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Harry Potter plunges headlong into a Pensieve, and in the process discovers the shocking reason exactly why Albus Dumbledore trusted Severus Snape.

When Dumbledore receives an odd letter from a Muggle, he remembers a bit of his past that seemed long forgotten. In the meantime, Voldemort prepares for the final strike, and to stop him, hope must be sought in the most unusual of places and alliances must be forged between the most improbable of allies.

Cho Chang goes to visit some friends in hospital, and sees someone she hasn't thought about in a long time ...

Mr. Malfoy is the benefactor for a Merlin, a fatherless boy whose life has similarities to the orginal Merlin. Lord Voldemort has a sinister interest in the child.

Hermione made a mistake in her sixth year and a wrong choice in her seventh, so she's going back to see if she can be happy again. A love story, a past triangle taking place six years after Hogwarts graduation. A Hermione / Harry / Ron story.

Sirius Black, Harry Potter and Hermione Granger are the central triangle of characters in "Casablanca". What's their version of the famous parting lines? Featuring Sirius as Rick, Harry as Ilsa, and Hermione as Viktor.

The train is waiting to take Remus Lupin on... but where will it take him? Lupin struggles between wanting to be returned to Sirius and his duty to his wife, Tonks.

Power was about turning 2+2 into 5 for real. It was about rearranging matter to suit your will. No Muggle was ever going to understand that.

Remus and Sirius are sharing a flat after graduating. Sirius brings up a random topic: What if Remus was gay? Featuring the Avenue Q song 'If You Were Gay'.

When Ginny kissed Harry in front of the whole Gryffindor common room, she did it only to get back at Draco. But things did not work out the way she expected them...

Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny are going to be hunting Horcruxes, but what happens when some help comes from an American sixth year that no one seems to be able to explain the presence of?

A series of one-shots from inside the minds of various characters. The first one is very dark but other's are humourous and more general. With all my character studies, I hope that I make you take a second look at a character you'd normally dismiss, and maybe change your opinions of them.

Such insolence. Such Triumph. And such loneliness.

George and Ron try and make a WWW product that transports people short distance, carefully skirting around the legal ramifications of Portkeys. During the testing phase they accidentally test one on Ginny, who finds herself in an odd predicament; Harry's crumpled sheets.

Figurative Quidditch matches can be trying, especially when you're not only blocking an onslaught of Quaffles from passing through the hoops but also keeping a sharp eye out for the golden prize in the sky overhead. Ron Weasley is about to find out that it might not be as hard as it seems…

"One more thing I've learned about pain. It makes you innumerate. You lose the ability to count your blessings. All you can do is wait for it to go away. Get yourself through the day. That's doable. I have things to do, people to see. Then go home -- and get yourself through the night." So how do you cope with losing Sirius Black -- again? In the aftermath of the Department of Mysteries battle, Remus Lupin tries different ways. Because whatever gets you through the night is all right. [Not R/S, by the way.]

After Harry Potter defeats Lord Voldemort at the final Hogwarts battle, he faces the surreal reality of having to go right back for his Seventh Year in order to be an Auror. Draco, back with the shame of his father in Azkaban paining him, somehow meets Harry in the middle of newborn mayhem...

"But I do have another witness to call." - Albus Dumbledore (Chapter 4) Chara Black was perfectly content to go through life being invisible. Then one August night she took a walk in Little Whinging... and everything changed. Not just for her, but for those she thought had abandoned her. (Crossover with Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark-Hunter series)

Hermione has a birthday surprise for Ron. Ron has one for her. And the twins have one for the both of them. This doesn't bode well.

Enter an alternate universe of Harry Potter and Company..a world of Witches, Wizards and Royalty. Find out how it all began--the romance, the adventure and the basis of what shall become...

The wall she'd erected around her heart was no match for his subtle and persistent charm.

A young girl discovers an old mahogany chest filled with an assortment of objects, one of which is an old copy of the

Tonight, Harry's daughter is going out. But the ghost of a long-dead parent is going to follow her. The sequel to 'I've Never Asked'. Written pre-DH.

Once, Parvati and Padma shared everything: pain and tears, happiness and laughter. But time has changed them, and now -- as Parvati sits with her sister at the dining table -- she cannot share. She must be strong. For Padma's sake. One-shot.

Takes place midway through HBP, just after Ron hooks up with Lavender. Goes AU from there... One day walking through Hogsmeade Hermione accidentally gets hit with a terrible curse, a curse designed to weaken the victim through physically feeling the emotional havoc of a broken heart. Will the curse be fatal? Will Hermione simply begin to fade away till there's nothing left of her? Will Ron realize what he's doing to her in time? They say the curse is a tricky thing, tricky like all things of love ~~~

One Harry Potter has grown up in more ways than one, and the fleeing Severus Snape, who was never cowed even by Voldemort, finds himself in that dull grey horror when he is captured. Warnings: Semi-pre-slash. SSHP, though not exactly. Moderate to high swearing and violence.

After failing to complete the task given to him by Voldemort, Draco turns to the Order for help- and becomes a member. During his seventh year at Hogwarts, he must tell no one of his true loyalties. However, when he and Ginny are forced to spend two weeks of detention together, she begins to catch on. It seems he hasn't fooled her, but will Draco be able to fool the most powerful Dark wizard in the world? If so, at what price?

Fugitives from both sides of the Second War, Draco and Snape are bound together by the Vow Snape made to Narcissa Malfoy - a vow that Draco will do anything to break. With no allies, no plan, and no hope except to stay one step ahead of their pursuers, time is running out for two very different men. Oh, and don't mention the werewolves.

Nymphadora Tonks has a problem. She has fallen in love with Remus Lupin, who seems to have similar feelings towards her, but rejects that love because of his curse of being a werewolf. She struggles with these feelings and falls into despair. In her darkest hour Tonks runs down the road to escape her feelings, but instead finds a most mysterious inn called the "Green Dragon". There she finds hope and help from the most peculiar inn keeper she has ever met. Author's Note: This is written for the Green Dragon Winter Challenge at MNFF.

What happens: Nineteen Minutes, Nineteen Hours, Nineteen Days, Nineteen Weeks, Nineteen Months Later.... Well, to name a thing, Harry and Ginny rekindle their romance, Dolores Umbridge goes on trial, Lily and Snape talk in the Afterlife, Andromeda and Narcissa end their estrangement, and Harry decides to tell the world the truth about Snape, Regulus, and everything else.

Written from a prompt on the Livejournal Serendipity challenge. Prompt: Starts out with background Ron/Hermione and Harry/Ginny, but both Ron & Ginny were killed in the final battle. Harry and Hermione must realize that they are meant for each other but have to overcome survivor’s guilt, etc

Post-Hogwarts. Harry's just started an important job, so it's no surprise that people have been calling him to congratulate him on his success. He's not so keen to see an old acquaintance from his Hogwarts days though, especially when it seems that he's after something in return for a favour Harry never sought.

Life ain't easy being Remus Lupin...as a werewolf and a spy, he's learning not to make personal connections. Yet he can't stop himself from feeling pity for two werewolf brothers, desperatly searching for escape from Grayback's pack. Nor can Remus stop caring for a certain pink-haired someone, no matter how hard he tries...Time frame of OOTP and HBP.

The Burrow, 2014: the daughter of Harry Potter surveys a family party and wonders what would have happened had her father survived. Not-quite-middle-aged drunkenness, Weasley spawn and talk of "the good old days'' at Something Place abound. Written pre-DH.

No one believed him but her. DHr, Oneshot.

‘Er…all of Sirius’s possessions are going to be inherited by Vague-Squiggle-That-Could-Begin-With-B Black?’ ‘It would appear so.’ Crossover with Black Books. In the summer just before the events of Harry's sixth year, Dumbledore is having a few problems with the terms of Sirius's will and Remus is sent to a small independent bookshop in Bloomsbury to sort things out. This is normally the point in a crossover summary where the phrase 'hilarity ensues' would be used, but I'm sure you can all make up your own minds as to whether it does or not without me telling you.

HP/Farscape crossover: John Crichton and his family return to Earth in the year 2021, to find Great Britain and Europe decimated. In his search for answers, John finds a woman who has been hunting for a way to undo the mistakes of her past. Can the Sun-Crichton clan help Hermione Weasley rewrite history? Spoilers for HP through Book 6, and for Farscape through the Peacekeeper Wars miniseries.

[AU OotP] After his exoneration, Sirius Black discovered that picking up the pieces of his life was not exactly the easiest thing in the world, especially since his former almost-fiancée was determined to ignore his existence. Even worse, Dumbledore asked (read: blackmailed) him to teach DADA. And then a slightly mad former dark wizard with a death wish decided to rejoin the Death Eaters in order to complete his final mission: destroying the Horcruxes. As usual, Harry remains completely oblivious.

Arthur receives some unexpected help while trying to get Molly to unwind after Ginny's wedding. Arthur/Molly fluff.

A very short story. Harry's letters to Ginny while away at war. A bit fluffy.

Kissing Cousins, a novel of lust and depravity among the Death Eaters, looks set to be next year's best seller. The reputation of the Noble and Most Ancient House of Black is on the line, and there's only one thing that its daughters can do about it; they're going to have to talk to one another.

The Dark Lord looks into the eyes of the man who is about to defeat him.

There are times in a man's life where he knows without a shadow of a doubt that he has come to a critical crossroads...

It is Ron's first professional Quidditch game a few years after leaving Hogwarts, when he unexpectedly bumps into someone he knew at school. (Ron/Cho)

First volume of a planned series. Harry's fight to destroy the Horcruxes and Voldemort continues as he finds that his struggle encompasses more than he could imagine, and the risk is more than he can bear.

What happens when Harry Potter and Co. are locked in a room with only the Baudelaires and books for company?

After Dumbledore’s death, Harry spends the summer at The Burrow. A letter from Sirius, describing a magical spell to transform into an Animagus, is handed to him by Remus. Sirius writes:"What I can give you is the same knowledge we had when we were at Hogwarts. By 'we' I mean Mooney, Padfoot, Prongs and that other creature I cannot bring myself to name…When I was living as a fugitive, my life would have been unbearable without being able to transform into 'Snuffles', as you three call me when I am Padfoot." The animal one transforms into isn’t chosen: it is already there waiting to be uncovered by this magical spell. In the days that follow, Harry needs all his animal’s strengths to combat the evil infiltrating The Burrow.

Hermione Granger had grown to dread the winter. The season seemed almost to have a grudge against her. And so as she and Ron flew from summer in Britain to winter in Australia to search for her parents, she had both old and new issues to resolve.

Lily Evans Potter never got the chance to tell Severus Snape the one thing she should have: She was sorry.

Harry and Ginny are told to meet at Dumbledore's tomb. When they arrive, they are given something they did not expect but explains much about the "White Bumblebee".

Ginny feels uneasy standing around like an ornament at Bill and Fleur's wedding; her dress and shoes are uncomfortable, as are all those piercing glances. Luckily for her, she has a sweet escape plan – Luna.

This is a post-HPDH fic involving one of Harry's numerous nightmares, this one born of guilt over his supposedly causing more deaths of friends and loved ones, prompting some of them to visit him in the dream and set him straight once and for all.

In the middle of Cedric's funeral, a girl runs out screaming. Who is she and why was she running?

Severus Snape was unnerved. He'd never had trouble with a Potions assignment before...

Todmorden, W Yorks, as the likely site of Spinner's End, in light of new evidence from DH.

Ginny had fallen under Tom Riddle’s spell once before.

It's the end of the war. Where lines have divided, it now unites. This is a story about those who have survived. For Harry, it's a new beginning, for Draco, a chance to hope.

A look at the history of You-Know-Who, and a person who could have changed the history of the world. One-shot.

After the war ends, Percy learns the meaning of forgiveness.

Hermione may have made a terrible mistake. One that would change her life (and the ones around her) forever... How could she have let this happen? And how will everyone react?

The war is over, but life keeps on going. [Harry & Ron after the war. Ten exactly 100 word drabbles]

Harry finds a puppy in an alley... but when he tries to figure out whose it is, a mystery arises, giving Harry some very interesting insights into the life of someone he knows.

Lily and James are still alive and darling Harry James has finished school and flies for the Puddlemere United team. Outwardly, they're the picture of family wealth and harmony. But behind the closed doors of their Georgian manor, there is a gaping canyon that separates Lily and James from their son and all three are trying desperately to cling to their own blind paths around it. But when a certain prophecy makes an untimely entrance--well, it might just be enough to shatter them all.

Regulus watches his older brother pack for school and worries about what he'll do when tomorrow night comes and he wakes up in the middle of the night with no one there to comfort him.

Second-years are not allowed to visit Hogsmeade ... so what was Dennis Creevey doing at the D.A. meeting in the Hog’s Head? And however will he explain himself to Professor McGonagall without betraying the D.A.?

Sirius babysits Harry for the first time.

One-shot. Takes place during OotP with HBP spoilers. Tonks just joined the Order and she meets a guy she really likes. The question is, does he like her? And what will she do about her feelings?

Lily Evans is

Sometimes things don't end the way you planned.

Ten letters never sent by Blaise Zabini. Quasi-sequel to "Chocolate and Toffee"

It is the final night of the second war.Harry has a job to do to end it...forever.He knows that he won't be coming back from it,but he isn't upset.He is tired of playing the game that haunts him every night.He just wants to see his friends again,but most of all,he wants to see her...

Ron and Hermione find comfort in each other after Dumbledore's funeral.

Albus Dumbledore: the greatest wizard of the modern age, defeater of the Dark wizard Grindelwald, and the only one the Dark Lord ever feared. And yet, he certainly did not start out that way. This is the story of a young, awkward Percy Dumbledore, the elder of the Minister of Magic's two sons, before he became the respected headmaster of Hogwarts, before he met Nicholas Flamel... before he was great.

All incoming seventh years are sent to Hogwarts in July to complete their assignments, which will be the most difficult situation for each of them! Includes blue toilet water, tea parties, Hogwarts invasion, denied promotion, Voldemort in a hula outfit, evil three year olds, terrible grades, spiders, and Timothy Facade.

During the aftermath of his wild birthday party, Sirius helps Remus make up his mind about whether or not to start a relationship with Tonks. In the end, Sirius discovers that his help may not have been needed after all. Sequel to "Marauders Redux".

Mary-Sue Potter has come to Hogwarts, inspiring questions: Who is she? What's her secret? And why doesn't she have violet eyes? (Parody)

Why Snape's killing Dumbledore may have been A Good Thing, and Snape's new responsibility.

Narcissa has built her life the way she wanted, but her priorities are about to change. DH SPOILERS.

Ginny hears of Arthur's death. How will she react? Harry/Ginny, implied Draco/Ginny.

The Dark Lord has found a diamond in the rough, hidden away amongst the filth of Azkaban. A young girl with unusual skills that the Dark Lord may use to his advantage. But there are many questions circling 'round this girl-child, questions that not even she has found the answers to.

Regulus A. Black is not stupid. He knows quitting the Death Eaters isn't an option. But revenge is.

A surprise party for Harry leads to an interesting turn of events between Draco and Ginny, and they all happen to take place in a musty old janitor's closet. (Slightly alternate universe, I suppose.)

During the middle of the first war with Voldemort, the original Order of the Phoenix discovers a map to the Death Eaters' secret headquarters and plans a raid. In the face of the pain, loss, and betrayal that threatens to destroy everything, the love of newlyweds James and Lily Potter is given new dimension as the Order struggles to live to face another day.

Hurt, full of guilt and in-love; Lupin writes to Tonks. Unable to tell her his true feelings, he writes them down in a letter. He will never send it, but for now it helps with the raw emotion he’s experiencing. Set during HBP. Second in the ‘Hidden Letters’ series.

The trio has gotten rid of Voldemort and is now moving on with their lives. The resident bookworm is continuing to study, but who is that following her? One-shot.

Christmas, 1998. The war is raging, but the girls delight in their annual Christmas shopping. War, however, does not take a holiday. One Shot.

He couldn't be here. He just couldn't. He belonged to her old life, the one she left behind a million years ago, and his being here would throw everything out of balance.

Draco discovers late-night horror movies; Severus gets creative.

She should hate him...

A broken brother, a hate-filled sister, the ghosts of the past, and an innocent little girl - "And I still want to run. To hide. To cry. And to, ultimately, forget this day, this prison, and this abominable little cell. And even, as I hate to say it, forget my own brother."

COMPLETE. When trying to decide who might be worse - the Weasley twins or James and Sirius - the Fat Lady retells a story about overhearing James' confession to Lily. One-shot.

Scene Filler. Takes place on the Hospital Wing after the Quidditch "bat"? accident between McLaggen and Harry. Ron and Hermione reconciled and cleared the air between them. Ron had some explaining to do about his actions towards Hermione while Hermione spilled her most important secret about Harry.

Hermione wakes up to the perfect day. But soon, this day becomes much less than perfect. WARNING: will become an R story. you have been warned.

Pictures can be more than just memories. GW/BZ

Some of us Harry Potter fans have a bit of a problem. It’s not a large problem necessarily. Not life threatening, but it does cause dilemma for many. The problem interferers with fan fiction reading and writing for some. For others, it makes posting in forums and taking stances in arguments a tad more difficult then it is for most. Some have to hide their little secret, pretending to have only one stance and secretly indulging in the other when no one is looking.

The library was her sanctuary, her refuge, her haven. And he was a distraction.

Is there a Pureblood wizard who truly loves computers? Yes, there is, and I'm not speaking about Arthur Weasley. Of course he won't miss out in a story concerning his great passion, but in first place it's his daughter who discovers her love for certain hexed Muggle items.

This is the real story of what happened to Harry Potter. Peter decided was able to stop Voldemort from killing the Potters, allowing them to have a long and happy life. Until, Harry's first year at Hogwarts, when something worse than the rise of a Dark Lord brings the lives of James, Lily, and Harry into turmoil. Will everything turn out all right in the end?

This is a study of the UK population during the Harry Potter at Hogwarts era which seeks to determine how many wizards live in Britain, and how these figures might be determined.

Scenario: Myrtle did not raise the alarm after Sectumsempra, for whatever reason. What would Harry do? What course of events would develop? This was asked on GnH recently. This story is my response to that question.