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We have all wondered why exactly Snape hates Harry-but no one ever thought that they could possibly be related to each other…

The Ministry of Magic has forbidden Hagrid to teach about any creature of higher classification than XX. So nothing can possibly go wrong in his classes now ... right?

The prologue is set in Dumbledore's teenage years in Hogwarts, back when he had a crush on the very gifted Seer Cassandra Trelawney. ``Trelawney makes several strange predictions, ones that have repercussions for Harry and his friends a century and a half later in Hogwarts...``Vengeance, predictions and madness all ensue when "the Serpent is clutched between the Eagle's claws; the Badger dies and the Lion roars."

Confession may be good for the soul, but Draco learns that it's also hell on the nerves and libido.

A chance encounter makes Harry think having kids might be fun. But Draco has other plans - and those plans include a day baby-sitting the next generation of Weasley children. Slash-lite (because there's barely a single kiss); PG because the parents need a lot of guidance on their day off.

AU. After the war, the wizarding world expects life to return to normal. For Aurors Harry Potter, Draco Malfoy, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger-Weasley, however, a normal adult life is something they will have to learn how to have. Yet as they all wearily pick up what remains of their youth, Draco, plagued by nightmares Harry shares, begins to hear voices he cannot ignore. Just who is working against the Aurors, how will the government be healed, and what really happened to Draco in his weeks of torture before the war ended? As Harry races to halt Draco's fall, he will have to learn yet another thing: Dark Lords are not the only sources of evil.

When the least likely of students approaches Hermione with a plea for her help, she can't resist. Nor can she resist the opportunity it presents to change the course of one young wizard's life.

You know when you watch the Harry Potter movies and there are some parts you just HAVE to laugh hysterically at? Well, if you do, are they Ron's quotes? If you have answered yes, to both of these questions, then you should read this fic because it explores 'all those weird Ron quotes,' and DO they have a basis in reality - or at least dream reality.

Post-Hogwarts. Auror Draco Malfoy is on the verge of being fired. Given one last chance to redeem himself, he is sent to investigate dark activities at a muggle university, where he stumbles upon a certain saviour who disappeared from the wizarding world two years ago. Harry/Draco slash

The first chapter of this story was written as a reply to the "Highly Unlikely" challenge on The Potion's Master's Muse. This Christmas-themed challenge involved having the Potions master do something highly out of character while keeping him as in character as possible. As the story continues after Christmas, it travels from twelve, Grimmauld Place to Muggle London to Hogwarts with a multitude of canon characters. There's some politics and some romance, with the emphasis always being on a snarky Snape. It takes place parallel with OoP and slightly beyond.

Post-DH. Al, hoping to distinguish himself from his father, enters his first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and befriends the most unexpected group of people. Meanwhile, the wizarding world enters a new era of political turmoil, as the Minister-to-be is assassinated, and Harry and the others find themselves in a wholly different, much more subtler conflict.

Aged twenty, Ron, Harry and Hermione work together to put away crimnals from the magical world. And they have their biggest job yet when a spate of murders of no defined motive threaten to spin hopelessly out of control.

It's Harry's 5th year at Hogwarts and things are starting to get a little strange... Soon, Harry begins to suspect that the mysterious chain of events are all connected, and in a way more sinister than he'd ever have liked to imagine.

In "Chance", James told his story on how he tried to win Lily over. This is her version of the events.

Remus joins his friends James, Sirius and Peter for their second year at Hogwarts. This year, things start off quiet but as the year progresses strange things lead up to the possibility of a professor's death.

Dumbledore is dead, and Hermione has stayed at Hogwarts to research spells that will help the Trio in their quest for the Horcruxes. There, she has a most unlikely visitor, who informs her that there is a more important task, even more important than defeating the Dark Lord, awaiting a person brave enough enough to undertake it.

AU: Harry finds a way to bring Sirius back and in turn finds new allies in old friends in his quest for freedom.

Sequel to Worser Angels, Better Angels, and Almost Human. Draco and Snape leave Hogwarts for the summer. Angsty conversations and adventures ensue. In this chapter: Draco gets therapy.

It's been three years since Oliver has graduated from Hogwarts, ``and now his team is up for a sponsorship that may mean much more than he realizes. ``When the Weasleys make an unexpected appearance things start to get interesting ``:D (Not Slash)

Hermione accuses ron of cheating and leaves him...but is it for good? twists and turns abound.

When Draco saved the life of Hermione at a Quidditch match, she glimpsed a unknown side of him ... And it was only the beginning. Draco/Hermione (7th year)

Rupert Giles faces his wizarding past, Buffy Summers deals with the pitfalls of being a Hogwarts professor, Snape is... well, Snape, and Harry Potter wonders just *what* he has done to deserve this... (HP/BtVS crossover)

What does it take to be a Weasley? A bunch of little OneShots where the Weasleys explain in first person their lives and the problems they must face everyday. All end in the same battle against You-Know-Who. Relationships of all kinds and sometimes angsty.

The last two people in the world that Harry would expect to be teaching at Hogwarts are waiting for him when he first steps foot into his fifth year. But why are they offering to give him lessons in the Dark Arts, the very thing he's hoping to avoid, and why is the new DADA Professor taking Harry into the Forbidden Forest, the last place he should be? Snape is in his usual cheery mood, but will all of those sarcastic remarks lead to frightening information about the Dark Lord? And when Sirius and Remus show up, they've sure got a problem with Harry's new teacher. So who does Harry have to turn to now?

What would have happened if James, Lily, Sirius, and Remus met Inu-Yasha, Sessho-Maru, Kirara, Sango, and Miroku? Well that's the idea behind this concept. You'll have to read to see what happens...

Severus Snape discovers that there's more to his pointless death than his miserable life counted on. A story of redemption, love, and second chances.

Over a decade has passed since they left Hogwarts, but the trio still carries hurt feelings and loose ends. Can Harry, Hermione and Ron reunite to fight the reemergence of Death Eaters or will former problems hinder their reunion? Recollections of the past plague them as they find that they still need one another. Revenge, deception, mystery, true love, guilt, misunderstandings, angst and snogging abound in this romantic tale of history and mystery.

Harry picked up his case and literally ran into the famous Big Brother house.``"Hello Housem-"``He froze in shock and there was silence until a shrewd voice at the back of the room broke it saying,``"Oh no! Not another one..."

Year seven, the dramatic ending. During the first month of summer vacation, Harry frequently wakes up sweating, having relived the night of his parents' murder. Aunt Marge takes up residence at Privet Drive, fearing for her own life back at her old house. With nothing more than a talking staff to talk to for half the summer, Harry crushes under pressure from the dream, Aunt Marge and everything else. He gets the insane idea of asking Cho to stay with him at Privet Drive. She agrees. They laugh together when Dudley gets a letter from Hogwarts and nearly die together when two accidents nearly take the life of Oliver Wood and Cho herself. It all stays picture perfect after that until the death of someone close to Harry turns all eyes on him.

When Hermione kisses Severus Snape, feared Potions Master of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, on the cheek as an act of gratitude, she doesn't know what impact the little gesture will have on her life.

Fifteen years after he defeated Voldemort, Harry Potter is a disillusioned Auror, a distinctly unmerry widower and a reluctant Messiah. He finds himself protecting Snape's daughter from unknown threats, literally fighting his inner demons as he attempts to negotiate a complicated web of conspiracy.

Harry accidentally traveled back in time but lost his memory in the process. There he had some strange dreams about a lonely boy called Tom Riddle. What happened when the future enemies met? No Slash

When Prince Charming didn't return after the evil wizard was overthrown, the heartbroken heroine escaped to create her own life- far away from the prince. But when a Weasley wedding invitation arrives, there's no room for excuses: she has to go home.

It's twelve years after Harry graduated Hogwarts and a lot of things have changed. There are four new Potter's running around the wizarding world and Harry's head of the Department of Magical Games and Sports. His life ``is about to take a crazed turn when he attends a dinner party hosted by the distinguished Pansy Weasley. Will it ever be the same? Does he want it to be?

Harry goes to 'rescue' Hermione from the library. The two take a definite detour on the way back to the common room.

This story is an exciting fic about an unexpected romance between Hermione``Granger and Draco Malfoy. All the usual characters are throughout it including Harry, Ron, Voldemort and Lucius Malfoy. It's got more than just romance, lots of surprises and cliffhangers. Somehow, Draco and Hermione get themselves tangled up with the darkest wizard of all time. What is going on??!! Enjoy!

Harry is depressed. He has lost himself, and no one notices. His life is a mess, and he doesn’t care. No one even notices the change, except Draco. Why is he the only one who notices?

Hermione's a rather unusual Animagus. One night, she comes across a stranger...

Harry's all grown up but his adventures are far from over. He now has his daughter to worry about. And, much to Harry's dismay, Ema has another ``prophecy swirling around her that puts not only herself, but her best friend, ``Muggle-born Ari in mortal peril.

It's the start of Harry's sixth year at Hogwarts and all is not well. Harry is tormenting himself over the responsibility he feels for the deaths of Sirius and his parents and for the safety of his friends. His dreams are haunted by Trelawney's prophecy. Upon his return to school, the outlook is bleak. What's up with Draco? What's up with Trelawney? With an inter-school Quidditch Cup and a familiar face as the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher, Harry must put his guilt aside if he is to foil Voldemort's latest scheme.

After five years away, Hermione returns to Britain with a shocking surprise. And Harry won't like it.

The fragile peace that has reigned over wizarding England since the end of the Dark War is broken when the Minister’s assassination shocks the wizarding world. Ron finds himself caught up in the middle of a political power struggle, with friends and colleagues urging him to run for Minister against a seasoned and powerfully connected opponent. Expecting to find peace at home, Ron instead finds himself faced with a distressing reality concerning his wife Hermione and their child.

Ginny is a sixth year, but since she's so smart, she's been moved up a year and now shares classes with the Slythering 7th years- which means Draco!! Has a side plot where there is a bet placed between Draco, Goyle, and Crabbe on whether or not Draco can *get* Ginny. Then there is the greater plot involving Draco's young cousin, Voldemort, and so much more! D/G completely!!

A Sirus/OC romance. After the Ministry finally clears Sirius, he tries to rebuild his life with help from Harry, Remus and an old flame.

**Marauders Era** Farren Graham is a seventh year Muggle-born at Hogwarts. During her final year, she finds herself becoming involved with some of the least expected people: Sirius Black and Severus Snape. This is her story. Read the shags, the fights, and how she connected everything.

With his dying breath, Voldemort takes away something precious from Hermione. Now, through her loss, Hermione with Harry's help discovers ``something to make up the loss. Slightly angsty H/H.

Post-OoTP. Story starts summer after fifth year and will extend through seventh. Feeling abandoned for the second summer in a row Harry starts to make some changes to his life. Realizing he has become the center of a large war, he begins to walk his own path and come to terms with his destiny. Harry learns about life, himself, what friendship truly means, and just how horrible war can be. The story will largely be about how Harry deals with what life deals him, and includes a Harry/Tonks relationship.

A story guaranteed to make you laugh, cry, and rage all at once. In other words? my telling of the story of Lily, James, their love, their crazy friends, why Remus never wears red without blushing, and why Sirius no longer attempts to make orange juice. Don?t get lost, or I?ll be forced to send Velvet after you with assurances that the shape of her nose is entirely your fault. You have been warned.

What happens when Bellatrix Lestrange's strange niece comes to Hogwarts and is not exactly a hit with the students? And what IS she hiding behind the persona that she presents to them everyday? All secrets will be revealed and some will be stickier than others...

It is Harry's fifth year at Hogwarts and he must face the threat of a once again powerful Dark Lord. But in Hogwarts with Dumbledore looking out for him he feels relatively safe. But what will happen when he finds himself on the run from the ministry as a hunted criminal and where will he turn to to seek shelter from the ruthlessness of the Dark Lord who is after him too?

It’s Harry’s third year, and he’s haunted by strange dreams and visions. But behind every vision is an inner reality, and what will Harry do when he’s faced with the ultimate choice – save his friends or vanquish his enemies? Talking mirrors, dangerous beasts, unexplored alleyways, arcane rituals, fortunetellers, Dementors, and more!

Harry is home for the summer but there's another wizard on Privet Dr. This year... Arabella Figg is going to her Grandmother's house before joining up with Lupin and Sirius, but Lucius Malfoy will do anything to stop the Aurors from getting together, and when Harry is forced to sit with Draco on the train to school, things just get worse.

Esme and Severus married, with children! Another fluffy Snape story - continues where Owls and Musings left off.

Lily Evans is a shy, reclusive 7th year who remains an enigma to her classmates - especially James Potter, who wants to ease her loneliness. But will she let him into her life?

Lily Evans hated James Potter...but not always. A change of heart came around one day, and James and Lily started falling in love. This is dedicated to all the hopeless romantics out there.

Harry Potter, Boy who lived, Chosen one, Saviour of the Wizarding world! In truth he's just a boy struggling to become a man and dealing with the death of his Godfather. As Harry starts his sixth year at Hogwarts, Voldemort's power has increased and war is ravaging Britain, no one is safe. Harry has withdrawn from everyone he cares for, hoping to keep them safe. However, life at Hogwarts won't be as he expects, with new teachers, new lessons and a quest for an ancient power that will challenge everyone's knowledge of Earthen Magic. Harry must learn that he can't bear the burden of destroying Voldemort alone. That someone he loved may not be dead after all. For this year will test Harry both mentally and physically.

Growing up is never easy - especially when your mother is in Azkaban, your father is a Death Eater, and James Potter won't stop bullying you. A glimpse into the childhood Severus Snape might have had.

Harry's Fifth Year at Hogwarts. The first chapter, Harry is staying at the Dursleys, who are being as cruel and merciless as possible.

The subject of Muggle Studies has been inadequate, to say the least. The need for new curriculum means someone must spy out the Muggle world for information. Guess who gets to do the honors? How can the great greasy bat from the dungeons be the best person to fix it? And who will he be forced to work with to get it done? Beta'd by Somgliana.

The Philosopher's Stone story ... but from a Slytherin perspective! Neve Coulden, an astute, sharp-tongued Slytherin, enters her first year at Hogwarts, along with Harry Potter and friends. There is, however, something about Neve that sets certain older Slytherins on the offensive. Join new characters, such as Roisin MacKeve, the good-humoured orphan of Evan Rosier, and Death Eater Julian Avery's venomous daughter Arlene, as well as old ones like Severus Snape and Draco Malfoy, in this rollicking rollercoaster ride through danger, cunning plans and house ridicule, as all the while Lord Voldemort plots his return ...

Professor Snape is a very disagreeable man, not to mention stubborn. So naturally everyone is surprised when he is chosen to be Hogwarts new Sex Ed teacher.

In her seventh year, Hermione finds herself increasingly attracted to her Arithmancy partner, Blaise Zabini. But is he really all he seems?

Severus Snape is a sheltered boy, kept under the watchful eye of domineering father Pravus Snape and socializing only with handpicked future Slytherin students. However, when he receives his acceptance note to Hogwarts, he quickly learns many things about the dangerous world outside of his sheltered family home. A dark wizard is teaching at Hogwarts...

Leo Perry is a normal kid: he goes to school, he has friends - somewhat. But his dad is keeping a secret from him. A very big secret: LEO PERRY IS A WIZARD!

Parvati Patil has a twin sister and a best friend. One knows her better than she knows herself. And the other one doesn't know her at all.

Sequel to "Just a Wizard" Can our new couple learn to get past their petty squabbles long enough to realise they just can't live without one another? A truly wild ride including maple syrup, a lake, kidnappings, milkshakes, and men in bikinis??

When Ginny sneaks into the Slytherin common room one night to prove herself to the Trio, she's in for more than she bargained for....

AU: disregards OoTP. Having overcome his grief over Cedric Diggory's death, Harry returns to Hogwarts for his fifth year. Upcoming events include tons of homework, the O.W.L. exams, a new DADA teacher, Voldemort becoming more powerful, and a new student. Things in his relationship with Ron and Hermione also take an interesting turn. Featured ships: Harry/Ron/Hermione, Ginny/Neville, Luna/OC

Takes place immediately after The Order of the Phoenix, but through Hermione's perspective. There are Dark things afoot, reuniting of friends, and possibly some romantic flirtations.

Seventh year is going to be quite busy for our favorite couple and their friends. They must balance NEWT classes, 2nd level Auror classes, relationships, jealous friends, dangerous classmates, as well as keep their cool in the face of the worst wizard in a century. (Sequel to Deer to Me)

All Emily ever wanted was to meet some nice people. What she finds is only a cruel world to bring her down. Why do people have to be so shallow? Hopefully, this year will be different.

Post-OotP - Harry returns to Hogwarts with his thoughts on Sirius, and somehow finds himself talked into resuming Occlumency lessons with Snape! Hermione is being very mysterious, and Ron is quite the ladies (and mens) man! Will Harry find himself confiding in his once worst enemy? Meanwhile, someone we thought was lost is working his way back to the Wizard world. HP/DM, HP/SS, RW/DM, RW/HG and implied SS/RL, SB/RL.

H/G fluff with a side order of R/Hr. Set during the summer after GoF. Dreams, letters, and hormones abound.

It's set in their fifth year and Lily totally hates James's guts. There's hate, love, jealousy, werewolves, Hogsmeade, twins, trips to the hospital wing, and more!

What happens when a magical attack sends Harry Potter into the Mauraders' ``seventh year? And how does he deal with it when he has to return to the hard way... One day at a time.

Hermione Granger and Severus Snape find themselves trapped in a tiny room with no means of escape. The worst part: it's Valentine's Day. Response to WIKTT Valentine's Day 2003 Challenge.

One unforeseen incident brings Draco and Ginny into each other’s lives. They meet, they bicker, they hex and they try to uncross their paths but more incidents abound. Misunderstandings, duels, pranks, detentions. And therapy sessions with Professor Trelawney. Will they eventually learn to manage their anger and stop making each other’s life miserable? Or will they discover something more? Features sixthyear!Draco, feisty!Ginny, curious!Hermione and curious!Blaise. And a whole lot more about growing up, change, and discovering the true self.

Harry's summer is miserable, because he is coping with the results of an unimaginable sacrifice. He finds himself under a lot of pressure, both from his teachers and his friends. A weapon that would enable Lord Voldemort to wield the power of the four Hogwarts Founders has been found, and an exceptionally different and aggressive girl is training him in fighting arts, adding to his burden. Harry becomes a very versatile wizard... but is it enough to help him survive his fifth battle with Voldemort? Exactly how much can one fifteen year-old wizard take before he reaches his breaking point?

Post Hogwarts fic. 4 years after graduation from Hogwarts, Harry Potter is an Unspeakable: an agent for the Department of Mysteries. With the help of Journalist Hermione Granger and Auror Ron Weasley, Harry uncovers a conspiracy that could affect the future of the entire Wizarding World. H/H

A sequel to

Draco must come to terms with Harry and Ginny's wedding and his unresolved feelings for the bride-groom.

Harry returns for his seventh year at Hogwarts only to find he's forgotten something rather important over the summer. Harry/Draco slash, mpreg.

What would you do if, in one night, your world was turned upside down. If you learned that nothing is what it seems, that you can't trust your ``friends any more than you can trust your enemies. Now what if you had to ``trust your enemy? What if the survival of everything you care about depended on the choices of your enemy. That your enemy is the only thing standing between you and death. That your entire world rests in your enemies' hands. What then? A MWPP/L AU fic.

When one confronts her past, things never go according to plan.

Malfoy was the simplest person he knew, at times - pure malice and petty, childish revenge - and the greatest enigma at others. Draco Malfoy is facing a lot of difficulties this year: the decision of whether or not to be a Death Eater, contending with the infamously inquisitive nature of the Trio, and, most importantly, managing a relationship with the passionate Miss Pansy Parkinson. And, when Snape sends him mixed messages and the Dark Lord begins to brew a new plot, things can only get worse...

Dumbledore's dead, Snape's Headmaster, and the Lestranges have escaped. They've been reunited with their daughter, and Snape and Harry now have to work together. 7th year fic, with characters from Narnia joining in.

In the wake of Dumbledore's passing, both Severus and Harry struggle to fulfill their last promises. Their goal is the same, but the end result is something neither of them ever expected. (HP/SS)

Harry is invited to The Burrow to spend a few weeks of the summer, as well as his birthday. There will be some light Harry/Hermione romance too.

Draco and Ginny are the parents of two young sons. See who wins the age old battle for control of the Malfoy household. Who knew kids could be so crafty? Certainly not the hapless parents! The Cabbage Capers fills in gap between the And Baby Makes Three and Fifteen Years timelines.

What if the characters in Harry Potter were real? And what would happen when they find out about the whole HP craze? Will this information help them gain an edge against Voldemort and his Deatheaters? Or will it be used against them to help the Dark Lord finally defeat The-Boy-Who-Lived? (Eventually a D/Hr fic)

"I spent months planning this night," Harry informed her. "Reservations at an expensive restaurant and dancing - I thought you liked dancing!" he added. "From what I saw, you were not satisfied by anything tonight!" ``He paused, a thought coming to him. He kneeled in front of the woman. ``"Is it me?" he asked anxiously.

A HP/HG fic that will require tissues, I guarantee it.

Severus Snape returns from a gruelling night of potions brewing to find Harry asleep.

I am James Potter and I am perfect. Or so I thought. I was grandly disillusioned by Lily Evans in fifth year. She is the most amazing girl imaginable, but she doesn't know that. She doesn't even know I like her, which is odd considering I ask her out about every other week. I always get a negative answer. This is my story and this is how I won over Lily Evans. It wasn't as easy as it sounds.

It is their fifth year at Hogwarts and Harry, Hermione and Ron are closer than ever. Hermione has her eye on someone, but he hasn't shown signs of returning her interest, and the Christmas Ball is only three weeks away. So she hatches a desperate plan, involving Draco Malfoy! H/Hr, R/Hr, D/Hr ...other/Hr?

He is mad that trusts in the tameness of a wolf.````So said William Shakespeare – and it seems that the entire wizarding world agrees with him. Yet when a young werewolf, Remus Lupin, is offered the chance to go to Hogwarts, he is determined to prove them wrong. Once there, he immerses himself in his studies, desperate to prove his place in the wizarding world. Yet he is drawn to the other students his age, and when his new friends endanger his cover as a normal human being, he is forced to make a difficult decision . . .

Originally intended to be a one-shot ficlet, this story has quickly taken on a life of its own! Two enemies are thrown together after being informed that they're being hunted by Death Eaters - but will they survive each other before the Death Eaters come?

Ginny was ready to confess her love to Harry ... until she made a shocking discovery. She ran into Draco Malfoy. Literally. What happens when they enter a secret and unlikely friendship? Will it turn into something more?

It's MWPP/L's first year at Hogwarts, but not everything is quite perfect. Lily's having troubles with her sister, Remus with his guardian, Peter can't get on the good side of the DADA teacher, and Sirius and James are being... Sirius and James! But it's clear it's not just another year at Hogwarts when the Sorting Hat makes a strange prophecy...

After Hogwarts, Alicia Spinnet and Katie Bell are drafted by the Chudley Cannons. Alicia finds herself drawn to the person whom she least expected, and has to cope with feelings she never admitted that she had. A sequel to "All the Same."