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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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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 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.

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.

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.)

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

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.

It's the Halloween Boogie, a dance only seventh-years are allowed to attend. So what happens when you throw the Marauders in there?

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.

August, 1977: Tom Riddle meets with Percival Malfoy and son Lucius in Diagon Alley preceding the younger man's seventh year. Enter to-be second year Slytherin Kiora Smith, a disgrace to the Slytherin house due to her lack of legitimate pureblood ancestry and residence in a muggle orphanage. Christmas, 1983: a seventh-year Kiora leaves Hogwarts to be forgotten, taking refuge in the elite nameless ranks of Tom Riddle's Unmarked Army. Halloween, 2003: Harry Potter defeats Lord Voldemort in the final stand. The entirety of the wizarding world celebrates. All is relatively peaceful until Halloween, 2007, when Tom Riddle loses control of his puppet and the unmarked army is turned over to the Order of the Phoenix by the new Dark Lord.

An enlightening conversation between Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy. Set near the end of their last year at Hogwarts.

“I need to leave,” he whispers, but the words ring out clearly in the silent house and the girls’ eyes widen just slightly. One-shot

How did Oliver get his obsession with Quidditch? How did he become the captain that worked his team to victory?

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.

"If you squint hard enough, you can still see Harry – or at least a faded Harry, but with his still vibrant green eyes." Being insane is one thing. Coming out of insanity with a mixing of memories is another. Ron takes that confusing journey post-Final Battle and struggles to make sense of what is real and what is not. Insanity is rarely ever a clear picture.

Ginny hasn't forgotten the circus her father once took her to, and when things with Draco fall apart, she decides to join.

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.

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

One day you wake up to find your total life has been a lie. You loose all family and are sent to a school you have never been to before. Epona must gain friends at Hogwarts, but she also attracts the attention of two evils...

The mind is a powerful thing. It can convince you of anything, letting reality go and replacing it with fantasy. However, when that happens, is it what we truly need to become free?

The tables are turned on Harry - it's his turn to develop a crush on Ginny.

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

Lily was excellent at comforting, but she was horrible at being comforted.

Harry reflects on his realationship with Draco, what happens during the war, and how they came to be. Short H/D one-shot, a bit angsty, songfic.

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 series of questions asked throughout the years... (Narcissa/Sirius)

Sirius Black wondered if he’d ever been sane.

Remus has suffered a terrible loss but now he has to move on. No, I've not been crass enough as to actually pair him with anybody - but everyone's favourite Weasley will help him come to terms with his loss all the same.

A fifteen-year old Blaise Zabini goes to Eyelop's Owl Emporium and sees the most lovely kitten ever....

Requirement. She was required to treat him respectably ... to like him even. She was required to listen to him, day in and day out. It was a requirement. It was NOT, under any circumstances, a choice. PP/DM

A rather short angsty fic. Alicia's thoughs about Angelina and other stuff. Femslash.

Circe, an avid Harry Potter fan, traverses time and space to arrive at Hogwarts during Harry's first year. She in a quandary as how to carry on as an outsider in a storyline she knows all too well. Can she manage to realize her dreams about magic while not affecting those destinies inherent to the success of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone?

Denial is more than just a river in Egypt. But can Harry and Hermione find their way across it?

New Year's Eve in 1990 falls on a full moon. A Lost Years fic.

She watched him turn his back. She watched him walk away. Into the unknown. Into danger. Away from her.

After his final fight, Harry is dying. There is just one person that occupies his mind – will she save him?

Femmeslash (Lily/Mrs. Lestrange). It’s not as dark as you might expect.

Sirius has little more than his thoughts to comfort or distress him in Azkaban.

Picture a cool, pleasant night, the vast final frontier glimmering with heavenly bodies. You are seated comfortably under a weeping willow, contemplating well, life, really. What happens when, as usual, the Boy Who Lived enters your mind? This is basically a short, spur-of-the-moment idea; I sincerely hope I did my job.

Written for V.M. Bell's Song Title challenge. Ron recounts the time Malfoy called him a monkey in his fifth year and the repercussions it caused for Malfoy.

It's not easy to let go of the past, especially the good times. (Ron/Hermione, Ron/Remus)

What do you do when you realise every choice you have ever made has brought you to a dead end? Draco remembers his relationship with Harry as the Final Battle rages around him.

"No star ever rose or set without influence somewhere." ~Lord Lytton (Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton) ("Owen Meredith"), Lucile (pt. II, canto VI).

Do you the way she looks at you? She looks at you with that utmost admiration and passion. But you don’t see it.

The sequel to Passed By. Katharine spends much too much time hanging around train stations. And she sees more magic - magic of the large, purple variety.

The war is over, the good guys won. But that doesn't always make for happy endings. "It's over Harry, he's dead. You won. Don't you remember? It's done. YOU'RE done."

Kingsley Shacklebolt knows what it's like to be alone.

"Isn't it weird how joy can have you almost come apart just when things are at their most perfect?"

In the summer after OotP, Hermione reflects on her childhood, her friendship with Harry and Ron, and her role in the coming war. Philosophical.

For Sirius, there's something special about January sixteenth. Remus thinks he knows why.

Your body gives but then holds back``The sun is bright ``The sky is black``Can only be another sign``I cannot keep what isn’t mine`` ``How can I tell if you mean what you say?``You say it so loud``But you sound far away``Maybe I had just a glimpse of your soul``Was that your shadow I saw on the wall?`` ``I’m watching you disappear``But you``you ``were``never``here...

"Was it pity though? Love? Duty? Revenge? She honestly couldn’t say. The lines were so blurred where her family was concerned that she doubted she would ever be able to sort it all out."````Andromeda pays Bellatrix a visit in Azkaban.

His heart thinks he's making the worst decision of his life. His head thinks it's the best decision he's ever made. Both agree it's for the best. What has Harry done? A Harry/Ginny songfic to "Bus To Birmingham."

Hermione is having a baby and Ron thinks back to when he finally got the courage to ask her out and when they got married. One-shot.

An older, wiser Severus Snape reflects on his past, an obsession, and Remus Lupin. This story contains implied slash.

Amy Black is not related to the famous pureblood Blacks, nor is she anyone important, nor does she have a life of drama. Nope, Amy Black is just a quiet bookworm that gets straight A's and is an outcast. She has no real life... at least that is what she lets everyone else think...

Although she wishes she could Lily knows that she cannot protect Harry forever.

Pansy is reflecting on feelings towards Draco and what he does towards her. She madly in love with someone she hates...

A brief glimpse into the lives of Lycurgus Randall and Selena Lowell of the Werewolf Support Services as they fight an uphill battle to do their job.

Fidelius has been performed already, but on a dark night with a storm rising fast and furious over the home where they were staying, a visitor arrives on a dark bike with an idea that will effect them all. Lily POV. JP/LE.

As a war they never asked to be a part of rages around them, Sirius and Remus begin to suspect each other as things start to slowly change. Five unadultered angsty drabbles.

sleep-deprived Hermione on the edge of nervous breakdown and an anxious Snape talk a walk down memory lane.

It seemed only to be a blink of the eye in memory, but in actual fact it had been time enough for entire worlds to change. As a mother, Hermione finds her life to be nothing quite like what she could ever have imagined. Unspoken words held as much weight as those said aloud. Rationality in an irrational world created ramifications she could not have forseen.

Remus Lupin in Prisoner of Azkaban... Wrote this sometime back, thought of posting it now.

This is after Sirius's death, kinda gloomy I think.

When the curse on the position of DADA teacher claims another victim and as the war with old Voldy escalates, Dumbledore decides that he needs to bring new blood to the faculty. A Coven of five American witches steps up to meet the challenge. After the farce in the DoM, Harry, who is getting more powerful by the day, needs training if he is going to face the Dark Lord and live. When new information is revealed, ties are formed, it becomes clear that Harry just may have found the power that the dark lord knows not. Ignores HBP and DH.

Pigwidgeon was never a smart owl. But he was adamant about working for the Wizarding Post nonetheless.

Don't believe everything you read. But then again . . . (companion piece to 'Elijah's Cup').

Draco and Ginny's wedding through Arthur Weasley's POV.

Buried in my thick red sheets I trace the gold trim until I can no longer keep my eyes open. I am becoming afraid to sleep. Harry tries to come to terms with life's obligations.

The new Gryffindor prefects share a private moment to congratulate each other at number twelve, Grimmauld Place. The twins help. A one-shot, missing moment from OotP.

"Perhaps what had happened had been foretold, inevitable. Inevitable that he would be both desired and abandoned. Inevitable that he would run, thirsting for something... unreachable. Inevitable that he would be swallowed whole by this strange tortured city of dreams and nightmares. Inevitable that he would prick his arm (not his finger) with the needle. Did the story girl feel this ecstasy of pure honeyed light in her veins, like she was being infused with the soul she had lost? For Draco Malfoy, that was all there was."

Every mother fears the very worst happening to their child; for Circe Lupin, this has become a reality.

Cedric Diggory made a bet. A very stupid bet. And now, in order to save himself the humiliation of arriving at the End-of-Year feast naked, he’s got two months to seduce the girl known as the Ice Serpent. But Lexxie Wyse isn’t willing to come along quietly, and even the charming Mr. Diggory will be lucky to walk away from this one intact. Sabotaged Herbology projects, girl fights, a jealous Cho Chang, one exceptionally lewd Hufflepuff Chaser, and snark abound.

Sirius and Regulus need each other, they're brothers after all. But Regulus can't remain the boy Sirius loves, and change is bound to happen.

Post-HBP AU. Dumbledore is dead. Draco thinks that things can't get any worse. He's wrong.

"He went there because he wanted to remember, and he stayed because he had no other place to be." In the time between the Order of the Pheonix and Goblet of Fire Remus returns to a familiar place, and is met by a familiar face.

After defeating Voldemort, Harry becomes a professor at Oxford, but what could possibly happen for him to stop teaching?

"When someone we love dies, we always think that they’ll come back to us, that they would never leave us. Admit it, you do don’t you? But, if you’re alive you can’t be a ghost, even if you are alive trapped in the Veil world, the world for those who are waiting." Sirius’ thoughts of the world behind the Veil. Not dead yet, he must wait until old age kills him before truly leaving the world. A one shot fic on what might go on behind the Veil.

Harry falls into another reality. One where his parents are alive, his arch-enemy is his best friend, and he is Voldemort's right hand man. Will going to see his parents solve anything and what does Dumbledore have to say about it?

The rain. For many people it means sadness and pain, but not for Draco Malfoy. His thought about the significance of the rain for him and Harry. Harry/Draco (mild-slash)

Following the life of one Damien Malfoy, son of Draco and Ginny Malfoy.

Draco is sent to the Mirror of Sys'y'lana for some much-needed therapy. He is forced to confront and analyse his relationships with his father, the Dark Lord and the Boy Who Lived and, ultimately, himself.

Draco Malfoy receives a birthday present unlike any other.

Harry has been taken by Draco Malfoy as revenge for killing Voldemort and his father. He wants to keep Potter as a prisoner until he is brainwashed into doing evil. Can Harry take it much longer? Will he realize what is going on? Song-fic to Linkin Park's 'Numb'

He had plans for them all, but underestimating one Terry Boot will get you killed. Story in the form of a series of long drabbles.

There's a tenuous line between insanity and madness; in Azkaban Prison, Sirius Black walks it every day.

Darkfic. Nothing is what it seems, and what seems to be real isn't. Harry Potter explains his succumbing from savior to murderer and how four people, including his best friend, were killed by his own hand. Seduction and the edge of madness. HP/RW; HP/DM. Warning: smut (strictly R-rated, though), slash, Dark!Harry, and naughty *tsk tsk* language.

Once upon a time there was a boy who could not live...Sequel of sorts to "The Boy Who Could See." Another story living in the shadow of the Dark Arts with H/D subtext.

Sometimes it hurt more than we can bear. If we could live without passion maybe we'd know some kind of peace. But we would be hollow. Empty rooms shuttered and dank. Without passion, we'd be truly dead. - Angel, Passion, BtVS. After meeting over a battlefield, Ginny Weasley reflects on the relationship she had with Pansy Parkinson, and what she can do to make everything better. Another ficlet focussing on an aspect of love--this one being obsession. Warning: female slash!

Takes place at the end of the fifth book. Neville reflects.

The war is over, and it has taken a drastic toll on the entire wizarding world. Each person must pay the price in his or her own way.``For Draco, the price is too great.``Can he bear it, or will the cost of the war haunt him... Forever?

Sirius was told to "lay low at Lupin's" and he intends to do just that. But before he does, he has a brief encounter with a young girl who, like him, is without a home.