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Draco's Defence Against the Dark Arts class learns about Boggarts, and what Draco truly fears. The prequel to "A Step Back From Perdition". Dedicated to After Dark Angel.

Seventh year does not end with happiness. A narrative of one who survived.

Harry Potter's fifth year... seen a lot of these? Maybe. But not one like this!

An "application essay" by Tom Riddle regarding his Award for Special Services to the School. So earnest. So modest. ... Such a crock.

Harry feels like he's alone with only one person, who can't always be there for him. Harry's POV

Severus goes too far and Remus decides to help his friends bid Snape one last fond farewell. WARNING! EXTREME AMOUNTS OF FLUFF AHEAD!

A forbidden love in troubled times. Can their love, and they, survive?

Remus thinks about the death in OotP. SPOILERS!

When it began, all was fair in love and war. Slytherins hissing in the halls, stealing a kiss in between classes, loving one another, they survived. But the Dark Lord was risen on his never-ending quest for power. And those who stand in his way are never safe.

Sirius Black has finally had enough. He’s going to run away from home. But what happened to make him come to that decision?

Harry Potter is special, but he doesn't want to be. Watched constantly by the wizarding world, he finds that the only way to escape their scrutiny is to run. When a still, quiet night and an introspective mood are added to the mix, running becomes something altogether different from what it was when he started out.

'Her classmates couldn't be more correct: Lavender Brown is a daft cow with no common sense and nought a spare thought in her head.' [SS/HG]

Ron was the only one who truly understood Ginny and stayed by her side, so when he leaves Hogwarts, Ginny loses control of her Darker side. She becomes a notorious Death Eaters and the new Mrs. Draco Malfoy. Set on vengeance and power, Ginny's mission is to kill the Weasleys; kill Hermione for taking Ron away from her; and convince Ron that he belongs on the Dark side because both of them have the Darkness in their eyes unlike everyone else.

Standing by a window on a cold winter's morning. A Tonks/Remus ficlet.

The story of how Bellatrix Lestrange and nine other Death Eaters escaped from Azkaban during The Order of the Phoenix. Who needs a mole when you can have a rat?

Ron is having visions of Luna Lovegood, watching as the world disintegrates around her. He sets out to find her and save her before these images become reality. RW/LL

You build your own Azkaban, and you let yourself out.

With Lord Voldemort risen again, all the wizards of the world know that the first people to suffer will be the Death Eaters who betrayed or abandoned him. This is the account of one such ex-Death Eater, Severus Snape...

This what if centers on Book Four. Krum asked Harry what there was between he and Hermione. Harry assured him there wasn't anything going on between them, and Krum believed him. What if he hadn't? This story deals with that possibility.

It is Halloween and Lucius is heading out to make the world a better place.

Set nearing the end of the marauder's years at Hogwarts. Peter witnesses a nasty trick Lucius and Snape play on Remus and Sirius. His intrigue leads into his gateway to darkness.

A songfic from "Anastacia"

It's New Years Eve, and Dean Thomas is alone, quite unwillingingly, by choice. Dean realizes a way to deal with the demons and dreams that haunt him, now that he's the last man standing. A post-Hogwarts fic that isn't horribly depressing.

"When Harry awoke, the man that had rescued him was almost dead..."

What will Harry do when Voldemort kills someone important to his world?

Lily makes a difficult choice that changes her life -- and death -- forever.

It was easier to hate him when you didn\'t know he was human. Letters between Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter after their sixth year offer a glimpse into the aftermath of obsession and the desperate lengths some go to for companionship.

Draco and Blaise have been hiding their relationship since their 5th year at Hogwarts, but now their silence is going to broken. This is a tale that will show a much more loving side of Draco.

Harry and Draco just can't let go of each other.

Hermione Granger. Harry Potter. A timeturner. A locket. And R.A.B. You have no idea.

Sirius and Hagrid's confrontation at Godric's Hollow after the Potters' deaths.

She was born with everything. He was born with nothing. But he's about to take everything he wants and more, and she might be the only one who could save him. But at what cost to herself? TR/OC.

Sybill Trelawney remembers a time when Minerva McGonagall let her hair down...

A mysterious stone is forged into the lives of three children. Two of them are related and live in America, the other lives in the UK. What ties them together is magical, but originally serves as an attempt to completely collect the lost fragments or 'Horcruxes' of Voldemort's soul. The stone is broken into two of these children, and the third is the only person that can extract the stone from them. These factors play a minor role in how others react to them, but play a major role in how their lives unfold in and out of Hogwarts. Yet, how will the Wizarding world react to having the only keys to restoring Voldemort walk freely among them?

Everyone's lives are put in jeopardy when a secret revealed causes identity confusion and a tangle of assassins after the Boy-Who-Lived. When the hunter becomes the hunted, who can put things right? A tale of love, family, lies and blackmail.

...they feared what they did not know, and Tom's introverted personality caused others to fear him even more. To them, he was a mystery- the less of himself he revealed to others, the less they were sure of. Tom contemplates the way things are and the way things are to become. Set in his third year.

Ginny Weasley's thoughts on her depressing life, when she realizes how she's really feeling, it's too late.

“A mother always has to think twice; once for herself, and once for her child.” ~Sophia Loren | A 'missing scene' set directly prior to the events at Spinner's End in HBP.

An understanding found, as Snape attempts to move on from his past and into a possible future.

A very dark sixth-year fic. Draco and Harry's hate comes to a shocking climax. Rather than at the end, the climax is at the beginning, so read onwards, ever onwards to discover the reasons behind their actions.

A man. A woman. A bar. Lots of alcohol. It's amazing the conversations that happen in the middle of a war.

Could you consider Harry/Cho/Hermione a love triangle? Not really, at least not in the reality we know of. What if Hermione wasn't an innocent part of what happened between Harry and Cho? What if Cho had been right? What if Hermione wasn't the girl we know at all? Very A/R

One can find that no matter how much you love someone, they are not always yours.

"He knows who I like. Well, I'd say that I don't like the person. I love the person. I know the feelings I have are stronger than just fancying…funny, isn't it. How my feelings about love can be so strong, yet in every other way, I'm weak." Mild Sirius/Remus.

Sirius has been an important part of Remus's since the moment that they met. And since they day he has taught Remus many new things. Remus remembers these lessons.

Harry deals with the death of Cedric in his own way.

In every war, both sides think they are right. What would it take for Lucius to convince Narcissa that joining Lord Voldemort is the right choice?

"McGonagall won't last long, she's only filling in..." Following Minerva McGonagall through Chamber of Secrets as she struggles to protect the students in Albus Dumbledore's absence.

Suppose you were allowed to go to Hogwarts...but you couldn't interfere, and you had just a glance?

Katora is just about to make the hardest choice of her life, well second hardest. See what happens to Katora as she just tries to make a living.

Inspired by the lyrics of Sun and Moon from the musical Miss Saigon, the fic focuses on the thoughts of two people torn apart by belief. What will happen? What had happened?

Sometimes it takes a big change to let you see past the silly little squabbles of life. Oliver Wood and Marcus Flint reflect at Cedric Diggory’s gravesite.

Why exactly Ron let Ginny name his owl.

One-shot. “We'll have to go back,” she says, looking mournfully at the castle as he silently closes the book. “We can't stay out here forever.” ``Draco/Hermione ficlet, featuring much angst and reflection.

From the birth of a Death Eater, to the death of Harry Potter. This is the ultra-condensed history of Severus Snape.

Harry finds a strange note as he's getting ready for the train ride to his sixth year. Could it have something to do with Sirius?

A young Ginny agonizes about losing Ron to Hogwarts and new best friends, feeling empty and ugly. A sweet fic reflecting the unique relationship between Ron and Ginny.

In his dreams, Harry mutters Sirius's name. Harry-centric post-OotP ficlet about grief, guilt, loss and love.

Voldemort won, Ron and Hermione are helping look for a book to destroy him.

Harry, Draco, and a midnight scuffle in the Astronomy Tower.

"I was alone. All alone. And my father deserted me. I couldn't believe it." A songfic to the song Perfect by Simple Plan.

Before Harry Potter was born, Lord Voldemort had another obsession: his experiments. They were to be the ultimate Death Eaters; they were bestial in their ferocity, and stronger and faster than any human. They were his children - before they rebelled. Thought to be exterminated by Voldemort's rage at being betrayed, the last of these warriors will change the wizarding world in a huge way.

Ron walks down a corridor filled with portraits that he himself painted, until he reaches the final and most important painting of all.

Sequel to "More than Lovers." ````Remus and Sirius had once been more than friends but now that title is what is ripping them apart. Can James help Remus see what needs to be done and help them save their friendship or is he asking too much?

This story has an interesting twist. You don't know quite who is talking until the very end.

Pansy kisses her and everything changes.

This is a short fic were Sirius does some thinking about his relationship with Harry and another prophecy is made, this time about Sirius.

The first of October brings with it the first killing frost, and although it has largely melted in the sunny areas of the glades by mid-morning, its white hoar lace still persists in the shadows. Remus crunches through the detritus on the forest floor, stirring up the moist earthy smells of decay under his worn boots, in search of the essentials: food mainly. Nuts perhaps. Hope in a basket. Whatever he can find.

As Harry faces up to his problems -- grief, betrayal, and the knowledge he must kill or be killed -- he decides he must fight. Knowing Harry can no longer fully trust him, Dumbledore finds Harry a tutor and protector. Working with his friends, Harry decides the only way he can win is to make Dumbledore's Army more than just a name. Starts as H/L R/Hr N/G.

This is a follow on from "Places of Silence". This is the second installment in what could become a series about the last weeks at Hogwarts for Draco & Hermione. ``This installment is much darker and much sadder. I think it is alluding to what will finally be the end of the great romance.

After Harry saves Malfoy's life, Harry helps him see the truth.

Mrs. Figg invites Harry to tea and gives him an unexpected message from Dumbledore - seems like he knew all along what Severus Snape might have to do... and what part could Harry's mother have played in all this?

Grief Crazed Father Strikes Minster of Magic!``See latest issue of Daily Prophet for details as the story unfolds.

Blood relatives matter, but so does the family you choose.

It's the night before the fateful murder of Lily and James Potter (and the attempted murder of Harry Potter). Exactly what are Peter Pettigrew and the Malfoys up to?

Harry knows where to find Luna when she doesn't want to be found. (Prequel to The Locked Room series: Better Days, Camera Obscura, etc. Harry's seventh year.)

What happens when Draco finds Ginny in bed with his enemy?

"Ten years after the war and England’s ley lines are still snapping, and you can’t do magic unless you want to blast your fingers off." Finding your way back with a map that leads you to different places than it did yesterday. Believing in the way things are supposed to be and watching the world change underneath your feet. Padma/Hermione

Harry is back at Privet Drive for the summer, where he has nothing or no one to occupy him except for his thoughts and memories. How will he deal with what happend at the Ministry? ~summer after fifth year-fic based on 'A Rush Of Blood To The Head' by Coldplay~

"You did not ask Harry Potter about the war..." Four years after the defeat of Voldemort, a simple radio announcement and wartime secrets long kept buried may change Harry's life forever...(song lyrics by Ani Difranco)

Maybe he wasn't always evil. Maybe he wasn't always scary, and maybe, just maybe, there's a tale of a child, so lost and lonely, who doesn't know what to do. Maybe there's a boy out there, who's father left him so long ago. This is the story of the man we all fear, through the eyes of the very same man.

In the War Against the Dark Arts, the Aurors dealt out death, restrained only by their consciences. Some families practiced the Dark Arts as a matter of course - a look at one and it's intersection with a faction of Aurors.

Death. We all know Harry has been affected by it. His parents, Cedric, Sirius. Who next?

Lucius remembered Molly from school...

Wizards aren't the only ones who are prejudiced against muggle-borns, some muggles are too. One family knows this far too well.

Sirius is suspicious, Remus is worried, Peter is a traitor, and James is about to die. Takes place roughly between 1978 and 1982, although there are some scenes a bit earlier or later.

Years later, after learning of certain events in fifth year, Hermione decides to take matters into her own hands.

How does one begin a journey back to a place where only nightmares reside? Hermione Granger returns to the Wizarding World after the war to those she loved and memories she lost.

In this version of the Final Battle, Ron sacrifices himself to save Harry, prompting the latter to go on a heavy "guilt trip"; it takes the entire remainder of the Weasley family as well as Hermione (among others) to assure him that it was Ron's choice to do what he did because he loved Harry and that no one blames him for what happened --so it's time he stopped blaming himself.

Snape/Pince. The books have ears. What do they hear? Warning: deathfic.

The last moments in the life of Harry Potter.

Part three of a five part series. What if Lupin hadn't turned into a werewolf that fateful night? What if Peter had been handed over to the dementors? What if Sirius had been vindicated while he was still alive? Find out here.

What *did* happen to Ron and Harry? Hermione stands in the cemetery and recalls it all. Sequel to "Goodbye's the Saddest Word".

Harry Potter is back in Privet Drive after a terrible year at school. Everything's just like it always been. Harry's not allowed to send Hedwig with a letter and Dudley's got something very fishy going on...

Here's a thought for every man who tries to understand What is in his hands. ``He walks along the path towards the castle-prison with his hands shoved in his pockets, head down. ``He shivers as he approaches; the last time he was here, he was an inmate, but he’d been proven innocent three years before and hadn’t thought then he’d ever come back.

Remus Lupin had relied completely on Sirius Black; he who turned a curse into a gift and accepted him for who he was, not what he was. Then he was gone. Gone in the second it took for a veil to flutter innocently and whisper unheard words. This is what it feels like when a werewolf cries.

They never really saw each other. They might've talked and looked at each other practically every day since they were eleven, but they never really *saw* each other. Until he died, and both experienced the ultimate sorrow; the ultimate loss. They saw each other for who and what they really were. And they loved each other even more for it. A one-shot H/G fic.

A vignette about Draco Malfoy, his past, and his own particular way of loving someone, set as closely to pre-HBP canon as possible.

Draco has a plan, and it has led him to a place he never imagined he would venture. But if there is one thing he has learnt over the past two years, it is the price of hesitation.

One last desperate letter tells the story of how humility can find even the most corrupt of souls when death is the only way out. Things always look different in the end, but it goes to show that it's never too late to redeem yourself, to show compassion without prejudice, and to be merciful.