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All of his life, Draco has been nothing but a spoiled snob. But with a world in the midst of a great war, he can no longer remain indifferent. A one-shot in which Draco chooses sides, and in the process learns a thing or two about family.

Third part of my ficlet poetry series. His paradise is a place where nothing from the everyday world can haunt him... until, one night, the red eyes of Voldemort invade where he thought no one could. Those red eyes contain every thread and fiber of hatred and evil in their world, and he swears that the children at Hogwarts will become more than just students... they will learn to fight for their world, and fight for their own survival.

This is every life lesson packed into too few words: God, friends, cooking, and bathtub therapy.

Four years after losing all his best friends, Remus Lupin is saved by another friend. Can he only submit to being condemned to life and for whose benefit? Or will he gradually become reconciled with his survival and start accepting the simple gifts implied in being alive? The short story, narrated from two alternating perspectives, is set in Paris of 1984 – 1986.

Thirteen year old Bellatrix Black is on a divine quest to unlock the secrets of the universe.

Before they were Harry's eyes, they belonged to Lily. Lily and James contemplate the future on their last night together. One-shot.

We could be the perfect couple. But we're not. H/Hr, TN/BZ, L/R implied D/Hr, D/BZ, G/H, Hr/BZ

Life with the Potters is always interesting. What emergency could haul Deputy Head Auror Harry Potter from his bed in the middle of the night?

A vignette. Cho learns a lesson about life and death, and how to cope with her grief. An emotional and realistic story that jumps from past to present, telling the story of a girl who is too often neglected in fanfiction.

Harry, Ron, Hermione and Neville are back for their sixth year while Ginny and Luna return for their fifth. Something happened over the summer, something that brought them closer than they thought they could ever be. People who were thought to be dead keep showing up in their lives. And what is Harry's exact role in defeating Voldemort - and what do Fred and George have to do with it?

Draco would have been the first to admit that he had a problem. A very large problem, in fact, and it came in the form of the one and only Harry Potter, Boy-Who-Lived, Gryfindor’s Golden Boy. Saint Potter. Draco’s problem wasn’t so much of a problem as it was an obsession.

During HBP, Pansy Parkinson attempts to talk to Draco Malfoy. (D/P)

"If Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs, the four brightest blokes Hogwarts has seen in generations, can't decorate a bloody Christmas tree, there is something very wrong with this world."

Professor Grubbly-Plank has to resolve an issue with a student.

Hermione makes a startling realisation concerning Snape. Of course, the whole gang gets dragged in, and Madam Pomfrey is left confused. Snape/Luna if you squint.

Setting: Dreary who-knows-where. Characters: Neville Longbottom with an abundance of Creepy Men in Dark Robes. Plot: Survival of the fittest- erm...sort of.

X-Files/HP cross-over. As a newly trained Auror working for the elite Magical Investigation Bureau, Hermione is given her new partner and her first assignment. However, things aren’t turning out precisely as she planned… SS/HG Mulder/Scully

Frank Longbottom meets Mr. Crouch and his son at the annual Department of Magical Law Enforcement Christmas party and extends a fateful invitation.

Harry and Ginny have a conversation that's only sort of about football.

In which Bellatrix is not beautiful, and Andromeda doesn't feel real.

Even Sirius Black can't escape from some things. Like how sad life is: "He watches the engine, charmed to emit iridescent silver smoke stars, kick in, then he watches the headlights get smaller and smaller as Hagrid, his godson, and his very favorite thing in the world, his breathtakingly illegal motorbike, disappear into the night sky."

A morning, post-OoTP. What's Harry doing? What's he thinking? What are the ramifications of the prophecy? Who's mad at him now?

Gossip flies around the halls of the Ministry, and Hermione starts to think that Ron has a disturbing secret. Features a smidgen of H/D.

After a Flying Ford Anglia is tinkered with by a Weasley, taken out for a drive by The Boy Who Lived and spends some time in the Forbidden Forest, its consciousness can't remain unaffected. A story from the Ford Anglia's POV.

In December 1978 celebrating solstice according to Lily’s idea means waiting for the sunrise and more.

A year after the Battle for Hogwarts, Hermione remembers her dead.

Draco likes to play pretend. Response to SBBO's 'Disorder a Day' Challenge.

A fluffy post-HBP ficlet. Remus/Tonks, with some mention of Remus/Sirius. Remus is haunted by memories of the past, but Tonks is there to lead him home.

A brief look into one night of the post-Hogwarts lives of Remus Lupin and Sirius Black. Stress, mundane burdens, moonlight, important things like love, and those unfortunate things you just have to do to keep food on the table. SLASH.

At a celebratory Halloween ball, unlikely companions discover more in common than just the battle scars...

Harry never understood why he was the way he was. Questions filled the thoughts of a fifteen-year-old Hogwarts student who happened to be the savior of the magical world.

Nemesis: (1) A rival that cannot be beaten or overcome, (2) The Ancient Greek Goddess of Divine Retribution. Draco's pondering on his and Harry's relationship, and his questions based upon that. Is it really only a rivalry, or something deeper than that? Is Harry really just his enemy? His conclusions made on these questions, and his feelings about the illustrious Boy Who Lived.

A character exploration of Peeves and why he is the character/force of destruction that we all know and love.

The first thing it knew was the hunger. Life from a Dementor's point of view.

Life is full of tests.

Ron Weasley is tired of living in his famous best friend's shadow. So here is his chance to tell his version of events, through those years at Hogwarts, in Ron Weasley (and Harry Potter) and the Philosopher's Stone ... with an appearance by Hermione Granger.

In the midst of the Wizarding War Draco Malfoy finds himself completely alone. Panicking, he turns to Harry Potter who rather unwillingly saves his life. Draco Malfoy is thrown into the dungeons- a Prisoner of War. Years later when the War is over, the world no longer has a place for Draco, his existence has been forgotten. Harry and Hermione give him a chance of a new life. So with the new identity of Magnitude Halfpenny he begins to learn to forget the life he lived for nearly eighteen years until his new world is turned upside down by the very people who created it... (Not OC)

Nearly Headless Nick finds a solution to being rejected from the Headless Hunt.

R for some violence to animals. In Hogwarts, during MWPP time, there are secret meetings in the dungeons for upcoming Death Eater trainees. James wants to make the Order and nothing is quite what it seems.

Where Azkaban is like death to a Malfoy, and throwing rocks at a Giant Squid is a perfect way of dealing with it. Unfortunately, a Potter does -not- think so, and when you try and prevent a Malfoy from standing upon his dignity, you are helpless.

Winter came, and with it came the dark. A look at Moody between the first war and the second.

'... many thought he was an attention-seeking little monster. Others gave him a wide berth in the hallways because he was supposedly a raving lunatic. The little boy’s green eyes full of wonder became the young man’s green eyes full of sadness. And worry. And fear.'

Barty Crouch Sr. reflects on his wife, his son, and the world he has built for himself.

Harry muses on Draco, post-OotP.

It's cold and wet. A bedraggled figure wanders through the town.

James and Sirius made a promise to Remus; Remus also made a promise. How does this change things if both those promises were broken?

In the aftermath of Voldemort's defeat there comes a time for healing.

Harry has to go back in time to retrieve a Horcrux from Grimmauld Place. But can he really keep from changing future events?

A trivial decision, perhaps ... but Marietta hates the one she made. Now she's stuck studying Arithmancy (I'd blame her mother) while her Ravenclaw peers discuss the Muggle World. Can anything be done?

If this is the way dying feels, it's not so bad.

“Friendship; treasure the tears, treasure the laughter, but most importantly, treasure the memories.” While dark forces are gaining strength on the outside world, inside Hogwarts the students are dealing with their own struggles; pining after girls, studying for O.W.L.’s, rebellion, marauding, and mischief. Friendship will be tested, strengthened, and lost. Paths will be chosen, and principles defined. Sirius Black and James Potter are entering their fifth year and it is sure to be an eventful one.

During a brief imprisonment in the first war against Voldemort, Andromeda meets another captive who understands her estrangement from her sisters all too well.

Draco Malfoy comes to the Boy-Who-Lived, asking for help. When they realize that, after denying it, they really WANT to be friends and put the past behind them, it turns their worlds upside-down.

Emery Miller is a halfblood orphan living in a London wizarding orphanage. On a trip to Diagon Alley for supplies two weeks before her first day at Hogwarts, the eleven year old meets a slightly loony blonde woman. Two weeks later on the train, she meets the slightly loony blonde's twin sons and the rest, as they say, is history.

Hermione and Ginny have an explosive talk about Harry's horcrux search in which Ginny proves herself to be an airhead and Hermione turns out to be wrong. HBP Spoilers.

in a midsummer day, a meeting that brings back Tom Riddle's forgotten memories.

Green for serpents and red for lions; green for cunning and red for courage; green for cold stone walls and stiff-backed seats, red for a crackling fire and plush armchairs with velvet covers. Green and red, dead.

Part 1 of a series. Harry, Ron, and Hermione are heading for Elizabeth City by air...but they have to fly through (dun dun dunnnnn...) Chicago O'Hare. Will they manage to survive...the Layover from Hell?

She knew he wasn’t ready, knew he was too young. Yet there was nothing more she could do to keep him from making such a choice. But when he’s given a suicide mission, she does what any mother would do. She makes her decision, and she does it for her son.

"To live in hearts we leave behind, Is not to die." ~Thomas Campbell, Hallowed Ground (st. 6).

Remus John Lupin is a four year old wizard who is like most other boys his age until he ventures into the forest where a bloodthirsty werewolf awaits him and his cousin ...

Lupercania 1978. MWPP. In which two seventh-years perform a werewolf ritual.

Sirius Black is hopelessly in love with a girl who is the daughter of the Blacks' rivals. Will Sirius and Celeste risk everything and face the wrath of a horrible matriarch, or will they realize that not all is fair in love and war?

Cressida is a shy fourth grade loner. She has just gotten into her first ever fight, verbal or physical. However, it is just the first step down a path to new friends, who drink Firewhisky behind the Herbology greenhouses and sneak in Dragon Puff Cigarettes. But, perhaps best of all, they get sweet revenge.

Hermione wakes up in a world of her own imagination, and realises that she is trapped in a horrible place of her own making.

Four boys. James Potter, Sirius Black, Peter Pettigrew and Remus Lupin were not always inseparable. It was a chance meeting helped along by books, robes, and lots of candy.

Can one person and fate make the difference in Severus' life?

Little Neville Longbottom sees his parents for the first time since they were tortured to insanity.

Albus returns victorious from facing Grindelwald, but the other wizard's words still haunt him. Written for Grey Mist's challenge in the Genficathon: Dumbledore confronts a Boggart, set prior to the start of the series.

The war is over, but the aftermath is just as bleak.

Set Pre-POA, no spoilers for HBP. A chocolate frog card sends Remus into a memory of the time of the first war, reflecting on the things we keep (and those we don't), friends lost (to death and otherwise), and Shakespeare.

Headmaster Dumbledore fears the Potions Master's ability to draw conclusions (CoS missing moment with events of DH in mind).

Hermione helps a young girl at Hogwarts deal with her homesickness. (Set during OotP)

Harry has a twin, non-cliche. Harry, the true boy who lived, is slightly neglected, but only because of a misinterpreted prophecy not the fame going to his parents' heads, and the twins act like twins are supposed to... THEY DON'T HATE EACH OTHER!

After years of avoiding this confrontation, Snape comes face to face with the one person he does not wish to look at -- himself. A look at just what Severus thinks of himself and his life, past and present.

They say a hero dies fighting. Most of the time. Sometimes things don't happen the way they ought to. One-shot ficlet in honor of Sirius. (Yes, I know it's about a book late.) No redeeming humor.

Ron and Harry are rushing back from a hard potions lesson; they're late for dinner and starving. But there's no way either of them is going to dinner when there's that irritating cricket hanging around. Maybe Neville can help? Err... maybe not.

Super short, POA missing scene, one shot. Dumbledore and Sirius in the North Tower when Dumbledore discovers the truth about the Fidelius Charm; sort of a companion piece to "Last of the Blacks". Sirius seems to be a thing with me recently.

Rated R for language. Basically, what happens when Snape's cover is blown in a room full of his fellow Death Eaters... exciting! Takes place before the start of "Harry Potter and the Return to the Riddle House."

Today the clouds are gray. Silly, silly little Mudblood..."How many of the twenty-six did you kill?" Sticks and stones, Malfoy. This is the story. [Oneshot]

As the smoke settled after the final battle, Hermione began to count.

Ever wonder what made Dumbledore really trust Snape? For Snape, the decision was simple and easy, and it involved Sirius Black.

Remus and Sirius go for a walk. With close to fourteen years between them, they try to cover the ground they've lost, but find that they can but move forward. [nonslash, friendship, set between GoF and OotP]

When Harry reveals to Ron that he and Draco have become friends, sparks fly, Hermione gets caught in the middle, and Mrs. Weasley is Not Pleased. Takes place about six months after "New Beginnings".

When Sirius runs away from home, Regulus is left behind with his thoughts and his memories. Includes flashbacks. Written for the Regulus Black Group Cookie Challenge.

Ginny Weasley had left Hogwarts. She reflects on how she comapres to her brothers in the great scheme of things.

Pronounced i-ro-ny...n, pl. i-ro-nies...Definition #3- Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs. A short, not so sweet, guess the character fic.

"When you can't walk, you crawl, when you can't do that - " "You find someone to carry you." Done for the Friends That Carry You Challenge on hpff.

These are in fact four one-shots taking part in autumn, winter, spring and summer, multiple areas and multiple settings. The story is put in Astronomy Tower because it's neither long, funny or dark. But the romance is not the main thing (even though it's there if you know where to look)! You will also find strong family ties and deep friendships. Contains no Cursed Child spoilers!

AU re-write of the Harry Potter series. What if Voldemort had a daughter? What if she was adopted by Severus Snape? As she gets older and attends Hogwarts, how will she keep her true parentage secret?

Ginny wonders why there's no room for one more person in the Trio.

HBP. Three stories. Three worlds. Each so different and yet so close to each other. As time passes by... things have to change and the World has to be rebuilt.

An AU in which Wormtail was caught at the end of PoA and Sirius, as a result, had his name cleared. Remus and Sirius catch up. Implied slash.

Frank Longbottom and his girlfriend Alice are on their way to spend their Easter holiday at Frank's house. Now all he has to do is figure out how he's going to explain their new relationship status to his mother.

A little Christmas-ficlet: Ginny Weasley thinks about the colours and people around her. D/G, sort of.

"His pale, freckled face was lit by the flickering flames and gave his eyes a murky glow. The bright blue, so like Dumbledore’s, was shaded, and no one noticed. Ron was used to it. In a large family, you got used to being overlooked. Being the best friend of the famous Harry Potter, you got used to it. Didn’t mean you had to like it." A glimpse into the mind of one Ron Weasley, on a night down in the Common Room

Deep under a waterfall in Iceland lies the Cristalis Institute of Wizardry. Due to an outburst in population of witches and wizards throughout the rest of the world, the sparsely populated Icelandic school opened its doors to students from all over the world. This did not sit well with the Headmaster's daughter, Sigrún, who knew the way the rest of the world treated her kind. How will she take it once the students arrive? Will she make friends? Will they find out her secret?

The others brought their own things to the table: bravery, loyalty, fidelity, intelligence, wit, cunning, faith... But I was the one with the dream. I was the one who made it happen.

The vestiges of a friendship and an Unbreakable Vow bind Severus Snape's fate to that of a former student. Draco Malfoy, uncertain of his place outside of Hogwarts, turns where he can for help and guidance. Neither expected deliverance. (NOT slash, in case you were wondering.)

Who is Hestia Jones and why is she fighting Lord Voldemort?