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She wanted, so badly, to turn and walk the other way. She was sure her feet would feel less solid in that direction. Her steps would be faster, more swift. Less daunting. In her mind, she knew she couldn’t. In her heart, it was the only direction to go. This was the one task even Ginny Weasley was afraid of. After twenty-six years, and countless run-ins with Voldemort, Ginny should have been able to face anything. She was trained to face anything.``She couldn’t face this. She could face anything but this.``A Ginny-centric D/G one-shot.

It’s Draco’s 18th birthday and Harry’s going to give him the present of his life, if only both can live long enough. MAJOR ANGST! Birthday fic for Shu! Post-War Harry/Draco Slash!

"It's no fun being an impatient painting in a dreary house devoid of other pieces of flat art."

General wisdom states that little boys should be spared seeing pain and strife whenever possible. A Salazar Slytherin genfic.

In which Draco plays at being the man of the manor and meets Harry Potter for the first time... only to find that his parents don't exactly agree with part of the plan.

A battle over two thousand years old is finally laid to rest.

Blaise/Draco, but it's not about the pairing. Blaise has issues which Draco helps melts away.

Post-final battle. A wounded Harry wanders away from the fresh battlefield, searching for help. For someone, anyone...

Harry is sick of Draco never talking to him. Then when Draco finally does, Harry gets a rude awakening.

Draco Malfoy thinks about his future, the coming war, and mainly, his feelings about Harry Potter. Dark, angsty.

She sits up until the late hours of the night praying and waiting for Daddy to come back home. It’s been fourteen years and still she waits and waits and prays and prays for him to come back to her and Mommy. Maybe then Mommy wouldn’t be so sad all the time. Maybe then she wouldn’t be sitting alone at the table eating dinner while Mommy had to work three jobs just to pay for the small two-roomed apartment. Maybe then she’d have a family.

... if the time should come when you have to make a choice between what is right and what is easy, remember... the power of one... Neville Longbottom was just like his Uncle Peter, nothing special, until he too was faced with a choice...

"I realize now that I have done something worse than attacking him outright. What I have done is unforgivable." Harry tries to get back at Draco, but finds out more about him than he wants to. Much unhappiness ensues

Memories can be warped so that they reflect the inner most wishes of their holder.

She wants to figure out the conundrum known as Pansy Parkinson. Except she can't, because she's just not good at discovering things not covered in books. Hermione/Pansy, femmeslash.

Every time the thunder would roll, she felt it in the marrow of her bones, as if nature understood the deep agony she held inside of her and it was being reverberated throughout the environment as well. Nature would wail with the wind, bellow with the thunder, weep with the rain, and showcase rage with the lightning.

This war is being fought. People are out there dying. People are out there fighting. Fighting for dear life, but still... fighting for the war and for what is right. But what is it really about? Ginny contemplates this question. One-shot.

Understanding is about point of view. How do two people, caught up in a world that demands self-sacrifice and hardened hearts, find common ground? Remus Lupin and Annwyl King are two such souls. Their personal fencing match quietly plays itself out in the shadow of larger events. ``Co-written by MadEye1200 and Sandy Phoenix, this is a missing moment from chapter nineteen of Harry Potter and the Labyrinth of the Mind.

Draco finally gets frustrated with the way his father treats him and decides to leave the house. But first he leves a note to his father, telling him what he did wrong as a father. Songfic (Avril Lavigne- "Unwanted")

As much as the war tore us apart, it also brought us together. People realized that they might not have tomorrow to say, “I love you,” or “I’m sorry.” I guess that’s what made Draco brave enough to tell me. We had a fight about it not so long ago. I was over at the Manor with him, and afterwards I was planning on swinging by St. Mungo’s. It was a mistake to mention it.``“Why do you still go?”``“You wouldn’t understand.”``“You’re in love with him, I get it. He’s still beating me, even in death.”``“He’s not dead.”``“He’s gone and he’s not coming back, Gana, so why do you keeping doing this to yourself? To me? You need to move on.”

Percy Weasly must undo the wrongs he made before it is too late!

Hermione used to be happy. Now she can think of only one thing. WARNING: ANGST, CHAR. DEATH, RAPE.

Before a great evil governed the wizarding world... he was eleven years old, and got the Hogwarts Letter.

A sweet songfic about the Weasleys. Particularly Ginny and Molly. Lyrics are from the Blake Shelton song The Baby. One-shot

Tom finds himself in a war that isn't his to fight.

Draco tries to regain a love, a lost perfection, a time of happiness... a memory (slash, stream-of-consciousness).

A bit of insight into Harry's state of mind after the war. AU.

Things begin surfacing for Ginny at night. When no one is around. What happens when a new power arises, calling himself the Dark Lords heir? And how will Ginny play into all this?

Remus Lupin gets infatuated with a cello, befriends some Muggles, and remembers a boy he loved and thought he knew... set a few years before PoA. The slash is understated, but it's there, I promise!

Songfic based on Damien Rice's Volcanoes with a D/G pairing

AU fic... Prequel to Daddy's Girl. Sirius Black has a son named Ash. Sirius Black does not want his only son dating a Snape heiress. Will she be able to earn Sirius’ trust or will she die in an attempt to win Sirius?

Remus Lupin spends time thinking of Sirius Black, now lost to him beyond the veil. Tissues at the ready - angst, angst and more angst.

It’s been five years since Arthur Weasley left his family. Late one night, Ron writes to him. Based on Good Charlotte’s song ‘Emotionless.’

Harry is dreaming of war, of blood and death. He is screaming as he sleeps and hoping that he will wake up but what he doesn't know is that reality can sometimes be much worse.

They were the Blacks, the elite, the strong. But when their world of darkened hallways and silver serpents was shattered, a new chapter of the family history began: one of rebellion, and one of sorrow and loss. This is a portrait of the Black cousins, and a chronicle of the years that tore them apart.

In February he will be a skeleton lying tangled on stone. Now he is an angel drifting like a white ghost, with a softness which fades quietly among harsh angles and geometry.

At times like this, in the dead of the night, when all that can be heard is his whimpering, his incomprehensible pleading, I wonder if what I do is right. I take him for all he's worth, his skills, his intelligence, his need for someone to notice his existence and I manipulate his weakness into what I need and take it all. Severus angsts, as Lucius reflects.

Pansy is forced to love that one she despises. One-shot. P/D

Not all students at Hogwarts are happy. Two of our favorite characters share their thoughts on life. NOT A PAIRING!! Song-fic.

Remus Lupin was just a child when the beast attacked and changed his life. Set roughly thirty years before the Harry Potter book main events. Remus is eight.

Severus Snape had a son, Harry Potter had a daughter... Can the two put the past behind them and move on from their father's prejudices and find true love... Read to find out..

Draco picks out his gift. (Rating is for dark/disturbing thoughts.)

Have Professor Snape and Hermione finally found love in each other? Or will one of them ruin it all?

Tracey Davis decides it is time to end living a lie. The only problem is the reality she wishes for is seemingly impossible.

"I’m condemned to what seems like an eternity of life. And I truly believe that life is a tragedy."

A depressing fic written to the words of the beautiful song 'Ghost' by Indigo Girls. Draco finds a letter that Harry wrote to him, and can't help remembering....

If you just keep looking, maybe you'll find what you need, and the books won't hurt you the way the outside world will.

This is a prequel to The Flames of Hell In Your Eyes. You have life. You work out your strategy. You do what you've been planning to. But at what price? You have life no more.

As the war between Voldemort and the wizarding world rages on, Peter Pettigrew has finally shown his true colours. Not very long after declaring his support for Voldemort, he was captured and arrested. He now lies in Azkaban, awaiting his sentence to be carried out, and these are his deranged last thoughts.

Now, years later, she still has echoes of him in her mind. Is it really him, or just a memory that refuses to leave her in peace? She doesn’t know, is rather afraid of the answer. She only knows that the whispers aren’t just confined to her dreams.

This isn't your typical love story. He hurt her. He may not have meant to, but that doesn't change the fact that he did. Not everything is as it seems though, and everyone has their secrets and reasons. [R/Hr]

In their sixth year at Hogwarts, Hermione finds Harry alone by the fire, leading her to remember how it was before the second war and rethink her feelings about him.

Set in the summer after Sirius' death. Perhaps slightly deranged from the tradgedy, Harry sees Sirius in himself, and in a sense, forgets James. HP/DT RL/SB

Someone remembers Bellatrix in a different light. One-shot.

This is what I think Draco Malfoy might have thought before he went to murder Dumbledore. I like Draco and I pity his because he was forced to kill for the Dark Lord. So read and perhaps you might forgive him for being a Malfoy.

This is a songfic to "Changes" by 3 Doors Down. An angsty fic about what Harry is feeling since the Dark Lord has risen again. PG-13 for suicidal attempt and language.

At first, the diary felt soothing. It felt good to hear the praises when no one else would notice her. It felt good, until she started to see past the lie.

After being married to Nymphadora Tonks for ten years, Remus Lupin recognizes that the memory of Sirius Black is slowly driving his wife mad, and decides to help her in the only way he knows how. The companion piece of Guilty.

Draco lies dying on the battlefield. He thinks about his life choices and dying.

Harry and Ron have been best friends for seven years... are they going to let a girl come between them? [set during their seventh year]

Padma Patil sits in the Astronomy Tower the same night of the Yule Ball. She reflects on what had happened and how badly he treated her. Songfic to Linkin Park's 'Easier to Run'. Companion Piece to Breaking the Habit.

Ever since they were children, Sirius and Sam have been the best of friends. Now, Sirius is falling for her, but he doesn't want anyone to no. Sam is a loser and he could make the whole school population jump with a snap of his finger. Now he has to decide between his reputation and Sam.

Some often wonder why she was always so sad. Myrtle has just learned that life always finds a way to surprise you. Sometimes, the only reason to go on is the hope that there is, in fact, more to come.

Ron can't understand why his friends don't understand. Featuring lots of Weasley temper. Remus/Ron, post-DH AU. Written for rarepair_shorts on LJ. Prompt: just like everyone else.

Sirius is gone and Remus is trying to move on, but is swamped with guilt. This is the letter he writes in an attempt to explain...

Tom Riddle shares his greatest triumph with his mother. Written for the hpworth1000 challenge community on LiveJournal.

I didn't fit in with my family, and you needed someone who wouldn't shun you for feeling the same, especially about your father. Maybe I should have kicked you out. I don't know. If this was at school, I would have done it in a heartbeat. But this wasn't school... and being at home, surrounded by people who didn't understand ...dammit, I was lonely. (Sirius Black/Barty Crouch Jr, implied Sirius/Remus)

What if on that awful night when a friend betrayed and a baby was orphaned, two friends met in the shadows? What if Moony saw Padfoot that night? What if Padfoot sent Moony a sign, before going to seek his kill, Wormtail?

Harry is leaving in the dead of night to face Voldemort on his own in order to remove any chance of having to saying goodbye to those he loves. He finds it difficult, however, when he is confronted by the person he had hoped the most to avoid- Ginny Weasley.

nocturne,

Harry doesn't know where he is or why he's there. He knows he has to be somewhere, so he begins walking.

One day something changed between Ginny and Draco. But it was all a lie.

Remus muses about the year of Prisoner of Azkaban, and his past as a Marauder. Of course this adorable werewolf isn't so cheery on his off hours. Here are his thoughts on the world around him thus far.

Song-fic: A look into the lives of Severus Snape, Draco Malfoy and Ginny Weasley as well as some other players.

"And anything to daring to say to you, will be said in this letter and burnt away, so you never realize I'm here..." (Pure Unrequited Fluff, BZ/HG. Inspired by Midnight Highway by Daphne Loves Derby.)

A mysterious girl slips away to the Astronomy Tower in the early morning hours. Read her muddled thoughts as she gets up close and personal with a Muggle razor blade. A song-fic to Linkin Park's "Somewhere I Belong".

A prequel to Ribbons in the Wind, this fic is set on the night that young Severus Snape lost the only person he ever let close to him. It is the beginning of his fall to the darkness.

Unhappiness abound in the girl's bathroom of the Slytherin dormitories. Starring Pansy Parkinson and Millicent Bulstrode.

Remus' faith is betrayed. (*slash*, Remus/Sirius)

Ginny's strong and completely over what Riddle did to her, right?

Would Moaning Myrtle truly have been better off if she had survived to adulthood? A brief and bleak look at Myrtle’s career in the Ministry of Magic.

Lily admires a boy from afar, and she's finally going to tell him on his birthday. But another girl gets in the way, causing Lily to question whether or not she really likes him.

The night before the funeral, Draco stands vigil over the coffin of his father.

Severus Snape is dead, brutally murdered and the only person who could have killed him is his lover, Hermione Granger. She found him dead and it has cost her sanity, for even she doesn't know if she killed him or not. Told from Hermione's POV, very dark.

There was a reason between Severus' hatred for James Potter, and eventually in his son. It, surprisingly, had nothing to do with Severus and Lily. It was all James' fault. Why did he have to go and marry that red-headed witch anyways? They had had something together!

Hermione just wants to know his secret, surely one little meeting can't do any harm?

He stared at the tombstone. It blended in amongst all the others; there was nothing special about it. Nothing to set it apart as the tombstone of the Boy Who Lived, who wasn’t so much alive anymore as he was dead and buried. First of the End Of World oneshots.

"He watched it bleed its color day by day and remembers that once, his world hadn't been so blank." The Dementors took many things from Sirius.

Ron isn't happy with himself, and he hates it. When tragedy befalls the Weasley family, it's up to a greiving werewolf to save Ron and give them both a final chance at happiness.

We all know what happened with Harry and company after Sirius fell in his battle with Bellatrix in the Death Chamber, but what did Sirius encounter beyond that mysterious veil? Here’s my take on it...

A little one-shot of how life is, from Pansy Parkinson's point of view, and the role sour oranges have in her life. Angst-ridden but nothing particularly explicit. Self-injury implied. Pansy/Draco.

"His lycanthropy was a curse, not a part of him. If it was placed upon him, surely it could be taken off. I had to find a cure. I would devote my whole life to finding a cure if I had to." ``Lily desperately contemplates why Remus would end their relationship...

"He hasn't gone after me. I don't think he needs to. The wolf will kill me one day. He's sure of it. He's very sure of it."

It had been alright in the end. Perhaps it was better this way, after all, with Ron and Hermione like sheer myths to him. Perhaps it was better to see his life with them as a fairy tale story that one day the reader had stopped reading. Perhaps it was better that though the first to die, the innocents would not be the last. Harry was prepared for this day, hour, very moment. Inspired by the song "We're Forgiven". H/Hr

Sonfic to Usher's "Confessions Part II." Draco cheats on Ginny and now he has to tell her. One-shot.

Do not stand at my grave and weep / I am not there, I do not sleep / Do not stand at my grave and cry / I am not there; I did not die.``The death of a rival marks the end of hate.

"There was a time when she was happy. It was a long time ago, but it was sweet. Brief, but sweet." Happiness is paid for dearly. The tormented soul of Ginny Weasley yearns for Raven, who was once known as Tom Riddle. She reflects on her history and contemplates her present. Small price? Maybe. If he's such a narcotic, then what happened to her? An addiction...can be quite deathly.

Every night I felt your presence. Your cool breath on my neck, your soft whispers in my ear. And your touch. Fingertips grazing my skin, making me shudder in despair because I knew I couldn’t stop them. I always gave in to them.