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The Creevey brothers are in hiding, helping their father deliver milk. One day, Colin has to make the decision between saving many people or saving his family. His choice may come back to haunt him. One-shot.

Harry does what he must do. The ever cliched final battle takes place. But what happens after the battle? Harry falls into a deep coma, and mysterious things take place to other members of the Order. It's up to the normal people now, to become heroes in a world where nothing is right. Told partly in Voldemorts PoV. Post-HBP, not too shippy.

“Severus, you’re home.” “Indeed.” Just a little Snape piece.

Eighteen-year-old Harry Potter, despite being the celebrated "Chosen One" who'd recently vanquished He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named at last (not to mention his preceded glory as the "Boy Who Lived"), suffers greatly in the aftermath. Over a month has so far passed since that final showdown at Hogwarts, yet STILL — the young adult wizard cannot sleep, cannot close his eyes without seeing vivid images of that horrific night jog hauntingly across his mind without end. Nevertheless, as Harry now returns to Hogwarts for his rather "belated" seventh year (if one could call it), an unexpected person shockingly spotlights into Harry's traumatized life, even proving to be the beginning of a new, unimaginable attraction and interest: Draco Malfoy!

After a while of practising, Draco Malfoy never feels anything unless he wants to.

"Draco Malfoy sighed and turned the doorknob to his bedroom. There, his eyes met an unexpected sight." - summer after HBP. I'm trying to get all the Draco/Ginny out of my head before book 7 - I'm a H/G shipper at heart! I always appreciate feedback.

"The glass didn't just separate her from the weather." One minute, Hermione is sitting at her window watching the thunderstorm outside, wondering when she would see Harry and Ron. The next, she's sent off to Ron's house by an unexpected Death Eater. When she tries to help the Death Eater make the right decision, it ends in a way she never thought it would. Draco/Hermione. One-shot.

This important question needs to be answered. Reputations are at stake.

Years ago, the Dark Lord destroyed Harry's home and family and forced him to live with the dreaded Dursleys. Fourteen years later, life looked better and Harry was able to spend more time with Sirius, his godfather. But there was another family member who wanted to get to know Harry, and she's been waiting a very long time.

Nymphadora Tonks was raised by a mother, who always insisted upon the innocence of Sirius Black. It makes sense that one day Nymphadora would choose to join the Order of the Phoenix... Written as a combined response to AmeliaBlack's "The Life of the Phoenix" Challenge, and MagicMuggle12's "One Line of Dialogue" Challenge on HPFF.

Voldemort has started a diversity campaign to pull the wool over the eyes of Wizarding public. Draco does his part by starting a Gay Straight Alliance at Hogwarts. So Harry decides to seduce Draco to discover the secret plans of the Dark Side. This should all go as planned, unless Harry gets too romantic and catches feelings for Draco… H/D

It is December during OotP, and Fudge still refuses to admit the Dark Lord has returned...but St Mungo's is filling up with Muggles gone mad, and many of them bear a scar on their foreheads resembling that of one very well-known boy...

Remus dreams of Sirius, but does Sirius dream of him? Very short ficlet.

This story follows the Bleekers, a family who went into hiding when the war started and now that it's finally over, try to go back to their normal lives. Unfortunately, the world and people they left behind are torn and broken and putting it back together might be more painful than anyone may have expected. Our favourite canon characters also appear. All thanks to Catnip at ff.net for beta reading!

Memories are all Ron's got left. AU, Remus/Ron, written for the inaugural fest at remus_ron_slash on LJ. Prompt: Ah me, in that dead Past I love to dwell Whose gladness haunts me ever, day and night! (John Gambril Nicholson, In Absence)

Gilderoy Lockhart is five years out of school and still a nobody. He's so worthless that even his best friend, who rules the press, can't seem to make a story out of him. A despicable idea comes to mind, one that he's been resisting... but it's foolproof, and he's starved for attention. She wants a story? He'll give her the story of a lifetime.

'Then I will laugh because I will always be that Slytherin. I will forever be the Slytherin.' Written for The Minor Character Challenge at the HPFC forum.

“When I look at you, or hear your voice or name, or even think about you, everything spins and it’s like my whole world has been turned upside down." Written for The "Inspiration of a Title" Challenge at the HPFC forum.

He has feared it all along - for longer than she has, he has feared this day, this argument, this goodbye. In the past months, she has come to fear it too, and all summer they have merely been waiting. Pretending, and waiting. While everyone else had spent the past weeks celebrating that yet another lot of them were out of Hogwarts, ready for the world they had been planning for years now, the two of them had desperately been trying not to see the end. Andromeda leaves the only life she knows behind.

Ch. 1. As an espionage, Lily Evans enters pureblood society. Yet, what's real -- Muggleborn, Order member, the Light Side -- and what's not -- society wife, Death Eater, the Dark Side -- becomes blurred. Will reality prevail or will fiction become reality? WORK-IN-PROGRESS. ALTERNATE UNIVERSE.

PREQUEL TO "BLOSSOMING". Narcissa basks in her happiness and new found love, before it all goes tragically wrong. Very short ficlet, a little sappy.

What would happen if two Jedi Padawans suddenly ended up at Hogwarts? How did they get there and how would they be able to cope with it? And most importantly could they get back? Harry Potter and Star Wars Jedi Apprentice crossover.

Struggling to deal with the events of his fifth year, Harry is at a loss to explain why his friends haven't written. An isolated Harry wrestles with guilt and depression, unaware that a more sinister plot is playing itself out. An AU one-shot following the events of OotP. Heavy Angst.

Songfic to Hanson's 'Weird', ties in with 'Blame it on the Weatherman' and 'Family Portrait'. Ginny's POV, as she deals with her own issues and is discovered in a difficult situation. Warning: Contains self harm, so don't read if easily offended by this idea.

A holiday shopping trip reveals to Draco that all may not be lost after all. Immediately precedes "A Change of Opinion".

Cedrella Black has a very important choice to make: follow her heart and be disowned, or follow family tradition and turn her back on the love of her life? **Written for Magravine's "Slytherin Challenge" on HPFF**

A bumbling Death Eater's botched spell drags him - and a kidnapped Ginny - into a series of alternate cinematic dimensions. Naturally, Harry's saving-people-thing kicks in, and he follows them in to bring her back. Rated for innuendo, some violence and mostly mild language.

A freak confluence of events traps - traps, I tells ya! - Harry and Ginny together at - conveniently - Ginny's romantic little cottage in the Highlands. Coincidence, or something far more sinister? (Written for the SIYE Cold Outside challenge.)

Harry dreams in colour, even if it's been said that dreams are only in black and white.

This is the story of how a Hogwarts toilet and one particularly soggy pumpkin pastry changed the world.

It's the day of the Third Task, and Cedric spends the day with his parents, and has a talk with his dad. **Written in response to Redherring's "Parent and Child Challenge" on HPFF**

Laura Finch was just your average Slytherin: prideful, ambitious, and eager to make her way in the world. She didn't know her true identity. She didn't know the role fate would have her play. She didn't know what the strange dagger in Professor Smith's office was, or how evil an object can truly be.

Post-war: Draco is blinded by some fellow Death Eaters and flees to the safest place in the wizarding world: Hogwarts. He doesn't know that Harry Potter is there as well. As a teacher.

One Hogwarts evening, Potions Master Severus Snape is paid a visit by a rather enigmatic relative, Silky Soot. Only house-elves could possibly know what she's up to...

Arthur Kirkland (England) receives his Hogwarts letter. Sorted into Slytherin and facing the rise of Voldemort, he must choose either to face death with the Order of the Phoenix or to stand aside and face his own destruction. (Crossover with Hetalia)

When Harry's world is shattered, Draco is there to help pick up the pieces.

Ron and Hermione don't realize that they both want the same thing.

Hermione was always renowned for her amazing knowledge, her impeccable record, and her outstanding grades. So when her younger sister comes to Hogwarts, the complete opposite of Hermione's perfect student, can Neville find out what made Veronica that way, and why Hermione never mentioned a younger sister, not even to Ron or Harry?

When Kingsley Shacklebolt launches a plan to rebuild Hogwarts, he must negotiate a maze of obstacles, not least of which is his Permanent Secretary, Sir Algernon Chumbleforth-Smythe. But then he has an idea to bypass the bureaucratic cauldron-measurers... (Written for the SIYE Reconstruction challenge.)

Cho deals with Cedric's death in this story that takes place between GoF and OotP. This is a sad, lethargic story.

When someone has been misfortunate enough to witness the unforgivable...they have only two options. One option is to continue living life with the memory forever haunting them until the day they die. The second option is to risk the possibility of obtaining severe or fatal brain damage, having all remaining traces of memory destroyed, and extreme absentmindedness by having the memory suppressed with the aide of a memory charm. Everything comes with a certain price...and nothing lasts forever. When a memory charm loses its effect...unforgettable things will happen...and demons will be released... ``***``"Neville IS going to be alright isn't he?"``"I should hope so, Harry."

Hermione and Severus connect a decade after the war.

Christmas Eve just isn't the same for Remus and the boys when Sirius can't get away from work - but early Christmas morning, he does his best to make it up to Remus. Remus/Sirius. AU. One-shot.

Draco refuses to accept his parents' fate in Azkaban as his own and finds himself on a journey to clear his name with the help of an old classmate, Hermione Granger, who has taken a job at the Ministry as an attorney.

Sirius Black has been trying to break into the music business for nearly twenty years. Remus Lupin sings drunken karaoke. Now a television talent competition is about to change both of their lives forever. Remus/Sirius. One-shot. Non-magical AU.

'When it happens, it comes fast and hard and it hurts like you wouldn't believe. The air leaves my lungs and my muscles tense and lock and there I am.' Implied slash. Written for the "I'm about to die!"-competition at the HPFC forum.

School and upcoming examinations have left Lily jaded, and she can't figure out why she's in Hogsmeade either. Inspired by Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World, it's a story about rediscovering happiness in the simplest things in life.

As Valentine's Day approaches, love is in the air at Hogwarts - but it might be getting a bit whiffy. (Written for the SIYE Angst Valentine challenge. Didn't get very angsty.)

While Harry and Co. are searching for Horcruxes, the DA rises again at Hogwarts. How do the other students fare, though, during those dark times, and where exactly do Slytherin's loyalties lie?

The first things he sees are the scars.

Nine years after the Battle of Hogwarts, the Malfoy family are still shamed by society for their part in the war. But, when Narcissa Malfoy devises a new plan for her son to win back public opinion by joining the respectable staff of Hogwarts, how far is he willing to go to succeed and return his family to their once great position?

Tom Riddle was well on his way to becoming one of the darkest wizards in history. His path seemed to be uninterrupted until he met a girl, who just about literally dropped onto the Hogwarts grounds from the sky. Who is Buffy Summers? And will she change history? (Harry Potter/Buffy the Vampire Slayer crossover)

Everyone always complimented Bellatrix's brilliance. No one even considered that her little sister could be just as cunning at getting what she wanted.

Lumbered with kids that will be their own in a mere ten or twenty years, Harry and Ginny face the hardest babysitting gig ever... (Written for the SIYE Twin Travel challenge.)

On the first Christmas after his brother's death, George is all Scrooged up. Luckily, Fred isn't having any of that.

A cautionary tale of four intrepid fifth-years and their quest to capture Hogwarts on parchment

When a corpse is found on the Hogwarts Express, it's up to Harry to solve the murder... (Challengefic for the SIYE Hogwarts Express challenge.)

Sirius gets the word from Dumbledore to Lie Low at Lupin's, but bunking with his old friend isn't as easy as it was when they were still young and [mostly] innocent.

Sirius Black was entangled in more secrets and lies than anybody had a right to be. It wasn't like his Light friends and Dark family had left him any choice, with their utterly opposite expectations of him. All Sirius could do was try to finish Hogwarts without everything crashing down around him first, but he was pretty sure his heart and the brewing war had made that impossible.

Some days Harry Potter wonders if life is worth something now that he's purposeless. Some days Draco laments the idiocy of Gryffindors. Some days Hermione wonders if the impossibility of her friends will drive her mad. Everyone has their 'some days'.

In a world where Voldemort has assumed a dictatorship across Wizarding Britain and Harry has died, his remaining allies struggle to survive. Five years later, Ginny Weasley finds herself facing new struggles in the form of an exiled Draco Malfoy. What she doesn't realise is these struggles could lead to something so much more...

Harry and Ginny set off to find Potter Manor. It's not a long walk, but they still manage to get snowed in... (Written for the SIYE Cold Outside challenge.)

Blaise Zabini comes to terms with his pride, and he finally learns why Daphne Greengrass has ignored him all these years.

James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter. Four boys who formed one of the greatest friendships the world has ever seen. Join them on the beautiful and tragic paths set before them and discover important moments in their lives, told through shades of color.

Sequel to Fury. Cate and George's daughter wonders if she made the right decision, leaving her daughter to be on stage.

Five years after Voldemort's defeat, a hostage situation threatens the anniversary celebrations - and the only ones who can save the day are Harry, Ginny, and a large black dog. (Written for the SIYE Marauders' Map challenge.)

Draco loses a bet to Hermione, so she gets to pick out his ensemble for Potter's costume party. What happens when Draco shows up at Potter's party after Pansy gives him a bit of a makeover? A bit of Slytherin mayhem, of course. DM/HG, PP/BZ

In Harry's 6th year, a duel with Draco results in unexpected consequences. Sent back in time to 1944 with no memories, Harry learns a new view of the Dark side. Conflicts arise on return to his own time with his old memories. Which side will he choose?

Set after the tragic affairs of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Harry begins his final quest to stop Voldemort with help from Hermione, Ron, and a few beings from beyond this realm.

Harry Potter was known to be the ultimate Gryffindor: brave, daring and self-sacrificing. He would do anything to protect his friends -- even if this meant consorting with those he once hated and testing his very integrity. And in one fateful moment, this idea is tested, pushed to the limit...

Dumbledore has sent Hermione back to James and Lily's seventh year. She is posing as an American Foreign Exchange Student named Jane. Lily meets her as she is exiting the train. Why has Dumbledore sent her back? What will be changed? How long will she be able to keep her cover? LJ SBHG

A short story in two parts - Harry attends Bill's wedding, loses Ginny again, then finds her again. But the next morning she has disappeared ...

Draco calls upon himself a mended fate. Now on a road where only time holds his new destiny, he must commit the ultimate sacrifice so to deliver his soul into the hands of salvation. DrHr.

The Fellowship, the Charlie Bone Quartet, and the Trio read Alice in Wonderland and fall down the rabbit hole.

Never, ever, end up in the Dark Lord's clutches. (Rated PG-13 for darkness)No ships yet, but there will be some next chapter

Helga Lockhart reluctantly goes to see the duelist her older brother idolizes; meanwhile, duelist and Dark creature hunter Basil Hufflepuff tries to hold his own against a foppish foreign noble.

The figure in the Invisibility Cloak. The Order Meeting. A letter from Albus Percival Wulfric Brain Dumbledore. Mad-Eye Moody examines somethnig important. Someone joins the Order. Stupefy! He jumps in front of the curse. But who? Please read "The Return of Sirius Black" Parts 1, 2, 3, and 4 before reading this one . . . or it might not make sense! (Just to note: This is the last "Return" fic!)

Severus Snape once spied for the Order of the Phoenix because he had nothing to lose. Following the Dark Lord’s resurrection, he finds himself once more walking a knife edge, this time to protect everything he has gained. "Sequel to The Dream of One Night"

A mysterious illness leaving a mere handful of uninfected. A school in quarantine, isolated from the outside world. Danger on all sides, striking seemingly at random. And, at the heart of it all, Scorpius Malfoy, the only one to believe this is a part of a wider, dangerous plot.

Draco has lost who he loves; Bones has lost who she is. Post war and post Hogwarts, is there anything left for either of them?

Two stars cross as Hermione is sent back in time for a mission from Dumbledore to the year of 1938, where she must befriend and change Tom Marvolo Riddle. Some spoilers up to OotP, alternate universe, violence and slight mature themes later.

Once upon a time, a friendship was formed that would change the Wizarding World forever. But now that they are older, the three no longer rely on each other as they did before. At the birth of baby Rose, Harry Potter reflects on Ron and Hermione's relationship and the way the trio's friendship has changed over the years.

Britain isn't what Harry thought, or Wizarding Europe thinks. He and his friends aren't the figureheads they thought they were. And if they can't discover what's going on tonight, locked inside the Wizarding League's headquarters, they'll see the purification of Wizarding Britain tomorrow morning.

A short glimpse back into Ginny Weasley's childhood at the Burrow.

"Alice, what do you mean when you say I'm already married?" "I meant just that, Edward. You can't get married because you're married, and since 1926. But it all doesn't make sense." "Then, apart from the fact that I've been married without my knowledge, what else doesn't make sense?" "Your wife was born in 1979." "What the f…?" "That's exactly what I thought when I read that line."

When light is cast over the darkness it creates shadows. Following the 1981 defeat of Voldemort at the hands of the Boy Who Lived, Wizarding England is cast in shadows and questions. What did Voldemort want with the Potter boy? Is the Dark Lord really gone? Who is still loyal to Voldemort? And what happened to one innocent little girl?

At McGonagall's desperate request, Hermione has taken a temporary professorship at Hogwarts. With her exams (obviously) prepared in advance, she hopes to spend some time with her boyfriend, Ron Weasley. Unfortunately, a last minute project with an unknown partner forces her attentions away, and Ron must leave for a peculiar Auror mission abroad. Who is this mysterious partner, and what happens when Ron goes missing?

The family Delancy has just gone through a terrible situation, which forces the children to leave their beloved country of France, and move North to attend Hogwarts. Try as they might, the triplets cannot stick to their mother's wishes and keep close to one another, especially after they are forcefully seperated within the school. Brigitte is holding fast to her studies. And while Margeaux becomes close amis with the Golden Trio, Edouard finds the good side of a certain Slytherin. Will the triplets fall apart, casting their family into ruins? Or will the Delancy family remain faithful to one another, and finally defeat the evil attempting to break them down and overule the Wizarding World? Only time will tell.

Sequel of sorts to Fury. Cate's best friend makes a stupid decision that effects the rest of her life. It takes a wedding to change it all, but can things ever go back to the way they were before?

Who can hold you up when the world is weak? Who can see the innocence you lost long ago? The War starts; childhood ends, and neither Ginny or Draco is strong enough to hold themselves up anymore...

While Harry is going through the Tri-Wizard Tournament, Sirius gets it together. When Harry returns from school, Lord Black is ready to claim his rights and obligations, but he and Harry will both have some adjusting to do. Pranks! Parties! Motorcycles! Starts darkish, but gets fun fast.

Draco Malfoy has recurring dreams--no, more like nightmares of death--his death. Who can he turn to before he slips into a deadly coma? This features Vomiting!Draco.

After a terrible tragedy, Hermione abandons the Wizarding world and forges a Muggle life. What will she do when, seven years later, Neville manages to find her and begins to warm her heart?

Short of what may of happened in the hours following the Battle of Hogwarts.

If he loved Harry bloody Potter then the Boy Wonder could at least return the honor. Fair was fair and all that rot. Crack!Fic.

Harry Potter was certain that falling in love was never meant to be quite like this. But, as was usually the case with happenings concerning The Boy Who Lived, there was little in the way of normalcy. H/D Slash.

Harry finds Sirius's disposable will. Neither him nor the unicorn-human beast know what it is. The paper is not disposable -- however the will was. It was a gag joke -- but it had the person's last thoughts written on it.

The day after the final battle, Hermione ties up a few thousand loose ends. She and Ron have a much-needed bath. And the world resumes turning on its wobbly axis.

Defying death is not only intoxicating, it changes your entire view of what is important in life--and offers a new perspective to Harry when Neville has something to get off his chest.