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"Smiles can be faked. Do not assume everyone who smiles is happy." Harry finally succeeds in defeating the Dark Lord, or so everyone believes-- everyone except Harry. Something grows in his mind, beginning as a whispery voice but then much stronger, causing his loved ones to disappear from his sight. Only one person seems unaffected by this disease, or what ever it is, and that one person may be the only one capable of helping Harry. The question arises, though, does that person want to? H/D

A collection of essays taking an in-depth look at some of the questions surrounding Peter Pettigrew.

My life is all about memories: Some good, some bad, some utterly embarrassing. But, then again, what else is to be expected of the daughter of the famous Harry Potter? But still even though I have many, I'd like to tell you about my very first memory....

Narcissa gets an owl from an admirer on Valentine's Day.

"This house feeds off me like a cancer. Sometimes, late at nights, I think that the house is a sentient entity, an ugly creature that has absorbed my family’s beliefs over the centuries and is now the embodiment of all I tried to run away from at age sixteen [...]Now I feel that what Peter started that Halloween Eve, what the Dementors continued in Azkaban, this lethifold of a house will finish, and I’ll become some kind of empty shell that looks like Sirius Black, speaks like Sirius Black but it’s not, inside, where it counts, Sirius Black." WARNING (for those faint of heart who need it): angst, slash (SB/SS) and incoherency.

[Written pre-OotP, set post-Hogwarts.] I thought you loved me; I loved you. I thought you cared about me; I cared about you. But now I've realized, finally realized, that to you, I was nothing but a stepping stone. I was just there to help you up in society. I wasn't anything more. D/G (Warning: Ginny is not the nicest/best person.)

Harry began to pace up and down the small space. “My whole life’s been like something out of a bloody book! And this is just not the way the story ends. I’m supposed to be able to fight the evil, not just sit down in a cave and wait to die.” -- JK Rowling finds Harry so real, she felt almost like she was channeling him. Well... what if she was?

When Ginny Weasley began writing in Tom Riddle's diary, she had no idea what it would lead to...

Song-fic to 'I'll Try' about how Harry is coping with his life.

An enchanted journal exposes the secrets of Lily Evans' past, revealing that she was far more than simply the clever Muggleborn mother of Harry, wife of James and first love of Severus – she was also the conduit of an ancient pact sworn centuries before, whose task never truly ended upon her death. In this first installment of an epic series, Lily Evans discovers that not only is she a witch bound for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where she has to deal with discrimination against Muggleborns, a poltergeist with a grudge, and friendships that may or may not stand the test of time, but that she has also been targeted by a dark force seeking to destroy her – and everything else.

Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable. - Kenyan Proverb

Remus doesn't quite know how he feels, but he knows what it's not. Implied R/S pre-slash.

Adolescence: the time of change, but more so when your family is Black. Thank Merlin for good friends. Remus/Sirius. Written for hp_toujours on LJ.

Shortly after Regulus's death, Sirius reminisces about his brother.

Harry thinks about losing a father figure yet again. His reaction is anything but ordinary.

Alone on her twenty-first birthday after a fight with Ron, Hermione Granger runs into a stranger from her past in the seediest part of London. Who is he, and how has her life taken such a turn for the worse?

On the eve of war, Hermione finds out what Draco has been hiding all year.

Pansy is pretty enough for Draco. She's beautiful for the executioner.

After the death of Hermione's parents, Ron and Harry contemplate what to do next and how to help her cope. Filled with drama, angst, romance, and some suprises. Also includes many appearances of members of the Order of the Phoenix, and details of the fight against Voldemort. This is for anyone who believes in the power of friendship and love.

Ron frowned suddenly. There was something stuck between the trash can and the wall, next to the door. Why hadn't he ever seen it? Ron finds a note that reminds him what happiness he may have missed.

"That's what I remember, the white of the snow and how it darkened and melted red." The wizarding world claims to remember what happened during the war, but Ginny's memories are different.

She was nothing but a cheap fortune-teller, a simple housewife who made a few extra pounds by telling people nice stories. Eva dealt in dreams, not witchcraft. But then a chubby boy named Peter entered her tent.

A time-line without dates. Events that shape and demonstrate the development of a boy. Lists his surroundings and actions as they are known. They say with these two things you can understand a person.

Ron knows that now, when members of the Order of the Phoenix look at him, they look past the red hair and freckles and think not Weasley, but Sirius Black. And now that he's dead, Ron wonders if history will repeat itself.

Follow Sirius Black through part of his escape from Azkaban.

Memories still linger in the halls of Hogwarts, replayed, untouched, and unbroken.

“What do you like?” Petunia had asked her once. She had smiled sweetly at her older sister. “Knowing Mum loves me better.”

Who would ever be interested in what a soul-sucking Dementor would have to say? Well, hopefully you would be...

Ron Weasley has been left alone and confused. Grown up and on a mission he travels the world, finding himself....

Alastor Moody's thoughts after OotP.

I am who I am, I am only different when it comes to you. (H/D)

How could it have come to this? How did we fall so far? It is the day after Christmas, and while the rest of the world is returning to normalcy after the holiday, one man isn't feeling very cheerful. The holidays have only allowed him to remember the pain and loss of the previous year, though he tries desperately to forget those memories. But as a fresh blanket of snow has covered the ground, he decides to take a walk to clear his mind, and at the same time, he decides to take a chance; he allows himself to just remember.

Lupin's thoughts before he leaves Hogwarts at the end of Harry and the others' third year, as he reflects over his students and over his own days at Hogwarts.

A companion to "Plutonian Shore." He did not like the icy light here. He curled into his shadowed corner and felt safe.

You can't change the past. Or can you? Harry tries to change the past. But fate is more cruel then he ever imagined. Harry/Tom slash.

"red mouth like a venomous flower". You think that you've won. Takes place during OotP. Minerva/Dolores.

Harry faces the reality of taking on Voldemort in their biggest and final battle, and considers that it'll be a fight he'll have to undertake alone. Or will he?

One-shot featuring Remus and what it's like when he's not at Hogwarts. My first attempt at HP fiction (though hopefully that doesn't make you run screaming). Perhaps not the most original fic you'll encounter but give it a try if you like heartstring-tugging. And our dear Moony. :)

Harry wants us to share the title of Triwizard Champion. That actually sounds quite nice, because it would mean that we're unified and in this together for our school. Even so, I still want to make absolutely sure he knows what he's asking me to do before I tell him yes or no. (Cedric genfic)

Harry is back for his sixth year stronger than before, Voldemort's on the rise, and the Wizarding World is locked in an epic battle between good and evil. Add in a mysterious orb, sparking romances, and a new Defense professor, and watch the events unfold. PG-13 for now, will probably change later.

One-shot. Song-fic to Green Day's Boulevard of Broken Dreams. Harry is going to Godric's Hollow with or without anyone's help. A half drunken Draco follows him to see what he's up to. The two have some decisions to make on this lonely road.

Ginny Weasley reflects on the last month's events...and decides they're too much.

"You think that’s all you really have to remember, just to breathe. It’s not like they ever expect anything of you anyway." Neville, Harry, bubblegum, and broken prophecies, all in the space of a single breath. Slash.

Post-Hogwarts one-shot. Draco reminisces about his life with Harry and remembers the most trying night of their relationship; Harry makes a decision to face the past alone.``Harry/Draco

Sequel to Chiaroscuro and second in the Sacred Beauty series. Draco is back at the Manor, preparing himself to fulfill the Second Prophecy, which will require him to battle Harry to the death. He wants nothing more than to go back to Harry, but he has no choice - he is about his father's business.

Peter's thoughts at the moment of ultimate betrayal.

In which James Potter tries to drop Divination with the help of one "Zai the Enlightened" and Remus Lupin, many years later, gets cornered by a certain Professor Trelawney. No crystal balls were harmed in the writing of this fic.

Harry and friends and a whole lot of zaniness....

Remus is all that is left; all the others have left him. Peter to join Voldemort, James because he died for Lily, and Sirius because he died to save Harry. How does he feel about being the last one? How does he feel about the others for leaving him behind, their friend, the one they made a certain promise to that none of them kept their word on, This is how he feels now that he is all alone…*SPOILER*

Dogs are pack animals by nature. This doesn’t exclude Sirius Black. After 15 years of being apart, the Black family reconciles. But for how long? And do they even know about it?

Stuck in the monotony of a Muggle Relations department, an adult Cho Chang is suffering from the double whammy of a broken leg and a growing dependency on caffeine. Someone unexpected, and someone who she finds herself experiencing unexpected feelings towards, arrives to cheer her up.

Draco's thoughts, after returning to the Manor following his fifth year, with a bit of H/D thrown in for good measure.

We all know that Sirius is a klutz...why would James ever ask him to be best man at a wedding?

Late at night in July of 1981, Albus Dumbldore received information that the Dark Lord intended to attack the Potters. Two scenes.

After Peter, James, and Lily are murdered, Remus struggles to take a hold on his life again. Broken-hearted about Sirius' betrayal, he decides to write a letter to his far away lover to heal some of the wounds.

A parody of a parody: a song from Monty Python's Meaning of Life, turned into a Death Eater musical number (with pokes at Bill Gates and the Muppets, as well).

A Master and the Wolf FQF response. When Remus has gone to missing, everybody’s convinced that he is dead -- or that the Death Eaters have captured the werewolf. In the end Severus finds out that everyone has been terribly, horribly wrong... Implied SLASH RL/SS.

Seamus is sick of everything being about Harry. Finally, it gets to him and sends him over the edge.

Harry has lost everyone he loved. Now it's time to join his family in heaven. His thoughts as his life slips away.

She came in the dark and begged for his help: to protect the Light in a time of Darkness. A speculation of the devastating move that put our hero Harry in jeopardy.

Despite the lovely world that he now resides in, Sirius Black can only watch as his friends and loved ones fight for their lives. Discontent and depressed, he seeks James for advice. Prongs, an angel, and another world promptly teach him a lesson he will never forget. Companion fic to "Dear Sirius..." and "Dear Padfoot..."

I rest my head on her chest. My weariness taking over. Tears fill my eyes. We won today. But I feel like I've lost everything.

It was there, when the light and dark came together to contort her visage that you could see it. It lodged in her eyes, but it dwelled in her soul. She lusted for blood.

Harry makes a wish that changes everyone's lives.

Harry and Ginny are married, but everything is not as perfect as it should be. Harry drinks frequently and Ginny feels trapped. How far will she keep going under? Songfic to "Going Under" by Evanescence; hints of H/G, P/Hr and slight D/G.

Sirius sits in his cell in Azkaban and watches as his cousin Bellatrix pass him on her way to her own. This starts a train of thought leading to the motives behind his escape.

Obscene five-inch-diameter Stargazers, the grey light of dawn, and eventually something has to give. H/D, post-Hogwarts

Draco Malfoy has become a religious zealot. He is gifted, or cursed, by the Stigmata, and withdraws inside himself until he is almost completely comatose. His new lack of passion in regular life attracts the attentions of The Dream Team and a certain Ginny Weasley...

What if you woke up one morning to find your whole world shattered to pieces? Calypso Panelle's parents are dead, she has no idea what's about to happen next, and to top it all off, she's just found she has to live with the Death Eaters. With the help of some unlikely friends, Caly will find the strength to stand up for what she believes in and learn that in the end, there is no way to avoid facing your fate.

Thrown together by chance, but held there by something much stronger - in this kind of situation, what is it that you really want? (H/D, warning: slash.)

After leaving the trials and tribulations of the wizarding world behind, Harry finds life as a Muggle isn't as easy as he imagined. H/Hr

Who is the True heir of Slytherin? What is his plan and how does it relate to defeating the Voldemort? What is the secret of the border, the Hogwarts four and the Dannan? Will the Gryffindors ever win the house cup with THREE Slytherin professors?

Regulus trembles, gripping his wand whiteknuckled. ... The sick feeling in his stomach is no more than just the heat affecting him, the sweat on his palms is the same. Warning: contains death and violence.

In which Tom Riddle meets a stranger with a destiny is entangled with his own. Weird vingette.

Hogwarts is not the same after two American girls join in on the fun!! Follow the adventures of the Gryffindor Gang through the pages and entries of Kari and Arwen's Diaries!!

"What am I supposed to say, "Sorry Harry, but in case you die in the final battle I wanted a piece of you, so I got pregnant? I can't say that Hermione," she said sighing. Ginny looked over at Harry and he glanced at her and held her gaze. "I can't promise anything Hermione," he said softly. He heard her intake of breath. "I can't promise that we'll always be friends, because, Hermione Jane Granger, I love you. I love you so much and I want to have a life with you, but I don't know if we'll ever get to have one. But I can promise you that I will love you till the day I die, whether it be tomorrow or in forty years. I will always love you," he whispered against her ear.

Crystal Waterford is as perfect as her name implies. When she goes to Hogwarts in Harry's seventh year, everyone in the school is enchanted by her. Everyone, that is, except Ron and Hermione. As the situation gets more and more out of hand, the two begin to plot Crystal's downfall. Problem is, none of their plans seem to work. And when they find out that Dumbledore knows exactly what's going on and is doing nothing to stop it, they just about give up. But then the perfect opportunity is presented to them, and even Dumbledore helps prepare the operation. Knowing that this is their last opportunity, Ron and Hermione are determined not to let this plan fail.

I believe in the morning light/When I know it'll be over/I believe in the morning light/When I know it'll be done/I believe in the morning light/Where I know I will see them all again/I will be free/And they'll be there.``Sometimes the morning light can be the most desired thing of all.

Harry does not like making this potion. Neither does Snape.

The summer before her seventh year leaves Lily's life in tatters, and it doesn't get any better once she's back at Hogwarts. So the last thing she needs is a more than tolerable head boy.

"The dark is my refuge. As a child, whenever I'd get frightened or depressed, I would get into bed and pull the curtains shut. My Nurse knew not to bother me whenever I'd do this, as did Mother. I don't recall Father being around to react to this behavior when I found myself in one of my hiding moods." Draco Malfoy struggles with his concience in a rare moment of introspection. Contains implied Draco/Pansy and truckloads of angst.

Bellatrix thrived on knowing how well-respected she was, even if it was only in Voldemort’s circle, and it was devastating, after Azkaban, to realize that she was no longer respected by anyone at all. She lost her pride and her sense of self all in one fell swoop, and that might have made her a little crazy. But only a little.

Part 2 of the Sibling Series. Finally, Remus has a chance to meet his younger sister...

Eight years since "Dear Salazar". Kayla is writing a letter to her father, trying to contact him. She gets a big surprise, though.

A songfic, but told from who's point of view? Set a year after "our heroes" (ie: the Trio) leave Hogwarts. In a world torn apart by the war.

What happens when things don't go as planned? When things don't work out the way they should? Could you still get through it...together? D/G One-shot.

Lie: (noun). Something meant to deceive or give a wrong impression. I don’t always use them to hurt others, that’s just a by-product of saving myself. And him. I’m terrified so I lie. Terrified of him, of me, us. No one is safe from my lies, least of all myself.

It’s shortly after the war and Lucius is the last surviving Death Eater, who has found himself being chased by Aurors and members of the Order. He has nowhere to escape and no one to save him.

Family isn't always right. Sirius Black sits in a cell waiting for the trial that never came. He remembers.

Dennis is missing. Colin is distraught. S-P-E-W is pointless. Quests are fun.

"Ron had begged me to accompany him to the benefit for Wizarding Children Welfare." This is just the beginning. Hermione, recently injured in a Ministry accident, meets Blaise Zabini, current Potions' teacher at Hogwarts and despised ex-Slytherin.

The sequel to Chemistry and Seduction Finally Sarah Fawcett gets her revenge, but does it go to plan?

Dumbledore defeated the dark wizard Grindelwald in 1945... what if Harry and co. had something to do with that particular triumph?

Sirius returns from beyod the veil only to find that the Wizarding World is no more. With the help of a young Auror on assignment in the non-magical world, he finds a familiar face and confronts some old demons. But will he return to magic or give it up for another chance with one Remus Lupin?

Like a play in five acts, except not. On a line connecting the Earth and the Moon, there are three points where a small body may exist in an unstable equilibrium if it has a velocity giving it the same period as the Moon. Two other such points exist at the third point of an equilateral triangle with the base of the line defined by the two masses of the Moon and the Earth. Throughout the events of PoA, Remus reacts to Harry as well as he dares.

The ponderings of a person. A person who knew when the last moment of her life would be. Maybe even fluffy, you tell me! Songfic to 'Tomorrow Never Dies'

The second in the Brothers trilogy. A mysterious disappearance of Harry's belongings brings Harry and Draco into real big trouble. Draco POV.

Sirius visits Remus, October 31st, 1981. Remus/Sirius. Written for Remix/Redux III: Reloaded.

Some animals just don't make good pets... A tale of friendship, choice, and many, many familiars.

I dare you all to come up with BETTER theories of why Remus stayed human during the Shrieking Shack scene.