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I've lived in Cancun all my life and it took me twelve years to notice there was a whole magical world just minutes from my house. All I found there was hate. And when one of the girls I hated got kidnapped, I couldn't just leave her to die. Could I?

James' mother, his only remaining family, is murdered and James decides to join the Order of the Phoenix with his friends. Following the dark episodes they face, with the fear of death always looming over them...

Regulus Black finds himself on the run from fanatics of the newly-established Church of Dumbledore, unable to realize who he is due to a mysterious past involving a hook-nosed headmaster. AU and virtually magic-less. Regulus/Severus/Lily.

Harry and Draco each write a letter. Neither one gets where it's going. A sort of prequel to Moret De Savior.

Peter wants to be one of the Marauders. One-shot, gen.

Neville and Ginny try to guess Dobby's age during the hardships of the war.

She falls into his abounding grace.

'Then I will laugh because I will always be that Slytherin. I will forever be the Slytherin.' Written for The Minor Character Challenge at the HPFC forum.

Cenau doesn't want to die in the Amphitheatre, but escape seems unlikely. Can her friend Rhea help? A story of the early days of magic, before even the founders. The settings are fifth century Rome and Britannia.

An attention-seeking prank goes horribly wrong, and two brothers must decide where their loyalties lie. Genfic, Sirius and Regulus.

While there is plenty of fanart depicting Snape seeing Lily in the Mirror of Erised, there is also a canon scene in which Snape does, in fact, see Lily in the Mirror of Erised.

“When I look at you, or hear your voice or name, or even think about you, everything spins and it’s like my whole world has been turned upside down." Written for The "Inspiration of a Title" Challenge at the HPFC forum.

Danielle finally finds the courage. Second part to By Heart, but it can stand alone. SBOC

Hermione writes a Christmas card to her parents in December of 2007.

It was dark, cold, disgusting, hopeless, sorrow, there.

The night Lily and James Potter died. Someone arrived before Hagrid. "...he was really sorry he'd done it, sorry they were dead." - Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, by J.K. Rowling

He has feared it all along - for longer than she has, he has feared this day, this argument, this goodbye. In the past months, she has come to fear it too, and all summer they have merely been waiting. Pretending, and waiting. While everyone else had spent the past weeks celebrating that yet another lot of them were out of Hogwarts, ready for the world they had been planning for years now, the two of them had desperately been trying not to see the end. Andromeda leaves the only life she knows behind.

Ginny is lonely and her only friend is a diary that talks back. She writes about some very unusual happenings her first year at Hogwarts.

"If Ron was still alive, he would have slung his arm around her shoulders. Would have held her close, dried her tears, taken her home and tucked her into bed. Would have kissed her forehead and told her that things would be better tomorrow. But he’s in the box before her, and she wishes she were dead." An AU-sequel of sorts to "Gone"

[somewhat AU] Ever wondered why Voldy has become what he is? This is a tale of hope after destruction, of forgetting and remembering, but most of all a tale of love.

Near the end of his sixth year, Harry has had enough. He is sick of his messy love life, Voldemort's evil plots against him, and the pressure on him to be the hero. So, it's time for a long overdue vacation: Las Vegas.

PREQUEL TO "BLOSSOMING". Narcissa basks in her happiness and new found love, before it all goes tragically wrong. Very short ficlet, a little sappy.

Harry finds that one year is not long enough for him to forget. It's just a day. But Sirius is still dead.

Triptych - art consisting of a painting or carving (especially an altarpiece) on three panels. Though you can return to somewhere you have been before, it has very different meanings when your life has changed completely. Harry and Ron find that beauty is beauty, no matter what happens inbetween. Pre-slash if you look at it that way.

Ch. 1. As an espionage, Lily Evans enters pureblood society. Yet, what's real -- Muggleborn, Order member, the Light Side -- and what's not -- society wife, Death Eater, the Dark Side -- becomes blurred. Will reality prevail or will fiction become reality? WORK-IN-PROGRESS. ALTERNATE UNIVERSE.

Draco's choices after HBP. Which side does he belong on?

What would happen if two Jedi Padawans suddenly ended up at Hogwarts? How did they get there and how would they be able to cope with it? And most importantly could they get back? Harry Potter and Star Wars Jedi Apprentice crossover.

There was nowhere to hide. All she could do was keep running... Companion piece to Crystall Ball, though it can be read alone.

17th July, 2016: Draco and the family take a much needed vacation to the beach, where there are Muggles and cars and all sorts of other dangers. Lucius and Narcissa receive a letter.

Struggling to deal with the events of his fifth year, Harry is at a loss to explain why his friends haven't written. An isolated Harry wrestles with guilt and depression, unaware that a more sinister plot is playing itself out. An AU one-shot following the events of OotP. Heavy Angst.

Songfic to Hanson's 'Weird', ties in with 'Blame it on the Weatherman' and 'Family Portrait'. Ginny's POV, as she deals with her own issues and is discovered in a difficult situation. Warning: Contains self harm, so don't read if easily offended by this idea.

A holiday shopping trip reveals to Draco that all may not be lost after all. Immediately precedes "A Change of Opinion".

A story of the magical world's First War with Voldemort, but told with a different twist. Friends from childhood, Lily Evans and Riona Dyrdra are young women who are led to two completely different sides of the war and must decide what they must sacrifice - including the loves of their lives and their own friendship - to save what's truly important. Then the ancient enigma Swyn Llyfr appears, placing Lily and Riona's fates as well as those of every wizard and magical creature, in the hands of the greatest dark wizard of all time.

After Ari's first big fight with Abby... Ari is fourteen and curious about the father she's never known. A storm is brewing as Ari moodily considers what's happened that she knows of.

During Harry's conversation with Scrimgeour, Percy holds a heated discussion with the Weasleys. Twenty minutes later, he's still intact...

'Just shove a bezoar down their throats,' he scribbled in his book. It's not just your choices that make you who you are; who are you to argue when the world wants the worst of you - or so it seems...

Cedrella Black has a very important choice to make: follow her heart and be disowned, or follow family tradition and turn her back on the love of her life? **Written for Magravine's "Slytherin Challenge" on HPFF**

A three-part oneshot about Lily and James, and their love.

Six years after losing his friends Remus Lupin is recovering from another solitary transformation, when he is found by someone who is looking for a teacher. Can the two of them possibly trust each other? (Only a possibility to interpret as implied RL/SB, with Sirius obviously absent.)

War comes everywhere. Even to Hogwarts. Young Toby Collier feels the pull of duty to his compatriots more than the pull of magic, but during the First World War, the first fully mechanised war, duty is dangerous.

A bumbling Death Eater's botched spell drags him - and a kidnapped Ginny - into a series of alternate cinematic dimensions. Naturally, Harry's saving-people-thing kicks in, and he follows them in to bring her back. Rated for innuendo, some violence and mostly mild language.

A freak confluence of events traps - traps, I tells ya! - Harry and Ginny together at - conveniently - Ginny's romantic little cottage in the Highlands. Coincidence, or something far more sinister? (Written for the SIYE Cold Outside challenge.)

Harry dreams in colour, even if it's been said that dreams are only in black and white.

Fifteen-year-old Teddy Lupin has always longed to meet his parents, so when he stumbles upon a new model of a Time Turner, he decides to travel back to August of 1997. But in the past, Teddy finds more questions than answers and begins a desperate quest to reunite the parents he never knew.

This is the story of how a Hogwarts toilet and one particularly soggy pumpkin pastry changed the world.

The story of a girl. It's her first year at Hogwarts. She will learn of her long lost family and the many friends to be made. But who is the misterious boy with blonde hair? He seems to be her twin! What is this?!?!

Nicolas Flamel's last thoughts before he dies. Written for the 'I'm about to die'-competition at the HPFC forum.

Amelia Bones was a middle-aged woman who lived alone, a very gifted witch, and all the evidence was that she put up a real fight.

Harry and a Slytherin girl start thinking along the same lines.

The Malfoy family had been loathed for centuries, and for good reason. They were powerful - respected. Now, they were ignored - forgotten. Some call it progress, Scorpius called it blasphemy against Wizard Tradition. After all, "Progress for the sake of progress must be discouraged." And he would stop at nothing to instill old values again - not even the unforeseen destruction of Wizard Kind. Note: RemusJLupin should get all the credit for the summary.

With Albus Dumbledore as his new guardian, Gabriel Lenoir comes to Hogwarts with a heavy heart and a dark secret. Severus Snape has never expected to fall in love with a student, especially not a fifteen-year-old with the ability to speak with the dead. All they had to do was wait two years. In two years they wouldn't have to hide anymore. But the door is open, and who knows what might come in.

It's the day of the Third Task, and Cedric spends the day with his parents, and has a talk with his dad. **Written in response to Redherring's "Parent and Child Challenge" on HPFF**

Laura Finch was just your average Slytherin: prideful, ambitious, and eager to make her way in the world. She didn't know her true identity. She didn't know the role fate would have her play. She didn't know what the strange dagger in Professor Smith's office was, or how evil an object can truly be.

This is the story of Vernon Dursley and Petunia Evans; how they first met and eventually fell in love. They are not the horrible adults the books describe, but just your average couple. PS/SS takes off where this story ends. One-shot.

Post-war: Draco is blinded by some fellow Death Eaters and flees to the safest place in the wizarding world: Hogwarts. He doesn't know that Harry Potter is there as well. As a teacher.

Harry Potter has lived with his aunt and uncle for fifteen years and fought the forces of Voldemort on many occasions. As Harry prepares to start his sixth year at Hogwarts he will face truths about himself he didn't know, power he doesn't understand, and training in hopes of destroying the most powerful Dark wizard in history. What will Harry do when he discovers the secrets of his life? Can Harry and his friends overcome the Darkness that is threatening to surround and consume the world they love so dearly?

Arthur Kirkland (England) receives his Hogwarts letter. Sorted into Slytherin and facing the rise of Voldemort, he must choose either to face death with the Order of the Phoenix or to stand aside and face his own destruction. (Crossover with Hetalia)

One Hogwarts evening, Potions Master Severus Snape is paid a visit by a rather enigmatic relative, Silky Soot. Only house-elves could possibly know what she's up to...

It’s hard when you don’t belong in the world you were born into. Brianna looks back on a time when she didn’t care about much of anything except for wanting what she couldn’t have. Very short, mildly angsty rumination on the nature of daydreams and the reality of being different. Note: because of the nature of the piece, canon characters are present only in imagination.

Ron and Harry try to figure out what to get Hermione for her birthday.

When Harry's world is shattered, Draco is there to help pick up the pieces.

Nevertheless, they both knew as long as they had a hand to hold everything would work out in the end, no matter what the road getting there might be like.

Melany is the one and only Mary Sue of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. But then, on the very first day of her fifth year, she blows up a potion in class and creates three Mary Sues that are much more pretty, much more clichéd, and much more powerful than her. It's now up to Melany to beat the American exchange students at their own game and take back her crown as reigning Sue.

Severus and Sirius are assigned a joint detention in the Forbidden Forest with Hagrid. Only it turns out they're not in Kansas any more. One-shot, gen.

In which Minerva reflects that the only entity, living or otherwise, that understands her is the Castle of Hogwarts.

When the day of Victory finally comes, Gabrielle finds she can not smile.

In July 1993 Remus flies to see a friend he once left behind. (Includes ambiguous relationships between Remus and a couple of original male characters, as well as a subtle reference to RL/SB.)

Ron and Hermione don't realize that they both want the same thing.

Hermione has returned for her seventh year at Hogwarts after the war. She is made Head Girl, and Malfoy as Head Boy because Dumbledore requests for her to keep an eye on him. She is determined to find out his secret, even if she must befriend him in the process. Can Hermione break down Malfoy's wall, even when love gets in the way? Disregards the epilogue and some character deaths. (both ways)

This is the last summer when Remus has still not unlearnt to dream.

Hermione was always renowned for her amazing knowledge, her impeccable record, and her outstanding grades. So when her younger sister comes to Hogwarts, the complete opposite of Hermione's perfect student, can Neville find out what made Veronica that way, and why Hermione never mentioned a younger sister, not even to Ron or Harry?

Chasing Bellatrix was exactly what Neville expected it to be. Catching her was not. AU in which Bellatrix survived the Battle of Hogwarts and escaped capture.

When Kingsley Shacklebolt launches a plan to rebuild Hogwarts, he must negotiate a maze of obstacles, not least of which is his Permanent Secretary, Sir Algernon Chumbleforth-Smythe. But then he has an idea to bypass the bureaucratic cauldron-measurers... (Written for the SIYE Reconstruction challenge.)

Ginny Weasley is heartbroken. How could Harry end this? She really thought they had something! Songfic to "Forever & Always" by Taylor Swift

You go back to the woods, hoping she'll be waiting for you in the depressing shadows, in the fume of the fog. She's not.

What happened on the night that Tom Riddle was born? What were the events leading up to Merope's last breath? Written in response to EmeraldCity's "The Birth of a HP Character" Challenge on HPFF.

Cho deals with Cedric's death in this story that takes place between GoF and OotP. This is a sad, lethargic story.

Severus Snape considers the request Dumbledore has made of him. Set in the summer between OotP and HBP. One-shot.

Gilderoy Lockhart is haunted during his stay in St. Mungo's. Not OotP compliant.

When someone has been misfortunate enough to witness the unforgivable...they have only two options. One option is to continue living life with the memory forever haunting them until the day they die. The second option is to risk the possibility of obtaining severe or fatal brain damage, having all remaining traces of memory destroyed, and extreme absentmindedness by having the memory suppressed with the aide of a memory charm. Everything comes with a certain price...and nothing lasts forever. When a memory charm loses its effect...unforgettable things will happen...and demons will be released... ``***``"Neville IS going to be alright isn't he?"``"I should hope so, Harry."

: What if Remus's father had saved him on that fateful night? Would his life at Hogwarts be any easier being the son of a known werewolf? Can a werewolf keep custody of his only child? Can Remus help his father stay one step ahead of his mother and the Werewolf Registry?

At the end of Harry's fifth year, Voldemort's return awakens fear in the heart of many, even in the noble and wise Dumbledore. In the hopes to find out more about the man he must help Harry to destroy, he calls upon Mathilda Vesta Torch, a strange woman, who's life and anguishes have been vailed by mystery for many years. Through her eyes, part of the life of Tom Riddle slowly unravles, revealing the complex nature behind one of the most feared men in the history of magic as well as the many unaccounted injustices that he has performed along his road to what he portrays as greatness.

Hermione and Severus connect a decade after the war.

When an object of power is transfered from one world to another barriers are broken. New alliances have to be forged if Harry and his friends are to save the ones they love and return their world to the peaceful state it should be in. Will an unlikely hero challenge his demons to help his old enemies? Can help from an unknown young woman and a seemingly unhelpful cat be trusted? Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny are about to find out.

Draco refuses to accept his parents' fate in Azkaban as his own and finds himself on a journey to clear his name with the help of an old classmate, Hermione Granger, who has taken a job at the Ministry as an attorney.

The glamorous life of an Auror between the capturing of dark wizards and duels to the death.

Based off of Carrie Underwood's song Just A Dream but not really a songfic. Dumbledore sent him on that mission. She just wished it could've been her instead. In the dead silence of their house, one word escaped her lips, "James."

Take a moment to consider all that you do not know. There is someone who can mend the blurred facts between clear ones, but she is not always easy to find. And when you're sure you've come across her, make sure that you glance about once more. You might have found the wrong woman to answer your infinite questions. And if this is so, then there will be raised an infinite more. A story about misunderstandings, and the realizations that come with those confusions.

Christmas Eve just isn't the same for Remus and the boys when Sirius can't get away from work - but early Christmas morning, he does his best to make it up to Remus. Remus/Sirius. AU. One-shot.

Sirius Black has been trying to break into the music business for nearly twenty years. Remus Lupin sings drunken karaoke. Now a television talent competition is about to change both of their lives forever. Remus/Sirius. One-shot. Non-magical AU.

'When it happens, it comes fast and hard and it hurts like you wouldn't believe. The air leaves my lungs and my muscles tense and lock and there I am.' Implied slash. Written for the "I'm about to die!"-competition at the HPFC forum.

In New Orleans, wizards, vampires, and all men of races magical and non can be found. And in 1893, a non-discriminating serial killer begins picking off men on the streets, one by one, barely leaving any traces of the victims, let alone the killer themselves. But when a British Auror becomes the latest victim, his partner joins the American Ministry in the investigation, only to find one conclusive possibility in the form of a creature previously only known to Plains Indians that shows no compassion and no desire to stop killing... The Deer Woman

One month after little Remus was bitten by Greyback, Nicholas and Catherine Lupin move to a new house and deal with his first transformation.

We've all read the story. They meet, they fall in love in school, and after a brief rocky period, they live happily ever after. This is my take on that story, but I don't start in school. They fell in love in school, but then Draco left to be a part of the war. Ginny did not wait for him. She got married. Draco comes back and... The rest is history.

Before Ariana and Nurmengard, before the wand and the war, there were two boys who loved lemon-drops.

School and upcoming examinations have left Lily jaded, and she can't figure out why she's in Hogsmeade either. Inspired by Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World, it's a story about rediscovering happiness in the simplest things in life.

As Valentine's Day approaches, love is in the air at Hogwarts - but it might be getting a bit whiffy. (Written for the SIYE Angst Valentine challenge. Didn't get very angsty.)

While Harry and Co. are searching for Horcruxes, the DA rises again at Hogwarts. How do the other students fare, though, during those dark times, and where exactly do Slytherin's loyalties lie?

Aria McFadden has lost her father and sister to the Death Eaters. Now she needs to get over those loses enough to return to Hogwarts in the fall. With the help of an elderly couple and their garden, she discovers that love can move the pain to more bearable levels. Author's Note: This story was written by Cheshlin and Cwiddy originally on Mugglenet Fanfiction as part of a challenge. The characters are our creations and this work is a co-mingling of characters we had both previously written.