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A year after their murder, many come to the gravesite of Lily and James Potter. Sirius escapes Azkaban, but why does he go back?

Lupin's Daughter, Sirena, is on the path to destruction... and all Snape can do is watch. This fic is a bit of a prequel to Everything You Are, which is in the process of a complete overhaul. It's mildly AU in that I made up a hatred for vampires in Dumbledore.... I figure a man that kind has to have one hate...````But this is the beginning of Sirena Lupin's journey to the world of Dark Magic. Enjoy.

“Eat, dear, it’ll help.” Remus still heard his grandmother’s voice whenever he indulged in chocolate. This story was written for the June 2008 Gluttony Challenge over at The Quidditch Pitch.

Muggles and wizards, wizards and Muggles. ( When our children consort with the unexplained, you take them from us; you take them and teach them, slowly, surely, how to take the mysterious, the mystical, the unknown and weave it into certainty. )

A Machiavellian Ravenclaw, along with his friend Luna, ends up far, far from Hogwarts when a Portkey he's experimenting with goes wrong. How will they get home and what will the powerful local coven do about them?

Post-OotP, Remus Lupin finds himself trying to live up to a promise he made. Fits in with Time of the Turning, but works well on its own.

Five moments where Ginny Weasley helps Harry and the others during their Horcrux search and in the final battle, without anyone realizing. Set during DH and based on canon events, these are a series of missing moments revealing Ginny's vital hidden role. Settings include the Burrow, Hogwarts, Aunt Muriel's house, and beyond.

Moaning Myrtle's parents are bitter at her death.

25th August, 2018: Draco takes Scorpius to Diagon Alley to shop for his second year supplies. Now that his big secret is out, he's collected a new kind of enemy. Takes place one year after the events of the Epilogue. Will spoil parts of Darling.

Remus muses on a time when he helped Sirius remember their past... and wonders if he should have acted differently.

Draco Malfoy thinks about how it all ended.

Draco ponders his time with Harry Potter and describes what should never have happened.

Hope: n - a person or thing that gives cause for hope. There is always hope. You just have to find it.

The final battle is upon the wizarding world, and many have paid the price of blood for victory over their foes. The perspective of one who has lost another. Mild Boy!Blaise/?

A girl reflects on the war against Voldemort and his followers, and the losses they've had to face to reach the other side - and peace. Post-Hogwarts. One-off songfic to 'Happy Christmas (War is Over)'.

Morfin’s sister didn’t watch him avidly. (Gauntcest)

Of Ginny and Tom, by daylight and shadow as she walks. "...but you are the music / while the music lasts..."

Trusting isn't always easy, but sometimes it is of vital importance. (Remus/Sirius) Title courtesy of the Mystery Jets' 'Horsedrawn Cart'.

She was losing her mind in the empty room, and he had to stand and watch

Lady Luck sometimes needs a helping hand. Remus realises that he's lost sight of who he was for a while.

"He wonders if it hurts less because it hurts less, or because of nerve damage." - In a world without Sirius, Remus wanders and learns to be human again.

Gilderoy Lockhart is not guilty… Is he? [one shot] [character death] [language]

A long time ago I wrote 'Cruciatus,' in which Neville is the reason his parents are insane. As new books came out, that story became outdated and AU. So, after someone insinuated that such a story could no longer be written, I wrote Curare. Curare is Latin for "to cure," but it is also the name of a poison.

Set in Minerva's, Poppy's, and Rolanda's fifth Hogwarts year, when they spend the winter holidays sick at Hogwarts. Completely AU. Written for Healer Pomfrey's writing contest

Luna goes out to catch a Flyneer in the middle of the night. But gets side tracked thinking about her life, her mother and her friends (especially Harry) one-Shot.

He’s just part of a bigger scheme. (Draco/Blaise(m))

They say nirvana is the state of peace and tranquility attained by one’s soul. A feat long considered impossible. Yet, one never stops searching for it, and perhaps that’s what gives us hope till the very end. "Nirvana," said Harry. "To many... it would be today." Harry saw Remus sigh dejectedly. "But not for us."

Harry and Severus finally had the life that both wanted so badly: beautiful children, careers that made them happy, friends and family that loved them dearly. It all came crashing to a halt on one Valentine's Day when Harry woke up in St. Mungo's Hospital not remembering the last eleven and two-thirds years of his life. This will be a year long journey for Harry and Severus through heartache, joy, disappointment, self-reflection, discovery, and realizing that love comes from the heart not the mind.

The Malfoy family tree needs a little pruning.

On the eve of their fateful fifth year, Severus and Lily spend a quiet interlude. One-shot.

Hogsmeade visits are restricted to pupils in their third year, and above. Dennis Creevey managed to get to Hogsmeade as a second year. How?

She caused the death of only two people, although that in itself is miraculous. She distorted the memory of a very decent man. And she was not human. Not sapien. But very, very sentient. Rating for safety.

Remus is 15 and just wants some company during the full moon: this is my take on how James, Sirius, and Peter unveiled their Animagi plan to him. (Written for the Knockturn Alley Fiction Challenge #1: Genfic Missing Moments #12: “James, Peter, and Sirius tell Remus their Animagus plan and/or show him their forms.”)

Six years ago, the last Death Eaters were caught, but not before destroying the world Harry Potter had rebuilt for himself. Six years ago, Harry looked Remus Lupin straight in the eye and said he could not be a father. Six years ago, Harry Potter disappeared from the wizarding world. It's not a question of where he went, but who he left behind.

Ten-year-old Ginny Weasley searches for a pet but finds Neville Longbottom.

Sirius comes back from the Veil and Remus is missing, presumed to be dead. For Bring Black Back. Remus/Sirius

Sometimes, we forget how unpleasant it is to be Gilderoy Lockhart. We underestimate him…and we forget how dangerous he can be. But perhaps he’d like us to forget.

Now that the war has ended, Severus Snape thinks back over his life and considers the decisions he has made. Angsty one-shot.

When Draco reads the letter that was written to Harry so shortly before his death by the person who needed him most of all, he realises for the first time that something went very wrong. (Warning: slash.)

Draco Malfoy committed the ultimate act of selfishness - suicide. Ten years later, Harry still cannot forget about him.

Five years after the death of Voldemort, Ron, Harry, Hermione and Ginny blaze through their lives trying desperately to distance themselves from their heroic past. Hermione, working directly for the Minister of Magic, stumbles on a new threat. One no one in the ministry can comprehend: A muggle, who calls the nastiest witch of all time, master.

Evan Rosier causes things to happen.

"After a while he began to fight the Imperius Curse just as I had done." - Barty Crouch Jr., Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire A father, fighting darker and stronger forces, struggles against an inevitable descent into madness. These are his final moments.

A time to heal. (Snapefic). (H/G).

The road from addiction to healing is too long to be walked in a single lifetime. Wisdom comes from experience, and she has plenty. When perfection is too far to reach, you have to make do with normality; for her, normality is the only things she's ever dreamed of.

In the mirrors of Tom Riddle’s mind magic bounces off, myriad reflections merging into each other. Minions of the gods of Possession and Illusion, Magic is dichotomous and Violence, compulsive. Because in the end the thrill is in killing – and in being killed.

AU fifth year. Harry has an awful day and can't wait for it to be over. Unfortunately, it just keeps repeating itself. Will his tormentor Snape be able to help?

Learn about the other boy in the prophecy; Neville Longbottom. What really happened to Neville's parents? And what is his grandmother really like? Find out the truth about Neville's past!

Harry's struggling with depression, and his friends seem unable to help him. Somebody else can, but at what cost?

A little stream-of-consciousness meditation on Snape's part, on the vexed subject of Sirius Black and the Whomping Willow. What would it feel like, to confront two people who had tried to murder you, in the very place where you had so nearly died - in order to save three children who would despise you for doing so?

"He is a degenerate, Muriel. There's nothing else he can be called. He is simply bad news. And it breaks my heart that my old friend should find someone like that in his own family."

A woman attempts to force Lord Voldemort to stop the hostile and senseless killings--a woman who is, and has always been, happily untouched.

Harry has a serious problem and has lost everything he once used to love. A single white feather is the last remaining thing he can confide in. Many deep, disconcerting questions constantly nag at his conscious mind - there is no hope left.

One Shot. Takes place during the summer before HBP: Luna Lovegood hatches a plan to help her deal with her feelings of loss. There is just one thing that she needs before she can act on her plan. She needs Harry's invisibility cloak.

This is a pre-ficlet ficlet. The next one has Colin in it, I swear.````Jessica was inspired by too many nights reading the works of H.P. Lovecraft and "Girl Genius", The brilliant comic by Phil Foglio. No, she isn't cannon, but I absolutely had to write her down.

She screams and screams for help, and she cries, and holds him, but in the end he is dead. And when she wakes up she cries, because she remembers.

[AU] It's Halloween and Hermione pays Harry a visit. But then something happens. Something with a girl. Something with fear.

A clever satire on the world we live in today, using ideas from the Harry Potter world as its base.

Fragments from the life of Sirius Black. From seventh year to the Veil.

The date is December 31, 1999, and the time of the Final Battle is drawing near. After a devastating loss, Harry gathers his closest friends for togetherness and remembrance, drawing, as always, the strength that he will need to prevail in the end.

Ashes, ashes, we all fall down. Such morbid words from an innocuous rhyme seemed quite adequate in his situation. After all, wasn't everyone dying? (Remus centered)

Harry begins to receive racy letters form a mysterious sender. A story done in sections of 100 word drabbles. Slash.

A Neville story. "Somehow, day to day life was difficult after she’d died. It wasn’t as though he’d relied on her, or had seen her that often, or that she’d been there to wipe up his tears when Uncle Algie did something especially painful." What it feels like to lose a mother, by somebody who knows.

Harry can't handle the joy of Bill and Fleur's Wedding -- he can only see the futility of it all, with the new war upon them. His own parents lost their lives soon after marriage... so what was the point? Until Voldemort was gone, how could there possibly be room for happiness? His parents' memory haunts him, but can their memories cure him as well? (Featuring the POV of Harry, Lily, and James). A mix of angst, humor and love, but all drama.

Sirius remembers all the first times - memories so tender, so sweet, so miserable, so painful that even a Dementor can't touch them. Slash, would be fluff if it wasn't agony. One-shot.

When seven-year-old Argus Filch still hasn’t showed signs of magic, his father fears the worst. The result is a tangle of bloodlines, rejection, and even mention of the dreaded “s” word – “Squib.” Based on Kate Chopin's "Desiree's Baby."

Harry comes back for seventh year along with Hermione and Ron, only to find strange things afoot - unsurprisingly, with Slytherins in the thick of them. What are they up to now, and where have all the Muggleborns' familiars disappeared to?

Your time is running out. But what is time exactly? Many say time is an illusion, others don’t take it very seriously. But their, as your time is running out. What can you do about this? You could try running. You would have many reasons to run from time. Age, upcoming nerve-racking events… but it wouldn’t help. Because time is running with you. Time isn’t something you can wave away or hide from. It’s something you have to stand up and face. The seconds are ticking… have you faced it yet? The clock is running… Have you faced it yet? Because if you haven’t, you should soon… for your time is running out.

Sometimes even Santa needs a little help.

James Potter has found himself wandering around Lucius Malfoy's dark manor in an Invisiblity Cloak, spying on Death Eaters and learning Voldemort's plans. It's a bit nerve-wracking. But when he's finally ready to leave, a stupid flutter of cloth gets him captured, alone in the hands Voldemort himself and his inner circle. How will he ever get out with his life?

Draco's life is filled with regret. How could he have been so stupid as to let himself lose her simply for his father's expectations? D/G, Hidden in Plain View songfic ("Belly Full of Kerosene" off of their self-titled EP).

All these years, I have lingered, neither dead nor alive...I have paid for my sins, in tears and regret...If only there was a way to take them back...

Of them all, Sibyll Trelawney was the only one that saw through to the stark truth of the world, which gave her the Insight into the stark truths of the Future. She alone was Wise, possessed of the Powers that Judge, and was profoundly screwed up.

He left her when he said that he would always be there. What is she to do now that he's gone? He was the only person she could trust, and now she's alone. Will she be able to go on in life? Will there be anything worth living for now that he's gone? Can there be a way for life as she knew it to go on as she knew it, or will it all fall apart?

Tierney Dearborn comes back to Hogwarts a changed student. He knows that his father is still alive and more importantly is helping him reach his goals of becoming an Auror and to help defeat Tom Riddle. But with his new knowledge come new fears. And one of them appears in his Defence Against The Dark Arts Class.

Harry Potter wants to die. Draco Malfoy wants to help. The question is: With what?

A mother would do anything for her son. Post-HBP, rated PG for angst and oblique references to future violence.

When the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true.

Draco confronts the body of his father and reflects on whether he is yet worthy to be a Malfoy.

Written from Harry's point of view. He ponders what he is and what it means to have fulfilled his destiny. The hero's dilemma; I've completed my task... now what?

Her mother had told her stories of ladies in towers, imprisoned there by wicked relations, and rescued by knights. But the visions faded quickly, leaving nothing but the filthy little shack in the woods. And there were no knights in Little Hangleton.

"Then I wake and think to myself: how quickly dreams of reason can produce monsters." (Neville fic)

What if---just what if--Voldemort had once been able to love? And what if that love was torn from him just like everything else? Was she just a toy—a memory? Or was she something more? (OC/Voldemort)

In his sixth year, on the night of the World Cup, George is separated from Fred and Ginny in the crowds. He meets a stranger in the woods who saves his life and warns him that Harry is in grave danger. Slight AU, since things might not go exactly according to canon.

Short ficlet, where we find out why Peter 'Wormtail' Pettigrew really did those nasty nasty things to poor old Lily and James.

Hermione had always believed she could stand up for herself. She'd done it often enough as a student in dealing with Harry and Ron. Why couldn't she do it now?

Draco takes Ron for a ride, and Ron doesn't mind.

Beast, Evil, Dark, Killer, Just another werewolf. Right?

For every end, there is a beginning.

Remus remembers Sirius, as he was and as he was not.

It's the middle of September, but the Trio isn't at Hogwarts. They're getting ready for their mission. This summer's been a long one, between figuring out Horcruxes, dealing with sleepless nights, and bad memories, and preparing for the new chapter in their lives, Harry, Ron and Hermione haven't had much contact with each other. Hermione thinks it's okay, since there's a lot on their minds, but deep down she'd love it they... well, if they hadn't forgotten...

Sirius arrives at James' house after leaving Grimmauld Place.

Believing his life forfeit, Draco Malfoy makes a final stand against his father in the wilderness. By his side is an old rival, but she is far more than she seems, and there is far more to the world than he has ever suspected ... Draco POV. OCs, slight AU. One shot. Warning: This fic is far from straightforward. Lots of angry language.

Following the final battle, Harry struggles with his losses and tries to run from the one person who can help him cope. WARNING: Tear-jerker. Have some tissues on hand.

Draco must confirm where his loyalties lie with this one last mission. Dean is on a mission to protect the few friends left in his life. Alternating between Draco and Dean's POV, with mild Dean/Luna.

The sky outside was turning steadily darker. There would be no spectacular sunset today, no vivid oranges and burnt reds. No hues of bronze and ribbons of lavender. Only gray. The night will be clouded over. A storm is brewing and a boy will be confronted with a fear he is not sure he can overcome.

Lucius Malfoy takes a moment to ruminate over a rather important milestone in his life late one night in the Slytherin common room.

Draco would do anything to be beautiful again... Draco suffers from tricotillomania (compulsive hair pulling disorder).

Natalia and Juliette are best friends. Oh, and identical twin sisters as well. Written as two opposing journals of the Tiernan girls, A House Apart tells the story of how they were separated at the infamous Hogwarts Sorting Ceremony and the chaos that ensued. **A collaboration project**