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In these dark times Harry feels many dark things...

Had Professor McGonagall’s tea been a little warmer; perhaps her bun a bit looser or her shoes more comfortable, she would have approved The Letter to be sent...

Alone in his room at 4 Privet Drive, Harry contemplates suicide. But is he really alone?

One year, seven sins, and 'happily ever after' Slytherin style.

The life, adventures and mishaps of Padma Patil, eleven-year-old witch.

'Eye-witnesses - Muggles, of course, we wiped their memories later - told us how Pettigrew cornered Black.' But one of the eye-witnesses was overlooked - and she saw more than anyone else.

A very interesting piece of news reaches Lucius Malfoy, who engages Severus Snape in quite a devious plan.

Ginny flees from the final battle to the safest place she knows: Hogwarts. When a Death Eater follows her, Ginny wonders if the old castle really is as safe as it once was. ONE SHOT

Hermione gives the ultimate sacrifice on the battlefield. Here is her story. (told in Hermione's P.O.V.)

When Sirius returned to England in September to be nearer to Harry, he found a refuge with Remus - but by January had to leave the first home he had known for years in order to be at hand when Harry needed him. Now, following the events of the Triwizard Tournament, Sirius returns to Remus's house with the unpleasant task of breaking the news of Voldemort's return.

Snape is alone and captured by the enemy. He has been confined to a dark dank prision for the better part of two years. The time of his imprisonment is coming to an end. Caution, there is a twist to this tale...

Sirius is spent babysitting Harry Potter that famous Halloween night when Voldemort met his downfall. He left not knowing he would never see his best friend again. Not knowing that Wormtail was betraying them that moment. Not knowing that he was going to be put in Azkaban for a crime he didn’t commit. Not knowing his godson was sent to horrible Muggles when, he should have been the one to look after him. Not knowing he would defiantly not see James Potter, his best friend, later.

Sometimes, the only way to hold onto happiness is to make yourself see what you want to see.

A missing scene from chapter 24 of HBP. What goes through Snape's mind as he waits in the bathroom after sending Harry, who has just cast the Sectumsempra spell on Malfoy, to fetch his bookbag? One-shot.

Four new students come into Hogwarts. They seen as normal, but are they? Each has a secret that will help protect Hogwarts from a great evil unlike any other!

Hawk, you brave bird, what did you see as you flew over Pirin Mountain? Did you meet our young hero, our leader?``Another verse in the epic ballad of the life and times of Viktor Krum which answers the musical question "Why does he walk like that?"

Massive destruction, the final confrontation between Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort. Inspired by the deleriously awe inspiring song 10th Man Down by Nightwish.

Lily brings him home for the summer, and Petunia tries to figure out just why he's there.

Harry spends his last weeks at Hogwarts thinking about Draco Malfoy... (Harry/Draco pre-slash, if you squint)

A short story about the dealings in a family that has been torn by the suspicion, greed and lust for power brought by the Dark Lord. It is an unusual look at a very prominent Death Eater and his family.

Sirius finds himself trapped behind the veil. What will happen to him now?

A look into the life of the Order, and the lives involved in the first war. Their love, their losses, and the trials of their youthful union, parenting and friendships. Not Chronological.

"If I could have foreseen my death, which I was unable to do, thank God, I would have left a letter..."

I remember afterwards, standing outside and watching the water lilies in the pond, and being happy. I don't think I can remember that feeling anymore. It was so long ago.

Snape didn't wonder why Potter was the way he was. Snape just wanted out.

Draco Malfoy judges, muses, and meets an unlikely enchantress at a masquerade.

Ron isn't exactly steady on his feet these days. But after what's happened with Percy, and Charlie, no one blames him. More than that, no one really has time to notice.

Lupin's angst after the final battle in OotP. Slash themes, stream-of-conciousness thoughts.

A day in the life of muggle John Harrison turns out to be one that he will never forget... Or can he? Rated for language and gore.

Hermione knows exactly how long it takes a human body to burn.

An old warrior and a young one look down on a great city and contemplate war, fear, and humanity. And one of them falls in love.

A sinister visitor troubles Minister Cornelius Fudge. He has come to bring a warning - one which Fudge has no desire to hear...

James Potter's announcement in his basement kitchen one night causes Sirius Black to reflect on his role in the Order of the Phoenix.

Fred and George Weasley are always laughing. Always happy, they dance through life - and all that see them have to smile. Yet they, like so many others, have been affected by the war. They too had family members that have been lost, they too have been attacked in their home. The difference about the twins is that they won't show it. But there is one young Auror who watches them, wishing they would open up and once - just once - show that that they too are in pain.

Harry’s First Year of Hogwarts through Quirrell’s eyes. What went through his mind as he planned the capture of the Sorcerer’s Stone and the murder of Harry Potter.

Perhaps the choice was wrong. There's not always someone around to make a sacrifice.

Petunia Dursley is just having a normal day, until she sees those bloody green eyes. She then starts thinking back to the little sister she had, and the world that took it all away, and threatens to do so to Harry.

You're just like an angel.

They fought on the train. There were four of them in the compartment, and they were barely past introductions and the train barely out of the station before three were tangled up in fists and punches and bites and kicking on the floor. The fourth huddled in the corner and watched. His name was Peter.

Children of Death Eaters, employed by Voldemort. Will they be able to break Blood Ties? A rather interesting fic, with two OCs and lots of Malfoy! Will be rather dark, but some humor thrown in too.

"Ginny leaned down. She kissed Harry Potter on the lips, kissed him and tasted the salt of his blood in her mouth, tasted his death. She kissed him as the ravens circled overhead, and corpses rotted nearby. She kissed him and hoped for some kind of miracle, knowing all the while that none would occur."

Harry is tired of all the drama and grief around him - between the recovery of losses in the Last Battle and the regular trials and troubles of a teenager, Harry wants to run, run away, and never have to face this again. At least, he doesn't want to be human anymore - could life be any better as a turtle? Hermione turns him - and herself - into turtles, and Harry suddenly realizes he'd rather be human. The only way to get back to his normal self is to kiss his love, but it has to be of the same species....He doesn't love Hermione, does he?

Helena--the Gray Lady--was shaped in many ways by her parents and their crumbling relationship with each other. She considers their combined temperaments and the way this lead to her jealousy and eventual betrayal.

Glimpses of war. What it is, what happens, and what do you look for. Harry's half-POV, variating-length angsty (and slashy) bits.

Love can be cruel sometimes - Narcissa thinks about her son and her husband. It's a little sad.

When twelve-year old Harry is locked in his bedroom after the pudding incident, he wishes for one last time for one of his parents. Little does he know that this time it’s going to come true.

Ron has died a 'Hero's Death,' but Harry blames himself. Can Harry, with the help of friends, make it out of this stage? Or will his life still be tearing at the seams?

"And that blasted song played on--louder and louder, until it drowned out everything else. Louder and louder, until he feared he would go deaf. Until he was sure it was all he would ever hear again. " Remus is haunted by a melody and the ghosts it brings with it. Some RL/NT

An older and sadder Draco Malfoy looks back on his life and reflects on his sins. A possible future for canon!Draco.

This story takes place on Christmas Eve at some point after the death of James and Lily. Miles apart and completely alone, Remus Lupin is homeless and Sirius Black is locked in Azkaban. Both struggle with the pain and loneliness of their current situations, reflect on the joy of the past and make Christmas wishes.

Snape has taken something precious and Remus wants it back. But Snape hasn't forgotten, of course, what we all know about silver.

Some time after the events of GoF. Songfic. Percy Weasley and Penelope Clearwater come to an understanding.

Maybe all Draco needs is someone to care. Maybe someone bothers caring and it changes everything, not necessarily for the better.

Harry is captured. The world has fallen to Voldemort. Each hour of the night before the day he dies, Draco Malfoy visits his cell to gloat, and discuss the passing days.

A story about the quidditch world cup of 1999. Concerns Oliver Wood, Viktor Krum, Katie Bell, and as many quidditch players as I can muster up. Some slash in later chapters. Read to find out more!

Bathroom interlude and maybe Harry finally has something he can tell anyone.

As Hermione packs for Hogwarts in her seventh year, she remembers the memories in every fold of cloth, every page of every book, every string of every quill pen, and shares them with the reader.

The final war against Voldemort has begun. Almost every boy at Hogwarts in the fifth through seventh year, with the exception of Crabbe and Goyle, has joined the fight against the Death Eater's army: the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the Marines, or the Coast Guard. It is extremely hard, both on the soldiers going off to fight and the girls forced to remain behind. A songfic to the Dixie Chicks' "Travelin' Soldier". Includes a little HP/HG, RW/OC, NL/OC, CC/GW.

Harry is once again having bad dreams, featuring a girl in ghostly white. Potions class reveals that Draco Malfoy, of all people, is having the exact same dream. Once comparing notes, Draco as well as The Trio are swept away to Paris, France, to the infamous cemetery of the vampires, Les Innocents. Soon they are thrown into a philosophical as well as physical battle against time, God, and the horrors of Les Innocents.

Mia Wickham is stunned when she is given a diary holding the “soul” of a teenage boy named Waldemar Schatten. Confused suddenly by things he tells her, Mia returns to her school in Australia to discover their very own dark wizard, The Shadow Lord, is rumoured to be in league with Lord Voldemort, Europe’s most feared wizard. Strange things are soon occurring around the school, and who is that gorgeous, mysterious boy Mia continuously comes across? Waldemar has a secret: and Mia has to find it out.

Harry and Draco both go to Auror Training. What happens? Are things different now that both boys are men, or will it be Hogwarts all over again? And will things be better or get worse when they are paired up by an insightful teacher?

August 1970. Sirius and Regulus' first trip to Diagon Alley.

Petunia Evans had a very different life from the time she was eleven to seventeen, she was as any other magical muggleborn witch growing up during Grindlewalds time was. Except she fell hard for a, well not a, the Dark Lord. "I wasn't always like this, Harry. I once was in love. Now that you are soon going to graduate from Hogwarts I have decided it is time for you to know the truth about me and how I grew up and why I chose to live the life I do. Please forgive me, Harry. I never meant for it to turn out this way."

Lucius' first instinct was to bow his head and mumble ‘excuse me, father’, but he controlled himself. Those times were over. He wasn’t going to be intimidated by the old bugger, not any longer.' Lucius' father goes one step too far...

Get a grip, Remus thought to himself. It was bound to happen sometime. You knew it was. But that didn't stop Remus from hating himself.

A dangerous game is being arranged by the Slytherins'. An old tradition is that they at full- moon encourage Hogwarts students to play the Werewolf- game. A student have yet not been bitten, but this year - the Werewolves actually show up, and the Slytherins does not seem to know about the fatal consequences if anybody does get bitten..

What would happen when it's all over? And who would be left to bare it? Slightly Hr/R & H/G.

An account of the events of August 4th-6th, 2075 at Number 12 Grimmauld Place, as written by Grace Markaway, scholar.

Just how effective is the Ministry of Magic? A very brief look into the mind of a Muggle who saw the fight between Peter and Sirius. And *remembers* it.

Harry reflects on the past at Hermione's wedding. A songfic to Chevelle's 'Send The Pain Below'

"Well, thanks for the impromptu lesson on people with mental issues, at any rate." Because the best part of the pain is the healing process. [Harry/Remus, Harry/Sirius, Remus/Sirius]

Our favorite redheaded spitfire rants about the pros and cons of being a Gryffindor, and how annoying older brothers can get ... especially when you're the only girl in the family.

The final stand-off between the Order and Voldemort's Circle is at hand. A small slice of the battle and a look at the relationship between Harry and a certain other someone...

Dumbledore never told Harry everything that transpired during the time of his imprisonment in Azkaban. But now, inside webs of deception, discoveries are finally made, motivations known, secrets laid bare, and many lies are revealed. A fic set inside Barb's "Psychic Serpent" universe.

Sometimes I can barely remember his face. I don't want to forget. Please, don't let me forget.

Rain and tears intermingled with regret and remorse, the pain of knowing what might never be. Draco must make a choice between his father's demands and Ginny.

Sirius Black is on the run again when the dementors come back and search the village. Where can he stay where can he go?

We all know that Lucius is evil. There's been rumours that he trains Draco to be just like him. That he uses children for Draco to practice on. What would it be like to be ripped out of your world and plunged into another? What would it be like to be tortured? This story looks through the eyes of a girl chosen to be tortured for a reason she doesn't know.

When an awkward boy wants to be a prefect, what can he do but ask help from the best and brightest? A moment in the life of Cornelius Fudge, the moment he decides to visit Tom Riddle. Counsel given in a most Slytherin manner. Slash.

After the events in Order of the Phoenix, Percy takes some time to do some serious thinking. He reflects on his own actions of the past year and makes some changes in the beliefs that he held high over the past year, and reconsiders his unwavering faith in the Ministry of Magic.

The final stand between Harry and Voldemort is in the hall of the Department of Mysteries. After Remus falls, the children charge Voldemort, and Prophecy is fulfilled. But it isn't the end; the Veil stands as Judge, Jury and Executioner for all. Through it, prices are paid, and one man finds redemption. Not a Sirius-comes-back-from-the-Veil fiction, nor is there any insight as to what is on the other side of the Veil. Contains Major Character Death.

When the War is over, and the wizarding world has forgotten what it feels like to be terrified for your life every moment of the day, one person close to death records a simple account of the life of an unknown Muggleborn...

Someone stumbles upon two wizards locked in an intimate moment. The scene stirs up long-forgotten feelings of love, wanting, and hatred. The rose garden reveals all.

The Weasley family has been ripped apart by Voldemort's return and the Ministry's blindness. With the truth out, is reconciliation even possible over pride, on both sides?

Seven years after the infant Potter defeated You-Know-Who, a Death Eater tries to sacrifice a Muggle child in a ritual to revive the Dark Lord. It seems simple enough -- what could go wrong?

Lucius Malfoy, one of the greatest, most loyal Death Eaters, died serving his lord, but took Harry Potter down with him. Now, Lucius' son, Draco, meets Voldemort, who expects him to be just as Lucius was, loyal. Draco seeks his revenge, and Voldemort seeks a new supporter. Bit of a song fic to David Bowie's Man Who Sold the World. Mentioned R/Hr and D/G

--Good morning, Mr. Malfoy. Seeing as I murdered your only heir, I feel honored to attend his funeral-- Sequel to Voltage

Almost every late night or early morning, seven year-old Ron hears his parents get into explosive fights. In the morning, they act like nothing happened. But Ron knows - and it's hurting and confusing him because he's the only one that does know. But after witnessing a horrible fight for the first time, Ron explodes and tells his parents everything that they need to know what they're doing to their family - to their home. A rather well-written songfic to Blink 182's "Stay Together For the Kids".

Over the years, James reacts to Voldemort’s attacks. In memory of those who died in the horrific events which occurred in the U.S. on Sept. 11, 2001. This fic is an allegory for what we are all experiencing.

He was just a boy. A little boy. And she had just killed him.

As the sixth year at Hogwarts is about to begin; Draco Malfoy sits and thinks. He thinks about his life, he thinks about school and most of all, he thinks about Harry!

When Severus returns to the Inner Circle, Voldemort is suspicious. How can Severus earn His trust?

Trust is a hard word to live with.

What do I see when the dementors come near? I see her... (S/N)

"You used to smile all the time. Why don't you smile anymore? What's changed?"````How am I supposed to answer her without frightening her? She’s five years old. She doesn’t need to know what happened in the Department of Mysteries. She doesn’t need to know what I’ve seen, what I’ve experienced...

Voldemort's Shadow is a dark cloud over the Wizard community. Few have been left untouched and many have the scars although not everyones are visible.``Lucius Malfoy sends his daughter to Hogwarts where she finds her way into Gryffindor House. Then the Potions Master goes missing follwing his first lesson with the mysterious Pallas Malfoy.

You remember when you lost him to the Dark Arts. You remember the way he scoured the papers every day, reading the news on Grindelwald's latest attack. You thought, hoped, this was a passing obsession, until it escalated even further than just simple curiosity.

They knew nothing of him; only the memories of his victims, the recollections of Dumbledore while in his youth. They knew nothing of his pain, his corruption; that everything soiled and wicked has to be pure before it spoils. Of course, Tom Riddle's life could never be written, or recalled by tongue-only he could properly tell the tale of his life; him and him alone, from his birth to the prophecy, to the confrontation of the newborn wizard, and ultimately his fate-Harry Potter.

Severus Snape doesn't know this Ravenclaw girl very well. Neither is he aware of how closely he is watched in class. Or her feelings for him...