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Such insolence. Such Triumph. And such loneliness.

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.

"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.]

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.

Why Hermione really wasn't certain Ron could pass a Muggle driving test.

A covert operation is launched to retrieve Voldemort from Muggledom. But what do you call an operation that involves the hormonal saviour of wizardkind, his adenoidal comic side-kick, and their thinking hat wannabe bimbette; a harmless (mostly) werewolf, his canine friend and their clumsy associate; a snivelly wizard and a known felon? Surely,

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

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.

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".

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.)

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.

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.

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

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.

Aren't you one of those people who wondered how Book 7 could just skip 19 years? Wouldn't you like to know what happens to the next generation? Are you one of those people who would love a good Ron-Hermione-Draco triangle love story? A mystery or two. A Rose/Scorpius ship? Well, this is it. Read it.

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.

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.

The last letter Lily Potter wrote before her death was to her sister Petunia. Thanks to Meucci Warlock for the beta.

After becoming "head of the family", Draco must investigate a mysterious bill.

"Your kind? You've been spending too much time up in those mountains." A sketch of Remus Lupin, which hopefully offers some insight into his loyalties and where they truly lie.

A bittersweet end to a star-crossed relationship...

In J'espere, there is true love, tons of drama, a little bit of humor, and a touch of suspense as Harry is back at the Weasleys' once again, but he's not returning to school this time. And you know Ron and Hermione are right there with him. But when Ginny comes into the picture again, let's just say Horcruxes aren't the only thing on Harry's mind.

A year after the end of the war, an end in which Remus Lupin lost everything, he drinks to forget his sorrows. Something happens that he didn't plan - but can he honestly say that it wasn't perhaps for the best? Remus Lupin/Luna Lovegood.

How did the Magical world educate its youngsters before there was a Hogwarts? Follow one girl on her journey into magic, and into the Gryffindor family.

Set immediately after the events of Deathly Hallows. Lord Voldemort has been defeated and Harry returns to Hogwarts for his Seventh Year. The wizarding world is rebuilding themselves under the new Minister of Magic, Kingsley Shacklebolt. But a few Death Eaters still roam free and they plan to either resurrect their old master or elect a new master -- the only problem is they need a weapon that death himself wields. Join Harry, Hermione, Ron and Ginny in their greatest adventure yet.

It doesn't look at all like a memory...

Baby Harry's first Christmas Eve. The Marauders and Lily get into the Christmas spirit, but are interrupted when an unexpected friend comes to call with some dreadful news.

What would life be like if Harry's parents hadn't died? Join Jillian Anders as she tells the story of romance, drama, angst, and most of all-humor.

Sirius has always been a strong person. But what's the force that makes someone strong? (Sirius as an altar boy.)

Tom Riddle and his boggart.

Sirius loves Remus. It's as simple as that.

After an unexpected attack on Hogsmeade takes the lives of several loved ones, Ginny Weasley is left with only grief as a remnant of war. But what she never anticipated, in the wake of all the tragedy, was to find her will to live again in the form of a bawling, grey-eyed baby left to die in the wreckage of battle... the baby of Draco Malfoy. REVISED VERSION.

Re-write of 'The Life of Aurora Renee' Eleven-year old Aurora is ecstatic about starting at Hogwarts, despite the efforts of her father to conceal her identity. When mysterious letters and nightmares begin to terrorize the young girl, will Severus Snape be able to protect her from an unseen enemy?

Everything you(n)ever wanted to know about Severus Snape's father

In order to help take the edge off the current state of things, the Ministry of Magic have prepared a special surprise for the students at Hogwarts. However, they soon come to realize that the past may repeat itself, especially now that Voldemort is gaining power and not everything is as it seems.

A companion oneshot to Kelsey Potter's Save the Last Dance. Severus gets one last chance to live a dream, if only for one song... Sevitus. Sev/OC implied.

After Harry and Ron die, Hermione must learn to live without them. Hermione, Ginny, Luna. Gen.

Harry is sick of Umbridge and everyone pushing him around. Halfway through fifth year, he decides to Do Something about it. Warning: Contains nuts. And cults, falling sugar bowls, terrible handwriting, and beleaguered caretakers. So AU it isn't even funny.

Lucius Malfoy is the evil new Minister of Magic, Harry Potter and Hermione Granger are two angels fighting to get back to earth and Ron Weasley has ‘kidnapped’ Draco Malfoy in a fit of insanity… Based loosely on 'A Life Less Ordinary'.

What can he do without her? Severus is a wreck! And he has a son... what a revelation. One-shot with Severus and Lily.

Shortly before going to Hogwarts, James suddenly falls ill, leaving Harry to care for him. One-shot & COMPLETE

Harry Potter has a dark secret: He isn't a wizard. At least not in the traditional sense. One day, however, he finds a book that just may be the answer to his problems. AU, Gray!Harry, foreign school, vampires, werewolves, politics, no pairings.

Hi, everybody, I'm Lily Potter. Yes, Lily Potter as in Harry Potter's daughter. His youngest, and only, daughter, if you must know. Anyways, I have my parents, my older brothers, and my friends. So you could say I'm a normal girl... at least I was until he had to show up and ruin everything. But what would you say if I told you I was happy my life is over? ***** Come to Hogwarts, follow the path of Harry Potter's only daughter, and find out what happens when silver and emerald meet...

Sweat ran down Harry's face. He wiped it off with the back of his hand, then hissed when a twig stung the inside of his wrist in a spray of droplets. He didn't slow down; his godson was out there in the half-dark with a monster.

Temporarily rescued from self-imposed solitude after breaking up for good with her long-term boyfriend, Rose Weasley encounters someone from her past who offers her the opportunity for a fresh start at love.

"Harry was the most precious thing in the world, standing there, illuminated by the yellow light from above." Twelve years ago, Sirius Black's world collapsed. Now he must protect the one thing he has left. He travels from Azkaban to Hogwarts, lives in the Forbidden Forest, and occasionally loses himself in murderous hatred. The only thing that keeps him sane is the fact that, without Dementors, he can finally remember.

After Umbridge's Quill carved words into his skin, Harry kept his silence. Sirius won't allow him to any longer.

There is no going back for Ginny Weasley. After finding a diary bearing Tom Riddle's name, with a promise to bring her dead love, Cedric, back from the dead, it's hard to resist temptation. But temptation can eat you inside until there is no more...

In which Hermione is featured in and out of character, Ron is an unfaithful naughty boy, Dean is left with bruises but isn't important enough to get a line, Ginny seeks revenge and so does Lavender ... And all because Ronnie was in the bathroom.

Part of my Sailing Ships Challenge. Lucius and Narcissa are in the delivery room. Lucius' hand will never be the same. And Bellatrix Just. Won't. Stop. Giggling. LuciusNarcissa

The night before the Quidditch World Cup, Seamus is so hyper Dean doesn't think they'll ever get to sleep. But Seamus, as usual, has An Idea. (Preslash.)

Lily is at home with Harry when she receives an unexpected visitor. Snapefic.

There are dark times on the horizon, and everyone knows it. War and death assaults the Wizarding World everyday, but even in the middle of all the terror, there are light moments; even in a world of hatred, love can be found. Such is the case when two friends admit their feelings for each other, feelings that they have harboured for several years.

The year is 1981, and it is rapidly becoming a bad one for Bellatrix Lestrange. A shocking revelation is followed by shocking betrayal, and soon Bellatrix is out of her depth, and stranded from all she holds dear. She fends for herself somehow and, years later, re-enters the public arena once more with her son and companion, Antares Black. But wait - what on earth does this have to do with Harry Potter, dead at the hands of Voldemort in the year of his defeat?

MuggleNet.com Competition Entry. Write the first Chapter of Book 7, in under 1000 words. Follows what happens to Draco and Snape after they have successfully Disapparated outside Hogwarts.

After two years in Azkaban, Draco's presence is requested before the Wizengamot.

Ron loses his way in the days after the Final Victory. Can he turn his life round, or is it too late now?

One year after the War is over, George still hasn't gotten over Fred's death. Ron swears George needs a distraction to get away from "last year." Then, George meets Kaitlyn Thompson. Kaitlyn is loyal - to a fault. After all, that's what made her a great Hufflepuff. Her older brother (who has problems of his own, mind you) swears she needs to get out more, and break up with her awful boyfriend. Kaitlyn disagrees. Then, she meets George Weasley.

Harry looks back on his life, his destiny, and his love for...certain people. SLASH.

Love isn't what it's cracked up to be. Ginny, Draco, Harry, Hermione, and Ron all discover that very quickly in this story.

Deathly Hallows spoilers ensue. This story is being written as a response to JKR's comment in an interview where she said if Snape could choose to live his life over, he would choose Lily over the Death Eaters. So, that said, this is obviously AU.

Last Year. Last Chance. Last Battle. Last Dance. The third and final level of "Harry Potter and the Last Year". What's got Professor Snape in a good mood? And can it last? Canon through OotP, alternate 7th year. This is a Horcrux free zone.

Sometimes love isn't enough. Some relationships come with an expiration date.

While Harry and company are off hunting horcruxes, it's up to Luna and the rest of the DA to hold down the fort at Hogwarts. But, that's not as easy as it may seem.

Theory about why alchemy might feature in book 7 and who could be an alchemist.

Five women, each with a man on her mind, but not, perhaps, the men you'd expect.

A one shot following Severus Snape from the end of HBP to the final battle, with flashbacks to his past.

Regulus Black: start to finish.

Ron and Hermione are to be married on this happiest of days. The twins would rather not be there when it happens.

"My name is Harry Potter. I am the boy who lived; the so called Saviour of the world. There is one person I couldn't save." After the war Harry must come to terms with the fate of his son, battle his demons and care for a broken family.

For the March2007 challenge. Fudge pays an unexpected visit to Hogwarts.

You've seen the movie (or have you?). Well it doesn't matter, because this fic bears little to no resemblance to the fine picture. I present, therefore, for your amusement, your favorite characters from the "Smoke Two Joints" series taking a mad trip through Diagon Alley. Acid; LSD; Lysergic Acid Diethylamide. Psilocin. Psilocybin. Plenty of Tetrahydrocannabinol, for good measure. Read the fic. Laugh it up. Peace out. ````Rated "R" for some profanity and extreme drug use.

There was no turning back now, was there? Draco Malfoy was undoubtedly a marked man, and he was barely a man at that. Professor Albus Dumbledore was dead and the second war was about to begin. What was left for the young Slytherin? Did he fight with those he had sided with his whole life, or did he pursue a new path?

When a mysterious dog appears on the Hogwarts grounds, Professor McGonagall is forced to seek temporary shelter with Professor Flitwick. Written for the hp_friendships challenge on LiveJournal.

It's the holiday season, and Harry is alone and missing some holiday company. This is the script for Spell-Cast.com's 2006 holiday podcast play.

The afterlife bears a surprising resemblance to a railway station...

This is a Draco-other fic. This story revolves around Draco and my original character as they fight each other-even as they realise they are falling in love.

The Second War has ended, and several months have passed since the Final Battle. It is now the night of 31 December, and while the rest of the world is out celebrating the dawning of a Voldemort-free year, one young man is preparing to end his life. He has lost everything he cared for, including the love of his life, and can see no reason to continue living. Will someone come and save him before it is too late?

Theory about what may happen in book 7 based upon JKR stating in an interview that she is a Christian.

At the end of August 2013, Harry and Ginny Potter are invited to Hogwarts to investigate a spate of anonymous letters and vandalism. But poisonings and brutal murder convince them that things are more serious - and then their son Sirius gets involved... See Harry and Ginny as Quidditch man and wife! See the conflict between the Professors! See the mysterious Ancient Runes Teacher! Learn what happened to Hermione's old dorm-mate, Mary-Sue Moonchild! And learn how the Ministry persuaded Professor McGonagall to nationalise the Hogwarts House-elves!

Speculation about the star signs of James and Lily

It is our choices that define us, for better or for worse.

Percy finds himself, after the War, caught up in a case of smuggling and worse, and the pawn, it seems, of numerous dodgy organisations and Ministry factions...

Narcissa in invited to Malfoy Manor for dinner on Christmas Eve.

Draco is happy with this life.

Love is an incredibly complicated thing, an organism with its own schemes. Controlling it is like playing with fire. Merope decides to build her own pyre.