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In a desolate wasteland they once called home, two women face the ends to lives they held dear to their hearts. Sometimes there aren't any happy endings. Sometimes the hero just can't save the day. Sometimes life just isn't anything like the fairy-tales. Sometimes, bittersweet chocolate can sometimes be the best. And sometimes, things don't go as planned.

Neville Longbottom had a terrible memory; even Rememberalls can only tell him he's forgotten something. What happens when that something is someone important? What happens when Neville has forgotten his first friend?

A giant mourns a baby dragon.

A graveyard in winter. A man who wanders. A glimpse at a life touched by loss, and of a man who grief would not break.

Harry Potter has never quite grasped Time. Luna assures him that he doesn't need to.

"We want to know more about people who fail. We care about people who are scared, who act foolishly, who are tricked by their vanity and trapped by their desires ... Flawed characters are the unforgettable ones" -- Susan Shaughnessy. Half-blood Slytherin Millicent Bulstrode reflects on her time at Hogwarts, the years of wasted effort she put in trying to be accepted by the popular students of her House, and what she intends to do about it. [Written for the femgenficathon.]

Draco watches Hermione for a while outside by the lake. He ponders a choice he must make, and eventually comes to a decision; one that affects both her and himself.

Harry has made a very bad mistake.

Fresh from Hogwarts and newly initiated into the Death Eaters, Regulus Black has found work as an attache for the ambassador to the USSR. What he discovers abroad becomes his first step away from the Death Eaters and toward the knowledge Voldemort would rather remain hidden from even his cloest followers.

What happens when Lockhart gets free reign over a class in the dungeons... and full access to potentially lethal potion ingredients!

Harry Potter is back in Privet Drive after a terrible year at school. Everything's just like it always been. Harry's not allowed to send Hedwig with a letter and Dudley's got something very fishy going on...

An incredibly insane, pointless, and AU story that I wrote for Language Arts. Includes a pessimist, an obsessed with bunnies person, Draco, Jessica Lee, Jennifer Patch, evil purple stuffed bunnies (of course) and myself.

Firestar038’s April Fool’s Day Challenge Entry. What is in store for Severus on April Fool's Day?

Beyond the veil, Sirius Black learns that time can be a thing to appreciate and that sometimes perfection can truly be found. It won’t be long now, for Lily and James Potter to make his fears disappear and the things he’s waited for eternity to come true.

Even the Half-Blood Prince has his problems. Will Lily Evans ever notice him in that way, and does she actually enjoy dancing with that arrogant Potter? Featuring the lyrics “Love in Motion” by Icehouse.

After all, Remus had transformed last night, and he hadn’t become the harmless wolf he normally turned into. He had actually become quite vicious. He had thrown Sirius down the hill, for God’s sake. What would have happened if he had done something to Harry, Ron, or Hermione? Come to think of it, he thought as he stepped into his office, he nearly had. As he began packing his things, he recalled last night, though he could only remember bits and pieces of what happened after he transformed.

"A Peck of Owls," the chapter was called, the second chapter of the long-awaited fifth book.... so what about those owls? Was Hedwig really out hunting all evening? Or was she closer to home than Harry realized?

There are straight relationships, male-male and female-female relationships. Why not inter-species? This is a stand alone between Dobby and Gollum from LOTR. Will their relationship make it?

Four young wizards receive invitations to a school that is located under Lake Superior! What? Don't LOOK at me like that, it's anti-Muggle security. Ahem, anyways, follow their adventures!

His happiness nourishes me. He surrounds me, swallows me, tears me apart and puts me back together, and makes me feel more alive. He is my fire. I am his, to the last breath. Nothing exists without her. She is my infatuation, my fetish, my fixation, and my drive. I cannot let anyone else have her. Harry and Hermione slowly descend.

What could induce a former Marauder to return to a life of naughtiness? Perhaps it has something to do with a certain nosy git and two rambunctious twins with frustratingly perfect timing. A Christmas chestnut with secret passages, close escapes, and a surprising new accomplice.

Harry wants to be normal. He doesn't want eyes staring or people talking about him. And it is all because he is...

Regulus Black receives a letter from his older brother, and as a result has to take on a new role within the family.

Arthur Weasley watches the woman he married and thinks about the life they have shared.

This is a (maybe) one-shot fic about my intake on how Snape decided to steal Christmas, and how Hermione knew it was him. For any person / Like the one who just pulled your sleeve / Has a special story / You must see to believe

A short description of what Gilderoy sees after the "mishap" with Ron's wand in the Chamber of Secrets...

Set in Harry's sixth year. Because of a heart problem due to being hit by a dark spell at the ministry, he won't be able to fight Voldemort and has to resort to other methods to deal with the prophecy. Completely AU after fifth year, partly OOC.

Marauders era hypothetical love triangle. To say more would be to give it away. Mild slash warning.

It's teatime at the Longbottoms'. Neville's gluttonous Uncle Algie and two his grand-nieces are eating many tempting sweets and exchanging Ministry gossip. Only poor Neville does not get even a small piece of his favourite apple pie. Why?

Lily and her best friends Remus and Stella decide to play a game. Petunia gets annoyed and someone has an accident.

"The boy lifted the lid of a box in his arms and the people around him shrieked and yelled as something inside poked out a long, hairy leg." So...how did that long, hairy leg get in that box? Not a romance in the traditional sense. A companion piece to "The One".

In his fifth year at Hogwarts, Regulus Black attends a career interview.

One-shot, based on the poem by Stephen Crane. During the climax of the war, a day which could very well be her last, Ginny struggles with the concepts of helplessness and the fairness of war.

Remus Lupin reflects on the Maurader’s Map. Follows an unlikely group. And with the help of a old friend tells the truth. Rewrite of Chapter 17 of PoA

Megan Jones can be irritated by one person, and one person only. Since she first met Zach Smith, he's known what buttons to push and she's let him. But even a Quidditch boy has a heart.

"...and in the end...the love you make...is equal to the love you make..."``--The Beatles

Ginny reflects on past events as the wizarding world celebrates the defeat of the Dark Lord. H/G, R/Hr. Companion piece to The Waltz.

Ron and Hermione think they have come to terms with that dreadful day. That is until their son needs the truth and they discover that they aren't as at ease with it as they might seem.

Regulus loses his brother, though not the way he'd first thought...

As if having a psycho constantly plotting his death isn't enough, Harry has to go through the daily struggles known to all teenagers. Girls, pimples, studies-does it never end?

Ah, yes. The ancient issue of blood purity that has caused so many troubles and so much strife. Told through the eyes of a pure-blood, a Mudblood, and a werewolf.

Another vingette about the twins and one's thoughts on the other. Again, inspired by my own twin sister. My brother went away today. No. No, I don’t think that’s what I want to say. My brother and I. My brother and I went away, today.

What Ginny really thinks about her brothers.

Young Severus Snape travels to Hogwarts for the first time aboard the Hogwarts Express, and is Sorted.

Luna Lovegood isn't quite the girl she seems. While you see the radish earrings and the protuberant eyes, her mind is something else. This is a snapshot of her before, during, and after her fourth year.

It's a rock concert in the wizarding world! The Weird Sisters are playing a concert at the Quidditch World Cup Stadium, and Ron Weasley is making plans to go. He's bringing his best friends and his sister, of course, but he's also bringing his older marauder brothers. ``How weird and insane will the night be?

Lauren Arrington, a Muggle, was not supposed to be on platform nine and three-quarters.

Blaise Zabini hadn't exactly expected to become the protector of an arrogant little twit of a second year. But lo and behold, that is what happened and now he has to make certain that she doesn't get cursed into oblivion by his peers. Fun times ahead, indeed.

Sequel to The End of Innocence. On the long flight to America, Harry is scared and in pain inside. In anguish, he tells his thoughts to the only person on the flight he can tell and not be overheard-his diary.

Theodore was used, now, to being known only as the son of a Death Eater. Nobody knew him well enough to judge him by any other measure, and they all got him wrong.

Hermione has never really liked horses, but her Muggle friend Pippa loves them and is a member of the local branch of the Pony Club. In the summer before Hermione and Pippa turn seventeen, Hermione goes to watch Pippa ride in a dressage show. But two of Hermione’s schoolmates appear (more or less obviously), and do some unscheduled “airs above the ground” ….

A short one shot assuming that Dumbledore's still alive after the final battle and thus can have a final talk to some dark haired boy.

The students dethrone a devil and his demons. Rated for graphic imagery, psychological torture, and death.

In the aftermath of Dumbledore's tragic death, while waiting for Bill and Fleur's wedding, Ron Weasley takes some time to reflect - upon how Dumbledore's death has affected his friends, what the future holds for, but mostly he broods about the one he personally holds responsible: Draco Malfoy.

Years and years after graduation Draco sits down and thinks about how far he has come.

A song fic to Good Charlotte's "Moving On". I'm not a huge GC fan, but when I heard this song, I couldn't help but think of HP. A little angsty, but with a fairly happy ending.

A series of songfics set after GOF and before OoTP. In the first chapter Cho Chang reflects on life since the death of her boyfriend Cedric Diggory and the lessons it has taught her, the friends she has made. (uses In The End by Linkin Park)

Who said words kill? Not Lora Euripides, that's for sure. She's a silent killer, alright. The new Professor, Professor Snape, isnt making the greatest of impressions on her, and her best friend, Achilles Longbottom, has some issues that only she can help him solve. *Takes place in Snapes first year of teaching. Has unsaid answers all throughout it, try and see if you can answer them*

By some miraculous use of persuasion, Hermione manages to get Ron on a bus with her, headed for downtown London. Ron, of course, is a bit apprehensive of muggle contraptions...but it turns out to be a nice ride for the both of them.

Severus Snape is waiting for an omen. Winner of the Snapecast.com Winter Holiday Contest.

When Severus Snape woke up from his traumatic encounter with Nagini, he found himself back at his favourite spot...his childhood playground.

After falling through the Veil, Sirius meets James for the first time in years. A new look into Peter's relationship with the other Marauders and Lily. Slight L/J and S/R

This is the story of Arthur Weasley's enduring love of Muggles: how it began, how it was received and how he had to struggle to learn as much as he has.

There is so much more to a certain 'Kneazle/?/cat' than meets the eye. This is a retelling of 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban' from a 'Kneazline' point-of-view; who knows, we might even gain a little insight into the life of a very extraordinary creature.

One early morning, Hermione wakes up in her bed at Grimmauld Place. She walks down to the kitchen for a snack, and encounters two tired men. But what's wrong with Mundungus Fletcher's leg?

Remus Lupin thinking about Sirius and what he thinks he's done right before the full moon.

After an outing outside the Manor, a five year old Draco wonders about some of the things he has seen.

Tom Riddle only wants to be ignored. Barring that, tea and respect will serve well.

The first in a series of short stories starring MWP&P during their Hogwarts years, the Marauders find themselves in a precarious position. On one of their infamous moonlit outings into the Forbidden Forest, the Marauders discover something tragic. Now they must make a choice between their most well-kept secret, and a life.

Set in the future. Harry is married with a child. But what would his family do when tragedy strikes and they have no clue as to what happened to him.

Hermione and Severus Snape run into each other directly after final battle of the war with Voldemort. They’ve been apart for years... is there anything left between them? HG/SS

Dumbledore tells us that Bellatrix learned the Dark Arts from Voldemort himself. What did she do to prove herself worthy of that honor?

Indeed, Harry goes on a little night adventure… but he has made a mistake! Oh dear, what is wrong with the invisibility cloak! Silly humour.

With Harry Potter's seventh year in the magical world comes his most important quest, to destroy the remaining Horcruxes and ultimately, to fulfil the Prophecy. With Dumbledore gone, Harry, Ron and Hermione must remain strong if they are to succeed against Lord Voldemort, and Severus Snape must finally reveal his true allegiance.

What happened when Harry, Ginny, Ron, and Hermione visited Lockhart that day when they really wanted to get tea? A short Fic from Lockhart's POV.

Kaleo (HP) visits the world he once saved to fulfil a promise made half a decade ago however while some things never change, others do...

The wizarding world stands on the brink of war. In the turmoil one woman still feels like a little girl, struggling to forgive herself for her mistakes... and one man is going to make sure the high and mighty take a nasty fall. What happens when plans fail and you have to be strong? What happens when everything you believe in dissipates? Welcome to the resistance, where there is no time to mourn. It's time to make your move. I dare you.

A missing moment fic, explaining exactly how Fleur Delacour got back to shore after being attacked by grindylows in the Second Task.

There's a new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts, and how else does Harry handle it but fall in love with her. What could be more challenging?

Everything changes when Ron does not sit with Harry on the train, leaving him to Neville and Draco Malfoy. This story follows Draco through his Hogwarts experience, so very different from the canon because of Harry's acceptance of his friendship.

Harry finds solace where he wound not have expected it. A bit of deepness written at a highly unholy hour in the morning.

"Draco supposes he is slightly unhinged. He also supposes he is very much in love...He knows, without a shadow of doubt, that he is completely, irrevocably *buggered*."

On the night Dumbledore dies, Fawkes reflects on the beginning of their friendship.

Harry had been sitting in silence for the better part of half an hour, pulling on the thread of the couch upon which he sat. He was feeling uncomfortable in this small room, unsure what it was that made him relent into coming here.

My name is Hermione Granger, and I'm here to clear up some misunderstandings about my life and my relationships with the people around me, including Draco "I Hate Mudbloods" Malfoy. I also want to let you all know that it isn't all that easy to be me.

Harry's had it, and is ready to end it all. Can Hermione talk him down?

People just don't end up like Pansy Parkinson without a reason. This is a short story told by herself from her childhood. Beware of crazy, seriously messed up parents and chocolate.

Prequel to Binary. It's a late night, and Andromeda Black cannot sleep for the enjoyment of the storm. She finds her cousin Sirius still asleep, and shares with him a simple story. The love story, if you will, between Sirius A and Sirius B.

Neville Longbottom Remembers the night his parents lost their memory...

Draco fancies Ginny and Ginny fancies Draco, only they don't know it. Both of them think that each one hates the other but oh how wrong they both are. [Complete]

One-shot. After the Triwizard Tournament and Voldemort's return, Sirius goes to stay with Remus. This story depicts the first day they've spent together for years: reminiscent, awkward and vulnerable by turns.

"The terror it inspired... you have no idea, you're too young. Just picture coming home and finding the Dark Mark hovering over your house, and knowing what you're about to find inside..." Mr Weasley winced, "Everyone's worse fear... the very worst..." Why was Mr. Weasley so frightened? Perhaps becuase for him it was not an abstract concept but a reality? Meanwhile Harry is dealing with problems of his own that leave him baffled. What is happening to the two best known students at Hogwarts?

'Death. Black Death. Death all around now, good death and bad. The war is because of so much. So many. And the boy, him too. It's all because of the boy.' War touches everything, and the struggles to survive can be so much more painful than death itself.

Padma brags to Parvati about pulling a fast one on Umbridge.

I once knew someone like you. Such a model student, grades always high, always polite, ever the gentleman. Vulnerable eyes.````People trusted him too much, overlooked his flaws. ````His name was Tom Riddle. And you are very much like him.

The Death Eaters in Azkaban are screaming that the double-crosser double-crossed them. If you scream loud enough and long enough, someone's bound to hear.

This is written from Hermione's notebooks, her point of view. Broken hearts, Hogsemeade trips, bare feet.

Oliver watches Percy banish a boggart and realises that what Percy fears the most is also his greatest desire. Also focuses on Percy and Oliver's *platonic* friendship. Inspired by Simple Plan's Crash and Burn, but not a songfic.

Lily Potter sits and watches her son at night, but nothing she does can comfort him now.

I wrote this a while ago when I was depressed and when I re-read it, it made me wonder if it was how Harry would feel after certain events in OotP. So, without changing anything that I said, Harry reflects and shows what's under his happy mask.