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A collection of drabbles following Oliver Wood and Marcus Flint during their Hogwarts years.

They say your life flashes before your eyes at the moment of your death. Sirius sees his by falls of light and shadow.

A take on what was going on inside Peter's head right before he escaped the first time round and left his old friends behind. (Oneshot)

An anonymous soldier reflects on the bloody aftermath of the final battle. Hatred, tears, and anger. Obsession. Companion piece to Despair.

Cornelius Fudge is the embodiment of dignity. In his painful fall from grace, Cornelius has a cruel realization - he needs patience, someone to listen to him. He finds it not in his wife or daughter, but in a silent voice of reason.

What do any of us want but a second chance, an opportunity to say no to that offer, to turn a different way? For one who's never believed in his own depravity, his own sadistic cruelty, Azkaban will humble him in the most cruel of fashions. PG13 for language, angst, character death and slight SS/LM slash written/implied

Ron feels like he's drowning in Real Life, but a conversation with a strange old woman gives him hope for the future, before conjuring more questions about the present.

Firenze contemplates humans and his role in the second war.

After the Dark Lord’s first fall, Alecto longs to live again. (Alecto Carrow/Fenrir Greyback)

What happened to Draco? Nobody knows what he told Myrtle. But does Myrtle know what he told her? Now there's a question...

Arthur Weasley gives away Ginny on her wedding day and wonders how his little girl has grown up so quickly.

Sometimes, you must let yourself fall apart before you can put yourself back together again. Remus mourns Sirius, a one-shot in two parts. Not slash.

The adventure of Sirius Black.

Caractacus Cooper has never been an adventurous boy until a body is found washed up on the shores of the Lake and he is filled with an insatiable desire to find out what happened. Secrets are unravelled, love and lust is uncovered and unleashed, lives are irrevocably changed, and a whole lot of snooping is going on...

Sometimes things other than ghosts can haunt the living. An unsuspecting Hermione picks up a strange ring and discovers that, unlike most people, Severus Snape left behind more than a mere object.

Dorcas didn't think it would be like this. Dorcas Meadowes one-shot. Written for the As Summer Ends First Order challenge on LJ.

He knows nothing but the sound of his feet on the pavement and the thousand curses on the tip of his tongue. All for his Judas. November 1, 1981.

The gloried wizarding communities of Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam... all fell victim to incompetent governments and increasingly frequent riots. But he knows he is safe here, here in the soft Mediterranean coasts and winds of southern France, confined to a one-room cottage, his only friends the clouds, the sea, and the piano before him. A Remus Lupin genfic.

Set Post-OotP: During a raucous evening at the Burrow, Molly and Arthur have a quiet conversation that reaffirms their hope for their family.

Harry and Blaise attend a wedding. Slash, but nothing graphic. Written for The Bring a Smile Challenge and Competition at the HPFC forum.

"Even the paintings seem old and worn and despairing and she quickly walks by before the portrait can inquire about the news. She thinks that there hasn’t been any and won’t be any in the future." Hermione in a vacant castle, haunted by nothing and something at the same time.

'I don't mind; I don't care; as long as you're here.' Random snapshots of Remus' and Sirius' lives together from their first year on. Slash. Language.

"Isn't it beautiful?" he asked, the soft bluish light skimming over his skin like a gentle breeze. "Yeah," came the reply, a voice filled with awe. "Why does the moon change, Daddy?" "Everything changes. Sometimes, the moon is beautiful, and sometimes it just doesn't feel like making the effort. We can forgive it, though; everything has a good and a bad side." It was silent on the hill, for a while.

It’s 1977, and Hogwarts is putting on Hamlet. Cue rehearsals, romance, pranks, and maybe (with some luck) a successful production. (Version with images and fan art is being uploaded simultaneously on carmenblackfic.tumblr.com.)

Right after Voldemort comes back into power, he must get all the help he can get. Including Dementors. But what do they think about it all?

The war is over, and Voldemort has been defeated. Arthur Weasley has been elected Minister for Magic, but it proves infinitely more trouble than the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office ever was.

This is a short fan fiction that I wrote for a competition on another site. As the title sugests, it focuses on the veil in the Department of Mysteries.

Draco has fled and Narcissa goes to seek help and comfort from an old friend. But where does this lead? And will it have something to do with what's happened between them before?

Dennis remembers his older brother. Song by The New Pornographers, My Rights Versus Yours.

A speculative look at Lucius' arrest at the end of OotP. In this telling, he manages to escape briefly--just long enough to take care of a few things and offer his wife a sort of goodbye. Currently a one-shot. Likely to be expanded.

"Wizards excel at midrange combat. Widen the gap? The wizard's screwed; a sniper beats a spellslinger any day. I can reach out and touch a victim at two kilometers; a conjurer's lucky if he hits the broadside of a barn at that range." Corinne Lambert is part of a rogue experimental unit utilizing a mix of magic and modern weaponry against Voldemort's puppet regime. Guest starring Charlie Weasley, Cho Chang, various Ministry officials, Death Eaters, and other magical creepy crawlies.

Ron Weasley's Unabridged Guide to Being a Sidekick. In a fit of utter boredom, Ron pens, sorry, quills an extensive handbook for future partners-in-justice... "I've got more tips and tricks of the trade than Malfoy has got hair products." WIP

Harry Potter/Twilight Crossover. Some say it can't be done. It was challenged over at The Hidden Tower. I am assuming that Twilight is taking place now, as in the last few years, and that the Cullens made a stop over in London before they headed up to Denali. Please enjoy!

On Remus Lupin's fortieth birthday, a day he never thought he would see, there's more than the matter of his age on his mind. A short sequence of thoughts, feelings and memories from the life of a werewolf. (Warning: implied slash.)

Ginny finally has everything she's ever wanted. The boy of her dreams, top grades, and a way to finally break into the Golden Trio. When perfection turns out to be less than perfect she finds herself seeking solace in another journal. When this journal writes back, she is understandably worried—until she discovers the person writing back is a fellow student. A fellow student who refuses to divulge his identity. Does she want to know who this mystery person is? Or has she already revealed too much of herself?

One night during the war, while spying for the Order, Ginny realises the true extent of her fascination with Draco. One-shot. It was written before HBP, and I personally don't think it fits with the new canon.

Is the end extremely nigh? Alas, no boys snogging in this fic, but hopefully Harry will be able to save the day.

"They walked out slowly, silently, smiling. ``"Need a haircut, greaser?" The medium-sized blond pulled a knife out of his back pocket and flipped the blade open. ``I finally thought of something to say. "No." I was backing up, away from that knife. Of course I backed right into one of them. They had me down in a second. I fought to get loose, and almost did for a second; then they tightened up on me and slugged me a couple of times. So I lay still, swearing at them between gasps. A blade was held against my throat.``"How'd you like that haircut to begin just below the chin?"" ~S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders

“Weasley,” I said, trying my best to have a soft voice, but I could tell it still frightened her since her shoulders seemed to tense up. She froze in the doorway. It was dark and we were alone. Ginevra Weasley and I were alone in the Potions dungeon late at night. She slowly turned around and she looked enchanting. I couldn’t believe it. A Malfoy is supposed to despise Weasley’s, not think they’re the most beautiful thing you’ve ever seen. NEW VERSION!!!!

What is good? What is bad? What really matters? At some point we all ask these questions of ourselves, and it’s a good thing we do. Imagine if you could never step back and examine your life. Who knows what you might do if you were unable to see what you had become? Take my word for it now, you don’t want to know. When a world rests in the hands of one person, sometimes she has to stop wondering whether she's really the one, forgive herself for a broken past, and do what she knows is right.

Ginny takes a trip to Tibet with an eccentric companion

In December 1995 Remus rests in Sirius’s arms at the setting of the full moon. He draws new sketches, and trusts that there is still life waiting for the two of them.

The autumn of 1981 was not a kind time. To anyone. He gestures for her to sit down next to him, and she does, heart beating all the faster. "Please, Ted, what - " "They caught the Potters' Secret-Keeper. The one who betrayed them to Voldemort," he says bluntly."

No date can go smoothly when you have Filch trying to be sweet and Madam Pince suffering from allergies.

On the Hogwarts Express, Lily discovers who has been chosen for Head Boy. Companion piece to Coming Around.(Pre-dating L/J.)

Remus ponders his life after the war and finds that something, or rather, someone is missing.

There was a time when I loved them. There was a time when they were my world. But now I realize that I could scream to the skies that I hated them all and they would not pay me any mind. So this is hell. A look into Peter Pettigrew's mind.

Elyse Sanders was your typical American teenager until she discovered a passageway to Hogwarts--in her own home! Once in Hogwarts she speaks to Professor Dumbledore and is admitted as a student after being told the strangest thing--she's a witch! She becomes friends with Hermione Granger who then introduces her to Harry Potter and Ronald Weasley. The four become fast friends and enjoy--and not enjoy--a series of happenings together. The First in the Teracia Ruby Trilogy. Post 5th Year.

In Godric's Hollow that fateful night so many years ago, Voldemort thought himself as the only person remembering the event who was alive. But there was another, yet it can never tell us what it saw.

When Ginny stumbles upon Tom Riddle passed out in a remote Hogwarts passageway, she resolves to have nothing to do with him. Of course, life rarely goes as planned, and Ginny is about to discover the difficulties of avoidance. (AU following OotP)

Remus Lupin meets an old school friend at Sirius' funeral, and she asks him to drop by the following evening to catch up. He arrives just in time to find her murdered. Read his reaction.

Six years after Deathly Hollows, a new enemy is growing. Join Harry, Hermione, Ron, Ginny, Albus, and all the rest as they discover the identity of their foe, and struggle to bring it down.

Tension between Gryffindor house and Slytherin house has escalated beyond control of the prefects that the Heads had to do something about it. Seeing that Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy are the sixth year prefect who usually had a row about everything, they are the perfect pair to put the growing tension to a halt. Yes, they are indeed the perfect pair for the job.

Harry pauses for just a moment to reflect on the Horcrux Hunt. A simple one-shot involving Harry's thoughts and a memory of a life he used to know...

Fred has a rather interesting night out. Written for the HP Pick-Up Lines Challenge at the HPFC forum.

Sirius finds himself in a situation he doesn't quite know how to handle. Written for the 'Thank God You're Here' Challenge at the HPFC forum.

Once, long ago, Remus had a love. As if by a curse, she disappeared without a trace. But when strange memories arise, he begins to ask questions -- is his wife out there somewhere, or is his mind playing a cruel trick?

A character study of Harry and Snape to Damhnait Doyle’s song “Tattooed,” from her album “Hyperdramatic.” Very short and a one shot.

One-Shot. This is a short fic about Remus Lupin, as he looks at the grave of his oldest and most loved friend. Non-Slash.

Everyone wears a mask. It's the story behind them that makes us human. This is the story of one who wore many masks and how he was eventually able to remove them all in the light of a new world.

Companion to Slash. Harry visits his old professor and begins to help him come to terms with his grief. NOT HP/RL.

Ornithophobia: the persistent fear of birds. I'm not afraid of all birds, though...just owls.

Moments in passing. Disjointed thoughts, where Remus and Sirius screw and fight and flirt and love and leave. Remus alone.

Buckbeak\'s arrival and departure from Grimmauld Place. Pre-RLNT, starts at beginning of OotP.

The first installment of a triology finds Harry, Ron, and Hermione on the hunt for Voldemort's Horcruxes, a disenchanted Ginny dropping out of school and joined by a myriad of new enemies and allies, and one very cold MI-6 agent.

Cho had enjoyed her visits to Guangzhou. She wasn't at all sure she wanted to live there. But when her parents moved their family away because of the war, she found herself trying to build a new life in China -- and struggling to reconcile it with her unfinished business in Britain.

The untold story of Harry's godmother - her hardships growing up, her relationships with Harry's parents and their friends, her qualms with her relationship with Harry once he joins the wizarding world and her ultimate role (or lack thereof) in his life.

Eleven-year-old Bellatrix Black has just met her future husband. The only problem is he doesn't know it yet.... **Written in response to RoxiMalfoy's "The First Time We Met" Challenge on HPFF, and as a companion piece to "Becoming My Sisters' Enemy"**

What events led to Lucius Malfoy becoming a Death Eater? Did he ever once believe in love? This is a slightly AU look at Lucius Malfoy's early days of becoming a Death Eater. **Written In Response to FannyPrice's "Potter-fy This" Challenge on HPFF, based off of a plot theme from the Twilight Series...**

Fed up with constant nightmares about Voldemort, Harry embarks on an ambitious plan to eradicate Voldemort once and for all. In his quest, he enlists the help of a most unlikely candidate: Sixteen year-old Tom Riddle.

Harry is back to number Four, Privet Drive once again. Sirius has just died and Harry is still feeling the effects of his loss and discovers that he is not alone in the grief department as he witnesses the death of another family at the hands of Voldemort. As the war between Light and Dark escalates, Harry finds that the rules have changed when the appearance of a stranger brings with him the reappearance of new allies, known as The Elder Ones.

“Severus, you’re home.” “Indeed.” Just a little Snape piece.

Percy Weasley believed in the Ministry until he met American Meka Durham. Meka Durham thought she would never belong until she met Percy Weasley.

Harry does what he must do. The ever cliched final battle takes place. But what happens after the battle? Harry falls into a deep coma, and mysterious things take place to other members of the Order. It's up to the normal people now, to become heroes in a world where nothing is right. Told partly in Voldemorts PoV. Post-HBP, not too shippy.

The Creevey brothers are in hiding, helping their father deliver milk. One day, Colin has to make the decision between saving many people or saving his family. His choice may come back to haunt him. One-shot.

Sirius remembers Marlene. One-shot. Gen-ish. Written for the As Summer Ends challenge on first_order (LJ community).

After a while of practising, Draco Malfoy never feels anything unless he wants to.

Eighteen-year-old Harry Potter, despite being the celebrated "Chosen One" who'd recently vanquished He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named at last (not to mention his preceded glory as the "Boy Who Lived"), suffers greatly in the aftermath. Over a month has so far passed since that final showdown at Hogwarts, yet STILL — the young adult wizard cannot sleep, cannot close his eyes without seeing vivid images of that horrific night jog hauntingly across his mind without end. Nevertheless, as Harry now returns to Hogwarts for his rather "belated" seventh year (if one could call it), an unexpected person shockingly spotlights into Harry's traumatized life, even proving to be the beginning of a new, unimaginable attraction and interest: Draco Malfoy!

Could one lost love really have been the only thing that turned Severus into the angry, cruel, and sneering Potions Master that Harry met his first year? Starting in 1970 and continuing through the 80s, this story paints the lovely and often harrowing picture of Severus' life before he met Harry Potter. You’ll meet Severus’s most loyal companion, Marcella Lynch, from the beautiful beginning of their relationship first year, to the tragic end well after the wizarding world thought they were rid of the Dark Lord forever. This story is not an AU; it will work out to fit canon.

Two and a half years after first coming to stay with the Potters, Sirius thinks he might finally be ready to be completely honest with them. Remus/Sirius. One-shot.

"Draco Malfoy sighed and turned the doorknob to his bedroom. There, his eyes met an unexpected sight." - summer after HBP. I'm trying to get all the Draco/Ginny out of my head before book 7 - I'm a H/G shipper at heart! I always appreciate feedback.

Given how events in this story play out, it's hard to say whether it's a sequel or prequel to Erasure. In the course of saving a life, Harry unknowingly creates his worst nemesis - Lord Voldemort.

Mystique Montague, only at the age of 15, has been forced to marry a certain Draco Malfoy. Her parents have moved her from her hometown of Paris, France and enrolled her into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Like her mother before her, and all the females in her mother's ancestry, Mystique has a deadly secret-she isn't full human. Though to the eye you can hardly tell. As she tries to acclimate herself to her new surroundings and her fiance, Mystique slowly starts to loose hold of her instincts. Meanwhile, she starts to fall in love with one who isn't her betrothed and Hogwarts is under the tyranny of Dolores Umbridge. Will instinct or morals guide her, destroy her or destroy those around her?

"The glass didn't just separate her from the weather." One minute, Hermione is sitting at her window watching the thunderstorm outside, wondering when she would see Harry and Ron. The next, she's sent off to Ron's house by an unexpected Death Eater. When she tries to help the Death Eater make the right decision, it ends in a way she never thought it would. Draco/Hermione. One-shot.

Luna Lovegood has for many years been puzzled by the incident which took place shortly after her mother's death. She had come up with a number of possible explanations, none of them very satisfactory, until a visit to Diagon Alley cast a sudden illumination over her past. A short songfic about love, loss and letting go.

Hermione loves roses.

This important question needs to be answered. Reputations are at stake.

"Quite the double act, Sirius Black and James Potter!" Sirius Black is dying but has an important discovery to make before he can be left to rest in peace... A story about love, but mainly about friendship.

Nymphadora Tonks was raised by a mother, who always insisted upon the innocence of Sirius Black. It makes sense that one day Nymphadora would choose to join the Order of the Phoenix... Written as a combined response to AmeliaBlack's "The Life of the Phoenix" Challenge, and MagicMuggle12's "One Line of Dialogue" Challenge on HPFF.

Monday morning at Hogwarts. A disagreement on a professional matter, a flaring of the tempers, two incompatible spells. As the cloud evaporates, Professors McGonagall and Umbridge find themselves unharmed. Alas, not in their own bodies.

Years ago, the Dark Lord destroyed Harry's home and family and forced him to live with the dreaded Dursleys. Fourteen years later, life looked better and Harry was able to spend more time with Sirius, his godfather. But there was another family member who wanted to get to know Harry, and she's been waiting a very long time.

"We are not putting him down like a sick puppy, werewolf or not!" the other voice shouted, surreptitiousness forgotten. "He is our son!"

This story follows the Bleekers, a family who went into hiding when the war started and now that it's finally over, try to go back to their normal lives. Unfortunately, the world and people they left behind are torn and broken and putting it back together might be more painful than anyone may have expected. Our favourite canon characters also appear. All thanks to Catnip at ff.net for beta reading!

Remus dreams of Sirius, but does Sirius dream of him? Very short ficlet.

Voldemort has started a diversity campaign to pull the wool over the eyes of Wizarding public. Draco does his part by starting a Gay Straight Alliance at Hogwarts. So Harry decides to seduce Draco to discover the secret plans of the Dark Side. This should all go as planned, unless Harry gets too romantic and catches feelings for Draco… H/D

Memories are all Ron's got left. AU, Remus/Ron, written for the inaugural fest at remus_ron_slash on LJ. Prompt: Ah me, in that dead Past I love to dwell Whose gladness haunts me ever, day and night! (John Gambril Nicholson, In Absence)

James' mother, his only remaining family, is murdered and James decides to join the Order of the Phoenix with his friends. Following the dark episodes they face, with the fear of death always looming over them...

Neville and Ginny try to guess Dobby's age during the hardships of the war.

An attention-seeking prank goes horribly wrong, and two brothers must decide where their loyalties lie. Genfic, Sirius and Regulus.

'Then I will laugh because I will always be that Slytherin. I will forever be the Slytherin.' Written for The Minor Character Challenge at the HPFC forum.