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"Some may judge me to be dumb. Some may say that Herbology doesn't prepare them for what they will face on the battlefield. I agree. But it's not only Herbology I teach them. It's patience and an eye for details; trust in their abilities and love for their chosen professions. Not something that will help them during the fighting. Because that's what I'm best at, working behind the scenes, preparing the warriors for the time after the war." Professor Sprout muses about her place in the world.

Dumbledore offers Remus the Defense Against the Dark Arts job at Hogwarts. Remus suffers some personal turmoil over accepting it.

The Weasleys are being evacuated for their own safety as Voldemort's reign grows stronger. One day in the summer of their seventh year, Harry, Ron, and Hermione find themselves fighting for everything they hold dear...

On Harry Potter's fifteenth birthday, someone close to him bares her heart and her worst fears to her diary. An in-canon character examination of Hermione.

A not so innocent bystander tells what happened on the corner of Capulet and Montegue. *character death*

When she dances, the world stops for a moment to let her breathe. She knows she's not alone. Not by a long shot. There's life everywhere. If only people know where to look for it, then things would be so much better. A Ravenclaw should know better, but she doesn't. A Luna fic.

Hermione's life is not what it seems. What happens when she is discovered to be a cutter by Hogwarts most feared teacher?

Oliver Wood was Gryffindor Quidditch Captain. Something though drove him back to Hogwarts to fight alongside others in the final battle. Why does he fight in a battle that is not his own?

When Bellatrix and Neville meet for the last time

When Lucius is killed, Draco can't help but feel it's all his fault.

Harry's been MIA for three years. Not one phone call. Not one letter. Then, one day he shows up in the bedroom of a certain witch who certainly wasn't expecting him. More than a little strange. Not for the younguns.

As their lives fall to pieces around them, Helga Hufflepuff and Rowena Ravenclaw discover the spiteful trick fate has played on them. Each were led up to a forbidden destiny they cannot succumb to - lest they bring down the wrath of society. Founderfic, Helga/Rowena, Godric/Rowena, Helga/OC, Godric/OC. Femmeslash.

“Lumos.” A small beam of light reveals three feet of emptiness. Beyond is nothing but stifling, moist darkness. Accompany sixteen-year-old Severus into the tunnel where he goes through the single most terrifying experience of his entire life.

A war over, a broken mirror, silver eyes and distanced laughter.

Escaping through the night, Sirius reflects on the events that have changed his life and promises that the future will be brighter, if only for Harry.

Ginny visits Harry's grave and remembers everything they shared. Romantic, angsty, AND it has a satisfying ending!

A ritual transformation rips Remus's soul and heart apart as he longs for something he's not sure he ever had. Implied R/L, poetry.

Draco has flashbacks about his past while considering the effects of the rain. Very mildly insinuated slash.

Harry and Ginny's family gather to remember the past at Christmas time.

Draco has to leave, and Harry is bitter. Inspired by the song "Goodbye Love" from the musical "Rent". Lots of angsty goodness.

My plan worked. Everything is in order now, no more chaos. Voldemort is dead, and I’m the Savior of the Wizarding World again. No more disorder, no more chaos. Finally, I get some peace. I have no enemies. Voldemort is dead now, and so is my family. but I’m not dead. I lived. There is no sadness in my life. No darkness. Only light. There is no more chaos.

Years before Hogwarts, a prince by blood but not station and a clever Parselmouth have been succeeding nicely at a scheme everyone else thought too mad to try. So, Godric and Salazar are stuck in a cave with a sleeping dragon....

As Lupin wanders through the Black house, he is overwhelmed by the memories it stirs. They won't leave him alone and he knows what the inevitable outcome must be.

Someone makes a decision.

When had a pledge of universal honesty become a practice of universal derision? A look at Severus as a teacher.

Thirteen-year-old Harry Potter looks just like his father James, except that he has his mother’s eyes. A discussion with Harry in the Dark Arts classroom precipitates a series of memories that take Remus Lupin back in time to his encounters with Lily. But some treasures lay buried forever. Some ships never set sail.

Every time Ginny felt the ache, she but down hard on the knuckles of her left had. The pain of it, mixed with the saltiness of her skin, usually brought her to her senses. He didn't want her. She was only Ginny Weasley.

A songfic about Katie and Remus. Katie is standing on the edge of a cliff, and she's preparing to jump. Remus intervenes - who will get their way?

His eyes gleamed in happiness. His face shone and his lips seemed to be permanently curved upwards. Smiling had lately seemed foreign to him, but sitting across from the woman one loved made one do crazy things. Like wanting to cheat on one’s wife.

Sirius Black remembers his life and the obstacles in it, but most of all, he remembers what made his life worth living at all.

Out of all the days to come to Hogsmeade, he happened to - “Severus, please, come in.” Dumbledore’s calm voice shook him out of his thoughts.

Have you ever been so cold that you couldn’t feel a damn thing in your body? So cold that you couldn’t feel the things you placed your fingers upon? No, not shivering snow cold. Cold. Just cold. I have. Love is cold. Love is empty. Love is death. Death. I’m ready. Ready to leave. Going. Gone. [Draco Malfoy]

"Just remember: the most important part of a wedding is that, at the end of it, you're married. It doesn't matter what happens before that, as long as that's how it finishes up." ~Elsa Larson to daughter Karen on her wedding day

Where *do* all the creatures banished during Transfiguration class go? What happens them while they're gone?

Remus watches, Remus copes.

Sometimes our ancestors' deeds dictate who we become, even generations later. And being the descendant of the 'Boy-who-lived' might come with a heavy price.

On the other side of the veil, Sirius finds old friends, new guilt and finally, peace.

"Only a true Gryffindor could have pulled that out of the hat." Why Godric Gryffindor put a sword in his hat and why Salazar Slytherin could not pull it out.

Albus believed in the greater good. Tom believed in the right to survive. Aberforth believed that he could save them both.

"Can a body, catch a body..." The thoughts of a young man unwilling to draw the line between reality and perception after the loss of a loved one.

Third of the 'Colours' Sequence. "Harry Potter, whether you knew him or not or liked him or not or cared at all or not was like a big creeping vine, the green tendrils reaching into your cracks and taking hold and spreading large green leaves that blocked out the sunlight until all you could see was him, a magnet for attention that Draco couldn’t stand."

The first Death Eater is initiated by the young man that would become Voldemort. Set in 1944.

Imagine waking up after a nightmare. “It wasn’t real,” you sigh with relief. But what if it was? (Short, one-shot)

"To be or not to be - that is the question. Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune or to take arms against a sea of troubles and, by opposing, end them." Voldemort has come to Hogwarts. And Harry is forced to make the hardest decision of all...

Someone asked for stories about "nice Slytherins", so I wrote this. Late one night, Harry meets someone unexpected. Not all that fluffy.

A cute H/G fic...When Harry and Ginny are forced to hide away in order to be safe from Voldemort, a relationship grows... Will it last?

In her last year at Hogwarts, Ravenclaw Julie Fawcett lands a plum job as an intern at the Ministry of Magic, a position complicated by the power struggles that are developing as Voldemort returns. As she works to keep her integrity, reputation, and grades intact, she must also confront the reality of Life After Hogwarts. A look at the Order vs. Death Eaters conflict from a different perspective.

An innocent, nine-year-old Draco Malfoy is one thing, but an innocent, nine-year-old Draco Malfoy associating with Muggles is quite another - especially when Lucius Malfoy knows about it. (One-shot)

Fred Weasley has had some rough patches in his life before, but none have left the scars that have been formed in the last few months.

A story about friendship, about faith, and about what happens when everything between is blasted sky-high by Evil... Sirius and James and the bond they've shared since childhood, set to 3 Doors Down's Kryptonite.

Draco arrives back at home for Christmas only to be reminded of why he wanted to leave so badly at the beginning of term...

What were Sirius Black's last thoughts before he fell through the veil... and he met someone whom he had not seen for a very long time.

Neville is about to take on the most frightening task: finding a date for the Yule Ball. He knows who he wants to ask, but is it really possible? Will he be rejected? Neville never thought anything could be so difficult...

I never wanted us to die, and it is for us that I weep so openly now. As an individual, with you gone from this world, I am ready to die. Everyone and everything has a time to go; to be no more. I guess this is that time for me. I uncork the vile and lift it, the cold of it stinging my fingertips mildly. Some vapory smoke escapes out of the top and rises to the ceiling. Harry’s dying lover thinks about the times they had together.

She defined herself by her family, yet in their negligence, she found strength in herself. A Ginny Weasley story.

A new baby is said to bring blessings to a family; however, Teddy isn't feeling very blessed or happy about the situation.

Harry has gone on his first mission as an Auror. In a series of letters, see what Ron, Hermione, more Weasleys, Malfoy and Co., and Loony Luna feel about Harry's sudden leave.

'What a joke this all was, her life, what an utter and stupid twist of fate, pulled together just to amuse the gods. If anyone had told her twelve years ago that she would be married to a cold-hearted Death Eater, she would have laughed in their face.' Narcissa Malfoy reflects.

Just a glimpse from Harry's point of view.

Neville ponders a box and angsts ... Based on the sweet wrapper that Neville's mother gives in in OotP and what they could imply. I like to call it a short insight into Neville's mind.

"Every look you give me, every fleeting smile you send my way, holds something arcane and dangerous, something dripping with hatred and loathing, but masked with loyalty, and love." Ginny reflects on her failed relationship with Draco.

"She sat on the fire escape, overlooking the alley below where her shadow stretched out over trash bins, distorted." Remus and Tonks, given new assignments, face the inevitable.

"Why does Mum have to be so annoying?!" The worst thing a mother can hear. Molly Weasley is shocked to hear it from her own son.

Excerpts from the lives of the Founders, originally conceived as backstory to be brought up in the Time's Riddle universe. From apprentice-years and fast friendships that get off on entirely the wrong foot to "Music, a magic beyond any we do here." May contain a plot.

Harry is thinking about his depression in the most cynical of ways when Draco Malfoy comes across him in an empty classroom. WARNING contains slash (H/D) and self mutilation

It's Halloween, 1987, and Lupin finds himself wandering through the streets of London. As he tries to come to terms with the loss he suffered on this night in 1981, he runs into an old acquaintance for whom Halloween also holds painful significance.

They say that blood is thicker than water. Harry finds out how thin his can run when a seemingly random crime turns out to be much more. A quick one-shot.

After Hogwarts, Ginny and Harry are married and have a child. Ginny works at Madam Malkin's and Harry is an Auror. They have a good life...most of the time. Then, a chance encounter shows Ginny the life she could be living, and a tragedy sends her flying into the arms of another man - only he's not what she thinks he is.

Ginny lies in the chamber, unconscious. She does not realize that a certain Green Eyes boy has come to save her.

He went into it with the idealistic fervor of a crusader—only to find himself no better than a sinner, and a coward. A Severus Snape vignette.

During Harry Potter's seventh year at Hogwarts, extreme changes erupt: A new Triwizard Tournament has been announced, and the Gryffindors encourage Harry to enter. Hogwarts also gets a new Defense teacher, Harry and pals prepare for the N.E.W.T.s exams, and a new student arrives, who becomes a bit of a challenge to Harry. Meanwhile, a huge war between Lord Voldemort and the Ministry is brewing up, and Harry must deal with an important death of a close friend, as well as strong, passionate feelings for a special someone in his life.

Having the courage to let go is harder the holding on to a hopeless dream.

A Lily/James like no other. Elizabeth (Lilibet) is the second youngest in a family of Death Eaters and is starting Hogwarts this year. Lilibet is graceful, elegant and can speak twelve different languages, but will the Potter boys change her well-behaviour? (Slightly AU)

Songfic: Based around the Nine Inch Nails' song of the same name, this is a dark, near-poetic look at Sirius Black's experience in Azkaban. Arguably part of the 'Alfdom'.

By a chance encounter Buffy and Company learn of a whole new magical world they never knew existed and all the problems this world is having. Will the Scoobies help the wizarding world? Will the wizarding world want there help? What will happen when the Scoobies pasts are revealed? Can some things be forgiven? A/N- I know there are a lot of OC's, but these are all Buffy people. I only made up a couple characters. All other OC character are established in either the Buffy-verse and Harry Potter-verse.

Every second someone dies. War increases those numbers twofold. People lament, people fight, and people die. Monuments are built and memories of days past come alive again. And sometimes, no matter how much it hurts, remembering is all you can do.

Oneshot. When Severus possesses a bit of power, he's tempted to abuse it. One-sided Severus/Lily. Marauders Era.

Based on a real story. One-shot deal. Hermione is coming to terms with life and it’s up and down. Will her friends be there for her?

In which Harry evolves...into Dumbledore. "What is important is real, and what is powerful has yet to be defined."

Harry loses Sirius because of his father.

Hermione's angsty last testament. A one shot from her POV. Shows her views on how people regard her, and her love that could never be. Rated for femmeslash, and suicide. HG/GW

Connor’s new family isn’t quite as odd as his old one but it’s pretty darn close.

The product of an overwrought 16 year old. A songfic to Wherever You Will Go by The Calling. Harry's last day on earth and how he copes with the fact that most of his friends are dead, or traitorous and how he copes with the knowledge that to defeat the Dark Lord he has to leave his wife and son behind.

A monologue narrated by a man who finds footprints in the rain... Warning: Pure-Angst ficlet.

But after the parades and parties had ended and normality restored, Harry threw away the presents and the letters of thanks, feeding them to the fire that burned within him. And he came to realize that nothing had changed. Harry and Draco gen, post-war.

On New Year's Eve, Poppy Pomfrey mourns the loss of a friend.

He threw at her face when she told him that she is in love with him. Now, after three years later in one hour the Dementors kissed is going to be performed on him, but what is she doing in his cell?

Draco and Harry, alone in a dark alley after Hogwarts and the rise of Lord Voldemort, catch up and chat a bit. Of course, this isn't exactly teatime at Buckingham Palace, especially due to Voldemort's consolidation of power. Resistance falters, and it seems there's nothing left for the two.

The war has been won, but at a price: Harry Potter, hero of the Wizarding World, was among the dead. The world is in mourning, but none more so than Draco Malfoy; sometimes it is harder to be the one left behind. A HD songfic. Warning: character death.

You're never too old for a heart-to-heart talk with your mum.

Crabbe plans to brew an illegal potion. Will he get away with it, or will his nefarious plan fail?

A vivid description of the events on October 31, 1981 in Godric's Hollow.

Alone in the Forbidden Forest, the centaur Firenze observes the heavens and must make a choice. Will he betray the herd, or his own heart?

'What Carina Saw' is the story of Harry Potter through another Gryffindor student's eyes. Carina is one of the 'unmentioned' roomates of Hermione. She knows a great deal more about the Dark Arts than many of the other students at Hogwarts, but surely she can't be all bad. The sorting hat placed her in Gryffindor after all.

One simple mistake ruined Sirius's world... Now can he stop Harry from making the same mistake?

People live and people die. Those who remain remember those who have gone before. Hermione has never told anyone at school about the summer before her third year, but she has not forgotten. One July afternoon during the summer after her fifth year, Hermione finds herself overcome by memories of the loss she never spoke about. Once again she relives the fifteen minutes she couldn’t escape.

When Lupin left to join the werewolves on his mission from Dumbledore, his life started spiralling slowly downwards. Because the danger of life in the pack isn't only the suspicion and brutality of other werewolves - it's what slumbers inside, waiting to take hold. The longing to be wild, and free. And once woken up, it won't be silenced again...

It's been two years since Harry died and Ginny is left raising their daughter alone. Life has moved on for the both of them, but Ginny sits and remembers what did happen those first few weeks after Harry's death, how her daughter saved her life at such a young age. Song-fic to LeeAnn Womak's "Stronger Than I Am"

Other prophecies are abroad. Voldemort still plans to destroy the prophecy, bend it to his will. Harry Potter realises with the arrival of a transfer student that the Dark Lord affects all, not just England.

Draco reminisced about the time he realized that he loved her, but she was already with someone else.