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How could Cedric be Champion if all Hufflepuffs are so mediocre? Why don't the Ministry just assume all Slytherins are Death Eaters? What's with Percy? These and other questions answered here.

Sequel to Inner Musings. You are a student of Hogwarts. How does it feel? Step inside... This episode: a certain someone you've had your eye on, and how time plays tricks on you.

In my sixth year at Hogwarts, a door was opened, a door to a place so dark that even I was reluctant to step inside. However, my good friend Tom Riddle welcomed that darkness with open arms. Because of my feeling of obligation to my friend -- to my leader -- and because of my own curiosity, I helped to reacquaint the school with the wrath of Salazar Slytherin. I, one of Slytherin's last heirs, helped Tom Riddle in his attempt to purge the school of impure blood. I, Timothy Gaunt, reluctantly opened to the darkness, regardless of the danger it would impose upon Hogwarts.

It's Harry's sixth year at Hogwarts and a new girl has come to the school. She is not just an ordinary witch. Could she be the key to destroying Voldemort?

Because everybody needs to have hope. Luna likes Harry. Harry doesn't know. Luna can do nothing but to think about him.

Narcissa reflects on her family and their cause.

"A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out." --Walter Winchell

“In her house, a small one-story in a suburb of Manchester, she has surrounded herself with gold-framed pictures. Memories. Remembrances of times gone by.” A one shot story that looks at Gladys Gudgeon and her possible reasons for writing to Gilderoy.

Short, stupid fic in response to a "Sickeningly Impossible Challenge" from K-Trina Puffinstuf. A Death Eater dinner gone a bit wrong - Enjoy!

Molly Weasley is not happy, her children just keep doing things and she's about to go mad until she hears a soft voice...

‘Harry can’t be called The Boy Who Lived anymore, can he?’ Harry Potter is a legend, though maybe that’s a lie.

Remus saw Harry’s pain. He saw it from the moment the boy, or rather, man, walked through the door. He wished he could do something to dull the anguish in Harry’s eyes. But that seemed difficult while he was still dealing with his own hurt.

Living with his grandmother and desperate for her attention and approval, eight-year-old Neville Longbottom still finds it difficult to deal with the mental state his parents are in. However, the two find consolance in each other's company, even though they are without the company of the one's they've lost. (Not angsty, but touching and sweet.)

Nobody ever sees themselves, unless it's from another's eyes. Terry has nightmares, and Michael feels helpless. Slight slash. (Alludes to an attack in Hogsmeade in which a character dies.)

"You sit in the darkness. It’s late. In the perfect houses across the road small squares of yellow light are a rare sight. The polished windows, marked by the brief passage of indistinct grey forms, fade into the characteristic black holes puncturing the neat arrangement of bricks. Privet Drive is empty. You’ve seen it before. In your mind you can map out every door, every flowerbed, even the infinite arrangement of light reverberations on the cement, the geometry of every wall." A dark fic full of dark thoughts. Warning, contains references to self-harm! What say ye? Hard-core angst? Nonsense...

It's the summer after fifth year, and the last place Harry wants to be is Grimmauld Place. So of course, that's exactly where he is, still wrestling with his guilt and anger. Is there anything that can bring him peace? Harry opens his bureau and finds something unexpected.

Set from Hermione's POV. This story is set in the few seconds after Ron explains to Hermione what a Mudblood is when Draco calls her one after the Quidditch argument in the second book.

It's about Snape and his heart's desire

A one-shot from the perspective of first-year Blaise Zabini, at the end of the year.

Reflections of a friend, and a promise.

Remus takes a walk to the marauders' childhood hideaway, remembering. One-shot, songfic to "Somewhere Only We Know".

Winky explains to Dobby what it means to be a house-elf.

Why did Sirius tell Snape how to get past the Whomping Willow, putting Remus in danger? Knowing Sirius and his short temper, he must have been angry at Remus for some reason. This is my interpretation of the events of that night, and the following morning.

Hagrid gets his life back.

After a muck-up in Potions, Draco and Hermione have a small argument and then, suddenly find themselves in a room they've never seen before: the old Hogwarts torture chamber. Discussions occur and an understanding seems to be reached... but is it all an act for Draco? (Corny, I know but I think -or hope- you'll enjoy) [Draco/Hermione]

The second prequel to Somewhere in Between. This fic follows on from Of Purple Mice & Floating Paperweights but can also stand alone. It's Ginny's Graduation and an unexpected visitor interupts with a warning.

Future fic: Harry's young daughter learns that you can't always believe what you read

Sarina Snape has a secret she must protect, a pair of in-love but somewhat shunned parents, and a newfound habit of crying from stress.

Set after the end of the series; Ron, Harry and Hermione revisit Harry's past, and think about the things that led them where they are.

There are only a few people capable of telling centuries worth of historical knowledge. Fortune is one of them. Since the dawn of time, she has watched people make decisions regarding destinies and fate, and in all of her watching, Fortune has chosen her favourites. They are different, yet at the same time alike, and only one word can describe them all --- They are all brave.

Songfic to Green Day's Boulevard of Broken Dreams. Harry's POV.

Sirius sneaks out of Grimmauld Place for a much-needed bike ride and gets thinking, which causes an unfortunate incident involving a ditch. A light read that will (hopefully) amuse.

Francis Zabini, eminently foolish Dark supporter, faces the results of being caught in a compromised position.

Grandfather tells a favorite bedtime story, of a fair maiden named Maire and a young wizard named Brennan, and of hatred and fear.

"Avada Kedavra!" Voldemort spoke the words almost lazily. A smile was on his face but his eyes were cold. Some had said that the curse didn’t kill if you don’t mean to. But he did and so he died...

She had fully intended to spend a warm summer afternoon away from the other founders and their bickering about having pureblood students in the school or not. In fact, it was good to get away from the place and just be alone, somewhere to be quiet. Alone with nature, and many hours of daylight left, Helga could be left to her thoughts where no one could intrude on, or interrupt or tell her that she needed to see a head doctor, because surely, she had been possessed in some way. ````A founders one-shot. Helga has run away from the arguments of her friends to spend the day alone. She wanders the fields surrounding Hogwarts in hope of seeing Him again. HH/OC

Regulus Black intends to try out for the Slytherin Quidditch team in his second year. He does it, however, for reasons that might not be the best. No matter what, certain Gryffindors will do anything to see that he fails. Written for the Regulus Black Group Cookie Challenge.

Regulus Black faced death in order to bring about the Dark Lord's demise, but a house-elf's disobedience creates a world very different from the one we know. The First War continues and the Order must defeat Voldemort without the help of a chosen one. AU

Ron gave his crooket smile. “It’s over Hermione.” ````Hermione looked at Harry lying still in his bed before meeting Ron’s eyes. “You’re wrong Ron… It’s only just begun.”

Deep down inside I'm never okay. I cry of pain everyday. Deep inside, my heart begins to ache. Each day as my body slowly breaks. A Parvati One-shot.

SPLAT! Dungbombs were meant to be thrown off buildings, right? Fred and George certainly think so. Hermione disagrees, and Ron just seems to find it all rather funny.

Leaving Hogwarts behind for the last time, Hermione reflects on the death of a great man, and comes to a realization.

The only telephone psychic and medium in Little Whinging gets a call.

Hogwarts' Defense professor is out and Dumbledore needs a stand-in for a few days. The only problem is that the one person willing to do it is Sirius Black.

After the war, Dean finds himself obsessed.

Some school years are better than others, of course. Some years are worse. Most years are interesting, at least mildly so. But my most amazing, eventful year by far was my seventh: the year I spent at Hogwarts.

Harry Potter was thought to be lucky... but he was just the 'boy who lived'.

In Castle Ravenclaw, nothing was worthy of affection and everything was held dear. It was a bleak time, especially for the peasants and servants. It was normal... Except that something sense of danger that seems about. An event that would haunt Rowena's subconscious. A Glass Rose side fic.

An apprentice scribe recounts the story of the final moments of Remus Lupin.

Peter has been convinced it is important to join.

"You know, Potter, we'll never be friends."

Argus Filch breaks some difficult news to Irma Pince. Post-HBP.

After James and Lily's deaths, Remus wants answers. It would help if he knew the right questions.

Professor Blaise Zabini attends a conference on Magical Zoology in Prague. However, someone has brought the terrible Golem of Prague to life again...

My response to the '22 things to do in a plot bunny' challenge set by Silvercrackle. Beware the lemon meringue pie!

"Once upon a time, Remus Lupin thought it would be a good idea to introduce his friends to the Beatles." Remus reminisces about days spent listening to the Beatles, falling for Sirius, and listening to James and Sirius argue over which one of them was John; at Grimmauld Place, he and Sirius try to hold on to what's left of those days. Slash, RL/SB.

Professor Binns just woke up one morning and went to class without his body. This is his story.

Harry is thinking on everything in life, especially the``end.

After the war is over, the line between good and evil disappears and children are being taught Dark Arts at school. Not just any school; Draco Malfoy's Renaissance School. Follow the story of three young Necromancers as they discover why their art had been banned in the past.

Harry considering his future during an evening in the Common Room.

Definitely an AU story, and a one-shot.``What do you get when you throw Tony the Tiger™, Scooby-doo and the Gang, and Smeagol into a room with The-Boy-Who-Lived? Why, you get The Audition, of course! Read to find out what zany things can happen to our favorite hero, at an audition you will never forget!

At the end of their first year, Harry looks back and reflects on having a friend for the first time in his life

Have you ever wondered how MWPP came up with the idea for the Marauder's Map? And what's that got to do with the secret passage on the fourth floor?

By chance Minerva McGonagall meets a six-year old Harry. Partly a child fic. Warnings: Abuse Dursleys, AU, partly OOC, Dumbledore bashing, De-aging, Pairings: SS/ de-aged MM, HP/GW

Ever since they met, he couldn't stop thinking about her... (James-centered fic)

The world is full of predators, choose your weapon carefully. If love is such a powerful weapon, why do knives sell so well?

Quinnellia Chamberlain, aka Quinn, has come to Hogwarts from the United States to finish her magical education. She is befriended by Lily Evans and her dormmates and for the first time in her life has good friends, is getting good marks, and is staying out of trouble. Until she tries out for the Quidditch team and is told by the Captin, James Potter, that girls don't play Quidditch at Hogwarts. Can Quinn and Lily beat some sense into James? Moreover, can Quinn stop thinking about her own problems long enough to help Lily with her own crisis

Remus Lupin misses the Marauders, he's the only one left. Depressed and angry, he broods on the fact that he'll always be alone. Songfic to Evanescence's My Immortal.

It's time for careers advice, this very important event in the life of every 5th year student, and with Sirius Black it is going to be anything but ordinary. The day will be a long one for Professor McGonagall.

A lone Ravenclaw discovers that the eccentric Headmaster cares for all of his students.

His real name was Hakethenon Skhenatos, although his fellow students had long since given up trying to pronounce it , preferring instead to use his nickname ‘Snake Eyes’. His parents were apparently from some obscure eastern European country. His favourite hobby was dossing about, although those who knew him claimed that trading insults probably came higher. Snake Eyes was so intelligent that he had long since given up working. He had become Slytherin Prefect due to the fact that there would probably have been a riot if he hadn’t. He was gifted with an easy malice that led him to spend much of his time making devastatingly cynical comments about people. Snake Eyes was so cool it was unutterably painful...

Sirius has fallen into the veil and to his surprise he ends up in a world shrouded in mysteries and unknowns. His questions are answered - including questions that have never been answered in the living world before. Is this just a delusion or the truth? Is this the afterlife?

Voldemort gets to be with Bella... with some involuntary help from Rodolphus.

Andromeda Black is sick and tired of dwelling eternally in her cousin's shadow. She devises a plan that will (maybe) earn her a piece of the spotlight (for once), cast her own shadow. Halfway there, though, she discovers a secret that could ruin the life of one of her cousin's dearest friends. How far will Rommy go to earn some fame?

Hogwarts is in for a great surprise....

My idea on what might happen at the end. I wrote this a while ago.

Tyke’s mother has an unusual hobby – she breeds house-elves. But life isn’t always kind to those who are weak, something Tyke is about to find out.

Ravenclaw's sole remaining descendant decides that she can't take it any longer. It was the end. But also the begining.

Everyone thinks Charlie has always loved dragons. Hear the truth, in his own words.

The air is thick with the dreams of dreamers, Hogwarts students past and present. In the darkest part of the night, guards are let down, truths are faced and sweet denial is bliss. Desperation, fear, hate, lust, love and what might have been are rampant at the midnight hour.

My version of the last chapter of Book 7. It's a bit sad. Hope you like it. (As you might notice, the last word is "scar") EPILOGUE COMING SOON.

The story of the first Harry Potter book/movie, written in rhyme.

One day, somewhere within the last year of the war, Lily finds a photo that makes her remember the days when Petunia was her sister. A short examination of the relationship between the Evans sisters. Not sappy.

Ron, in his old age, reflects on certain events

The start of a new world, a new life and a new beginning. Harry is the last hope for wizardkind. Will he succeed?

How did Oliver get his obsession with Quidditch? How did he become the captain that worked his team to victory?

While staying at Grimmauld Place, Bill and Ginny discuss the past, the present, and growing up.

Lily was excellent at comforting, but she was horrible at being comforted.

An enlightening conversation between Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy. Set near the end of their last year at Hogwarts.

Harry is going off to save the world, as per norm. Only this time... he might not come back. So his friends take it upon themselves to write him letters of good luck, etc. Oh, dear. He really doesn't have very eloquent friends, does he?

Vaguely in a post-Book 7 future one-shot told from Ginny's perspective. A bit of heavy pillow talk as Harry realizes that much of his life is not unlike that of a Jedi from a galaxy far, far away. Some mild Ginny/Harry in the background.

A fifteen-year old Blaise Zabini goes to Eyelop's Owl Emporium and sees the most lovely kitten ever....

Christmas ficlet set during the Marauder's seventh year at Hogwarts, in which Remus wakes up to a rather nice surprise the morning after the last full moon before Christmas. (Implied S/R and J/L)

Christmas is a time for family, so Harry spends it with his. Both of them... UK English.

Cornelius Fudge--Minister of Magic, great wizard--and lover of jello. Until, that is, Severus Snape and Lucius Malfoy turn his love for this delicious Muggle dessert into a trip to the Ministry he'll never forget.

Post HBP. Molly has a hard time letting go.

Every story will have an inspiration. This is my take on how J.K. Rowling got her inspiration for the Harry Potter series. The story is about a chance meeting between a young J.K.Rowling and a certain Red haired boy at Kings Cross station.

"Was it pity though? Love? Duty? Revenge? She honestly couldn’t say. The lines were so blurred where her family was concerned that she doubted she would ever be able to sort it all out."````Andromeda pays Bellatrix a visit in Azkaban.

In the summer after OotP, Hermione reflects on her childhood, her friendship with Harry and Ron, and her role in the coming war. Philosophical.

Although she wishes she could Lily knows that she cannot protect Harry forever.