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"Remus sometimes says how frightening it is that all it takes is one bad week to utterly destroy your world, but I think that he knows better than that. He knows that the events of that week had been in the works for years, had their beginning as far back as our fourth year. It's not even surprising that everything came to a head at once. The events of that week could never have happened one by one. Our lives were too tightly intertwined for isolated tragedies, much less deaths. We couldn't have stopped it then. We were already too different from the way than we looked through the eyes of those that we loved best. What happened was inescapable."

Ron's been acting weird lately. Hermione finds out why. Followup to "This, and My Heart Beside".

Or, The Tumultuous Courtship of Draco Malfoy and Ginny Weasley: A Parody.

Growing up with two stepfamilies, Sally-Anne Perks has all the usual family problems in triplicate. Now her stepmother wants to prevent her attending the Yule Ball. Will this ruin Sally-Anne’s chances of winning her prince? And who has stolen her magic shoe? This is a response to a challenge to retell a traditional fairy tale with a Hogwarts setting. You might consider that I put a twist in the ending… or you might not.

For almost his entire life, a little patch of rooftop outside Ginny's bedroom window has been Ron's favorite spot. In the solitude outside the Burrow and above the world, the memories are endless.

Ron recieves a prototype for a new Patented Daydream Charm from Fred and George for Christmas. Ron is suddenly trapped alone with a certain someone, unsure of why she's there and to his horror the Charm doesn't seem to be wearing off. Christmas time HBP, written for the 48 Hour Challenge.

Harry James Potter, age 7, accidentaly Apparates to a house in which he lived as a baby. There, far from the Dursleys' influence, his intelligence arises and helps him understand the nature of magic and the uses it can have, while his disappearance turns the Magical World upside down. How will be Harry's comeback to the world in which he was born?

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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?

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?

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.

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.

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.

Adelaidaline Jujuvitz' world is turned upside down and kicked about when her parents are killed by a branch of Death Eaters. It is then shaken up even more when her new guardian tells her she is not going to go to school until age sixteen and that she is really taking defense lessons for some time instead. But what will she do when her aunt finally explains to the prophecy that led to the dismanteling of her life?

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

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.

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?

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?

"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.)

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.

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?

"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.

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.

Speculation about who the married teacher is.

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.

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.

A series of ficlets, detailing days in the lives of our favorite HP characters: Harry, Remus, Severus, Hermione, and so on. Read to find out more!

Voldemort has united the Death Eaters with the mighty Neville Longbottom in an attempt to force the Ministry to legalize Marijuana. Meanwhile, Draco and Hermione are arrested and Snape is the victim of some good one-liners. Features many high characters, beanbag chairs, bitchy policewomen, and Lucius reminiscing about good times. Ahh, good times.

"It’s a horrible thing, you know, to be constantly thinking of the dead, because it’s useless. It won’t get you anywhere, and all productivity stops once the mind turns to remorse and what-ifs and should-haves." How do you let go of someone you never had? Cho/Cedric, Cho/Harry

After the war, Severus goes looking for peace. Harry goes looking for Severus. Severus finds strength in himself, but will he also learn to bend?

An interpretation of Lily and James Potter's lives, from their first bits of magic to their last.

While meeting before work, Ron, Harry, and Hermione discover that their least favourite reporter has posted a new article.

In the tumultuous years that follow Harry Potter's defeat of Lord Voldemort, Nymphadora Tonks is sent to live with family friends at The Burrow. It is there that she meets and befriends Charlie Weasley, creating a bond that will last throughout her life....

The aftermath of the war has left Snape empty and broken. How will hope rebuild him? Through Hermione.

One-shot. First SS/HG (implied). Post-HBP. Just Snape and Hermione's reflections on the aftermath, finding their hearts think as one.

Follow James Potter through his years at Hogwarts, the friends, the girls, the laughter and the heartache. But as a first year, mostly just the laughter. Remus Lupin in a dress? It just doesn't get any better.

A crossover with "Sister Princess" and including the concepts from "Mahou Sensei Negima." An AU where there is a separate magical power beyond the Ministry -- and right from that night at Godric's Hollow, Harry and his sister Rose are drawn into it.

" - Peruvian Instant Darkness Powder," said Ron bitterly. "Fred and George's. I'm going to be having a word with them about who they let buy their products." (HBP)

A Christmas story about love, acceptance, and the many uses of rubber bands.

The Wizarding world is terrified when it seems that a fourth Unforgivable Curse has been created. With attacks occuring daily, the magical community has never been so afraid. So when a strange man and his companion materialise at Hogwarts, do they offer a spark of hope? Harry, Ron and Hermione certainly seem to think so. Watch as magic collides with science, and as the impossible soon becomes reality. With the Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler. Sixth Year AU.

A sixth year fic which concentrates on the wizarding world at war, and the Boy Who Lived, who is mourning the death of his godfather. After Voldemort revealed himself in the Ministry, he further reveals what he has been doing lying low for an year... On a lighter side, how do Ginny and Hermione, who have hopelessly fallen in love with the two most thickheaded boys make themselves be noticed?

When Remus Lupin comes to Hogwarts Severus Snape's life turns upside-down. Though he tries to deny it Severus's emotions are out of his control and in Lupin's hands. Soon Severus finds that there is more to him than he thought, and that even a Slytherin and Death Eater can be very easily understood by a Gryffindor and a werewolf. And maybe only by him. Lupin gradually breaks Severus's defences. If only there weren't the suspicions and the mistrust, the insecurity in every fibre of Severus's body. If only there weren't Lupin's suspicious behaviour, his lies and secrets. Will their bond be strong enough to withstand all doubts, disappointments and pain they are confronted with? This shows PoA through Snape's eyes.

In what should be his seventh year at the famous Hogwarts, School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry Potter once again instead finds himself fighting for his life. Dumbledore is dead, Hogwarts is under threat and the Wizarding World is once again at war, he has to help. But along the way, and with a little help from his friends, he will come to find though, that there is more to this than meets the eye.

What happens when you mix sickness, love, marriage, parents, James, and any thing disturbing? You get Lily's life. This is a story, that Lily wrote in her diary during her seventh year.

"Maggie knew in her heart that her mummy and daddy kept each other happy and always would." A story of family and dealing with death.

When Severus accepts Lily's invitation to experience a taste of her life before Hogwarts, he expects nothing more than a pleasant evening away from his house. What he gets is more than he had ever dared to dream for.

The weirdest day in Lily Evans life to date. At least it starts out that way. She discovers a few things about a certain someone who she didn't like, which makes her change her mind about him.

A stolen moment between Ron and Hermione. A very, very short outtake taking place in the final chapter of HBP.

An analysis of the religious and philosophical ideas that underlie JK Rowling's Harry Potter novels.

As they enter their sixth year at Hogwarts, James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew must all face up to their fears and grow up in the darkest time imaginable. James must step up to his role as hero despite the constant rejections from Lily Evans. Sirius struggles with responsibility, especially when mysterious Dorcas Meadowes enters his life. Remus looks for aceptance in a world he doesn't fit in and Peter searches for stability in a terrifying world.

Harry is shopping for Christmas. Again. (H/D)

Draco kisses Ginny to get back at Pansy for cheating on him but Ginny becomes more and more alluring to the smooth Slytherin God. Will he ever stop thinking about her?

Harry has to kill Voldemort, but what chance does a teenager stand against the most powerful wizard alive? And what is up with Ron?

Two students visit Madam Pomfrey with an embarrassing problem. The cure may possibly be worse than the disease.

A summer storm. From out of nowhere, fierce and wild, over as quickly as it had started. A Trio fic, written for the TQP September 2008 challenge: Wild World of Weather.

J.K. Rowling once said that Harry needs Hermione badly. This is undoubtedly true. But Harry also needs Ron. The Trio often work as a single united whole. However, just as your head, hand and heart don't draw lots on whose turn it is to pump the blood today, the members of the Trio don't just do things willy-nilly. An essay on Trio dynamic.

Remus has been sent to infiltrate Greyback's camp, and it isn't long before he realizes: Something's missing. Something important. What could it be? Who can help him in his hour of need...Or, rather, who WILL help him?

“I thought I might go back to Godric’s Hollow,” Harry muttered. He had had the idea in his head ever since the night of Dumbledore’s death. “For me, it started there, all of it. I’ve just got a feeling I need to go there. And I can visit my parents’ graves, I’d like that.”

Everything you wanted to know about Eileen Prince ... but were afraid to ask.

Hogwarts has a new Headmaster and a new regime. Harry Potter, the students' hero, is missing, and someone must step into his shoes. That someone is Neville Longbottom. This is my interpretation of the seventh year at Hogwarts.

It's the best feeling in the world, our palms sweaty, your breathing erratic, but then you pick up that black and white electric guitar and nothing else seems to matter.

Reg says diaries are for girls, but he doesn't know what he's talking about. First of all, girls can't write, everybody knows that (except Regulus, but what does he know?), and second, this isn't a diary. It's a journal. That's something totally different. A journal of my super-cool life--This is the very first sentence Sirius Black writes in his Diary/journal in his first year at Hogwarts. Other years will follow.

He does not leap from the bed, nor does he bolt towards the doorway. The prickle dissipates along his skin, and a languid calm floods his limbs. He inhales, ready because he must be. Absently, he wonders whether he will find a moment to sleep before dawn. He refuses to wonder when he will again find peaceful rest.

Draco Malfoy has a change of mind about serving the Dark Lord as a Death Eater. Except, of course, that brings in a little complication. Like the fact his father killed him. This would be a big problem if it weren't for the fact that Fate has given Draco Malfoy another shot at life... Featuring Draco Malfoy's inner Gryffindor (that is, he *is* a Gryffindor), a torrid Hermione and Draco love affair (according to Harry's chest monster, anyway), a love-struck (not really) Draco, a golden Quartet (Hermione, Ron, Draco, and Harry), and a retelling of the Harry Potter Hogwarts years as seen from Draco's inner Gryffindor. Also features a surprise ending.

Neville and Luna visit Ron and Hermione, and while Hermione is out shopping, Ron plays chess with Luna. Little does he know that Luna doesn't play chess quite like anyone Ron's ever played.

Every Monday morning, Harry gets a letter. A love letter. These letters become an anchor in a world of uncertainty despite their content. One Monday, there is no letter waiting.

"A baby is inside her, and she's afraid. Sometimes she wonders if she'll survive the war." One-shot, set a few days before Harry's birth.

It all started with a stupid interrogation. Or: Don't ask a question if you're not prepared to hear the answer.

It's a year after the Final Battle. Graduation day looms for our young heroes and heroines. All receive awards, including Neville and Mrs. Weasley. Harry even makes a public announcement as to his and Ginny's engagement, and at the ball following the ceremonies, they actually--finally--get to dance the Waltz from fourth year together.

Bellatrix teaches. Ginny learns. Draco abets. (Draco/Ginny/Bellatrix)

Sirius tells the real story of the Hogwarts founders. Not quite what you'd expect. Rated PG-13 for some violence, crying and stolen hats. One shot.

A Draco-prequel to AngieJ's Trouble in Paradise, following Draco on his adventures in America, Summer of 1998

Sequel to "The Dragon Games". After losing everything he’s ever loved, can Harry find a way to pick himself up? Even with the war over, a dark threat is still on the horizon. Harry’s friends bring him hope, but evil has other ideas.

A short essay including canonical support and analysis for the pairing of Lily/Severus.

A series of moments is all it takes to put two people together. Neville Longbottom and Hannah Abbott.

Sirius has been drinking, and Hermione is feeling brave. Is playing with fire like playing with Firewhiskey?

Hermione\'s world is thrown into chaos. She is trapped, while Harry tries desperately to save her. However, he may not be her hero in the end. Trials and failures in love can strengthen the heart. Sometimes the most unlikely people do the most unimaginable things.

“Can I keep him?” Mrs. Weasley simply stared, looking back and forward between her daughter and the young man standing in front of the fireplace, dripping wet. Ginny looked imploringly at her mother. “My Gran is dead. Just for a little while. Please?”

The Amazing Race is truly...Amazing. But what would happen if the wizards from the Harry Potter world and Muggles from the States were to get together and embark on this Amazing Race? Humor and 'Sirius'ness ensues...

Lily knows that she's falling for James. She thinks back, coming to terms with how such an unlikely thing happened.

As long as he can remember, Teddy Lupin has felt like an outsider. But Victoire Weasley thinks that they are more alike than he realizes...

A Harry/Draco Slash Murder Mystery. Ten years after the events in HBP, Draco Malfoy and Dean Thomas investigate the poisoning of Ginny Potter. The simple case quickly becomes more complicated as the poisonings continue, culminating in murder. And if that wasn't enough on Draco's plate, something very odd is going on between him and Harry, a sort of inexplicable lust...

As he enters his sixth year, Draco Malfoy has a rather full plate. His father's in Azkaban, the Dark Lord has begun the final plans to destroy Harry Potter, he must secure his place in the pureblood politics and maintain his title as Prince of Slytherin, and prove himself worthy by his seventeenth birthday to claim the title of Voldemort's heir. But what's Ginny Weasley got to do with all of this and why can't Draco stop thinking about her?

The Light has won. Harry and Draco have led it to victory. Severus Snape awaits execution, a double-, treble-, quadruple-agent whose only loyalties, it seems, were to himself, and whose actions can never be excused. He is allowed a final letter to the victors, and, not surprisingly, disagrees with their assessment of his loyalties, motives, and just deserts. This is not a part of the 'Gate of Ivory, Gate of Horn' / 'Under a Dragon Moon' universe.

When he was twenty-one, Sirius Black made an agreement with Albus Dumbledore that would forever change his life. Now, seven years later, Sirius is not a wrongly accused convict but a well-respected Auror. Living in a colorful town just outside of London with a boy that many mistake for his son, he seems to have things under control until something occurs that will alter his life once again . . . including bringing his estranged father, Orion, back into it.

Some thoughts about Draco’s character development in HBP and some speculating about his role in the final book. Spoilers ahead, do not read this if you haven’t finished HBP.

The locals in a sleepy corner of the Cheviot Hills are surprised to discover that they have new neighbours. Who are the strangers at Drakeshaugh?

Do you have what it takes to be a Death Eater? In these "short" guidelines written by the Dark Lord himself, you'll find out all the do's and don't's and other info of being a Death Eather in Voldemort's service....