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Sky Monroe has always been alone. Alone with no memory of her past and no friends. Until one day, a stranger comes along and sends her off and her greatest adventure: A quest to find out the truth and a whole lot more including the presence of evil...

Some people suggest it was just selfishness on Snape's part to stop his Occlumency lessons with Harry, but perhaps Snape's reasons run far deeper. A Snape's POV response to the OotP chapter "Snape's Worst Memory."

A sweet one-shot songfic about Harry and his restless three-month-old baby, Liz. Harry sees a women's talk show about babies; he decides to sing her 'Lullaby' by Creed. Implied H/L.

Regulus' thoughts on his way to Hogwarts and during his Sorting.

What happens when a new teacher from Brazil comes to Hogwarts to teach? The new 'Professora' has a vigorous vitality and love for life, and a determination for a certain Potions Master to share in her happiness...

Remus Lupin has seen life and he has seen death. But as he confronts the latest of his griefs, he must come to terms with the duty that has befallen him in the wake of tragedy.

Even though Remus feels that he has been to enough funerals to not be affected by Sirius's death, a visit from Harry right before the funeral shows him he might be wrong.

This is "Bella"--a cold, cruel, calculating shell of a woman. Where Trixie was warm, if a little indifferent and aloof, this stranger is hard and angry; the result of thirteen years in Azkaban and almost thirty with that brand on her arm...

One night Mars is unusually bright. In the Forbidden Forest a centaur struggles with future and fate to follow his conscience.

Eleven years in an orphanage where you're looked down upon as the "weird kid" is enough to drive any middle-school aged preteen mad. The same case is that of Alaina White's. Alaina has found that she can't deal with the others at the orphanage anymore, and just in time. She is visited by someone claiming to be a witch to be given the information that she herself is a witch, and one that Hogwarts spent almost two years tracking down. She finally feels accepted somewhere, but she has no idea of what awaits her over her first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

A very young Severus Snape takes his first steps into the Dark Wizarding world.

"What is your ambition, Miss Lestrange?" "Sir?" "To be worthy of your name, perhaps, or to redeem it in the eyes of men, or maybe to be so ordinary that you will be swept away in the tide of the unfulfilled desires of lesser hearts and beached by the lacklustre dreams around you." Contains references to self-harm. Also contains french poetry.

During his first Quidditch game at Hogwarts, Regulus must balance his loyalties - in true Slytherin fashion.

This takes place right after we see Sirius leave Harry and Dumbledore at the end of Goblet of Fire. Sirius meets up with Remus to call together the Order of the Phoenix.

A week before the full moon in December 1986 Remus Lupin is not drifting. Someone is leading him through the streets of Thessalonica.

James folded his arms below his chest and met Remus's eyes firmly. "I was thinking about becoming an Animagus." "Why...er... would you want to do that?" Remus queried, trying and failing to sound casual. At this point, James leaned forward. He gave Remus an exasperated look and whispered, "Why do you think?" Then, he stood up and exited the common room without a backward glance. Remus wasn't dim. He was pretty sure what this meant. James knew.

Draco never realizes that he has lost something until after it's lost; after all, they never matter. Then, he loses Blaise, and Draco learns that some things are meant to be kept close to the heart.

Written for Lar's challenge: write a fic about Harry Potter characters attending Wee Wizards camp. You get extra bonus points for mentioning camp-type activities, i.e., crafts and campfires. ``Pansy finds herself with an unlikely partner and is none too happy about it. Then again, neither is he.

Hermione has finally made it to Graduation Day but not without a few bumps along the way. As she prepares to leave she reflects on the past at Hogwarts. Warning:Character Death

A short while after her wedding to Ted Tonks, Andromeda invites Narcissa out to lunch.

"The hardest part about taking care of a person dying inch-by-inch isn't the sleepless nights, the wrenched back from lifting once (or twenty times) too often, or the isolation. The hardest part is afterwards." Gregory Goyle/Millicent Bulstrode (GG/MB) (Sequel to 'Memory Like Old Lace')

This is a light story intended to intoduce a new magical beast. I have decided not to use the dragon in my original story as it is not strong enough to do battle in the way I want it to. There is also a brother who comes to his brother's romantic rescue. A little Ron/Hermione. A gentle, but fun story.

A letter, a girl and a boy. Two schools, three words, four spells and five owls. A great friendship and the story of a young love that would change their lives forever. Set during “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”, this is an Artio/Jeremy romantic ficlet in the Lusitania Universe. And, more important than everything else, there is… an ocean to be crossed by ten wings.

Severus would have never thought a time would come when they, when he, would need Neville.

Lily invites her boyfriend Severus to meet her family. Lily/Severus.

A little song- ficlet very loosely based on Norah Jones' "Seven Years." You'll get the idea if you've heard the song. **Pretty sad...**

Voldemort attempts a spell, which backfires and robs him of his powers, forcing him to live a Muggle lifestyle, aided by his faithful servants, Bellatrix and Wormtail.

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

While on vacation with Sirius, Remus has to learn how to live in the moment for the dark days ahead.

There will be early animagi. Not a Mary Sue. The Neo Marauders may make an appearance. Original Characters. Slightly AU. No Slash pairings yet. New creatures. New teachers. New Dangers.

"It is time, I can feel it, Pettigrew is near him, I saw it, he’s at Hogwarts, they both are. He’s in danger, Harry’s in danger. I must stop it! He’s gotta live! He’s gotta live! I must go to Harry! I must save him! I must warn him! Pettigrew is so near! I gotta get out."

A short ''personal narrative''... from someone you DO NOT suspect...

The cruel repercussion of war to one who deserves it most. A look inside a madman's mind, and what becomes of them in the end.

"The dwarf sees farther than the giant, when he has the giant's shoulders to mount on." ~Samuel Coleridge, The Friend When you're the middle in a large family, it's easy to get lost in the shuffle. But what if all your siblings are special--and you're not good at anything?

Neville is keeping a secret from his classmates. When his DADA teacher covers the Unforgivable curses, he reflects on his parents and the journey that took them to where they are now. A lost moment from GoF.

Voldemort Transfigures Harry into a donkey. It's a pity he didn't take Ali Bashir a bit more seriously.

Dear Father, his hand wrote, then stopped. He stared at it, eyes widening slightly, then at his hand, which remained still, as if waiting for him to finish. He looked around him, eyes wide with sudden fear of the chance of being caught doing something incredibly wrong.

During Voldemort's first attempt at power, two old friends meet in Granada. But something isn't quite right.

Hermione makes an entry in her diary about some strange happenings at Hogwarts. Muggles have arrived, and it's all her fault!

Reflections from the mind of Narcissa Malfoy, on her life, her husband, her son and the world in general. One shot.

An innocent Muggle meets the Death Eaters.

Seems like all the kids with the great brains have the disadvantage when it comes to Apparating, so it's no surprise that the goof-ball, James Potter, does it better than the smart girl, Lily Evans.

Everyone remembers their first kiss, don’t they? Not Regulus Black. Oh, he knows it happened. He just can’t remember it.

Death brings out something new in Pansy. A one-shot character piece.

He's not entirely sure why he's here, at her funeral. They haven't been in contact for years. He simply saw the obituary and, on a whim, jotted the date down on his calendar — and now here he is, standing awkwardly at the outskirts of the crowd of mourners, not sure why he's here at all and watching the red-haired man approach.

Mark Evans likes reading stories about fantastic creatures, about wizards and witches. Just like most kids, he loves those stories, but he doesn?t expect them to be real. Then, on his eleventh birthday, he receives a letter that might change his life forever. But, times being what they are, will he get this chance? (Oneshot, slightly AU)

A hypothetical followed by a serious conversation between Severus Snape and Albus Dumbledore. Dumbledore suspects that Snape wants to tell him something, and when Dumbledore presses for information, he gets more than he bargined for. The reasons Severus Snape betrayed Voldemort. For all those who can't stand a sobbing Snape story of redemption. Sometimes we just need to accept that we only need justification to follow the course of actions we are willing to perform.

We know what happened to Harry, Hermione, and Neville at the Ministry, but what happened to Ron? Blowing up planets and being strangled isn't anything to what he finds out....

I have seen them grow, change, and bond from a distance. They have never ceased to amaze me. What they have accomplished throughout the years is incredible, and I envy them. But with accomplishment also comes pain. How do they live when pain is preying on them? How do they go on when death is calling their names? They have suffered greatly, and that I do not envy…

A one shot look at Blaise's birth, from her mother's perspective. This is a prequel to The Life and Times of a Girl Named Blaise Zabini. Death, Delirium and Destiny abound. But mostly Death. And not in the way she does in most stories, either.

Severus Snape has long held that history is best left forgotten. It takes a confrontation with Luna Lovegood to teach him that sometimes, forgetting history can be fatal.

Harry, while on assignment for the Order post-Hogwarts, stumbles across a meeting of the Society for Creative Anachronism.

How could the man that had saved them all, that was a Gryffindor, pure of heart, and brave... be so deceitful? How could he possibly be capable of hurting one person as much as he did?

Battle of the twins! When a new set of twins open a joke shop directly across from Fred and George, what happens? Prank Wars Abound!

Stories can fade and die, like the friendships that created them; one story is passed from one era to another.

An out-take, showing exactly how MWPP learnt to do the reversal spell in the shrieking shack.

When Charlie was young, Ollivander captivated him with wands. As Charlie grew, so did his love of wands. Dragons got in the way. Charlie-centric one-shot, explaining why Charlie gave Ron a wand with its core sticking out.

"So we know that, near the end of her pregnancy, Merope was alone in London and in desperate need of gold, desperate enough to sell her one and only valuable possession, the locket that was one of Marvolo's treasured family heirlooms." What really happened there?

Just a series of interesting stories. One every week!

In January 1983 Remus Lupin pursues advanced studies of goblin rebellions and practises not to dream.

An eighteen-year-old Dung Fletcher is in dire need of money, and together with a friend he comes up with the idea of the century... to rob Gringott's.

A look at James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew and Lily Evans on the day before their first day at Hogwarts... the Marauders before they were Marauders!

You've read it all right? You have your conclusions on who's who, and who's evil or not. Take a step back and venture behind the pages. See a new Petunia and the reason why she treats Harry as if he whould never be loved. Take a trip into, Behind It All. Meant to reach out and touch you.

Seven years after the war, Hermione is married and has children. One night she stops by The Three Broomsticks to have a drink and meets someone from her past. Someone she thought she would never see again.

McGonagall, Dumbledore, Moody and Arthur decide to go bowling.

Someone gets an unexpected visitor

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

Dumbledore does a little maintenance on Foreign Relations...

"Ends and beginnings--there are no such things. There are only middles." ``A Post-Hogwarts POV-piece.

It's the trio's seventh year at Hogwarts. The final battle is coming closer. Yet Harry seems to be disappearing a lot. And what does the new American student have to do with Harry's Past?

Excerpts from Hagrid's diary starting when Harry's first Hogwarts letter arrived at Number 4 Privet Drive, up to the day Hagrid took Harry to get his school supplies.

After an incident at St. Mungo's, Neville takes responsibility for the care of his mother and father. A story of a son's love for his parents.

One night, on a dark heath, the Dark Lord met with his minions for a night of bloodthirsty deeds. But the Death Eaters didn't really fancy all that evilness (it was a bit chilly, after all), so they showed Lord Voldemort the wonder that is The Sound of Music. Watch him laugh, cry and skip about in an amusing manner.

"Perhaps you're thinking this is too hard? Too dull? Not the glamorous Dark-wizard hunt you signed up for?" Moody has some valuable lessons for Trainee Auror Tonks.

It's seventh-year and it's been a wild journey... but is it really over?

What is Hermione's response the summer after the Tri-wizard Tournament and Voldemort's return? It's a little more complex than "when in doubt, go to the library". This may lead into an AU, given sufficient response.

A look inside the mind of an anonymous Death Eater. Read, if you will, though some may regret it.

Every Friday I clean Mr. Harry Potter's flat. Every Friday I go home sad.

Lauren and Susie think they've got life sorted out: they're popular, they'll be on the Quidditch team next year, and their fathers own the wizarding world's most famous joke shop. A trip to the Hogsmeade cemetery with a Muggle-born friend throws a new perspective on life, the war against Voldemort, and the events that made their parents who they are. A sequel of sorts to Under the Stars.

Who knew that warring roommates could help your spellwork?

My name is Gilderoy Lockhart and I am perfect. I magnetically and magically attract the love of every sane human being, as well as that offer from that one wizard with a really good imagination but who unfortunately lives in Bangkok.

Even in the deepest friendships, we are ultimately alone.

It is like a game. Whichever arm bleeds the most gets the most points, but in the end they all win. She sometimes compares it to Quidditch. Sometimes it hurts, but you always feel satisfied in the end. This isn't rated R for language, just the whole idea. This is the story about a girl who is so depressed she will do whatever she can to end it...

Not all Muggle realms are strange. Philosopher’s Stone. Redux from our favourite Longbottom's perspective, with a twist.

We know that the unicorns were the first victims of Voldemort's return to power. The innocents are always the first to die... But unicorns are intelligent creatures, and we never got to know how they felt, or what they thought...

Severus Snape contemplates his home for a few quiet moments at the beginning of the summer before The Half-Blood Prince.

First-Year Bellatrix Black doubts herself; Rodolphus Lestrange "comforts" her.

Something good comes out of Malfoy’s favouritism - Goyle learns that he can do well. Non slash, in character, in canon, cheering fic!

Draco reflects on his attitude toward Harry.

One dull autumn day in Ottery St. Catchpole, young Ginny Weasley plays a favourite game, but this time it produces some surprising results.

Hermione will now know not to call Draco Irascible.

Percy Weasley reflects... upon the past, the present, and how his sister had changed throughout the years. Somewhat angsty one-shot about siblings growing apart.

Draco loves music, and plays the piano like no other. Harry just soars.

Hazel and Fairley have been best friends since preschool, when Hazel dumped paint all over Fairley's new sweater and``Fairley later got blue marker on Hazel's cheek. The summer after they turn eleven, they receive unexpected news. But it can't be real, can it?``Harry Potter's just a book...

As he is brutally told his brother fled the house, Regulus understands he has to make Sirius come back. He'd prefer not to think about their differences.

Today is THE day. Pansy waits for Draco to propose. But what is this? Cold feet?

Adonis Rookwood was brought under mysterious circumstances to the Rookwood household, the most notorious and wealthy Wizarding clan in Britain, on the day of his birth. Katherine Reynold is a driven young witch who lost her mother to the hands of war. So what do these two have in common? Lord Voldemort. Their meeting was no coincidence, for there are no real coincidences. And as their seemingly different worlds clash, both begin to unravel Lord Voldemort's hidden past through cryptic objects, dangerous encounters, and tales from the most unlikely of people. Throughout their journey, not only do they learn of how Tom Riddle became the Dark Lord, but of themselves, and what it truly means to be human.

It's Peter Pettigrew's funeral, and someone's got a dubious confession to make.

The deepest desire, the one craving written onto the surface of the very soul is never altruistic. It is what self is; the blueprint, the essence. Snape, Dumbledore, the Mirror of Erised, odd explanations, odd style, general oddness...

Draco Malfoy wants to talk to Hermione about something...what on earth is he up to?