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He watches them come in, he gives them their drinks, he takes their tips. They all seem to be perfectly normal, and he will never know they're not. POV piece, rated for drinking.

Harry has returned to Hogwarts with more than a lot on his mind. To start with, he's just received a gift from Hermione, and that with the combined effects of last year draws them together. But will Harry realize his feeling for her before it's too late? Ron explains his distance the previous year, but how did he end up with so much money?

When there is``Pain everywhere,``When hope had died``And virtue faded,``Will you brave the odds``Or will you stay and``Hide?``Will you know how not to``Lose,``Or will you fear the truth?``When hope has died``And virtue faded,``Will you know``How``Not to``Lose?

Remus spends some time in the company of old friends and remembers the good old days as he comes to terms with the present.

Zacharias Smith liked people who were straight talkers and gave straight answers. And Luna Lovegood was, and did, neither. So why the attraction? Set in the Golden Trio's sixth year, but written prior to HBP.

Sirius faced me, placing his hand on my shoulder. “I’m leaving for a very long time. And I don’t plan on coming back to see that miserable old hag that calls herself our mother ever again.” The story of the day Sirius Black left number twelve Grimmauld Place through the eyes of Regulus Black. One shot.

The last person you would expect in Azkaban muses. Based on Oscar Wilde's poem of the same name.

Minerva McGonagall watches the Sorting of 1971, and sees choices. AU.

She screams. She rants. He listens and consoles. He gives, she takes. This is the way it has been for some time now. Enter Harry's world after the war, he is, oh, so alone, see who torments his dreams and nightmares.

Snape is settled at Hogwarts, teaching Potions. The war is over and Lupin will never come back.

Just a couple of weeks after so-and-so's death, Harry is back living with the Dursleys, and thoughts of what have happened since his time at Hogwarts begin to sink in before he begins his sixth year.

Draco and Ginny meet up in a chilly courtyard and Ginny swoons... over his scarf. G/D

Regulus finds that Hogwarts is not nearly so great as he'd been lead to believe. He spends most of his time alone and listless, until a chance encounter changes everything.

"She would march through the tangles in the rain and the snow, oblivious of the cold, of the damp, of the pain and blood, missing all the lost beauty and innocence..."

Department of Mysteries. From detached thoughts, odd memories, and obscure facts, a strange picture is forming: a picture of something completely different... Can it be a key to that ‘kind of the heart of it all’ J.K.Rowling mentioned? Centres on Sirius' falling through the archway; though, is not truly about it.

It had all pretty much gone downhill since he'd graduated from Hogwarts. Who would really want to spend their life with a poor old werewolf? It didn't matter anymore... nothing did... there was nothing that would change. Remus/Lily. Songfic to 'Paradise'

What if you've spent most of your life fighting something, and you finally win? Ginny offers words of wisdom, and Harry discovers that there's more to life than Voldemort.

Draco has been visiting Harry's grave since he died. He is sorry, so sorry that it wasn't he who died instead. ````Can Harry comfort him from beyond?

What exactly can a single strand of hair reveal? First reading A Merciless Affection by Verity Brown is strongly recommended, otherwise the following may not make any sense to you. Verity should know that I just can't resist a challenge.

Some weeks after the events in the HBP, Remus Lupin is captured by Death Eaters. He wakes up after the full moon in an unknown cell, bruised and hurting, when his former lover comes to heal him. RL/SS

This is a background story of Bellatrix's Death-Eater initiation ceremony. It basically chronicles why Bellatrix turned out to the way she did and the various things she did in order to accomplish her goals.

Percy heads home for Christmas... The house was dark, and appeared as if none had been there for months upon end. Dust was gathered on the window pane, and the weeds had overgrown the already overgrown garden.

When Draco Joined the side of good no one wanted to know him, especially Potter inc. But when they finally started to warm to him, one particular member warmed a little too much. Feeling neglected, Draco has turned back to the side of evil and Harry has gone to get him back, but is he too late?

Draco returns to the Manor to find it quiet - which is so different from when his father was present. What does Potter have to do with it?

Have you ever wondered if Ron has any other family that live in America? Well here is his cousin fourteen year old Gia Weasly who has a life that most witches and wizards would dream of. She was attending Salem's Institute of Magic and Witchcraft for young witches and wizards. She was beautiful, popular, top of her class and the best chaser on her school team. But what will a certain cousin and his two friends and Lord Voldemort have in part of this story? In this story you will learn that when disaster strikes, you will be surprised about how well you are connected with those who have gone through the same situations and how wonderful friendships and family really are.

Hermione learns the concequences of wandering around 12 Grimmauld Place. Implied Regulus/Hermione.

"He can’t come back, Harry." I was choking on the words even as I said them. Not wanting to believe them any more than Harry, and hating them for being true. But I had to say them. “He can’t come back because he’s dead.”

This is my interpretation of what occurs on the other side of the veiled archway in the Ministry of Magic: Department of Mysteries. OotP Spoilers

Whatever Remus may tell himself, he has always belonged to Sirius. A study of love that surpasses romance.

It's time for the Hogwarts Talent Show for a new year. Acts include 'Return of the Dead' and 'Harry and the Prefects'. A must-read for slash fans! H/G, H/D. Character death!

Minerva McGonagall reflects on her life, both past and present, and wonders if anyone still cares enough to keep the wizarding world safe. And she wonders if anyone still cares about her. What little joy she has left in her life rides on a thin string, and she struggles everyday to keep that string from breaking.

Minerva McGonagall has led an amazing life and had several amazing loves. This story is told in her journals of who and how she loved and then lost those loves. Of how, she saw red blood stream from all her loves.

"Tragic romance is no new thing to the world...The story is so old, no one can remember exactly how it started. But these two, they have decided to write another chapter." Not all love stories have a happy ending... NOT a song fic. D/Hr.

"There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven." ~Ecclesiastes 3:1

"Patta cake, patta cake, baker’s man, bake me a squib as fast as you can. Pat it and prick it and mark it with V..."

Remus thinks about letters from his past and writes one of his own to Sirius.

Draco, for no discernible reason, has decided to walk to San Francisco. Yes, we're pretty sure he's crazy. Harry joins him, thus proving himself doubly insane. Much bickering, hitch hiking, and general slashiness to ensue.

The Weasley family, Harry and Hemione gather to celebrate Hermione's birthday.

“Was it not enough Albus? Was our service to this world not enough for you?” She shrieked. “You have betrayed me Dumbledore and you have betrayed that boy…you have betrayed those who were most loyal to you, curse you!” Minerva McGonagall's voice shook.

Harry is missing, Hermione is worried, Draco is being insufferable and Ron’s got a theory.... It’s just another day at Hogwarts.

This fic is my interpretation of what led up to Umbridge's decision to send the Dementors to Little Whinging in the summer before Harry's fifth year at Hogwarts.

Sirius hasn't been himself since reaching Grimmauld Place. Remus decides to do something about it. Hilarity ensues.

Parody of songfics and weird pairings. Set to "My Beloved Monster" by the Eels. It's weird and disturbing, just to warn you.

It’s the irony of it all that just really gets me. The irony of the book of life, written by someone long dead; the irony of writing about something beautiful, when there is ugliness all around; the irony of writing about sight, when you are blind. The irony of writing about love, when you can love no more, oh, that’s the greatest of them all, that it is. R/Hr

It doesn't matter if it's real or not, because either way, she believes it, and then the possibility is there. Neville/Luna.

Mrs. Granger takes her daughter for tea the weekend after she returns home from her fifth year of school. Hermione finally lets her parents know what's really going on in the wizarding world.

Hermione receives a letter asking her to volunteer for war. She reluctantly agrees even though she is terrified that she'll never see her family, friends or love again. One-shot. Hermione/Draco.

One-shot, intended as a supplement to OotP, a "missing scene" if you will. Years after their affair, Bellatrix finally exacts her revenge on Remus in the Department of Mysteries.

Timeframe - post-Hogwarts; pairings - Hagrid/OC, implied R/Hr; Hagrid and Catherine are trying to adopt a child. Wait...Hagrid, a father?

How does Molly Weasley really feel about her clock? What tortures has it put her through? Set on the night of the battle at the Ministry of Magic

A year after the defeat of Lord Voldemort, Harry has retreated so far into himself that even his surviving friends can't seem to reach him. Will Ginny get there in time, or is it already too late?

Hermione has all the answers except for this one. Who does she like better Draco or Ron? Hermione is confused which is new for her, lights explode, tea is drunk, Ron sings, and Draco makes snide remarks, but not necessarily in that order. All in all a fun, light read.

Evil did not begin with Lord Voldemort nor will it end with him. Prophets ranging from an ancient priestess to the current Sybill Trelawney foretell a darkness greater than all others. A final, twelfth prophet holds the key to helping Harry and the Order of Phoenix overcome Voldemort and the new reign of darkness-- but where could this missing prophet be?

A take on Percy's point of view during the events of Christmas in the Half-Blood Prince.

How do I explain? ``How do I put words to something with no words?``How do I make you understand? ``How do I show you war? ``How can I ever show you death?

Sirius Black put up with his family for sixteen years. But one day he ran away. It was freedom, it was liberation, but in a way it hurt. Because some things are painful, even to a sixteen-year-old boy.

Seven years after the final battle, Snape considers a few personal demons.

Hermione and Ron are meant to be together, but will they forever miss their chances to be together? Ron already has, and seems to have given up forever (see my fic A House That Might Have Been). Will Hermione have the courage to voice her feelings for a second time, or will she marry Krum? Sweet companion piece to A House That Might Have Been.

She would never do that. She couldn’t. After all, it was him.

After the final battle at Hogwarts, Neville reflects on the events of the past and begins to lose himself... until someone unexpected is able to pull him back. Short and sweet.

Nearly Headless Nick is a ghost because he was afraid of death - how about the others? What do the Hogwarts ghosts think about death, their own in particular? Is there any hope for them?

Harry's annual escape from Privet Drive is a bit more harrowing than usual.

He likes his whiskey. He longs for the strong taste that takes him away from his life, giving him a place to get away. And he finds himself addicted; addicted to what isn't.

What's it like for Angelina Johnson to be one of the few black students at Hogwarts? Well, to be honest, she's never given it much thought. After all, there's much more bigotry in the wizarding world against Muggle-borns and half bloods. But after befriending an angry young African American Muggle-born student at the Salem Wizarding Academy in the U.S., Angelina learns an important lesson about her heritage as a black witch.

After the war, all Theodore Nott has left is his childhood home and a ghost that won't let him forget.

Sequel to 'The Devil You Know'. It is slowly approaching dawn and Harry Potter cannot sleep. An unexpected guest appears with an offer, the answer to all of Harry's problems. How can he possibly refuse, even when the price is everything he has to give?

A Sev/Lily non-magic AU. Severus has gone to the same club, every day, just to watch her dance with her friends. Now, after far too much waiting, he decides to approach her. It goes much better than he expected.

Harry and Remus write to Sirius after his death. Slightly AU? The two most important people in Sirius's life try to gain some closure that might not come. Story starts strange but a plot soon emerges.

Remember when Harry and Malfoy first became enemies? How Malfoy asked Harry to join his side? What ``if Harry did?

Severus picks up a little girl after an attack. Is her happiness due to shock, or is there something else involved?

A pantomime version of Harry Potter. Cue bad jokes, silly songs, quotes and puns galore and the obligatory custard pies. The plot - Voldemort plans to take over the world, Draco crossdresses and Ron collects Happy Meal toys. All together now: "Oh no he doesn't!"

A young Severus Snape is learning Occlumency from Dumbledore under the watchful eye of the portraits on his office wall.

A lone wizard wakes on the last battlefield, but even surviving the main event can't prepare him for the shock of one confrontation. One-shot (for now). Darkfic, angst, suspense (hopefully), character deaths, implied slash. HBP-compliant, so 'ware the spoilers.

Harry blames himself for Sirius' death. Finally, he decides to do something about it.

"Absence makes the heart grow fungus" - when two people have been forcibly seperated for over a decade, and reunited only briefly before being seperated again, it's not easy to pick up where they left off. Remus/Sirius, during OotP.

From one war into another, Hogwarts remains a sanctuary. Harry/Draco.

A sleek white cat stalked the corridors of Hogwarts. Its soft paws made no sound as it padded across the hard flagstone. It knew what it had to do. He would be there. Waiting for her. Master… no! Not master. Friend. Cats have no masters. He is a friend.

Come here and sit a while with me; I will sit you on my knee, and we can pretend The past twenty years away— Run a timeline parallel to our dizzying private hell— Throw them into a wishing well.

Slight songfic to Evanescence's "My Immortal." It's the very last battle, and Minerva discovers that it's hard to lose a student, but even harder when they were like your own child. It's always hard to say goodbye. Slight AD/MM, character death and sadness.

After the events of the Gryffindor v. Slytherin Quidditch match in Draco’s fifth year, things seem different; Ron Weasley has the Slytherins under his thumb, the school dungeons are filled with Muggle born students, and Harry Potter is nowhere to be found. It’s a brave new world, and one in which Draco must learn to be careful what he wishes for.

Three sisters come to bury their dead and their memories. An emotionally-drained young woman sickened by her choices, an entirely too well-educated one who has none, and an idealist who'd rather damn them all.

A sequel to Painful Decisions, we see how Draco has coped with Harry's death.

Remus Lupin has been there since Harry's third year, always calm, quiet, and peaceful. He's always been there, in the shadows, never in the spotlight. Here we'll take a look at Remus' mind. His memories, experiences, thoughts. Was it always that way?

What happens when everyone we can think of decide that they are sexually deprived all at once? This, evidently. Featuring Kelso!Draco, sulking!Umbridge, dragqueen!Harry, and insane!Authorettes, this galactially stupid one-shot was written with alternating words. That explains a lot. Proof that there can be an R-rated humourfic.

That was when she said it. Those four words: "That sounds so... boring." Iphy apologised afterwards, but as Hermione puts down the phone she cannot not stop hearing that harsh judgement passed on her life.

Her crush is just a teenage one. His is just fascination, and he knows it could be misconstrued so easily. He had resist - but can it be kept from her? A very short fic hinting at Remus/Luna.

Ginny feels like a ghost.

Draco sees Harry through an artist's eye - a beautiful blend of light and shadow. When Harry discovers Draco's fixation, what will his reaction be? A story of lust, obsession, love, and beauty in the highest sense - a story of light and shadow

"It was a miracle I had even been aloud into school with my ‘condition’, as my parents had called it, but to have a large tree that attacks you to protect me during the full moon, and for the nurse to look after me in the mornings, that was more than I ever could have expected."``The first time you meet a group of people can influence the rest of your life. Remus was terrified but ecstatic to be starting his first year of Hogwarts, but he had no idea how much a train ride could influence the rest of his life.

The sound of flying cutlery caught the woman's attention and she looked up to see the twins with identical mischievous grins charming silverware to set itself on the table. She heard a squeal and saw Hermoine as she dove away, giggling like mad, and she turned when she heard her mother's bellow as she berated the scheming pair. Then, as suddenly as they appeared, they vanished, leaving a cold and silent kitchen suffocating her.

A 23 yr.old Hermione Granger sharing a flat with Ginny Weasley is your typical modern woman. But just like any typical modern woman, she has her own share of lovelife problems. How will she get out being stuck in lovelife LIMBO? H/HR!

Harry tells his friends that he's sleeping with the enemy. Love is the ultimate treachery.

"You many recognize [werewolves] by these marks: they are pale, their vision feeble, their eyes dry, tongue very dry, and the flow of saliva stopped; but they are thirsty." ~Montague Summers, The Werewolf

All Aurors spend at least an hour in Azkaban as part of their training. None of them enjoy it. One of them had better get used to it...

Kreacher may seem vile and lowly but he's still capable of thought. Maybe, there's a reason for his existence.

Lupin and Snape are men on a mission, albeit one without any kind of thought-out plan. They're on their way to a small town somewhere in the Transylvanian mountains, but as for when they get there... well, they're just not all that certain about what they're actually supposed to be doing there. They are certain about one thing, however - there is no one they wouldn't rather be sent on a mission with than each other. ...But as we all know, it's not the goal but the journey there that matters! Right? Well, they're not thrilled about that, either.

They are large, they are mean, they are Crabbe and Goyle. They are bullies and they are tired of playing the second fiddle. Time to get some real friends.

Some people don't stop dancing, even in the face of death. Severus/Hermione, though names are never mentioned, and pairing is open to interpretation.

Did you ever wonder how the fall of Lily and James came about? Why did Sirius convince them to make Peter their secret keeper? How was Dumbledore unaware? How did the last battle fought? This is an account of what happened when Lily and James Potter found out their baby son was to save the world from Lord Voldemort.