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“...Even though she was dearer to him than life and everything else in it, they were only fifteen, and he knew that promises made so young would not last forever.”

At a festival in a wizarding vilage, a young boy, who grows into a man we all know and love, learns an important lesson.

Hermione sits and thinks for a while. It's Christmas, she's happy and everything is fine and fluffy. Well, almost...

'Padfoot,' he said. 'Your candle’s burned out long before your legend ever will.' A post-OoTP fic honouring Sirius' death. Inspired by Elton John's 'Candle in the Wind'.

Harry thinks he knows what having a girlfriend will be like. Then the rains come, and everything changes; with too much rain to care about much of anything, Draco and Harry lose themselves in need.

A collection of memories from the Black children. They relive their worst and best moments in their lives.

Penny writes a letter to her beloved boyfriend during the vacations...

Snape is summoned for what he knows will be the last time.

Before the events of "And So Life Goes On..." (@schnoogle), Harry fell into a deep depression because the one person who understood him, who was there for him in his greatest time of need, and who loved him unconditionally was taken from him. Without Remus Lupin, Harry no longer has a reason to live until Severus Snape offers him one.

On the night of Lily and James Potters' deaths, Sirius says goodbye through a heartfelt letter.

Ginny doesn’t know who she is anymore. She wakes up and there is a new feeling, not unfamiliar, but so unexpected it robs her of breath and all she can do is lie on her back and blink slowly.

Draco mulls over the two worst words in the English language: if only.

Luna Lovegood sits, one night, in her empty dormitory, dragging a knife across her skin. All the hurt and the pain of the past fifteen years of her life is coming to her in a rush. She loved him, and she thought he loved her. But it wasn't so...he'd made love to another. He claimed love for another. And for Luna, this was the last straw. Will Harry be able to save Luna from herself?

Vivid dreams relating to his werewolf side come to haunt Remus J. Lupin at night, while day brings unexpected visitors from a local werewolf pack. They come demanding for Remus to take his rightful place as Suraj, the pack leader. Try as he might to turn down the offer, new developments occur that leave him little to no choice...

After the third task of the Triwizard Tournament, Sirius seeks solace in Remus' company. A slashy short.

Professor Remus Lupin and Harry Potter are brought together as Harry tries to conquer the dementors. In so doing, Harry and Lupin forge a friendship as Harry reexperiences the last moments of his parents’ life with Lupin’s assistance. This missing bit of story explains how Harry conquers the Patronus charm.

Both Harry and Ron have had a turn with The Mirror of Erised... but what about Hermione?

Ron talks Harry into sneaking out of Hogwarts to go to Hecate's Wizarding Nightclub to see the Weird Sisters. Ginny goes with them and much craziness ensues once they arrive in Hogsmeade. Snape in leather pants... Malfoy and his tag-alongs... And some unexpected behavior when too much Firewhiskey is consumed.

How did Lockhart become a teacher in Hogwarts? It was by accident really....

Draco dreams, but he doesn’t know that dreams are only an extension of reality. For the 15minuteficlets challenge.

“Why do you hate Harry so much?” she asked carefully. Draco held her gaze. His lips were tinged with blue, and he clutched his chest but he answered her nevertheless. “Because everyone knows how you feel about him,” he answered finally. “And he’s the only one moronic enough not to realise it.”

Lucius's resolve to hold onto his mind in Azkaban is failing. Only one thing can keep him sane.

"Valentine's Day. Whoever thought to enslave the human race with frilly hearts and oversweet candy was sick. Brilliant, yes. But nonetheless, sick." A story of love, devotion, and random mentions of chicken.

People go to long lengths to hide things. Keeping secrets is a part of humanity even if secrets can keep people from living... "I wanted to be there for my son for everyday of my life. He'll hate me, you know, for leaving him."

Voldemort has been defeated and a new Purple Lord has taken over. Can Harry and his Muggle-born resistance defeat him? Course not.

"...But it's ok, cause Harry always forgives."

There's something strange about Lavender's pet rabbit Binky... (American version)

Harry and Draco--love, unrealistic expectations, and realignment.

So many gravestones, so many new gravestones.

'The blood of Black demands more blood.' Even after all these years, Andromeda takes her lessons to heart.

Dumbledore’s birthday is approaching, and the Muggle Studies NEWT class are going to put on a performance in his honour. This is another take on how Remus and Sirius might have got together.

Draco/Goyle. (Are you still there?) Set post-war and victory. When you're on the losing side, you don't expect the hero's treatment. Draco learns what it is to live when everything you once knew no longer exists -- and finds it just as he never imagined.

Harry's PoV on a horrific event that happens in the heart of the Forbidden forest when he, Ron, and Hermione find their way there one night. . . .

After the rough break-up with Harry, Ginny confides in someone to make her feel better.

A month after the rebirth of Voldemort, Peter Pettigrew takes a moment to contemplate the meaning of life, loyalty, and strength--or at least of his new hand.

If you have your life planned for you already, you have to grab your pleasures where you can, and not waste opportunities. You're going to have all your life for regrets. Femslash and het and a whole lot of angst.

Hermione bids goodbye to a loved one and a best friend.

Harry's dreams are plagued with the image of a beautiful young girl in white. Is there something else he doesn't know about his past?

What does Harry like about staying at the Dursleys'? (I challenged myself to write a piece that meets the requirements of Icarus's essay "How to Write Harry Potter Magic.")

"I remember my sister, yes I do. I remember her long, red hair and her green eyes. I remember how she was popular and how she could be so excited about everything."

A married Draco and Ginny struggle with exile from their families and eventually infertility.````A story about the strength of love.

Severus Snape is dead... or is he? Riva Lupin, Remus Lupin's niece--and a good friend of the late professor--doesn't believe so. During the summer, Harry and she--along with her pet turtle Remington--will conduct an investigation that will lead them to a shocking conclusion.

Terry Pratchett told us that all libraries are one, and Gaiman told us about one particularly unique library. Hermione discovers a twenty-year-old experimental potion which allows her to access the Dreaming.

They say that love is blind but he highly disagreed. Just because he loved her didn’t mean he couldn’t see her flaws. H/Hr

This ploy has been used so many times I'm surprised that it hasn't been used for cliché fics yet! Sirius is gone but something is pulling him back. Maybe a memory or perhaps a regret? Not slash, but you can interpret it anyway that you want! Remember that this is a one shot, it can be misleading!

Draco is obsessed with both desecration and gaining his father's respect; after he is betrayed, he makes a promise he soon fears he cannot keep. A plot to overthrow the school is soon uncovered, and he is faced with the ultimate decision. His coming of age and maturity lead to an attraction to someone both unlikely and unsympathetic: Hermione Granger.

Draco thinks that his cousin will be boring and ugly, that is, until he meets her. She is pretty, adventurous and has a good sense of humour. Then, comes the downfall, they kiss. Leaving the situation uncomfortable for both of them. Priscilla (his cousin) notices a small box in the corner of the room, its highly decorated and violet, which is different since the whole room is a golden colour. Will she look in the box? If she does, will it contain any of Draco's secrets?

Ginny Weasley finds out that her boyfriend, Harry Potter, is harboring secrets from her. Tired of being ignored and being lied to, Ginny decides to take matters into her own hands and get revenge. When her heart hardens to all around her, especially the Trio, she fulfills the prophecy and becomes the Ice Queen... (slight h/g, d/g, h/hr)

Even when it comes to this, she still loves him.

Draco realizes his mistake a little too late for both Harry and himself. Can he save both of them too late?

The threat of Voldemort is increasing daily. The magic world calls for salvation, but who knows where to find it? Few, like Dumbledore, know where, but will an unexpected invocation of deep magic destroy all hope? warning, slash and much angst!

This is a blatant parody of Mary Sue fics. -- Mary Sue is headed to Hogwarts... but nothing goes the way she expects.

Ginny is stuck in a dungeon waiting for someone to rescue her. It isn't a prince on a white steed. It's a dragon.

H/D slash. Just a short fic where Harry watches as Draco plays the piano. Idealistic.

Oh sweet Merlin’s nipples, but Arithmancy was a painfully boring subject.

A vengeful witch, an ebony-haired victim, a familiar tale... but in the Dark, nothing is as it seems. Chaste but kinky Snape/Hermione, graphic and somewhat violent.

Will Lowby embarks upon his fifth year at Hogwarts, discovering something he just might like more than Quidditch. Backstory for the "Interwoven" universe.

Hermione gets into a rift with Ron while trying to defend her growing relationship with Luna Lovegood... Femslash.

Nothing is ever said out loud, yet the murmuring follows them wherever they go. Saying they're not right for each other. Saying it's all false. Saying they cannot be a couple... it just doesn't do. The whispers are the background noise to their every day, and like static on the WWW it might be forgotten for a while... but it's always there.

Written for angelofthenorth in McTabby's Blame Each Other Challenge. There's a set of twins, one magical, one a Squib. What happens when the Squib shows up at Hogwarts? Title and story also inspired by Katherine Paterson's Jacob Have I Loved.

Sequel to "Other." A frustrated Madam Pomfrey reflects on being helpless in the face of the worst problems.

Harry contemplates his position as his father's son, and wonders what he's supposed to do now.

Femmslash. Fleur/Ginny. Ginny and Fleur meet at a bar and drink as they talk about the uselessness of the male half of the population. Then, they head back to Fleur's place...

Ron Weasley doesn't get this. This is Harry Potter territory. Hermione Granger territory.

Ginny's hurt and confused. After five years her feelings for Tom haven't faded away yet. Who will help her out of her anguish? Who will help her to keep on living?

Sirius and Remus look after Harry for Lily and James.

Hogwart Students on Cedric's Death. Starts with Cho Chang. Everyone says their feelings of his death - no-holds-barred. People remember what it was like, their relationships twords him, and how they feel now.

AU -- Harry and Snape have been childhood friends since birth. Harry’s cute, happy go lucky, and the only one in the world to make Severus show other feelings besides cold indifference. When Harry turns eleven his parents die in a car crash and he’s sent to his aunt and uncle’s to live all the way across England. Years later, Harry transfers to a new school in his last year, when his uncle makes a deal with another company and moves. Harry’s surprised to see his old friend Severus going to the all-boys’ boarding school he is now attending.

Something funny is going on at Hogwarts this year, what with that crazy contest, and everyone maturing. People have started to notice each other in a different light, and then there are those who already have.

See the tears. See them fall. See the love. See it all. Its name is perfection, and they love it. G/D.

My first one-shot fic. It's from a challenge on FictionAlleyPark. Post-Hogwarts. DM/GW. They have been dating for over a year, what goes on when Ginny is asked to go to Hogwarts to fill in for Pomfrey?

Songfic. Draco wonders what happened to his relationship with Ginny...

Trying to finish a History of Magic essay that's far less interesting than Hermione would have him believe, Harry muses that really, some things haven't changed at all.

Draco and Harry stand in an alleyway near Hogsmeade, contemplating the future of their relationship. Harry loves two people - but who will he choose? Harry/Draco. Draco's POV

After being kidnapped and trapped in a trunk for so many months, Alastor Moody is reunited with his long-time lover and friend. Post-GoF, hurt/comfort/fluff slash. Dumbledore/Moody.

AU. Peter Pettigrew did not betray James; Sirius, who was Secret Keeper after him, also did not betray James. As ghosts, they have a different view of the world... Maybe, just maybe, it was James and Lily Potter who betrayed them.

Peter listens as Sirius tries to convince James to make Peter the Secret Keeper. Then the night that the Potters were killed, Peter watched Sirius come to the wreckage of the their home. Finally, the confrontaion in the alley. All from Peter's point of view.

Ginny has endured many losses. Will she recover? Where does Draco fit in?

Harry has more than the usual amount of parents, but considering he is dealing with more than the usual amount of emotional pain right now, he really can't care. In between bouts of insanity he's depressed. Can anyone save him?

Ginny Weasley and her brothers have a hectic life both at Hogwarts and outside in the wizarding world. Six vignettes follow Ginny's growth from the baby of the family to a maturing young woman and the way she interacts with her older brothers along the way.

Oliver dreams of Percy's freckles, and a silly childhood game.

Lily and James are married, they're already in hiding with their infant son. They're starting to realise that being a young married couple, and young parents might not be so easy after all. And maybe love isn't enough.

Just a short parody about the night Lily and James died using the song "I Will Always Love You"... I've been told its a little sad...

What if there was more to 'the power he knows not' than Harry or the Headmaster knew? What if Harry's whole life was a test? How would the Wizarding World pass? What would be the consequences of the Wizarding World's neglect and betrayal?

Pansy has been promised to Draco and goes out for a midnight stroll to clear her mind where she runs into Harry. A relationship forms, and things go downhill from there.

One young lover watches his love work, no words are exchanged but there is no reason for words to be spoken. Mystery Man's POV

Written in response to a challenge. NOT a songfic - just a few lyrics from The Rolling Stones song, Paint it, Black. This is the short story of a woman in mourning over the loss of a loved one. Quite dark with a vaguely twisted ending.

Revenge is sweet, and it is exactly what this one-shot is all about. Sequel to "This is What a Story Looks Like When You're Drunk." The girls write a little story of their own.

We all know how Harry reacted after the death of Sirius. But how did others react? A look into the minds of Lupin, Dumbledore, Ron and Hermione and how Sirius' death affected each of their lives.

You know who I am. Or you think you do. I am just another dark wizard to you, am I not? You think I was some twisted mind easily deduced and simplified with Aristotle's textbook-like laws of the spirit. You could not be more pathetically and heart-wrenchingly wrong. Mine is a story of sorrow, of loss and of horror. I have set these words down in preparation for the time when I must kill Godric Gryffindor. Read it at your own risk.

Hermione dreams of a boy with laughing blue eyes. But that boy is gone forever, and she is about to be wed to a boy with cold eyes. Cold, silver eyes. She gave her heart away a long time ago, and never got it back.

"...Under different circumstances, let’s say if Ron didn’t think he was about to die, he would have appreciated the house. It was huge! The whole Burrow could have easily fit in the entrance way. Ron was dragged into what looked like a torture room. There is where he was strung up..."``To see what happens to Ron, read on! Also, there is an implied Draco/Ginny at the end.

Harry's been brought to stay at The Order's headquarters. He believes that finally he'll have a chance to talk to Sirius face to face but it's not as easy as he expected.

Harry Potter believed he defeated Tom Riddle in the Chamber of Secrets, but unfortunately, some memories are harder to beat than others.

Cute little H/Hr story. Songfic to *N Sync's Girlfriend. Good little fluffy piece. Some angst. Starts off with Hermione dating someone else, and Harry's desire to go out with her. With the help of Ron, Lavender, Ginny, and Parvati, the two end up together!

When a potion goes wrong, Hermione and Draco find themselves stranded alone in The Shadow Lands, hearing nothing but each other's thoughts. When those thoughts get a little private, will they be able to keep seeing each other in the same way?

"Just because he was dead before then..." Ravenclaws get the best of both worlds: not-so-magic markers, Draco Malfoy's green (no, peridot!) cushion, SoPro-ElWel, Montague obsession, music overload, and Snape's horrible pronounciation.

Harry contemplates the balance of his and Draco's relationship.

A Harry/Draco post-war ficlet. Quote: "I beat you," Draco said with a maniacal grin settling comfortably onto his face quietly now, as blood loss really was a hassle and staying conscious definitely overrated.

When Ginny Weasley falls out of the sky and lands on the Malfoys' front lawn, confusion breaks out. Featuring romance, snogging, butterbeers, and threats!