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A brief rumination by a particularly bitter cat in the Magical Menagerie...

Love. Happiness. Hope. Trust. ````You knew all of these once. They made up your life.````Pain. Regret. Betrayal. Emptiness.````These replace them.````An ex-student visits the Wall of Remembrance well after the war is over. Remebering. Recovering. ````And its not who you think it is.

A new 5th year arrives and captures the heart of many students (boys in particular). Her skills on the Quidditch field cannot be beat. But when Harry and Ron get too involved with her, they unravel secrets and put their lives in danger. Meanwhile, Voldemort has grown stronger than ever and has gathered all of his Death Eaters. They begin to send in spies.

Sirius Black has hurt his paws. Remus Lupin needs to wash some dishes, while his goblin landlady wants to get her money and to see the famous fugitive. A story inspired by Dumbledore’s legendary words at the end of GoF – “Lie low at Lupin’s” – this time without a cottage. Implied SB/RL slash.

Detention with Snape turns into an exploitation of good and evil, innocence and depravity for Harry Potter. If you ever wondered what Billy Budd (by Herman Melville) and Harry Potter have in common, read this story!

Letters between Harry and Luna. Warning: Fluffy.

Neville is selected by Professor Sprout to help her and Professor Snape with an interesting research project. The twist? It involves the medical problem of a young Hogwarts student. The other twist? She develops a crush on Neville that burns with the fire of a thousand suns.

A snippet of conversation and a song based around Hogwarts' newest couple. But can they make their relationship last? More importantly, can they LET it last?

This is chapter one from the project. Round-robin story set in the sixth year. No romance as everyone writes something different; Authors include: Chochip, Relle, Servities and The Red Dragons Order.

Harry recovers from Sirius's death at the burrow, as Ginny tries to heal him.

Blaise Zabini is a normal girl with rather thought filled problems. She likes to question things, but not out- loud.

This is Remus' view of 'The Prisoner of Azkaban. Remus is followed through his return to Hogwarts, and flashbacks from his childhood. He is forced to face the past and present; meeting Harry, dealing with concerns from the staff, guilt over Sirius and facing what used to be.

He felt alone and cut off from the wizarding world. Until one day. One day when an unexpected someone would show up and change all the rules...

A fateful encounter with a snake in a pet shop, a cordial meeting in Diagon Alley, and Harry Potter is looking forward to spending his years at Hogwarts in Slytherin House. With help from his best friend, Theodore Nott, he must come to terms with his place in the wizarding world. (Abandoned)

Not all first kisses actually happen. Some are avoided at all costs. Because some are very rude. Takes place in the same universe as The Seduction of Severus Snape.

Sequel to "Make a Wish, Harry", half prequel, half sequel to "No Greater Love". The before and after of the final battle, according to the survivor himself.

A novel length prologue to Life. A Lily centered fic that takes place during her third year. In which there are many childish shrieks, times of teenage angst and the usual goings on at Hogwarts

Ginny had fallen under Tom Riddle’s spell once before.

The summer night is languid and sensual and little Ginny Weasley can't sleep. She lies in bed and thinks of boys and girls, lost loves and stolen kisses. Little Ginny Weasley, too warm to sleep in the heat of the night.

Harry and Draco had to hide their true selves while Lord Voldemort was in power, but now that he's gone, they both know what they plan to do.

Adrain Pucey had always been a bit of a non-entity.

After the war ends, Percy learns the meaning of forgiveness.

Mr. and Mrs. Dursley of Number 4, Privet Drive were proud to say they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. There was that nasty little bit about Petunia's sister, but after the events of November 1981, they ceased to worry about the connection.

Enter Chorus````Chorus. See herein the tale``Of sisters ambitious and bold:``Twain hearts bound together as one``Through star-cross’d circumstance``And fate-twisted trials of old.````Evil that would destroy the world,``They’d stand tall to face it down.``Foolish in their confidence their trials would them drown’d.``But hope yet lives and fate they may defy,``If walls built throughout the years can only be torn down.````Acquaintances must be held close``Knit tightly soul to soul;``Or darkness may dim``The sun-lit sky``From wishing gone awry.````Hark, hark, and watch as the tale unfolds.

Sequel to Past Present. In the summer after Past Present, Hermione is busy packing for a return to Grimmauld Place when she discovers her bundle of Viktor's letters from the prior summer. She rereads each and looks back on the summer before, reflecting on how the two connected through writing and a couple of meetings. Finally read all of Viktor's letters to Hermione, find out what happened on their first dates, and how exactly their relationship got off the ground.

R/H. Mid-OotP. Hermione discovers the best perk of being a prefect. Nice and frothy!

Set in GoF, this story is a light-hearted introspection by Sirius as he meets the trio in the cave above Hogsmeade. Involves discussion on chicken, rats, Madam Rosmerta, chicken, animagi, snogging, and I did mention chicken, didn't I?

Harry discovers that a girl that left him years ago has left him with something else.

Summary: Hagrid’s getting married! Desperate to keep his mind off Sirius, Best Man Harry seeks out Ginny to learn to dance. In return, he must teach her to ride…a broomstick. OotP canon, summer of sixth year``HP/GW, RW/HG, RH/OM. A must-read!

Everyone gets replaced. It’s the first lesson you learn on the Quidditch pitch, and the last one to sink in, if you’re lucky. Even the best Seeker ever. Even Viktor Krum. After a bit of time to reflect, Viktor writes a letter on being replaced. “I told myself that Hermione and I would go to dinner, or maybe just eat in at the hotel so I could have a good old fashioned sulk in peace, and it would all look better in the morning. Or at least the wound would be a little less fresh. Problem is I didn’t expect to get replaced twice in one day. Once is not so bad. Twice can knock you for a loop. When one of the people replacing you is your wife… well, someday maybe you’ll understand why that can knock a man totally off balance...”

MISSING SCENE: Not an OotP spoiler, but a short fic during the beginning of the book. Dudley reflects on his life with Harry so far as he sits in bed, listening to Harry's nightmares.

Second-years are not allowed to visit Hogsmeade ... so what was Dennis Creevey doing at the D.A. meeting in the Hog’s Head? And however will he explain himself to Professor McGonagall without betraying the D.A.?

When they were first born, they were kept in line as children by tales of a Dark Wizard whose name they were never to utter. He was there and they were afraid. As teenagers, they developed a shell of protection, a sphere to keep themselves safe. But what will shield them from their own, who will keep them safe and guide them through the thorn bushes? What will happen when they no longer fear the legends and live a life where there are no boundaries, where their desires and appetites drive them to a path of loss and greater danger. What will they do? How will they destroy themselves?

Two women. One enchanted ring. One broken heart.

Hermione discovers a certain book and decides it's her duty to fight the patriarchy and expose 'the problem that has no name' to witches everywhere. Harry decides that Hermione has gone insane. Ron agrees.

Harry hasn't seen Malfoy in three years - and now he's being forced to live with the ferret-faced git!

An owl post from James to... well, to whom it may concern... regarding the unfortunate result of a series of pranks. Revenge is sweet.

On nights Uncle Vernon worked late Aunt Petunia would read fairy tales. But now Harry has forgotten he once knew how to believe in happy endings.

Quidditch. Corruption. Ex-Cannons coach Ron Weasley knows far too much. Two years ago he was caught between his career and his girlfriend. Now he has another hard choice to make. Definition of a 'hat trick': a risky, high-stakes bet.

You know how there is something you’ve depended on for years then suddenly you look at it and she’s blossomed into singularly the most beautiful thing you have ever seen?

MWPP decide to make an audio diary of their lives at Hogwarts!

Marauder-time, fourth year: Black and Snape are staying at Hogwarts over Christmas. Home alone. Paranoia ensues. Featuring: James Potter and Lucius Malfoy. And what's the square root of 327 anyhow?

One doesn't get into Slytherin by being stupid. Gregory Goyle remembers a lesson his father taught him in his childhood - a lesson about where strength lies.

An insight into the inner workings of Ginny Weasley's mind. "Suddenly, Harry shifted in his sleep and that annoying voice called my conscience kicked in.``'Ginny, get your essay and get out of here NOW! What will you do if he wakes up?'"

Ginny is in her sixth year at Hogwarts. She had gone out with Draco only to have him tear down her world. Now she is as cold as ice. But Draco is beginning to realize the mistake he made. can he melt the ice that is now Ginny, or is he to late?

Sometimes we hold back when we should press forward, and too many things go unsaid. Various characters finally have their say about what makes this girl originally unique.

Remus Lupin and Sirius Black, along with their friends James Potter and Peter Pettigrew, are starting their first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. But when away from classes, Remus' true identity lurks over him, complicating things. It's also hard to miss the fact that Snape and Malfoy are always arguing, but what about? This could all lead up to something interesting, and some people may be more than they seem.

The four Hogwarts founders before they came up with their fancy names. A potion gone wrong without Snape knowing what to do. Genius!Ron and ignorant!Harry feature in this fic, alongside non-Muggle-hating!Salazar, pretty!Helga, dowdy!Rowena and dumb!Godric.

In dark times, the good people take on different roles: there are those who go on the offensive, those who stand their ground, and those who retreat to safer lands… some willing, some not. But all are important. Even those who choose the path that seems of least resistance may be the ones who determine the outcome of the future...both theirs and the future of others.``“Who knows whether you have come here for such a time as this?”

Everyone has to die at some point, even our beloved Harry Potter characters. Watch as I kill off every one of the characters that Ms Rowling so lovingly created, in a variety of weird, wonderful, heroic, funny, sad, stupid, and ordinary ways. This isn't a Final Destination sort of thing, their deaths are relatively unrelated, and happen at different random points in time.

MWPP. This is my take on what happens after Sirius tries to let Werewolf Remus kill Severus. Featuring angry and slightly OOC Remus and humble slightly OOC Sirius. //Slash//

Petunia Evans hadn't opposed her sister becoming a witch...until a visitor made her realize what would happen after Lily learned magic.

With the Christmas season nearing, Ron wants to make sure Hermione gets the perfect gift.

It's the first day of classes and the Marauders are back for their third year. But there's more than new classes to take note of. A sort of fluffy one shot of the Marauders in which James notices the gender and complimentary attributes of a certain someone.

Harry, Ron, and Draco head out to the Hog's Head for a humble drink between friends... but without Hermione's permission... What happens when Harry and Ron are all-out drunk, full to the brim with alcohol, and Draco has to get them back to Hogwarts?``PG for mushy hangovers.

After the war someone had to put Harry back together again, and not just anyone could have done it.

Hermione and Draco have had the same job for years and didn't know the other was there. Then, one assignment has brought them together to save the world of another Voldemort. Can they set aside there differences and work together to save the world before it's too late?

Hermione Wilkins is an explorer with an over-active imagination. So when a woman show up on her doorstep claiming she is Hermione too, no one believes her. In fact, she is punished! Of course, the fact that she was climbing on the roof at the time might have had something to do with it... But when Hermione Weasley appears once again, she shares a secret with Hermione Wilkins; mostly because she needs her help if she is ever going to achieve what she came to Australia for in the first place.

It was late spring in 1987 when Dudley met a stranger. Monologue format.

Written for the Harry_and_Ginny lj community June Challenge. Harry comes to a realisation about Ginny. But is it too late?

Sequel to You Set Me Free. Ginny still has a crush on Harry, what happens when Harry's the one crushing on her? Based on the song Crush by Mandy Moore!

Post-Hogwarts, Oliver Wood finds himself surrounded by a gay british man, an annoying American girl, and some guy with an odd scar on his forehead...

Draco ponders the meaning of the word respect, and has a couple of encounters.

Ron and Hermione find comfort in each other after Dumbledore's funeral.

"There are people in there!" said Luna Lovegood. This fic is one idea of what's on the other side.

Elinor Stewart begins her education at Hogwarts. She meets new friends, has run-ins with Peeves and Madam Pince, and finds an unexpected ally in a prefect from another House. Elinor also``discovers that Gryffindors do not have a monopoly on courage.``Pre-RL/OC; Hogwarts, MWPP's fifth year

"She turned me into a newt! I got better..."

Albus Dumbledore: the greatest wizard of the modern age, defeater of the Dark wizard Grindelwald, and the only one the Dark Lord ever feared. And yet, he certainly did not start out that way. This is the story of a young, awkward Percy Dumbledore, the elder of the Minister of Magic's two sons, before he became the respected headmaster of Hogwarts, before he met Nicholas Flamel... before he was great.

It's enough, Sirius says plaintively. It's more than enough. His hand taps the table. Remus can tell he's afraid that he's said this, afraid that maybe now it's not okay, because the words are out in the open.

During a fight, Harry and Draco are sucked into what Draco refers to as a screaming vortex of death, stripped of their memories and clothes, and deposited in an old lady's yard. Things can only get stranger! H/D slash.

After one of his brothers dies, Bill Weasley enters a loveless marriage with the broken-hearted woman who was left behind. Will his unconditional love for her child help bring them together?

Mikaia Ashley, a Massachusetts girl with an apparent denim obsession, doesn't want to go to Hogwarts. She's worked hard for her place at the top of her class at Salem Institute, and isn't interested in having to work her way to the top at a new school. However, with You-Know-Who rising again, her mother feels that Hogwarts is the safest place for her. So, Mikaia packs her trunk, takes her mirror--which happens to be her best friend--and goes to Britain, quite sure that she won't enjoy it. Of course, with Snape picking her up things can only get better!

Harry's life is turned askew when his summer residence changes

Hermione and Ron are engaged and in love. Hermione decides, at dinnertime, to ask Ron about having a baby. Ron concedes, of course. Nine months later... Hermione's screaming her head off in St. Mungo's while awaiting the arrival of their new addition.

A look at the last battle, from several different perspectives. The story does not actually tell of the Last Battle, but merely the events right up to it, and what happens after it. Has Harry/Hermione, with a touch of Ginny/Terry, but it is not a story about romance.

In Harry's fifth year at Hogwarts, he has a LOT more than just You-Know-Who to deal with. While covering up his communications with Sirius after a letter is intercepted, Harry finds more intimate feelings for the person he least expects. He must face all new challenges, romances, and adventures ... will he survive another year?

Draco Malfoy gets his first kiss. Draco Malfoy gets his last kiss. And then...Draco Malfoy gets revenge.

A quest into the past to save their mother leads a pair of twins to befriend their Aunt Joey, Uncle Duncan and their gang...twenty-five years back. As the girls learn more about their situation and their location, Amelea and Allegra realize the complexity and of their mission. Creating new identities for themselves, they settle into their temporary new life. What they don’t know is that they have the power to change their family’s history. If they’re not careful, the people they care about the most, like their baby cousin Matt, may not exist.

Ginny thinks after the Quidditch Final of Harry, Michael, Quidditch and the wonders of being a Gryffindor Girl!

This is the classic tale of Little Red Riding Hood starring Hermione as Little Red Riding Hood and Lupin as the wolf.

*TAKES PLACE DURING CoS* After returning from the Chamber of Secrets, Ginny goes off to the infirmary. Even though it doesn’t say, Harry must have gone at some point or another. What happens when Ginny awakes to see Harry sleeping in the bed right next to hers?

Trainee Healer Augustus Pye expected another quiet night at St.Mungo's Accidents & Emergencies department. When a Ministry worker with a strange injury is admitted, will he be ready to face the challenge?

A secret admirer watches Harry Potter sleep.

What does Ron think? This behind-the-scenes guy has a lot on his mind. Get to know Ron in a series of Ron's diary pages. It starts in the fourth year about the time of the Yule Ball and the entries will come every day till he dies...

They always want me to change. I want a man who tells me 'don't ever change'.

After nearly 20 years, Harry Potter decides to return to Number 4 Privet Drive to face a family and a past, looking for closure.

The roots of distrust run deep, spreading swiftly one chilly October night, even as Remus and Sirius both fight to protect the innocence of young Harry Potter.

Mild SLASH. Harry’s emotions spill over the edge when he finds the bodies of so many loved ones, including the most important person in his life.

When Severus Snape accepts an invitation to a party at Malfoy Manor, he assumes his highest priority will be to fool his friends into believing he is still the evil Death Eater they all know and love. The complication is, that in order to do this, he may have to compromise his, ahem, honour …will he, or won't he?

Whatever Bellatrix wants, Bellatrix gets. But what about what Narcissa wants? She doesn't think she'll get the guy, even at her own coming-out ball, but Lucius Malfoy proves to be different from other boys. A short and sweet one-shot.

Sometime after PoA and GoF but before Sirius goes to ‘lay low with Lupin’, Sirius muses his life, past and future.

The trio has gotten rid of Voldemort and is now moving on with their lives. The resident bookworm is continuing to study, but who is that following her? One-shot.

Minerva promises to come back to teach at Hogwarts and be with Albus.

The Ministry of Magic itself is attacked by Lord Voldemort's minions and the Senior Undersecretary to the Minister finds herself saved by the last person she expected. No ships, no slash.

'Forget this life; come with me; don't look back you're safe now. Unlock your heart; drop your guard; there's no one left to stop you...'`` ``Hermione would do anything to be with him, even if it means giving up the life she loves. Because there's only one thing she loves more...``*Songfic to Evanescence's 'Anywhere'.

At Ron's prodding, Ginny and Harry have a little heart-to-heart. Much fluffiness and warm fizzies. h/g, and minor r/hr.

Professor Snape comes back to school with a rather interesting change in his appearance. Chaos ensues.

Just a short little thing.

A new muggle teacher comes to Hogwarts from America to teach the students how to play. She's eighteen, Harry and some of the others are sixteen and seventeen.... Where will this lead?

A short, bittersweet tale in which Vernon Dursley meets Warrington's mother in the King's Cross Station cafe, and they discover that they have something in common... It probably isn't what you think, though. Warning: contains curmudgeonly remarks, and passing references to Goth!Dudley.