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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.

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.

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.

Severus Snape discovers an unpleasant aspect to being a Death Eater. (Edging toward crack.)

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?

Draco Malfoy thinks about how it all ended.

“Eat, dear, it’ll help.” Remus still heard his grandmother’s voice whenever he indulged in chocolate. This story was written for the June 2008 Gluttony Challenge over at The Quidditch Pitch.

A Machiavellian Ravenclaw, along with his friend Luna, ends up far, far from Hogwarts when a Portkey he's experimenting with goes wrong. How will they get home and what will the powerful local coven do about them?

There is a day all kings must fall. One subject sees the king of the wizarding world and waits for his demise, for the day that he would descend from royalty and become one of the rest. H/D

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

Muggles and wizards, wizards and Muggles. ( When our children consort with the unexplained, you take them from us; you take them and teach them, slowly, surely, how to take the mysterious, the mystical, the unknown and weave it into certainty. )

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

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.

Moaning Myrtle's parents are bitter at her death.

25th August, 2018: Draco takes Scorpius to Diagon Alley to shop for his second year supplies. Now that his big secret is out, he's collected a new kind of enemy. Takes place one year after the events of the Epilogue. Will spoil parts of Darling.

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.

Short fic, directly after the final battle.

Remus muses on a time when he helped Sirius remember their past... and wonders if he should have acted differently.

On a perfect, almost summer's day, sometimes it is nice to be alone. Harry, Ron and Hermione spend the day alone doing their own thing...

Post-OotP, Remus Lupin finds himself trying to live up to a promise he made. Fits in with Time of the Turning, but works well on its own.

Front page headlines from the Wizarding world's best-selling newspaper.

Everyone deserves to be loved, even the hated.

Lily and James find themselves in love and married after Hogwarts. After everything, would they let themselves fall apart over her family, or will they stick together and make it last? (Howie Day songfic.)

Morfin’s sister didn’t watch him avidly. (Gauntcest)

A girl reflects on the war against Voldemort and his followers, and the losses they've had to face to reach the other side - and peace. Post-Hogwarts. One-off songfic to 'Happy Christmas (War is Over)'.

Back by popular demand! In this final installment of the "Clash of the Clouds" trilogy, Anakin Skywalker is once again on the loose in Hogwarts, this time armed with Harry's wand. It is up to Harry and the other Hogwarts occupants to stop him before it is to late. Featuring (for you girls out there) a John Mayer concert, Remus Lupin in a show-stopping number, and Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz! Snape hates, Squigley levitates, and poor Seamus is still getting beat up. So come on down to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and join the party!

Trusting isn't always easy, but sometimes it is of vital importance. (Remus/Sirius) Title courtesy of the Mystery Jets' 'Horsedrawn Cart'.

Of Ginny and Tom, by daylight and shadow as she walks. "...but you are the music / while the music lasts..."

Draco ponders his time with Harry Potter and describes what should never have happened.

Hope: n - a person or thing that gives cause for hope. There is always hope. You just have to find it.

The final battle is upon the wizarding world, and many have paid the price of blood for victory over their foes. The perspective of one who has lost another. Mild Boy!Blaise/?

Lady Luck sometimes needs a helping hand. Remus realises that he's lost sight of who he was for a while.

Luna goes out to catch a Flyneer in the middle of the night. But gets side tracked thinking about her life, her mother and her friends (especially Harry) one-Shot.

She was losing her mind in the empty room, and he had to stand and watch

A long time ago I wrote 'Cruciatus,' in which Neville is the reason his parents are insane. As new books came out, that story became outdated and AU. So, after someone insinuated that such a story could no longer be written, I wrote Curare. Curare is Latin for "to cure," but it is also the name of a poison.

"He wonders if it hurts less because it hurts less, or because of nerve damage." - In a world without Sirius, Remus wanders and learns to be human again.

Ever wonder why the Auror's capture rate of dark wizards is quite high recently? The secret's out with Hermione Granger explaining to fellow readers of the secret behind their success! Set Post-Hogwarts in a newspaper article style.

Gilderoy Lockhart is not guilty… Is he? [one shot] [character death] [language]

Set in Minerva's, Poppy's, and Rolanda's fifth Hogwarts year, when they spend the winter holidays sick at Hogwarts. Completely AU. Written for Healer Pomfrey's writing contest

Draco relives his happiest, most painful memory of love and pain as he fights for his life. But what is worth living for when what you want, love, has left forever?

An Alternative Universe version of how Harry's first trip to Hogwarts could have gone, with some very Muggle-esque influences.

Harry and Severus finally had the life that both wanted so badly: beautiful children, careers that made them happy, friends and family that loved them dearly. It all came crashing to a halt on one Valentine's Day when Harry woke up in St. Mungo's Hospital not remembering the last eleven and two-thirds years of his life. This will be a year long journey for Harry and Severus through heartache, joy, disappointment, self-reflection, discovery, and realizing that love comes from the heart not the mind.

Cho reflects back on her relationship with Cedric and the day of the third and final task.

On the eve of their fateful fifth year, Severus and Lily spend a quiet interlude. One-shot.

The Malfoy family tree needs a little pruning.

He’s just part of a bigger scheme. (Draco/Blaise(m))

They say nirvana is the state of peace and tranquility attained by one’s soul. A feat long considered impossible. Yet, one never stops searching for it, and perhaps that’s what gives us hope till the very end. "Nirvana," said Harry. "To many... it would be today." Harry saw Remus sigh dejectedly. "But not for us."

Sirius comes back from the Veil and Remus is missing, presumed to be dead. For Bring Black Back. Remus/Sirius

Sometimes, we forget how unpleasant it is to be Gilderoy Lockhart. We underestimate him…and we forget how dangerous he can be. But perhaps he’d like us to forget.

Six years ago, the last Death Eaters were caught, but not before destroying the world Harry Potter had rebuilt for himself. Six years ago, Harry looked Remus Lupin straight in the eye and said he could not be a father. Six years ago, Harry Potter disappeared from the wizarding world. It's not a question of where he went, but who he left behind.

Now that the war has ended, Severus Snape thinks back over his life and considers the decisions he has made. Angsty one-shot.

Hermione is in a bad mood. She's about to be torn apart from her friends. They're going to seperate schools. But Hermione doesn't even know about Hogwarts yet. So go on. Tell her. She won't believe you. Not yet.

When Draco reads the letter that was written to Harry so shortly before his death by the person who needed him most of all, he realises for the first time that something went very wrong. (Warning: slash.)

She caused the death of only two people, although that in itself is miraculous. She distorted the memory of a very decent man. And she was not human. Not sapien. But very, very sentient. Rating for safety.

Remus is 15 and just wants some company during the full moon: this is my take on how James, Sirius, and Peter unveiled their Animagi plan to him. (Written for the Knockturn Alley Fiction Challenge #1: Genfic Missing Moments #12: “James, Peter, and Sirius tell Remus their Animagus plan and/or show him their forms.”)

Ten-year-old Ginny Weasley searches for a pet but finds Neville Longbottom.

Severus Snape has prepared himself to return to the Dark Lord, but how much will he be willing to give up to prove his loyalty?

Hogsmeade visits are restricted to pupils in their third year, and above. Dennis Creevey managed to get to Hogsmeade as a second year. How?

"After a while he began to fight the Imperius Curse just as I had done." - Barty Crouch Jr., Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire A father, fighting darker and stronger forces, struggles against an inevitable descent into madness. These are his final moments.

Five years after the death of Voldemort, Ron, Harry, Hermione and Ginny blaze through their lives trying desperately to distance themselves from their heroic past. Hermione, working directly for the Minister of Magic, stumbles on a new threat. One no one in the ministry can comprehend: A muggle, who calls the nastiest witch of all time, master.

Draco Malfoy committed the ultimate act of selfishness - suicide. Ten years later, Harry still cannot forget about him.

Ask Snickers: The Ravenclaw House advice column run by none other than Bella Primro and her best friend Sirrah Mallagen, along with the rest of their gang, the Racketeers, who are trying to rival their Gryffindor counterparts, the Marauders. As they ask each other stupid questions and make enemies, they come across a few surprises.

A time to heal. (Snapefic). (H/G).

Life is tough for Harry and Spider-Bat. They have two jobs: delivering pizzas and working for a newspaper. Fun fun fun.

"The summer night is like a perfection of thought." Severus x Hermione.

Draco has no idea who or what he really is. It's up to one girl to show him his true colors.

Hermione Jane Granger was a perfectionist, and everyone knew it.

Evan Rosier causes things to happen.

NOT A TRADITIONAL SONGFIC! This story is inspired by the song of the same name. A few lyrics tossed in here and there in the dialogue, much like my other story, One Thing. I'm crap at summaries, but here it is: Harry. Draco. Holiday. Let the tension ensue. Ignores HBP and DH.

The road from addiction to healing is too long to be walked in a single lifetime. Wisdom comes from experience, and she has plenty. When perfection is too far to reach, you have to make do with normality; for her, normality is the only things she's ever dreamed of.

Harry's struggling with depression, and his friends seem unable to help him. Somebody else can, but at what cost?

In the mirrors of Tom Riddle’s mind magic bounces off, myriad reflections merging into each other. Minions of the gods of Possession and Illusion, Magic is dichotomous and Violence, compulsive. Because in the end the thrill is in killing – and in being killed.

AU fifth year. Harry has an awful day and can't wait for it to be over. Unfortunately, it just keeps repeating itself. Will his tormentor Snape be able to help?

Learn about the other boy in the prophecy; Neville Longbottom. What really happened to Neville's parents? And what is his grandmother really like? Find out the truth about Neville's past!

It's been over two years since Seamus and Lavender broke up. He's been in the States, and she's been back in England happily in a committed relationship. But are they as happy as they seem? Inspired by the Sheryl Crow/Kid Rock song "Picture"

"He is a degenerate, Muriel. There's nothing else he can be called. He is simply bad news. And it breaks my heart that my old friend should find someone like that in his own family."

Harry has a serious problem and has lost everything he once used to love. A single white feather is the last remaining thing he can confide in. Many deep, disconcerting questions constantly nag at his conscious mind - there is no hope left.

A little stream-of-consciousness meditation on Snape's part, on the vexed subject of Sirius Black and the Whomping Willow. What would it feel like, to confront two people who had tried to murder you, in the very place where you had so nearly died - in order to save three children who would despise you for doing so?

A woman attempts to force Lord Voldemort to stop the hostile and senseless killings--a woman who is, and has always been, happily untouched.

One Shot. Takes place during the summer before HBP: Luna Lovegood hatches a plan to help her deal with her feelings of loss. There is just one thing that she needs before she can act on her plan. She needs Harry's invisibility cloak.

This is a pre-ficlet ficlet. The next one has Colin in it, I swear.````Jessica was inspired by too many nights reading the works of H.P. Lovecraft and "Girl Genius", The brilliant comic by Phil Foglio. No, she isn't cannon, but I absolutely had to write her down.

She screams and screams for help, and she cries, and holds him, but in the end he is dead. And when she wakes up she cries, because she remembers.

Hermione Granger is in a race against time. A recent series of Muggle deaths have drawn the attention of the magical community and as a member of an elite Auror team in charge of monitoring the activities of suspected Death Eaters, Hermione in charged with tracking down the perpetrator before the killer can strike again. Hermione x Marcus

The date is December 31, 1999, and the time of the Final Battle is drawing near. After a devastating loss, Harry gathers his closest friends for togetherness and remembrance, drawing, as always, the strength that he will need to prevail in the end.

The night of the Easter dance, Remus and Hayley have a lot of things to sort out. Will he ever let her into his heart, and his secret? Can she ever forgive him for lying to her?

When seven-year-old Argus Filch still hasn’t showed signs of magic, his father fears the worst. The result is a tangle of bloodlines, rejection, and even mention of the dreaded “s” word – “Squib.” Based on Kate Chopin's "Desiree's Baby."

Ashes, ashes, we all fall down. Such morbid words from an innocuous rhyme seemed quite adequate in his situation. After all, wasn't everyone dying? (Remus centered)

Harry begins to receive racy letters form a mysterious sender. A story done in sections of 100 word drabbles. Slash.

[AU] It's Halloween and Hermione pays Harry a visit. But then something happens. Something with a girl. Something with fear.

A Neville story. "Somehow, day to day life was difficult after she’d died. It wasn’t as though he’d relied on her, or had seen her that often, or that she’d been there to wipe up his tears when Uncle Algie did something especially painful." What it feels like to lose a mother, by somebody who knows.

Harry can't handle the joy of Bill and Fleur's Wedding -- he can only see the futility of it all, with the new war upon them. His own parents lost their lives soon after marriage... so what was the point? Until Voldemort was gone, how could there possibly be room for happiness? His parents' memory haunts him, but can their memories cure him as well? (Featuring the POV of Harry, Lily, and James). A mix of angst, humor and love, but all drama.

Harry comes back for seventh year along with Hermione and Ron, only to find strange things afoot - unsurprisingly, with Slytherins in the thick of them. What are they up to now, and where have all the Muggleborns' familiars disappeared to?

One thousand years ago, Godric, Salazar, Rowena, and Helga created a school together. They had everything planned, until one has a vision of the school under attack and a teenage boy in danger. They also saw that their young descendants have their "unusual" powers. But will the young ones be able to control their powers, and their feelings for each other? It's all up to Draco, Edward, Jinx, and Mystique.

Sirius remembers all the first times - memories so tender, so sweet, so miserable, so painful that even a Dementor can't touch them. Slash, would be fluff if it wasn't agony. One-shot.

A clever satire on the world we live in today, using ideas from the Harry Potter world as its base.

Fragments from the life of Sirius Black. From seventh year to the Veil.

Draco's life is filled with regret. How could he have been so stupid as to let himself lose her simply for his father's expectations? D/G, Hidden in Plain View songfic ("Belly Full of Kerosene" off of their self-titled EP).

Ginny lies in pain, and there is nothing that an anxious Harry can do to help. This isn't the time for Harry to fall in love with someone new, is it?