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Regulus Black intends to try out for the Slytherin Quidditch team in his second year. He does it, however, for reasons that might not be the best. No matter what, certain Gryffindors will do anything to see that he fails. Written for the Regulus Black Group Cookie Challenge.

After defeating Voldemort, Harry spends the next year in hiding, unsure of how to go about living in a world where he no longer has that burden on his shoulders. Just when he is about to reconsider joining society, he is blamed for a devastating murder. Those who hear from him are the only ones surely-rooted in their belief that Harry is innocent. It turns out, that the first murder is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to what someone has plotted to try and bring down the world's hero--Harry. Never knowing just who to trust, or what to do next, Harry must thrust himself back into the world he hid from, avoid capture at all costs, and prove his innocence to everyone.

Rather too many stained glass windows.

"Harry sobbed into the old man's shoulder. Remus was all he had left, the last link to his parents’ memory, the last link to Sirius. Harry couldn't lose Remus."

Ginny Weasley looks back on her first year. A huge battle is going to take place soon, and she feels that she is all alone in the world.... (T/G, hints of H/Hr)

A liberal twist on the romance of Cho Chang and Cedric Diggory. Secrets, kisses, and whispers all over.

James Potter struggles to learn that marriage means compromise. When you don't, there are consequences.

Regulus can't follow him, even though he wants to. He has to stay behind and do everything his brother never did.

Penelope Clearwater. Nothing special. She has been dating Percy for over a year, and something just isn't right...from his side. He doesn't seem to love her anymore, no matter how hard she tries. He treats her like a beckon call and a doormat. Maybe because she isn't pretty? Just 'Plain Penelope?' Perhaps. But Marcus Flint has a way of showing how amazing she truly is. How faithful can Penelope stay with Percy with her eyes wide shut?

To return, after the war, the scars and all the loss, is to remember. A few of our favorites subconsciously meet in the courtyard, post-war, and reflect, reminisce, and sing Kenny Chesney.

What is a chicken doing near the subtle science and exact art that is potion making? Why is Luna sitting at the Gryffindor table--why does she wish to be a farm animal? For what possible reason am I running for my life?``Sadly, the world may never know.

I was disappointed with some of the luke-warm-ness of the death in OOTP. Searching deeper into and between the words in canon, this popped out...

Hogwarts' Defense professor is out and Dumbledore needs a stand-in for a few days. The only problem is that the one person willing to do it is Sirius Black.

Near the end of OotP, Malfoy tells Potter he’s going to pay, and now it’s time for him to cash in. Be warned: this is not pretty.

About two of the characters dying. The title is kinda bad but hopefully the story is better. Rating is just to be safe.

After Harry defeats Voldemort, he makes one mistake; a mistake that will come back to haunt him.

A monster, held back by those around him, can't hurt too many, right? But what if the monsters were many... the victims, limitless... and those in control ready to set loose... The Hogwarts students captured by the Dark Side know they're being held for something big... but what? In three parts, plenty of darkness and angst, and lots of action!

Wrong turns in this maze called "life" invariably lead to brick walls. H/D.

Harry, Ron and Hermione were best friends. Everyone knew that. So when something horrible happens to one of them, it means something horrible happens to all of them. It seemed logical that they would find comfort in each other. But logic is hardly useful when you just want to cry yourself to sleep.

His werewolf mind fought to be let out, to be consumed by bloodlust but Remus gritted his teeth and wouldn't give in even as his mental barriers were ripped down. His transformation had become even more painful to bear... and as his skin bled, he trembled as a worse pain he was to relive from the werewolf's mind spread through him.

Remus escapes into his lycanthropy to cope with James and Lily's death, Sirius being sent to Azkaban and Peter's disappearance.

A chronicle of a pivotal night in the lives of Alastor Moody, Igor Karkaroff, and Regulus Black. Character study, not three-way romance, to those with their minds in the gutter.

A look into Ron and his feelings for Hermione and Harry. How does the world see Ron, and how does he see himself? Sometimes it is best to remember that everything is not so simple as it seems. Slight slash implications.

'He who offers to me with devotion only a leaf, or a flower, or a fruit, or even a little water, this I accept from that yearning soul, because with a pure heart it was offered with love.' - The Bhagavad Gita, 9:27. Arthur Weasley receives a visitor. A little alternative scene set during OotP, with references to incest and slash.

Sirius Black thinks Lucius Malfoy is like the North Sea.

This story is about Harry at Hogwarts and his experiences at Hogwarts in his seventh year. You may be disturbed in some parts. You have been warned. Written pre-OotP.

It's been a long time coming, but Draco finally finds what he's been looking for. H/D. Part of Scenes From A Hat, Part One.

A Holiday-Fic. It was a lovely day at the snow-filled park...

"None of her five oldest brothers posed any problems when it became obvious she was a girl... Ron was the one who always brought conflict and strife when it came to her roles as a girl and a sister." Ginny Weasley reflects on the trials of being a best friend and sister.

Summer after seventh year. Ron looks back on the final battle and tries to deal with the loss of loved ones. Songfic to "I'm Movin' On" by Rascal Flatts (contains some language).

A glimpse of how it looks to Ginny Weasley when she collapses from the inside. A story of the consequences of falling for the darkest love in the world and how when you leave him he doesn't always leave you.

How Ginny and Harry cope after the War against Voldemort and the Deaths of their two best friends. Songfic to 'I Hope You Dance' by Lee Ann Womack

Hannah Abbott is a typical Hufflepuff, isn't she? She's safe, loyal and boring.

The much-anticipated companion piece to The Wound Dresser, told in quick glimpses. The morning after Bill's wedding, Harry, Ron and Hermione set out in search of Voldemort's soul, leaving Ginny - and a piece of Harry's heart - behind. As the many horrors of Voldemort's reign besiege the Wizarding world, the trio soldiers on, and eventually find help from the least likely of sources. As the final confrontation spirals ever nearer, Harry wonders if he'll ever see Ginny again, or if there is even anything left to the world worth saving. A long story told short...

After James and Lily's deaths, Remus wants answers. It would help if he knew the right questions.

Peter has been convinced it is important to join.

Ron, aided by bottle of butterbeer and the sight of Luna Lovegood's arse, lays some of his own demons to rest. H/H from a lovelorn redhead's point of view.

Lord Voldemort, through his evil sorcery, has brought back his ancient mistress, the eternally feared witch, Morgana, with whom he can effortlessly take over the wizarding world. What he did not plan on, however, was for Morgana's half-sister, Irisel, to return as well, in the form of one Virgina Weasley. Ginny, suffering through her own loss, must journey far from Hogwarts in search of the long forgotten Fay, the ancient folk of Avalon, to uncover Irisel's past and learn of an age old secret that could change the wizarding world forever. With the hesitant help of Draco Malfoy, who is severely poisoned (and only Irisel knows the cure), Ginny will face all the evil hell has to offer and help Harry Potter fulfill his destiny as well as her ow

Argus Filch breaks some difficult news to Irma Pince. Post-HBP.

Irrational, unreasonable and confused; Draco writes a letter to his incarcerated father. Though it is never to be sent, it helps to relieve some of the inner-turmoil he is feeling. First in the ‘Hidden Letters’ series.

"You know, Potter, we'll never be friends."

Sirius sits and reflects after escaping Azkaban.

Sides have been chosen, lines have been drawn. But since when is the world in black and white? Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter meet by chance, determined to bring to a close a duel begun years before. And do you really think Draco's learned to play fair in the interim?

Set in the summer after GoF, Ginny pulls down an old photo album and takes a short stroll down Memory Lane. Featuring a special bro/sis relationship between Ron and Ginny.

An apprentice scribe recounts the story of the final moments of Remus Lupin.

She smiles at everyone when she tells them hello. She smiles often. But she rarely laughs. And she's falling from life.

The last act of the war, Luna and Harry are trapped within Voldemort's cell. Harry is ready to give up. Luna teaches him that there is something much more. Prequel to Classic Stigma. NOT Luna/Harry, sorry.

Ginny is stolen from her very bed, and finds herself locked in a Tower. What is she thinking?

Remus reflects on the memories he has of Sirius, and realizes who he really was. RL/SB slash.

Draco Malfoy learns that some mornings, he should just stay in bed. [Draco/Ginny]

"Once upon a time, Remus Lupin thought it would be a good idea to introduce his friends to the Beatles." Remus reminisces about days spent listening to the Beatles, falling for Sirius, and listening to James and Sirius argue over which one of them was John; at Grimmauld Place, he and Sirius try to hold on to what's left of those days. Slash, RL/SB.

The hour is late. The pain is high. Hermione accepts, while Draco is taken by surprise. A happy ending--but at what cost?

The things they talk about in places only they know.

Harry is thinking on everything in life, especially the``end.

Severus Snape loses his temper, gets slashed, tries to ignore the voices in his head and keep Dumbledore firmly out – until he really needs help, that is. The night of Sirius Black’s escape from Hogwarts.

From fanfiction.net. What happens when two minor characters are selected to change the past and therefore change the future? One little detail can mean a lot. AU. Year of HBP.

The road to Hell is said to be easy. Draco has a few doubts and thoughts of his own on the night he is to be Marked.

Have you ever wondered how MWPP came up with the idea for the Marauder's Map? And what's that got to do with the secret passage on the fourth floor?

This is the letter Mylee writes to all the characters after she leaves Tarillyn's village.

Harry considering his future during an evening in the Common Room.

AU. Voldemort accidentally turned Harry into a Horcrux on Halloween, 1981. That action further destabilized his already fragmented soul - creating yet another Horcrux, larger then the norm. This soul fragment successfully possesses a dying toddler abandoned at an orphanage, but fails to fully transfer Voldemort's memories. Tom gains his memories back as he grows older, but he is not content to simply remain Riddle's mirror image. And befriending Harry Potter seems a good start to finding his own path.

Quinnellia Chamberlain, aka Quinn, has come to Hogwarts from the United States to finish her magical education. She is befriended by Lily Evans and her dormmates and for the first time in her life has good friends, is getting good marks, and is staying out of trouble. Until she tries out for the Quidditch team and is told by the Captin, James Potter, that girls don't play Quidditch at Hogwarts. Can Quinn and Lily beat some sense into James? Moreover, can Quinn stop thinking about her own problems long enough to help Lily with her own crisis

Dean watches Luna with an artist's eye, and reflects on his obsession with drawing her.

The only thing that was before was the smell and he only thing left was the smell. Everything else changed, that fateful night.

Remus Lupin was restricted as a small boy from magic, and from his own nature. Then he met the werewolf.

Remus is drawn to the Shrieking Shack the morning before he packs his things and leaves Hogwarts again.

SongFic based on Hermione reflecting on the events after the Department of Mysteries.``(Life by Our Lady Peace)

"The heart bow'd down by weight of woe, To weakest hope will cling, To thought and impulse while they flow, That can no comfort bring, That can, that can no comfort bring, With those exciting scenes will blend, O'er pleasure's pathway thrown; But mem'ry is the only friend That grief can call its own." ~Alfred Bunn, Bohemian Girl````Four years after James and Lily's deaths, Remus Lupin has reached the end of his hope, dangling at the brink of despair. It takes a seemingly minor gift from a special child to bring hope back into his heart. Sweet, short one-shot.

Remus Lupin misses the Marauders, he's the only one left. Depressed and angry, he broods on the fact that he'll always be alone. Songfic to Evanescence's My Immortal.

\'Missing scene\' from OotP, at Grimmauld Place over the Christmas holidays. Harry can\'t sleep, and can\'t work out why Hermione seems so annoyed with him.

The first great atrocity of the second war with Voldemort is reported in the Daily Prophet, causing shock through the wizarding world. “And with such a horrific blow to the side of good the only question is, what will Dumbledore do next?”

My idea on what might happen at the end. I wrote this a while ago.

Persephone Stranger is a top student, and yet, somewhat of a rebel. She likes everything that has to do with magic and her classes, except the fact that she hates History of Magic. Her most hated lesson is the Second Rise of Lord Voldemort. Maybe, if she lives through it, will she be able to change her mind and actually have any respect for Harry Potter?

A young woman sits alone at a small table outside a Parisian cafe. Her life has left her bitter and lonely, until a stranger changes it forever. Based on the beautiful song "La Vie En Rose" by the brilliant Edith Piaf.

Draco couldn't believe that the Quidditch season had been cancelled. After all, there was nothing like Beater practice to release bottled up anger.

What he found beyond the veil.

Hogwarts is in for a great surprise....

Thirteen years after the last Great Battle, Ron is forced to deal with his war experiences by writing a letter to each of his dead friends. Horrible memories accompany him... - The original story is completed, the translation done by me is WiP, updated on a regular basis

A whirlwind tour through America for Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny. What happens when all four become famous...in the Muggle world?

Electrified amber. That's what he saw. The most wonderful mix of browns, golds, oranges and even a slight hint of violet blended together with flecks of black. Those innocent eyes that knew so much yet knew so little. Ginny Weasley was compassion personified and the expressiveness in her eyes proved it so... Draco Malfoy could do little to stop from loving her - except pretend to detest her.

The Order's chief strategist is accustomed to sacrifice. (Ginny/Hermione and implied Snape/Dumbledore. Warnings for sexual content, semi-gratuitous military tactics and character death.)

After Voldemort's downfall those who were found guilty for crimes under the Dark Lord were officially punished. Remus Lupin contemplates his life, his feelings, his losses... and his own punishment after what had happened.

Time is a concept. Everything is a concept. Time stops. Nothing works anymore. Everything hurts… There is no magic. AU

One-shot sequel to Confession Is Good For the Soul. First-date jitters.

The air is thick with the dreams of dreamers, Hogwarts students past and present. In the darkest part of the night, guards are let down, truths are faced and sweet denial is bliss. Desperation, fear, hate, lust, love and what might have been are rampant at the midnight hour.

"There would have been a time when hearing voices would have had Remus Lupin checking into St. Mungos. That was a different time."

On either side the great lake lie``Long lawn of grass so green and bright,``That clothe the soil and meet the sky;``And thro’ the lawn the drive runs by``To many-tower’d Hogwarts;``And up and down the students go,``Gazing where the waters flow``Round an island there below,``The island of Shalorts.

In the aftermath of a war, some things always slip through the cracks in the pavement--including two witnesses to Sirius Black's infamous massacre. A Harry Potter/The X-Files crossover.

A prologue to "Crimson Snow": details how Draco and Hermione fell in love, and why they eventually died. A story about the insignificance of life, the absurd nature of love, and about nothing at all.

One day, somewhere within the last year of the war, Lily finds a photo that makes her remember the days when Petunia was her sister. A short examination of the relationship between the Evans sisters. Not sappy.

Someone gets an eyeful, and lives to tell the backstory behind this line from Mystery Stories: Neville? He\'d never be quite so bold, would he? And anyway, there were rumours floating around about him and Zacharias Smith and a particularly scandalous episode in Greenhouse Three.

The Weasley family enjoys a singular sort of Christmas. With Fred and George planning something, their father particularly amused by Christmas trees, and odd family traditions, Christmas-time at the Burrow is unlike any celebration you have ever known.

James confronts Severus Snape after Sirius told Snape about the entrance to the Whomping Willow.

During her fifth year, Luna receives an unexpected summons to visit Dumbledore in his office. There, he confides vital information and makes four key requests of her. This meeting lays down the path ahead of Luna -- and could shape the very conflict with Lord Voldemort, as she struggles to act from the shadows and maintain her trust in both Dumbledore and her friends. Attempting to overcome some of her darkest fears, Luna finds refuge in a variety of places, and she views the demise of Voldemort from a unique angle, contributing more than anyone can know, and sacrificing an enormous amount.

Never leaving. Always letting go. Sirius packs a suitcase.

Even at a young age, Severus Snape didn't think much of self-pity. However, even he was not above the occasional bouts of it.

Harry is going off to save the world, as per norm. Only this time... he might not come back. So his friends take it upon themselves to write him letters of good luck, etc. Oh, dear. He really doesn't have very eloquent friends, does he?

A letter, from Peter to Sirius, written just after James' death and Sirius' capture. Peter is trying to explain some things he have done, and is at the same time saying good bye to his younger self and his previous life.

A crazy story about a muggleborn and her obsession with Sirius. Sirius-ness ahead!

Draco finally gets the chance to prove himself to his father and to Voldermort. He says he has wanted this, but does he really mean it? What happens when things become too much for him? Will Draco lose his cool and ruin the chance to save himself and his family? Rated for violence and child abuse.