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The year is 1969. Little Severus Snape discovers a new passion: Dark magic. His mother thinks it prudent to take charge and explain him the rules of the game.

Trials come in all shapes and sizes and Harry’s going to have``to deal with a lot on them in his sixth year. Join him as he represses, burns books, plays Quidditch and does his homework, all while having to foil Voldemort’s plans for immortality.

Harry deals with the death of Cedric in his own way.

During his time in Azkaban Sirius finds a moment among the shadows to reflect... but only for a moment, before the shadows once more resume their dance. Slash.

"McGonagall won't last long, she's only filling in..." Following Minerva McGonagall through Chamber of Secrets as she struggles to protect the students in Albus Dumbledore's absence.

Suppose you were allowed to go to Hogwarts...but you couldn't interfere, and you had just a glance?

The best things come in threes. Fate split them apart, what brought them back together?

Katora is just about to make the hardest choice of her life, well second hardest. See what happens to Katora as she just tries to make a living.

Inspired by the lyrics of Sun and Moon from the musical Miss Saigon, the fic focuses on the thoughts of two people torn apart by belief. What will happen? What had happened?

We've repeatedly heard about Sirius Black and how when he got into Gryffindor, his family was shocked and ashamed. Turn the situation around to look at a girl who everyone expected to get into Ravenclaw or Gryffindor --Hufflepuff, at worst. As Hagrid says in book one, "Better Hufflepuff than Slytherin". Modesta's world is turned upside down when she finds herself in the last House she'd expected to get in. She finds herself exploring Slytherin as she never thought she would and discovering things that make her wonder if there is more to this stereotyped house.

Sirius, injured, needs help. Dumbledore sends Ron out to help him, and now he's finally returning. Harry stands to greet him, but will news be what he wants to hear?

In every war, both sides think they are right. What would it take for Lucius to convince Narcissa that joining Lord Voldemort is the right choice?

"'Do you believe in the life to come?' . . . 'Mine was always that.'" - Endgame by Samuel Beckett. Tom. Harry. Blood, genetics, power, immortality. A one-shot.

Sometimes it takes a big change to let you see past the silly little squabbles of life. Oliver Wood and Marcus Flint reflect at Cedric Diggory’s gravesite.

Before Harry Potter was born, Lord Voldemort had another obsession: his experiments. They were to be the ultimate Death Eaters; they were bestial in their ferocity, and stronger and faster than any human. They were his children - before they rebelled. Thought to be exterminated by Voldemort's rage at being betrayed, the last of these warriors will change the wizarding world in a huge way.

Underneath the tight bun and the thick glasses, Minerva McGonagall is a woman who cares.

This story has an interesting twist. You don't know quite who is talking until the very end.

"I was alone. All alone. And my father deserted me. I couldn't believe it." A songfic to the song Perfect by Simple Plan.

In his dreams, Harry mutters Sirius's name. Harry-centric post-OotP ficlet about grief, guilt, loss and love.

Hermione and Goyle meet in a graveyard one cold December afternoon.

In which young Severus Snape and Bellatrix Black befriend one another, over tea and torture.

Lavender Brown sits and recalls the past two years of her life. It is difficult to think straight with a broken heart, but somehow, the story of her and Parvati Patil comes to light, a tragic story, where Lavender's heart doesn't survive the telling...

There was a time when a man's name defined him.

A young Ginny agonizes about losing Ron to Hogwarts and new best friends, feeling empty and ugly. A sweet fic reflecting the unique relationship between Ron and Ginny.

Viktor Krum's thoughts as he prepares for a match.

Christmas at the Burrow - from Percy Weasley's point of view.

George Weasley relates on his life and being a twin. See life from his point of view and why he's jealous of Fred.

From the birth of a Death Eater, to the death of Harry Potter. This is the ultra-condensed history of Severus Snape.

Harry never knew someone was obsessed about him. And no, I don't mean Ginny Weasley. No one ever noticed Eloise Midgen, but she was always there, watching and dreaming about everything Harry Potter.

A set of fairly long drabbles about the three Black sisters: Bellatrix, Andromeda, and Narcissa, on the topics of power, passion, and pain.

One-shot. “We'll have to go back,” she says, looking mournfully at the castle as he silently closes the book. “We can't stay out here forever.” ``Draco/Hermione ficlet, featuring much angst and reflection.

Harry finds a strange note as he's getting ready for the train ride to his sixth year. Could it have something to do with Sirius?

This is a short fic were Sirius does some thinking about his relationship with Harry and another prophecy is made, this time about Sirius.

The first of October brings with it the first killing frost, and although it has largely melted in the sunny areas of the glades by mid-morning, its white hoar lace still persists in the shadows. Remus crunches through the detritus on the forest floor, stirring up the moist earthy smells of decay under his worn boots, in search of the essentials: food mainly. Nuts perhaps. Hope in a basket. Whatever he can find.

Sequel to Two's Company.

Ron walks down a corridor filled with portraits that he himself painted, until he reaches the final and most important painting of all.

Voldemort won, Ron and Hermione are helping look for a book to destroy him.

Pansy kisses her and everything changes.

Part I of II for Draco Nascent.``At end of his sixth year, Draco Malfoy's carefully constructed world was shattered by Harry Potter's three simple words: "You are a coward."``Too poweful a truth for Draco to bear, he fled from Hogwarts, beginning a nightmare journey into the Dying lands plagued by Hell's Demons. Completely lost to himself, he is remade as Ingel Delano, Guardian of the vampires, by the Master of the Night, a mysterious vampire named Serafin. But the truthfull green eyes haunt and the past may have more horrors than Draco knew...

Death. We all know Harry has been affected by it. His parents, Cedric, Sirius. Who next?

As Harry faces up to his problems -- grief, betrayal, and the knowledge he must kill or be killed -- he decides he must fight. Knowing Harry can no longer fully trust him, Dumbledore finds Harry a tutor and protector. Working with his friends, Harry decides the only way he can win is to make Dumbledore's Army more than just a name. Starts as H/L R/Hr N/G.

What happens when Draco finds Ginny in bed with his enemy?

After Harry saves Malfoy's life, Harry helps him see the truth.

A drunk, heart-broken, and changed Draco Malfoy runs into Harry Potter one night, and finds that the Gryffindor has changed a lot - and for the worst. Set sometime during seventh year.

"Ten years after the war and England’s ley lines are still snapping, and you can’t do magic unless you want to blast your fingers off." Finding your way back with a map that leads you to different places than it did yesterday. Believing in the way things are supposed to be and watching the world change underneath your feet. Padma/Hermione

Maybe he wasn't always evil. Maybe he wasn't always scary, and maybe, just maybe, there's a tale of a child, so lost and lonely, who doesn't know what to do. Maybe there's a boy out there, who's father left him so long ago. This is the story of the man we all fear, through the eyes of the very same man.

Harry is back at Privet Drive for the summer, where he has nothing or no one to occupy him except for his thoughts and memories. How will he deal with what happend at the Ministry? ~summer after fifth year-fic based on 'A Rush Of Blood To The Head' by Coldplay~

In silence Harry visits his late godfather's room only to find an unsent letter.

Tomorrow will be the massacre to end all wars. The dark era will end at the hand of the midnight queen. He who takes a chance will fall while the one who remains at home will thrive in obscurity while the other dies in mock glory.

"You did not ask Harry Potter about the war..." Four years after the defeat of Voldemort, a simple radio announcement and wartime secrets long kept buried may change Harry's life forever...(song lyrics by Ani Difranco)

"We were so close there was no room, we bled inside each other's wounds..." Oneshot; sometime in the late 1970s... Remus needs to be made use of, and Dumbledore has an assignment for him. Partner with Severus Snape to fight Voldemort. But there are some unexpected consequences of pairing old school rivals.

Harry knows where to find Luna when she doesn't want to be found. (Prequel to The Locked Room series: Better Days, Camera Obscura, etc. Harry's seventh year.)

Neville Longbottom had a terrible memory; even Rememberalls can only tell him he's forgotten something. What happens when that something is someone important? What happens when Neville has forgotten his first friend?

Grief Crazed Father Strikes Minster of Magic!``See latest issue of Daily Prophet for details as the story unfolds.

Mrs. Figg invites Harry to tea and gives him an unexpected message from Dumbledore - seems like he knew all along what Severus Snape might have to do... and what part could Harry's mother have played in all this?

"I shake my head, the flakes flying off in all directions. I am going to meet her again today, for the first time in five years. And all I can think about was how beautiful she will look in the snow." Ginny Weasley has been absent from Harry Potter's life for five years, and today, he's going to see her again.

A brief songfic. Remus muses on his present, past, and future the morning after a full moon. What makes him tick. What makes him cry. What makes him angry. Takes place the summer after PoA.

It's the night before the fateful murder of Lily and James Potter (and the attempted murder of Harry Potter). Exactly what are Peter Pettigrew and the Malfoys up to?

In a desolate wasteland they once called home, two women face the ends to lives they held dear to their hearts. Sometimes there aren't any happy endings. Sometimes the hero just can't save the day. Sometimes life just isn't anything like the fairy-tales. Sometimes, bittersweet chocolate can sometimes be the best. And sometimes, things don't go as planned.

"In wine, truth." Wherein lunacy is commonplace and words too long unsaid are spoken. Not your typical drunken Remus. Slash.

In the War Against the Dark Arts, the Aurors dealt out death, restrained only by their consciences. Some families practiced the Dark Arts as a matter of course - a look at one and it's intersection with a faction of Aurors.

Remus and Harry have a moment of catharsis together. A challenge fic involving a piano. Order of the Pheonix spoilers contained within!

Wizards aren't the only ones who are prejudiced against muggle-borns, some muggles are too. One family knows this far too well.

A graveyard in winter. A man who wanders. A glimpse at a life touched by loss, and of a man who grief would not break.

Where does Bellatrix's love for the Cruciatus Curse stem from? Why does she continue to torture those around her? Spite... power... or merely pleasure? Submerge yourself in the mind of a lunatic who prides herself in perfecting the human condition.... (rated R, includes Bellatrix/Harry pairing, torture, and blood. Read at own risk)

Snape/Pince. The books have ears. What do they hear? Warning: deathfic.

One-shot fic. Severus Snape has his final moments as a Death Eater.

In this version of the Final Battle, Ron sacrifices himself to save Harry, prompting the latter to go on a heavy "guilt trip"; it takes the entire remainder of the Weasley family as well as Hermione (among others) to assure him that it was Ron's choice to do what he did because he loved Harry and that no one blames him for what happened --so it's time he stopped blaming himself.

A short one-shot. The final battle is at hand. What will happen? Who will triumph?

A short Snape fic. Snape tries to figure out why people try to avoid him. The reason shocks him and sends him into a deep depression.

After Sirius' death, Harry was only living on the shred of hope that it could all be changed, Sirius could come back. During the summer, he realises this isn't so and slowly sinks into a strange state of depression that no-one can get through. However Hermione ploughs on, determined to get Harry back... (slight H/Hr)

Remus writes a letter to his best friend, knowing that it can never be delivered. OoTP *spoilers*

Years later, after learning of certain events in fifth year, Hermione decides to take matters into her own hands.

It is time to bring Tom back...

How does one begin a journey back to a place where only nightmares reside? Hermione Granger returns to the Wizarding World after the war to those she loved and memories she lost.

The last moments in the life of Harry Potter.

A giant mourns a baby dragon.

They were all standing there; my mind wasn’t fully gone as I recognized Sirius leaning against the wall, a cold smirk on his features, his eyes blazing as he watched the two others struggle. “Snape, just go! Just--- damn you, Sirius--- just get out of here now!” My ears perked. That was James shoving Snape backwards, his wand abandoned by his feet. I issued another growl and stepped forward again ...

Harry is living with the Dursleys when a friend comes and gives him good news.

"We want to know more about people who fail. We care about people who are scared, who act foolishly, who are tricked by their vanity and trapped by their desires ... Flawed characters are the unforgettable ones" -- Susan Shaughnessy. Half-blood Slytherin Millicent Bulstrode reflects on her time at Hogwarts, the years of wasted effort she put in trying to be accepted by the popular students of her House, and what she intends to do about it. [Written for the femgenficathon.]

Lucius remembered Molly from school...

The war was over and Voldemort was dead. It was not a time of celebration, but I had ceased to expect that months ago. My trial was set for tomorrow and Harry’s silence had been growing by the day. H/D slash. Sequel to There, In That Silence.

Draco has always hated Harry, right from day one, and he'll do whatever he can to break him.

Sirius is suspicious, Remus is worried, Peter is a traitor, and James is about to die. Takes place roughly between 1978 and 1982, although there are some scenes a bit earlier or later.

What do you do when someone you love doesn't love you back? Do you stand alone or do you lie for the sake of being with them? Post-Hogwarts looking back on seventh year. Songfic to Linkin Park's "By Myself".

Remus Lupin had relied completely on Sirius Black; he who turned a curse into a gift and accepted him for who he was, not what he was. Then he was gone. Gone in the second it took for a veil to flutter innocently and whisper unheard words. This is what it feels like when a werewolf cries.

Here's a thought for every man who tries to understand What is in his hands. ``He walks along the path towards the castle-prison with his hands shoved in his pockets, head down. ``He shivers as he approaches; the last time he was here, he was an inmate, but he’d been proven innocent three years before and hadn’t thought then he’d ever come back.

Harry tired to look back on his life, but only can think on what he'll be missing... Angsty Vingette.

Draco watches Hermione for a while outside by the lake. He ponders a choice he must make, and eventually comes to a decision; one that affects both her and himself.

One must die: Malfoy or Potter. But nobody deserves to die. Nobody. A Malfoy monlogue.

Harry Potter and friends become the characters from the Clue books. Harry is Mr. Boddy. Find out who else is involved in this spoof mystery.

Harry has made a very bad mistake.

What *did* happen to Ron and Harry? Hermione stands in the cemetery and recalls it all. Sequel to "Goodbye's the Saddest Word".

Hermione's thoughts on the Final Battle. It doesn't go how you'd think!

Draco's last words to Harry by means of a letter.

Takes place the summer after Ron's fifth year, the battle against Voldemort is raging. What happens when Ron loses someone he loves? How does he cope?

Harry Potter is back in Privet Drive after a terrible year at school. Everything's just like it always been. Harry's not allowed to send Hedwig with a letter and Dudley's got something very fishy going on...

Part three of a five part series. What if Lupin hadn't turned into a werewolf that fateful night? What if Peter had been handed over to the dementors? What if Sirius had been vindicated while he was still alive? Find out here.

Sirius Black and James Potter are sworn enemies. Their parents have put that idea in their heads for years now. But both have magic power, and both are sorted into the same house. Can they stay enemies forever? A story of friendship, courage, and learning our parents aren't always right.

Harry is hurting himself, his friends, and risking his life without care or concern about anything. When he starts losing his magic, he really begins to push everyone away. Except one person, who seems to understand him more than he knows. HP/DM slash. NO DH SPOILERS.