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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.

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.

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

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

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.)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Draco finally gets the chance to prove himself to his father and to Voldermort. He says he has wanted this, but does he really mean it? What happens when things become too much for him? Will Draco lose his cool and ruin the chance to save himself and his family? Rated for violence and child abuse.

"If you squint hard enough, you can still see Harry – or at least a faded Harry, but with his still vibrant green eyes." Being insane is one thing. Coming out of insanity with a mixing of memories is another. Ron takes that confusing journey post-Final Battle and struggles to make sense of what is real and what is not. Insanity is rarely ever a clear picture.

The mind is a powerful thing. It can convince you of anything, letting reality go and replacing it with fantasy. However, when that happens, is it what we truly need to become free?

Ginny hasn't forgotten the circus her father once took her to, and when things with Draco fall apart, she decides to join.

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

August, 1977: Tom Riddle meets with Percival Malfoy and son Lucius in Diagon Alley preceding the younger man's seventh year. Enter to-be second year Slytherin Kiora Smith, a disgrace to the Slytherin house due to her lack of legitimate pureblood ancestry and residence in a muggle orphanage. Christmas, 1983: a seventh-year Kiora leaves Hogwarts to be forgotten, taking refuge in the elite nameless ranks of Tom Riddle's Unmarked Army. Halloween, 2003: Harry Potter defeats Lord Voldemort in the final stand. The entirety of the wizarding world celebrates. All is relatively peaceful until Halloween, 2007, when Tom Riddle loses control of his puppet and the unmarked army is turned over to the Order of the Phoenix by the new Dark Lord.

During her fifth year, Luna receives an unexpected summons to visit Dumbledore in his office. There, he confides vital information and makes four key requests of her. This meeting lays down the path ahead of Luna -- and could shape the very conflict with Lord Voldemort, as she struggles to act from the shadows and maintain her trust in both Dumbledore and her friends. Attempting to overcome some of her darkest fears, Luna finds refuge in a variety of places, and she views the demise of Voldemort from a unique angle, contributing more than anyone can know, and sacrificing an enormous amount.

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

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

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

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?

Harry reflects on his realationship with Draco, what happens during the war, and how they came to be. Short H/D one-shot, a bit angsty, songfic.

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

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

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.

Sirius Black wondered if he’d ever been sane.

A series of questions asked throughout the years... (Narcissa/Sirius)

Circe, an avid Harry Potter fan, traverses time and space to arrive at Hogwarts during Harry's first year. She in a quandary as how to carry on as an outsider in a storyline she knows all too well. Can she manage to realize her dreams about magic while not affecting those destinies inherent to the success of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone?

Denial is more than just a river in Egypt. But can Harry and Hermione find their way across it?

Requirement. She was required to treat him respectably ... to like him even. She was required to listen to him, day in and day out. It was a requirement. It was NOT, under any circumstances, a choice. PP/DM

She watched him turn his back. She watched him walk away. Into the unknown. Into danger. Away from her.

Remus has suffered a terrible loss but now he has to move on. No, I've not been crass enough as to actually pair him with anybody - but everyone's favourite Weasley will help him come to terms with his loss all the same.

New Year's Eve in 1990 falls on a full moon. A Lost Years fic.

The war is over, the good guys won. But that doesn't always make for happy endings. "It's over Harry, he's dead. You won. Don't you remember? It's done. YOU'RE done."

Written for V.M. Bell's Song Title challenge. Ron recounts the time Malfoy called him a monkey in his fifth year and the repercussions it caused for Malfoy.

Hermione is having a baby and Ron thinks back to when he finally got the courage to ask her out and when they got married. One-shot.

"Isn't it weird how joy can have you almost come apart just when things are at their most perfect?"

Picture a cool, pleasant night, the vast final frontier glimmering with heavenly bodies. You are seated comfortably under a weeping willow, contemplating well, life, really. What happens when, as usual, the Boy Who Lived enters your mind? This is basically a short, spur-of-the-moment idea; I sincerely hope I did my job.

Amy Black is not related to the famous pureblood Blacks, nor is she anyone important, nor does she have a life of drama. Nope, Amy Black is just a quiet bookworm that gets straight A's and is an outcast. She has no real life... at least that is what she lets everyone else think...

"No star ever rose or set without influence somewhere." ~Lord Lytton (Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton) ("Owen Meredith"), Lucile (pt. II, canto VI).

Hermione Granger writes two poems, one before the war and one after. The poems are very different. What changed?

In the summer after OotP, Hermione reflects on her childhood, her friendship with Harry and Ron, and her role in the coming war. Philosophical.

Kingsley Shacklebolt knows what it's like to be alone.

Pansy is reflecting on feelings towards Draco and what he does towards her. She madly in love with someone she hates...

Although she wishes she could Lily knows that she cannot protect Harry forever.

"Was it pity though? Love? Duty? Revenge? She honestly couldn’t say. The lines were so blurred where her family was concerned that she doubted she would ever be able to sort it all out."````Andromeda pays Bellatrix a visit in Azkaban.

It's not easy to let go of the past, especially the good times. (Ron/Hermione, Ron/Remus)

What do you do when you realise every choice you have ever made has brought you to a dead end? Draco remembers his relationship with Harry as the Final Battle rages around him.

Do you the way she looks at you? She looks at you with that utmost admiration and passion. But you don’t see it.

Post OOTP, Harry broods on the major changes in his life. His dark thoughts on life and it's cruelties.

His heart thinks he's making the worst decision of his life. His head thinks it's the best decision he's ever made. Both agree it's for the best. What has Harry done? A Harry/Ginny songfic to "Bus To Birmingham."

Your body gives but then holds back``The sun is bright ``The sky is black``Can only be another sign``I cannot keep what isn’t mine`` ``How can I tell if you mean what you say?``You say it so loud``But you sound far away``Maybe I had just a glimpse of your soul``Was that your shadow I saw on the wall?`` ``I’m watching you disappear``But you``you ``were``never``here...

Draco was the reason Blaise could see thestrals, and Blaise was the reason that Draco could see thestrals. And thestrals only bring misfortune upon the ones who see them.

A brief glimpse into the lives of Lycurgus Randall and Selena Lowell of the Werewolf Support Services as they fight an uphill battle to do their job.

It seemed only to be a blink of the eye in memory, but in actual fact it had been time enough for entire worlds to change. As a mother, Hermione finds her life to be nothing quite like what she could ever have imagined. Unspoken words held as much weight as those said aloud. Rationality in an irrational world created ramifications she could not have forseen.

This is after Sirius's death, kinda gloomy I think.

When the curse on the position of DADA teacher claims another victim and as the war with old Voldy escalates, Dumbledore decides that he needs to bring new blood to the faculty. A Coven of five American witches steps up to meet the challenge. After the farce in the DoM, Harry, who is getting more powerful by the day, needs training if he is going to face the Dark Lord and live. When new information is revealed, ties are formed, it becomes clear that Harry just may have found the power that the dark lord knows not. Ignores HBP and DH.

After settling into her new life, Hermione is surprised by fugitive Draco Malfoy.

sleep-deprived Hermione on the edge of nervous breakdown and an anxious Snape talk a walk down memory lane.

As a war they never asked to be a part of rages around them, Sirius and Remus begin to suspect each other as things start to slowly change. Five unadultered angsty drabbles.

"He went there because he wanted to remember, and he stayed because he had no other place to be." In the time between the Order of the Pheonix and Goblet of Fire Remus returns to a familiar place, and is met by a familiar face.

Hannah Grace Abbott drones on about her dull, dull life. Maybe she's just too blind to see that she's needed in the Hufflepuff house.

Mrs. Lestrange plots, plans and waxes homicidal in her cell at Azkaban prison.

Post-HBP AU. Dumbledore is dead. Draco thinks that things can't get any worse. He's wrong.

On Pansy's wedding day, as she awaits the time for the ceremony to start, Draco sneaks into her room to visit her...and tell her of the deeper import of the gift that he has sent her. If she will only do as he tells her, Pansy's actions will change the face of the wizarding world forever...

Snape confesses to Dumbledore that he is a Death Eater.

Buried in my thick red sheets I trace the gold trim until I can no longer keep my eyes open. I am becoming afraid to sleep. Harry tries to come to terms with life's obligations.

Will Harry heed Winky's cryptic warning? Will his journey from Platform 8 and 13/16 be a safe one? What alcohol-powered device has Ginny shoplifted from the Azkaban Gift Shop? Does Draco Malfoy really have the post owl's eyes? Will an epic battle with the lunch trolley witch end in triumph? Is The Sorting Hat's new live album scorching Billboard magazine's charts? Which political party does the Giant Squid favor? Has Hedwig chosen a lifestyle of wanton sexual abandon? Have Harry's summer drug sales been lucrative? I answer these burning questions and so many more inside!

The new Gryffindor prefects share a private moment to congratulate each other at number twelve, Grimmauld Place. The twins help. A one-shot, missing moment from OotP.

"When someone we love dies, we always think that they’ll come back to us, that they would never leave us. Admit it, you do don’t you? But, if you’re alive you can’t be a ghost, even if you are alive trapped in the Veil world, the world for those who are waiting." Sirius’ thoughts of the world behind the Veil. Not dead yet, he must wait until old age kills him before truly leaving the world. A one shot fic on what might go on behind the Veil.

After defeating Voldemort, Harry becomes a professor at Oxford, but what could possibly happen for him to stop teaching?

Frank Longbottom faces the most dangerous case in his career as an Auror when asked to infiltrate the Ministry's Specialised and Organised Crimes Squad. Rated R for inappropriate language, violence and adult themes. Welcome to Gangland!

Every mother fears the very worst happening to their child; for Circe Lupin, this has become a reality.

Sirius and Regulus need each other, they're brothers after all. But Regulus can't remain the boy Sirius loves, and change is bound to happen.

How much equality is possible in a relationship? How far can reciprocity go, particularly between people in different worlds? Bill Weasley and a Muggle during the second war. Slash.

A Dr/Hr songfic. She walks into the realization of her dreadful dreams while he is about to wake into the same nightmare.

Following the life of one Damien Malfoy, son of Draco and Ginny Malfoy.

The rain. For many people it means sadness and pain, but not for Draco Malfoy. His thought about the significance of the rain for him and Harry. Harry/Draco (mild-slash)

Harry falls into another reality. One where his parents are alive, his arch-enemy is his best friend, and he is Voldemort's right hand man. Will going to see his parents solve anything and what does Dumbledore have to say about it?

Takes place at the end of the fifth book. Neville reflects.

Harry has been taken by Draco Malfoy as revenge for killing Voldemort and his father. He wants to keep Potter as a prisoner until he is brainwashed into doing evil. Can Harry take it much longer? Will he realize what is going on? Song-fic to Linkin Park's 'Numb'

Once upon a time there was a boy who could not live...Sequel of sorts to "The Boy Who Could See." Another story living in the shadow of the Dark Arts with H/D subtext.

Darkfic. Nothing is what it seems, and what seems to be real isn't. Harry Potter explains his succumbing from savior to murderer and how four people, including his best friend, were killed by his own hand. Seduction and the edge of madness. HP/RW; HP/DM. Warning: smut (strictly R-rated, though), slash, Dark!Harry, and naughty *tsk tsk* language.

He had plans for them all, but underestimating one Terry Boot will get you killed. Story in the form of a series of long drabbles.

Molly Weasley has good days and bad days.

July 1977 and July 1996 both had blue moons. Written for dogdaysofsummer, prompts of July 1st and 2nd.

In which Luna Lovegood rhapsodizes on storybook lovers, radishes, and Harry Potter.

"At night he sees Him falling, over and over again, even though he wasn’t in the right place to see it at all, on the other side of the towertop, but then Harry has always had a better imagination than he would have liked." Spoilers for HBP.

The Lestranges would do anything for Lord Voldemort. Anything at all. Bellatrix/Rodolphus, disturbing.

Parvati leads an adventurous life seeking out places among the wizarding world long forgotten by time and history. But only one has changed her life, and etched itself into her memory forever.

Have you ever thought what happened that evening we lost Padfoot? Have you ever thought how the Ministry's Phone Booth works?

What does it mean to forget? What does it mean to be forgotten? Is oblivion akin to forgiveness? Peter Pettigrew reflects on the irreversibility of one's deeds and the inescapability of life.

Frank Longbottom and fellow Auror Alice Belby talk after Frank uses an Unforgivable Curse for the first time.

Harry's been having bad dreams about a screaming book.

When her father is captured by Voldemort, Luna, whose life hasn't been easy, tells Harry the story of her deceased mother. Friendship pairing.

Draco's made a deal with an angel--or is it the devil. With whose blood will he pay for his escape, his exodus? The time to use his dagger has finally come at long last.

Even after Sirius has come to lie low, Remus has nightmares.

The war is over, and it has taken a drastic toll on the entire wizarding world. Each person must pay the price in his or her own way.``For Draco, the price is too great.``Can he bear it, or will the cost of the war haunt him... Forever?