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It's two in the morning, and Ginny's alone in the Grimmauld Place kitchen: "Looking at the whitewashed wall opposite her, Ginny sighed, sensing the ghosts of the place--”real ghosts, imagined ghosts, metaphoric ghosts--”swirling around the damp, heavy pile above her head."

With Harry Potter's seventh year in the magical world comes his most important quest, to destroy the remaining Horcruxes and ultimately, to fulfil the Prophecy. With Dumbledore gone, Harry, Ron and Hermione must remain strong if they are to succeed against Lord Voldemort, and Severus Snape must finally reveal his true allegiance.

Harry is emotionally unbalanced - he is suffering from Sirius' death and the prophecy. When a certain present arrives for him, he wishes on it. What if the wish isn't what he wanted? Can he get back. Major AU.

A Wild night and an encounter between Remus and Snape. The first full moon after the close of events in HBP.

There's a new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts, and how else does Harry handle it but fall in love with her. What could be more challenging?

What happened when Harry, Ginny, Ron, and Hermione visited Lockhart that day when they really wanted to get tea? A short Fic from Lockhart's POV.

Harry made his choice. Can he now live with it?

Hermione and Severus Snape run into each other directly after final battle of the war with Voldemort. They’ve been apart for years... is there anything left between them? HG/SS

Three reminiscences in which characters think about who and what died in OotP, and mourn. (Contains spoilers for Order of the Phoenix.)

Hermione laments how she could have saved Sirius Black.

Following the death of a loved one, Severus Snape tries to pick up the pieces and say goodbye. SS/LE.

A Lily and James fic. It all starts in Fourth Year from Lily's point of view. A werewolf is out and about, Severus Snape is spreading rumours and lies, Lucius Malfoy has plans of his own and somehow Lily has to work out what's right and what's wrong. More importantly, she has to work out what she needs to do next.

Three years after the events of "Golden Snitch," the Snape-Potter household finds itself facing an unexpected challenge involving the next generation. Many of their comfortable assumptions are shaken, and the strength of their bonds tested. Will the safe nest they've built survive the winds of change?

"Swallowing the bile that rose in his throat, Snape steeled himself for whatever he had released to show itself. He soon discovered that he most certainly was not expecting the sort of creature that had lain dormant here for so many years."

There are bones beneath Snape's skin, and bones in his past. There are skeletons in the closet and there are skeletons in his mind.

Incredibly stupid, confectionary sacrilege, and an Evil Auction. Draco wears pink and prances. Lucius is in denial. Uncle Voldie needs money. What more can you ask for in a badfic?

Consequences shape everyones futures, as do the choices those we love make change ours. Can love override loyalty? Can hope delete fear? Can sisters turned worst enemies make amends? Can old flames be reignited? Can this 'Second Rising' be quelled? (Slight AU, character death later on)

Hermione Harry and Ron decide on how to live their lives and try to balance love hope and fear and above all else friendship. A sad but happy story that will leave you in tears of laughter sadness and joy.

Harry had been sitting in silence for the better part of half an hour, pulling on the thread of the couch upon which he sat. He was feeling uncomfortable in this small room, unsure what it was that made him relent into coming here.

The title is pretty self explanatory.

There's only one person who can defeat Voldemort, and he's slightly more purple than Harry.

Sequal to I Still Rememeber, in which Sirius recounts why he left and two old friends find out that even when it's over, love never really ends.

Roses are symbols of life and love. No matter what color they are.````H/D.

Lucius Malfoy did not always hate Muggles. Once, he was curious about them. The hate didn't come until one Vernon Dursley came along, and only one thing has driven Lucius through life: Revenge.

Sometimes you find just what you need under a Halloween moon.

"But the lonely man didn’t see it. He didn’t pay any attention to it, for his eyes were focused on the ground below. The ground covered in crimson blood and motionless bodies. He was focused on the battlefield where the fates of many had been decided during the night, a night he would never forget. A night that would always be remembered as the night when The-Boy-Who-Lived defeated the Dark Lord."

Draco reflects on his affair with Hermione when she tells him that she's leaving.

The last battle is fought, and Ron is thinking back on the things that happend after Harry Potter died. Can he finally have Hermione, as he have wanted to for so many years? Will she even have him?

Death. It affects us all differently. What if Hermione withdraws into herself? What if the doctors can't help her? What if Draco is her only line out of the madness that threatens to consume her?

Harry chooses to give up what he wants most in order to stop Draco from making a choice that he will regret. NOT slash. Implied D/Hr.

When Draco returned, after the summer of their fifth year, Harry knew something had changed. It was as if someone had switched on a light inside Draco in a world that was getting darker by the day.

A sequel to my other one-shot: Death is Only the Beginning. Harry has fought the final battle, and stands in the carnage of said battle. He now reflects on many thoughts running through his young mind. See what comes of him in this tale of war.

Draco fancies Ginny and Ginny fancies Draco, only they don't know it. Both of them think that each one hates the other but oh how wrong they both are. [Complete]

The Dark Mark has made a suspicious reappearance on Severus Snape’s arm, prompting Albus Dumbledore to make a potentially deadly vow. Set during GoF. Slash.

Fear gives way to pride - pride to rashness - and rashness to regret. Some things are better left unspoken; some dreams are better left undreamt. When learned the hard way, only time can bring it back to a shadow of what once was beautiful... and sometimes, we also learn, the price to pay for catharsis and redemption is far too high.

Remus always tried to mend wherever possible, always liked to know that with effort things could change. Now one by one they had left him forever, and the only remaining person was who it all started with: Severus.

They say the truth will set you free... but do you want to be? They say that memories are the diary we all carry about with us... what a coincidence. They say that time flies... but in which direction? Part I of the Yesterday Sequence.

The War is over. Harry seeks to find meaning behind a sacrifice that was made, and Ginny helps to find that meaning. Afterwards, Harry changes his point of view about Ginny.

The Death Eaters in Azkaban are screaming that the double-crosser double-crossed them. If you scream loud enough and long enough, someone's bound to hear.

It's a tale of sex, crime, conspiracy and violence. No longer the Wizarding World's Golden Boy, Harry Potter is a disillusioned Auror, hiding a dark past. When a serial killer begins preying on London citizens and leaving a trail of macabre clues in their wake, Harry finds himself drawn into a web of deceit and betrayal that will force him to confront his secret past... or risk losing everything that he holds dear.

Lily, after Snape's worst memory. What was she thinking? Who did she stomp off to? And will she consider dating the Giant Squid?

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

[Crossover with Gundam Wing] A mission that should have ended in their deaths instead sends five teenage ex-terrorists six hundred years in the past. Can they overcome their inherent distrust fast enough to help seven equally scarred children save the world a third time? 2+5, 3x4, 4xD, possibly 1x2x5, other pairings undecided

Ollivander/Rowena drama, romance and angst! Includes the founding of Hogwarts, the creation of the Chamber of Secrets, passionate love, grand battles and much more! This is how it all begins.

Fear is something the Malfoy family does not believe exists. But Draco knows better...he knows what his father fears. He knows what the Death Eaters fear...but the one question that remains..is what does Severus Snape fear?

I once knew someone like you. Such a model student, grades always high, always polite, ever the gentleman. Vulnerable eyes.````People trusted him too much, overlooked his flaws. ````His name was Tom Riddle. And you are very much like him.

In their fifth year, Sirius, James, and Peter finally master the necessary magic to end the solitude of their friend's life -- and Remus knows exactly whose idea it was. A tale of the first night first night at the Shrieking Shack, with Moony.

Remus Lupin has lost everyone he cared for to Voldemort. Lily and James were killed, Peter died fighting, Harry has been taken to live with his aunt, and Sirius- Sirius Black betrayed them all. Now Remus must face his first transformation alone.

Funny how they all ended up together again.

Padma brags to Parvati about pulling a fast one on Umbridge.

'Death. Black Death. Death all around now, good death and bad. The war is because of so much. So many. And the boy, him too. It's all because of the boy.' War touches everything, and the struggles to survive can be so much more painful than death itself.

Set during the war. Ginny is sent to North America for her safety. Ginny/Draco.

Sometimes there is only one path you can take. Sometimes it’s the wrong one...

Ginny Weasley was found today in one of the most tragic deaths in history. She died burning inside Phoenix Crypt. It seems that, after blowing the entire wall out, and emptying every single coffin of its inhabitant, she poured kerosene atop all of the bodies as well as her own, lit them all on fire, and flung herself onto the piled bodies of her twelve children and husband...

Kagome was, to begin with, a not normal girl, living in a not normal time. But throw in two parts vampire slayer and three parts wizarding world, her life will be as not normal as it is possible to be. An action adventure crossover romance featuring characters from Inuyasha, Buffy AND the everlastingly lovable Harry Potter.

Oliver watches Percy banish a boggart and realises that what Percy fears the most is also his greatest desire. Also focuses on Percy and Oliver's *platonic* friendship. Inspired by Simple Plan's Crash and Burn, but not a songfic.

A/U. Remus arrives at the scene after the attack on Godric's Hollow. Lily is dead, James is near death and Harry by some miracle has survived. Sirius arrives and in the ensuing confrontation attacks Remus and takes Harry. When help arrives James is rushed to St Mungo's, leaving a distraught Remus to cope with what has happened.

Harry, Ron and Hermione are celebrating the end of their N.E.W.T. exams in The Three Broomsticks, along with the rest of their year. The drinks are flowing and the fun commences with drinking games, emotional singing and friendly groping galore...

Lily Potter sits and watches her son at night, but nothing she does can comfort him now.

"They all agreed screaming was about the only reaction possible." Challenge: SS/HG including Snape in a feather boa.

There is a piano in the Shrieking Shack. Remus thinks it was Dumbledore’s idea. It definitely wasn’t his.

What if it was discovered that Harry isn't an only child, and his only sibling has fallen into the wrong company? Harry has always been good at being the hero, saving everyone who needs help, but what happens when he can't save them, when the one person who needs saving is him. What happens when he wants to fight back, but if he does he's risking family? What happens when water becomes thicker blood? What happens when he meets his pathological enemy?

He used to care for her. She used to be strong. Now he's a routine she can't fight and no longer cares to.

After the war, Hermione ponders why Ginny is weeping over someone else’s grave instead of Ron or Harry’s. Draco-Ginny, mentioned Harry-Hermione

In Harry Potter's sixth year, there is more to worry about than who is the new DaDA teacher. There are arising relationships that might be displeasing to another and minds aren't always whole. There are even people coming back to haunt when they aren't wanted. R/D slash!

When both Pansy and Hermione claim that Draco has fathered their unborn child, he and his attorney launch an investigation into the claims, and as always, hilarity ensues, with some startling revelations along the way. D/Hr, D/P, R/Hr, P/B, H/M

Companion fic to Facing. After Sirius's death, Remus visits the veil the way another might visit a grave. “I don’t expect anything. If there’s one thing I’ve learned over the course of my life it’s that a person’s expectations are liable to fall flat. However, knowing your godfather, it wouldn’t surprise me if he’s managed to somehow defy everyone else’s expectations for a final time.” And Sirius is in essence defiant. Not a resurrection fic.

WARNING: OC Abundance. No one expected the end of October in 1981 to be any calmer than the rest of the year had been. Just, no one had expected James and Lily to die either, so who knows.

After the Yule Ball in her third year, Ginny begins dating Michael Corner. Of course, there's always Harry Potter to consider. Can she move on, or is there a part of her that is forever Harry's? One-shot songfic to Dido's White Flag

Two women, a generation apart, seek asylum from the least likely of sources. How their request is handled greatly differs, and yet, Petunia cannot help but to think of the same person each time.

Seventh year, Ronald Weasley stumbles into a mysterious pensieve. How will Luna Lovegood feel,when she discovers out her true past? A rather interesting take on Luna's background, enjoy.

During Prisoner of Azkaban, Ginny and Hermione became friends. The catalyst was an event familiar to all witches and women.

The tears that cling to her eyelashes are the only things he sees as his mind flashes back to that day inside the library, and the sound she had made deep in her throat. Not a day has gone by since then that he hasn't watched her, dreamed of her, been haunted by her. Ghosts are merely spirits that have yet to cross over. It is time for her to move on.

Post-OotP. Remus reflects; Harry vents. They make a promise and find a little bit of peace.

Pansy tells exactly why Draco "puts up" with her.

Songfic to Vanessa Carlton's "Twilight". Get the tissues ready, it's a real tear-jerker. Very sad romance between Draco and--well, I'll leave it to you to guess.

“Why don’t you stay here with me and sleep in my bed tonight?” “You have never offered that before.” “Well…I never knew you couldn’t get back to sleep.” “Do you think it will help me?” “It couldn’t hurt, could it?” “Okay then. Well…Goodnight, Harry.” “Good night, Ron.”

Hedwig has died and Harry, at twenty six, is left alone. So what will happen to Harry? Will he be alone forever? (You bet he won't) A fluffy one-shot about Harry and Hermione getting together.

Love is annihilation. [Remus/Sirius, post-OotP.]

In the Christmas holidays Draco discovers a fellow student held captive in his home.

Harry asks Hermione a question that she isn't prepared to answer. When she finally comes up with one, is it too late?

Sirius had always hated rain.

The events just prior to Sirius' fall through the veil. His final thoughts and his last courageous stand against the Death Eaters. The demise of one of the last Marauders.

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

Lisa Turpin finds herself falling for a certain Slytherin, and must learn that sometimes the question isn't "how".

Four friends, torn apart by a secret. He knows the truth, she's still alone, he's been kept in the dark, and she's still in Azkaban, ready to end it all. Accept it or refuse it, it's up to them, but its two minutes until sunrise, and it's time to make a choice - Second story in the 'Time Trilogy' and sequel to 'A Long Way Past Midnight'.

After a break-up, Hermione ends up at Harry's flat. Well, somewhat.

They ask me why I smile, why I try to hide the pain. They ask me all the time. But I wonder why they even care. They never did before.

A songfic (and an oxymoron) Remus walks alone in London

People often ask her why she stayed with him? Most just assume he must've threatened her or had her under a spell. But what if the story was completely different. A long awaited interview with Narcissa Malfoy, thirty years after the war on her relationship with Lucius.

Believing Harry to be dead, Ron moves to the States to start over.

What do Dementors do in their free time? This one-shot ponders the existence of tea rooms in Azkaban, and ponders that vital question: who finished the milk and didn't buy a new bottle?

"He hadn’t wanted to be the only one there, not on his first time, not when he had no idea what to expect."

Why exactly did Lily continually refuse to date James? And what does Remus have to do with her reasons. In which Lily makes assumptions she would have been better without, and Remus is not the only one watching someone. SB/RL

His life is merely a game; entertainment for his father. He's one team, Lucius is the opposing side. His girlfriend, Pansy, is playing for both sides, so she doesn't care who wins or loses. However, time is running out, and how they play doesn't matter too much; Voldemort may make the final call.

At an unknown time in the future, a young man stands at a gravesite, mourning the love that killed him to acknowledge, and that killed him to lose.

The cup was Helga Hufflepuff's most treasured possession. But how did she come to own it?

AU Left on the Dursleys' doorstep, Harry is kidnapped by Moody and taken to a better home. However, misfortune follows him wherever he goes and he is soon at an orphanage, ostracized and alone...that is, until he's adopted by Nicholas Flamel.

"It is so very fragile, this final splintering of life, so tremulous and slow that it seems that the whole world is slowing down for a few minutes to give Draco Malfoy an extended swan song." Slash, Draco/Neville

Some things are just forbidden. Like Ginny falling for a Slytherin, for example. What would her friends say? Well, they'd start by telling her to not write notes in class...