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The events of the astronomy tower, from Severus' perspective. Spoilers for HBP

Our story begins once upon a time, in 1942, in the days when the world was at war and growing up seemed very far away. In those days, the Chamber of Secrets was opened, and suddenly no place, not even Hogwarts, was safe. "For what does it profit a man, to gain the world, and lose his soul?"

Roses are red, violets are blue, he sends his regards- to a witch that is true. Sometimes valentines are sent to the most unlikely people from the most unlikely sources. It's all very scandalous.

Just where exactly

Harry gives Draco shooting lessons now that Draco has switched sides. And when a surprise Order meeting pops up, we discover some new information on the Voldemort front. One shot.

Based on Placebo's beautifully tragic "Song to Say Goodbye". For true Draco fans only. Keep the tissues handy.

We've seen the Dark Lord at his worst. We have witnessed his most terrifying fury, and the unspeakable horrors that he is capable of. But do we really know all of his true characteristics? Read on as I chronicle a day in the life of Lord Voldemort, and you will learn many interesting facts about him that are not found in the books. But be warned- what you find may shock you.

"I am become Death, destroyer of Worlds." -J. Robert Oppenheimer Dark times are ahead and it's not getting any better. It's kill or be killed, and with the Apocalypse rising and on Voldemort's side, the impending war is upon them, and Dumbledore is dead, Harry and his new accomplice Kisa Cordova-Snape aren't even sure they can get through this alive.

Daniel Macmillan, at 14 years old, has just discovered that he's a wizard. As he adapts to the Salem Institute for Witches and Wizards, he finds out that this discovery is only the beginning--while Voldemort may be long gone, a new threat has emerged in the wizarding world, and Daniel is in the thick of it...

Young and in love were Harry and Ginny. So happy, it was bliss. But unfortunately, Harry had a destiny to fulfill and he had to leave her...for ten long years. Ginny gets fed up with his absence and soon gives up on her heart. When it seems that all hope is lost, an old enemy returns from years of darkness to seek the light which he happens to find in a brokenhearted Ginny. Romance, angst, and confusion consumes Ginny's life until she is left to make a choice. Does her heart beat for Harry or for Draco? Only her heart holds the answer. But one thing's for certain...love will endure. P.G. 13 for language, adult situations, and violence.

In another world, Harry Potter was not just a wizard. In this other world, Ronald Weasley became a Knight. The only hope for their world's survival is love. Will their love be enough?

Narcissa gets an owl from an admirer on Valentine's Day.

A collection of essays taking an in-depth look at some of the questions surrounding Peter Pettigrew.

Adolescence: the time of change, but more so when your family is Black. Thank Merlin for good friends. Remus/Sirius. Written for hp_toujours on LJ.

It's been well known that Hermione Granger was always seen with her two best friends Ronald Weasley and Harry Potter. It was comfortable, and it was normal. And so of course, Draco Malfoy had to come and mess it up.

Hermione thinks she's found the location of a horcrux and has to go solo to retrieve it. Unfortunately, it's the wrong piece...

An enchanted journal exposes the secrets of Lily Evans' past, revealing that she was far more than simply the clever Muggleborn mother of Harry, wife of James and first love of Severus – she was also the conduit of an ancient pact sworn centuries before, whose task never truly ended upon her death. In this first installment of an epic series, Lily Evans discovers that not only is she a witch bound for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where she has to deal with discrimination against Muggleborns, a poltergeist with a grudge, and friendships that may or may not stand the test of time, but that she has also been targeted by a dark force seeking to destroy her – and everything else.

The mind of Draco Malfoy is a complicated thing.

In 1942, with the Muggle world at war and the Wizarding World in chaos, the situation at Hogwarts is tense, with the relationship between Muggleborns and purebloods already strained to breaking point. Then the Chamber of Secrets is opened... A look at a Hogwarts troubled by war, within and without.

"That's what I remember, the white of the snow and how it darkened and melted red." The wizarding world claims to remember what happened during the war, but Ginny's memories are different.

Who would ever be interested in what a soul-sucking Dementor would have to say? Well, hopefully you would be...

Did Amelia Bones's murder affect her niece, and what would it have to do with Marietta Edgecombe's magic-induced acne? A look at an unplanned interaction between two very different students. Set during HBP, written for the Broken Quill challenge at Fiction Alley.

"We're off to the village, there's a very pretty girl working in the paper shop who thinks my card tricks are something marvellous...almost like real magic..." -George Weasley, Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling

When one relationship ends, another begins... Ginny reflects on Harry and her fifth year at Hogwarts. Ron and Hermione get a nudge in the right direction.

Sirius has come to accept one life when he is back in Grimmauld Place. He knows that he is supposed to be nothing but the perfect pureblooded Black his parents expect him to be. But he cannot accept what he is supposed to be and what he is supposed to become...

How could it have come to this? How did we fall so far? It is the day after Christmas, and while the rest of the world is returning to normalcy after the holiday, one man isn't feeling very cheerful. The holidays have only allowed him to remember the pain and loss of the previous year, though he tries desperately to forget those memories. But as a fresh blanket of snow has covered the ground, he decides to take a walk to clear his mind, and at the same time, he decides to take a chance; he allows himself to just remember.

Harry stumbles across Susan after her splinching in the Great Hall.

Harry is back for his sixth year stronger than before, Voldemort's on the rise, and the Wizarding World is locked in an epic battle between good and evil. Add in a mysterious orb, sparking romances, and a new Defense professor, and watch the events unfold. PG-13 for now, will probably change later.

Draco attempts suicide, but is saved by the timely intervention of a certain Weasley. A study in dark humour.

Stuck in the monotony of a Muggle Relations department, an adult Cho Chang is suffering from the double whammy of a broken leg and a growing dependency on caffeine. Someone unexpected, and someone who she finds herself experiencing unexpected feelings towards, arrives to cheer her up.

At the end of it all, Dumbledore picks up his viola.

Harry and Co. are off to hunt Horcruxes...but there is an unexpected detour. Winner of FA's January, 2007 challenge.

After Dumbledore's untimely demise, Harry Potter spends an unconventional summer training under one of the best Aurors alive. When he returns to Hogwarts in September, all Harry wants is a bit of normalcy. Falling for the new (and amazingly young) Defense professor does NOT count. . . especially when she's Snape's daughter--and a bit of something else, to everyone's surprise. [Not fully DH-compliant.]

Regulus trembles, gripping his wand whiteknuckled. ... The sick feeling in his stomach is no more than just the heat affecting him, the sweat on his palms is the same. Warning: contains death and violence.

Hogwarts is not the same after two American girls join in on the fun!! Follow the adventures of the Gryffindor Gang through the pages and entries of Kari and Arwen's Diaries!!

The summer before her seventh year leaves Lily's life in tatters, and it doesn't get any better once she's back at Hogwarts. So the last thing she needs is a more than tolerable head boy.

Two men meet on a dark stormy night. HBP and AU-ish.

In my sixth year at Hogwarts, a door was opened, a door to a place so dark that even I was reluctant to step inside. However, my good friend Tom Riddle welcomed that darkness with open arms. Because of my feeling of obligation to my friend -- to my leader -- and because of my own curiosity, I helped to reacquaint the school with the wrath of Salazar Slytherin. I, one of Slytherin's last heirs, helped Tom Riddle in his attempt to purge the school of impure blood. I, Timothy Gaunt, reluctantly opened to the darkness, regardless of the danger it would impose upon Hogwarts.

There\'s a tribanibian in the well at the Quidditch World Cup, and somehow Seamus Finnigan has been roped into helping Luna Lovegood catch it.

Sirius tells Harry about the day he was born.

What is love? Sirius was barely sixteen when he had his first idea of what love was. He had just been convicted for murdering thirteen people, when he realised what love was. He had thirteen years to ponder love, but it took him fifteen to realise it: The tenderest part of love is to forgive each other. Will Sirius be able to forgive the one he loved and more importantly: Will Sirius be able to forgive himself?

The Founders decide that they need a way to pass their values on when they are gone. Written for The Sky Is Falling festival at Sycophant Hex.

One boy lost, another one saved. A son of a Death Eater must make a decision.

Draco has been abused by his father for as long as he can remember. The marks are usually gone by the time he has to go back to school. But not this time. He couldn't leave soon enough, & now he has to find out how to keep his home life a secret. Most people don't think twice about it (this IS Draco Malfoy), but one red-headed girl can't stomp on her curiosity. She has to know.... The relationship that blossoms drags Draco out of his ongoing deep depression, & puts Ginny at the forefront of her family's conversations - & not in a good way. But how long can this relationship last? How long will everyone let it? Soon, Draco will have to choose between his love for his mother, & his new-found-love, for he fears he won't be able to have both.

There are only a few people capable of telling centuries worth of historical knowledge. Fortune is one of them. Since the dawn of time, she has watched people make decisions regarding destinies and fate, and in all of her watching, Fortune has chosen her favourites. They are different, yet at the same time alike, and only one word can describe them all --- They are all brave.

Regulus Black faced death in order to bring about the Dark Lord's demise, but a house-elf's disobedience creates a world very different from the one we know. The First War continues and the Order must defeat Voldemort without the help of a chosen one. AU

The Death Eaters are in the school. . . the students are dying. . . and Hogwarts is falling. A couple has one last talk in the library before the end. Argus/Irma

What do you get if you start with a very moody Ginny, you add a rampant Bludger and then you go and mix in a little Harry Potter? Mild profanity, some H/G fluff.

After defeating Voldemort, Harry spends the next year in hiding, unsure of how to go about living in a world where he no longer has that burden on his shoulders. Just when he is about to reconsider joining society, he is blamed for a devastating murder. Those who hear from him are the only ones surely-rooted in their belief that Harry is innocent. It turns out, that the first murder is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to what someone has plotted to try and bring down the world's hero--Harry. Never knowing just who to trust, or what to do next, Harry must thrust himself back into the world he hid from, avoid capture at all costs, and prove his innocence to everyone.

After the war, Dean finds himself obsessed.

A surprise Death Eater attack brings Harry, Ron, and Hermione to Neva Underhill's front door. An ancient song sends the four wizards and witches back to a time when a great evil was rising for world domination--when the world was better known as Middle-earth. As the foursome struggle to survive in the War of the Ring, they learn how to win their own war against Voldemort. HP/LOTR crossover.

About two of the characters dying. The title is kinda bad but hopefully the story is better. Rating is just to be safe.

A Holiday-Fic. It was a lovely day at the snow-filled park...

Harry's first night at 12 Grimmauld Place after a month with the Dursleys and a Dementor attack. After a troubling month of isolation from the wizarding world, Harry finds a bit of solace and comfort.

Hannah Abbott is a typical Hufflepuff, isn't she? She's safe, loyal and boring.

"You know, Potter, we'll never be friends."

The much-anticipated companion piece to The Wound Dresser, told in quick glimpses. The morning after Bill's wedding, Harry, Ron and Hermione set out in search of Voldemort's soul, leaving Ginny - and a piece of Harry's heart - behind. As the many horrors of Voldemort's reign besiege the Wizarding world, the trio soldiers on, and eventually find help from the least likely of sources. As the final confrontation spirals ever nearer, Harry wonders if he'll ever see Ginny again, or if there is even anything left to the world worth saving. A long story told short...

Lily's eleventh birthday, her worst ever... They day she was forced to choose between her sister and her magic within.

Harry didn't know it, but Neville and Luna weren't the only ones who answered Hermione's summons the night Dumbledore died. This is Susan's story.

From fanfiction.net. What happens when two minor characters are selected to change the past and therefore change the future? One little detail can mean a lot. AU. Year of HBP.

AU. Voldemort accidentally turned Harry into a Horcrux on Halloween, 1981. That action further destabilized his already fragmented soul - creating yet another Horcrux, larger then the norm. This soul fragment successfully possesses a dying toddler abandoned at an orphanage, but fails to fully transfer Voldemort's memories. Tom gains his memories back as he grows older, but he is not content to simply remain Riddle's mirror image. And befriending Harry Potter seems a good start to finding his own path.

Quinnellia Chamberlain, aka Quinn, has come to Hogwarts from the United States to finish her magical education. She is befriended by Lily Evans and her dormmates and for the first time in her life has good friends, is getting good marks, and is staying out of trouble. Until she tries out for the Quidditch team and is told by the Captin, James Potter, that girls don't play Quidditch at Hogwarts. Can Quinn and Lily beat some sense into James? Moreover, can Quinn stop thinking about her own problems long enough to help Lily with her own crisis

Time does not heal all wounds. Time digs the wounds deeper into the heart, forcing the salt of pain to worsen everything until it breaks the soul. Time is murder in a new form.

I have lived my whole life with Kolen and the rest of the vampire clan. We're constantly migrating; fleeing from sunlight and those dreaded, mortal humans who have for centuries been hunting down and slaughtering our kind. I was one of the few, lucky survivors. One day, Kolen came to me in and put me on a dangerous mission to recreate our clan. My name is Katrina Sillane, and this is the story of my fateful mission...

A young woman sits alone at a small table outside a Parisian cafe. Her life has left her bitter and lonely, until a stranger changes it forever. Based on the beautiful song "La Vie En Rose" by the brilliant Edith Piaf.

The air is thick with the dreams of dreamers, Hogwarts students past and present. In the darkest part of the night, guards are let down, truths are faced and sweet denial is bliss. Desperation, fear, hate, lust, love and what might have been are rampant at the midnight hour.

One-shot sequel to Confession Is Good For the Soul. First-date jitters.

During her fifth year, Luna receives an unexpected summons to visit Dumbledore in his office. There, he confides vital information and makes four key requests of her. This meeting lays down the path ahead of Luna -- and could shape the very conflict with Lord Voldemort, as she struggles to act from the shadows and maintain her trust in both Dumbledore and her friends. Attempting to overcome some of her darkest fears, Luna finds refuge in a variety of places, and she views the demise of Voldemort from a unique angle, contributing more than anyone can know, and sacrificing an enormous amount.

"If you squint hard enough, you can still see Harry – or at least a faded Harry, but with his still vibrant green eyes." Being insane is one thing. Coming out of insanity with a mixing of memories is another. Ron takes that confusing journey post-Final Battle and struggles to make sense of what is real and what is not. Insanity is rarely ever a clear picture.

“I need to leave,” he whispers, but the words ring out clearly in the silent house and the girls’ eyes widen just slightly. One-shot

The world changes but Hogwarts does not, its traditions ever isolated, ever preserved. Harry gen.

Circe, an avid Harry Potter fan, traverses time and space to arrive at Hogwarts during Harry's first year. She in a quandary as how to carry on as an outsider in a storyline she knows all too well. Can she manage to realize her dreams about magic while not affecting those destinies inherent to the success of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone?

Requirement. She was required to treat him respectably ... to like him even. She was required to listen to him, day in and day out. It was a requirement. It was NOT, under any circumstances, a choice. PP/DM

She watched him turn his back. She watched him walk away. Into the unknown. Into danger. Away from her.

"Isn't it weird how joy can have you almost come apart just when things are at their most perfect?"

It's not easy to let go of the past, especially the good times. (Ron/Hermione, Ron/Remus)

It seemed only to be a blink of the eye in memory, but in actual fact it had been time enough for entire worlds to change. As a mother, Hermione finds her life to be nothing quite like what she could ever have imagined. Unspoken words held as much weight as those said aloud. Rationality in an irrational world created ramifications she could not have forseen.

This is a post HBP, pre-DH story from Severus' point of view. It's all about the mistakes he's made. This is an SS/HG fic, inspired by the song "Evaporated" by Ben Folds Five.

Post-HBP AU. Dumbledore is dead. Draco thinks that things can't get any worse. He's wrong.

Sirius and Regulus need each other, they're brothers after all. But Regulus can't remain the boy Sirius loves, and change is bound to happen.

He had plans for them all, but underestimating one Terry Boot will get you killed. Story in the form of a series of long drabbles.

Harry falls into another reality. One where his parents are alive, his arch-enemy is his best friend, and he is Voldemort's right hand man. Will going to see his parents solve anything and what does Dumbledore have to say about it?

When her father is captured by Voldemort, Luna, whose life hasn't been easy, tells Harry the story of her deceased mother. Friendship pairing.

The Lestranges would do anything for Lord Voldemort. Anything at all. Bellatrix/Rodolphus, disturbing.

Hermione and Ron have another of their famous rows, though maybe he has gone too far this time. She wanders through the school corridors in tears, till she finds an unexpected source of comfort.

‘Under a dictatorship, active resistance can only be practised by those who pretend to collaborate with the regime.’ Werner Heisenberg, 1901-1976

Hermione sighed softly as she thought of the dozens of other cemeteries they had visited in the past week. It seemed that the entombment of the revered war dead would never end. "And now it's Fred's turn," she thought with a cringe. Fred's funeral from Hermione's POV.

It's almost Christmas, and Ginny is remembering Harry's promise to be home for Christmas and thinking about what the past has held and what the future may bring. Author's Note: This was written prior to DH so I did not know what would happen at the holidays. Therefore it is AU due to what occurred in DH.

Peter Pettigrew is dead by his own hand. Remus Lupin shares the news of Wormtail's death with Sirius Black and the Potters, and ponders how he feels about it.

What has a day in Ginny's life been like since her Fifth year? She sits down one stormy night to reflect on the trying emotions of the past year: from Dumbledore, to Bill's upcoming wedding... and of course, to Harry and the second war with Voldemort.

Narcissa does not let her facade crack, because the appearance of disinterest in what others are saying is the only mask left for her.

Albus Potter's first year at Hogwarts. Mysterious attacks, an inept headmaster, and a Sorting Hat that's coming apart at the seams make it an interesting experience.

What's a Dark Lord to do when things don't go your way? Write a letter and complain to the author, of course.

Before his final battle with Voldemort, Harry sends a last letter to Ginny, just in case he never comes back.

It's the GoF movie's turn to be made fun of, with Harry wondering why Moody's a pirate, what exactly Dumbledore's on, and where all these crazy Twilight fans are coming from!

Percy Weasley is doing what he must to protect what is left of his family, even if it means betraying Harry Potter

A traitor reflects on his choices and actions after the final battle at Hogwarts.

It's the seventh year at Hogwarts. Several students are missing, but there are others that will pick up the slack. Particularly in Slytherin.