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Hufflepuffs aren't the only ones who can be loyal.

Lily Evans knows that rules exist for reason, and she attempts to follow school and society's regulations as best as she can. But a growing understanding with James Potter makes her question the rules of friendship and love she has established for herself.

Harry returns to the Burrow after an extended period of self-exile following the final battle. Ginny reacts unpredictably.

Regulus Black, some snippets from his too short life.

On Sirius, in wartime. Five very different careers.

What's a wizard to do if he needs to break into a Muggle high-security area without leaving a trace? Why, call in expert help, of course! Advice and assistance are especially vital when the security measures to be evaded are in the Tower of London, and the target is the Crown Jewels. Unfortunately, when Mundungus Fletcher is the expert in question, there's no guarantee things will go smoothly ... [Written for the

Successful young entrepreneurs Fred and George Weasley -- whose products sometimes seem almost magical! -- are interviewed by the 'Sunday Times Magazine'.

"I'm a Dursley now, not an Evans." Petunia goes through love, life, and death. A tracing of her evolution from her wedding day to the morning that Harry arrives on her doorstep. L/J, Vernon/Petunia, coarse language. Can be read with 'Enharmonic' or as a standalone.

Lucius and Narcissa decide to test out the whole kiss deal, to see what the whole fuss is about.

Nightmares created another sleepless night for Sirius Black, but who would have thought that the night would include the meeting of old friends, trying to decipher cryptic poems, and travelling to centuries in the past to supposedly complete an as-of-yet unknown task?

"You are one lucky girl. You leave home to spend some time with your fiancée and you come back future mother to the heir of an ex-convict, and empowered with unknown magical powers." "I like those kinds of holidays. But you forgot to mention that I got to wear lace garnet." He laughed, throwing his head back. "And you also forget the part where there's a lot of money. That alone would suffice to make my choice." "You're marrying me for the money?" I laughed. "Of course, dear. For the money and for the sex. Both are pretty abundant here." May or may not be AU. It depends on how you look at it.

Ruled by a muggle's wants, this story takes place with our dear wizard and witch friends and foes. It twists romance and humor together like no other. Be prepared to face an explosion of laughs, shocked faces, steamy imagery, chickens, and many cliff hangers.

Hermione wants to be happy. She just wants to be happy.

“You must really think you’re something, Nott,” she remarked, her tone daring to be airy, “but you are a Slytherin, all one in the same, what separates you, might I ask?”

Slytherin House. It is where his legacy is; his family has always been in the serpentine House, save for an occasional Ravenclaw. He grew up learning about Salazar Slytherin and seeing the green and silver colours of one of Hogwarts' Founders. There was simply no other option for one of his blood. But is that really the truth? Is it possible for there to be a lion in the midst of snakes?

1971. Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. A class dealing with internal demons, external tensions, and whispers from the shadows growing steadily louder. This is a tale of intertwining lives in the midst of danger. A tale of love and laughter, of cauldrons and comrades.

(AU) A vampiric Draco, who finds himself with a new blood donor in Harry Potter, must now face the challenges of Hogwarts anew and this time he has more than just himself to worry about.

Severus can't distinguish between whether it's a nightmare or simply a dream. Lily is there to comfort him, whatever he decides.

Have you ever wondered how the Dream Diary Ron had to do for Divination in his fifth year was like? Well, here it is: Homework Assignment: Dream Diary by Ronald Bilius Weasley. Dive into Ron's subconcious, explore his dreams and read up his comments on them. Do they maybe show the future? Do they merely show his wishes? Are they just weird? Or is Ron - going crazy?

Luna Lovegood and Neville Longbottom are determined to share the world together, but will Neville stop procrastinating his proposal to her? Cute, fluffy, and thoughtful ficlets about a favorite fanon pairing. Severus Snape subplot.

If working with Draco Malfoy was the last thing Hermione ever wanted... Falling in love was the least expected. A dangerous quest to thwart a magical weapon of mass destruction has devastating personal consequences, when a race to save the world, becomes a race to save themselves...

With Dumbledore dead and two new teachers at school, it seems that students can't trust anyone their own problems. But, behold! A new advice column has opened, to give advice and support for...Oh, nevermind, it's Smith from Hufflepuff who's writing it.

Severus Snape: Good? Bad? Neither. He's in it for himself.

We all know Harry wished he had his parents back. But do you know what Lily and James felt like? How would you feel if you suddenly died? [Did very well on other sites]

AU: Harry and Ron visit the Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor's office to tell him where the Chamber of Secrets is. Everything Gilderoy Lockhart writes about himself is actually true.

Sixteen-year-old Sirius Black returns home for Christmas after the infamous Whomping Willow Prank, and realises that the family he has is not the one that he wants to belong to any more. An outtake from From Ashes, but it can be read alone.

It's 1979 and Bellatrix waits for Regulus.

Written for the "What's your OTP" 2006 Valentine's Day challenge. Eloise Midgen worships Petunia Dursley. Personally, I found this an odd topic to write on...

The Leavers Ball of the 1971-1972 Hogwarts year.

Written for the Second Gen Ficathon. My assignment, from lostlikealice, was Trio-era. Parvati and Lavender (and anyone else) after the end of Lavender/Ron.

Mark Evans's first class at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry is History of Magic. They have a special guest instructor.

There's a great deal that wants doing in the first hours after the Great Victory. Perhaps the most important thing, at the end of the day, is the work of the Magical War Graves Commission.

Former Hogwarts students think back to their school days while they are now in the midst of a war. Dialogue is lyrics from a filk of Avenue Q's "I Wish I Could Go Back to College".

Rose Weasley embarks on her first year at Hogwarts...but all she really wants to do is play one of the most wonderful sports ever invented: Quidditch. Too bad life gets in the way in the form of school stress, family spats and a seeker named Scorpius.

Many years after the War, Harry is chivvied into seeking out the last of the elder Potters, with some unlikely companions. Of course, the Fates have inventive ways of buggering up his life, particularly on mysterious Dartmoor.

Ginny stood up and walked over to Draco. She placed his arms around her waist and threw her arms around his neck. She leaned in close to his ear and whispered, "What do think I want?"

Cho runs into an old friend and comes to an understanding with him. [Set during HBP.]

Sirius and Peter discuss James' latest literary work and come to a conclusion. (This will make NO sense unless you've read

Narcissa gets mad. Lucius kisses another girl.

Albus went to the concert to make Rose happy. He didn't expect to enjoy himself. He didn't expect to find entertainment. Most importantly, he didn't expect to find love.

She's gone back to fix what she did wrong. Unfortunately, she doesn't have a fondness for following the rules. She'll do her best to stick to the plan, but did the Founders do what was best when they chose to do their work through her?

An analysis of Gringotts and the Wizarding economy and monetary system, from a Vienna-Chicago-Virginia school monetarist perspective

Ron tries to move on after the death of Hermione. Sequel to When I Leave this World. Features the songs: Dusty Springfield's "I Only Want to be with You" and Elvis' "Are You Lonesome Tonight."

The past and future are nothing more than points on a path we all must tread. Through memories and choices everyone has the ability to walk his or her own path whenever they choose. However, what if you were cursed to see the paths of others? To see where they have been and where they have yet to go? Do you believe you could handle all the things you might see? Do you really believe you could fulfill such a Destiny? One woman believed she was capable... she was wrong.

The Auror Corps provides Harry with a profession that's highly dangerous, demanding, and glamorous. Except when it's not.

Harry is no longer 16, he knows what he has to do, and no one is going to stop him. Watch Harry in his struggle to save the world, and his journey to love.

In a world at war, what can ordinary people do?

Sirius loves London, loves visiting Harry and dropping by the shops and playing Quidditch in the backyard, but he's still waiting for one last piece to fall into place.

Funerals are hardest on those left behind.

A mysterious character is introduced, in the depths of the Riddle Mansion. As the character's identity is revealed, so are many other secrets of the wizarding world... and secrets of Harry's past that were thought dead and buried long ago.

"We want to know more about people who fail. We care about people who are scared, who act foolishly, who are tricked by their vanity and trapped by their desires ... Flawed characters are the unforgettable ones" -- Susan Shaughnessy. Half-blood Slytherin Millicent Bulstrode reflects on her time at Hogwarts, the years of wasted effort she put in trying to be accepted by the popular students of her House, and what she intends to do about it. [Written for the femgenficathon.]

With apologies to George Lucas: "Who's the more foolish: the fool, or the fool who follows him?" Written for hd_worldcup 2008, Team Epilogue, Prompt "The Fool."

Why could Harry not see the Thestrals until his fifth year? What do you have to do to see one? The intriguing creatures, the lucky Winged Horses, have aroused much speculation in the world of Harry Potter analysts. To see the main arguments summed up, please read this essay and be encapsulated in the topic yourself.

He'd give her everything she wanted, he'd love her forever... But he could never share her.

Eleven years after the Final Battle, Ron Weasley is still trying to come to terms with his grief.

Regina in turn was watching Sirius. He looked exactly like her mother had described him. His black hair was scraggly but at least it was clean. His blue eyes were bright and clear like the Caribbean waters around St. Thomas that Professor Xavier had taken them to celebrate Regina's seventeenth birthday. She ducked her head slightly when she noticed him staring at her. His dazzling smile made her grin softly.

Dumbledore tells us that Bellatrix learned the Dark Arts from Voldemort himself. What did she do to prove herself worthy of that honor?

It seems to be a general belief that there are other worlds, and that death can be a doorway into these. It is in such a world, a world for which death is often a doorway, that Severus Snape finds himself in after he is killed. Crossover with Stephen King's "Dark Tower" series, which is based on Robert Browning's "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came".

Moravius Krubb's first year is off to a rocky start. It would help if Potter and Longbottom didn't make fun of his accent (and everything else). It would help if his head of house didn't hate him. It would help if he somehow hadn't himself to weird Horace Slughorn or tomboyish Serena Yaxley. Unfortunately for Moravius, he'll have to make do with what he's got. Fortunately for Moravius, he has a lot more cunning than some people give him credit for!

Hannah fancies Neville, Neville fancies Hannah - but they're both too shy to make the first move. Drastic measures may be called for . . .

Draco reflects on his sixth year: his mother's faith in him, The Dark Lord's assignment, Bellatrix's assistance, and Snape's interference. Written for the 2006 springtime_gen gift exchange on LiveJournal.

A moment can change everything. And for one boy life is going to change forever. Transform. And things will never, ever be the same again.

"Forbidden fruit is sweetest." The temptation is always strong when one discovers knowledge that they should not see. And not everyone denies the sweetest of all fruits ... Some embrace it hungrily.

In the midst of a raging war, Ginny Weasley reclaims the boy she has always loved.

It's after Ginny's seventh year and life really begins! Ginny becomes a Quidditch player for the Holyhead Harpies and there's much more unexpected things that occur. Harry, Ron, and Hermione go on with life and life becomes much more interesting. Little to the knowledge of Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny, enough trouble for a lifetime was a unknown lie.

Remus and Tonks have a much needed "talk", following the episode at the Hospital Wing.

Two men meet in a train station in the south of England.

This story originated four years ago, when I was still reeling from the death of Sirius Black and did not want to let go of him just yet. I therefore created a past for him, but soon I had left him behind and explored on my own. Minstrel Lehman finds out she is adopted. She goes to Hogwarts, where she meets her two-years-older blood cousin Severus Snape. During the course of her stay in Hogwarts, she has a love-hate relationship with Severus and with two of the Marauders (Remus and Sirius). What happens when Sirius is arrested and sent to Azkaban? In fact, what happens after, during the Second War? This story is told from Minstrel's experience, and spans from her birth in 1962 to past the Epilogue in 2017.

It's the final battle with Voldemort and Harry isn't doing too well. It looks like he's down and out, but then he remembers the love of his life. Can his memories save him from death or is there still no chance for him?

Pansy Parkinson worries about Draco when he goes missing at the end of their sixth year, and when she finds him, her concern proves well founded.

Life after Hogwarts. The war is over and the trio and company are starting to determine who they are and what they can be. The trio soon come to realise that some promises are foolish to make and that dreams are just reminders of what they'll never have. Family ties and special friendships are pushed to the limit as they begin to grow up and find out what the world is like for themselves and pursue their destinies.

Somehow, two pranksters' actions can cause the ties of friendship to loosen, and the love of a certain female to change from a good friend to an arrogant toerag.

"A man stumbles down the road, torn apart with grief and fury. A man with murder in his heart." November 1st, 1981: Voldemort has fallen. James and Lily Potter are dead. But Sirius Black is alive, and he is very, very angry.

It's seven years after Lily and James' deaths, and Remus Lupin is barely living. So he pays a short visit to Azkaban... One-shot fic.

"It's been coming on for a while," said Percy ... "But I had to find a way out and it's not so easy at the Ministry, they're imprisoning traitors all the time." (DH, ch30). This is Percy's journey to that point.

Sequel to "Visitor". Neville and Luna meet in Hogsmeade for their first date.

Kingsley Shacklebolt had never expected his habit of solving the Daily Prophet crosswords to uncover a security leak. But when the Potterwatch passwords started to appear in them as answers to clues, he had little choice but to investigate who was behind it ...

Alphard Black was a second son groomed to take a step back from the Head of Family responsibilities of the Noble and Most Ancient House of Black. That sole fact made up the bulk of his identity. That was why it shocked the ever-living hell of him when his favorite daugther challenged everything. It changed everything, and when Sirius ran away he seized his chance to let her know.

A Ravenclaw student explains to his housemate why the Potions textbook contains no mention of Golpalott's Fourth Law.

A glimpse into the childhood of Draco Malfoy and Pansy Parkinson, an idea about the beginning of their friendship.

Shortly after the war, Auror trainee Harry Potter attempts to confiscate a stolen Time-Turner from Draco Malfoy, accidentally sending them ten years into the past. Meanwhile, nine-year-old Harry is alone at Privet Drive for the holiday - or so he thinks.

It has been thought that dreams hold great value in diving unknown knowledge. Some adhere to the belief that a dream is capable of foretelling events, be they tragic or wonderful. Others believe that a dream is strictly that — a dream. Helga has a dream that shakes her focus and one that could have unforeseen effects on a friendship and on a school. Will the Founders fall, or will Hogwarts truly become the school they have always envisioned?

Minerva McGonagall is suffering from the intense traumas of the death of a lover. The person in question is none other than Albus Dumbledore himself. She finds herself remembering happy times from her past with Albus which make her even more upset. Fury errupts within her against Albus' murderer, Severus Snape. Will Minerva live through this? Read to discover!

When had a pledge of universal honesty become a practice of universal derision? A look at Severus as a teacher.

Albus believed in the greater good. Tom believed in the right to survive. Aberforth believed that he could save them both.

It's Halloween, 1987, and Lupin finds himself wandering through the streets of London. As he tries to come to terms with the loss he suffered on this night in 1981, he runs into an old acquaintance for whom Halloween also holds painful significance.

Harry Ron and Hermione are up to everything this year. Getting in trouble is normal for them but not in this much trouble. Four surprises await the Trio and some of them may not come quietly.

This is the tale of a Muggle who becomes a witch; a little girl who becomes a woman. It is a journey through life, through love, through loss. It is the story of Minerva McGonagall; sister, friend, lover, fighter and teacher.

Minerva McGonagall has led an amazing life and had several amazing loves. This story is told in her journals of who and how she loved and then lost those loves. Of how, she saw red blood stream from all her loves.

Pansy reacts to Draco's relationship with Astoria.

Remus Lupin has been there since Harry's third year, always calm, quiet, and peaceful. He's always been there, in the shadows, never in the spotlight. Here we'll take a look at Remus' mind. His memories, experiences, thoughts. Was it always that way?

The summer day had ended, yet not everyone had been granted sleep. He had wanted to be alone, and she had wanted a drink to defeat her insomnia. He remembered, and she watched. And both had wondered.

This is "Bella"--a cold, cruel, calculating shell of a woman. Where Trixie was warm, if a little indifferent and aloof, this stranger is hard and angry; the result of thirteen years in Azkaban and almost thirty with that brand on her arm...

There is danger in dwelling on past mistakes, as Dumbledore and Snape discover. Missing moment from PS/SS.

Harry Potter wants a certain blond co-worker, but Malfoy has no idea Harry's interested in him. Harry is desperate and will do anything to get Malfoy's attention. Tired of acting as Harry's stand-in therapist, Hermione gives Harry a journal for his birthday, in order to help him work out his feelings. What follows is a series of Harry’s ramblings and scribbles about his feelings and various failed attempts at courting one Draco Malfoy.

"I suppose it's a sign of growing up when you realise that your parents can be wrong, isn't it?" An adult Luna Lovegood talks about her part in the war.