Hopelessness and despair seemed to be the only way out for Sirius, who has to face his worst memories everyday. Azkaban would have destroyed him if it hadn't been for James. See what comes of a man who survives Azkaban, and finds a measure of peace along the way.

"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."

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.

Lily Evans never really had a relationship with her sister. Things don't change as she enters Hogwarts and she remembers her first time with magic.

Harrry and Ginny are living together after Voldemort's downfall. Harry is restless at home so he leaves Ginny to go hunt down the last of the Death Eaters. When Harry is captured by Bellatrix Lestrange, Ginny sets off to find him before it's too late.

Sirius was arrested on the charge of murdering Peter Pettigrew and a street full of Muggles, just after the murder of James and Lily by Voldemort. But Dumbledore believes Sirius to be innocent, and only Dumbledore could contrive to keep Sirius out of Azkaban. But he needs a place where Sirius can hide out--"out of sight, out of mind"--for a time. And another member of the original Order of the Phoenix has a second cousin who is an accountant and a Muggle and who has a cousin who is also a Muggle and who, being a Muggle, might be glad to have another helper at her stables ...

Not even the greatest, deepest love of a mother can fill the space where a father belongs. A mother lies dying on a hospital bed minutes after the birth of her daughter. During her last moments of life, she thinks about the love for her child that grew throughout the pregnancy, and imagines what kind of life they'll have. But no matter how much she tells herself the father will never matter in the fantasy world she already has planned for her and the light of her life, the second she hears the heart monitor stop, everything will change.

There are casualties in any war. In the end, after the final battle, the wizarding world was left to mourn for their dead.

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

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.

Remus Lupin awakes from a night of drinking and wolfishness to find himself nude and bound to a chair. He is shocked to meet his captor, and to find out what exactly she wants from him. Not your usual naked Lupin story.

Building a future takes almost as much work as winning a war.