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Someone thinks about choices.

Remus Lupin hates himself in the days after the death of the Potters. A study of self-loathing and healing.

"Harry Potter had asked special permission to Albus Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to leave the castle one evening. It had been a month since the school year had started, and Dumbledore had not been very surprised by his request. He had actually thought that Harry would come to him sooner."

Young Severus Snape travels to Hogwarts for the first time aboard the Hogwarts Express, and is Sorted.

Alone in Azkaban a prisoner sits and contemplates betrayal and despair. Implied slash with a twist.

Another vingette about the twins and one's thoughts on the other. Again, inspired by my own twin sister. My brother went away today. No. No, I don’t think that’s what I want to say. My brother and I. My brother and I went away, today.

There are other students from Muggle families than only the well-known Hermione, Harry, and Justin. What about Dean Thomas? How was his life before Hogwarts, how did he and his parents deal with him entering the wizarding world? Let's dedicate some thoughts to a not so often mentioned Gryffindor.

When Harry resumes his Occlumency lessons with Professor Snape in sixth year he finds out he is not the only one having to deal with the pain of war. Sometimes the most humane and human thing to do is comfort the one your with. Could be seen as HP/SS if you look hard enough.

Ah, yes. The ancient issue of blood purity that has caused so many troubles and so much strife. Told through the eyes of a pure-blood, a Mudblood, and a werewolf.

Here I am, once again watching you from the window of my office. It is amazing how you captivate me. Your intriguing smile, your laughter, and the way your chocolate eyes sparkle when you talk are all so amazing. I look out at you, and watch you, sunlight dancing upon your head, as you dip your bare feet into the cool, crisp water of the school Lake. You seem to have not a care in the world, but I know better.

We do what we must to get by.

Amanda is just your ordinary non-magical Muggle. Her brother, however, isn't. He's a wizard, an Auror to be exact. After three years of no word from him, Amanda is finally going to be able to see her beloved brother again. However, little did she know, but his visit ``will be cut short by a mysterious attacker, hellbent on killing her whole family. Amanda is determined to find out who, how and why, in an adventure that leads her to discover a world she has never known. A world that may not welcome her with open arms...

"Harry!" I scream and I quickly grab the boy before he goes right in after him. I'm saying words although they don't make much sense, all I can think is that I have to hold him. He hits me again and again in his struggle, beating against my chest as he tries to break free. It was instinct, I think. I certainly don't remember using any strength to hold him back - even though I remember him struggling so fiercely against me. Then again, I've always been strong. It's part of my nature. Remus spends a moment alone after Sirius' death.

Luna Lovegood isn't quite the girl she seems. While you see the radish earrings and the protuberant eyes, her mind is something else. This is a snapshot of her before, during, and after her fourth year.

Harry takes out Sirius' mirror one last time.

Cuts can happen for all sorts of reasons. Sometimes they happen because we are careless, sometimes they are inflicted by others, and sometimes they happen because we need to kill the pain.

Harry isn't the same person after the Battle of The Department of Mysteries. He discovers that it isn't just his life that's changed, but his expectations of it and his assumptions about others.

James reflects on the past on how he lost Lily. He has a flash back of what happened to her and at the end, he decides that Harry (who is tuning 15) should know about how he really lost his mother.

After Ron's death, Hermione loses her mind and wants to die. Will someone be able to help her?

During the day she is fine. She gets along but when she crawls into bed, and closes her eyes, he enters her head. He has been dead for a year now, but that doesn't matter to Hermione. He's still here, and it feels like he's taking her over...

A short ficlet that involves a very depressed Hermione and her thoughts as she watches a storm. Is based on the song "Wish that I Was There" by Hanson! A lot of Angst, but just a sprinkle of Romance.

I’m so tired of being here / Suppressed by all of my childish fears / And if you have to leave / I wish that you would just leave / Because your presence still lingers here / And it won’t leave me alone -- A depressed Ginny reflects on what happened when she picked up the diary of Tom Riddle. An angsty songfic to Evanescence's "My Immortal".

In the war for good and for evil, there is always a critical battle. This battle has just been fought. These are the thoughts of a young man who has just gone through the battle, and his feelings about what has happened. A dark fic, so get ready for the angst and darkness! Rated for some abuse mentioned...but I'm not telling you who's having these thoughts until the end!

What if Ginny had been the one to warn Umbridge and the Inquisitorial Squad of Harry's use of the fire? What if she had been working for the Dark Lord all along? Dark, angsty D/G with a bit of V/G.

A short one shot assuming that Dumbledore's still alive after the final battle and thus can have a final talk to some dark haired boy.

Sirius, Peter, Remus and James get a mangled glimpse of the future, which, for two members of the group, has a lasting effect. Set in the MWPP era.

It's sad, gloomy, and uplifting. Thank Merlin for Voldemort!

When Lucius sets Draco an impossible deadline, he turns to the Gryffindors for help. But solving his dilemna has consequences he could never have forseen.

Theodore was used, now, to being known only as the son of a Death Eater. Nobody knew him well enough to judge him by any other measure, and they all got him wrong.

One special little boy takes his pain and invents a world of magic and mystery, but all dreams end. Everyone has to wake up sometime. One little girl is all it takes.

A young Severus Snape discovers the magical properties of a fig he finds in his mother’s garden while experimenting with chemistry. To his joy, he learns that magic exists and that his mother is magical. But he pays a heavy price for learning the truth.

Sequel to The End of Innocence. On the long flight to America, Harry is scared and in pain inside. In anguish, he tells his thoughts to the only person on the flight he can tell and not be overheard-his diary.

"You must chose Draco," said the man, in a low husky voice. "Choose which one shall live, and which one shall die. Then you must kill them."

In the midst of the war, Gregory Goyle finds himself on a mission to find and protect his only friend.

"The day her mother died, the sky had been a bright cheerful blue." Luna Lovegood throughout the years: how she struggles, fights, and eventually, heals.

Some things are meant to be forgotten. But new students never know that.

A girl sits in dismay and remembers...

Severus Snape is waiting for an omen. Winner of the Snapecast.com Winter Holiday Contest.

In the aftermath of Dumbledore's tragic death, while waiting for Bill and Fleur's wedding, Ron Weasley takes some time to reflect - upon how Dumbledore's death has affected his friends, what the future holds for, but mostly he broods about the one he personally holds responsible: Draco Malfoy.

What are we without something to fight against? What is life if you have no purpose?

Who said words kill? Not Lora Euripides, that's for sure. She's a silent killer, alright. The new Professor, Professor Snape, isnt making the greatest of impressions on her, and her best friend, Achilles Longbottom, has some issues that only she can help him solve. *Takes place in Snapes first year of teaching. Has unsaid answers all throughout it, try and see if you can answer them*

Draco Malfoy has been left alone in his compartment in the Hogwarts Express. In a rare moment, we see what he's like when there's no one around, and who he becomes when he lets go of his pride.

The calm before the storm is ominous and foreboding. Rain can wash away tears and rivers can quench sorrow, but such memories never fade away. G/D

Physical changes don't always mean psychological ones, and to become infatuated with the wrong person can have a huge price.

As per events in 'Other Ends', Draco persues his rebellion with some obstacles. (Snape/OC, Draco/Hermione eventually)

A series of songfics set after GOF and before OoTP. In the first chapter Cho Chang reflects on life since the death of her boyfriend Cedric Diggory and the lessons it has taught her, the friends she has made. (uses In The End by Linkin Park)

Yep. Another fifth year fic. Yep, another Dumbledore has a daughter. But hey, they quarrel, she hates him, he treats her like a child.... Some human relationships can't be done too often. There's always more to explore. A girl with a thorny personality, Dumbledore's eyes minus the twinkle, a chip on her shoulder roughly the size of the moon, and oh yeah, a crush she never grew out of. And has to act as the new DADA teacher. She can handle anything but her emotions and her father. An attempt to look at a less than perfect Dumbledore. And maybe a sideways glance at some of his less than brilliant ideas. (Even he has those, like practicing inappropriate charms on a woman in a foreign ministry...)

Voldemort tackles the question of love vs. fear.

A song fic to Good Charlotte's "Moving On". I'm not a huge GC fan, but when I heard this song, I couldn't help but think of HP. A little angsty, but with a fairly happy ending.

Oliver Wood is a young Quidditch star who finds himself torn between Nationalism and Morality during Riddle's rise to power. This fic focuses mainly on comparing the Death Eaters to Nazis and Riddle to Hitler. Thus, it is not for the faint at heart as it presses on very serious issues.````Oliver Wood/Penelope Clearwater

The students dethrone a devil and his demons. Rated for graphic imagery, psychological torture, and death.

Years and years after graduation Draco sits down and thinks about how far he has come.

Eleven years after the Final Battle, Ron Weasley is still trying to come to terms with his grief.

H/D Angst. It's all a waiting game, and everyone's practising.

Young Remus Lupin meets his werewolf attacker in the Forbidden Forest while a seventh-year student at Hogwarts.

Some say the Potters' death was the end of Voldemort’s power. Others say Harry’s survival was the beginning of hope. But the truth of what happened in those few short hours, is not an end or a beginning. It is a turning point in the lives of millions.

Set after Hogwarts, Ron thinks about someone, and how his opinions and feelings have changed about this person.

What was the reason for Harry Potter’s sudden willingness to serve the Dark Lord, at a time when his aid was most crucial to the side of the Light? Slash - Harry/Severus

Four houses, one student. Four things that never happened to Remus Lupin.

Song fic done to "When You Say Nothing At All" Harry/Draco. Harry catches Draco with another kid one day, and saves Draco from humilation with hopes of getting something in return.

The Wizarding World was slowly recovering and rejoicing the infant Potter boy's defeat of the Dark Lord - until Christmas, when things went very wrong for two unsuspecting Aurors and their young child.

After the war, Harry is broken and Draco has never been much for fixing things. (Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy)

They all thought that she was like them. A normal, pureblooded Slytherin. But she's not. Millicent Bullstrode has her own secrets.

It is the summer before sixth year. Dumbledore is making a record of his reasoning on the significance of Tom Riddle’s diary, and how Voldemort can be destroyed.

"Good morning," she murmured, but there was no answer.

Draco is a bit insane, shall we say, and wants to murder Harry!

No one mentioned Theodore Nott anymore. No one liked to think about how he died.

Summer at the Malfoys and Draco wants revenge! But on who?

There is so much more to a certain 'Kneazle/?/cat' than meets the eye. This is a retelling of 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban' from a 'Kneazline' point-of-view; who knows, we might even gain a little insight into the life of a very extraordinary creature.

In the world of Harry Potter, things never turn out well. If only his hopes weren't always so quickly shattered. AU, creature!fic, slash, and depictions of child abuse.

Transference is a phenomenon in psychology characterized by unconscious redirection of feelings of one person to another. In a therapy context, transference refers to redirection of a client's feelings from a significant person to a therapist. Counter-transference is defined as redirection of a therapist's feelings toward a client, or more generally as a therapist's emotional entanglement with a client.- wikipedia Hermione's job bring her into a place with an ex Death Eater and must fast her darkest yearnings.

When Severus Snape woke up from his traumatic encounter with Nagini, he found himself back at his favourite spot...his childhood playground.

Harrry gives his friends a chance to back out before the final battle, and Hermione takes the time to go home and reflect on what is truly in her heart.

Dumbledore informs Snape that the Lestranges have escaped from Azkaban. Snape knows Karida Lestrange is coming for him. "Such a wise old man," thought Snape. "He knows so much about my time as a Death Eater. But not this story."

Warning: contains information that will spoil OotP's outcome. If you have not read OotP do not read this summary nor the fic. A story of Sirius's travel into the afterlife with a certain theory incorporated into it.

Remus Lupin thinking about Sirius and what he thinks he's done right before the full moon.

Everyone says that there are no exceptions to the rules, but what if there was an exception? What if you couldn't go out until after the normal curfew and you had your own set of rules, just for yourself?

This is the story of Arthur Weasley's enduring love of Muggles: how it began, how it was received and how he had to struggle to learn as much as he has.

They were complete opposites: Kira Wilson is perky, pink, and blond. She is a pop singer who loves springtime, shops at Abercrombie, and smells like roses. Regan Luthin is dark, tormented, and dangerous. She's in a rock band, has black hair, a lot of piercings, and a lot of problems. A mistake brought them together. And it will take the greatest sacrifice of them all to bring them apart.

After falling through the Veil, Sirius meets James for the first time in years. A new look into Peter's relationship with the other Marauders and Lily. Slight L/J and S/R

In the wake of Sirius' death, Tonks tries to comfort a grieving Remus. One shot, set during OotP. RL/SB

Percy Weasley had been the perfect son, the perfect brother, the perfect student...until one day, his striving for perfection nearly became the instrument of his undoing. But then, watered by the pain of hard truths and the love of a father, the seeds of redemption are sown in the ashes of self-destruction.

After an outing outside the Manor, a five year old Draco wonders about some of the things he has seen.

Tom Riddle only wants to be ignored. Barring that, tea and respect will serve well.

Percy comes to pay Hermione a visit over the Christmas break of her seventh year.

An adventure in three parts. Ron and Hermione go out for dinner. There's a heated debate and a surprise holiday takes a sinister turn. Which one of them will die to save the other from a devious trap? The ending may be contentious.

Harry discovers a secret about Hogwarts that has been kept silent for centuries now. When strange and terrible things start happening throughout the wizarding world, Harry begins to suspect that this new knowledge is somehow connected. Now he has to find out everything he can about the history of this secret before its too late.

Severus Snape. Brilliant, handsome, dangerous, he joined the Death Eaters for the knowledge Voldemort offered, begining a spiral that devastated a promising carrer and shocked tht wizarding world. At the termination of the Goblet of Fire, he reflects. Loyalty does not mean beleif and action does not require faith. Think Snape likes Dumbledore? think again.

The first in a series of short stories starring MWP&P during their Hogwarts years, the Marauders find themselves in a precarious position. On one of their infamous moonlit outings into the Forbidden Forest, the Marauders discover something tragic. Now they must make a choice between their most well-kept secret, and a life.

They say we need help. That there is still hope for us. But I know that to be a lie. There is no hope for us. We did what we had to do and we did it for them. Isn't that enough?

During Harry's fifth year, a beautiful American transfer student arrives with a deadly secret, and makes Harry's life a living hell.

Sometimes, all that is left to do is to apologize. D/G, slight H/G.

Things aren't always what they appear, and even the golden boy can have a dark side. A song fic based on Two beds and a coffee machine by Savage Garden. Harry and Ginny's wedded life doesn't go as planned.

Harry is emotionally unbalanced - he is suffering from Sirius' death and the prophecy. When a certain present arrives for him, he wishes on it. What if the wish isn't what he wanted? Can he get back. Major AU.

Hermione laments how she could have saved Sirius Black.

Dumbledore tells us that Bellatrix learned the Dark Arts from Voldemort himself. What did she do to prove herself worthy of that honor?

A Songfic (Cat's in the Cradle) that looks at the father/son relationship of Draco and Lucius. Why are they so cold?

A missing moment fic, explaining exactly how Fleur Delacour got back to shore after being attacked by grindylows in the Second Task.

A Wild night and an encounter between Remus and Snape. The first full moon after the close of events in HBP.

Set in the future. Harry is married with a child. But what would his family do when tragedy strikes and they have no clue as to what happened to him.