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Four years ago Hermione left her friends behind, intent on making a new life for herself. Now she’s back, and just when things start looking up, the skeletons in her closet come back to haunt her, turning her world upside down once again.

Harry goes back for his sixth year with a tattoo-like mark burned into him - a new DADA teacher he cannot believe Dumbledore would hire, and an interest in an unlikely girl.

WIP. Post-HBP. Conflicting paths and reconciliation. Different characters. This is my take on what happened and the consequences that followed.

It's hard to be cheerful when your parents are missing, your family hate you and the students at school are scared of you. But when you start having flashbacks of things you couldn't possibly have remembered, you know it's going to be just that little bit harder to squeeze out that extra smile.

When evil looms, threatening to rid the world of all that is good, two people find strength, and weakness in each other where they thought there was none.

A story of the love that was. Love that started as a bond as sweet and innocent as a newborn infant, but slowly transformed to an undying passion that was torn apart by the War.

A firechat with Harry takes Ron halfway around the world. In the process he discovers a part of himself he never knew existed. Ron/Harry, Ron/Draco.

Sequel to Harry Potter and the Antiquity Link. Following the recent disaster suffered by the Aurors, new Auror Leader Harry Potter recruits fifteen trusted members of Dumbledore's Army to become the backbone of the Aurors. To prepare quickly to defend an Auror-less society, they go to an uninhabited island and go back in time a year, planning to train uneventfully, isolated from the rest of the world, and the timeline. But they're pulled back into the whirl of wizarding events in a way they never would have expected.

Hermione and Harry are the perfect couple, but they have a disagreement and a certain Slytherin turns both their worlds upside down. Not for people who like Harry.

The Egyptian god of evil, Set, has been biding his time since his defeat by the son of the Egyptian/Nubian supreme goddess Isis and her consort, the Nubian war god Apedemak/ Now he returns to earth to wreak havoc and finally rule over the weaklings called humans. Voldemort has been searching for the illusive immortality and power over all things magical while trying to rid the world of these Muggle pests. They team up to create an alliance that would surely mean the end of the world and the rise of damned on earth.````That is, if Harry Potter and Nia Roberts hadn't been born.````Two souls bound by destiny deal with life as well as the fact that the fate of the world rests in their shoulders.

"I can do whatever strikes my fancy, Harry." ``The voice was just as close – just as intrusive – as the hands had been. "There's nothing you can do, and you've got precious little left to bargain with."

Chapter #1. On Harry's 17th birthday, Lupin arrives to take him away from the Dursleys once and for all, but when Death Eaters attack, Lupin may be forced to sacrifice himself so Harry can escape.

Dumbledore forms a Poets' society and invites a strange array of people, but nobody knows why! And then he gets a twinkle in his eye that can only mean one thing: A Plan of Imminent Doom! Oh no! *slash*

Against all hope and expectation, an eleven-year-old Remus Lupin is invited to attend Hogwarts with his peers, thanks to Albus Dumbledore. Is life about to get easier or harder for the first werewolf to attend the famous wizarding school in over a century?

It\'s the summer before seventh year for our trio and things are proceeding to get worse. Hermione has a secret problem, Harry is being attacked by Death Eaters, and Ron is oblivious to the most awkward moments. Warning: OOC!Hermione

Harry and Draco wake up one morning to find that they have switched bodies. As they work to solve this magical mishap, they must spend every moment together. Will they finally become friends... or more? D/H R/Hr G/N.

Laocoon's Children is an alternate-universe fic based on the events of an earlier fic, Stealing Harry. In Stealing Harry, Sirius was never imprisoned in Azkaban and abducted Harry from the Dursleys when he was eight years old. Laocoon's Children takes up the story during Harry's first year at Hogwarts, where he made fast friends with Neville Longbottom, Padma Patil, and Draco Malfoy. Harry's gang also reunited for their second year, where they faced a basilisk, a homicidal diary, and Draco's mother's betrayal. In year three, Harry must face many new problems: protecting Draco from his father, dealing with their new Dark Arts professor, and standing firm against the aura of fear that is pervading the wizarding world.

Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny find out what it means to grow up against the backdrop of the second wizarding war. Relationships grow, lessons are learned, and Hermione discovers that book smarts aren't everything in this tale set before and during Harry's sixth year.

The Wizarding world is still in quite a state – Voldemort is back, and people are torn as to whether or not they believe it. The Order of the Phoenix is still holding meetings to try and prepare for the Dark Lord’s ultimate uprising, but one of their ranks has decided she’s not so sure where her loyalties really lie.

Now, what’s that idiotic Muggle phrase you use to tell a story? ``Oh right… ‘Once upon a time’.... ````Once upon a time there was a man named Harry Potter. A man whose name was known ``to everyone yet they knew nothing beyond the name. ````My name is Draco Malfoy, and contrary to popular opinion I do not hate Harry Potter. ``In truth I might be the only one who ever really knew him.

What would you do if you were given less than a year to live?

Hermione Granger makes some changes over the summer holiday. Some changes that not only change the way she is viewed at school but change the way some very important people view her.

It's the summer after Harry's fifth year, and he is back at #4 Privet Drive. He's as miserable as ever because of the events at the Dept. of Mysteries, but will an unexpected visit start the discovery of "powers the dark lord knows not"?

It is one thing to go to the immediate past, but certain questions arise when one goes far enough. Can time be changed, or is the presence of the thing sent back just a recursive proof of the present? If things haven't reached their worst, do they need to be prevented? After her parents are killed and Harry disappears, Hermione loses enough to break the greatest rule of all.

Draco Malfoy is home for the summer. When Narcissa receives a letter from her sister announcing her engagement, they arrange to perform it at Malfoy Manor. Draco is not looking forward to listening to women talk about love, dress robes, and flowers for three months... that is, until one of the bridesmaids arrives with their beautiful daughter, Ella. Draco will have to learn for himself that summer is about breaking the rules and standing apart... ignoring your head and following your heart.

Draco and Ginny's little boy is all grown up and living abroad. See happens when Liam invites his old childhood chum, Lucy Ann, to Rome for a holiday. *will feature D/G in future* Sequel to Fifteen Years.

A story of Severus Snape before the books - The only solace young Severus Snape has from his abusive parents is the spunky red-headed muggle who lives next door. The friendship follows them through their years at school, but can it survive the choices each will make? (note: NOT a Sevy/Lily ship)

School is finished, the battles are over, and it's time to get on with the future. (Sequel story cycle to The Weasley Family Picnic: Tossing Apples, Tea, Time, Toi and Twins.)

London, early 21st century. The war is won. Voldemort is dead. But the scars still remain.``In a world increasingly unfavorable to pure-bloods and suspected death-eater sympathizers, a series of murders in London brings the best aurors to investigate. And during the investigation, the auror Harry Potter runs into a suspect, one Narcissa Malfoy, and begins something that neither of them ever dreamed possible. Meanwhile, Harry's partner Neville Longbottom meets his new neighbor. Who also happens to be an old friend from his school days - Cho Chang.``Harry/Narcissa, Neville/Cho.

Esmerelda reaches for the same book as a hook nosed stranger. The resultant conversation leads to friendship and other things. A nice little Snape fluff.

Harry James Potter comes back from Hogwarts School of Wizardry and Witchcraft after his abysmal fifth year, as Albus Dumbledore had asked him to do. There, he mourns about the loss of his godfather, Sirius, but someone he did not expect to see will help him... HPxGW, RWxHG

Good Idea: Studying for exams. Bad Idea: Finding a nasty suprise in the library. Hermione seems to be in for an interesting term. Will Harry survive another encounter with Moldy Voldy's cloaks and daggers? Will Hermione?

It\\\'s many years post-Hogwarts, and the members of the Order are all scattered to the wind. Harry Potter is no longer the most talked about wizard in the world. The magical community has a new hero now: a man named Jack Barnes, more commonly referred to as The Man Who Killed Voldemort. But when he\\\'s kidnapped, it\\\'s up to the disbanded Order of the Phoenix to find him and save the wizarding world once more. Trouble is, they haven\\\'t spoken in seven years and they\\\'re not interested.

This is the first part of a three-part story about the Malfoy family and their entanglement with the Dark Order. 'Ad Mortem Festinamus' deals with the time between Narcissa Black's first day in Hogwarts and Voldemort's disappearance after atacking Harry Potter. When you enjoyed yourself, please also read 'Omnia Mors Perimit' and 'Et Nulli Miseretur'!

AU. Book 1 of the Stagverse series. The Potters survived Halloween 1981. Harry tries to deal with his first year at Hogwarts, but not everything can go smoothly. Dumbledore is hiding something at Hogwarts and a teacher seems to be after it!

In Harry's sixth year, there's a woman who comes back from his past. Does she have some of the answers to life's toughest questions? If so, why is she coming back so late in his life? And what is this surprise she and Remus are cooking up for him?

Third in the Lily's Charm series. As he makes the choices that define his life, Harry learns exactly what it means to be Severus' son.

It is now ten years after their flight from England. A now-married, albeit estranged, Harry and Hermione return there from America, where they have been living, with their two daughters, twins Lily and Helen, named for their mothers. They have heard from McGonagall, who has offered them teaching positions at Hogwarts. However, they cannot be sure just what kind of reception they're likely to get from those they left behind, mainly because of the way they left.

Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny find themselves transported to a remote space station in the year 2260. If they can convince the people and aliens in this universe ruled by technology that they aren't crazy, our heroes might be called upon to help in the war against an alien race known as the Shadows. Crossover with the Babylon 5 television series.

Post War/Post Hogwarts. It's the end of the war, Voldemort has been defeated and the Death Eaters rounded up. Harry sees Draco Malfoy in amongst them and decides he needs some questions answered before he is sent off to Azkaban. What he finds is something entirely different than he suspected. So, begins a whole new challenge for Harry. A new quest and a new fight for his life.

Harry sat on his bed at Privet Drive the week after his fifth year at Hogwarts ended. The photo album Hagrid had given him was in his lap, and he absently turned the pages. As he turned the page, he saw the photo of his parents' wedding. Waving and smiling with his parents was Sirius. Harry felt a lump form in his throat as he looked at his dead godfather. In an attempt to stop any tears from falling, he looked over to his mother, then noticed the woman on her other side. She had long, wavy brown hair and sparkling blue eyes. She was laughing animatedly with Lily and Harry suddenly wondered why he had never noticed her before... LE/JP SB/OC/RL

“McG barely let me take you off to a concert. What the hell is she going to think when I tell her ‘oh yea, by the way, Minnie, thanks for letting me take little Harry Potter out on a date. Boy, he sure does kiss nice.’” Harry/Tonks

After his momentus defeat of the Dark Lord, Harry returns to Hogwarts for his final year. Many others have also returned, but their intentions may not be what they appear to be.

James Potter did not die on Halloween. Now, with his best friends Sirius and Remus, he must raise Harry in seclusion, and defer the second war for as long as possible. But when three extraordinary men in the habit of being conspicuous try to live as Muggles, can the Statute of Secrecy dividing the two worlds long survive?

Ayden L'clair, a young man from the States, moved to London and opened a book shop. To the ones who befriended him, he was known as Ayden... but Ayden has a secret. He had no problem hiding the secret, until a figure from his past showed up: Hermione Granger.

It all starts the day after Harry's fourth year ends, when what looks like a meteor crashes near Hogwarts. Upon investigating, the staff finds a mysterious woman with extraordinary abilities, but has no idea who or what she is. When Harry returns for his fifth year, though, the stranger seeks him out, believing that somehow, he is the key to her past.... and future. However, soon the two of them discover a deadly new menace, one that can wipe out all life on Earth and in the galaxy if left unchecked. But what is its connection to the mystery woman? And will Harry Potter be able to help her put an end to it before it's too late? Crossover with a classic video game franchise; if you want to find out what it is, read on!

A mysterious girl (ME!) who calls herself the Fifth Marauder and is obsessed with Sirius forces the Marauders, Lily, Snape (!), Bellatrix (!!), Narcissa, and Lucius to read a series of books. Not just any series of books. The Harry Potter series of books

'They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions.' Having lost so much that is dear to him, Harry doesn't think things can get much worse. He's wrong....

“Imperius… Werewolves…You-Know-Who…” The last words of a dying man force Remus Lupin into a dangerous investigation at the infamous Feral Institute. Sequel to Oblivious; pre-reading would useful but it isn’t vital.

Hermione is a precocious eight year-old girl. Harry is an abused eight year-old boy. What happens when they meet in her parents' dental clinic? Magic, that's what it is.

COMPLETE. When Harry turns sixteen, he is removed to Hogwarts amid fears for his safety. But not even Hogwarts is safe any more, and when Hestia Jones discovers a real wand for sale in a Muggle shop, Harry finds himself dealing with a new and deadly enemy, and a betrayal that happened before he was born.

It's been over fifteen years since she last saw him...fifteen years since the death of her best friends...and fifteen years since she died and was reborn again... It is Harry's sixth year. He has new Potions and Defense teachers, and both will prove important allies in his attempt to vanquish the Dark Lord...A tale of love during the war of hate.

Your best friend is an utter idiot. Your teachers don’t understand the significance of sporting trendy and exotic hair accessories. Your dream guy is a complete prick, not to mention slightly twisted and evil. Your sister is smart. Really, really smart. And Blaise Zabini wants to beat you up. ``But life is still bearable because, after all, you are the prettiest witch in your year. ``Oh, no wait. That’s Padma…..

Lily Evans learned long ago that James Potter wasn't really someone she'd associate with, let alone date. But when 7th year starts, James returns, completely different. And the world as Lily knew it begins to spin in the opposite direction.

Quidditch games, a killer on the loose, hangovers, unrequited love (of course), deadlines, not-so-blind dates, command performances, Ron gets a girlfriend, and everyone cries at least once.

Probably the greatest war in Wizarding history. An ancient curse. Reincarnation. A destructive love. Terrible jealousy. Betrayal. Sacrifice. Death. These are just a few unsolvable problems two young lovers are to face in their test of true love. To most people, their love isn't meant to be. But an ancient prophecy tells otherwise. They are to be torn apart from each other. But can they walk down the perilous path without falling into the deadly traps or without hitting a dead end?

During Harry's sixth year, Remus Lupin volunteers for a dangerous mission: infiltrating Fenrir Greyback's Lyceum. But is it possible to run with monsters without becoming one?

New take on the old WIKTT Marriage Law Challenge. Minister Fudge passes a new law that force all of the golden trio to get married within thirty days. Unfortunately all of their betrothed are Slytherins. Rated for language and sexual content.

Once upon a time, there was a prophecy. However, the Boy Who Lived is no longer the boy destined to defeat Voldemort -- or be defeated by him.

Hermione Granger is enjoying the respite of summer before coming back to Hogwarts for her last year. But one night, a letter from the Ministry of Magic turns all that upside down, when she finds out that she has become legally bound to get married. Will Hermione be left to the marital clutches of Draco Malfoy? What nefarious reason could he have for proposing to her? Who will provide the protection she needs when things get a bit more dangerous?

Vignettes from October of Harry's Sixth year. Harry and Susan are dating, which makes Hermione curious and Ginny a tad jealous. Chapter 1 of 2. See Hermione find the story behind the story and what happens when Malfoy assaults Susan.

No one can stop the Dark Lord; and the woman who helped him to regain his full powers is now his china doll.

Voldemort has assembled an unstoppable army--an army of Mary Sues. Will Harry and the Order be able to defeat them?

Emperor Voldemort's death places Draco Malfoy to the throne, a mysterious prophecy seating an unlikely empress at his side, but more has passed between the two than most realized. Now they must accept their past to save the future. AU. Spoilers SS-HBP.

AU - What if Sirius hadn't been content just to go on the run after PoA? What if he decided to seek help from one of the most unlikely of sources in order to build a new life for himself and Harry in the face of the ever-present threat from Voldemort? The consequences of the choices we make, and the family and friendships that carry us through....

What if everything you'd ever known, everything you'd come to believe, was suddenly stood on end? How do you stand right-side-up in an upside-down world? And how do you love your family--the only family you have--family you just met--when you're too afraid of the past to embrace the future?

Set immediately following the events in "Order of the Phoenix," this is a novel-length work in which several canon characters die in mysterious and sometimes grotesque ways, romances are turbulent, attractions are forbidden, secrets are revealed, and no one has a happy ending.

Set immediately after the final battle, Harry begins to adjust to a life without Voldemort and with Ginny. Intrigue in the Ministry of Magic and public knowledge of his mastery of the Elder Wand make life anything but "happily ever after".

Harry is kidnapped by an old wizard and taken to North America, where he will be used as bait to lure both Dumbledore and Voldemort from England. Will his captor's plot succeed, or will Harry be able to escape? Includes elements from The Lord of the Rings (though this is not a true crossover story).

The war's over and Hermione is...a shrink? The wizarding world is having a hard time coping with loss and Hermione's simply trying to help. The only problem is, there's no one to help Hermione. That is, until a new patient comes along. A story that's not quite what it may appear to be.

At the end of his sixth year, Harry Potter comes across a way in which he will be able to destroy Voldemort for good. But in order to do so, he must set off on a quest that will lead him to a place both strange and familiar.

After a battle when the smoke rises, survivors look about them with gratitude and grief and find some way of coping. Some find forgetfulness in the arms of a lover, some oblivion in the comforting depths of a bottle but there are alternatives. From the heart of the battlefield rises a heart-broken howl and a black dog with foam flecked jaws streaks away. If life as a human is more than one can stand, surely life as a dog will be more bearable?

Ten years into the future, as the war rages on, Hermione finds herself in enemy HQ and who but Draco Malfoy should claim victory. However, his prise is to be determined. A solid twist is guaranteed. Two, if you read on.

Seamus Finnigan wants to make Valentine's day romantic and special for his sweetheart. But is this possible when his sweetheart is a Slytherin? WARNING: Nonexplicit slash. Slash couples: BZ/SF and H/D. Het couple: RW/HG

No one knows where Harry Potter is. He disappeared shortly after the murder of Albus Dumbledore. And with the vanishing of their Chosen One, Wizarding society is plunged into darkness and chaos. Hogwarts is closed. Wizards are afraid to go out in public. The Ministry is stretched too thin and the Aurors are sadly outnumbered. Voldemort marches unopposed across Britain, spreading terror as he will. Every day, his ranks swell with the ambitious and power hungry. Even the Order of the Phoenix cannot do anything, leaderless and hunted as they are.Follow Harry as he discovers the connection between the power he needs to end the war for good and the exploits of two long distance Olympians more than a half-century ago. . .

HP/DM.DM/HP - Story inspired by a quote and it will follow the boys through major life events spanning several years as they grow and change and become.

[Slash] It wasn't just power and ability that Tom Riddle transferred to Harry that night. He made him the son he never had, and that changes everything.

(Major HBP spoilers) Year six at Hogwarts left Harry more confused, more in pain, more determined than ever before. What secrets are still waiting to be revealed? How will the events of far and recent past lead him to make the decisions necessary so that he, and the wizarding world, can have a future?

Barely sixteen years old and fearing for his mother's life, Draco stepped up in his father's absence to take his place amongst the Death Eaters. The following year at Hogwarts School was, without a doubt, the hardest he had ever endured. Now seventeen, the young Malfoy seeks to keep safe all he loves by doing the opposite, and taking the golden advice Albus Dumbledore had left him minutes before his death.

Harry is back in Privet Drive just a few days after the happenings in the DoM and he is struggling to cope with his loss and the immense burden placed on him. He suddenly finds it very hard to go on - To find a reason to live. Will his task break his spirit? After all he is just a sixteen year old... He knows that he must fight. Knows that he has to win at all costs. But he knows that if he even is to have a slim chance of defeating Voldemort he will need to make some hard decisions. Decisions that would hurt him and those close to him. But will Harry be able to take the hard road back when he finally realizes that his decisions only made him weaker? That they took away his only reason to live. His only reason to fight.

What would happen if one of the famous trio was lost forever? Would the other two be able to find the strength to fight back and find love at the same time? HP/HG

In his seventh year at Hogwarts, Harry defeats Voldemort with help from an unlikely source.

Two months into his seventh year, Harry’s body is ravaged, his soul debauched, and his will to live worn thin. The strength he has relied on for years abandons him, and he is left torn. Broken. Draco Malfoy is determined to fix him, but if only he knew how...

"We are at war," said Harry, "not for territory or even for lives, but for the soul of wizardkind."````Harry and his friends are Voldemort's Most Wanted, and he will stop at nothing to get them...but can Harry turn the tables on the Dark Lord? The Order, broomstick chases, some romance, a new DADA teacher that no one expects, and...well, read on.

Sequel to Free Will and Fate. Harry and Neville share the harsh reality of being the Boy Who Lived, Hogwarts politics and experience the uncertainty of relationships in the face of pending death.

The years of Voldemort's ascent to power were marked with disappearances ``and the rise of his copy cat is no different. With children disappearing all over the country it is definitely not the safest time to be the Muggle-born friend of the one girl he's after. The sequel to Marauders, the Next Generation.

Post Hogwarts: Ron and Harry are sent to America for Auror training. Ron spends his last night in England with Hermione, and after returning two years later, he finds Hermione with a fifteen-month-old baby ...

Sirius persuades a reluctant Tonks to take an even more reluctant Remus out on his birthday. Will there be a spark of something other than mutual annoyance between them?

What happens when Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Draco are required to go to Middle-earth to finish the Quest that Frodo and his friends started? Not necessarily what you might think...

~OotP spoilers~ Harry's having a miserable summer after his godfather's death. It appears his summer might turn for the better when a former DADA teacher moves in next door and tells him he has two relatives he never knew about.

Harry leads a boring life; Draco has too much on his hands. Together they may find the balance they lack.

Being a Slytherin is tough work these days. With the war brewing around her, Pansy has to deal with inner-house politics, an unexpected rival, and an undesired attraction to Dean Thomas. She also has to deal with the rather special relationship she has with Draco Malfoy. Pansy may discover that there's more to life than waiting around for her best friend to notice her. Includes an artistic Snape and a French Draco.

Who is the mysterious Half Blood Prince? Is it the third-year, Po, who seems to have appeared out of nowhere? Is it Crookshanks, who might not be who he pretends to be? Or is it the one that everyone at Hogwarts most suspects - Harry Potter himself!

Peculiar things can happen when a clumsy Auror wreaks too much havoc around a certain grumpy, greasy, touch-phobiatic old bat. However, does the mighty flint-heart Snape own a softer side? Or are ugly gargoyle guys ever even supposed to possess something as impossible as a love life? ``Set to happen during OotP, right after the chapter "Snape's Worst Memory". Snape/Tonks.

Harry's sixth year at Hogwarts begins with Draco taking an opportunity to make life difficult for Harry. But no one appreciates just how effective it has been, having the unintended side-effect of prompting Harry to question his sexuality. Unable to confide in his friends, Harry begins to feel pushed aside as Ron and Hermione start dating and only seem to have eyes for each other. At the same time that Harry becomes more estranged from his friends, he notices that Draco's behaviour has changed dramatically since the Christmas holiday. This piques Harry's curiosity and prompts him to get involved in Draco's life in an unanticipated way.

Lily Evans and James Potter are entering their seventh and final year at Hogwarts. James is currently lusting after Lily, who can't stand him. James knows this, but still tries to win her over, without much help from his friends, the Marauders. A Lily/James ship that tells of their last year in Hogwarts, their marriage, and to that Halloween night when they're betrayed by friend...

After Lucius Malfoy’s arrest and subsequent death, Snape becomes a father figure to Draco. Angst with lashings of humor. Also has significant Dumbledore and Neville elements. This story is essentially a very long character study; the plot is episodic and there isn’t much in the way of a climax. A sequel, which will have a stronger plot, is in the works. No slash or romance. PG 13/soft R for language and non-sexual adult themes.

AU, L/J - Rich, socially elite Lily Evans is trapped in an engagement to London business tycoon Lucius Malfoy and figures she has no way out until she has a chance encounter with steerage passenger James Potter on the unsinkable RMS Titanic. James turns Lily’s stuffy, high-class life upside down and captures her heart. But when fate intervenes in the form of an iceberg and the unthinkable begins to happen, will their passionate love be strong enough to conquer even the icy waters of the North Atlantic?

This is stuff related to my H/D fic, Bond. There are deleted scenes, full text of some of the articles in the story, and some rather weird detaily stuff that's probably of no interest to anybody who's not a detail-oriented kind of person, like I am. (Hence my use of the term "detail-oriented" instead of "sadly obsessive.")

The seventh year girls decide to play a little game. Poor Lily- with friends like these, who needs enemies? Oh well, at least James ends up happy.