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"The Ministry took over, gradually," she said, turning pages again. "I think it was around November that it started having features like 'Ten Ways To Check If Your Man Is A Muggle', and that's when Lavender cancelled her subscription." Harry and Ginny reconnect over some quality literature. Oneshot.

Alternate Universe: Welcome to Pureblood Academy, the fangirls dream... A student called Harry Potter transfers from a poorer school to the prestigious Pureblood Academy where Harry encounters the Host Club led by a certain blonde. Chaos, comedy, and riddikulus amount of romance ensues.

When Lily Evans is the victim of a love potion that makes her drool over Professor Slughorn for two days, there is no doubt in James Potter's mind that Snape was somehow (however directly or indirectly) involved. Eager to use any excuse to terrorize Snivellus, Sirius works up a masterful plan of revenge that will make Snape the victim of his own trick. No one listens to Lupin when he desperately seeks to divert the twisted scheme, and no one escapes the disaster that ensues when it becomes dreadfully screwed up. Everybody/Somebody (but mostly artificial).

Lavender Brown is processing samples from the brutal murder of Millicent Bullstrode and is in love with her flatmate and confidante, Zacharias Smith. Ronald Weasley is bodyguarding Draco Malfoy, who is a predicted next victim for Millicent’s killer and is struggling with being a gay boy in a straight world. Susan Bones is training to be an auror but can’t make a patronus. She wishes that more people had the sense to not get into relationships. Zacharias Smith is sick of being bossed around by Daily Prophet executives and is going to ask Ginny Weasley to move in with him. Mister Darcy is a cat. He thinks they’re all a bit pathetic really. But he still hasn’t forgiven Lavender for the scalping.

Ginny held her tongue when Harry said he needed to stop seeing her. When Harry comes to Bill and Fleur's wedding at the Burrow, Ginny won't hold back any more.

An Advice Column with our favorite Slash pair, Harry and Draco! Read their thoughts on things from ninjas to pimples and everything in between. Guaranteed to cheer you up with the glory that is Draco's sarcasm and Harry's... Well, he's Harry.

After the murder of Albus Dumbledore, an awful silence had settled upon magical Britain. Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger had apparently vanished from the face of the Earth; and as if in response, the killings had stopped. Nobody could doubt the meaning of this. The Dark Lord had thrown all his resources into the pursuit of his three enemies. And yet the house of Weasley decided to throw a party.

Sequel to Volunteers, written for the Beltane livejournal community. From one Beltane to the next.

A redhead leaves her family home and doesn't look back.

During the time between the Golden Trio's sixth and seventh years, Luna Lovegood and Zacharias Smith become unlikely penpals. The two hash it out with their own particular brand of logic, and Zacharias is very set on finding out the exact nature of Luna and Harry's friendship. And why does Luna think Professor Trelawney is part-kelpie? One-shot.

Severus Snape didn't trust Sirius Black, yet he entered the Shrieking Shack all the same. What was it that Black said that made Snape enter the tunnel? The Headmaster interviews those involved and discovers some uncomfortable truths during his investigation of the incident.

Tonks and Remus are (finally) together! And tonight- they're going to go on their first real date. Trouble is, Tonks can't get out of bed, Remus is getting cold feet, Charlie is in the middle of a not-so-mid-life crisis, and Sirius is...well...Sirius.

It's been six years since the defeat of Lord Voldemort, and the wizarding world is still rebuilding. Led by Acting Minister Kingsley Shacklebolt, the Ministry has regained control. However, old prejudices die hard, and threats from within and without threaten to undo all the hard work that the wizarding world has made. A look into what happened after the battle, and how not all battles end with the vanquishing of the Dark Lord.

Sometimes sweet, a little painful, and many times beautiful. That's really what a snapshot is. This one spans years of hatred which end up in love. This one is the story of Lily Evans and James Potter.

George and Angelina make a mistake.

After the great War of the Wands, Ginny, four other adults, and seven children are forced underground. Ten years later, a mysterious book belonging to Dumbledore reveals itself to Ginny. The small group is filled with hope, but the ritual they must perform puts the lives of the children in danger. Will the children be able to succeed where Harry Potter failed?

Harry asked one thing from his friends after they decided to go after the Horcruxes and through all this war together, but now that it's over, he finds his priorities and points of view aren't as clear as they were back then.

Prof. Snape helps Ms. Granger take possession of a legacy, but before either of them can enjoy it, there's the little matter of a couple of Unbreakable Vows to deal with.

Ginny Weasley is late. Late to witness the House Cup being given to Gryffindor. All because of a sleazy Slytherin (who really isn't attractive, but still she can't get enough of him). In the panic that arises, Ginny commits a mistake, a mistake that will most likely - no - surely and obviously haunt her forever. If she could only untie that knot!

Is Snape evil? I don't think so. Apart from it being an awful letdown, it would also mean that JKR is a sloppy writer. Is Snape good? Well, he has just cast an Unforgivable Curse, and we all know what that does to your soul, so far from me to go and claim he's all sweet and nice and so misunderstood. But maybe he needn't be either of those. Here is my theory for Snape's behaviour in HBP, in a long (but hopefully not dry) essay with plenty of canon reference :-).

Severus Snape had already made his commitment to the Death Eaters when Lily Evans arrived at his door--a complication he hadn't expected, a temptation he almost couldn't resist.

Lives change when wards are crossed.

It started with the cloaked figure in the window...watching. From there Hermione learns there is no black and white in a war, only shades of gray and the Dark Angel that comes to her rescue...or does he?

You're invited to THE wedding of the Potterverse: Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour!

Amber-Lynn Zabini may be Blaise's twin sister, but they couldn't be more different. Amber has come to live with her best friend, Luna Lovegood. Together, they overcome many obstacles, including an arranged marrage, Death Eaters, and strange love interests. Amber may seem like an average teenage girl on the surface, but, below the facade she has grown to hide behind, is a whole different person.

Harry breaks up with Ginny, not wanting her to get hurt during the war, and someone unexpected comes to comfort her. Ginny realizes that break-ups can sometimes lead you to find your actual true love.

Sirius Black muses on the twists his life has taken, the love he could never help, the times of school and the times beyond... but mostly Remus Lupin, and the mystery thereof. POV fic. A little fun, a little intense, a little of everything. R/S slash, but I promise it's good for everyone. I'll let you figure out when it's set...

The War is over, but it took the lives of Harry and Hermione ruthlessly. However, they still have a little time and Luna and Ron manage to give them the limbo they deserve to be happy... at least for one time in their lives.

Ginny Weasley knows she's lost Harry Potter before, and that he has a burden to carry that transcends any relationship they might have. That doesn't make it any easier on her when he has to leave her behind yet again. Harry knows now what he's leaving behind when destiny calls - after dropping out of Ginny's life on previous occasions without giving it a thought. How does he cope with that and his fate at the same time?

The War is won by the wrong side, and Katie Bell is owned by a certain Death Eater.

Fred and George Weasley, owners of Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes and master purveyors are proud to present to you their best and well-told bizarre Weasley food tales for the humor pleasure of everyone from kids to adults. That's right, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls - the food tales fresh from The Burrow in Ottery St. Catchpole! Need to say more? Nuff said!

In which Hermione scolds, Ginny teases, Harry feels insulted, and Ron is just confused.

Harry Potter knows well the stories of the four young men called the Marauders. Two of them are dead – Prongs defending his wife and son, and Moony and his wife Danger at the hands of Death Eaters, by whom they were kidnapped two years before the end of the war. Two of them live in hiding – Wormtail the traitor in an unknown location, and Padfoot with his wife Aletha and daughter Meghan, at number seventeen, Privet Drive. Harry also knows that Danger’s baby sister Neenie, who was just his age, was kidnapped and killed by Death Eaters, and that you can never trust a Malfoy. But when Harry meets a boy with blond hair and his pet wolf in Madam Malkin’s, some of the things he knows begin to change...

After an accident Draco finds himself in an interesting predicament and must find a way to save himself. Features veela!Draco, Harry/ Draco.

Ron never notices little things about people, or even about himself. But he does notice one little thing about his one of his best friends one morning as she drinks her hot chocolate.

Remus and Tonks in OoTP through DH.

The School of Hogwarts is one experienced with the love of young witches and wizards, but the appearance of two couples as similar as these two across such a short span of time is bound to even catch the attention of a School with more than a thousand years of history.

Harry's head doesn't hurt, Hermione is a girl, and Draco acts his age. Well.. we didn't expect it to last.

Someone is clowning around at Snape's expense, or so Snape thinks.

The woman chuckled but it was not a kind nor happy sound. It was cold and distant but held a note of unfathomable sadness. “Oh Kronus, sometimes I forget how young you are. Do you so easily forget that I am always at my strongest? Am I not your master? Am I not the one who sired you into this eternal darkness?” “My lady, forgive me. I meant no disrespect. I meant only that they would not be expecting us.” “Not so, young Kronus. Remus Lupin is no fool and he is always expecting me. He knows better than to let his guard down. He also knows that I would strike him down with my dying breath.”

Ginny is having a hard time getting Harry to even look at her, so Hermione helps her sorner him so that she can tell him how she feels. One-Shot. Post HBP. During the War

The brave men and women of the Ministry of Magic work tirelessly each day to ensure the safety of the Wizarding world. Unfortunately, they never expected to encounter the likes of a dumpster-diving Remus Lupin.

Someone's getting married, and the bridesmaid an usher share a "moment" on the balcony. Shame that's all it is... a moment. Quite bittersweet, not your typical fluff-fest. GW/DM (sort of).

While the rest of the world was at war with Voldemort, Hermione remains at war with her heart. Would she ever live to see Viktor Krum again?

Harry couldn't seem to find happiness anymore. Ever since the happenings on the Astronomy Tower at the end of last year, happiness is a foreign emotion to him. But in the darkness awaits something that can bring the joy back into his life. And a warmth he thought he'd never have.

As a war among wizards gathers pace in the outside world, talented misfit Severus Snape struggles to make his way at Hogwarts. Determined to join the ranks of the great and the good, he forms an alliance with charismatic but ruthless Lucius Malfoy, whilst secretly remaining best friends with childhood friend Lily Evans – who stands against everything Lucius believes. How long can Severus keep the best of both worlds before the consequences of his divided loyalties catch up with him? [COMPLETE]

It's Harry's seventeenth birthday, and Hermione invites her parents to the party. The Grangers are in for a surprise and a shock - her daughter has been rather economical with the truth.

Harry and Ginny share a few moments in the rain...

Lexen Chelseer, the interdimensional time traveler, just wants a chance to study in peace. However, he gets dragged into impersonating Harry Potter again and attending Hogwarts. Unfortunately for Lexen, he must learn the hard lesson that some secrets should be kept.

Hogwarts students need money too. And Hogsmeade *is* the cool place to work.

We know that events in the magical world can influence us Muggles. However, when there's something as big as the Football World Cup 2006, it also works the other way round...

Ginny Weasley didn't want to be a Healer. bad!Harry/bitter!Ginny. Oneshot.

Summary: A SS/HG story of food, passion and surly house-elves. In which we take an immediate hard right turn off the beaten canon to Silly Alternative Universe Land. A pinch of parody. A dash of cliché. Toss in a few OC’s and stir well. Serve hot.

Ron did not enjoy Bill and Fleur's wedding. It made him feel sicker than that time when he accidentally mistook those aspirin for Acid Pops. So when a combination of animal lust and too much vodka leads him to find Harry and one of his siblings in his bed, his reaction isn't exactly understanding. Sexual humour and weird, slashy pairings afoot! Written before DH.

"I don't know how, but I had managed to grab hold of a lemon-meringue pie covered in strawberry pink frosting, for the Valentine theme. Once I realized how useful this was in the destruction of Potter, I did not give it another seconds thought; upon reaching him I took the pie and smashed it hard to his face." Does that make you want to read this story? Lily Evans has found her 'someone'. Three guesses who. Find out how James Potter drove Lily as mad as to start a food-fight and what other surprises await her at the hands of the ever-infuriating 'supreme git of the galaxy'.

Seamus wants them both.

Everyone one needs rescuing at some point. What happens when your knight in shining armor is Luna Lovegood?

"Dear Harry," the letter had read, "I have exciting news! I’ve won a contest, and now we (Ron, Ginny, you and me) are going to America! I’ll explain more later, but now I’ve got to go and pack. You should, too. Our flight leaves tomorrow morning. Tell Ron all of this, and meet Ginny and me at Heathrow Airport (outside the International Terminal) at seven o’clock tomorrow!"...wow...Harry in America? What's gonna happen?

It's Bill's stag night, but it's Harry and Ron that seem to be having the most fun. Features hungover Harry and plenty of flashbacks.

A short, sweet story based on the movie 'While You Were Sleeping.' Harry's had a crush on someone for years. When the world believes they are engaged, will Harry's feelings be returned, or will he find love somewhere else entirely? Harry/Draco HP/DM *SLASH*

Three years after the war, McGonagall stands on the brink of retirement with nobody placed to succeed her as headmistress of Hogwarts. Meanwhile, Ron Weasley attempts to juggle his work as an Auror, the pending nuptials of his best friend and sister, his rapidly deteriorating relationship with the love of his life, and the fact that he's starting to have vivid dreams about the life of Godric Gryffindor.. So when McGonagall asks him to investigate, of all things, the theft of the Sorting Hat, one would think he had bigger problems. Right?

It's the summer before Harry's fifth year and the war has started. When he is rescued from Privet Drive by Sirius and Rebecca Black, things get interesting because Rebecca had a past few speak of and she has a plan to teach Harry exactly what he needs to defeat the Dark Lord.

Few men manage to go bald with dignity. A Harry/Draco future ficlet.

Post-HBP. Draco needs a place he can be safe. So does Harry. [SLASH H/D]

What if silver was a Gryffindor color, not a Slytherin? What if silver were more valuable then gold? What if someone understood the true meaning of silver?

When Luna invites Harry to a party, he accepts and decides to go. He wouldn't have had he known who he would find there...an ex of his who has no intention of sparking any interest, but does so anyway. AU, H/B!B, Post-Hogwarts.

"I can’t see her – Her! – in the next bed, not through the hangings – but I can hear her ... She's lying there peacefully, not a care in the world, while I'm lying here crying on my pillow ... After all, it seems she's the one Ron wants." (Hermione/Ron/Lavender triangulation, set during HBP.)

Set just after the final chapter of HBP: Hermione boards the Hogwarts Express, and Ron finds her. What should happen when those two are left alone? Love, that's what.

"You know me, Granger. I don't do such somber things as depression. That's not the way a Weasley twin goes about life." [George-Hermione, post DH]

Ginny's knack for getting into trouble follows her as she goes away for college, forcing her into a dangerous situation. Ginny's POV.

Ginny's fifth year wasn't starting at all as she'd hoped. (Missing moment from HBP)

Dear Mr. Diary, Forgive me, for I have sinned. Oh, you know my sins. I had temptations. So how do I thwart these temptations? I go gallivanting off on an adventure with James Potter in the middle of the night to a place where I'm not supposed to be. Oh, and it gets worse.

It's Harry, Ron, and Hermione's final and seventh year of Hogwarts. The trio's hopes for a peaceful year are dashed when the new headmaster is announced: Gilderoy Lockhart! When Lockhart's mission to bring love to the wizarding world at Hogwarts with the help of his enthusiastic if not eye-pleasing partner gnome-turned-Cupid Wubi spectacularly backfires, it's up to Hermione and Sirius (returned from the Veil) to save the day. The problem: Under the influence of magically tainted arrows and a few drinks, Ron discovers he is madly in love with Lockhart, while Draco discovers his deep infatuation with Hermione. Meanwhile, Harry has the disturbing sensation that he is being stalked...

Hermione is captured, and in the dark cellar she finds something she could never have found out in the real world.

Earlier this month the Live journal community, Romancing the Wizard, hosted a holiday drabble challenge. The first four entries were my contribution to the challenge. By then I was completely and shamelessly addicted, so I decided to keep going. Now I'm sharing with all of you. In this you will find a little bit of everything--romance, humor and even some fluff. Well, actually there is a lot of fluff. I know, I've never done fluff before, and I was a bit shocked at myself.

Communication doesn't always require words. Tonks joins Remus one full moon...

Albus has finally reached Hogwarts, among excitement within his family. Joining the quite wealthy ranks of the Weasley and Potter family in the school, he is quick to learn the ropes and meet new friends. However, what at first seems normal isn't exactly how it appears, and Albus finds himself smack dab in the middle of the issue. Filled with betrayal, mystery, judgement, and a "war" of sorts, this is one Post-DH epic you will surely not want to miss!

Tracey Davies wants nothing to do with her brother Roger or Ravenclaw House. But will she survive in Slytherin? And is survival even what matters?

It's New Year's Eve, and everyone needs to forget the war for a short time.

The Boy-Who-Lived faces his last year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The War is getting worse as more people die. In order to survive, Harry must destroy the Dark Lord, whom is the Most Feared. Action/Romance (H/Hr, R/L) Warnings: Spoiler books 1-6 PG-13 for violence

Throughout OotP and HBP, Remus and Tonks eat far too much takeaway food from the Chang Family's Mo Shu Magical Kitchen. Fortune cookies are a bit different in the Wizarding world, but are the tiny slips of paper capable of reading minds? Find out.

"Ronald Weasley, what on earth-" "But you see, I've got everything figured out now. I've worked out all the problems! I know what I'm doing this time. I know what I'm saying." Well I don't, Hermione thought.

Hogwarts-era AU, eventual H/D. You may think you can't change the world, but even the act of making friends can change the course of a war.

Written for this prompt: After a drunken one night stand, Minerva tells Tom that she's pregnant. Plans for world domination are derailed somewhat.

Harry is returning to Hogwarts for his seventh year, looking for the horcruxes Dumbledore couldn't find. Along the way, he'll discover a secret he never thought possible-- a possibility he never imagined. This secret will change Harry's life and his outlook on being 'The Chosen One'. He will have to find the horcruxes... But he'll have a little bit of help.

Speculation about who the married teacher is.

Harry makes a impulsive trip to visit a certain someone. Written for the HP/GW OTP One Magical Year Challenge.

Post-Hogwarts. Ginny reflects on the changes Harry goes through. Implied R/Hr and H/G.

AU HBP, HPDM slash. Harry decided to visit Draco in the hospital after the Sectumsempra incident, and finds an unexpected side of the young Slytherin. Realization hits the two of them as they became friends and something more. But time is running out.

The Marauders and beyond: How simple adventures in Hogwarts revealed special feelings for Sirius and Remus and how their relationship survived beyond school. Sirius Black X Remus Lupin Padfoot X Moony Rated M for later chapters. Regulus X Severus Snape

After the war has ended, the trio return to Hogwarts to finish their seventh year. While Ron and Harry welcome the return to normalcy, Hermione misses the excitement of their old life. She decides to pursue a career as an Auror, and during her training she realizes that it begins to change everything about her...

Sirius Black knows only the house he's lived in all his life. Virtually unaware of the outside world, he just wants to feel loved. First in a series.

After the war there were graves. There were relationships. There had to be relationships.

One-shot. Remus contemplates his suspicions about Sirius, and tries to prompt himself to act on them. Remus/Sirius.

Why there are no excuses for how MWPP behaved during SWM

Harry discovers he has a twin sister who's back from the dead. And things don't go the way he expects. She falls for the wrong person and Harry disapproves. His sister is hiding a deep dark secret about her life. She is not willing to tell him, but what she hides may destroy her relationship with her brother. Dark secrets from her past haunt her.

Remus spends a night looking through a photo album from his school days. It brings back lots of memories, both good and bad, and causes a lot of life reflection. Sort of implied Sirius/Remus where nothing happens, Lily/James, Peter/OC, Sirius/many OC's.

The war has begun. Allies are scarce and enemies everywhere. There are few people you can trust and even they have their own hidden agenda. With the Trio in search of that which can destroy Voldemort, Hogwarts in shambles, and the Malfoys reported missing, it should be an interesting year indeed. Deadly secrets, deception, and lust abound. Sacrifices must be made to ensure victory, but who's victory? And, will it all be worth it or will the repercussions destroy them all? The final year has come.

It's Christmas time once more at Malfoy Manor and Draco explains how Hermione went crazy and that he's drowning in decorations.

Harry and Draco's relationship from end to beginning.