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"Angels are Among Us." Ginny Weasley learns this in a very shocking way when a ghost from the past comes back as her "Guardian Angel." Worse yet, this "angel" catchs the eye of one Dark Lord. But the fun's not done yet as another world comes into play and Ginny is faced with choosing the Lesser Evil. TR/GW/HP, RW/HG.

Lily Evans is everything to James Potter. He changed everything that defined him to make her happy. And yet, for all he has tried, he still can't get her to see that he is no longer the same arrogant jerk that he used to be.

Padma Patil's secret is unknown to most people, but there is one who knows. Luna Lovegood. Padma's thieving has to stop and only this one young Ravenclaw can cure it...

Two friends sit alone in the Gryffindor Common Room and lose control of their selves and give in to what each has wanted for a long time. …Both feel so vulnerable... (Sort of a different style of fic [only sort-of!] - definitely Ron/Hermione)

Draco’s favorite champagne, Harry’s favorite glass. Is the flute half empty or half full? SLASH. HP/DM.

One-shot. Ginny talks about Tom and Harry. Pure bittersweet angst...

Harry must destroy the last of the Horcruxes. This one is the most horrible of them all. It's... it's... it's a cheese cracker? ``Anyway, can Harry destroy the evil cheese cracker? Not without the help of the Siamese Weasels, a hobo, an axe-ridden maniac, his forty-year-old son, and several others! ``This won't make any sense if you haven't read "Happiness Is Just a Daddy Away!" Then again, it won't make much sense, anyway....

Unexpected words of comfort come from a young Ginny as Molly finally gets her and Ron to bed with a story.

Harry defeated Voldemort at the age of nineteen. Wanting a normal life he then left England, and moved to America, where he married a Muggle woman, and had their daughter, Eliza. When Eli was ten, he died as a result of what happened all those years ago. The killing curse had not killed him immediately. Instead, it shortened his life span significantly. At sixteen,, Eli decides to finish school at Hogwarts, and hopefully do what her father could not: make amends with those he left behind long before he died. Simple enough, except Eli inherited her father's knack for getting in trouble.

“A mother always has to think twice; once for herself, and once for her child.” ~Sophia Loren | A 'missing scene' set directly prior to the events at Spinner's End in HBP.

An understanding found, as Snape attempts to move on from his past and into a possible future.

The Marauders bring themselves to Tintagel where Peter is kind, James still wants Lily, Remus does not want to share his chocolate and Sirius is an 'artiste'. Pre-slash.

Severus Snape participates in the annual search for a Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher for the first time.

Sirius, injured, needs help. Dumbledore sends Ron out to help him, and now he's finally returning. Harry stands to greet him, but will news be what he wants to hear?

Why exactly Ron let Ginny name his owl.

During his time in Azkaban Sirius finds a moment among the shadows to reflect... but only for a moment, before the shadows once more resume their dance. Slash.

"McGonagall won't last long, she's only filling in..." Following Minerva McGonagall through Chamber of Secrets as she struggles to protect the students in Albus Dumbledore's absence.

You know those little people who pop up on your shoulder right before you're about to do something really fun and cool? Well, they're real. Yes, they are. Yes, they ARE!

Penelope looks back over her relationship with Percy.````Looking back I feel so stupid. This present seemed so impossible in that past. Now I realise, that it wasn’t meant to be.

We've repeatedly heard about Sirius Black and how when he got into Gryffindor, his family was shocked and ashamed. Turn the situation around to look at a girl who everyone expected to get into Ravenclaw or Gryffindor --Hufflepuff, at worst. As Hagrid says in book one, "Better Hufflepuff than Slytherin". Modesta's world is turned upside down when she finds herself in the last House she'd expected to get in. She finds herself exploring Slytherin as she never thought she would and discovering things that make her wonder if there is more to this stereotyped house.

"'Do you believe in the life to come?' . . . 'Mine was always that.'" - Endgame by Samuel Beckett. Tom. Harry. Blood, genetics, power, immortality. A one-shot.

Katora is just about to make the hardest choice of her life, well second hardest. See what happens to Katora as she just tries to make a living.

Before Harry Potter was born, Lord Voldemort had another obsession: his experiments. They were to be the ultimate Death Eaters; they were bestial in their ferocity, and stronger and faster than any human. They were his children - before they rebelled. Thought to be exterminated by Voldemort's rage at being betrayed, the last of these warriors will change the wizarding world in a huge way.

Christmas at the Burrow - from Percy Weasley's point of view.

This is a short fic were Sirius does some thinking about his relationship with Harry and another prophecy is made, this time about Sirius.

A set of fairly long drabbles about the three Black sisters: Bellatrix, Andromeda, and Narcissa, on the topics of power, passion, and pain.

Take one Sirius and add in one James. Mix in liberal amounts of Remus and a dash of Peter. Top with hunks of fathers called Thomas and Daniel. What do you get? A night Out With the Boys.

Remus is visiting Sirius at Grimmauld Place during OotP. He's not feeling well, recovering from his tranformation. But he wants to tell Sirius something. Cute/sad slash story.

In his dreams, Harry mutters Sirius's name. Harry-centric post-OotP ficlet about grief, guilt, loss and love.

Underneath the tight bun and the thick glasses, Minerva McGonagall is a woman who cares.

There was a time when a man's name defined him.

"I was alone. All alone. And my father deserted me. I couldn't believe it." A songfic to the song Perfect by Simple Plan.

Harry never knew someone was obsessed about him. And no, I don't mean Ginny Weasley. No one ever noticed Eloise Midgen, but she was always there, watching and dreaming about everything Harry Potter.

"Ten years after the war and England’s ley lines are still snapping, and you can’t do magic unless you want to blast your fingers off." Finding your way back with a map that leads you to different places than it did yesterday. Believing in the way things are supposed to be and watching the world change underneath your feet. Padma/Hermione

What happens when Harry and the gang find out about the book 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone'? Utter Chaos, that's what.

A drunk, heart-broken, and changed Draco Malfoy runs into Harry Potter one night, and finds that the Gryffindor has changed a lot - and for the worst. Set sometime during seventh year.

In a desolate wasteland they once called home, two women face the ends to lives they held dear to their hearts. Sometimes there aren't any happy endings. Sometimes the hero just can't save the day. Sometimes life just isn't anything like the fairy-tales. Sometimes, bittersweet chocolate can sometimes be the best. And sometimes, things don't go as planned.

"We were so close there was no room, we bled inside each other's wounds..." Oneshot; sometime in the late 1970s... Remus needs to be made use of, and Dumbledore has an assignment for him. Partner with Severus Snape to fight Voldemort. But there are some unexpected consequences of pairing old school rivals.

Harry knows where to find Luna when she doesn't want to be found. (Prequel to The Locked Room series: Better Days, Camera Obscura, etc. Harry's seventh year.)

Neville Longbottom had a terrible memory; even Rememberalls can only tell him he's forgotten something. What happens when that something is someone important? What happens when Neville has forgotten his first friend?

Tomorrow will be the massacre to end all wars. The dark era will end at the hand of the midnight queen. He who takes a chance will fall while the one who remains at home will thrive in obscurity while the other dies in mock glory.

"You did not ask Harry Potter about the war..." Four years after the defeat of Voldemort, a simple radio announcement and wartime secrets long kept buried may change Harry's life forever...(song lyrics by Ani Difranco)

As Harry faces up to his problems -- grief, betrayal, and the knowledge he must kill or be killed -- he decides he must fight. Knowing Harry can no longer fully trust him, Dumbledore finds Harry a tutor and protector. Working with his friends, Harry decides the only way he can win is to make Dumbledore's Army more than just a name. Starts as H/L R/Hr N/G.

Death. We all know Harry has been affected by it. His parents, Cedric, Sirius. Who next?

Maybe he wasn't always evil. Maybe he wasn't always scary, and maybe, just maybe, there's a tale of a child, so lost and lonely, who doesn't know what to do. Maybe there's a boy out there, who's father left him so long ago. This is the story of the man we all fear, through the eyes of the very same man.

Ginny finds herself dreaming and fantasising about something that will never happen. It does not do to dwell on dreams, but Ginny does not know that. Ginny wants to dream all she wants. But the dream is starting to take over the reality.

A mysterious character is introduced, in the depths of the Riddle Mansion. As the character's identity is revealed, so are many other secrets of the wizarding world... and secrets of Harry's past that were thought dead and buried long ago.

A sweet songfic, dealing with the relationship between Tom and``Ginny.

Years later, after learning of certain events in fifth year, Hermione decides to take matters into her own hands.

Lupin works the night shift on a golden oldies radio show, learns how to do his laundry, and eats his own sofa. Takes place just prior to PoA. Parody of angst fic.

Where does Bellatrix's love for the Cruciatus Curse stem from? Why does she continue to torture those around her? Spite... power... or merely pleasure? Submerge yourself in the mind of a lunatic who prides herself in perfecting the human condition.... (rated R, includes Bellatrix/Harry pairing, torture, and blood. Read at own risk)

Five years into the War, a young female Healer who has lost the ability to heal with magic, learns that sacrifices must be made for the sake of her sanity. Hermione-Harry, Ron-Hermione, and Harry-Hermione-Ron abound.

Harry is living with the Dursleys when a friend comes and gives him good news.

What do you do when someone you love doesn't love you back? Do you stand alone or do you lie for the sake of being with them? Post-Hogwarts looking back on seventh year. Songfic to Linkin Park's "By Myself".

After Colin's adventures in the common room with his newly found treasure, the fuzzy pink socks, he makes his way to brother Dennis' room for a little "show and tell."

"We want to know more about people who fail. We care about people who are scared, who act foolishly, who are tricked by their vanity and trapped by their desires ... Flawed characters are the unforgettable ones" -- Susan Shaughnessy. Half-blood Slytherin Millicent Bulstrode reflects on her time at Hogwarts, the years of wasted effort she put in trying to be accepted by the popular students of her House, and what she intends to do about it. [Written for the femgenficathon.]

A short one-shot. The final battle is at hand. What will happen? Who will triumph?

Insight into Ginny Weasley - and her nascent relationship with one Harry Potter. HP/GW

It is time to bring Tom back...

Harry and Draco celebrate their first Christmas out of Hogwarts. Featuring Santa, ice, a scourgified turkey, lots of fluff and little plot.

Hogwarts' weekly entertainment! Dumbledore's decided to have a talk/game/reality show! Challenges, humor, and plain stupidity follow!

Draco's last words to Harry by means of a letter.

What happens when Lockhart gets free reign over a class in the dungeons... and full access to potentially lethal potion ingredients!

They never really saw each other. They might've talked and looked at each other practically every day since they were eleven, but they never really *saw* each other. Until he died, and both experienced the ultimate sorrow; the ultimate loss. They saw each other for who and what they really were. And they loved each other even more for it. A one-shot H/G fic.

Dearest Whoever is Reading This, My name is Ginevra Molly Weasley. I am 16 years old. I write this from my cell, miles under Malfoy Manor.

Takes place the summer after Ron's fifth year, the battle against Voldemort is raging. What happens when Ron loses someone he loves? How does he cope?

Hermione's thoughts on the Final Battle. It doesn't go how you'd think!

Harry and Co. get a full introduction to the modern British Rail system in all its glory. Just a bit of satire to cheer you up next time there's 'the wrong sort of snow'.

Harry tired to look back on his life, but only can think on what he'll be missing... Angsty Vingette.

One must die: Malfoy or Potter. But nobody deserves to die. Nobody. A Malfoy monlogue.

Daniel's birthday causes a Muggle invasion on Hogwarts that rearranges a few still standing prejudices.

They came together through that which kept them apart. Theirs was a love to outlast all things. Lily/James

It's a few years after graduation, and life has gone on. Draco, however, has got an unwelcome house guest -- his father.

It seems everything is going well for our hero Harry Potter. He's been named Headboy and he has a girlfriend from America. But things quickly go downhill when the war with Voldemort begins and he discovers that his girlfriend is not who she seems. Will Harry survive his final confrontation with Lord Voldemort and fulfill his destiny?

They are coming. As an army of Death Eaters led by Voldemort himself march on Hogwarts, the remnants of the school prepare for a last stand, pledging to win their freedom or die trying.

One-shot, inspired by the scene in HBP where Harry says he'd like to visit his parents' graves. A post-war Harry, Ron and Hermione fic with a twist. R/Hr.

Ginny's thoughts as Tom leads her to the Chamber of Secrets.

This story defies being summarized for the time being...just read it. You'll like it, just try it.

"To be left alone, and face to face with my own crime, had been just retribution." ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. "A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise." ~Niccolo Machiavelli. "There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept." ~Gaelic proverb. [Contains HBP spoilers.]

Lucius meets Tom in the dungeons. Slash. Set during their Hogwarts years.

Harry allows his time to slip away in recollection of a dark night, months ago. Voldemort has won, and all that is left is the crying.

What if Luna Lovegood never met Harry and his friends on the train? A look at the world as Luna sees it, written as a suicide note.

Harry died -- probably -- killing Voldemort. His friends, and others, speak at his memorial service.

Sometimes the ending isn't as good as it seems.

Continuation of 'Terrified'. Harry confronts Hermione, and she confronts him right back.

Even the Half-Blood Prince has his problems. Will Lily Evans ever notice him in that way, and does she actually enjoy dancing with that arrogant Potter? Featuring the lyrics “Love in Motion” by Icehouse.

What could induce a former Marauder to return to a life of naughtiness? Perhaps it has something to do with a certain nosy git and two rambunctious twins with frustratingly perfect timing. A Christmas chestnut with secret passages, close escapes, and a surprising new accomplice.

Set during the events of Chamber of Secrets; a Muggleborn student is trying to figure out exactly what she is when someone sets free a Muggleborn killing monster in the school.

The Weasleys take time out to look at life with one another to the time of that ill-fated day. Now, they need one another.

Which pain should we be grateful not to have? Molly's and Andromeda's points of view of their abuse at the hands of Andromeda's older sisters. ``Warning: femmeslash, torture.

Funerals are a time for remembrance. Severus Snape, who has always hated James Potter and his gang, recollects memories of his own at the funeral of James and Lily Potter.

With apologies to George Lucas: "Who's the more foolish: the fool, or the fool who follows him?" Written for hd_worldcup 2008, Team Epilogue, Prompt "The Fool."

3rd Year, Hogsmeade. Victoria (OC) tracks down an "old friend," determined to get some answers. (Sirius Black story.)

You are a young girl, whose life is riddled with misery. You are a young girl, who yearns for acceptance. You are a young girl named Myrtle. This is your last hour.

Maybe, she wondered, Lucius is awake now, rolling over and finding that I am no longer there. Maybe he will simply fall asleep again, or maybe he will go out and look for me. She walked until she stood in the middle of the Malfoy estate, mansion on her left, impenetrable woods on her right, surrounded by a green that she couldn’t see. Tilting her head upwards, she breathed in the freshness that rain always brings, shutting her eyes against the feathery touches of the rain. Lucius/Narcissa.

In a world rearranged by Voldemort, Luna Lovegood and Percy Weasley cling to tenuous hope.

Harry's sixth year. Shaken by the events of the past year, he turns to an unexpected source for comfort. Why is it that Dumbledore seems to know more than he's letting on? As usual, Voldemort's after Harry, but how? And how far will he go?

Lily wants to peform in front of thousands, but it's proving to be difficult. Sirius keeps dragging James off to punk-rock concerts. Voldemort has never loved a soul, until a certain Mudblood comes onto the scene. Phantom of the Opera cross-over.

Chapter 8.5 of Amalin's wonderful story Two Lost Souls.