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Draco Malfoy knows exactly how to win someone over, and he also knows who the perfect candidates for Death Eaters are: the weak, and the easily swayed. One of Malfoy's past recruits reminisces about his relationship with the Slytherin and the impact it had on his life and the wizarding world as a whole.

What if the Whomping Willow could talk? What has it seen? What has it ( intentionally or not) done? What has it had done to it? A poor, mistreated national artifact tells its tale.

What has a day in Ginny's life been like since her Fifth year? She sits down one stormy night to reflect on the trying emotions of the past year: from Dumbledore, to Bill's upcoming wedding... and of course, to Harry and the second war with Voldemort.

Young Regulus Black has been given an important task by the Dark Lord. But it was one that leads him to question if what he has believed to be right really was. (We look deeper into the character mentioned so brieftly in OotP.)

Two boys. Two intentions. One aim they never would of thought could be the same. It's the penultimate year in Hogwarts and lots of things are about to change. No slash.

Every night Ginny Weasley is visited by the dark lord in her dreams, every night these encounters get worse and worse until....

Fred always joked that he and George shared a soul. George never joked; it was too close to the truth.

Peter Pettigrew is dead by his own hand. Remus Lupin shares the news of Wormtail's death with Sirius Black and the Potters, and ponders how he feels about it.

Lily, Harry's room and the early morning summer breeze.

"You stand before the window, gazing outward, ever outward. I cannot know what you see." *Draco/Boy!Blaise of a very mild variety*

Harry's lifeline without an ending, the way Ron used to be, a brief Draco/Hermione romance, what it means to be a lion, and tales of what blood means. All these stories told in a few poems of my own creation...

Narcissa does not let her facade crack, because the appearance of disinterest in what others are saying is the only mask left for her.

We all know (or at least, suppose) how Severus Snape felt about his father being abusive towards his mother. But how does his mother feel about it? Murder-fic. PG-13 for blood.

Ginny promised herself this was the last time. She always did.

The eve of the final battle, Hermione reminisces over all the people who have been lost so far.

It is seventh year and another battle has been fought between the light and the dark.... Who are victors and who are losers?

“Don’t do this, Harry!” Hermione would plead, words falling into the well-worn track. She knew as well as he did what was coming next, like a gambit in wizard chess. Two more moves to checkmate.

AU/Quarte universe. Everyone goes off to the final battle between the Death Eaters and the Order of the Phoenix... but what happens if the Order loses?

This is from the point of view of Peter and Sirius on the night James and Lily are murdered.

A terrible childhood experience might just change the look of life for Cho Chang. (Takes place during book 4)

Hermione didn't want to believe in fate. Didn't want to believe everything had all fallen into place, that as humans they were helpless against what had been decided for them. That Harry was helpless against his fate. No, she still wouldn't accept that.

After James and Lily are killed and Sirius narrowly escapes Azkaban, he and Remus take on the job of making Harry’s life with the Dursleys a little less miserable. Written for the Raising Harry Ficathon on Livejournal. Totally AU.

Horror and mystery abound.

I put it to you - if Draco and Hermione were destined one day to become lovers, their attraction to each other must have had a start somewhere, and this story tells that tale. You will learn how when they were only stubborn ikle first years, Draco and Hermione formed the beginnings of an understanding. Now mind – there is no hand holding or even any words spoken between the two in this tale but you will observe how Hermione’s curiosity crosses paths with Draco’s closely guarded “talent” and how both of them are somehow linked through a small fuzzy, foul-mouthed magical animal. Yes, I know – I didn’t see that coming either.

It's been a year since the end of the War of Darkness, and the Rending of the Veil. Relations between the Muggle and Wizarding worlds are just beginning to calm, and slow progress is being made to restore the barrier between the worlds. Magic is at its weakest--and strangest--and a few old heroes are back to restore the balance.

Why does Petunia have such strong odious feelings towards magic and the wizarding world? A question I hope to answer through this collection of memories that begin in Petunia's early childhood.

You-Know-Who [not Voldemort] is dying, and reflecting on how much he loves Harry, and that he wishes he could have told him that.

It's the seventh year at Hogwarts. Several students are missing, but there are others that will pick up the slack. Particularly in Slytherin.

An eerie, nagging feeling comes to light as her day progresses.

At the final battle, a grief-stricken Snape looks back over his relationship with Lucius Malfoy.

Forever he painted his world in shades of grey, that color even more bleak and haunting that the sound of his beautiful, horrible music. Forever this grey surrounded him, so wretched, so despairing, and yet so wholly, horrifyingly, breathtakingly him. Draco was grey, in every sense of the word, from his mood, to his physicality, deep in his soul. The color could not be uprooted, so deeply was it entrenched in the muddy soil of his past life, thriving in the darkness that had, and maybe still now, consumed him, and growing to be a creeper so large and thorny that he was caged inside of it, perhaps inescapably.

After Ron and Hermione are captured by Death Eaters, Snape has to make some important decisions about the costs of war.

Percy Weasley is doing what he must to protect what is left of his family, even if it means betraying Harry Potter

What happens when two people suddenly find each other in the midst of a whirlwind of chaos? The answer is Serendipity. Don't always believe what is right in front of your eyes.

A murder he committed scarred his daughter, and now she's slowly drifting away from him. What is to happen of his family? Sonfic to "Hold On" by Limp Bizkit.

It was hard to imagine a time and place where Hogwarts did not exist. Disarray was sweeping Britain. Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, Gryffindor, and Slytherin were determined to stop the horrors that were beginning to ensue.

Faolan Brone wants the same thing as any other five-year-old boy: a real home with a real family. There's only one small problem.

Cedric Diggory's greatest desire is to be loved by his father.

A traitor reflects on his choices and actions after the final battle at Hogwarts.

Because of him, Sirius had died… Or had he? What exactly does the veil do? However, he most certainly would never see Sirius again, and Harry wasn’t about to let anything like that happen again.

We all have an element that we are most at home with. Even to the day of our final rest.

Everyone has skeletons in their closet, and perhaps Professor Snape has a few more then most people. This is the story of Severus Snape and the past that haunts him.

"You know how you feel when you fly? Like everything in the world is right? And I know that you know pretty well what it feels like to be in the presence of a dementor. Well, Potter, imagine going from one extreme to the other randomly, never knowing if tomorrow you will wake up on cloud nine or more depressed than you have ever felt in your entire life." Severus Snape is so misunderstood, but if people only took the time to listen, they could see the man behind the madness.

Hermione's been broken, and Ernie can't fix her.

In frightening war times, when you’re longing for comfort, you would never believe where you would find it... This is a story about a woman who decides that she has got to live carpe diem, even in war times! It’s a quite unexpected pairing ;-)

Harry saves Sev's life, but when Minerva asks Severus to postpone the Quidditch match for Harry's sake, it causes the two colleagues to put up a fight in front of the whole school. Who can bring them to reason, and who saves them from Poppy? Completely AU.

"Nobody else did this penance to the dead. It was the price he paid for living still. " Long after the war is over Harry still remembers them.

Tears, he was told, were signs of weakness. And that was not the path they wanted for him... Yet they never did know what path he wanted for himself. And finally now, they would learn about, from his letter to "no one in particular"

Remus and Sirius spend one last night together. R/S slash.

The war is finally over, but at a terrible cost. Can Ginny Wealey do something about one of it's victims?

Just a little songfic to Evanescence's song "Haunted." Harry reflects on the day after The Last Battle.

A random dark fic where Voldemort talks to an unwilling follower. It's just a very dark fic in general, no specific subject really.

A night that comes and passes every year is back again, at a time when age has stolen them away. The past plays a part as time ticks.``"She seated herself between them, the fabric of each of their tight-fitting clothes touching. She gripped Ron's elbow and kissed Harry's cheek, as the quiet bells of the old Grandfather clock struck and the Witching Hour ticked into place."

Hermione is noticing that Harry slouches as he works on his Potions, and she watches. I guess it's another in my series of dark monologues.

Lucius has been planning his Ministry take over for years. His plans never fail.

One night Tonks finds herself in a strange place and she's not alone.

Her biggest fear is knowing that she wouldn't change a single thing. *femslash*

Sirius is acting strangely and Remus tries to pretend it isn't happening... until events force him to confront what's going on. Remus/Sirius.

After her first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Ginny Weasley is plagued by nightmares.

Every head in the Slytherin common room turned when they heard the tell-tale crack of knuckle against bone. Draco stood before the entrance portal that led to the hall, a bloody fist clenched, arm shaking as he stared down at Blaise Zabini. The boy was on the floor, trying to hold back the blood dripping from his nose.

It was finally here. The Second War. The fight between good and evil. Harry thought he had been prepared for this, but the echoing words of his prophecy filled his mind. ...and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives... He let out an involuntary shudder, his heart beating in the back of his throat. Pre-HBP.

The Dark Lord has a rendezvous to meet... With whom?

Draco had not quite believed his parents when they told him marriage was hard. It was not until his second marriage started to fall apart that he realized they might be right.

"I really hated you, Granger," he guzzled after many moments, "but I’m glad you’re here." Everyone's lost in the Dark war.

Snowflakes land against his cheeks and melt there. He can feel them in his eyelashes and against his mouth like tears. Harry lies very still and hopes for nothing at all.

Remus Lupin was suspected of giving information to Voldemort by his best friends. He disappeared for days at a time with no explanation. Perhaps he just needed to get away from it all… People do crazy things… when they’re in love. A Songfic to The Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Modern Romance."

The burden of keeping Harry going falls to Ron... but how much must he sacrifice for his best friend?

Exams are over, but school isn't out yet. The Marauders decide to take adavantage of the free time and make this day one to remember

"Don't throw up," said exactly the last voice she wanted to hear. "There isn't any water for you to drink and you'll wreck my shoes."

A cloaked man enters a chapel... Miles away, a boy wakes up... The death of a Malfoy.

Severus must learn to deal with Sirius' sudden absence, and in the process he discovers that his hate is both more and less than he'd thought it was.

AU based on David Klass' book 'You Don't Know Me' No one knows Harry Potter. Who's the Lasasha Palulu? Only Harry knows. Why does no one know him? Only Harry knows.

I guess this really is the ultimate. Thanks all the poetry we've been studying this year, a pretty grim reflection of the human race has been painted. In a way, this fic reflects the thoughts of what my class discussed and the purposes of people and the lives that they lead... kind of a narrative with pure speech interlinked **THIS IS SHORT**

"It was the first day of the summer holidays and Draco Malfoy sat in his room staring into his mirror." When Draco returns home after OotP he finds he has to make a choice and finally grow up.

Post OotP - Remus reflects upon the events in the Ministry and remembers a promise. Warning: Character Death(OotP)

"He wants to stay here with her, allowing the moonlit shadows to draw him into this lull where he can forget reality and time and just breathe." (fanon!Blaise/Hermione)

Freedom and the journey to attain it bond together the most unlikely people. Mild slash.

Most people have heard of the man in the moon. Many have wished for him to help them in their times of trouble. Few know of his pet, a calico cat that only shows herself once every fifteen years, just before a full moon. She has the true power to grant wishes. As the saying goes, "Be careful what you wish for, you might just get it." Harry's last week with his parents.

Ron brought her orange juice.

After eavesdropping on Harry and Dumbledore, Dobby decides to punish to Kreacher.

She looked gorgeous when she was drenched in the rain. Her clothes would stick to her flawless body and her hair would drip with water and fall in thick strands. Her face would look pale and even though the rain was freezing, she looked warm. It was all he could do to stop himself from pulling her into his embrace.

Molly's reaction to finding out she's pregnant with Ginny. Warning: non-graphic dub-con.

One day before Arthur Weasley’s birthday, his son Ron reflects on what his father truly deserves. Hinted R/Hr.

Snape is having a poetic, far-beyond-canon experience in a Muggle bar, and it's called: Music. SS/RL implied. One-shot.

Lily goes undercover to get a certain Death Eater to join the Order...

A new start is offered to Aimee White when she begins life at Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry. But why is she still sleepwalking? And why is she reacting so badly to the DADA lesson subject matter? The worse is to come when she works out the horrifying truth. But her final worry is whether or not Professor Lupin has worked it out too...

In the midst of the war, Hermione has finally figured out her feelings about Ron...When a tragedy falls upon the Weasley family, can she tell him, or should she keep it quiet?

Excerpt: There were no more sounds, but a callous, terribly deep cackle ringing all throughout Bellatrix’s ears; the cackle was full of demented joy; full of total satisfaction as the darkness circled all around. ````Forever haunted by murdered spirits, Bellatrix is forced to face the demons of her dark and murderous past. All hell has been released in Bellatrix’s eyes, and she appears unable to escape the grim clutches of the demon spirits, hungrily awaiting for revenge.````Nothing appears to be able to save Bellatrix, not even her wand. Bellatrix Black Lestrange is forced to face the demented demon spirits, the consciousness of her crimes, and most of all, all the years she was Lost in Darkness.

Finally driven by a collaborative chain of events involving several characters Malfoy goes insane and plots the death of his ‘love’ Harry Potter.

“Who dreams, is awake. Who sleeps, has to count on nightmares....” - Luna

Rodolphus hates to see his princess cry.

Hermione feels that everyone has deserted her. Alone and in pain, what will she do? Major angst with a lot of blood and suicide as well as a slight bit of P/Hr. **Songfic to "Tourniquet" by Evanescence**

Several years after the end of war, Ginny has plans for the house at Grimmauld Place. There will be laughter within those walls once more.

When she was a child, Luna Lovegood loved hide-and-seek and the mystical, magical count that preceded the hunt. But life has a way of souring things one holds dearest, and when the end comes, all that remains is the count.

"Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them." ~Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe. "The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity." ~Walt Whitman

“- You can enter here only once, did they tell you that? – the old man’s voice was harsh and at the same time somehow enticing. Lucius stopped looking around. – You get to choose just once. – the little wizard eyed him from his position half in the shadows. The dashing Malfoy heir regarded him carefully, not really sure how to react to those words.”

As Sirius Black shudders and spies in the Forbidden Forest, he only has his thoughts to comfort--or enrage him. Spanning PoA, this songfic of the Eagles' "Desperado" chronicles Sirius's, and to a lesser degree, Remus's thoughts about the book's events.

Who is Maximus McKinnon, and why are there so many rumours about him? Is Blaise Zabini male or female? What's the deal with the boy Raven? For the answers to all these questions and more, read on...

What kind of relationship did Petunia have with Lily as a child? How did she really feel about her sister's son being left on her doorstep? This story explores Petunia's feelings on those two issues.

A fic that is centered mostly around Pansy Parkinson and her struggle to accept herself and her life. A very Slytherin focused fic, also a much different look at the pug nosed girl.