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Harry's life gets complicated in his fifth year. Two new students arrive, Voldemort is rising in power, the ministry doesn't acknowledge Voldemort's existence, romances flower, and Harry still has to deal with the O.W.L.s at the end of the year.

Words: 25,341
Chapters: 7
Hits: 6,155

PoA AU. After Ginny's turbulent first year as a Slytherin she returns to Hogwarts only to encounter yet another problem. The shock of Sirius Black's escape from Azkaban just weeks before term has begun to sink in and the Ministry is left with no choice but to protect Hogwarts with Dementors. And if that was not bad enough, there is a prophecy concerning Lord Voldemort that cannot be ignored any longer...

Words: 43,694
Chapters: 13
Hits: 6,152

Will Harry *always* save the day? Can we trust his point-of-view on anything? An alternative 5th-year, 15-chapter novel, "The Potions Master" is inspired by the unanswered questions in the first four books. Harry's misperceptions of Snape complicate both a Voldemort-instigated adventure and a Marauder era mystery. Almost everyone we know from the HP canon makes an appearance (except the Dursleys). This story has been thoroughly betaread and edited through several drafts. Enjoy.

Words: 58,424
Chapters: 9
Hits: 6,058

The story of the Marauders from their various perspectives. It begins at the beginning and hopefully it will end at the end. The madness of eleven year olds... turnips, parmesan cheese and even a few little crushes to come.

Words: 57,911
Chapters: 14
Hits: 6,016
The Losing Side by Antenora
03/16/2003

Even in his sixth year, Harry Potter is still haunted by the memory of the events of fourth year. When mysterious letters of warning begin to arrive, Harry's world is turned upside down and inside out as he finds himself playing a dangerous game with the boy he has always called enemy.

Words: 10,877
Chapters: 3
Hits: 5,988

Post Hogwarts. Voldemort is near world domination, Harry has become an Auror, Draco has become an infamous Death Eater. Harry sets out to imprison Draco and finds himself invited to a wizard's duel at the mansion of his foe. SLASH.

Words: 14,019
Chapters: 3
Hits: 5,954
Blind by B.S. Edmonds
07/28/2003

A new Ministry curse goes horribly wrong, and threatens the well-being of the Dark side and the good side.

Words: 33,237
Chapters: 10
Hits: 5,927

Harry's sixth year at Hogwarts, following canon as closely as possible. Harry returns to Hogwarts, his heart still filled with recollection of Sirius but eager to start again the DA and Quidditch. An unexpected Defence against the Dark Arts teacher, Fudge's resigning, NEWT classes, Voldemort's gaining influence and a mysterious company are going to force him to give the best of himself.

Words: 27,879
Chapters: 8
Hits: 5,894

A Sherlock Holmes mystery set in Victorian Hogwarts and London. A valuable artefact has been stolen from Hogwarts, and the only suspect - a Muggleborn pupil - has disappeared. Headmaster Phineas Nigellus Black summons Holmes to Hogwarts to retrieve the Ravenclaw Codex, but things are not as simple as they seem, and Holmes and Watson soon find themselves in the middle of a most perplexing case.

Words: 26,931
Chapters: 14
Hits: 5,828

It wasn't just the Stone that was in danger when Harry first came to Hogwarts. The biggest secret of all was perhaps the beautiful young witch who came to the castle with a dark past she had to hide.

Words: 71,653
Chapters: 20
Hits: 5,815

The Record Book of the Order of Merlin is kept at the British Archives of Magic. The librarian has been Memory Charmed. One day, more than five years after the war, he makes a discovery.

Words: 4,826
Chapters: 2
Hits: 5,801

It's the worst that could possibly happen. The end comes at last when Harry Potter, Boy Who Lived and soul hope for the survival of the wizarding world falls. Hermione watched it happen. She watched him fall, and then she was taken by the last person she would have wanted to touch her. Can she survive? Is there hope? Is this truly the worst that could happen?

Words: 12,694
Chapters: 9
Hits: 5,769

A mysterious mirror appears in Hogwarts. Harry hears voices. Never good news…

Words: 6,269
Chapters: 6
Hits: 5,725

It's their sixth year and Hermione finally has the nerve to tell the person that she fancies him. But a new girl changes Hermione's attitude completely...and there's something odd about this new girl...

Words: 20,789
Chapters: 12
Hits: 5,705
Blood Lines by Vara
08/13/2003

Snape is ill and Dumbledore convinces him to see a doctor. He is tentatively diagnosed with PMR, but the test results are leaked to the Ministry and Voldemort. Fudge is trying to shut down the school and the Ministry is actively hunting Snape. Then things get out of control.

Words: 36,466
Chapters: 9
Hits: 5,685

Life is terrible. You fight against the most powerful Wizard of this century while you're only fifteen. But not only that! Recently your enemy melded with a Japanese demon, turning into a monster who shares the memories and the magical skill of both. He doesn't want any more to kill you --

Words: 28,981
Chapters: 5
Hits: 5,681
Learning to Live by frabjous
05/20/2005

AU. After the war, the wizarding world expects life to return to normal. For Aurors Harry Potter, Draco Malfoy, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger-Weasley, however, a normal adult life is something they will have to learn how to have. Yet as they all wearily pick up what remains of their youth, Draco, plagued by nightmares Harry shares, begins to hear voices he cannot ignore. Just who is working against the Aurors, how will the government be healed, and what really happened to Draco in his weeks of torture before the war ended? As Harry races to halt Draco's fall, he will have to learn yet another thing: Dark Lords are not the only sources of evil.

Words: 98,701
Chapters: 21
Hits: 5,680

She had been his secretary for almost three years. She was pretty damn good at her job. Sneering and casting cold glances at each other once in a while soon became to love. Now, she’s gone. No note, nothing. It’s been six years since he last saw her. What could have happened to her? He had just about every detector looking for her. But all came up with nothing. So he finally gave up until that one day… Now, he meets his daughter. Can he win the heart of Ginny and his new child back?

Words: 12,432
Chapters: 9
Hits: 5,670

Post-Hogwarts. Auror Draco Malfoy is on the verge of being fired. Given one last chance to redeem himself, he is sent to investigate dark activities at a muggle university, where he stumbles upon a certain saviour who disappeared from the wizarding world two years ago. Harry/Draco slash

Words: 27,996
Chapters: 4
Hits: 5,660
Cherchez La Femme by Minx
07/26/2001

Seven years after leaving Hogwarts, Harry encounters a familiar stranger who promptly disappears, Ron and Hermione perfect their bickering while Ginny and Seamus appear to be the perfect couple, and everyone negotiates romantic complication.

Words: 53,529
Chapters: 8
Hits: 5,647
Friends Forever by Andrea
12/30/2002

A Hermione fic - a story that challenges her judgment, her priorities, and just how far she'll go to keep her friendship with Harry and Ron together. Rated PG-13 for romantic scenes and upcoming death scene... Please read and review!

Words: 26,239
Chapters: 5
Hits: 5,615
Fun and Games by Caitiy
08/05/2003

It's been three years since Oliver has graduated from Hogwarts, ``and now his team is up for a sponsorship that may mean much more than he realizes. ``When the Weasleys make an unexpected appearance things start to get interesting ``:D (Not Slash)

Words: 19,540
Chapters: 6
Hits: 5,588

Something dark and deadly is stalking the streets of London. Fledgling Auror Harry Potter finds himself confronted by shadows from the past, and he finds that not all monsters are born of hellfire and Dark magic. H/Hr, with peripheral pairings tossed in.

Words: 67,852
Chapters: 12
Hits: 5,550

The offspring of Fred and George are at Hogwarts, creating some mischief of their own. But things are not as they seem, and sometimes, mischief can lead to danger.

Words: 42,814
Chapters: 12
Hits: 5,532
Reunions by ACrazyTaxi
06/10/2003

The last two people in the world that Harry would expect to be teaching at Hogwarts are waiting for him when he first steps foot into his fifth year. But why are they offering to give him lessons in the Dark Arts, the very thing he's hoping to avoid, and why is the new DADA Professor taking Harry into the Forbidden Forest, the last place he should be? Snape is in his usual cheery mood, but will all of those sarcastic remarks lead to frightening information about the Dark Lord? And when Sirius and Remus show up, they've sure got a problem with Harry's new teacher. So who does Harry have to turn to now?

Words: 44,958
Chapters: 6
Hits: 5,509

Over a decade has passed since they left Hogwarts, but the trio still carries hurt feelings and loose ends. Can Harry, Hermione and Ron reunite to fight the reemergence of Death Eaters or will former problems hinder their reunion? Recollections of the past plague them as they find that they still need one another. Revenge, deception, mystery, true love, guilt, misunderstandings, angst and snogging abound in this romantic tale of history and mystery.

Words: 20,252
Chapters: 5
Hits: 5,493
Staff of Cybele by Mystiq
08/30/2003

Year seven, the dramatic ending. During the first month of summer vacation, Harry frequently wakes up sweating, having relived the night of his parents' murder. Aunt Marge takes up residence at Privet Drive, fearing for her own life back at her old house. With nothing more than a talking staff to talk to for half the summer, Harry crushes under pressure from the dream, Aunt Marge and everything else. He gets the insane idea of asking Cho to stay with him at Privet Drive. She agrees. They laugh together when Dudley gets a letter from Hogwarts and nearly die together when two accidents nearly take the life of Oliver Wood and Cho herself. It all stays picture perfect after that until the death of someone close to Harry turns all eyes on him.

Words: 74,223
Chapters: 9
Hits: 5,488
Girl Most Likely by Liz Barr
07/11/2003

Fifteen years after he defeated Voldemort, Harry Potter is a disillusioned Auror, a distinctly unmerry widower and a reluctant Messiah. He finds himself protecting Snape's daughter from unknown threats, literally fighting his inner demons as he attempts to negotiate a complicated web of conspiracy.

Words: 32,962
Chapters: 8
Hits: 5,469
Pure Golden Heart by hallee87
08/18/2004

Two months ago, Ginny walked into Harry's apartment expecting for him to be watching the Quidditch game that was on the Wizarding Sports Channel, but instead found he wasn't alone. Harry was cheating on her with Hermione. Despite the shock that Ginny receives, she storms out of Harry's apartment and ends up at a pub in Diagon Alley, where she also finds herself the next morning to be in a stranger's bed. Who does she wake up to, though?

Words: 6,088
Chapters: 7
Hits: 5,389

Draco Malfoy is the stereotypical Death Eater, but what about Hermione Granger?

Words: 25,227
Chapters: 9
Hits: 5,319
The Painting by Tace
07/25/2007

Hermione gets trapped in a painting and nobody knows. Though saddened at the prospect of missing lessons, she is able to move freely through all the school potraits. Because there are paintings everywhere she's soon able to find out who's on Harry's side and who isn't... Updated for Deathly Hallows.

Words: 7,138
Chapters: 7
Hits: 5,288
Of Dogs and Dragons by Labby
11/06/2008

In the Muggle town of Newberry, veterinarian Emilia Reynolds, is mystified by a sudden streak of dog killings. When Charlie Weasley comes into town to try to capture the unknown threat, both of them learn more about life and love than they ever expected.

Words: 50,710
Chapters: 17
Hits: 5,272

Voldemort has finally risen, during Harry's seventh year at Hogwarts. However, his plans go somewhat beyond the dominate-the-world plans that everyone had suspected, involving the Heirs to the Hogwarts founders, but the identity of Hufflepuff's Heir isn't quite what would be expected, and poor Ron finds himself left out of the action. Relationships sprout up, some surprising, some not, and Harry gets a chance to enter a whole new dimension of the wizarding world, something he didn’t even know was possible. Everything crashes down around their ears, and certain truths are revealed, including information that poor Draco would rather not hear as he finds himself involved with the rest of our sickeningly sweet team.

Words: 66,387
Chapters: 6
Hits: 5,249

AU. When Harry Potter gets upset... he writes. When his cousin acts like an idiot... he writes. When his uncle yells at him... he writes. What if the story of Harry Potter and Hogwarts was nothing more than a teenager's fantasy, acted out in his imagination and recorded on paper?

Words: 14,304
Chapters: 4
Hits: 5,242

The Philosopher's Stone story ... but from a Slytherin perspective! Neve Coulden, an astute, sharp-tongued Slytherin, enters her first year at Hogwarts, along with Harry Potter and friends. There is, however, something about Neve that sets certain older Slytherins on the offensive. Join new characters, such as Roisin MacKeve, the good-humoured orphan of Evan Rosier, and Death Eater Julian Avery's venomous daughter Arlene, as well as old ones like Severus Snape and Draco Malfoy, in this rollicking rollercoaster ride through danger, cunning plans and house ridicule, as all the while Lord Voldemort plots his return ...

Words: 59,190
Chapters: 12
Hits: 5,167

Severus Snape is a sheltered boy, kept under the watchful eye of domineering father Pravus Snape and socializing only with handpicked future Slytherin students. However, when he receives his acceptance note to Hogwarts, he quickly learns many things about the dangerous world outside of his sheltered family home. A dark wizard is teaching at Hogwarts...

Words: 79,835
Chapters: 14
Hits: 5,158

Takes place immediately after The Order of the Phoenix, but through Hermione's perspective. There are Dark things afoot, reuniting of friends, and possibly some romantic flirtations.

Words: 29,504
Chapters: 9
Hits: 5,128

A psychological thriller. The Diary left more than battle wounds. Voldemort's ingenuity planned for more than Harry initially assumed, and now the time has come when he must truly transcend the shades of grey that colour the Wizarding World. When tempted, Harry must forge his own path. Harry/OC to begin with. No slash. Pre-DH. AU from PoA.

Words: 96,382
Chapters: 20
Hits: 5,112

It's set in their fifth year and Lily totally hates James's guts. There's hate, love, jealousy, werewolves, Hogsmeade, twins, trips to the hospital wing, and more!

Words: 11,475
Chapters: 3
Hits: 5,087

Peeves flew away, disappointed. His plan to entice a particular couple in a particular part of the castle had failed. And so he did not see another couple - a bushy-haired girl and a boy with messy black hair and glasses - bump their heads together at the very same spot...

Words: 8,573
Chapters: 1
Hits: 5,070
Curse in Reverse by chance79
03/04/2007

Harry has to either kill Voldemort, or be killed. This much is certain. But has anyone, besides the now deceased Dumbledore, really paused to give thought to exactly what this means? A sensitive, emotional, and kind young man having to watch more loved ones die, to bear whatever atrocities happen to him personally, and to finally be forced to murder another human being? This fic explores one possible outcome, five years after the defeat of Voldemort. Hermione, with Ron, has been incessantly trying to locate Harry, or at least ascertain his fate, to bring some measure of closure. Hermione's latest investigation leads to nothing, again, but she runs into a talented, melancholy young musician performing outside the Three Broomsticks...

Words: 11,429
Chapters: 3
Hits: 5,029

What would you do if, in one night, your world was turned upside down. If you learned that nothing is what it seems, that you can't trust your ``friends any more than you can trust your enemies. Now what if you had to ``trust your enemy? What if the survival of everything you care about depended on the choices of your enemy. That your enemy is the only thing standing between you and death. That your entire world rests in your enemies' hands. What then? A MWPP/L AU fic.

Words: 13,655
Chapters: 5
Hits: 4,983
Patronum Lacrima by Lafina
10/04/2004

In Harry's seventh year at Hogwarts, strange things are afoot. As Ron and Hermione discover new feelings for each other, Harry discovers new feelings for Ginny, but he is not the only one. Ginny is confused and has problems of her own; Draco needs to get his priorities straight. Where exactly does Blaise Zabini fit into all this, and who will help Harry when he really needs it?

Words: 20,735
Chapters: 6
Hits: 4,854

Harry and Draco are back at Hogwarts, their rivalry stronger than ever. But sinister plots - and a darkness with a sense of humor - will force the two to learn more about each other than either would have ever wanted to. Includes a bit of everything - mystery, darkness, romance, humor, and even a pinch of Shakespeare.

Words: 2,852
Chapters: 1
Hits: 4,852

As Minerva McGonagall and Tom Riddle begin their seventh year at Hogwarts, dark times have fallen on the wizarding community.

Words: 32,323
Chapters: 7
Hits: 4,799

What if the Dursleys had gotten their way? During Harry's final year he starts to have flashbacks to a life that he never had - a life ``where he never went to Hogwarts and knew the truth about his parents. Meanwhile, Sirius finds something very unusual on the streets of the East End...

Words: 22,861
Chapters: 8
Hits: 4,750

Percy Weasley has been arrested for murder and sent to Azkaban. Fred and George have a plan to get him out. But they need Harry's help...

Words: 27,547
Chapters: 7
Hits: 4,732

A terrifying nightmare answers Harry's fears that his fifth year will be anything but normal. A new student transfers with a strange connection to Harry's world. Old friends return, new ones spark lasting relationships, but the foreboding shadow of Voldemort looms over Hogwarts. And this time, its personal.

Words: 12,404
Chapters: 4
Hits: 4,714

Harry is bothered by strange erotic dreams in his sixth year at Hogwarts. What do these dreams mean? And what exactly is up with Neville and Greenhouse number eight?

Words: 12,170
Chapters: 6
Hits: 4,710
Lusitania by Sirius White
10/17/2002

Artio is a girl who goes to a magical school, as Hogwarts. She is going for the first year and very strange things happen. Patrick is a boy who people don’t like. Why?

Words: 54,484
Chapters: 12
Hits: 4,678

A humourous yet mysterious fic going into the mind of someone (or something) that does not like Harry Potter. Some very sarcastic points, and some repetition. The riddle: Whose point of view is this told from?

Words: 663
Chapters: 1
Hits: 4,652
The Secret Admirer by Jaden
01/01/2004

Who is Ginny's secret admirer? What is Tom Riddle up to? What is wrong with Harry? Is Draco really mean? And is Ron really overprotective? Find out all this and more!

Words: 8,218
Chapters: 6
Hits: 4,632
The Snake Eye by Aleathiel
10/08/2002

Returning at the beginning of his 6th yr brings more changes than choosing N.E.W.T. subjects. The new DADA teacher seems familiar - and why does she hate Hermione? Harry struggles to face his increasing vulnerability as a series of disasters befall his professors and then his friend. What is the mystery surrounding a birthday gift and why does Voldemort want it so badly?

Words: 14,605
Chapters: 4
Hits: 4,570

A new year brings a new DADA teacher to Hogwarts. Snape hates this ex-student more than all previous DADA teachers. Sometimes things are not what they seem.

Words: 9,317
Chapters: 10
Hits: 4,552

The story plays out in Harry’s sixth year at Hogwarts. He is sharing his role in the spotlight with a delightful couple who we will get to know a lot better over the duration of this story. For they are Unspeakables, and are going to give us an insight into their work. As always, Harry has to deal with Voldemort but not for a few more chapters. Post-OotP, although I strayed from canon a bit. If that annoys you, feel free to stop reading here.

Words: 47,337
Chapters: 12
Hits: 4,522

On the night before his fourteenth birthday, Harry sends a letter to his godfather. It doesn't get there. Next day, he gets ... well, read the title. Snape takes on the Dursleys and the Little Whinging police; Harry and Snape take on the Magical Law Enforcement Patrol; Mr Weasley learns to use a drill.

Words: 8,180
Chapters: 1
Hits: 4,515
Frozen in Time by Icybeach
07/04/2004

Speechless and with a cold chill down his spine, Severus Snape watches the new Ancient Runes teacher enter the first staff meeting of the year. What goes through the quiet mind of the former Death Eater as he is confronted by the person who inevitably brings back memories from his teenage past? Why does the new teacher glare at him furiously as they meet again in a room full of stunned professors? (Set during PoA)

Words: 21,102
Chapters: 5
Hits: 4,499

Five years after they graduate Hogwarts, our heroes find themselves in the adult world. Watch as they fall in love, go through heartbreak and experience a whole new adventure. Harry is having dreams that he can't remember. What are they and what do they mean for him and for everyone else? Hermione is the success she always wanted to be...everything in her life is perfect...or is it? Ginny is caught between two loves; whom will she choose... Will an unexpected surprise ruin everything for her?

Words: 8,513
Chapters: 2
Hits: 4,479

Set during Harry's fifth year, Harry and Ginny find love with the help of an enchanted music box, given to Ginny before her father's death. With the music box, a terrible secret about Ginny's past with Tom Riddle is revealed. And with the help from Sirius Black, another secret is uncovered about Harry's own mother, Lily that not even he expected. A hilarious blossoming relationship between Ron and Hermione is also featured.

Words: 15,653
Chapters: 8
Hits: 4,465

Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts for his Sixth year, burdened with the task of defeating Lord Voldemort. He is not the only one. This is the story of how a prophecy may, or may not, be fulfilled – with the help of a lumpy grey cactus, fiendish Muggle technology, a snivelling Slytherin First year and a prisoner in Azkaban with spattergroit. In the Chapter 1: An Inaccessible Room, Professor Snape refuses to clasp the hoof of friendship.

Words: 55,496
Chapters: 8
Hits: 4,378

You find yourself in a world where Hogwarts never existed. The faces that surround you are familiar but these are not the people you knew before. Most amazing of all, someone you believed was lost forever is alive and well. (Takes place in the interval between my stories "Have We Met?" and "Child's Play".)

Words: 22,116
Chapters: 5
Hits: 4,369
Dark Purposes by E.J. Malfoy
08/20/2001

A new girl comes to Hogwarts with a horrible past and a dark future. She is on a mission and Voldemort is coming right up her back with uncertain endings and dark purposes in mind. Will she be able to overcome him or will he give her a bleak frame of mind?

Words: 23,445
Chapters: 8
Hits: 4,356
Means to an End by Ileah
03/09/2004

Luna Lovegood's life as head healer in St. Mungo's mystery-shrouded torture ward is stressful, especially when her patients include such pleasant personalities as a battered and vengeful Draco Malfoy; yet when a friend from her past demands to interrogate him, threatening not only her hard-earned self respect but also his life, she finds herself absorbed by one of the darkest chasms in the postwar Ministry of Magic. A series of murders carve through the wizarding world, implicating forces that the world thought it would never see again. How can the defense of a man who’s never told the truth be reconciled against the righteous conviction of a man who’s never lied? What remains, when the fall of the world lies within ten strokes of a knife?

Words: 28,971
Chapters: 5
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Ever wonder about minor characters such as Oliver Wood, Katie Bell, and Roger Davies? In this fic these minor characters solve a mystery that affects generations of their families.

Words: 50,706
Chapters: 8
Hits: 4,243

In a darkened church, on a rainy night, two old enemies come face to face. Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy find out that what they believed happened all those years ago is different from the truth. Friends became enemies. Enemies became allies. And two separate incidents changed the way two boys and one girl saw the world, consequently molding them into the people they are today. Secrets are revealed, pasts uncovered and the future changed with each startling new revelation.

Words: 22,250
Chapters: 7
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Sirius Black is starting his second year at Hogwarts, along with his three good friends, James, Peter and Remus. However, something seems to be wrong with Remus, like the way he sometimes disappears for a few days at a time and comes back looking incredibly tired and (occasionally) beat up. Well, Sirius has had enough of trying to guess the problem, which has been going on since first year, and with the help of Peter and James, he's going to find out just what's wrong with Remus Lupin...

Words: 53,387
Chapters: 6
Hits: 4,168

The Dark Lord used one of the most forbidden spells on Earth to distract Dumbledore and Harry during his final assault on Hogwarts. He failed, and he died; but hundreds of Hogwarts students have been affected - permanently - by his spell, with consequences that will last for decades.

Words: 8,819
Chapters: 3
Hits: 4,156
The Chess Set by Jennlee2
12/17/2002

A wizarding chess set is found in a Muggle shop. It's the perfect gift... but however did it get there? Death Eaters, Voldemort, betrayal, love, and friendship all come into play in this mysterious tale told backward.

Words: 18,482
Chapters: 8
Hits: 4,136

Did you ever wonder whether or not there was a Chocolate Frogs Famous Witches and Wizards card of Harry? Find out the answer when Harry discovers a mysterious object buried in the Dursleys' back garden, and Snape discovers quite a number of mysterious objects buried in the drawer of his bedside table.

Words: 2,838
Chapters: 1
Hits: 4,117

Young Duncan Dursley doesn't understand why his father hates him. It's not Duncan's fault that strange things happen, or is it? And who's this mysterious uncle in the black robes? Will justice truly be done?

Words: 14,029
Chapters: 6
Hits: 4,087

This story opens with the final battle between Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort, but this is no ordinary fic. Read on to find out more...

Words: 6,547
Chapters: 10
Hits: 4,087
Threads by Occi
10/07/2004

Draco the unwilling spy, Harry the inept accomplice, Hermione the knowing prey, Ginny the magical portrait painter... A lot of people would like to know why it's all happening, but a few would like to know why it's happening again.

Words: 22,709
Chapters: 6
Hits: 4,059

It all started with an open window on a cold night. Hermione has attracted the attention of a darker character than most. But is it really unwanted? Inch by inch she begins to concede that the world and the people she meets may not be exactly as they first seem.

Words: 10,067
Chapters: 5
Hits: 4,041

Samantha Fawcett is a Ravenclaw, Lisa Turpin’s best friend, and dating Fred Weasley. On the surface, she seems to have it all, until Draco Malfoy comes along. His actions and the consequences thereof will lead both of them into a world where nothing is as it appears, the stakes are incalculable, and everyone plays for keeps.

Words: 21,963
Chapters: 4
Hits: 3,977

The war is over. You-Know-Who greatly weakened the Muggle world and now the new Minister of Magic has ordered the compulsory redistribution of several witches and wizards to the Muggle world to help them clean up the debris. Ginny, Susan and Lavender are housemates in Muggle London. Who is the fourth housemate? ... And what kind of relationship did he have with Ginny in the past?

Words: 33,481
Chapters: 8
Hits: 3,972

A tangled tale of insiders and outsiders, peculiar customs of the Wizarding World, and proof that sometimes the subtlety of magic really isn't as good a solution as a hammer. Chapter 1: In which arrangements are made for Harry to save Hogwarts. Again.

Words: 52,526
Chapters: 6
Hits: 3,919

Sequel to And All Was Right With the World. Two years after that fateful hospital visit, the most famous prisoner of Azkaban suddenly disappears. Reluctant Auror Draco Malfoy is caught in a whirlwind of murder, mystery and bureaucracy as he rushes to prevent disaster. Memories are dug up, secrets are revealed, and skeletons burst out of their closets as the past comes back to haunt the victors of a bloody and bitter war.

Words: 31,781
Chapters: 7
Hits: 3,914

Fred and George fight over Hermione's affections, while Hermione is involved in her own feud with Draco Malfoy in this romance set at the end of Hermione's second year at Hogwarts. Which warring Weasley will win Hermione's hand? Will Malfoy finally enact his revenge on the smartest girl in Hogwarts? Secret rooms, dragons, a whole lot of Weasleys, and one tragic death highlight this light on the outside/dark on the inside romance.

Words: 11,659
Chapters: 9
Hits: 3,855

One night Severus sees an apparition. It is Lily, his schooltime girlfriend, who tells him a shocking truth and entrusts him with a mysterious task to ultimately destroy Voldemort, in which he has to work together with Harry and later Sirius. What first seems only a game soon becomes a matter of life and death...

Words: 41,087
Chapters: 7
Hits: 3,746
Mirror by Diana2megr
10/22/2001

Snape gets something. Snape gives somethings. Something stalks the castle at night. Harry stumbles over somebodies... Add in Sirius & Remus and you get something.

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School is out for the summer. Hermione is visiting Venice, Draco despises Egypt and Snape is... well... being himself.

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Remus and Ariadne Lupin have the same problems as any other newlyweds - work, money, in-laws, communication - and, of course, werewolves. Will her idealism collapse under the pressure of his lycanthropy? Or will her approach take him by surprise yet? Part III of

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Veritas Amo by Rosa di Corte
03/20/2006

Amidst the Second War, in a changing world, two people – Ginevra Weasley and Draco Malfoy – find themselves, and each other… D/G

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A strong electrical storm, a mysterious death. Finding out who is the murderer is might be the key to all of Draco Malfoy’s problems; or it might make him lose the only thing that has left - his life.

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It was Harry's destiny to vanquish the Dark Lord or die trying, but now that the prophecy has been fulfilled, Harry is left with no reason to exist. To most, he is a hero, but in his own eyes, he has failed, and two losses haunt him especially: that of his godfather, slain in combat, and that of the double agent whose body was never found. The first nearly destroyed him; the second has the power to save him. But only if he has the strength to face the past, for there are worse things than death hidden in the dark dreams and devices of A Scent of Memory.

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All was well, Harry thought, as his sons departed for Hogwarts. Yet those three words are never certain. The wizarding world has known peace, but it can't last forever. Join Harry Potter and his family one more time, as the adventure begins anew....

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It was about time a Hufflepuff took the spotlight. For years, the Gryffindors had been stealing their glory. When they finally had a chance for fame, their hero was brutally murdered by the most evil wizard of their time. And a Gryffindor got all the attention. Now comes another chance. Meet Susan Bones. Often overlooked and overshadowed, she enters Hogwarts for her sixth year knowing that this year will be different. The Ministry is finally admitting the return of You-Know-Who, and the wizarding world is preparing for war. So in all of this, what will one unknown Hufflepuff do?

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Five years after the fall of Lord Voldemort, all of his old followers have been rounded up and killed or sentenced to life in Azkaban. All except one, who was found on a cold winter night with his throat torn out by a werewolf. Severus Snape is called before the Wizengamot to give testimony that may free his most despised colleague -- or send him to Azkaban for life.

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When Harry vanishes under mysterious circumstances, Lupin, Snuffles and Snape are hauled in for questioning by the Magical Law Enforcement Patrol, where Cornelius Fudge learns a few things he never knew about werewolves and giants, Lupin looks back more in sorrow than in anger on the final days of the Marauders and Snape takes on a rogue Dementor using a singularly effective Patronus.

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Gina by Aurora North
01/15/2003

Gina Weston has finally outrun her past, but when she recives a phonecall from a woman she has never heard of she has to go back, and let Ginny Weasley rise from her shallow grave to fight once more...

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Aurors Polaris Black and Vesta McGonagall breach the ivory tower of Hogwarts to seek out answers to both of their siblings past… The answers might change them forever. Slash Puppyshipping and Snape with OFC (Gasp)

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Harry gets into a fight with Hermione over his now ex- girlfriend. Painful accusations, secrets and pride drive them apart. Can they get past this misunderstanding and realize what they have is precious and could be more if they tried?

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Mask of Innocence by Biscuits
10/08/2004

Magic. Hormones. Deception.``In the wizarding world, Harry Potter is considered a boy hero, made so by the Dark Lord's failed attempt to vanquish him as a child of one. As the Boy Who Lived, he has an admiring public of young fangirls (and in some cases, fanboys) who would kill to be with him for the publicity, money, or his boyish good looks.``Draco Malfoy couldn't care less about fame really, has a pile of his own Galleons, and is quite a looker himself. Not to mention he seems to hate the Gryffindor's guts.``So why did the dashing Ice Prince of Slytherin kiss him in the halls?

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Hogwarts. Giant castle, large lake, beautiful grounds, perfect Quidditch field. Nothing could disrupt the calm of this area. That is, until it recieved five new students by the names of Lily, James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter.

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Against the wishes of more wise and powerful men, formidable rebel Trinity takes a job at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, hoping she can aide the Resistance. But in finding a way to drag the famous Harry Potter into yet another war, she inadvertently discovers the link between causality and a casualty in the Matrix. A simple story of how teaching at Hogwarts can ruin any stable relationship.

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Shadow of Sunlight by Ivy
05/15/2002

Some time in his sixth year of Hogwarts, Tom Riddle is haunted by dreams of a place he’s never been, with someone he’s never seen. Why does he have these dreams? And who is this delicate redheaded girl who is always in them?

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Lessons by Tace
04/18/2003

The new DADA teacher is delayed and Hermione is asked to step in until a replacement can be found. Things should be easy, right? Not quite.

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The Lost Element by Auber
07/21/2002

In the summer before Harry's fifth year at Hogwarts he is rescued from the Dursleys and the Ministry of Magic by a strange woman who can heal wounds with just a touch. At Hogwarts, she and two other strange Professors seem to know more about Voldemort's actions than everyone, including Dumbledore. Given little choice, Harry teams up with them as they chase Voldemort, learning the secrets of his past along the way. In the end Harry will be forced to choose between his friends...and his parents.

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