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Part of the 'One Wise Woman' world. Albus Dumbledore can't sleep one night; he must get a bit of assistance from a familiar object to defeat his insomnia.

"At night he sees Him falling, over and over again, even though he wasn’t in the right place to see it at all, on the other side of the towertop, but then Harry has always had a better imagination than he would have liked." Spoilers for HBP.

A resigned and cyncial Narcissa contemplates her life.

Five-years-old Andromeda is okay with Bellatrix being older, because there's nothing Bella can do Andromeda can't do just as well. Isn't there?

"Only I saw her for what she really was--a freak!" Want to know the story behind Lily Potter and Petunia Dursley's falling-out? Want to know why Petunia hates magic? Want to know why there are no words in Portmeirion? Well, I want to know the answer to that last one, anyway, but you won't find the answer here! However, find out the answer to the first to questions and more in this story...

Sierra has a second soul trapped within her body, a soul millennia old, creator of mythical beasts, an angel from the beginning. As her birthday arrives, and a romantic interest begins to surface, that trapped soul will emerge with a blast of power and change her life forever.

Yes, it's true, Sirius speaks from Beyond The Veil to Remus Lupin. He tells a captivating tale of what he's endured, and what may very well be his fate.

"Ron woke up that Saturday in the middle of the day, with butterflies fluttering about in his stomach. No…they were not butterflies; they were carnivorous steel birds nibbling on the insides of his fragile heart. A bit exaggerated, yes, but that’s what it feels like when it is Valentine’s Day, and you are going to tell the women you love that you worship the very ground she walks on..."

"Someone once said that man is inherently good, but I think he was a Muggle, so I never gave the sentiment a second thought." Introspective Draco. Non-ship fic. One shot. COMPLETE.

Missing scene from OotP, at the beginning of the chapter 'Luna Lovegood'. Ron watches Harry sleep.

What would the wand of one of the finest wandmakers be like?

The Hufflepuff story of what went on the night they stopped looking up to Ernie.

This song fic takes place during the time that Harry and Ron are at odds in book 4. Ron is feeling sulky about Harry being the center of attention, as usual. Song is property of Del Amitri, from the album "Can you do me good?"

After everything she had been through - the yearly life-threatening adventures, the battles, the war - she didn’t think it would end this way.

Songfic to Pink's 'Family Portrait', as Draco Malfoy reminisces and learns to cope with his family. Some implied Draco/Snape. Links with my other fics 'Blame it on the Weatherman' and 'Weird'.

One morning Pansy wakes up as a man. She doesn't know why or how this happened. It just happened. This fic is about tender feelings, fear and helping each other. But I have to warn you, there's no happy ending.

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...

Ron Weasley eats a Chocolate Frog, feels rejuvenated, helps Harry move, becomes a member of "Weird Sisters," writes a song called "I Wanna Be Sinister"; the adoring public misinterprets the lyrics, and then Ron gets made the Minister of Magic. Based on the Snickers commercial. All the Yanks know what I'm talking about.

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.

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

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.

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

Remus is passive aggressive. Minerva is irate. No smut whatsoever ensues, but some books are shelved.

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.)

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

What's a Dark Lord to do when things don't go your way? Write a letter and complain to the author, of course.

Between fights, love, and loss, Ella, as the daughter of Siruis Black, must find a way to tell Harry about who she really is.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

A song can hold so much in its words, as James is about to find out. Songfic to Head Over Feet by Alanis Morissette

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

Michael Wood spends some time pondering how he feels about his son and his husband. Set before the events of The Intentional Accident: Chapter 18.

Ron is hearbroken and alone after Hermione leaves him without a word of explanation. Songfic to Yellowcard's "Only One".

During Harry's and Draco's seventh year at Hogwarts, things have changed. Harry is taking charge, Draco is just a big crybaby, Ron is unhelpfully sarcastic, and Hermione is just plain fed up!

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.

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

After the War, Ginny has to leave Harry for Draco – for reasons she can barely fathom. Though, she loves them both dearly in different ways. Years later, her and Draco are married and have a three-year-old son. However, their marriage is not a game of happy families and when Harry appears in her life again, Ginny finds herself in turmoil. Who will she choose?

"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.

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

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

James and Sirius have been working really hard in the classes all day long, and they're so thirsty. It just so happens that James has some "butterbeer" in his bag. Will McGonagall give them a drink break?

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

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.

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.

"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."

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

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.

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.

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

"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.

"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)

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**

Hermione tries (fruitlessly) to help Neville with Potions.

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.

Professor Blaise Zabini, the Care if the Magical Creatures teacher at Hogwarts, comes with his cat Macavity to a quiet inn in Orkneys. But then Macavity is stolen....

Spoofing the Astronomy Tower. Harry falls in love with a beautiful Muggle, and decides to break it off with all others. And there are a lot of others.

Two very different people, both looking for the same thing, meet in Hyde Park one day. A Dean Thomas/Orla Quirke fic, the first of it's kind, challenged by seren on the HMMS WATT? Mentioned Dean/Ginny

(Post-HBP.) After Albus Dumbledore's death, Remus and Tonks have a heart-to-heart talk.

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

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

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?

The beginning of the end... "Don't worry about the world ending today. It's already tomorrow in Australia." Ron is dead. Life will never be the same. A very short little ficlet about the effects death have on those we love.

Firenze is faced with a difficult decision. In SS/PS he first swore to fight against evils, even if it meant siding with humans and against the stars. Can he hold true to that? What role do the stars play, and where can you turn to for help when you believe in the very thing you've sworn to defy?````(Involves soul searching, the Forbidden Forest, a lot of angst, a bit of violence and maybe a dash of hope!)````(semi sequel to my fic Fighting Mars, but that isn't needed for this to make sense)

Heather Revlis is a sixteen-year-old American girl who has received an invitation to Hogwarts. She is scared and unsure of herself, because she has never been away from home before. A home where she was a mother for four young siblings because her real mother fell ill when she was younger. Her mother was a great seer, who made a strange prediction about Heather before she was even born. Set in the world before Voldemort, while Dumbledore was still a teacher, Heather faces challenges even Rowling has never explored...

What happens when unrequited love turns into deceitful desperation? A love once known to be pure deceases, replacing it with hate. What do you do? Escape to a world where vengeance is disguised in innocence. And where illusions take over one's life. A Ginny/Harry angsty fic. (No sunshine or daisies here...)

I remember now that I’ve always loved the wind-maybe it’s a part being a Seeker, but now I cherish it even more than ever, because the wind is my last reminder of what you were really like- your hugs, your being. Cho reminsces at someone's funeral.

Inspired by and based on the short story "After Twenty Years" by O. Henry. Sirius wonders whether Remus will keep a promise.

Harry takes comfort in Arthur's arms after the war. Fluffy!Fic!

Have you ever wondered just why the Hogwarts ghosts are ghosts? If you ever did, here's one theory on their deaths.

“What do you want, Weasley?” “You were listening to Muggle music?” she asked, wrapping her hands around the warm cup. “Michael Jackson, if you must know,” Malfoy answered, rolling his eyes in exasperation, although his cheeks had an unexpected pink tinge. “Now, can you leave so that I can eat my pancakes in peace?” A little tribute to the late King of Pop.

It's the Christmas hols, and Remus has to stay at school. But no matter what he thinks, he's not alone.

James has some news for the other Marauders that has Sirius a little uncomfortable.

Lily brings James home on Christmas day and his friends tag along. Petunia isn't pleased.

An angsty songfic about how Draco feels after he loses Hermione.

This is the long expected sequel to "Away" and "Wanted". This story is set two years after both stories. In Ginny's mind a letter to Hermione shapes itself, and Hermione herself makes certain choices that can change the world forever.

Set approximately a week after Lily and James' death, Remus considers his losses and the betrayal he never saw coming.

Wormtail finally pays back the debt he owes to... himself. (This is a One-Shot, written in poetry format and contains speculations for the end of the 7th Harry Potter book) It starts out with Harry, alone with the Death Eaters and ready to face Voldemort. The Marauders meet together for the first and last time to unite and give Harry the power to-... That's assuming that he'll live through it...

Eighteen-year-old Peter Pettigrew is invited to take afternoon tea with the Malfoys.

Peter Pettigrew has a bad day.

Harry, Ron, Viktor Krum, Ginny, and three new characters from Hogwarts and Durmstrang seek out the Portkey to save their disappeared friends from the clutches of the Dark Elves and their strange palace fort in the Far North. This story was a long-thought-out and detail-oriented write-up of an idea my friend and I acted out to see what it would sound like.

Helga Hufflepuff, war-witch for hire, undertakes to act as bodyguard for a witch she's never met. She arrives to find Rowena Ravenclaw's home already under attack by raiders, but Rowena herself strangely unconcerned.... Set in the same universe as "Swamprat."

In their separate cells in Azkaban prison, two detainees think their separate thoughts and slowly feel themselves go mad.

It is right before the murder of Lily and James, and Remus is beginning to feel the tensions of being suspected as the spy.

Neville's favorite place at Longbottom House are the orchards. After the Battle at Hogwarts, he takes some time to sit in the orchard and reflect.

I find that I am selfish. I find that I cannot explain why I can't be perfect. I look in the mirror and I hate who I see. Everyone seems to think I *am* perfect but I'm not. It's only a figment of their sick imagination. I'm disgusting and Harry could never love me. Above all, I hate myself for being selfish.

"Say you've locked some fire away to set light to me some surprising night..." Sequel to That Day. Ginny's a successful singer and Harry is ready to come back to her. Song lyrics from 'Any Day Now' by Missy Higgins.

On a dark November night in a world gone all wrong, a Dennis Creevey trying to make things right runs into someone completely unexpected. Dennis/Pansy.

All of the former Hogwarts students are going back to Hogwarts for their ten year reunion. Oddly, Ron, Harry, Hermione, Ginny, Luna, Goyle, Crabbe, Pansy, and Draco are all on the same train. This proves to be a bad idea when they find that someone has been MURDERED!!!!

Sirius' death seen through the POV of Remus. Obviously takes place during OotP.

The effects of the war against Voldemort have taken their toll on Harry's psyche. But after Voldemort's capture, life will be smoother . . . right?

Hermione was the closest thing he had to a sister. She'd vowed to give him what he needed from her, whatever the cost to her personally. She couldn't help wondering if there could be a chance for more. For the Hogwarts Online "The Beginning of Love" Challenge.

Sirius approaches Remus' house after being told to "lie low at Lupin's" and thinks about the past.