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At Ginny's sixteenth birthday party, she asks Harry for a present he hadn't planned on giving her. (Warning: HBP Spoilers)

COMPLETE. Severus Snape came from somewhere; he didn't just appear at Hogwarts. We have had hints of his back story but no one really knows it. How did he get to be a snarky bastard? Why? Who knows, besides JK Rowling? So, this series of short chapter/stories explores the possibilities which include Potions College, Malfoys, The Dark Lord and even Remus Lupin, as well as a growing conviction that the world is not a nice place.

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This story is one possible view of Harry's sixth year. Many things change in his life, not least of which are his friendships, loyalties and the perspective that he has on many things that he took as absolutes in earlier years. It tries to follow canon in every place that it can and this includes a lack of long-term romances for the major characters. Fans of certain characters will not like what they read here but as was the case in OotP, everyone involved faces the all too unpleasant reality that though growing up has huge advantages, it isn't always easy.

In Harry's day, Voldemort has risen a second time, but what happened the first time? Join Severus Snape, James Potter, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, Lily Evans, and others as they walk through the first dark days. They will discover friendship, hatred, love, and pain as they find how the ties bind them all.

Ginny Weasley is by and large a failure, and therefore a perfect candidate for taking up politics. When she finds herself inadvertently facing not only a mystery but a general election as well, those who would have her as their puppet realise, however, that she has a few aces up her sleeve – and some rather unexpected allies. Also featuring Mercenary! Draco, Machiavellian! Snape (literally) and an insane amount of Committees’ luncheons. Rated strong PG-13 (language, situations, politics)

When Voldemort via Macnair almost wipes out an entire pureblood family with no explanation, the magical world is thrown into disarray. The last survivor of the family finds herself at Hogwarts, the last place she wants to be, and the last place where she knows she might have a chance of survival. Siana Basilica must determine who to trust and who to fear. However picking up pieces does not come easily when Severus Snape is determined to find her guilty for crimes she never committed.

Valentine's Day is coming up at Hogwarts. After Draco Malfoy is insulted, he puts an Entrancement Enchantment on Hermione, causing her to act very 'strangely,' towards one Harry Potter in particular...

Harry's 5th year of Hogwarts brings him to a crossroads. Following Dumbledore's advice means sacrificing a season of Quiddich. It also means keeping secrets, even from Hermione and Ron.

A series of one shots following Draco and Ginny as they learn to cope with being new parents.

See Draco. See Draco read. See Harry see Draco read. See Harry distract Draco. Features Harry/Draco, Jane Austen, gay self-help, and a random Hufflepuff.

Serena is a bouncy friendly girl, full of life. She enjoys playing jokes and can do fifth year spells, even before she comes to Hogwarts for her first year. However she has one secret, which must be hidden at all costs.

"I, Lucius Xavier Malfoy, in the event of my demise, leave all titles, properties, and lands in my possession to my son, Draco Lucius Malfoy. However, only in the event of his marriage to Miss Hermione Granger shall any and all funds in my name be transferred to him." After Lucius discovers where his son's loyalties lie (with Dumbledore, of course!), he does the only thing guaranteed to make his Draco's life miserable...

A botched 'Apparate!' lands Harry at the Malfoy estate. The resident Death Eater, of course, gets more than he bargained for. *Slash, Angst, Politics*

Harry is the new Dark Lord. He rules the world with a compassionate and well-intentioned fist. SS/HP, mentions of HP/DM. Mentions of character death, but still a very light fic. Humour/Romance/Smut.

The Marauders, in their sixth-year at Hogwarts, are all seeking romance. Remus Lupin is attracted to Natasha Strauss who's a Slytherin in every way. Sirius Black looks set to break the heart of Natasha's best friend Kathleen Curtis. Pairings: RL-OC; SB-OC; JP-LE; PP-no way!

Harry has managed to get through the whole of his sixth year successfully and is about to complete his seventh and final year, sit his NEWTs and finish Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry with Hermione and Ron. The tragic deaths of his parents and especially Sirius hurt as ever, though Harry has found a way to live with it, he does not show any more emotions to anybody. But one evening, surrounded by a happy family Weasley, the loss of his parents and Sirius is too much for Harry to take in. He wants to save them and comes across a Time-Turner. But meddling with time is always an action accompanied by confusion, and why should it be different this time?

Hermione thought of summer camp as extra credit. Ron thought of it as torture. Draco thought of it as insulting, but Harry thought of it as freedom. Food had appeared on the table, but suddenly, no one was hungry. H/H, some R/L and more surprise ships.

Ron disappeared the last week the trio were at Hogwarts, and Hermione finds herself having to make a life alone. Will she ever forgive him when he returns?

Harry must read the compass of his heart to solve the only riddle the wizard of the north cannot fathom. How far must one walk to reach eternity? Chamber of Secrets transformed by H.C. Andersen's "The Snow Queen."

Draco saves Ginny's life in the final battle. Why? And how is Ginny going to react to him now.

The Bloody Hell! fan fiction starts with Harry being sixteen years old and getting new powers from his ancestors. Then Uncle Vernon beats him up, and Remus and Snape take him back to Hogwarts. There the secret of Harry's birth is unveiled and Harry and co. become the new generation of the Marauders. Ron accidentally changes Harry into a girl, and Harriet befriends Draco Malfoy. She discovers that she's also a youkai (demon) and together with Ryu (Draco) she travels back in time in the Warring Era in Japan where she meets Inuyasha and...

Post HBP. It’s seventh year, and the Slytherins challenge the Gryffindors to a Wizarding version of Russian roulette, one that involves Love Potions and a midnight party. Harry and Draco are very confused, as they begin to grow feelings for one another. Did they both get the Potion? Did only one of them get it? Did neither of them get it? Harry/Draco slash.

After twenty years of happy normalcy, Dudley sees another letter from Hogwarts. This one is addressed to his daughter.

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.

It's the start of year five at Hogwarts and already something strange is going down. Harry has a painful incident in Divination that he can't explain and Dumbledore  is expecting a new student and wants Harry to show her around. But what Harry doesn't know about her is that she is very powerful, maybe even more powerful than himself.

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.

When Draco is given a mysterious dagger by his father, strange things start to happen between Harry Potter and himself. Is the past doomed to repeat? (H/D)

After Harry is kicked out of the only home he can remember (even if it was one he was never welcome in), Harry returns to Hogwarts for his fifth school year. Even with new students from different schools and countries, including America, it seems like everything is almost normal...or is it?

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 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.

It is her first year and Ginny becomes the first Weasley ever to be in Slytherin. What is a Gryffindor at heart to do when trapped in the snake’s layer? Well, when in Rome, do what the Roman’s do. And that is exactly what she plans on doing. What can turn the youngest Weasley back to the side of light? DM/GW HP/GW GW/??

The Hogwarts professors are trying to kill each other! But no need to worry, it's only a game. Who will come out on top in Hogwarts Assassins? And who will come out on top in the game of love? AD/MM, SS/FD, HG/SB, BW/OC.

War creates misery, as Hermione has learned in the aftermath of the war against Voldemort, which left Harry and Ron both dead. How will she deal with her grief? Will running away and living as a Muggle really help?

"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.

Harry is trying to get over the loss of his first love. The start of school brings an opportunity that forces Harry to quit the Gryffindor Quidditch ``Team. Hagrid\\\\\\\'s friends have arrived.

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?

What if, when Sirius Black was framed for murder, there was a witness who'd seen the truth? A Muggle who held the key to Sirius' freedom? Well now it's time for her to speak out. The Unknown Witness is a wanted woman, and it's not just Harry and co. who are trying to track her down...

Nothing is feared more than the unseen. When Hogwarts is turned into an inescapable prison during sixth year, those left alive must work together. Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin become meaningless words when matched against a power that will take bravery, hard work, wisdom and cunning to overcome. A call for unity becomes a strangled cry for help – only together can the survivors escape alive. This fic is rated R due to mature concepts, moderate gore, sexual situations, scary things and language. Post-OotP, spoilers abound.

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.

Before Harry came to Hogwarts, before Sirius was arrested, even before Snape's hair became greasy, there was Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs.``Oh and a very anoyed Lily too!

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.

Harry’s 5th year, (ya ya, I know, enough of those, but I had to take a swing at it), a new professor arrives carrying an ancient artifact of Merlin.  The fight with the forces of evil grow darker and Harry slowly finds it consuming his life and forcing himself to admire the strength and courage of the old fighters, (such as Snape). Will he have to pick up their burden?

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 and Ginny have been seeing each other on the sly for months when something unexpected happens. Now they have to tell their families. Beat downs, an evil grandmother, muscle cars, Scooby boxer shorts and rednecks figure predominately in this amusing parody/AU fic.

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.

Professor Lupin happens upon a supposed Muggle who has some intriguing interests and powers, only to find out she may not be such a Muggle after all. Snape features prominently; Dumbledore, McGonagall, Sirius Black, Harry, Ron, and Hermione also appear.

Corielle Griffin is introduced to the magical world after putting her past, affectionately termed It, behind her- or so she thought. Now, in the wizarding world, she is constantly reminded of her former lack of magic, It, and her inconsistancies in the midst of magic. The plot thickens by her strange attraction and repulsion by Snape, her affinity with Lupin, and the odd core of her wand...

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)

SLASH. Harry has a confession and Ron has some things to sort out... With cameo appearances by Percy and Oliver (of "Unsuspecting Hearts" fame), as well as Sirius Black.

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.)

With Voldemort defeated, Ginny Weasley goes to start her final year at Hogwarts. However, she has been having odd dreams and manifesting strange new powers. Why? Does the new librarian know something? Crossover with Buffy The Vampire Slayer.

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.

During the summer after GoF, Harry's so depressed that even the Dursley's are worried.

When Hermione suffers a personal tragedy, Snape is unwillingly called upon to help her. Their own difficult pasts, Snape's history with the Death Eaters and Hermione's unusual animagus draw them both into a confrontation with Voldemort that could end in tragedy for both of them. During this time, Hermione finds out the secret's of Snape's shadowy past and Snape discovers there is a great deal more to this 'little-miss-know-it-all' than he ever suspected.

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

Harry is in a magical coma for ten years after defeating Voldemort, and when he wakes up, gee, who's that really pretty high-level nurse who happens to look a lot like Fleur Delacour?

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?

As Hermione tutors George so he'll pass his NEWTs, a romance slowly blossoms.

Asians of the world UNITE! Kathryn Lim has survived 6 yeras in Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry. There's no reason to suspect she won't survive this one. Until she gets a mysterious bracelet. And where did that cat come from? She''s making new friends, but might not keep the old. And of course those normal problems seem to multiply like rabbits. Tony Lim (Her protective brother), and the gang of Merry Marauders also feature!

Why is Harry so special? Could it have been something completely out of his power that made him what he was? Explore Harry's fifth year as many things change- his feelings, his relationship with Dumbledore, and even his destiny. Not your usual 5th year fic.

It's the prequel to the sequel of another writer's fic``Of a pairing (Snape and Granger) that still makes some people sick``Dare to visit Snape's strange quarters almost sunk in Hogwarts Lake``Where he patterns out sad days observed by Salomé, his Snake.

Ever wondered who the Marauders were? Ever wondered how the 'Marauders' were formed? Ever wondered how life in Hogwarts was like with the Marauders around? Enough said. Read this fic and fill up your day with laughter. At some point, you are guaranteed to end up cackling.

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?

Voldemort threatens more than England, he threatens the entire wizarding world. So his defeat should have world-wide repercussions, yes? On the far side of the globe, a doctor has to treat a very unusual patient (she doesn't recognize him, but you'd better), and nurse him back to health against his will. Set post-Hogwarts.

Draco Malfoy is given a task by the Dark Lord: to gain the trust of one of Harry Potter's friends. The obvious choice is Hermione, and Draco begins to sow the seeds of friendship. Things do not go as he planned though, and soon he is caught up in an adventure with the very people he once called his enemies. Action, plot, romance, Quidditch, Hogwarts, other locations and a solid amount of snogging.

On the night before James's wedding, Sirius wants to make sure that James and his other friends have a good time. Will things ever be the same again? A tale of friendship and of growing up in a time of darkness.

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.

It's the summer after Harry's fourth year, and obviously the events of GoF left him deeply troubled. He can finally go to The Burrow, and discovers that a fiery headed Weasley might be just what he needs. Ron/Harry slash, cuddles (and later sex), nightmares and nightly discussions abound. A little knot of angst in the middle of a bundle of fluffiness.

Dumbledore sends new prefects to Anmarie Island, located in the Bermuda Triangle for training and protection against the dark arts during the summer before their 6th year starts. Romance between Draco and Hermione ensues.

Alternate Universe. The year before he is to begin school, darkness rises once again, making it unsafe for Harry Potter to attend Hogwarts. Now fifteen, Harry recieves an incredible letter, introducing him to a world he's never known. Mysteries and secrets abound, Harry must learn to find his place among the world that has waited so anxiously for his return People. Harry/Hermione. Love/Hate.

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

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.

“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

Who would've thought that a Slytherin and a Gryffindor would actually become friends? Or perhaps even fall in love? Certainly not these two...

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?

Harry's seventh year at Hogwarts is not what he expected. Classes are canceled by Dumbledore, and a secret coalition is formed to fight Voldemort in the last battle. But what place does Draco Malfoy have in all this? Full of action, adventure, romance, and above all else, love and loyalty, this fic explores what may really happen when Harry comes face to face with his worst enemy for the last time.

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!

Draco Malfoy has been keeping a secret from everyone at Hogwarts for the past five years. This year, his sixth year, the secret will be revealed and it will make sixth year for Harry, Hermione and Ron a nightmare.

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....