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It's Harry's fifth year at Hogwarts, and he can't beieve how hellish his life is. Dumbledore, his long thought mentor, is starting to shun him- whenever they do end up talking, they argue... until Harry finally loses control.

After defeating Voldemort, Harry spends the next year in hiding, unsure of how to go about living in a world where he no longer has that burden on his shoulders. Just when he is about to reconsider joining society, he is blamed for a devastating murder. Those who hear from him are the only ones surely-rooted in their belief that Harry is innocent. It turns out, that the first murder is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to what someone has plotted to try and bring down the world's hero--Harry. Never knowing just who to trust, or what to do next, Harry must thrust himself back into the world he hid from, avoid capture at all costs, and prove his innocence to everyone.

Harry is lonely. Draco finds him. ````Harry/Draco. Implied possible previous Harry/Sirius.

"Avada Kedavra!" Voldemort spoke the words almost lazily. A smile was on his face but his eyes were cold. Some had said that the curse didn’t kill if you don’t mean to. But he did and so he died...

Ginny Weasley looks back on her first year. A huge battle is going to take place soon, and she feels that she is all alone in the world.... (T/G, hints of H/Hr)

"Harry sobbed into the old man's shoulder. Remus was all he had left, the last link to his parents’ memory, the last link to Sirius. Harry couldn't lose Remus."

James Potter struggles to learn that marriage means compromise. When you don't, there are consequences.

What do you get if you start with a very moody Ginny, you add a rampant Bludger and then you go and mix in a little Harry Potter? Mild profanity, some H/G fluff.

Regulus Black faced death in order to bring about the Dark Lord's demise, but a house-elf's disobedience creates a world very different from the one we know. The First War continues and the Order must defeat Voldemort without the help of a chosen one. AU

Regulus Black intends to try out for the Slytherin Quidditch team in his second year. He does it, however, for reasons that might not be the best. No matter what, certain Gryffindors will do anything to see that he fails. Written for the Regulus Black Group Cookie Challenge.

About two of the characters dying. The title is kinda bad but hopefully the story is better. Rating is just to be safe.

Wrong turns in this maze called "life" invariably lead to brick walls. H/D.

After Harry defeats Voldemort, he makes one mistake; a mistake that will come back to haunt him.

Harry just seems to have this horrible problem with getting into other people's pensieves, doesn't he? At least this time, he didn't really have a choice. Inside Prof. Snape's pensieve, he finds that Snape once found true love. The only problem: the girl he loved was a self-serving idiot. How does Snape get out of this situation? It's not the most wonderful way.

"But it was golden, that one summertime dreaming." Padma/Pavarti.

I was disappointed with some of the luke-warm-ness of the death in OOTP. Searching deeper into and between the words in canon, this popped out...

What is a chicken doing near the subtle science and exact art that is potion making? Why is Luna sitting at the Gryffindor table--why does she wish to be a farm animal? For what possible reason am I running for my life?``Sadly, the world may never know.

To return, after the war, the scars and all the loss, is to remember. A few of our favorites subconsciously meet in the courtyard, post-war, and reflect, reminisce, and sing Kenny Chesney.

The only telephone psychic and medium in Little Whinging gets a call.

Near the end of OotP, Malfoy tells Potter he’s going to pay, and now it’s time for him to cash in. Be warned: this is not pretty.

“I should have stayed and helped. I should have gone back. I shouldn’t have gone in the first place. I should never have gotten mixed up in this. Draco, what have we done? What are we doing? There’s not a goddamn good reason for any of it. Why do we do this to ourselves?”

It's been a long time coming, but Draco finally finds what he's been looking for. H/D. Part of Scenes From A Hat, Part One.

'He who offers to me with devotion only a leaf, or a flower, or a fruit, or even a little water, this I accept from that yearning soul, because with a pure heart it was offered with love.' - The Bhagavad Gita, 9:27. Arthur Weasley receives a visitor. A little alternative scene set during OotP, with references to incest and slash.

Sirius Black thinks Lucius Malfoy is like the North Sea.

Hannah Abbott is a typical Hufflepuff, isn't she? She's safe, loyal and boring.

"None of her five oldest brothers posed any problems when it became obvious she was a girl... Ron was the one who always brought conflict and strife when it came to her roles as a girl and a sister." Ginny Weasley reflects on the trials of being a best friend and sister.

A chronicle of a pivotal night in the lives of Alastor Moody, Igor Karkaroff, and Regulus Black. Character study, not three-way romance, to those with their minds in the gutter.

A Holiday-Fic. It was a lovely day at the snow-filled park...

Harry, Ron and Hermione were best friends. Everyone knew that. So when something horrible happens to one of them, it means something horrible happens to all of them. It seemed logical that they would find comfort in each other. But logic is hardly useful when you just want to cry yourself to sleep.

Summer after seventh year. Ron looks back on the final battle and tries to deal with the loss of loved ones. Songfic to "I'm Movin' On" by Rascal Flatts (contains some language).

Harry's first night at 12 Grimmauld Place after a month with the Dursleys and a Dementor attack. After a troubling month of isolation from the wizarding world, Harry finds a bit of solace and comfort.

A glimpse of how it looks to Ginny Weasley when she collapses from the inside. A story of the consequences of falling for the darkest love in the world and how when you leave him he doesn't always leave you.

This is the story of the journey of young Albus Dumbledore and his school friends to India after their last year at Hogwarts. There they find great perils, wonders and a baby squid...

Padma doesn't believe in Japanese mythology. That's too bad, really...

A few brief glimpses into James and Lily's last days.

"Where had the hate gone? The pain? The violence? How could this be better than that?"````Harry, Draco, the freezing cold, and both too dumb to realize the obvious in a well heated facility.

Ron, aided by bottle of butterbeer and the sight of Luna Lovegood's arse, lays some of his own demons to rest. H/H from a lovelorn redhead's point of view.

After James and Lily's deaths, Remus wants answers. It would help if he knew the right questions.

An apprentice scribe recounts the story of the final moments of Remus Lupin.

Lord Voldemort, through his evil sorcery, has brought back his ancient mistress, the eternally feared witch, Morgana, with whom he can effortlessly take over the wizarding world. What he did not plan on, however, was for Morgana's half-sister, Irisel, to return as well, in the form of one Virgina Weasley. Ginny, suffering through her own loss, must journey far from Hogwarts in search of the long forgotten Fay, the ancient folk of Avalon, to uncover Irisel's past and learn of an age old secret that could change the wizarding world forever. With the hesitant help of Draco Malfoy, who is severely poisoned (and only Irisel knows the cure), Ginny will face all the evil hell has to offer and help Harry Potter fulfill his destiny as well as her ow

The much-anticipated companion piece to The Wound Dresser, told in quick glimpses. The morning after Bill's wedding, Harry, Ron and Hermione set out in search of Voldemort's soul, leaving Ginny - and a piece of Harry's heart - behind. As the many horrors of Voldemort's reign besiege the Wizarding world, the trio soldiers on, and eventually find help from the least likely of sources. As the final confrontation spirals ever nearer, Harry wonders if he'll ever see Ginny again, or if there is even anything left to the world worth saving. A long story told short...

Irrational, unreasonable and confused; Draco writes a letter to his incarcerated father. Though it is never to be sent, it helps to relieve some of the inner-turmoil he is feeling. First in the ‘Hidden Letters’ series.

Three years later, Ginny still remembers him.

Ginny is stolen from her very bed, and finds herself locked in a Tower. What is she thinking?

Argus Filch breaks some difficult news to Irma Pince. Post-HBP.

The last act of the war, Luna and Harry are trapped within Voldemort's cell. Harry is ready to give up. Luna teaches him that there is something much more. Prequel to Classic Stigma. NOT Luna/Harry, sorry.

She smiles at everyone when she tells them hello. She smiles often. But she rarely laughs. And she's falling from life.

"You know, Potter, we'll never be friends."

The things they talk about in places only they know.

The hour is late. The pain is high. Hermione accepts, while Draco is taken by surprise. A happy ending--but at what cost?

Remus reflects on the memories he has of Sirius, and realizes who he really was. RL/SB slash.

Draco Malfoy learns that some mornings, he should just stay in bed. [Draco/Ginny]

"Once upon a time, Remus Lupin thought it would be a good idea to introduce his friends to the Beatles." Remus reminisces about days spent listening to the Beatles, falling for Sirius, and listening to James and Sirius argue over which one of them was John; at Grimmauld Place, he and Sirius try to hold on to what's left of those days. Slash, RL/SB.

The world is full of predators, choose your weapon carefully. If love is such a powerful weapon, why do knives sell so well?

Dean watches Luna with an artist's eye, and reflects on his obsession with drawing her.

Quinnellia Chamberlain, aka Quinn, has come to Hogwarts from the United States to finish her magical education. She is befriended by Lily Evans and her dormmates and for the first time in her life has good friends, is getting good marks, and is staying out of trouble. Until she tries out for the Quidditch team and is told by the Captin, James Potter, that girls don't play Quidditch at Hogwarts. Can Quinn and Lily beat some sense into James? Moreover, can Quinn stop thinking about her own problems long enough to help Lily with her own crisis

From fanfiction.net. What happens when two minor characters are selected to change the past and therefore change the future? One little detail can mean a lot. AU. Year of HBP.

Harry has lost the only father figure he has ever known, and now he is falling apart. Nobody can help him. He just wants it all taken away... Avril Lavigne song-fic

Ever since they met, he couldn't stop thinking about her... (James-centered fic)

AU. Voldemort accidentally turned Harry into a Horcrux on Halloween, 1981. That action further destabilized his already fragmented soul - creating yet another Horcrux, larger then the norm. This soul fragment successfully possesses a dying toddler abandoned at an orphanage, but fails to fully transfer Voldemort's memories. Tom gains his memories back as he grows older, but he is not content to simply remain Riddle's mirror image. And befriending Harry Potter seems a good start to finding his own path.

Harry considering his future during an evening in the Common Room.

The only thing that was before was the smell and he only thing left was the smell. Everything else changed, that fateful night.

During the time of triumph for Voldemort, Tom Riddle, freed from his confines in the diary, finds himself bored and decides to entertain himself by taking Harry Potter's only child as his slave. But will things turn out to be what he expects? Or will the tides turn?

The first great atrocity of the second war with Voldemort is reported in the Daily Prophet, causing shock through the wizarding world. “And with such a horrific blow to the side of good the only question is, what will Dumbledore do next?”

It is Luna's job to tell the loved ones of those who've died fighting against Voldemort of the aforementioned deaths. When one particular casualty hits close to home, Luna reflects on friendship, love, motherhood and the price of peace.

\'Missing scene\' from OotP, at Grimmauld Place over the Christmas holidays. Harry can\'t sleep, and can\'t work out why Hermione seems so annoyed with him.

Remus Lupin misses the Marauders, he's the only one left. Depressed and angry, he broods on the fact that he'll always be alone. Songfic to Evanescence's My Immortal.

SongFic based on Hermione reflecting on the events after the Department of Mysteries.``(Life by Our Lady Peace)

Time does not heal all wounds. Time digs the wounds deeper into the heart, forcing the salt of pain to worsen everything until it breaks the soul. Time is murder in a new form.

What he found beyond the veil.

I have lived my whole life with Kolen and the rest of the vampire clan. We're constantly migrating; fleeing from sunlight and those dreaded, mortal humans who have for centuries been hunting down and slaughtering our kind. I was one of the few, lucky survivors. One day, Kolen came to me in and put me on a dangerous mission to recreate our clan. My name is Katrina Sillane, and this is the story of my fateful mission...

Harry Potter uses an Unforgivable curse. The personal consequences are unexpected but may allow him to learn about his enemies.

Persephone Stranger is a top student, and yet, somewhat of a rebel. She likes everything that has to do with magic and her classes, except the fact that she hates History of Magic. Her most hated lesson is the Second Rise of Lord Voldemort. Maybe, if she lives through it, will she be able to change her mind and actually have any respect for Harry Potter?

Thirteen years after the last Great Battle, Ron is forced to deal with his war experiences by writing a letter to each of his dead friends. Horrible memories accompany him... - The original story is completed, the translation done by me is WiP, updated on a regular basis

A young woman sits alone at a small table outside a Parisian cafe. Her life has left her bitter and lonely, until a stranger changes it forever. Based on the beautiful song "La Vie En Rose" by the brilliant Edith Piaf.

My idea on what might happen at the end. I wrote this a while ago.

Sirius has fallen into the veil and to his surprise he ends up in a world shrouded in mysteries and unknowns. His questions are answered - including questions that have never been answered in the living world before. Is this just a delusion or the truth? Is this the afterlife?

Kindred spirits aren't always found in happy situations. Sometimes the worst is needed to open the door to someone else's understanding. Featuring Phineas Nigellus.

Harry mourns. Sirius is torn.``Post OotP.

One day, somewhere within the last year of the war, Lily finds a photo that makes her remember the days when Petunia was her sister. A short examination of the relationship between the Evans sisters. Not sappy.

On either side the great lake lie``Long lawn of grass so green and bright,``That clothe the soil and meet the sky;``And thro’ the lawn the drive runs by``To many-tower’d Hogwarts;``And up and down the students go,``Gazing where the waters flow``Round an island there below,``The island of Shalorts.

A beautiful young woman walks the streets of the most despicable port of mankind.

Electrified amber. That's what he saw. The most wonderful mix of browns, golds, oranges and even a slight hint of violet blended together with flecks of black. Those innocent eyes that knew so much yet knew so little. Ginny Weasley was compassion personified and the expressiveness in her eyes proved it so... Draco Malfoy could do little to stop from loving her - except pretend to detest her.

The Order's chief strategist is accustomed to sacrifice. (Ginny/Hermione and implied Snape/Dumbledore. Warnings for sexual content, semi-gratuitous military tactics and character death.)

"There would have been a time when hearing voices would have had Remus Lupin checking into St. Mungos. That was a different time."

My version of the last chapter of Book 7. It's a bit sad. Hope you like it. (As you might notice, the last word is "scar") EPILOGUE COMING SOON.

A prologue to "Crimson Snow": details how Draco and Hermione fell in love, and why they eventually died. A story about the insignificance of life, the absurd nature of love, and about nothing at all.

The air is thick with the dreams of dreamers, Hogwarts students past and present. In the darkest part of the night, guards are let down, truths are faced and sweet denial is bliss. Desperation, fear, hate, lust, love and what might have been are rampant at the midnight hour.

Someone gets an eyeful, and lives to tell the backstory behind this line from Mystery Stories: Neville? He\'d never be quite so bold, would he? And anyway, there were rumours floating around about him and Zacharias Smith and a particularly scandalous episode in Greenhouse Three.

One-shot sequel to Confession Is Good For the Soul. First-date jitters.

A crazy story about a muggleborn and her obsession with Sirius. Sirius-ness ahead!

An enlightening conversation between Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy. Set near the end of their last year at Hogwarts.

“I need to leave,” he whispers, but the words ring out clearly in the silent house and the girls’ eyes widen just slightly. One-shot

Harry is going off to save the world, as per norm. Only this time... he might not come back. So his friends take it upon themselves to write him letters of good luck, etc. Oh, dear. He really doesn't have very eloquent friends, does he?

The tables are turned on Harry - it's his turn to develop a crush on Ginny.

While staying at Grimmauld Place, Bill and Ginny discuss the past, the present, and growing up.

Never leaving. Always letting go. Sirius packs a suitcase.

Lily was excellent at comforting, but she was horrible at being comforted.

It's the Halloween Boogie, a dance only seventh-years are allowed to attend. So what happens when you throw the Marauders in there?

Even at a young age, Severus Snape didn't think much of self-pity. However, even he was not above the occasional bouts of it.