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When a mysterious dog appears on the Hogwarts grounds, Professor McGonagall is forced to seek temporary shelter with Professor Flitwick. Written for the hp_friendships challenge on LiveJournal.

A missing moment from OotP, Ginny pleads with Luna to stand up to her brothers' teasing.

Irma Pince has a secret that she didn't know she was keeping. How does she react when Severus removes the charm that reveals that she really is Eileen Snape?

The invention of the Wolfsbane Potion was accomplished by three of the most unlikely people imaginable: Remus Lupin, Severus Snape, and Mariella Goring. Two halfbloods and a pureblood. Two Gryffindors and a Slytherin. Two Order members and one Death Eater. Two lost souls hoping to atone for one terrible day, one terrible death, and one hopeful spirit seeking to do some good in the world.

The story behind Harry's absolutely very first broom... whose idea was it really?

The first war has been over for almost a year. Everyone has started recovering until the five year reunion for Hogwarts class of 1978 brings back some old memories for one of the last surviving Gryffindors.

Another morning in Slytherin House, seen through the eyes of Blaise Zabini.

War rages in wizard Britain, yet Severus Snape has never been better off. As he rises in the Dark Lord’s inner circle, he seems ever closer to fulfilling his grand ambitions. But he is haunted by memories of his childhood friend Lily Evans, now married to his sworn enemy. As the stakes get higher, Severus must once more decide where his true loyalties lie. Either choice will mean betraying one of his friends – and the consequences could be fatal… [COMPLETE]

The story of Sirius tricking Snape into venturing under the Whomping Willow during a full moon.

Albus Potter is entering his sixth year at Hogwarts with a load of problems. Firstly, his fiery and annoying younger sister is just returning to Britain after spending three years at Beauxbatons, being brilliant. Then there's his older brother, whose head has been growing bigger by the minute ever since he was appointed Head Boy and Quidditch Captain. And then there's the girl who he likes but can't have. Along with Albus is Scorpius Malfoy, who is struggling with his growing admiration for Lily Potter, and James Potter who finds himself attracted to the newest and most original student Hogwarts has ever seen.

Prequel to my fic "Bonds of Pain." Draco spends his fourth year dealing with his growing dislike of his father's rules and methods. When forced into a decision, two young lives are changed forever...

James spots a girl getting on the train. The girl looks back at him. Lily Evans looks at James in a way she won't in a very long time. She looks like she loves him. While they forget their feelings, they can't forget that look. James/Lily

Just one of those millions of fics that were done after OotP. Remus is hurting after Sirius's death and comforts Harry.

While the rest of Hogwarts dances at the Yule Ball, Luna finds another place to dance and searches out a friend to share it with. This story was written for Poultrygeist99 for Secret SPEW at MuggleNet fan fiction. Fluffy. one-shot.

Luna is comforted in the Department of Mysteries.

Fred survives the Battle of Hogwarts, but at a price: he is blinded. A guilty Percy declares himself his helper. Fred could barely stand Percy being a git, but this helpful, overtly friendly Percy is driving him mad.

“Luna, where are your shoes?” Luna x Dean

Ginny Weasley does not feel quite herself in the summer after her fifth year. Or at least, she feels as though she has changed. She is not the same girl who attended Hogwarts ending just over a month ago. Puzzling over the Second War, which she is allowed no part in, and what exactly she wants to mean to Harry Potter, who never comes to see her, she begins to brew love potions in a desperate attempt to allay her boredom...

The day after the battle at Hogwarts, Luna visits Neville in the hospital wing.

Bellatrix is bored, Severus has been picked on by James and Sirius, and Peter Pettigrew is in the wrong place at the wrong time. He needs to learn who his friends are.

Disowned by his family, Sirius finds unexpected solace in familiar places.

Harry and Draco both go to Auror Training. What happens? Are things different now that both boys are men, or will it be Hogwarts all over again? And will things be better or get worse when they are paired up by an insightful teacher?

The first years are taking off, but a troublesome broomstick initiates a disturbing flashback for Sev. He wakens, however, to equally disorienting but astonishing revelations about Lily...

The war is over. As everyone tries to return to their normal lives, Harry makes the curious decision to return to his roots. Little does he know he’s about to receive a very unusual surprise.

Today is Ginny's nineteenth birthday, August 11, 2000. Later, there is going to be a party at the Burrow. But for now, Ginny is alone, sitting outside Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlor, eating a blueberry ice cream cone under the shade of a pink umbrella. A chance encounter with an old friend makes Ginny feel for the first time since the war.

[NextGen] Short one-shot vignette. Rose confronts Scorpius when she hears a devastating rumor about their friendship. Teenage drama ensues. Also, there's magic and chess involved.

"The word birthday had grown to be almost synonymous with her name." In his sixth year, Severus remembers how Lily has helped him celebrate his birthdays.

Neville and Luna find themselves stranded on the way to Hogsmeade Station. A seventh year might-have-been. Written for the Wild Weather Challenge on The Quidditch Pitch.

Rowena Ravenclaw reflects on intelligence, and the manner in which she is lacking.

Wouldn't it figure that on one of the worst days of George's life, the weather would be unrelentingly cheerful?

It was Thursday when it started snowing, and Remus was already three days overdue.

The war has ended, and now life will try and return to normal for Harry and his friends.

"Ron pondered telling Harry that he really would have to kill him if he became a Christian, but he thought that Hermione would say this was insensitive." When Harry runs away in Godric's Hollow, Ron follows him to a very strange place. Takes place directly after HBP. Trio friendship, with a smidge of Ron/Hermione and some past Harry/Ginny.

Draco's destiny in the summer and autumn after he failed to kill Dumbledore. He gets a new task and fails again. Severus Snape, the man who has stolen Draco's glory, takes up the task to further Draco's development as a Death Eater. They undergo a hard development before they eventually come to an agreement. This stand-alone story is also a prequel to 'Three Options for Ginny'.

Lucius and Narcissa decide to test out the whole kiss deal, to see what the whole fuss is about.

Inspired by DH and REM's Everybody Hurts. Severus fixes his gaze on those green eyes and finds what it is to live. My tribute to my favourite and most loved character.

"During moments like these, I would reach out and touch his hand. The palm of my hand is pressed against his cold dry skin of his. Our fingers will entwine..." Harry/Ron slash

Luna Lovegood is spending Christmas apart from her Daddy, so some of her housemates are seeing to it that she has a good time.

I don't beleive that one long mushy love letter won Lily Evans heart but maybe a few down to Earth notes and kind gestures in a stressful time did, like in this story. Lily/Marauders one shot.

Cho runs into an old friend and comes to an understanding with him. [Set during HBP.]

While it\'s very interesting that Harry, Ron, and Hermione are taking off to hunt down Horcruxes, Jimmy Peakes, Ritchie Coote, and Demelza Robins are a bit more concerned with the state of their Quidditch team. After all, without a Seeker and a Keeper, how will they ever win the Quidditch Cup? As they discuss potential replacements, their conversation takes some interesting turns.

It's the Trio's final year at Hogwarts and Ron finds out that not all Slytherins are snakes...

[TRxGW] "...be a man... try... try for some remorse..." Dark Lords did not feel remorse ... but if he had, if Tom Riddle had felt even one second of regret, it would have been for her. Twoshot.

Padma Patil's secret is unknown to most people, but there is one who knows. Luna Lovegood. Padma's thieving has to stop and only this one young Ravenclaw can cure it...

A loose sequel to Girls Just Want To Have Fun, this little Seinfeldesque episode finds the girls trying to blend in during their vacation in the Big Apple...

The first of October brings with it the first killing frost, and although it has largely melted in the sunny areas of the glades by mid-morning, its white hoar lace still persists in the shadows. Remus crunches through the detritus on the forest floor, stirring up the moist earthy smells of decay under his worn boots, in search of the essentials: food mainly. Nuts perhaps. Hope in a basket. Whatever he can find.

Remus has trouble speaking his feelings but after Sirius' death it's dangerous for him to keep things bottled up. So he writes in his diary, all the thoughts and feelings he went through before, during and after the fatal fight at the Ministry. He feels bitter, angry and guilty. But gradually he'll get over Sirius', and be able to carry on his life again just like his friends would have wanted.

Sirius learns the hard way: don't drink and channel-surf. A bit of humor with Sirius, James, Lily, and a certain science-fiction television show.

Life is getting tough for the Weasley twins in their 7th year, and it isn't much better for their best friend, Lee. To brighten up their day, George Weasley and Lee Jordan decide to take a little trip into the past.

Boys and spectacles. Harry/Percy.

"The day her mother died, the sky had been a bright cheerful blue." Luna Lovegood throughout the years: how she struggles, fights, and eventually, heals.

Moravius Krubb's first year is off to a rocky start. It would help if Potter and Longbottom didn't make fun of his accent (and everything else). It would help if his head of house didn't hate him. It would help if he somehow hadn't himself to weird Horace Slughorn or tomboyish Serena Yaxley. Unfortunately for Moravius, he'll have to make do with what he's got. Fortunately for Moravius, he has a lot more cunning than some people give him credit for!

Hermione misses Harry; can Sirius help her? Or can she help him? Takes place during the beginning of OOTP.

Angelina had been looking forward to Hogwarts for years, so it came as a bit of a shock to her that she was so apprehensive about boarding the Hogwarts Express.

COMPLETE. When nightmares and nightly transformations haunt young Remus Lupin, and he drowns under the deluge of pain, who can help him? Save him? Love him? SBRL Angst, Hurt, Comfort, Romance, and Fluff

Set in HBP. While thinking about death, Draco stumbles across a ghost in a bathroom. When she comforts him, Draco realises that death may not be as bad as it once seemed.

Harry comes across Hermione crying in an abandoned classroom after the Yule Ball. A few moments of comfort and suddenly nothing is like it's supposed to be. Harry/Hermione, for people who don't ship Harry/Hermione.

It's seven years after Lily and James' deaths, and Remus Lupin is barely living. So he pays a short visit to Azkaban... One-shot fic.

Lilith Smithers is the daughter of a whore. Severus has just been hired at Hogwarts as the Potions Teacher. When they come together they will change each other's world.

Almost a year after the Battle of Hogwarts, George was surprised when his wife Annie told him Harry Potter at their door, asking to speak with him. Whatever it is Harry wants to tell him, it doesn't promise to be pleasant, judging by his old friend's level of discomfort. When will the Chosen One realize everything isn't his fault? A friend is about to explain it to him. A one-shot companion to George & Annie: an Unofficial Biography. No slash.

The night before he is to break into Gringotts, Harry can't sleep. Luna provides some unexpected comfort.

Join Remus Lupin as thoughts of his sixth year swirl through his memories. It was one of the most eventful of his school years, especially with the introduction of the one and only Marauder's Map. But this seems like a minor detail when compared to Remus' growing crush on the Lily Potter. The Hogwarts Express is whistling the call for you to climb aboard and see the wizarding world through the eyes of the werewolf.

A glimpse into the childhood of Draco Malfoy and Pansy Parkinson, an idea about the beginning of their friendship.

Hermione returns to Grimmauld Place and finds herself being drawn to the person she least expects.

It is a strange thing feeling feverish without a fever. Love is an entirely new wonder for Luna Lovegood to marvel at. George x Luna

It has been thought that dreams hold great value in diving unknown knowledge. Some adhere to the belief that a dream is capable of foretelling events, be they tragic or wonderful. Others believe that a dream is strictly that — a dream. Helga has a dream that shakes her focus and one that could have unforeseen effects on a friendship and on a school. Will the Founders fall, or will Hogwarts truly become the school they have always envisioned?

The week after the downfall of Lord Voldemort, and Hermione is taken away to a safe house whilst all the rogue Death Eaters are rounded up. She finds that her appointed guardian is Sirius, who, previously thought dead, has returned. Hermione considers him arrogant, impatient, and rude. He in turn thinks her a busybody, immature, and annoying. However, after a while they adjust to each others company and become friends. Hermione is trying to decide whether or not to go back to Hogwarts to complete her NEWTS; things are now starting to get interesting.

Minerva McGonagall has led an amazing life and had several amazing loves. This story is told in her journals of who and how she loved and then lost those loves. Of how, she saw red blood stream from all her loves.

It doesn't matter if it's real or not, because either way, she believes it, and then the possibility is there. Neville/Luna.

Remus Lupin has been there since Harry's third year, always calm, quiet, and peaceful. He's always been there, in the shadows, never in the spotlight. Here we'll take a look at Remus' mind. His memories, experiences, thoughts. Was it always that way?

They are large, they are mean, they are Crabbe and Goyle. They are bullies and they are tired of playing the second fiddle. Time to get some real friends.

A collection of Ron-centric drabbles

“Have some more,” she said. “Don’t tell the others, but I made those myself.” A story of Arthur Weasley and Molly Prewett during their years at Hogwarts.

Narcissa Black falls through the ice on the lake, Severus Snape is tormented as always, and Lucius Malfoy shows that there is such a thing as Slytherin loyalty. Everyone skates on very thin ice before the first war.

For some, 13 is an unlucky number. Remus, on the other hand, counts thirteen times he knew love was real.

Bill and Fleur's wedding isn't the happiest day Ginny's ever had, but it's about to improve.

Two friends sit reminiscing about the past and remembering better times. But the arrival of dire news causes arguments to erupt and choices to be made. Guilt is still felt, the past is remembered, but he won’t let it happen again.

Ever wondered about that scar above Dumbledore's left knee (the one that was a "perfect map of the London Underground")? Or why he said scars can be useful? Or why he likes chamber music? This story explores all those things, and also speculates about how Severus Snape spent the summer before Harry Potter started at Hogwarts. Two wizards meet a Muggle woman who learns something about magic, and about her own family.

Harry Potter has defeated Voldemort at last. The long war had just ended, and Harry can finally rest. He has nothing more to fear, except his dreams.

Enough had been thought, and said, and felt, and imagined. It was about time that something should be done. Written for the SiYE Open House Challenge.

“Women have come together under the full moon since magic first arose, to learn and to teach, to celebrate and to morn, to laugh and to cry, and to save a wayward sister from time to time,” Luna intoned as she raised her wand. Pansy tried to seduce the wrong man, and now she pays the price. But what is the cost, and what is the reward. Post DH. The story of a group of women who come together to help one and end up finding a bond undreamt of.

After her ordeal in the Chamber of Secrets, Ginny is in the Infirmary. Someone unexpected keeps her company and asks her strange questions.

An enchanted journal exposes the secrets of Lily Evans' past, revealing that she was far more than simply the clever Muggleborn mother of Harry, wife of James and first love of Severus – she was also the conduit of an ancient pact sworn centuries before, whose task never truly ended upon her death. In this first installment of an epic series, Lily Evans discovers that not only is she a witch bound for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where she has to deal with discrimination against Muggleborns, a poltergeist with a grudge, and friendships that may or may not stand the test of time, but that she has also been targeted by a dark force seeking to destroy her – and everything else.

It's been well known that Hermione Granger was always seen with her two best friends Ronald Weasley and Harry Potter. It was comfortable, and it was normal. And so of course, Draco Malfoy had to come and mess it up.

Did Amelia Bones's murder affect her niece, and what would it have to do with Marietta Edgecombe's magic-induced acne? A look at an unplanned interaction between two very different students. Set during HBP, written for the Broken Quill challenge at Fiction Alley.

How could it have come to this? How did we fall so far? It is the day after Christmas, and while the rest of the world is returning to normalcy after the holiday, one man isn't feeling very cheerful. The holidays have only allowed him to remember the pain and loss of the previous year, though he tries desperately to forget those memories. But as a fresh blanket of snow has covered the ground, he decides to take a walk to clear his mind, and at the same time, he decides to take a chance; he allows himself to just remember.

Harry stumbles across Susan after her splinching in the Great Hall.

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

While serving a detention for Filch, Draco discovers something that Potter doesn't know about and can't wait to rub his nose in it. What he doesn't expect to discover is the fact that he and Harry share a grief from the same source.

Harry and Co. are off to hunt Horcruxes...but there is an unexpected detour. Winner of FA's January, 2007 challenge.

"Sunlight beams pleasantly onto the nape of my neck, warming my body delightfully whilst Alice blows bubbles somewhat dreamily into that un-containable Zen that floats above us." Lily Evans and best friend, Alice Eston, enjoy their last carefree day on the Hogwarts grounds during a free period, talking about love, cheating and Frank Longbottom. That's before a certain James Potter turns up.

There\'s a tribanibian in the well at the Quidditch World Cup, and somehow Seamus Finnigan has been roped into helping Luna Lovegood catch it.

"We're marked, you and I, by Voldemort." Can allegiances be formed out of old misunderstandings?

After the war, Dean finds himself obsessed.

Harry's first night at 12 Grimmauld Place after a month with the Dursleys and a Dementor attack. After a troubling month of isolation from the wizarding world, Harry finds a bit of solace and comfort.

Peter has been convinced it is important to join.

AU. Voldemort accidentally turned Harry into a Horcrux on Halloween, 1981. That action further destabilized his already fragmented soul - creating yet another Horcrux, larger then the norm. This soul fragment successfully possesses a dying toddler abandoned at an orphanage, but fails to fully transfer Voldemort's memories. Tom gains his memories back as he grows older, but he is not content to simply remain Riddle's mirror image. And befriending Harry Potter seems a good start to finding his own path.

Quinnellia Chamberlain, aka Quinn, has come to Hogwarts from the United States to finish her magical education. She is befriended by Lily Evans and her dormmates and for the first time in her life has good friends, is getting good marks, and is staying out of trouble. Until she tries out for the Quidditch team and is told by the Captin, James Potter, that girls don't play Quidditch at Hogwarts. Can Quinn and Lily beat some sense into James? Moreover, can Quinn stop thinking about her own problems long enough to help Lily with her own crisis