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In retrospect, Harry should've known that Umbridge's field trip to the ancient springs of Jusenkyo would end badly for everyone. Having fallen into the Springs of the Drowned Emo and Drowned Emu, Harry supposes he's luckier than, say, Snape (Spring of the Drowned Unicorn) or Zacharias Smith (Spring of the Drowned Flea Circus), but there are more problems in the upcoming year than just the curses: Voldemort takes advantage of his own cursed form to infiltrate Hogwarts as Luna's new pet bunny. And there's really no way to explain Lucius Malfoy, the benevolent Buddhist monk. (AU OotP; Ranma 1/2 crossover)

It is hard, if not impossible, to break down the barriers our parents have erected for us. (Cedric/Oliver)

Albus returns victorious from facing Grindelwald, but the other wizard's words still haunt him. Written for Grey Mist's challenge in the Genficathon: Dumbledore confronts a Boggart, set prior to the start of the series.

Post OotP, Sirius is dead and the inhabitants of Grimmauld Place each have their own ways of dealing with their loss.

Little Neville Longbottom sees his parents for the first time since they were tortured to insanity.

Severus Snape is summoned by the Dark Lord for the second time in one night. Harry Potter asks for the impossible and then has to deal with the consequences. AU after OotP, with some elements from the last two books thrown in.

Find out what happens when the students of Hogwarts put on a theatrical production at the school! Who will get cast? What will happen to those that are superstitious of the curse?

Headmaster Dumbledore fears the Potions Master's ability to draw conclusions (CoS missing moment with events of DH in mind).

Draco finds himself in the middle of a grey, barren land, his only company are several horrifying dead bodies. He trudges along, finally taking a rest on a stump. After pondering his whereabouts, a sweet and gentle voice sweeps through his ears... "Come back to me..." Abandoning his resting place, and his wand, he sets forth after the voice, only to discover that it belongs to the one he hates most. But as he wraps his arms around her, he questions himself. Does he really hate her? About to discover his true feelings for her, his life is cut short by a venomous voice.... A Dramione Fic

The war is over, but the aftermath is just as bleak.

Suffocation never sounded so bad...

Peter's naive view of the world leads to trouble when he betrays the people he loves. Lucius shows him the price he must pay for his actions.

Too much blood covered the streets. Everywhere she looked there was blood. Blood was dried up on the streets, on the dry grass, on her clothes, even on the skin of her body. Too much pain inflicted on everyone’s hearts. She could hear no laughs anymore. Who would laugh when destruction was everywhere? No one dared to laugh anyway. They didn’t want to be found. Too many bodies lying dead on the ground. Everyone was dead. She saw only the weak shells of people desperately trying to live.

Draco reflects his past during the final battle, and regrets the mistake he made in his decision between the Dark and the Light. Character death, HBP spoiler, DM/HG.

When Oliver Wood's daughter, Olivia, goes to Hogwarts, he wants her to play Quidditch. But does she want to? Olivia makes new friends and has to make her own choices too. But what will Dad say?

We hide behind these masks of our own making, all the while yearning to see just a glimpse of each other's faces.

Any press is good press...right? D/G, one-shot. Written for the 2009 Draco/Ginny Fic Exchange at Livejournal. Nominated for Funniest Fic.

Harry has a twin, non-cliche. Harry, the true boy who lived, is slightly neglected, but only because of a misinterpreted prophecy not the fame going to his parents' heads, and the twins act like twins are supposed to... THEY DON'T HATE EACH OTHER!

Remus Lupin is alone without Sirius. A dark, pain riddled fic. Rated for self-mutilation. Mild slash. (nothing active)

After years of avoiding this confrontation, Snape comes face to face with the one person he does not wish to look at -- himself. A look at just what Severus thinks of himself and his life, past and present.

Salt is the perfect chemical. It has a pure formula as do all known compounds, and beyond that, it has an extraordinary shape. The individual salt molecule is an exact cube; flawless dimensions, precise 90° angles all around. Er... interesting take on Harry and Draco's relationship. H/D slash.

Ron's POV again. Takes place just a few hours after "Coming Home to You." After the final battle, Harry finally gets to see Draco again. This is the final story, the end. Story 4 of the series.

When Peter Pettigrew "died," where did Sirius go before his arrest? Did Remus really believe that Sirius had betrayed his best friend and murdered another close companion? Could Remus still trust Sirius against overwhelming evidence?

They say a hero dies fighting. Most of the time. Sometimes things don't happen the way they ought to. One-shot ficlet in honor of Sirius. (Yes, I know it's about a book late.) No redeeming humor.

'In all this, there is someone who is needed to capture the birds used to deliver these messages. Someone who can fly fast enough to catch up with the speedy owls, who is willing to risk freezing to death on a broomstick, just waiting for an incoming message. There is someone needed to pass messages between the Wizarding front and the Muggles, from base to all other camps. The members of the Sky Watch.' On the eve of a new war, Hooch recalls her role in the defeat of Grindelwald... and the price she had to pay.

Professor Blaise Zabini investigates the disappearance of a man who is thought to be seized by a Lethifold...

Ginny performs a final service for a beloved friend. D/G. [Initiateverse one-shot]

She has nightmares about a dead soul welcoming her home. A blank canvas on her wall holds the secret to a Death Eater's life. Hidden away at 12 Grimmauld Place over the summer, Hermione learns that those who walk its halls never really leave.

My Prisoner of Azkaban parody appears, bringing with it Snape's ACTING, a furious audience, and no plot whatsoever! Because we have trees!

Songfic to Death Cab for Cuties "Tiny Vessels". Draco's reflection on his relationship with Hermione. Slightly angsty.

All mankind is of one author and is one volume; when one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language.

As his son prepares to become a Death Eater, Lucius Malfoy reflects upon Draco's life.

This a story about two sisters, about how and why they are who they are. But mostly, it's just about the forgotten one.

"If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to dance." (George Bernard Shaw). Ginny revisits some old haunts and finds lurking ghosts, disturbing mysteries and twisted truths. She can't escape it twice. Dark Angel crossover.

Remus is bitten by a werewolf while he is at Camp Green Lake. Will anybody believe him? (Not compatible with HBP.)

Rated R for language. Basically, what happens when Snape's cover is blown in a room full of his fellow Death Eaters... exciting! Takes place before the start of "Harry Potter and the Return to the Riddle House."

Harry struggles to come to terms with his past, present, and future moments after the downfall of the Dark Lord. (Songfic.)

Super short, POA missing scene, one shot. Dumbledore and Sirius in the North Tower when Dumbledore discovers the truth about the Fidelius Charm; sort of a companion piece to "Last of the Blacks". Sirius seems to be a thing with me recently.

Harry has failed the Prophecy and Voldemort reigns over the Wizarding World. Colin Creevey holds the entire fate of Wizardkind in his hands... and camera?

Even now, years after Tom is gone, Ginny feels him everywhere.

Harry's first time out of the British Isles left something to be desired. In fact, as the locals would say, so far it sucked. Written for HP 10K Awareness.

Harry conveys a message to Snape in Umbridge's office. This story tracks various Order members (mostly Snape) from the time he leaves Umbridge's office until after Dumbledore has filled him in on what happened in the Department of Mysteries.

Ever wonder what made Dumbledore really trust Snape? For Snape, the decision was simple and easy, and it involved Sirius Black.

As the smoke settled after the final battle, Hermione began to count.

When Harry reveals to Ron that he and Draco have become friends, sparks fly, Hermione gets caught in the middle, and Mrs. Weasley is Not Pleased. Takes place about six months after "New Beginnings".

The rain evokes memories from long past, and the very nature of love is called into question. If love is happy, perfect, and sweet, then how can his heart hurt so much?

Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs growing up through the eyes of an outsider.

Demons. The inner kind, not the kind that you can exorcise quickly, but the kind that haunt you, paralyze you, pull you into a different world. Ginny talks about her inner demons.

Remus and Sirius go for a walk. With close to fourteen years between them, they try to cover the ground they've lost, but find that they can but move forward. [nonslash, friendship, set between GoF and OotP]

Just days after his death, Pansy reflects on Draco and what he meant to her. What did he feel for her? With only one chance for happiness, will Pansy take it? PP/DM

Ginny Weasley had left Hogwarts. She reflects on how she comapres to her brothers in the great scheme of things.

The cop-out ending to Dreamwalk Blue, in which I try to give everyone but the plot a decent send-off.

A one-shot about Minerva McGonagall and her lost love. Has anyone ever wondered how the war with Grindelwald affected the characters we know and love? This is just a little speculation on that theme. MM/OC

Minerva can't grasp such ideas. No pairings.

Pronounced i-ro-ny...n, pl. i-ro-nies...Definition #3- Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs. A short, not so sweet, guess the character fic.

Remus and Sirius are playing with two very dangerous things: Love and Distrust. It’s only a matter of time before they get burned. Set in October 1981. Slash. One-Shot.

The threat of open war in on the horizon. The Order and the Ministry are of one accord and both know that where Harry Potter is, Voldemort will eventually be. Preparations are being made and this time the side of the light will not be caught unawares. Summer classes, sabotage, revelations about Draco's father, teaching and the final showdown with Voldemort all await Harry and Draco in this exciting sequel to Gold Tinted Spectacles.

I was just reading the Prisoner of Azkaban for like the 500th time, and I was wondering how Sirius must have been feeling when he was looking for Wormtail, about to corner him in a "Crowded Muggle Street"

Every moment centres around something different. Not every moment fits with the next. Character sketches and drabbles of Lily and James, each is about something.

After the events of "Goblet of Fire", Albus Dumbledore goes to meet an old friend in Hyde Park. HP/Spooks crossover.

AU re-write of the Harry Potter series. What if Voldemort had a daughter? What if she was adopted by Severus Snape? As she gets older and attends Hogwarts, how will she keep her true parentage secret?

An AU in which Wormtail was caught at the end of PoA and Sirius, as a result, had his name cleared. Remus and Sirius catch up. Implied slash.

HBP. Three stories. Three worlds. Each so different and yet so close to each other. As time passes by... things have to change and the World has to be rebuilt.

Voldemort decided one fateful night that Neville Longbottom was the infant whispered of in the prophecy. Unluckily for the wizarding world, Neville and his parents were killed, leaving Voldemort to continue his tyrannical reign over the wizarding world. The story is centred on two victims of his barbaric reign, Desdemona and Antenociticus Snape. Both of them left parentless by the hand of the Dark Lord. Struggling to find sense in this land of hypocrisy and war, they fumble nervously to care for themselves.

They said that he was crazy. That is, he was insane. That was because he sat in Azkaban for twelve years and acted normal; and yet he was deemed crazy. They said that he killed twelve Muggles and one wizard. They said that all he did was laugh when he was caught. They said that he ratted out his two best friends and caused their deaths. They said he felt no remorse. They said that he never shed a tear. They said that he couldn’t love. They said that the dementors couldn’t take his soul because he didn’t have one. Definate PoA spoilers with a slight hint of OotP. One-shot fic.

Post-DH. AU. When the bad guys think they have finally won, Harry has a little surprise in store.

In the end, he wondered whether the boy's name might have made a target of him - his first name even more than his last.

"I have made of myself a weapon, forged in the Dark Arts, consecrated to the Greater Good, and if I can only live with myself by knowing that I have done what I must, then that shall have to be enough."

"I look into the mirror and see nothing. Nothing is looking back at me, nobody. That is what I am, nobody." - At the beginning of his Fifth Year at Hogwarts Draco remembers the day he became a Death Eater.

"His pale, freckled face was lit by the flickering flames and gave his eyes a murky glow. The bright blue, so like Dumbledore’s, was shaded, and no one noticed. Ron was used to it. In a large family, you got used to being overlooked. Being the best friend of the famous Harry Potter, you got used to it. Didn’t mean you had to like it." A glimpse into the mind of one Ron Weasley, on a night down in the Common Room

The Dark Lord is losing his patience; he desperately wants the knowledge of the prophecy's exact location, and Lucius Malfoy can no longer put off searching the legendary Department of Mysteries.

"There are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other...." -JK Rowling But some things don't happen the way they should. -James Potter saves Severus Snape's life. Rated PG-13 for some language (entirely Severus's fault).

A young woman walks home at a very late hour, but things are not always peaceful in the night. Especially during a war.

A twenty-something Hermione spends a night out with friends and doesn't know how much more banality and ridiculousness she can take, but when confronted with some real meaning, how will she react?

Harry has been thirsty all his life... (H/D slash, one shot)

Remus thinks over the worst days of his life just after Sirius is taken to Azkaban. In response to sugarhighz's Quotation Challenge (from HPFF forums): "Thank you for curing me of my ridiculous obsession with Love."

What is the terrible secret that Headmaster Gideon Fortescue is hiding, and what will he do to keep it? His world is flying apart, and while he'd love to blame the retched Gaunts, he knows that everything is his own fault.

ONE SHOT. It was always Lily's favorite holiday, Petunia always hated it. Now their sons share the opposite views of their mothers'. The reasons Halloween's so special.

Who is Hestia Jones and why is she fighting Lord Voldemort?

All alone in the world is never how he imagined it. There was no avoiding the war and now he's the only one left to suffer.

A songfic of love, loss, and minor insanity, Draco is faced with a world where his loved ones are stolen from him. (Warning: Character death and implied slash.)

Knowledge of the future comes at a steep price. (A Snape-centric dark fic.)

James, Sirius, Peter, and Remus make and complete their invention - the Marauder's Map.

Oneshot songfic. Sirius is in Azkaban, recalling memories of the happier times of his life.

A rat seeks refuge.

Remus at James and Lily’s funeral. Angst. Not funny, not Christmassy. (SB/RL implied)

Percy isn't always right, and it takes much more than he expected for him to finally realize it.

Growing up as one of the glamorous Black sisters, Narcissa was always led to believe she had it all made. But maybe, just maybe, things aren’t so perfect after all.

People often become who others expect them to be. When Harry was sorted into Slytherin, he realized he was alone, friendless, and apparently meant to be evil.

Hermione is having trouble keeping her life together. Will she be able to keep things under control long enough to finish her 6th year at Hogwarts?

The war has not yet happened. Voldemort is still alive, as are all of his Death Eaters - who are all 100% loyal to him. And he's giving them free reign to exact revenge on one person they feel have wronged them. Sixteen-year-old Ginny Weasley is only the first to be kidnapped.

A Draco story, set in the summer between Order of the Phoenix and Half-Blood Prince.

Tom Riddle remembers the first and only funeral he's ever been to.

Lupin's Daughter, Sirena, is on the path to destruction... and all Snape can do is watch. This fic is a bit of a prequel to Everything You Are, which is in the process of a complete overhaul. It's mildly AU in that I made up a hatred for vampires in Dumbledore.... I figure a man that kind has to have one hate...````But this is the beginning of Sirena Lupin's journey to the world of Dark Magic. Enjoy.

Five moments where Ginny Weasley helps Harry and the others during their Horcrux search and in the final battle, without anyone realizing. Set during DH and based on canon events, these are a series of missing moments revealing Ginny's vital hidden role. Settings include the Burrow, Hogwarts, Aunt Muriel's house, and beyond.

Peter thinks about what he expected and what he got. Two very different things indeed.

A year after their murder, many come to the gravesite of Lily and James Potter. Sirius escapes Azkaban, but why does he go back?

Short fic, directly after the final battle.