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"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?

And they waltzed around the hallway, Pansy as light as air in his arms. Sometimes she seemed so frail, it was if she wasn't there at all, but she danced for him, closing her eyes and leading him through the steps so he would not falter. She was his Octavia, his Messlina. She was his, but then again, not quite. Theodore Nott/Pansy Parkinson

He didn't own the beloved trinket he wore around his neck; he was merely holding it for a friend.

Three students from three different schools compete in a dangerous tournament. What will they risk to win?

Draco Malfoy reveals in this diary entry about how he truly feels about Harry, Ron, Hermione, and his father's wanting for him to become a Death Eater after "The Goblet of Fire". Set to Christina Aguilara's "Reflection".

Due to mysterious circumstances, Harry and Ginny's daughter, Lily, ends up back in 1997, the end of Harry's sixth year. While Lily tries to adapt to teenage parents and a foreign Hogwarts the Wizarding World is entering a war. Meanwhile, Lily's family struggles to unravel the cause of her disappearance and figure out a way to bring her back. Time travel. DH spoilers.

“Much less interesting that way.” Sirius retorted cheerfully. He took a deep breath, and then began, “Narcissa’s crying in her room, Bellatrix is threatening to curse her hair into falling out if she ever dares to speak of You-Know-Who like that again, and to curse whoever you’re seeing with the pox. Your parents are despairing of all three of you, and Mother says that you’re a disgrace and a waste of every opportunity you’ve ever been given. Oh, and Regulus is howling.” He grinned at his cousin, face so bright that it was hard to resist laughing. “Merry Christmas?”

Luna Lovegood on truth, life and being yourself, no matter what people say or do. Short, but powerful.

Post-OoP, Ginny reflects on Tom, Harry, desire, fear, and the nature of truth. At what point do illusion and reality meet? Downbeat and philosophical.

Basically a textbook entry about the Illuminati, which are featured in the She Said It series. Very important to understand what's going on in the fic.

Life at Hogwarts and in the wizarding world will change as we know it. There is a new headmistress at Hogwarts, and a new Minister of Magic! Analise is only a small part in this big plot, but someone comes to Hogwarts with a big secret, and she's in it! (Ron/Analise, Harry/Ginny, Hermione/?)

A hex causes Regulus to ‘switch’ places with a Gryffindor for a day...

Helga Hufflepuff wanted nothing more than a simple quiet life. Yet she found herself unable to refuse Godric's request that she join him in building Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. But how will she be able to work with Slytherin, knowing the terrible warning a prophet once made about him?

Bellatrix takes a moment to look back at how her life``was and how it is now, and how she has changed.

Regulus visits Horace Slughorn for tea and advice, and even though he doesn't get the answers he wants, they're the ones he most needs.

How was Percy's first Hogwarts experience? Have a look at life through Percy's eyes for a change. INCLUDES A TOTALLY ORIGINAL SORTING HAT SONG!!! Enjoy!

Saying goodbye is never easy, no matter on which side you find yourself.

After the death of a friend, Remus Lupin looks back, before someone helps him look forward again. No slash, and slightly AU, as it replaces the last scenes of OotP.

And her voice is breaking, because her Harry is no longer hers. He is just Harry… just Harry. She leaves him standing alone as he was always meant to do, because no one else could ever shine that bright.

Dumbledore is rambling his way into the prologue of his autobiography, when he dies mid word in front of the screen. Short fix. No pairing. No worries.

"The purpose of this letter – it’s silly, really – but the purpose of this letter is to be sure. It’s my husband, you see." -- JK Rowling receives a letter from Mrs Julia Black. It's probably a letter she shouldn't answer.