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In which Ashlin is jelloid, and Holly is worshipped by a leech with a flamenco skirt and a trout that gets eaten with a tomato and expensive red wine. In Swedenland.

It could have been over. The dark side could have been defeated for good.

A single scene, set a few weeks before James and Lily are killed: Remus and Sirius have been living as flatmates for quite sometime, but lately things are amiss. Voldemort is rising in power and Sirius has concerns over whether Remus is really trustworthy after all.

Professor Blaise Zabini's friend, Angus MacFusty, invites Blaise to stay with him, at his old ancestral home, a quaint old mansion in the Highlands. There Blaise solves a case of poisoning...

Remus at 12 Grimmauld Place. Post-OotP. "Wide, rough scars on the wooden floor, still matching the shape of Buckbeak's talons. Soft velvet, worn and folded in blue layers on top of the cupboard - old curtains, the ones Remus sees in Black family portraits. No scent of Sirius here - not even on the stiff shirts in that chest of drawers, too formal for Sirius' tastes, no doubt only donned at his mother's command."

The familiar love of home could not compare to the new world that waited for you at your doorstep. Yet a lifetime of choosing the unexplored versus the familiar could not prepare you for the time when the two began to blend. Rose/Scorpius/Lorcan. Oneshot.

Ginny wards against the dark in an unusual fashion. A one-shot in the same story arc as Initiate. D/G

n the aftermath of the Final Battle, in an attempt to mend things, broken pieces are gathered. Sometimes they cut. (Percy/Oliver)

A game of truth or dare with a twist. Things are not as they seem. MWPP-era. (Peter/Sirius)

There is a poison more potent than hate, more dangerously subtle. It works on a personal level, coursing like fire through the veins and burning up the heart even as it freezes it. Once afflicted, one is never the same. It even has a life of its own, and when wronged, it exacts a terrible vengeance.

In December 1978 celebrating solstice according to Lily’s idea means waiting for the sunrise and more.

It is better the tales of our nights of burning passion, of wild, unearthly desire, are left to smolder in this glorious cacophony of flames, and rise in ethereal smoke to the sky... Sirius/Ginny one-shot

After the defeat of Voldemort, Harry and Ginny were ready to start their new life together. Yet with the return of Tom Riddle, will Ginny still be able to find her happily ever after with Harry?

It was midday when he saw the young man on the road. A two-shot in which a teacher is found and a lesson is learned.

His light shines in the darkness, and it will not be overcome. Rufus Scrimgeour-centric.

Draco likes to play pretend. Response to SBBO's 'Disorder a Day' Challenge.

What happens when she is the only one left in the castle? Will she fall into darkness or will she wait for her friends to help her? For her, the line between good and evil was never clear, and now she decided that it doesn't exist. Desperate times call for desperate measures, and she's just about as desperate as she could get.

Susan/Lavender femme slash. Susan saves Lavender from herself, but will she always be there? Self-mutilation warning.

Ginny survived the war only to see that there is nothing left that she holds dear.

To his horror, Knight Bus driver Ernie Prang is 'invited' to become an informer for the Ministry at the beginning of the second war. As the months pass, Ernie finds that he is forced to decide which roads are the most dangerous ...

If these walls could talk they'd tell you to shut the heck up. Set in the Pandora's Box universe.

Things that are broken can be mended but the cracks will always remain. What will the pressures of war have on the relationship between Remus and Sirius?

In the midst of the Wizarding War Draco Malfoy finds himself completely alone. Panicking, he turns to Harry Potter who rather unwillingly saves his life. Draco Malfoy is thrown into the dungeons- a Prisoner of War. Years later when the War is over, the world no longer has a place for Draco, his existence has been forgotten. Harry and Hermione give him a chance of a new life. So with the new identity of Magnitude Halfpenny he begins to learn to forget the life he lived for nearly eighteen years until his new world is turned upside down by the very people who created it... (Not OC)

Remus Lupin had a secret. A secret which no one shall ever know the truth about. (One-shot, MWPP,Remus/Lily)

The first thing it knew was the hunger. Life from a Dementor's point of view.

Sirius reflects on the war, and worries about those he's supposed to protect. Part of the "Friends and Brothers" AU, set during the same night as "Protecting the Innocent".

1979 and 1981. Two Halloween nights, two destinies. James and Lily contemplate the meaning of life and death the night of Harry's conception.

While on a plane to South America to find Voldemort and the remaining Horcruxes, the trio's plane crashes and they are stuck on a deserted island...The same island Oceanic Flight 815 crashed on! What mysteries await the brave teenagers on this island, and what surprises await them by finding more in themselves? You probably won't understand if you have never seen the show LOST on ABC. Hope you enjoy!

As the end of the war approaches, Harry thinks about what little is left of his life and himself that is worth living for. A one-shot first person narrative. Brief, one-sided mention of H/G

"Always, just after sunset, Ginny watched the butterflies dance..." D/G.

One-shot. Wormtail loved his friends. He didn't want to hurt them. And when the pain had subsided, he was only vaguely aware of the Dark Mark burned into his skin...

The Marauders find themselves sitting around bored and decide to pass the time with some friendly fun.

Harry muses on Draco, post-OotP.

“You want to know that face that you’ve never truly seen. You want to fall into that gleaming, silver gaze. You want him.” Harry sees Draco flying and discovers unknown feelings. Draco/Harry angst

Summer 1980. Two young men meet in a pub in Knockturn Alley. For ten days, their lives are entwined. But when the Dark Mark burns, no one can fight the summons. Regulus/Peter.

We all know what happens when a wizard travels through the barrier between platforms nine and ten at King's Cross station. What we don't know, is what happens when a Muggle accidentally stumbles onto platform 9 3/4. How will said Muggle handle the situation when a rambunctious prankster crosses his path?

I hate looking into mirrors. I've never liked it. Even as a young girl I would never be able to look directly in the mirror, which is why I use my wand to fix everything.

Teenagers Molly and Arthur chat over the Christmas holidays; he tells her a secret from his past that's been hidden away for years. Rated for sensitive issues.

Everyone at Hogwarts has been mysteriously killed. And it's all Raffi's fault.

“Friendship; treasure the tears, treasure the laughter, but most importantly, treasure the memories.” While dark forces are gaining strength on the outside world, inside Hogwarts the students are dealing with their own struggles; pining after girls, studying for O.W.L.’s, rebellion, marauding, and mischief. Friendship will be tested, strengthened, and lost. Paths will be chosen, and principles defined. Sirius Black and James Potter are entering their fifth year and it is sure to be an eventful one.

The final showdown between Harry and Voldemort. Not everything goes as expected. possible h/s preslash. May be the first of a series.

Slytherins have feelings and loyalties too, you know. Perhaps different from those of the rest of the world, but they’re still there. Pansy listens, thinks, and remembers and re-examines her loyalties. Rather random thoughts. Set after the end of HBP. Slight DM/PP.

After a painful break-up with Draco, Harry tries to be indifferent.

In the Forbidden Forest, during Goblet of Fire, Barty Crouch Jr. encounters shadows.

A deeper, darker look into the life of the girl we now know as Moaning Myrtle.

Emery Miller is a halfblood orphan living in a London wizarding orphanage. On a trip to Diagon Alley for supplies two weeks before her first day at Hogwarts, the eleven year old meets a slightly loony blonde woman. Two weeks later on the train, she meets the slightly loony blonde's twin sons and the rest, as they say, is history.

Hermione receives a letter from Viktor Krum and Ron isn't too thrilled. Fighting ensues. R/Hr. One-shot. Set during Half-Blood Prince.

Songfic to Standing in the Rain by Billy Talent. Tells the story of Pansy after school. She's sunk to a new low. But Pansy's not your conventional whore.

For every 99 times, you looked me in the eye and swore you weren't lying. Well I was so blind, I never saw the signs. I'm getting out tonight and you're not invited. Lily Evans is heartbroken. Her boyfriend was using her for a bet, and stupid James Potter still won't leave her alone! But sometimes we find the things we need in the most unlikely places.

After Hogwarts, Ron and Ginny sought employment with Lupin in The Hotel of the Wanderers in Tibet. Ginny still pined for Harry, and felt trapped and stuck in her life. Daniel, an attractive, young, Californian, guitarist and university student visits Lupin seeking help in ridding himself of his lycanthropy. In the process, Ginny learns the universality of heartbreak. (Daniel is a character which most readers should instantly recognise from another source. For those who are fond of cross-overs).

Part 1 of a series. Harry, Ron, and Hermione are heading for Elizabeth City by air...but they have to fly through (dun dun dunnnnn...) Chicago O'Hare. Will they manage to survive...the Layover from Hell?

A boy should never have to pay for his father's mistakes. When a five-year-old Remus refuses to come in for a bath, he gets more than he bargained for....

There is a motive behind every action, no matter how big or small. What was Peter Pettigrew's the night he betrayed the Potters?

I look into the mirror, and I don't recognise the girl staring back at me. It seems to me that I am much older than my birthdays tell me, and I most certainly look it. I can look at other girls my age, and see no reflection of myself in them. I've seen too much. (Hermione, post-war)

A chance encounter leads to an unexpected offer. This is a crossover with Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

With death comes redemption, but it is all meaningless to a new mother whose days were colorless until a rainbow burst into life across her sky. It is a different kind of love...the kind of love that is all consuming. The kind of love that brings agony. The kind of love that eclipses reason, being, and all life before it. The kind of love that is unconditional. The love for a child.

Two investigative reporters from The Daily Prophet newspaper take on various disguises and infiltrate St. Mungo's Hospital to unravel the mysterious details in an arrest of one of its Healers. The trail of evidence leads them into the heart of the Ministry of Magic itself!

Short Narcissa suicide. "Perhaps this place was only in her mind. But what was the difference? She was here and she would never leave..."

December 1979 has defeated Remus to the point of taking up quarters at Sirius's, whom he can't expect back from an Order mission yet.

Tom Riddle has cast one final curse, sending a fallen warrior into an ultimate darkness. Only through a mythic journey of redemption will he be freed. This is a REVISED version of a story originally posted on other sites about a year ago.

Ron is finally facing his feelings, scary though it may be. The Christmas Hogsmeade visit presents an opportunity he cannot pass up. His adventure leads him to turn a corner. A look at an R/Hr date from a confirmed H/Hr shipper.

I'm lost. Traveling in a world of chaos and darkness. There's a light out there. I can see it, but it's so distant. I can't get close to it; no matter how hard I try. I'm lost, Moony, find me.

Lupercania 1978. MWPP. In which two seventh-years perform a werewolf ritual.

Cressida is a shy fourth grade loner. She has just gotten into her first ever fight, verbal or physical. However, it is just the first step down a path to new friends, who drink Firewhisky behind the Herbology greenhouses and sneak in Dragon Puff Cigarettes. But, perhaps best of all, they get sweet revenge.

Draco needs this moment to say goodbye to Harry. Will he find freedom in release? H/D, death-fic.

In a slightly different Universe, what is Draco Malfoy's life like ahortly after the Final Battle? (AU, if you can't take a hint)

Can one person and fate make the difference in Severus' life?

The war is over, but the aftermath is just as bleak.

It is Ginny’s twentieth birthday, and she wants to play a game with Harry.

Slughorn deals with one of his most brilliant students. This is a series of drabbles inspired by some truly excellent writers. There are Half-Blood Prince spoilers. *Very* mild squick. You have been warned.

Draco reflects his past during the final battle, and regrets the mistake he made in his decision between the Dark and the Light. Character death, HBP spoiler, DM/HG.

"You can breathe in the magic the city makes, but the song from a gypsy heart will mystify you forever." Draco remembers these words from long ago, when he finds himself captive of a traveling caravan of Roma people as they make an epic journey through the Black Wood. Though they are faced with the perils of the forest bandits and the ever present "Gypsy Hunters," Draco soon learns that they always have the music and each other.

Draco begins to see that working for Voldemort is draining all of his feelings from him, leaving him cold and emotionless, but he can only think of one way to remedy the situation.

Aikera wasn't given a choice. The Sorting Hat didn't give her time to object. She never wanted to be a Slytherin. She wasn't her father, she wasn't like him at all.

Remus Lupin is alone without Sirius. A dark, pain riddled fic. Rated for self-mutilation. Mild slash. (nothing active)

Hermione attends Hogwarts Reopening Ball after leaving the Wizarding World twenty-five years earlier. Perhaps she would be happy if a voice from the past hadn't filled her in on what she had missed in her absence.

Ginny performs a final service for a beloved friend. D/G. [Initiateverse one-shot]

She has nightmares about a dead soul welcoming her home. A blank canvas on her wall holds the secret to a Death Eater's life. Hidden away at 12 Grimmauld Place over the summer, Hermione learns that those who walk its halls never really leave.

As his son prepares to become a Death Eater, Lucius Malfoy reflects upon Draco's life.

All mankind is of one author and is one volume; when one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language.

Ron and Harry are rushing back from a hard potions lesson; they're late for dinner and starving. But there's no way either of them is going to dinner when there's that irritating cricket hanging around. Maybe Neville can help? Err... maybe not.

"If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to dance." (George Bernard Shaw). Ginny revisits some old haunts and finds lurking ghosts, disturbing mysteries and twisted truths. She can't escape it twice. Dark Angel crossover.

The Second War is over and everyone is rejoicing, right? Wrong, because somewhere out there, there is a boy, whose spirit was crushed by this terrible war. Who is this boy, and why is he so broken? D/H

It was the man closest to him that would become his downfall. Betrayed with a kiss.

Harry has failed the Prophecy and Voldemort reigns over the Wizarding World. Colin Creevey holds the entire fate of Wizardkind in his hands... and camera?

Harry's life is quiet, but soon, his career as an Auror will lead both him and Ron halfway around the world to investigate a mysterious school known only as the Skat-Hatokha Academy of Magic. But from the beginning, something seems off. No one in the wizarding world has heard of this school, the board of directors can contact you, but you can't contact them, and the accepted students have all been in some trouble with the law and take their right to remain silent very seriously.

Today the clouds are gray. Silly, silly little Mudblood..."How many of the twenty-six did you kill?" Sticks and stones, Malfoy. This is the story. [Oneshot]

Shadow. His shadow. It fell over her like a funeral veil. The one that would inevitably enshroud her. Tears of pain poured from her eyes as she struggled to move. About three feet away lay Lucius. His body lay stiff. Stiff for all eternity. Draco’s eyes burned with a searing hatred as he dropped his wand.

Remus and Sirius go for a walk. With close to fourteen years between them, they try to cover the ground they've lost, but find that they can but move forward. [nonslash, friendship, set between GoF and OotP]

The rain evokes memories from long past, and the very nature of love is called into question. If love is happy, perfect, and sweet, then how can his heart hurt so much?

Loyalty to oneself above all.

Demons. The inner kind, not the kind that you can exorcise quickly, but the kind that haunt you, paralyze you, pull you into a different world. Ginny talks about her inner demons.

When Sirius runs away from home, Regulus is left behind with his thoughts and his memories. Includes flashbacks. Written for the Regulus Black Group Cookie Challenge.

Just days after his death, Pansy reflects on Draco and what he meant to her. What did he feel for her? With only one chance for happiness, will Pansy take it? PP/DM

With the news of Lord Voldemort's first attack, Dumbledore ``reflects on what has and what will happen.

I was just reading the Prisoner of Azkaban for like the 500th time, and I was wondering how Sirius must have been feeling when he was looking for Wormtail, about to corner him in a "Crowded Muggle Street"

Pronounced i-ro-ny...n, pl. i-ro-nies...Definition #3- Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs. A short, not so sweet, guess the character fic.

Isn't love ironic? After all these years, all this time, now was the moment he decided to walk away and take his love with him.