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Something strange is going on at Hogwarts. Something very strange, Harry knows. He thinks it has something to do with Voldemort, but every time he tries voicing his opinions to his friends, they prove quite counterproductive. Pairings include Harry/Snape, Draco/Ginny, Ron/Hermione, Harry/Draco, Harry/Hermione, Harry/Ron plus implied Harry/Ginny, Draco/Hermione, Ron/Draco, Remus/Sirius, Hermione/Snape and Remus/Tonks.

Written for the Ron/Hermione Quote!Fic Challenge on Checkmated. "Love talked about can be easily turned aside, but love demonstrated is irresistible." -- W. Stanley Mooneyham. It's the final battle, and some people will do anything necessary to save the one that they love.

Mrs. Black's life from behind her curtain. OotP setting.

Stan Shunpike showers Tonks with presents and (bad) poetry after she saves his life one cold, December evening. In an attempt to get him to stop, Tonks visits Stan at home on New Year's Eve and is pleasantly surprised by the events that follow.

She is running away from a cloaked figure and doesn't seem to have any energy left. So tired and so exhausted she can only stumble on. Can she find help before he finds her? And what does he want with her?

The Marauders' younger days come back to Remus as he dreams. Happy memories combine with a chilling message for the future, and Remus wonders how the story will end.

Hit hard by his godfather's death, Harry Potter must find a way to cope. Though, with the appearance of an unexpected visitor, it might just be a little easier than he thought. (Just after OotP, follow-up to "Unexpected Visitor.")

Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy's rivalry has reached its peak. Professor Snape and Professor McGonagall have devised the perfect detention--for the two to tutor each other. *SLASH*

Narcissa gets mad. Lucius kisses another girl.

The world as they know it has come to an end. Draco has long renounced his ideals that the dark side will triumph, and may end up regretting that decision. Neville is miserable, and has no one to comfort him. Join these two as they face seventh year. Learn what has happened to upset the balance in Voldemort's favor, and put together the pieces to find out who the traitor's identity is.

And Cho, with her glassy eyes, stared up at the cobwebs crisscrossing the ceiling and wondered again how it had come to this.

Voldemort has risen once more, and it is Harry's fifth year at Hogwarts. As Harry spends more time with Cho, providing her comfort from Cedric's death, he begins to drift from some of the friends he used to have. One day, however, an old friend of the Granger family is sent to Hogwarts, and is said to be the key to deafeating the Dark Lord once and for all.

Severus Snape: cold hearted! unfair! sarcastic! biased! Devoid of all feeling and incapable of emotion...apparently not! ````"No matter what tomorrow brings I will always be there...until the end"

"Just as she was about to scream from the mounting terror inside of her, the door was flung open. Severus Snape strode into her dorm, anxiety showing plainly on his cold face. She pulled herself up slowly from the floor and then flung herself into his arms. A large sob threatened to escape. She bit her lip. Blood trickled down her chin."

Percy Weasley. Perfect Percy, that's what they all thought. But they thought wrong. Inside the "perfect" Weasley was just a little boy in pain. ``NOTE: This was written Pre- Order of the Phoenix

What if you had one day to live? One last chance to tell your friends what you thought of them, to tell your family you love them. What would you do with that last day? Would you finally have the courage you always needed?

“You feel it, don’t you?” he whispered. “The colours, the sensations, the vibrations of the magic.”````This is the third part of the Latin 'one shots'. It would be advised to read 'Cantus Inaequalis' and 'Hinc Navis a Sceleris' before this. Dark fic.

Tom Riddle/Voldemort reflecting on the events that occured during second year.

Excerpt: "Eskimo girl, won't you come out tonight, come out tonight, come out tonight?" Ron sang to himself as he made his way outside into the two foot deep snow (and it was still snowing). "Wohoo!" Ron rolled around in the bitter cold for maybe three minutes before he had to come back in to get some more clothes on. "I almost forgot to put on my lucky underwear!" he shouted as he came back in and ran up the Grand Staircase to the Gryffindor Tower...

Post-war fic. Percy's life is disrupted when a chance meeting with Hermione sets off a shaky friendship. Percy drinks Earl Gray tea, falls in love by firelight, and begins to understand patience and despair.

How did a brilliant little boy become the Dark Lord Voldemort? What motivated this young man to make the decisions he did? What went through Tom Riddle's mind as he killed his father and grandparents that night? Who is Tom Riddle really? Simply "evil" is not satisfactory. How did he become the way he is?

Draco suffers unjustly.

The year is 1996, and the Second War is starting to pick up speed. In a twisted series of events, Remus Lupin embarks on a mission to gain the support of powerful Eastern European werewolf clans. Traveling beyond the borders of his country, Remus is confronted with far more than he bargained for. As the stakes are raised and the fate of the werewolf community is hanging by a thread, he must find a way to answer the persistent questions that continue to hound him, for time is running out. And only Remus can avoid a certain path to destruction.

Because sometimes a sword really is just a sword.

Letters to no one, from two love sick people through the years, with an ending that only a dead man's tale could leave behind.

A idle conversation between two Death Eaters. Slash warning--precisely what would give away the ending. (Poor Lucius.)

Hermione's thoughts as she goes to the furneral of someone she loves. H/H.

The price of war for Ron and Hermione. Short angsty-fluff.

Albus went to the concert to make Rose happy. He didn't expect to enjoy himself. He didn't expect to find entertainment. Most importantly, he didn't expect to find love.

Red was always his favorite color.

James Potter is a person who everyone thinks they know.``But does anyone really? Lily Evans is about to get a glimpse of who he``really is.

Percy just wants to set the record straight and for no one else to fall down that road.

Justine March always knew she was different from the other kids. This is the story of her journey from awkward preteen to confident, powerful adult witch. Friendships abound, enemies are made, and life just happens.

In this AU ficlet set in 7th year, Harry and Hermione must learn to cope with a life without Ron. Harry blames himself; Hermione wishes she could help him fight his demons. Slight H/Hr overtones.

Dumbledore has sent him on a mission -- one that could mean life or death. (In tandem with Into the Terrible Night)

Luna sees things that others do not. (Hints of Harry/Luna. Eventual Ginny/Luna.)

"Don't you get it, Tom? Love isn't fighting for immortality it is one of those that administer it!" Sometimes the dreams will show you the truth, sometimes dreams are only the truth we've accepted.

Ginny Weasley was there when Sirius Black fell through the Veil in the Department of Mysteries. She knows he's dead. But when she starts having unsettling and increasingly vivid visions of him, everything she knows is called into question. Now she's on a desperate journey to the depths of Hell to free an innocent man from eternal torment. To save him, she will have to undergo dangerous changes and join forces with questionable allies. But will these seven Sundays bring Sirius back?

A few years ago, I met a young woman in Knockturn Alley. Leaning against the cold stone wall outside the pub, she looked alien, like a colourful exotic bird suddenly appearing in the shadows.

It's Hermione's birthday and she has got some really thoughtful gifts - or so she thinks! Soon, the gifts show their true colors and, well, you've got to read the rest!

She's gone back to fix what she did wrong. Unfortunately, she doesn't have a fondness for following the rules. She'll do her best to stick to the plan, but did the Founders do what was best when they chose to do their work through her?

Ron Weasley is dying. But his deepest wishes haven't been fulfilled. With time running out, will he survive? And will his wishes be fulfilled?

Harry didn't expect it to happen, but it did: he survived the confrontation with Lord Voldemort. Though the wizarding community is quick to leave (though not forget) the event in the past, the war has left deep marks and challenging obstacles in the recovery effort. While Harry tries to reintegrate himself to homework and school intrigue, a sinister and virtually undetectable enemy threatens to infiltrate Hogwarts -- and if it's not stopped, what remains of the magical community.

Peeves the Poltergeist gives us a brief history and explanation about who he is, and why he does his job so well.

"Narcissa stares at the child lying in his cot." The light that once illuminated Narcissa's life has gone out. It was flickering for the longest time.

An analysis of Gringotts and the Wizarding economy and monetary system, from a Vienna-Chicago-Virginia school monetarist perspective

Sitting on a cliff, waiting to kill myself, I try to force myself to think of all the things I fear...

Ron finally loses at chess, and against a most unusual opponent.

There are several different types of drunk person. Sirius is a Philosopher. He sits in a bar and, in between drinks and coming up with an innovative new towel rail design, contemplates Love. (Post-Hogwarts Marauderfic), Remus/Sirius, James/Lily

Draco is exiled from the wizarding world and now he is without wand, without money and out of rum. And who does he run into? The last person in the world who would ever help him, Harry Potter.

Hermione gives Ron an enchanted alarm clock to get him up to study. But that boy could sleep through anything! Just a some silliness and a hint of R/H.

Insane version of MWPP, set entirely in the wrong time line. Not to be taken cereal (seriously), or with medication.``Prepare to meet: Loony Loppy Lupin, Peteranna, Cereal and Antler-boy!

Set during Seventh Year. Ron tries to ready the team for its last match of the schoolyear. Harry and Ginny interrupt practice when they begin dancing...on their broomsticks??? Inspired by the musical track "Fawkes the Phoenix" from the Chamber of Secrets musical score.

Harry goes for a walk late one night. He is overcome by memories of his lost godfather... but he is not alone.

Ron tries to move on after the death of Hermione. Sequel to When I Leave this World. Features the songs: Dusty Springfield's "I Only Want to be with You" and Elvis' "Are You Lonesome Tonight."

Hermione and Ron are married and are expecting their first child. However, things are not as wonderful as they should be for Hermione as she thinks about her someone else. He/R, Ha/D, one-sided He/?

Draco is dead and Harry is clinging onto his ghosts and memories. Draco needs to move on, but Harry doesn't want to let go.... HP/DM slash.

Love, hate, loneliness and betrayal has always been a constant in Narcissa's life. One day, she makes the decision that will change her life forever.

You-Know-Who was gone, thought banished by the very boy who now stood at his side. The boy who now bowed to the wizard who had killed hundreds, including the boy's own parents. No one is what they seem, least of all Harry Potter. AU

The Way Things Were Meant to Be takes place during the trio's seventh year at Hogwarts, assuming they go back next year, Dumbledore and Sirius didn't die, Draco didn't become a Death Eater, Harry and Ginny didn't break up, and Neville and Luna got together. Lately, the mention of Viktor's name has sent Ron flying off the handle, even more than usual. This is a Ron/Hermione fic for your enjoyment.

The past and future are nothing more than points on a path we all must tread. Through memories and choices everyone has the ability to walk his or her own path whenever they choose. However, what if you were cursed to see the paths of others? To see where they have been and where they have yet to go? Do you believe you could handle all the things you might see? Do you really believe you could fulfill such a Destiny? One woman believed she was capable... she was wrong.

Draco's parents call him down to the drawing room one afternoon in August for a "chat," and he grudgingly obliges, unaware that this is one afternoon that will turn out like no other...

A song fic to the Celine Dion song "Seduces me". This is about the night Draco expalins his feelings and finds out that Laura feels the same. Lotsa kissy kissy action!

You're not friends. You'll never be friends. You'll be in love till it kills you both. You'll fight, and you'll shag, and you'll hate each other till it makes you quiver, but you'll never be friends. Love isn't brains, children, it's blood . . . blood screaming inside you to work its will. - Spike, Lover's Walk, BtVS. Marcus Flint feels nothing for Oliver Wood, but every night Oliver leaves the Slytherin dorms. Oliver Wood is better than Marcus Flint, but only if Marcus says so. A short ficlet focussing on passion and the tragedies that follow. Warning: male slash!

Harry was all set to apparate back to England when he was almost taken for questioning by the Italian hit-wizards. Why was Harry in Italy? What's going on? Harry becomes involved shoulders deep in a plan headed for disaster. And why does Draco Malfoy keep on turning up?

Draco can't sleep the night before the big battle and goes to talk to someone who's awake; Bill Weasley.

Dumbledore never asked for the power he has been given and with each passing day he is finding it more and more of a burden. He’s a tired old man who wants nothing more than to enjoy life but how can he while he has to hold the entire Wizarding World on his shoulders? Not to mention leading the fight against Voldemort and dealing with a very angry Harry he views as a son and a certain teacher that is falling further into darkness.

Hermione, helped by Luna, has finally persuaded the house-elves to strike a blow for their freedom. Now everyone has to cope with the consequences -- and they\\\'re far worse, and far more wide-ranging, than she could ever have expected.

Dean/Ginny. Ginny must come to terms with her fading relationship with Dean and decide whether all the emotional trouble his leaving has caused her is worth still having him in her life.

It had been purely by accident that he had even stumbled upon her refuge. A small courtyard — was that what this would be called? — surrounded by great fir trees. He didn’t know precisely where on the grounds of Hogwarts that they were, but he didn’t really care, because he wasn’t thinking of such things. He was thinking of her.

The musings of a Gryffindor gone bad. A little out of character.

After the events of Order of the Phoenix, Remus Lupin ponders life without Sirius, and wonders if there might still be a chance for them. If he's brave enough to try.

Two men trapped inside silence, with so much they can share if they'll only start to talk.... Post OOTP, Remus and Harry compare battle scars.

Was the diary that Lucius Malfoy gave Ginny Weasley the only diary that Tom Riddle had? Was that the only diary that could talk back? Well, Alaina Malfoy, the daughter of Ginny and Draco, knows. Join Alaina on her time in Hogwarts and the mysteries that unravel again...

Minerva Marcela McGonagall reminisces on the love of her life...on his birthday. “It’s painful to know that the boy that I laid with night after night would evolve into the monster he is today...all because of his child hood. It’s scary to know that even now he pulls at my heart strings, holds my handles tight, only to let me fall.”

In this slash fic, Draco has very strong intense needs and he feels that only one person can satisfy them...

Although she despised Muggles and Mudbloods, she had never wanted their extermination... until Voldemort appraoched her... "this is and shall always remain... the memoirs of a pureblood".

In the final battle, Harry finds himself in Azkaban with Draco as Voldemort's leading Death Eater. This one-shot is my idea of how the last chapter of book seven will end.

Wormtail tells his side of the story to a reporter. Post war, one-shot, pwp.

Harry Potter knows that he - The Boy Who Lived - is something special in the wizarding world, but he does not have a clue about some particular circumstances that make him even more special than anyone can imagine. How will he deal with them? Is there any chance for Harry and his friends to stop evil forces, especially Lord Voldemort, once and for all?

The war is over, but the Wizarding world and the Weasley family are thoroughly shaken in its wake. Harry is looking for signs that things will be good again wherever he can. Then Ron, suddenly, does something that shifts things and transforms the way they will be from now on.

"I’ve lost him to that awful world where you can only see what’s in front of you. Not what’s around you. Not what you left behind."

A series of thoughts, images, or emotions occurring during sleep which are dissociated from the usual stream of consciousness of the waking state. ``Dreams. Anything can happen.

Harry and Ginny truly love each other, but their romance has become a path of thorns. Is there any going back? A songfic inspired by Sarah McLachlan's "Path of Thorns (Terms)".

The Auror Corps provides Harry with a profession that's highly dangerous, demanding, and glamorous. Except when it's not.

Ron sits in Hogwarts' hospital wing, reflecting on recent events involving the humorous cause of Harry's injuries, and his changing relationship with Hermione, and their most recent fight. Ron visits the owlery, where he discovers a rather emotional Hermione swinging on a trapeze that hangs from the owlery roof.....

How do you apologise for not trusting a former lover? Sirius Black and Remus Lupin reconnect after a lengthy separation and end up sharing a moment and so much more. RL/SB.

Even though you are gone, I am still here...all that's left of yesterday.

Lily watches Sirius and Remus leave her house for the final time and then tells baby Harry the story of a fourteen-year-old girl in love for the first time. RL/LE.

Sequel to The Figure Clothed in Black. Philip Riddle, Tom Riddle's brother, has began what will become his tryant rule over the wizarding world with his older brother's, who is now his follower, help. He will also be aided by someone thought to be dead, and having abandonded the wizarding world by many. Will anyone ever see him again?

What happens when the fighting ends? How do you pick up the loose threads of your life and weave them back together? A post-war scenario.

Hermione\\\'s view of an attack on Hogwarts, starting when she finds herself trapped, alone on a rooftop with Voldemort himself.

Padma could remember St. Ives: Pansy never had seven wives, and there was nothing in empty lives. [Padma/Pansy femslash]

A new life, a new beginning for Cho Chang. Torn between memories of a dead love and duty to her family and school, the young and naive teen jumps at a chance to escape the magical world, but soon finds that the luxury of forgetting the past comes with a price that may be too heavy to pay. She can tell you her story, one of betrayal and abuse, lost dreams and time, she can tell you what it was like to drink from the cup of the damned, she can tell you what it was like to stand against the world. Do you want to know?

Before we caught a glimpse of what their lives were like when Dimitri was sixteen, there were other problems. We see what went on before he was able to voice his thoughts on his parents' marriage. What are their thoughts on their own marriage? Honestly, they still don't know where it all started. But then again, crazy people seldom do. Prequel to "Can We Be a Family."

The Weasley family always seemed to be perfect - happy, smiling, the picture of family togetherness. Well what if we were only seeing what they wanted us to see? A short one-shot in which Ron Weasley looks at a family portrait and reflects on life with the Weasleys. Not your usual take on one of Canon's favorite families. Be warned...

Harry is back at Privet Drive alone with his grief over the loss of his godfather. Stewing day and night in his sorrow, Harry is ready to give up... (Post OotP)