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Post Hogwarts by about eight years. All of the events of Harry's life are becoming too much for him. How does he deal with them and Voldemort lurking around the corner? Chapter one is an internal battle of will in the Burrow.

*Hanson/HP crossover; non-canon; AU* It's one year after the downfall of the Dark Lord and the Wizarding World is an entirely different place. Take a look into the life of 16-year-old wizard Taylor Hanson as he deals with life, family, friends, school, Quidditch and being a teenager.

This is the coming of age story of Paul S. Black, Sirius's son, during the Second Vold War. This is an AU, Alternate Universe story, with many "added" characters. Warning: Will include sexual frankness and adult themes.

“Lies are easier to believe than the truth. They can’t hurt you unless you decide to let them. The truth doesn’t even wait for you to decide."

Every day a battle takes place within you between good and evil. The phoenix and the serpent are fighting inside, each struggling to be the one that emerges triumphant, clutching your soul. Welcome to my world.

What if Harry had lived at the Dursleys' with his twin? Would his fifth year be any different and will romance bloom for certain couples? ``Will Voldemort finally be defeated?

One ran. One pursued. And one tried to understand. There was one night. There were three men. There was one emotion.

My name is Tom Marvalo Riddle, and this is my story, of treachery, defeat, angst, how love kills, secrets, depression, and rising above it all, emerging at the top, no longer the weakest, but the strongest, bent on revenge. A dangerous ally if you ask me.

Sirius has escaped from the veil. Now his only mission is to find and save Harry. Sequel to 'Behind the Veil'.

1941-1981. A splitting of perfection.

An impulsive rescue has profound results; first for Professor Snape, but the butterfly has flapped its wings and the breeze builds strength....

One-shot dealing with how Minerva and Albus met.

A girl who claims to be one Sirius' cousins moves into 12 Grimmauld Place. What will happen when Harry and the gang find out her mother is the famous Empress of Magic and she is the heir to be the next Empress? What will happen when they find her deepest darkest secrets?

What’s worse, to be traitor to your family because you can’t see the truth, or traitor to the Ministry because they’re acting like politicians everywhere? The question presented to Percy, and one he eventually learns the answer to. Mild P/O slash.

Step into the mind of one whose very soul is broken... ````A first-person ficlet that shows you the broken soul and tormented spirit of one of the cannon's seemingly jolly characters.````The White Room is a purely angst ficlet that takes you beyond the mask and deep into the very heart and soul of its sole character. ````Discover a side of him you've never seen before...

How to make Gingerbread Women:````Mix one Peter Pettigrew, a woman he loved and a woman he became obsessed with together. Add healthy amount of angst. Bake until memories are golden. Sprinkle hindsight on top. Serve cold.

Gabrielle Delacour grew up with an easy life of riches and splendor, but turning to the Dark isn't as easy as she thought. Shades of evil linger in even the darkest of corners....

Crying is the only thing Harry seems to know anymore...

Paranoid!Sirius when he's on the run from the wizarding authorities. It's an insight into the mind of a man who's had to deal with too much.

Ron's thoughts two years after the trio graduate from Hogwarts. Some implied slash. Very short.

Being with her made everything perfect. It made him forget everything he sacrificed, everyone he betrayed and all the things that he left behind. But his love for her blinded him... Is his life really as perfect as it seems?

Hermione receives a gift from Draco and it proves to be fatal. Now the students of Hogwarts must deal with the loss of one of their own.

Lily Evans is the most popular girl in school. She’s top of her year, smart, beautiful and uncommonly kind to everyone. But what her friends at Hogwarts don’t know is that Lily leads a double life. Something lurks beneath her dazzling smile and within the emerald depths of her eyes. That something threatens to tear her apart emotionally and physically. It is the reason she never returns home for Christmas, the reason she dreads the summer holidays, the reason she is terrified of her own mother.

I sleep alone.

Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny must fight to save Hogwarts from an ancient evil doing the Dark Lord's bidding. But when that evil and the Dark Lord's Death Eaters destroy Hogwarts, where will the students find a safe haven? How can this evil be destroyed? Only Harry’s seventh year will tell, when the infamous prophecy comes true. Rated for mild language and possible character death.

In her first year, Ginny Weasley went through more than most wizards could go through in a lifetime. How could anyone think that she would be unaffected? Ginny thinks back on Tom and how he changed her, while deciding what to do with her own life.

The promise was broken. A reflection on the Snapes.

Harry has a talk with the portrait of a certain headmaster

A closer look at a seldom-examined character: Rita Skeeter tries to justify her way of life.

There are some people in this world whom life just never seems to work out for; you know the ones I’m talking about? I knew a boy like that once. He was my son, before he became a caricature of himself, a soulless man unrecognizable to me. ````A tragic story of a familar mother and a man who was once just a lost little boy.

Still depressed over Sirius's death, Remus is forced back to reality when Neville spends a few days at Grimmauld Place when his grandmother falls ill. They look over photographs together and discuss the past. SB/RL slash, one-shot.

The sun hides secrets that only the moonlight can uncover. Remus reflects on his blossoming relationship with Sirius.

Draco risks everything to be with Harry in his last moments and discovers the key to ending the war.

A prequel to I Await the Day. Harry writes a letter to Sirius a year after he is taken to Azkaban. Slight implied Slash. Short.

Alone and lonely in 12 Grimmauld Place, Sirius tries to convince Remus to keep him company.

Even in the wilds, there is room for kindness.

In one night, Dudley's life has changed forever. As he leaves everything he knows behind, he tries desperately to remember what happened. But all that's left is a gaping hole.

A look at life with the Black family when Sirius was a young boy. Sirius and Bellatrix are good friends until they start to grow up and have different viewpoints on life.

He stares at his hands a lot these days. Most people don't notice it 'cos they're too busy patting him on the back and congratulating him for finally killing Voldemort, saving the wizarding world, and all that. But I notice it. I notice it and then I stare at his hands, too. (Harry/Ron pre-slash)

Songfic to Alanis' "U R". After the war, Hermione contemplates the future.

They say that this is a battle between good and evil. Between light and dark. But I say that this battle is between fire and ice. Love and hate.

Three things didn't happen to Percy Weasley on February 29th in 1988, 1992 and 1996. This short fic and character study examines how Percy might have differed if only they had.

Takes place between CoS and PoA. A bridging of the gap between the books; Sirius' reflection in Azkaban on his time as a marauder at Hogwarts.

Draco addresses the ultimate conflict: love versus loyalty. He has made his promises, and he never breaks his promises... (Songfic to "Easy as Life" from Aida. H/D)

Bellatrix is bored, Severus has been picked on by James and Sirius, and Peter Pettigrew is in the wrong place at the wrong time. He needs to learn who his friends are.

"Today marks the end of her debt to Lily, paid in blood." On Harry's 17th birthday, Petunia bids farewell to her nephew. She anticipates freedom the instant he is placed in his guardian's care, but is given poetic justice in its stead.

For as long as he could remember, Draco had been proud to be a Malfoy. Post-OotP character study.

After Dumbledore is murdered, Draco Malfoy and Professor Snape talk about what's going to happen to them next.

After a long separtation due to opposing views two lovers must say goodnight for the last time.

Two months after Voldemort's death: Harry and Snape have to confront each other, themselves and a boggart. SSRL implied. Redemption intended. One-shot.

From Molly Weasley's point of view comes a happy memory with a sad ending. Molly remembers happier times when she is faced with a horrible truth. The Weasley nine... has been reduced to eight.

Four friends, torn apart by grief. She can see the Thestrals, he wants to die, he's lost in guilt, and she's moved on. Be strong, or give up, it's their choice, either way. It's 2 o'clock and they're ready for the rain - The last in the Time Trilogy, following on from 'Midnight' and 'Sunrise'.

In the past five years Harry, Hermione, and Ron have fought battles fit for adult wizards. Now school is out and the war has begun. Enemy lines have been drawn and some have been crossed. When it comes to fighting against the Dark Lord who will stand on the lines of good or evil.

There is no such thing as a victimless crime, and there will never be such thing as a happy ending.````In war, everybody loses.````Draco has a white rose.`` ``The rose is stained with Harry Potter’s blood, sweat and tears. It stands in a glass cabinet suspended by Magic on Draco’s desk. The nymphs in the snow globe next to it are scared of it.

It is after Hogwarts, and Harry's world has fallen apart. His two closest friends are dead, killed trying to save him from Voldemort. The boy who lived just wants to die. Can anybody save him?

When Vicky witnesses the death of her uncle, her world is turned upside down. She turns to the only person who can help her, Draco Malfoy. The two teenagers are thrown together in a whirlwind of chaos, lies, deceit and feelings that will take them from awkward teens to grown adults. Will Vicky realise what her feelings for Draco really are? Will Draco act on the feelings he has for her? But by the time he does, will it be too late?

Adara is a headstrong 5th year Slyhterin. She doesn't conform, not to anybody, but will this ultimately cost her her best friend?

Is there any end to the pain and the loneliness? Is there a cure for the emptiness that eats at him? Is it better to have loved and lost?

On a quest to nick some food from the kitchens, Dean Thomas makes a wrong turn and ends up in a room on the sixth floor. There, he finds a mirror he has only heard about before, and finally sees the man who has been haunting his dreams. A Mirror of Erised fic.

What's happening to Remus? What about James? And- wait, is it just a dream? Or is it a vision... a vision of what will be...

Instead of violence, there is thought; mutilation can be both physical and mental; sometimes there are no gods, only actors on stilts. Harry/Remus light slash.

Everyone has trouble dealing with their emotions, and everyone searches for the best way to cope. Sometimes you just can't help anyone. Harry is looking for a way to cope, aren't you?

For several long seconds, George's mind refused to comprehend what his eyes were telling it.

Seamus never spoke much to Dean and the others about life at home, they wouldn't understand. They only had to deal with the horror stories, he had to deal with the horror... Some kids at Hogwarts had to face a terror not of Voldemort, but of men.

In the moments after the Quidditch final, Harry reflects on his relationship with Ron now that Ron and Hermione are an item. Why is Harry so jealous? Could he be in love?

Broken bones will mend; we know we can deal with the pain, but it hurts even more to remember, but you know I only did it for the tears you cried...

Luna was a bright girl. She knew how to see what was right in front of her and she could recognise a lie when she heard one.

(started before OotP was published; takes place in fifth year, but completely different) Someone is out to kill Harry... again. Is it Voldemort? But then again... it doesn't seem to be. As Harry struggles against the new attacks and his own love life, the stranger is out there...

Severus Snape looks back and reflects on why exactly he hates James Potter.

Sequel to Fortitudo. A similar series of vignettes showcasing the talents of each Hogwarts house. But strengths are not always used for good.

This is a little story about Harry when he was seven and how he started to discover magic in his own way.

A (maybe sad) letter from Harry to Ron. [Implied slash]

Draco joins a band. Ginny is having serious late night run-ins leaving her badly bruised, and Hermione has discovered a dangerous plot buried within the whisperings of the Hogwarts school.

After Umbridge creates a new law "for the protection of the wizarding society against the dangerous powers of Metamorphmagi", Tonks visits the one person who will understand how she's feeling. Remus/Tonks friendship fic.

The ignorance and tumult of the teenage years are tempered by the swiftly shifting emotions that make Hogwarts so intriguing a place to wander when the torches are lit. H/D slash.

What will happen in the final battle with Voldemort? My version of the final battle.

Once Hermione and Ron left Harry, but he never knew the reason. Somehow, Malfoy seemed to know. Will Harry find out why? And the blue rain from the sky fell and his tears his hands cleaned...

Extremely weird fic, concerning the nature of time, power in the wizarding world, and random in-jokes.

Sirius Black is a collection of contradictions, accumulated over time from experiences and a certain knowledge. His experiences supposedly determine his actions, dictate how he acts, who he befriends, and who he hates. But so also do his friends influence his decisions, in what they do to and for him. An extended character sketch with the storyline woven through, and snapshots that tell the story.

Harry beating his girlfriend? Impossible! Not this nice, charming guy, right? ``What made him do it then?

Sirius fell through the veil...but where did he go? Who awaits him? Will his heart be heavier than the feather?

Ginny wakes up to a something very odd.

"They didn't notice her, most of the time. Most of the time she didn't think about that, though. Most of the time she listened--listened to the sky above her, listened to the clouds as they softly rustled together, listened to the sighing of the grass, listened to the whispers of the dead in their graves and the flowers that grew from them." Luna-fic.

Six decades, six couples, six vignettes: one red-haired woman and one black-haired man, together, alone.

During a fit of drunken rage and rancor in the summer after Goblet of Fire, Draco wishes for Harry's death... His wish is granted, but with terrible consequences.

Hermione finds herself having an odd conversation with a dead man. Post Deathly Hallows

Lord Voldemort's second chance at life.

Sometimes people aren't exactly what we believe them to be. Sometimes they are. And sometimes it's left to us to decide which is the right answer. Will this story persuade you that people can be literally made what they are?

Under the unleashed anger of a storm, a little boy runs away from the orphanage - from the pain and hurt and all the pent up anger inside. ````This dark little one shot tries to understand the beginnings of a young boy who will grow up to take the wizarding world by storm.

The sorting hat barely touched his head before yelling out Slytherin. Why? This is a musing on why Draco Malfoy was so easy to sort. A fic-let, really.

The events of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban through the eyes of Remus Lupin.

There once was a man named Thomas, who knew exactly what was real and what was not. Logical, level-headed, and very, very cynical. Superstition and fantasy were for idiots and wooly thinkers. Science and cold, hard facts, Thomas knew, would win out over any kind of metaphysical mumbo-jumbo you could ever find.``But, when Thomas takes a wrong turn on a bicycle tour of Scotland, he'll find out there is more out there than he thought he knew. A LOT more.

Sirius is unwillingly risen from the dead and sent to Grimmauld place. But when an unexpected turn takes him to a somber place, he is wondering how much, and who, he has missed.

From the ashes of a world gone wrong, she rose to the strains of hallelujah.

There's such a thing as being too British.

Snape has a new research project. It's pure science, but unfortunately, elements of humanity seem to be getting in the way.

After Voldemort's defeat, Severus Snape feels he's let everyone down. Unable to forgive himself for the things he did under Voldemort's direction undercover for the Order, Snape wallows in self-pity until he meets someone who can convince him of his own innocence.

One dark and rainy August day, a seemingly random assortment of people gather furtively in a run down old building on a remote corner of Diagon Alley. They face the death of a friend, enemy, role model, student...everyone face the loss differently, and that can have explosive consequences.

Sequel to The Pawn. Though no longer the Ministry of Magic’s pawn, Harry find that the path to be one's own master is a long and arduous one.