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The sorting of Narcissa Black.

"When Salazar tells me I am the Messiah come forth a second time, I incline to agree and so he asks whether he might please cut off my wings." - Myrtle’s death triggers a small transformation in Hogwarts’ finest mental wreck.

Sirius Black is back at Twelve Grimmauld Place. And while cleaning up the house, he stumbles across a crystal sphere that once belonged to his “dear” aunt Elladora. It brings back memories of old times, but also things about the future. What had happened if Sirius had seen his own death? CONTAINS OOTP SPOILER!

Being faced with the remnants of Sirius's childhood, Remus is starting to reminisce on his own. This brings him to realize how much worse it must have been for Sirius, and decides he should try to help.

Severus Snape has chosen to change the side to which he’s been loyal to for the past three years. Set in 1980, this songfic describes the Severus’ feelings as he explains to Dumbledore why he wasn’t to change and watch as their bond grows into friendship within mere minutes. Songfic to Vanessa Carlton’s “Twilight”.

His heart casts no shadow, because it is the shadow. Remus/James. For Fallen, the R/J FQF.

Sometimes it's hard to let people in, but often it's much harder to face letting them go. A Neville/Lavender fic.

At the end we look back at the beginning. Rating is just to be careful.

Set in seventh year. Hermione has developed a new curse that could be the Wizarding World's only hope of defeating Voldemort once and for all. The Soul-Splitter Curse can only be cast by someone who has a piece of the victim's soul inside them... but something goes terribly wrong when it's cast.

Companion to An Age. Remus takes a moment to reflect on the last moments of Sirius' life, and what they meant to him. R/S slash.

Sirius narrative.

This fic is a prequel to the

“Outside the confines of the windows are the rustles of false autumn warmth, hums of a distant day... you realise that all senses eventually come back to the deep longing for roaring waves.” Remus/Sirius dark slash.

The Potters and the Malfoys have been at odds with each other for hundreds of years. It didn't start with just Harry and Draco, you know...

A short one-shot about the Weasleys' arrivial to Number 12. Includes a reunion with Hermione, and the talk that Albus has with Ron and Hermione. (Missing moment.)

Peter never thought of himself as brave. It took someone else to point out to him that there is more than one kind of hero....

When three could have been one. The Amelia Bones story.

In a spot of bother with Goblins, Augustus Rookwood seeks the help of the Dark Side - which helps him out. However, in return, they want a favor. The favor is not to be in Gold and Silver, but in Flesh and Blood. What is the favor? What does it have to do with Dahlia Black? Will she be able to solve her mysterious past, equipped with only her wits and her knowledge of Runes... a story set in the MWPP era, where memories are black and white, self-obliviating after a while, and friends are not forever.

A sequel to “I Wait for the Dawn.” Harry Potter finds himself trapped in a magical fort and is forced into a fight he can’t win. (WARNING: Character deaths)

Hermione had been fearing for her family's safety in the troubled times of the Second War. She never thought it would take something far more common and irrevocable than a magical war to tear her secure world apart.``Rated for mature emotional themes.``AU after HBP as it is set in an intact Hogwarts.

"I was given something great, then had it so hastily taken away. I learned to feel, and then I lost all feeling. I learned to love, and then I lost my lover. I was given a reason to live, and then I was given a reason to die." ``Post-war fic about how Draco Malfoy tries to pic up the pieces and move on. HP/DM.

Snape reflects on how long it has taken him to learn what Roosevelt said so well: "There is nothing to fear but fear itself." Dumbledore's death is a high price to pay for this lesson.

Harry Potter never does anything the way he should, and Draco Malfoy hates being in love with fools and dead people.

Ron has loved Hermione since first year. Hermione hasn't always returned the feelings. But, they'll always be friends, and nothing more.

Remus mourns after OotP, and remembers better times: kisses and sunlight and lazy afternoons. Sirius/Remus, a bit dark and certainly angsty. Warnings for character death.

To sum up, to let this world enjoy once again rainbows, butterflies and peanut butter I have to kill him or to be killed. This is what Dumbledore told me. But how? How can I?

Lily's life is perfectly normal, thank you very much. She has a new one, seperate from that snob of a sister. If only that little voice would go away.

Oneshots of certain Death Eaters as seen by an associate. Starting with Bellatrix Lestrange, then probably Lucius, Narcissa, Draco, Regulus Black, and a few others, but not in that order.

Mysterious missives and dangerous circumstances alert Harry Potter that something strange is underfoot. When his friends start disappearing, he decides to take matters into his own hands once more. Things spiral out of his control and he is tempted to give into the Dark Lord. How far will he go?

I am and will always overcome...

Gilderoy Lockhart is on a lecture tour before teaching at Hogwarts.

Fleur haunts the halls of Grimmauld Place.

First in a trilogy. --- "Let's seal this deal shall we, Father?" A cold sneer came across Lucius Malfoy's face as he looked at his only son. His heir. "You will do this, to what end? How can you ensure her safety?" "I trust you, Father. A Malfoy keeps his word. Finish the deal." Lucius grabbed his son's head roughly by his hair, jamming the Muggle revolver against his temple. "Any last words, son?" --- In their seventh year at Hogwarts, the Trio, Draco and Ginny all face difficult choices. Whether it is who to love, who to save, who to support or simply how to survive. A story of defiance, desertion and love.

Not really very summarise-able. Harry/Draco hate, hurt, lust, love. Sex. Angst.

'It’s a horrible place to be; lost in your own darkness' The only thing he has to survive on is her memory. Companion to They Ask Me Why I Smile but can be read seperately. Draco/Pansy

Ginny is different from her family but she never realised how much. Implied Narcissa/Ginny.

The events leading up to Remus and Tonks' marriage and eventual death. What would have made Remus allow himself to be close to Tonks? How would Tonks feel about him after he breaks her heart twice? What would have brought them to the final battle, both prepared to fight?

Pansy Parkinson doesn't get much to say about anything. She's just your average bad-egg Jane with a heart of stone. But what does this cold-blooded girl have to say when her own heart is melted by the Prince of Darkness Draco Malfoy? Enter her world and discover that everyone is human after all.

Harry's thoughts and feelings on Sirius's passing one year prior.

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

The last time before, and the first time since Azkaban. Mature RLSB slash.

Sirius caught a glimpse of the moon. Sirius/Remus

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

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

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

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.

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.

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!!!

A story retracing the events before the Potters died to when Sirius Black was sentenced to Azkaban - Remus Lupin, facing challenges, comes forward to the Ministry with certain suspicions of certain friends. It all began during sixth year when....

By request this is a follow up story on the question Draco asked his wife in Love Bound in Green Velvet: Laura Dorsky's 7th year journal.

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.

"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.

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

Sirius and Remus were not a particularly happy couple during the time of Voldemort's first rise. Suspicion ran rampant between the two, each certain that the other was the traitor. Finally, the two separated - temporarily. But 'temporary' can end up being a very long time indeed.

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 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?

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.

A smoky corner office. A pouting dame. Follow Neville as he tails Moaning Myrtle in her mysterious doings as a '20s-style detective. A short little ficlet.

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.

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?

Potter has a dream and tells Draco about it.

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.

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.

The Harry Potter universe has many examples of the false economy of isolating and imprisoning decent people "for their own good". Sibyll Trelawney is a case in point. What if she was a valuable resource that was squandered by Dumbledore?

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.

Harry didn't have any friends before his days at Hogwarts. What if things were different? What if he did make a friend? What if that friend...was me? Haven't you ever wished that you could actually meet Harry Potter? I have. There are things I wish I could say to him and now, I can! So ladies and gentlemen, I proudly present...My Wish. Rated PG for mild language and mild violence. Brief Harry/Ginny and very, very brief Harry/Cho.

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

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.

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.

How Stan Shunpike learned to survive Azkaban.

POST DH/EWE. Severus Snape escapes death by an enchantment that takes him back to 1848, and he starts a new life. Hermione Granger discovers a magic writing desk, the sole link to his former existence. They write to each other, healing the ravages of war.

Ten years of Draco's memory is missing. He's been convicted for being an accomplice to the murder of Hermione Granger. He has to wade through lies and half-truths and general suspicion to find out what's really happened.

Ever wondered how Trevor made it from King’s Cross to the Hogwarts’ boats in his first year? Suspected fiendish plots, but been unable to pin-point the culprit? Look no further – the answer is here! Read all about it in the words of both the man – er, toad – himself and also the vile toad-napper.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

"Any man can be a father, but it takes a special person to be a dad." (Remus/Ron)

Hermione never thought growing up would be complicated.

'With nothing left to him, this boy-lover-has-been must follow; in an instant, his love, his insecurity has turned him from a prince to a pauper, from a would-be savior to a slave.' Regulus visits Narcissa, seeking redemption.

A post-DH AU in three parts. Even in the best of all possible worlds, happy endings aren't for everyone. Both of them prefer this ending, really; not much for the storybooks, but most stories are tragedies, anyway. Leave those endings to the tales they'll read to Teddy.

We all know about Hogwarts, but what about the other schools in the Wizarding World? This story takes place in Salem Massachusetts, USA where four young witches discover that even though they appear different they have one thing in common, and become true friends. slightly AU.

Neville has the most unlikely of admirers. (Written for 30 Days of Neville at xnevillelovingx)

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?

Romance, high drama, bitter angst - this fic contains none of those. Quickly chronicles Draco's writing career from the age of ten to the age of seventeen. Watch him as he learns what a pronoun is and why it doesn't bite.

"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's been having dreams and they aren't dreams that any normal person would have. What happens when you mess up on a spell once and you can't help but mess it up again? Continuation of "Oh, Dear Christ!"

Pettigrew is captured and Harry gains the family he deserves: his godfather. But as darkness begins to grow, Harry discovers that his new found happiness is short lived. POA AU. HP/GW and RW/HG

Companion Piece to A Startling Devotion. What it was like through his eyes.

There is a new girl in Harry's life, and Ginny needs Hermione's help.

With the second war against Voldemort still raging, Harry, Ron and Hermione return to Hogwarts for their sixth year. But what was once thought to be a simple ten months turns into chaos as Harry's nightmares return, five transfer students arrive at Hogwarts and a new competition starts.