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The Marauders take James Potter out to paint the town red on his last night as a bachelor. A pub crawl through the wizarding world leads to a foray into the seedier parts of Muggle London, and then things really go downhill when one of his friends makes a pass.

Mid-OotP. After the events in the Department of Mysteries, Harry's best friends come to an understanding of the past, the future, and each other. Minor R/Hr.

Songfic based on Chevelle's "The Red." Harry does the unthinkable. And Lucius Malfoy wants him to do it again. Not Slash. Partially Dark!Harry.

The summer before OotP, Dobby has had enough of Winky's drinking. A Dobby/Winky shorty.

Due to mysterious circumstances, Harry and Ginny's daughter, Lily, ends up back in 1997, the end of Harry's sixth year. While Lily tries to adapt to teenage parents and a foreign Hogwarts the Wizarding World is entering a war. Meanwhile, Lily's family struggles to unravel the cause of her disappearance and figure out a way to bring her back. Time travel. DH spoilers.

When did they first set the trap? When will she tread on the switch? Pansy reflects on her past and her future, and skirts the edges of a life-altering decision. Hermione/Pansy in later chapters, if there are any.

'Remus has that nagging feeling of stupidity, like when you wake up from a nightmare and still can't tell what's reality and what's a dream.'

They do not know me; no one does. If they did, they would that their jealous looks and hateful stares do nothing to me in any way. I do not feel them. I hover somewhere between happiness and sadness in a state which I suppose one would call numbness. This state is rather pleasant on the whole, with no attachment to anything except you.

Lily Evans, soon to be Mrs. Potter, is a happy prominent auror, who just found out she's pregnant. Love was everything in her world. But darkness overcomes her life, changing her world, so...now she finds herself alone facing a new reality...struggling to live...again (AU completely!!)

She was the only one he thought of, for his last moments. SSHG.

Luna Lovegood on truth, life and being yourself, no matter what people say or do. Short, but powerful.

Harry encounters his parent's murderer, only this time it isn't Voldemort, and he has something to say.

Moody opens the door and sees Dumbledore for the first time in nearly five years -- since he left school, since the war started, since a lot of things, most of them bad, have come to pass. ~ An Auror and his former professor share quarters for the night. Slash.

Life at Hogwarts and in the wizarding world will change as we know it. There is a new headmistress at Hogwarts, and a new Minister of Magic! Analise is only a small part in this big plot, but someone comes to Hogwarts with a big secret, and she's in it! (Ron/Analise, Harry/Ginny, Hermione/?)

Post-OoP, Ginny reflects on Tom, Harry, desire, fear, and the nature of truth. At what point do illusion and reality meet? Downbeat and philosophical.

Neville remembers the one he loved. Slash.

Ravenclaws are the smartest and wisest aren't they? Most able to handle delving into the forgotten and the forbidden - even if things go wrong, they have the skills to help themselves out of it. But what happens when they slip? ````Pushing the boundaries can have nasty side-effects. When extra-curricular activities go wrong and to sleep is to face hours of restless nightmares, Ravenclaw expertise can both solve and worsen the problem.````Late night in Ravenclaw dorm, four seniors try to kill the hours until daybreak. ````Set during Goblet of Fire.

“Pity the insane. They always believe themselves above all other creatures at the expense of their last shreds of humanity.”`` Dolohov's reflections during his second imprisonment to Azkaban - a morbid take on insanity: between the dark humor and sheer tragedy of a man stuck between hum-hums, clickety-clicks and his own bitter memories.

Remus Lupin must deal with the death of a closer friend, and even harder... learn to move on.

“She’s pack,” he said, running the side of his thumb over the exposed scar on her shoulder… Sequel to 'Bloody Footprints'.

A hex causes Regulus to ‘switch’ places with a Gryffindor for a day...

A brief look into the teen angst-filled life of James Potter as he walks down the ever-changing hallways of Hogwarts.

Harry Potter has turned to drinking after defeating Voldemort. What's happened to our innocent, save-the-world hero?

Nymphadora spends some time with her family. A one-shot, with no particular time to be set. Slightly pointless, just a rambling into the blacker corners of my mind.

After the war, Draco is forced to stand trial for crimes against the Wizarding World. But why has all the evidence pointing to his innocence been tampered with? What will Harry do about it?

Faced with the unexpected, Ron rethinks his priorities; a war story.

Petter Pettigrew has a son who has grown up believing that his father is a hero. Will he ever find out the truth? And, if he does, how will he react?

Songfic to Kelly Clarkson's "Beautfiul Disaster". H/Hr.

There's an adventurer, a schemer, and a rapscallion...and then there's Peter. And he certainly never dreamed that this would happen. Marauder-era genfic, AU theme. But it could happen. With Professor Sprout and Hagrid. This was for the January 2006 challenge on the omniocular community on livejournal. Special thanks to Pavonis for "Kate" and the Hanging Basket inclusion. Title taken from the Rolling Stones song.

Lavender and Parvati attack Hermione... but not the way you think. A bit of Ron/Hermione.

Potter might have been destined to take on the Dark Lord, but it would be the choice of his heart that would kill him. For a choice will always destroy more than a destiny.

Two years after Hogwarts, Harry and Blaise share a lovers' spat, which ends up in an utterly unexpected way. HP/BZ

Helga Hufflepuff wanted nothing more than a simple quiet life. Yet she found herself unable to refuse Godric's request that she join him in building Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. But how will she be able to work with Slytherin, knowing the terrible warning a prophet once made about him?

It has been three years since that fateful day when Ginny's life was upended. When everything she had known changed. Three years since she had been the recipient of a kind act from an unsuspecting person. And now that person has returned from his self imposed exile to do what no Malfoy has ever done. Apologize and make right the wrongs he had done.

A preview of what's to come in a new humorous Schnoogle novel...

Regulus Black has seven days to die.

"Barcelona, where the winds all blew, / The churches don't have windows, but the graveyards do. / Me and my shadow are wrestling again. / Look out stranger, there's a dark cloud moving in." First full moon after the Ministry break-in, and dear Moony is having a hard time living with himself. Reflections on lost friends and hopefully an insight into Remus's mind.

After the death of a friend, Remus Lupin looks back, before someone helps him look forward again. No slash, and slightly AU, as it replaces the last scenes of OotP.

Love, lust, punishment, betrayal, death. In all things, there’s symmetry.

Snape's mother takes a look back on her marriage to his father.

Hermione explains her History of Magic project.``Crossover with Discworld.

The path to darkness bleeds. Tom Riddle's journey as he becomes Lord Voldemort.

In her eyes he saw his soul. This is the story of the shattering of the last horcrux.

The seventh year begins, and the war has just begun. The Dark Lord continues to rise, and gain power, slipping spies amongst those that are doing what they can to fight against his power, his rising influence, causing each attempt by the Ministry to fail drastically. It seems that the protection of Hogwarts is not enough for the young boy who lived, Ron and Hermione are no longer neck and neck, Dumbledore can no longer fight as he used to, and Draco has become the miniature version of Severus Snape. With pooled forces, and the dramas of war, can good hold up against evil? Can those who fight for peace keep from crumbling and falling to their knees before those who want nothing more than bloodshed...?

Wind can blow out a fire, but it can also make it flare.

"The purpose of this letter – it’s silly, really – but the purpose of this letter is to be sure. It’s my husband, you see." -- JK Rowling receives a letter from Mrs Julia Black. It's probably a letter she shouldn't answer.

Enough had been thought, and said, and felt, and imagined. It was about time that something should be done. Written for the SiYE Open House Challenge.

A short vignette on how love can transcend the boundaries of war, death and even love.

How does Harry really feel about the Dursleys? We all think that he hates them, but is life ever that simple? Harry POV. Set in the future when Harry must protect his family from Death Eater attack.

Harry and Draco, happily married for three years, live in a London flat. Soon, however, Harry begins to see a new light - a light which tears him between his happily domestic life with Draco, and a new lover to whom he never suspected he'd be attracted. Slash.

Lighting the fire, she took the time to look at the pictures on top of the fireplace, something she had never found the time to do before, though she couldn’t think why. She could feel her eyes beginning to well up as she look down at a photograph that must have been taken years ago.

"I grew up in a haunted house. This isn't who I wanted to be. You can never outgrow anything, and how does that make you feel? I'll never stop being one of them. I grew up with ghosts in my childhood and vampires in the bed next to me, and I'm not afraid of monsters anymore. And I'm stuck in the past and I can't get out, and I know that they're like that, too. I can feel it in their blood." Andromeda reflects on her family.

"Remus Lupin, are you pouting?" "I'm a werewolf. Werewolves do not pout." "You love me, Remus Lupin, and what's more I love you too!" Her cheeks flushed and her eyes sparked emeralds. "Then why are you dating James?" Short and bittersweet. *RemusLily*

It is Azkaban the day after Sirius Black has escaped. The Warden ponders where they might have gone wrong with Sirius Black

A look into a moment in the life of Regulus. Don't remember who Regulus is? You'll remember if you start reading. Haven't read OotP? Slight spoilers, but nothing too major (this story has nothing to do with Harry and what happens to him in Book Five). A bit of Regulus/Lily. Poor boy.

How do you live when you feel destined to die? Don't ask me. If I knew that, my life and death would be a lot easier.

Love, betrayal, anger and hate can drive a man to desperate measures. And further.

"As Luna awoke each day to a dream that never ended, forever chasing her ghosts, Ginny’s only came to her in the night, like snakes in the dark, her own spirits unbidden and unwanted." Ginny/Luna

He had passed the stage of hating himself for what had happened to his godfather, Sirius Black. He was over blaming himself for the loss of fellow Triwizard Tournament contestant, Cedric Diggory. But the thoughts that he was in some way responsible never seemed to leave Harry Potter's nightmares. However, as Hermione Granger found herself digging deeper into her beloved books, she found the one thing that could possibly save the seventeen year old boy from hiding behind his mask of falsified happiness. The only problem is, they soon realize they must fulfill a prophecy they never saw coming.

What is the song of a wandering man? Is it some tune that he remembers fondly from a time gone by? Or has that tune become so bitter that he can no longer hear it? And so he walks alone... and in silence.

Hermione thinks about how her life has been, the matters of family, friends, and the matters of her heart. Background of some parts of the story also come from "Reflections (3)", another of my stories

Sirius drinks Polyjuice Potion to get out of Grimmauld Place for a bit. Remus goes along. There may be some banter, possibly some memories, and quite certainly there's a fight.

A series of occurences - instances - between Ron and Hermione at Hogwarts, remembered over and over and over again by Hermione.

Prelude to chapter \'Spinner\'s End\' in HBP. Bellatrix calls to \'comfort\' and calm Narcissa, and has exactly the opposite effect.

Harry Potter has gone into hiding, but finally decides that he must begin the hunt for the Horcruxes, but at what costs?

Always being in love with the same person can lead to disasterous outcomes. Especially if you'll do wahtever it takes to be near your "love." DM/HG, contains rape.

Harry and Ginny spend their first afternoon together as husband and wife in their new home.

When the morning came, they buttoned on their cloaks and rode to their deaths.

He always liked nights best. One-Shot, Lucius Malfoy in Azkaban.

Parca the Goddess of Fate has transported Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy through her veil that is the thin line between this life and the dream life. Together they will have to work to solve whatever task she has set for them to return to the land they have left.

Hermione's given Harry some advice for how to deal with his emotions about Sirius's death.

"If this is death, he thought, it’s not quite as final as everyone thinks." As he falls through the Veil, Sirius watches the people he loves come to terms with what has happened.

After Lupin and Snape rescue Ollivander from the Death Eaters, he must re-evaluate his life and the new chance he has been given.

Short little fiction piece. A study in the character of one Remus J. Lupin. What may have happened the morning following Sirius' death. Implied RL/SB.

Draco has some things he needs to get off his chest.

The events of the astronomy tower, from Severus' perspective. Spoilers for HBP

Remus finds something Sirius lost. He'd rather have Sirius. Character death, SB/RL.

A lifetime ago, she made her choice. The dusty memories of golden summers and broken bonds. Presenting the Postmortem Observations of Andromeda Black-Tonks

What happens after life? After you don't have a further will to live? After you're so empty it hurts? Well, sometimes, you just have to learn the hard way. By experiencing it for yourself.

An unidentified person muses at Harry Potter's funeral.

Sirius struggles to grasp the meaning of death as he watches those he left behind grow up without him and the world he is no longer a part of change dramatically. Rated for mild language and adult themes.

Following the defeat of Voldemort, Hermione seeks peace and Harry has other demons to face.

While Gavin Black suffers through his first weaving lesson, he and two siblings confront their parents about a few inconsistencies in the story of their courtship. From the "Interwoven" universe, and therefore AU.

Roses are red, violets are blue, he sends his regards- to a witch that is true. Sometimes valentines are sent to the most unlikely people from the most unlikely sources. It's all very scandalous.

Harry knew they were up to something. Hermione would sneak off at all hours of the night, and Malfoy always sent those annoyingly "superior" looks to Ron. But what they were up to was much more than even he wanted to find out. (D/Hr, mild hint of H/G if you look real hard.)

How do you deal with a loss that is not just in your heart, but in the very heart of your home? ``Warning: Character Death

Harry's eighteenth birthday. Harry gets invited somewhere and then goes shopping... at a Muggle mall. What could he possibly find? [Revised version]

An old friend from the Marauders' glory days comes across Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes and manages to discover what has been happening at her alma mater since the Ministry decided to interfere. Little does she know, the simple meeting will drag her back to the part of her life she's been trying to forget.

"So here I am, hopelessly in love with Harry Potter whilst he hates me. No one can live a life without love. Not even Harry Potter. So I will slice open my veins, and let the romance bleed away. Goodbye Harry. I hope you cry actual tears at my funeral. I love you. Love Always, Percy" A letter from Percy to Harry.

Moony. Wormtail. Padfoot. Prongs. Torn apart through lies, betrayal, veils, and death. Brought back together through fate. The Marauders, together again, for ever more.

Petunia tells about her past, telling about her envy of her sister in all things, and then, about her future.

"I am become Death, destroyer of Worlds." -J. Robert Oppenheimer Dark times are ahead and it's not getting any better. It's kill or be killed, and with the Apocalypse rising and on Voldemort's side, the impending war is upon them, and Dumbledore is dead, Harry and his new accomplice Kisa Cordova-Snape aren't even sure they can get through this alive.

Everyone has a limit, a point at which even the most opimistic person in world loses all hope. When suddenly they know there is no point anymore because it will all end badly. Yet some people still go on hoping after this because there is nothing else they can do when they are so removed from the wizarding world that it's all just stories in a newspaper. But they still feel the pain and even when there is no hope left they have to keep grieving and remember those who've died because it's all they can do.

Every man tends a secret garden, and Neville Longbottom is no exception. He is a good boy, a diligent boy, and he does his best to tend it well in the moldering house of his grandmother, but every secret garden has a dark place where even the hands that tend it dare not venture.

Harry gives Draco shooting lessons now that Draco has switched sides. And when a surprise Order meeting pops up, we discover some new information on the Voldemort front. One shot.

We've seen the Dark Lord at his worst. We have witnessed his most terrifying fury, and the unspeakable horrors that he is capable of. But do we really know all of his true characteristics? Read on as I chronicle a day in the life of Lord Voldemort, and you will learn many interesting facts about him that are not found in the books. But be warned- what you find may shock you.

Rows of gravestones mark the lives of friend gone. One man goes to the graveyard every year to visit them.

See why Luna is persecuted so much! See what the Ravenclaws do in their spare time! See what happens when Dumbledore tries to put his foot down! Lawsuits! Northern Ireland! Gratuitous bad language!

"Nunc scio quit sit amor." A Dean/Ginny fic in which Ginny contemplates life with an artist.