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Love, lust, punishment, betrayal, death. In all things, there’s symmetry.

The seventh year begins, and the war has just begun. The Dark Lord continues to rise, and gain power, slipping spies amongst those that are doing what they can to fight against his power, his rising influence, causing each attempt by the Ministry to fail drastically. It seems that the protection of Hogwarts is not enough for the young boy who lived, Ron and Hermione are no longer neck and neck, Dumbledore can no longer fight as he used to, and Draco has become the miniature version of Severus Snape. With pooled forces, and the dramas of war, can good hold up against evil? Can those who fight for peace keep from crumbling and falling to their knees before those who want nothing more than bloodshed...?

Wind can blow out a fire, but it can also make it flare.

"Barcelona, where the winds all blew, / The churches don't have windows, but the graveyards do. / Me and my shadow are wrestling again. / Look out stranger, there's a dark cloud moving in." First full moon after the Ministry break-in, and dear Moony is having a hard time living with himself. Reflections on lost friends and hopefully an insight into Remus's mind.

What would happen if Harry Potter really hadn't died the night of his and Gypsy's wedding? Where did he go and will he ever get back? (sequel to Shards of Glass)

What happens when you wake up early the morning after a duel between Harry and Draco? Read and find out!

“It’s over Malfoy. It’s finally over,” saying that, Harry fell down at Draco’s feet breathing heavily.

What is the song of a wandering man? Is it some tune that he remembers fondly from a time gone by? Or has that tune become so bitter that he can no longer hear it? And so he walks alone... and in silence.

“Women have come together under the full moon since magic first arose, to learn and to teach, to celebrate and to morn, to laugh and to cry, and to save a wayward sister from time to time,” Luna intoned as she raised her wand. Pansy tried to seduce the wrong man, and now she pays the price. But what is the cost, and what is the reward. Post DH. The story of a group of women who come together to help one and end up finding a bond undreamt of.

A lone figure stood in the field, next to the lake, the wind blowing her red hair all about. Silent tears were streaming down her face, mixing in with the rain as it fell. More thunder rumbled in the distance, but she was oblivious to all around her. GW/DM

How do you live when you feel destined to die? Don't ask me. If I knew that, my life and death would be a lot easier.

A look into a moment in the life of Regulus. Don't remember who Regulus is? You'll remember if you start reading. Haven't read OotP? Slight spoilers, but nothing too major (this story has nothing to do with Harry and what happens to him in Book Five). A bit of Regulus/Lily. Poor boy.

"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings/ look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!". In the desert there is only one law, and this law is: sand. Ginny/Bill.

Hermione thinks about how her life has been, the matters of family, friends, and the matters of her heart. Background of some parts of the story also come from "Reflections (3)", another of my stories

Set during CoS. Ginny stays in Hogwarts for Christmas while her parents go to Egypt to visit Bill. Amidst all that has happened in school, Ginny wonders whether Christmas has decided to abandon her during a time where she needs company most.

A short vignette on how love can transcend the boundaries of war, death and even love.

How does Harry really feel about the Dursleys? We all think that he hates them, but is life ever that simple? Harry POV. Set in the future when Harry must protect his family from Death Eater attack.

He had passed the stage of hating himself for what had happened to his godfather, Sirius Black. He was over blaming himself for the loss of fellow Triwizard Tournament contestant, Cedric Diggory. But the thoughts that he was in some way responsible never seemed to leave Harry Potter's nightmares. However, as Hermione Granger found herself digging deeper into her beloved books, she found the one thing that could possibly save the seventeen year old boy from hiding behind his mask of falsified happiness. The only problem is, they soon realize they must fulfill a prophecy they never saw coming.

Love, betrayal, anger and hate can drive a man to desperate measures. And further.

It is Azkaban the day after Sirius Black has escaped. The Warden ponders where they might have gone wrong with Sirius Black

A different light on Ginny Weasley... and what does Harry Potter think of it all?

A rat and a Ministry witch travel east across Europe, both being drawn inexorably towards their brutal destiny- each other and the Dark Lord. What happens to Peter Pettigrew and Bertha Jorkins in the summer between PoA and GoF. What really DOES happen at the wayside inn? Only two people, and one formless spirit know.

"I grew up in a haunted house. This isn't who I wanted to be. You can never outgrow anything, and how does that make you feel? I'll never stop being one of them. I grew up with ghosts in my childhood and vampires in the bed next to me, and I'm not afraid of monsters anymore. And I'm stuck in the past and I can't get out, and I know that they're like that, too. I can feel it in their blood." Andromeda reflects on her family.

D/G ficlet. Draco makes unsettling appearances in Ginny's dreams, as she begins to lose her grip on reality.``No one else had dared to kiss her the way he did. Confident and selfish. But in the morning, her covers are completely dry, immune to sticky sweat, the fevered skin she’d touched, and the hot breath that passed her lips.

"Oh kisses can be fiery and passionate, they can be tender and sweet, they can be cold and distant, and they can even leave you breathless – but a kiss can take more from you than just your breath. I've learned that they can also take your soul."

Prelude to chapter \'Spinner\'s End\' in HBP. Bellatrix calls to \'comfort\' and calm Narcissa, and has exactly the opposite effect.

"His back was to me, but somehow I knew it was him. And what surprised me even more was that somehow I knew he should not have been there. After all, it isn't every day you run into supposedly dead ex-boyfriends." Bertha Jorkins is on vacation. Now if only she can remember why Peter is supposed to be dead...

"If this is death, he thought, it’s not quite as final as everyone thinks." As he falls through the Veil, Sirius watches the people he loves come to terms with what has happened.

After Lupin and Snape rescue Ollivander from the Death Eaters, he must re-evaluate his life and the new chance he has been given.

Draco has some things he needs to get off his chest.

After her ordeal in the Chamber of Secrets, Ginny is in the Infirmary. Someone unexpected keeps her company and asks her strange questions.

Ron speaks to Harry as the war rages on.

Post-DH. George contemplates surviving.

Harry deals with the death of Severus in his own way.

He always liked nights best. One-Shot, Lucius Malfoy in Azkaban.

Harry Potter has gone into hiding, but finally decides that he must begin the hunt for the Horcruxes, but at what costs?

When the morning came, they buttoned on their cloaks and rode to their deaths.

Hermione's given Harry some advice for how to deal with his emotions about Sirius's death.

Albus Dumbledore sneaks out at night in his seventh year upon the prompting of a friend and reluctantly discovers his own power.

"It was too bad those beautiful dreams had to break. It was too bad the truth would never be that simple." (implied RL/SB slash)

Always being in love with the same person can lead to disasterous outcomes. Especially if you'll do wahtever it takes to be near your "love." DM/HG, contains rape.

Parca the Goddess of Fate has transported Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy through her veil that is the thin line between this life and the dream life. Together they will have to work to solve whatever task she has set for them to return to the land they have left.

In the beginning Harry is stranded in an unconcious state. He has almost lost hope, but then slowly regains it though the story.

Harry knew they were up to something. Hermione would sneak off at all hours of the night, and Malfoy always sent those annoyingly "superior" looks to Ron. But what they were up to was much more than even he wanted to find out. (D/Hr, mild hint of H/G if you look real hard.)

AU. In a cold dark prison cell a young man sits alone, reflecting on his actions. Tomorrow Draco Malfoy will be resentenced for his crimes. As he waits he tries to justify what he did, but he knows in his heart that he deserves all he gets.

"The deserts of Arabia. A vast land, long dreamed of and romanticized by the poets and the stargazers as the cradle of civilization... it was said that once, a race of men existed who could control the powers of the desert. Strange men these were, men who were granted the wisdom of the desert and the knowledge and power of the sands. Most of them were wanderers, moving from one desert town to the next, awing all the town-dwellers with their mysterious demeanors and apparent ability to control the forces that shaped the earth."

She was in Azkaban for a very long time... she had to do something to keep herself entertained, but how much was she willing to pay?

Harry's eighteenth birthday. Harry gets invited somewhere and then goes shopping... at a Muggle mall. What could he possibly find? [Revised version]

Harry fights with the confusing thoughts in his head as he realizes his attraction to the one person he would never expect to love. Songfic to Linkin Park's 'Somewhere I Belong'.

Sirius struggles to grasp the meaning of death as he watches those he left behind grow up without him and the world he is no longer a part of change dramatically. Rated for mild language and adult themes.

Dedicated to family and anyone who has ever lost someone they loved. Time heals all wounds, but nothing can erase the scars. With Love.

They looked at us and they couldn't see past the hatred. They couldn't see the lust.

Petunia tells about her past, telling about her envy of her sister in all things, and then, about her future.

An old friend from the Marauders' glory days comes across Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes and manages to discover what has been happening at her alma mater since the Ministry decided to interfere. Little does she know, the simple meeting will drag her back to the part of her life she's been trying to forget.

Moony. Wormtail. Padfoot. Prongs. Torn apart through lies, betrayal, veils, and death. Brought back together through fate. The Marauders, together again, for ever more.

Remus finds something Sirius lost. He'd rather have Sirius. Character death, SB/RL.

How do you deal with a loss that is not just in your heart, but in the very heart of your home? ``Warning: Character Death

The events of the astronomy tower, from Severus' perspective. Spoilers for HBP

What happens after life? After you don't have a further will to live? After you're so empty it hurts? Well, sometimes, you just have to learn the hard way. By experiencing it for yourself.

It’s Halloween, the day of the dead, and after the war there are plenty of dead people to remember. An ancient school, an old battlefield, and a new graveyard. Old enemies meet again, but nothing is quite the same. DM/CC pairing.

Dumbledore's nephew is in love... with a feisty redhead who happens to be working for the wrong side. What is Tom Riddle's plan? And what does this woman have to do with a prophecy about a boy to bring about the downfall of her master? A very twisted Romeo and Juliet.

A lifetime ago, she made her choice. The dusty memories of golden summers and broken bonds. Presenting the Postmortem Observations of Andromeda Black-Tonks

An unidentified person muses at Harry Potter's funeral.

Everyone understands Lavender Brown. They understand her obsession with passion-pink-lipstick, they comprehend that she gossips and creates scandals. The only problem is that nobody really knows Lavender… they can’t, because she doesn’t even know herself.

When Draco fails to return to Hogwarts after the Christmas holidays Harry panics. A companion to "Nobody Came."

She waits. He doesn't come. Darkness falls.

Based on Placebo's beautifully tragic "Song to Say Goodbye". For true Draco fans only. Keep the tissues handy.

Air and water, life and death. Who or what is``the only thing that can save you when things get just as bad as they``can get?

Everything in Harry's life is perfect. He's halfway through his seventh (and final) year, and life is great. Then the Dark Lord prepares to take the final step on his rise to power and no one is there to stop him.

Four years ago, before they knew about the Prophecy, or that children can’t do things, James and Rose modified the Twinbond they’d been born with into something more. The reason they did so, and the method they used has been their secret ever since. Here is the story behind that decision, and the reason James won’t let any evil go.~~~Warning: True Evil abounds, and some parts of this are truly disturbing, and entirely too real.~~~

Silvius Malfoy, father of Lucius Malfoy, looks back on his childhood, his corruption, and his children.

"I am become Death, destroyer of Worlds." -J. Robert Oppenheimer Dark times are ahead and it's not getting any better. It's kill or be killed, and with the Apocalypse rising and on Voldemort's side, the impending war is upon them, and Dumbledore is dead, Harry and his new accomplice Kisa Cordova-Snape aren't even sure they can get through this alive.

Harry gives Draco shooting lessons now that Draco has switched sides. And when a surprise Order meeting pops up, we discover some new information on the Voldemort front. One shot.

Draco and Hermione look at the moon one night and realize that there may be more than the hatred. NOT intended as a romance, although it can be perceived that way.

"Harry thought she looked like a picture he'd seen in 'Holidays With Hags'..." What it's been like to grow up as the fat, ugly Slytherin.

As the sextet find some time to have a good chat and sort some things out, a large force of Death Eaters are on their way to cleanse Hogsmeade. Lots of non-fluffy fluff, whizz-bang special effects, and a Death Eater with a splitting headache. Rated for violence, gore and huge nasty pointy teeth.

See why Luna is persecuted so much! See what the Ravenclaws do in their spare time! See what happens when Dumbledore tries to put his foot down! Lawsuits! Northern Ireland! Gratuitous bad language!

Rows of gravestones mark the lives of friend gone. One man goes to the graveyard every year to visit them.

Everyone has a limit, a point at which even the most opimistic person in world loses all hope. When suddenly they know there is no point anymore because it will all end badly. Yet some people still go on hoping after this because there is nothing else they can do when they are so removed from the wizarding world that it's all just stories in a newspaper. But they still feel the pain and even when there is no hope left they have to keep grieving and remember those who've died because it's all they can do.

Some mistakes are soon forgiven while some can never be.

A re-telling, of sorts, of the journey through the tunnel to the Shrieking Shack in which Harry decides it's not a good idea to visit Hagrid when a mass-murderer is on the loose.

You think muggle-borns are opressed? Wait until you meet Joseph Bloauiex, human/goblin mix!

Every man tends a secret garden, and Neville Longbottom is no exception. He is a good boy, a diligent boy, and he does his best to tend it well in the moldering house of his grandmother, but every secret garden has a dark place where even the hands that tend it dare not venture.

'The mouth snapped at him, thick saliva dripped from the elongated fangs and the yellow eyes gleamed at him in hunger.' Remus Lupin's past.

Narcissa Malfoy wanders through her garden and wonders of what has she become, and if she could ever escape her prison.

Albus Dumbledore is not who everyone thought he was. Aberforth Dumbledore doesn't understand English for a reason. The Ithryn Luin have completed their purpose in Middle Earth, and the fourth age is ended...

There is very little I can say when I feel this way.

Harry would die for the stars. Draco knows better.

"The cold stone remains there still, a silent reminder of what was lost..." Songfic to Savage Garden's Free to Fly.

What really happened that Halloween night? It was a night of murder and mayhem, but who killed whom? How did Voldemort mark Harry?

Music, magic, madness, and a morning in Azkaban.

An Oliver-Percy remorse. All six-year-old Percy Weasley wanted was to learn how to fly. All seventeen-year-old Percy wants is freedom. One-sided Oliver and Percy slash, takes place during PoA. Features a missing Weasley son.

Percy works late. Arthur plays Father Christmas.

He thought he had left behind his true home forever, until a familiar face teaches him otherwise. Maybe it hadn't been home at all. Closure. Post-OoTP.

Bellatrix Lestrange's mind is beautiful in the most twisted of ways... Companion to Perfection.

“Hello, Remus.”``I didn’t even have to look up from my parchment; I knew that voice so well. ``“Hello, Sirius.”

Sometimes the answer hurts too much, and waiting is all you have left. H/D slash.

She never thought she'd end up here, with him.

Remus searches to save Sirius. Inspired by the quote: "Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it."``-Josephus Daniels

It's Remus' sixteenth birthday. The Marauders have a little gift planned for him, but all he wants is to be something instead of the nothing he thinks he is.