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It had always been easy for Sirius to hate Severus Snape.

Lily Potter sacrificed her life to Lord Voldemort so that her only son, Harry Potter, could become The Boy Who Lived. This fic describes the last few seconds of her life and what thoughts crossed her mind as Voldemort murmured the death spell.

Young Remus Lupin is curious... too curious. An``innocent venture outside leads him to his unfortunate destiny.

A witch and a wizard meet at Worlds’ End. A Sandman crossover, and sequel to Sleep Spent.

Chuckling despite herself, she answered Draco. "Funny... I always saw you as more the 'morally ambiguous' type." Draco, Ginny, secret rooms, masks... and the shades of gray that tie them all together.

This fic explores the repercussions of being levitated by people in masks.

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, ``Over many a quaint and curious spellbook I'd not read before, ``While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,``As of someone gently rapping, rapping at the dorm room door.``"'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "rapping at the dorm room door--``This it is, and nothing more."````But it isn't...and we all know it. A parody of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven".

It's quiet in here. And dark. Moonlight has been blocked out by thick, black curtains. Certainly Madam Pomfrey's work. It annoys me; I like to watch the faint glow of the moon and the stars dancing on the ceiling at night. It must be about two or three o'clock in the morning. I smell the cup of tea that was brought to me a few hours ago and which I ignored on my bedside table. It's probably stone cold by now. I don't want it. I don't want any of this anymore. Voldemort is dead, yet so is Harry Potter, the Boy-Who-Lived. How did it get to that? Ginny, supposedly sleeping in the hospital wing, thinks about the events... and the day after.

Hermione searches for something she lost and, with Ginny's help, realizes she doesn't need it afterall. One-shot. Ron/Hermione, Harry/Ginny

(AR, OOC, Self Insert) This is a story about a girl named Sara and her boyfriend Draco. It's a short, sweet story in which Draco marvels in her voice.

Bad things are happening at Hogwarts. It must be the Slytherins' faults.

It took years for Harry to get to this point, days for him to gather the courage to share his feelings and mere moments to know it was right.

Draco finally realizes what he's put into his hair. Who's going to rescue his precious locks if not Harry?

Does anyone know who the Fat Lady is? Does anyone care?

Wormtail is a selfish, cowardly rat, isn't he? He'd agree with you.

He loved her all his life, and when she found out, it was too late

The children have been brought back from the Ministry. Ginny lies in the Hogwarts hospital wing and thinks about the upcoming war.

After an incident at St. Mungo's, Neville takes responsibility for the care of his mother and father. A story of a son's love for his parents.

"Perhaps you're thinking this is too hard? Too dull? Not the glamorous Dark-wizard hunt you signed up for?" Moody has some valuable lessons for Trainee Auror Tonks.

What happens when Ravenclaw House has a baby staying with them? How do the Ravenclaws deal with it---not to mention the teachers! Set in the _Slytherin Rising_ universe.

He knew it not for what it was but for what it represented. A mother tells her son a bedtime story.

An author named Joanne speaks with an increasingly flustered Harry Potter about a series of books she has written about his time at Hogwarts. Harry is worried about the many glaring inconsistencies within the stories, and several odd titles, such as 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'.

After the final battle, a twin remembers her sister. Warning: character death.

So what happened to Sirius Black after he stepped through the doorway and left Harry's world? Who does he meet there... and will he ever come back from The Land Beyond the magic?

This is the last battle, in a humorous way. A chicken, some radioactive squirrels, a turkey, some frogs and a fox made their way into this unique fic. Read, if you dare.

I left the Burrow at dusk, the air still smelling of the verdant musk from an unusually hot and humid day. I could feel the family’s eyes on me as I exited the door. What did they think was going to happen? I refuse to tremble and weep. If I started I would not stop.

Who knew that warring roommates could help your spellwork?

My name is Gilderoy Lockhart and I am perfect. I magnetically and magically attract the love of every sane human being, as well as that offer from that one wizard with a really good imagination but who unfortunately lives in Bangkok.

Remus and Velma have been next-door neighbors, and friends since they met each other, though their personalities can differ. But one summer night, the summer before the first year of Hogwarts, Remus accidentally transforms into a wolf in her backyard. Will Velma ever forgive Remus? And what is he going to do?

Every Friday I clean Mr. Harry Potter's flat. Every Friday I go home sad.

After an Order meeting towards the end of Harry‘s fifth year, Moody speaks with Dumbledore, yet cannot see what is tormenting his old friend. Moody is half-blind, yet acknowledges this, and even his eye cannot penetrate the barriers of the mind. [OotP Spoilers]

Who would be brave, or stupid, enough to go into Azkaban and interview the Head Dementor? Unfortunately, the Daily Prophet doesn't give their reporter a choice. Read the article, and its ramifications...

It is the middle of the night, and every student, teacher and creature of Hogwarts is fast asleep. Only one young wizard is aware of the danger waiting to pounce on the school. And with that feeling in the pit of his stomach telling him he's probably going to die, Harry Potter isn't about to wake anyone up and drag them to his final confrontation with Voldemort.

This fic is an attempt to describe how the Dementors came about, and why they are naturally the servants of the Dark Lord.

Ginny changes

Even in the deepest friendships, we are ultimately alone.

Neville Longbottom realises that his admiration for his third-year Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher isn't just hero-worship... it's love.

Severus Snape contemplates his home for a few quiet moments at the beginning of the summer before The Half-Blood Prince.

After the death of her famous parents, Harry and Hermione's (seemingly) nameless and emotionally barren daughter must deal not only with the fact that she must live with the only surviving member of the Trio, but also with the fact that he had an affair with her mother.

Draco had always felt alone until he met her. Years later he still needed her even though she's gone forever. Draco mourns the loss of the only thing that ever mattered to him.

It's Christmas Eve and Penelope Clearwater is about to make a decision that will change her whole life. Percy/Penelope. Set during Ootp.

An investigation into the death of Regulus Black. Who``did it and how?

A cliche line: every hero needs a dragon to be slain-- Harry got one.

In which the Marauders have a very deep, yet slightly comical talk about best friends and Peter is very itchy. Set in their seventh year and very foreboding.

Percy Weasley reflects... upon the past, the present, and how his sister had changed throughout the years. Somewhat angsty one-shot about siblings growing apart.

Harry and Voldemort finally come face to face. What will happen? Will Harry be strong enough to face Voldemort? Or will all be lost?

First sequel to "Somewhere in my Past". When Harry first opened his eyes that night, it was Draco he first thought of.

On a rainy, fateful night in October 1981, the world which was perfect crashed down before Sirius Black's very eyes... Songfic to the Ronan Keating song of the same name.

She could feel him stare at her constantly.

Draco reflects on his attitude toward Harry.

Hermione, an old woman on her death bed, remembers her best friends.

A sad fic about Draco; seen from Hermione's POV. Character death.

Hermione laments about her failed relationship with Draco, and about how happiness is overrated and sometimes the truth is not always best.

Today is THE day. Pansy waits for Draco to propose. But what is this? Cold feet?

Hazel and Fairley have been best friends since preschool, when Hazel dumped paint all over Fairley's new sweater and``Fairley later got blue marker on Hazel's cheek. The summer after they turn eleven, they receive unexpected news. But it can't be real, can it?``Harry Potter's just a book...

I would be just too depressed. There would be rumors and speculation about things no one had the faintest idea about. Stories and slander I didn’t want to deal with. The Boy Who Lived didn’t want to deal with it anymore.

I watch the chapel fill, slowly. People I remember from school, that I had never been friends with. They aren't there for me, but I don't care. They are there for Blaise, for Hermione. For Snape. Oh, it's a laugh. Me, the person least liked - after Snape and Voldemort - at Hogwarts, and the chapel near the Manor is filled with people come to help bury me. More than can be said for some people more liked, more loved.

Four years of war, four years of loss and death and tragedy; but nothing could have prepared Harry for losing the one thing he fought so hard to gain.

A single spell can change the very essence of a thing evolution spent thousands of years creating. Magic makes all things fluid and subject to change- and Lisa Turpin learns that words can change lives just as instantaneously as magic, and that as one life falls apart, it may transform into another.

"It was a beautiful, lazy Sunday, and only the most studious of students were in the library. Most were seventh years. All were being heckled by Madam Pince." Blaise has a typical Sunday morning.

Marcus Flint has insomnia and tends to think about a certain Gryffindor Quidditch Captain.

"She laughed, pushing him away, and he was happy because she was laughing, even though he was withering away on the inside." Remus/Lily.

Five different beginnings for Ron Weasley. Ron/Luna, Ron/Padma, Ron/Pansy, Ron/Cho, Ron-Draco.

‘He was older than me by three years, so naturally he thought that he knew everything before I did.’ ````Regulus Black reflects on Sirius and their relationship earlier on in life.

Elliot Wood doesn't want to be known as Oliver's little sister, the Weasley twins' other friend, the smart girl, or the girl who dated Cedric. How far will she go to get out from under the shadow of everyone else?

Eugene knows everything. Creepy isn't it.``Hinted at past R/Hr``Definite H/Hr

Draco Malfoy wants to talk to Hermione about something...what on earth is he up to?

Mid-OotP. After the events in the Department of Mysteries, Harry's best friends come to an understanding of the past, the future, and each other. Minor R/Hr.

Regulus Black is R.A.B. His descent into fear, madness, and death as he continues on with his hopeless mission. Regulus was just a lion from the stars sorted into a Slytherin snake, but in the end, none of that mattered.

Percy writes a letter to his youngest brother. Written for amidalashari for the LJ springtime_gen exchange.

"When you save somebody's life you're forever going to be responsible for this life..." -- Severus is looking for trouble. James is looking for authority. Dumbledore is looking for a resolution. James' POV on life debts, innocent bystanders, father issues and what else strikes his fancy that fateful day when he is told that one of his friends must have betrayed him and Lily.

Draco Malfoy reveals in this diary entry about how he truly feels about Harry, Ron, Hermione, and his father's wanting for him to become a Death Eater after "The Goblet of Fire". Set to Christina Aguilara's "Reflection".

Luna overhears the Trio making Horcrux hunting plans. She insists Harry keep in touch with those he's leaving behind and gives him a stone that her father says will allow people to communicate in their dreams. Loony Lovegood might just be the only person who can keep Harry sane.

Prequel to "The Service." For the rest of her life, on the anniversary of his death, Angelina dreamed of her last day with her first love.

Just read it, it's full of drama and angsty goodness.

"She sits in her cell and hears laughter ringing in her mind. She thinks it's just another voice in her head when she realizes that it's not—it's Ron Weasley. She smacks into a sad realization: She is the last one alive. But here, Hermione is never alone." This is the companion/sequel to my story Laugh Because You're Dying!

The deepest desire, the one craving written onto the surface of the very soul is never altruistic. It is what self is; the blueprint, the essence. Snape, Dumbledore, the Mirror of Erised, odd explanations, odd style, general oddness...

Harry Potter has defeated Voldemort at last. The long war had just ended, and Harry can finally rest. He has nothing more to fear, except his dreams.

Luna, after the War, reflects on the changes she and her friends have undergone.

Strange things are happening to our heroes. Who is responsible?

The summer before OotP, Dobby has had enough of Winky's drinking. A Dobby/Winky shorty.

"I will remember you Will you remember me? Don’t let your life pass you by Weep not for the memories..." - "I Will Remember You", Sarah McLachlan

"Now I'm grinding my teeth because she is laughing, her smile wide and real. And it hurts. Because he is the one making her smile." RHrR; slight mention of one-sided slash.

When did they first set the trap? When will she tread on the switch? Pansy reflects on her past and her future, and skirts the edges of a life-altering decision. Hermione/Pansy in later chapters, if there are any.

Harry often wonders what it would be like to fall. Maybe possibly mild H/D

Harry encounters his parent's murderer, only this time it isn't Voldemort, and he has something to say.

They do not know me; no one does. If they did, they would that their jealous looks and hateful stares do nothing to me in any way. I do not feel them. I hover somewhere between happiness and sadness in a state which I suppose one would call numbness. This state is rather pleasant on the whole, with no attachment to anything except you.

Neville remembers the one he loved. Slash.

Post-OoP, Ginny reflects on Tom, Harry, desire, fear, and the nature of truth. At what point do illusion and reality meet? Downbeat and philosophical.

A hex causes Regulus to ‘switch’ places with a Gryffindor for a day...

Remus Lupin must deal with the death of a closer friend, and even harder... learn to move on.

After graduation, Harry decides to go into the world to find someone who loves him, leaving behind the only woman he's ever loved. Will he recognize his mistake, or will it be too late for him and Kalli?

Ron's hot-headed temper has sunk him in some equally hot water. Malfoy has gotten his come uppance.

Petter Pettigrew has a son who has grown up believing that his father is a hero. Will he ever find out the truth? And, if he does, how will he react?

Alicia tries to deal with her newfound feelings about Katie, and the fact that she can never seem to say what she feels. Yes, femslash.

There's an adventurer, a schemer, and a rapscallion...and then there's Peter. And he certainly never dreamed that this would happen. Marauder-era genfic, AU theme. But it could happen. With Professor Sprout and Hagrid. This was for the January 2006 challenge on the omniocular community on livejournal. Special thanks to Pavonis for "Kate" and the Hanging Basket inclusion. Title taken from the Rolling Stones song.

Songfic to Kelly Clarkson's "Beautfiul Disaster". H/Hr.

Bellatrix takes a moment to look back at how her life``was and how it is now, and how she has changed.

Lavender and Parvati attack Hermione... but not the way you think. A bit of Ron/Hermione.

Potter might have been destined to take on the Dark Lord, but it would be the choice of his heart that would kill him. For a choice will always destroy more than a destiny.