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To sum up, to let this world enjoy once again rainbows, butterflies and peanut butter I have to kill him or to be killed. This is what Dumbledore told me. But how? How can I?

Mysterious missives and dangerous circumstances alert Harry Potter that something strange is underfoot. When his friends start disappearing, he decides to take matters into his own hands once more. Things spiral out of his control and he is tempted to give into the Dark Lord. How far will he go?

Oneshots of certain Death Eaters as seen by an associate. Starting with Bellatrix Lestrange, then probably Lucius, Narcissa, Draco, Regulus Black, and a few others, but not in that order.

Lily's life is perfectly normal, thank you very much. She has a new one, seperate from that snob of a sister. If only that little voice would go away.

First in a trilogy. --- "Let's seal this deal shall we, Father?" A cold sneer came across Lucius Malfoy's face as he looked at his only son. His heir. "You will do this, to what end? How can you ensure her safety?" "I trust you, Father. A Malfoy keeps his word. Finish the deal." Lucius grabbed his son's head roughly by his hair, jamming the Muggle revolver against his temple. "Any last words, son?" --- In their seventh year at Hogwarts, the Trio, Draco and Ginny all face difficult choices. Whether it is who to love, who to save, who to support or simply how to survive. A story of defiance, desertion and love.

Gilderoy Lockhart is on a lecture tour before teaching at Hogwarts.

Fleur haunts the halls of Grimmauld Place.

Remus Lupin thinks about his life, his lost love, and going insane as he watches the snow fall. Implied Sirius/Remus. Song fic to Good Charlotte's song "Ghost of You".

Harry's thoughts and feelings on Sirius's passing one year prior.

Ginny is different from her family but she never realised how much. Implied Narcissa/Ginny.

'It’s a horrible place to be; lost in your own darkness' The only thing he has to survive on is her memory. Companion to They Ask Me Why I Smile but can be read seperately. Draco/Pansy

Not really very summarise-able. Harry/Draco hate, hurt, lust, love. Sex. Angst.

The events leading up to Remus and Tonks' marriage and eventual death. What would have made Remus allow himself to be close to Tonks? How would Tonks feel about him after he breaks her heart twice? What would have brought them to the final battle, both prepared to fight?

"I wanted to destroy something beautiful." ("Fight Club") And he very nearly had the chance.

A songfiction based on the events of ORDER OF THE PHOENIX and the lyrics to Garth Brooks' song, STANDING OUTSIDE THE FIRE. Harry reflects on the Mauraders after one of their deaths. SPOILERS

The last time before, and the first time since Azkaban. Mature RLSB slash.

Sirius caught a glimpse of the moon. Sirius/Remus

"So he ran away with his hair dyed brown and his eyes cast downward, and he folded the burnt edges of himself away slowly, like a waxing moon." Dealing with Remus' years between the original fall of Voldemort and Sirius' return. Remus' struggles with the deaths of his friends and betrayal of Sirius Black.

Young Severus Snape discovers that choosing a side can come with a steep price.

When there's no where to go, nowhere to run, what else is there to do, just end all the fun.

If the past is a different country, could you do things differently there? Remus Lupin has visited it many times.

In canon, it is definite that Dean Thomas is a talented artist. But why? How did he become interested in art in the first place? This flashback to Dean's past tells that story.

On Severus Snape's birthday, two people come together for drunken introspection and might just wind up friends.

After Voldemort’s defeat, the magic world is mundane again. Hermione finds herself in a standstill in her life where even though she’s incredibly intelligent, there isn’t anything she’s interested in making a career out of. Attending a carnival with her flatmate, Ginny, she comes into a scary new power: She can see visions of people’s impending death when she touches them. Despite her disgust at the art of Divination, she is forced to come to terms with her new power, realizing it isn’t something she can just ignore. What Hermione sees in her visions will lead her to discover a new evil brewing in the magic world, one where only her insightful mind and another’s tenacity for sneaking around can save the day.

What happened to Remus after the fight in the Department of Mysteries? How does he deal with losing Sirius?

A story retracing the events before the Potters died to when Sirius Black was sentenced to Azkaban - Remus Lupin, facing challenges, comes forward to the Ministry with certain suspicions of certain friends. It all began during sixth year when....

Harry Potter was unjustifiably tried in August for underage magic, but after successfully appealing, he rightfully returned to Hogwarts for his fifth year. Now, an unbelievable three months later, Harry is wrongly on CRIMINAL trial for a murder charge which could land him an Azkaban life sentence. Ultimately, Harry must defeat this unrighteous injustice before it steals his life away! Thus, with Umbridge as the fierce prosecutor, Dumbledore as his passionate defender, and Bones as the fair-minded judge, A GRANDIOSE SHOWDOWN TRANSPIRES!!!

"She cannot even afford to live in the most humble of hovels. She is reduced to this. Whoring herself, living in an attic and eating little." A woman lives alone in a hostile world, fighting for survival. This is the story of her fall from grace.

Godric Gryffindor has been called too daring for his own good, but even HE is starting to think that charging into a swamp in search of a wizard known only as "Serpent-Tongue" is not the brightest move.... Not connected to Moon and Stone or Stepbrothers.

This is simply a poem told from Harry's point of view. He reflects on his life and the lives of his friends.

By request this is a follow up story on the question Draco asked his wife in Love Bound in Green Velvet: Laura Dorsky's 7th year journal.

Kiri McDonaldson does NOT want to come to Hogwarts. She doesn't, in fact, want anything to do with Wizards and Witches. So when she is finally shipped off to the world reknowned schhool of Sorcery, she's, well, kinda pissed.

First in a series of songfics from the score of Les Miserables. You don’t have to know the story to understand this one, but it might help to see the connections. Remus Lupin ponders the loss of his friends after the events in the Department of Mysteries. Some indiscriminate time period after OotP.

Sirius meets Shaula in a secured room before his sentence is passed for Azkaban. They are of a similar background, and both followed good and evil with equal valour. Yet how did they both end up here, in the same place?

A smoky corner office. A pouting dame. Follow Neville as he tails Moaning Myrtle in her mysterious doings as a '20s-style detective. A short little ficlet.

Sirius Black has just escaped from the hell that is Azkaban and is on the run. In the strange, twilight world that exists between the Wizard and Muggle worlds, he learns some of the cruel realities of life here in the underworld. Striking up an uneasy friendship with a strange, deadly clair-sentient named Morgan, the two begin the long journey to Hogwarts. Stopping at an inn in the border village of Mangletorn in the Scottish Lowlands, Sirius is jarringly reminded of an episode from his and James Potter's past, and learns another cruel truth about himself.

Mrs. Black's portrait is a staple in Grimmauld Place. Everyone who visits there is influenced by her in some way or another; the warning against ringing the doorbell, tiptoeing around the house so not to start her screaming, and so on. But who was Mrs. Black, really? And what is her story that she has to tell? Travel beyond the drapes that hide her from the world and you will find your answer.

Sirius and Remus were not a particularly happy couple during the time of Voldemort's first rise. Suspicion ran rampant between the two, each certain that the other was the traitor. Finally, the two separated - temporarily. But 'temporary' can end up being a very long time indeed.

The Harry Potter universe has many examples of the false economy of isolating and imprisoning decent people "for their own good". Sibyll Trelawney is a case in point. What if she was a valuable resource that was squandered by Dumbledore?

Potter has a dream and tells Draco about it.

Many years ago Sirius Black played a horrible trick on Severus Snape. Snape has always hated the marauders for this, but what if it wasn't Sirius' fault? A look at the events that transpired that fateful night through the eyes of the only one who knows the truth... SS/SB slash

How are you supposed to grow into a functioning adult when for years you rarely see the sky? Marcus struggles to identify himself either within or without circumscribed Slytherin traits. Oliver helps. This is a character study, a critique of the Hogwarts house system, and against all odds, a love story.

Oliver seems to be the only one who notices that all is still not well with Ginny Weasley. A disastrous Quidditch practice provides a chance to help.

Stemming from a line that popped into my head one evening after an Armchair Chat, describing Draco lying in the snow, dying. A rather dark little piece on role-reversal.

The Potters were the only family Sirius ever cared about. Last night they were killed along with Voldemort and he is the only one who knows who was responsible. This is Sirius' version of the events that end with him going to prison and Peter getting away.

After it is all over, a man remembers...

You can't always get what you want.... Ron loves Harry, but Harry doesn't exactly feel the same.

Remus reflects on how music has influenced in his life in both good and bad times, with particular emphasis on the phonograph seen in the film version of PoA.

Albus Dumbledore once said, "Ah, music. A magic beyond all we do here." Three very different men are unable to move forward in their own situations. Perhaps the magic of a simple melody can be powerful enough to help them. One-shot.

When Bellatrix Black awoke in the middle of the night, there was only one who would understand and ease her worries. The teenage Bellatrix and Rodolphus have a nightly talk about their dreams for the future.

Lily Evans has got a boy friend! James Potter desperately tries to forget about her with the help of his friends. He gets frustrated as he has trouble concentrating on his studies, his best friend is on cloud nine, Quidditch practice goes crazy, and he can't avoid the red head who he is forced to do Head duties with. Watch as he is put in to funny situations and fails miserably at his mission. There is lots of Quidditch, on the side romances, original characters, a detention, and maybe something big and fancy.

Perfection has its price.

How Stan Shunpike learned to survive Azkaban.

POST DH/EWE. Severus Snape escapes death by an enchantment that takes him back to 1848, and he starts a new life. Hermione Granger discovers a magic writing desk, the sole link to his former existence. They write to each other, healing the ravages of war.

Ten years of Draco's memory is missing. He's been convicted for being an accomplice to the murder of Hermione Granger. He has to wade through lies and half-truths and general suspicion to find out what's really happened.

A sort of stream-of-consciousness short story from Sirius's POV on the night Lily and James were murdered. It was inspired by the combination of Hagrid's and Fudge's stories about that night in PoA, when I started wondering what Sirius was thinking.

Barty Crouch Jr. must have been feeding Alastor Moody, right? Tonight the gift is lemon cake and conversation. (BCJr/AM)

In war, it is easy enough to shoot your enemy but when is it easier to kill a friend? Dean makes a choice when life is the hard part and death is a blessing and a journey only the strong can take.

Tale of a girl who survived being at the hands of the Death Eaters in the Second Wizarding War and her aftermath. -Contains poem by bloodredsoul (who I love *huggles*) called Dark Stars- Warning: This is DARK, like all my other fics. Don't read if you can't handle it.

Ever wondered how Trevor made it from King’s Cross to the Hogwarts’ boats in his first year? Suspected fiendish plots, but been unable to pin-point the culprit? Look no further – the answer is here! Read all about it in the words of both the man – er, toad – himself and also the vile toad-napper.

Marauder-era fic. Sirius and Remus being the central couple, they are both pursuing other people in an attempt to hide from their feelings. Quite angsty, actually. SS/RL, RL/SB, SB/LE, LE/JP

Coming back from a DE meeting, Severus Snape has some regrets about his life. Songfic set to Godsmack's Voodoo.

Peter Pettigrew is forced into a role he does not believe in. But how is one supposed to decide when the lives of your friends are weighed against thousands of innocents? There's a fate worse than death.

War is the great equalizer. Harry Potter employs any means to catch his enemy. Harry/Draco angst written for Contrelamontre's 'Air' challenge.

Narcissa Malfoy and Remus Lupin call a moratorium to chat like old friends. Problem is, they've never been friends.

Neville has the most unlikely of admirers. (Written for 30 Days of Neville at xnevillelovingx)

"He wasn’t meant for this… for this dull, endless, lifeless existence." In the aftermath of war, Harry is barely existing in a haze of grey depression.

Gary Splotter returns to Hogwarts for his third year. Unfortunately for Gary, the famed murderer, Layed Back, is after him this year. Faced with this fact and the Dementors roaming the school, the stupid child must survive dealing with Professor Drape (Spade!) and the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Professor Poopin. With a large new cast of characters and a far more dramatic storyline, it's GS like you've never seen it before.

Romance, high drama, bitter angst - this fic contains none of those. Quickly chronicles Draco's writing career from the age of ten to the age of seventeen. Watch him as he learns what a pronoun is and why it doesn't bite.

Inspired by the song Perfect by Simple Plan. In the Malfoy family, a son is never good enough for his father. Why should this duo be any different?

Sirius has been in Azkaban for a decade now, and he is starting to grow impatient.

Being Petrified and losing out on most of your first year at Hogwarts can be rather frustrating. When you lose a film full of perfect photos in the process it’s even worse. Can the new DADA teacher get Colin out of his apathy without offering him tea (or chocolate)?

"Any man can be a father, but it takes a special person to be a dad." (Remus/Ron)

Hermione never thought growing up would be complicated.

A post-DH AU in three parts. Even in the best of all possible worlds, happy endings aren't for everyone. Both of them prefer this ending, really; not much for the storybooks, but most stories are tragedies, anyway. Leave those endings to the tales they'll read to Teddy.

Why did Peter Pettigrew turn against his friends?

Harry's been having dreams and they aren't dreams that any normal person would have. What happens when you mess up on a spell once and you can't help but mess it up again? Continuation of "Oh, Dear Christ!"

Pettigrew is captured and Harry gains the family he deserves: his godfather. But as darkness begins to grow, Harry discovers that his new found happiness is short lived. POA AU. HP/GW and RW/HG

There is a new girl in Harry's life, and Ginny needs Hermione's help.

'Lily Potter is falling...' What happens after death. Lily thinks back. Lily/James, hints of Remus/Sirius.

Harry Potter doesn't care about Draco Malfoy. He really doesn't.

Rita Skeeter, Roving Reporter. Yeah right. Rita's ruined, and in the wizard prison Culparrat, all for the little crime of revealing the magical world to the muggles, even if it was only in a fiction book. Now it's the day before she is released, and she is thinking back to years before when Lily and James died, when she had best friends, and when she was free.

"My heart is sick of being in chains". Ginny has tried to forget Harry, but in the close quarters of 12 Grimmauld Place that becomes harder and harder to do.

With the second war against Voldemort still raging, Harry, Ron and Hermione return to Hogwarts for their sixth year. But what was once thought to be a simple ten months turns into chaos as Harry's nightmares return, five transfer students arrive at Hogwarts and a new competition starts.

Though they're both in Grimmauld Place, neither Remus nor Sirius is home.

Wormtail returns to Godric's Hollow.

The war for Hogwarts has started. This is the journal of an escaped Death Eater on the run. Sixth year, do not expect a happy ending. Rated R for strong language.

Sirius Black has just lost everything in his life worth living for... now all he wants is revenge. (Takes place after the Potters' Death)

Ever wonder why Lucius is the way he is? 'Being evil is about having hate and ambition and meeting them in the middle...' One-shot, Lucius. Warning; not for those who believe there is no such thing as pure evil.

Harry struggles the year after winning the Triwizard Tournament. All his waking and sleeping moments are spent worrying about the Terror that is Lord Voldemort; but what if there was another Horror... behind the veil?

Even in dreams, Draco knows he is incapable of the task he has set. [Draco/Terry Boot, Harry/Draco, Harry/Terry, PG-13.]

Two wars are fought against Voldemort, with two vastly different endings. Seventeen years after Severus betrayed the Dark Lord, Voldemort is finally vanquished. But will Severus' troubles be finally over? Post-MMWP for the first war and Post-HBP for the second war. Slash SS/RL. Character Death

Sometimes, reading other people's minds is not fun. Sometimes it leads you further than expected. Just... Be happy you lived to tell the tale.

Sirius hasn't seen the Potters since they were placed under the Fidelius Charm... it's Halloween, 1981, and what he does not know is he will lose three friends... two by death, and one by betrayal.

In a world where war is waging, Draco is a poor and lonely soul. He wanders and stumbles upon an ending. This ending opens the beginning to a life with someone he'd only been with in his dreams... (H/D slash, poem-fic)

A short, vignette type story. Based on the idea that both Harry and Snape are a little insane. Reference to DM/HP, but not a romance fic.

Written for the HP_Remnants "After THe War" challenge on LiveJournal with the prompt "And the picture frames are staring down/and the ringing from this empty sound/is deafening and keeping you from sleep", a lyric from a Dashboard Confessional song. Although this is by no means a song-fic, I did listen to the song several times while writing.