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"Man is not an end but a beginning. We are at the beginning of the second week. We are children of the eighth day." ~Thornton Wilder. In the aftermath of the second war, nothing has worked out exactly the way anyone thought that it would. The end that everyone sought never came, and life, as they say, went on for the children of the eighth day. A collection of short stories about the lives that were changed by the second war.

AU. Lily and James didn't die on Halloween night of 1981. Waking up with scattered memories in a Muggle hospital and presumed dead by the wizarding world, they rebuild their lives as Muggles with no knowledge of magic. What happens when they cross paths with with a post-Voldemort Harry and Ginny? Which world will they choose, if at all? Mentions of L/J, some OCs.

In a world full of uncertainty, one thing remains clear. No one is safe from the Dark Lord. This fact has been proven time and time again. But the Order is resisting, and even one particular Death Eater is starting to see Voldemort's schemes in their true light. Because in a world where no one is safe -- everyone must question. Who is to be trusted? And, more importantly, what is real?

Dumbledore is elected Minister! The Trio is tapped to run a department! Seven books are devised to re-introduce wizards and muggles! The trio try to rein in fan fiction! They write their own guides: Continuity; Cliches; Powers.

Ginny Weasley and Draco Malfoy were two people who thought love was impossible. But when all the right wrong events take place, they find themselves drawn to one another, and the impossible might just become the inevitable.

Draco, who once quivered at his father's insulting tones, now finds himself free of his father and those wretched Death Eaters. Now he has to live with that choice... and some unexcpected consequences.

Christmas, the wonderful time of year when snow is on the ground, lights are flickering in the trees, and lovers are caught under the misteltoe. Who will be caught under the misteltoe with whom? Will they actually kiss? This Christmas will be one they'll never forget.

It's Harry's sixth year, and another Yule Ball has been announced. Harry has left it rather late to find a dance partner, and now there is only one logical person left to ask... (Harry/Parvati)

Harry’s fifth year has finally rolled around and he’s given up on normalcy, but it’s good thing. This year he meets new people, new teachers, and has to figure out the ramblings of a mad woman. Oh, and finding out a few things about himself along the way.

What happens when Ginny takes a dare rather than tell the truth? A DG PWP ficlet.

A nine-year-old girl is abused by her stepfather. One morning she manages to escape the house with her life just intact. Running all day, she finally collapses in someone's yard. Waking up, she finds that everything he ever told her about people and the world around her was a lie. Will the young girl be able to trust the new people?

Remnants from the last war pass over into the next, shifting the outcome. An A/U fic.

Professor Snape discovers a lack in his geographical knowledge.

Ginny's dying to tell Harry how she feels, and makes the resolution to tell him, but will she go through with her plan? Find out and see! Songfic to Avril Lavigne's Things I'll Never Say.

Harry once again comes across the Mirror or Erised and this time...falls through it. He plunges into a parallel world populated by the worst nightmares and the greatest of fears. There are even some evil twins here. Can he get home?

A post-hogwarts fic (or fic-lit) Harry has always sung Hermione Happy Birthday. He hasn't missed a day in 15 years, but now he is gone. What is she going to do?

7th year fic. Mostly Contains H/H, but also has R/L, D/G, and SF/JB``Harry forgets his and Hermione’s anniversary so he wants to do something special for her to make it up but he doesn’t know what so he turns to the guys for help. And when he does do something, what is Hermione’s reaction?

Lily and James are getting married, but they've got pre-wedding jitters. Sequal to "For the Love of Lily."

Hermione reflects on a little problem that really shouldn't matter, but it's what made her what she is. Maybe there's a reason for her trying so hard to know it all.

The Friday that Hermione came home through the Floo connection feeling not just tired and put upon, but truly, utterly frazzled, Ginny pounced on her. "You look like someone transfigured you into piano wire and went twang," she said. "We're going clubbing." Then things got weird. Post-war, slash, femslash, het, threesomes, light bondage, alcohol. Consider yourself warned.

Harry's sixth year at Hogwarts.

Bellatrix, Andromeda, and Narcissa Black, as explained by Isaac Newton.

Here's just another little funny fic I wrote. Basically, it involves the author (me!) kidnapping several HP characters and forcing them to act out the Matrix. Sound like fun? No worries, it has several ships, considering Harry's such a flirt. Involves Leatherwearing!Hermione, Hero!Harry, Bad Ass!Lucius, and several other favorites.

Sally-Anne Perks, an eleven-year-old witch goes to Hogwarts for her first year. There she makes new friends and is haunted by troubles that evolve around the Boy Who Lived.

There is darkness that envelopes the world. It shrouds us and keeps us from ever seeing even what's in front of our noses. But for every Hitler, Grindelwald, Attila the Hun and Voldemort, Fate gives us a person to light a candle to shatter the darkness. Hermione Granger knows a hero when she sees one. Sometimes, you just have to look a little deeper.

Post-OotP. Sixth year Gryffindors are having a DADA lesson with... Snape? A fateful mistake with the Wolfsbane potion brings some unexpected consequences, like heroic Snape, puzzled Pomfrey, and terrified Trio, and some not-so-unexpected, like twinkle-eyed Dumbledore, a mysterious illness, and the best pairing possible after OotP.``A RL/SS FQF Response.

I was sixteen when I figured out I was in love with Hermione Granger. Sure, it must have been pretty obvious—well, obvious to everyone except Hermione and me. Especially me. I was a prat and I’ll be the first to admit it.

Hurricane Ivan has knocked out Muggle "power" in Alabama. Severus Snape has a cousin who lives in Kentucky with a Muggle-born friend who has parents in BirmingHAM. Blood is thicker than pumpkin juice, and Snape is a powerful wizard with experience going undercover and seeming to be what he possibly is not.

Being a true (for a given value of 'true') account of events preceding breakfast in a (slightly atypical) day in the lives of Luna Lovegood and Harry Potter.

Once upon a time, there was a boy. Now, this might not surprise you, because there have been many boys in the world, all of whom started their lives at 'once upon a time.' However, this boy happened to be very special. One day, this skinny lad received a letter, which he was not allowed to keep. You, however, know all this, and I will not attempt to lump together seven years of events in a few paragraphs. For now, we shall start from a new 'once upon a time', a time where everything finally seemed to be returning to normal after years of chaos and mayhem. It all started one beautiful October afternoon; Harry Potter was sitting on the porch of Hermione Krum's house, having a cup of tea, when a letter arrived. HP/Susan, HG/VK, NL/Padma, R/D

One shot. Companion piece to the story "And Baby Makes Three." Draco and Ginny welcome their new baby to the world.

In this story you meet Rebecca, an American. She meets Harry, Ron and Hermione in their first year on the train. Suddenly the plot thickens as our terrific three become the fantastic four.

James Potter has always been in love with Lily. It's as known as two plus two being four. But what happens when all of that changes? What happens when James is suddenly hook line & sinker in love with a girl whose name isn't Lily Evans?

After Hogwarts, Hermione was looking forward to seeing the world. Instead, she got stuck with that imbecile. Can she find her way through the complicated-spy world, or will she fall victim to the ulterior motives of those around her?

Narcissa Malfoy rants about and reflects on Hermione Granger.

Severus Snape saved Hermione Granger from the desolation of the battlefield after the final fight with Voldemort. Now, five years later, Hermione wants to know why and she is determined to find out.

Hermione arrives home after a long day at work to witness a touching moment Ron share with their daughters. That's right, several Weasley girls!

When Ron returns from Egypt, holiday memories and the upcoming Quidditch season push his sister's recent ordeal to the back of his mind ... until he comes face to face with Lucius Malfoy.

Sometimes the only way to save the world is to destroy it.

Death Eater Draco searches for the perfect girl to fulfill the Dark Lord's request.

Another -- perhaps the most obvious -- of the end-of-year report series.

Harry's deepest, most desperate desire is to have a family. Sirius craves to be free to take care of his godson. Remus has always wanted a child of his own. Can the three of them find happiness together? 5th year. Parental Sirius and Remus.

Morgana Green is in her seventh year at Hogwarts. Join her as she deals with everything from homework and the NEWTs to her friends and the Slytherins. Throw in a couple of old rumors and an old crush and that's a recipe for an unforgettable year. Set during PoA.

Alone and friendless for most of his eleven years, Severus starts at a new school with pessimistic expectations, until Remus, an open, soft-spoken boy, befriends him. With the odds piling up against them, Severus needs to understand the intricacies of human``relationships, or risk driving Remus away. Follow Severus and Remus on their journey through butterflies, missing cats, chocolates, bully-boys and a friendship that seems doomed to fail from the start.

One of the things that Harry Potter could not fathom was why he had to fall in love with The Little French Veela--la petite Veela française.

The summer before her final year at Hogwarts, Hermione Granger realizes how stressed out she is trying to live up to everybody's high expectations and wishes to know what it would be like to live as an ordinary Muggle. Hermione’s wish is granted when, luckily, she runs into Willow, a young Muggle who is way too interested in fantasy and magic for her own good. After much explaining and Polyjuice Potion ingredient shopping, Hermione switches places with Willow for two weeks while Willow takes Hermione’s place at Hogwarts as the new Head Girl and the perfect role-model student. See what happens when Polyjuice Potions go way wrong, love lives get really tangled and teeny bop little sisters annoy all.

What would happen if Hogwarts became part of a Cultural Exchange? At the end of the Trio’s fifth year, the school does just that. But is the exchange really what it seems? Or does Dumbledore have another motive for sending certain students away?

7th year fic. Blaise Zabini makes some interesting deals with the information he has.

You tell yourself that you really should have gone to Hogwarts. You tell yourself that you're really as magical as Harry or Ron or Hermione. You think you're joking. You're not.

Voldy Moldy's back, Ron gets powerful, Hermione cuts her hair, `` Harry's being annoying, Ginny learns some new spells, nobody sleeps with anyone `` (yet), Hogwarts is more than haunted, and in the middle of all the chaos is... `` a Thingy. Continues from where OotP left off, in a (possibly alternate) universe `` where Ron is more important than before.

We saw Lily Evans for the first time in OotP. She was a rocking, kick-arse girl who wasn't afraid to stand up for herself. But what was she like after that? "According to Lily" jumps into Lily's life from the day of the Defense Against the Dark Arts O.W.L.s, and follows her from there.

To keep her job -- sort of -- Marisa Saldivar has to determine why Salem's exchange students keep going native. What's so attractive about a draughty old castle, anyway? Will she figure it out?

James reflects on his best friends' relationship and his own feelings for Lily Evans. Then something happens that renders all his doubts and uncertainties irrelevant.

The Triwizard Tournament comes to Hogwarts bring excitement to Jubilee's otherwise boring fourth year. What she doesn't realize is that the end of it will change everything.

Harry is faced with the terrible reality that he alone can defeat Voldemort, a responsibility he shoulders courageously. What happens when startling events begin to take place and new faces appear possessing secrets that hold the key to not only Voldemort’s weaknesses, but to Harry’s future? Coming of age has more in store for Harry than he ever thought possible. Things become more overwhelming than he could ever imagine as secrets begin to unravel, new and old enemies are met, and loyalties are tied. While his fate grows foggier, his choices become increasingly more difficult to make. He realizes that everyone around him is faced with the same decision, to choose between what is right, and what is easy. What will Harry choose?

It's bottles, powder, diapers and pacifiers for Ron and his friends when a prank's result turns... Infant? 0.o. With their arch rival the sly and evil Draco Malfoy reduced to a mere toddler, their punishment is to 'baby sit' the blond haired Slytherin, until such time as a cure can be formulated. What's a Gryffindor to do?

Hermione comes face-to-face, quite literally, with a side of Draco she never imagined could exist. Implied Hermione/Draco ficlet.

What led up to the decision to create the map in the first place? How exactly did they do it? What did they do with it? How did it end up in Filch's drawer?

The Marauders, Lily, Snape, Lucius, Bellatrix, Narcissa, and Bill are locked in a room and being forced to MST on HPPS/HPSS! What will happen when Bill annoys Lucius to hell, Bellatrix sings and shatters several windows, and Sirius decides to kill Peter?

After stumbling into a strange Wal-Mart in his new home town, Jess Mariano meets a new person like he's never known before, Draco Malfoy. But will he be too blinded by his past love and too secure in his own sexuality too realize that he loves him before it's too late?

Hannah Abbott's diary during her fourth year. In this story, she's an American who attends Hogwarts on family tradition.

Harry Potter and his two best friends Hermione and Ron have come to Hogwarts expecting to be visted by Beauxbaton exchange students for the year. But what they didn't expect was for a Beauxbaton student to go missing, vists from old professors and most of all, the Dark Arts happening. Jeez, AND Harry was hoping it would be a quiet year! Dream on!

Harry's already graduated Hogwarts AND he's finished his Auror training 5 years after...he and his school friends still live close by and stay in touch....but their lives have changed considerably....

Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny realize what the biggest difference is between boys and girls.

Lily spent the summer holidays in America and met a fantastic boy. Surprisingly, they meet up again at Hogwarts, but he’s completely different from what she remembered him. Can a romance still be salvaged?

Harry is having trouble coming to terms with Sirius’s death, but you know the saying-help can come in the strangest forms, especially when you least expect it. Harry/Girl!Blaise

Harry has nightmares, he's had nightmares for a long time, but they used to be about Voldemort. Now they are about never ending darkness.

'No offense guys but you reek!' Why do they reek? It's Hogwarts battle of the Sexes. Who will win and why do the boys smell of flowers? What happens next? You decide!

A redheaded witch storms the common room in the middle of the night in order to confront a certain green-eyed wizard.

What if Lord Voldemort, Darkest wizard of all times, has a daughter? And he really doesn't know where she is, and she really doesn't know WHO she is... The story will be mainly in Harry's POV, though not fully...

AU. What if Voldemort had not marked Harry Potter as his equal, but instead had chosen Neville Longbottom? How would Harry's life be different if he had grown up with parents, a godfather, and people who cared about him?

Lupin tells Black that he's spent a night with Snape. Which leads to confusion, misunderstandings, surprising statements and... more. Snape/Lupin - fluffy slash, one-shot.

Children who manage to grow up well-adjusted and healthy in spite of a terrible upbringing are known as 'Dandelion children'. In this story, Draco Malfoy befriends the trio post-Hogwarts, and comes to understand that this is the best way to understand Harry Potter.

How did Sirius run away from home? When and why did Lily finally go out with James? Dumbledore has said that it is our choices that make us who we are. Find out how the Marauder's choices affected them.

We know that Severus Snape graduated from Slytherin, Hogwarts. We know that he knew much of the Dark Arts even then. And we know that he joined the Dark Lord. We know that he finally turned to Dumbledore. But have you ever wondered why? This is the story of Severus Snape and his loyalties. This story follows a young man full of promise, and what choices he makes. This is a story of Darkness and Light. This is a story of what, how, and why. This is a story of Severus Snape.

The Room of Requirement knows what Harry needs. Short one-shot

“Heir of Slytherin! Seriously evil wizard coming through!”``“Yeah, he’s off to the Chamber of Secrets for a cup of tea with his fanged servant!” ``Fred and George had more in mind than just embarassing Harry! Well, actually they didn't, but they wanted to do it in a bigger way. Think cameras, costumes and watering holes! Weasley Wizarding Productions get their first hit with The Heir of Slytherin!

After the war, all Ron wanted was to have a "normal" life: play Quidditch, share a flat with Harry, and enjoy being a bachelor. Harry's idea of a "normal" life includes changing his relationship with Ginny. But mistakes, angry words and mountains of pride begin to tear Harry and Ron apart until Ginny and Hermione take things into their own hands.

Hermione Weasley has gone what qualifies as a lifetime since the last time she saw Viktor Krum. Several decades, at least. What should have been a simple lunch and hour of catching up turns out not to be so simple when Hermione bumps into him at an Arithmancy conference. Relationships are always a lot more complicated when you're dealing with love lost, love gained, a few additional decades of baggage, some well-meaning but pushy relatives and friends, and your grown children, to boot. Funny, I thought being more mature meant these things got easier, not more complex... "Simon, it’s just not simple. This isn’t a fairytale." A more mature romance story with healthy doses of Viktor/Hermione, Ron/Hermione, and Viktor/Original Character.

Bill is intrigued by one of Tonks' many quirks.

Even the Dark Lord was amazed upon watching the effects of an atom bomb. The vast power displayed before him held a beauty so incredible, so horrifyingly marvellous, it made his chest hurt and his eyes water – as he wiped the moisture from his eyes, he realised with astonishment that he was crying.

Harry's fifth year. A new adventure with many surprises without straying too far from the canon. Harry and friends must deal with everything from Voldemort to raging horomones. Much of Harry's unique heritage is revealed and something happens to alter his life forever...

You carry a lead, but it’s just for show. You tap it against your hand now, and he comes charging up to you, rushing around you in enthusiastic circles. ``‘Time to go home now, Padfoot.’ You know he doesn’t want to go home.

Her life was mapped out for her....she knew she wanted to be a Death Eater....until she saw him....across the platform. Now she has a choice to make....follow her heart or follow the Dark Lord. A Pansy story of love and life's tribulations.

When Ginny lets slip something in her sleep and is overheard by Draco Malfoy, what will he do with the information? Does the Slytherin hold unusual interests for our little Weasley?

Viewing the world from Neville Longbottom's perspective. From the first day, to the latest book.

AU. Hermione Juliet Hamilton. Is she who she appears to be? Do you know? Do you want to know? This is Hermione's Diary and she's going to take you on a journey during her seventh year in the year 2007.

In the summer of 1980, a man named Evan James stays far away from England, especially Godric's Hollow, where in a few weeks' time a very important child will be born. Stuck in the past and seeking a connection with the family he never had the chance to know, the man who used to be Harry Potter starts writing letters to his mum.

James Potter has always lived in a world of obedience and directions but when he goes to Hogwarts, he decides to change all that. But his friends know that he's not quite what he seems. Can they help him realize who he is or is he really just an empty shell? Will he be stuck in a world of disillusionment ``forever or can they help him win back his courage and fly alone?

A new Dark Lord? The-Boy-Who-Lived, a slave? A shifting of Light and Dark. Which will take precedence? And for whom?

Two very different members of the Order of the Phoenix must work with each other. Set during OotP.

Your wedding day is supposed to be the happiest day of your life, but for Hermione that isn't the case. Who will be there to help pick up the pieces?

'It was once your destiny once and it will be again… ' That was what the Sorting Hat said to Robin Runette as she was being sorted into Ravenclaw. Her life is ever changing but she will find the truths the reveals what she and her friends truly are.

A big project has come upon all seventh year Hogwarts students. They get to take care of Baby-Think-It-Over! Who will make excellent parents and who won’t? Follow Harry, Ron, Hermione, Draco, and more through their weekend with Baby-Think-It-Over!

One cold kitchen, one green glass. She wants to know what he tastes like, so she pours herself some milk. No more dark back alleys for her.

Christmas spirit can lead to many things between friends.

Speculative biography for Severus Snape: family, character, skills.... The first 2/3 of The Potions Master's Life may be read as a work to itself although it was written in response to the author's Brave New World (at Schnoogle) or at the author's web site. ````As we have little info on Snape's background to date -- and the factual info I have included does not contradict canon -- I am labelling this as "speculative" rather than AU.````Chapter 1 Summary: In which we meet young Severus Snape and some of his family.

Seamus, now a famous wizard rock star, comes home for the holidays only to find that his one true love has gone off and gotten himself a wife. What will become of our favorite Irishman? Features Perceptive!Ron, Helpful!Harry and PainintheArse!Draco. Pairings galore. Proceed with caution.

I got sick of Lily not having any friends of her own, and of Lupin never getting the girl. So now, Lily gets a friend of her own, and doesn’t have to hang around with James and co all the time, and Lupin - well, just watch and see. Set in flashback from PoA, during the time of MWPP, this fanfic details the friendships of MWPP, and how Lily and James fell in love. And yes, I wrote the Sorting Hat song all by myself :) Not as good as JKR's but pretend the Sorting Hat was having an off year.

This is a fic all about our favorite mapmakers of Hogwarts. This will eventually span all the way up until Haloween, 1981. Enjoy!