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Some spirits are too strong willed to let death have the last word. Sirius Black is one of them. From a hazy, misty place, he reaches out to the one who has meant so much to him.

Reality is suspended.... Harry and Draco are both gay, and they both want each other... can we see where this is going? Slash.

He stares at his hands a lot these days. Most people don't notice it 'cos they're too busy patting him on the back and congratulating him for finally killing Voldemort, saving the wizarding world, and all that. But I notice it. I notice it and then I stare at his hands, too. (Harry/Ron pre-slash)

Four friends, torn apart by grief. She can see the Thestrals, he wants to die, he's lost in guilt, and she's moved on. Be strong, or give up, it's their choice, either way. It's 2 o'clock and they're ready for the rain - The last in the Time Trilogy, following on from 'Midnight' and 'Sunrise'.

In the past five years Harry, Hermione, and Ron have fought battles fit for adult wizards. Now school is out and the war has begun. Enemy lines have been drawn and some have been crossed. When it comes to fighting against the Dark Lord who will stand on the lines of good or evil.

There is no such thing as a victimless crime, and there will never be such thing as a happy ending.````In war, everybody loses.````Draco has a white rose.`` ``The rose is stained with Harry Potter’s blood, sweat and tears. It stands in a glass cabinet suspended by Magic on Draco’s desk. The nymphs in the snow globe next to it are scared of it.

Is there any end to the pain and the loneliness? Is there a cure for the emptiness that eats at him? Is it better to have loved and lost?

Adara is a headstrong 5th year Slyhterin. She doesn't conform, not to anybody, but will this ultimately cost her her best friend?

For as long as he could remember, Draco had been proud to be a Malfoy. Post-OotP character study.

Draco's been using her, and Ginny can't take it. She pushes him away, and yet can't get him out of her head. A D/G fic set to the song "Pretty Girl" by Sugarcult.

"Today marks the end of her debt to Lily, paid in blood." On Harry's 17th birthday, Petunia bids farewell to her nephew. She anticipates freedom the instant he is placed in his guardian's care, but is given poetic justice in its stead.

Ginny spends the night in the hospital wing after the battle at the ministry of magic. Her thoughts. (Missing Moment --- H/G Angst.)

Two months after Voldemort's death: Harry and Snape have to confront each other, themselves and a boggart. SSRL implied. Redemption intended. One-shot.

Everyone has trouble dealing with their emotions, and everyone searches for the best way to cope. Sometimes you just can't help anyone. Harry is looking for a way to cope, aren't you?

Harry Potter always tries to do what he believes is right, but the road that leads into Hell is often paved with good intentions. Now, just when all seems lost, Harry finally discovers that some of his most important decisions were never really his to make in the first place. Post-HBP (spoilers) One-shot

From Hogwarts to the Department of Mysteries, Sirius and Remus have always needed each other. But things keep getting in the way...

For several long seconds, George's mind refused to comprehend what his eyes were telling it.

In the moments after the Quidditch final, Harry reflects on his relationship with Ron now that Ron and Hermione are an item. Why is Harry so jealous? Could he be in love?

Hermione has spent her entire life saying goodbye; life teaches her some significant lessons about herself, and about the importance of greeting the future. R/Hr.

Hermione is in love with Harry but due to an argument in the great hall she runs through a corridor and straight into none other than Malfoy and has a shocking suprise.

Disowned by his family, Sirius finds unexpected solace in familiar places.

The final war is over. Voldemort has been defeated but everyone involved with the final war has been killed except for two individuals. Harry Potter and Hermione Granger don't know why they were the only two to surivive the final battle between the good and evil forces in the wizarding world but for some strange reason their lives were spared. Mourning the loss of all their friends, the two set out to start a new life - void of magic and their troubled past. But a new force has stepped forward and is threatening to shake the scale that Harry and Hermione have meticulously constructed.

It's been a year since Hermione Granger was killed at the hands of Death Eaters. Ron Weasley, her devoted and loving husband, stands at her gravesite, thinking of her.

What will happen in the final battle with Voldemort? My version of the final battle.

James is getting married. [James/Lily]

During Dumbledore's funeral, Ron Weasley reflects on the one person who makes him extra-ordinary. Hermione-Ron and implied Harry-Ginny.

Draco joins a band. Ginny is having serious late night run-ins leaving her badly bruised, and Hermione has discovered a dangerous plot buried within the whisperings of the Hogwarts school.

Sirius Black is a collection of contradictions, accumulated over time from experiences and a certain knowledge. His experiences supposedly determine his actions, dictate how he acts, who he befriends, and who he hates. But so also do his friends influence his decisions, in what they do to and for him. An extended character sketch with the storyline woven through, and snapshots that tell the story.

I was a child back then, and did not realize that hexing people in the corridors for the fun of it would not impress you. This clearly wasn't the best way for you to fall for me, but I did. I fell flat on my face for you, figuratively and literally alike, and believe me, I tried my hardest not to. Slowly but steadily, I began to love you when I turned fourteen years old. That day I remember me dreaming of you and how you had become my girlfriend; you loved me more than life itself. ~James/Lily.

Extremely weird fic, concerning the nature of time, power in the wizarding world, and random in-jokes.

Once Hermione and Ron left Harry, but he never knew the reason. Somehow, Malfoy seemed to know. Will Harry find out why? And the blue rain from the sky fell and his tears his hands cleaned...

It all started with a challenge... And then a dress at a Christmas Ball that sets Harry and Hermione out to begin a new phase in their relationship. Written for the PP.org New Year's Eve Challenge Fest.

Valentine's Day. Lucius plays a joke on Narcissa. She plays one back.

"They didn't notice her, most of the time. Most of the time she didn't think about that, though. Most of the time she listened--listened to the sky above her, listened to the clouds as they softly rustled together, listened to the sighing of the grass, listened to the whispers of the dead in their graves and the flowers that grew from them." Luna-fic.

Sirius fell through the veil...but where did he go? Who awaits him? Will his heart be heavier than the feather?

They say that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. I don’t know about other men, but when it comes to Ronald Weasley this saying is more than true. Post Hogwarts Ron-Luna one-shot.

Near the end of Fifth Year, Harry and Ron share their worries about surviving into adulthood.

Blaise finds himself speculating on matters following an encounter with a certain redhead and an uncomfortable conversation with Pansy, after which he comes to a few conclusions.

Lord Voldemort's second chance at life.

Hermione finds herself having an odd conversation with a dead man. Post Deathly Hallows

In a world of war, Christmas isn’t always celebrated traditionally.

When the Ministry's seemingly harmless discovery sends Harry to another world, a world where everything is different, he is forced to become someone else and find his side in a war he must end. [AU, slash]

Under the unleashed anger of a storm, a little boy runs away from the orphanage - from the pain and hurt and all the pent up anger inside. ````This dark little one shot tries to understand the beginnings of a young boy who will grow up to take the wizarding world by storm.

Behind every picture-perfect smile, there's bound to be a lie. There is no exception when it comes to the teenage portraits of the Four "Great" Founders that supposedly got along swimmingly until the end. Godric and Helga seem to be the perfect couple, while Salazar is in love with the hot-headed Rowena. Now, if only Rowena would see it that way...

Draco Malfoy is Harry Potter's Secret Keeper. "You tell him that it's stupid, and he's made a wrong choice, and he ignores you – like he always does. Draco is his Secret Keeper, and he always will be."

Sirius is unwillingly risen from the dead and sent to Grimmauld place. But when an unexpected turn takes him to a somber place, he is wondering how much, and who, he has missed.

One dark and rainy August day, a seemingly random assortment of people gather furtively in a run down old building on a remote corner of Diagon Alley. They face the death of a friend, enemy, role model, student...everyone face the loss differently, and that can have explosive consequences.

Neville is a little wary about Luna's plans for attire at their wedding. (Alternate title: Proper Wedding Attire)

One shot! A behind-the-scene look at a fashion show to benefit St. Mungo's. Hosted by Madam Rosmerta!

After Voldemort's defeat, Severus Snape feels he's let everyone down. Unable to forgive himself for the things he did under Voldemort's direction undercover for the Order, Snape wallows in self-pity until he meets someone who can convince him of his own innocence.

There's such a thing as being too British.

Remus Lupin taked the train back to Hogwarts for the first time in many years- this time as a teacher. This is the ride on the Hogwarts Express in Prisoner of Azkaban from Remus' point of view.

Remus and Tonks hide in their own ways: from everyone else and from each other. When that hiding ends, will they be the only ones to benefit?

The War has ended. Many have been lost. In the middle of night, Severus sneaks to look at three portraits. He reflects the past in his mind - everything that was, would have been, and would never be. Only at night, he could cry. Implied SLASH RL/SB/SS

Remus's memories of Sirius, from when they first discovered he was a werewolf to present time. SB/RL slash.

What do you do when the girl you want is straight? Parvati's having that issue, and Pansy just wants to help. Really!

The soul's age is measured not by years but by depth of experience. Just hours after Harry brings the terrible news of Dumbledore's death, Tonks and Remus experience the truth of this. One shot, missing moment from HBP. COMPLETE.

Hermione looks back over the path that led her from the safety of the trio to becoming Ginny's lover and Voldemort's servant.

'Am I not beautiful? Am I not still young? It has only been a few months since Draco was born, only a year since our marriage… and yet, he has never touched me since that night. ' Narcissa thinks about her marriage to Lucius and wonders why he does not want her anymore.

Severus Snape's son, Alexander Snape, comes to Hogwarts in the middle of sixth year and is sorted into Gryffindor. He acts the part of a loner, but Harry, Ron and Hermione think there's more to it than that.

Draco watches Harry more often than he’d care to admit. No-one understands how shallow Harry’s life is, including himself, until one Quidditch match, everything becomes clear. H/D slash

The diary of Severus Snape if he were ever to live with me for three months (in America, in the Muggle world, and invisible to the Muggle eye).

We don't know a lot about Remus Lupin, but these five scenarios definitely did not happen. AU.

The Mask of Anarchy is a poem that leads Hermione to investigate the death of her friend. Involved in her investigation is a new DADA professor and her friend. Snape enters the scene as well as Lupin when it is discovered that Voldemort is behind all of it. The plot thickens when Snape finds out one of the Death Eaters is a sister of the new DADA Professor. Harry becomes tempted by Voldemort's powers after the loss of someone close to him, and everyone works to protect him from himself. Includes SS/HG, DM/??, LM/??, RL/??, RL/HG, SS/?? as well as some others.

Sometimes falling in love requires finding common interests. One winter day Harry takes a wintry walk in the wood to clear his thoughts and discovers that he and Draco may share some common ground apart from the Quidditch pitch. This is a fic that takes place in Harry’s seventh year at Hogwarts. This fic is slashy at heart, but like a well trained postal owl, it is tame by nature.

"He is Dark. I am Light. We are both Black. Black as night. Black as sin. Black that obscures and blinds both Dark and Light." Internal monologue from Sirius Black. Companion to "We Were Brothers Once"

Cho boards a midnight train to tell Harry something, but finds that some things are better left unsaid.

Angelina married George, instead of Fred.

A Founders story, casting Salazar, Rowena, Godric and Helga into the real events around the turn of the last millenium. Salazar plays a monk expelled from his monastery for his ability to speak Parseltongue, Godric is a wizard from the Danelaw, a dangerous person at a dangerous time, Helga is a witch captured in the north and sold into slavery far to the south, while Rowena is the wife of the powerful but Dark wizard who draws them all together. The founding of Hogwarts!

Voldemort's been defeated by Harry, and Lupin and Dumbledore look on as Harry lies in a pool of his own blood.

Harry Potter comes to a realisation of who he his, what he has achieved, and what he can do. Sometimes the clarity of the truth is all that is needed.

When a long lost friend comes into Hermione's perfectly happy life, she starts to wonder whether she's made the right choices...

Auror Frank Longbottom makes a hash of young Severus Snape's life and career plans.

"Granger, I understand the incessant need most people have for getting absolutely besotted with the holiday, but I don't quite think this is what is expected." DHr fluff!

Sometimes there is nothing to be sorry for.

Love, Lavender mused. It should have been hand in hand, a careful kiss in the corridor outside the common room, smiles freely given across the heads of their classmates. ``Not like this.

Post OoTP. Snape is assigned to a dangerous and all but impossible task by Voldemort, and it is in the Order's best interest for him to deliberately fail in achieving any end result. However, when Harry finds out about Snape's assignment, the necessity of failing clashes with Harry's agenda.

A midnight meeting between four friends eases the pain a little after Christmas. Implied R/H. *Missing Moment*

After the events on the Astronomy Tower, nothing feels real to Remus Lupin. Nothing that is, except Tonks. HBP Spoilers.

Draco Malfoy. Eighteen, out of Hogwarts, imprisoned in a block of ice by his father wearing only boxer shorts. Could he be any sexier?

Harry's entering his sixth year at Hogwarts. With his wounds still open from Sirius' death, can he cope with NEWTs and the ever more relentless threat of Voldemort? Will he discover who he truly is and can he ever learn to love?

Draco and Hermione’s secretive relationship gets put to its very first test: meeting Lucius Narcissa Malfoy. Features a round trip to Malfoy Manor, a bad boy, and some rather unexpected reactions.

Years after a wartime fling, Dean and Luna meet in China, and a long-forgotten flame is reignited.

It was a cold night, espicially for a night in June...when we were near enough to hear what was going on, we were too near to turn around...and 5 seconds later we were in the middle of the mess.````Ron's view of Voldemorts last battle. Comparison fiction to The Sound of Silence.

Neville Longbottom contemplates the circumstances which caused the demise of his wand. Post-OotP.

They reminded each other of the seasons. A look at Draco and Ginny's relationship.

Ron\'s heart is broken, and he doesn\'t know what to do. But what seems like the end of his world may be just the beginning. If only he could see what Hermione has known for so long.

It is the night Sirius left Grimmauld Place. This one-short shows the events that finally motivated him to leave and turn his back on his family.

Regulus Black had eight kisses. His first was the most important. (Written for the Regulus Black Group Cookie Challenge #6 - "Regulus's First Kiss.")

CHOMP.

A subtle response to the ship that sunk in HBP.

After realizing his mistakes, Percy Weasley returns home to the Burrow to ask for forgiveness.

Vernon has a surprise encounter. Dudley needs a job. Fred and George have a new business. General chaos ensues.

Ron is the boy who lived.

The Malfoy family does not bribe, it blackmails...

"Happiness and hope are fragile things. They can come as easily as they go and disappear without a reason. They can keep a person hanging on, searching, or they can lead them to their end." The war is over, but a shadow of gloom and despair lingers over the wizarding world. When hope and happiness seem like long-lost concepts, what do you have left? Ginny is content with half-living like everyone else, but a couple encounters with an old enemy may be just what she needs to put the fire back into her life and remind her just what she is missing.

You. Just look at you. You're pretty; no- not pretty, but gorgeous. Beautiful. You're a complete goddess who doesn't deserve to be here with us, the mortals. Every guy in the world wouldn't need a second glance at you to say 'I do' in front of an altar. I am not every guy though. I am one of the most misunderstood people here at Hogwarts and you don't notice it. You just... don't.

Ginny goes to a Ministry-run bachelorette auction and is won by the person she least suspects-but secretly hoped for.

James and Lily were not the only of Sirius's loved ones killed by his supposed betrayal. And some scars run deeper than flesh wounds ever could. Angst. Sirius/Remus.