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What is the nature of the magical world's war and its players? Underneath it all, we're all the same.

Draco Malfoy has befriended, fallen in love with and married Ginny Weasley, but is she really the person that he thought she was?

12th August, 2004: Draco and Astoria expect their first child. Lucius visits to set things right.

Hermione remembers her fourth year at Hogwarts.

This is a short but personal letter from Luna to her dead mother. It shows some of her thoughts on the events that have happened over the last few years in Hogwarts.

"Or did you get lost in Amsterdam?" Sirius ran away to Amsterdam after having his soul shattered. Now all James hears are second hand stories through Remus and the letters Sirius sends him. Sirius recieves a shock . . . and then the others do as well. As Sirius puts it, "La dee f-cking dah."

Blaize Zabini tells his tale of bringing together the Houses of Hogwarts, the redheaded girl who helped him, and explains the truth behind his House. Now AU, written pre-HBP.

Some lines need to be overstepped so we can move forward. (Remus/Ron)

'Parvati shouldn't be the one to wonder so much. She is the Gryffindor, after all. It ought to be Padma who spent her time thinking, wondering and searching knowledge. But Padma never seems to take time to wonder; she wants knowledge and she gains it.' Padma, Parvati and growing up. (Lavender/Parvati)

A young werewolf stumbles into a world where the elves are part-wolf and the planet has two moons. A one-shot cross-over of Harry Potter and ElfQuest.

Ginny sets out to prove to Harry that she can do anything as well as any boy... but her plan backfires and not only does she risk losing her own life, but Harry's too. Based on the album, Overcome, by Alexandra Burke. Includes the tracks Broken Heels and You Broke My Heart.

Theirs was an illicit romance, he an auror-in-training, and she a Death Eater, but passion had gripped them both, and nothing could be done. Zacharias Smith/Daphne Greengrass Songfic to Iris by The Goo Goo Dolls.

Cho remembers a past love as she prepares for her binding.

A pregnant, defeated Merope finds herself struggling on the streets. She sells her most prized possession in an attempt to make money for food and shelter. She reflects on the abuse and hardships she has had to endure and hopes to come to terms with where her life has ended up, all while trying to stay healthy for her unborn child.

Peter believes that his best friend knows everything about him, even his darkest secrets. Some Peter/James

Remus Lupin has been waiting all his life. This is a different look at Remus' years after he starts Hogwarts, and his relationship with Sirius Black.

A self-reflection of Ginny, during that time when Harry was off hunting Horcruxes and she was at Hogwarts. A rather short one-shot. Told in the first person.

My life has been one that has always been concerned with death. I know not why you wish to learn of it, but I hope you escape the fate that was dealt to me. Enter my domain, if you wish to enlighten yourself with my story.

'Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus' NOT COMPLIANT WITH ALL EVENTS IN HBP As Harry continues the Horcrux Hunt to render Voldemort mortal once more Draco must unravel mysteries and relive myths in order to unite Hogwarts. However with his father's blood on Harry Potter's hands, with whom he must work, will he be able to overcome his pain and fury and continue on his epic journey until the very end? 'Some things which became lost should not have been forgotten'

Draco learns the forest can hold many surprises. Based very loosely upon "As You Like It."

Remus weeps for all he's lost – both the people and the feelings, the memories from happier times.

It’s the calm before the storm, and Hermione watches Harry. One-shot. Gen.

Harry and Hermione meet in an unusual place.

I will always be there for him.

Hannah Abbott's mother is dead, and her family isn't coping. What can you do when the person you loved the most is dead, there's a war coming up, and your older brother is being a total arse about it? Even more important, what can you do when your dad doesn't want you to go back to the place you know you belong? Sometimes, you have to be loyal to yourself, and Hannah is about to figure things out the hard way.

After his death, Voldemort must confront the truths he has always denied...

Set eight years after Memories. What new memories does Freya have? What effect are her remembrances having on her life? What about William and Michael? And him?

They say your life flashes before your eyes at the moment of your death. Sirius sees his by falls of light and shadow.

In his eyes, Melinda was like an angel to who he would be glad to tear wings; she was like snow, so white that the impulse to dirty her was unstoppable; she was like the apple on the highest branch, the one to receive more than the others the sunlight and the sweeter to eat. She was like Eva, who naively tempted Adam and doomed both to sin.

When Sirius goes to see Peter, his friend is gone. He goes to James and Lily's but they are dead. These are the beginnings of Sirius' troubles.

An anonymous soldier reflects on the bloody aftermath of the final battle. Hatred, tears, and anger. Obsession. Companion piece to Despair.

A take on what was going on inside Peter's head right before he escaped the first time round and left his old friends behind. (Oneshot)

"I'll free you." Never had such an untrue statement been spoken aloud. It was almost laughable. (A Dementor's Story.)

Songfic set to the song "Beautiful" by The Dreaming. Draco and Ginny attempt to pick up the pieces of a former life...

A one-shot looking at the way the Wizarding World celebrates the anniversary of the war. Just a little glimpse into the future. (Not epilogue compliant)

My name is Samuel Hallmanson. My cousin was Cedric Diggory. One shot. Mention of death.

He watched. Four seasons come and gone and still he watched. Now he knows what he needs to accomplish his mission. An ambitious young officer tries to better the world with one unforgivable curse.

Cornelius Fudge is the embodiment of dignity. In his painful fall from grace, Cornelius has a cruel realization - he needs patience, someone to listen to him. He finds it not in his wife or daughter, but in a silent voice of reason.

When Harry looks into his eyes they are just like always, but there is something missing. He is reminded of a dream, but can't remember what it was, and quickly looks away.

Sirius Black is already in Azkaban, though that doesn't keep him from reminiscing. He's resigned himself to remembering the worst, but one day, something extraordinary happens.

Minerva McGonagall recalls how the doubt first began in Harry Potter's first end of the year feast. It seems strange that Albus' words brought forth the memories that caused her to wonder: how could Sirius Black betray Lily and James? What if he didn't...

What do any of us want but a second chance, an opportunity to say no to that offer, to turn a different way? For one who's never believed in his own depravity, his own sadistic cruelty, Azkaban will humble him in the most cruel of fashions. PG13 for language, angst, character death and slight SS/LM slash written/implied

Fighting a war can leave scars, and you can't always hide them. For one young woman, the scars from the Battle of Hogwarts will be with her forever.

Ron feels like he's drowning in Real Life, but a conversation with a strange old woman gives him hope for the future, before conjuring more questions about the present.

Firenze contemplates humans and his role in the second war.

An imaginary, impossible, foolish love? Most definitely. Hermione's reflections. This one-shot songfic was an idea that just popped into my head one day as I was listening to the music of my absolute favorite artist, Rufus Wainwright.

When Harry and Draco get together, Ron and Harry's friendship is destroyed beyond repair. Ron's POV. Harry/Draco and perhaps unrequited Ron/Harry but I'll leave that for you to decide.

Sirius begins to suspect Remus of being a traitor, with major consequences to their relationship.

The time is after the war, and Voldemort has been defeated by Harry Potter. The boy hero is now a nineteen-year-old man, living in downtown London, with a mixed lifestyle of both magical and muggle. Settling for being a writer instead of an auror, Harry seems content with his life until one evening, one of his many dinner parties is interrupted by a, both physically and mentally scarred, Draco Malfoy. The damage done by the war has not finished its course, and the consequences of choices made return, testing the friendship, morality, and will of these two young men and their loved ones. Slash HP/DM!!!

"Gilderoy Lockhart was a normal boy who wanted to be like everyone else. What was the reason behind his urge to become a literary success as well as attain cosmetic perfection?"

After the Dark Lord’s first fall, Alecto longs to live again. (Alecto Carrow/Fenrir Greyback)

Set during the 'missing years.' Remus Lupin thinks about time, grief and loss.

When Adela Jackson feels she can no longer cope with her loneliness, a voice from the past gives her hope for the future.

What happened to Draco? Nobody knows what he told Myrtle. But does Myrtle know what he told her? Now there's a question...

I hate them. Not for what they did to me, but for what they let happen to me. Not for that they hated me in return, but that they didn't love me enough. Not for how they notice me when I am doing something wrong, but for how they ignored me when I needed them the most.

Remus Lupin has gone to run some errands in Godric's Hollow, chat to James and get ready for a Halloween party. By the evening, his life will have fallen apart when he is betrayed in the worst way imaginable.

Young Severus spends a summer away. A little piece that kept bugging me, because I can so clearly visualise him. No romance, no humour, some violence. No horses were actually harmed in writing this.

Sometimes, you must let yourself fall apart before you can put yourself back together again. Remus mourns Sirius, a one-shot in two parts. Not slash.

Sometimes things other than ghosts can haunt the living. An unsuspecting Hermione picks up a strange ring and discovers that, unlike most people, Severus Snape left behind more than a mere object.

The adventure of Sirius Black.

My name is James Adonijah Potter. I am fifteen years old. I am a wizard. And I have--had--a baby sister named Elisabeth Harriet Potter. This is her story.

Caractacus Cooper has never been an adventurous boy until a body is found washed up on the shores of the Lake and he is filled with an insatiable desire to find out what happened. Secrets are unravelled, love and lust is uncovered and unleashed, lives are irrevocably changed, and a whole lot of snooping is going on...

Dorcas didn't think it would be like this. Dorcas Meadowes one-shot. Written for the As Summer Ends First Order challenge on LJ.

Background characters are what shape the story... They are what the hero fights for, and no war could be fought without them. She's been his background character, she was always there, in the shadows, ready to keep things on track, yet nobody knew she even talked to him. (Companion piece to "Blank Paper", already at the Dark Arts)

Twenty years after the war is over, Remus and Harry visit an old friend.

I don’t think I’ve ever been completely normal. Not once, in my entire life, have I been what anybody would call “normal.” It’s a tad bit sad, knowing you’re the only one who doesn’t live up to anybody’s expectations. I guess this is some sort of karma--I’m smart, therefore, I’m a loser. Hermione contemplates just how normal she is.

He knows nothing but the sound of his feet on the pavement and the thousand curses on the tip of his tongue. All for his Judas. November 1, 1981.

What happens when you're right, but you want to be wrong? How can you fight fate? Lavender knew she wasn't going to like what she saw... but she still looked.

Hermione explains all about an adventure involving Horcruxes and Snape to Professor McGonagall.

The gloried wizarding communities of Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam... all fell victim to incompetent governments and increasingly frequent riots. But he knows he is safe here, here in the soft Mediterranean coasts and winds of southern France, confined to a one-room cottage, his only friends the clouds, the sea, and the piano before him. A Remus Lupin genfic.

Listen, my children, and let me tell you a tale. . . one of horror, despair, and vengeance served. Strengthen your hearts, my children, for this tale is not meant for the weak. . . This, in the style of Beedle the Bard, is the true story of how the disease known as lycanthropy came to be. Inspired by whydoyouneedtoknow's "Facing Danger" on FanficAuthors.net.

"Even the paintings seem old and worn and despairing and she quickly walks by before the portrait can inquire about the news. She thinks that there hasn’t been any and won’t be any in the future." Hermione in a vacant castle, haunted by nothing and something at the same time.

Set Post-OotP: During a raucous evening at the Burrow, Molly and Arthur have a quiet conversation that reaffirms their hope for their family.

It had been a long time since Ginny had been herself. Really, the Ginny Weasley that everyone knew wasn't really Ginny Weasley at all. Of course, she, herself, didn't really know exactly who she was. It had been so long after all...(AU)

"Isn't it beautiful?" he asked, the soft bluish light skimming over his skin like a gentle breeze. "Yeah," came the reply, a voice filled with awe. "Why does the moon change, Daddy?" "Everything changes. Sometimes, the moon is beautiful, and sometimes it just doesn't feel like making the effort. We can forgive it, though; everything has a good and a bad side." It was silent on the hill, for a while.

Bill and Fleur's wedding is not the joyous occasion that everyone had wanted it to be. Especially for Ginny, who must endure Harry's departure, and the question of whether she will ever see him again.

"You almost hurt a little girl today, Harry." Ron's voice was so flat and emotionless, Harry almost didn't recognize it. It was the voice of stranger.

Right after Voldemort comes back into power, he must get all the help he can get. Including Dementors. But what do they think about it all?

Regulus can’t seem to keep what he loves. Regulus/Sirius one-sided, Regulus/Tom Riddle, Sirius/Remus implied, Tom Riddle/Severus implied.

Draco Malfoy always throws up on Halloween.

Voldemort seems to have died. But a characteristic property of many events occurring both in the wizarding world and the Muggle world is that things aren't always what they seem. The moment Draco Malfoy was branded with the Dark Mark, Voldemort discreetly placed a curse on him which would allow Voldemort to possess Draco Malfoy should he die. His last resort should his Horcruxes, in the unlikely event, fail to save him. Now Draco/Voldemort's evil is becoming more and more apparent, signs and strange events only hinting at Harry, and the wizarding world's, ultimate fate.

Lily's death told through her eyes.

But always, always, he would return to the violin in the end. A Dean Thomas genfic.

Harry/Cedric. Takes place during the summer after Cedric's death. Describes Harry's morning routine and general state of being after the death of someone dear; implied slash, possibly survivor's guilt. Plays on the words "morning" and "mourning".

This is a short fan fiction that I wrote for a competition on another site. As the title sugests, it focuses on the veil in the Department of Mysteries.

Dennis remembers his older brother. Song by The New Pornographers, My Rights Versus Yours.

The war is over, and Voldemort has been defeated. Arthur Weasley has been elected Minister for Magic, but it proves infinitely more trouble than the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office ever was.

Continuing the story of Brett Mordonius (from "Dangerous Pursuits") and his fight against the Death Eaters as a Muggle in the wizarding world.

Peter Pettigrew considers the choices he has made in his past.

Remus is in a depression with Sirius' death. His room holds too many memories. A short, one-shot, contemplative, and implied slash

A speculative look at Lucius' arrest at the end of OotP. In this telling, he manages to escape briefly--just long enough to take care of a few things and offer his wife a sort of goodbye. Currently a one-shot. Likely to be expanded.

On Remus Lupin's fortieth birthday, a day he never thought he would see, there's more than the matter of his age on his mind. A short sequence of thoughts, feelings and memories from the life of a werewolf. (Warning: implied slash.)

One night during the war, while spying for the Order, Ginny realises the true extent of her fascination with Draco. One-shot. It was written before HBP, and I personally don't think it fits with the new canon.

Who knew that a trip to the loo could change so much? After months of failed attempt after failed attempt, Draco Malfoy is ready to give it all up. When his Head of House offers a way out, how does this change his path? Begins after gate-crashing a certain Christmas Party...

"They walked out slowly, silently, smiling. ``"Need a haircut, greaser?" The medium-sized blond pulled a knife out of his back pocket and flipped the blade open. ``I finally thought of something to say. "No." I was backing up, away from that knife. Of course I backed right into one of them. They had me down in a second. I fought to get loose, and almost did for a second; then they tightened up on me and slugged me a couple of times. So I lay still, swearing at them between gasps. A blade was held against my throat.``"How'd you like that haircut to begin just below the chin?"" ~S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders

“Weasley,” I said, trying my best to have a soft voice, but I could tell it still frightened her since her shoulders seemed to tense up. She froze in the doorway. It was dark and we were alone. Ginevra Weasley and I were alone in the Potions dungeon late at night. She slowly turned around and she looked enchanting. I couldn’t believe it. A Malfoy is supposed to despise Weasley’s, not think they’re the most beautiful thing you’ve ever seen. NEW VERSION!!!!

What is good? What is bad? What really matters? At some point we all ask these questions of ourselves, and it’s a good thing we do. Imagine if you could never step back and examine your life. Who knows what you might do if you were unable to see what you had become? Take my word for it now, you don’t want to know. When a world rests in the hands of one person, sometimes she has to stop wondering whether she's really the one, forgive herself for a broken past, and do what she knows is right.

As Karkaroff runs north, he knows that death is coming.

In December 1995 Remus rests in Sirius’s arms at the setting of the full moon. He draws new sketches, and trusts that there is still life waiting for the two of them.

Rita Skeeter muses and pities herself. [ response to the Rita Gen challenge ]