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A month after the War and the defeat of Voldemort, a mentally unstable Harry falls asleep on his couch in muggle London until he is awakened by an unexpected visitor. Warning: character death, H/D slash.

Frank Longbottom meets Mr. Crouch and his son at the annual Department of Magical Law Enforcement Christmas party and extends a fateful invitation.

Really dark fic from the point of view of the last Marauder. Why does the wizarding world feel the need to force a boy into the role of playing the hero?

X-Files/HP cross-over. As a newly trained Auror working for the elite Magical Investigation Bureau, Hermione is given her new partner and her first assignment. However, things aren’t turning out precisely as she planned… SS/HG Mulder/Scully

Sybil Trelawney is tired of being underappreciated. She undertakes the bureaucratic system to alleviate her problems.

Ginny Weasley had been in love with Harry Potter, but when Harry died she thought that he was gone forever. But is he? His presence lingers and torments her from the inside out, or is she just insane? Either way, Ginny Weasley is haunted.

'Honestly, I can't even tell you when we truly had crossed the line that separated blinding hate from...something else. But we crossed it, or rather I did, dragging her kicking and screaming along with me. And, I didn't just step over the aforementioned line. No, as a Malfoy, I bulldozed the line, creating a black hole to take up the spot that used to be occupied by my common sense. Hers too, I suppose.' *Song-fic to Hedley's 'Villain.'

Luna Lovegood has her eye on someone.

The First War is over; Remus must last beyond it. Day to day.

Andromeda counts her life by moments.

Harry and Ginny have a conversation that's only sort of about football.

Remus shuts down after Sirius is put in Azkaban. Slash, Remus/Sirius.

Even Sirius Black can't escape from some things. Like how sad life is: "He watches the engine, charmed to emit iridescent silver smoke stars, kick in, then he watches the headlights get smaller and smaller as Hagrid, his godson, and his very favorite thing in the world, his breathtakingly illegal motorbike, disappear into the night sky."

In which Ashlin is jelloid, and Holly is worshipped by a leech with a flamenco skirt and a trout that gets eaten with a tomato and expensive red wine. In Swedenland.

Remus wrote a letter to Lily Potter expressing his feelings about their former relationship. Unfortunately, the events at Godric's Hollow occurred before he had a chance to send it.

So...Ginny Weasley killed herself and Tom Riddle is free of the confines of her head, he is walking, she is soaring, and he will not ever walk again...

It could have been over. The dark side could have been defeated for good.

A single scene, set a few weeks before James and Lily are killed: Remus and Sirius have been living as flatmates for quite sometime, but lately things are amiss. Voldemort is rising in power and Sirius has concerns over whether Remus is really trustworthy after all.

Remus at 12 Grimmauld Place. Post-OotP. "Wide, rough scars on the wooden floor, still matching the shape of Buckbeak's talons. Soft velvet, worn and folded in blue layers on top of the cupboard - old curtains, the ones Remus sees in Black family portraits. No scent of Sirius here - not even on the stiff shirts in that chest of drawers, too formal for Sirius' tastes, no doubt only donned at his mother's command."

n the aftermath of the Final Battle, in an attempt to mend things, broken pieces are gathered. Sometimes they cut. (Percy/Oliver)

"When true friends meet in adverse hour; 'Tis like a sunbeam through a shower. A watery way an instant seen, The darkly closing clouds between." - Sir Walter Scott A Remus/Sirius ficlet.

They were on their way to a party, but instead, four famous heroes find themselves ghostbusting.

Harry listens to Dudley's old "Disturbed" album and feels like the words are relating to him. He thinks back to Sirius and remembers how horrible it felt to lose someone. Angsty and depressing. Songfic.

Snape and Draco return to Spinner\'s End, where Snape is able to offer a little help, and a little hope. (Gen fic - *NOT* SS/DM)

Ginny wards against the dark in an unusual fashion. A one-shot in the same story arc as Initiate. D/G

She wants to have a normal life but he just won't let her. He is needs her too much to forget about her. Harry and Draco get put into this mess unwillingly. What happens when old habits are just too hard to break?

A morning, post-OoTP. What's Harry doing? What's he thinking? What are the ramifications of the prophecy? Who's mad at him now?

Draco, you caused everyone plenty of problems. It makes me sick every minute that passes by. It's better for me to shoot you on sight. But you couldn't fight right now, so let's settle everything in a game of Roulette

Why did Sirius send Snape to the Whomping Willow? Here's one scenario. Rating for language and adult themes. Slash. WIP.

A wolf howls to find their pack, for a lone wolf is unlikely to survive for long. Remus Lupin walks through number Twelve Grimmauld Place and reflects.

Draco likes to play pretend. Response to SBBO's 'Disorder a Day' Challenge.

Remus loved Sirius, loved him with all of his heart. Unfortunately, Sirius never saw things the same way. Only now that Sirius is dead can Remus really pretend that Sirius loved him.

But by now, Ginny knows better.

A year after the Battle for Hogwarts, Hermione remembers her dead.

In December 1978 celebrating solstice according to Lily’s idea means waiting for the sunrise and more.

Thinking about the man who ruined his life, a boy wonders how you can love and hate with your entire heart at the same time.

We all know that Hermione does not take the quick bout of Lavender/Ron well. But nobody knows how close to heart she actually does take it? A little reflective one-shot.

Rookwood arranged his daughter to marry the Malfoys' son. Everything seemed to be going according to plan until she meets the boy who lived. HPOC DMOC

Before the end, there's always a beginning. H/D

Lupin's thoughts as he remembers Lily and his relationship with her. He is a lonely, broken man, thinking that two of his friends are dead effectivey at the other's hand. Memory is what he lives for now.

A brief look into one night of the post-Hogwarts lives of Remus Lupin and Sirius Black. Stress, mundane burdens, moonlight, important things like love, and those unfortunate things you just have to do to keep food on the table. SLASH.

At a celebratory Halloween ball, unlikely companions discover more in common than just the battle scars...

Harry gives Sirius' eulogy at a small gathering of friends.

A fluffy post-HBP ficlet. Remus/Tonks, with some mention of Remus/Sirius. Remus is haunted by memories of the past, but Tonks is there to lead him home.

To his horror, Knight Bus driver Ernie Prang is 'invited' to become an informer for the Ministry at the beginning of the second war. As the months pass, Ernie finds that he is forced to decide which roads are the most dangerous ...

Nemesis: (1) A rival that cannot be beaten or overcome, (2) The Ancient Greek Goddess of Divine Retribution. Draco's pondering on his and Harry's relationship, and his questions based upon that. Is it really only a rivalry, or something deeper than that? Is Harry really just his enemy? His conclusions made on these questions, and his feelings about the illustrious Boy Who Lived.

Harry never understood why he was the way he was. Questions filled the thoughts of a fifteen-year-old Hogwarts student who happened to be the savior of the magical world.

A Slytherin student has found a potion which helped him create a Hold to destroy his dark feelings. He tells Harry Potter the story of his life, his love for Malfoy, and his self destruction.``Do not expect cuteness and pink flowers. Please do not commit suicide as soon as you're done reading.

The events in the Department of Mysteries, at the end of Harry’s fifth year, leave Albus Dumbledore with the broken pieces of the past year. Before he starts cleaning up he has a conversation with his reluctant Potion Master about hate and consequences. But they are not alone in the shadow a third person is watching and wondering why Albus trust him and why Snape chose Voldemort.

Things that are broken can be mended but the cracks will always remain. What will the pressures of war have on the relationship between Remus and Sirius?

The end of the war has come at last. Voldemort has been defeated, but at a terrible cost. The evening after the final battle, Ginny stands outside of the Burrow and thinks about what she's lost, and Harry, and the plans they made for after the war. What will she do now that life must go on? *song-fic*

They'd have you believe war is romantic, with soldiers ready to lay down their lives for Queen and Country, and love found in even the darkest of times. But for those caught up in battle--those who watch their lives and loves break before them--it means picking up the pieces, rebuilding what you can and learning to move forward again.

What was Peter Pettigrew thinking as he planned the murders of some of his best friends? Why did he become a Death Eater? How long did he hate the other Marauders? Or was he just scared? Find out the importance of friendship... and what the lack of it can do to a person.

In the midst of the Wizarding War Draco Malfoy finds himself completely alone. Panicking, he turns to Harry Potter who rather unwillingly saves his life. Draco Malfoy is thrown into the dungeons- a Prisoner of War. Years later when the War is over, the world no longer has a place for Draco, his existence has been forgotten. Harry and Hermione give him a chance of a new life. So with the new identity of Magnitude Halfpenny he begins to learn to forget the life he lived for nearly eighteen years until his new world is turned upside down by the very people who created it... (Not OC)

There’s no time for resentment, no time for sorrow… life is destroyed by those who don’t deserve it and love is taken away from those who cherish it. We’ve wasted so much time. We had a second chance. It was taken away from us. Now I’m just waiting for a third chance. - An alternating POV fic recounting events from Halloween '81 to PoA. (R/S)

Life is full of tests.

"Why? Why keep on living? You answer those questions for me because I really cannot. Yes, you. Both sides seem so alike now. This is the only truth—my only truth—and others do not see it, much less make it retreat. They are blind—blind with a slight blaze of glory from me. I’m me, and no one person can know what I am feeling. Yes, people can help me, but no one can save me, only myself." A slight gaze into Harry's mind two years post OotP.

Where Azkaban is like death to a Malfoy, and throwing rocks at a Giant Squid is a perfect way of dealing with it. Unfortunately, a Potter does -not- think so, and when you try and prevent a Malfoy from standing upon his dignity, you are helpless.

R for some violence to animals. In Hogwarts, during MWPP time, there are secret meetings in the dungeons for upcoming Death Eater trainees. James wants to make the Order and nothing is quite what it seems.

"Sometimes the very thing you're looking for is the one thing you can't see." Or: sometimes boys aren't too bright. (George Weasley/Lee Jordan)

Only months before Draco's upcoming initiation to the Dark Side, an unexpected situation in a dark alleyway causes distortion in his plans. Draco is forced to rethink his options of how he is to get through the war on the winning side. Because only one thing is for certain: he will live to see the end of it.

Voldemort is gone, the wizarding world is safe, but Harry Potter wakes up one day to find that it's all been ... a dream?

AU. When an illness sweeps the entire world, Sirius must fight to protect the people he cares about as the dead begin to rise. Remus is on the other side of the continent, working desperately to develop a means to put the dead back where they belong. Sirius is trapped in the heart of London with a widower and a group of frightened children. Can they survive until they find one another?

James has never understood Muggles, and now, hiding with his family, he has to pretend to be one. He doesn't quite like it.

"No one knew Remus Lupin loved her too." James wasn't the only one to love Lily.

'... many thought he was an attention-seeking little monster. Others gave him a wide berth in the hallways because he was supposedly a raving lunatic. The little boy’s green eyes full of wonder became the young man’s green eyes full of sadness. And worry. And fear.'

One-shot. Wormtail loved his friends. He didn't want to hurt them. And when the pain had subsided, he was only vaguely aware of the Dark Mark burned into his skin...

As the end of the war approaches, Harry thinks about what little is left of his life and himself that is worth living for. A one-shot first person narrative. Brief, one-sided mention of H/G

On the eve of Harry's election to Minister of Magic, Draco must decide if being with Harry is where he wants to be.

Over 100 years before the Canon: Same Hogwarts. Different teachers. In J K Rowling's canon we only really see Hogwarts from the point of view of the students, glimpses into the lives of the staff are rare and tantalising. Behind the Staffroom Door is a story set some hundred years before the main action of the canon. Its main character is DADA teacher, Peregrine Proudfoot and how he deals with running the school for a very ill Headmaster and handling staffroom politics.

"To Hermione Granger, life was like a blank piece of parchment—like Transfiguration homework before it was completed—like an essay." The companion to You’re Dead. Hermione knew that Sirius’s death had affected more people than thought. All she could do was help Harry grieve and give him more knowledge. But for once in her life, she didn’t know what to do with Ron. She couldn’t correct him. She couldn’t help him now.

Summer 1980. Two young men meet in a pub in Knockturn Alley. For ten days, their lives are entwined. But when the Dark Mark burns, no one can fight the summons. Regulus/Peter.

Hermione Granger's death. Totally canon-compliant, and a little sad. This was what I thought Hermione's death would be like after reading about Harry's "death" in Deathly Hallows.

We all know what happens when a wizard travels through the barrier between platforms nine and ten at King's Cross station. What we don't know, is what happens when a Muggle accidentally stumbles onto platform 9 3/4. How will said Muggle handle the situation when a rambunctious prankster crosses his path?

I hate looking into mirrors. I've never liked it. Even as a young girl I would never be able to look directly in the mirror, which is why I use my wand to fix everything.

Sometimes, you are so desperate for changes to happen. Sometimes, you just don't see a way out anymore. Sometimes... desperation will transform the world into a better place.... (T/G)

James and Sirius made a promise to Remus; Remus also made a promise. How does this change things if both those promises were broken?

It's amazing what little things can trigger memories and tears. Three people remember a man who meant much to them. A man who died too soon.

Harry has to go back in time to retrieve a Horcrux from Grimmauld Place. But can he really keep from changing future events?

After a painful break-up with Draco, Harry tries to be indifferent.

Hermione talks to Harry about coping with death and learns to let go in the strangest way.

After the war, Harry ran from the bad memories that haunted him and took refuge in the Muggle world. When he gets a call from a Muggle hospital telling him that a certain Draco Malfoy has been delivered into the Intensive Care Unit, it seems that his peace of mind is at stake as well as Draco's life.

It was the full moon the night that James and Lily had died, and Remus was alone.

Draco Malfoy comes to the Boy-Who-Lived, asking for help. When they realize that, after denying it, they really WANT to be friends and put the past behind them, it turns their worlds upside-down.

During a brief imprisonment in the first war against Voldemort, Andromeda meets another captive who understands her estrangement from her sisters all too well.

Hermione and Ginny have an explosive talk about Harry's horcrux search in which Ginny proves herself to be an airhead and Hermione turns out to be wrong. HBP Spoilers.

James Potter hasn't been sleeping well for the last few weeks. How will he tell his pregnant wife that their unborn son is marked for death?

I'm dying now and it's not what I thought it would be. It is all the regrets I’ve ever had knocking down the doors of my mind, screaming all the things I should have done. It is all the mistakes I ever made, crying for the apologies I never said.

Draco has one last chance to reveal his true feelings to Hermione. Will he forgive himself or allow his regret and shame to destroy his possibility for a happy future?

Remus tries to make sense of an Order mission gone wrong by asking Sirius about it. Bad idea. Very, very bad idea.

In the world of magic, cruelty takes on physical incarnations: monsters, dark arts and Voldemort, all terrifyingly real, yet comfortingly separate from the good. But in the world of everyday, non-magical life, evil is much less easy to define. Cruelty and hatred hide beneath the plastic exterior of everday life, and no one is untouched. Take a look at the reality that lies behind the mask, and see for yourself what it really means to be normal.

Devastated by Sirius' death in in final battle, Hermione fled Britain, only to discover six years later that he was not dead at all. When he's recently recaptured by the Ministry, Hermione must confront her past to save the man she loves. HG/SB, HG/CD

Cho reflects upon Cedric's death, Harry, and herself. A short one-shot.

"She is my heart's desire and she will realise that I am hers." A JamesLily ficlet from someone else's perspective. Oneshot.

After Hogwarts, Ron and Ginny sought employment with Lupin in The Hotel of the Wanderers in Tibet. Ginny still pined for Harry, and felt trapped and stuck in her life. Daniel, an attractive, young, Californian, guitarist and university student visits Lupin seeking help in ridding himself of his lycanthropy. In the process, Ginny learns the universality of heartbreak. (Daniel is a character which most readers should instantly recognise from another source. For those who are fond of cross-overs).

Part 1 of a series. Harry, Ron, and Hermione are heading for Elizabeth City by air...but they have to fly through (dun dun dunnnnn...) Chicago O'Hare. Will they manage to survive...the Layover from Hell?

She knew he wasn’t ready, knew he was too young. Yet there was nothing more she could do to keep him from making such a choice. But when he’s given a suicide mission, she does what any mother would do. She makes her decision, and she does it for her son.

Detective Harry Potter moved thousands of miles away, to the United States, to escape the emotional turmoil caused by his divorce. He should've known escaping wouldn't be easy -- with him, it never is.

// Funny in a certain light, how we all look the same / And there's no one in life you can remember ever stood for you, so / Shame // Draco remembers. And hurts.