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Minerva McGonagall has led an amazing life and had several amazing loves. This story is told in her journals of who and how she loved and then lost those loves. Of how, she saw red blood stream from all her loves.

One-shot, intended as a supplement to OotP, a "missing scene" if you will. Years after their affair, Bellatrix finally exacts her revenge on Remus in the Department of Mysteries.

It doesn't matter if it's real or not, because either way, she believes it, and then the possibility is there. Neville/Luna.

"Patta cake, patta cake, baker’s man, bake me a squib as fast as you can. Pat it and prick it and mark it with V..."

Harry is missing, Hermione is worried, Draco is being insufferable and Ron’s got a theory.... It’s just another day at Hogwarts.

“Was it not enough Albus? Was our service to this world not enough for you?” She shrieked. “You have betrayed me Dumbledore and you have betrayed that boy…you have betrayed those who were most loyal to you, curse you!” Minerva McGonagall's voice shook.

Sirius hasn't been himself since reaching Grimmauld Place. Remus decides to do something about it. Hilarity ensues.

Draco, for no discernible reason, has decided to walk to San Francisco. Yes, we're pretty sure he's crazy. Harry joins him, thus proving himself doubly insane. Much bickering, hitch hiking, and general slashiness to ensue.

Minerva McGonagall reflects on her life, both past and present, and wonders if anyone still cares enough to keep the wizarding world safe. And she wonders if anyone still cares about her. What little joy she has left in her life rides on a thin string, and she struggles everyday to keep that string from breaking.

"It's a ritual they generally don't talk about. Both of them think about it a great deal, whether upon waking the next day or at dinner some weeks later, but they most assuredly do not talk about it. Remus fears bringing it out in the open will breathe life into it, somehow, make it completely unavoidable and utterly final. Sirius simply doesn't know what to say."

"Tragic romance is no new thing to the world...The story is so old, no one can remember exactly how it started. But these two, they have decided to write another chapter." Not all love stories have a happy ending... NOT a song fic. D/Hr.

Remus thinks about letters from his past and writes one of his own to Sirius.

Mrs. Granger takes her daughter for tea the weekend after she returns home from her fifth year of school. Hermione finally lets her parents know what's really going on in the wizarding world.

It’s the irony of it all that just really gets me. The irony of the book of life, written by someone long dead; the irony of writing about something beautiful, when there is ugliness all around; the irony of writing about sight, when you are blind. The irony of writing about love, when you can love no more, oh, that’s the greatest of them all, that it is. R/Hr

Parody of songfics and weird pairings. Set to "My Beloved Monster" by the Eels. It's weird and disturbing, just to warn you.

Hermione receives a letter asking her to volunteer for war. She reluctantly agrees even though she is terrified that she'll never see her family, friends or love again. One-shot. Hermione/Draco.

How does Molly Weasley really feel about her clock? What tortures has it put her through? Set on the night of the battle at the Ministry of Magic

A year after the defeat of Lord Voldemort, Harry has retreated so far into himself that even his surviving friends can't seem to reach him. Will Ginny get there in time, or is it already too late?

Seven years after the final battle, Snape considers a few personal demons.

Evil did not begin with Lord Voldemort nor will it end with him. Prophets ranging from an ancient priestess to the current Sybill Trelawney foretell a darkness greater than all others. A final, twelfth prophet holds the key to helping Harry and the Order of Phoenix overcome Voldemort and the new reign of darkness-- but where could this missing prophet be?

Sirius Black put up with his family for sixteen years. But one day he ran away. It was freedom, it was liberation, but in a way it hurt. Because some things are painful, even to a sixteen-year-old boy.

During a snowbound winter, Sirius' desire to protect Remus grows stronger.

Hermione and Ron are meant to be together, but will they forever miss their chances to be together? Ron already has, and seems to have given up forever (see my fic A House That Might Have Been). Will Hermione have the courage to voice her feelings for a second time, or will she marry Krum? Sweet companion piece to A House That Might Have Been.

Sequel to A Moment in Time. Whatever happened to Draco after that moment? And what about Hermione?

Nearly Headless Nick is a ghost because he was afraid of death - how about the others? What do the Hogwarts ghosts think about death, their own in particular? Is there any hope for them?

She would never do that. She couldn’t. After all, it was him.

Harry's annual escape from Privet Drive is a bit more harrowing than usual.

After the final battle at Hogwarts, Neville reflects on the events of the past and begins to lose himself... until someone unexpected is able to pull him back. Short and sweet.

Harry's had a lot to think about over the summer before his fifth year, and for the first time, he puts his thoughts on parchment.``"I guess that writing your feelings out does ease the pain a bit after all."

Peter wages a losing battle with his own fear. Set in early 1981.

After the war, all Theodore Nott has left is his childhood home and a ghost that won't let him forget.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione are on the train after their third year at Hogwarts, and Harry feels that he must have missed something in the movie. How did Professor Lupin know how to use that map?

Sequel to 'The Devil You Know'. It is slowly approaching dawn and Harry Potter cannot sleep. An unexpected guest appears with an offer, the answer to all of Harry's problems. How can he possibly refuse, even when the price is everything he has to give?

Harry and Remus write to Sirius after his death. Slightly AU? The two most important people in Sirius's life try to gain some closure that might not come. Story starts strange but a plot soon emerges.

A songfic to Mandy Moore's 'Cry.' Draco has a change of heart and makes a life altering decision during a heart to heart conversation with Ginny.

A Sev/Lily non-magic AU. Severus has gone to the same club, every day, just to watch her dance with her friends. Now, after far too much waiting, he decides to approach her. It goes much better than he expected.

Harry blames himself for Sirius' death. Finally, he decides to do something about it.

This is a story of a girl, Kat Meyers (not American), who has been friends with the gang for all their years of Hogwarts. Over the summer before fourth year, something happened to make the outgoing girl stop talking and smiling and being the friend Harry used to know. What's happened and what's with the pointe shoes? Could it be something to do with Voldemort? Is Harry really the only one Voldemort's after?

"Absence makes the heart grow fungus" - when two people have been forcibly seperated for over a decade, and reunited only briefly before being seperated again, it's not easy to pick up where they left off. Remus/Sirius, during OotP.

A lone wizard wakes on the last battlefield, but even surviving the main event can't prepare him for the shock of one confrontation. One-shot (for now). Darkfic, angst, suspense (hopefully), character deaths, implied slash. HBP-compliant, so 'ware the spoilers.

Severus picks up a little girl after an attack. Is her happiness due to shock, or is there something else involved?

A young Severus Snape is learning Occlumency from Dumbledore under the watchful eye of the portraits on his office wall.

A pantomime version of Harry Potter. Cue bad jokes, silly songs, quotes and puns galore and the obligatory custard pies. The plot - Voldemort plans to take over the world, Draco crossdresses and Ron collects Happy Meal toys. All together now: "Oh no he doesn't!"

Remus Lupin has been there since Harry's third year, always calm, quiet, and peaceful. He's always been there, in the shadows, never in the spotlight. Here we'll take a look at Remus' mind. His memories, experiences, thoughts. Was it always that way?

Remus has something to tell Minerva, and it can't wait until morning! What could it be? MM/RL fluff.

Slight songfic to Evanescence's "My Immortal." It's the very last battle, and Minerva discovers that it's hard to lose a student, but even harder when they were like your own child. It's always hard to say goodbye. Slight AD/MM, character death and sadness.

A sequel to Painful Decisions, we see how Draco has coped with Harry's death.

After the events of the Gryffindor v. Slytherin Quidditch match in Draco’s fifth year, things seem different; Ron Weasley has the Slytherins under his thumb, the school dungeons are filled with Muggle born students, and Harry Potter is nowhere to be found. It’s a brave new world, and one in which Draco must learn to be careful what he wishes for.

MacRon wants nothing more than to be Heir of Gryffindor and he will stop at nothing to achieve that. This is a parody of Shakespeare's Macbeth and also makes fun of the cliched aspects of HP fan fics. Nothing is sacred... nothing at all! Staring Harry (Duncan), Viktor (Banquo), Hermione (Lady Macbeth), and Draco (Macduff) and the Desperate girls (Myrtle, Lavender, and Padma).

From one war into another, Hogwarts remains a sanctuary. Harry/Draco.

A year after leaving Hogwarts, Peter Pettigrew makes new friends. Can he keep his old friends? Will he have to choose? (A 'Stag Night' Cookie)

Three sisters come to bury their dead and their memories. An emotionally-drained young woman sickened by her choices, an entirely too well-educated one who has none, and an idealist who'd rather damn them all.

A sleek white cat stalked the corridors of Hogwarts. Its soft paws made no sound as it padded across the hard flagstone. It knew what it had to do. He would be there. Waiting for her. Master… no! Not master. Friend. Cats have no masters. He is a friend.

What happens when everyone we can think of decide that they are sexually deprived all at once? This, evidently. Featuring Kelso!Draco, sulking!Umbridge, dragqueen!Harry, and insane!Authorettes, this galactially stupid one-shot was written with alternating words. That explains a lot. Proof that there can be an R-rated humourfic.

That was when she said it. Those four words: "That sounds so... boring." Iphy apologised afterwards, but as Hermione puts down the phone she cannot not stop hearing that harsh judgement passed on her life.

Her crush is just a teenage one. His is just fascination, and he knows it could be misconstrued so easily. He had resist - but can it be kept from her? A very short fic hinting at Remus/Luna.

"You many recognize [werewolves] by these marks: they are pale, their vision feeble, their eyes dry, tongue very dry, and the flow of saliva stopped; but they are thirsty." ~Montague Summers, The Werewolf

Some people don't stop dancing, even in the face of death. Severus/Hermione, though names are never mentioned, and pairing is open to interpretation.

A companion to She Waits told from Harry's POV. You might find out why, or you may leave with more questions.

Draco thinks about how easy it would be to end his life. Rated PG13 for sucidal thoughts.

Harry thinks he's seen everything, but in his fifth year his views on the world will be challenged. Voldemort is still after him, but there are some new players in the mix. Are they good or evil? And what does Draco Malfoy have to do with it?

The sound of flying cutlery caught the woman's attention and she looked up to see the twins with identical mischievous grins charming silverware to set itself on the table. She heard a squeal and saw Hermoine as she dove away, giggling like mad, and she turned when she heard her mother's bellow as she berated the scheming pair. Then, as suddenly as they appeared, they vanished, leaving a cold and silent kitchen suffocating her.

Did you ever wonder how the fall of Lily and James came about? Why did Sirius convince them to make Peter their secret keeper? How was Dumbledore unaware? How did the last battle fought? This is an account of what happened when Lily and James Potter found out their baby son was to save the world from Lord Voldemort.

Kreacher may seem vile and lowly but he's still capable of thought. Maybe, there's a reason for his existence.

"I am a rock / I am an island / And a rock feels no pain / And an island never cries" A Snape songfic inspired by a Freelancer Music Video.

A 23 yr.old Hermione Granger sharing a flat with Ginny Weasley is your typical modern woman. But just like any typical modern woman, she has her own share of lovelife problems. How will she get out being stuck in lovelife LIMBO? H/HR!

"It was a miracle I had even been aloud into school with my ‘condition’, as my parents had called it, but to have a large tree that attacks you to protect me during the full moon, and for the nurse to look after me in the mornings, that was more than I ever could have expected."``The first time you meet a group of people can influence the rest of your life. Remus was terrified but ecstatic to be starting his first year of Hogwarts, but he had no idea how much a train ride could influence the rest of his life.

Hermione pauses every time she uses the Time Turner.

This is the story of Remus Lupin, condensed considerably, and to the lyrics of the wonderful song Unwanted by Avril Lavigne.

Draco sees Harry through an artist's eye - a beautiful blend of light and shadow. When Harry discovers Draco's fixation, what will his reaction be? A story of lust, obsession, love, and beauty in the highest sense - a story of light and shadow

All Aurors spend at least an hour in Azkaban as part of their training. None of them enjoy it. One of them had better get used to it...

Lupin and Snape are men on a mission, albeit one without any kind of thought-out plan. They're on their way to a small town somewhere in the Transylvanian mountains, but as for when they get there... well, they're just not all that certain about what they're actually supposed to be doing there. They are certain about one thing, however - there is no one they wouldn't rather be sent on a mission with than each other. ...But as we all know, it's not the goal but the journey there that matters! Right? Well, they're not thrilled about that, either.

She knows what's coming... she knows that her child is being cradled in Death's arms... and yet, she can't convince herself that it's real. Will Lily Potter finally come to grips with her son's fate... and her own?

He wasn't looking forward to sitting in a Muggle club, awaiting the arrival of an informant. But his dull assignment turns into something more when a stranger (whose eyes look so familiar), and a few rounds of double Scotch turn things around. One-shot, poem fic, Snape.

"Armando Dippet had never fallen out of a chair before. But that day he did. He slipped right out of it and onto the floor." (Armando Dippet/Professor Kettleburn.) Written for the Overlooked and Obscure Characters Ficathon.

In the aftermath of tragedy, Remus Lupin sought an escape. A man with nothing to lose and nothing to leave behind, but on a moonless night in a gypsy camp, he learns how to grieve—and finds out things he never saw in himself in the process.

As thoughts about the past and worries about the future start to overwhelm James on his last day at Hogwarts, he decides writing a diary.

An angsty Cho Chang monologue. On why she cries. Mentions tradition, angst, family, confusion, Cedric and Harry. A chance for Cho-fans to read an interpretation of what she went through, and Cho-haters to take a look from her point of view.

Severus starts regretting a past mistake.

My vision of the last 30-45 min. of Lily and James Potter. She has questions, he answers--again, my vision. Songfic loosely based on the song Moonlight Shadow from the game Dance Dance Revolution.

Depression and Sorrow engulf Remus Lupin's life. He can think of only one thing... and it haunts him like a ghost.

Minerva McGonagall was not present in the Department of Mysteries. However, her understanding of the death is just as painful as everyone elses. Three parter, spoilers for OotP.

Neville gets ready to ask Hermione to the Yule Ball. When that fails, he asks Ginny. What was he thinking through all of this? This mousy Gryffindor has some spunk after all. One-shot, missing scene fic, a Neville story.

Harry knows he is about to die. There is no one left to save him. But help comes from the most unlikely of places, a Death Eater, and his enemy. A boy who he thought hated him.

This is sonfic based on Three Door's Down's Kryptonite. It's written in Remus Lupin's point of view. His reflection on his curse. Not meant to be slashy!

And so, another epilogue is upon us. This is an epilogue to Several Blushes and Cookies, but it's not neccessary to have read the others first. This is a new chapter where Malfoy makes a comeback of sorts and we find out why he's really wearing those dog tags.

What do you do when you look up to the heavens and find no solace, no comfort? What happens when you face the devil himself and even with all the odds against you, you defeat him? I shall never find answers to these questions, for I am Hermione Granger, and I am only a survivor of the war, not the end of the war itself. Written in Hermione's POV, it covers her life with her son, Sam after Harry left her almost five years ago.

Harry's gone and he probably won't come back. He left everything to keep her safe. But he didn't think of the effect it would have in the one person he loves the most in the world. Now he's coming back for a little while to try and fix things.

Severus reflects upon his vows - past and present - and his own motives. This leads him back to the one person he has ever loved: R. A. B.

Draco loves Harry. Harry doesn't know. Draco decides that for Harry's good they can never get together and takes it to the extreme to make sure that never happens. But what happens when something happens? (Not another Harry-comes-behind-Draco-before-he-jumps fic!) DM/HP slashy goodness!

A one shot from Harry's point of view about the war around him and those he loves. (H/D)

Rowena Ravenclaw watches from her portrait and feels a special bond with Penelope Clearwater, whose life she follows in snippets for seven years.

Two roads diverged in a wood.

"My hands are stained." On Harry's first day at Hogwarts, Snape ponders damnation and redemption.

Ron and Hermione are fighting again and if there is any hope of peace in Gryffindor Tower, it's up to Ginny. Can she stop the fighting so she and the other fifth years can study in peace?

Far away across the field/ The tolling of the iron bell/ Calls the faithful to their knees/ To hear the softly spoken magic spells.

Harry reflects in the showers after Gryffindor loses badly in a Quidditch match, but shares his disappointment with someone he never expected. Harry/Cedric.

Harry was crap at dancing. Ginny doesn't much care.

Sky Monroe has always been alone. Alone with no memory of her past and no friends. Until one day, a stranger comes along and sends her off and her greatest adventure: A quest to find out the truth and a whole lot more including the presence of evil...