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Draco Malfoy must take a mate in order to ascend to the throne as the Prince of Nightmares. The only choices he has, though, are Voldemort, Dumbledore, and Harry Potter, which really isn't a choice at all. DracoHarry slash

The one man who can convict Lucius Malfoy has been missing since the end of the war, and nobody admits to knowing his whereabouts. Hermione Granger just wants to do her job and get on with her life, but the denizens of the Forbidden Forest have other ideas. NOTE: FA has declared chapter 7 of this story to be too explicit for this site. If you wish to view it in its uncut entirety, you may do so at Fanfiction.net or Ashwinder. The links are in my profile.

Can the two Gryffindors melt the icy hearts of their Slytherin obsessions?

A mysterious person takes James Potter and Sirius Black from the past and whisks them into the future. They agree to help this person prank Fred and George Weasley. The catch is that none of the students (including the Trio) know that James and Sirius are in the school! Hilarity ensues when people start seeing the "criminal" Sirius Black and Harry Potter in more than one place!

Little Ginny Weasley has grown up during the summer before her sixth year, and the boys are taking notice. Will she be able to nab the boy she wants, before someone else nabs her? (Hr/R, H/G, possible D/G)

The Battle of the Gods begins. Fate is no laughing matter.

To protect them from Voldemort, Dumbledore sends the sixth-year Gryffindors and Slytherins to America and… Oh, heck, it’s the Marx Brothers meets Monty Python, a Hitchhiker’s Guide to Harry Potter, where no one is safe from lampooning, not the characters, not the authors [JKR and Aerie22], not fanfiction and fanfic authors, not fans and fandom, not even Draco [“You wouldn’t.” Draco said with a sneer. A/N: “Heh, heh, heh,” said the author with a PC and a ‘net connection], and no, dear reader, not even you. So if you’ve been waiting for the War And Peace of silliness, here it is.

By all accounts she should have been declared legally dead at the scene of the crime, at the scene of the declaration. Her skin was ashen. Her heart wasn’t beating—-how could it when it had, just moments before, crashed through the wooden floor beneath her? She wasn’t breathing. Her eyes held the glassy, unseeing blank stare of the recently deceased. ``Harry informs Hermione that he's going to get engaged--to someone else. She is forced to confront her long repressed feelings for him, but is she too late?

Sequel to 'Aurora and the Boy Who Lived' found in the Astronomy Tower. Aurora, Harry, and the other Marauders have just graduated from Hogwarts. She and Draco enter the Auror program while Harry and Ron tryout for spots on professional Quidditch teams. Harry finally finds out more about his parents and Aurora discovers things she'd rather have not. Follow them on their course as they learn that love often leads to heartache and betrayal.

Marie Llewellur is the only Animalexus in the world. She can speak to any animal, magical or otherwise. Her parents raised her as a Muggle to protect her from those Dark wizards who might want to exploit her abilities. When Marie was seventeen, that fear was realized, and she has spent over two years as a slave to the Dark Lord. Now, though, she has escaped, and finds herself at Hogwarts under the care of Dumbledore, Fawkes, and the other professors. But can Marie ever feel comfortable in a wizarding world that has never done anything but hurt her? And can she ever come to terms with the fact that one professor freely wanders the halls of the school despite the horrors she has seen him perpetrate?

Harry Potter, Seeker extraordinaire for the Chudley Canons is retiring at the age of twenty-seven, looking to go back into the world of fighting Dark Wizards. As he is readying to enter into a new career as an Auror, he meets Ginny Weasley in the Leaky Cauldron. What happens when they get back together… overall fluff, right? Maybe not.

The Second war is over, all ended as it should. Harry Potter defeated the Dark Lord and the world rejoiced. Seven years later Draco Malfoy finds that he must deal with death, love and life all at the same time. Meanwhile Ginny Weasley has made a name for herself in the Wizarding medical career. What happens when two worlds collide with the help of a magazine and a rather determined friend? Can old enemies form bonds of friendship? Can friendship ever become more? Just exactly how well did Ginny’s brothers teacher her to fight? And what say does Draco's drug of choice have in all this?

A truthful account of the events of last March.

Post-Hogwarts. When Ginny teams up with Harry to destroy the last of Voldemort's Horcruxes, they receive help from the most unlikely of sources: Draco Malfoy. Assassination attempts, Horcruxes, vampires, and love potions. D/G/H

In the summer of 1996, Voldemort launches eleven attacks against the Muggle-born of Hogwarts while he leads an attack against Privet Drive. What defenses could the poor Muggles possibly have against Death Eaters and their apprentices? See what the Grangers have waiting for them.

One time at camp, a Ravenclaw and a Slytherin got together. What follows is a funny, angsty, and freaky relationship.

The Light side has always been stronger only because Lord Voldemort doesn't know love. As a result of a forced bond with one Remus Lupin, meant to only strengthen Voldemort, however, the Dark Lord finally understands what love is. The question is, can Light still win him, with the Silver Snake on his side? SLASH RL/TR (SS/KS)

Harry hates his life, and he really wants more time. Leave it to Voldemort to oblige him!

A seventh year romance fic featuring H/Hr and D/Hr, some arugments, humor. A light and enjoyable read.

The Dark Army has no place for a man who can't kill, yet Draco Malfoy is not about to join the Light; is he? Stuck in a house with Remus Lupin, it's well past time for Draco to reflect, grow, and make the choice between what is right and what is easy.

"But LOOK, I am clearly anti-Establishment," Percy said, his new mesh shirt pulled halfway up his chest to show a pretty silver ring in his navel. "The Man hates piercings, I read about this in a magazine."``Percy is a bit changed after the Ministry's announcement.

In the summer after Voldemort's return, the Order of the Phoenix goes to work turning the Black House into a headquarters. However, it begins to seem as if Sirius's childhood home is taking a worse toll on him than Azkaban. Lupin realises that it's up to him to stand up for old friend---and in this he may be standing alone, even among his allies. (A/U split after GoF but influenced by OotP; WolfStar 'ship, but ambiguous/nonsexual). 7/18 - reposting polished and in (mercifully!) smaller chapters.

When Hermione is taken prisoner by the Death Eaters, her life changes forever. Struggling for what she believes in along with her very survival, she finds herself drawn into her own personal battle of wills against a Dark Wizard who believes it would have been better had she never been born. But hatred can so easily turn into obsession, as Hermione discovers to her cost as she finds herself drawn into a twisted relationship with her captor; a relationship that destroys everyone it touches.

Cho looks on with apathy as things go from bad to worse for Luna, while watching her growing friendship with Harry with conflicting emotions...

While waiting for his 17th birthday to arrive so he can leave the prison of the Dursleys', Harry learns new information about himself, his aunt, mother and Albus Dumbledore. The information he learns will greatly increase his power while at the same time change how he feels about the woman given the task of raising him.

Who is Bellatrix Black and how did she get to be so horrible? This is her story -- told through memories of her childhood and later school years. Follow her and her acquaintances as they grapple with the war and the challenges of following the Dark Lord. This is a story of those interesting characters who are the enemies of Harry Potter. Are they really all that different? It's time for you to get to know Bellatrix Black and find out.

In their sixth year, the Gryffindor boys make a bet to see who can go out with the most girls before graduation, causing everything to change.

Harry has a surprise encounter in the Gryffindor common room that leads to rather interesting revelation.

Does Harry really know what he's doing or does everyone he’s``loved disappear at his own hands? Harry can't take the pressure or the``heat when he finally realizes what the stakes are, and now he's``found someone with the cold blood to make things even hotter!

It wasn't like I wanted her to marry me. I only wanted her to give me a chance. ``Lily/James, told from James's POV. Will James ever make Lily realise that he really has changed to the better?

As the final battle approaches, a new prophecy is made. Would you go against it for love?

During a Death Eater attack on Diagon Alley Hermione gets sent back to 1976. But despite her attempts to stick to the rules, she can't idly stand by as people she now knows are going to die. Because every HP fan should write a time travel fic. This is mine. Not HBP compliant.

One day, Ginny's storybook life comes crashing down as she finds the love of her life with another. She finally sees that maybe the person she thought she had known, is really not such a great guy anymore.

In the wizarding world, nothing is for certain. Alliances are made and broken. Lives are celebrated and forgotten. Amid the destruction, Harry and Draco learn that death is not the ultimate torment. Their friends desperately attempt to survive in a world that has forgotten the meaning of peace. Promises and betrayal, hope and anguish, love and hatred, this fic follows the lives that are irrevocably changed in the sixth year of Hogwarts.

Ginny Weasley steals a Time-Turner and devises a plan, but her initial intentions are ruined by clumsiness. Instead, Tom Riddle kidnaps her and takes her back with him to 1945. The only witness of Ginny's disappearance is Draco Malfoy, and he has a hidden agenda of his own. Will Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Luna be able to find her in a time when the Wizarding World was consumed by fear of exposure?

At the end of the summer after his fourth year, Harry is attacked--but not by a Dementor. To their horror, Harry's friends realize that he has no memory of them, Hogwarts, or anything to do with the Wizarding World. How will a Harry who thinks he's a Muggle adjust to life at Grimmauld Place? And how will the Order battle Voldemort when the Boy Who Lived doesn't even know the Dark Lord exists?

Ron and Hermione realize their pent-up feelings for each other. At the same time, Hermione doesn't realize what's in front of her face. Neither does Ron. This is very SI. Read to find out who it is.

Ever wondered what really happened to all the characters of Harry Potter? (Set after the supposingly amazing seventh book.)

Adrian has no memory of the first twenty one years of his life. Now, fifteen years later, a strange dream acts as the catalyst that brings his memory back, and he remembers who he is. He knows he must go home, but has no idea what he'll find when he gets there... especially where his son is concerned.

Combine some romance, visions of good ol' Voldie, woes, kidnappings, and all around good vs. evil and you'll have one heck of a two years at Hogwarts! Join the Ministry Six and more from the summer after fifth year and all the way through seventh and beyond! (Multiple points of view.)

The warning given to the Dursleys by the Order back fires. With help from Tonks, Harry learns to deal with what life has thrown at him and begins to heal (eventual Harry/Tonks). Rated R for later chapters.

This is the second book in the trilogy about the de Lisle sisters (the first is "Once in a Blue Moon"). Here we meet Morgan Winter, the youngest sister, and an Auror.````Morgan knows that in her line of work she will have to do things that she dislikes, but never would have guessed that one of them would be to pose as the lover of Severus Snape. And neither of them expected that they would have so much in common - or their reaction to each other.````Both of these people have deep scars on their souls, and live their lives in fear of the past.````They have to learn how to trust each other, and trust that loving doesn't mean pain.

When Lily comes back from Australia, she is desperate to hide her secret from James, but things start to unravel when she meets him again. PostHogwarts, slight AU.

A new Ministry curse goes horribly wrong, and threatens the well-being of the Dark side and the good side.

Takes place directly after HBP. After a slight disagreement with the Weasleys, Harry heads back to Privet Drive. Along the way, he meets two people, strangers, who give him the locket. Who are these mysterious strangers and what do they know about the Dark Lord? And what exactly happened to Malfoy? Join the Trio on their quest for the horcruxes in a race against time. Warning: Torture, character deaths, and mayhem lay ahead. Proceed with caution.

Life is difficult and Ginny knows this well; being with Harry may very well be making it harder. How does Ginny act when the world falls down around her?

Harry's sixth year at Hogwarts, following canon as closely as possible. Harry returns to Hogwarts, his heart still filled with recollection of Sirius but eager to start again the DA and Quidditch. An unexpected Defence against the Dark Arts teacher, Fudge's resigning, NEWT classes, Voldemort's gaining influence and a mysterious company are going to force him to give the best of himself.

It’s been five years since Harry’s class has graduated Hogwarts. The Dark Lord has been defeated, although there are still some Death Eaters at large, scattered to parts unknown. Everyone has gone their separate ways and continued on with their lives, until they receive an invitation to their five-year class reunion.

Lexen Chelseer is an interdimensional time traveler who doesn't seem to stay dead. He comes to Hogwarts in hopes of finding a way to save his family. But this world's Harry Potter died at the age of 5. Can Lexen fill the shoes of the Boy-Who-Lived? How many times does he have to die in order to protect those he cares about?

Linked to both Voldemort and Ginny Weasley, Harry must learn to shield himself and open his mind to them both. Follow Harry and company as Voldemort begins his assault on the Wizarding World in earnest and seeks a new opportunity to realise immortality. Part two of the 'Consequences' trilogy.

This is the beginning of what promises to be a three-book fanfic contrasting the Veela culture with the wizard culture. Although the story revolves around Fleur and Gabrielle, there are lots of original characters. Expect drama, murder, mayhem, betrayal, romance, and more.

Harry is on the train back to the Dursley's house for the last time. He tells Ron and Hermione he is married and starts to explain how it all happened.

Lily wants to have a calm, peaceful seventh year, "the kind of year Buddha would have at Hogwarts." But Claudius the Lovely, Lis Singleton, Vesta Casanova, Severus Snape, and James Potter are sure to make sure her life is as hectic as ever...

For centuries the Department of Mysteries has been choosing one person to become the “Secret Unspeakable.” This person is chosen at the age of fourteen and is required to be intelligent and skillful in wizardry. Their job is to help protect the Department and the entire magical community. You could say this person is a sort of “chief” Auror. The identity of this solemn soul is rarely revealed. This of course means anyone against the Ministry of Magic would do just about anything to sabotage this important member. Since their life is often in danger, the person is required to never speak of their true identity nor put anyone else in danger. Nothing is more important than being the Secret Unspeakable. Nothing.

A little boy without a father. A woman without a husband. A husband who\'s missing. A friend who wants to be more. A woman who isn\'t sure about her friend. A little boy who needs to know.

Bound to his cousin by a sacred vow and brought up to be a pureblood prince, Sirius Black struggles to find his identity in the face of all that is intended for him.

Sequel to "Five Years Is an Awful Lot of Later," in which Ginny and Harry go on their date to Hogsmeade. Ginny frets, much to the amusement of her friends. Semi-fluffy, mild teenage angst, and a happy ending. Begun before OotP; consider it an AU with no Umbridge.

As a little boy, Charlie Weasley cultivated a passion for dragons. But that little boy had no way of knowing where that passion would take him in life. These are Charlie's adventures – the ones only hinted at in canon. My story consists of vignettes of Charlie's life, with emphasis on those rare, brief moments when JKR mentioned him in passing, and few other gaps filled in.

In the aftermath of the prank, Sirius is sent out to do damage control. His mission: talk to the one person Snape would go to and find out what she knows. It should have been simple, but as he quickly finds out, things with Vivian Snape are rarely simple.

Following OotP Harry finds himself captured by DEs and framed for the murder of the Dursleys. Harry escapes and has to evade the Muggle Police and at the same time piece together the puzzle that is his family tree!

Hermione wakes up.

This story of Bill and Fleur's wedding from the perspective of the trio and Ginny Weasley. And why is Mrs. Weasley so interested in what is going on? The story comes from multiple Points of View and has several retrospectives back to HBP. Please bear with the perspective shifts, as this is a bit of a "non-linear" tale.

Lily and James Potter had a daughter instead of a son. When they died, Dumbledore left the baby, Bethany Lily, at the Dursleys'. However, Vernon did not want a freak in his home and Petunia didn't really want to have anything to do with her sister's child. Beth was left on the steps of an apartment bulding. In the morning, the residents discovered the baby and wondered what to do. One of the tenants happened to be a single witch named Natalia Harper and recognized Bethany. She decided to adopt the child and Bethany grew up as Bethany Lily Potter-Harper. Eventually, Beth attends Hogwarts with her best friend and makes four other friends. I have also put this fic on fanfiction.net

Meet the epitome of yin/yang: Follow the journey of Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks throughout the last Harry Potter installment.

Harry Potter has had all summer to brood over the events of his fifth year, so what happens when he finds out that he's not the only one to be suffering? It's time to get over all that teen angst and seek comfort in the arms of someone who needs Harry's help, as much as Harry needs his. H/D SLASH

Since their Hogwarts days, Hermione has loved one person and one person only. Ronald Weasley. Since they broke up, Ron has dated a (wicked, at least in Hermione's eyes) witch. Now he has asked Hermione to help plan... their wedding! How will Hermione be able to take it when the man that she loves forces her to plan his life with another woman?

The Record Book of the Order of Merlin is kept at the British Archives of Magic. The librarian has been Memory Charmed. One day, more than five years after the war, he makes a discovery.

No matter how rare an occurrence, the Ministry of Magic never overlooks that birth of a Metamorphmagus. There is special schooling to be arranged, for the young changeling must be taught at an early age to resist the temptations inherent in their ability. At eight-years-old, Nymphadora Tonks must begin to learn what it is to be true to one's own principles, and how to carve an identity out of the infinitely malleable material that is herself.

Al Potter's first year at Hogwarts is full of amphibians, reptiles and riddles.

While the wizarding world prepares for war, tensions rise even more at Hogwarts. In the meantime, Hogwarts sees yet another Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher who brings Harry more questions than answers about who he is and what he was meant to become. Lines are crossed, friendships destroyed and reformed, and the secret hidden in the depths of the school's most secret places may very well be the thing that destroys the wizarding world forever.

Having broken up with Ginny just a few short weeks ago, Harry finds himself confronted with Ginny's unhappiness and his own guilt. Feeling utterly confused, Harry must decide what to do: to break up with Ginny for her own safety, or to seek the most happiness he has ever known. Luckily, an old friend comes back to help him make his decision, revealing two worlds: one where Harry and Ginny got back together and the other where Harry decided it would be safer not to. On a journey years into the future, Harry discovers just what an impact their relationship has on everyone else, enabling him to finally make his decision.

Hermione has no patience, Ron has no clue, and it\\\'s up to their friends to ensure that Quidditch season can get underway without the Head Girl strangling the Gryffindor Captain in frustration. R/Hr, COMPLETE, eleven brief scenes. Prequel to Some Perfect World, with just a pinch of H/D foreshadowing and a generous dollop of fluff.

Post-OotP sixth year fic. The Mirror showed Harry and Ron what they wanted most when they were first years. Dreams can be realized and desires change. Will they like what they see when the Mirror returns? Slashless.

Harry Potter wakes up...in the Slytherin dormitory. Why?

Hermione and Ginny are sick and tired of Draco Malfoy. His insults, his taunting-and one day, they have enough. Hermione hatches a daring scheme to finish his outrageous behavior forever. Romance, jealousy, hidden feelings and humor carry this sixth-year fic. R/Hr ``fans...dig in.

Lucius Malfoy has met his soulmate, and the challenge of his lifetime begins.

The prologue is set in Dumbledore's teenage years in Hogwarts, back when he had a crush on the very gifted Seer Cassandra Trelawney. ``Trelawney makes several strange predictions, ones that have repercussions for Harry and his friends a century and a half later in Hogwarts...``Vengeance, predictions and madness all ensue when "the Serpent is clutched between the Eagle's claws; the Badger dies and the Lion roars."

Confession may be good for the soul, but Draco learns that it's also hell on the nerves and libido.

One minute, Harry Potter was playing Quidditch against Slytherin, the next; he’s being magically transported to Voldemort and the Death Eaters. Will Draco and his sister learn, in their quest to torture Harry as much as possible, exactly why those curses are Unforgivable, and why their use earns one a lifetime sentence in Azkaban? And could Harry come out of this with Draco Malfoy as his friend?

The much-anticipated sequel to Our Own Special Place arrives at last! Hermione and Ginny are back at Hogwarts, but now they cannot be alone together. They finally have a plan to steal a moment together, but they have a new and unexpected enemy among the Gryffindors! Femslash/Femmeslash. Hr/G

It's their sixth year and Hermione finally has the nerve to tell the person that she fancies him. But a new girl changes Hermione's attitude completely...and there's something odd about this new girl...

AU. After the war, the wizarding world expects life to return to normal. For Aurors Harry Potter, Draco Malfoy, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger-Weasley, however, a normal adult life is something they will have to learn how to have. Yet as they all wearily pick up what remains of their youth, Draco, plagued by nightmares Harry shares, begins to hear voices he cannot ignore. Just who is working against the Aurors, how will the government be healed, and what really happened to Draco in his weeks of torture before the war ended? As Harry races to halt Draco's fall, he will have to learn yet another thing: Dark Lords are not the only sources of evil.

After a summer spent in Beijing with Professor Snape and Draco Malfoy, Ginny Weasley returns to Hogwarts, determined to continue her work to infiltrate the Death Eaters. As the year wears on, bringing violence and death, the lure of the dark arts may be too much for her to resist as she deals with the true horrors of the dark side and has to help a friend who sacrifices everything in order to survive. Sequel to Some Days I Wish I Were In Slytherin.

Hermione has an unusual collection.

When the least likely of students approaches Hermione with a plea for her help, she can't resist. Nor can she resist the opportunity it presents to change the course of one young wizard's life.

You know when you watch the Harry Potter movies and there are some parts you just HAVE to laugh hysterically at? Well, if you do, are they Ron's quotes? If you have answered yes, to both of these questions, then you should read this fic because it explores 'all those weird Ron quotes,' and DO they have a basis in reality - or at least dream reality.

Two unexpected allies join Harry, Ron, and Hermione in their quest for the Horcruxes. This fiction describes preparation for the search rather than the search itself, and the emphasis is on bonding among the characters--particularly Harry, Remus, and Sirius. Questions are answered, secrets revealed, and plans made. Ties of friendship are explored more closely than romantic ones, but the assumed romantic pairings are Remus/Sirius, Ron/Hermione, and Harry/Ginny. Action begins on August 1st of what will be Harry's seventh year at Hogwarts, and continues over the next few days.

Post-Hogwarts. Auror Draco Malfoy is on the verge of being fired. Given one last chance to redeem himself, he is sent to investigate dark activities at a muggle university, where he stumbles upon a certain saviour who disappeared from the wizarding world two years ago. Harry/Draco slash

The first chapter of this story was written as a reply to the "Highly Unlikely" challenge on The Potion's Master's Muse. This Christmas-themed challenge involved having the Potions master do something highly out of character while keeping him as in character as possible. As the story continues after Christmas, it travels from twelve, Grimmauld Place to Muggle London to Hogwarts with a multitude of canon characters. There's some politics and some romance, with the emphasis always being on a snarky Snape. It takes place parallel with OoP and slightly beyond.

Post-DH. Al, hoping to distinguish himself from his father, enters his first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and befriends the most unexpected group of people. Meanwhile, the wizarding world enters a new era of political turmoil, as the Minister-to-be is assassinated, and Harry and the others find themselves in a wholly different, much more subtler conflict.

One night, staying in the Grimmauld Place, number twelve, Severus Snape witnesses something about the Black-Lupin marriage he doesn’t want to believe true. Little by little, he finds out that not only is it true, but also Sirius Black doesn’t think that a simple rape is enough to control his submissive husband. SLASH RL/SB RL/SS

Harry Potter has never once asked why he so often ends up fighting alone at the end. Not when he went to save Ginny Weasley from the Chamber of Secrets. Not when his name came out of the Goblet of Fire. Not even when he learned about the prophecy. He has never pitied himself for his situation or wished for relief from his responsibility, but for his friends he would ask that someone else take his place. Someone strong. Someone brave. Someone who knew what they were doing. He never expected someone to actually make it happen. But someone did; they sent him to a world where he grew up with his mother's best friend, and Neville Longbottom was marked. Set in the Prelude to Destiny/Backfire Universe.

In "Chance", James told his story on how he tried to win Lily over. This is her version of the events.

Remus joins his friends James, Sirius and Peter for their second year at Hogwarts. This year, things start off quiet but as the year progresses strange things lead up to the possibility of a professor's death.

What happens when you put a hopelessly "romantic" man-whore and a girl with a soft spot for bedtime activities (not THOSE activities, silly!) together in a dark bedroom? Well, I don't happen to know either, so I suppose we'll find out together, won't we? Come with me, Tia C. Spencer, on a lovely ride through the countryside... er, lakeside... okay, so we won't actually be riding NEXT to anything, but it will be lovely, I promise you that. How can it not be, with me as your illustrious (and quite possibly mad) companion? And no, contrary to beliefs very likely impressed upon you by this summary, I'm not a gormless prat. Well... not entirely.

Harry is subconsciously falling for a certain close female friend. In the mean time, he and his friends realize that sufferable sacrifices must be made as new gains and losses come to mind. With the Maneosioan War going on, which will determine either the final domination or defeat of the Dark Lord, will the power to weaken Voldemort be found in Harry Potter himself, or will they find it in those who they least expect - each other?

Draco loves Laura, he has since the day he met her. The only problem is that she doesnt know...but she has a Secret Admirer....Hhmmmmm

Take one failed actress, her super-genius cousin, two very different wizards and a miracle cure. What do you get? Trouble - that's what.

Dumbledore is dead, and Hermione has stayed at Hogwarts to research spells that will help the Trio in their quest for the Horcruxes. There, she has a most unlikely visitor, who informs her that there is a more important task, even more important than defeating the Dark Lord, awaiting a person brave enough enough to undertake it.

AU: Harry finds a way to bring Sirius back and in turn finds new allies in old friends in his quest for freedom.