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The Malfoy family has targeted Cho Chang and her father for extortion. The Changs' only option? A duel with swords. Their champion? Neville Longbottom.

It’s quiet. No…it’s silent. It’s ironic how the silence can seem so noisy when you’re used to the sound of feet bounding down the stairs...

Remus Lupin thinks about his life, his lost love, and going insane as he watches the snow fall. Implied Sirius/Remus. Song fic to Good Charlotte's song "Ghost of You".

A songfic. What happens when you're tired of being what someone else wants you to be? Become numb. Major Draco angst type stuff.

Sirius caught a glimpse of the moon. Sirius/Remus

Remus loves everything and anything. Like Sirius often says, he's too good to the world. Unfortunately, those who are too good are often those who leave before their time.... After two years of undisturbed sleep, Remus's mind finally slips further. Sirius tries to come to terms with this, remembering that not as good a person as Remus can ever be forgotten completely. Faintly implied RL/SB.

When there's no where to go, nowhere to run, what else is there to do, just end all the fun.

A three-part story about the Black sisters learning that they aren't really Blacks - they are the children of Albus Dumbledore and Minerva McGonagall. And Albus Dumbledore is not the man he appears to be. All three stories centre around a single event.

"I wanted to destroy something beautiful." ("Fight Club") And he very nearly had the chance.

You can’t see tears in the rain. And for that sole reason, she waited and yearned for the rain to come. So that she could cry her sadness away. Hermione loved the rain.

...I pound my hands on the wall, ignoring the blood running from them. "We were friends!" He can't hear me now, he's too far away, but I can't stop screaming. "We were friends! We were friends!"

If the past is a different country, could you do things differently there? Remus Lupin has visited it many times.

A songfiction based on the events of ORDER OF THE PHOENIX and the lyrics to Garth Brooks' song, STANDING OUTSIDE THE FIRE. Harry reflects on the Mauraders after one of their deaths. SPOILERS

Young Severus Snape discovers that choosing a side can come with a steep price.

Alone in his house, Draco drinks and takes women in an effort to forget the only girl he ever loved. But try as he might, he can' t seem to stop himself thinking about her.

A reflection on the war, and the hero that won it. The narrator is up to you. "So if I want one thing to be remebered about all of us, it is that we were only human."

Songfic to a Jewel song: Draco tells Harry how he felt before and after their relationship. If you don't like second-person view, or slash, or Angsty!Harry, this is not the story for you.

Blaise Zabini goes to 'The Squinting Cat', the only pub where pets are required, sees many various creatures and notices something strange...

After Voldemort’s defeat, the magic world is mundane again. Hermione finds herself in a standstill in her life where even though she’s incredibly intelligent, there isn’t anything she’s interested in making a career out of. Attending a carnival with her flatmate, Ginny, she comes into a scary new power: She can see visions of people’s impending death when she touches them. Despite her disgust at the art of Divination, she is forced to come to terms with her new power, realizing it isn’t something she can just ignore. What Hermione sees in her visions will lead her to discover a new evil brewing in the magic world, one where only her insightful mind and another’s tenacity for sneaking around can save the day.

A tale on the Bloody Baron - What is his connection to Peeves and the Grey Lady, and why is he covered in bloodstains? A tale of intrigue and regrets.

Harry Potter was unjustifiably tried in August for underage magic, but after successfully appealing, he rightfully returned to Hogwarts for his fifth year. Now, an unbelievable three months later, Harry is wrongly on CRIMINAL trial for a murder charge which could land him an Azkaban life sentence. Ultimately, Harry must defeat this unrighteous injustice before it steals his life away! Thus, with Umbridge as the fierce prosecutor, Dumbledore as his passionate defender, and Bones as the fair-minded judge, A GRANDIOSE SHOWDOWN TRANSPIRES!!!

What happened to Remus after the fight in the Department of Mysteries? How does he deal with losing Sirius?

In canon, it is definite that Dean Thomas is a talented artist. But why? How did he become interested in art in the first place? This flashback to Dean's past tells that story.

All that remained was a box full of memories. (Remus/Sirius)

"There is no good and evil. There is only power, and those too weak to seek it."

She had encountered some of the darkest and most arcane situations as she moved through the shadows of shadows. With Severus Snape, OC and Lucius Malfoy. Short story. Complete.

"She cannot even afford to live in the most humble of hovels. She is reduced to this. Whoring herself, living in an attic and eating little." A woman lives alone in a hostile world, fighting for survival. This is the story of her fall from grace.

Stalking. Killing. Watching. Closer, closer. Stalking. Stalking. Writing. Stalking. Killing. Dying.

The war is raging, Draco is contemplating what it has cost and is missing his fiancee.

Godric Gryffindor has been called too daring for his own good, but even HE is starting to think that charging into a swamp in search of a wizard known only as "Serpent-Tongue" is not the brightest move.... Not connected to Moon and Stone or Stepbrothers.

This is simply a poem told from Harry's point of view. He reflects on his life and the lives of his friends.

Neville pauses to remember his childhood friend, Greasy Johnson.

A short vignettish-type fic focusing on Draco, and peripherally on a Draco/Ginny relationship. Draco vents frustrastion and things are broken.

I lived in a shadow. At school I lived in Potter’s shadow, and at home I lived in my father’s shadow. I didn’t want to live that way. Whatever my destiny was, I came to see that it didn’t belong in anyone’s shadow.

Mrs. Black's portrait is a staple in Grimmauld Place. Everyone who visits there is influenced by her in some way or another; the warning against ringing the doorbell, tiptoeing around the house so not to start her screaming, and so on. But who was Mrs. Black, really? And what is her story that she has to tell? Travel beyond the drapes that hide her from the world and you will find your answer.

Sirius Black has just escaped from the hell that is Azkaban and is on the run. In the strange, twilight world that exists between the Wizard and Muggle worlds, he learns some of the cruel realities of life here in the underworld. Striking up an uneasy friendship with a strange, deadly clair-sentient named Morgan, the two begin the long journey to Hogwarts. Stopping at an inn in the border village of Mangletorn in the Scottish Lowlands, Sirius is jarringly reminded of an episode from his and James Potter's past, and learns another cruel truth about himself.

A little piece with Draco's thoughts in his thirties. Of all the things he had and lost, losing HER was the most terrible blow of all.

OOTP fic. Percy Weasley and Penelope Clearwater learn to live with what little they can have.

Sirius meets Shaula in a secured room before his sentence is passed for Azkaban. They are of a similar background, and both followed good and evil with equal valour. Yet how did they both end up here, in the same place?

Arthur and Molly Weasley face the terrible realities of the Second War, and realize that in the darkness, the best thing to do is to hold on to one another.

It is the tenth century - The story opens with the return of Salazar Slytherin from Italy, where he has been training with Master Gaius, a member of the Council of Wizardry. He has come with news for Godric, that a group of Muggles have killed a witch, Godric's Mother, Sara. Godric goes with Salazar to where it has happened; on seeing his mother hung at the crossroads he swears a blood feud against the family that did it. The last remaining member being a man of sixteen, who is currently fleeing to Denmark at the news of Godric coming after him.

Kiri McDonaldson does NOT want to come to Hogwarts. She doesn't, in fact, want anything to do with Wizards and Witches. So when she is finally shipped off to the world reknowned schhool of Sorcery, she's, well, kinda pissed.

First in a series of songfics from the score of Les Miserables. You don’t have to know the story to understand this one, but it might help to see the connections. Remus Lupin ponders the loss of his friends after the events in the Department of Mysteries. Some indiscriminate time period after OotP.

In which Harry is dizzy, Draco is smiling, and life doesn't go the way it's supposed to.

Oliver seems to be the only one who notices that all is still not well with Ginny Weasley. A disastrous Quidditch practice provides a chance to help.

A dangerous new weapon is introduced by the Dark wizards to destroy Muggles. But how could a weapon be disguised as such a harmless object?

What does one person change? Willow wishes that Kalli never came to Hogwarts. With one wish, her whole world crumbles.

"Everything down here in Britain seems to be done over a cup of tea. Everything: Order Meetings – though I don’t attend – afternoon snacks, talks with adults, homework, whatever. Everything. Indeed adults seem to love tea, it’s an unhealthy obsession. Don’t now why though. I can just picture Mrs. Weasley with her purple apron: 'Have a cup of tea, dear,' she says, 'everything’ll be all right.' Or Lupin, sipping his tea silently, alternatively either nose deep in a book, or staring into space, imperturbable. Tonks, even! Well – when she’s not breaking the tea pot. All of them. Dumbledore, McGonagall, Snape. All…" Yes! Another middle-of-the-night-tea-scene! Hermione centred *one shot* gen. fic; not really angsty.

Stemming from a line that popped into my head one evening after an Armchair Chat, describing Draco lying in the snow, dying. A rather dark little piece on role-reversal.

Many years ago Sirius Black played a horrible trick on Severus Snape. Snape has always hated the marauders for this, but what if it wasn't Sirius' fault? A look at the events that transpired that fateful night through the eyes of the only one who knows the truth... SS/SB slash

This is the transcript of a speech made be Harry Potter on Mar 3, 1997. It was the end of his life, and those of many others. This recording was also of great use to the wizards of 2123 in determining exactly how Lord Voldemort had come to rule most of Europe at that time. Filed in the historical records of the Ministry of Magic. (One shot)

Potter has a dream and tells Draco about it.

An alternate view of Helga Hufflepuff.

How are you supposed to grow into a functioning adult when for years you rarely see the sky? Marcus struggles to identify himself either within or without circumscribed Slytherin traits. Oliver helps. This is a character study, a critique of the Hogwarts house system, and against all odds, a love story.

A visit from Narcissa Malfoy draws Ron back into his past with her son.

You do notice that even though he’s not going to Hogsmeade, Draco clearly does have a destination. He is not merely wandering the grounds.” Draco is preoccupied (‘I never told anyone about what you did to me,’ Draco says…) and determined to take care of the problem himself. You are about to find out what “with the passion of a thousand suns” can mean…

Before James was chosen for the Prophecy, he wanted to be a Knight in Shining Armour. But, Damsels in Distress are hard to find in the Montana Mountains. Sometimes, you have to rescue what's there. This is a stand alone part of the Prophecy story. It takes place the year before the beginning of Prophecy.

The Grey Lady, about whom we know little save that she was highly intelligent and no prospective lover could ever live up to her expectations, muses on a life’s lesson she learned too late.

After Voldemort’s defeat, seventeen-year-old Ginny Weasley doesn’t know what to do with the rest of her life.

A rather different view of Draco. Here Draco confronts how his father brought him up and realizes that he does not want to be what his father felt he should be. Based on the song "Numb" by Linkin Park.

Remus reflects on how music has influenced in his life in both good and bad times, with particular emphasis on the phonograph seen in the film version of PoA.

On her sixth birthday, a young Seer learns that some gifts come with too high a price.

You can't always get what you want.... Ron loves Harry, but Harry doesn't exactly feel the same.

Ever wondered what happened to bring the Marauders together?

Albus Dumbledore once said, "Ah, music. A magic beyond all we do here." Three very different men are unable to move forward in their own situations. Perhaps the magic of a simple melody can be powerful enough to help them. One-shot.

When Bellatrix Black awoke in the middle of the night, there was only one who would understand and ease her worries. The teenage Bellatrix and Rodolphus have a nightly talk about their dreams for the future.

After the Death Eaters lose the war, Snape is awaiting trial when someone makes him an unexpected offer.

Lupin has a job to do concerning Snape; Snape has a job to do concerning Lupin. Sequel to "Subterfuges."

This is a little piece, set after the end of the war against Voldemort. So, it's set after the seventh year. Harry's dead, and Draco reflects on his current miserable life. ``Warning: it's slash, and there's also character death!

After it is all over, a man remembers...

The Potters were the only family Sirius ever cared about. Last night they were killed along with Voldemort and he is the only one who knows who was responsible. This is Sirius' version of the events that end with him going to prison and Peter getting away.

"Their favorite thing to say is that you have a smile that can light up the room and it's brighter than the sun." A young teacher hears a startling revelation.

Barty Crouch Jr. must have been feeding Alastor Moody, right? Tonight the gift is lemon cake and conversation. (BCJr/AM)

Coming back from a DE meeting, Severus Snape has some regrets about his life. Songfic set to Godsmack's Voodoo.

Marauder-era fic. Sirius and Remus being the central couple, they are both pursuing other people in an attempt to hide from their feelings. Quite angsty, actually. SS/RL, RL/SB, SB/LE, LE/JP

Draco wishes that he could turn back time... Draco/Harry

Peter Pettigrew is forced into a role he does not believe in. But how is one supposed to decide when the lives of your friends are weighed against thousands of innocents? There's a fate worse than death.

A sort of stream-of-consciousness short story from Sirius's POV on the night Lily and James were murdered. It was inspired by the combination of Hagrid's and Fudge's stories about that night in PoA, when I started wondering what Sirius was thinking.

"The darkness drops again; but now I know that twenty centuries of stony sleep were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle, and what rough beast, its hour come round at last, slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?"``What lies on the other side of change?

A Prewett/Weasley family one-shot set during and after the first war. Before she was a Weasley, Molly was a Prewett with two brothers... brothers she loved... brothers she lost... brothers she remembers...

How Stan Shunpike learned to survive Azkaban.

Perfection has its price.

How do you say goodbye to a brother? And what happens after death? Do you really have to know?

In war, it is easy enough to shoot your enemy but when is it easier to kill a friend? Dean makes a choice when life is the hard part and death is a blessing and a journey only the strong can take.

After a mission gone wrong, two men are trapped in a deserted Muggle building, one of them mortally wounded. What happens then sheds light on the true nature of friendship, love, and hope.

I miss him, you know. He always made me feel safe, loved, wanted, acknowledged. It’s kind of funny, only not. No one ever asked me what it was like. No one ever wanted to know just how willing I was. I suppose that was to be expected. They’d be horrified if it wasn’t all his fault.

War is the great equalizer. Harry Potter employs any means to catch his enemy. Harry/Draco angst written for Contrelamontre's 'Air' challenge.

Voldemort survives the battle of Hogwarts but Bellatrix doesn't. To his surprise and slight annoyance he misses her and decides to pay a visit to her mother. The visit affects him more than he could have ever imagined and he discovers what it really means to be a pure blood.

Draco hates the rain. He's all alone, and he needs somebody to make him feel safe and warm. Deep down in the Slytherin dungeons he ponders on his and Harry's relationship, and the decisions he has just made. Is he really doing the right thing?

He stood there and watched her die. Snape/Lily, the night at Godric's Hollow.

Tale of a girl who survived being at the hands of the Death Eaters in the Second Wizarding War and her aftermath. -Contains poem by bloodredsoul (who I love *huggles*) called Dark Stars- Warning: This is DARK, like all my other fics. Don't read if you can't handle it.

"Was he... right?" she asked faintly. "When he said he couldn't have made me do those things if I didn't want to?" Albus waited for her to look up at him. When she did, he held her gaze. "Only you can answer that, Ginny...."

Part five of five in the 'Colours' sequence. "And Harry was white, Harry who had been out here since before breakfast; the sun was setting now and Ron and Hermione would be looking for him, but they wouldn’t find him because he had turned as white as the snow, and for the first time in quite a while Harry felt like he was almost clean. Not quite clean, no, and as soon as he stepped back into the school he would be filthy again, coated with the deaths of God-knew-how-many, but for now he was almost white again."

"He wasn’t meant for this… for this dull, endless, lifeless existence." In the aftermath of war, Harry is barely existing in a haze of grey depression.

Harry is alone. He has a bloody score to settle. And it's the day before the end of the world.

Tom Riddle will always be connected with Ginny but maybe her obsession has gotten carried away.

Inspired by the song Perfect by Simple Plan. In the Malfoy family, a son is never good enough for his father. Why should this duo be any different?

Sirius has been in Azkaban for a decade now, and he is starting to grow impatient.

People don't fit into labels, or neat little boxes. Can you ever say someone is really just smart, loyal, cunning, or brave? Never a mixture? Always a definitive line, thick and black, clean cut? No of course not. What happens when the Sorting Hat stops sorting?