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In 1960, a spell of vengeance was cast against the Snape family. In 1997 Harry, Draco, Remus, and Severus find their lives are about to drastically change because of it … (AU, H/D, RL/SS)

Set during Christmas, fifth year. Hermione and Ron talk obout Percy, Muggles, Kurt Cobain, and drink hot chocolate.

There was no turning back now, was there? Draco Malfoy was undoubtedly a marked man, and he was barely a man at that. Professor Albus Dumbledore was dead and the second war was about to begin. What was left for the young Slytherin? Did he fight with those he had sided with his whole life, or did he pursue a new path?

This is his sister's story. She and her twin were separated from Harry and one was born and raised in darkness. One of the twins will betray Harry and her sister. Which twin will betray her twin and what will happen when Harry finds out he has two sisters?

Guilt, grief, and obligation haunt Severus Snape, and he is forced to deal with the feelings they leave behind.

Pregnant and alone, Mrs. Paul Grover reflects on the accident that left her life in pieces.

Severus Snape stood at the edge of the cemetery, watching the small group near the open grave. Or rather, watching one of them in particular: a woman in black, her pale face dry of tears, her thick brown hair pulled back sharply from a face etched not with grief, but anger. The widow of the man being lowered into the ground. *What would have happened if I’d told you, instead of letting you find out the hard way, Honoria? Would you be mourning my death now, instead of his? Would my son be mine?*

Questions of mortality between Bill and Fleur, and why tomorrow is a gift.

Draco comes to Hermione, asking her for help. Sequel to I Just Keep Running.

When Draco and his father have a falling out, Draco's world begins to change dramatically. Dreams begin to plague his sleep, and nothing is the same any more. When the war breaks out across the British Wizarding World, Draco has to decide whether to follow in persuit of these strange dreams or reconcile with his father. Fight against everything he's ever known, or against all those he's ever cared about.

"He is not drunk, who from the floor Can rise again to drink some more.......... But he is drunk who prostrate lies, And cannot drink --- and cannot rise!" ~Irish toast

Behind every seemingly perfect couple there are much darker roots. Molly and Arthur Weasley are no exception. Behind the whitewashed front perfected over the years lies the grimy truth of when Molly met Arthur and the lies they have fed to preserve the almost saintly image they hold. An AU version of the Weasley couple.

A woman stands over the body of a former lover.

There are secrets hidden in the pasts of the Avery women, behind closed doors and shuttered eyes. Niobe, the dueling mistress who drives her students mercilessly. Grace, the gentle and genreous social activist. Marion, the stern yet kind headmistress of a small and exclusive school. What secrets drive these women, and what will they do to keep those secrets hidden from those around them?

It's the holiday season, and Harry is alone and missing some holiday company. This is the script for Spell-Cast.com's 2006 holiday podcast play.

Draco Malfoy, sneaking around the Forbidden Forest on a full moon. A mysterious werewolf appears, and a bite changes the life of another.

Ginny is unexpectedly cursed into a sleeping death by Draco Malfoy, only to awake to a twisted world wherein she is forced to marry the one man she despises most.

We've all got to find jobs when we leave school. How did Dean Thomas get into his present line of business?

The Age Of Revenge. The most powerful Dark witch ever, the Lady Nemoheri, rules Muggles and wizards with sorcery and cruelty.

Lily has been having bad dreams, but when she wakes up in fear, she meets an unexpected visitor who has a task that she may not be ready for. Yet when she disembarks on the journey she realizes that there is no turning back and she must now face her destiny of death and yet in the process save the most precious thing of all, her son.

Without the journey, endings and beginnings are meaningless. It doesn't matter where you start, it matters what you do after you start. We all know how Harry Potter started, how his legend began...with his parents. However, we don't know much about them, we only know their end - death. We have immortalized them in our minds, and forgotten them. We have reduced them to the mere parents of the boy-who-lived. So, now come back with me, and watch their journey. Watch them grow in another time. Learn about the generation history is so eager to pass over. Join me, and observe their journey unfold into the destiny of the wizarding world.

‘They're still children at heart. Mischievous little souls who sneak around in the shadows and have great adventures.’ Ron Weasley reflects on himself, his friends and in particular, one bushy haired girl.

Harry is thinking about why he loves Ron. Ron's stuck in a "safe" relationship with Hermione. It's obvious he doesn't love her, but is it Harry he's in love with. Ron bursts in on Harry's thoughts and Harry comes clean. How's Ron going to react?

MWPP era. When James and Lily are invited to visit their former Headmaster, the information he must relay is not at all pleasant: that Lord Voldemort is plotting against their seven-month-old baby. An adventure of defiance, betrayal and love. Rated R for possible violence and language.

It's Harry's 7th year at Hogwarts. The unicorns have come to human form and are here to save them all. But what they don't realize, is that the world is in more danger than they thought. Evil comes full force, Malfoy returns and needs help, Ron gets a little cheeky, and many romances are formed. Harry has girl trouble to the highest extent but that's not the height of his troubles. Will he even make it to the end of the year?

Hermione Granger, locked in the dungeons of Malfoy Manor as a hostage, reflects on the past, present, and future during the War against Voldemort. Based on the fic "Remember Us" by Winged Elf

The afterlife bears a surprising resemblance to a railway station...

The spirit of Lily Potter returns to the Potter's house in Godric's Hollow, on Harry's birthday. Harry and his family have moved into the house, and Lily is seeing Harry for the first time since You-Know-Who's return in Harry's fourth year. Story from Lily's point of view. Thanks for reading and reviewing.

Irma Pince has a secret that she didn't know she was keeping. How does she react when Severus removes the charm that reveals that she really is Eileen Snape?

"He had murdered, again. Killed his saviour, killed his future..." Snape and Draco after their flight from Hogwarts: realisations, guilt and an uncertain future.

The invention of the Wolfsbane Potion was accomplished by three of the most unlikely people imaginable: Remus Lupin, Severus Snape, and Mariella Goring. Two halfbloods and a pureblood. Two Gryffindors and a Slytherin. Two Order members and one Death Eater. Two lost souls hoping to atone for one terrible day, one terrible death, and one hopeful spirit seeking to do some good in the world.

A little revenge gets massively out of hand...one version of the events of the night Sirius tried to kill Snape...

What if Narcissa left Lucius?

Draco felt he had every right to pursue Harry, as long as it was in private.

When the Gryffindor Four started marauding, they were careful not to give themselves away.

"You betrayed me, Severus. Betrayal does not go unpunished by me." Severus Snape, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry's Potions Master, lifted his head defiantly, ignoring the pain coursing through his body. Death Eaters milled around him, their ivory masks contrasting drastically with their black robes. Severus smiled inwardly. He would show him. What is that Muggle term... I might be down, but I am not out. Interesting. Here I am thinking about the very people I was trained for the better part of my life to hate.

When Draco Malfoy is badly injured during the war he loses his sight and finds himself a prisoner of the enemy. Ironically enough, the only person he has left to depend on happens to be the same individual who blinded him in the first place.

Hermione married the man she promised to spend forever with, but she carried with her a secret that was the result of her one night with another man she learned to love.

The sequel to Breaking Glass. A short fic set during, right before, and right after Easter vacation, mainly concerned with relationships. Contains Draco's surprising talent for music, a ghost with no gender, the reason for Harry and Draco's dinnertime talkativeness, an extremely twisted family relationship, and SLASH (H/D, OC/another OC).

It's the story of Sirius Black time spent in Azkaban. So far it's only about his first night and day in Azkaban, but future chapters will cover his prison years up to his escape in PoA. Sirius is sort of in shock at first, then all his emotions come flooding in. He keeps trying to "think happy thoughts" to keep the despair away, but that's rather difficult when a dementor walks by every two minutes. Contains some flashbacks to the Marauders' Days at Hogwarts, as well as a post-Hogwarts scenario. Those are the funny parts; the rest tends to be rather serious (or Sirius...).

When some nasty Slytherins figure out that hurting Harry through Hermione will be easier than they thought, can Hermione keep their friendship afloat, or will they stop talking all together?

This is the first chapter in the story that is basically Snape's life. How he started out good and then went downhill. Lily/Snape for the beginning, but... you'll see.

Having watched the easy camaraderie between them with silent longing, and now having the door held open for him by James Potter himself, Remus badly wanted to say yes. But he couldn’t.

Harry and Remus go back one last time to Grimmauld Place for Sirius' personal remains. Up in the attic, in Kreacher's dusty world of secrets they find a painting hidden for years...

Hermione is silently reeling over the death of Sirius. Will one conversation, with the person you least expect, help her deal with her grief?

Ron has finally told Hermione he loves her. Then he runs out leaving her alone.

Death is running rampant, but not just hate-murders, but suicide. The thoughts of a girl who has done wrong and wishes to repent, but her love cannot forgive her...

Harry faces down Voldemort, and explains the real reason for the final battle. (slash)

Draco decides to end it all; can you guess his reason?

Luna tells a bedtime story to her daughter of lawn-gnomes striking back at two children.

Sirius Black wanted to be a good godfather. He really did. Now he has a second chance.

Story written, actually, for an honours English class. Severus Snape reflects on his mentor and the rest of society, after Goblet of Fire.

A lonely evening for Ron, spent in solitude away from friends and family, when all of a sudden an old friend shows up at the door beaten, bruised and poisoned. Now, with the help of his friends, he's out to find how it happened and who's behind it. What he didn't expect was to fall in love during it all.

Set in seventh year. A wide rift has formed between the Trio and events are moving to either reconcile them, or drive them apart forever.````Work In Progress - feedback greatly appriciated

Chris Heve has been sorted into Slytherin, and that's just where he belongs. He's certainly ambitious. The strange nature of his ambition, though, will bring him into conflict with his roommates as soon as he can say, "muggle."

Remus and Sirius celebrate Peter Pettigrew's birthday in absentia.

Maia Christine Knight is a relatively normal, average Slytherin girl. It's an image she wants to keep up. However, her father is back - actually has been for over a year, but finally remembered her. It isn't easy being the Dark Lord's daughter (whom he dotes upon), especially when you're given the task of 'seducing' Harry Potter. Yep. As predicted, it all does end in a crazy mess. It doesn't help when you have to deal with an amorous Malfoy, jealous rivals, and a suspicious Granger. But she has help from her friends, in the form of the brilliant but violent Theo Nott, the 'weirdo' Blaise Zabini, and Steph Nott (she's having more fun with this than she should be). Unbeknownst to Maia, though, Dumbledore and Snape have ahold of her diary...

Hogwarts is a safe-haven for many, but will it always be so?

Alternate version of 'Harry Potter: The Boy Who Broke.' A way to destroy Voldemort has been discovered by Albus Dumbledore, and it requires Harry Potter to go down with him. Dumbledore now believes that victory is near, as Harry will not refuse such a noble task, will he? But what if Harry is sick of being a hero, and refuses to save the world? H/H.

Harry finally has the nerve to just go up and kiss Draco, but then something goes horribly wrong.

From basilisks to prefectships, job searches and... unplanned events, Percy and Penelope's relationship develops over the years. With some twists.

Andromeda Tonks sees a ghost from her past in Diagon Alley.

Hermione reflects upon their years together. Sequel to "The Power He Knows Not".

She has been named for one of the greatest of the line, but Bellatrix must prove her worth... for to be worthy of one's name is the only way she can prove her dedication to the cause of the Blacks, to the cause of keeping the bloodline pure.

When confused with unbecoming thoughts of a man other than your husband, it's the most simple things that get you back on track (a Narcissa centered fic).

And maybe he is right for once. Like any good Slytherin, he knows the winning side, the quick slide-step of changing positions and the calculated eye for potential. You’re too soft, a pimpled Slytherin prefect tells him, leering from a few feet above... On kissing Florence behind the greenhouse, future Death Eaters, and Slytherin pyschology.

Ron Weasley finds strength in memory of his childhood conversations with a magical chess piece.

The absence of life. The flights of death in Draco's life and the lies that shape it. A hand brushing against lace socks. A heel piercing a wing. A fall.

Harry Potter is insane. The years of the Dark War has taken it's toll on Harry, and with no-one but himself for company, Harry distances himself from the wizarding world, and mourns the deaths of his friends and family. His hatred for Voldemort increased, his insanity growing. But a familiar stranger visits Harry, and soon he finds himself further and further into the wizarding world. Secrets are leaked, and destinies are Fulfilled...

Draco has waited his WHOLE life for someone he might actually fall in love with to come along. She has shown up in the beginning of his 6th year. The only problem is Harry is falling for her, too..Harry's and Draco's future is left in this one girl's hands.. who will she choose? A story of love, drama, and suspense.``H/D slash

A G/D fic in which Ginny thinks about her past relationship with Draco, her current relationship with him, and where it could be heading next.

"We're not the sort of thing that's meant to be seen... especially by little girls who are troubled enough by their thoughts at night. We are, all of us, imperfect in a way... we should not be seen or heard. But we are safe here at Hogwarts. At Hogwarts we can do no harm."

"...misery loves company, even in the form of a notorious Slytherin whom miserable Remus could have ripped to shreds." Friendships fray as Severus Snape has a brush with death and returns to the unwitting killer to talk, reassure, corrupt and conform. Comparisons to Lord Voldemort are made.

Ever wonder how Lily, James, Remus, Sirius, and Peter Pettigrew acted at school?

Harry lives and he breathes and they love him for it. And Draco can't be far behind.

As far as I can tell, the main problem with growing up in a cupboard is that it gets you used to living in a cage. - Harry's POV. One-shot.

Prequel to Almost. After the final battle, Hermione has to make a choice. Maybe, if she is to get on with life, she must start by saying goodbye to the one person she loves the most.

While Professor Snape and McGonagall await the Dursleys and the Malfoys to arrive, they learn strange things about each other and mull over grief and the future. Sequel to Let it Pour

Remus Lupin and a dinner of roast beef successfully conspire to get under Snape's skin. Snape finally throws both caution and one of the oldest rules in the books to the winds and gets an answer to his question. (Snape/Snape, Snape/Remus)

On the longest day of the year, Hermione meets Remus Lupin in a pub. They are both suffering from melancholic midsummer madness. During the days that follow, things begin to happen.

War rages in wizard Britain, yet Severus Snape has never been better off. As he rises in the Dark Lord’s inner circle, he seems ever closer to fulfilling his grand ambitions. But he is haunted by memories of his childhood friend Lily Evans, now married to his sworn enemy. As the stakes get higher, Severus must once more decide where his true loyalties lie. Either choice will mean betraying one of his friends – and the consequences could be fatal… [COMPLETE]

He would always remember ringing the doorbell and knowing that James would be grinning when he swung open the door.... A fic about the problem with Remus Lupin. (Rated for mild language.)

Gilderoy Lockhart has been stealing hearts and stealing stories for as long as we've known him. How did he get that way? This is the story of the Harry Potter series' sometimes loveable and usually bumbling peacock. From his childhood and years at Hogwarts to his first literary adventures. Let's see what makes the peacock tick.

Have you ever realized that all you know about Hermione is what she said about herself and what she did in front of others? And that the trio is much too lucky for it to be natural?

This has definitely been done enough, but this is my version of how WPP found out about M. Or maybe one of my versions is more correct...

There are seven Deadly Sins. Each one drives the sinner into evil and destruction, of themselves and of others. The Death Eaters are all guilty of Sins. Some are most guilty of one in particular, and this is what led them into the life they chose. Lust, Pride, Greed, Sloth, Wrath, Gluttony, Envy....The downfalls of the Death Eaters.

Cho goes on a trip to "visit her parents" - and Harry discovers she has really been in Hogsmeade, with quite a few other men! (Songfic)

Dean Thomas had always been able to see the future. He never did anything about these visions, however. Until the day he foresaw that Harry Potter was going to die.

...she sits, alone, strayed away from the herd...she wants to cry and tell someone that it wasn't fair, but complaining during these times would be selfish, and selfish is something she does not want to be....Post-HBP, Ginny sits, reflecting...

A day in the life of Arthur Weasley: the day the kids break into the Ministry to steal the locket Horcrux. Arthur has bravely maintained his integrity while working in what has become a fascist bureaucracy, and a sympathetic co-worker has noticed. Arthur tries to comfort the co-worker, but his lasting romance is with his wife.

Harry lies in a fallen graveyard, about to be killed by Voldemort. Happiness, sadness, longing and family all come together in this tale of a traitor. R/Hr G/H L/N

Remus finds the card near the bottom of Severus' bedside chest.

My family are a strange bunch. Father is an Unspeakable with a clock fetish. Mother is an Italian Opera singer who fences in her spare time. My brother is an excellent student who dabbles in the Dark Arts. My sister is a soppily romantic dancer who is always losing things. Uncle Tristan could talk the hind legs off a hippogriff and persuade it to go for a walk afterwards. As for me, well...

Three hundred years. Three Muggle Prime Ministers. The same difficult decision. Written for omniocular's September AU challenge, prompt 106: The Muggles actually know all about the wizarding world and are keeping tabs on them. The wizards have no idea and think themselves superior until war erupts.

Taking place in the trio's 7th, and last year, Harry finally realizes how important a certain girl is to him, but someone else has gotten to her first... On top of it all ... a deadly virus finds itself inside the person Harry feels he loves... What will happen? (H/G)

Being a painting isn't as bad as Neville had feared. Harry/Neville, Post-Hogwarts

A look at the thoughts of a troubled young Gryffindor.

"Were floods of tears to be unloosed In tribute to my grief, The doves of Noah ne'er had roost Nor found an olive-leaf." ~Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero), Epistles (IV, 5)

“I feel that if I try to go back I’m not going to be able to survive being invisible.” No one said that a life in hiding would be easy. Hermione Granger, of all people, should know that. After being in hiding for three months, Hermione gets a surprise visit, and gets entranced by the sweet melody he plays. HG/SS Rated R for possible later content.

'He felt dead inside. He was so tired of it all.' In an AU 1976, the attempted suicide of a boy at Hogwarts will haunt the lives around him and the very future itself...